The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-16 00:00:00

tiroirb litittov 441/ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock, ELECTION COMMITTEE.--(THIS D.AY. STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day. GLAaGOW, April 15.—Our cotton market has been animated during the week, and a good business has been done at the full rates of Friday last. THE CHARGE AGAINST M. KGSSUTH. (From the Daily News. ) The answer given by .Lord Palmerston last night to the questions put to him by the hon. member for Leices ter, will be read with no little interest by the public g ener ally, and with considerable surprise by those who perused the extraordinary statement relative to M. TKossuth, which appeared in the Times yesterday morn ing. In substance, the statement amounted to nothing less than that the Secretary for the Home Department had issued a warrant, under the authority of which the police had proceeded to search a house belonging to M. Kossuth, and had found therein a large amount of arms and ammunition, such as amply to verify the suspicions previously entertained of the possessor's intention to levy war upon our humane and enlightened ally the Em peror of Austria. How the information which had led to such a proceeding had been obtained our contemporary did not say ; and its readers were consequently left in doubt whether it was derived from ssurces. of foreign espionage or from the revelations of domestic spies —from treachery in the Austrian Post-office, or vio lation of confidence in that of St. Martin's-le-Grand. Unpleasant recollections associated with the names of the Bandieri might naturally suggest discretion as to such disclosures to the organ of Lord Aber deen. Be that as it may, however, no pains were spared to invest the announcement with the cha racter of circumstantiality ; glorify the prophetic wisdom of those who had unscrupulously vilified the Hungarian chief, and foretold his eventual detection as a pirate and impostor ; above all, to heap upon Lord Palmerston reproachful praises for his discovery, though late, of the duty which he owes to foreign sovereigns as a Minister of the Queen of England. Lord Palmerston, to do him justice, seems to have been not at all ambitious to remain longer than was un avoidable under the fatal load of such laudations. In his place in the House of Commons last night he did not hesitate to deny the accuracy of the tale of which he had been made the suppositious hero. With remorseless ingratitude he not only explained that the military stores which the police had placed under detention had not been found at the residence of M. Kossuth, but at a dis tance of some miles from it, and that he was in posses sion of no information which would justify him in assert ing that they had been purchased or placed where they were found with the culpable cognisance of that gentleman. But Lord Palmerston did not stop there. In answer to a second question, his Lord ship declared he was not aware of any under taking having been given by her Majesty's Govern ment that they would perform the duties• of sur veillance over the political refugees resident in this country. The Noble Viscount has too long played the distinguished part of Foreign Minister to a free people to sit easy under the imputation of turning head police man in his old age, or principal spy to the despots on whose cruelty he was once the check, and in whose ears his name is still a sound of terror. Lord Palmerston's position as member of the Cabinet, constituted as the present is, must be as intolerable to him individually as disreputable to the character of our fellow-men, if it im plied such self-abandonment as that on which, with sinister emphasis, his implacable enemy the Times affects to congratulate him. For the honour of British statesmanship, we rejoice to think that, true to the principles of 1850, Lord Palmerston disdains to be "the Minister of Austria." Lower and more degraded still he would be if, upon any suggestion conveyed through the foreign office, from Vienna, or upon any information furnished by spies and informers, or supplied by equally infamous means, the Hbme Secretary were to violate the sanctity of political hospitality, or to harass an un fortunate exile who had sought the shelter of our shore, by instituting against him proceedings in the nature of a State prosecution, as the Times eagerly recommends, unless he were really guilty of an offence against the laws of the country which affords him a secure asylum. The duty of a Secretary of State in regard to foreign governments with whom we are at peace is simple and plain. Whenever authentic and legitimate information shall be given him of warlike preparations being made within our confines of a nature calculated to excite just suspicion as to their object, he is manifestly bound to interpose, in order to prevent any infraction of interna tional rights being committed under the tacit sanction of our name. If arms or ammunition be found secreted, or in such quantities as cannot be reasonably or satisfac torily accounted for, it is the duty of Government to seize and detain such stores, and to hold all persons, whether natives or foreigners, in whose possession they may have been found, responsible when legally called upon for their peaceful conduct and intentions. But there the duty of a British Minister ends. Whatever may be said or insinuated to the contrary, it is no part of his business to act as one of a foreign gendarmerie, to play the part of a letter opener, a detective, or a spy, or to prostitute the power and authority which belong to the executive of a free nation in political prosecutions, to appease the baffled fury of despotic Governments abroad, (From the Morning Advertiser.) The metropolitan public were yesterday startled by the announcement in the Times, that a house belonging to Kossuth had been searched on the previous day by the police, and that a large store of arms, ammunition, . and materials of war had been discovered and seized. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago we stated that information had reached us from a reliable source, to the effect that the British Government had responded to the wishes of Austria to play the part of spy on the move ments of the refugees resident in London. We added, however, that, excellent as was the source whence the information came, we co ild not bring ourselves to be lieve in its accuracy. We t'iought, and said, that there must be some mistake in the matter. We felt that the national honour would be compromised by such a pro ceeding, and could not therefore give credence to the representations made to us. Unhappily events have since shown that we had thought too favourably of our Government. If the Times may be believed, the Home Secretary has become the servile tool of the Court of Vienna. Assuming that our contemporary is correct, we can only say, that if the discreditable work was to be done at all, we wish it had been done by some one else than Lord Palmerston, The country will be pained, as well as surprised, to learn that he, who was formerly the terror of all the des potic courts of Europe, and whose name was held in execration by every royal tyrant in Christendom, should now have descended so low in the political scale as to becom e the submi ss i ve servant o f the very Court by which he was most hated and abhorred. We may well be Rupposed to feel especially grieved and mortified at this, becaus e no journal took his lordship's part so zealously and so perseveringly as ours, when he was ignominiously ejected from the Russell Ministry because of his unpo • pularity with continentalo courts. While we eulogised the noble lord on that the Times loaded him with its coarsest and most virulent abuse. Now he is the god of that journal's idolatry. We see in the fact we have recorded r la of ft Aberdeen,and edify ing commentary an the speech of the ago, animadverted in the House of Lords, a few w:.elcse by " An on with such surpassing Powers of language, - Englishman." Lord Palmerston hasngalupsarogedet:itoTe the instrument of carrying , out the Austrian "the good Aberdeen. Again, we must express our regret at the sad change which has taken place in o th r e noble lord's position. We wish, for his own sake, that he had not joined the Coalition Cabinet. We wish he • had better consulted his own high character than to sub mit to serve under a man viith whom he had been for years at variance. Had he kept aloof from the mongrel Ministry, he would have lived and died one of the most popular statesmen of the day. The Times, as might be expected, is in the third hea ven of happiness, that something has, as it fancies, been a', last found which will compromise the illustrious .Magyar. There are no bounds to its exultation. It cannot restrain itself. What if, after all, it be doomed to the mortification of discovering that its fiendish re joicings are groundless ? Before it raises its shout of joy, it would be well to wait until it see the issue of the trial, which it is to be presumed awaits Kossuth. That distinguished man is not convicted yet, No British ' NEW ROSS. The committee this afternoon came to a decision to the effect that Mr. G. Duffy was duly elected. MANCHESTER April 15.