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of Chatham, was bribed by a situation as a letter-carrier in ' the Post-office, obtained for his son, Charles Greathead, by Sir John Mark Frederick Smith." And now with regard to the precedents to which the hon. baronet had referred. He quite agreed with the hon. baronet that there were numerous precedents to be found on the journals in which the house, on the reports of committees, Ir r d directed Attorney-General to prosecute persons o bribery and perjury; but he believed he might ve t ntu a re nne t r o uni say es t s h i a n t the house had never interfered in tha m cases of flagrant and gross corruption., or cases of such a i mperatively on the house to character as seemed to call do so. He would, however, mention one or two cases in which it appeared to him some little caution was give n to the house as to the mode of proceedingo in cases f this description. In 1841 Mr: Charles 'WilliamsWynn brought forward a motion_for_prosecuting opurttee had D e r.We i bsterfor. bribery at the St. Albans election. The not reported that Dr. Webster was guil ty of the bribery, but, on examining the evidence taken com mittee, there were two . cit"?! which seemed to esta blish the and after char g e against him?... reluctance, With a Til a rtf membrs of great considerable opposition on th e o we ight and authority, the house, as he thought unfotrtun etay, yielded to the motion, and directed a prmecu io to be instituted against Dr. Webster. Now, he thought the house would go along with him in opinion that they ought never to direct a prosecution unless they had a reasonable expectation that they would be able to secure a conviction ; because it was obvious that the house would sustain considerable prejudice and damage if they solemnly directed a prosecution to be instituted, and it afterwards turned out that the charge made was without foundation. Well, what happened in that case ? He (Sir F. Thesiger) appeared on that occasion as Attorney-General, and the hon. member for Kilkenny (Mr. Serjeant Shoe) appeared for Dr. Webster, and the result was a verdict of " not guilty." But there were some proceedings consequent on the motion of Mr. Wynn which he thought were not cal culated to sustain the credit of the house in the estimation of the country. Mr. Ward, who took part in the debate against the motion for prosecuting Dr. Webster, in three days afterwards (June 11) brought forward a motion with reference to the Cambridge election, the report of the committee on that subject having been presented to the house in June, 1840; so that 12 months had been allowed to elapse after the report of the committee had been pre sented before bringing forward the motion upon it. It was perfectly clear, therefore, that it was a retaliatory motion. (Hear, hear.) Unfortunately, the motion of Mr. Ward was carried, not for .the prosecution of Mr. Manners Sutton, who was declared to have been by his agents guilty of bribery, but for the prosecution of two persons named Long and Swan—Long being then under prosecution by other parties. He thought, therefore, that the house should be extremely cautions in directing prosecutions which might be attri buted in the first place to strong party feelings, and in the next place where there was not a fair and reasonable pros pect that there would be a conviction if they went before a jury. (Hear, hear.) Now, what were the circumstances of the present case ? Sir F. Smith, he might mention, had been for 19 years resident in Chatham as Commandant of the Engineers there. He mentioned this to show that Sir Frederick was no stranger in the borough, and that he had local interest s an d c l a i ms which were likely to be available on presenting himself as a candidate there. He commenced his canvas in March 1852, at which period he was the only candidate in the field. About that time he called upon Joseph Greathead to ask him for his vote. On Sir Frederick's first visit Greathead, although he expressed himself favourably disposed towards him, would not pro mise his vote, but on his second visit he distinctly pledged himself to support him, and not only so, but proceeded to give him active support in canvassing. He thought it only fair to Sir F. Smith to call the attention of the house to the opinion which he had expressed, on oath, as to the sacredness of a promise given him by a voter. He was asked— " In the conduct of your election did it occur to you, looking to the character of the voters of Chatham, that, whoever the man might have promised, he might not finally determine to give his vote until, in point of fact, he recorded it at the poll ?—lt did not, as I said yesterday, I believed those who promised me ,their votes would give me their votes. " Did it never occur to you that some of those who promised you their votes might have promised the other side ?—I never suspected it. " Looking to the character of the voters, did it never occur to you, in a large constituency like Chatham, that it was possible many of them who promised their votes to you might have promised them on the other side ? I firmly believed that the promises given both to my oppo nent and to myself would be carried out." He was also asked if he saw the distinction between a candidate soliciting places for the Admiralty for persons he expected to vote for him, and a member maki ng an application after the vote had been given. He answered— ' I do not see the distinction ; indeed I do not, because I consider the promise as good as the performance of it." To show the house how Sir Frederick carried out this principle in practice he might mention that when he called on a voter, and found he had promised to vote to any other candidate, he never solicited that person further for his vote, considering a promise to vote against him as binding as a promise to vote in his favour. (Hear, hear.) After Greathead had given his promise to vote for Sir. F. Smith he was canvassed by a Mr. Crockford, in favour of Mr. Romaine, who had by that time become a candidate. Greathead, it appeared, was under some particular obli gation to Crockford, and in consideration of that oblige - tion, he promised to vote for Mr. Romaine, and after Mr. Romaine had left the field he promised Crockford to vote for Sir James Stirling. It appeared from Greathead's evidence that he had entered into some negotiation for disposing of his business, which he expected would be completed before the election, and that he believed he should not be in the borough to record his vote for either candidate at the time of the election. All this time Sir F. Smith was utterly ignorant of these circumstances, and, indeed, he was not in the slightest degree aware of them until he heard them given in evidence before the committee. On the 10th of May Greathead applied to Sir F. Smith to procure a situa tion in the Post-office for his son, who, it appeared was a journeyman tailor in London in a bad state of health. Sir F. Smith having previously, as be thought, secured the vote of Greathead, and never imagining that he was doing anything at all illegal or irregular, applied to the Govern ment for a situation in the Post-office for Greathead's son, which situation he obtained on the 20th of May. So little idea was entertained by any of the parties that there was anything illegal in this transaction, that no secret was made of it by either of the parties concerned. On the 17th of June, Greathead's negotiation about the disposal of his business having gone off, and finding himself obliged to re main in Chatham, he gave his vote in favour of Sir F. Smith. Now, the question which the committee had to consider was whether, in the circumstances to which he had just referred, there was something which brought Sir I F. Smith within the province of the act against bribery, and which would compel them to report unfavourably against him. The committee examined both Sir Frederick Smith and Greathead. Greathead was asked— " Upon your oath, were you induced to vote for Sir F. Smith in consequence of any promise or any expectation that he held out to you that you would get a place for your son in the Post-office or elsewhere ?—I most solemnly de clare that I gave my vote to Sir F. Smith irrespective of anything. ' Were you on Sir F. Smith's committee ?—No. " You utterly disavow any bargain or contract with Sir F. Smith ?—Decidedly. " No conditions whatever?—Not any." Now, he appealed to the experience of hon. members, whe ther, in canvassing a large constituency, there was any thing which they had found more difficult than to prevent persons making applications to them for favours on such occasions ? Sir F. Smith, who, as many hon. members knew, was a straightforward, manly, honourable person, And who had no notion that, when a promise to vote had been given, it was possible for the voter to recede from it, made the application for the situation without the slightest idea that he was thereby endangering his seat. (Hear, hear.) The committee had evidently some difficulty in de ciding the question as to whether this transaction consti tuted bribery on the part of Sir F. Smith or not, and ac cordingly they framed their report in a manner which, while he admitted it affected Sir F. Smith's seat, was more directed to the bribery which was connected with Great head and Greathead's influence than with the acts of bribery committed by Sir F. Smith himself. The house would ob serve that in the guarded expressions used by the commit tee in their report they did not allege that Joseph Great head had been bribed by Sir F. Smith, but by a situation obtained for his son by Sir F. Smith. He (Sir F. Thesiger) considered that no bribery, in the proper sense of that term, had been committed by Sir F. Smith. The 7th sec tion of the 2d George 11., chap. 24, provided that if any person himself, or any person employed by him, should by any gift or reward, or by any promise, agree ment, or security for any gift or reward, corrupt, or pro cure any person to vote at elections, the offender should for feit 5001., and incur certain disabilities. It was necessary therefore that Sir F. Smith should have been shown to have' corrupted, or procured the vote of a party by the promise or gtft of some office under the eftmnment. He (Sir F. Thesiger) had given this subject very anxious consideration and if he had been a, member of the commit tee he must have come to the conclusion that no case of bribery had been established against Sir F. Smith. He would further say, that he . was satisfied no court in this kingdom would hold that where a voter, without any in ducethent or improper influence, had promised his vote, and had adhered to that promise, anything which inter vened, and which the voter himself declared had not the slightest influence in inducing him to give his vote, could be regarded as corrupting, or procuring the vote of such person, within the intention of the act of Parliament. Supping, however, the committee were right in coming to the conclusion that Sir F. Smith had been guilty of bribery in respect of this transaction, he thought it was clear that it was not the intention or wish of the commit tee that any proceedings should be taken against Sir F. Smith. He conceived this was satisfactorily shown by the very guarded language of the report. He would put it to the,house, then, whether they ought to undertake the office of prosecutor unless very gross and flagrant corruption had taken place, and unless it was perfectly clear that upon the evidence which could be adduced a jury would convict the person accused. It was no light matter for the house to determine upon a prosecution of this kind, because there would necessarily be a very strong prejudice against the person placed upon his trial, for it would be assumed that the house had very carefully weighed and considered the evidence, and that the circumstances were of such a cha tacter aa to render it imperati ve u p on th e h ouse t o inter h!ere for the vindi ca ti on o f it s h onour an d integrity. (Hear, , r.) • Re - would further ask the house to cons id er th e stigma th ey Would affix upon the character of a highly honourable -(11 en by determining to institute such a pro secution. gross and sea:ad:AL If Sir F. Smith had been guilty of quite right that a s corruption, then it would have been him ; but he (sir should be instituted against bekeve that it p . 