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fourtb Wbittott SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, against the Jew bill, against the abolition of Scotch university tests, and against Maynooth. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition against the Jew bill. - Admiral GORDON presented a petition from Aber deen, against Maynooth. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from places in Lincolnshire, against the admission of Jews into Par liament. _ _ _ Mr. O'MORGAN presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire, against the county rate expenditure. Mr. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Dub lin, praying for the amendment of certain defects of the Registration Act. Sir G. STRICKLA.ND presented a petition from the proprietors of the Prestcm, Guardian, praying for the abolition of the advertisement duty. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield to the same effect. iord LOVAINE and Capt. SCOBELL presented similar petitions. Mr. gPOONER presented a petition from Birming ham against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sun days. _ ___ Mr. W. PATTEN presented a similar petition from Lancaster. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Glasgow, and other places, against the Public House (Scotland) Bill, and also petitions against the Scotch University Tests. COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. DUNLOP moved that it be an instruction to the committee to extend to boroughs a provision of the bill repealing a clause of a former act, prohibiting county polls from being commenced on a Saturday. Agreed to. Tile house then went into committee on this bill. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved the omission of certain words giving a power of appeal to the Lord-Advocate from the Sheriff with respect to the nomination of addi tional poling places. He thought the appeal ought to be to the Sheriff's Appeal Act. After some discussion, the committee divided, when there appeared— ... •^^ KQ For the omission Against it Majority ll The words were, consequently, retained, and the clause was agreed t.. Clause 3 was agreed to. On clause 4, Mr. HUME moved the omission of the words by which polls were prohibited from being held on Monday. Mr. DUNLOP supported the clause as it stood, be cause the feelings of the people of Scotland was strongly against the desecration of the Sabbath, and he con sidered that appointing Monday as a polling day, would lead to such desecration. Mr. LOCKHART reminded the hon. member for Montrose, that in some parts of Scotland the railways were stopped on Sunday, and consequently, persons who had to travel from a distance, would not be able to get a Monday's poll. Mr. HUME said be was perfectly aware that the Scotch people had been so foolish in many instances ; but he saw no reason why the monomania of certain individuals who sought to make thefr con science the rule of other person's conduct, should be an argument for making the law of Scotland different from that of England. After some further discussion, the committee di vided, when there appeared— For the omission Against it 6O Majority The clause as amended was then agreed to Cause 5 was then agreed to. Mr. ELLIOTT then moved the following clauses : That every county voter (except as hereinafter provided) shall poll at the polling place of the district within which the premises, or part of them, in respect of which he claims to vote may be situate ; provided that nothing herein contained shall be held to repeal or alter the ninth section of the seventy-eighth chapter of the statute passed in the fifth and sixth years of his said Majesty, respecting freeholders in counties. Any county voter not being a freeholder, and not resi dent in the district containing the premises in respect of which he claims to vote, may make application in per son by writing to the Sheriff, at the Registration Court of the county, to be entitled to poll at the polling place nearest to his residence; and the Sheriff, on being satis fied of the truth of the statements of such voter, shall insert in the list against the name of the voter making such application, the name of the poll ing place at which such person shall be registered to vote, and such voter shall thereafter be entitled to vote at such polling place ; and shall not be at liberty to poll at any other polling place for the same county. Where the polling place for a district containing the premises in respect of which any voter claims to vote shall be in an island distant more than ten miles from the main land of the county, such voter not being resident in the island may poll at the polling place for the district in which the county town is included. With respect to section 33 of the said first-mentioned statute, be it enacted, that where the sheriff shall not have received the poll-books, transmitted from any island, within the time therein limited for the opening thereof, the sheriff may adjourn the point for the decla ration of the state and result of the poll from day to day, omitting Sunday, and shall at the first of such ad journed courts after the receipt of such poll-books pro ceed to declare the poll, and make proclamation and a return in the manner therein mentioned. Agreed to. Mr. FREDERICK DTJNDAS moved the following proviso :—Provided always, that in respect of the re mote situation of certain parts of the county of Orkney and Shetland, and the occasional difficult intercommu nication therein, nothing in this act contained shall alter the provisions of the said recited act so far as relates to the keeping open of the poll for two consecutive days as heretofore ; but nothing in this proviso contained shall be construed to exclude the said county of Orkney and Shetland from any of the benefits or obligations of the other portions of this act. After a short discussion the proviso was agreed to. Mr. DUNLOP moved the following amendments : Page 1 (preamble), line 4, after " places," insert, "and also to repeal so much of the act of the second and third years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, chapter sixty-five, as enacts, that no poll, whether in counties or burghs, shall begin on a Saturday, and to amend the regulations for taking the poll in counties and burghs." Agreed to. The house then resumed. JUDGES EXCLUSION BILL. On the second reading of this bill being proposed, Lord PALMERSTON said he thought there were valid objections against the passing of the bill. In ac• cordance with the generous spirit of our constitution ' the doors of Parliament ought to be open as wid e l y as possi ble to all who could assist them in debate. There were instances in which that principle might be departed from. There were persons holding official situations which would prevent them properly discharging the du ties of a member of Parliament unless they neglected their other functions, and there were others who, from filling certain offices, were considered to be too much under the influence of the Crown to be independent and self willed members of the house. But it was not advisable to carry the principle of exclusion further than strong necessity or apparent advantage required. No doubt there were some judges whose duties were incompatible with their attendance in the house, and whose appear ance would not perhaps contribute to the independence of its character, but he did not think the Master of the Rolls, to whose exclusion the - present bill was chiefly directed, was one of those functionaries. For a great length of time many eminent Masters of the Rolls had held a seat in the house, and greatly assisted it in its de liberations. He recollected that Sir Wm. Grant, who was a master of the Rolls, brought to the discussions in the house the aid of deep learning and extensive infor mation on matters of high importance, which members generally had little studied, while they at the same time maintained a perfect independence of character. If the house excluded the Master of the Rolls because he was a judicial officer, he did not see how they could omit to apply the_ same principle to the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer recorders and chairmen of quarter sessions. ttencown.sidered that it was manifestly absurd to shut out to e g h ho, above all others, were particularly qualified them added to house in debate, and whose presence among Mr. mmixitts thought and character. (Hear.) judicial functions of it was incompatible with the the Master of the Rolls to have a seat in the house s ofiut the t present time there was a vast amount of arrears e Court of Chancery, and he asked whether it Was caolcsitent with the proper dis charge of his duties as of that court to take a part in an election comniitdee/ He con s id ere d th at every one of the judges included in the sc h e d u l e o f in the hou se . the bill ought to be precluded from that sittin gs m Sir F. KELLY regretted member of the house as Lord Palmerstondistinguished a ti a n g in the bill. In his opinion there was somthsihould opp ose inconsist entsomething in the position of the Master of the R the house. With only two exceptions he highest judicial officer in the country, the Lord Chan cellor and the Chief Justice of England being only hi s superiors in rank. Supposing he expressed an opinion upon a legal matter which would be binding out of the house, and the house decided against it, that circumstance would certainly not increase the respect and confidence with which he was looked upon by the public. There were also scenes connected with the election of members, especially in large boroughs, which derogated from the dignity of the office, and lessened that esteem in which the superior judges of the land had invariably been held. He trusted that the Go vernment would not oppose the second reading. Mr. V. SMITH said the speech of the hon. and learned member was calculated to cast a stain upon all popular assemblies. He did not know what experience he