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the kingdom, so that the merchants might know what were the proposed regulations, and might have an opp o feel onr tunity of making any representations to the CI overurn_ which they might deem necessary. He did nothe hL i self in the slighest degree bound to any propo sal made. Every point he had stated he s hould w c a o s ni e d s e ir r oi t t o 4 be subject to modification. The Government of extending, iu every possible way, facilities to the most time perfect freedom of trade which at t he same were con sistent with a clue regard to the interests of the revenue and of the fair trader. But, while that was the object in framing these reg ulations, he for one thought—and he was sure the right hon. gentlemani the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would concur with him in the sentiment—that it would be one of the highest crimes if, by trimming and sailing with the public mind in the ho p e of catching the popular breeze, they were to consent to ma ke an inroad. and breach upon a revenue of 22,000,C00/. a-year, over looking the amount of interests involved, or coultli for one moment entertain a wish to do or be guilty of doing any thing that jeopardise the revenue of the country, or place the fair trader in a disadvantageous position. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman concluded by moving that a copy of the Treasury minute of the 17 th of Augmie 1852, e concerning the regulations. of the Customs , and of t h e reply of the commissioner ; and also of the Treasury minute of the 1 4 th of April, 1853, relating to the same subject, be laid on the table. Mr. MITCHELL said that the statement of the hon. gentleman, except in one very important respect, which he should notice by and by, appeared to him to be exceed ingly satisfactory. He had met the just claims of the mer cantile interest in a fair and liberal manner. With regard to the appointment and promotion of officers, he (Mr. Mitchell) did not know whether he rightly understood his hon. friend. Was he to understand that any officer, to w hatever branch he might have been originally appointed, would have the door open to him, for good conduct, to rise in his profession ? Ho though the statement as to fines and satisfaction was sufficiently clear, but when he found that the officers had received for their share in one year upwards of 10,0001., and that Sir T. Fremantle admitted the system had a tendency to make the officers too strict, he was of opinion that, except in the case of the Coast guard service, where life was risked, some material altera tion should b 3 adopted. The fund should be from profits on sales on account of the Crown altogether. He was not at all satisfied with respect to the system of ad valo rem duties ; and as to watches, a competent authority had stated before the committee that 10s. each on &old, and 53. on silver watches, without reference to their value, would be sufficient for all purposes. The cheaper tribunals ought, in his opinion, to be open in all cases where the duty in volved was under 1001., and not, ;as w as proposed, where duty and penalty came to that amount. He differed from the Government altogether in the principle laid down with respect to the bonded warehouse system, and thought that it ought not to be compulsory to re-enter goods in mere cases of transfer. As to the hours of attendance, it should be recollected that practically half an hour was lost every day to the merchants and traders, and that 30 years ago the hours were from 6 o'clock till 6, while the committee recommended from 7 o'clock to 5, and the Government adopted from 8 o'clock to 4. This was a great rostriction on business. He begged to suggest that there ought to be a great simplification of the system of entry with regard to free . goods, which at present entailed a loss on the mercan tile interest or London, taking the average fees on each entry at 75., o f a b ou t 25,0001. a-year, while for practical or statistical purposes it was perfectly useless. With re spect t o th e case o f smuggling, he must say he_ quite agreed with the hon. gentleman as to Mr. Marchand's case ; but he did not think that Mr. Travers had done more than say that if Mr. Marchand's story was true he was a very ill used man. Before he sat down he must observe, that the hon. gentleman had left out of his bill the first recommen dation of the committee, that the constitution of the Board of Customs should be changed. (Hear, hear.) As it now stood, the board did not possess the confidence of the public. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman the other night said he was sure the house would not object to extend the powers possessed by such men as Sir. T. Fre mantle and Mr. Wood. He was one who very much ob jected to do so. (Hear, hoar.) He was sure the house would not forget that it was under the administration of Sir T. Fremantle that proceedings were instituted, unpre cedented in the history of this country, against two great dock companies, possessing a capital of 5,000,000 h sterling. (Hear, hear.) He believed he spoke the sense of the com mercial world of London and of the empire when he said the present board did not possess their confidence, and that no Customs reform could be satisfactory till the constitu tion of the board was altered. The instigator and adviser of these proceedings was the solicitor of the board, who had been an obscure attorney in th e i n l an d t own of Tam worth, whore he could not possibly have acquired any knowledge of commercial affairs. He was first appointed assistant-solicitor, but in three years, by the compulsory retirement of the chief solicitor, he was advanced to the I office of that gentleman, and being, as he supposed, a vain, conceited man, set to work t o di s ti nen i s h hi mse lf , an d induced the board to take those unconstitutional and illegal proceedings. (Hear, hear.) As long as that gen tleman was solicitor to the Board of Customs not a mer cantile man was safe in his transactions, and after the tri bute paid by the hon. gentleman and by the right hon. gentleman the other night to the heads of this department he said so much by way of protest, and lest it should be supposed he acquiesced in that praise. No change that took place could be for the worse, and he trusted Govern ment would listen to the recommendations which had been made to them, and that some gentleman who had been en gaged in mercantile life would be placed on the board when reconstituted. Mr. TURNER would leave the details of the plan to the judgment of the various commercial associations of the empire, but could not refrain from thanking the hon. gen tleman and the Government for the great boon they had conferred on Liverpool by giving it a local board, and thus saving the merchants the delay and annoyance of references to London. He also thanked them for giving jurisdiction to the County Court in cases up to 1001., but thought the penalty should not be included in that amount. The judge of the Liverpool County Court was a gentleman of great ability, and was able to give satisfaction in cases of far larger amount, if left to his decision. Mr. WILLIAMS recommended the Government to ap point a member of that house to the board. He thought the plan likely to do service, but nothing good could be done till the Board of Customs was changed. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON expressed his satisfaction at the measure introduced by the hon. gentleman opposite. (Hear, hear.) The subject had been under the considera tion of the late Government, and he knew that many of the suggestions of the hon. gentleman, which had been en• tertained by them, were calculated to facilitate business, and to produce the greatest benefit to the trading com munity. With reference to the complaints of Mr. Mar chand, he was at the Treasury at the time they were originally made, and, having given the subject full con sideration, he must say it had appeared to him to be about as atrocious a case of smuggling as had ever existed—(hear) —and he was surprised that it had imposed upon the respectable gentlemen who appeared to have taken it up. Upon the subject of the admission of free goods, great care had to be taken lest in facilitating the operations of trade the Board of Customs encouraged smuggling, to the detri ment of the revenue and the injury of the fair trader. (Hear.) With reference to the Commissioners of Customs, he was sure that everyone who had had to do with them, and especially with Sir Thomas Fremantle, must bear tes timony to the great intelligence and the great energy of that most estimable public officer, and the great zeal which he displayed on every occasion to facilitate the operations of trade as far as was consistent with a due regard to the public revenue. (Hear.) Mr. WHALLEY complained that no drawbacks were allowed to yachtsmen for wines, spirits, and things of that sort, which they wished to take out of the country, the consequence of which was that they went abroad to buy those articles, and that to that extent the trade of this country was a loser. He should be glad to find that some portion of the zeal and ability which the hon. gentleman had devoted to the subject generally, would be paid to this small matter. With reference to the charges which had been brought against the dock comp an i es , h thought that whatever there was to be regretted in that transaction, arose from the nature of the service, and was not owing to the gentlemen who administered the Cu s t oms d epar t men t. M. JOHN M'GRECIOR thought that when it was con sidered that 22,000,0001. of the revenue of this country was derived from articles of import, and that the collection of this large amount was intrusted to men who were very poorly paid for the services they performed, it was a mat ter cf astonishment, considering the temptations which prevailed, that there was not more dishonesty and fraud. (Hear.) In France, Prussia, Holland, and the United States, simplicity was the chief characteristic of the fiscal regulations, and his own view with regard to the manage ment of the Customs department in this country was that we ought to adopt something like the system which existed there, and have one chief head or director, with a deputy under him, dividing-the whole management of the Customs into different section;—one for - foreign, another for home trade and navigation, a warehouse and dock department, and one for keeping the accounts. (Hear.) On the pert of his constituents, and he might say of the commercial community generally, he expressed his thanks to the hon. gentleman for the proposals he had made this evening to facilitate the trade of the country. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was in no respect necessary for him to enter upon a discussion of the numerous points of detail—very important though they were—which had been included in the very able statement of his hon. friend. There were some of those points with respect to which it would be much better for hon. members to have the opportunity of reading the mi nute of the Treasury before any further expression of opinion took place upon them ; but he wished to say one word with regard to a topic which had been revived in this discussion—revived, ho must say, somewhat to his regret. (Hear.) He did not think any advantage was to be gained by resuscitating the feelings that were connected with the controversy between the Board of Cuetonis and the Dock Companies. (Hear.) He thought they had fairly passed by that controversy, and that the recollection of those events was retained by none except for the purpose of learning a lesson of caution for the future. As it was he must regret that the hon. member for Bridport (Mr. Mitchell) should take this occasion to pass a censure upon the persons engaged in that proceeding. The hon. member had had an opportunity of bringing out all the proceedings before the committee h; and the matter was considered by the committee, who liad declined to entertain or to express the views which the hon. member had thought proper now t o lay b e f ore the house. The hon. member seemed to think at what h a d b een stated by his hon. friend (Mr. Wilson) that t i r o , n and what he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that the intenliformer occasion, con ve y e d th e i m p ress i on Board of Custom of the Government was to give to the the first place, he lai,agdreat extension of powers. Now, in never mentioned the Board of ens terns at all on the i7daszin referred to, and in the second place, although he d heerbin terms Of commendation to Sir Thomas Fremantle Thomas said anything about g i v i ng extended powers to Si? laorrias Fremantle. ° He was speaking of bringing in the ae of the board under the a h t e l: r s il vii vi t a s t e said was, that he supervision of that bouse, e possessed of the believed the the heads of th rit of economy, and that h e thoughetrt before the house would perhaps strengthenrn the h a a c n c d o s un i t n s t.i.lliiini-tlernan the enforcing economy. (Hear, hear.) The ho nl n re ealber for Bridport complained of the o the statement of his hon. friend of what related to tohnefkar d Customs. He quite agreed with the h on . gentleman in of view he took of the importance of th a t su bj ect. The co th ! stitution of ,the governing authority wa s o f vital conse quence to the administration of the entire system. (Hear, hear.) But the hon. gentleman was very greatly mistaken if he supposed that the subject had been overlooked. The fact that there had been two vacancies in the board since the accession to office of the present Ministry, and that nei ther of those vs eancies had been filled up, was a pretty clear proof that they thought this point worthy of consi deration. Mit it was not a subject to be decided as a-mere s in e (I , e.stion, nor one to be decided in a day. gentleman (Mr. Mitchell) had very clear and decisive views upon it. He appeared to think that the fault of which he complained lay with the individuals of duals who now comnosed the hoard. Now he (thel ch the Exchequer) wr.3 of a contrary opinion.aineccwas not of opinion that by changing the .awrovinff f ile s they t v,:ou , ld , have any very great hope of materia lly il and he did not think the individuals composing the board wore very much to blame. These questions,however—the question whether men of mercantile experience should , bo members of the board—whether any individual member of the board was to sit in Parliament, and how, if he did, his relations to the chairman, while the chairman did not sit in Parliament, were to be maintained—together with the further and still more important question raised bythe hon. member for Glasgow (Mr. John M`Gregor), whether there was to be a board at all, or whether they ought to concentrate the responsibility in the hands of a chief and deputies—these were most important questions, which, in his judgment—and ho took to himself the responsibility of not submitting at once to Parliament a distinct plan on the subject—required mature consideration on the part of the entire Government, and which he thought it would be better to postpone until the pressure of the heavy business new occupying the attention of the Government was abated, and then they would be able to give th e su bj ec t th e most careful and deliberate attention, with the view to the adop tion of that system which would best contribute to the se curity of the revenue and to the facility of the trade of the country. (Hear, hear.) He begged the hon.gentleman to believe that this question had not been neglected, and if it had been postponed it was only because, being fully aware of its importance, the Government were desirous of giving to it all the consideration it deserved. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. BROWN was glad to hear what the right hon. gentleman had said about the constitution of the Board of Customs, and should like to see one individual responsible for the good management of the entire department. (Hear, hear.) His constituents would be exceedingly gratified by the plan his hon. friend had propounded to-mght, though there might be some points of detail on which they would be able to suggest improvements which would make the whole plan still more desirable. Mr. J. A. SMITH thanked the hon. gentleman for the great boon which he had conferred upon the commerce of England by this revision of the Customs regulations, and said he knew enough of these details, of their difficulty and intricacy, to be able to estimate properly the zeal and the labour which the hon. gentleman must have bestowed in mastering them as he showed he had done that evening. (Hear.) Some weeks ago he had been a member of a most remarkable deputation which waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring this subject under his notice, and the right hon. gentleman had most nobly redeemed the hopes he had held out to that deputation. (Haar.) With reference to the constitution of the Board of Customs , and the remarks which had been made on that subject by the hon. member for Bridport (Mr. Mitchell), he believed that gentleman had only expressed the opinion of a very large majority of the commercial community of London. (Hear.) They had felt most deeply upon this subject, and he did not believe the hon. member had uttered one word which would not be adopted by them. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY said the hon. gentleman had introduced into his scheme the principle of a local tribunal for the decision of cases, and it would contribute very much to the satisfaction of all parties if these cases were heard before the commissioners who had to give the decision. He said this because he understood from the statement of the hon. gentleman that evidence was to be taken and the parties to be brought before one commissioner, who was then to report to the board, and the board were to decide. It would be much more desirable, however ' in his opinion, if those persons had to decide the c ase w h o heard witnesses and who saw their demeanour. He had heard with satis faction that it was intended to refer many of those cases to the County Courts, but he questioned very much the propriety of sending such cases before the magistrates. Mr. W. D. SEYMOUR regretted that any hon, member should have gone out of his way to pass a censure upon the gentleman who held the office of Solicitor of the Customs. He could bear testimony to the private respectability of that gentleman, and the great amount of ability and in formation which he possessed. He had been spoken of as an obscure country attorney, but it was the first time he had heard that the obscurity of a man at any period of his life should be a bar to the possession of important offices. Mr. Hamel was chosen to the office he held by the late Sir R. Peel—whose solicitor he was—as the man best adapted for the service. (Hear.) When there was no charge of maladministration charged against him, he thought it was rather hard that he should be made the object of animad version by any hon. member in that house. