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of Parliament that the attorneys' certificate duty ought to be abolished. Then you had a general election ; and did the case lose ground by it? No; for on the 10th of March the house resolved, by 219 to 167, a much larger majority than before, that the duty ought to be abolished. I say, then, if it was obligatory upon the Government to consent to repeal the duty in consequence of the votes of this house, the case in favour of the last is six times as good as the other. But by this means yon take away 156,0001. from the estimated surplus of this year. I say this further—before the financial statement is made it may be very well tnat there should be votes upon particular questions of finance, or upon particular points in connection with the general state of the country; but after the financial statement has been made, and the resources and requirements of the state have been placed in juxtaposition, then I say that a very different kind of responsibility is incurred by such motions as this. I will remind the committee how we stand in this respect. In the financial statement I stated that we anticipated a surplus amounting to 807,0001. I stated at the same time that of the items of which that surplus was composed there were 200,0001. which must be re garded as at present uncertain. I shall not go into details on this subject, but it is my duty to inform the committee that we shall lose the whole of that 200,0001. I made a proposal as to licence, from which I expected to derive 110,0001., but I must say I think the opinion of the house and the country is adverse to that proposal. (Hear.) On the whole, I think from the feeling of the house that that proposal could not be maintained, and, as a conse quence, the whole of that 110,0001. is gone. There is 310,0001. of the surplus gone at once. I must state further that 215,0001. of the surplus consists of occasional pay ments, which would be available for this year but would not return. These amount to 525,0001. out of the surplus of 807,0001., reducing it to 282,000/. Then the right hon. gentleman proposes to take away the 6d. advertisement duty, to which I look for 80,0001. at least ; and, if the rea son ho has assigned is to prevail, namely, the vote of the House of Commons, we shall have to give up 70,0001. for the attorneys' certificate duty. Now, I put it to the com mittee whether it is a justifiable or a prudent course, when circumstances have already reduced your surplus to 282,0001., to give up the further sum of 150,0001., and thus leave nothing that can be called a, surplus—a mere nominal balance, and thi s a t a ti me when you a re undertaking to carry into effect great and extensive financial operations? (Hear, hear.) These are my views. But I must say this further to the committee—l hope they will think upon what we are doing with regard to direct and indirect taxation. It is very well to make fine speeches about direct taxation, a nd the excellence of the substitution of direct f or indirect taxation ; but I believe it is a delusion. I d o not believe you can with security ma terially alter the balance of direct and indirect taxation. Any step on this subject must be taken with caution and circumspection. lam convinced that this vote will operate in the nature of a trap, though not so intended. What are we doing this year ? Is what we are doing this year enough, or not? We are going to repeal 5i millions of taxation ; and of those 5L5 millions of taxation, if not the whole, nearly the whole is indirect taxation. We are going to impose 3 millions of new taxation, and of those 3 millions of new taxation, 2A millions are direct taxation. (Hear, hear.) I put it, then, to the committee that, under these circumstances, they ought not to give a vote which virtually will lead them on to the surrender of a large further sum of money available from indirect taxation, until they have well considered whether it is desirable to make a further great addition to direct taxation. Ido not wish to be responsible in any degree for bringing about a state of circumstances which shall compel the house to do what would otherwise be u n p a l a t a bl e. I w i sh the house to exercise a free and independent judgment; and I wish to make no circumstances out of whi c h th e necessity shall arise to act in a certainmanner, but before th e necess it y h as arisen, to point out its probability, in order that while there is yet time the committee may hesitate before being entrapped into the consequences of any vote they may be induced to give. These are the general grounds on which I feel it my duty to leave to the right hon. gentleman the responsibility of the prop osa l w hi c h h e th i nks it his duty to make. The right hon. gentleman has made that proposal with perfect fairness. He states that he is undoubtedly pre pared to give up all the revenue from the advertisement duty, that he looks upon it as a bad revenue. I, on the contrary, venture to p u t it respectfully to the committee that it is not a bad revenue, but that, restrained with in moderate limits, it is a fair, reasonable, and just as most other portions of our financial system. (Cheers.) At all events I say do not give a precipitate vote (because men may act with precipitancy after even a lapse of time), if that vote may lead to consequences which you have not fairly anticpated and dispassionately weighed; do not al low yourselves to be brought into a position in which you must alter eventually the balance of taxation of the coun try, before you have well considered what will be the con sequences of that change, and whether the result will be a fairer distribution of public burdens than the present divi sion of direct and indirect taxation appears to give. It is upon that account I oppose the amendment of the right hon. gentleman. (Cheers.) Mr. COBDEN—I wish to recal the attention of the com mittee to the subject matter under consideration. It is a very simple, and, so far as the amount is concerned, a very small question. The right hon. gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) has led the committee into the conside ration of all sorts of subjects except the one before us. (Cheers.) And he has endeavoured to evade the responsi bility which I think rested upon him of paying some at tention to a vote of this house by an ex post facto argument created by himself, which is utterly indefensible. (Hear.) I would remind the right hon. gentleman that 60,0001. is the amount, and not 80,0001., which he estimated from advertisements. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I beg your pardon. You are quite wrong. I stated 80,0001. Mr. COBDEN—WeII, whether it be 60,0001., or whether it be 80,0001., which the right hon. gentleman stated in his budget he expected to receive from the reduced adver tisement duty, is not material. But the right hon. gentle man now forgets in setting up the plea that he cannot take off 80,0001. of taxation, that he himself has created this 80,0001., after a vote of this house had sanctioned the remission of taxation, and petitions had called for the re mission in this specific way. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman has remitted three millions of taxation according to his own statement. (Hear.) Since the votes of the house on the advertisement duty, he has brought forward his budget, in which he proposes to remit three millions of taxation ; and he says he has not the means to remit 80,0001. a-year, which the vote of this house said should be abolished. (Cheers.) Another thing I must call attention to is, that he has mixed this matter up with the question of supplements, which is totally distinct from the question of advertisements. The right hon. gentleman says that it is necessary to repeal the supplement tax in order to give full effect to his plan of a reduced advertise ment duty. But this is his plan ; it is not our plan. (Cheers.) Again, he is mystifying the matter. He re tains the sixpence, and then says it is necessary to take off the supplement duty, otherwise there will be no means of expanding the space of newspapers, and therefore we shall be defeated in the amount of revenue by the want of space. But abolish the advertisement duty, instead of reducing it to 6d., and no such argument applies, because whether he keeps on the supplement tax, or whether he repeals it, it will have no fiscal consequence whatever with regard to this question. I beg to remind the right honourable gentleman again that he has created this difficulty. Who requested him to create the diffi culty ? Who petitioned him to repeal the supplement tax ? (Cheers.) Were there any petitions presented to this house ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—the sup plement duty is 30,0001. a year. Mr. COBDEN—Just so, and I will give the right hon. gentleman credit for the difference between 30,0001. and 80,000/., but it only increases the difficulty he has created. The right hon. gentleman introduced a great variety of other subjects into this debate. He talked of other taxes being equally as onerous as the advertisement tax. I join issue upon that with the right hon. gentleman, and I un dertake to prove to the satisfaction of the right hon. gen tleman himself that the house did right to make this ex ception to other indirect taxes, by totally abolishing it. He has adduced examples to show that all rated taxes, as he calls them, must be unjust in their incidence, because all rated taxes fall equally on articles of different value. But in all indirect taxes you try to mitigate that inequality by levying a different rate of duty upon a different class of articles—as in the case of tobacco and cigars, and in that of spirits, where you select certain proof of spirits for the unit of taxation ; and the right hon. gentleman does not pretend to say you do not try to mitigate inequality by levying a different rate on different quantities. The paper duty is a very indefensible duty • but you do not lay the same duty on a sheet o f p aper and a quire of paper. I care not where you go • in all cases you seek to mitigate unfair pressure by making: distinctions between the qualities which you tax, and in all things except one, in the quan tity which you tax. But when you come to the adver tisement duty you depart from the principle, and levy the same tax on every advertisement, of whatever value they may be. (Hear, hear.) Every one knows if Igo to insert an advertisement in a newspaper having a circulation of 30,000 a day, I have to pay 10s. for the advertisement, but if I go to a paper of small circulation they are glad to insert it for half-a-crown. In both cases the right hon. gentleman imposes a tax of ed. In both cases the tax is the same, though the value of the arti c l e i s 10 s . i n th e one case, and2s. 6d. in the other. (Hear, hear.) I have put this in a very fair