The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—{YESTERDA Y.) SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES COMMUTATION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir. F. KELLY, after apologising for his absence last night, when the bill was brought under the consideration of the house at a late hour, which was entirely owing to his ignorance that the bill was on the notice paper. Im portant as the measure was it was most desirable that it should not be hurried through with too great haste or precipitation. (Hear.) He had two clauses to propose — one to regulate the mode of conversion of stock by parties beneficially interested or trustees. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a clause had been prepared to carry out the object which the hon. and learned gentleman had in view, but as the Solicitor-General, who had drawn it up, was for the moment absent, perhaps the hon. and learned gentle man would postpone moving his first clause until the return of the Solicitor-General. Sir FITZROY KELLY said he would willingly postpone his first clause, and proceed to the second, which was to limit the creation of two-and-a-half per cent. stock (proposal No. 2) to ten millions. He be lieved that there was no instance of any great operation shown, as was proposed by the Government, having been effected solely by the means, and at the rate fixed absolutely by the Finance Minister. The usual mode was to submit the bargain to public competition, and in this mode it was easily ascertained what were the loeiest terms on which the public were willing to effect the operation. Either the Chancellor of the Exchequer possessed the gift of divination to which other men were strangers, or else he was advancing blindly into the money market, careless of the loss which he might pro duce to the public by the manner of his operation. He, therefore, wished to limit the scope of such a blind operation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he objected to the proposal of the hon. and learned gentle man, both on the ground of precedent and reason. He must give a most unqualified and positive denial to the statement of the hon. and learned gentleman, that there was no instance of a Finance Minister having proceeded iu the manner in which he now proposed to act. In point of fact, he was persuaded that he was now pur suing the very course which had always been proposed in cases of conversion of stock. No doubt, in point of technical law, the stock which they were about to create was a new stock ; but in fact it was a mere conversion, and not creation, of stock which they were about to effect. He admitted that the Exchequer Bonds which he proposed to create were a new stock ; but here he proposed not a fixed rate, but according to what could be obtained in the market, due care of course being taken of the interest of the public. With regard to the reasonableness of the hon. and learned gentleman's proposition, be contended that there never had been such a thing known as to raise money in the market for the purpose of applying it to the extinction of stock. In doing that, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would be creating just an artificial scarcity in the market by going into it to borrow 30,000,0001., and then directly after an artificial glut when be went in to pay off the stock. Such a proceed ing would be most irrational, and cause enormous loss to the public. The operation which was now proposed would not, in fact, increase the amount of debt, as the fund - Which would be at the same time provided by the houser - woull reduce the debt to a much greater amount than that by which it would be necessarily increased by this operation. If the operation were limited to the sum proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman it would be much toe small ever to come properly into the view of the public, and would not aftbrd a fair test of the working of the principle on which it was founded. - The objection of the lion. member for Huntingdnn (Mr. Baring), who spoke on Friday night in favour of the hon. and learned geni.lenran's motion, was that even 30,000,0001. was too small a su-n fairly to test the principle, and he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could certainly riot con swit to reduce its scope to 10,000,0001. alone. Mr. HUME thought the mode of operation was the very best which could be adopted. Mr. SPOONER said that the bargain was a bad one altogether, and a great deal too much in favour of the capitalist. The balance against the state and in favour of the capitalist would be about 7 per cent. It was on that ground he supported the motion of his hon. and learned friend. He thought, looking at our prospects of prosperity, that 40 years was too long a period to guarantee a fixed rate of interest merely for the sake of the miserable &tying between paying 21. 17s. 9d., and '3/. per cent. He thought it was the height of folly to tie up the hands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for so long a period, taking into account the fluctuating and uncertain state of things in the money market, and the large im portations of gold into the country. Mr. WlLKlNSON..cupported the amendment. - Sir F. KELLY said it was not his intention to go to a divicien, because he did not think he was justified in opposing his own judgment to the declared opinion of the house. Though he had - ventured to differ from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he should exceedingly rejoice to find that his experiment had succeeded, and that it had proved not only unjust to the, state, but advanta geous to the shareholder. Mr. WILLIAMS would have been glad if the right bon. gentleman could have made a better bargain for the public, but he was obliged to look at the great diffi culties which beset him in dealing with this 500,000,0001. of stock. He thought the propositions which he had made would on the whole be productive of great benefit to the public. The clause was then withdrawn. Sir F. KELLY then proposed the insertion of another clause for regulating the mode for the conversion of stock held by trustees in trust for others. Mr. HUME approved of the object of the clause. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL apprehended that no substantial difference of opinion existed on this subject. He had drawn up himself a clause which he thought _would meet the views of the hon. and learned member. It was to the effect that all persons 'holding stock in trust for the benefit of others, should not be at liberty to commute that stock without the consent in writing of all the persons beneficially interested, or in the event of their being minors or under legal disabilities, without the consent of the ,Court of Chancery. The clause also provided for an appeal to that court when the parties beneficially interested differed as to the propriety of con verting the stock. Mr. MITCHELL objected to that part of the clause requiring the consent of the Court of Chancery. Mr. S. WORTLEY warned the house of the danger of extending the jurisdiction of that court to these matters. Of the 500,000,0001. of stock, a vast portion was in the hands of trustees, and the expense of an application to Chancery would, in cases in which the trust was for small amounts, operate as an obstacle to the conversion of the stock. Sir F. KELLY entirely agreed that there should be no kind of proceeding which would entail any great expense in the conversion of the stock, and he, there fore, objected to the clause of the Solicitor-General, so far as it allowed an appeal to the Court of Chancery where parties refused their consent to the trustees. - Looking at the important nature of the bill, he thought it would be better to postpone the discussion until to morrow, in order that they might have an opportunity of well considering the clause. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL reminded the house that the Court of Chancery was now very much altered, and the application which was proposed to be made in this bill was in a form which, until lately, was entirely unknown to that court. It was an application to a judge of the Court of Chancery at Chambers, which would cost only a few shillings, and occasion only a few hours' de ray. The provision with regard to the Court of Chancery *as also objected to by Mr. MULLINGS and Mr. SPOONER, who both urged delay. Sir J. GRAHAM said considering the immense in terests involved in the bill he would recommend the (Chancellor of the Exchequer to agree to the proposed delay if both sides of the house concurred in the prin ciple embodied in the clause, but though hon. members opposite admitted that the common consent should be required of all the parties beneficially interested, they objected to the intervention of a judicial tribunal in cases where those parties were not all agreed. He was satis fied that the effect of such a decision would be an entire bar to the operation of the present bill. (Hear, hear.) Though very great improvements had been introduced into the Court of Chancery, he was no'c, so sanguine as to believe that it was altogether inexpen sive, yet he conceived there could not be a greater slur on the judicature of the country than the assertion that an appeal to Chancery where parties did not agree would be ruinous in its effects. If so, all the late reforms of that court had been altogether nugatory and vain. He believed that further reforms were indispensably neces sary, yet he was confident and sanguine that the mea sure of last session would be productive of beneficial re sults. _ _ _ Mr. HENLEY considered that the appeal would do a great deal more harm than good. Why did not the Government adhere to the principle universally acknow ledged in these matters, that if there was no necessity for parties to do anything, they should be left alone 2 The amendment was also opposed by Mr. CARDWELL, and supported by Mr. NEWDEGATE. REPLY OF HER MAJESTY TO THE ADDRESS OF THE HOUSE. Viscount DRUMLANRIG, who wore the uniform of the Comptroller of the Household, appeared at the bar and read the following reply on the part of her Majesty ° an add ress which had been presented to her by the house, oo ngraulating her Majesty upon the birth of a prince : Th ‘ e ‘ l in h te av re e st t o t i ll you for your loyal and dutif u l a dd ress . happiness is hi g h l y gr To t 7 ifyi haj g e to ex m p e r . e , ssed in my domestic NEW MEMBER. Mr. BIINBURY took the county of Carlow, the o a th s and his seat for the SOUTH SEA. Ste., ANNUITIES. The house then divid e d on the clause of Sir F. Kelly. The numbers were— For the clause Against it ............. 128 Majority The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then 67 the purport of which is given above. moved the Cla use. After some observations from the CHANCELT.on E XC HEQUER, the clause was agreed to. of th e Another clause was proposed by the SOLICITOR' GEN . SAL with regard to the hearings in the Court of chany E Mr. HUME hoped that as the judges of the C e n%o were well paid, a provision would be made for enabling to have a hearing without any expense. (Laughter.) Mr. HENLEY observed thet it wes a new doc trine to lay down, that because the judges were paid, therefore, the practitioners in the court shouict forego their fees. (Hear, hear.) He doubted very much whether the Solicitor-General would agree to the sug gestion of the hon. member. (Laughter.) He thought it was a great hardship to drag parties into the Court of Chancery, when the only result would be to fit away the funds that were in the hands of the trustees, and to place money in the pockets of the lawyers. After some further discussion the clause was added to the bill. Another amendment was also introduced into the bill for the purpose of restricting the issue of the New Three-and-a-H alf per Cent. Stock to 30,000, 0 00/., the same limit that is placed upon the New Two-and-a- Half per Cent. Stock. The bill was then read a third time and passed. CLONMEL ELECTION. The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re ceived a letter from the agent in the case of the Clon mel election, stating that it was not his intention to proceed in the said petition. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY . EVENING, APRIL 28, 1853. IRISH COURT OF CHANCERY. Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the sale, partition, and exchange of lands by the Court of Chancery in Ireland, and the recovery of moneys secured by recognisances in the said court. His object for introducing this bill was to extend the machi nery of the Irish Court of Chancery, in order to facilitate the proceedings of the Encumbered Estates Court. The operations of this court had not failed from any inatten tion or want of zeal on the part of its officers, but from a defect in the act of Parliament. The consequence was that at the present moment there were no less than 1,000 encumbered estate cases undisposed of, with a locked-up capital amounting, in round numbers, to 4,000,0001. in money. Under the existing law, the attorney who first commenced the suit in the court got the management of the estate, to the exclusion of all other attorneys or agents who had previously superin tended its affairs. Now, the principal object of this bill was to remove this anomaly, and to secure to the parties who were the best entitled to it the power of winding up the affairs of an encumbered estate under the authority of the Encumbered Estates Commis sioners. The law, as it now stood, held out a premium to fraud, for the Encumbered Estates Court had no power to appoint a receiver, like the Court of Chancery, and an attorney who wanted to entangle an encumbered estate in the meshes of the laws had nothing else to do but file a petition in the Encumbered Estates Court, and the management of the estates passed into his hands. If the parties in possession or otherwise, wished then to have a receiver appointed, their only remedy was a bill in the Court of Chancery. Now, the object of this bill was to remove all these evils by engrafting upon the Irish Court of Chancery the simple powers of the origi nal Encumbered Estates Court. It would authorise parties who wished it to file a petition, which should be short and cheap, in the Court of Chancery for the sale of their estates, and the Court should have power to order an immediate sale of the whole or a portion of the estate. Another provision of the bill was this— Under the existing law an estate could not be thrown into Incumbered Estate Court, unless it was incumbered to the extent of its rental value; but, by this bill, a man who had an estate that was only partially Membered should be enabled to get rid of such incumbrance by selling a portion of his estate under the authority of the Court of Chancery, which would be tantamount to giving him a Parliamentary title that would be saleable in the market both cheaply and expedi tiously. He anticipated that the effect of this new law would be to get rid of the 1,000 estates, and relieve the 4,000,0001. now locked up in the encumbered estates, because if the bill passed the parties inte rested in them would have power to transfer their petitions to the Court of Chancery, and he therefore trusted the house would throw no difficulty in the way of his introducing the bill that he now asked leave to bring in. Sir J. YOUNG stated on the part of the Government, that there was no objelbtion to the introduction of the bill, but at the same time it was right that he should add, that the Government had a similar measure under its consideration and therefore he could hold out no hope that this bill would either be supported or facili tated by the Government. _ _ _ Mr. .PITZGERALD, as an Irish lawyer, bore his testimony to the usefulness of the Encumbered Estates Court, and declared it to be his opinion that if the Legis lature gave full-scope to its machinery, he saw no reason why land should not become just as much a marketable commodity as goods, manufactures, or agricultural produce. He took exception to the figures which had been stated by the hon. and learned gentle man who made this motion, and announced his intention to oppose any proposal for the absortion of the functions of the Incumbered Estates Court of the Court of Chan cery. Still there was much good in this bill, and so far as its practical reforms were concerned, he would give it his hearty support. Mr. NAPIER said the object of this species of legis lation ought to be to give the public what they really wanted, namely, facilities of sale and security for title. That end, he believed, would be attained by this bill, and he should have no hesitation in awarding it his sup port. - Mr. V. SCULLY said he should offer no opposition to the motion for bringing in the bill, but he most certainly should resist any proposal for vesting the sale of encum bered estates in the Court of Chancery. Before the establishment of the Encumbered Estate Court, the Court of Chancery enjoyed jurisdiction over en cumbered estates, and the manner in which it exer cised its functions in that respect, showed that it was incompetent to the task. The fact was the mischief of the present system lay in this—the jurisdiction of the Encumbered Estates Court was too much restricted by far, and he hoped before the house consented to dispose of this bill it would be good enough to remember that he had given notice of his intention on the 10th of May to:move for leave to bring in a bill with the view of remedying that defect. Mr. GEORGE said the time had come when the ex traordinary powers of the Incumbered Estate Court ought to be transferred to the ordinary tribunals of the land, and he was glad to hear that the Government of fered no opposition to the introduction of this bill. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. FEMALE EMIGRATION. The fourth annual meeting of the British Ladies' Fe male Emigration Society for providing matrons, books, and employment during the voyage, visiting ships, &c., was held yesterday afternoon, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Earl of Harrowby occupied the chair. The Noble CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting—a very crowded one—said, in effect, whatever may be the public feeling as regards emigration, it cannot be doubted that the means of instruction and profitable employment should be provided to counteract the certain demo ralization of idleness and ignorance. By the agency of this society a large mass of persons, gathered toge ther at the depot, and on board ship, are brought under religious instruction at comparatively small ex pense. At few other seasons are the emigrants ready to listen to advice, or able to devote so large a portion of their time to self-improvement. It is plainly our duty to embrace these opportunities and to do what in us lies, that the people which England sends forth shall make her colonies prosperous and respected. From the report it appeared that the total number of ships visited during the past year was made up as follows :-109 Government ships, carrying 39,742 emigrants ; 92 pri vate ships, carrying 23,000 ; 13 sailing from Liverpool, carrying 3,250 ; and 24 sailing from Bristol, carrying 6,ooo—in all 238 ships, carrying nearly 71,992 emigrants. The total receipts of the society by annual subscriptions for the year ending April was 3701. 175.• donations 6101. Bs. Id. ; collections, 441. 7s. 6d.; total, 1,0251. 12s. 7d.; with the balance from last year (1901. 71s. 5d.) made a total of 1,216/. 4s. The expenditure had been 9581., leaving a balance in hand of 2581. 4s. The com mittee are still unable, from want of funds, to en gage the services of salaried matrons. All they can do at present is to give them, prior to embarkation, a short course of instruction in their duties generally. To obviate this difficulty it is proposed to raise immediately a fund of 1,0001. The meeting was afterwards addressed by several gentlemen, among whom Archdeacon DAVIS, from Melbourne, detailed the difficulties of a voyage of 14,000 miles. Me said that in Victoria the proportion of males to females was 10 to 1. Where this disparagement in numbers exist, there is great danger to the female emigrants on arrival if not adequately protected. No relief was to be found for idlE ness in Melbourne or other places in Australia. The idler was passed by with contempt by everybody. The picture given by the rev. gentleman of Tasmania was the reverse of everything that is good. Resolutions in conformity with the objects of the meet ing having been agreed to, a vote of thanks to the chair man terminated the proceedings. 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He was born at Little Over, near Derby, in the year 1759. He ac companied Lord Rodney on a cruise to the West Indies, on board the Triumph, 74, in the year 1774. He was engaged in the memorable battle off Port Royal, Martinique, between Lord Rodney and De Grasse; in 1782. His next general engagement was on the glorious Ist of June, in 1794, in the Bay of Biscay, under Lord Howe. On the morning of that day to his gun were appointed 16 men, and in the evening only six of them were left alive. His next engagement was on the 17th of June, 1795, under Lord Cornwallis, against the French fleet of 27 ships of war. The English fleet numbered nine only. The battle was waged for 12 hours, off Brest, and undecided. He afterwards removed on board the San Josef, Nelson's flag-ship, and was paid off at Plymouth ha and had his in 1802, and volunteered from that vessel to the Prince jnasti4hisattes..citionflihell George, Baltic, and guns, in which he accompanied Nelson to An ,i- t ti , , he entered was s ar p e u t in i n t h t e h b e a F t t o l r e e o s f te C r ° g P u e n n : boat, set fire to a vessel of the enemy. for French East Indliarwh' in which he had 6/. cruising on, the look out on board the Hensley privateer, crossed the the neighbourbood of the the line, equinoctial, having f'reds of times.—Alan -1, ester Examineri.le believes, 111111- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. EXTENSION OF THE INCOME TAX TO IRELAND. (From the Times.) Great as is the interest which Mr. Gladstone's Budget has created in England, the real decision of the question seems remitted to a country with whose views we are as yet imperfectly acquainted, and which will, we fear, regard our finances under influences not very favourable to a decision advan tageous to the public. Ireland, on hearing the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pulls out her tablets and begins to calculate her profit and loss by this great operation, crediting herself with whatever is remitted, and debiting herself with whatever is imposed. This is not an unnatu ral way of arriving at a conclusion, but it certainly is a very fallacious one. Ireland, as distinguished from England and Scotland, is neither a gainer by all that is remitted to her, nor a loser by all that is imposed upon her. The remission is not abso lute, nor is the payment wholly unfruitful. As an integral part of the empire, having, whatever may be said to the contrary, an interest identical with those of the sister kingdoms, Ireland is deeply concerned that taxation should be imposed with justice and impartiality, and that no undue or un equal pressure on any class of men or any division of the country should cripple the Government for want of sufficient resources, or drive us to adopt questionable financial expedients, because the legitimate means of raising our revenue are forbidden to us by local influences or narrow pre:udices. Nor is the political advantage of such equality of treatment inconsiderable. No country in the world ever rose to equal rights unless it was at the same time prepared to take upon itself equal burdens. Were every other distinction between the two countries removed Ireland will never be fairly entitled to regard her self as the equal of England till she becomes too proud to accept alms, and too conscious of her own duties and her own rights to submit to a position Of fiscal inferiority. To claim the most perfect equality with one to whom you are constantly placing yourself under pecuniary obligations is as impossible between nations as between individuals, and the liquidation of the debt is always considered an indispensable preliminary to the assertion of the right. Even if there were no equivalent in the shape of a remission of Consolidated Annuities, is there anything harsh or unjust in the extension of the in come tax to Ireland ? It is said Ireland is a poor country and unable to bear as much taxation as a rich country, that every one should be taxed accord ing to his ability, that Ireland is only just recover ing from the famine, and much more of the same kind. The answer to all this is, that it rests on an abuse of general terms. Ireland is poor,—that is, the population of Ireland is poor ; Ireland is just re covering from a famine,—that is, the people of Ire land are justrecovering from a famine; but Ireland's poverty and Ireland's famine are no arguments against the income tax, because that tax is not levied on the,poor, but, by the very hypothesis of its imposition, implies that the person called on to pay is removed from poVerty. The fallacy lies in assuming that every one who lives in a rich country must be rich, and every one who lives in a poor country must be poor, and thus keeping out of sight the peculiar conditions under which the tax is imposed. To make out the proof, it ought to be shown that a man with 100/. a-year in Ireland is poorer than a man with 1001. a-year in England, a proposition which, as labour and provisions are cheaper in Ireland, and as there are no assessed taxes there, it seems impossible to maintain. Gen tlemen talk of the rights of the millions of Ireland and of levying taxes on her starving people, as if they thought that it was on these millions andi this people that the income tax was to be laid. The state of Ireland may render the number of those who pay income tax very small, but cannot in any way interfere with the ability of those possessing this income to contribute 3/. out of every 1001. to the public revenue. Irish members should not forget that if they .have been at last called upon to bear their share of the burdens, they have been for many years receiv ing no inconsiderable portion of the benefit. Upon them, as upon England and Scotland, has descended the blessing of the remissions which the income tax has purchased, and, though their effect may not be clearly traceable through the clouds and dark ness of that night of horror and misery which fell upon them so soon after, there is no reason to doubt that the miseries of Ireland would have been much aggravated but for a cheapness of pro visions provided for through the means of a heavy burden voluntarily assumed by the sister kingdoms. Nor ought the great •remission of the Consolidated Annuities to remain un acknowledged. True, the relief is not so gene ral as the tax, but it must be remembered that, while the tax is imposed on none who are unable to bear it, the Annuities fall precisely on those districts where the distress is most severe and the-ability-to pay the smallest. This differ ' ence cannot be fairly expressed by figures. The same principle which made the widow's mite more precious than all the costly gifts of the rich, gives to the remission of the Consolidated Annuities a value not counterbalanced by a tax which in its very nature leaves necessity untouched. Or shall it be said that England and Scotland are willing to forgive to the distressed portion of Ireland the debts incurred at a time of heavy calamity, but that the inhabitants of districts on which the scourge was lightly laid will not undertake an income tax from which they had never any title to be exempt to relieve their native land from this grievous incubus ? Is it hoped that it will be possible to resist the income tax and at the same time to secure the remission of the Consolidated Annuities? The idea is chimerical. We cannot always be multiplying inequalities or bending under burdens for the sake of those as able to pay as ourselves. The remission of this debt de pends upon the choice of Irish members—in their hands is placed the destiny of their country. They may unite against them every party and every feel ing in England and Scotland, and alienate the classes in Ireland to whom the Budget holds out such vast advantages, or they may commence a new era of fairness, equality, and mutual confidence, fraught with vast advantages to England, to Scot land, and, more than either, to Ireland: CLERGY RESERVES BILL.