8 1 h ."iger) could not bring himself to to infringe the law. smith had had the slightest intention p er j ur y he (Sir F. Thesi ) woad case of flagrant corruption or to proceedings for Punistb g the oiftd qni er, te w r h e c ad th y er to b assentver e a poor man or occu Pied ouse an no tx t lted position ; but he earnestly implored the h which would at once be a conde to ft adopt hastily a course e 1 rests ce th unless they thought there were other 1 7 of Sir n F ',, S i m n ith e ' case than those which he (Sir F. Thesiger) had felt it his hethe hon. duty to bring before them. If the object member for Westminster was punishmentof Thesiger) could only say that Sir F. Smith had bee already Ill ; most severely punished. (Hear, hear.) He baron under" the heaviest imputations ever since the hont (Sir J. Shelley) had given notice. of his motion, he had lost the seat in that house which ha( I been the object of hi s pride and his ambition, and he (Sir F. Thesiger) beli eve d that his punishment had been qui to sufficient to lead candidates NE if , carefully to abstain from an) . transactions whatever with electors beyond mere my; Passing. He (Sir F. Thesiger), ----,-- - - would put it to honourable g entleman whether there was 4.-- :.7- , ‘, .--. ; one member in *hat how if) who, after his return, had - not been T on 71 --- -- r -- . elite f o r him or for their rela ( dly a aiplied t o to obtain mituati_ons . either 1( 4 - .7 ,' -, FI , r; for persons who h voted '''. 1,4,t 1' ''. ' Jives ? (Hear, hear.) Was t here any honourable member ''"'•.- , Nr-- who bacr , ..happened to be connected with . th4G m ev d es: 2164 100 had not OYU and o war mail] APPLIN 1 . tained Finch appointments ? Now, if Sir F. Smith had bad more experience of elections and of canvassing—if he had been as cautious as many members of that House— (a laugh)—he would have abstained from making any promise at all, and when the election was over he would have ob tained the situation for the person who had applied to him through an electoral friend. (Hear, hear.) He considered, that with regard to the question of morality, it could not make the slightest difference whether the application was made during the election and the situation was obtained afterwards, or whether the application was made subse quently to the elections. He (Sir F. Thesiger) would be glad to hear some statement on the part of the Government of the view which they took of the case. Mr. W. WILLIAMS observed, that it was a notorious fact that the great mass of the members of that House ob tained their seats by means which he thought much more objectionable than those which were alleged to have been used by Sir F. Smith. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Williams) considered that the house ought to adopt a measure which would render it penal for any parties to have recourse to bribery, treating, promise, or any other means of influenc ing voters. A great many members had been unseated during the present session, but he believed that, with the exception of Sir F. Smith, they had all been acquitted of any personal knowledge of bribery ; yet many of those h d etah t re hiusan neire ds no o t f h po av un e e t pe f n o d r ed gainin as ma g ny th h eir sea undreds ts,. gentlemen had admitted b e f ore th e comm i ttee that they although ( h H ad ear pa i d (Mr. W. Williams) must say that he looked upon this charge against Sir F. Smith as one of a very light character as compared with many others which had been made—(hear, hear)—and he would suggest to the hon. member for Westminster that he should not press his motion, but should endeavour to take means to repress the system in future. Mr. BRAMSTON wished, as a member of the committee upon whose report Sir F. Smith had been unseated, to say a few words on this subject. At the same time, he doubted whether the house would think it right that he, as a mem ber of the committee, should defend the muse they had taken. (Some cries of " No, no.") The committee up stairs was a j u di c i a l tribunal, and that house was not a court of appeal. It therefore appeared to him that, if ho were to address himself to the house with respect to the reasons which induced the committee to come to their de cision, he would be speaking corant non judice. At the same time, he might say that, although the committee had reported only upon one case, they had considered the whole evidence brought before them, and upon that evidence they came to the decision they had adopted. He thought it was proved to the committee by various witnesses that it was quite impossible for any candidate to stand for Chatham without giving promises to voters ; and the ques tion was whether, in forming constituencies of the peculiar character of the Chatham and other dockyard constitu encies, that house had not been parties to the crime —(hear, hear)—whether they had not by their legislation tended to corrupt and destroy the character of the dockyard consti tuencies—(hear, hear), and laid a snare which no candidate who presented himself to such constituencies could fail to fall into. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was the duty of the house to consider whether they might not take some means to correct this evil, but he did not think that under present circumstances it would be consistent with the dig nity of the aouse to order the prosecution of a man for a crime to 'which they had themselves been privy. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PELLATT said, that as a member of the committee he must say that, although he should like to see the motion withdrawn, if it should be pressed he would feel bound, on abstract principles of justice, to vote in its favour. He thought the circumstances which had occurred at Chatham were of a trivial nature compared with the corruption which had existed in other places, and the house might im pose an amount of punishment greater than the offence de served. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the house should deal broadly with the whole question, and punish both agents and the receivers of bribes. It was quite plain, however, that Sir F. Smith had laboured under the mono mania that he might grant favours to voters during the election even without making himself liable to a prosecu tion for bribery. As the committee entertained a doubt as to the state of the law, they had required the learned counsel to discuss that question ; and they had come to the conclusion that it was a case coming within the opera tion of the Bribery Act. (Hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE, who spoke amid loud calls for a division, said that his opinion on th e case was strictly em bodied in the terms of the report ;—it was that Sir F. Smith did not intend to bribe Mr. Greathead, and that Mr. Greathead's conduct had been infamous. He could not conceive a case in which it would be more dangerous for the house to recommend the prosecution of a candidate on account of bribery. The committee, feeling doubtful as to the law, had certainly had recourse to the learned counsel for information, but, if the house had the means of judg ing of all the circumstances of the case, he was convinced they would come to the same conclusion as the committee. (" Divide.") An hon. member of the committee (Mr. ellatt) had stated that, if the motion were pressed, he should vote for it. He (Mr. Newdegate) should not do so, because it would be an act of injustice to mark out the very venial case against Sir F. Smith as calling for peculiar reprobation, in the face of so many other cases which had been brought under their notice. The decision of the com mittee was a sufficient punishment for Sir F. Smith, and the house would not act in accordance with its proper cha racter if they agreed to the motion of the hon. baronet the member for Westminster. Mr. PIGOTT, who was nearly inaudible from the gene ral cry for a division, was understood to appeal to the mem ber for Westminster not to press his motion. Mr. M. SMITH vindicated the course adopted by the committee, and recommended that, instead of punishing Sir F. Smith, the house should order prosecutions to be commenced against the iniquitous witnesses for the perjury they had been guilty of before the committee. Mr. W. J. FOX rose to answer the challenge of the hon. and learned gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger), who had said that all hon. members must learn that they were constantly asked for favours by their constituents after an election was over. He could assure the hon. and learned gentleman that he had never received a single application of the na ture alluded to, and that he had never asked a favour of the kind from the Government. He gave this answer to the challenge in order that it might not g 3 forth to the public unanswered, and that he had no doubt that many of his hon. friends could have done so too, had they been willing. With regard to the case before the house, the evils complained of—corruption and bribery, could not be remedied by a prosecution of one man or the disfranchise ment of one borough; the only efficient and permanent remedy would be a thorough reform of the Parliamentary representation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. DUN COMBS said, it appeared to him that it was or ought to be a very serious question on the part of the house whether they should institute a State prosecution at the public expense. It was not a mere question of appoint ing a committee, but it was whether there was sufficient evidence before them to make them believe that a jury would convict Sir F. Smith. (Hear, hear.) He believed there was not. (Hear, hear.) He recollected the case which occurred not long ago at Derby—(a laugh)—where one Mor gan was caught in the act of bribery, with the money in his hand, and who was prosecuted. Morgan came