—The American accounts report a further advance in the price of cotton at the southern ports, consequent upon the very large actual and prospective falling off in the receipts. These advices have bad the effect of slightly strengthening the tone of the Liverpool cotton market ; so that the trade, though still wary and sparing in their purchases, have to pay some advance on the terms of last week for what they may want. The great body of spinners, however, and the buyers of yarns and goods, keep their eyes steadily fixed upon the heavy stocks of cotton which are held on both sides the Atlantic, amounting to 820,000 bales of all classes here, and nearly 800,000 there, together with a considerable quantity on the seas ; and they do not seem inclined to let any reports of diminishing receipts, or any such statements as we re ceived yesterday about the' lateness of the season, divert them from the sound policy of buying with that prudent caution which hesitates to follow any further advance in prices. Accordingly, the Liverpool market receives no impulse from the action of spinners, nor does ours from that of merchants or dealers. So well engaged are spin ners, however, that they not only hold to their quotations for the medium and lower counts with unflinching firm ness, but in general are harder to deal with than they were last week. For fine spinnings the late consider able advance is easily obtained. Printing cloths are without change, as are also heavy. domestics. The lighter domestics, together with long cloths, are in some degree improved. The very meagre telegra phic announcement of Eastern intelligence received to day, stating some improvement at Bombay, has caused a partial inquiry for shirtings, which have of late been dull, though steady in price. Altogether, the business of the week has been inconsiderable ; evidently checked in those articles for which any advance has been de manded. , jury has yet returned its verdict of guilty against him. Whether such a contingency is in the womb of the future, is not for us to say. We have, however, our opinions on the subject. At all events the Magyar chief is no convict yet. Assuming that the report of the Times is correct, not only regarding the fact that arms and ammunition have been found in a house belonging to Kossuth, but that a large quantity has been discovered,—what then ? What purpose did the Hungarian patriot intend to achieve by these arms and ammunition ? Let the Times answer that question. Despotism is unhappily not confined to the geographical limits of Hungary. It pervades nearly the entire Continent. Where is the evidence that the warlike articles found•in the house referred to, were to be applied to the overthrow of any existing Government at all ? These are questions which must, we presume, be answered before the ex-Governor of Hungary can be convicted. And then will come another question—Why, assuming that Kossuth meant to attempt the emancipation of his country by the arms and ammunition said to belong to him,—why have other persons, notoriously conspiring against foreign Governments, been allowed to escape ? Why were not the houses of persons who, it was well known, had been systematically plotting, for months and years, the subversion of foreign dynasties —why were not their houses searched for papers, if not for arms and ammunition ? It was in 1832 clear to all, as the noon-day sun, that a regularly organised conspiracy was formed and carried on in this country against the Government of Don Miguel, in Portugal, and in favour of Don Pedro. An expedition was openly got up in England with that view. Yet Government did not in terfere. The expedition started, and the objects which it contemplated were accomplished. How did it hap pen that all this - was done in open day, and that the then Government took no notice of it, while the pre sent Governinent can actually so far degrade itself as to set its detective police in motion to discover conspiracies of the existence of which the public had no idea ? Then, again, look at the forbearance shown to the pre sent ruler of France when he was in this country. It is an historical fact that he planned two expeditions in England for the overthrow of the Orleans dynasty in France—the one known by the name of the Boulogne expedition, and the other by that of Strasburg. Yet, after the escape of Louis Napoleon from his prison at Ham, and his return to this country, he received no molestation whatever from the police. He was not sus pected. though after the antecedents to which we have referred, he very naturally might have been so. And so, with regard to the ex-royal family of France. Had the - British Government thought proper to keep a watch .on the proceedings at Claremont during the time of Louis Phillippe, there can be no question that they would have found evidence enough of continuous con spiracies against the French Republic in that abode o royal exiles. But the threshold of Claremont was never invaded by any of Sir Richard Mayne's detectives. It was sacred against the inquisitive intrusions of the police. Why, then, should the unfortunate Hungarian refugee have his every movement watched ? Why should the spies of the Government always have their eye on him ? It is because the exiled Magyar is one of the people, and is the object of the special dread and aversion of the crowned despots of the Continent. We do not, we are sure, mistake the charactesor feel ing of our countrynien when we say, that intelligence of the way in which Kossuth has been treated by the British Government will stir every true-hearted bosom in the land to its lowest depth. There is not a man in England whose blood will not boil within him, and whose face will not be crimsoned with a blush, when he is made acquainted with - the transactions of Thursday. England degraded to the character of an Austrian spy ! Deeper degradation it would be impossible to imagine. There is no lower depth than that. Further in a downward direction it would be impossible to go. The Times libels the people of England when-it says, " Whatever punish ment the law may inflict on such a misdemeanour, pub lic opinion will not only ratify the sentence, but increase the rigour of it by general aversion and contempt." The Times, in thus speaking of the English nation, not only libels that nation, but grossly outrages all the better and more generous qualities of theirnature ; for there is no feature more noble or more marked in the English cha racter than its sympathies with the foreigner, who has fled from the blood-thirsty tyrants of his own country, to seek an asylum on the shores of Great Britain. But it is not necessary that we should undertake the vindication of our countrymen from the foul calumnies of the Times. The people will reply to those calumnies themselves. They did so 18 months ago in a way which that journal will never forget, when Kossuth was syste matically assailed and slandered in. a manner which had no parallel in the history of the British press. The enor• mous fall which then took place in the circulation of the Times was the most effective reply which could be given to the representations made by that journal, to the effect that the people of England approved of the course which the Times adopted in reference to Kossuth. After the above had been in the hands of the printer, we received our report of the proceedings in the House of Commons last evening. It will be seen that questions were put to Lord Palmerston on the subject, and that the noble lord's answers were neither dignified nor satin factory. He would not, on the one hand, say that Kos suth was to be held responsible for the arms and am munition which were found in the house alluded to neither would he acquit the Hungarian Chief. All that the noble lord would say was, that the matter was un dergoing a strict investigation. We shall wait with no small anxiety the result of the inquiry. THE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE: (From the Times.) Brevity is the soul of wit. It is also the soul of something that partakes of the nature of wit, but is rather more substantial, and that is business. When men are agreed upon doing a thing, and know that it will be done, they don't' waste many words about it ; indeed they are afraid of talking about it, lest they should inadvertently raise some obstacle. On Thursday night Mr. Milner Gibson moved three resolutions, which he affected still to treat, as he has treated, them on many former occasions, as very much one and the same affair. The second and third of these resolutions were stated in language unusually argumentative, prolix, and even rambling. They contain references of all sorts—to public opinion, to lawsuits, to various Parlia mentary proceedings on other questions, and so on. The language of the first resolution stands in noble contrast :--" That the advertisement duty ought to be repealed." Here is no redun dance—no needless allusion to the march of the human mind, to the progress of civilisation, to the claims of phi lanthropy or the Court of Exchequer. There is even a brusqueness in the expression, only one seemingly need less elongation —the word " ought"—of which more anon. Now, why this strange difference ? Are not advertisements quite as copious and suggestive a subject as paper and stamps ? The truth is that advertisements were the only piece of real business in the string of re solutions. They were the nucleus, and paper and stamps the mere coma and tail of the comet. They had been transacted and made safe. "As men on earnest busi ness bent," the speakers said little enough about them, and lavished their eloquence on the resolutions that were not to be carried. The business part of the affair was also put first. In the natural order the topics would have come paper, advertise ments, stamps ; the material, the contents, the circulation. This was th e or d er observed last year, when there was no busineis done, and no prospect of any. The . question then lay betwe en M r . Mil ner Gib son and Mr. Disraeli, and the amount of understanding they had come to upon it appears from the very uniform fate of the three resolutions. The divisions were then as follow :—Paper 195, against 107; advertisements 199, against 100 ; stamp duties 181, against 116. Stamp duties were then first horse, advertisements the last. The latter was beaten two to one. However, towards the end of the year, the unjust steward found it neces sary to make friends with the mammon of unrighteous ness, and opened an account with the Financial Re formers on advertisement duties. They have now re ceived him into their league, and the result is, that in stead of a long, adjourned debate, followed by a m a jo r ity of two to one ag a i ns t th e repeal f the advertisement du ties, the affair has been settled after rather a short de bate in one evening, and by a division of 200 against 169, virtually in favour of their repeal. Last year only 100 could be found to vote for the measure. There is the same roundness of figures this year, but it is exactly double. The only difference between the two proposi tions respectively beaten last year and carried this is, that, out of deference to a lingering hesitation in the Protectionist contingent, the word " ought" has been imported into the resolution. After the very marked difference made by the house in its decisions upon the three resolutions, we presume it