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON generally approved the measures which had been submitted to the house by the hon. Secretary to the Treasury, and he congratulated the house and the country most heartily on the changes that were about to take place. (Hear, hear.) He had looked with the greatest dissatisfaction for the last 30 years to the way in which our Customs laws had been administered. (Hear, hear.) During that period they had been giving increased facilities to the trede of the country by the re moval of duties and other remedial measures, while the Board of Customs were not merely adhering to the old system, but adopting measures more restrictive than any that existed during the war. (Hear, hear.) He could not approve of the mode in which cases of seizure were to be heard before the commissioners. The only way to stop smuggling was to hear every case in open court, and pronounce judgment so as to bring disgrace on the per sons engaged in it. (Hear, hear.) It was his decided opinion that proper men had not been selected for the ad ministration of the Customs ; but he hoped that would be corrected, and was glad to hear that the subject was under the consideration of the Government. (Hear, hear.) He had heard a high eulogium passed upon Mr. Hamel. He knew nothing of that gentleman, but what he heard when he appeared as a witness before the committee, and he must say that while he concurred in what had been said as to the talents of Mr. Hamel, he did not think he had discharged the functions of his office in a way that con duced to the public interests. (Hear, hear.) If the hon. member who passed the eulogium would go to the minutes of the committee, he would there find what was the opi nion of the committee regarding him. He would have re ceived the severest censure that e a committee could pass on any individual, but was saved from that condemnation by the vote of a single member. (Hear, hear.) He believed that if the salary and expenses of the solicitors had been paid out of the Exchequer, and returns regularly made as to what they were, occasioned by, they would not have heard of such a thing as that official filing 120 ex-officios in the manner he had done. (Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said, his hon. friend had never at tempted during the 30 years of which he had spoken to correct the grievances of which he complained, although two bills on the subject of the Customs had passed :while he was a member of the house. He would, therefore, pu his 30 years' silence in opposition to his present statement The persons charged with the administration of the Cus. tonis occupied the highest positions as to private character, and, were wholly incapable of the charges preferred against them. (Hear.) He concurred in what had been said as to the ability with which the Secretary to the Treasury had developed the views of the Government. What he proposed to do would materially relieve trade, and, if carried out with proper care, would not, he be lieved, interfere with the due collection of the revenue. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. FORSTER was highly gratified with the state ment which had been made on the part of the Government. Reference had been made to Mr. Hamel, and he must say that that individual left a very bad impression on his mind, and he believed on the minds of all the committee. The hon. member for Sunderland (Mr. Seymour), however, seemed to have a brotherly feeling for one of his own pro fession. Mr. W.D. SEYMOUR wishedto explain that in what he had said he was only influenced by a sense of duty. He might state the fact also that Mr. Hamel was paid by salary and not by fees. The papers were then ordered to be printed. PILOTAGE BILL. Mr. CARDWELL, having presented two petitions in favour of this measure from merchants, masters of vessels, and others of Liverpool, moved that the house go into committee on the bill. Me. TURNER moved, by way of amendment, that the bill be referred to a select committee. The interests at stake, both as regarded the persons immediately connected, in one way and another, with pilotage, and a s regar d e d th e lives and property of the public, were so vast, and the question itself was so complicated, that a select committee could alone properly investigate the subject. The hon. gentleman had presented, indeed, petitions in favour of this bill from certain merchants, masters of vessels, and others of Liverpool, but he was p re p are d t o s t a t e th a t the very large majority of the merchants of that port, and of the masters and mates cf vessels there, were decidedly opposed to the measure as it now stood, and assuredly the opinion of the port of Liverpool, so greatly exceeding in business as it did the port of London, was entitled, on such a matter, to the serious consideration of the house. The underwriters at that port., men well qualified to give their judgment on the subject, were also decidedly opposed to the bill, and, indeed, it might be said that almost the only persons connected with the trade of Liverpool who advocated the measure were the masters and mates of the steam-vessels. He was ready to admit that the pilotage charges to which these vessels had been subjected in the port of Liverpool were too heavy, but the Pilot Board . there had agreed to reduce those charges. The Pilot Board. of Liverpool was not composed of pilots, or of persons con nected with the pilots, but of merchants, whose obvious interest it was to keep the pilots and their - charges under proper control. Whether and in what way the com position of the local pilot boards might he improved was a point which a select committee could efficiently consider. The centralising of the authority under the Board of Con trol seemed a most extraordinary thing, without any good ; round, and against the opinions of those wh o th oug ht :hat instead of 39,090 vessels going out of port without a single loss, the probability would be they would have a tremendous loss of life and property. The only objection to the present system was, he believed, the charges, and that point he was quite willing to leave to the decission of the Board of Trade. He hoped, therefore, the Govern ment would accede to the proposition he had made, or, if not, that the parties whom he represented would be heard before they proceeded further will the bill. Sir E. DERING supported the amendment, for if ever there was a bill that required the strictest investigation it was a bill of this nature, which affected the great maritime interests of this country as well as the vested interests ofa most useful class of individuals—the pilots of the United King dom. He thought there was not much difficulty in show ing that advantages were given by it to the Trinity Board pilots over those of the Cinque Ports. By this bill it was proposed to continue to the former the same system that now prevailed in the port of London—that was, to allow every shipowner to pick and choose his own pilots; in other words, to perpetuate a system fraught with bribery and jobbing beyond all measure; while as to the Cinque Ports the present system of rotation was preserved. The next question was, that the Cinque Port pilots were bound to cruise night and day, and for that purpose to subscribe a large sum to maintain boats in an efficient state. For that service they received a certain sum for every pilot put on board a vessel, and that fund, after providing for the expenses of their boats, was divided among them ; but to meet that system he found no provision in this bill. (Hear.) Now, during the last 20 years, of the whole num ber of vessels worked up the river, only one had been lost by the misconduct of the Cinque Port pilots. He hoped, therefore, the house would pause before it interfered with the rights they had so long enjoyed, and which were sanc tioned by act of Parliament. The next question was as to the pilots' fund. Every pilot paid ss. each voyage to the fund, and from it their widows received annuities of 12 guineas each. A payment of 11. was also made on the formed a death an of each pilot. Those payments wore compulsory, sas d o t a he ra c t sz e i o st n in sh ,g ips pilots tha h t a h e a l d p n ai o e t t n th e e ar t ly ri l ti O s , h ooo re i gi . st T e h r, er w e h w ic as h bill, placed nrlre, sort of superannuation fund for the pilots. All these funds without distinction, ac'.:ording to this he made no charselich powers to any body ; and, although itunwise to giv e: control of the Trinity -house. Ho thought cult to reconcile ni arnst the Trinity Board, it was ditli the principles of conam"Y of their present regulations with Justice, or, he would almost say, ____lfs itleillustration of that, he would , he te , ,ok a vessel from the port of m of en c t o i m on mon these s e ra s : without t navigate it with his own London to Plymouth sailing -master and crew 9• pilot ; but if he went to the coast of France, then his Snail naaster was declared incompetent, and he must take on Tog- pilot ; and that was, not on account of the di etinction a l i set a eon the coasting o_ trade and foreign trade, but the destination, stinatin, —for a lth oug h he went to Calais with ballast, h l must have a pilot ; yet if he went to the Baltic with a valuable cargo, no pilot was required. The house would decide whether these regula tions showed such sagacity on the part of the Trinity Board as to induce that house to give them further powers. If, however, the house should be of opinion that all the pilots should be under one uniform authority, it wuuld only b., right that the governing body, be it what it might, should exercise the gr ea t es t i mpart i ality the very large and discre tionary powers proposed to be given by this bill. He trusted the bill would not be considered a party question, and he utterly disclaimed any sinister motive whatever in sup porting the amendment. Colonel HARCOURT said the Isle of Wight pilots com plained of being subjected to great grievances as compared with the pilots of Southampton, for, not only did the latter claim the privilege of piloting vessels through the river, but also out to sea. Not that he should have objected to that if the Isle of Wight pilots had been allowed to pilot vessels which they had taken charge of at sea up to South ampton ; but that was not the case. While, too, the Isle of Wight or Cowes pilots were ppid only 31., the South ampton pilots were paid 61. 