into court, pleaded guilty, and what did the jury say? They said that really the House of Commons was so steeped up with cor ruption and bribery that although they found Morgan guilty they would recommend him to mercy. (Laughter.) Then the judge [told the prisoner that he had been found guilty of bribery, but as the jury had recommended him to mercy, he might go about his business, taking care never to do it again. (Renewed laughter.) Me (Mr. Duncombe) did not believe that a jury would find Sir F. Sniith guilty at all. The committee, as the house had been told by its members, had found him guilty solely in order to comply with the strict letter of the law—(hear) and two of its members had stated that night that he ought not to be prosecuted. He was quite satisfied that the com mittee had discharged its duties conscientiously, and he was glad to thank the members for another portion of their report. He alluded to the statement that the electors of Chatham were so dependent on the Government that it was impossible for them freely to exercise the elective franchise, and that they ought all therefore to be disfranchised. (Hear, hear.) The house ought not, under these circum stances, to issue a new writ for the borough of Chatham. The question of equalising the franchise in counties and boroughs had been disposed of that evening by a promise from the Ministry to introduce a large and comprehensive measure of reform during the next session. That measure would be the test of the Administration, and would show whether it deserved the confidence of the public or not. The Government, however, had to deal not only with the franchise, but with the extensive system of corruption which had been so completely exposed recently, If they would deal properly with that, they would be entitled to public gratitude. As the general question must be dealt with by the new Reform Act, it was not worth while to occupy their time with such cases, more especially since the opinion of the committee was decidedly against the prosecution. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. O. STANLEY deprecated the assertion made by the honourable and learned member for Stamford (Sir F. Thesiger) that the members on both sides of the house were all equally corrupt, and expressed his opinion that this case ought to have been submitted to the law officers of the Crown, to ascertain whether there was sufficient evidence to go before a jury with. (Divide, divide.) Mr. HEYWOOD was understood to join in the appeal to the hon. baronet (Sir J. Shelley) not to press his motion. Sir J. SHELLEY vindicated his motives for introducing this motion. He had desired only to assist the house to stand well with the country, and to give it credit for having pursued a straightforward course. The hon. and learned gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger) had appealed to the law officers of the Crown to give their opinion on this, and. he (Sir J. Shelley) was surprised that no member of the Government had said a word upon the subject. He, perhaps, might have been induced to withdraw his motion had he received so favourable an assurance as that which been given by the Government to the honourable member for East Sur rey - but, although he (Sir J. Shelley) was anxious to consult the feelings of the house on all occasions, still he thought he had a duty to the country to perform, and un less be received some intimation of the opinions of the law officers of the Crown he should persist in dividing. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that the case under discussion was one in which the opinion of the Government should be used to sway the feelings of the house. (Hear • hear.) It appeared to him that the first course be had to pursue was to endeavour to obtain the best possible advice, in order that his colleagues and himself might be prepared to say what was their view of the law respecting the case. Accordingly, they had consulted the kw officers of the Crown, and those law officers had stated their opinion, which was founded on the report and tho evidence taken before the committee, that there were. grounds for the prosecution of Sir F. Smith—(hear, hear)--and, although they would not answer for the success of that prosecution, they thought there was evidence to go before a court of law sufficient to show that Sir F. Smith had been guilty of bribery. (Hear.) That was the first question he had thought it his duty to ascertain. But there tvsoe another question, and one which concerned the house still :more. It was the question as to the meaning of the report of the committee. He must own the report appeared -to him to have some ambiguity in it, and he could not say that am biguity had been entirely removed by the speeches which had been made that evening by members of the ,ocimmittee. (Hear, hear.) It would appear on the face of the report that the committee were of opinion that Sir F. Smith had been guilty of inducing a voter for the borough of Chatham to vote in his favour by procuring for him a situation in the Post-office. (Hear.) The words would adritit of an other interpretation, but if that other interpreta.i ion were the, right one , th en gir F. Smith had done no more than ob tain a situation in the Post-office for a person of -the name of Greathead, without intending to influence his Tote, and , r t it :akat. tee ._ T he madring comlni t t h t n ea t e r h e f rt o , u vfithon . ,t any reference to the election. It was at the same _ 4Acult to understand what was the intention of the s ' t e h g l re s e t , 3 1 o o e o b m n l i a d g n e s o d h lt s d o e onlmnlYethatulasi3o.nseinikaithohlin anti that ' t OcI N , et a h s h: i m n n time tile same hea.seetieman n had lty of bribery. At, the same Sir F. Smith for bribery, Chatham Wars such ground that tb e consti it wetild not be right to ini p o r n o and he founded his op onuttheseteq that, in his opinion, Went body la that no molt .could THE SUN, LONDON, WE:D`NRSD.A.Y EVEN ING, 'MAY '4, 1853. come a candidate for that borough without being led into corrupt practices of this kind. That was a statement to which he (Lord J. Russell) could not give his assent. (Hear, hear.) He could understand its being said (though he thought that would be a most unfounded statement), that a candidate could not go to Chatham without being so beset by applications for promotion in the dockyard ap pointments in the hands of the Government there, that he really could not avoid yielding to the temptation ; but that there should be any such temptation at Chatham as to oblige the candidate to bribe the voter by the situation of letter-carrier, a situation in the Post-office, was really a statement which appeared to him utterly without any thing like foundation. (Hear, hear.) He could not ima gine that Chatham, any more than any other borough, was in such a position that a man could not be a candidate there without promising places in the Post-office. But then another gentleman, a member of the committee, bad said that he believed Sir F. Smith did not intend corruptly to influence this voter, and therefore he could not vote for prosecuting Sir F. Smith. The hon. gentleman was quite right, if that was his conscientious belief, not to vote for such a resolution; but what he (Lord J, Russell) could not understand was, how the hon. member could have been a party to this report. (Hear, hear.) For the house was placed in this difficulty—if Sir F. Smith had no corrupt intention of influencing a vote the whole matter of the offence was wiped out, for the offence was that of in fluencing a voter by giving a bribe; and in that case there ought not to have been a report charging him with this grave offence. (Hear, hear.) Other members of the com mittee had taken a different view ; one of them had stated that he was convinced that Sir F. Smith was guilty of bribery; yet it appeared that it was not their wish that a prosecution should be instituted. (Hear.) Upon the whole, this placed the house in a situation of great diffi culty. He had no doubt the committee agreed to what they thought right, but he could not but consider that they ought either to have stated that Sir F. Smith had, in their opinion, been guilty of bribery, and to have supported a motion of this kind, or they ought not to have preferred this grave charge in their report. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would be very difficult to ow to stand upon the records of the house the solemn resolution which the hon. baronet (Sir J. Shelley) had read, and which had been recorded as a resolution of the house for a great number of years, and not to take notice of a case which was brought before them by a com mittee specially appointed to inquire into the matter. The justice of the house would be very ill-satisfied by reso lutions to which they frequently came, that persons much distressed in point of pecuniary circumstances should be prosecuted by the Attorney-General on account of corrupt transactions in which they had taken part ; the character of the house would hardly stand well if it should appear that they ordered a prosecution, without any hesitation, in the case of 10 or 20 persons in a low condition of 'life, but that when it came to a person of distinction and sta tion the house would not consent. Therefore, ho (Lord J. Russell) thought the house was placed in great difficulty. He had said that he did not think it was the business of the Government in any way to attempt to influence the de cision of the house ; he had meant to give his vote, and allow the question to pass without taking any part in the dis cussion, if he had not been appealed to. He thought, per haps, in consideration of the unanimous wish of the com mittee, the house might refrain from instituting this pro secution ; but at the same time he felt that this was a course which would expose the house to a great miscon struction. The committee had brought them into that position that he should find it very difficult hereafter to vote for any prosecution by the Attorney-General in any case whatever after this case had been passed over. (Hear, hear.) He did not know that it might not be as well that the resolution should be expunged, and the prosecution not take place. He did not know that it was a very effectual way of repressing. bribery. But he thought, to prosecute all the low and poor persons, and pass over cases like this, would be a course fatal to the reputation of the house (hear, hear) ; and if the house were of opinion ' as they seemed to be, that they s h ou ld no t prosecute in this case, he should come down in any future case where a prosecu tion by the law officers might be proposed, and give his vote against it. (Hear, hear.) After an explanation on the part of Mr. NEWDEGATE, which was drowned in the cries for a division, Mr. S. WORTLEY said he could have understood the line of argument of the noble lord, if the house had had before it nothing but the report of the committee and the opinions now given by its members; but the evidence taken had been laid on the table, and if there was any use in lay ing the evidence on the table, it surely was to enable the house to judge whether they should take any ulterior pro ceedings. (Hear.) It would be well for the house to con sider, before consenting to this motion, whether it would not be regarded out of doors as having an appetraece of vindictive feeling—(oh!)