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men pass him by. And the only so u l b u li ti n on du r y hi n c n h t h h e n could arrive at for that dereliction of th p at in Portsmouth part of the hon. gentleman w d a If the there was no Conservative ca house granted him the c ommit n tee is:l h a e te w . circular of 1835 was confident that he could prove still further that had been also virtually cancelled, ea r not . a h s a t d r o nowiee of t e pen, but by act and deed. (H e d He had stated that dis charged the duty he had as he did not bring the moti o n n sum f m oaard ( f ß ro e m ar. a ) ny p H ers e o h n a a d l hostility -to the hon. gentle been actuated solely by the house granted the a co s m en m s i e ttee f , paunbdlie d, the esul a t n o d f i i t f should be to acquit th it e h l i a s te err ß n o r, ar a d nd of wnnld Admiralty, be happhye should be ready to have it shown thtoaadtnathhd beeneainfinencprn eo perly exercised,fagreatpub l de partmentand of the state its patronage honestly distributed. (Cheers.) Sir G. PECHELL seconded the motion. Mr. STAFFORD rose amid loud cheers . from f the hn Con servative benches to reply to the all egations member for Marylebone. tendering an acknowledgment to the hon. H baronet for f t o h r en th as e k co e u d rt t e h o e us in t i ne . in which he had spoken of him, an defend atask his which h c cnh gence of the house whilst he att emp ted duct whilst Secretary of theAdmiralty;tedh t of Si r J. Graham, would have been much easier were e now filling that office, for, notwithetanding the courtesy the present First Lord of the Admiralty, there were docu ments at the Admiralty which, now that he wa s out havetheywould been if he were now a member of the Government. With all respect to the hon. baronet the member for Marylebone, he would take leave to answer his charges not exactly in the order in which they were made. The hon. baronet had most justly stated that it was the privilege of the re presentatives of the people to ask questions of the Execu• tive Government in reference to several departments, and that the Executive Government had the choice of either giving an immediate answer -or refusing to do so. There was another course open to those officials—that of giving to hon. members subsequent explanation. He be. lieved that the house would not judge harshly of any mem • ber of the Government, however subordinate, if, after having made a statement, he came down to the house and said that, on further inquiry, he found that he had to give an answer different from that which he had already given to the inquiry of an hon. member. (Hear.) He (Mr. Stafford) aknowledged that the hon. baronet put questions to him in the terms which he had quoted. He acknow ledged that he had given answers such as the hon. baronet had stated; and that he had declined to give any subsequent explanations. In fact, he never once thought of giving any such explanations. (Hear, hear.) It was his practice when Secretary to the Ad m i ra lt y to go t o th e Fi rs t Lord of the Admiralty, the Duk e o f Northumberland, every morni ng with such papers as he thought were sufficiently i mportant to be submitt e d t o hi m . O n th e 26th of April, 1852, the Duke of Northumberland told him that the Surveyor of the Navy was exceedingly annoyed by a circular which had been issued on the 19th, and which, he considered, had cast a stigma upon his character. The Duke of Northumberland said that he did not believe the surveyor would remain in offi ce unless that stigma was removed. He (Mr. Stafford)im mediately said that nothing could be easier than to remove that imputation—that another circularcoul d be issued t hat day. The duke assented, and he (Mr. Stafford) proceeded to his office to draw a rough draft circular, which was sub sequently issued. Sir B. Walker had written a letter addressed to the Admiralty, and entrusted to Admiral Hyde Parker, in which he complained of the stigma which the said circular of the 19th April cast upon him as Sur veyor of the Navy. Admiral Hyde Parker, however, be lieving that the fresh circular removed any complaint of that Boit, determined to destroy that letter. (Cheers.) The hon. member for Marylebone had asked him (Mr. Stafford) whether he had ever seen that letter. He was not going to shrink from answering fairly, and he would say in reply that, according to the best of his belief, he never did see that letter. Not being aware that any such letter was ever written, he certainly did say in the House of Com mons, in reply to the hon. baronet, that no such letter had been addressed to the Admiralty. Sir B. Walker, finding that no answer had been returned to his letter, wrote another letter to the board, complaining that no answer had been vouchsafed to his previous communica tion. Having ultimately discovered that his first letter did not reach its destination, he wrote the following letter to him (Mr. Stafford) :—" With reference to your letter of the 96th inst., I beg to acquaint you that, since my communication of the 25th inst., I have been informed that my letter of the 21st of April, addressed to the Secre tary of the Admiralty, which was delivered to Vice- Admiral Hyde Parker, was not brought before the board ; and, with reference to the letter of the 10th of May, it was a communication addressed to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and not to the Secretary." He had taken a most straightforward course, and he did not see that he had anything to conceal in the statement which he had made. He thought that the affair had been settled as far as Admiral Parker was concerned. When the ques tion of the letter was mooted in the Chatham committee he thought that the simplest way would be to move for the correspondence, with a view to its being laid on the table of the house. He believed that it would explain itself most completely. When the motion for the correspondence was made, the hon. and gallant member for Brighton moved, by way of amendment, an addition—" And in case such correspondence shall not be in the office, that the surveyor shall be directed to furnish copies of any letter or letters addressed by him to the Secretary or the First Lord of the Admiralty on such subject." He (Mr. Stafford) received a letter addressed to himself, and he must say that he read it with considerable surprise; aniellthough it was most dis tasteful to him to mention a private letter, yet when he found that the letter which he received was in answer to a private note, written by himself to the Surveyor of the avy on the 2d of the same month, he felt that he could not do otherwise than refer to it. His letter was marked " private and confidential." The hon. gentleman then read the letter, which was to the following effect :—That he found that great dissatisfaction existed amongst his political friends as to the arrangements and promotions in the dockyards—anti that there was a general impression that all these things were disposed of for political pur poses, insomuch that there seemed no alternative but to resume the s throw an y blame Se on him (Sir B. Walker) who was altogether too much removed from politics to understand these matters. (Hear, hear.) For himself he hated all notion of patronage, which only exposed him to trouble, and he stated the case to him in perfect frankness for the purpose of obtaining his opinion. That letter might have been right, or it might have been wrong, but he certainly had not expected to see a quotation made from that letter. (Hear, hear.) He must be permitted to observe, with respect to the second letter which had been referred to, that it always rested with the discretion of the First Lord of the Admiralty to say whether a letter was public or private. The First Lord of the Admiralty was a Cabinet Minister, but the oth er mem b ers of the board were not in the Cabinet, neither was the Secretary ; and, considering the vast amount of correspondence that - took place, the house world see that it was not only wise but indispensable that the First Lord should have the power of saying whether a letter should be considered pub lic or private. He did not know what had been done in this case—he did not know whether there had been a pri vate 'interview, or whether the First Lord had written an answer. He (Mr. Stafford) trusted that he had shown to the satisfaction of the house that he believed he was answering conscientiously when he gave the answer which he had gives, and that he did not stand charged with the public offence of wittingly stating that which was not the fact. He now baronet (Sir came t Hall the first questi on proposed by the hon. B. ). The hon. baronet wished to know " - the circumstances under which a circular sent to the superintendents of her Majesty's dockyards, dated wept. 26, 1849, was cancelled on the 19th of April, 1852, with out any order or minute of the board." He (Mr. Stafford) had to state that he had looked through the general board minute-book, and finding that the circular had not been issued by a general board minute, he had ascertained that it had been issued by a board minute. Then it was said that he had sig ned it by th e i r l or d s hi ps ' command. He had to inform the hon. baronet that the secretary only acted as the servant of the board—that he had no vote, and that his duty was merely to carry out the directions of the board. The circular in question, however, was re affirmed by a general minute on the 26th of April, and therefore it had received a double guarantee. At the board held on that day there were present the Duke of Nor thumberland, Sir Hyde Parker, Sir T. Herbert, Captain Duncombe, and Captain Mylne, and they deemed it ad visable to revert to the system previously in force, "of having all the communications on T heref o re subect addressed to this office in the first inetanee." the charge of . his having made this alteration without the knowledge of the board, at all events, fell to the ground. With regard to the cancelling of the circular, which he was called upon to explain, he hoped that the house would hear him, and then judge as to the state of circumstances which had induced the board to determine that it should be can celled. When Sir Henry Ward was at the Admiralty, the administration of that department was conducted with the greatest firmness and success ; but it afterwards fell into the more amiable hands of Mr. John Parker, then a mem ber of the house. He (Mr. Stafford) had two letters which were samples of innumerable communications which he had received on the subject of dockyar d patronage. The writ er of th e fi rst said that when the in 1848, began to feel their power, they thou g ht it necessary to dev i se some system by which, if they left office the dockyard patronage would still be left in