spirit. I may have tak en a s t ronger case still. Then as to quantity, if I insert an advertisement covering a whole page, for which the charge is 1001., it pays 6d. If I insert an advertisement of two lines, wanted a place for a house maid, it pays 6d. So I maintain there is no tax whatever you can adduce so unfair in its incidence as this tax on advertisements. (Cheers.) I say it is some thing more than the right hon. gentleman stated--- a tax on labour and industry-it is a tax on the intercommu nication of wants and wishes, which in a commercial com munity, strikes at the foundation of all transactions. (Hear, hear.) What would be said if it were sou g ht to lay a tax on every bargain made or attempted to be made, on the Exchange between merchants who meet there at four o'clock, if the asking the rate of exchange between London and Hamburg were to render the broker seeking the information liable to a tax ? Yet that is what you o Under the advertisement duty. A man advertises an Wide for sale, but does not sell it • he makes known his w an* he offers to sell, and you tax him for it. That, in a commercial country, where the revenue is benefitted at every step in business transactions, is suicidal in character, and strik es at the root of all commercial progress. (Cheers.) The right fire insurances, hon, gentleman talked of bills of exchange and but do not bills of exchange and fire in surances p ay ment he t accordi n g to amount ? and the only argil a t emPted w as ' use. The for o the most unfortunate he could penny charge ' e n t rable gentleman said, " Look at the 50 or 500 miles?" y rs--do you not charge a penny for an ounce, but you chaerBc: You charge a penny if p e nny for charge a penny for ev ei %'; l 2 l (l ,. if an ounce, increasing the may be. (Cheers.) I th, ounce whatever the weight commercial or fiscal matte, not look upon this wholly as a gentleman denies leave to say, though the right honourable advertisements is a question affect. es that the question of on knowledge, that it is a questing what is termed taxes ha c' v c e o_f a tax upon know ledge ; because if you want to this country, they can only be soppo u r Zrapers at all in niched by advertisements ; if you think it del:y fu n ds t h f a ur ve " competition in newspapers as well as other thin, T aller, or i e ng.'s, then it a in is desirable no obstacle should be offered what the right honourable gentleman calls stro papers. The effect of this tax is to prevent Competitionln" flaws newspapers. We all know that, whether in paper trade, in the spirit trade, in the tobacco trade, ' other trade, when fixed rates of duty are levied upon article produced, the parties engaged in the production of those articles always become few in number, and there is a tendency to create a monopoly in the hands of great capi talists. I say every argunwnt used for emancipating trade in corn ought to be applies: to alltaxes on newspapers; and I must say I have seen with surprise, and something like disgust, many newspapers which were for many years advo cating free trade in corn, and denouncing the landowners as a set of monopolists, now Aruggling by every direct and i n direct means to kesp up a monopoly in their own hands, to prevent others entering the field against them, by retaining s much as they can of these taxes on knowledge. And it is from this source that the light hon. gentleman has got the suggestion to keep on part of the duty. You will not find any paper of small circulation, and very few papers in the provinces, advocating this sixpenny duty. The only papers who do so are those who have acquired a certain position; and their interest is to prevent competition as much as possible. (Hear.) Again, the bookselling trade has peti tioned more strongly than any other for the repeal of the advertisement duty, and why ? Because when books are advertised, they are generally short and small advertise ments ; because the book trade depends probably more than any other on the publicity given in advertisements to new publications ; and therefore it is felt that the greatest obstacle to the book trade is the tax on advertisements. (Hear.) But it is not merely in the book trade that 1 find the advertisement duty recognised as a tax on knowledge. I would call the attention of the noble lord the member for the city of London to the fact that all the educational societies in the country almost have petitioned for the re moval of the advertisement duty. I hold in my hand a memorial representing 270 mechanics' and other institu tions, signed by 100 delegates, and under the auspices of the Society of Arts—so it is no party or political move ment—and this body unanimously resolve to petition in favour of the removal of the advertisement duty, and I myself have presented numbers of petitions from similar establishments in Lancashire and Yorkshire in favour of a removal of the duty. Members of athenaeums and me chanics' institutions contend that the advertisement duty is an obstacle to the diffusion of knowledge, as it prevents the giving of publicity to the proceedings oiliterary bodies —and I do call on the noble lord who has professed, and I believe with great sincerity, a desire to promote the educa tion of the people—l call on him, now that he finds how difficult it is by Government efforts to promote education in the country—if he is consistent in this matter, I call on him, at all events, to aid those who wi s h t o remove every obstacle in the way of those voluntary efforts for education which aro now being made throughout the count r y, an d which I consider to be the peculiar glory and honour of our age. (Cheers.) I hope, on all these grounds, the house will adhere to the resolution to which they have come. It is not a vote which involves direct or indirect taxation. It is not a question mixed up with any other question, and any attempt to travel into other fields only argues that this tax is indefensible, and that the only way to avoid letting the house see that it is so by mystifying and bringing in other questions quite irrelevant to the matter. (Cheers and calls for a division.) Mr. SPOONER said he voted against the motion of the hon. member for Manchester on the 14th of April, and he meant to vote for the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, merely to defeat' the amendment now, and when that proposition came before the committee as an original question he should vote against that too, in order that the duty on advertisements might remain at its pre sent rate. (A laugh.) He thought the advertisement tax was neither unjust nor oppressive, and that the country in general did not cry out against it. He objected to the amendment on another ground, which had been ably stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer—that it would involve the increase of direct taxation, and he wished that the right hon. gentleman had taken the same view years ago; the balance of direct and indirect taxation would then, perhaps, not have been so completely altered, and the dan ger now dreaded would not have been so imminent. (Hear, hear.) That most odious tax, the succession tax, was the consequence of the very great advancement made in the remission of indirect taxes, and he was quite sure every step in the same direction would increase the difficulty and danger which the right hon. gentleman apprehended. Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, amidst general calls for a division, said the Chancellor of the Exchequer alleged as a reason why the income tax should be charged equally on the profits of trade and realised property that it was un just to charge a higher sum upon the poor annuitant widow than upon the professional man, and he put it to the right hon. gentleman that the advertisement duty pressed pecu liarly on persons in distress, who wanted to obtain employ ment or dispose of goods at best price. He should vote with the right hon. member for Manchester, trusting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer's estimate of the large sums from the new system of taxation would enable him to lose this 80,0001. a-year. (Hear, hear.) The committee then divided, and the numbers were — For the amendment Against lO9 Majority against the amendment lO Mr. CRAUFURD expressed a hone that all advertise. ments, whether in public conveyances or in the streets, should pay the tax equally with advertisements in news papers. Mr. HUME was very sorry the Government had not found it in their power to take off this tax, which was one of the greatest impediments to free trade that now existed. He held in his hand an American paper which was sold for a cent, and contained a thousand advertisements, making known all the wants of the community, and such a paper was published in every town of the United States. The new system which would arise from the removal of the ad vertisement duty would be one of the greatest boons which could be conferred. What his hon. friend the member for the West Riding had said with regard to the voluntary efforts for the promotion of education being checked by this impost was most convincing, and, after so close a divi sion, he submitted whether the present Administration would proceed in legislating contrary to the principles which they professed. (Hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON said the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not answered his question, how the advertisement duty on pamphlets and books was to be collected? It was a simple question, and he should imagine the Chancellor of the Exchequer could tell him when the duty on advertise ments in books was to be charged, to whom it was to be paid, and where it was to be paid ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the simple question of the right hon. gentleman had re ceived as simple an answer, because he had said it was not his intention to levy any duty on advertisements not at present charged. The liability continued exactly as it was, except as to the amount. The machinery was the same, and the persons to whom the duty would be payable would be the same. If the right hon. gentleman meant to sug gest that he had better alter the language by which the duty was levied, he could only say he had adopted the language as he found it in the law. With respect to ad vertisements not inserted in newspapers, a most important mode of advertising, no t su bj ec t to the tax, would shortly be in the hands of his right hon. friend the Secretary of State—he meant the advertising vans, and they would certainly expire amidst a universal jubilee. (A- laugh.) Another class of advertisements, what the French called nomme,s affithes, living placards that walked up and down the streets, were more difficult to deal with ; and as to advertisements in railways, he did not think they need much begrudge the companies that casual advantage. To revert to the point put by the right