10s. Tho former were also obliged to maintain much larger, and therefore more expen sive, boats than were required for the pilots of Southamp ton. He referred to certain regulations of the Trial; y house, and to other matters, which he said operated as grievances on the Isle of Wight pilots and constituted strong grounds for inquiry before a select committee. Lord A. PAGET pbserved that in case of grievance the pilots of the Isle of Wight could have redress from the Board of Trade if the present bill passed. As the hon. member for Berwick had expressed an opinion that the Pilotage Bill would not be of any benefit to the shipowners, he begged to state that an important document had been forwarded to him from a large body of shipowners in the port of London, representing 350,000 tons of shipping. The document had appended to it the names, among others, of Mr. Green, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Ingram, and Mr. Lindsay, and set forth that the undersigned British shipowners were of opinion that the proposed Pilotage Bill would be of great benefit to the shipping interest, especially as related to the system of the Cinque Port pilotage, as it would open a competition among the pilots, and, by their having cruising licenses, would encourage them to seek ships off Dungeness before the danger commenced, in lieu of await ing their arrival within that point, which had hitherto been almost invariably the case, thereby jeopardising the safety of many of the valuably freighted inward bound ships, their supineness having originated from the mono poly they had up to the present period enjoyed. (Hear.) He certainly thought that the bill would be considered a great boon by the shipping interest. Mr. GEORGE gave his hearty support to the bill, which interest connected his opinion did justice to the important steam connected with the port of Liverpool. Ho warmly ap proyed of the poNYer of appeal to the Board of Trade in the event of the local boards refusing to license competent masters and mates; and, to show the injurious operation of the existing system, he referred to the case of the Dublin and Liverpool Steam Company. The masters and mates employed by the company were experienced men, and knew every crevice of the port of Liverpool, but the local board refused to license them. In the last three years the company's vessels had made 2,7,16 voyages from port to port. In only 245 cases had they employed the Liverpool pilots, and they had been compelled to pay for that service no less than 4,5001., being at the rate of 1,5001. a year. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HILDYARD complained that the Liverpool board dealt as unjustly by the masters and mates of the steam vessels plying between that port and Whitehaven as they did those of the Dublin company. Mr. LABOUCHERE looked upon the bill as a great boon to the mercantile marine. The local interest had always exercised a powerful influence in preventing the adoption of any measure calculated to improve the present defective system of pilotage. By means of that influence a bill, introduced by the late Lord Sydenham, was defeated, which, had it been adopted, would have saved the shipping interest a large sum of money. A better spirit would, he trusted, animate the house on this occasion, and induce them to reject the amendment. The proposal for sending the bill to a select committee was a specious one, but, if the house agreed to it, the reformation of the pilotage system would be postponed to the Greek Balends. (Hear, hear.) Lord CHELSEA wished the bill to be referred to a COM- mittee. He thought that a conclusive reason for adopting that course was to be found in the 9th clause of the bill, which proposed to deal with the funds of the Cinque Ports. That subject could alone be done justice to in a committee upstairs. Mr. CARDWELL said, that after the support which the measure had received from both sides of the house— after the repeated addresses which it had been his duty to make on former stages of the bill—he should not at that late hour occupy the time of the house by going into de tails. (Hear, hear.) He should reserve those for the com mittee of the whole house, to which it appeared to be the general desire of bon. members to send it. Ho only wished to make one observation, for the purpose of bringing the sincerity of hon. members to the test on the subject. They had passed the second reading of the bill without a divi sion. Did they intend that the shipowners and those who were engaged in the commerce of the country should have the benefit of the reform of which the house had declared its approval by that second reading? Because, if so, they ought to advance the bill the present stage, and permit the house to enter upon that fair deliberation which the sub ject required.. (Hear.) If they sent the bill to a select committee, and called witnesses on the various points, as was now proposed, when, he should like to know, would the bill again make its appearance in that house? The noble lord the member for Dover (Lord Chelsea) had spoken of the state of the funds of the Cinque Ports as a reason for sending the bill to a committee upstairs. • With respect to that point, he begged to say that it was one which had engaged, and should continue to engage, his careful atten tion ; and he should be ready, when they got to that clause either to vindicate its provisions or substitute some rea sonable alterations ; but he should protest as far as in him lay against sacrificing the important principles of the bill by the unavoidable delay which would be the consequence of sending it to a select committee. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY said that no objections were taken to what the hon. gentleman had called the principles of his bill ; but the first nine clauses had nothing whatever to do with those principles. They referred to an entirely sepa rate and distinct subject—viz., the sweeping away of an ancient corporation and joining it to another, and that, apparently, without affording any protection to the inte rests of the body which it proposed to sweep away ; and he would ask whether they were more likely to delay-the bill by discussing the financial question involved in those clauses over the table of that house, or by quietly endea vouring to settle the question in a committee upstairs to the satisfaction of all the parties concerned ? (Hear, hear.) He desired to see a good bill pass, and he would lend his best endeavours to perfect a good measure, but it was im possible to discuss such a bill properly across the table of that house. The house then divided ; the numbers were, For going into committee ... ... .. 219 . For the amendment ... ... ... ... 83 Majority .. 136 The house went into committee pro forma, but immedi ately afterwards resumed. SHERIFF COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill went through committee pro forma, when several amendments were introduced. COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr. WHITESIDE said, it was impossible at that late hour (nearly half-past 12) to go into a discussion of the measure ; and, as he had on a former occasion postponed the bill at the request of the Government, he hoped the noble lord, in accordance with the promise which had been made, would give him a good position on a Govern ment night. Lord J. RUSSELL was quite willing that the bill should come on as Government business, but he could not fix a day for it until he saw the progress of the financial measures. Ho would name, for the present, Monday week. HACKNEY CARRIAGES. Mr. FITZROY moved for leave to introduce a bill for Le better regulation of hackney carriages in the metopolis, and briefly stated his reasons for thinking further legisla tion on the subject desirable. The great extent of the metropolis, and the increase of ra il wa y traffic, had ren dered hackney carriages an indispensable necessity to its inhabitants, but in no capital of Europe were such carriages so entirely removed from all efficient control and super vision as in London. He thought this state of.things arose principally from the existing system of licensing these vehicles. No restrictions were imposed upon the number of licenses issued ; nor was the fitness of the carriages for the purposes for which they were to be used any part of the condition upon which the licenses were issued. To a small extent personal disqualifications existed with regard to applicants for licenses in the case of convicted thieves and minors, but these disqualifications were rather nominal than real.. The consequence was, a crowd of vehicles, of a very inferior description, and with horses that had been graphically described by our first living novellist as eel:: kept upon their legs by the rickety vehicles to which they were attached. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to hint Fitzroy) that the shortest way of securing to the inhabi tants of this metropolis vehicles in a fit and proper con dition for public use would be by entirely altering the system upon which licenses were issued, and he therefore proposed to introduce in this bill a provision that every person desirous of obtaining a license for using, or letting to hire, a hackney-carriage within the limits of the metro politan police district, should make his intention known to the Commissioners of Police, who should thereupon cause an inspection of the carriage for which he asked a license, and upon their !certificate that it was in a fit and proper condition for public use he should obtain a license from the Board of Inland Revenue. Power would also be given to the Commissioners of Police from time to time to cause a fresh inspection of these carriages, and if a carriage should be found out of proper con dition the license would be suspended. There would be a penalty attached to the letting to hire any vehicle of this description after due notice by the Commissioners of Police that it was not fit for public use. (Hear, hear.) But, in addition to the unsatisfactory condition of these vehicles, the fare demanded for their use was excessively exorbitant. (Hear, hear.) No change had been made in that fare since its first introduction in 1831. Amid the general—he might say universal—tendency towards reduction in articles of general consumption, two things had hitherto successfully resisted tho tendency. One was the pint of extraordinary compound still called by courtesy a bottle of wine at an inn —(hear, hear), and the other the fare paid per mile for the use of a hack cab. (Hear, hear.) We were now arrived at a time when there was every reason for reducing that fare by at least 25 per cent. ; and he should therefore propose that it be fixed at Gd. per mile. (Hear, hear.) Without giving any other reason, the decrease in the price of forage was alone suffi cient to justify this. Oats, which in April, 1831, cost 235. 