—or of making a scapegoat for many offenders (Hear, hear.) He could not conceive it possible that a conviction should take place—(hear, hear) -- and the house would do well to be cautious of venturing upon proceedings so grave with a prospect of discomfiture and defeat. (Hear.) It seemed that the law adviser of the Crown held that there was ground for a prosecution. That could only be, he apprehended, by making use of the examination of Sir F. Smith himself. But that was con trary to the whole spirit of our criminal procedure. (Hear.) It was the practice of other countries for prisoners to be interrogated by the judge and cross-examined by coun sel ; thank God it was not the practice of this country, but if the evidence of Sir F. Smith was to be made the foundation of a prosecution, we should make a precedent which might be most mischievous in its consequences. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained that the right hon. and learned member was mistaken ; the law officers of the Crown, in giving the guarded opinion which the house had heard, had proceeded upon the general evidence in the case. He would warn the house against sitting in judg ment upon the decision of its committees. (Divide.) Sir J. SHELLEY said that, after the speech of the noble lord, he should certainly go to a division. (Divide.) Mr. DIIUMMOND, who was met with a renewed call for a division, was very sorry to be obliged to spoil an y gentleman's dinner, but had still more reluctance to allow this debate to close without entering his protest, and. giving his reasons for so doing, against the course now insisted upon by the honourable baronet. He agreed with the hon. member for Oldham, (Mr. Fox) that this was but a poor exhibition of their would-be purity. He (Mr. Drummond) had ever abstained from taking a part in such discussions so long as the purists confined their exer tions to disfranchising voters who had the wisdom to make the only use they could of their votes—(loud laughter)— but when, going beyond that, the house was now urged to institute criminal proceeding against a meritorious officer and an hon. gentleman—(cries of "hear, hear")—whon they were all called upon to take up stones to cast at Sir F. smith, he should like to inquire where was the man who could say "I am without sin (Hear, and a laugh.) It was said some time ago in the Edinburgh itcriew, to show the absurdity of enacting laws against the sale of game, that " The Three per Cents. would eat pheasants." (Laughter.) In the same way he would say that the Three per Cents. would sit in that house--(hear, hear)—that bank directors and East India directors would sit in that house—(hear) —that "railway kings" would sit in that house—(loud cries of " hear")—and they were threatened occasionally with a rush of the whole of what was called " the railway interest." (Hoar, hear.) So long as there ware rich and poor, you never would be able to persuade men that there was crime in catching and killing and selling wild animals —(oh !)—nor in a poor man selling anything which a rich man was willing to buy. (Hear, hear.) There were only two ways of governing mankind; you must either govern by:brute force, with the assistance of standing armies and police, or you must govern by self-interest. You might call it bribery, or corruption, or give it any hard name you liked, but it was that which pervaded your whole system, from the palace of the Sovereign, through the House of Lords, through the House of Commons, and through the whole of the constituencies, and you could not rule in any other way. True, the brute-force system had rather run to seed in France just now—(laughter)--and the Bastile and lettres de cachet were revived in a way that seemed very offensive to us, who talked of the liberty of the subject; but, pray, was not our system of national representation run to seed? (Hear.) Did gentlemen think that the exhi tion they had made in this last year was not a good excuse to the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of the French for not having fallen so deperately in love with representative institutions ? And why was it that this exhibition had been made this year? Mrs. Hannah More--r Oh") told us of a gentleman who went "in search of a wife," and Mr. Thomas Moore—(a laugh)—told us that there was a gentleman who went "in search of a re ligion f' last year for the first time we had a Prime Minis ter who went in search of a policy. (Laughter and cheers.) What was the consequence ? He gave four months' notice that he was going out upon this expedition, and every at torney in the kingdom determined that there should be a contested election in every place ; and they got up candi dates, and not only candidates but petitions. (Hear, hear.) They returned the members, and, as many of the commit tees of the house had stated, they unseated members by their own conduct in bribing, where the member had no thing4o do with the matter. (Hear, hear.) They got up false petitions. (Hear, hear.) In this v er y case--the Chatham case—it came out that, before there was a rival candidate to Sir F. Smith, a petition was got up. It was a necessary part of their machinery to have a member to petition against. Then the matter was brought here, to the Coppocks and the Browns—(laughter) —brought here to the tender mercies of the Carlton and Reform Clubs—(hear)-- and they played it out as they would a game of chess, giving a bishop for a rook—(loud laughter)—three false petitions (as a gentleman explained to one committee) for one fighting petition. (Hear, hear.) Why was there such desperate anxiety to come to that house ? Because that house was the great place-bazaar—(laughter)—the great office-market. (Laughter.) Here place-scrip was sold and bought. (Laughter, and cries of "Oh !") Why was the house blest with so many gentlemen of the legal profes sion ? (Loud laughter.) Was it not because they found that a flashy partisan speech in that house was a surer road to the 'bench than hard fagging in chambers or attend ance at court ? (Hear, hear.) But was it for the public advantage that that should be school in which the lawyer should study for the gravity of the ermine ? (Hear, hear.) He was not sure whether the Attorney-Gen era l was in his place just now, but there were gentlemen in the house of whom it was pretty well known that by this title they got the situations which they adorned. (Laughter.) To be sure, every class had its price, as well as every individual. You could not bribe in the House of Lords by W. 10s., or a place in the Post-office. (" Oh, oh !")—but was there no bribery in making barons, viscounts, and viscounts, earls, and earls marquises ? (Hear, hear.) There was a bill introduced by the noble lord, or some reformer or other, prohibiting the giving a few yards of penny riband to the wives and daughters of the electors—it was bribery ! But you would find in the House of Lords the gift of three yards of green riband, or Mlle riband, very conducive to the public inte rest. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Drummond) was not censur ing these proceedings, he justified them ; it was the only system by which your Government could be carried on. He was very sorry the Government had not got a great deal more power of that sort. (Loud laughter.) When gentlemen came down to that house they must carry on their " bribery and corruption," as it was called (which was self-interest), in another way. They must put up with seats at boards, and things of that sort—(laughter)— and when there was a man that was particularly boring (Bowring), why, he must be sent to Hong Kong. (Roars of laughter.) He (Mr. Drummond) was very sorry that the Government had not in their gift a great many Hong gongs ; the house would be much improved by it. (Loud laughter.) But there were other places. He was old enough to remember when Mr. Perceval's Government was nearly destroyed because a gentleman in the Treasury refused to vote for him until he had given another brother a place—(hear, hear)—and did they not all remember the failure of Sir R. Peel in forming a Govern ment in consequence of the interference of certain ladies of the bedchamber? (hear, hear.) An hon. gentleman turned up his nose—(a laugh)—but, unless all rumour's tongues united in falsehood, it was said that the noblelord had, not very long ago, received a letter of remonstrance from the head of a large family not particularly remarkable for talent, because he had not included some of them in the now arraDgementg i (" Um, hear," and a laugh') What was the danger of the Government ? Simply mere want of places. (A laugh.) There was no danger to the Government from any opposition that could be offered from the other side of the house. The danger was that it received shots from the rear. (A laugh.) If the Treasury were to be symbolized or embodied, it wou ld b e asCyle or Tellus, with more applicants for nourish ment than she could supply ; or he would take a more homely illustration,—that of Gillray's caricature of the sow that brought forth more pigs than she had teats for. (Laughter.) He saw in the notice paper a motion from one of the friends of the Government—something about India. What was it but the squeak of a pig that had got no teat ? (Great laughter.) He took the liberty, on a former occa sion, to implore the head of the Government in that house, in consequence of the state of things that had been brought about by the Reform Bill, never to quit his office upon any petulant vote that the house might come to until there was a direct and specific resolution for an address to the C rown , (Hear.) The noble lord had been taunted with the situation he now occupied ; but in his humble opinion that situation was the most honourable the noble lord had ever filled—(hear, hear)—and he besought the noble lord — not as an individual, but as the head of the Government — there to remain until the motion he had alluded to should be carried. (Hear, and laughter.) The right hon. gentle man over the way need not have quitted office if he had chosen to remain, and Lord Derby ought either never to have taken office or never to have quitted it—(hear, hear) — for there was no doubt these constant changes were greatly to the detriment of the public service ' • but the fact was, they never had been reformers—they had been mere specu lators. Their reform would have led them back to the wisdom, and principles, and practices of their ancestors, and they would have seen that unless they gave property its legitimate way of action it would use the illegal way of continual bribery—(hear, hear)—and, moreover, he hoped it would, and that they would not be able to make that house a mass of paupers. (" Oh, oh !" and laughter.) They must make that house the representative of the wealth of the people, and, when they did that, they would not find the bribery which they complained of. (Hear, hear.) As to this immediate motion of prosecuting Sir F. Smith, they who voted for it were the men who were dis graced by it, and not Sir F. Smith. (Hear, hear.) What was the simple question? That gentleman had lived in the place for many years ; he was proved before the com mittee to be a kind and charitable man to his political foes as well as to his friends, never asking any question on the subject; Slid, because he gave a Post-office place of 12s. a week, all their purity was up in arms—(hear, hear)—and they thought to go and show the country at large what sinless pure creatures they were themselves. (Laughter.) He thought the motion was. discreditable to the house, and therefore he was opposed to it. (Hear.) Mr. HUME could not agree with the hon. gentleman that this motion was discreditable. (Hear.) The speech of the hon. gentleman, indeed, was one of the most extra ordinary he had ever heard. (Hear, hear.) It was a speech that he could not have believed any Englishman would have stood up in that house. and delivered. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman had libelled the house—(" 01;! oh !" and loud'cries of " hear")— he had libelled the country ; and, whatever the House of Lords might be, he had libelled that and all who were connected with it. Would they not support the resolution they had 'come to, and show the country that they would maintain the purity of election ? The hon. gentleman said he wished there was more bribery and corruption, and that men were more debased than they were. .("Oh !" and laughter.) He should be sorry to see it—they were too much so already. (Laughter.) It had been F's endeavour to get an honest house, and the best way to attaia that risult would be to support such resolutions as the one now before them. They would be wanting in respect to their own character, and to the character of that house, if they did not agree to the resolution. Mr. RICH (amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh !" and great laughter) said, the hon. gentleman the member for West Surrey had done him"the favour to make a joke at his ex pense. As to the expressions of the hon. gentleman, he could laugh at them as well as his neighbours, for, having been nearly 20 years in that house, he believed ke could say he had conducted himself both in public and in private life as a gentleman and a man of honour. (Hear, hear.) Now, as far as the motion of which he had given notice was concerned, no hostility was intended to the Govern ment. (Laughter.) The present Government he regarded with unfeigned respect. (Laughter.) It was composed of many honourable and indePendent gentlemen capable of carrying on the government, and from him they would receive the most cordial support when his conscience would go with them. (Hear, and a laugh.) Sir J. SHELLEY believed and hoped there was no man in that house less quarrelsome than he was ; but words had been let drop by the hon. gentleman near him (Mr. Drummond) which, for the credit of that house, required some explanation. (Cries of "Question," and "Order," and great confusion, during which the hon. baronet re sumed his seat.) Mr. KUNTZ rose, and was about to address the house, when the noise having subsided, The SPEAKER said, that if the hon. baronet had wished to take exception to any word spoken by the hon. gentle man the member for West Surrey, he ought to have done it at the time. (Hear.) Mr. DRUMMOND said, if he had used any words that were improper, he would at once withdraw them. Sir J. SHELLEY (with some excitement).—You said it was disgraceful and discreditable to the house. (Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Order.") Mr. MUNTZ said, he was not one of those pigs that wanted a G overnment teat--(laughter)— but there was a very important question before the house, and it would be well for them to conside r b e f ore they voted upon it what the people out of doors thought of this sort of thing. The pro ceedings of the committee had given rise to a belief out of the house that there was a good deal of corruption, not merely on the part of the voters, but on the part of the members, and the sooner they could clear that up the bet ter. (Hear.) But there was a resolution on the books of the house that they ought to punish any person seriously who did this sort of thing. Now, he never saw Sir F. Smith ; all he knew was, that there was a repert to that house very prejudicial to his honesty, and if they permitted him to escape, or if he were not allowed the opportunity of clearing up the matter, the public might very well say that it was all chattering in that house on the subject. With these feelings he should support the resolution. Sir T. ACLAND said, an appeal had been made to the house by his hon. friend who had just sat down on account of what the public would say of these matters. Now, he gave his vote on a question of personal justice and character as if he were giving his vote on any indictment before the grand jury, and not from any regard whatever to .3vh should be said of his conduct out of doors. (Hear.) The house then divided; the numbers we:o— the motion Against it—. Majority 118 ...-110. ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. Eir J. FITZGERALD moved for leave to bring in a bill for providihi that the act of Victoria which regulates the pfesence of soldiers in . England during a Parliamentary elOtion be extended to Ireland. An Hon. MEMBER moved that the house be counted ; arid, only 37 members being present, the house stood ad journed. PA.RLIAMBNTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MAY 3. CHATHAM ELECTION. Sessional resolution relating to elections read, as follows : —" Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person bath been elected or returned a member of this house, or endea voured so to be, by bribery, or other corrupt practices, this house will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such bribery, or 'other corrupt practices. Sessional resolutions relatinc , to witnesses raid—Motion m a d e an d questi on put —That the Chatham Election Committee having reported, that Joseph Greathead, an elector of Chatham, had been bribed by a situation as a letter-carrier in the Post-office, obtained for his son Charles Greathead, by Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, Mr. Attorney -General be directed to pro secute the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, for bribery at the last election at Chatham." The house divided— Ayes 78, Noes 188. MINORITY—AYES, 78. A dair, 11. Hell, Skißenjamin Phinn, T. Anderson, Sir James Hanmer, Sir J. Piz ott, Francis Barnes, T. Hastle, Alexander Pilkington, Jamel Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Hay ter, W. G. Rich, H. Berkeley, C. L . Ileatheoate, J. Robartes, T. J. A. Bethel., Richard Herbert, Sidney Russell, Lord J. Biggs, William Hervey, Lord Alfred Scholefield, W. Blackett, J. F. B. Heywood, James seebell, Captain Bland, L. Heyworth, Lawrence Seymour, W. I) Brand, H. Hutt, William Stanley, W. 0. Butler, Charles Langston, J. H. Strutt, Rt. •tion. E. 'Clay, Sir William Langton, H. G. Stuart, Lord 1). Cobden, Richard Lowe, Robert Tancred, H. W. 'Coffin, W. Massey, W. Thicknesse, R. A. Collier, Robert P. Mall, E. Thompson, George Crautbrd, E. Milligan, R. Thornely, T. Crook, .7, Milner, W. M. E. Whalley, G. H. Dramlanrig, Viscount Molesworth, Sir W. Whitbread, Samuel Duncan, George Mosty a, E. M. Wickham, Henry W. Ellice. E. Mu'grave, Earl Wilkinson, W. A. Fergus, John Muntz, G. Frederick Wi'll%ms, W. Fitzgerald, Sir J. Murrough, J. P. Wood, Sir C. Fox, W. J. O'Brien, Patrick Freestun, Colonel O'Flaherty, Anthony Geach, Charles Palmerston, Via. TELLUS. Goodman, Sir 0. Peel Frederick Graham, Sir James Pellatt, A Shelley, Sir J. V. Eadfield, George Phlllimore, J. G. Hu me , J. MAJORITY—NOES, 188. Acland, Sir T. Grosvenor, Earl Newark, Viscount A'Court, C. Guernsey, Lord Newport, Viscount Annesley, Earl of Gwyn, Howel Noel, Gerard James Bagge, W. Hamilton, G. A. North, Colonel Bailey, Sir J. Harcourt, Col. Oakes, J. H. Bailey, C. . Hardinge, Charles S. Oliveira, Benjamin Bailey, H J Hawkins, W. W. Ossuiston, Lord Ba.nkes, G. ilnviCi.nirg. swill, R. J. Heneage, G. 11. W. Pakington, Sir John Barrington, Viscount Henley, J. W. Parker, It. T. Barrow, Wm. H. Herbert, Sir Thomas Pennant, Colonel Bateson, T. Hotham, Lord Percy, J. Bennet, Philip Hughes, W. B. Phillips, John Henry Bentinck, Geo. P. Inglis, Sir IL B. Power, N. Be resford, William nun, Samuel Prime, R. Blair, Colonel Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Pritchard, J. Ba Icier% Colonel Jones, Capt. /lepton, G. Booker, T. W. Jones, D. Robertson, P. F. Ba oth, Sir R. Keating li. Sanders, G. Nicholas Shelburne, s e i , r E lv ar . l of Bt. isco, Musgrave Kelly, Sir P. Sa nd s, B. G. Brooke, Lord Br ace, Cumming James Sibthorp, Colonel Bt tiler, Sir J. Y. Bn tt, Geo. Medd I KK Cna iljnksg tCh Wj b ail u lu ll iie: , Be tnbury, W. Kershaw. , Smith, Wm. AL Ch ambers, Montagu Knight, F- W . - Smyth, J. Cl: tandos, Marquis of . Kmghtley, Rainald Somerset, Captain Ch arteris, F. u Sotheron, T. H. K. Christopher, R. A. Knox, W. S. Sp ooner, Ri chard Cl tristy, Samuel Lawn, Sir E. Stafford, A. Co bbold, J. Chevalier Laffan, R. M. Stanho p e, J. B. Co driugton, Sir W. Laing, S. G. Stanley, Lord Co rry, Henry Lowry Langton, W. . Stuart, H. Co wan, Charles Knox, Colonel I ascelles, E. Taylor, Col. Cu bitt,Aiderman Lulea, William Thesiger, Sir F. Da vison, R. Lawley, F. C.g Trollope,Sir J. Dit Tacit, Benjamin Legh, G. C. Tudway, R. Do ammond, H. Lennox, L ord A. Turner, C. Du ekworth, Sir J. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Du ncombe, T. Leslie, Charles P. Tyrell, Sir J. T. Dui scombe, lin. A. Lewisham, Vise. Vance, J. Dui tcombe. W. E. Llisdaay, Col. Vane, Lord A. Dui idas, G. Lockhart, A. E. Verner, Sir W. De nne, Michael Lovaine Lord Vivian, Henry H. Ent 'ton, Earl Luce, T. Waddington, H. S. Fat nham, E. Basil Lytton, Sir E. G. Walcot, Adm. Far rer, James 3lacartneY. G. - Walmaley, Sir J. Flit aer, Sir Edmund Mackie, John Walpole, S. H. For, bes, William Macgregor, James water J. Fon aster, Colonel m , paggart, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. Fon ;ter, Sir G. Melina, Richard Wells, W. Frei ich, Fitzstephen Mandeville, Viscount. Whiteside, Ja es Frey Fug htleld, J. M arc h, E a rl of Whitmore, H Full er, A. E. Mauls, Colonel Williams, T. P. Gall wey, Sir W. P. Merx, Sir Henry Wodehouse, E. Galt ray, Viscount Michell, W: Woodd, B. Gaal tell, J. M. Moncrieff, J. Worcester, Malls, Of Geo! ge, John Montgomery. H. L. Wortley, .1. S. Glad stone, Captain Moore, R. S. Wynn, H. Go It lard, Ambrose L. Morgan, Octavius York, E. T. Go tie h, Sir E. Morgan, C. Rodney Young, Sir John Go obi, W. Mullings J. Randolph Got ?don, Admiral Mundy, W, Ore ioe, 0. Naas, Lord Ore We, T. Napier, J. TELZ2B. Bramston. T. W, Zioirtimte, C. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 2. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on Tuesday the 24th instant. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 2. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty m2l hold. Drawing•rooms, at S', James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Thursday, 2d June neat; Tuesday, 14th June next ; Thursday, 23d. June next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOMS, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The Ladies, who purpose to attend her Majesty's Draw ing -rooms, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon—one to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the ante-room, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Ladies who are to be presented are hereby informed that it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be de livered at the Lord Chamberlain's Office on Tuesday the 31st of May for the first drawing-room ; on Saturday the 11th of June for the second drawing-room ; and on Tues day the 21st of June for the third drawing-room, on each day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may be sub mitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which names shall correspond with those previously sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office. It is particularly requested that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlainlin order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Guthrie, Esq., to be Sub-Collector of Customs and Landing Sur veyor at the port, of Geelong, in the colony of Victoria ; and Richard Down, Esq., to be Landing Surveyor for that colony. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MAY 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Wardlaw, Esq. (late Lieut. in the East India Company's Service), Exon of her. Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Captain W. L. Grant, resigned. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Anglesey. Richard Williams Prichard, Eaq., to be Deputy-Lieu. tenant, April 28. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. George Bowen Jordan Jordan, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu. tenant, April 28. Commission bx_Fiejd-Marshal his Royal Highness the Warden of the Staunarces. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia— Nicholas Kendal, junior, Esq., to be Captain, April 26. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cm-man 2nd Cornwall Rifle Regiment—John Sainsbury, Esq., to be Ist Captain; William Price Michell, Gent., to be Sur geon, April 29. Comnaissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant William Bridgwater to be Captain ; John Gregory, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Price Bligh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, April 29. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Royal Monmouth Militia—Alexander Rolls, Esq., to bo Major. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—George Phipps Prevost, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Vaughan, to be promoted, April 30. 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Lieutenant Joseph Dingwall, to be Captain, vice Parratt, appointed to the Adjutantcy of the 3d Regiment ofithe Royal Surrey Militia, April. 30 ; Henry Sharp Taylor, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, with the rank of Lieutenant, Apia 23. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Patrick Thorp Dickson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 30. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia — James Henry, Esq. ; Charles F. B. Greville Dickenson, Esq. ; Charles Spencer Scra-e Dickins, Esq. ; Edward John Bunny, Esq., to be Captains, April 18. Ensign James Dennis ; Ensign William Bryce Watson ; Ensign Williams Adams Nash ; Anthony J. Wright Biddulph, Gent., to be Lieutenants April 18 ; Frederick John Freenland, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 18. 'Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Major Georged Kirwan Carr to be Lieutenant-Colonel, April 26 ; Charles Montagu Chester, to be Major, April 18; Charles Bayntun, Gent., and Henry Molineux, Gent., to be Lieu tenants, April 18 ; Surgeon's Mate George Weekes to be Surgeon, April 25 ; Henry Moon, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, AprillB. BANKRUPTS. John Henderson and Christopher Nanson, cabinetmak ers, Windsor-terrace, Vauxhall-road, to surrender May 12, at half-past eleven, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbuiy ; Baylis, Redcross-street. Donald Macfie, draper, Edgware-road, May 9, at two, and June 25, at twelve,_at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni• cholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Bread-street, Cheapside. Henry Charles Larkan, coffee-house keeper, Greenwich, May 11, at one, and June 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Carttar, Green wich. William Stiles, malster, Stratford•upon-Avon, May 11 and June 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lane, Stratford upon-Avon, and Hodgson, Birmingham. Henry Carrington, nurseryman, Mile-end, Stockport, May 26, and June 16, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbett, Manchester. Woodyatt, joiner, Witton, Northwich, May 17, and June 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Coui;s. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Holland and Green, Northivie. DI V IDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R Gower, juni, R. E. Alison, and W. L. Cumber. leke, New Broad-street, City, merchants, May 24, at h a lf past one. In the Country W. C. Buchanan, .Dursb3y, Gloucestershire, money scrivener, May 27; at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. W. Baker, -West Derby, Lancasire, tobacconist, May 24,.at eleven, at the'Court, Liverpool—W. Caldwell, Shevinw::, ° on, Lancashire,,. coal proprietor, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Livprpool—R: Derham, W. A. Hinde, and J. Der ham Dolphinhohne, Lancashire, worsted spinners, May 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. • • PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Keeley and E. Williams, Strand and Fleet-street, tailors, 55., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subsequent Tues day; between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nichol son, Basinghall-street. R. 1). Mercer, Church-passage, Spital-square, Biclhops gate-street Without, silk-merchant, 4d., on Tuesday, May 3, :or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. W. T. Hannam, Brighton, wine and spirit-merchant, 6d., on Tuesday, May 3, and any subsequent Tuesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. J. Moores, jun., Aylesbury, draper, lid., on Tuesday, Mi,y 3, .or any .subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. W. Noble, Charles-street, St. George's East, wholesale stay-manufacturer, is., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subse quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. Y. Webster and G. M. Simpson, Great Tower-street, merchants, bd., on Tuesday, May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Morse, Neithorp, Banbury, woolstapler, 2s. 34d., on Tuesday, May 10, on any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall ohambers, Basinghall-street: J. Padgett, Idle, cloth manufacturer, 7d., and day on or after May 5, between. the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingha ll -street. J. Dunthorn, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road, corn dealer, May 24, at half-past one—H. Simmonds, Ore, Sussex, brickmaker, May 24, at twelve—F. Young, Union-place, Walworth-road, May 24, at one—C. Lane, Hastings, Sus sex, plumber, May 26, at two—J. R. Hunt, tailor, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, May 26, at half-past eleven. In the Country. - B. James and T. G. Hardie, Newport, Monmouthshire, builders, May 25, at eleven, at Court Bristol—J. Nield, Lees, Lancashire, woollen manufacturer, May 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. G. Kebble, Hurst, Berkshire, farmer and grazier, cer tificate of the second class—W. Williams and W. It. Marchant, Great George-street, Westminster, Liver pool, and Campden, Gloucestershire, contractors for public works, certificates of the first class—G. Lester, High-street, Poplar, builder, certificate of the second class —A. Bunnett, Bridgehouse-place, Newington-causeway, window-blind manufacturer, certificate of the second class —T. B. Miller and W. Miller, Henstridge-villas, St. John's wood, certificates of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Baker and J. Baker, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, rope makers—E. Jackson and W. Purdy, Manchester, milliners—E. S. Brookes and J. Black, Loughborough, Leicestershire, hosiers—T. S. Goode and J. D. Cooper, Ki liymoon, Tyrone, Ireland, contractors—J. Walker and F. B. Brodribb, Gracechurch-street, City, iron roof builders—J. J. Mallinson and J. E. Mallinson, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, grocers—J. Butterworth and Elizabeth Senior, Batley, Yorkshire, rag pullers—G. Baker and J. T. Hudden, 'Upper Clapton, dyers—C. 3. Fricker and T. J. King, Trafalgar street, Walworth-road, confectioners—W. Charles and J. Hammond, Wolverhampton, oil refiners—W. Mil ler and T. Davey, Dorking, upholsterers—W. Macho son, son., J. J. Mitcheson, R. W. Mitcheson, and W. Mitcheson, jun., Garford-street, Poplar, anchorsmiths (so far as regards W. Mitcheson, sen.)—J. Edwards, G. A. H. Holt and 3. Andrew, jun., Liverpool, merchants (so far as regards J. Andrew)—G. Harriss, J. H. Harriss, and J. Blackman, Broadwall, Blackfriars - road, tall o w chandlers (so far as regards G. Harriss, W. Wood and R. A. Park er , Li ver p oo l, so li c itors --R. Williams, J. Williams, and J. Williams, Bristol, silversmiths (so far as regards R. Williams)—H. Catheral and T. Gibbs, Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, mill sawyers —H. M'Connel, J. M'Connel, and W. Clayton, Cressbrook, Derbyshire, manufacturers, S. Vousden, W. Vous den, and R. Vousden, Manor-street, Clapham, stone masons, (so far as regards W. Vousden) — J. A. Lloyd and J. Lawrence, Bath, surgeons—J. Greenfield and D. Green field, jun., Aston, Warwickshire, brass founders—H. J. Phillips and I. Phillips, Jew in-street, Cripplegate, jewel lers —G. F. Gorton and T. Gorton, Great St. Mel ons , Bishops,gate-street, merchants—E. Ptleston, J. Puleston, and F. Bythell, Wrexham, Denbighshire, linen drapers— iffe.dro.;rdshire, miner. W. Barningham and 3. Barningham, Pendleton, Lanes,. shire, iron founders. Maurice ti c C i‘l h Y a INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Biddul ph, Birmingham, baker. J J o o h se n ph .w G i o lli d a w m in; , ers, Kent, journey gpAelsrlidringwoansintoodng, Prior, Ashford; h a yAa ll u, e c r shfk . tsoat Josiah Jackson, Snow-hill, machinist.' man coach builder. James Matthewmo:a, Blyth, Northumberland, r William Hopkins, Bisley, Gloucestershire, farmer.groce . John Henley, An uadel, Suss ex, timber merchant. John Wainwright , Tipton, Staffordshire, huckster. SCOT( II SEQUESTRATION. John Burt, Faski ne, Lanarkshire, gr, l B r, May 9 and June 3, at twelves -meet-meet w Royal w ithin the al Aix. Mee SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES-TUESDAY MORNING. During the early part of the morning the scene on the Roodee was of the usual animated and exciting charac ter. A large number of horses galloppecL The Cup candidates—Trifle, Peggy, Black Doctor•, Woolwich, Newminster, Lord-Lieutenant, and Mr. I. Day's two, were particularly admired for their bloom of condition and style of going. At the betting-room the investments were again chiefly confined to the two leading favourites—Trifle and Peggy —each was backed at 9to 2. There was, however, a considerable improvement in the position of Newinster, as little as 12 to 1 being taken. ; 40 to 1 agst Woolwich, 50 to 1 agst Goldfinder, 100 to 3. agst Retail. TUESDAY. The events of the day were decided as follows : GROSVENOR STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, Ivith 30 added; three-yr-olds, Est 101 b ; four, Bst 71b five, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 31b. A winner extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Grosvenor Cooarse, about a mile and a-quarter. Eight subs. Mr. T. Dawson's Lerrywhent, by Lanerwst, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...