hon. gentleman, per haps he might amend the resolution verbally, and let it read, " for or in respect of every advertisement contained in or published with any gazette or other newspaper, or any other periodical, paper, or literary work." He did not know whether that would be an improvement, and perhaps it would be better to take time to consider it, and make the alteration in committee on the bill. Mr. M. GIBSON said that if the wording of the resolu tion were not yet settled, it was time it should be. They were now imposing a tax upon certain things defined in the resolution, and if he understood the right hon. gentleman aright, he did not intend to do what the resolution ex pressed. The right hon. gentleman said he did not intend to impose any duty on any pamphlet or literary work ; but whatever the right hon. gentleman intended, the booksellers were in a state of alarm, and therefore he should like to see the resolution in the shape in which it was intended to have force. This was a tax ; they might be told it did not mean what was said ; but if so, they must ask that it should say what it meant. The wording of the old law undoubtedly was that the advertisement duty should apply to advertisements in books ; but the booksellers, finding that most obnoxious, got that law repealed, which sent books to be assessed. Imagine the case of a book say a guinea ; the duty was 6d. ; was a bookseller to send a book worth that, lest the Government should lose a sum so contemptible in comparison? It was not right then, now that they were enacting this law, to repeat the words " literary works." He hoped thq right hon. gentleman would explain upon this point, and also define more clearly what advertisements were—a question which now, day by day, it became more difficult to answer. The law should be more explicit on these points. In conclusion, he moved the omission of the words " pamphlet, or literary work." Mr. NEWDEGATE said it appeared to him that, as it was intended to adhere strictly to the present construction of the law, they would not improve the intelligibility of the law by altering the terms of the resolution. He felt most strongly that indirect taxation was the kind of taxation which the people most willingly paid ; he wished on that account to relieve the Chancellor of the Exchequer even from the inconvenience of a reduction of this tax ; and he should therefore move that the old duty be retained. As regarded the supplements, and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's proposition with regard to them, it seemed to be a premium to powerful established newspapers, and a detri ment to those which had not yet attained such a position, and as the change with regard to them seemed to arise out of the change with regard to the advertisement duty, he should endeavour to obviate its necessity by an attempt to remove its cause. He proposed on these grounds to keep the existing duty as it was. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that what was intended was, that the actual working should continue as at present ; and that he could not assent.to the words proposed by the right hon. gentleman (Mr. M. Gib son), though he was perfectly ready to adopt the language which would best express what was the established law and custom on the subject. _ _ - - iiii7BRIGHT said the resolution imposed a tax which though apparently levied, they had in fact no power to col lect. Perhaps the right hon. gentlemen would prefer that the resolution should be postponed to another evening. The house had, by a majority four times as large as that that the right hon. gentleman had that night, abolished the tax ; in fact, on that side of the house there were not two opinions on the advertisement duty ; and it was only because the right hon. gentleman had got about forty per sons to back him in whatever he proposed, ready to vete for is. 6d., id., or nothing, as he asked them, that he ven tured to oppose the majority, whose free and unbiassed opinion was in favour of the abolition of the tax. The right hon. gentlemen was too acute to suppose that the revenue would suffer, as he said it would, by the abolition of the tax. A. letter from a provincial editor, which he held in his hand, instanced a case illustrative of the contrary. A clerk recently advertising for a place, received 271. an swers to his advertisement, and those answers mainly by post. The right hon. gentleman would get his miserable exl. for the advertisement of this clerk; but how much might he not lose in postage receipts by the hindrance of more fre quent advertising ? How much increase to trade—to agri culture as well as other industries—might he not be pre venting ? The right hon. gentleman was proceeding pre cisely in the teeth of what a Minister in his position ought to do. The tax which he was imposing fell, in 99 cases out of 100, entirely on newspapers. With regard to the it was precisely the same thing ; it ap pliedallnewsptaoperstamp, papers were there were news, occurrences, or intelligence, with observations and remarks thereon, and entirely sueh aas the on n p th o e lit s i t c a al m n k o e t d u t p h o a n t l i i t te c r a a m ry e j o a u l m rn o a s l t s, In point of fact, Mr. or even newspapers about stamp newspaper, so wor Athena-um, or Journals devoted to architectural purposes : rac in g . Timms and his confederates at S omerset-house were a cen sorship of the press—a censorship onl y in force over poli tical newspapers. It was scandalous t hat such a state of things should exist under any circumstances, and it was disgraceful to a Government professedly in favour of edu cation. (Hear, hear.) He had a newspaper there (the New 1 York Tribune), which, he was bound to say, was as good as any publi s h e d i n E ng l an d thi s week. It was printed with a finer typ e th an an y L on d on d a ily Japer. It was ex ceedingly good as a journal, quite sufficient for all the purposes of a newspaper. (Spreading it out before the ce"°ll9o, the honourable gentleman detailed its contents , i raraencing with very numerous advertisements.) It con- TilE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1 853. tained various articles, amongst others, ono against pub lic dinners, in whichhe thought hon. members would fully agree—one criticising our Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget, in part justly—and one upon the Manchester school ; but he must say, as far as the Manchester school went, it did not do them justice at all (Laughter.) He ventured to say that there was not a a better paper than this in London. Moreover, it espe cially wrote in favour of temperance and anti-slavery ; and though honourable members were not at all members of the Temperance Society perhaps, they yet, ho was sure, all admitted the advantages of temperance, while not a voice could be lifted there in far our of slavery. Here, then, was a newspaper advocating great principles, and conducted in all respects with the greatest propriety—a newspaper in which he found not a syllable that he might not put on his table and allow his wife and daughter to read with satisfaction. And this was placed on the table every morning for ld. (Hear, hear.) What he wanted, then, to ask the Government was this—how comes it, and for what good end, and by what cont r i vance o f fi sca l op pression—for it can be nothing else—is it that one of your workmen here should pay sd. for a London morning paper, whilst his competitor in New York can buy his for ld. (Hear.) A might go to the Sew York Tribune with an ad vertisement for a year ; it was set up, it did not want setting up again for twelve mo n th s , an d th a t ma d e a l arge receipt every day, at a small expense. But how was it here? He asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had, he believed, some ambiti on t o f o ll ow i n th e f oo t s t eps of his former leader, was there an industry in this country so much taxed as the newspaper? There was the paper duty added to the price of the paper, and the red stamp, a hundred per cent. on the original cost of the paper and paper duty. After that came the advertisement duty, Is. 6d. hitherto, and after this great measure 6d. But not only was there the duty on paper, the stamp, and the duty on advertisements ; you had to go to Somerset-house before you began your paper, and to declare, or swear, he did not know which—swearing was here such a formality that people did not notice—that after all your debts were paid you were worth 4001. A man not worth 4001. could not start a periodical of any kind. You had then to give security that you would pay the newspaper duty and the stamp duty, and that you would not be guilty of any libel, sedition, or blasphemy in your paper ; and you had to find securities equal to 1,8001. He asked any gentleman in that house—he asked the honourable member for North War wickshire (Mr. Newdegate)—and ho hoped the day would come when that honourable gentleman might be amenable to reason—whether there was in this country anything taxed to so scandalous an amount as . a mere matter of in like it in dthihsavceounnotry; subjectand t d h u e st c ry h ? anc T en he o r r e of whatever on which his financial talen ts co uld be bette r wa s t the nothing Exchequer exercised than on this, which was the very life and soul of the intelligence of the country. You could not find your way into the cottages of this country unless you could give the great bulk of the labouring classes newspapers to read. You might circulate amongst . them pestilent publications, with all sorts of exciting storiesin them ; you might give them what would stimulate them to all depravity and crime; that would bo one sort of education; but you might give them a newspaper, with all the facts, all the matters of interest of their neighbourhood, mixed, of course, with news of a more extended character ; and that was another and a better sort of education, an incentive to education, and a means of keeping up what of reading and thinking they had learnt at school. He believed he had made out a case ; if the Charcellor of the Exchequer had any argu ments against it, they must arise from his fear of a free press, from his fear lest the people should have greater means of political information. He, who came from a county which had a population of two millions, who knew how recklessly men spent their earnings, how much rational instruction and means of improvement were required, thought it impossible to submit to the house a case which so called for their speedy action and sympathy as this. (Cheers.) He had not intended to say so much, but he had thought the right hon. gentleman's speech unworthy of his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer of a Govern ment which boasted that it had powers within it greater than almost any preceding Government. He hoped, how ever, that the hon. gentleman would still ask them to abolish that duty, but failing that, he, as an independent member, would do all that he might honourably, and in accordance with the forms of the house, in opposition. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was not using the friends he had on his own side of the house as he ought, in obsti nately adhering to this 6d., in defiance of every argument which even the most common understanding cou ld br i n g forward to refute the subtleties by which the proposition was supported. Sir JOHN SHELLEY said his hon. friend the member for Manchester came from the district of large towns, he came from a district that was purely agricultural, and ho would put it to other country gentlemen, whether the spread of knowledge was not of still more importance in the country than in the town. In a country district there was one, or perhaps two newspapers published, but the farmers and labourers had not the slightest chance of see ing either, unless they went to the public house on the Saturday evenings. (Hear, hear.) He was grievously disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had come to the conclusion he had done, and when the right hon. gentleman pleaded fiscal arrangements as an objection to the repeal, he begged to tell the right hon. gentleman that he was throwing away more money upon the tom foolery at Chobham than the advertisement duty would amount to, (Oh, oh.) Mr.NEWDEGATE wished to disabuse the house of the notion which the hon. member for Manchester appeared to countenance in one part of his speech, that all use ful knowledge was taxed, for in another part of the same speech the hon. gentlemen admitted that the tax fell only on political knowledge. In fact the hon. gentle man very naturally objected to a tax which fell on the cir culation of his own speeches. (Hear, hear, and cries of oh, oh.) He would not press the amendment he had proposed, as he saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer had got no credit for the reduction he had already made. The amendment was then withdrawn. On the question that the blank in the clause be filled up with 6d. Mr. CRAUFURD could not let this opportunity pass without protesting against the course taken by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Though anxious for the abolition of the advertisement duty, he had voted with the Govern ment on the 14th of April last, because he believed, from the Government meeting the motion with the previous question, that they intended themselves to repeal it. But when that motion was carried against the Government, he certainly thought they would have respected the decision of the house. Finding that was not the case, he had un hesitatingly voted in the minority to-night, and he could not but express his regret that the resolution of the com mittee should have stultified the decision of the house. He begged now to move, if the forms of the house would allow, that the blank would be filled up with the cipher 0. Mr. HUME expressed his surprise that no answer had been given to the strong appeal of the hon. member for Manchester. He would now appeal to Ministers, as the advocates of the spread of education and of morality, to remit the tax. One of the greatest reforms in the drun kenness of London arose from the fact that the working men could read the newspapers in coffee-houses instead of public-houses. But how much better would it be if they could buy the newspaper, and take it to their own homes. He hoped the Government would not put them to the necessity of dividing on this question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that his silence, after the speech of the hon. member for Man chester, was intended as any disrespect. The reason of his silence was this—that without denying the importance of the reasons contained in the speech of the hon. gentle man, or the ability with which they were urged, he felt that they related to a question which was not, in fact, be fore the house. The question raised by the hon. member was the general question of a cheap press —a question which had a very slight connection with the advertise ment duties, though it had a close connection with the stamp duties. (Hear) He did not think this general question was so simple as the hon. member for Manchester appeared to regard it. It appeared to him to involve a great variety of considerations, to which the hon. gentle man had not alluded at all. The fiscal question was the least of those considerations, because if the stamp duty was repealed they would g et as much, and probably more, from the duty that must be laid upon newspapers passing through the post-office. But there were other questions which could not be disposed of without grave and delibe rate consideration, and certainly they could not be dis posed of on a collateral question of this kind. Mr. HUME said he had attended various deputations to the noble lord upon the subject, and the noble lord always admitted that the fiscal objection was the only one. . _ Mr. LAING said, as one who was a warm admirer of the general financial scheme of the right hon. gentleman, he would now earnestly appeal to him to reconsider his determination on this particular question, and give way to the wishes of his warmest supporters in the house. His position had enabled him to become well acquainted with the feelings of the working classes, and he could state that there was no measure more important to them in a moral point of view than cheap newspapers, as he believed the greater part of the improvement which had already taken place was the result of cheapening the means of informa tion. Now, to cheapen newspapers it must be evident that the removal of the advertisement duty would be one great means, because if a cheap newspaper was to be supported at all it must be by means of the advertisements it re ceived. Mr. WILLIAMS added his entreaties to those of the other supporters of the right hon. gentleman that he would give way on this occasion. Mr. MILINS had voted against the duty both in April last and to-night ; and he still hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not persist in maintaining a tax which, by his own admission, would only produce 80,0001. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I said 80,0001. the first year, with a rapid and constant increase. Mr. MALINS—But that increase was doubtful, and the right hon. gentleman need not take off the supplement duty, which it was the general opinion there was no necessity for him to touch. (Hear, hear.) He was sure there were hundreds and thousands of persons in this metropolis who would be glad to have a newspaper every morning upon their breakfast table, but who were now prohibited by the expense. And if the inhabitants of New York could have a newspaper for a penny, there seemed no reason whatever why the people of London should not have one also, or at least for twopence. • - • Mr.COBDEN showed the great importance of the repeal of the advertisement duty to a cheap newspaper press, by quoting the evidence of Mr. Horace Greeley before the select committee on newspaper stamp duties in 1851. Mr. Greeley came over to this country as a commissioner to the Great Exhibition, and he was proprietor of the newspaper which his hon. friend (Mr. Bright) exhibited to the house. Mr. Greeley beim: , asked his opinion of the operation of our advertisemelt duty in America, said that it would destroy newspapers altogether. The duty was the same on a newspaper that circulated 2,000 as on one that circulated 50,000, though the advertisements might be worth 5/. in one and only 10s. in another. Its operation was the same as to lay ls. tax upon a man's day labour, whether he earned by that labour 2s. a-day or 2/. The long established and well-circulated newspapers might afford the tax, but the new papers would be crushed altogether. Now, he thought that reasoning was unanswerable, and he would only add to what Mr. Greeley said, that if in ernee America ownat;,‘ivffvoatersh s bett n ut e cti h uspt eovr a seitcevio t wee a nnn x cotlwfu w ndate o ehe u weft l d destroy newspapers, here it would prevent them coming ahpiciarault i py n ete t shmr o t Bei met, he from Karl mj s h t ee e cc n two c existence. would Unless that v e t m e n i coming urged h a i e n v t o G e o n e v ux o c e n t n them by various deputations yet the right hon. gentleman came down, and adhered pedantically to his 6d. without offering a single argument in support of his view. It was as much as if he snapped his fingers at his own friends, and said, Ido not care Cd. for you. (Laughter.) Mr. WARNER also hoped the Government would give way. He could not agree with the hon. member for West minster as to what was going on at Chobham, but he thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer might save the money out of the sum proposed for education, for he was sure the people of this country would educate themselves more by cheap newspapers than by any forced system of education, which might do very well for France or Prussia, but which would never suit the people of England. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to call the attention of the committee to the state of the question as it stood. The question had been filly debated at a period when there was a good attendance of members, which unfortunately was not the case at the present hour, and his right hon. friend having then proposed to repeal two-thirds of the duty, which was a very considerable reduction, ho could hardly have expected that that would bring upon his right hon. friend so much reproach. (Hear, hear.) His right hon. friend the member for Manchester proposed a total repeal, and in a house containing more than 200 members the committee decided in favour of the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Everybody then thought that the question was decided ; and he thought that to at tempt to reverse that decision now, when the house was so much thinner, was hardly fair or consiste n t w ith th e usual forms of the house. Then it was said that his right hon. friend was proceeding against a former vote of the house. That was no doubt true ; but the question really came to this—whether the repeal or the reduction of taxes was to be carried 33 , separate votes of the house, or whe ther the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to be listened to in the first instanco, and his propositions to be accepted or rejected. Undoubtedly, the house could take the former of the two courses ; but in that case the office of Chancel lor of the Exchequer could hardly be one of much utility. The other course had been taken in this instance—the Chancellor of the Exchequer had laid before the house his plan of finance for the year; and the qustion was now whether the plan of his right honourable friend, which had hitherto met with much favour—in the country as well as in the house—should be reversed. (Hear, hear.) The