10d., were now a t 19s. Bd., having fallen between 20 and 25 per cent. (Hear, hear.) But, independent of the exorbitant amount of tho fare, there were great objections to its nature, in consequence of the broken money involved in the question. If you took a cab for a mile, you hardly dare meet the torrent of abuse that would be levelled at you if you failed to pay the driver is —(hear, hear), and the consequence was, that instead of &I. the fare was Is. —(hear, hear) ; besides which, the hirers had no satisfac tory means of ascertaining the distance they were taken. (Hear.) He proposed, therefore, that tho Commissioners of Police should, wherever they conveniently could, upon the stand cause some notice on a board to be put up, as at many railway stations, specifying the distance from that stand to the places most likely to be resorted to, and that they be authorised to appoint men at the different stands who should be furnished with lists signed by the Commis sioners of Polies, and whose duty should be, on applica tion, to inform the hirer the amount of faro to which he would be liable. (Hear, hear.) This would tend much to the convenience of ladies and others who used cabs and were at present subject to imposition. (Hear, hear.) The reduction of fare would be ro great hardship upon the proprietors. The expense of forage had been already men tioned ; and the Chancello r o f th e E xc h equer exp l aine d i n his financial statement that upon the passing of this bill ho would reduce the charge for licenses to cab proprietors. Independent of the original license, which was to be charged from SC. to IC. per annum, the license now charged 100. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1853. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Arnm 21. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) PILOTAGE BILL. Order for committee read ; motion made, and question proposed, " that Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " that" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " the bill be committed to a select committee,"—instead thereof : - -Question put, " that the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question."—The House divided ; Ayes 219, Noes 83. MA JO:ZITY—AYES, 219. A'Court, C. George, John Mw rough, J. P. Anderson, Sir James Gibson, T. 3E. Naas, Lord Atherton, Wm. Gladstone, William Non eys, Lord Baines, AL T. Goodman, Sir George O'Brien, Cornelius Ball, John Gordon, Admiral O'Brien, Patrick Barnes, Thomas Grace, 0. O'Brien, Sir T. Barrow, WM. H. Greaves, Edward O'Connell, Maurice Bell, James Greenali, G. O'Flaherty, A. Berkeley, Admiral Greene, John Osborne, Ralph - Berkeley, C. L. Greene, T. Otwey, Arthur John Biddulph, It. M. Gregson, tcamuel Paget, Lord Alfred I3iggs William Grenfeil, C. Nebel], Sir G. Blackett, J. F. B. Grogan, E. Peel Frederick Blake, M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pellatt, A Booker, Thos. Wm. Grosvenor, Earl Phillips, John Henry Bouverie, E. Hadfield, George Phlilimo:e, J. G. Bower, G. Hamilton, Geo. A. I hillimore, R. Brody, John liewner, Sir John Pilkington. Jame; Brand, H. . Hastie, Alexander Pinney, William Bright, John Hattie, Archibald Pollard Urquhart, W. Broeklehttrat, John Hayes, Sir E. Potter, R. Brotherton, Joseph Deadlam Thomas E. Power, N. Brown, W. Heathcoa'to, J. Ricardo, 0. Browne, V. ; r't Ileathcoate, Sir G. Molt, P. Bruce, 11. A. llenchy, D. O'Connor Rusho u t, C a pt. Cairns, H. M'Calmont Herbert, H. A. Russell, LordJ. Cardwell, Hon. E. Norbert, Sidney Russell, F. C. Cavendish, C Hervey, Lord Alfred Russell. F. W. Challis, Alilennan Heywood, James Sad sir, J. Charteris, F. Hey. , orth, L. Sandars, G. Cheetham, John lindyard, It. Sawle, C. B. G. Christy, Samuel Howard, W. G. Scoben, Capt. Clay, sir William Hudson, George Scully, Francis Clifford, H. Hughes, W. B. Seymour, Lord Clinton, Lord Robert Hutt, William Seymour W. D,l Cockburn, Sir A. Ingham, Hobert lihelley, Sir J. V. Cocks, Thomas S. Jermyn, 'Earl Smith, John A. Coffin, W. Johnstone, James Smith, W. M. Collier, Robert P. Johnstone, Sir J. Smollett, A. Cowan, Charles Keating, Robert Stafford, Marquis Cowper, IV. Keating H. Stapleton, J. Craufurd, E. Kershaw, James Stephenson, Robert Crowder, R. Kiztraird, Arthur F. S.irliug, W. Davie, Sir H. Labouchere, 11. Strut', Rt. lion. E. Davison, R. Laing, S. Soil van, M. Divett, Edward Laslett, W. Tancred, Henry Wm. Duff, James Lawless, C. Thicknesse, it. A. Duncan, George Lawley, F. C. Thompson, George Dundas, G. Lockhart, A. E. Thorn ely, T. Dandas, F. Loveden, P. Tomllne, G. Dunlop, A, Lowe, R. Townley, C. Dunne, Col. Lucas, F. Traiil, G. Ellice, E. Luce, T. Vance, J. Elliot, John Wean!), J. Verner, Sir W. Esmond°, J. 31`Gregor, John Villiers, Hon. C. Ev Ins, W. lti`Ta 'gait Sir J. Wells, W. Ewart, Wlniam Maguire, J. 'Whalley, Cr." 11. Fagan, W. Massey, W. N. Width'', ad, Samuel Ferrer, James Matheson, A. Wlii:eside, James Fell den, M. Mettle, Colonel Wickham, Henry W. Fergus, J. Meagher, Thornas Wilkinson, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Milligan, Robert Wilcox, B. Ferguson, Joseph II ichell, T. Willieins, W. Filmer, Sir Edmund Moffatt, G.'' Wilson, J. Fitzgerald, J. Moleswortli, Sir W. Wilmington, Sir T. E Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Moncrieff, J. IVise, J. A. Follett, Brent S. Monsell, W. Wortley, J. S. Forster, 31. Montgomery. 11. L. Wyndham, W. Forster, C. Moore, G. 11. Wyvill, .dannaduke Forster, Sir Geo. Moore, Ross S. Young, Sir John Fox, W. Moreton, Lord • Frecstun, Colonel Morns, D. TELLERS. Gardner, Richard Muntz, G.'Freclerick Myth'. W . . G. Geed!, Charles Mure, Col. Mu'graye, Earl MINORITY—NOES, 83. Annesley, Earl:of Ilanbury, Hon. C. Newport, Lord B Rage, W. Harcourt, Col. North, Colonel Bailey, II J Henley, J. W. ' Oakes, J. H. Ball, Edward Herbert, Sa* Thomas Ossulston, Lord Bankes, G. Hotharn, Lord Packington, Sir J. Bentinck, Lord H. Jocelyn, Viscount I'eacocke, G. M. W. Bentinck, G. I'. Jollifte, Sir W. G. LT. Prime, It. Blair, Colonel Jones, Captain Robertson, P. F. Bramston, T. W. Kendall, N. ll King, t tj i e . 1; B. , 1V Rai . a 1 d Scott, F. Smyth, R. J. Fomi-rset,Captatn lit ,Huller,arlsricpot eils M i.r u s s j g i r. ra A v . e Spooner, R. Cai - nac, Sir J. IT. Knox, W. S. Stafford, A. Stanhope, James B. Stanley, Lord Thompson, Ald. ce C ii h il il ts s ot e fo rt i p, ~: hL V eor i r s , d c it o m. C. A t i t l. a m L L T . a a a In c , o g, 4 n tt 00 . nn : Sir l.Hy E. H. G . G. . Cobbuid, J. Chevalier Lennox, Lord A. F. Tollemache, John Dod. J. W. Leslie, C. P. Vane. Lord A. Duncombe, Ha A. Lockhart, W. Vausittart, G. IT. Buncombe, Iln. 0. Lovalre, Lord Villiers, Rt. Iln. F. Duncombe, W. E. Y. acartney, (I. Vyse, Capt. F. rnham, E. Basil Mackenzie, W. F. Walcott. Adm. Forbes, William Macgregor, James Wyndham, General Forester:, Colonel Maiumrs, Lora G. Wynn, H. ,( l ii i : ,r r o ' 1 : l o c w :L, Yn S : . I I ' T r :: Clin ches Lord 21. iL2nrt. W. tiny 3 1''3 l lul u iic i el d e, y llW : l I' v Y , .Montgomery, Sir G. Gwyn, Dow,' Newark, Viscount Turner, C. Halsey, T. Ne wdegste, C. N. Dei ing, Sir Edward TELLERS. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— Another fatal railway casualty occurred on the Midland line, near Kegworth, on Friday last, the 15th inst. In this case also the man fell a victim to his own carelessness. It appears that a porter belonging to the company, named William Lester, while the train was in motion, was attempting to throw some bags into the carriages, in doing which b ap proached too near the train, and his foot slipping, the poor fellow got entangled among the wheels of the car riages, which, passing over him, mutilated him in th e most frightful manner, from the effects of which he died. This is the third fatal accident which has oc curred on the Midland line within the last fortnight. The jury, at the official investigation into the circumstances connected with the death of Potts, who was killed on the line near Nottingham, on Saturday, came to the unanitnous opinion, " that if there were a regulation made by the directors of the Midland Company which forbade the line of conduct which had been the direct cause of the deceased's death (viz., incautiously riding upon the buffer of the carriages), that regulation ought to be strictly attended to, and enforced by a heavy fine if not duly regarded ; and if no such regulation had been made, they trusted that the directors would consider it an important part of their duty to take the subject into their serious consideration." [ADVERTISEMENT.)—The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoat pocket, at S. and B. Solomons', opticians, 39, Albemare-street, Piccadilly—observe, oppo% site the York Hotel.—A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant; they answer every purpose on the racecourse, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 33 inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a per son's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race course glasses with wonderful power; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary, powerful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others, to s ur p ass any thi ng of kind that has been, or probably ever can be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, 'it is not perceptible • it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. — Observe, opposite the York Hotel. a-week wes to be reduced to 1 75., saving 71.16 x. per annum. The placing men at the different stands by the Commis sioners of Police to enforce regulations and inform the public of the amount of fares would also save the cab pro prietors 15,00/. a-year ,now - paid to th e watermen, auloahting to id. upon each of the 3,000 ca b s. F ew were aware that the sum laid out upon cab-fares by the inhabi tants of the metropolis amounted to 860,0001. a-year; and, consequently, the reduction from Bd. to Gd. per mile would save them no less than 2 20,0001. a-year. (Hear, hoar.) He proposed, also, to make it imperative on the driver to take any person at a fare by time, if the hirer should prefer it to a fare by distance, the charge by time to be 2s. an hour. It was now permissive ; the driver might take a fare per hour—viz., at ls. Gd., but drivers uniformly re fused. As it would be compulsory on them, it would be reasonable to make it 2s. an hour. The driver was now permitted to retain for four days property found in his cab, and then take it to the Stamp-office, and, if not claimed in a year, it was sold for his benefit ; there was no reason for giving him the benefit of the property that happened to be left in his cab, and this bill would provide that he should take such property at once to the nearest police-station, where it should remain for a year, and, if not then claimed, be sold, and the proceeds go towards the charges of the execution of the provisions of this bill. It would also be provided that, on a dispute between the hirer and driver, the hirer might insist on being at once driven to the nearest police-court, to have his complaint immediately i nve stigated, or, if the magistrate should not be sitting, to the nearest police-station, where his complaint should be entered, to be heard at the beginning of the sitting next day. These provisions, it might be hoped, would be for the convenience and comfort of a very large body of people in this metropolis. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Leave was given to bring in the bill. On the motion of Mr. MuriTz, it was ordered th a t Si r George Grey and Mr. Labouchere be discharged from fur ther attendance on the Strangers and Divisions Committee ; and that Lord D. Stuart and Lord G. Paget be added to the committee. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND). Mr. WHITESIDE, in moving for " a return of the names and dates of the petitions lodged in the Court for sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, and the respective dates of the allowance of the posting for sale in each of said petitions," read an extract from a letter, showing that the Encumbered Estates Court was overwhelmed with business, and inquired what course the Government intended to pur sue Sir J. YOUNG replied, that no doubt the Encumbered Estates Court was overloaded with business. It was true that 7,000,000/, worth of property had been sold in the court. Of that sum 4 ,000,030/. had been distributed, an d 3,000,0001. were in the hands of the commissioners. There remained nearly as much property to be sold as had been sold. The time of the commissioners, how ever, was taken up in adjusting the claims. One of the reasons why the night before last he postponed the bill of which he had given notice was, that he expected addi tional statistical information from Ireland. It arrived yesterday. Ho waited on the Lord Chancellor, who re commended him to postpone any proceeding till further reference had been made to Ireland, and an answer had been returned. A statement on the subject must be made by him (Sir J. Young) with diffidence ; and he could only as his impression say, that the noble and learned lord had some hope of framing a plan which should relieve the com missioners from that onerous part of their duty which con sisted in distributing the proceeds of sales to those who had claims, and, in short, to render available the Court of Chancery, which had been much relieved from business, while the Encumbered Estates Court was overloaded. It was wished at the same time to maintain the principle of the Encumbered Estates Court, that there should be an easy sale and transfer of the title, and a secure title to the purchaser, yet to leave the claims to be disposed of before the ordinary tribunals known to the law. The return was then ordered; and Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that to-morrow (this day) he should move for leave to introduce a bill empowering the Court of Chancery to dispose of all claims relating to property sold under the Encumbered Estates Act. The house then adjourned, at one o'clock. TIIE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. 'aid I RAILWAYS. il.OO 'Aberdeen ..... Si Imbg. Not tng. Bost dz Eastu. all Birmng. Wolverli. di, Stour Valley L 23 Birkcnhd. Lanesh & Cheshire Junct...... all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... 184 Do., £2O 100 Bristol & 100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhea4 all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc . all Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 84 Do., do.. all Do., B. & C.... ...... . 100 East Lancashire all East dr West Ind. Dk & Birmin-. June 100 Edinburgh - dr Glasgow 14 Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth &Dunde. - 100 Glasgow & S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 De., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 'Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.j 100 Great Western 11 'frisk South-Eastern. all Lancaster dr Carlisle 1114 Do., Thirds ...... . 100 Lancash. drYorkshir, 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So utbpt. k all London & Black wall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Brink t. dr S. Cst. , 100 London &N. Western' 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.51i..M&8 C 100 London & S. Western 424 Do., 34 Do., £4O all LnclUclrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Vanch.Shet&Lincln. 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland ................ 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 474 Midland G. ) 174 Do. 4 Sha-ei ..... all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 &els .r ark et . 34 Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aberg.aHtfd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Worrenpoini & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk. all Do., New ........ ..... . 34 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 64 Do., No. 2. all Dc., 4 A Deferred 5 Do., 4 B Guaranteed 174 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... 100 Scottish Central ... 100 Scottish Midland..... 100 Shrewsbury dr Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Wcstn Guaranteed Stock.. 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Cheste] (Nor. W. Min.)... all Do. Halves, d 0.... all Do. Oswestry 6 4 Shropshire Union . all South Devon... .00 South Eastern.. all South Wales.. 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun .16 Stockton & 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. dr Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 13 West C0rnwa11....... 21s. Wmbledon &Croydon 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions. 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland PREFEREM 100 Aberdeen all Do., No. 2,7 P. C... . 100 this. & Ex. p. c. St.' 5 Do. 4p. c. Baares . 100 Caledonian £lO ...... all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent...l 34 Cork &Bandon 51- p.c. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... all EastA nglian (23 10s) 6 per cent. all Do. (25) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. C. No.l all Do., No. 2.... ..... all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... 100 EastLancash. 6 p.ets. all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5i per cent........... 100 Glasgow &S. Wester guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. sp. e. 1 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. o, prem.... all Gt. Soothn. &Wcstu. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westu. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. .00 G. West. fixed 4A pc. 6 Lan. & York. F. 120, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock.. 100 London and Brigitte] Guaranteed 5 r. e.. 1.00 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. . 00 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds. 10 Londonderry& Color. Shares all Lowly. & Ennis. iSh all Manch.,Shef., do Lin., i Shares, No. 1 all Do. Now, £lO 3 Do £6 .. .... 12; 12) St: St. all Marypt.ezCarl. 4p. c. all Do. 44 per cent....... 81 D 0 ...... 100 Mid. Consol 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Consol Bristol (Sz Birm. 6 per cent....l 5 Do. Pref. 4 per cent.' all Norfolk Extension...) all Do. Guar. 5i per et all Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford Worcester a Wol verb.. /a 5,6 p. c 9 Do all Shrews& 'Man. N. G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Miu),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon lilDo. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6 d., all S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterf I. &ICilk.6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and I3erwick, 4 p.c.Pref. 5 Do. 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Purch.. 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 ficlgianEastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erqueliu. 6 Dijon and Besauvn 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension .... all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Juuct. of France 15 Gt. Western of Canada I Shares 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp. .. prof 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) Do.) 6 p. ct. prof 7 Lyons & Mediterran, 4. Madras all Namur & Liege (witl interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds, (fmy. B. & Ams. Sits ; all NorwegianTrunkPrei 10 Paris and Lyons all (Parris and Orleans. all Paris and Rouen... all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Chorbrg. 5.1 Quebec &Richmond.. Lll Rouen and Havre.... ill Sambre and Meuse._ 4 Do. 5, 1 . , p. ct. pref..;, 4 Southern of France. !s. Upper India Scrip ill West Flanders 6 Do. 5 per c. Western of France..., West. of Switzerland Zea1and..........- FOREIGN. 4. 1. 24 7i if s It N 2 Closing l'rices Yesterday. 28 - 294 5/- 6 10 - 10 7i -- 6 :1 21 -- 22 4 103 -- 105 3 64 -64 k 2 - 24 214 - 22 ... -- 4 - 5p 8 - 5 4 -- 5i 3t 4 131 131 10 -- 11 7 -7.; 72 - 74 55 - 57 73 -- 75 32 -- 34 63 -- 65 83 -- 84 48 -- 50 126 - 127 109 -- 110 91i -92 i 7t -- -- 84 92 94 13 -13 p 77 --774 4t 4id 3i— 3d 15i -- 16.} - 6i -- 2A p 104 -- 165 119 -- 120 2/ —3 p -- 13 901 -- 91 4 41 -31 d 31 -24 d 111 -- - 123 19 -- 2I 291 -30 A 31— 3 d 741 -- 75 43 -- 45 50 par 3i 3d 3 8} - 921 52 - - 54 3,; - 2,1 (.1 341. - 351 4i 43tt 8 8 2 4 —3a pi 50,1 -51 A 99 -- 100 62 - 63 64 -- 66 73 76 Odis 17 19 8i 94 13 -- 15 3$ 3A(I 20A -- 21} 70,t 76:t 37 , 123 -- 13 4 - - 4 , 19 21 11:# 151 9A 10 ;32 33 10 par (4i .7 -- 7 d 24 -- 2id 588 -- 5. n!