might have had in elections, but he could not allow it to be said that the pursuit for a seat in the house was a matter of personal indignity. (Hear.) He thought the experience and judgment of the Master of the Rolls would be most valuable to the house, and he should, therefore, oppose any measure which required his exclusion. . Sir J. PAKINGTON did not think it could be fairly contended that the chairman of the Quarter Sessions was to be treated as a judicial officer, as he received no salary, was not appointed by the Crown, and was not recognised either by the law or the constitution. He held that the whole spirit of our recent legislation had been to exclude judicial officers from the house, as evidenced by the County Courts Act, which disqualified the judges of those tribunals from being members of Parliament. Mr. EWART said that judges were admitted into the representative assemblies. of America, and he had not heard that their presence had tended to injure legisla tion, or to bring it into disrepute. He considered that the qualification of the Master of the Rolls to sit in the house was a remnant, and not an innovation, of our old constitution, and believing that his attendance in the house would be o great advantage to members, he should support the amendment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had the greatest possible objection to limiting the choice of the constituent body of the country. He disliked it, on principle, because he thought that the people at large should not be re strained in selecting men of eminent ability to represent them. (Hear.) He likewise thought that such a course tended very much to the degradation of the house, for the presence of men of great learning and eminent abili ties gave lustre to it, and led to the preservation of its authority and dignity. Sir James Grant, Sir Joseph Jekyll, and Lord Lyndhurst had all sat in the house while Masters of the Rolls, and they had not only dis played great powers in debate, but greatly assisted the transaction of business by their legal learning and infor mation. Mr. Pitt h a d sa id th a t he did not like to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister unless there were some members qualified to give opinions upon im-• portant questions of law. He (Lord J. Russell) did not think that any person could seriously entertain the belief that the Master of the Rolls in the event of being elected a member would necessarily neglect his Parliamentary duties, or that because he sat in the Court of Chancery in the morning, he would not be able to attend the house in the afternoon. It had been objectzid that if he were a member of the house he would not be able to sit upon election committees, but that was the case with all the officers of the chief departments of the State, and they were exempted from the attendance upon such com mittees. It was also said that the turmoil of an election contest was unfitted for the holder of so distinguished an office, but if a person of well-known abilities succeeded in obtaining the confi dence of a constituency, they would return him easily, and, in the majority of instances, perhaps without opposition. He hoped the house would not as sent to the bill, and deprive it of the advantages which had been obtained from such eminent men as Sir William Grant and Lord Stowell. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ATHERTON supported the bill. He quite sub scribed to the objection of the noble lord, that constitu encies should not be limited in their choice ; but the number of judges in the country was so small, that he did not think their exclusion would have such an effect, while he believed it would tend to the more efficient per formance of their duties in their respective courts. Mr. WHITESIDE thanked the noble lord (Lord Hotham) for introducing Irish judges into the schedule of the bill. He hoped the house would agree to the second reading. Lord HOTHAM having briefly stated the reasons why he had introduced the measure, The bill was read a second time. COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 4, Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the insertion of an amendment, the effect of which was to keep the magiq trates' boards as at present, but to allow the introduc tion of certain elected members. He thought there would be serious practical difficulties in the way of making such a prodigious change in the management of the expenditure of counties as was proposed by the bill. Mr. BARROW opposed the amendment. _ _ ___ Mr. DRUMMOND said they were agreed that the magistrates were to have a hand in the arrangement of the county rates. (Hear.) Well, this he would sug gest, that there should be a' committee appointed by each county, to be elected by the ratepayers—two mem bers to come from every parish, one to be a magi strate and the other a ratepayer. This committee should form the County Financial Board, and it should be their duty to make reports to the bench of magistrates, while in the event of this latter board over ruling their recommendations the committee should have a power of appeal to the Secretary of,State. Mr. V. SMITH said the proposal made by the last speaker was an entirely new scheme, quite at variance with the one embraced in the bill, and it would be ex ceedingly inconvenient to discuss it now. He should oppose the amendment, but at the same time he thought the bill, although very muCh wanted in Lancashire, was inapplicable to other parts of the country. Mr. PHILLIPS gave it as his opinion that, in many counties, the bill would prove inoperative ; in fact, as many counties were composedof only two or three unions, they would run the risk, under this bill, of being left without a financial board, and he warned the committee to be cautious how they adopted the details of this bill. Mr. M. GIBSON said the house had by successive divisions decided that the representative principle ought to be introduced into the management of county financial affairs. The discussion which they had just heard was most inopportune, and he called upon the com mittee to proceed with the details of the measure. Now the amendment they were called upon to adopt might be explained by a single illustration. In the county of Worcester there were 13 unions, and it was proposed that after each of the unions should have elected a member to sit on the County Financial Board, the 560 magistrates should be added to the number. Why, that was nothing more than getting rid of the bill by a side wind, and therefore, instead of adopting it, the committee ought to determine to throw the bill out alto- gether. Mr. ROBERT PALMER thought the bill ought to be restricted to Lancaster. There had been a mal- administration of the rates in the county, and no doubt some reform was necessary—(hear)—but before the principle of the bill was extended to the whole country, let them see how it would work there. After a few words from Sir J. PASINGTON, Lord LOVAINE supported the amendment. Captain SCOBELL said the amendment was a pre- posterous proposition. He had long acted a; a county magistrate, and he had the welfare of that body at heart, but in his opinion the time had come when they were bound to concede this measure to those who demanded it, and the sooner they did it the better. After a few words from Mr. FRESHFIELD, Lord PALMERSTON wished to make a remark upon the suggestion that the bill should be made optional, so that those counties only who desired it should put it in force. He must say he fully concurred in the sugges tion, and he hoped if it was adopted there would be an end put to these amendments, which were brought for ward net for the purpose of amending but of defeating the bill. Mr. HENLEY denied that the amendment now pro posed would have the effect of defeating the object of the bill. After a few words from Sir WM. JOLIFFE, the com. mittee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it . 115 . 144 Majority.. The house then resumed and the chairman reported progress. The other business was then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) TAUNTON. The case having been concluded, the room was cleared, and, after deliberating, the committee announced that they had come to the following resolution : " That A. Mills, Esq., is not duly elected to serve as a burgefa in the present Parliament for the borough of Taunton." BEST MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH ENDS.—We have heard of an old German officer, who was a great admirer of correctness in military operations. He used to revile Bonaparte for spoiling the science of war, which had been carried to such exquisite perfection by Marshal Dann. "In my youth (he observed) we used to march and countermarch all the summer, without gaining or losing a square league, and then we went into winter quarters. And now comes an ignorant, hot-headed, young man, who flies about from - Ulm to the middle of Moravia, and fights battles in December. The whole system of his tactics is monstrously incorrect." The world is of opininion, in spite of critics like these, that the end of fencing is to hit, that the end of medicine is to cure, that the end of war is to conquer, and that those means are the most correct which best accomplish those ends.—Traveller's Library. NEWS FOR WOOL GRoWERS.