house had already decided in favour of the proposition of his right hon. friend, and he submitted that that decision, which removed two-thirds of the duty, ought to be acquiesced in. He would not enter into the question either of the advertisement duty or of the stamp duty. He had no doubt that the preponderance of argu ment was in favour of the abolition of both. (Loud cheers.) NV hen he was First Lord of the Treasury he had various deputations coming to him, 30 or 40 gentlemen, pleading against the continmnce of this or that tax; and really their arguments in favour of the abolition of every tax were quite overwhelming. (Laughter.) He never got up and said to them in reply that the tax on paper, for instance, or on soap, or on malt, was a useful tax; he never argued,beca,use he never felt, as if there was anyadvantage in these taxes. They were to be coasidered with regard to the general fi nance of the country. They had been so considered—the committee had pronounced its decision—and he hoped hon. gentlemen wild now attempt to reverse that deci sion by taking advantage of the absence of those who were ready to urge arguments which at the time were not pro duced. After a short pause, Lord J. RUSSELL again rose, and said there was one other matter which ho ought to have mentioned in connec tion with the question now before the committee. A re duction of duty was proposed. If the proposition should be carried to make it nil, it would be necessary to bring in a bill for the purpose of repealing the duty. Of course that bill would be laid before the house, and the result would be, that in the meantime the tax would remain what it now was, ls. 6d. (Cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said a par ticular request had been made to him, and he considered it a just request on the part of the hon. member for Man chester, that whatever was done on this matter should be done after full and clear notice. The hon. member gave a notice which was understood to raise, and which did raise distinctly, the question, whether the proposition of the Government should be accepted, or whether the duty should be totally repealed. He had met that question fairly, and a vote of the house had been taken on it. The hon. member did not give him notice that the vote was to be taken twice on the same night, and he did not think the hon. member was aware of any such intention. If he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had been aware of it, he should, of course, have been prepared to meet it. If the hon. member wished to prolong the discussion on the subject, he must have legitimate opportunities of so doing; but he must appeal to the hon. member not to take part in voting a second time on the same subject on the same night. (Hear.) The committee then divided on the question that 6d. stand part of the resolution. The numbers were— Ayes 63 Noes 6B Majority against the Government proposition 5 The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution in the fol lowing form :—" That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the duties now payable on advertisements, shall be paid for or in respect of any advertisement con tained in, or published with, any gazette or other news paper, or any other periodical paper, or in or with any pamphlet or literal) , work, 01. Os. Od." The committee then divided. The numbers were— Ayes... Noes Majority On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the chairman was then directed to report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The house havir resumed, Mr. HUME said he should like to know from the Speaker how far the proceedings which had just taken place were correct. The committee had come to a second division, and he washed to ask if it was competent to do so ? A motion was made to negative the " 6d.," and the committee had done so. A second motion was made to put in " 0." One party voted for " 0," and the other against " 0," and the " O's" carried it. (Laughter.) lie did not recollect such an occurrence having ever taken place before, and thought it very desirable for the house to receive such information as would guide them from fall ing into any error. (Hear.) Mr. BOUVERIE said the house would perhaps allow him to state what the questions really were. On the third resolution on the stamp duty, imposing a duty of 6d. on advertisements, an honourable member proposed that " 6d." should be omitted and "0" inserted. Ho put the question, and a division took place on the proposition " that 6d. stand part of the resolution." That proposition was negatived, and " 6d." was struck out. Then he put the main resolution with " 0" at the end, and that was carried in the affirmative. That was the resolution which ho had been directed to report to the house, and he sub mitted that there had been nothing informal in the pro ceeding.. (Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER said the questions for the committee to decide were, first, ivhether " 6d." should stand part of the resolution or not—and next, whether they would agree to the resolution without " 6c1." being inserted. It appeared to him that the proceedings had been perfectly formal and regular. (Hear, hear.) The report was then ordered to be received on Monday. SUCCESSION DUTY BILL. The consideration of this bill in committee was resumed. Clause 21 having been put, The CHAIRMAN read a proviso which Sir W. Jolliffe had upon a former evening declared it to be his intention to introduce into the clause. The proviso was to the fol lowing effect :—" Providedlalways that the value of any timber growing upon the land be not included in the said estimate." Sir W. JOLLIFFE here signified it to be his intention to withdraw the proviso. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should oppose the motion for its withdrawal, because he believed the insertion of the words in question had been proposed for the purpose of calling upon the house to de clare that no tax whatever should be laid upon timber under the Succession Duty Bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the right hon. gentleman could not be perfectly aware of the circumstances under which the proviso in question had been moved. His hon. friend had taken the best advice upon the question, whether the proviso was necessary to prevent the former part of the elause from including timber, and the information which he had obtained was that no such proviso was necessary. Under those circumstances, therefore, he had no wish to press it upon the coasideration of the committee. If his hon. friend were net permitted to withdraw the proviso, he (Sir J. Pakingtoa) hoped he would allow it to be nega tived without a division. - -- After a few observations from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Sir W. JOLLIFFE, the proviso was withdrawn. The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Clause 22. The consideration of this clause was, at the suggestion of Mr. HENLEY and Mr. VANSITTART, postponed. Clause 23, which lays down the rule as to advowsons, having been proposed, Mr. HENLEY said he believed that the clause, by levy ing the duty on the presentation, when that right should be sold, would press with undue severity in the case of a person who might happen to be able to make the sale two or three times in the course of his life. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the clause had been framed with a view to deal as leniently as possible with that species of property. It was desirable that they should give every discouragement which they could fairly offer to the sale of advowsons ; and it was therefore proposed that the right should be taxed in those cases only in which it was absolutely sold. Mr. G. BUTT said he believed that descriptian of pro perty was very liberally dealt with in the clause. Mr. MALINS thought it was not worth while to tax that description of property at all. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that of all kinds of property he knew of none which had a less claim to exemption from taxation than an advowson which was actually sold. The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 29 was agreed to. Clause 25, which lays down the rule as to taxation of manors and mines, having been put, Mr. NEWDEGATR said he wished to know whether a person who had the fee-simple of a mineral estate would be charged on the same principle as a person who had a life interest only in such an estate ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the affirmative. Mr. G. BUTT said he did not understand how that clause which gave an alternative as to the mode of valua tion was to be carried into effect. The first part of the clause provided that the yearly value of a mine should be calculated by the average profits derived therefrom, after deducting the necessary out-goings during such number of preceding years as might be agreed on between the com missioners and the successor. He did not see that any power was given for effecting such an agreement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the agreement were not come to the alternative which was offered in that portion of the clause would not come into the agreement ; but the party might, if he pleased, resist that inducement. Mr. G. BUTT thought it would be better to fix on a cer tain number of years for the purpose of the valuation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he believed that in case of mineral property it would in many cases be found most inconvenient that that proposal should be adopted. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that nothing could show more strikingly than that clause the excessive difficulty and the risk of injustice which were incurred in imposing a succession duty. The right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not by that clause give the successor the same option which he gave him in the clause with re spect to timber, of paying on an average of receipts, or on the capital value of the property. He (Sir J. Pakington) knew at the present moment several instances of mining property which would be affected by this clause. He would suppose a case where a mine had been just opened and a vein struck. Suppose then a succession to take place ; how could it be possible to ascertain an average value in that case? (Hear, hear.) He should move, by way of amend ment, the omission of the following words :—" Or if no such period shall be agree(' upon, then the principal value of the property shall be ascertained, and the annual value thereof shall be considered to be equal to the interest, cal culating at the rate of 3/. per cent, per annum on the amount of such principal value." (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEEQUER replied that the case referred to was one of very frequent occurrence, and came before them every day in the shape of leasehold interests. The right hon. baronet would sec that the amendment, if carried, would render the clause altogether inoperative. In reply to Mr. HENLEY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the meaning of the word " mine" referred only to mines that were open, but did not apply to cases where mineral was known to exist, but where the vein had not been opened. Mr. G. BUTT altogether dissented from the construc tion put upon the word "mine" by the right hon. Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and appealed to his hon. and learned friends, the Attorney and Solicitor Generals, to say if such was the correct and legal meaning which was meant to be conveyed by the word mine." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL explained that the clause referred to open mines, and that its meaning was apparent from its subsequent wording. Mr. MITCHELL suggested the introduction of the words, after the word "mine," " yielding profit," and that words should also be introduced to provide that the profits should be determined by arbitration in case of dispute. Nlr. BOOKER suggested the addition of the following words, viz., "That the yearly value of any manor, mine, or other real property, producing a fluctuating yearly in come, shall either be calculated upon the average profits or the income derived thereon." The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was not disposed to offer any objection to the addition of those words, and would feel obliged to the hon. gentleman giving him the words in writing. The clause was then agreed to. Mr. G. BUTT complained of the indefinite wording of the 26th clause. Mr. PELLATT moved in this clause, according to notice, that after the words " body corporate," the words " cor poration sole, whether lay or ecclesiastical," should be in serted. Ho thought that as the clergy of the Church of England drew so large a sum from the national finances, they ought to pay their fair proportion of the tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (interrupt ing the hon. member) assured him that his amendment would not add to the stringent effect of the clause. Every corporation sole, whether lay or ecclesiastical, was beyond all doubt a body corporate, and would be subject to the operation of the clause. Mr. Pellatt's amendment having been withdrawn, The clause, with some verbal alterations, was agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the bill. Clauses 27 and 28 were also agreed to. On clause 29 being proposed, Mr. MALINS moved that the chairman report progress. In reply to Lord R. GROSVENOR, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he pro posed devoting the whole of Monday evening to the consi deration of the remaining clauses of this bill ; and that he should not stop in the bill for the purpose of going to the Stamp Duties Bill, which, however, would stand next on the orders after the Succession Duty Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY—As the right hon. gentleman said he would devote the whole of Monday evening to the clauses of this bill, he wished to know when the question of tim ber, postponed to-night, would be considered ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It would come on at the end of the bill. The house then resumed, and The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. _ The Com - mon Lodging-houses Bill was read a third time. SHERIFFS' COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the third reading of this bill. The bill was read a third time and passed. SPITALFIELDS AND SHOREDITCH IMPROVE MENT BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. When the house resumed, The Battersea Park Park Bill was read a third time and passed. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE BILL. On the third reading of this bill, Mr. FREWEN said, according to the plans which had been submitted to the select committee, the elevation of this bridge was put down at 25 feet 6 inches above high watermark, but by the decision of the committee, carried by the vote of the First Commissioner of Public Works, the elevation was reduced to 20 feet. This would materially affect the navigation, as a sufficient space was not left under the bridge for barges with straw, and it would also inter fere with the arrangements for conveying coal up the river. He thought the bill had been slipped through in a very ob jectionable way ; but as he believed it would be opposed in another place he would not now attempt to arrest its progress. _ ' Mr. PELLATT should like to hear what arrangements were made with reference to the temporary bridge, when the works would be begun, and when they would be finished ? Mr. ALCOCK objected to the way in which this bill had been pushed through the house, and concurred in what had been said as to the inadequate headway under the bridge. The Houses of Parliament had. been made 10 or 15 feet too low, and this bridge was to be sacrificed in consequence of the blunder. Vauxhall-bridge was six feet above the height proposed for Westminster-bridge ; and the want of suffi cient headway in the new bridge would be a positive in jury to the owners of wharves above the bridge, though ho admitted the decreasing of the ascent for vehicles would be an advantage. He thought that the Commissioner of Works ought to consent to give a headway of 24 feet instead of 20. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that the present bridge was sufficient for the traffic of the river, and yet the most available arch had but a headway of between 20 and 21 feet, and the new bridge would have a headway of 20 feet with more than twice the width of the existing arch. That would be amply sufficient for the present and prospective traffic of the river, while at the same time the traffic across the river by land would be greatly facilitated. The hon. gentleman said the bridge was intended to be made low in order not to injure the effect of the new houses of Parlia ment. He (Sir W. Molesworth) confessed, while consult ing the convenience of the river traffic, that it was one of his objects not to injure the effect of the new building, which was one of the finest specimens of architecture of its kind in the world. Mr. HENLEY thought the explanation given by the Commissioner of Works most unsatisfactory. There were bridges below and above Westminster-bridge with a much higher headway than that proposed to be given to the new bridge ; and yet by limiting the headway of the new bridge the convenience derived from the higher headway of the other bridges would be lost, and a permanent barrier op posed to the traffic of the river. Sir C. BURRELL moved the adjournment of the debate. The house divided : For the adjournment of the debate Against it Majority iB On re-entering the gallery we found Lord 0. HAMILTON protesting against precipikation in deciding upon this matter. Our architecture was already quite a sufficient reproach to us in the eyes of foreigners, and it was most desirable that we should not add to the number of our defects in that respect. The house then divided on the third reading of the bill. The numbers were : For the third reading 34 Against it Majority The bill was therefore read a third time and passed. The further consideration of the Public-houses (Scot land) Bill was postponed till Monday next, and the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 29. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA- MENT. Borough of Stroud—Edward Horsman, Esq., in the room of Henry John Moreton, commonly called Lord Moreton, now Earl of Ducie, summoned to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 1. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Dundas Rein hardt Gill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clements, who retires ; Cornet Henry Baring, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Gill, July 1. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Spicer, who retires ; Cornet Edward Tottenham Irvine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goff, July 1. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Serjeant-Major Alexander Falconer, of the Coldstream Guards, to be Quartermaster, vice Morse, deceased, July 1. Gth Foot—Captain James Palliser Costobadie, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Reginald Peel, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Richard Thompson to be Cap tain, by purchase, vico Costobadie, who retires ; Ensign Richard Henry Goodwin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson, July 1. _ . _ _ 13th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh Maurice Jones to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Busby, who retires ; Ensign John Augustus Fuller to be Lieuten-mt.,- by purchase, vice Jones; Thomas Tyacke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fuller, July 1. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Woodwright to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Cockburn deceased ; Ensign George William Stackpoole to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Woodwright, March 21. 19th Foot—Lieutenant George Bingham Jennings, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Highmore Potts, who retires upon full pay; Ensign Henry Turner Uniacke, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jennings ; Gentleman Cadet Am brose Marshall Cardew, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Uniacke, July 1. 36th Foot—Captain Charles Woodwright, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Coote, who retires upon half-pay, 18th Foot, July 1. 37th Foot—Ensign Robert William Webb to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Hobson, who retires, July 1. 54th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Eneas Mackintosh Macpherson to be Surgeon, vice Webster, who exchanges, July 1. 68th Foot—Ensign Harrison Walker J. Trent to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nicol, who retires, July 1. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Henry Creswell Snow to be Adjutant, vice Rutherford, promoted, May 6. 87th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Pishey Thompson Hill, from the 17th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Banon, promoted in the 96th Foot, July L 96th Foot—Lieutenant William Munnings Lees, to be Adjutant, vice H. F. W. Cumberland, promoted, May 6 ; Assistant-Surgeon Richard George Davys Banon, from the 87th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lucas, promoted on the Staff, July 1. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon William Lucas, from the 96th Foot, to be Staff-Surnon of the First Class, vice Peter Robertson, M.D., weo retires upon half-pay ; Assis tant Staff-Surgeon Thomas Guy, M.D., to be Staff-Sur geon of the Second class, vice Edward Robertson, deceased ; Surgeon George Murray Webster, M.D., from the 54th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Mac pherson, who exchanges ; Alexander Clarke Ross, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Guy, promoted, July I. BREVET.