is almost superfluous to return to those rejected. That on the advertisement duty is the only one likely to be mentioned again in Parliament this year. There can be no doubt that it is a most unfair duty, and most unfairly assessed. The uniformity of the charge on the advertisement of a poor scullion wanting a place, and a nobleman wishing to sell half a county, or a company of speculators proposing to join two oceans and cut two continents asunder, operates as disadvantageously for us as it does or it can do for the advertisers. It prevents" us from charging the smaller fry of advertisers as much as we should do, and compels us even to refuse or, what is the same thing, to postpone indefinitely whole pages of small advertise ments. Whether there will be the immense increase of advertisements expected by Mr. Milner Gibson is a mat ter of speculation. He and those- who think with him take their opinions from America, which they consider, with some degree of truth perhaps, the future of Eng land. Yet there does appear an almost essential, in- effaceable difference between the habits and tastes of . the two countries. There, to judge from the papers, every body advertises everything. Indeed, there are many dealers that advertise every article in succession, and cannot receive a consignment of hams, or spades, or cravats without advertising it. However, we do not for a moment doubt that with the duty abolished there will be much more advertising, and if it only discourages other more offensive forms of publicity, that will be no inconsiderable gain. [ADVERTISE MENT.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills a Certain Cure for Eruptions and all Diseases of the Skin. —Extract of a letter from Mr. J. Hird, draper, Keady, dated Feb. 14, 1852, to Professor Holloway :—" Sir, — My child, when three months old, was afflicted with a severe eruption all over her body. I sought every aid and the advice of surgeons and physicians, by all of whom the case was considered hopeless. I then tried your Ointment and Pills, and without exaggeration the effect was miraculous, for in a short time she was restored to perfect health, and so remains. Mr. Bowden, book seller' Gaiusborough, and myself, would be happy to satisfy any inquiries as to the truth of this statement." Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 244, Strand, London. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 185;3 gings, and declare that 48 lashes such as are inflicted on board a ship of war are equal in severity to at least 200 of the stripes a soldier receives from the regimental drummers—an assertion which lam certain I shall be borne out in by all who have had the same experience as myself. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL-APRIL 15, Order for third reading read; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :" Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the question." The house divided—ayes, 288 ; noes, 230. The power to inflict this dreadful torture—second, only, in my opinion, to the power over a fellow-creature's life—is assuredly too great to be confided to one man, if it be necessary that it should be continued at all ; but as the punishment of the lash has been decided by such high authorities as Lord Palmerston, &c., to be degrad ing and brutalising, the sooner a check is given to the use of the cat on board our ships of war, the better.-4 am sir, yours, —Herald. MAJORITY-AYES, 288. I dair, H. Fox, W. O'Prlen, Cornelius Aglionby, H. A. Freestun, Colonel O'Brien, Patrick Alcock, Thomas French, F. O'Brien, Sir T. Anderson, Sir James Gardner, R. O'Flaherty, A. Arson, Gen. Gaskell, James M. Oliveira, B. Anson, Viscount Geach, Charles Ot•boine, Ralph Atherton, Wm. Gibson, T. m. Otwiiy, Arthur John Bailey, C. Gladstone, William Owen, Sir John Baffles, M. T. Glyn, George Carr Pa et, Lord Alfred Ball, Edward Goodman, Sir George Paget, Lord George Ball, John • Gower, F. L. Palmerston, Viscount Baring, Henry B. Grace, 0. Pechell, Sir George Baring, Sir , F. Graham, Sir James Peel Frederick Baring, T. Girt ene, John Pellatt, .t Bating, Francis Gregson, Samuel Peto, S. Barnes, T. Grenfell, C. Phillimorp. J. Beaumont, W. B. Greville, Col. I hillitnore, R. J. Bell, J. Grey Sir G. Phinn, Thomas Berkeley, Adm. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pigott, Francs Berkeley, IL Hadfield, G. Pilkingtori. James Bethel], Richard Hall, Sir Benjamin Pinney, William Biggs. William Hanmer, Sir J. Pollard Urquhart, W. Bland, L. Harcourt, G. G. Pousonby, Hn. A. Bonham-Carter, Join Haste, Alexander Potter, it, Bouverie, E. Basile, Archibald Power, N. Bowe - , G. Ileadlarn, T. E. Price, Sir R. Brady, John Heard, J I. Price, W. P. Bright, John Heathcoat, John Ric mlo, J. Broeklehurat, John Henchy, D. O'Connor Ricard. 0. Brockman, E. D. Herbert, H. A. Rich, H. By otherton, Joseph Herbert, Sidney Robartes, T. J. A. Brown, William Hey (nth, L. Russel], Lord J. Brown, V. Higgins, G. G. 0. Russell, F. C. Bruce, 11. A. Hindley, Charles Russell, F. W. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. W. Hogg, Sir James W. Saclleir, J. Burge, Sir T. Howard, C. W. G. Sandars, G. Butler, Charles Howard, Lord E. Sawle, C. B. G. Byng, G. H. Charles Hudson, George Scobell, Capt. Cardwell, E. tane, Joseph Scully, Francis Caulfield, Col. Hutchins, E. Scully, V. Cavendish, C. C. Hutt, William Seymo r, H. D. Cavendish, George Ingham, If obert Seymour W. i), Cayley, E. S. Jerilyn, Earl Shafto, It. D. Challis, Alderman Johnstone, Sir J. sho e , W. Chambers, 31. Keating, Robert Shelburne, Earl Chambers, Thomas Keating H. Shelley, Sir J. V. Charteris, F. Kennedy, T. Smith, John A. Cheetham, John Kershaw, James Smith, John Benj. Clay, Sir W. King,P. J. Smith, M. Tucker Clifford, H. Kincaird, Arthur F. smith, R. V Clinton, Lord Robert Kirk, William Smyth, R. J. Cobden, Richard Labouchere, 11. Stafford, V.arqu!s Cockburn, Sir A. Laing, S. Stanley, Lord Cofiln, W. Langston, J. H. Stanley, Hn. W. 0. Corbally, M. E. Langton, H. G. Stapleton, John. Cowan, Charles • Laslett, W. Strickland, Sir G. Cowper, W. Lawless, C. Struts, Rt. lion. E. Craufurd, E. Lawley, F. C. Stuart, D. Lord D . Crook, J, Lemon, Sir C. fm.ton, J. H. M. Crossley, Frank Locke, Joseph , Swift, R. Crowder, It. Loveden, P. Talbot, C. R. M. Cubitt, Mr. Ald. Lowe, R. Tancred, Henry Wm. Currie, It. Lucas, F. . Thicknesse, R. A. Dalrymple, Visc. Luce, T. Thompson, George Dashwood, Sir G. H. 31‘Cann, J. Thornely. T. Davie, Sir H. 3PGregor; John Towneley, C. Denison, J. E. IPM ahon, P. Townshend, Capt. Disraeli, Benjamin M'Ta gart, Sir J. Traill, G. Divert, Edward Maguire, J. Tufnell H. Drumlanrig, Viscount M ang l es , R. D. Tynte, 'Col. C. J. K. Duff, George Marshall, William Vane, Lord H. Dull, James Martin, John Vernon.G. E. H. Duffy, C Massey, W. N. Villiers, Hon. C. Duke, Sir James Matheson, A. Vivian, J. H. Duncan, G. Matheson, Sir J. Vivian, it. H. Dancombe, T. Maule, Colonel Wall, C. B. Dundas, F. Meagher, Thomas Walinsley, Sir J. Dunlop, A. 311111, E. Water J. Ellice, Rt. Hon, E. Milligan, Robert Wells, W. Ellice, E. Mills, T. Whalley, G. IL Evans, Sir D. L. Elliot, John MI Ira', W. M. E. Whitbread, S. 31ilnes, R. M. Wickham, H. W. Evans, William Michell, W. Wilkinson, W. A. Ewart„ William Michell, T. Wilcox, B. Fagan, W. . Moffatt, G. Willimns, W. Feilden, M. Molesworth, Sir W. Wilson, J. Fergus, J. Monck, Viscount Winnington, Sir T. Ferguson, Col. Moncreiff, James Wood, Sir C. Ferguson, Sir Robert Monsell, William Wortley. Jas. Steer Ferguson, Joseph Moreton, Lord Wrightson, W. Fitzgerald, J. D. Morris, D. Wyvill, M. Fitzgerald, Sir J. kostyn, E. M. Young, Sir John Fitzroy, Henry 111u4rave, Earl Fltzwilliam, G. W. Mute, Col. Forster, M. Murphy, F. S. Forster, C. Murrough, J. P. N ertescue. Chichester Norreys, Lord Fox, R. bi Norreys, Sir D. AN OLD OFFICER, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET C RAVEN. —FRIDAY. For the Handicap Stakes of 15 says. each, 10 ft, for all ages, T.Y.C., the following appeared on the card : Mr. Morris's Sir Roland Trenchard, 5 yrs, Bst 71b; Mr. Adkins's Tonic, 5 yrs, Bst 21b ; Mr. Payne's Warhood, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b ; but the race became void. MATCH 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Perren's Adeline, by lon, 2 yrs, sst 111 b ....(Wells) 1 Duke of Bedford's Gossip, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-6 to 4on the young one, who waited until they were about half-way in the cords, when she obtained the lead, and the race ended in her favour by a length. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, for three-year-old fillies, Bst 71b ; those by stallions, or out of mares that had never bred a winner, allowed 31b ; only one allowance. D.M. 9 subs. LordW.Powlett's Scandal, by the Lib e l Bst 41b .. (R ogers ) 1 General Anson's Mayfair, b y Bay Middleton, Bst 71b 2 Mr. Payne's Glenalvon, B s t 71b (Flatman) (Butler) 3 Duke of Richmond's f by Touchstone, out of Cakooo, Bst 41b . ..(J. Mason) 4 Lord Exeter's Phrygia, Bst 41b. .(N r orman 5 Betting-6 to 4on Scandal, sto 1 agst Mayfair. A short run race—the work only beginning in earnest when they were near the cords. Scandal won by a length, the second beating the third half a length. A head between third and fourth. The PORT STAKES, a sweepstake of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for four-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b ; not named in the Claret. T.M.M. The owner of the second horse to receive back his stake. 9 subs. Mr. R. Harrison's King of Trumps, by Velopicide, Bst 71b (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Greville's Mine, Bst 41b (Flatman) 2 Duke of Richmond's Homebrewed, Bst 71b..(J. Marion) 3 Sir R. Pigot's Filius, Bst 71b (A. Day) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst Homebrewed, 2to agst King of Trumps, sto 2 agst Adine. After the first hundred yards Adine took the lead, which she held to the cords. where King of Trumps, who had been lying second from the ditch gap, wont up and passed her. In vain she persevered to regain her position. The King won very cleverly by two lengths. Homebrewed a bad thiid. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, for two yr-old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold fox 150 sovs. if demanded, &c. • allowances if to be so ld -f or l ess . L as t half of Ab.M. '6 subs. Mr. Snuffling's c by Napier, out of Carouch's dam, (25/.) ' .7st 51b (Ch arlton) 1 Mr. T. Powell's Grindoff, by Falstaff (501 ), 7st 91b (Wakefield) 2 Betting—Even betting on Napier colt, 4 to 1 agst any other. The favourite made nearly all the running, and won easily by two lengths. He was afterwards claimed. Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, 4 yrs, received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's Nathan, 3 yrs, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. In closing the details of this meeting, it but just to state that a better Craven Meeting has not been recorded for some years. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. NEW MATCHES. MONDAY.—Lord Glasgow's f by Melbourne, out o f N on . descript's dam, agst Mr. - Mare's Little Kitty, .rest 71b each, First half of fib. Mile. 100 h ft. Lord Glasgow's c by Assault, out of Miss Nortor, Bsl 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's Dabchick, Bst 41b. A.F. 200, h ft. Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Garter, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b apt Duke of Bedfo r d' s Nathan, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b. D.M. 150, b ft. TUESDAY.—Duko of Bedford's HE sperus, Sst 71b, agsl le_rd Glasgow's Senorit a Bst. First half of Ab. AI. 100, h ft. 31 MORI TY-1S OE :3, 230. THURSDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Hesperus, Bst 101 h, agsi Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, 7st 71b. First half of Al,, M. 100, h ft. CHELTENHAM GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE.—We are authorised by the secretary to state that " the stew ards of the late Cheltenh-tra Steeplechases have taken opinion respecting the objection to Oscar, and it is decided that he is entitled to the stakes, which will be paid over to his owner forthwith. COURSE OF EXCH . Amsterdam 11 17% Ditto, three months .. Rotterdam .... • • 11 19 1 4 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Brussels .• 25 30 tlamburgh .• • . 13 8 3,1 Altona ....... ......... Paris • • ....... 25 7% Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Marseilles. „ 2 , 30 Bourdeatut Frankfort-on•Matne .... 120 Berlin ...„ „ .......... Vienna .. • .••. • • .. 11 6 Trieste ........ •.•• • .. 11 8 Petersburgh— ...• • . 37% Madrid • • ANGE-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar Leghorn 30 5 ......... A. ..... Vence -- Naples • 41 Palermo 124% alessina 125 Lisbon 533! Oporto ............ •• .. 53% Rio Janeiro . ..... Buenos Ayres ...... •• • • New York, FOdays' sight Philadelphia ...... •• • • PRICES - OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 I% litarcelona.. : Seville ....., PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 14. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) DITTY ON PAPER. Motion made, and question proposed, " That the Excise Duty on Paper, whilst impeding th e d eve l opemen t o f an important manufacture, also materially obstructs the pro duction of good cheap literature ; and the maintenance of this tax as a permanent source of revenue would be im politic and inconsistent with the efforts which Parliament is now making to promote education amongst the great body of the people : "—Whereupon the previous question put, " That that question be now put :"—The House divided ; Ayes 80, Noes 279. MINORITY —AYES, 80. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDA Y. CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 14. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of. Lancaster. —Thomas Greene, of WhittinL ton-Hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, in the room of Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esq., whose election has been adjudged void. BANS.RIGrPTCY ANNULLED. Charles Green, scrivener, Spalding, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTS. John White, draper, Charles-street, Tottenham -court , road, to surrender, April 22, at eleven, and May 26, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole man - street-buildings ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside. Edward Blakely, linen draper, Conduit-street, Regent= street, April 22, at half-past one, and May 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official. assignee, Basingball-street : Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday street, Cheapside. Robert Chinery, brewer, Withersfied, Suffolk, April 26, at half-past one, and May 24, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba singhall-street ; Gooday, Brunswick-square ; Gooday, Sud bury, Suffolk. Frederick Rosenborg, distiller, Freeschool-street, Hors leydown, April 22, at twelve, and May 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street; Cox and Taylor, Pinners'-hall, Old Broad -street. Heneage Norton Ginder, licensed victualler, Fount:Lir, gardens, Lambeth-walk, April 22, at eleven, and May 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee, Basingh a ll- s t reet ; H enderson, Mansell•street, Goodman 's-fields. William Marsh, beer-seller, Dudley, Worcester, April 30, at half-past ten, and May 23, at one, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham ; Bolton, Dudley ; Motteram and Knight, Bir mingham. Edward Goldsmith, tailor, Nottingham, May 6 at ten, and May 27 at ore, at the Birmingham District Court. 'Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Browne, Notting ham. Richard Stephens, draper, Truro, April 26 and May 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Gear, Mountford, and Gear, or Stogdon, Exeter. William Artingstall, joiner, Pendleton, Lancashire, April 27, and May 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assigne e , G eorge - s t ree t , M anchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Daniel Dunglinson, victualler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 26, at eleven, and May 25, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Welford, Market-street, New castle-upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Cheapside, London. DIVIDENS DECLARED. Edward Cowper Fyffe D and Ebeneber Wathen Fyffe, of Howford-buildings, F enc h urc h- s t reet, and Edward Fyffe, jun., of Calcutta, merchants, fist dividend of ls. Bd. in the pound, and first dividend of 20s. in the pound on the se parate estate of Edward Cowper Fyffe, payable at 18, Al dermanbury, on any Monday. Fragoulio Pantoleon Platy, of 15, Broad-street-buildings, merchant, first dividend of ls. lid. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, on Saturday, April 16, and three subsequent Saturdays. Edward M. Marks, of 21, Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, second dividend o f 81d. i n th e pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court,i Basinghall-street, on Saturday, April 16, and three subsequent Saturdays. 6 Robert Swansborough, of Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, final dividend of ld. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basing hall-street, on Thursday, April 21, and three subsequent Thursdays. Henry Pinhorn and Robert Pinhorn, of Southampton, drapers, second dividend of 2s. 2cl. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, April 21, and three subsequent Thursdays. Robert Augustine Braine, of Oxford, saddler, third di. vidend of laid. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghall street, on Thursday, April 21, and three subsequent Thursdays. Cecil Sober Taylor Walker, of 159, Oxford-street, arti ficial flower maker, first dividend of 2s. 2d. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, April 21, and three subsequent Thursdays. Samuel Gubb, of Exeter, innkeeper, first dividend of ss. 6d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday. Thomas Manley, of Exeter, dealer in wood, a dividend of is. ld. in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday. James Hill, of Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, linen-dra per, first and final dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday after the 18th instant. Samuel Cole Harrison, of Sunderland, linen-draper, first dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at the Royal- Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. Francis Joule Smith, of Eccleshall, Staffordshire, cur rier, final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 7, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on any Thursday. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Robert Pritchard, of Bury, Lancashire, book keeper—James Frost, of Holbeck, Woadhouse, Notting hamshire, victualler—John Gartside, of Nantwich, Che shire, out of business—Henry Francis M'Donald, of Liver pool, hatter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Mary Ann Mitchell and Joseph Richard Mitchell, of Gloucester, hosiers—Ebenezer Harvey and John Harvey, of Bow Churchyard, Cheapside, woollen warehousemen— John Kilner and John Bore, of Preston, Lancashire, join ers Charles Blakeway and Herbert Blakeway, of Dorhall, Worcestershire, farmers—Joseph Sanderson, Edward Rheam Sanderson, and William Thompson, of Kingston upon-Hull, and Liverpool, merchants (so far as regards Edward Rheam Sanderson)—Nathaniel Wheatcroft, sen., and Robert Lee, of C rom f or d , D erbyshire, curriers—James Marshall and Thomas Tattersall, of Liverpool, wine mer chants—Sarah Oakley and Henry Giles Oakley, of 7, St. Dunstan's-passage, Great Tower-street, tailors—Samuel Battley and William Manning Watts, of Whitecross-street, Cripplegate, wholesale ch em i s t s —B en j am i n B i nns and Joseph Wright, of Keighley, Yorkshire, furniture brokers —Margaret Harrison and William Scott, of Sunderland, coal merchants—John Prestwich, Samuel Bolton,, and William Bolton, of Radcliffe, Lancashire, engravers (so far as regards John Prestwich)—Mary Ogle and Elizabeth Steel, of Preston, Lancashire—Edwin Ratcliffe and James Hancock, of Manchester, timber merchants—Joseph Bar nard, Thomas Whitaker, and John King, of Little Eaton, Derbyshire, quarrymen—Richard Porritt, jun., Joseph Atkinson, Joshua Riley, and Jabez William Porritt, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, wool merchants (so far as regards Joseph Atkinson)—James Preston Henry Schofield, an d Thomas Schofield, of Bradley, Yorkshire, timber mer chants (so far as regards Henry Schofield). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Dick, of Canongate, Edinburgh, , provision merchant, April 22 and May 13, at one, at Paxton 's Rooms, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. Alexander Meldrum, of Grantown, clothier, April 18 and May 9, at twelve, at the Union Hotel, Inverness. David Leech, of Glasgow, land agent, April 19 and May 9, at one, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Robert Low Foreman, of St. Andre ws , coa l d ealer, April 18 and May 9, at two, at the Star Hotel, St. Andrews. BANK OF ENGLAND, An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 9th day of April, 1e53. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984, ,, 00 Gold coin and bullion 18,797,306 Sliver pul lon 19,151 Notes Issued ...• .. £ .. 32,816,460 X 32,416,460 I £32,816,4.60 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashi e r. Dated the 14th day of April, 1853. On Wednesday evening a paper was read before this society by Wm. Bollaert, Esq., F.R.G.S., "On the Incas of Peru, the Indians of South Peru, and on some Indian remains in the province of Tarapaca." The origin of the term Peru is involved in obscurity, it may be derived from Biru, the name of a river ; the an cient inhabitants of Quito were called Puru-ayes. The author stated that the word Inca was probably derived from Inti the sun, but that the language of the first Incas appear to be lost, and, moreover, that the Incas adopted the language of one of the nations they con quered, namely, the Quichna. The shores of Peru have yielded, since 1838, more than half a million tons of guano, and in the South, the province o f T arapaca has exported, since 1831, more than 250,000 tons of nitrate of soda. In the same district, a new boracic acid mineral has been discovered. The author alluded in particular to the cyclopean ruins of Tia-Huanaen 12,900 feet above the sea, south of Lako Titicaca, and which were of a period long before that of the Incas. Mr. Bollaert, con sidered the year A.D. 1109, to be about that of the co,a mencement of the reign of Manco Capac, and the death of Atahualpa is put down in 1533, and he stated that it was generally agreed upon that the peopling of the New World had been from Asia, principally ; but at a very early period indeed. The author gave particulars of several traditions concerning the origin of the Incas, their history, conquests, and architectural works, &c. Mr. Bollaert mentioned that on the landing of Pizzaro, the Peruvians had attained a high degree of civilisation, much higher than any other prior to the use of gi aphio records. He noticed the existence of roads 500 leagues in length, causeways through morasses, ruins of numer ous frontier fortresses, palaces, winter palaces with their gardens and fountains, baths, quarries, mausolean towers, swinging and floating bridges, open and subter ranean aqueducts, and other works furnish, whether in ruins or converted by the Spaniards into barracks or , monasteries, evidences of the taste, power, and opulence of the Incas, and vastness of the population. The , Quichna and Aymara languages were those mostly spoken in Peru, originally oral, were learnt by the Spaniards, and made by them to follow the Greek and Latin construction. The author bad opened many tombs or huacas, and although a few of the skulls found within appeared somewhat elon gated, the greater number were not so, and he thought that when skulls had been found of any peculiar form, such had been caused by artificial means, a practice com- VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. mon among some of the Peruvian Indians as late as the The Surat, Liverpool to Calcutta, Dec. 15, let. 25, 16th century. In the huacas, the mummies placed in a , long. 23. The Union , London t o H o b ar t T own , ou t 103 d ays ;, Canton to L on d on , ou t 24 d a y s , l a t. 13 S ., sitting position, were often found images of gold and and C0 , 3 , 1f _tt ciu s silver, pottery, arms, tools, fishing implements, mirrors lono• of silver and polished stone, hatchets of copper, dri e d fruits, maize, shell , , fossil bones of animals, &c. Some I curious Indian pictography was described as existin g i n the province of Tarapaca, produced by scooping out lines in soft ground, twelve to eighteen inches broad and six deep, representing men, women, llamas, dogs, circles, (Prom t7e London New Price Current of yesterday .) squares, and other forms, some of the figures being SUGAR.—To day West India sugar was purchased with twenty to thirty feet high. Indian pictography, B y rn . reluctance for home consumption, the rates accepted bolic and representative devices, are common to the were in some cases rather under those of Friday last for nations of the New World. In North America they grocery and refining sorts. Operations amounted to 317 are cut in rocks, trees, or painted on skins. hhds, &c., including in auction 58 hhds and 68 brls. Bar- At a high pass, called Pacheta, in the.,Aeh_cles.of Tara- G b d a, o a e n s d w b h r i o c w h u s o a l t d 3 t 2 b s r t o o n 3 l 4 to s p e g r o od cwt. yellow For toa t t h 3 e 4s w 6 e d ek p 3 ur 7 aoa where there is a Pile of stones, th Indian who chases are 1140 hhds, P • goes by there will bring a stone, even from distan ce, REFINED.—To-day the market for refined sugar pre in order to add another to the pile. These piles a of stone s seated a quit aspect, there is a better supply with sellers are not uncommon in the Andes and other parts of of brown lumps, at 45s to 45s 6d and low to fin e South America. Pacheta comes frcm the Quichna, word, grocery 46 s to 48s , per cwt. Crushed sugar is not w Apachitas, meaning a pil e o f stones, and adored. cheaper, but exporter s are no t muc h i nc li ne d t o o p erate. The Indian who had su rmounted a difficult hill, a and ar- This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius sugar offered, at rived at the pass, was thankful to Pacha-cawak, and auction was 5,600 bags. Thera was a relptance to operate, and a small part only sold, still prices were sus cried out " Apacherta," or to Him who has given me tanned; ; low to mid yellow realising 34s to 35s 6d, good to strength. :One 36s to 36s 6d, and refining from 34s to 30 per cWt. RANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,106,886 Public deposit s tilt eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Government veurit les (ineludg.Dead N eight Annuity) 13,G71.382 Other seettrit' es .. 14,875.627 N tes .............. 9,839,745 Gold and silver coin.. 4•,9,874 Dividend Accounts) 4,733,108 Other deposi s .. Seven Day and other Bills £38,796,628 £38,796,628 I. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tto 14th day of April, 1% PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 12th day of April, 1853, is 255. sicl per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon_ on the lin-- portatiou thereof into Groat Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 15. ENTERED INWARD Ghent S , .—The Diana, eLord Johnsterdltuamsse;ll,safrraohm, Harlingen ; Flecks, Am Charlotte Caroline, Malta ; Faith, Africa ; Witte ; Cornalis Zoomdenwith, Rotterdam ; Neptunus, Emden ; Nptune, Hamburgh ; Sortum, Guernsey; City of Bou logne, Boulogne. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. —The Ocean, for Hamburgh ; Diana, Aliosterdara Rudolph, Elsineur, &c. ; Flecka, Ghent • Halls, Elsineur ; Akbar, Calcutta ,• Pa- Hobart Town ; Land o' Cakes, Canton and Hong nama, , Kong ; Monarchy, Calcutta ; Desdemona, Melbourne ; Foyle, Jersey and Guernsey ; Walter Monica, Sydney; Niagara, Sydney • ; Indemnity, Port Adelaide ; Ontaria, Melbourne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Hindoo, for Calcutta ; Hartley, Port Philip ; Maria, Hamburgh ; Oliver Cromwell, Calcutta • Olaveaga, Bilboa • Salaman deren, Christiania, &c. ; N ' avigation, Rouen ;'Britannia, Rostock ; Fame, Calais ; Princess Royal, Hamburgh ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Triton, Ostend ; dam. Diana, Amster- .MARKET INTELLIGENCE. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Rodney Mundy has resigned the command of the London, 92, at Spithead, in consequence of ill health ; and has been succeeded by Captain Charles Eden, late private secretary to the Earl o f A uc kl an d an d Si r Francis Bari ng , when First Lords of the Admiralty. The London is not yet fully manned, but we trust she soon will be. Captain Eden's selection is a fair one. He is comparatively a young captain, but he has com manded a 50-gun frigate— the Winchester, and for some time the flag-ship at Portsmouth. He will now make up his time in one of the best sailing ships in the service. THE NEW MASTER SHIPWRIGHT.—There are several candidates for the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. 0. Lang, master shipwright of Woolwich yard, of whom Mr. 0. Lang, son of the deceased, and assistant-master shipwright of Chatham yard ; Mr. Turner, filling a similar office in Devonport yard ; and Mr. J. Peake, assistant-master shipwright at Woolwich, the designer of the most successful life-boat on the coast, son of the late. Sir H. Peake, formerly Surveyor of the Navy, are con sidered to have the most favourable chance. Mr. Jang was the acting-master shipwright of Deptford Dockyard on its re-establishment, and Mr. Turner was master shipwright of the establishment at Bombay for many years. It is not likely, however, that the officer promoted will come to Woolwich. That has always been regarded as a senior establishment. It is more probable that Mr. Read, who for many years has been the effi cient master shipwright at Sheerness, and who was for merly Mr. Lang's first assistant at Woolwich, will be appointed to that dockyard, and the new master ship wright will go to Sheerness. At all events, we trust the vacancy will be given to a good, sound, practical ship wright, and not a mere talking, fidgetty, hair-splitting calculator. Doubtless the Surveyor of the Navy will be consulted on this promotion, and the consequent appoint ments.