—THE DIVISION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. ( From the Morning Herald.) The result of the division in the House of Lords on Monday night is an event which appears to de mand a notice of a different nature from that which belongs to an ordinary incident of political warfare. It is impossible to deny that in that result the cause of constitutional principle has sustained a great de feat. It has sustained it in the assembly to which all our traditional recollections and associations point as the assembly that is to protect the Conser vative element of the constitution. The measure of confiscation which Ministers have proposed for alienating the heritage of the Church in Canada has been accepted by the peers of Britain by a majority relatively greater than any by which it was adopted in the Commons. It has been accepted with all its unmitigated character of iniquitous spoliation. Nay, only 78 of the nobility of Britain were found to stand by the most distinguished of their order in his effort to withhold from a Colonial Legislature the power of violating the plighted faith of the So vereign, the Parliament, and the people of Eng land. It were folly, and worse than folly, to pretend t 3 make light of such a result. Account for it as we will, disguise it to our own convictions as we may, there stands the fact, with the unescapable certainty or arithmetical reasoning. An amendment protect ing Church endowments in Canada—endowments to the inviolability of which over and over again the British nation and the British Sovereign have pledged their faith—this amendment has been re jected, and rejected in the British House of Peers, by a majority of 117 to 78 ; or, if we add to it the " pairs upon both sides (23 in number), by a ma jority of 140 to 101. Are we to accept this startling fact as an indica tion that the peers of England have abandoned those principles which, we may almost say, consti tute the political existence of an hereditary nobi lity ? Is this division a tide-mark of the sure, al though noiseless rise of the revolutionary wave ? Are we to believe that the sacredness of Church property is no longer held inviolable in the highest tribunal of social justice, whether" legislative or judicial, in the land? Are national honour and national faith to be in future esteemed of no mo ment in the deliberations of those whom the con stitution has invested with rank and dignity, sur rounded with the splendours of ancestral nobility, for the very purpose of more emphatically impres sing on our legislation the qualities which such as sociations ought to create ? Let us calmly examine the circumstances of this result—a result which, we repeat again, it is impossible at first sight to contemplate without dismay. In the House of Lords, on Monday night, there were present only 195 peers ; 46 more had mani fested that questionable interest in the subject which is implied in the accident of being absent with a pair. Ad ing, however, even these to the num ber who voted, we have 241 members of the Upper House expressing their opinions by their votes. Any parliamentary guide-book will inform the reader that the entire number of persons entitled by their rank to sit in that illustrious as , ,:embly a , nounts io 451, that of these tin are minors, and i•tt, deducting these, there are Peers of ro.-:lt entitled to vote and capable of voting, 441. ' 4 Very little more than half the house of Peers; recorded, therefore, their votes upon Monday night. This, too, is a fact, whatever be its value, which rests upon the certainty of arithmetical de monstration. We do not, indeed, know with cer tainty what would hAVe been the votes of the 200 absent peers had they been present upon Monday night. Still a comparison with former divisions justifies us in believing that the larger proportion of the absentees were noble lords holding Conser- , vative opinions. It is enough, however, to observe, that in truth the division of Monday night tested the opinions of little more than one-half of the House of Peers. That division, in fact, proved little, except that a very dangerous apathy upon political questions prevails at this moment among the members of the Upper House. Let us contrast die division of Monday with some of those which have taken place upon great contested questions within the last seven years, since the unfortunate change of conduct of Sir Robert Peel broke up the Conservative party. On the third reading of the bill repealing the corn duties on the 28th of May, 1846, the numbers were : For the bill. Against. Present Proxies 211 164 Making a total of 375 peers who on that occasion recorded their votes. It is quite true that on Mon day proxies were not available, as the amendment was moved in committee. Still, however, many of those who avail themselves o f the privilege of voting by proxy when proxies are available, make it a point to attend in committees when a personal vote is indispensable. Taking, however, the num bers present on each occasion, we find that on the Corn Law Bill there were actually present, 254 ; on the Clergy Reserves but 195. Pursuing the analysis of the division of late years, we find the votes on the second reading of the bill for repealing the navigation laws, May 8, 1849 For the bill ... 173 ••• ••• Against ... ••• ••• ... 163 Total ••• ... 336 ••• Taking these divisions, we think we are justified in saying, that, so far as the division of Monday night goes, it establishes little more than this, that there is now, on the part of the aristocracy of the country, an indisposition to take their proper politi cal position in the nation. We are very far from underrating the evil effects of such a state of feeling. On the contrary, we regard it as one of the most dangerous character istics of the crisis. All we ask is, that the true na ture of that characteristic should be understood. When men boast of the majority of Monday, Jet it be clearly understood that what they boast of is not that they have won over a majority of the House of Peers, but that too large a proportion of that assembly have either been disgusted with, or ren dered indifferent to, the political contests that are decided in the upper chamber. We do not palliate the conduct of those noble lords who, in this hour of their country's perils, desert the post to which their duty imperatively calls them. We believe that they commit an error as fatal, and if we must say it, as cowardly, as that of the old French nobility, who fled from their country when they ought at all risks to have stayed, and resisted the course of revolution. We repeat, that we only desire that the true nature of the evil should be understood. Two opportunities still present themselves upon which the peers of England may repair the almost fatal error which they have committed. •We may not be sanguine enough to expect, that, upon the third reading of the Clergy Reserves Bill, the deci sion of the committee may be reversed ; but there is another measure to -be considered on Friday, which will, we verily believe, test the House of Lords in the opinion of the Conservative and reli gious people of England. Upon that evening the bill for unchristianising the Legislature stands for a second reading in their lordship's house. The issue here is fairly raised. Mr. Bright has told the House of Peers that they dare not reject the mea sure. Lord John Russell as distinctly admitted that there is no expression of public opinion which ought to influence the upper house in departing from their former decisions. It is our solemn duty to warn that illustrious assembly, that if upon this question they be content, as on the Canada re serves, to abdicate their-functions and delegate to a moiety of their' body the decision of questions in which the most sacred feelings of Englishmen are t a h li e en d a u t t e i d es f o r f oni th , t e h ir em hig un h n p e o c s e i s t sa io r n ily th theye involved, they, ma y find too late that i n d eser ti ng ey w aff ill ect h in a o ve s i o n f v t h a s a i t o people o t p h l e eu y p musto n whom, y f 0 r i n the t h oenmoofcra theirt dc p e e u r r v o a f t privileges and the upholding of their order. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY. Yesterday the seventh half-yearly meeting of pro prietors was held at the company's office, No. 3, New Broad-street, City—Lord Wkarncliffe in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the report, The CHAIRMAN said, in moving the adoption of the report, he must commence by congratulating the share holders on the opening of the first portion of their un dertaking—for there was no reason to doubt that it was actually opened on the 4th of April. (Cheers.) The completion of the e first line of railway in our vast terri tories in India was a matter of imperial interest and of universal moment to the civilised world. (Hear.) He must also congratulate the meeting upon the board's hav ing been enabled to enter into an arrangement with the Government for the extension of the line originally laid down as the experimental line from Callian to Shawpoor, a distance on the Thull Ghaut of 18 miles beyond Cal lian. They had no doubt of being enabled to complete the first section within the estimates. It was natural that any surplus remaining after paying the expenses of completing the original experimental line, should be ap plied for its prolongation. Under the arrangement entered into with the East India Company, the surplus which existed was to be applied towards the completion of the line from Callian, so as to bring upon their railway the traffic from the Thull Ghaut, while the remainder of the capital required was be raised on the same terms as the original 500,0001. (Cheers.) In October last, he had the pleasure of informing the shareholders that a report had just been received from the engineer relative to the best point for passing the Ghauts ; that this report had been submitted to the East India Company and the Board of Control, and that the board expected to be able to make immediate arrangements for the extension of the line. He was not then aware of any impediment in the way of carrying out such a scheme. About that time, however, a proposal was submitted to the Govern ment by a gentleman who, he was informed, had resided long enough in Bombay to have become intimately acquainted with the district, that a line should be made along the coast, without approaching the Ghauts, towards the Gulf of Surat, and branching off, prior to arriving at the Gulf, towards the north-eastern portion of the coun try. That proposal was made by Major Kennedy, and submitted to the authorities at home, who thought it their duty to remit it to the Government in Bombay, fov their opinion. The board had the means of knowing that the Government of Bombay took steps for the inves tigation of the comparative merits of the two proposals. The proposition of Major Kennedy was referred to their official engineer, Captain Crawford, whose report was de cidedly adverse to it. Notwithstanding that unfavourable opinion, sanctioned by the Government of Bombay, the Government here thought it their duty to refer the ques tion to the Supreme Government of India ; and, that step having been taken, it was of course indispensable to wait for an answer. The Governor-General having a war on his hands had written home to say that he had been obliged to defer the consideration of the matter in con sequence of the pressure of other business, but that, as soon as it was in his power to do so, he would turn his attention to it. They had reason to expect an an swer by the next mail; That-the result would be satis factory to the Company, he for one did not entertain a moment's doubt ; and they would then be in a position to proceed with the most important part of their un dertaking. (Cheers.) Having thus referred to the pro posal of Major Kennedy, he must make a few remarks on- the actual elements of the question at issue between Major Kennedy and themselves. When they first placed their undertaking before the world, their object was partly with the view of improving the communication be tween this country and the western side of India. It so happened that on the western side there existed what was to be found, he belie-red, at no other part of the ex tended coast of the Indian peninsula, namely, a good har bour. Such a harbour was found at Bombay, and there was no other, he believed, from the mouth of the Indus to that of the Ganges. It occurred to the promoters that there could not be a more important object than that of opening a communication between the nearest point to our European territories and the interior of India, and Bombay seemed admirably adapted to the accomplish ment of the object. In the next place, it must be ob served that Bombay lay immediately opposite to what was universally known as the great valley for thegrowth of cotton—the cotton field of India ; and what could be more desirable than to establish easy and rapid commu nication with a district which could afford an unlimited supply of that invaluable staple of our manufactures ? (Hear.) What were the comparative merits of the two schemes, as regarded the article of cotton ? Bombay was, as he had said, not far distant from the great cotton district, and the obstacles to communication interposed by nature were surmountable, It was believed, at a moderate expense. On the other hand, Major Ken nedy's line passed northward, not approaching the dis trict of which he had spoken, and this for the purpose of reaching a small district, which, though it certainly produced cotton, did so to a much inferior ex tent. There was a very cheap water carriage, with which such a line would have to compete ; the district to be traversed was by no means thickly peopled or pro ductive ; and rivers would have to be crossed near their mouths, and at points where it was impossible to de pend on the stream. To show the relative importance of the two districts he begged to refer to a work of Mr, Chapman, who might be considered an authority on such a matter. Spe2l,lrEr of the district which that had had In vian hone the first, tifis gentleinat. paid :—"The area may he taken at about 450 miles from north to 'south, with an average breadth of 300 miles from west to east, the gross surface being there fore 135,000 square miles. If one-half of it is occupied by mountain ranges, sites of towns, beds of rivers, and unsuitable soils, the other half contains 67,500 square miles, or 43,200,000 acres, applicable to the growth of cotton fit for English use. If one-fourth of this were cropped every year, and the produce were equal to the average of Guzerat and Candleish, or 1001bs. per acre, the weight of the whole crop would be 1,080,000,0001b5. per annum, or two and a quarter times the entire quan tity annually consumed by the manufacturers of Great Britain on the average of the 13 years ending in 1846." With regard to the district to be accommodated by Major Kennedy, Mr.- Chapman said the gross area did not exceed 7,700 square miles, which, after making such deductions as before, left a cultivable service of 5,040 square miles, of which the annual cropping of cotton did not exceed one-fifth of 645,120 acres, the result of which would be 70,963,200 lbs. He added, that as the greater part of the cotton already exported from India came from that district, and generally amounted to from 60,000,000 lbs. to 70,000,000 lbs., they could not expect much more from it. There were other pro ducts besides cotton to be found in the line of the com pany's projected communication. At a short distance from Bombay had been found coal, which appeared from experiments to be of the most valuable description. Iron, too, existed ; and in 1830 a suspension-bridge was built of it, 20 feet span by 12 feet broad, which was said to be equal to any structure of the kind in Europe. Timber also might be added to the natural products. The total traffic of the interior amounted even at pre sent to about 180,000 per annum. The only real diffi culty had been as to the point they should cross the mountains. Their engineer, Mr. Berkeley, had, how ever, actually accomplished a- survey of 200 miles. Though they confined their proposal at present to the execution of about 52 or 53 miles, the survey had been extended far beyond. Mr. Berkeley estimated that the line from Callian to Shawpoor—the first fifty miles of the project—could be executed for about 7,5001. per mile ; and that the line thence to the fort of the Ghaut incline, would cost about 10,9001. per mile. The crossing of the mountains was, of course, a very difficult operation ; but it was stated by Mr. Berkeley that if it were accomplished the gradients would not be worse than some in this coun try, and that the expense of constructing about eight miles would not exceed 34,9001. per mile. Then, from the eastern foot of the mountains to Nassick would be 291 miles more, which, partaking partly of a mountain ous character, would cost about 7,400/. per mile ; while the remainder of the line, running through the cotton district, would fall down to 4,5001. per mile. This esti mate was, of course, in some degree conjectural ; but it had been prepared with great care, and if it could be relied upon, the result would be that these five sections connecting Bombay with the great cotton dis trict of the interior, would be constructed at an ave rage cost of 88,000/. per mile; and ii the scheme were carried out at that expense there could not be a mo ment's doubt that a• most important object would have have been achieved at a very moderate outlay. As had ' been stated in the report, as soon as the necessary ar rangements were completed, the shareholders would be summoned together to authorise the raising of the capi tal required to carry out that portion of the undertaking more immediately contemplated. The motion having been seconded, was agreed to after a desultory discussion. Formal resolutions were also passed in accordance with the recommendations in the report; and the meet ing terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. An important circular, from the directors of the London and North Western Railway Company to their constituents; was delivered yesterday. From this docu ment it appears that the North Western board has at present bills before parliament for the construction of 1641 additional miles of railway ;and that their esti mated cost is 2,149,000/. The new lines, the' separate lengths and estimates, are as follow : „* - New Lines. Length. Esm o . 