their hands. They consequently had s t o r ei ed als e , v e e x ry elu h d o i l e e gan d corner in these yards with Whig altogether those who did not belong to the Liberal interest, ff and the writer expressed his belief that a sort of t • certain a h ad been laid down as to the value of pwpooiruktiumeents. The writer of the second letter said that because they entell:f* good conduct and experience, merely ed Conservative opinions, had had fresh hands placed aa:iredril stheir heads. Mr. an officer t in he on Wh e o i f g t s h , e th d e o C eky onsery dock y ards ) s howed the greatest paa f tiality for worst work. (Hear, h e e a t r i s e n s iblucaieni t,:augifanhvesi e r i n a tu b t l e y o d j i) u( u i s t nt ia t oft; sayt hhee that these statements ever:s "anted that all the ap change, but it was repeated.i pointments had been made J. o r n ePr The Conservative melt' convenient party got little or nothing — an e e e r e e * rangement, of course , for hon. g entle ar hear, and a laugh)--but only lelintdheeLeslyd°Par astitoe—nce(h, and like When, not let them stand up for purity like Irish reciprocity, all the appointments eve ' r made on one side. (Hear, hear.) He fou rs Z?Zidently cretary-at-War always corresponded with the h e tendeats of the yards ; the hon. member. for Tyro s n u e - e ( ri ee Corry), when in of fi ce, had done so, and he (Mr. Staffordr. did not see why the communication should be choked u ) p , by Somerset-house, as had been the case previously t o - Sept., 1849. Throughout the whole of the dockyard in structions it would be seen, that communications from the dockyards ware to be made directly to the Board of Admiralty. These instructions, which were dated in 3844, were signed by the Earl of Haddington, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir W..H. Gage, and by Mr. S. Her bert. One instruction was as follows " All reports /from the officers of the yards are to be submitted by th e ati p er i n tendent to t he Se cretary for the direction of th e board." He was free to confess that, so far from following eiolitical precedents, t he suggestions which he had chiefly studied were those w h ich were to be found in the evidence of Sir H. Ward and Lord Auckland; and a wished to obtain a knowledge of the work ing ._ny t p erson of that who de - penned could not do better than to read t h at evidence THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. EVENING-, APRIL 20, 1853. Auckland c a o n m d p h r a e d h e comprehensive i n and d i t m h p e a present.r ti. r e found o w th hi at ah Lo w rd as instructions f the Na to define d s u ta t t ie e a d o t f ha t t h h e e o w f di oe she w d h to ioh dr s a i w r ü ß p . ,andh th he had e Walker was to perform. In May, 1845 , his draft instructions that the surveyor woul Len ti l A be uc a k t l l a i n be d rt in y to correspond with the officers of the yards ; but was not to issue any orders of a general kind, or to tha e t nt h e e r into correspondence with the superintendents of the yards. It could not be imagined that this most important subject could have escaped Lord Auckland. The superintendents were officers high in the service, and it was alwa) sintended that they should communicate directly with the Secretary of the Admiralty. He believed that every Secretary of the Admiralty had corresponded with the superintendents of the yards. But the hon. baronet (Sir B. Hall) said that he should wish to lay the whole responsibility on the Sur veyor of the Navy. He questioned whether it was not much better that they should be able in parliament to call upon the Secretary of the Admiralty to explain every ap pointment, from that of John Smith (of whom he knew nothing) to those of the other individuals whose names had been mentioned. He thought that this was a wholesome practice, and he was not disposed to shirk that responsi bility, or to repent that he had undertaken to relieve an over-worked officer from a charge which had lately been forced upon him. In doing so, he had acted upon the opinion of the highest naval authorities. He would not venture to go over this public or private letter which had been addressed to the Duke of Northumberland by Sir Baldwin Walker. In that letter Sir B. Walker stated that he felt it his duty to call his grace's attention to the evil connected with the system of promotion in the dockyards, and complained that correspondence had been carried on with the authorities of the dockyards without his intervention. He (Mr. Stafford) had taken upon himself to correspond with them, but he had never interfered with the steam de partment, which he thought ought to be left under the control of the surveyor. Sir B. Walker then said that there would be no one to control the estimates, and that the surveyor could not be held responsible if they were ex ceeded. He (Mr. Stafford) believed that those who had to answer for these estimates were responsible to Parliament and the country, and from that responsibility he would not shrink; and he hoped that no secretary of the Admi ralty would shrink from the responsibility which neces sarily attached to the administration of the finances of that gigantic establishment. (Hear.) But there were those who would exercise a control. There were the admirals, commodores, and captains superintendent of the dock yards ; and he knew enough of - them as officers and of business to be perfectly certain that they could control men those establishments, and he could wish those establish ments no better luck than that they might be long under the control of the officers who at present did control them. The hon. baronet had mentioned the names of various per sons whom he said had been unfairly promoted. He (Mr. Stafford), through the courtesy of the First Lord of the Admiralty, had had an opportunity of looking over the papers in these cases. With regard to the Devonpo entries, the correspondent of the hon. baronet from the rt West of England might be an exellent man, but he could be no better judge of the sort of men entered than the hon. baronet himself. Jahn Smith and others might have been entered, on the responsibility of the superintendent, for a week's work. The superintendents would never have men tioned the entry of men for the purpose stated by the hon. baronet. For instance, he (Mr. Stafford) sent down a list of 12 boys to be entered at Woolwich, but what did Cap tain Eden do ? He refused 11 of them. (A laugh.) Captain Eden, in a sailor's straightforward, frank, and honest man ner, said—" I know nothing of politics in the dockyard, and if you send me down unfit men, I will chuck_them neck and heels into the streets." (Hear, and laughter.) He believed that every one of these superintendents would have said the same. He should do them dishonour if he thought that, with folded arms, they would have per mitted him to attempt any political jobbing. (Hear.) The next case which the hon. baronet had mentioned was that of Atkinson, who had been appointed on probation, and at the end of his period of probation was reported as not being sufficiently competent ; and all he (Mr. Stafford) had done was to ask that he might be tried a little longer. (Hear.) With regard to the case of Longson, he was a man who had served 17 years and 11 months, and who had been discharged for having been found drunk. According to the police report, he and another man had been taking some of the contractors' rum, 40 per cent. above proof, and were, therefore, ordered to be reprimanded and dis charged ; but, in consequenence of the high character which was given him by the master shipwright, and as he had only neglected his duty for about a minute, he was restored in about five weeks after his dismissal, that hav ing been considered sufficient punishment for so small an offence. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the case of the miller who was promoted, although, as it was said, he had been reported as suffering from a disease of the spermatic cord, and consequently unfit for promotion, the truth was, that he (Mr. Stafford) had not appointed him, but had sim ply directed him to call at Somerset-house, to be examined by Dr. Bryce, the second surgeon in the naval service, who pronounced him to be in perfect health, and quite able to discharge all the duties of a miller, which situation he be lieved he was now filling to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He did not consider that he had so much to charge himself with as had been brought against him. (Cheers.) He knew not what other hon. members who would follow might have to say against him, but having taken all the cases brought forward by the hon. baronet, who had very fairy handed them to him before bringing on this motion, he could not see that any very great amount of blame could fairly be charged against him. (Cheers.) He came now to the case of Cotsell, and he hoped that the house would favour him with attending very minutely to the dates in this case. The hon. baronet had yesterday offered to show him the deposition which he had to-night produced, but he (Mr. Stafford) said, in return, that he had no wish to see it. He could not see that this deposition, signed by Mr. Scott, relieving officer, had at all effected him, inasmuch as it did not even say that Cotsell had seen him when he came to London. Sir B. HALL said that the substance of the deposition was, that after the election Cotsell, having got this appoint ment, stated to the deponent (Scott) that now the election was over, he did not mind telling how he had got it. He said that Mr. Stafford had promised him the appointment, and that he went up to the Admiralty, where he saw a gentleman whom he knew. He was taken into a room, and saw the appointment of Wells lying on the table. After some conversation the appointment was put on one side, and the gentleman told him that ho need not trouble him. self any more about it. Mr. STAFFORD- Certainly the election was over,_but the election committee was not over. (Hear.) Why did not this relieving officer come before the committee with that statement ? (Hear, hear.) In the list delivered in by the petitioners, he found that the name of Costell was set down both as a briber and a person bribed, and the person bribing him was the Secretary of the Admiralty. (A laugh from Sir G. Pechell). The hon. and gallant gentle man might laugh if he chose ; calumnies such as this might be good to divert a mind like that of the hon. and gallant gentleman, but those who had charged Costell with being bribed, and himself (Mr. Stafford) with having bribed him, had an opportunity--if they had the manli ness and courage to do so—to bring forward the charge before one of the constituted tribunals of this country ; they might have put him and Costell upon their oaths, and forced them to