(Alderoft) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Massaroni, 3 yrs, Est 71b -......(We115) / 2 Mr. E. Knowles's Pearl, 3 yrs, Est 71b........(8arker) 3 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Deerhound, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (7. Marson) 4 The following also ran :—Truth, Le Jii;;f, and Sanita. PALATINE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, sft, with 100 added ; for three-year-old fillies, Bst 71b. each ; allowances for maidens; winners extra. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. From the C Ale Pole once round and in, rather more than a mile and a quarter. (18 subs.) Mr. Merry's Exact, Bst 71b. ..-:. (W... Day) 1 Mr. HalfOrd's Eliza, Bst ..(Charlton) 2 Mr. ' Copperthwaite's The Deformed, Bst 71b (Harrison) 3 The following also ran :—Mr.Wilson's. Ann Eliza, Bst 71b (Marlow), Mr. J. M. Stanley's Blow bier, Bst 41b (J. Marson). Bumby weighed for Misletoe and her =limber was put up, but she did not start. The bettitig 6losed at 6to 4 on Exact, sto 2 agst Ann Eliza, 5 to I agst The De formed, and 6to 1 agst Bloomer. Won. by a length ; the third closed up with the second. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; three year-olds 6st 121 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five,. Bst 131 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; allowances for ma;tclen four-year olds ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ;. the winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Once round and p, distance. 8 subs. Mr. Pedley's Sweetness, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Wells) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, Bst 41b L'empleman) 2 Lord Caledon's Mushroom, 3 yrs (Stanway) 3 The following also ran :—Telescope,. Martha, and Jupiter. betting—Even and 5 to 4 agst Telescope, 4 to 1 agst Cleveland, 5 to 1 each agst Mushroom and Sweetness. Won very easily by about two lengths. Some distance between the second and third. The winn er was claimed. MOSTYN STAKES of 10 soya. each, with :100 added, for two-year-oldff ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 21b ; a winner extra ; the second to .roceive 20 sovs. out of the stakes. Three quarter of a n iile. 28 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Brown Brandy, Bst 61b I fj. Osborne) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's c by Napier, Glenhaw k's dam, Bst 61b. (Blatholomew) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's Czarina, Bst 21b (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—Happy NYW Year, c by Faugh-a-Ballagh, Miniature, and Bright :May. Betting—The betting opened at 6 t.) 4 agst Brown Brandy, but closed at 2 to 1 agst Miniat:;ture filly, 3 to 1 agst Brown Brandy, 7 to 2 agst Bright i nay. Napier colt made the running to the half distance, when he was caught by Brown Brandy, and beaten by a neck. Half a length between the sec xnd and third— same between third and fourth. CHESTERFIELD STAKES, a handicap of 10 soya, each, with 100 added, for 3yr olds. The s , bcond to receive 25 sovs. A winner of a handicap su' bsequent to the publication of the weights of 100 BOA clear to.carry &lbs. extra. Once round and a distance. (27 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, Est . (Ashman) 1 Mr. Wilson's fby Gameboy—Maid of Moraton, 6st 61b (T. Cliff) 2 ' Lord Waterford's April Fool, 7st 61b —. (D. Doyle) 3 The following also ran :—The Hatchet;, f by Assault— Newton Lass, Dressmaker, and Mocassixt. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for 3-year-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 150 soya. ; allowances if to be sold for less ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold by auction after thet race, and any surplus to go to the fund. (5 subs.) Welsh Harper Mayfly Sally Flying Buck Won easily. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 3. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Mary Ann, from St. Michael's Cruma, Uaniburgh ; Defender, Torero. no; Malvina, Lu• beck ; John Medley, Uaniburgh ; Jam, os, Emden ; Alert, Caen ; Providence, Mauritius ; Ocean Wave, Cacti ; Bri: tish Queen, Trinidad ; Antje Johann a, Accummerseil Sylph, Antwerp. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Lif, for Constantinople • Johanna Maria, Odessa. and Alton a , ; Anna Maria, .A.itona ; Flora, Hamburg:li ; Princess Roy a l, Leghorn ; Quence de Jima, Carthagen. a., &c. ; Joven Can dida, 'Ferrol ; Reinauw Engelhuis, 3/I:elbourne; Mercia, do. ; Vimeira, Sydney ; Syria, do. ; ...k.dmiral, Antwerp ; Commodore, Naples ; Clara, Swan River ; Marian Zagaray, Bahia ; Speedwell, Antwerp ; Theresa, Hamburgh ; Mar garet, ; Osprey, St. John';s, Newfoundland ; Rose; Bathurst, River Gambia. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.--The English Rose, for Bremen ; Louisa, St. Vincent ; Tsabella, Sierra Leone Apropos, Hamburgh ; Catherina, Falai near, &c. ; Jane, Naples ; Monarch, Calcutta ; San B rano, Berbice ; Ruby, Demerara ; Chrysalis, Madras ; Camille, Demerara ; Ceres, Rotterdam; Citizen, Bremen. LIVERPOOL, MAr 3. The Bijou arrived here, from St. Ali chael's, was in con tact on the Ist of May with the Liverpool racket, from Barrow to Cardiff, off the South Iltack ; the Liverpool Packet shortly afterwards foundered, and the crew got on board the Bijou. The Burns, Liverpool to Valparaiso, was spoken April 20, lat. 41 N., long. 14 W. The Zoe, from Cardiff, was spoken April 15, lat. 40 N., long. 13 W. The Galatea, Liverpool to St. Thomas,. was spoken April 22, lat. 40 N., long. 17 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Derweutwater, London .to Hob art Town, Jan. 10, lat. 43 S., long. 129 E. The Southampton, Calcutta to Londion, March 18, lat. 16 S., long. 16 W. The Wildflower, China to Liverpooil, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W. The La Fayette, Calcutta to Havre, April 5, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W. The Bucephalus, Calcutta to London,. April 23, lat. 42, long. 27. The Australia, Plymouth to Sydney, N.S.W., March 23, lat. 3 N., long. 22 W. The Helen, Trinidad to London, April 18, lat. 41 N., long. 39 W. The Harriet, Clyde to Australia, April 2, lat. 36 N., long. 15 W. The Perthshire, bound S., same day. The Jowa, Lilierpool to New York, - April 30, off Bally. cotton. The Avondale, Liverpool to New York, same day. The Herbert, London to China, Jan. 25, lat. 8 S., long. 104 E. The Wales, Liverpool to Philadelphia, March 30, lat. 45, long 42. The Douglass, London to San Francisco, Feb. 18, lat. 3 N., long. 20 W. The Conway, from Australia, March 17 ? lat. 32 N., long. 32 W. The Westmoreland, New Orleans to Liverpool, April 6, lat. 24, long. 81. The Priessnitz, Liverpool to New York, March 20, lat. 45, long. 23. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.- Traffic return for the week ending April SO, 1853 .. 29890 6 7 Corresponding week last year 8, , 843 '7 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 161,971 3 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 151,066 3 6 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 30, 1853......£12,395 10 4 Corresponding week last year 11,679 1 8 Increase in 1853 £716 8 8 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WES TERN RAILWAY. —Traffi c re turn for the week ending April 30, 1853 £4,577 4 10 Corresponding week last year 3,852 5 4 - - Increase in 1853 ........................ . . £724 19 6 ELECTION OF MARYLEBONE VESTRYMEN.— On Monday the rate-payers of the extensive parish of Marylebone met in the Workhouse-yard, New-road, to exercise their rights under Hobhouse's Act, in the election of 45 vestry men, in the room of as many whose fnmetions have deter mined. Two lists were prepared, one on the part of the so-called Oriental Party, which carried the day last year, and another promoted by the Rate-payers Protection Association. The strife is almost entirely one of personal preference, as each party professes anxiety to administer the parish affairs in the most efficient and economical manner. The Rate-payers Protection, Society carried the show of hands, upon which a poll was demanded, which commenced this morning. The spacious premises known as the Et. George's Gal lery, Hyde Park corner, formerly used as the Great Chinese Exhibition, have been taken b:sr Mr. Caldecott, a merchant of Port Natal, for the purpose of presenting, with the sanction of the colonial authorities, an exhibi tion of very remarkable interest, consisting of a family and troupe of native Zulu Kafirs, 11 mum, a female, and a child. It is intended to represent the domestic man ners, modeof hunting the tiger, war dan ees, superstitions, witch-finding, &c., of this wild and savage race, for the better illustration a which, Mr. Charles Marshall (the artist of her Majesty's Theatre) is busily occupied in preparing to number of striking scenes. To give the greatest possible effect to these representations, and for their more extensive development, Tooth the gallery recently occupied by Mr. Cumming's Allican Exhibition, and that in which the Diorama of the .lloly Land was lately exhibited, have been thrown into one vast saloon. The public will no doubt be gratified in seeing specimens of the wild and formidable race which has SO ion bid dobaigg to the prowess of the Dritish COUNTRY MARKETS• LI VERPOOL—MAY 3. At this day's market there was only a limited atten dance of the town and country trade. The business done wheat and flour was of a retail character, at a decline 0 , id to 2d per 701bs. on the former, and 3d to 6 d p er ball ! and sack on the latter. Oats and oatmeal met a rnoderv° demand at late rates. Barley and p eas without chang e . 6 1 valoe ; but Egyptian beans saleable at an advan Solders per qr. Yellow Indian corn in more request. __,. asking more money checked business. White 6 d t o qr. lower. IPSWICH—MAY 3. An annual stock fair diverted much of the attention from the business at the corn market, but we noticed rialls an increase to the supply of wheat. There was a P s rl,',' T , reduction in price, but we cannot call it is. per qr. er Scarcely any malting barley at market ; but the w"tila being very cool, some maltsters would keep on wetting they could procure the barley. Beans doarer. 