—The Journal du Cher relates an account which, if correct, may turn out very advantageous to wool growers. About two years since a farmer named Virel, residing in the canton of Chatelet, had one of his sheep seriously torn and in jured by a dog. Although he had but little hopes of saving the animal's life, he decided on dressing its wounds, which he did with some fatty substance mixed with the juice of certain plants. The animal soon recovered, and in about two months after the farmer remarked that the wool on the parts which he had rubbed with his pre paration was much finer and longer than elsewhere. Determined to try a further experiment, he last year others. At pulled off a ll t h e woo l f rom the b odies of s i x o f h i s trwith the days eeP e , and rubb e d th em w ith th e preparat i on f or the a and end dthen f August turned theyt them wereout shorn, when they of wool than ordinary produced a m uc h l arger we i g h t to and of a ver y super i or qua lity. It is needless say that he afte rwar d s ex tended his e x p er i ment to a tgreater number, and a f ew days since h e p roceeded shearing, when eac h o f the to what h e ca ll s hi s spring of very superior w oo l. He ciaruallaes s yielded a b ou t 5 lb s. his process, he will be abl e to havectwot that by th e a id o f shearings a y ear he —spring and autumn. Th e greaseuses is said to be only mutton fat, but the herbs employed are a secret which he, however, says he is very willing those who will pay him for it. THE SUN, LONDON, _WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1853. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 12. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL. Motion made and question put—" That an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, representing to her Ma jesty that, in the opinion of this house, it is expedient and right to maintain for the Irish soldier, in his age or in firmity, the asylum which the Royal Hospital of King Charles the Second, for ancient and maimed soldiers at Kilmainham, near Dublin, has long afforded to those for whose benefit it was originally instituted and endowed ; that the abolition of this ancient Irish institution would be opposed to the feelings of the Irish nation, and injurious to the honour and interests of her Majesty's service ; and praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to adopt such measures as may to her wisdom seem expedient for removing any obstructions which may now exist to the fulfilment of the objects for which this institution is estab lished, in consequence of any directions heretofore issued to the Governors by her Majesty's Secretary-at-War, pro hibiting the further admission of maimed and worn out soldiers." The house dividend—Ayes, 198 ; Noes, 131. MAJORITY-AYES, 198. Acland, Sir T. Forte sate. Chichester March, Earl of Alexander, J. Fox, R. M. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Annesley, Earl of Franklyn, G. W. Meux, Sir Henry A rchdall, Captain French, F. Mitchell, W. Arkwright, G. Frewen, C. H. Montgomery, H. Bagge, W. Fuller, Augus to E. Montgomery, Sir G. Bailey, Craw hay Gaskell, J. M. Moore, G. H. Bailey, H J George, John Moore, Ross S. Baldock, E. H. Good. W. Mailings J. Randolph Bankes, G. Gore, W. 0. Murrough, J. P. Barrow, Wm. IL Grace, 0. Naas, Lord Bateson, Thomas Graham, Lord M. W. Napier, J. Beckett, W. Granby, Marquis of Newark, Viscount Bellew, Capt. Greaves, Edward Newdegate. C. Bennet, Philip Greene, John Norreys, Sir D. Bentinck, Lord H. Grevdie, Colonel F. North, Colonel Bentlnck, Geo. P. Grogan, E. O'Brien, Patrick Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Guernsey, Lord O'Brien, Sir Timothy Bernard, Viscount Gwyn, Howel O'Flanerty, A. Blair, Colonel Hale, Robert B. Packe, C. William Bland, L. Hall, Colonel Pakenham, E. Blandford, sfarquis Hamilton, Lord C. calmer, Robert Booker, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. Peacocke, G. M. W. Booth, Sir R. Hamilton, J. Hans Percy, J. William Bowyer, George Harcourt, Col. Phillimore, J. Brady, J. Hardinge, C. S. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bremridge, It. Hayes, Sir E. Potter, R. Frisco, Musgrave Beard, J I. Power, N. Browne, V. lienchy, D. O'Connor Prime, R. Bruce, C. L. C. Herbert, H. A. Repton, G. Buller, Sir J. Y. Higgins, George Rolt, P. Parke, Sir T. Hiltlyard, R. Russell. F. W. Burroughes, H. N. Hill, Lord Arthur E. Sadleir, J. Cairns, IL M`Calmont Hudson, George Sandars, G. Campbell, Sir Arch. Hume, W. F. Scully, F. Caulfield, Colonel Jocelyn, Viscount Scully, V. Chambers, M. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Seaham, Lord Child, Smith Jones, Capt. Shoe, W. Christopher, R. Adam Keating, Robert Smith, W. M. Clinton, Lord C. I'. Kennedy, Tristram Smyth, R. J. Clive, Robert Ker, D. S. Somerset, Captain Coote, Sir C. H Kiug, J. K. Stanhope, J. B. Corbaliy, M. Kingscote, R. N. F. Stephenson, Robert Corry, H. L. Kirk, William Swift, Richard Cott on. W. H. K natchbull, W. F. Ta , lor, Colonel Craufurd, E. 11. J. Knlghtley, Rainald Thompson, Ald. Cubitt, Alderman Knox, Col. Towneley, C. I dtvi ten, It. Knox, W. S . Tiollope. Sir .T. Dering, Sir Edward Lacon, Sir E. Turner, C. Disraeli, B. Laden, R. M. Vance, J. Dod. J. W. Langton, W. G. Vane, Lo d'A. Drummond, Henry Lawless, C. Vansittart, George H Duffy, C Leslie, C. P. Verner, Sir W. Duncombe, Hn. A. Liddell, H. G. Vyse, Capt. buncombe, Hit. 0. Lind'ay, Col. Waddington, 11. Dunne, Col. Lockhart, W. Walcott, Adna. Du Pre, C. George Lovaine, Lord Walpole, Spencer H Egerton, Edward Lowther, Captain Welby, Sir G.. E. Emlyn, Viscount Lucas, F. Whiteside, J.t.meq Easton, Earl Macartney, G. Whitmore, Henry Evelyn, W. J. 3lackenve, W. F. Wynaham, 4, en. Farrer. James M'Cann, James Wynn, Herbert W. b'erguson, Sir R. Ma: gregor, James Fitzgerald, J. D. Magan, IV . 11. Fitzgerald, -ir J. Ilia:mire, J. F. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. littlins, R. Floyer, John Mandeville, Viscount Butt, Isaac Forester, Colonel Manners, Lord J. Paget, Lord G eorge TILL E &S. MINORITY—NOES, 131. A'Court, C. Forster, M. Peel, F. Alcoa, Thomas Forster, C. Pellatt, A Anderson, Sir James Fox, W. Peto, S. Barnes, T. Gardner, Richard Phinn, T. Beaumont, W. B. Gladstone, William Pigott, F. Dell, J. Glyn, George Carr Pilkington, &Ones Berkeley, Adm. Graham, Sir J. Ponsonhy, Hn. A.G. J. Biddulph, ft. M. Gregson, Samuel Price, W. P. Biggs. William Grenfell,t:. Ircardo, 0. " older°, Col. Gr, , svenor, Earl Robartes, T... A. Bonham-Carter, J. T 1 adfleld, George Sawle, C. B. 4 L Bouveris, E. Head lam, Thomas E. Scholefield, W. Boyle, Col. Heathcote, Si' G. Scobell, Capt. Bright, John Heathotite, Gilbert H. Seymour, Lord Brockleinmt, John Herbert, Sidney Shafto, R. D. itionerton, Joseph Hervey, Lord Alfred Smith, John A.. Brown, W. Heyworth, L. Smith, John 8... Bruce, Lord E. Hindley, Charles Smith, It. V Byng, G. H. C. Hughes, W. B. Stafford, Margit tis Cardwell, E. Hutt, William Stapleton, J. Cavendish, C. C. Jackson, William Struts, Rt. lion. E. Charter's, F. Keating, H. S. Stuart, H. Cheetham, John Kinnaird, A. F. Thompson, Gee rge Clifford, 11. Laslett, William Villiers, Rt. Ho . C. P Cobden, Richard Lawley, F. C. Walmsley, Sir J. Cockburn, Sir A. Locke, J. Warner, Edwin 11 Coffin, Walter Lockhart, A. E. Wellesley, Lori i C. Cowan, Charles Lowe, R. Wells, W. Cowper, W. F. Luce, Thomas Wilkinson, W.; A. Crook, J. Mangles, It. D. Wilcox, B. Crossh y, Frank Massey, W. Will!‘ins, W. Dalrymple, Vise. Mauls, Colonel Wilson, J. Divett, Edward Milligan, R. IVinnington, air T. E Drumlaurig, Viscount Mills, T. Wise, J. A. Duckworth, Sir J. Mi ner, W. M. E. Wood, Sir C. Duff, George Moffatt, G. Wortley. Jas. S tuart Dull, James Molesworth, Sir W. Wyndham, W: illiam Dundas, F. Monck, Lord Wyvill, M. Dunlop, A. Moncrieff, J. Young, Sir Job n Elice, Rt. Hon. E. Morris, D. Ellice E. itostyn, E. M. Elliot, John Mul,rave, Earl Evans, William Osborne, Ralph Swart, William Otway, A. J. Feilden, M. Pat et, Lord Alfred Hayter, W. G., Fitzroy, Hon. H. Patten, J. Berkeley Greif villa TELLERfI CLITHEROE ELECTION. Motion made and Question put, " That an humble Ad dress be presented to her Majesty, as followeth :-- -Most gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majesty's most duti I 'ul and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United King Glom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembh $ll, beg leave humbly to represent to your Majesty, that a Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to , try a petition, complaining of an undue election and ret , am for _ the borough of Clitheroe, have reported to the Hou: te, that corrupt practices have extensively prevailed at t' bse last election for the said borough of Clitheroe. We th erefore humbly pray your Majesty, that your Majesty (will be graciously pleased to cause inquiry to be made, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Parliament, passed in the sixteenth year of the reign of your Majesty, int ktuled, ' An Act to provide for more effectual inquiry in to the existence of corrupt practices at elections for Meml burs to serve in Parliament,' by the appointment of P arcival Andree Pickeringi,Esq., George Goodin Barrett, Es, 1., and Gathorne Hardy, Esq., as Commissioners, for the p in.rpose of making inquiry into the existence of such corrup t praep tices :"—The House divided : Ayes, 141 ; Noes, 58.. MAJORITY—AYES, 141. Anderson, Sir James Hall, Sir Benjamin O'Brien, Sir I'- Baillie, H. Hamilton, Lord C. Osborne, Ralpl i Barrow, W. H. Hamilton, J. H. Pakesham, E. Bell, James Hardinge, Charles S. Pellatt Apsley Bennet, Philip Headlam, T. E. Percy, J. Biggs, William Henchy, D. O'Connor Phillimore, J. 'G. Blair. Colonel Heyworth, Lawrence Phillimore, R. J. Bland, L. Hotham, Lord Pigott, I. rant' It Boidero, Colonel Hughes, W. B. Pollard- Urqub tart, W. Booth, Sir R. Jocelyn, Viscount Power, N. Boyle, Colonel Jones, Captain Price, W. P. Bright, John Keating, Robert Repton, G. W . J. Basco, Musgrave Keating H. Ricardo, 0. 