—Berald. The vacant appointment of junior medical inspector of Hadar, vice Anderson, deceased, has been given to Inspector of Hospitals Dr. John Wilson (1841). Dr. Thomas Frazer (1838), of the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship in the West Indies, has been appointed surgeon and medical storekeeper at Jamaica Hospital ; and Dr. William M'Kinlay (1847) has been appointed to the Cumberfand. The Admiralty have appointed two medical officers to the Illustrious, hospital ship, at Portsmouth, Surgeon James Ellis (1823), and Assistant-Surgeon Vim. Pat rice (1847). _ __ The foll Owing assistant-surgeons have been promoted to the rank of surgeon : Dr. Charles Forbes of the Cal . liope, 26, Australia ; Arthur Adams, of gaslar Hospi tal ; Dr. Robert Hastings, of the Hogue, 58, screw-ship, Devonport ; and Dr. John Balfour Nicholson, of the Antelope, steam-vessel, Mediterranean. These officers are the senior qualified, with the exception of Mr. Pritchard, who has been passed over, and other officers who wished to remain in their present rank. These assistant-surgeons are of more than eleven years' stand ing, being of 1841 seniority. A poor encouragement, indeed, for young medical men to enter the service, even if they 'met with the treatment from the Admiralty which their age and education entitle them to receive. The following clerks have also been promoted to the rank of paymaster :—F. W. Cole (1836), the senior on the list ; J. T. Spark (1844), of the Virago, steam-sloop, Pacific, fifth on the list, passing over Messrs. Ellis, Spear, and Slaughter, all serving at the present time ; Edward Robert Chamberlain (1844), of the Porcupine, steam-vessel, 'Queenstown, passing over Mr. Pinhorn ; John Thomas Wells (1845), of the Ajax, screw flag-ship, Queenstown, passing over Mr. Retallick, who is now serving; and James L. Thorne (1845), also of the Ajax, passing over Mr. Horniman, who is serving. ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE.—The following gentlemen passed their examination on Wednesday in navigation in the presence of Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fan shawe, Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent, &c., and on Thursday received their certificates : Mates for Lieutenants.—Claude A. C. De Crespigny, Edwin Charles Chaplain, John G. T. Clarke, George W. Strang, George It. Bell, Keith Stewart, Andrew J. Kennedy, George L. Sulivan, Marcus P. Costello, Arthur M. Wells, Louis de la Cherais, John K. E. ; Baird, and Henry J. Urquhart. Second Masters for Masters.— Palmer, Clifton, and Parks. Naval Cadets.—Turton, Pearse, Skene. Masters' Assistants.—Brown, Hitchcock, Richards, tow, Atkinson. • DOCKYARD.-Mfr. Theophilus Scott has been appointed inspector of shipwrights of Chatham dockyard. THE FEVER IN THE ODIN.— -The Admiralty have or dered the Odin, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Scott, to take a cruise to the westward, with the hope of improving her sick fever patients. If the fever should not abate the ship is to return immediately to port. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15. The London, - 90, still remains at Spithead, but under orders for sea. The Vulcan, screw iron-troop-ship, Commander Von Donop, got her lower yards down to-day, and sent them ashore. We understand she requires much more power ful ones, as she is very stiff under canvass, and could bear some few hundred yards in addition, which would enable her to increase her speed at the least a knot an hour. - The Avon, paddle steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, came into harhonr this morning, from Devon port, with supernumeraries, and returned this afternoon. The Illustrious, hospital-ship, has received her jury masts to-day, and will be moored at Block-house hole— the entrance creek to Haslar Hospital. Soundings for that purpose have been taken to-day. The Victorious, receiving hulk, has been shifted along side the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., opposite the Sheers Jetty, and has been shipping stores the whole day from lighters belong ing to the victualling department. The Mercury, cutter, Lieutenant Commander Ireland, arrived this morning from the Channel Island; and came into harbour to receive wages. Ships of War at Spithead.—London, Encounter, Im perieuse. • The Styx, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hall, was at Mauritius Feb. 14, and was reported off Point de Galle on the 6th March. The Sphynx, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hillyar, arrived at Trincomalee Feb. 27, en route to England to be paid off. PEMBROKE, APRIL 15. M. Duprd de Sarm and Captain Bourgeois, the former the constructor and the latter the commander of the Napol6on French screw line-of-battle-ship, have visited and thoroughly inspected the Royal yard at Pembroke. For some time past an order has been in force to admit two French gentlemen to view the establishment, and on their arrival they were received by the Captain-Super intendent, Sir T. Pasley, and Mr. Rice, the Master-Ship wright, by whom they were taken over the yard, the whole of which was minutely inspected. The shipbuilding department elicited warm commendations. Alcock, Thomas Fraser, Sir W. A. O'Flaherty, Anthony Anderson, Sir James Gardner, Richard Otway, A. J. Barnes, Thomas Greene, J. Peacocke, G. M. W. Bell, James Greville, Colonel F. Pc chell Sir G. Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Grogan, E . Peel. Sir Robert Biddulph, R. M. Hadfield, George Phinn, T. Biggs, William Hall. Sir Benjamin Pilkington, James Bland, L. Hamilton. Lord C. Pollard• Urquhart, W Bowyer, George Hastie, Alexander Potter, R. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Heyworth, L. Ricardo, J. L. Cheetham, John Hindley, Charles Sadleir, J. Cobbett, J. Morgan Hume, J, Scholefield, W. Cobden, Richard Hume, W. F. Szobell, Captain Corbally, M. Resting, Robert Scully, F, Cowan, Charles Kennedy, Tristram Seymour, W. D. 3 31 in ial ni l z , , E G d . waril Crook, J. King, P. j. Shelley, Sir J. V. -- Crossley, F. Laslett, William Smith, John B. FLOGGING THE BOATSWAIN'S MATE. Dashwood, Sir G. Lucas, E. Stirling, W. Duffy, CG. Macgregor, James Stuart, Lord D. SIR,—I have been much gratified with the manner in Duncan, George 3l'Ma'ron, P. Vance, J. which the Morning Herald has commented on the cruel Duncombe, T. Masuire, J. F. Frederick Walmsley, Sir J. treatment of Stapleton, the boatswain's mate ; and with Ellice E. Whalley, G. the promise that the " subject shall not be allowed to E wart, William hlontgomery, H. Wilkinson, W. Moore, Cr. pi. Fagan, W. Williams, W. drop." Feilden, 3f. 3lorr!s, D. Some years ago a good deal was said in the House of Ferguson, Joseph TELLEI s . Commons on the flogging of soldiers, which resulted in Forster, Charles Murrough, J. P. Glyn, George Carr NBriorgrhe Oakes. J. H. t r , s J i o ... h o n rd Gibson, Thomas M. the limitation of the powers of courts-martial, as regards Fox, W. j ' MAJORITY—NOES, k'79 that degrading punishment to 50 lashes, and which is Adair Hugh E. Gladstone, William Newark, Viscount now applied only in the cases of disgraceful crimes. I have long expected that the Legislature, which was so Adde;ley, C. Al exander, J. Goddard, Ambrose L. O'llrien, ' C. warmly interested on behalf of the private soldier, would Annesley, Earl of Goodman, Sir G. O'Brien, P. in time extend som e p ro t ec ti on t o poor Jack ; but have Atherton, Wm. Gordon, Admiral C o b orne, Ralph Bagge, W. Goulburn, Henry Packe Charles NV. looked in vain for this desirable boon. Bailey, Sir J. IGO, Grosvenor, i r o e ss e, el s . ye o ,n n 1 , 0 ,r 6 h. a oE : : u ars e l I P. Peel,lP: h a l k i i : n p g r ; s. t , on , sir Grace, 0,1). J. Paget, Lord Alfred The cruel case of the boatswain's mate has been ex- Bailey, Craw:hay Graham, Sir J. Packenham, E. posed to the view of the public and excited its just Baines, 31. T. Grey, Sir G. Baird James Palmerston, Vb. indignation, but that is only a specimen of the mar- Ball, Edward Grosvenor, Lord Parker, R. T. tial law used in the Royal Navy, "She right hand Ball, John of England," whose humbler members should, in this Baldock, E. IL Gwyn, Rowel Percy, J J 'W oh i l l i ß l a l m enry Banker ' G. age of enlightenment, at least enjoy the same immu- Hamilton, G. A. Baring, 11. B. Phillitno.e, J. G. nity from the scourge as their brethren on land, if Baring, Sir F. not from philanthropic, at least from political mo tives ; but hitherto no benevolent M.P. has been Barrington, ii 1 1 aa s a a n y n t Harcourt,bins r s r A Y , i S ce S E I h r o p .il e J bo n o na c h e e dl n r B Rl l l,u l oc . I ,hr t . Portal, i ed m r.l, 3.Nrol:.'S R. Ilarain,ge C. S. Pritchard, stirred up to inquire into these matters, and things Bennet, a ee a : a t e s t in s ' i ne o N t n o, n , ' P T T i h , ' i rl i Thomas as B. have been suffered to go on unchecked in our ships of war on the distant ocean that would not have been Bentinck, Geo. P. Bead'am, Thomas E. Robartes, T. S. A. tolerated for one day if they took place in a garrisonßobertson, P. F. Berkeley, C. L. 'leaflet° , .4te, J ... - Felt, P. Rerkeley, Admiral Heard J town in England within earshot of the inhabitants, Bernard, Viscount Ileatlicoate, Sir G. Rushout, Capt. arising from the power entrusted to the captains of the Bonham-Carter, J. li , athcoate, G. Russell, LordJ. Booth, Sir P. Herreage, G. 11. W. Bus ell, F. C. navy to inflict corporal punishment on their men to the fleneage, G. F. F. W . extent of 48 lashes ;in most cases the captain being, not Bremridge, Richard Heroert, 11. A. Sanders, G. only judge, jury, and administrator of punishment, but it risco, Musgrave I H ,e e r r b b e e i rk S s i i t r iir i c h y omas p c s r e o l p e , , , C o ..B l ...G. prosecutor also. is rotherton. J. Browne V. Hervey, I ord Alfred Serlain, I ord I readily grant that many of these officers use their Bruce, iord E. Howard, NV. G. Sea B a er, 11. K. enormous power with moderation, and, it may be, a Bruce, C. L. C. Howard, ford E. Seymour, 11. D. sincere desire to avoid the use of this disgusting punish- puller, Sir J. Y. Ingham, R. Shelburne, E ar l o f Bru e, H. A. Hughes, W. B. Shafto, R. D. meet, when they think it can be dispensed with. But I' urke, Sir T. Inglis, Sir R. ii. Sintith Sir iv. the principle of placing such p ower over hi s fellow-crew- Rurrell,'Sir C. M. Jermyn, Earl Smith, John Abel tures in the hands of one man is atrociously wrong, Byng, G. H. Johnstone, Sir J. Smith, W. If. Burrotethes, 11. N. Johnstone, James Smith, It. C. and, as might be expected, it is o ft en a b use d . For ex- Cairns. H. 31`Calmont Jolllffe, Sir W. G.H. Smyth, R. J. ample, I have known a captain capriciously to spare a Cardwell, Hon. E. Kelly, Sir F. Smyth. J. thief's back, and in a few days afterwards inflict the full Cavendish, G. Kendall, N. Sotheron, T. IL William Stafford, A. penalty of 48 lashes on an unfortunat e wre t c h w h ose de- Chambers, N! onta gu Ki nna i r d, k. F. Spooner, R. Chambers, T. Kirk, linquency was drunkenness and too loud talking. Chaplin, W. J. Knatchbull, Wm. F. Stafford, Marquis Knight, F W. Stanhope, James B This captain was by no means a cruel man, and the C C l b ar a y r i ; e y r ,r i s : F. ue l Stanley, Lord injustice lie committed was only a consequence of a Christopher, R. A. Knox, W. S. Lacon, Sir I, . Stapleton, J. system which Sir James Graham seeks to uphold, rather than the fault of the fallible man, who carried his power Clinton, Lord R. Laing, ' S. Talbot, C. Langston, J. Pl. Tancred, H. W. to its utmost extent, perhaps under the influence of • Cockburn, Sir Alex. Largton 11. G. Thes'ger, Sir F. temper, caprice, or any of the numerous motives which c 1 • , oe ts, Thomas S. Legh, G. C. Thompson, G. bias the human mind. Coffin, Walter Such cases as St a pleto n ' s when perpetrated i n an E ng - Compton, 11. Combo Lewis, ,Leslie C Si h r a T ri . es P. T T r u a mi lll i , n G e' . 