0 PER CIOitSIIF„A. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 445 to 44s Barley, grinding ... Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 50s to 53s Peas .... 32s $ 36 n n to ON .................. Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDINO APRIL 30, 1853. Wheat 00s to T o Barley Oats Buns f P Peas AY 3. A fair show of wheat HULL— to-day from our own farmers' 3 'o rather more foreign. For the l a tt er more demsu c i.Lvt English not more than is per qr . b e l o w the price ° but week. A further addition to the imports of barlek, the market is well supported. Oats rather dull. Tor meet an improved demand, as d o a l so th e best salu t tol peas. Linseed without alteration, as are also Z r cakes. Nothing doing in rapes ee d, a nd cakes ray' favour of buyers. A good sale for bones. The following are the present prices of grain s a Wheat, English, red 46 to 49, Ditto white 47 to 50' Dastzie and Konigs- r S 4 Peas, gray and black 33 0 1: Linseed, Black Sea... 46 to :1 Ditto Peter s b urg h ... 4 0 t° '" Ditto Riga and Aroll-4 0 to 41 Di a tto ng l e C i onigsberg and Li:: DDTR:tiirttrpteenoess:cfiiiiEnkfen. 3B 4 3 per log ra c. ° , l Hull 71 10s to 01°5 . 1 Rapeseed eg ff s o li o . rr s. .. h. 6 . 72.111.6:11.127:19:0!:tat o d s o t o tt 100 ! 0: 1 6 : : Ditto foreign ***** 35° 0 4 " ' 102 s 6d to 19°5 1 Rye Meal * pone berg Pomeranian and Ham- 48 to 501 burgh Danish, Holstein, and 44 to 46 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 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 36 to 39 CORK-Day 2. Brls. Currens: o Be. White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od Os Od- 40 Redwheat OOs Od to 00s Od op ao• Ditto OOs Od t o 00 s Oct 005 0c1—• , Ditto 008 Od to 00s Od 29 Barley lls Od to 14s 6d Ditto 00s Od t o OO s Od 100 s Od- 16d). Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od Bere 008 Od to 00s Oct Os Oil 146 Oats los Od to lls 6d Ditto 00s Oct t o OO s Od},loB 10d (I°. Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od Pigs o os Od t o 00s Oct 00 s Od per Ol t ' Quantity sold at the highest prices • 00 barrels white whe a t ; 00 re d ; 2 b ar l ey ; 0 bore' oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week 665. . Wheat, 53. Ba r l e y, 576. B ere, 00 . O a ts, Pigs, 00. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 23 Pigs, 395. Sheep, 525. Cows, 69. Od; CORK.—Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, seconds, 13s Od to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 1380 d ; ""oa ; 7s Od to lOs per cw t, M ea l —lndian meal, 7s 6 d to e g 0 0. oatmeal, lOs &Ito lls Od ; wheatmeal, lOs to lls Od P er 01 Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 8l Os Od per ton. Bran, 41 d- net to 4/ lOs Ocl per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 42s Od; 365; dealers, 40s Od to 6040 d ; average, Os per ton. 7 . 'od to Farmers, 14s Od to 25s Od ; average, 23s ; dealers, I ' s dto OOs Od ; average, Os. per to n . B rea d —Wheaten loaf, 7 9 a to , Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, ba r, lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4 s 23 per h undred. gel! - ba to 41d to 8d ; mutton, 5,36. to 7d ; veal, scl to 8d ; d' 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, New' - oos; land, 11/. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 00s te „ ; ,,Or Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes' white, 10d to 1 2 d ; is 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newp or t, 21 s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cu m ' i Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per imperial FA"' colt Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 385 per ew t i o n. skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17 s . 6d to 31. Per o. per Fleece wool, OOs to OOs per stone.—Hemp, 38/• to., do•• ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pin e , 3/. 15s ; Yowl, 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Ba r li o r. Si. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 488 to 49s Od per cvn• -• ; 10 00, 71. 108 to 0/. per cwt.- Tar, Ar c h ange l, 19 8 . per brl.-- - u Peruvian, 121. Os to OM. per ton. COURSE OF EXCH . . Amsterdam...... • ..... 11 17 .NOE-YESTERDAY• Ditto, three months .. 11 184 ; Rotterdam ...... it tali! Antwerp 25 30 Mussels .............. 25 30 flamburgh •-• • • • 13 8 Altoda .... Paris.. • • • 25 7% Ditto, three months .. 25 30 MyrKeilles. liourtientlx .—......... Frankl ort•on•Matne .... 12034' Berlin . ....... • • .. Vienna .... TrieSto ........•• •• • • .. 10 59 Petersburgh.. Madrid 50% Cadiz... . Barcelona.... Seville .......... „ ,Gibraltar .... • • • • • • " Leghorn .... •••• • • " 3 ,7 Genoa .... •••• •• • ''''' Milan .... •••• • • •• Venice ...... •••• • • " •.. 41116 Naples .... • • •• '' Palermo ...• •• ....... . Messina .. • '''''' .• • '" .• • • • 53% Lisbon .. •• •• ..... Oporto ....... .. • • Itio Janeiro ...... • "'- Buenos AyreS• ••• •.• New York, Co days Sig ht ruielpio a • • • PRICES or suzidoN, ry,lt °'"; Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 Mexican Dollars , 0 0 New Dollar* 0 0 tC •311vor in bars 0 5 SEABORNE ALIILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Posl by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] hen Day when in ado up From what w- is COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port dat o , Office, London.* Dispatched. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool Each America (by,United Sts. May packet) ..........N April 19 ........ Liverpool •• • America (by U. States packet) April 18 ........ SoUthaMPtOnr 4 Australia (via South- al ampton) ..........M 4th of May .• .... S ou th am pton Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...• •• 313- ' _ Ditto (via Cape of Good „AP Hope) ............N 2d of Jure ...... Plymouth Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth May 16 Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24. &30 of m Dover .... • • May 21 Alexandria .. ........M 4th & 20th o f mon. Southampton May Bahamas ...........M 2nd of th e month Southampton isto ' i Belgium ............N Dever • Den 6 Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton go , 1 6 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Southampton 318 1 1'06 Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th o f the month Plymouth • • AP Ai 30 Cape of Good Hope ..)1 2na of. June ... • .. Plymouth . • 1,4°1. 1 - 1 26 Cape do Verde 14th of the month. Plymouth .• AP' Ceylon (see India) rd 26 Ceylon: .........N 14th of the month Ply mou th -P 6 4 ‘ , Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed ,&Frld. Southampton TU.. 1 Chi1i................M & 17th of month Southampton May China (see India) 1 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover siay 2l Constaptlnople ........ 4th.& 20th of mon. South a mpton li ce ditOr ;ant. of Europe M. & N Twice daily ...... Dover .... • • 1 Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover I Gib: altar ...... ....M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Greece (see India) 1 , Greytown 51 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton ..s/ s. Sz.6 l Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & F r id ay L on d on ... • • Taco(on• Havarnah .......... M 2nd of th e mon th S out h amp t o n Istu n 'oaf Holland ............M Wednesd a y & S a t . London • • „ L " . 16 Honduras „ 17th or the month. Southampton 91 India (vlaSoutharnpt.)Xl 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Ma.T 17 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&2lth of month Dover ..... • hi s / lonian Isles (see India) Ireland .... • ...M & N Twice daily ,„ Holyhead ..• pwlcedaw6 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton May 16 Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton la r n.f, 9 Madeira 2 3rd of the month Plymouth .• Ma '" Malta (see India) big 10 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 am. Dover Mauritius (see India) A p 1 26 „p, Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth • • - .. r ,-, 1 (10.- Mexico ............31 2nd of the month. Southampton . s '; 9 Naples..... ........N .sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... • • _ 5101 ,1 New Granada 2cl & 17th of month Southampton 3 0 .' 4 0 New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports Un e w 9 Papal States ........N sthisth2sthofmon. Dover .... • • N 19.3 : Peninsula Peninsula 7 thl7th2Bthofmon Southampton AM:, Peru •• • • • 7d& 27th of mon Southampton 51ar1126 Port Natal .. Sicily sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .....• M aq 9 Tuscany sth 15th25thofmon. Dover .... • • Mss I Venezuela . ....M 2d & 17th of month Southampton 'aim Van Diemen'sLan d (see Australia) .. . Kai / West Indies 2d & 17th of month Southampton * When any of these dispatched on the followi Southampton), and the day preceding. • 11 1 dates fall on a Sunday, the mat I ¢ Is ( 41 lug day, with the exception of the "'" - e d liana, both of which will be dlSPat [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway's Ointmen. 4. and lap Certain Cure for Eruptions and all Diseases of the d i, —Extract of a letter from Mr. J. Hird, draper, --- dated Feb. 14, 1852, to Professor Holloway :-----" My child, when three months old, was afflicted / 171 a id severe eruption all over her body. I sought eve r t iji of and the advice of surgeons and phy s i c ians, by tr ied whom the case was considered hopeless. I then the your Ointment and Pills, and without exaggera ti ftotec i effect was miraculous, for in a s h or t ti me s he was r Th o oV to perfect health, a n d so rema i ns . M r . B o wden, to seller, Gainsboro ug h, an d myse lf, wou ld be halLr a l l t: , satisfy any inquiries as to the truth of this stats`k is ts' Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor HollowaP blishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SO. On the Ist inst., at Westbury, N Wilts, the vv— co Of tthe ßev. John Baron. OP A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst., at Edinburgh, the wife Of C. Pre, Esq., M.P. MARRIED. Ted°l i t v- On the 30th ult., at St. M ar k' s Kennington, F ,ottnb- Field, Esq.. of Calder a , Chili, t o Aug'. to Annie , J o . daughter of T. L. Abel, Esq., of Kennington-ter no MED. On the 30th ult., Edward Jacobs, Esq., of Gr°Bler vill house, Margate, aged 64. , ton a l_ Pen On the 30th ult., a t 21 , M y dd e lt on - sq uare . _ ,..4 Charles Earith, E sq ., age d 69 . o x ford - s tjvw On the 28th ult., at 85, Newman-street, Joseph Glover, Esq., aged 73. _ _ - mo d , 0 LONDON :Printed and Published by .DILLP.m — 1 if& of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun n ifi ee, v • 0 Strand, in the Pieeinct of the Savoy, iR laidttlQll9X l Wcdnerglay, I lay )04 Ak Ul A ter uß, Terr a ot : k or r e s Lolls G~ Can Luke, The titre. °Den, , Dre%k,