-.IARES 1105 -- 107 iii 6 -: 108 1.9 20 ' it par -6, 3A - 3; - 4J 1 -- IAP 14i -15 i IS4 -- 18 3 - 3 .ii L - - 1.6 112 - 113 83 - 8,1 61 - 74 .06 108 d - Ap 151 -153 •• • Xd •• • xd .51 - 154 33 - 4pj 10 - 13 ll 8 - 9 101 -- 114 3- i P 148 —lsoxcl l -- 4 P 22A 23 2 6 1 109 111 25 - 26 2 - 2 .1)1 104 114 173 -- 183 -- l 14 -- 15# ) par— p 26 -26 g 194 -- 214 id - Parl - .02 - 104 5 - 5t - ip 3 i 1 -3 d:s 6 p lip 2fip 2 p - 15 - 9 17ip, - 424 - 45 - 34 5 iP - 11, - 214 Bas ness done th's day. St. St. St. St. St. 25 25 St. 10 20 20 20 20 al 20 al 10 20 20 21 10_ 20 1 , 10 20 1071 i 15 pm COUNTRY MARKETS. Dr,P.BY q1 " 1 " 1- TELD--APRIL 19. Supply of fat boasts to-day ab the average, and qus lity generally good, with a brisk demand for all sorts: / beef. The number of sheep not so large as for setae; a 1 weeks past. Fat anti store calves again plentiful. I ', supply of fat pigs numerous. The quotations were ag i f; * lows :—Beef, 5.1 d to 6d ; mutton, 7,-id to 84d ; veal, 4 :1`,.` 3 ,1 5,1 d per lb. ; pigs, Ss 6d to 9s per score • rough fat, t, c 1,0 per 141 b. ; hides, 2id to 3d per lb ; calf -skins, 30' per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 20. We had a large supply of grain in to-day's mar - thi Sales heavy, and prices t-.nding backwards. Wheat on top 6d up, and the average 3d down. Barley on the toP down, and the average 3,t up. Oats on the top 1s up, as 0 the ave rage 4d d own. Beans on the top 2d down, and "7$ average is up. Unsold, 93 qrs. wheat ; 19 do. barley; do. oats ; 118 do. beans. Top of Wheat ---. Barley Oats Beans 644 lb 54s 6,1 57 lb 38s Oa 25s Od 67 i i t lb 365 Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 545 qrs sold Barley 393 qrs sold Oats.. ............... 603 qrs sold Beans 237 qrs AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 8 11 5-12 the Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats -12tbs Ditto of Beans 452 qr 374 qrs 531 qrs 119 qrs BOSTON—APRIL 20. At this day's market there was a li m it e d sup ply f o kinds of grain. Wheat in active request, and from I °' 10 11 ' e is 6d up per qr. Oats and beans anxiously inquire , and 6d to i s p er qr. dearer. Barley firm at late rates. ' e a io red, 38s to 46 5, w hi te, 46s to 48s, extra 50s ; barley', 2 0 to 30s ; oats, Zs to 20s ; beans, 32s to 36s ; p ea s, 25$ 34s per qr. NEWARK—APRIL 20. At our Corn-aocchance°e to-day we had a goo d a ttends Pe el and a liberal supply of corn. Wheat realised higher Pr x ,,,t, Other grain as before. Prices were as follow :—N", white, 53s t o 57 5 , re d 48 s to 50s ; barley, grinding, 2 „° 9 to 30s, malti ng 32 s t o 35 s ; oats, seed 24s to 265, feed uul; 00s ; beans 38 s t o 40 s ; peas 30s to 34s ; malt 560 to v w " tares, 44s to 48s per qr. DUBLIN—APRIL 19. White wheat, 26s Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to , 29 1 : barley, 13s Od to 16s 6d; oats, lOs Od to lls 9d; rapo c !;,' 21s Od to 23 s p er b r l ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s Od ; flour, 14s 6d to. 18s Od per cwt ; Ipdian corn, 30s Od to 3 0 / per 480 lbs. CORK-APRIL Brls. Curren* e , White whetat 00s Od to OOs Od O s Od-20 stou 6 Redwheat 23s 3d to OOs 01 Ditto Ditto 9S Barley ..„ 12s Od to 14s Od Ditto Ditto Bero 242 Oats los Od to lls 8,1 Ditto OOs 0.1 to OOs 01 Pigs OOs Od to OOs Od OOs Quantity sold at the highest prices : S 1 00 barrels whit e w h ea t ; 00 re d ; 7 5 barley ; 0 bore ; oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 16.. Barley, 5G4. Bare, 00. Oats, 1, 69 Pigs, 15. Return (t cattle sold for week ending April 16 :--- Pigs,. 351. Sheep, 400. Cows, 99. PRICES OF BUTTER. Od-16 do, od ___ clO. Od per Oft' ( 'AT. CURRENCY. ggJ First quality . 108 s First quality ............ 9 51 Second quality - lo4a Second qua1ity........... • s cp Third quality Fourth quality . Fifth quality ' - 76 s Fifth quality ............... Sixth quality. . COs Sixth quality .............. • to; CORR.—Flour- First, 15s Oct t o 16 s 04.; extra, 17 5 . ,eO, seconds, 14s Oct Ito 14s 6d ; households, lOs to 13s Od ; tb l; j ; 7s Od to lO s p er cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to So 04. oatmeal, lOs 6dt oils Od; •wheat meal, lOs to Ils Od Per c o 1 Indian cor n , 7 1 5 s Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. B ran , 41 P. to 4112 s 6d p er tK.m. Hay—Farmers, 23s Od to 40s Od; av e 7' " 365; dealers, 283 Od to COS Od ; average, Os per ton . Str'" t p Farmers, 21s Odl to 25 s Od ; average, ; dealers, ' 32 s o OOs Od ; averagft., Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, ‘ , 1 4 to Od ; household Witt°, 6d t o Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 'aef, lld per lb. E r T,< s 6, 45 Od to 4s 2d per hundred. Meat ' b to 4di to 8d ; mut ton, bid to 7d ; veal, 5d t o 8d ; pork, 'l,d• 6d ; bacon, 7d t 4) 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newf l, o 7,; land, 11/. Os to 121 O s p er t on ; S co t c h h errings, 31a Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, Iod to 12d ; 12d to / sd.—Co: ds, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cula ll l. ," Od per ton.—Wld s k e y, 25 0.p., G s Od per imperial ell°l,o Hides, market,, :30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per cwt. skins, 3)d per 11).—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. per t t at Fleece wool, 01)s to OO s p er stone.—Hemp, 381. to 421, 1 0, , ton—Timber, :AL.3mel, 3/. 15s ; red pi ne , 31. 15 s ; ye llow 3/. ss. per ton.; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Barkils, 8/. to 10/.los. .par ton.—Tallow, 47s t o 47 s fid per cwt.-f.,,, ° 11 0 71. lOs to 0/. per • cwt.- Tar, A rc h ange l , 19 5. per brl. u"" Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/. per ton. 4:4 t IVIALTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) ELBOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LANGTON STARES. Pope Joan ..... Lady Ponsom-by.. Six ran. • iCONVIVIAL HANDICAP. Phantom . ... Break-o'-day Boy Six ran. FAREWELL STAKES. Whitenose....—.. Julius Caesar,... SEABORNE MAILS. t . 0410 (N 81g:riffles thmt the m a il s are sent from the General POs by the n!ght—a ad M by the morning —dispatch.] SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, CO UNTRL SS. Day when made up F rom what I VI la ' in General Post- Port Jae - i ii, .0. Office, Loudon.* Dispatched. EngS goo CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 21. America(byßrlt..pack)N Every Friday •• •• Liverpool ... Eack America (by , Unit[ Sts. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Fame, from Calais; Ocean, Packet) .... • . •• •N April 19 America (by U. States Havre; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Fame, Teneriffe ; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam; Folkfesten, Grimstadt ; Tiger, packet) ...—. • • ..N April 18 .. So th to Arri lf ' d • • .... u. amp n ........ Liverpool ... April 21 Hamburg; Elbe, ditto ; Aquea, Brussels ; Antwerpen, Australia (via South- Antwerp ; Temperantia, Emden ;De Vrow Trentj e , Dit. ampton) ......; ....M 4th of May .. .... Southampton April t Ditt o (via Marseill es) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...... Aptil zum ; Maria, ditto ; Sif, Christiania ; ./Egir, Stromstad. a Cape of Good ~., 30 ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Fame, for Hope `;' _ . .—...N 2d of June ... ... Plymouth , Mar•-•,',, Calais; Ocean, Havre i Apropos, Hamburg ; Countess of Africa (Weet • Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymbuth ..111aY.,V 0 Lonsdale, Hamburg; Moselle, Rotterdam ; ' Petro, Bllboa ; Alexandria.— ..... N 2, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover ...... PI ',To Glaneuse Cherbourg ; Amiable Pelagic Rouen ; St, An- Alexandria .... —...M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptonlM ay `.,„ 0 0 tlre, Che;bourg ; Earl of Auckland, RAterdam ; Martha B , aharnas .......... —hi dud of the mouth Southamptonllst 0 1 v" Ellen, Melbourne ; Mercury, Copenhagen and St. Peters- Pia l l i ii in ... —..— .....171 Unit ** C.1.A..' , Dover i ... I 1 io • n • Yf a a i i ly i l : burg ;Neptune, ditto ; Elbe, Hamburg ; Antwerpen, Ant- Buenos A .. e . s •• :: :: ..M 9th of the m m onth ..• s S ' ' ' L l thamp P ton Ma? • --,, werp; Marchioness of Londonderry, Port Philip and Sydney ; Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the mouth Plymouth .. Aprll 2. Paramatta, Cape of Good Hope •; Henry . Woolley, Port cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of June.... Plymouth .. May 30 Philip • Nimrod, ditto ; Meteor, C ape o f Good Hope; Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the mon th P lymouth .. Apr il 2 6 . Faith, ' Africa. Ceylon (see India) CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Hendrika, &e , y a 10n. 1 . i . 1 .... —.17 14th n of the month Plymouth .. April 0 6 Isles.. es ...........11 .31 2d 0 5, ? g h ett o; Southampton Tu Tn• ' 4l for Amsterdam ; Nonpariel, Jaffa ; Amiable Pelagic, Channel ** mouth 'k' rd. !April 1 6 Rouen ; St. Andre, Cherbourg ; Egypt, Demerara ; Vir- China (see • I • ndia •-• ) • P gin del Pilar, Carthagena ; Creole, Dominica; City of Constantinople .......N 7 ,8,17,24,&27 ofm Dover ......lAprilr ° ' Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Barach, Demerara; Jacobus, Gee- Constantinople ......... 4th & 20th of mon. Soathampton.3laY , 4 ,0 y long ; Thomas Harrison, Port Philip. (:ont. of Europe 111 & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... ;Twice. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.—The Kossuth, from New York Egyptco (see indill) m & N Twice d ily .. 'Twicedta in attempting to dock this morning, took the ground off Gibraltar . . _3l 4,7, ll , ' lO 2 . 7 . o • f7n . . S p u o u v t e h r am • •p • io • ti IA 01 26 the Nelson Dock, heeled over with the tide, struck the Greece (see injlia) south end of the pier, and lost cutwater, &e. Greytown . —DI Slid & 17th of mon. Southampton 'April iat; Harriburgh ......• ..N Tuesday & Friday London ... ~ ;Toes. =- VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. navannatt .....