11 rotherton, J. Kendall, N. Sand.rs, G. Brown, William Kennedy. Tristram Scholefleld, W.. Bruce, C. L. -...; Kingscore, R. N. F. Scobell, Captain Buller, Sir J. Kirk, William Scully, Francits Butler, Charles Knox, Colonel Scully, V. Cobbett, J M. Knox, H. W. Seah am, Lord. Cobden, Richard Lacon, Sir E. Shee, William Coffin,".W. Langton, H. G. Smith, John Abel Corbally, M. E. Lailett, William Smith, John B;egnj. Craufurcl, E. Legh, G. C. Smith, Wm.: IL Crook, J, Liddell, H. G. Smyth, R. Cubitt, Mr. Ald. Lindsay, Colonel Smyth, J. G. Dashwood, Sir G. H. Lockhart, A. E. Spooner, Rich Sad Disratli, Benjamin Lucas, F. Stapleton, Job Int Duncan, G. Luce, T. Stuart, Lord D.... Dunlop, A. Mackenzie, W F. Swift, R. Dunne, Col. Macgregor, Jas. Thompson, G. Evans, Sir De Lacy Malins, Richard Trollope, Sir J.. F.wart, William Maxwell, James P. Tudway, R. C.. Forester, Colonel Meagher, Thomas Turner, C. Ferguson, Joseph Meux, Sir Henry Vane, Lord A. Floyer, J. Miall, Edward Walmsley, Sir ...T. Fox, W. J. Milligan, Robert Whalley, G. Franklyn, G. W. Michell, W. Whatman, J. French, Fitzstephen Montgomery, H. Wilkinson, W.: Gibson, 'T. M. Montgomery, Sir G. Williams, Wil Liam Gladstone, Captain Moore, R. S. Wise, John A. Goodman, Sir George Mostyn, E. M. Wodehouse, E.. Goold, W. Mullings, J. R. Wynn, Sir H. W. Grace, 0. D. J. Muntz, G. Frederick Wyvill, Mann aduke Greenall, G. • Murrough, J. P. York, E. T. Greville, Col. Naas, Lord TELLERL. Grosvenor, Lord R. Napier, Joseph Gwyn, Howel North, Colonel Hadfield, George O'Brien, P. Gaskell, Jameallifilnes Hutt, William. MINORITY-NOES, 59. A'Court, C. Forester, Col. Phinn, Thomaa Archdall, Captain M. Gladstone, William Pilkington, Jir nee Baldock, E. H. Graham, Sir James Russell, Lord J. Barrington, Viscount Granny, Marquis of Russell, F. C. Beaumont, W. B. Hayes, Sir Edmund Sawle, C. B. G. Berkeley, C. L . Hayter, W. G. Seymour, Lord Blackett, J. F. Henley, Joseph W. Smith, Rt. Hn. B. Browne, Valentine Herbert, Sidney Stafford, Marquis Bruce, Lord E. Hervey, Lord Alfred Sdrling, W. Burke, Sir T. Hindley, Charles Strickland, Sir G. Burrell, Sir C. M. Johnstone, Sir J. Thompson, Mr. Ald. Chambers, Thomas Jolliffe, Sir W. G.H. Villiers, Hon. C. Charteris, F. Kelly, Sir F. Whitmore, H. Clay, Sir W Mangles, R. D. Wood, Sir C. Cowper, William F. Molesworth, Sir W. Wortley, J. S. Davies, D. Monck, Viscount Wyndham, W. Egerton, Sir Phi ip Monsell, W. Young, Six J. Feilden, M. Morgan, Octavius Fitzgerald, J. Mulgrave, Earl TELLERS. Fitzgerald, Sir J. Oliveira, Benjamin Walpole, S. H. Fitzroy, Henry Palmerston, Viscount Cockburn, Sir Alex. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Prom the .Registrar-Oenerars Report.) The mortality of the metropolis is still high, though it exhibits an important decrease of the previous week. In the week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths registered were 1,340. The average number in ten corres ponding weeks of the years,lB43-52, was 961, which with a correction for increase of population, will give a mortality of 1,057 for last week. The present return, therefore, shows an excess of 283 above the estimated amount. With the progress of the spring months, and a warmer sky, there is ground for expectation that the p u bli c h ealth will speedily improve. The mean temperatures of the last three weeks have been progressively 33.3 deg., 43.4 deg., 47.3 deg. With reference to fatal diseases, a comparison of the facts of the last two weeks discovers generally a decrease. Typhus has declined from 77 to 49, brochitis from 231 to 186, pneumonia from 122 to 98, phthisis (consumption) from 179 to 165. But hooping-cough, which prevails at present, continues at the same amount, and last week carried off 80 children. Five children died of small-pox, 17 of measles, 36 of scarlatina, and 12 of croup ; 5 persons of influenza, 1 of purpura, 6 of laryngitis, 7 children of laryngismus stridulus. Eight fatal cases of syphilis are recorded, four of which occured to children. A woman, aged 35 years, died from "grief and anxiety (12 months), anaemia (3 month)." Last week the 'births of 791 boys and 800 girls, in all 1591 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1368. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.742 in. ; on Saturday the mean reading was 30.149 in. The mean temperature of the week was 47.3 deg., which is three deg. above the average of the same week in 38 Years. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12. 0 0 1 :01T-MARKAL. A Court-martial—comprising Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8.. of her Majesty's ship Excellent, President; Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., of the Duke of Wellington ; Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8.. of the Agamemnon ; Captain Mundy, of the London ; Captain E. H. Scott, of the Nep tune; Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the Blenheim; Captain Goldsmith, of the Sidon ; Captain Watson, C.B. of the Imperieuse ; Captain O'Callagh an , o f the Encounter ; Cap tain Moore, of the Highflyer ; Captain Crispin, of her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert; and Mr. G. L. Great ham, Deputy-Judge-Advocate of the Fleet—assembled this morning on board the flag-ship Victory, in this harbour, to try Mr. Francis Rhodes Hartwell, Mate, R.N., of the steam-frigate Vulcan, for breach of discipline in refusing to obey orders on the 31st day of December last, at sea. Commander Von Donop, of the Vulcan, prosecuted for the Admiralty. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. John Trevenen, Se cond Lieutenant of the Vulcan, that on the afternoon of the day named in the charge he was officer of the watch, and Mr. Hartwell was mate of the watch. At about a quarter past 4 the. commander called him (witness), and, after asking him what steps he had taken to get relieved, called Mr. Hartwell, and told him it was the duty of the mate of the watch to call the officer of the next watch himself. Mr. Hartwell replied, the officer of the next watch was a midshipman. He was then called on the poop by the commander (prosecutor), and ordered to call the officer of the next watch, whoever and what ever he might be. Prisoner replied he would be very happy to call a senior officer, but begged to decline calling a junior. The First Lieutenant was then called on the poop, and the same dialogue was repeated. Pri soner was then put under arrest. This witness's testimony was corroborated by the First Lieutenant, but both officers said the prisoner had always done his duty to their satisfaction ; also that it was customary for the corporal of marines to call the officer of the next watch. This being the case against the prisoner, he solicited a quarter of an hour to prepare his defence, at the expiration of which time his " friend," Mr. James Hoskins, solicitor, of Gosport, put in an eloquent and elaborate appeal on his behalf, which embodied that, notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the prisoner to give satisfaction by discharging his duties faithfully and with propriety to his officers, Com mander Von Douop would not be satisfied, and endeavoured to degrade him in the eyes of his brother officers, as he considered, in the instance contained in the charge ; that it had been proved his conduct to the commander was not disrespectful—he only objected to calling an inferior officer ; that he hoped the Court would take into considera tion his having been already three months under arrest ; that he was entirely dependent on the naval service for support ; and hoped the sentence of the Court would not blight those prospects, but enable him to continue the career he had commenced. The Court, after due delibera tion, decided that the charge had been fully proved, but, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, they only adjudged the prisoner to be dismissed from her Majesty's ship Vulcan, and not to be eligible for promotion for one year. The same Court then proceeded to try George, alias Joseph, Child, seaman, for desertion from her Majesty's ship Agamemnon. Captain Sir Thomas Maitland prose cuted. It appeared the prisoner had only been on board the ship two months, and having been granted leave, took the opportunity at its expiration (on the 16th of January , last) to desert. He ultimately gave himself up as a de serter. In consequegce of this and the short time he had been in her Majesty's service, coupled with his youth, the Court only awarded him three months' imprisonment in the county gaol of Winchester. Odin, 16, paddle, Captain Francis Scott, left Spithead at sunset last evening, on a cruise to the westward, in con sequence of the si c k ness o n board. Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Henry Byam Martin, got under weigh this morning at noon, and steamed about to try her expansion gear ; after which she came into har bour at 2 p.m., and took up moorings opposite the shears jetty. The interest crested to see this noble ship come into harbour was nearly equal to that of yesterday. The people rushed in crowds on the platform, and every available po sition where they could get a sight. She steamed into harbour most majestically against the first of the ebb. She will now receive her armament, and complete for sea. The Basilisk, 6, paddle, Commander the Hon. F. Eger ton, hauled into the angle dock this morning to examine her copper ; she will be dry to-morrow. The Vulcan, 6, iron screw-steam troop-ship, Commander Von Donop.--We had an opportunity of closely inspecting the bottom of this ship, and do not hesitate to pronounce it in excellent order, considering the length of time she has been afloat, and having had Hay's composition on for ten months. There were a few duck barnacles on the after part of her run, within six feet of the false stern-post, but when brushed off showed that the iron was not affected ; her bilge was most perfect, and as fine as possible. The three streaks below the water-line at the time of her being light showed a little rust, and this is the worst that can be said of her. She was built by contract at Mr. Mare's es tablishment at Blackwell- PLYMOUTH, APRIL 12. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 81, Captain Sidney C. Dacres, steamed out of harbour yesterday after noon at three o'clock with royal yards across, and against a strong flood tide. She will make a trial trip to-day. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, sailed on Sunday to join the squadron undo Vice-Admiral Dundas in the Mediterranean. Only seven or eight of her crew were left bebind. Inside the Eddystone at seven o'clock this morning a large ship-rigged paddle-wheel steamer was observed going clown Channel under full steam and all canvas. Wind northerly, light breeze. WOOLWICH, APRIL __ 19 . APPOINTMENTS. Second Master Thomas C. Jones, to the Dasher steam vessel, at Portsmouth. John Richards, William F. Rowe, and George W. Atkin son have been selected from Greenwich School to be Mas ters-Assistants. The Undine iron paddle-wheel steam-packet, of 110-horse power, Second Master Edmund Lyne, has come round from Dover to have some repairs effected at this dockyard. The Phoenix screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, had her steam up to-day at moorings in the river to try her engines, and they continued working from half-past 7 a.m. until late in the afternoon. She will soon be ready for sea, and will complete her crew at Peterhead, where she will obtain a number of hardy sailors inured on former occasions to an Arctic winter. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. LANG, MASTER -SHIPWRIGHT. —Mr. Oliver Lang, master-shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, who was quite well and cheerful and on board the Royal Albert screw steam-ship and Terrible steam frigate on Monday afternoon, inspecting the progress of those vessels, died shortly before 1 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Lang observed at about 12 o'clock at night that her husband breathed heavily, and sent for Dr. Browning surgeon of the yard, but before he arrived, Mr. Lang had almost ceased to exist, and died in a few . minutes after wards. The deceased served his apprenticeship at Devon port Dockyard, and when he had completed his time was placed over the workmen employed in constructing the tele graphs used during the war along the coasts of this coun try. He was subsequently overseer of the shipwrights employed in building a 74-gun ship, and on his return to Devonport Dockyard was appointed quarterman in charge of a company of shipwrights, and was shortly after removed to Deptford as foreman of the shipwrights at that yard. From Deptford he returned to Devonport on being ap pointed assistant to the master shipwright there. From De vonport he was removed to Somerset-house, where he offi ciated as assistant-surveyor to the Navy Board. In 1823 he was promoted to be master-shipwright, and appointed to Sheerness Dockyard, where he remained three years, until removed, on the 22d of July, 1826, to Woolwich. Mr. Lang was 75 . years of age, 27 o f w hi c h h e serve d as master-shipwright at Woolwich, and his loss will be se verely felt by the poor, to whom he was a great, although unostentatious, friend. He was a great favourite with George IV., and so pleased that Monarch when superin tending some works at Virginia -water that his Majesty offered to knight him, but Mr. Lang respectfully declined the honour. He was also a great favourite of William IV., and received numerous presents from the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the King of Denmark. Mr. Lang introduced a great number of improvements into the construction of ships and steamers, and the strength of vessels of his construction is evident to all who have in spected. the Royal Albert, 131, screw steam-ship, and the Terrible steam-frigate, both at present at Woolwich, the former nearly ready for launching. Mr. Lang was the first to design a steam -vessel for the Royal Navy, and the Comet paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 80-horse power, built I under his superintendence at D e ptf or d , i s st ill i n the ser vice, and employed on the west coast of Scotland in pro tecting the fisheries. MANNING THE NAVY. --REFORM OF THE NAVAL CODE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. SIB, —One of the questions that most attract the at tention of the public at this time is the method in which the personnel of the Royal Navy shall be obtained, suffi cient in numbers, and • suitable in quality, to meet the exigencies and requirements of the state. To obtain this desirable result three things are necessary, viz. :- 1. An alteration in the naval code. 2. An enlisted navy. 3. An alteration in the system of paying wages. 1. The naval code in use at the present date was framed in the comparatively barbarous days of George II.; and it is high time that its provisions should be altered to such as are more consonant with the feelings and ideas of the nation in the present era. "A Na val Officer " has re-suggested through the medium of the columns of your influential paper, the in troduction of ship courts-martial, which will ne cessarily involve the re-construction of the present Mutiny Act. This opportunity shouli be taken to introduce into the naval code the three descriptions of courts martial that have worked so well in the army, under the designation of general, squadron, and ship courts-martial. General courts-martial should be convened under the authority of a warrant from the Commissioners of the Admiralty, and should be composed of no less than 13 officers of the commissioned ranks—viz., flag officers, captains, commanders, lieutenants, masters, mates, an d second masters of the navy, and field officers, captains, and subalterns of the marines. The president never to be under the degree of commander in the navy, or field officer in the marines ; the officers of the navy and ma rines taking their seats according to the dates of their corresponding commissions. On occasions when ma rines are tried, the president or majority of the members should be from the corps. This court should take cogni sance of grave offences laid down by the acts of Parlia ment, and should have a prosecutor and officiating judge advocate. Squadron courts-martial should be convened under authority of a warrant from the commanders in chief of stations, or flag officers of squadrons, and should be composed of no less than seven officers. The president, except under peculiar circumstances, not under the de gree of commander in 'the navy, or field officer in the marines. This court to take cognisance of crimes of a certain degree laid down by articles of war. Ships courts-martial should be convened by order of the captain or commanding officer of any ship, and should be composed of no less than five officers, except under peculiar circumstances, when three may be sufficient. The president not under the degree of lieutenant or master in the navy, or captain in the marines. This court should take cognisance of minor offences laid down by articles of war. All sentences should be submitted to the convening authority for con-1 firmation. Neither squadron nor ship courts-martial require either prosecutor or judge advocate. 2. An enlisted Navy. —By enlisting men and boys from the interior of the country, between 14 and 21 years of age, and men who may previously have been at sea, up to 26 years of age, first for a period of 12 years, and a second period of 10 years, the personnel of the navy would be kept up to the annual rate, with the same facility as that of the army. Commodious line of-battle ships, no longer fit for sea, but still efficient for this purpose, might be moored to wharves, and com fortably fitted as barracks for the recruits, where they would pass through a course of great gun and small arm drill, and they should be permitted to pass to and from them, when not required for duty, in the same way that troops are permitt e d t o pass i n an d out of barracks. When a ship from a foreign sta tion is dismantled, her crew should be turned over to these barracks, allowed a reasonable furlough, and then would be ready to take their turn to embark in any ship commissioned for service. While in these barrack-ships the men should pay for their rations in the same way as troops pay for theirs, so as to render it some advantage to embark in a ship commissioned for service. 3. Alteration in the Payment of Wages.---It would conduce much to the benefit of the service, and satisfac tion of the men, if when in harbour they were regularly paid twice a month by the lieutenants of divisions ; and if on arrival at the end of any passage they were paid the full sum that may have accrued in the interval, and also if they were permitted to allot the whole, instead of a portion of the sum due to them, to their families. After 22 years' service they should be entitled to a fixed pension, unless forfeited by sentence of a court-martial ; and for every good-conduct badge they might be pos sessed of on discharge, one penny a day extra. It is better to anticipate discontent and remove cause thereof before effect is exhibited. To this end marines serving on board ship should have their rations free. On board ship the marine looks round him, his shipmates of every other class, even his own officers, receive their rations free, while he pays for his. He knows that if his fellow-soldiers of the line were embarked to serve as marines, they would receive their rations free. Ever loyal in times of mutiny and danger, ever brave when his services are required against the foe, on the ocean or on the land, why should not his advantages be equal in this respect to the soldiers of the army and the sailors of the navy. REFORMATOR. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN.-TUESDAY, SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 71b untried stallions or mares allowed 31b ; only one allow ance. D.M. 4 subs. Lord Exeter's Phrygia, by Phlegon, Bst 41b...(Norman) 1 Mr. Payne's Estrella, sister to Sidus, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 The betting opened at 5 to 2 and closed at 6 to 4 on Estrella. The non-favourite made play throughout, and won very easily by three lengths. PLATE of 501. for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. First half of Ab, Mr. Gulliver's Village Lass, by Pyrrhus the First, Bst 41b (H. Crickmere) 1 Lord Exeter Margaretta, Bst 41b (Norman) 2 Mr. Raine' s M ary , B s t 41b (Sly) 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Downe's The Uncleared, Bst 71b (Basham) ; Mr. Stephenson's c by the Sea, out of Margaret, Bst 71b (G. Mann) ; Mr. Wigram's Thekla, Bst 4.1 b (Rogers). Betting -5 to 4on Village Lass, 4to 1 agst Mary. The Uncleared and Mary made the running half the distance, Village Lass then took it up, carried it on, and won easily by a length. Margaretta came when halfway in the cords and deprived Mary of second place by half a length. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya. each, for three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 41b ; five and upwards, Bst 111 b. The winner to be sold for 80 sous., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 6 subs. Mr. Rogers's Leybourne, by Epirus, 5 yrs .... (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. E. W. Hughes's Sophistry, 4 yrs (Flatman) 2 Mr. Raine's Plunkett, 3 yrs (Goodman) 3 The following also ran :—Lord Exeter's Walnut, 3 yrs (S. Steggles) ; Mr. Delamere's Miss Delamere, 3 yrs (Wells); Duke of Bedford's Ernestine, 3 yrs (Esling). Betting-7 to 4 agst Ernestine, 3to 1 agst Walnut, 4to 1 agst Leybourne. Plunkett, lying wide, made the running to the dip, where Leybourne caught her and deprived her of the lead, which he maintained to the end, winning easily by two lengths, Sophistry obtaining second place by a head. The TWENTIETH TUESDAY RIDDLESWORTH STAKES of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; mares or stallions that never bred a win ner allowed 31b ; if both, 51b. D. M. 7 subs. Duke of Bedford's Diomedia, by Weatherbit, 7st 131 b l 1 Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, B s t 71b (Barham (Petti 2 Mr. Payne's Glen a l von , B s t 41b (Flatman 3 Lord Exeter's Phrygia, Bst llb (Norman) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Diomedia, sto 2 agst Talfourd, 7to 2 and 3 to 1 against Glenalvon, 4 to 1 agst Ph r y g i a . Phrygia made th e runn i ng t o the cords ; Talfourd then went on with the lead, but when half way up was collared by Diomedia, and at last beaten by a head; three lengths between the second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b ; untried stallions or mares allowed 31bs; only one allowance. D.M. 8 subs. Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwith, Bst 71b (Norman) 1 Lord Exeter's Cobnut, Bst 41b (G. Mann) 2 Duke of Bedford's Petrel, Bst 41b (Pettit) 3 Mr. Payne's War Whoop, Bst 71b (Flatman) 4 Betting-5 to 4on WaYWhoop, sto 2 agst Filbert. Cob nut with Petrel‘ lying up made the running to the dip, where Filbert took the lead, and won easily by a length ; same distance between second and third. Renewal of the NEWMARKET HANDICAP of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 200 added (50 from the Town Race fund, and 150 by the Jockey Club), for three-yr-olds and upwards. The second horse to re ceive 100 sovs, out of the stakes. Clermont Course. The winner of the Northamptonshire Stakes, or of the Metropolitan Stakes, to carry 71b ;- of both, 101 b extra. 88 subs, 38 of whom pay 5 sovs. ft. Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Oliver) 1 Mr. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (T. Sherwood) 2 Lord Glasgow's D ou bl e th ong , 3 yrs, s s t (F . Bates) 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Megson's Weathergage, 4 yrs, 9st (Marlow) • Captain Delme's The Little Savage, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Harding) ; Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 4 yrs, 7st (Hiett) ; Duke of Ri c h mon d' s A n ti gone, 5 yrs, (Garvey) ; Mr. H. Boyce's Herbert, aged, Est 121 b (Charlton) ; Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 4 yrs, 6st 21b (S. Steggles ;) Mr. C. Liley's Tavistock, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Corderoy) ; Mr. F. Eglin ton's Llanforda, 3 yrs, sst 41b . Steggles) ; M r . J. M. Stanley's Content men t, yrs, sst 31b, carried sst 71b (Wells); Lord Glasgow's sister to Caracara, 3 yrs, sst, carried sst 61b (Carroll) ; Captain Lane's Charley, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Rook) ; Captain Bastard's Tittle Tattle, 3 yrs, sst 41b (W. Cowley); General Anson's Nerva, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b (J. Edwards); Mr. Gurney's St. Faith, brother to St. Fabian, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Palmer). Betting-5 to 4 agst Ethelbert, 3to 1 agst Contentment, 6 to 1 agst Llanforda (offered), 12 to 1 agst Talfourd, 20 to 1 agst any other. After the first hundred yards Charley took the lead, and with Ethelbert, Herbert, Doublethong, Contentment, and Talfourd lying in front of the ruck he pastmad e play to him, and te turn m h aking ofh the the lands,where rest ofthe runn Talfourd ing,wo shot won easily by three lengths ; two lengths between second and third ; Contentment was fourth, Herbert fifth, Weathergage sixth. The morning train brought down a large accession of company, and the assemblage on the heath was much in creased by the usual muster of market folk and peasantry from the surrounding villages. The ring was not crowded, and its enlargement enabled the betting brotherhood to pursue their calling" without inconvenience or interrup tion. The card contained six events. The principal race, the Newmarket Handicap, terminated the proceedings. It was won by Talfourd, who only an hour before had been beaten by a head for the Twentieth Riddlesworih Stakes by Diomedia. He was not advanced to a promi nen t posi tion in the betting on the Handicap until after his defeat, when at the last moment he was very spiritedly supp or t e d by his party. He is the property of M essrs. B ell and Knowles, and was included among the animals lately pur chased by them of Lord Ribblesdale. The weather was very fine, but the keeness of the air was a sharp admonition to " keep moving." BETTING AFTER THE RACES.—Six o'cLoos. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 tc:l agst West Australian (t) 18 to 1 agst BarbatiTA9 tot) 10 to 3 Sittingbourne CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Talfourd I 30 to 1 agst Anne Page (t) Talfourd was backed at 20 to 1 for upwards of 1,0001. DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Scott's lot (5 to 1 t) I 40 to 1 agst Barbat us . 30 to 1— Talfourd (offered) I MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 9. Zymotic Diseases I Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l5B Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 323 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 2l 5 Causes not specified . 11 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the lesl. of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts 490,398 Central Districts 393,258 ___ East Districts South Districts 485,522 616,635 200 265 300 ------ 364 Totals Males Females. ••• 705 ,340 ••• 635 1,051 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. POSTAGE RATE PROM ENGLAND TO CANADA. By a Treasury warrant, in pursuance of the power given by the 4th Victoria, it is directed that all letters, news papers, printed votes, proceedings of Parliament and of the Colonial Legislatures, sent by post between the United Kingdom and British North America, by Canadian packet boat direct, or vid the United States, shall be charged with the same rates of postage as if the sea conveyance thereof were by British packet-boat direct, or vid the United States ' • and that all pri n t e d newspapers, or other printed papers that would pass free of postage if sent by B r iti s h packet-boat, shall o r ma y b e forwarde free of postage by any Canadian packet-boat. It is further directed, that it shall be lawful for the Postmaster -General to account for, and pay over to the Colonial Government in Canada, for the sea and colonial inland conveyance of letters, &c., so much of the respective ra t es o f pos t age so to be charged as the Postmaster-General, with the concurrence of the Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, shall from time to time think St. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. David Davies, Esq., Gwynet Tyler, Esq., Thomas Dur ham, Esq., and William Buck, Es q ., t o b e D eputy Lieu tenants of county of Cardigan. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia. —Captain George Rushout, M.P., late of h er M a j es ty' s I s t R egiment of Life Guards, half-pay unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Scudamore, retired.—Ensign Robert Rickards, pro moted to be Second Lieutenant—Thomas Lloyd, Gent., late of her Majesty's 87th Regiment of Fusiliers, to be Lieutenant --Thomas Griffith Peyton, Gent., to be Lieu tenant.—Thomas Dunne, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant.— Richard Sneyd Cox, Gent., to be Lieutenant. —John Har ward Griffiths, Gent., to be Lieutenant.—William Hut cheson Collins, Gent., to be Lieutenant.—Edward Cludde Cockburn, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rickards, promoted to be Second Lieutenant.—George Kemp Chatfield, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Linton, retired.—Michael Biddulph, Gent., to be Ensign. The Royal Angelsey Light Infantry. —Major Thomas Peers Williams to be Li euteuant - Colonel.—Septimus Al phonso Frederico Cary, Esq., late Captain in the 83rd Regiment of Foot, to serve as Adjutant with the rank of Captain. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Henry Digby Mitchell to be Lieutenant, vice Peel,—Edmund Willett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Crosse. Ist Regiment Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Captains.— Captain Robt. Grange, Retired List Bengal Army.—Cap tain Charles Craven, la,e Captain 2nd Royal Dragoons. To be Lieutenant.—Ensign Augustus Goldsmid; promoted. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Lieuten an t S w i n b urne Fitzhardinge Brkeley to be Captain.—Lieutenant Edward Stratton Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be Captain.--George Henry Beugough, Gent., to be Lieutenant, v i ce Li eu t enant Swinburne Fitzhardinge Berkeley, promoted. Rayal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia.—William Hy. Gardner Cornwall, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Dorset Regiment of Militia.