0, fish harbou r , na t ura lly crea t e th e i r own remedy, by their Cotton, W. H. Lidd e ll, 11. G. Trollope, Sir J. very enormity ar ous i ng p u bli c a tt ent i on, and directing it Craufurd, E. 11. J. Lockhart, A. E. Tufner, 11. to the manners and customs of naval courts-martial ; but Da rymple, Vis. Loveden, P. Turner, C. the legalised cruelty that may be practised on the wide Davison, R. , Lowe, Robert Tyler, Sir George Luce, Thomas Tynte, Col. C J. ocean does not so readily reach the public ear, and to this Denison,srae J. E. B. Macartney, G. Tyrell, Sir J. T. especially I desire to draw attention. Drundatirig, Vis. 3fackenve, W. F. Vane, Lard A. The inevitable misuse of the despotic power to which Duff, G. S. Macgregor, John Vane, Lord H. I have adverted might be co rrec t e d b y re li ev i ng ever Duff,i Duncombe, [ln. A. James 31 31 4 7 a a n gg , ' lc. ' II J. • Verner, Sir W. Y captain of the onerous responsibility o f pun i s hi ng minor Duncombe, 11. 0. Matins, H. Vernon, G. Vivian, J. 11. offences, and laying it on a jury of the ship's officers /pandas, F. Mandeville, Viscount Vivian, Henry H. (whose awards should be strictly scrutinised at the Ad- Dunne, Col . Martin, John Walcott, Adm. Du Pre C. George Masterman, J. Warner, Ed war d miralty), the prerog k ative of mercy being still left to the Egert n', W. Matheson, Alex. Welby, Sir G. E. captain as his privilege ; and no minor punishments, as Egerton, Edward Matheson, Sir J. Wens, W. they are called, ought to be entrusted irresponsibly to a Ellice, E. Maule, Colonel West, Frederick R. Elliot J. E. ell, James P. Whiteside, James captain or a first lieutenant, a quarterly return of such E v .„,s, W. Miles W. Whitmore, Mmes being included in the reports of graver punishments, Evelyn, W. J. Milligan, R. Wickham, Henry W. and forwarded to the Admiralty, and that board held Ferrer, James Milner, W. M. E. Wilcox, B . accountable to the country for the act o f it s o ffi cers. Fellowes, Edward Milnes, R. H. Wil son , J ame s I Mitchell, Wiunington, Sir T. E I doubt not there are a few despots in the service who Ferguson, Colonel Mitchell, T PA . Wood, Sir C. would dislike to be deprived of the sweet power of lash- Ferguson. Sir B. Moffatt, G. Wortley, J. S. ing their humbler fellow-man' s fl es h, an d o ff er p l aus ib le Fitzgerald, S. Molesworth, Sir W. Wyndham, General Fitzroy lion. H. hfonek, Lord Wyndham, W. a mr.-, u ents - for the continuance of it : b u t no thi ng, i n my Vitzwilliarn, G. hi oncri e ff, J. Wynn, H. opinion, should be allowed to come in the way of a re- Moyer, John Monsell, W. Wynne, NV. form 431 thi s mons t er ev il. I Fol ett, B spencer Montgomery, Sir G. Wyvill, •!armaduke It may, p er h a p s , b e suppose d th at t h e 48 lashes with F po o r r m b t e e s r , W m llli am hi ood v, C. Youog, Sir 1. Moore, Ross S. which a m an - o f- war ' s captain i s armed are no greater in 1 Franklyn . 1, G. W. degree th an th e 50 l ashes, the utmost a military court- Mor g an, Octaviu eestun, Colonel martial can awar d ; b ut th i s is not the case. Fr Morgan, C. R. Frewen, C. B. hlostyn, E. H. I have wit nesse d many military as well as naval flo Gallwey; Sir .P. Naas, Lord g - : George,, W John Napier, J. TELLERS. iyter, W. G. Mulgrave, Earl TELLERS, llayter, W. G. Berkeley Grenville Aciaml, Sir T. Forester, Colonel Mundy William AdderleyoC. Franklyn, George W. s aas, i.ord Alexander, J. Freer, Sir Wm. A. Rapier, Joseph Annesley, Kir 1 Frewen, dharles Hay Neeld, John Arbuthnot, Gen. Fuller, Augustus E. NeAd, Jo,eph Archdall, Captain M. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Newark, V.scount Arkwright, G. Galway, Viscount .ti ow, Gerard James Bagge, W. George, John North, Colonel: ' liailry, Sir J. Gladstone, Captain Oakes, J. 11. P. Bailey, H J Goddard, Ambrose L. Ossulsion, Lord Baird, James Gooch, Sir E. Packe, C. William Baldcock, E. 11. Goulburn, H. Pakenham, E. Banked, G. Graham, Lord M. W, Packington, sir J. Barrington, Viscount Granby, Marquis of Palmer, Robert Barrow-, Wm. H. Grogan, E. Parker, It. Townley Bateson, T. Guernsey, Lord Patten, J. Beckett, W. Gwyn, Howel Peel, -3ir R. Bennet, Philip Hale, Robert B. Peel, Colonel Bentinek, Lord H. Hall, Colonel Pennant, Colonel Bentinck, G. P. Betsey, T. Percy, J. Beresford, William Hamilton, Geo. A. phenpps, .1. H. Bernard, Viscount Hanbury, lion. C. Portal, Melville Blair, Colonel Harcourt, Col. Prime, R. Blandford, Marquis Hawkins, W. W.' Pritchard, 3. Boidero,Colonel lienesge, Geo. H. Pugh, D. Booker, Thos. Wra. Henley, Joseph W. Repton, G. W. J. Booth, Sir R. Hiitlyard, R. Robertson, P. F. Bramston, T. W. Hill, Lord Arthur E. Rob:, P. Brisco, Musgrave Botham, Lord Ilushout, Captain Buck, Lewis W. Hughes, W. B. Scott, Francis Buller, Sir J. Hume, W. Fitzwilliam Seaham, Lord. Burghley, Lord Ingli , , Sir It. H. Seymer, H. K. Burrell, sir C. M. Irton, Samuel Sibthorp, Colonel Burroughes, Henry W. Johnstone, James Smijth, Sir W. • Butt, G 111 Jolliffe, Sir.W. G. H. Smith, Wm. M. Butt, Isaac Jones, Captain Spooner, Richard Cabbell, B. B. Jones, David Stafford, A. Cairns, H. M.`Calmont Kendall, Nicholas Stanhope, J. B. Campbell, Sir A. Ker, D. S. Stephenson, Robert Cameo, Sir J. R. Klng, 3. K, • Stuart, H. Chandos, Marquis of Knatchbull, W. F. Ta • lor, Colonel Chelsea, Viscount Kni;ht, F. W. The s i ger , Sir F. Child, mith Knightley, Rainald Tollemache, John Christopher, R. Adam Knox, Col. Trollops, Sir J. Clinton,;Lord C. I'. Knox, W. S. Tudway, R. C. Clive, R. H. Lacon, Sir E. Turner, C. Clive, Robert Langton, IV. G. Tyler, Sir G. Cobbett, J M. Legh, G. C. Tyrell, Sir J. T. Cobbold, J. Chevalier Lennox, Lord A. F. Vance, J. Cocks, T. Somers Lennox, Lord 11. G. Vane, Lord A. Codrington, Sir Win. Leslie, C. P. Vansittart, George H Colvlle,Charles R. Lindsay, Col. . Verner, Sir W. Compton, Henry Lockhart, A. E. Villiers, Rt. lin. F. Conolly, T. Lockhart, W. Vivian, J. Ennis Corry, Henry Lowry Lopes, Sir Ralph Vyse, Capt. Cotton, W. H. S. Lovaine, Lord Waddington, H. S. • Davies, D. Lowther, Colonel Waicot, Adm. Davison, R. Lowther, Captain Walpole, Spencer H. Dering, Sir E. Macartney, G. Welby, Sir U. Drummond, H. Mackenzie, WF. Wellesley, Lord C. Duckworth, SirJ. Macgregor, James West, F. R. Duncombe, Hn. A. Maddock, Sir 11. Whiteside, James Buncombe, Hu. 0, Malins Richard Whitmore, Henry Dundas, G. Mandeville, Viscount Wigrarn, L. T. Du l're, C. Manners, Lord J. Williams, T P. East, Sir J. B. Manners, Lord G. Wodehouse, E. Egerton, Sir P. March, Earl of Worcester, Maqs. of Egerton W. Mare, Chas. John Wyndham, t, en. Egerton, E. Masterman, John Wyndham, William Eimley, Viscount 31*unsell, T. P. Wynn, Herbert W. Evelyn, Viscount Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wynne., Wm. W. E. Evelyn, W. Meux, Sir Henry Tor lie, Eliot Thomas Fi.rnham, E. Basil Miles, William Ferrer, James Montgomery. IL L. Fellowes, Edward Montgomery, Sir G. Elmer, Sir Edmund Moody, C. A. Ployer, J. Moore, R. S. Follett, Brent S. Forbes, IV. Hollings lrg loan ta ,O j c .R v a i n u d s olph g e a u tt m C ing ISBThrwucte, TELLERS. ETILVOLOG ICA L SOCIETY.-PERU. 1-IAILWAY RETURN& •., TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST IVEWC* Miles 26% 85% 189!4 94 3 4 6% 20 3!2 95 171 N 28i% tgti 31q4 NAME OF RAILWAY. Rp 1852 1655 ' 1 669 £1,40 3 ~ 0 9 710 " 2 00 287 ,/ 1,782 L. 7toi 613 4,343 4,g,0 7,77 5 8 4P3 , 2 587 3 ' o o i4l 172 896 722 114 835 / 4 987 7 48 424 740 677 , 7 1 158 ',3 C 27 "1 4,509 4 110 '5,. 78 160 ' 2 ' 5l 2,! 39 ; 0 1 3.722 4 . 40 / 2,25 , I 1 ,4 . 114 471 4,237 11.269 3,9i+ 17,498 123 4,176 17,4,6 BRI TISH. Aberdeen •••••••• •• .• •• •••• ••• •• Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Belfast and County D0wn............ I3irkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • . • Bristol and Exeter •• • ..... •• •• •• Ca1ed0nian............. •• •• Chester and Ilolyhead. • • •• • Cork. Bla c kro c k, an d Passage •• •• •• Co-s and Bandon, Dutifin arid Belfast Junction -••• •• - Dublin and Dro,,zbeda. ....... Dublin and Kingstown .• • . •• •• •• •• •• riundee and Arbroath •• • ••• • • • • •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • • • • • East Anglian.... •• •••• •• •• • Fait Lancashire ..... •• • Eastern coon tie* and Norfolk.. •t- astern Uj0,j...... .... . ....... Edinburgh awl Glasgow •• • • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee— • Exeter and Creditors •• • • • Furness Railway . • asgow, and Soul h - Weste rn • • • • • - Ireat Northern an d E . 1.. • • •• • then, an•i Western (Ireland q•rea south ern .. • Irish South Eastern •• •••• • • • • • Lime: niter and Carliele• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancashire sod Yorkshire..•• • • •• • • •• Leeds Northern ... • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western ••• • • •• • • London and Biackwall.... •• •• •• • • • • London Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. ........ Londonderry and Enniskillen •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. %lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • .• •• Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • • Monklands ......... • • Newcastle and Carlisle..... •• •• North British • ................. North Staffordshir e North-Western ....... • ..... •••• • • .. Scottish Central ..... • Scottish Midland ........... Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• .• Shrewsbury and Chester •• •• •• •• •• •• Shropshire Union •• .••••• • • • • • • South Dev0n........ ........ . Sout Eastern South Wales .... • •• • • . South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Taff Vale •••••••••••••••••••••••• •• Ulster. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Waterford and Limerick .• .......... West Cornwall •••• .• • •• •• •• •• Whitehaven Junction •• •• •• •• • York and Newcastle, and Berwick lk York and North Midland & Leeds FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish •• • • •• •• •• • • •• • • •••• Maria Antonia •• •••••••••••••••• Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege ..•• •••• •••••• •••• Northern of France •••••••••••••••• Orleans and Central. ••• •••••••• Paris and Lyons •• ........ Paris and ROLle/1 • • ••••••••••• •• •• Paris and Rtrasburgh .............. Rouen and Havre...—. Western of France 23,100 65136 443% 577 240 971 151 961 1,041 le • 2 5 , 2,519 2,' 20,4 y 2 ;. ( 11,839 1 7' i 7,769 ,‘ c 9,961 I"' 1 2,790 3:y 3,616 ' * The receipts include the traill‘ on the Orleans and COI eans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. COUNTRY MARIIE2'2. LIVERPOOL —APRIL 15. The Corn Exchange this moining opened by holderg trfr quiring advanced p r i ces f or w h eat and flour, which 1001, rially checked the demand, but before the close a fair b.a ness resulted at last Tuesday's rates. Indian corn 9d„ 1 ,;ot qr. dearer, American white selling at 29s 6d to 3 v g ,l,J 4801bs. ; yellow corn is still scarce, and American wne; at 32s per 4801bs. There was little passing in other ar', l " of the grain trade, and quotations remained unaltered' WAKEFIELD —APRIL 15. To-day the reported arrival of all grain is short. fresh wheat from the poor show maintains last week's o t y Secondary and chambered qualities recede in value, tb ot demand being very limited. Fine barley scarce and t y dearer. Beans, oats, and shelling each dull, and prime turn in favour of the buyer. BRISTOL SUGAR —APRIL 14. The market remains steady, but the stocks offerinf, a x too light for m uc h b us i ness to be done. About ifitese mats of Mauriti us h ave b een so l d. In refined goods 1100 is more business doing. For rum there is a m ore g o " inquiry, and the sales have amounted to about 300 P Prices were understood to be easier. EXETER—APRIL 15. 6 60 , i CORN EXCHANGE.—For prime samp l es o f wheat oji to 6s Od ; inferior, Os Od to Os ; barley, 4s Ocl to 00 a, grinding, 3s 9d ; oat s , 2 8 6d t o 3 s per b ushel. Flour- - 0 37s to 388_ , _. seconds, 35s to 36s p er sac k . . 13 CATTLE MARKET.—Prime beef, Bs6d to 9s6d p er s core , f i, quality, 008 to Os Od ; cows and calves, 9/ Os to 13/ Os; 61 0 ' 00/ to 0l; butch er ' s calves, 4id to 5d per lb ; sheep,„l, i '', t , 'wethers, wethers, 7d to 74d ; ewes, 6id to Id; store hogs, 4 35s each, •• , jai INV ERNESS.—APRIL. 12. tit CORN.---Wheat, per quar t er, weighing 621 b per bol„401; 48s Od to 50 s Od ; b arley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 28s Od to '''' Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 19s Od to 20s Od. ni at ,/ i.° MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 15s 6d to 16s 0 , - 6 oto k second, 00s Oct to Os Od ; barley-meal, lls Cd to „,,,o6; , peasemeal, -15 s Oct to Os Od ; bran, per stone, O s 7d to vj a if Ist flour, per 2 801 b, 40s Oct to 42s Od ; 2d ditto, ... : C/I s 1 0 6. ‘, 1 too3oB Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b b ar ir e Pe r r ie 7 /4 Os s s 0(18(11 peasemeal, 6, 01 Octto Os 0 0 , 1 Od • Ist 0 , ' fl ur 2s 9(1 ea o ; 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 28 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. COAL MARKET —Aram 15. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : -"' ,i, s. d. 0 , g Bate's West Hart1ey......15 6 Hetton Lyons l7 $ Buddle's West Hartley 15 6 Lambton Primrose l5 9 , Carr's Hartley ............ 15 3 Hetton !,; Chester Main 16 0 Haswell .................... - 1 ,, 6 6 6 La Ke m pi b e to r G i :ra,n . g . :! ........................ I li 6 . 4 New Tanfield North Percy Hartley 1 1 55 11 0 Portland West Hartle 15 3 Richmund 19 6 Ravensworth W. Hartleyls c Stewart's .................. i 5 Tanfield Moor l4 9 North Hartlepool ........ ' 0 Tyne Main l4 0 South Relloe . lB 9 1 1 9 Walker Primrose ... l3 6 Pease's West Wall's End, Ste. IRiehardson's Tees ........• 1 9 6 0 Gosforth ..................... 17 0 Tees l, 6 Harton ..................... 17 3'Grey's West liartley ..... • 1 ! 6 .q.. 1 0 Hebburn .................. 16 9 Llangennech i3S 6 Hedley. ...................... 17 0 Morgan's Stone .• Johnson ............... 15 9 Ramsey's GaresfieldCoke, 0 Riddell ...... ............. . . ...... . 17 01 o,Watney's Anthracit e -' Eden Main .. ....... lB . Ships at market 163 J Sold B3. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General post by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] Sue Day when made up From what ~ fis COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Jae d, 1 Office, London.* Dispatched. E 1 g 10 ...... .. 5P ./ .. 0 America(b y ß rit.pack)N Every Friday .. Liverpool ... Ea A 0 America (by United Sta. 6 Ame r ica ) ti .... ` .. _ N April 13 ........ Li verpool ... Apr ll 13 r (y U States i A r n 21 packet) .... • . ....N April 18 ...... •. Southampton,P--- 0 Australia (via South t 4 am ton .....• —Ai 4th of 'May .... Southampton Apri. 1 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...... lAPri l Ditto (via Cape of (good ~.„.1 3 0 Hope) ... .... ....N 2d of June ...... Plymouth .• 3 .‘- - d Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Arril o Alexandria .....• .... N 8,9, 24, &30 of m Dover ...... Alol l „ 2 i A lexandria.. .. _ M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptonlAP" ,floll BBahamas ......... :. rii 2nd of the month Southamptonilst ol elgium, .......... „N 1ia11y...... • • .... Dover ...... Dal,, Brazil .......• • • • . M i gth of the month.. southampton Al 11.- 6 Buenos Ayres .... Al:9th of -he month.. Southampton !April 1 6 Cape of Good Hove .. N 14th of the month Plymouth .. AprilL Cape of Good Hope .. N 2n4 of June ...• .. Plymouth . May " 0 6 Cape de Verds ....N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. April '"- Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ...... .• ....I/ 14th of the month Plymouth April 26 4 P Channel Isles ........N Afon.,Wed ,&Frd. Southampt on 1-11 'fil• ' Chi 11................ 31 d & 1 7th of month Southampton April 1 6 China (see Indi a ) Constantinople ......N 1,8,17,21,&27 ofm Dover April 16 ' Coflstantinople .... • • 4th Sr 20th of mon Southampton April 2 10 vont. of Eur o p e M & N Twice daily ~.... Dover ...._ Twleed Egypt (see India) 11l France .... • • .. 31 & N Twice daily. ... .. Dover Gibraltar ... ...31 4,7, 17 , 20, 27 ofm. Southampton April 1 " Greece (see India) Grey - town .. .......141,2nd & 17th of mon. ;outhampton April 16 . 4 ,s Hamburgh ....... __ Ni Tuesday & Friday London Tees- f ' 0 , Ilavannah .....• .... NI 2nd of the month Southampton IstolM o / Holland ............11 Wednesday & Sat London Moll.° 16 Ilondtreas .... •• _ +d! 17th of the month. Southampton April 0 India (vl aSouthampt.)yi .<ltll & 20th of mon. Southampton April 2 1 , Inlia, (via Marseilles) 31 . 8 th& 24th of month Dover ....., April ° lonian Isles (see India); ~lallf Ireland ........M & N ' Twice dolly ...... Holyhead 1,Lb 0n..............M 7, 9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton April rt Madeira ...........3I Oils of the month Southampton April 1 7 Madeira ........ _ 5 23rd of the month Plymouth Arrive d Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,29, 30 ofm. D0ver,. ,,,, Apr il 16 Mauritius (see India) ma w -Ri m ,„ , , .. , , . ,N 1 14th of the month Plymouth .. April ' 26 00 , Mexico ............11112nd of the month. S outhampton tat of 11', N Atli thtb2Bthof mon , Dover.. .... Apt 11 •':.; .. ... :'-1 2el & 17th of m onth Southampton Apr:l 1 " N'e a t l y 'le tlr — an — a • Granada • • ... .. .N . , I ' ?1; rNaellvalStaten Zealand .... ........ ..... N . . iptirtil.i•2a!tehsolithipion.: l l V ;o a v ri e o r us .. p . o . r,r . U A pnrcieirr ..11 d & '27th of mon Southampton April i. Peninsula .......... •th I 7tl2Btholmon Southampton April , 6 Peru . Port Natal ..........N 14th or the month Plymouth .. April n i Sicily ... ....... ....N 51111 • t h 2s tholmon,!Dover .... ~ April IR Tuscany ............N A tl,lsth2sthofmoivnover ~ ~ April ?r, Venezuela .. .. .••. Al 2d & 17th o f month : Southampton April 16 • Van Dietnen's Land (sec Australia) .. . . ...... West Indies ----AI 26 & I 7th of monthSouthamntor.L.pril 16 'Southamptoz.l !April 16 * 'When any of these dates CAI on a Sunday, the malls , - -1 0 0 dispatche 1 on th e f o l lowing day. with the exception of the India oi Southampton), and th e Malta, both of which will be dispatched day preceding. BIRTIfS. OF A SON. On the 12th i ns t ., at Cla p ham p ark, Surr e y, th e wife o f Sydney Laurence, Esq. On the 13th i ns t., a t 109, 'Guildford-street, Ru°ll' square, the wife of Frederick Smith, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst., at 120, Balmoral-place, Glasgow . , lllll ' A ndx e w Wylie. On the 13th inst., at Heath-house, Cheddloton, StaA• c ' t shire, the wife of the Rev. A. F. Boucher. MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Archirl ie m P. G. Ross, Esq., Captain Royal Engineers, to Ale,,„ Emma, eldest daughter of the late J. R. Seymour, -r .4l4 ''' of Crowood, Wilts , and I ho lmes, Berks. D On the 13th i nst., in ME Hill- . street, Berkeley- 0 0 °e ' Thomas Ponton, Esq., aged 72. d o jo/ On the 13th i ns t ., at Highgate, Mrs. Elizabeth aged 77. On the, 18th inst., at Nnthall Temple Notts, IV too Nixon, Esq., aged 86. 0 LONDON : Print e d an d P u b lished by MITEDO, YO riS u 1 l o t of No. 112, Strand, Printor, at The Sun Office, N°• tv Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the WO Middlesex, Saturday, April 16, 1851 .~~.~ 283 tA 131 361 42,321 1,152 10,1,14 11,134 323 7,139 719 545 22,094 2,167 ,28 2,206 3,T.5 4: 5 45.7 51 Leo