• ....m 2nd of the month Southamptel i t No n ' .s 0 • ,„ a r Holland .......... M Wednesday & Sat London .....13i0n.a., The Roman Emperor, from Portsmouth to Mauritius, Honduras ._ —, —— M 17th of the month. Southampton April 1. Feb. 26, lat. 8 S., long. 28 W. India (viaS humpt.) M 4th & 20th of mon. , South amp ton May 4 The Rebecca Jane, for Panama, Feb. 27, lat. 9 S., long. India (v Mareeilles)M Bth& 24th of monthiDover ...... I &DO' I 27 W. lonian lees (see India)! I eda ll f The Nederward, from Liverpool to Port Philip, Feb. 25, Ireland ........111 &Ni Twice daily .... Holyhead ... i Twic . Li hon .......• • .....M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton'MaY , I t ,' ; ' N. of the line. Madeira .... •.....31 9th of the month SouthamptoaMaY 'w Malta Meir (see . India) —. •• ••M N 23rd of the m on th Pl ymouth .. a y 12 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . • s Malta .......• .... India) ..N 7,17,19,i8, 30 ofm. Dover .... „ Aril 2 0 s • p PORTSMOUTH, hlauritiu (s t e APRIL 21 . Mauritius . A.I 26 ........N 14th of the mo'nth Plymouth .. PI ~ of The Amphion screw•ft igate, Captain C. E. Patey, Mexico Nap1e5.,„..._""'..31 Slid of the month.. Southampton Ist of 0 1 arrived at Spithead this morning from Sheerness and ... s thlhth2sthofmon.,Dover ...... , lAplll F 6 saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane ; :si"ew Granada ......M 2d & ( . 7th of month,Soulhamptor Ap t' e _; ti i i i New Zealand.. .... _ By private ship —N or i o .. ptirts,T.Tne ii_ she has orders t' proceed forthwith to Plymouth. 1 22 Papal States ...... _ N , thlsth2 s thohnon. D _ April . 6 The London American packet-ship anchored at Spit- Peninsula ..........31 thl7th2Btholnion. Southampto•APTil , 2 6 head this morning froth the Thames, and after embark- Port Natal Nia • t • al • 111 . • • ••.•.•. If 7 14 d t 1 8 1 0 0 r t t ot' 1 monthno n S t r i t n h o lunaton A m r ) , r r i il l 26 ing her captain and a few passengers sailed for New Sicily .... _.: :: :„. N sthlt th2sthotmon, Dover 3 ...... April 22 York. Tuscany .... .., ......N 5 tbl s th 2s thollnon. Dover _ .... April 2 1 . 10 The Illustrious hospital ship is rapidly progressing Venezuela .. ___ _ 31 2d& 17th of month Southampton April with her jury rigging, and when completed will haul Vanl Australia)ien's Land (see 31'er to Blackhouse, where moorings have been laid down West Indies ...... .. M 1d& 17th of month Southampton!April 16 for her. me_ Th.-in-i. .:- 4-1-.1%._ __ • - PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21. The Amphion screw-frigate, Captain C. E. Patey, arrived at Spithead this morning from Sheerness and saluted the flu°. of Vice-Admiral Sir Thoma s C oc h rane she has orders to proceed forthwith to Plymo u th . ; The London American packet-ship anchored at Spit head this morning froth the Thames, and after embark ing her captain and a few passengers sailed for New York. The Illustrious hospital ship i s rapidly progressing with her jury rigging, and when completed will haul over to Blackhouse, where moorings have been laid down for her. The Basilisk is taking in coal& and stores to-day, and will shortly be ready for service. The wind has blown hard from the south-west during the day with heavy showers of rain. 5 p.m. wind north west. • When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the India t. ho Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched day preceding. BIRTHS. WOOLWICH, APRIL 21. Rear-Admiral nouston Stewart, C. 8., arrived a Woolwich d oc k yard shortly after 10 o'clock a.m. to-day, t and had his flag, as Admiral Superintendent at Malta, hoisted at the mizenmast of the Fisgard flag-ship at this port. The gallant Rear-Admiral will proceed with the least possible delay to commence his duties at Malta. OF A SON. r' On the 20th inst., Mrs. William Clarke of Wall° Louse, Kensi ng t on - par k . , OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th i ns t., a t Holm-chase, Devonshire, the w it° of Major Coker. [We have been favoured with a sight of a most beau tiful model schooner yacht, which out-Yankeeises the well-known America. The design is from a talented officer in the civil department of her Majesty's Dock yard at Portsmouth ; and we are given to understand that a yacht of 240 tons, upon these lines, will b e a t h er station in Au gus t, t o irow down the gauntlet to the whole world.] MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Wi m bl e d on, by the Rev. 1?- fi• Adams, the incumbent, th e R ev. Francis T. C. krarge4o., ',. a , M.A. vicar of Duxf or d, C am b ridgeshire, to Sarah Lotl2f, eldest daughter of Ed war d H olroyd, Esq., one of her jesty's Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. On the 20th inst., a t St . Mary Abbott's, Konsing;..ov,3 W. Aspinwall, Esq., o f P ark-place-villas, to Emily, tn „ - daughter of the l a t e W illiam Ponsford, Esq., of t lodge, Acton. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —lloilo way's Ointrnent and Pills for the cure of Scrofula, Cancerous Wounds, and Old Sores. —Asa Avory, a youth, the son of Mr. James Avory, of Ramsey, was severely afflicted with scrofulous wounds for three or four years, and during that period many remedies were tried, but without the least benefit what ever being derived from them. In this deplorable state Mr. Joseph Sargeant, Chemist, of Ramsey, recommended him to use Holloway's Ointments and Pills, and these invaluable medicines have been the means of effectually curing the boy of shocking complaint in a very brief space of time. They are an efficacious remedy for bad legs, old sores, gout, and rheumatism.—Sold by all druggists, and at Profeaaor Establizdnnen t, 244, Strand, London. DIED. On the 19th inst., at Sheivalton, N. 8., Henry Dlll,l s' eighth son o f th e l ate Right Hon. David oyle, aged - .,"Lty On tho 19th i ns t ., John Watson, Esq., o f Nol-film -- Kent, in hi s 85th year. or On the 19th i ns t ., Mr. Charles Walbancke Arnel l, for many years in the service of the London Dock Company' the 46th year of his age. , On the 20th inst. in Bolton-st ree t, Ellen Georg" in* youngest daughter of th e R ev. Evan Nepean. rrisrat LONDON : Printed an d P u b lished by 3117 R „ DO 02, of No. 112, Str an d, P r i nter, at The Sun Office, • cf Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Middlesex, Friday, April 22, 1853. RAILWAYS Bedford and Blotchley. ... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr 13rt1131. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. b . Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and East,ernsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. i shares. Roystu.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St Shef.noth.and Goole 0 . .5 p. c S. Staffordsh b Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrs Closing Prices • 107 - 106 52 - 54 148 —lsoxd 321 331 112 - 114 56 - 57 27 - 28. 14 - 14; 26 - 27. 19i -19 i 26 -- 27 3 3b 1106 - 108 64 - 66 149 ' - 151 149 - 151 . . 1 d 25 ) St. ,m -..... 104 i -- 1051 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ..... p 22 10s. all Anglo Californian g - p 10 2 Australa s i an 20 5 Australian — 5 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 1 all Australia n Freehold # 1 all Ave Maria g - d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 4 p 1• all British Au s t r i n . Gold 4 -- 4 p 14 20 13.5 British Iro n 8 10 35 24* I .BrazilianIrap.(issued at £5 pm si 6 54 30 all Do. Coeaes & Cuiada 54 64 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 Carsons's Creek par— 4 p 40 ail Cobre Copper 4G 47 5 1 Colonial Gold l.' 2 2a •• 14 Copiapo Si.. all Copper Min. of Eng 75 85 25 all Do. Pref. 7) p. cent 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co la —1 d' 74 20 all General l6 —lB 3i 2 all Great Nugget Vein lg lip 33 t 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst.. 1 all Liberty 4 — 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. CO — d 1 all Mariquita .. , ... Ad— par 1 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 8 8§ 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau Mondo l2 lip 6 1 Port Philip p — p ar— p 1 all Quartz R oc k par 50 all Ithymney Iron 24 —26 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 62 72 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft ....... 10 12xd 28i all United Mexican 6 —6A 1 all Waller par— 4p 1 all West Granada par— 4 p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all Yuba — P • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88xd 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India Australia, & China 1 p 24 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 10 English Scottish and Australian 1 —14 p 20 121 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 154 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 20 2 London Rank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. s3# 542 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn.l3l:g & Gold Imp Co — a d 25 all South A us t ra li a 4 —5O 48A 25 all Union of Australia 76 77 Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 00 35 Australian Agricult. 82 84 82 80 20 4 Australsn.Pcifie e Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 38l Brit. American Land 78 80 79 100 324 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace l4 1 4' 6 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France 3 20 1 Eastern Steam •.• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — [OO 50 General Screw Steam 20 22 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands 'And._ 20 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 73 1. 25 25 South Austral. Land 51) 461 1 1 Submar. T e l egrap h 1 5 2 Univeral Emig ra ti on and Colonization LOO 282 Van dinereen's Land 19 20 i 191 20 19 i 20 1 .......... 1 3 ............ all 100 all 100 104 64 22 7 4 i 3 1127 k 110 9i 1 92 105 1191 1 4 100 100 183 9i all Leasing oin pans, Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westn Do Do Do L. &N. IV Caledon. IGt.Nrthn. Gt. Westu Yk. Now. & Borw. Y. &NMd i I Do Do S. Eastern ,D 0... Norfolk IDo L.& N. W. & Mitild. Stektou & Darliugt. IMdlaud..l E. Count , Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn' Do Lancashii Yorksh. I.lilClean Stockt. & Dcrlingt Do latWestil Business ;lay. 1 pl -r -r p 6 4 1' 1' (40 i 84 5i 50 77 6/ 52 34i I 37 6 1061 lon 26i i