—Lieutenant John Davis to be Captain, vice Emery, resigned. Queen's Own R eg i men t of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Cornet George Pleydell Mansel to be Lieutenant, vice Seymel, re tired.—Cornet Morton Grove Manse! to be Lieutenant, vice Bridge, retired.—Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Foster, promoted. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia. — Lieutenant Luke Henry Hansard to be Captain. 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia.— Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bart., to be Lieutenant- Colonel. 4th Regiment of Lancashire Militia.—Richard Phibbs, Esq. (late Captain in the 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lan caster's own Militia), to be Major. John Southgate Man sergh, Esq. (late Captain in the 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia), to be Major. Thomas Robbins, Esq. (late of the sth Dragoon Guards), to be Captain. George Lloyd Robson, Esq. (late of the sth Dragoon Guards), to be Captain. John Orred, Esq., to be Captain. David Ain swor th, E sq., to be Captain.illiam Robert son Sandbach, Esq., to be Captain. Thomas Bourne, Esq., to be Captain. William Walter Trafford, Esq., to be Captain. Henry Charles Adolphus Clarke, Esq. (late Lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia), to be Captain. Archibald William Clarke, Esq. (late Lieutenant in the 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia), to be Captain. William Gray, Esq., to be Capt a i n . H enry Blundell Hollinshead Bludell, Esq., to be Capt a i n . Willi am Pember ton Hesketh, Esq. (late Ensign in the 2nd Regi ment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia), to be Captain. ' H enr y M yers, G ent., to be Lieutenant. Robert Kershaw, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Augustus William Smethurst, Gent., to be Lieuten an t. L awrence Heyworth, jun., G en t., to be Lieutenant. Richard Watt, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant. Thos. Gardner, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Thomas Heywood, Gent., to be Lieu tenant. William Honner Fitz-Patrick, Gent. (late Ensign in the 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia), to be Surgeon. sth Regiment of Lancashire Militia.—Frederic Bran dreth, Esq. (late Lieutenant-Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards), to be Major. John Townley, Esq., to be Captain. Lancashire Hussars.—Adolphus Moubert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Fazakerley, deceased. BANKRUPTS - M. Samuel, Castle-street, Houndsditch, dealer in watches, to surrender April 26, at two, and May 24, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Edwards, Sambrook-court, official assignee; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside, solicito-. G. Hodge, Ticehurst, Sussex, builder, April 25, at - wo, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, Abchurch-lane King William-street, official as signee ; Messrs. Church and Langdale, Southampton-build ings, Chancery-lane, and Cripps, Tonbridge Wells, solicitors. W. S. Oake, Longfleet, Poole, painter, April 22, at half past one, and May 20, at one, at the Court, Basinghall street. Graham, official assignee; Messrs. Fox and Son, Finsbury-circus, and Welch, voole, solicitors. F. Rolfe, Great Marlborough-street, Middlesex, tailor, April 22, at two, and May 27, at one, at the Court, Basing hall-street. Cannan, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Il derton, Ingram-mart, Fenchurch-street, solicitor. J. and J. Legge, Marlborough-road, Brompton, and Churton-street, Belgrave-road, Pimlico, cabinetmakers, April 22, at one, and May 27, a t t we l ve, a t t h e Court, Basinghall-street. Cannan, Aldermanbury, official assig nee ; Pain, Gresham-street, City, and Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury-square, solicitors. W. Marson, Wolverhampton, draper, April 23, and May 21, at one, at the Court, Birmingham. Whitmore, Birmingham, official assignee ; Kitson, Wolverhamptol, and Messrs. Motteram and Knight, Birmingham, solicitors. J. Scott, Nottingham, grocer, May 6, and May 27, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. Harris, Nottingham, offi cial assignee; Maples, N o tti ng h am, an d Wells, Notting ham,, solicitors. W. L. Marshall, Almondbury, Yorkshire, common brewer, April 25, and May 23, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Hope, Leeds, official assignee ; Messrs. Bond and Barwick, Leeds, solicitors. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Mitchell, Finsbury-place, South, also of - Upper Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square, and Kent-street, South wark, furniture dealer, may 3, at one—E. Gibson, St. Al bans, banker, May 9, at twelve. In the Country. W. Mayfield, Spalding, grocer, May 6, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham--H. Broadbent, Dukinfield, grocer, May 5, at twelve, Court, Manchester—J. Hawarden, and R. Myerscough, Manchester, cotton cloth manufacturers, May 5, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Cappar, and R. Cappar, Nantwich, cheese factors, May 4, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool —G. Cappar, Nantwich, cheese factor, May 4, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Westley, Playhouse -yard, bookbinder, lid., on Satur- day next, and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. Wyatt and Thompson, Portpool-lane, common brewers, 6d., on Saturday next, and the three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, A bchurch-lane, City. T. Matthews, Bushey, carpenter, 2id., on Saturday next and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. G room , Ab c h urc h-l ane, City. W. Briddon, Bootle, Liverpool, manufacturing chemist, 3d., on Wednesday, April 13, or any subsequent Wednes day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. R. Hill, Birmingham, silversmith and jeweller, 38., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. G. Rogers, Copsthall, Cheshire, grocer, certificate of the third class—W. Moyfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer, certificate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Bonny and T. Elliston, Sudbury, Suffolk, plasterers —H. Herridge and T. A. Smith, Birmingham, publicans G. Gould and G. J. Thurston, Kingsland-crescent, Hack ney, surgeon and apothecaries—G. Estill and H. M`Kinlay, Scaroorough, Yorkshire, bricklayers—H. Harknett and J. Horning, St. Leonard's-road, Bromley, cowkeepers—T. Jones and D. Pinkerton, Manchester, common brewers -W. Randall, W. W. Parkins, and J. Parkins, Cheapside, clothiers and tailors—W. Thurman and J. Massie Piggott, Nottingham, hosiers—E. A. Honey and J. Taylor, Liver pool, wine and spirit merchants—J. Soames, jun., L. Soames, and A. Soames, (so far as regards L. Soames), Wheeler-street, Spitalfields, soap makers—C. Wilson, W. H. Kingsford, and S. Kingford (so far as regards C. Wil son), Hibernia-chambers, Southwark, commission agents— H. E. Knight, G. ring, and A. Peel (so far as regards A.Peel), D'Urban, Port Natal, merchants—J. Todman and Jos. Tod man, Bromley, Kent, linendrapers—J. H. Gordon and G. E.L.Williams, Dublin, and Royal Exchange-buildings City, -square, house and estate merchants—J. Heather and F. H. Moger, Paternoste; attorneys and solicitors—G. Gillam and .L T. Loch-row, ,sl-,aexe,ds, Yorkshire, ag Gr e e n a t t s_ Po j r . tl W an i d lki -st u r s e o e n t, a C n a d ve ß n . d p ish awson cut nail-makers—R. Vaughan and Rj. ely, Liverpool, soap manufacturers—J. G. Jones monds, Bradford, Wilt s hi re, woollen luanngu'faacntudreHs.—Eßd.- Coulthard and J. C ou lth ar d , Gateshead, Durham— r J. F. Wyatt and G. Webb, Johann -street, Pentonville, brewers and bone ni t' lc Devonshire, drapers—J. Savage and malsters—T. Holmes field, Cheshire, raghearer, Stonehouse, and T. Savage, Maccles- A. Robinson, Spal erchants—D. Newling and ng,Lincolnshire, farmers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Purchase, S th , • John Nichols , Sto - on sea Hampshire, commission agent. urbridge licensed victualler. Thomas Styles , George L. Bagshot, Surrey, bricklayer Wilms • Great Watley , Essex, beer retailer. Inorgan, sen Gloucester, builder. Joseph Parrot, Aylesbury, " coach wheelwright. Fison Spalding, Cambridge, publican. William Maysent, Sudbury, baker. Peter Came • P eter James M ron, Liverpool, butcher. `Manus, Liverpool, publican. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Anne M c Kay, Dornoch, Sutherland, merchant, to meet Within Gunn's Inn, Dornoch, April 16 and May 7, at eleven. John Russell, Slamannan, Stirling, wright, to meet within the St. Lawrence Inn, Slamannan, April 20 and May 18, at one. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills for the cure of Ulcers and Cutaneous Diseases.—The daugh ter of Mrs. Farlow, town carrier, residing in Maiden lane, Cove n t- gar d en , was afflicted for six years with ulcers on the right arm, and during that period she had the best medical advice that could be procured, but without deriving any beneficial result whatever. Her health suffered and her constitution became so impaired that no hopes were entertained of a recovery. As a last resource, however, the mother tried Holloway's Oint ment and Pills, and these unparalleled medicines in a short time completely cured the child and renovated her constitution, so that she now enjoys the best of health. —Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ........... 791 .......... 800 Total . ... 1,591 GOOD FORTIINE.-It is reported Lincoln that a young man named . Poole, residing in the parish of St. Michael, whose wife died . a few weeks ago, while ex amining an old box,. which his deceased partner had purchased at . an auction sale a short time since, found an old note in a crevice, which ',urns out to be a note upon a London bank for 701., the interest upon which has been accumulating for 48 years. It is said that there is every probability of Poole recovering the whole amount,--Lvacoinshire CAroticle. SHIPPING IN TELL IGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Her Majesty's Consul at Oporto states that in the olo rt o g e used by British shipmasters a lighthouse at the entrt e of the port of Aveiro, and another on Cape Monider , marked, but noise exist at those places. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 12. ENTERED INWARDS.—The D ar i ng , from St. TL' e g Wilhelmina, Dr o b ac h ; Oli v i a, C a ll ao ; secrete, , Ingram, Denia ; Regalia, Demerara ; Comet, Gnernit; Brownfield, D un ki r k ; R omu l us, N orfolk, U . S . ; Cadt Sydney ; Maid of Kent, Caen ; Eugene, do. • Joven cardo, Bilb oa ; Nautilus, Bremen ; Argestro, k ew yer o l : l3, ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LO A DING.—The Ips for Fayal ; G ra f von Bulow, Stettin ; Lord Hardinge' Elsinore, &c. ; L uc i e, V are l ; Herman, Hamburgh hP tune, Bremen ; Marchioness of Londonderry, Port :-" and Sydney ; Ocean, Havre ; Harsiena, Drontheim finger, Hamburgh ; Esther, Havre ; Talavera, Y.,., 11 " 7 New South W a l es ; R ega li a, D emerara ; Cit y o f -rr , , Boulogne; Vine, Melbourne • Marmion, Quebec , ".„,.: Sarah King, M oga d ore ; Tomlin, Demerara ; Black fr ; Sydney, New South Wales ; Sarah, Antwerp ; Gax,ni e tie Lucon ; Bonn e M ar i e , N an t es ; C on f uc i us, G ee l ong ', D - 1.4 ,, ° „ Dame de la Delivr a n ce , H avre ; H empsy k e, Port Pill'vAr* CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Ascie t , for Pernambuco ; Harlequin, Adelaide ; Emma Good b ; Port Philip ; Railw a y, M a d e i ra ; Wh ar fi nger, Haul Rosetta, Valentia ; Eugenio, Leghorn ; Panther, Ogl e° 0 1 Seine, Boulogne ; Menai, Calais ; Esther, Havre ; Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Moselle, Rotterdam ; Ceres, Tiger, Hamburgh ; Rebel, Melbourne. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 18 The Horizon, Li verpoo l t o N ew Orleans, March 27, long. 76. The George Wa s hi ng t on, Li verpoo l to N ew York, 31tac) 23, lat. 48, long. 41. The Seabird , tat . Boston t o A us t ra li a , F e b. 26, long. 52. The Mayflower, Clyde to New Orleans, March lh 26 N., long. 68 W. The Kalamazoo, Li verpoo l to New Yor k , M arc h 28 45, long. 37. , 44 The Andes (s), Li lat. dverpool to Boston, April 2, long. 50. Feb. l6 The British Quee n , Li verpool to Mel b ourne, lat. 2 S., long. 22 W. The Commissionary, C a ll ao t o Queenstown, Feb. 25,111. 16 S., long. 25 W. 1 .1 34' The West India M a il steamer, March 25, la-+ , - long. 53 W. 5.' The Nora, London to Australia, April 1, lat. long. 40 W. The Bride, for Port Philip, March 1, lat. 3 N., loug:'W. The Bentinck, Liverpool to San Francisco, Feb. 2° ' 8 S., ong. 34 W. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS• LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH CO A S T Re-1.-- o Traffic return for the week ending April 9, 49 1853 • £11,492 Corresponding week last year 10,613 ."-- 16 9 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. Total of the half-year to thi s d a t e , 1852 121,370 A " „, _ e d LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN HAILWAY.—ann, I turn for the week ending April 9, 1853 £13,737 ~ 1 Corresponding week last year 13,677 1/. _L__--- 259 3 Increase in 1853, GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WASTBEN RAILWAY.—Tra f I rurn for the week ending April 9, 1853 £4,75 6 0 Corresponding week last ye ar 4,236 1 ," £519 Increase in 1853 COUNTRY MARKE2'S. LIVERPOOL—APRIL 12. At this day's m ar k e t th ere was ra th er a l arge 8 00 1 4 of the town and country trade, and a good consuxclP demand was experienced for American white whe ,, ,,V flour, at an improvement of about id per 701bs, and onot barrel on the prices of Friday, being slightly under I' o 4 of this day we e k. R e d B altic and other wheats an 0 4 flour were negle c t e d, ld t o 2d per 701bs and is p e t , lower. Oats m e t w ith a s l ow sale, at about late rat' oatmeal declined 3d per load. Barley, beans, and ro were without alte l ati on e ith er i n va l ue or demand. In') corn, both afloat and on the spot, was in moderate de° and prices generally supported. IPSWICH—APRIL 12. tl Ol4 The supplies of wheat are very small. The supplf was at market was taken off by the millers. Pri c i e ,lo / mained unaltered, and a grea t er fi rmness i n th e tratv . manifested after the dull reports of London yest e What few samples of malting barley were offered P r were taken off at full prices. ,d, PER QUARTER. PER cati 4 O' Oila Wheat, red (old) 42s to 45 s B ar l ey, grinding ... 2os - ~. Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 46s to 53 s P eas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ~. 33 s t o 36 s Fl our, per sack AVERAGES FOR TUE WEEK ENDING APRIL 9, 1853. Wheat Barley Oats -- ~ 00s Od Beans Peas ~ HULL—APRIL 12. At to-clay's market we had a very short suply wheat, which met a pretty ready sale at about 10 N, prices of last week. Only a retail sale of foreign*tber doing in barley. Oats uly as dear. Bet us -g proved sale at th e reducti f on l noted last we de for peas. A very dull linseed market. We again , our quotations for li nsee d cakes, but there is a if'u sumptive sale thereat. No rapeseed offering. Rae, are scarce, and 5s p er t on d earer, with no foreign Id)" The following are the present prices of grain : 8 Wheat, English, red 44 to 46 Ditto white 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham- ti Peas, gray and black 3 ! 0 Linseed, Black Sea 4 40 ,' to Ditto Petersburgh . • 7- ,' Ditto Riga and Arai - 40 angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O ' T O per ! 0 Linz. e., Hull 7110 0 Od to lo'ig, Ditto fine for. 71 55 Od 0 0 Ditto inf. for 6l 153 to of 0 Rapeseed 291 106 OAK Rape cakes Tares, English 4 26 1 7 Ditto foreign 1 0 ,1 G uano 51 71 to ~,7 Bones 1005 to I° ;ofi Rye Meal ................. burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 42 to 44 Russian and Odessa 40 to 43 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian lB to 19 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and, yel 37 to 39 RA ILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12. A STOCK EXCHAN — GE.—The mark e t was flat all ( 15 1' very little business doing. Birkenhead, Lancashlr e ,'s , Cheshire, 63 ; C a l e d on i an, 321 ; Eastern Counties Lancashire and Yorkshire, 764 ; Lancaster and ( I' Thirds, 13i prem. ; Leeds Northern, 16 ; London 1 North-Westeru, 1191; Midland, 744 6 ; North 9 . 0 8 11-16 ; South-E as t ern an d D over, 22i 6 ; . ; North Union A guaranteed, 254. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The rumoure d postponeraeli t tio next year of measures with regard to the amalgan o 1,0 railways has had the effect, if not of depre c i a ting toi of impedin g ra il way b us i ness on our local Stock Exe,B Considerable anx i e t y i s man i fested with respect to tt ture of the proposition to be submitted to Parliamen t evening by Mr. Cardwell, and it is improbable th e , important transactions will occur until they are 0 . No sales were effected on 'Change to-day, but price not materially altered. BRISTOL, APRIL 12. a rl4' lan STOOK EXOHANGE.—The ap of the were day was very guid. The o n lyearance quotable sales Wel" of Neaths, which were done at 154. THE GOLD COAST. --An unusual degree of interes t o be excited by a work just published, entitled " Eig la Years on the Gold Coast of Africa," from the Pef o i Mr. B ro di e C ruickshank—a gentleman NS ho has je occupied a prominent official positi on in our Aki settlements. The book is remarkable for its revelatj respecting the native tribes, and their social condiV It abounds with curious pictures of savage life in its perceptions of civilisation, and shows most clearlit progre ss made in reclaiming and elevating the Pt" The auth or ' s l ong residence on the coast, and fro i 6 journeys into the interior, have made him familiar e e! every feature of the country, and hence his book O A only in th e hi g h es t d egree en t er t a i n i ng, but ft' valuable information. THE DIXON FOLD RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Afte , A fP gering rather more than a month, the unfortunat e ' 0 Constantine Caratti, a Greek merchant, from Gla ° bif! so seriously hurt by the train running off the Lane's' I), and Yorkshire line on the 4th ult., has sunk und er e sufferings. His brother was with him at the tifty his death, which took place in the Manchester S t ° o tf Infirmary on Sunday. There is no truth in the e l l, given in some of the morning papers that Mr. C, 31 : 1 01.; had laid his damages against the company at 20 4 rper in fact no claim whatever has been made. Mr. P, ° tV, Fitton, of Middleton Hall, who was removed fr°P:je o _,' infirmary to his own home on the day after the tic, e ' f or has been found to have been more injured than '4 7 first supposed, and one of his legs has had to be i t; V tated. It appears that he was removed from tl3 t 4, firmary against the advice of the surgeons of the 0 35 ton. MARRIED. On the 12th i ns t ., at St. George's, Hanover-N uareile ,ev. J. F. Thrnr F-' pp, Eellow of Trinity College; Ca lo :: fr pe o f and Vicar of Barrington, Cambridgeshire, to EP_L•e Bligh, fourth d aug h ter of the Rev. J. D. Glen> Green-street, Grosvenor-square. DIED. s#' •r e o. On the 11th inst., at Aylesbury, Elizabeth, Wit y, J. H. Marshall, printer, aged 62. dee r On the 11th inst., at 3, Cleveland-terrace, Irl the infant of Charles Balfour, Esq. t$ ')` On the 11th inst., Joseph Clissold, Esq., of th e Exchange, and Upper Tulse-hill, aged 69. LONDON : Printed an d P u bli s h e d by HURD° YOS 11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, i " O r Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f t h e S avoy, ix the og"'" n Middle's.; Wsdneiday, Apri.lls, IM. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 11th inst., at 3, Chester-terrace, Chesterj o4 -- the wife of J. J. J o h nson, E sq., barrister-at-law. OF A DAUGHT ER. This morning, at Syd en h am, Mrs. Edward Hugh 0 On the 10th i ns t., a t G ordon-square, the wife of j -i Start, Esq.