tell the truth, or risk the consequences of perjury. (Cheers.) But instead of taking that course, now, at the latest hour, when it was too late for him to communicate with Costell, the relieving officer came for ward to make this charge, which, after all, went no far ther than to show how closely the eyes of enmity had watched for every act of his which might not be able to bear the strictest scrutiny. (Hear.) No more than that did it prove in the estimation of the house. (Hear, hear.) Costell said that he had asked to be transferred from Chatham and Portsmouth, and certainly he had made such a request as he (Mr. Stafford) was going round the dock yard, saying at the same time that he had sent a memorial to the Lords of Admiralty on the subject. He had told Costell that he would consider his request, but that was all. Without for the moment alluding to the political part of the question, he would observe that, upon Costell's appointment hung four others, all whom were recommended by the highest testimonials of their respective superiors. The rank of master smith at Portsmouth was the chancel. lorship of the smithery, and this man had raised himself to claim it from the lowest situation in his business, who was supported by Mr. Abethell, the master shipwright. The Surveyor of the Navy denied having any share of the appointment. Costell had petitioned to be promoted to Portsmouth, while Wells was willing to remain at Chatham ; and on the 29th of January the surveyor wrote to the Admiralty superintendent respecting that man, that for gene-. al fitness for the situation of master smith, with regard to his endeavours for economy and ap preciation of all modern improvements in smithery, he had the highest opinion of Costell." (Hear.) Sir B. Walker was asked before the committee who had examined Wells, and he replied th a t h e cou l d not recollect. Upon. the 16th October, 1852, Wells was directed to proceed to Somerset House, and was there examined by himself (the Surveyor of the Navy) and Mr. Lloyd, the chief engineer. So, al though the surveyor had examined Wells himself on the 16th October, 1852, yet in February, 1853, the matter had so entirely passed from his memory that he could not recollect who examined the man. In another part of his evidence Sir B. Walker said he did not know whether Wells had any letter from the Admiralty appointing him, and that he never saw him until he had been dismissed. (Hear, hear.) So, although he would not swear whether this mail had ever forged an anchor, he would swear that he had never seen him. (Hear, hear.) Now, he would approach the p o liti ca l par t of ' the question. The hon. baronet had stated that these claims would never have been recognised, 'in spite of the eulogies of Mr. Abethell, if Cotsell had not been an elector. It so hap pened that his (Mr. Stafford's) groat opponent upon this occasion had been the hon. member for Liverpool, the then Secretary to the Treasury, who complained that Wells was a staunch supporter of his, and had voted for him and his colleague. He had a long interview with that hon. gen tleman at the Treasury, and never did a man care less for the dockyard and more' for his friend than he did ; and, without being actually angry, had intimated that, as the Admiralty . was the junior department to the Treasury, it ought to give way. But he (Mr. Stafford) declined to give way, and did not give way, preferring to maintain the rights of the ' dockyard men. The right hon. baronet at the head of the Admiralty, upon the 21st February last, had said that if the dockyards were justly administered, without consideration of political influence, chances offered themselves to every man, even in the humblest position, to attain to the highest. A noble sentiment, upon which no better comment could be made than the removal of Cotsell to command the trade in a place where he had laboured in an inferior capacity. And let him remind the house of the value of the men who toiled in these yards— they formed the dockyard battalions, to whom were en trusted the priceless materials of our navy. They were men loyal and proud of their Sovereign and their country—pre pared to shed the last drop of blood for the good of either. They were men who keenly felt the blighting of their hopes when their claims were passed over and a stranger preferred. (Hear.) The hon. baronet had made charges respecting the general superintendents. In all boroughs, m w m h uou e e r tt e hh d athv oc ee k r yard s were situate, the Government naturally i e n h fl ad uen b ce ee . n n ß o u eo t n w te h:a t t ; s t v h er e e h t o h n e . fbaacrotsn?etAotpPpotse hws :sc ar isu p n nue enemy sliyton us t tc been with but the heat. If the late Government had en inclined to use its influence so un easily upon that score, anthere d . it bad done, there might easily have been a w F st the hon. baronet who brought there had been any opportunity of From Devonport there r i o t n gwouldhth the mattero t h ave f b o e r e w n a o r t t From d by allegatio n a lx o t f h a petition, but it contained no Goyernment influence. From Greenwich there was no petition ; from Rochester none, and f ere was held in his hand a placard w Ch h a i e t h ham h ad the hee :lo c n ni e a . t . e g e. m in Chatham at the mof the election, in which the electors were warned that but that asie sthmeitShee uponre Secretary his of canvass,t h the o a n u / n o i lu t tee of t u h g e Si house r F d i nngettheiesutsiellti close every circumstance would compel that Secretary to di a nerthe terrible did not e the committee; taofryhistovitshite. wasANdorotwirialthtsytan ) contain a word in and the report of that committee Smith reference to him. He (Mr. Stafford out the votes of the dockyard mob believeds that, with would gill have been elected. (Hear.) If nothing could prove the absence of improper abuse of patronage on the part of the Government, it was the absence of petitions from any other boroughs having dockyards attached. The hon. baronet had accused him of going to Devonport and walking through the dockyard there, and had also talked about a dinner at which certain persons were present, among whom, he said, were the two candidates ; but in one case he was wrong, for the hon. and gallant member for Devonport was not there. (Hear.) With regard to having availed himself of the Black Eagle, that charge he must admit ; and he could not wish th e hon. baronet any better enjoyment than a trip in that vessel if he were fond of yachting. (A laugh.) Among the charges made was one that he had employed a steam-vessel at the Government expense, to enable him to visit the ports of the Mediterranean, to which he could only reply that he never took a Government vessel a mile out of her way. He had corresponded with Admiral Dundas, and finding that a steamer was to call at cer tain ports, he contrived to be at those ports in time to meet it, but he never caused it to move one mile out of its way on that account. (Hear.) The only expense to which he put the Government was 121., and he had been the happy guest of Admiral Dundas, whose hospitality he should recol lect to his.latest hour. As to the charge of going through the dockyards, he could, if it were advisable, detail some curious circumstances with regard to some persons never in that house, as well as to others elsewhere. He would frankly admit that it would have been better if he had not gone round the dockards, and would recommend his successor not to (10 so. He made that admission, although he had never canvassed in the dockyardP, and had always, with two exceptions, been accompanied by the superintendent of the yard, expressly to be relieved from demands of suitors. No conversation did he hold, except to assure people that the Government would Lot press against any man for freely exercising his political rights. (Hear.) He had given these assurances because complaints had been made against the other side, and that was all he had done. Still, he repeated, it would have been better if he had flagons at all. He was not aware that there was any other matter which had escaped him, and as the house had heard him with patience, he was sure it would decide with justice. He had been called to that office in the middle of a session, and on the eve of a ge neral election, and those who were the most competent to judge of the difficulties and temptations attending such a po sition would be the most lenient judges. However, he (lid not appeal in misericordiant, but relied upon the truth to justify him. He had the satisfaction of knowing that the men, without whose able and zealous aid he could not have carried on the business of his office, were fully aware that he had not wasted his time in political jobs, and there were offcera, some at home, and some abroad, high in command, whose thanks he had earned, and who would add their tes timony to that of his own conscience, that he had always endeavoured, without distinction of party, to co-operate with them in promoting the welfare of that gallant and glorious service with which he had been connected. (Hear, hear.) Sir F. THESIGER said no scrutiny could obtain any additional facts ; there would therefore be no use in appointing a committee. If a committee was to be ap pointed to inquire respecting the last resolution, it would be necessary to alter and extend its wording, so that it might include not the distribution of patronage in a par ticular office, but the distribution of patronage generally. There was no use in trying to disguise from themselves the facts with respect to sucedistribution of patronage. Sup posing that they were to inquire into the distribution of patronage by the Treasury? (Hear.) Was there a single member of the house who bad not asked for favours from the'treasury for political friends on account of electioneer ing services ? (Hear, hear.) They must be fair, open, and candid in this matter. The excise and post-office appointments were notoriously given to the members for boroughs and counties who supported the Government for the time being. (Hear, hear.) To propose an inquiry, therefore, into the distribution of patronage by the Ad miralty did, in the present state of their political know ledge, seem to him to be a mere affectation of purism. (Hear, hear.) It was ridiculous, absurd, and hypocritical. (Hear, hear.) The facts were now known to every member of the house—the matter was ripe for decision at the pre sent moment, and it would therefore be a senseless and unreasonable proceeding to institute an investigation. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said, having listened with attention to the debate, he did not hesitate to declare that all doubt, all shade of doubt--if his personal knowledge of the hon. gen tleman opposite could allow any to exist—that might have rested on his mind as to the personal honour of the hon. gentleman entirely disappeared. (Hear, hear.) It was quite certain that a misunderstanding did arise be tween honourable men who were officially associated. The Surveyor of the Navy wrote a letter, which he addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty Board, which he thought a sense of duty compelled him to write, but it appeared that that letter never came into the hands of the hon. gentleman. Nor was it sent in the customary channel ; but it was put into the hands of the senior lord, who communicated it to the First Lord. It appeared that he, on reading the letter, requested Sir H. Parker to communicate with the hon. gentleman and. Sir B. Walker, for the purpose of preventing his resigna tion. A long interview consequently took place between the hon. gentleman, Sir H. Parker, and Sir B. Walker, the result of which was that a minute which had been pre pared by the hon. gentleman was carried into effect, for the purpose of saving the honour of Sir B. Walker with regard to the revocation of the order previously in force. And Sir B. Walker, on the whole accepted that arrange ment as satisfactory. Now upon this point he thought an inquiry was necessary, in order to afford Sir B. Walker an opportunity of explaining himself. (Hear, hear.) It was said that political motives caused the removal of Mr. Wells, and the transfer of Mr. Cotsell to Portsmouth ; not giving him promotion, but having the effect of open ingthe way to promotion in the other dockyard. If there was no taint of political influence in that arrangement, there was no harm done, but it was alleged that it was connected with political matters at Chatham. He could not help saying that this was a legitimate subject of in quiry by a committee. The hon. and learned member for Stamford had talked of such inquiries with the utmost contempt—treated them as absurd, hypocritical, and said that all political parties were tainted in this respect. He (Sir J. Graham) was no purist—(hear, hear, and a laugh) —and he said it was impossible to carry on the govern ment without there being a fair share of patronage given to the supporters of the Government. It matt , red little in the dockyards from whom the nominations flowed; no doubt they came first from political friends ; but if you adhered to the system of strict examination of nominees before they were appointed, he cared not from whom the nominations came, but it became of vital importance that when once persons were in the dockyards promotion should come from merit only. He had said he was no purist, and lie repeated that, although much patronage must be granted to the Government, which, in the first in stance, was checked by the examination, but after ap pointments were made, political influence should be ex cluded. (Hear.) He knew the tendency almost inevitable to endeavour to conciliate political friends, and he knew bow difficult it was to avoid such influences. He believed that the Duke of Northumberland, anxious to avoid this difficulty, gave up all the patronage to the hon. gentleman. An election took place ; there was a pressure from political friends, who said that they were deserted, that you were untrue and unjust to them, and an honourable man might perhaps in such a moment forget what was due to public virtue. The right hon. gentleman then concluded by say ing to the effect, that he would make every allowance for such circumstances, and was not desirous that undue pres sure should be put on the hon. gentleman ; that all he wished was that for the future much that had occurred should be avoided, and that for that purpose an inquiry should be made, for the sake of the hon. gentleman him self, who, although his personal honour had been cleared to night, might yet be open to a charge of error in judg ment ; there should be inquiry when the honour of a dis tinguished officer was in question, and he hoped that all sides of the house would show a willingness to grant an inquiry without narrowing its sphere, and he thought that the hon. member for Marylebone would do wisely in adopt ing the suggestion of the hon. and learned member for Stamford, and that if he enlarged the terms of his inquiry it would be more satisfactory. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI said that the question during a pro tracted struggle had assumed various and varying aspects. It had now taken after the speech of the right honourable gentleman the form of an allegation of corruEtion on the part of the late Government ; and he must make some re ference to an individual who had been merely mentioned in the debate, but who from his position was much inte rested in the question ; he meant the nobleman who had lately presided over the Board of Admiralty. He (Mr. Disraeli) could have wished that any other department of the late Government had been questioned 'rather than the Admiralty, for he would say most solemnly that there was no individual who had ever presided over that depart ment of the Government who pursued a more conscientious course in the disposal of his patronage, or exercised the power of his department with a greater desire for the good of the country. (Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman (Sir J. Graham) had observed that the competition of the private yards could only be counteracted by rigidly carry mg out the system of promotion ; and it was on that prin ciple that his hon. friend had proceeded. Now, he must confess, that if the j.tiestion depended on the vindication of his honourable friend (Mr. Stafford), in whose case there was not, as it appeared to him, a single flaw, there would be no necessity for appointing a committee ; but he ad mitted that as the discussion proceeded, the question as sumed a different form, and it was quite impossible that a vote of the House of Commons could decide upon the con duct of Sir Baldwin Walker. He felt that it would be most invidious and unjust not to give that gallant officer an opportunity of entering into explanations. He had no personal acquaintance with him; he knew him only by reputation, as a distinguished offi cer an d mos t h onoura bl e man. Under the circumstances, he should recommend his hon. friend not to oppose the motion for a committee. (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL said he rose simply for the purpose of saying that if he saw any words in the motion, which appeared to him to contain any imputation upon the per sonal honour of the hon. member for Northamptonshire, he should certainly move their omission. He did not, however, find any such words, and he must sa y th a t h e thought the hon. gentleman had successfully vindicated himself by his speech. (Cheers.) He could not approve of the revoking of the minute of 1819. In the mainten ance of that minute he thought a great public principle was involved ; for upon promotion for merit only depended the efficiency of the service. (Hear.) It was quite need less to vindicate the character of the Duke of Northum berland, upon which no imputation could rest. (Hear.) Captain DUNCOMBE said, though a personal friend of Sir Baldwin Walker, he thought there were some discre pancies in his evidence, and these he had no doubt would be explained. Mr. NEWDEGATE deprecated an inquiry before a select committee, when there had been an opportunity of examining witnesses on oath before the election committee,. Mr. M. MILNER wished the hon. baronet who had. : n troduced this motion to leave out of the inquiry all the circumstances connected with the appointment of 'We lls and Cotsell, which would only serve to keep up an unne cessary agitation in the dockyard. (Hear, hear.) Sir B. HALL was willing to strike out all the al +lads after the word " borough" in one part of the resolution, as had been suggested by two honourable members ; but he could not consent to strike out anything else. (Hear..) The motion, as amended, was then- put from the chair and agreed to without a division. Sir B. HALL said he hciped the house would / aave no objection to allow the committee of selection to n ame the members to serve on this committee. (Hear, hear,) CHURCH Rh: TES' Mr. PHILLDIORE said he had A' motion On the paper for leave to bri ng i u a bill to alter ana amend the la w re lating to church rates, but at that late _hour it coed hoped, not be expect e d th a t h e s h ould go on with isi• however, as h e h a d given way in favour et. He the motion which had just been disposed of, the Governmc 11 t would,, his motion it co nven i ent to name a clay when he could i ' )ring s motion forward. (Hear, hear.) _ hon. J. RUSSELL was understood t o r ep ti 'tat the h n. and learned gentleman should have ThursjaY• Lord R. M ALDON ELECTION. • GROSV ENOR moved an address to the 1 -Imwil, to issue a commissio n to inquire into the . rapt practices in the r Q or existence o, r.cor ougli of Maldon f --. CQ l 4l,raißßioA6 ers' C. Shapland Whitmore, Esq., Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, and John Carlen Heath, Esq. He would put the question of treating in this case entirely aside, but he might say that the committee had not been able to extort evidence from adverse witnesses, who gave their testimony in a very un satisfactory manner, and he only expressed the opinion of the committee when he said that a great amount of perjury had been committed. (Hear.) It was, however, shown that the agent for the sitting member was a gentleman named Parker, and that when he arrived in the borough he went to the house of a man who was familiarly known as the " King of the Island," and offered him 1501. down for his interest, which was supposed to extend to some 20 or 25 votes. This offer was made so openly that the agent of the opposite party, who had been sent as a spy to the enemy's camp, was present at the time. He (Lord R. Grosvenor) had no doubt that an advance was made by the opposite party upon the offer made on behalf of the sitting member, for the King of the Island," and all his liege subjects, voted for the unsuccessful candidate. It was proved before the committee that at the previous election a highly re spectable merchant, Mr. Miller, was requested by a stand ing committee in Maldon to go down and canvass the borough. Mr. Miller inquired what the e x p enses wou ld b e . " Oh," said the agent, " we should be much obliged if, as a preliminary, you would have the goodness to pay 4,0001., which is the amount due to the electors for the last elec tion." (Hear, and a laugh.) Mr. Miller took the opinion of counsel on the point, and he - was told by his adviser— the late Mr. Talbot—that if he complied with the request of the committee he would vitiate his election. (A laugh.) He (Lord R. Grosvenor) hoped that, 'under these circum stances, the house would assent to his motion. Mr. BANKES expressed his regret that a motion of so much importance should be brought forward at so late an hour, because he thought no motion for a commission ought to be agreed to without full discussion. (Hear, hear.) The house divided ; the numbers were-- For the address 69 Against it Majority for the address —2l TAXING-OFFICER (IRELAND). Sir J. YOUNG moved for leave to bring ins bill to make better provision for the efficient discharge of the duties of the taxing-officer in and for the common law business in Ireland: _ _ After an inquiry made by Mr. WHITESIDE, and answered by Sir J. YOUNG, Leave was given. On the motion of Mr. GROGAN, a return was ordered respecting the clerks employed in the Census-offices in Eng land and in Ireland, and the clerks employed temporarily in the Poor Law Commissioners' -office, Dublin. Mr. WHITESIDE asked when the notice which stood on the paper in Sir J. Young's name, and which had just been passed over, would be proceeded with? It was on an important subject—viz., for a bill to continue the powers of applying for a sale of lands under the Encumbered Estates Acts. Sir J. YOUNG would be glad to move it, but had been told not to do so `late at night, as there would be discus sion. Mr. WHITESIDE would repeat his question this day. The committee on the Comity Rates and Expenditure Bill was deferred till this day. BUSINESS FOR THURSDAY. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in moving the adjournment of the house, wished to mention that, on Thursday, the first business - would b. the statement of the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. J. Wilson), with respect to the Customs ; after that the committee on the bill for the redemption and conversion of stocks ; and after that the Pillage Bill. Mr. WHITESIDE said there had been an -understand ing that the bill for the reform of the superior courts of common lrw in Ireland should come on next Thursday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, if so, some arrangement (Mould be made to take that bill on Thursday or Friday. Mr. J. M`GREGOR hoped the Pilotage Bill would not be taken late on Thursday night. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would not. The house adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, April 18. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BANE.-- T h S e T n ° u P m P A e o GE u O were thunderstruck this morning on seeing a bill F s d T e H p E os l i s t r E s OFinWm th i sHT u n S f A o r v t i u N n e a s t : e pub lished by the directors and trustees, stating that " in consequence of a defalcation in the actuary's accounts, the bank s for the present closed." Nothing can exceed the consternation this has caused, as it has been the deposit of the little savings of the whole island. The Odd Fel lows, Foresters, and nearly all the other benefit societies have their funds deposited in it. It is unpardonable that persons should undertake the offices of directors and managers of concerns and never look into the ac counts. Poor people deposit their little ails on their faith in the directors' names. It is not a fortnight since the Ryde actuary of this bank was tried at Winchester for receiving 301. and appropriating it to his own use, in place of putting it to the subscribers' account, when the present defaulter appeared as a witness against him. Rumour is busy in naming the deficiency, and the pro bable loss —some accounts state that the loss to the de positors will not exceed 3s. in the pound, while others state that they will not be paid above 3s. in the pound— that the accounts have been bad for ten years. Fortunately for the neighbourhood of Cowes numbers have withdrawn their money lately to purchase shares in the National Free hold Land Society, which has purchased two large estates in and near the town of- GI urnard, of 143 acres, and Mill Hill of 25, for distribution amongst the mem bers. The stoppage of this savings' bank is likely to have a very bad effect on the depositors generally, as having conceived that their money was secured by the Government ; and now finding that it is not, it may cause many to be less provident, under the impression that if they save any money they know no secure place to deposit it in. 'Tis high time that Parliament took the matter in hand. The defaulter, we understand, was a local preacher. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The continued fine weather has brought the land into fine condition, and a great deal of spring wheat has been sown in the island. The land has also been got into fine condition for oat's and barley. The turnips are nearly done, and the grass is very backward, for this, sonic warm showers are much wanted. Hay has advanced to 51. and 61. a ton. La bourers' wages has advanced in many parts to 12s. per week, and a great difficulty found in obtaininc , a suffi cient number of hands even at that rate. , The potato crop being almost entirely lost last year, -few will be tempted to plant to any extent this season. APRIL 19. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— Her Majesty and the Royal family are expected to arrive at Osborne House on Saturday the 30th inst. Lord Godolphin , Colonel S m ith, Mr. Mease, and several other members have arri ve d at the Royal Yacht Squadron House. The signalman, porters, &c., are to be taken on for the season on th e Ist of May. It is proposed to have a review of all the yachts in all the yacht squadrons in front of Osborne in August. ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINGS' BANK.-Mr. William Yelf, actuary of the Isle of Wight Savings' Bank, was this day examined on a charge of defrauding the depositors in the bank of 8,2761., and remanded till Monday next. The total deposits exceed 68,0001., the present deficiency ap pears to be 8,2671. Mr. Yelf commenced helping him self in 1839, the first amount taken being 150/. ; he continued taking toll annually till 1848, since which period it does not appear that he has abstracted any thing. The director, trustees, and auditors do not seem to have given themselves much trouble in examining the accounts in the past 14 years. It is that one column, the total of which should have been 3001., was set down 1, 3001. We have great reason to believe that the depositors will receive back 17s. for every 11. deposited, but even this is a serious loss to poor widows, servants, and orphans. The shock to confidence and public credit is most serious ; the loss of their saving will prevent many from putting by to make provision for a rainy day, for sickness, old age, or misfortune • many have deprived themselves of necessaries to make some provision for future wants but if there is no safe place to deposit their savings in, they will have no incitement to be provident. LONDON FEMALE DORMITORT AND INDUSTRIAL IN STITUTION.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society, established to afford protection to the poor out casts who procure a wretched existence by a life of sin, and, if possible, restore them to their friends or procure them situations, so that they may sin no more, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Monday evening. Mr. Wilkinson presided, in the absence of the Earl of Shaftes bury, who was detained in the House of Lords by the May nooth debate. The chairman having opened the business, Lieut. Blakemore (the secretary) read the report, which stated that the objects ofthe society Were fivefold :-1. To provide a refuge for friendless women and street-walkers ; 2. To restore such of them, as they could, to their friends, and to defray the expense of doing so if necessary ; 3. To place them in hospitals, or provide them with medical assistance if they were ill or afflicted. 4. To provide situations for penitent women as domestic servants; and lastly, to assist those who could not be otherwise pro vided for to emigrate. During the past year 140 unfor tunate women had been admitted into the dormitory, of whom 105 had been domestic servants. Of the 140 ad mitted, 42 had been placed in situations, 14 restored to their friends, and 30 had been otherwise provided for. 31 women remained in the dormitory when the report was made up, and 21 had left from various reasons. Of the 140 so received, 46 had been born in London, and the remainder came from various parts of the country. The society had received most valuable assistance ; and, at the close of the financial year, there was a balance in hand of 1401. Auxiliary societies had been established in St. Pancras, and at Brighton and Dover ; and similar institutions were being established in other towns. The report was adopted, and a number of resolutions in sap port of the charity carried. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MASTER SHIPWRIGHT.—The remains of Mr. Oliver Lang were conveyed in a hearse to the grave in Old Charlton churchyard to-day, and only one mourning coach followed. The carriage of Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent of the dock yard, and several private carriages containing intimate friends of the deceased, could not resist their desire to pay a last mark of respect to the memory if one so highly esteemed as Mr. Lang was during the long period of his employment in the Government service. Upwards of 700 of the shipwrights and workmen of the yard also joined in a procession to Charlton churchyard, having obtained the Commodore Superintendent's sanction, which was expressed in the following terms :-- "It having been represented to the Commodore Superintendent that the majority of the officers and workmen are very desirous of showing their respect to the late master shipwright, by following the remains of the deceased to the grave, "The Commodore Superintendent sanctions such parties quitting the yard for that purpose at nine o'clock for preparation ; adding, that the dinner hour for the four following days will be from 12 to one o'clock, in stead of 1 . 30 p.m. "The dinner hour will be as usual to-morrow. " By order of the Commodore Superintendent, "B. W. FIDCOCK, Secretary. I $` Woolwich Yard, April 18, 1853." FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. WHITEHALL, APRIL 18. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Henry Holland, of Sandlebridge in the county palatine of Chester, and of Lower Brook-street, in the county of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, and one of Her Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. FOREIGN-OFFICE APRIL 18. The Queen has been ased to approve of Don Michele Tacon, Marquis of Bayamo, to be Consul-General in Lon don for the Duke of Parma. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 19. The Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Lord Bloomfield, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin, a copy of an instruction addressed by the Prussian Government to their authorities in the provinces, stating that Passports granted by Foreign Con suls in Foreign States aro contrary to the Police Regula tions, and are not to be regarded as valid • and directing them to cause the n ecessar y s t eps t o be taken for insuring the strict observance of those regulations in future. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire. Hugh Robert Hughes, Esq., to be Depu y-Lieutenant. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries shire. Douglas Baird, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Wm. Francis Carruthers, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Wm. Elphinstone Malcolm, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant. Andrew Jardine, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. 2d Somerset Militia—Ensign Frederick Stoodley to be Lieutenant, vice de Charms, resigned ; Frederick Spur way, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stoodley, promoted ; Ed ward Sawyer, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Perrott, re signed. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. East York Regiment oliiiiii: 2 Francis Digby Legard, Esq., _to be Captain ; Edmund Robinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hopkinson ' resigned; Benjamin Blades Thompson, jun., Gent., to be Ensign, vice Raikes, pro moted. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex RegulirMilitia—Frecleriek Augustus Hardy, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Kent._ West Kent Regiment of Militia—Ensign James Macgre , gor and Robert Curteis Stileman, Gent., to be Lieute nants ; Henry Stephen Hodges, Gent., and Robert George Grey, Gent., to be Ensigns. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Ensign Henry Braidley Henry Castle, Gent., and Thomas Mapleton Fitzpatrick, Gent., to be Lieutenants ; Charles Castle, Gent., to be Ensign. West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. Edward Vesey Bligh to be Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Lieutenants Joseph Withers, James Thomas Bourne, and Alex. Thomas Knight to be Captains ; Ensigns Timothy Bristowe Hughes and John Downes Rochfort, Gent., to be Lieutenants ; Theophilus Robert Preston, Gent., and Thomas Pilkington, Gent., to be Ensigns ; Lorenzo Edw. Desmond, Gent., to be Ensign (Assistant Surgeon). sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Captain John To wneley to be Major. The . Artillery Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Militia —Sir Duncan Maedougal, late Lieutenant-Colonel 79th Highlanders, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—James George John Templar, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Cornet Morton Grove Mansel, promoted. The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last. Commissions by the Lorcl-Lfeutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry— Colmore Frind Cregoe Colmore, Esq., to be Captain, vice Master, resigned ; Hugh Darby Owen, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hawkins, who retires. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles John Ashton, merchant, Fenehurch-street, City. John Reid, merchant, Huddersfield. George Board, grocer, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. - - - - George Hennet, timber merchant, &c., Duke-street, Westminster, to surrender, April 30, at eleven, and May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, offi cial assignee, Aldermanbury ; M`Leod and Stenning, London-street, Fenchurch-street. • William Friday, dealer, Rochester, May 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stevens and Statchell, Queen-street, Cheap - side ; Hills,' Chatham. Robert Willmott, tailor, Peterborough, April 27, at two, and May 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stan s fold, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sturmy, Simpson, and Bonsfield, Philpot-lane. George Tratt, ironmonger, Bridgwater, April 27 and May 24, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Herna• man, Official assignee, Exeter;: Lovibond and Carslake, Exeter. Thomas Johnson, publican, Stockport, April 29, and May 26, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Jacques, Edwards, Jacques, and Layton, E ly-place, London ; Heath, Manchester. James Wm. Havers, draper, Judd-street, Brunswick square, April 23 and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Reed, Coleman-street, City. Francis Langan, wine merchant, Chapel-place, Oxford street, April 23, at half-past twelve, and.. May 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, official as,ignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Peddell, Cheapside. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Joseph Loader, of Finsbury-pavement, upholsterer, second dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. James Biekford, Brighton, jeweller, first dividend of lls. 6d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. William Williams, and Robert Mudge Marchant, of 18, Great George.street, Westininster, of Liverpool, and of Campden, Gloucestershire, contractors, a dividend of 20s. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basing hall-street, on any Tuesday. Emil Kretschmar, of 15, King-square, manufacturing jeweller, second and final dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at 12, Abcburch-lane, City, on Saturday, April 23, and three subsequent Saturdays. May Metcalfe and Co., of Great Yarmouth, soap manu facturers, second dividend of lid. in the pound, payable at 12, Abchurch-lane, City, on Saturday, April 23, and three subsequent Saturdays. William Bening and John Girton Gilled, of Fleet street, booksellers, second dividend of Rd. the pound, payable at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday. Sinclder Porter, of Chester, attorney-at-law, second divi dend of 24d. in the pound, payable at 11, Eldon-chambers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday. Richard Blundell, of Liverpool, distiller, third dividend of 24d. in the pound, payable at 11, Eldon-chambers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday. John Cresswell Jobling, of Newton Hall, Northumber land, dealer in lead ore, first dividend of 4 5-12 d. in the pound, payable at the toyal Arcade, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, on Saturday, April 23, and any subsequent Satur day. Robert Mennie, late of Lidford, Devonshire, barrack master, a dividend of 3s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Richard Wade, late of Chatham, linendraper, a dividend of 2s. 4id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's inn. James Haliburton, jun., of Commercial-road, Lambeth clerk in the Admiralty, a dividend of is. 9id. (making ss. a 5 , i td . .) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal - street , L incoln ' s- John Pritchard Smith, late of Pontypool, shire,Monmouth t Richard Morse, late of Gloucester , b oot and shoemaker, a dividend of ls. 14d. in the pound , p a y able at 5, Portugal street,Portugalstreet, dividend Lincoln's-inn pound, Lincoln's-inn. 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's inn. iron Jo founder,h nAI bi n s a o n d , i v u d n e . l n , d s e t eof Bo f 4 d.i l a te n the - le - Mo pound, or Lancashire, payableat George Edward Cocksege, late of Frindsbury, Kent, lieu tenant in her Majesty's Royal Navy, on half-pay, a divi dend of 4s. Bd. (making 10s. 11d.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, LinFoln's-inn. Henrya,d. late in of tb D e e p p e tf an or d d : mate a pya,b o l payable a steam-ship at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's - inn. Robert Douglas, late of Clay Gate , Surrey , colonel in s-sh W ip i , ll a ia d m dividend of j l u s n .. ' 8 the army, a dividend of 4s. (making 2s. 80.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Peter Smith, late of Hoo, Kent, lieutenant on half-pay, a dividend of 3s. Od. (making ss. 9d.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Thomas Powis, of Crimscott-street, Bermondsey, City, fruit meter, a dividend of 2d. (making ls. qd.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. William Dickson, of Tillotson-erce, Waterloo-bridge road, Surrey, clerk in the Admiralty-office, Somerset house, a dividend of ls. 2d. (making 2s. 11 id.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Thomas Henry Carstairs, of 81, Lombard-street, City, professor of writing, a dividend of ls. 56d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Daniell, 'of 86, Harrison-street, Gray's-inn-lane, auctioneer, a dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Augustus Grafton, of 14, Sheffield-terraCe, Kensington, secretary to a diorama, a dividend of 7s. 9d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William Durand Cooper, of 21, King's-row, Walworth, time-keeper on the London, Brighton, and Dover Railway, a dividend of 3s. 9d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. _ _ Charles Dore, of Anstin-friars, City, clerk, a dividend of 3s. 2d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. James Turner Powell, of Middleton-square, Clerkenwell, clerk in the Paymaster-General's office, a dividend of is. id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Henry Martin, late of Havant, Hants, licensed victualler, a dividend of 10s. 10id. in the pound, payable at 5, Por tugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Edward Evans, late of Great Turner-street, Commercial road East, painter, a dividend of 7s. 3d. (making n, 7d.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Wilham Inwood, late of Abingdon, Berkshire, grocer, a dividend of 6s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. William Gria, late of Brighton, schoolmaster, a dividend of 71d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. Walter Bullen, late of Garden-street, Stepney, locker i n her Majesty's Customs, dividend of ss. Bd. (making 13s. Bd.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln' s -i nn. William Everett, late of Salisbury-street, Portman -mar ket, superannuated clerk of Chelsea Hospital, dividend of 35. 3d. (making 14s. in the t pound), payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Reuben Betts, of Birmingham, vocalist—Joseph Mellow, of Birmingham, tailor— Charles Michael Greaves, of Bir mingham, spectacle-maker—John Greaves, of Birmingham, spectacle maker—George s Northwood, of Bradford York shire, attorney—James Jones, of G rea t Malvern, Worces tershire, tailor—William Watson, of Bury St. Edmunds, baker—Charles Thompson, of Sheffield, hardwareman— William White, of Cardiff, Glamorganshire butcher. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Archibald Kintrea and Edward Capps, of Cross-street South, Great George-street, B ermondsey, soap-makers— Thomas Morris, Thomas Jones, and Peter Basset, of Liver pool, woollen-drapers (so far as regards T. Morris)—Purton Weston and Trayton Weston, of Haddonham, Bucking hamshire. drapers—W. Chadwick and E. Chadwick, of. Batley Carr, Yorkshire, joinore—.7. Priddy and R. P. Priddy, of 7, Dockhead, cheesemongers --Henry R. Li nnell and W. Rigby, of Macclesfield, tanners—Nathaniel W. Thompson, Robert F. Downing, and Patrick M'Anaspie, of Liverpool, cement manufacturers—Jardine, Matheson, and Co., of China, merchants (so far as regards Alexander Matheson)—Michael Longridge, William Smith Longridge, Robert Bewick Longridge, Charles John Longridge, Henry Gordon Longridge, and Thomas Stirling Begbie, of Bed lington, Northumberland, engineers (so far as regards T. S. Begbie)—William Harris and Michael Smith, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, millers—Joseph Lief, Alfred Carter, and William Henry Grove, of Queen -street, Soho, jewel-case manufacturers (so far as regards W. H. Grove)—Edward Larchin, Edward Johnson Seaton,Willi am Haldimand Prinsep, Josias Bracken Canning Alexander, and Henry Barnardiston Raymond Barker, of Ratcliffe cross, brewers (so far as regards H. Larchin)—John Smith and George Dawes, of Southampton and Salisbury, car riers—Ernest Leviny and Frederic Booke, of 86, New man-street, Oxford-street, jewellers, Richard Scovell, John Scovell, and James Warner, of Hambell, South ampton, shell-fish merchants (so far as regards John Scovell)—Benjamin Vezey and Charles Shell, of Muddi fcrd, Hampshire, -farmers—Henry Jenkins and Matthew Jenkins, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioners—William Drane and Josiah Corrie, of 43, Ludgate-hill, jewellers— Peter Clayton, jun., and Charles Augustus Cordingley, of Manchester, cotton spinners —Thomas Earle, Thom as Web ster Harby, and Henry Earle, of London, contractors—A. Gabrielli and Thomas Edmond, of 37, Old Broad-street and Bombay, merchants—T. B. Hughes and Josiah Beazley, of Liverpool, cotton brokers—Joseph Barker and William Horwood, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, linen-drapers—Thomas Peacock and William Towndrow, jun., of Macclesfield, hat manufacturers—Thom as C annon an d Co., of Richmond, Yorkshire, linendrapers—William Wallace and John Wal lace, of Cardiff, drapers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Ainslie, of Kincardine, merchant, April 22 and May 13, at twelve, at Marshall's Commercial Inn, Kincar dine. Charles M`Carthy, of Glasgow, surgeon, April 26 and May 17, at two, at the Buck's Head Hotel, Gli4sgow. Dennis Hayes, of Edinburgh, boot and shoemaker, April 22 and May 13, at two, at Dowell's and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—To-day West India sugar was purchased with caution, both for refining and grocery purposes, although there wore sellers rather under the terms of Friday, and supply shows a further increase. To-day refined sugar was in much better demand for home consumption, and prices improved. Brown lumps selling at 45s 6d to 465, and low to fine grocery 46s Gil to 49s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Penang sugar met with little notice, and rather lower rates were taken. At auc tion not above one-half of 7,100 bags and 15 cs found buyers ; white 35s to 36s 6d, yellow and greyish 32s to 34s 6d, and brown 30s to 31s 6d. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon, fine and good yellow went at 36s to 37s 6d, ord to mid 34s to 35s 6d, good to fine brown 32s to 33s 6d, mid 31s to 31s 6d, ord to fine grey 33s to 375, grainy yellow 35s 6d to 38s 6d, and brown 31s to 35s per cwt. COFFEE.—The stock of Ceylon, compared with this time last year, shows an increase of 700 casks and 23,000 bags, still the currency is higher by 5s to lOs per cwt. COCOA.—To-day foreign cocoa sold more freely at pre vious rates, but the market for West India is quiet, and in auction 286 bags of Trindad were taken in at 33s to 38s per cwt., being the full value. TEA.-A more ready sale has been experienced here for low to good common Congou at previous terms of 104 d to 100 for sound. In green large transactions have taken place, and previous terms are well kept up, especially for good to fine. RICE.—To-day the market for East India rice presented a dull appearance, and at auction 3,000 bags Moulmein were taken in at Os 6d for good quality, with lovers at 9s per cwt. _ _ TALLOW.—To-day the market was animated, and ad. vanced rates were obtained • fine yellow Rus s i a on t h e spot realised 475, and 47 s dd for delivery in last three months of the year. OILS.—A material increase has taken place in the de. mand for linseed oil for all purposes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCXIV. MALTON MEETING.—MaIton has a much more attrae ' tive bill of fare this year than usual, the consequence, I take it, of the concocters being more energetic than is their wont. The Craven Stakes, yet to close and name, commences the sport to-morrow at half-past one. The Two-year-old Stakes look very much like a match be tween THE PRESIDENT, who can go the pace when he likes, and THE JEWESS, The rest, with the exception of Taper and Bridesmaid, are but indifferent animals. Rosa May and Cardsharper, much fancied by the public, are very inferior in quality. The Malton Handicap ought to be carried off by ST. ANDREW or HOBBY HORSE ; Paquetta occupying the third place. The Birdsall Handicap will fall to the lot of MASTER NORTON if sufficiently forward in his work, of which, however, I entertain a slight doubt. The entries for the Selling Plate and Amateur Stakes will not be out until this evening, and the animals nomi nated for the Union Hunt Cup come not within my ken. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. YORK RACES.-TUESDAT. The business at Tattersall's on Monday prevented most of the 'metropolitan speculators from t rave l ling northward until the following morning, when they mus tered betimes at the King's-cross station, and were plea santly and punctually conveyed by the 9-30 a.m. express to Old Ebor. The weather was cold and showery, the course was in good condition, and the arrangements were unexception able. The sport, marked by some shortcomings, was decided as follows : The CRAVEN STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for three-year-olds, Est 81b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile. 8 subs. Mr. Ewbank's Broughton, by lago, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (Wells) 1 Mr. R. Chilton's Audubon, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Carroll) 2 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Bumby) 3 Sir C. Monk's Hunca Munca, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Ashmall) 4 Betting.-6 to 4 agst Broughton, 7to 4 agst Audubon. A fine race, in with the two favourites, Broughton winning by a short neck ; Billy Richardson a very bad third. Hunca Munca lost start. The ZETLAND STAKES of 10 sous each, with 50 added ; for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 31b. Winners before starting, 21b extra ; beaten horses al lowed 21b. T.Y.C. 16 subs. Mr. Merry's Wild Huntsman, by Harkaway, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1 Mr. E. Harrison's Horatio, Bst 71b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Johnstone's c. by Verulam out of The Hind, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Horatio. A good race, won on the post by a head ; three or four lengths between second and third. The FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP, of 100 BOYS, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c. Winners extra. Two miles over the old course. 32 subs, 20 of whom pay 5 sous each. The highest weight accepting being Bst 31b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Mr. Knowles' Talfourd, 3 yrs (including 91b extra), sst 131 b .......................................... (Oliver) 1 Lord Derby's Hobby Horse, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. Milner's Grapeshot, 3 yrs, 6st The following also ran Mr. J. Osborne's Little Davie, 4 yrs, (including 51b extra) 7st 21b (Pattle). Mr. Meiklarn's Cleveland, 4 yrs, Est 41b (Waddington). Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Ashmall). Betting.-6 to 4 agst Hobby Horse, 7to 4 agst Tal fourd, 4 to 1 agst Grapeshot, 100 to 8 agst any other. They ran in a cluster. Approaching the mile-post Talfourd took the lead, with Jacqueline second, and Hobby Horse third. At the bend Jacqueline was beaten ; Hobby Horse, going up aext to the rails, reached Talfourd's girth. After a fine race, Hobby Horse was beaten by a short neck. Half a length be tween the second and the third. The SELLING STASES of 25 80V$, added to a. Sweepstakes of 5 SOTS each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Merry's Desdemona, 3 yrs 1 Mr. T. Walker's b c by Birdcatcher, out of Surprise, 4 yrs Eight ran. The CHAMPION HANDICAP of 10 sous each, with 50 added ; the winner of any handicap value 300/, to carry 41b. extra. One mile. Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ......... 1 Mr. Pedley's Trousseau, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ................. 2 Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs (including 41b extra), Bst 41b Only three ran. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. 2,000 GUINEAS. 6 to 4 agst West Australim (taken). CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Talfourd. 20 to 1 agst Peggy (taken). 25 to 1 agst Richmond. Peggy was backed at the odds quoted for a large sum. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoat pocket, at S. and B. 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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 surpass anything. of the 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 t o h ear di s ti n ctly 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, A.urists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.— °beery°, opposite the York Hotel. * When any of these dispatched on the follow] Southampton), and the l day preceding. dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will b* ing day, with the exception of the India (v.. 1 . ° Malta, both of which will b e dispatched Ul' BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 17th inst., at Bayswater, the wife of Charles Meredith, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at 11, Eaton-terrace, the wife of WO' Parke, jun., Esq. MA Rill ED. On the 16th inst., at Ambleside Church, Westmoreland , David Alex. Cannan, Esq., of London, to Jane Dorothea , second daughter of th e l a t e L . Claude, Esq. ; of Liverpool. On the 14th inst., at Burntisland, the Rev. G. H. For" bes, to Eleanor Mari a I r b y, e l dest daughter of the late Major Wemyss, of the Scots Greys. DIED. On the 17th inst., Geo. E. Browne, of Upper name?' street and Leytonstone-road, eldest son of the late Captsol G. Browne, R.M., of Epsom. On the 18th inst., in Bloomsbury-street, Margaret, Wi fe of the Rev. Dr. Moseley, in the 79th year of her age. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUS i gt of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er, at The Sun Office, No. 14 2 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the coati Middlesex, Wednesday, April 20,1555, COU NIT Y At A RKETS. LIVERPOOL—Aram 19. This market was better attended by millers and dealers than for some time, who were free purchasers of wheat at prices similar to those of last week, but some holders re quired higher rates. Flour did not move so freely as wheat, but it could not be had any cheaper than of late. Indian corn in good request, and prices improved 9d to is per qr. since last Tuesday. American white corn sold at 30s 6d, and yellow 32s per 4801 b. Other articles of the grain trade supported late rates. IPSWICH —APRIL 19. The wheat trade holds the same firmness we have for some weeks noticed, and prices r main the same. The sup ply at market was small, only indeed sufficient for the local consumptive demand. Two or three samples of malting barley were offered, which sold at 348 and 36s p e r qr. Beans, peas, &c., nominally as of late. PER QUARTE R PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (eld) ... 40s to 43s Barley, grinding 27e to 31 8 Ditto (new) ......... 00s to ON Beaus o Ditto, white (n ew ) S t:s to 53s 4 Peas Ditto (ld) Barley, malting ... 34s to 36siFlour, per sack ATERAGES FOR TILE WEER ENDINB APRIL 16, 1353. Wheat ......... 778 quartets, at 448 Od Barley ......... 420 ~ 33s 2d Oats ............ 10 „ 2ls Od Beaus ......... 27 33s 9d Pea 5............ 11 ~ If 32s Od PRHULL—AIL 19. As to-day' s market there was a very small attendance of farmers, an • a small show of wheat. Fresh-conditioned corn brisk sale at is advance. Other qualities fully As dear. Little busin• ss in barley. Oats neglected. Beane much the same as last week. Peas more inquired for. More firmness in linseed, A large business h as b een d o ne in linseed cak es d ur i ng the week. Nothing doing in rape' seed. Rape cakes are scarce and lively. Bones fully sir port our quotations The following are the presen s Wheat, English, red 45 to 47 Ditto white 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg 4B to 50 Pomeranian and Ham- prices of grain : 1 • Peas, gray and black 33 to 30 Linseed, Black Sea... 46 to 48 Ditto Petersburgh 40 to 4 5 Ditto Riga and Arch burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 42 to 44 Russian and Odessa 40 to 43 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian lB to 19 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 36 to 39 44 to 46 angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4B to 43 40 to 44 Per Ton. Gina. e., Hull 71 lOs Od to 01 0 0 Ditto fine for. 71 5s Od 01 00 Ditto inf. for 6l 15s to 01 0 0 Rapeseed 27/ Os to 01 0 0 Rape cakes 105 s to 00s Od Tares, English 36s to ON Ditto foreign Guan• 51 91 to 12104 Bones 102. 6d to WO Rye Meal CORK-ArBIL 18. Brig. Currency. White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od Os ocl-20 stone. Redwheat 00s Od to 00s 01 Ditto Oos Od to 00s Od 00s 04-20 do. Ditto 00s Od to Oos Od 46 Barley l2s 64 to 14s Od Ditto 003 Od to 00s Od} 00s Od-16 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od - Bere oos Od to 00s Od Os 041 132 Oats Ditto 00s Od to 00s 01). 10s 01 do. Ditto.. 00s Od to 00s Od ) 2 Pigs 3ss Od to 00s Ott 00s Oct per cwt. Quantity sold the highest prices : 00 barrels white wheat at ; 00 red ; 7 barley ; 0 Bere ; 13 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : Wheat, 16. Ba r l e y, 564 . Bere, 00. Oats, 1,699. Pigs, 15. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 16 Pigs, 551. Sheep, 400. Cows, 99. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality lo2s Fi rs t qua lit y Second quality ............ 98 s S econd quality 89, Third quality .............. 92s Thi r d qua li ty Fourth quality ............ 82s Fourth qua lit y Fifth quality ............... 72 s Fifth quality 6 39 Sixth quality ............ 60s Sixth quality Coax.—Flour_ First, 15s Od to 168 Od ; extra, 176 0d; seconds, 14s (.:(1 to 14s 6d ; households, lOs to 13s 6(1 ; thirds, 78 Od to lOs per cwt. Meal —Indian meal, 7s 6d to 8s 3d ; oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls Od ; wheat meal, lOs to Ils Od per 0 ' 1 2; Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 81 Os Od per ton. Bran, 41 55 o' to 41 lOs Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 44s Od; average , average, Os p er t on. Strai! 38s; dealers, 38s Od to 60s 0(1 ; Farmers, 208 Od to 28s Od ; average, 24s • dealers, 28s Od to 35s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d t o Od ; household ditto, 6d t o Od p er 41b . —Fresh butter, 9(1 to lid per lb. Eggs, 4s 4(1 to 4s 6d per h un d red. Meat -beef; 44d to 8(1; mutton, s)d to 7(1 ; veal, 5(1 to 8(1; pork, 5(1 to ; bacon, 7(1 to 8(1; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newfound' land, 11/. Os to 12/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 315 to 000; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, Iod to 12d; 12(1 to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 21s; Lydney, 21s; Culm, 166 Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gallon Hides, market, 30s t o 36 5; S a l ted, 308 to 38s per cwt. C ;a '' skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 3/. per ton. Fleece wool, Oos to Oos per stone.—Hemp, 381. to 421. Pe' ton—Timber, Memel, 31. lOs ; red pine, 3/. lOs ; y e ll o w do., 3/. ss. per to n ; d ea l s, 161. to 181. per hundred.—B ark,lecl, 81. to 10/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 4tis to 47s per cwt.—H°P r y 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.— Go an " Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. EXETER —APRIL IS. n 6d CORN E XCHANGE.—For prime samples of wheat ; to 6 s Od 'inferior, Os Od to Os ; barley, 4s Od to •,-,.. n i s nling, 38 9(1 ; oats, 29 (id to 3s per bushel. Flour—nn" .st to 38s 2 seconds, 35s to 36s per sack. CATTLE e beef, BsGd to 9s6d per score ; 2a quality, 00 3 to Os €l,l 001 to 01; butcher's calves, 44c1 to 5(1 per lb ; sheep, wethers, 7(1 to 74(1; ; cowsmanil calves, 910 s to 131 Os; steers , ewes, 64(1 to Od stor e h ogs, 30 5 ws. 35s each. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDA.Y. Amsterdam.... .. • • .... I I 17% Gibraltar ......., -- Ditto. three month s .. 11 18 Leghorn ••• „, Rotterdam .. 25 37)11 Antwerp ...... 11 .• 25 30 I Milan ..... ......... °Brusels .......• 25 30 iVenice ..... 11amburgh .. • . .... 13 b Nap'es •........... 4 12 A Rona ................ ,Palermo „ •• .• •• .„ 124% Paris ........ ••• • • ... 5 7% idessina 125 Ditto, three months .• 25 30 ;Lisbon .........• ••• • • • 5 . 3 , 4 Marseilles... Bourdeaux ............ ;Rio Janeiro . -- Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Berlin _U Buenos Aye5..........r........ New York, 60 days' sight 11 8 PhPadelpbla .• . ...... . II 2 P RICES OP BULLION, rut oz. Pet ersburgh.. •• •• ••• • • 31 % Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid •• •• •• •• •• 50 1 4 I P ortugal Gold Coln .. 00 ° Cadiz .. 8aree10na•............. New Dollars ......0 0 Seville •••••• • • • • • • ~• • I ill v• - ...r in bars ...... 0 5 17° SEABORNE 111441L5. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-ofnee by the night—and Mby tho morning —dispatch.] Day when made up F rom w h at When CO UNTRIES. In General Post- Port due 1* Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Arrivcd America (by United Sts Amer) .... • ....• N April 19 ........ L i verpool ... April 27 ica (by U State, packet) ... • • N Ipril 18 ........ Sou' hampton April 21 Australia (via South amp ton) •• 4th of May .• • • Southampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover April 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) • • ... • • N2d of June ... ... Plymouth .. March 3 0 Africa ( West Coast) N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. may 12 Alexandria N i, 9, 24, & 30 ofm Dover •••• • • April 18 Alexandria ith & 20th of mon. Southampton April 2 ' Bahamas hid of the month Southampton Ist of mon Belgium ...... • • ....N . Dever ...... Dally 8razi1....,... M 9th of the month.. Southampton Arrived Buenos Ayres M 9th of :he month.. Southampton Arrived tare of Good Hope N I 4th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Cape of Good Hope N 2n4 of Juno..., .. Plymouth .. May 30 Cape de Vcrds • 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......• ......N I4th of the month Plymouth April 26 CChili hannel Isles Mort.,Wed %outhampton Tu Tn. sa. .... •• .• M.d & 17th of month Southampton April 16 China (see India) ec C , 00 0 nn n st s a on t f l tt Europell i n io o i p , wBh,ill:7:22doait,ih&l y2.7f.mon so D oo o ny v te e hr r a to .. p .. n .. TA A wpp il i c d l 2 2 0 0 a• y Egypt (see India) France .... M& N Twice dail Gibraltar y.... Dover ...... Toncedalli ...... —.31 .1, 7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton Apra 26 Greece (see India) Greytown ......31 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton April 16 Harnburgh ........ N Tuesday & Friday London sar. Havannah ..........31 2nd of the m on th S outhampton IstorMon. Holland M Wednesday & Sat London Mon. Thur Honduras 17th of the month Southampton April 16 India (vlaSoutham pt.):11 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton May 4 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&2ltlt of month Dover ...... Ma 1 lonian Isles (see I n di a ) y Ireland .. &IS Twice daily Eolyhead Tsolcedallf Li ibon • 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Arrived Madeira 9th of the month Southampton Arrived Madeira N 23rd of the month Plymouth May 12 Malta (see India) Malta ....N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dever...... April 18 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Mexico • • .. ......31 2nd of the month. Southampton Ist of mod. N aples .. . . ......N sthiAth 2 i l thofmon. Dover Apt 11 22 2d & 17th of month South ampton April 1 6 ICw t New e dranaa Zea1and.......... By private ship .. V ar i ous portEtl 22ncertalii Papal States ........N 6 th 2s thottnon. Dover ...... .April Peninsula ........ 31 ?d 7 & thl7t.,h72tBhtohf monofmon Southampton„.outhamptoti,AApprt 16 26 M Sicily D Pl o y v m er ou . tk ... .... lA A p p ri ri l l 2 2 2 6 Port Natal ..........N 5 1 t4lithuothr 2tshtehomfmonotnt: ..............N 2 5 d t h 8, 15: 7 1i t 2 h 5 t o t; Venezuela Tu.cany Van Diemen's Land (see month S p o o a v th er atn — p • io • ri L A p p r el il 22 16 Australia) . .. West Indies ........ M 2d& 17th of month Southarnpton , April 16