1. St. Albans to Amersham and Chesham lB miles ... £152,000 2. Oxford, Thame, and Tring 31 „ 400,000 3. Northampton and Market Harborough lB „ ... 250,000 4. Oldbury and Stourbridge 8 „ 300,000 5. Wellington and Coal brookclalo _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Shrewsbury to Newton 44 „ ... 500,000 7. Crewe to Shrewsbury 33 „ 350,0C3 8. Oxfordshire Branch... 2 „ ... 37,003 164 k miles. £2,149,003 To meet this expenditure, the company has fresh stock in other lines which at par cost it 3,292,6561., but the actual market value of which is now 2,905,970/. ; and this stock the directors recommend the proprietary to retain, on the grounds of general policy as strengthening their influence over those lines, and of the heavy loss its sale would inflict. Secondly, the company has 91. a share to call up on the Manchester and Birmingham 101. shares, and 8/. a share on the London and Birmingham 201. shares. On these two description% of shares the directors propose to mako calls at an early date. Of the capital required for these 1641 miles of new lineg here then is 1,000,000/. In addition the directors seek for powers to create further ordinary share capital to the extent of 3,054,6001. Thus then the paid up capital of the North Western Railway has to be gradually increased by, in round numbers, 4,000,0001. And as borrowing powers to the extent of one-third the capital will, as usual, follow its creation, the total sum the North Western will, under this circular, be entitled to raise, will be 5,000,0001. The estimated cost of the new line is 2,149,0001. This, however, is, it may fairly be presumed, irrespec tive of what will be needed to furnish their rolling stock. That is usually an addition of one-third to the cost of construction, say 700,0001. This brings the sum up to 2,849,000/. ; and as the bills promoted also contain pr wers to make a deviation, to widen the old line in some parts, and to enlarge some of the stations, it is the additional cost of these works which, it may be sup posed, brings the sum total up to 3,054,600/., the amount of ordinary share capital proposed to be created. But the expenditure of this amount of Capital will still, we see, leave the company power to raise other 2,000,000/. ; for which, at present, they have no avowed objects of expenditure. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY E%TENSION. - Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the line, has been inspecting the proposed site of , the terminus at Neyland, on the north side of the Haven at Milford. The works in that direction from Haverfordwest are being prosecuted with rapidity, and the owners of the required land have referred their disputes to arbitration. It is, however, expected that the excavators on the ground between Haverfordwest and Neyland will be put on the main line so as to ensure an early opening to the county town. This large body, in addition to the heavy gang employed by the Messrs. Conder, will enable the contractor to make great progress ; and it is confidently anticipated that an early opening this summer will be effected. The works have been advanced with great rapidity during the late dry weather. The Shoalshook and Frolic cuttings are a scene of the utmost activity. In Carmarthenshire, the permanent way is being laid down, and the embankment to the river Towey, in the Rhydygors vicinity, has been completed ; the rails in the neighbourhood of St. Clear's will shortly be laid, and along the Towey operations are going on. The labour ers are in full work at old prices, no advance having been acceded to. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return foi the week ending April 17, 1853 (283 miles) £15,225 15 4 Corresponding week las'L year (2234 miles) 11,680 12 7 - LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 24, 1853.. .. £18,160 19 10 Corresponding week last year 15,636 6 8 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for railway and steam-boats for *the week ending April 24, 1853 £3,507 10 5 Corresponding week last year 2,807 13 0 Increase in 1853 £699 17 5 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WISTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re ,,urn for the week ending April 23,1853 £4,574 12 3 (Jorresponcling week last year 4,009 17 6 Increase in 1853 £564 14 9 CORK AND BANDON. RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending April 23, 1853 £lB5 4 1 Corresponding week last year 152 0 4 HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The mortality of London continues to decrease by slow degrees. In the three weeks of April the numbers of deaths returned have been 1,340, 1,243, and in the week that ended last Saturday 1,182. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average num ber of deaths' was '944, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population since the deaths occurred, will give a mortality of 1,038 for last week. Hence it ap pears that the 1,182 deaths registered last week are in excess of the estimated amount ay 144. The decline in diseases of the respiratory- organs during the last four weeks is shown by the following numbers : The deaths in this class (exclusive of phthisis and hoop ing-cough) twere 420, 323, 251, and 242 ; from bron chitis, 231, 186, 128, and 126 ; from pneumonia, 122, 98, 89, and 80 ; from asthma,, 38, 18, 11, and 16 ; from hooping-cough, 84, 80, 68, and 66 ; from phthisis kor consumption), 179, 165, 165, and 139. It will be seen that diseases of the organs of respiration are still much more fatal than is usual in the middle of April, for the deaths from this class, as above stated; were last week 242; while the corrected average in ten corresponding weeks was - only 163. Fever, which threatened to spread its ravages, has, so far as the mortality affords an indication, apparently subsided. Typhus was fatal in the last four weeks in 77, 49, 45, and 47 cases ; scarlatina, in 35, 37, 20, and 26. The mortality from smallpox, it is satisfactory to observe, continues low, only three cases, which occurred among children, having been recorded last week. Measles carried off 24 children. Three children died of ague, one of noma, four children and an adult of syphilis. Rheumatic fever was fatal in two cases. Ten women died after child-bearing, two of these from metria (puer peral fever). Thirteen children died of laryngitis and laryngismus stridulus. Last week the births of 812 boys and 768 girls, in all 1,580 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of 1845-52 the average number ' was 1,476. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.694 in. The reaming of the barometer der,r..!?sed from 29.96 in. at the beginning of the week to 29'67 in. by 9h. p.m. on the 19th; remained at this reading till 9h. p.m. on the: 20th ; decreased to 20'19 in. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. The Cup was not challenged for. WEDN ESDAY. — Sweepstakes of 50 Boys, each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 3113 ; those by stallions of out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b; only one allowance. D.M. 9 subs. Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwith, Bst 71b (Norman). Walked over. Sweepstakes of 50 Boys, each, h• ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 3113 ; those by stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowed 31b ;if both, 51b. A.F. 8 subs. Duke of Bedford's Diomedia by Weatherbit, 7st 121 b (Pit) 1 Lord Exeter's C o b nu t, B s t 41b (Marlo ett w) 2 Mr. Payne's , Speed-the-Plough, Bst 41b ....(Flatman) 3 Mr. Combe's Alamode, Bst 41b (Rogers) 4 Betting-3 to lon Speed-the-Plough. An extremely fine race ; won by a head, and a head only between each of the others. SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs. each, for three-yr-olds. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab.M. 4 subs. Mr. E. Batson's Cock Pheasant, by Touchstone, Bst 71b (Sly) 1 Mr. Stephenson's br g by Dromedary out of Apricot, 7st 91b (Flatman) 2 Lord Exeter's Phrygia, Bst 21b (Norman) 3 Mr. Rayner's Tittle-Tattle, 7st 121 b (Hammond) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Dromedary gelding ;3to 1 against any other. A good race in with the first two. Won by three quarters of a length ; bad third, the fourth close up with her. PLATE of 50 sovs ; for three-yr-olds, fist 71b ; four, Bst 121 b ; five and upwards, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, &c. Allowances if to be sold for less. D.M. Mr. Suf3ling's Desdemona, 3 yrs (701.) 6st 21b (Oliver) 1 Mr. Batson's Beauclerc, aged (1001.), Bst 21b....(51y) 2 Mr. R. Cooper's Queen Bee, syrs (401.) ...(Charlton) 3 Lord Exeter's c by Orlando, out of Hersey, 3 yrs (401.) (S. Steggles) 4 Betting-6 to 4 on Desdemona who made all the running and won in a canter by three leagths. Bad third. Winner was claimed. HANDICAP PLATE Of 501. for four•yr-olds and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. Mr. Saxon's Caurire, aged, Bst 71b (Clement) 1 Mr. Barnes's Waverley, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Flatman) 2 Mr. H. Boyce's Herbert, aged, 7st 121 b (Charlton)• 3 Count Bathyany's Jack-in-the-Corner, aged, 7st 81b (Bradley) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Herbert, 2to 1 agst Caurire, and sto 2 agst Waverley. Won easily by three lengths ; a head between second and tam': HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sons each, and only 5 ft, if declared, &c. (to go to the owner of the second horse) ; for three-yr-olds and upwa r d s . A.F. 4 su b s, one of whom declared. The highest weight left in being Bst 41b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others accepting in proportion. Mr. R. E. Cooper's Jullien, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Perren's. lonic, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (T. Smith) 2 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Sly) 3 Won by a length. Renewal of the SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, for three yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and, fillies, Bst 2.1 b, not e ngage d in. the Two Thousand Guineas or One Thousand Guineas Stakes ; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed'' 41b; only one allowance. A.F. 4 subs. Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough (410. Walked over. SWEEPSTAKES of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b:; those by stallions or out of mares that never bred wwinner allowed 31b ; only one Allowance. • D.M. 3 Subs. Lord Exeter's Filbert, by Nutwith received forfeit. A most pleasant change of weather made sortie amends for the discomfort experienced on the two previous days. 'The day had its average of sport, and a faiiattendance of company. In the course of the morning, Sittingbourne advanced strongly, in favour for the Derby ; 10 to 1 was taken to upwards of 2,000/.; the odds were afterwards reduced to Bto 1. West Australian fell back to 7to 2 offered, 15 to 1 taken about Cineas, and 25 to 1 about Hurworth. For the One Thousand Guineas Stakes, 7 to 2 was taken freely about Comfit. BETTING AFTER THE RACES.—Six o'CLocx. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.- - 2to 1 agst Sylphine (taken). 3to 1 agst Comfit (taken). CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Trifle (taken). 12 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 15 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken). 25 to 1 agst Missive (taken). DERBY. 7to 2 agst West Australian. Bto 1 agst Sittingbourne. Bto 1 agst Honeywood. 15 to 1 agst Cineas (taken). 25 to 1 agst Brocket (taken). NEWMARKET SECON: Acceptances for the Suffol: 'D SPRING MEETING. lk Stakes. Last mile and f R.C. • half of Chief Baron Nicholson, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Nutshell, 6 yrs, Bst 21b Hothorpe, 5 yrs, 7st 61b Hirsuta, 4 yrs, 7st 41b Sabra, 4 yrs, 7st Dame Tattle, 4 yrs Est 121 b Ilex, 4 yrs, 6st 1211) Madrid, 4 yrs, Est 1 llb Nathan, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Alexia, 3 yrs, Est 81b Rackapelt, 3 yrs, Est 31b Veteran, 3 yrs, Est 21b ch g by Verulam, out of Madinella, 3 yrs, sst 91b Nutpecker, 3 yrs, Est 41b, pd. TATTERSALL'S. —The Subscription-room will be opened on Saturday next for the purpose of settling the New market accounts, and comparing bets on the Chester Cup. CURRAGH APRIL MEETING. TUESDAY, APRIL 26.—The opening meeting of the season, which commenced this day, was honoured by the presence of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and suite. The following is a return of the running : SCURRY STAKES, 5 soya each, 25 sovs added. Anglesey Post. Mr. Keegan's b g Patrick, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (E. Keegan) 1 Mr. J. Grier's ch in Jenny Lind, 5 , yrs, 7st 41b - (a-. Harrison) 2 Mr. E. Orford's b o May Day, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (L. Mahon) 3 HER MAJESTY'S PLATE OF 100 GUINEAS. Weight for age. Three years, 6st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 31b ; six and aged, 9st 81b. Mares and geldings al lowed 31b. Two miles. Mr. Watts's ch c Chit-Chat, 4 yrs, by Magpie, (Foley) 1 Lord Waterford's b c Redmond O'Hanlon, 4 yrs (D. Doyle) 2 SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya, h ft, 20 added by the Turf Club, and 20 sovs by the Trainers' Fund. New Waterford Post. Eleven subs. Mr. Clarke's b m Isabella, by Tearaway, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b.„., (Wynne) 1 Mr. Quin's ch f Fuze, 5 yrs, 7 s t 101 b ( E . Keegan) 2 MADRID STASES of 25 sovs each, for three-yr-olds. New Rathbride Post. Second horse saved his stake. Four teen subs. Mr. Scott's b f Helena, 7st 121 b (Osborne) 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's ch c Sly Fox, 7st 51b (L. Mahon) 2 Lord Waterford's oh c April Fool, Bst (J. Doyle) 3 MATCH-50 sovs, p. p,, Bst 41b each. An g l esey P ost. Mr. A. Disney's Heni Heder (Magee), beat Mr. M`Do nogh's linightof the Thimble. MATCH-100 sous, h ft. Anglesey Post. Captain Burke's Split-the-Wind walked over, and received from Mr. MbDonogh's Gleam (late Glaucopis). SHIPPING INTEALIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 27. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Kate, from St. Michael's ; Joseph, Guernsey ; Ambrosia, Fredeiickstadt ; Guernsey ; James, Charente ; Lusitania, Oporto ; Deme trius, Girgente ; Matilda, Aarhuus ; Therese, Cuxhaven ; Margarethea, Russerhaven • Minerva, Chesme ; Hedvi g , Ranglars ; Gloria, ditto ; Weile, Julie, and Sophia, Lok ken ; Providentia; Swendborg ; Irene Maria, Thisted ; Clara Zeo, Smyrna ; Romani, Alexandria ; Gustava, Laurvig ; Arden Craig, Mauritius ; Ceres, Liebau ; Helen, Norden ; • Anna, Emden ; Ellen, Randers ; Pleiades, Charente ; Adolphine, Weile Elida Johanna, Lands crona • Letitia, Malta ; C a therine, B an dh o l m ; F re d er i ck Christian, Horsens ; Ida Kep, Trieste ; Scotia, Malaga ; Princess Royal, Palermo ; Henriette, Memel ; Emanuel, Osterrsoer ; Vrow Rencke, Antwerp ; Confucius, Canton ; y T E ri le e a s n te e ! RandersArgyle,; ICdaall,ao Tagem, Rostock ; Caroline, Frederickshav en ; S o li de, Leghorn ; Lively, Oporto ; nc Cecilia,, cae n ; 'F R r a e n d d er e rck ; e, Fa Nykobing ; Gesina Horsens ; N ; ic A o s ii t n re e a , Little Jenny, Sines ; Catherina Cornelia, Rotterdam ; Annette Chatelina, or Annette Catharina, Antwerp; Jose and Maria, Nuevitas ; Albion, Boulogne ; Agnes, Tarra gona ort ;o. Triton, Ostend ; Alliance, Guern se y ; J o bi na, Op ENTERED OUTWARDS POE LOADING.—The Princess Royal, Ilamburgh ; Wilberforce, ditto ; Celeritas, Monte Video, &c.; Magdalene, Adelaide; Rainbow, Rotterdam ; Prosperous, Madeira ; Folkfesten Stockholm ; Lisbon, St. John's, N.B. ; I sa b e ll a, Sierra Leone ; Fanny Mitcheson, Coquimbo. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Lisbon, St. John's N.B. ; Box, Stettin ; Dolores, ditto ; Glaucase, Cher bourg ; Frithiiof, Launceston ; F. C. Clark, Sydney ; Queen of Britain, Trinidad ; Mary, Melbourne ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam ; Ravensbourne, and Expedition, Konigsberg. LIVERPOOL, Arm' 27. Wind N.W., moderate. The Standard, from Sunderland to Quebec, was aban doned at sea in a sinking state, on the 21st April, i n l a t. 50, long. 16. C rew taken off by the Melissa, from New Orleans. The Mattos 11., for Oporto, while in the river last night at anchor, broke her shear, started her anchor, and went on shore off Egremont. She was got off this day, and taken to Birkenhead gridiron, where she fell overand filled• before she could be got entirely out. The Lisbon arrived here to-day from Lisbon. When off Bardsey, on the 25th, encountered a strong gale from the N.N.E., saw several vessels outward bound, among them• a barque belonging to Scarborough, with part of her sails blown away, and another barque with loss of foretopmast. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Ameilea (s), Liverpool to Boston, April 14. The Arabia (s), Liveipool to New York, April 17, lat. 45 N., lorq.: 52 W. Th? Maria Joseph, of fit. John's, No ,, fonridlancl, same day. Tile Asia k s), Liverpool to New York, April 24, The Sarah artd•Emina, of Newport for Quebee,,Aprill4, lat.'4B-N.