—The under-mentioned cadets of the E as t India Company's Service, to have the local and tempo rary rank of Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the command of Colonel D. Jones, of th e Royal Engineers, for field instructions in the art of sapping and mining :—John Underwood Champain, Gent. ; Robert Charles Boileau Pemberton, Gent. • Robert Home, Gent.; William Strover, Gent. ; John Richardson Maunsell, Gent. ; Harry Pym, Gent. ; William Chrystie, Gent., Ist July. MEMORANDIIM.—The removal of Ensign Henry from the 86th Foot to a Cornetcy in the 14th Light Dragoons, on the 10th June, 1853, and the appointment of Mr. Thomas Tyacke to an Ensigncy in the former Corps, on the same day, have been cancelled. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE—JUNE 29. Royal Regiment of Artillery —Second Captain Thomas Knox, to be Captain, vice Lines, deceased ; First Lieute nant Wm. Magrath King, to be Second Captain, vice Knox; Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Torriano, to be First Lieutenant, vice King, May 20. MEMORANDUM.—The date of the promotion of the un dermentioned officers has been altered to 19th May, 1853 ; viz. :—Captain R. P. Radcliffe ; Second Captain J. E. Thring ; First Lieutenant J. Lyons. Corps of Royal Engineers.—Second Lieutenant Charles George Gordon, with temporary rank, to be Second Lieu tenant, with . permanent rank, June 23. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants.—Horace Percival, vice Waller, pro moted; George John Young, vice Purcell, promoted; Henry Thos. Arbuthnot, vice A. C. Johnson, promoted • Robert Biddulph, vice C. B. Le Mes ur i er , p romo t e d ; Wm. Stir ling, vice Elliot, promoted ; Peter Edward Hill, vice W. Stirling, promoted ; Arthur Walsham, vice Philips, pro moted ; Stuart John Mildmay Maxwell, vice Pickering, promoted; Champagne L'Estrange, vice A. W. Johnson, promotad, June 22. - Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se cond Lieutenants with temporary rank—John Fretche vine Dykes Donnelly, vice Elphinstone, promoted ; John Edwin Cornea, vice Cumberland, promoted; Thomas Graves Lowry, vice Luard, promoted ; William Meredith Somer ville, vice Phillpotts, promoted ' Alexander De Courcy ' Scott, vice Fyers, promoted ; Carew Louis A ugus t us O'Grady, vice Creyke, promoted, June 22. [Erratum in the Gazette of Dec. 31—In the list of Gen tlemen Cadets, promoted to be Second Lieutenants in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, for William Alexander Patrick Willie, read William Alexander Patrick Wyllie.] QUARTERLY CIRCULAR OF THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. We have received the following Quarterly Circular of Mr. T. Thorburn, dated— 81, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, 30th June. Sir,—During the last three months the production of pig iron in Scotland has, from various causes, decreased 25,000 tons, when compared with the same period im mediately preceding. The home consumption, and exports foreign, coast wise, and per railway, as ascertained from authentic sources, amount since the end of March to the extraor dinary quantity of 295,000 tons. The stocks, which are now only 325,000 tons, laying in warehouse-keepers' stores and makers' hands have consequently been reduced 125,000 tons, and in the face, too, of a felt scarcity of tonnage and high rates of freight. Notwithstanding the large shipments, and a great local consumpt, but a small advance has been established, prices oscillatinn. (after a fall of 30 per cent.) between 50s. 6d. and 555. per ton. Though these low quotations have induced unprece dented exports, these rates are unremunerative to the iron masters in general, owing to the scarcity and in creasing cost of labour and ironstone, and have tended to curtail the production. 112 furnaces are now in blast, being 7 less — than there were three months ago. Two furnaces lately put in operation at Lugar are to be stopped next week. The averages prices were in January 665. 6d., Feb ruary 545. 10d., March 525. 11d., April 525. Bd., May 50s. 10d., June 525. 9d. per ton. To-day the market is very firm, and an anxiety to in vest in the article is apparent. Gartsherrie and Colt ness, No. 1, 575. 6d. ; Glengarnock and Summerlee, 565. ; Mixed Nos. g.m.b. 535. to 535. 6d. per ton, cash. The uncertainty of the issue of the Eastern Question impedes business. Manufactured iron generally has declined 15s. per ton, but rails have, during the last few days, advanced ss. to 10s. per ton, owing t o th e active demand, not only for home railways, but for the Continent and America. Ears, 71. 15s. Rails, 8/. 10s. ADMIRALTY, JIINH 25. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Richard Johns, to be First Lieutenant, vice John James Douglas Barclay, deceased. - -------- BANKRUPTS. John Wallace, tailor, late of Calcutta, now residing at Gordon's Hotel, Covent-garden, to surrender, July 9, at one, and August 12, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official :assignee, Basinghall street ; Murrough, New-inn, Strand. William Jones, hop merchant and tea dealer, Kentish buildings, Southwark, July 9, at half-past one, and August 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. James Harper Gibbons, straw hat warehouseman, Wood street, Cheapside, July 11, at one, and August 10, at twelve, at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry. Charles Gahagan, coach builder, Paddington-green, July 8, at twelve, and August 10, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. James Gray, currier, Wolverhampton, July 13, and August 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Thomas, Walsall ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Ephraim Harris, pawnbroker, Merthyr Tydvil, July 12, and August 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official a ss i gnee, Bristol ; Reece, Birming h am ; Abbott and Lucas Bristol. William Bradshaw, builder, Birmingham July 12 and August 9, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rushworth, Bir mingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Owen Morris, boot and shoe maker, Plymouth, July 11, at one, and August 1, at half-past Ten, Exeter District Court. Hernamann, official assignee ; Elworthy, Ply mouth. James Garnett Lockett, merchant, Manchester, July 12, and August 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District, Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Wor thington, and Shipman, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. J. Llewellin, Bristol, haberdasher, Aug, 5, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Robinson, Barnsley, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, July 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds — W. Mole, Birmingham, victualler, Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. P. C. Blackett, of Green-street, Grosvenor-square, lodging-house-keeper, is. Bd., on Tuesday, the sth inst., or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. H. Sandys, sen., Crane-court, Fleet:street, scrivener, 81d., on Tuesday the sth inst., or any subsequent Tuesday between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Ba singhall-street. J. A. Riches, of Halesworth, Sussex, =lister, 9d., on Tuesday, the sth i ns t., or an y subsequent TuOday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. C. M. Darby, Regent-street, printer, 3s. 84d., any Wed nesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. _ A. Barn, Sack4ille-street, tailor, is. 9d., any Wednes day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Basinghall-street. _ E. Blakely, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and Norwich, linendraper, 7s. 6d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. G. Tratt, Bridgwater, ironmonger, 55., any Tuesday and Friday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. M. Brickdale and J. Brickdale, Taunton, bankers, 25., any Tuesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter. _ J. B. Boon, Burslem, woollen draper, 4.3 d., any Thurs day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. M. Adams and C. Warren, Shrewsbury and Market Drayton, bankers, 7d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. M. Adams, Shrewsbury and Market Drayton, banker, 2s. 5d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. Warren, Shrewsbury and Market Drayton, banker, 6d. any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. 'Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. T. Denis, Lime-street, City, and Spur-street, Leices er-square, wine-merchant, July 28, at twelve. In the Country. _ _ . J. Adams, Halghton, Flint-shire, cheese-dealer, Aug. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. S. Hoggar, Wolver hampton, builder, Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—E. Tarner, Birmingham, builder, July 27, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—B. Lamplough, Don caster, woollendraper, July 23, at ten, at the Council hall, Sheffield. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Ayres, Blackheath, nurseryman, certificate of the first class—C. Lightfoot, Lime-street, City, merchant, cer tificate of the second class —H. N. Ginder, St. Martin's-court, Ludgate-hill, licensed victualler, certificate of the second. class—R. Bond, Mitre-court, Hatton-garden, wine mer chant, certificate of the second class—T. Ross, Manchester, furniture dealer, certificate of the third class, after a sus pension of twelve months, from June 24, 1852—H. H. Ross, Liverpool, draper, certificate of the second class, after twenty-one days from June 25—A. Platts, Sheffield, tailor and draper, certificate of the third class, subject to a suspension of six m on th s f rom J un e 25, 1853—R. Lid dell, Doncaster saddler, certificate of the second class— E. H. Ruddock, Bradford, Yorkshire, marble mason and stove-grate manufacturer, certificate of the second class, subject to a suspension of two months from June 25, 1853 —W. Stiles, Stratford-upon-Avon, maltster, certificate of the second class. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Lister, Shrewsbury, shoemaker. William Barnes, Hereford, blacksmith. John Flynn, Stratford-on-Avon, tailor. Samuel Barber, Great Yarmouth, tailor. John Morgan, - Aberdare, Glamorganshire, cordwainer. James Towler, Yeadon, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manu facturer. Robert Ross, Devonport, barrack master. Thomas Madge, Plymouth. John Batley, Huddersfield, cloth finisher. Frederick welch, Brackley, Northamptonshire, cooper. James Murgatroyd, Huddersfield, stone-mason. Richard Dearden, Huddersfield, grocer. SCOTCH SEQTJESTRATIONS. J. D. Dongall, Glasgow, tin-smith, to meet July 7 and July 28, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. F. Perry, Glasgow, merchant, to meet July 5 and July 26, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. John Reid, Wilton, Hawick, merchant, to meet July 6 and July 29, at one, within the Tower Hotel, Hawick. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 25th day of June, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued ...• .... 32,191,885 Government debt..... 11,015,100 Other securities ..'.... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 18,175,731 Silver bullion 19,154 £32,194,885 I £3'4,194,885 M. MARSHALL Chief Cashier. Dated the 30th day of June, 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest 3,116,211 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Government securities (ID cludg.Dead Weight Annuity - ) ...• 13,118.01 0 Other securities ...... 13,705,3 49 Notes %. • ..... 9,563, 325 Gold and silver coin .. 470,404 Dividend Accounts) 5,532,113 Other deposi , s ... •.. 12,332,410 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • .... 1,323,394 £36,857,128 Ti. krAnsuALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 30th day of June, 1853. 436,857,128 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made i n the week ending the 28th d ay o f June, 185 d. per hundred weight, exc l us i ve 3, is 235. 84 of the duties of Customs paid or payable th ereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. LADvERTIszmENT.i — THE CAMP AT eiroßriAlc7; —The Royal 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite it 3,11 Exhibition. A very small newly-invented , powerful waistcoat -pocket York Hotel. Person the size of a walnut, by w hich 0 .. glass, 9, half distant ; c,an be seen and known one mile and at the they answer every purpose on the racecour se, cle . arly _seen opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are vllae possessing eeleetseo from pse weighing extraordinary rna2goorodmni only yl a e r y s3. at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, i a n n v d en t t o i u on rist in s.and most important telescopes, e l l e 'e s l c e o s p c o e t A new. powers that some, 3} inches, with an extra eye-piece, well show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the 1 double stars ; with the sam e , person s countenance three miles ounces, can be seen a obtj and a half distant, and an • They supersede every other kind for . the waistcoat-onpodeekrfeutl, an d all sizes, with increasing powers and are of larger accordingly. Oper'Cgdkerac_cele.a7rolyu r s s e e e g n l , a f s r ge om ; 14 to 16 miles Solomons, opticians, have in- S p . re a s n e d rvi li . ng spectacle lenses. Immediately in vented distant.p eonwteer invaluablea n m o e b object are placed. before imperfect vision, every object they u ppe,ars clear and distinct; the m os t age d , defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and ne wly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different f ro m all others, to surpass anything 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. MARRIED. On the 30th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-squar e Capt. G. D. Warburton, R.A., to the Hon. Elizabeth Hanover-square, Bateman Hanbnry, sister to Lord Bateman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE'. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 1. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Leonara Johanna, from Lis bon ; Esther, Havre ; Glenburn, Havannah ; Lovely, Cadiz ; Calypso, Jamaica ; Peter Senn, Buenos Ayres ; Margaret, Marseilles ; Arlington, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; George Douthwaite, Lagos ; Condor, Calcutta ; Daring, St. Malo ; Julie, Constantinople ; Edward, Oporto ; Minden, Odessa ; Calista, Honduras ; Alice Brown, Berbice ; John Bull, Montreal ; Gem, Grenada ; Lord John Russell, Harlingen ; Montague, Nantes ; Omero, Leghorn ; Balmoral, Marans ; Renovatio, Oporto ; Progress, Rouen ' • Chili, Chili ; Ab e l G ower, Port Fairy and Melbourne ; Elbe, ,Dominica ; Marie Anne, Marans ; Unity, Christiania; Hawkhill, Smyrna; Bermondsey, Bombay ; Hannah Eleanor, Charente ; David, Demerara ; Ruckers, St. Vincent ; Henritte and Rebe cca , J ama i ca ; Enchanter, Geelong ; Immanuel, Trieste ; Margaret, Ham. burgh ; Phcenix, Rouen ; Himalaya, Portland Bay ; Eden, Bombay ; Eclipse, Madeira ; Jane Pixie, Calcutta; Rienzi, Melbourne and Cape. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Alert, for Copenhagen ; Fortuna, do. ; Alfred, Calcutta ; Calypso, Jamaica ; J o h n B ull, Quebec ; Captain, Cape of Good Hope and Bombay ; St. Fort, Stettin ; Ann Mitchell, Bombay ; Mary and Elize, Antwerp ; Johann, Dan z i g ; Andreas, Rostock ; Ashburton, Sydney ; Himalaya, More ton Bay ; Enchantress, Geelong ; Anna, Launceston. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The Pendleton, for Boston ; Charles and Jane, New York ; American Congress, do. ; Catherina, Magadore • Richa r d F ranc i s, Amsterdam ; Martha, Stettin ; Hendica, Brake ; Julia, Melbourne. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Londonderry, from Clyde to Quebec, June 7, off Point de Monts. The Glencairn, Clyde to Quebec, off Anticosti. The Quintin Leitch, off Cape of Good Hope. The Isabella, from Port Philip to Bombay, in the Bay of Bengal. The Dolphin, Valparaiso to Port Philip, April 2, lat. 27 S., long. 76 W. The Rope, May 25, lat. 12 S, long. 35 W. The William Ash, Cape of Good Hope to London, 64 days out, lat. 45 N. long. 19 W. The Matilda, April 13, lat. 36 S, long. 21 E. The Bahamian, Bahia to Queenstown, June 20, lat. 44 N, long. 24 W. lo The 2 Pavan, Trinidad to Dieppe, Juno 22, l a t. 49 N, ng. 6W. The Katherine Barham (barque), steering S, June 6, lat. 25 N, long. 37 W. The lonia (barque), Paraiba to Falmouth, 17th, lat. 40 N, long 32 W. The Indian, Sheilds to Valparaiso, May 23, lat. 2 N, long. 24 W. The General Blanco, May 24, lat. 3 N, long. 25 W. The Valparaiso, Liverpool to Valparais o , May 20, lat. 6 N, long. 23 W. The Asia, Sierra Leone to Falmouth, June 1. The Eliza, Leith to Buenos Ayres, June 19, lat. 39 N, long. 15 W. - The Nepaul, China to Lima, March 11, lat. 13 N, long. 118 E. The Lubinkas, Calcutta to Riga, April 17, lat. 26 8, long. E. The Meander, Bombay to London, May 2, lat. 35 8, long. 21 E. The Mayflower, May 6, of the Cape of Good Hope. COUNTItY MA s. LIVERPOOL —JULY 1. There was a thin attendance of millers and dealers at our Corn Exchange this morning, and the business was only limited, in consequence of holders requiring an ad vance over Tuesday of 2d per bushel on wheat, and is per barrel and sack on flour. White Indian corn is per qr. dearer, but yellow neglccted. O a t s an d oa t mea l fully sus tained rates. WAKEFIELD-JULY 1. A moderate supply of wheat reported in this day's mar ket, and short of other grain. Great activity has per vaded the wheat trade this week, and in London a large business has been done in Mediterranean wheat for France and Belgium. These circumstances caused sellers to de mand high prices here to-day, and a fair extent of business has been done in fresh wheat at an advance of fully 3s per qr. Other sorts must be noted 2s to 3s dearer. Barley nominal. Beans fully as dear. Oats id per stone, and shelling is per load, higher. EXEI\ER-JULY 1. CORN.—Prices : Wheat, Gs Od to 7s Od per bushel. Bar ley, grinding, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Oats, 2s 6d to 3s Od. Flour, fine, 40s to 41s; seconds, Vs to 39s per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 6d per score ; cows and calves, 11/. to 14/. ; butchers calves, 54d to Od per lb., rearing calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep, bid to Od. Lambs, 7d per lb. Store hogs, 355 to 36s each. INVERNESS.-JUNE 28. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 47s Od to 50s Od 2 • barley, ditto, 541 b ditt o , 27 s Od t o 28 s O d ; Oats, ditt o , 421 b ditto, 20s Oct to 22s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 15s 6d to 16s 8d ; ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od ; barleymeal, 11. 6d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 40s Od to 42s Od ; 2d ditto, 30s Od to 32s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, is to is 8d ; ditto second, Os Oct to Os Od ; barleymeal is 4d to Os Od ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od ; Ist flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—JULY I. The market retains its firm character, and there has been a good business done, both for refinery and grocers' account. In the sales generally full prices have been obtained. The demand for refined goods is still pretty active, and the quotations of this day se'nnight have been well supported. COAL MARE Prices of Coal per ton at tl ET-JULY 1, he close of the market : 5. d. Carr's Hartley l6 9 Flasting's Hartley 16 0 1 Holywell l6 6 Redheugh Main 14 6 Wallsend, &c. 1 c d. l ßussell's Hetton 16 . 6 , Riehmund 15 9 Stewart's 17 0 Kelloe 16 3 South Hartlepool South Kelloe 16 0 West Kelloe . 15 9 Tees l6 9 Pease's West 14 9 Grey's West Hartley l6 3 Morrison l5 9 Gosforth l5 6 Willington Hartley l5 6 Edon Main .............. l6 3 getton ...... . l7 0 Lambtou l7 0 Ships at market 19 I Sold ......... .. 27. of Ear l Alborough and rADVERTISEHENT.I—The Hol loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had f a il e d. S ee ex . Leghorn, efrrno7his Feb. 1 o 2 r l d , s h Ip'S letter, d ated " Villa Messina, you th a t your p i lls have effected 845. To Professor H o ll owa y. em inent of the f aculty at home and all over the a Si c r u ,— re l o b f ea disorder acquaint in my li ver and stomach, which all Continent had not been a bl e to effect—nay, not even the waters most Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) A T -.......D80S the ROUGU'" These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint- ment) at Professor Holloway's Establhment, 244, Strand, London, and by a ll me di c i ne ven d ers throughout the kingdom. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 25th ult., at Ash Meadow, Westmoreland, the wife of T. Rodick, jun., Esq. On the 25th ult., at Jubilee-street, Everton, the wife of Alex. Robertson, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 27th ult., at Williamstrip-park, Gloucestershire, the lady of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bart. On the 29th ult., at Spring-vale, Ryde, Isle of Wight, the wife of Captain C. Caffin, R.N. DIED. On the 2d inst, at 42, Mornington-road, Resent's-park, most deeply and deservedly regretted by hts afflicted family and all who knew him, Jam es W arw i c k af„ au l ay , Esq., eldest son of the late Frederic William Macaulay, Esq., late of Antrim, Ireland, and London: On the 20th ult., at Kreutznaeh, Germany, Maria Alston, wife of Capt. Newell, R.N. On the 29th ult., 55, St. James's-street, Piccadilly, H. Richards, Esq., aged 81. LONDON : Printed and Published by NEU:RDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, I . a the county of Middlesex, Saturday, truly 2,1853, •