•,• W:' • The Kent, London to Melbourne, Feb. 28, lat. 21 B.' l°l* 31 W. Of The James Scott, Liverpool to Bombay, Feb. A-) Cape Lagulhas. The Sir Richard Jackson, for Valparaiso, March 8, Isl. 2 N., long. 20 W. The Mountaineer, Liverpool to Melbourne, same &Y . The Phcenician, same day. The Waterhe n , for Sydney, March 12, lat. 3 N. 01 20 W. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLL B NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES RE GISTE IN THE WEEK ENDI NG SATURDAY , APRIL 23• it Zymotic Diseases ......................................... • Diseases of Uncertain Seat .............................. 211 Tubercular Diseases ....................................... 157 Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses .........••• Ki Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels .............. Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Re5pirati0n.................. ............... . ............. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organ° ofDigeston ................................................ Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Dise,—es of the Skin, &c. Malformations .... ........... 1 Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudde; ............................... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ...... .• 11 Causes not specified ...................................... • . 1, 155 ............. in k 11 9 0 13 4 27 ° , Sl‘ 1, 0 613 570 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. sponding week 1861. of 1852. 376,427 490,396 393,256 485,522 616,635 West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts.. East Districts South Districts Totals Males Females 2,362,236 1,021 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males.... Females. Total ~. ..1,580 COUNTRY MARKE2'S. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—APRIL oc) There were in the market to-d a y, 6 sac k s oa tmesh weighing 2801bs imperial. Five sold at 1/ 10s Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW APRIL 26. g . Su of 1 pplies were ' agai lare tof i° ° Oat straw, from 6s n Od. to 7s 6d per kemple 6 trop ; wheat do., 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley d o ., 40 Od to Hay from 9d to ild per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Anat. 6 There were in the market to-day 56 b a gs oatO u 'osi• of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales ready ie elP meal same on the top ; second quality same as hot Barleymeal and pot-barley the same as last week. odi Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Ss imperial Barleynieal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —a Od —8 Od Pot-barley . , per ditto COAL MARKET—Arm 27. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of th e market s ' Wallsend, 80. 0 . ili 1 5 I ' ll g 1 5 .1!6 s. d. , Carr's Hartley l5 6 Chester Main 15 6 Holywell .16 3 Stewart's Hartley 14 6 Townley 14 9 Tyne Main ....... ........ l4 6 Wylam 15 6 Edon Main 17 3 Lambton Primrose 17 3 Cowpen 15 6 Derwentwater Hartley 15 6 Grey's West Hartley 15 0 Sidney's Hartley l5 6 Ships at market 1 'Lawson .................. 8e1m0nt................. 1iett0n..................• Lambtou Russell's Hetton ... . Shotton, unscreened..." . o I Stewart's .. . ............... *l/ Heugh Hall.. ............. ..0 Kelloe .. . . ............. South Kelloe . . ....... •••• 0 Richardson's T ee 5.... .. Tees 24 I Sold RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 27. u a g STOOK ExOHANGE.—The m ar k e t f or s h a res what improved, and a better feeling prevails to-at%4 Chi following are the transactions :—Birkenhead shire, 61 ; Caledonian, 32i ; Ch es t er and - 01 l' o c o ' 17: 23i • Eastern Counties, 131 c. • Great Northern, cashire and Yorkshire, 78$ ; ditto Fifth Shares,?,' London and North-We s t ern , 119 • ditto Fifth , prem. ; Midland, 75i ; D u t c h Rhenish, 1 dis. . MANCHESTER, .APRIL 27. his f~ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The busin ess d one t o - u ,-.7 v • be , considerable, and the range of prices has been 104; most stocks than it was yesterd a y. Th e sales ei c's rt ir Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Ch es hi re J un ction/ tit s‘2,; Caledonian, 32i ; Chester and Holyhead, 23 ; Gr iz e • en rO tt p, ern Fonr-and-a-Half-per Cent. Scrip, prem. ; ; Windermere, Ha ;. Lancashire and Yorkshire, ' n li"s° o3 West Riding 'Union, 3 3-16 dis. ; London, g * :i6P re li', Western, manehest e l r rfi s ; he di ffi t e t l o d , .aanndd L Bi n Q co r s t hil er , s 64 9 4 t t ', Preference, 11; ditto, New 61. Preferencety , a , Midland Railway C onso l s, 751.sonth-Easw Waterford and Limerick, 32. STO'CK EXCHANGE.—There w,asAiiPtßtileL doing in t h ti er) , , way Share m ar k e t to - day, and few material alt s d r* r quotations. Birmingham Wolverhampton, °- Valley were transact e d at 'l.og. BRISTOL, APRIL 27. 4 t.' 0 STOOK EXCHANGE.—There w as not muc h b „ an acted to-day, prices closed flat and with no ""-- consequence in quotations. SEABORNE MALLS. o' (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Genera l by the night—and Mby the morning --dispatch.] • 0 ), Day vehen made up From what yfw_ COUNT4IES. in General Post- Fort , Office, London.* •____Dfspatcheu• ilr America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool '‘. America (by United Ste. „ Am' packet) ..........N A pr il 19 Liverpool I America (by U States packet) ..........N April 18 SouthanlT Wn if Australia (via. South.. Pr :1 ampton) ..........M 4th of May Southall: l P. Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May Dover ..••• „AT Ditto (via Cape of Good Hops) ............N 2d of One Plymouth •' yfd f 9 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth • 4 Alexandria..........N m Dover • • frlsl o t r Alexandria 3l 4th & 20th of mon gouthinnt - 0 ist, Bahamas ........... M 2nd of the month SouthafuPw 0 0 16 Belgium ............N ...... .... Dover •• . Brazil 9th of the month.. Southami n ,!iti Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. SouthanaP t " K r ll Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th o f th e month , Plymouth • • 0 . 0 e 1 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2 n 4 o f J une .. .. 'Plymouth •AP Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the mo n th Plymouth ATo Ceylon (see India) JPl;r• Ceylon 14th of the month Plymouth To , Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. SouthamPl ° ol4 l Chi 11:......... & 17th of month SouthaMP l.° l it AO' China (see India) ; 4 of Constantinople ..N 1,8,17,21,&27 of m Dover • • •;; i i . WV' Constantinople ........ 4th SG 20th of mon SouthanW",r Cont. of Europe M & N T w i ce daily ..Dover .• •• ' „ e el' Egypt (see India) 1"., France ........ M& N T w i ce daily... Dover •• • ' o '; 3 0 ' Gibraltar .. • . . - .31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. 6outhantP Lola!' Greece (see India) II Greytown • ... M 2nd & 17th of mon. AouthanlP l'o c ei . Hamburgh .; ........N Tuesday & Friday London • •:,: n 1 0 , 0 0! Havannah .......... M 2nd of the month SoutharnP"' o ° o l 7 Holland • . M Wednesday & Sat London • •i o ';11 0 Honduras AI 17th of the month. SoutharilP ~0 1 710 „ 1 India (viaSoutliampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southan 3 P t " )0' it India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover •• " ics' lonian Isles (see I n di a ) 7 1 4 ,4 4 Ireland • . ..M & N Twice daily Holyhead fop 1" Lisbon .. Madeira ... —ld 9th of the m on th S out hanlP'" 14" • Madeira N 23rd of the m on th P l ym outh .0 Malta (see India) 6 Malta Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plyn teht— to ' n L 5 O ! Mexico 2nd of the month. SouthainP Naples ........N 521115th25thofmon Dover • • tor' New Granada —.34 2d & 17th of month soothing I li 1/P,f o New Zealand By private ship various Di e 6 Papal States . ...N s thlsth2Bthoftnon. Dover • • • t ' o '; Peninsula ••'thl7th2Bthotinon SoutballnTtoo 14 0 1' P eru •••••• • • • • • • ..M 'd & 27th of mon soothing lAP,f 0 Port Natal 14th of the month Plymeetja ,•Sieily . sthlSth2sthofmon, Dover • • f fs I Tuscany 5015th25thofinon. Dover • • to o, Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month SontbamP ! Van Diemen's Land (see 1 Australia) .. West Indies 2d & 17th of month Southal"" _.ils Att 06 la 1 J O 0 tile 0 If' to iday, of :ceptiondip LI will be * -When any of these dispatchel on the follow Southampton), and the J day preceding. dates fall on a Su: ing day, with the ea Malta, both of whic ft/f .41111-09 0 10' 4 LONDON Printed and Published by . 11--- t ocoti of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The So n tis• wr' %JAW, Precinct of a te ,se,voY, Kiddlesei, Thiirsday, April 28,18" BIRTHS. 1 0' OF A SON. 100 ll' 1 On the 23d inst., at Banff, the wife of Win e . „oil cheater, M.D., H.M. Consular Service in ~,f- P On the 24th inst., at Edinburgh, the lanl ' Sprot, younge r o f G arn ki r k . ef f I ' o C' OF A DAUGHTE'R. ;dall."00 On the 25th inst., at Osidge Herts, the f re s n 't Cap de father, Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., the W ile - tf . ' iS ee V ii J. 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