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Intrb Vlittto (THIS DAY.) . , Kittle Davie Contu.ore Thirteen ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. First Lord Contender Three Ran. WARWICK RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREAT WARWICK HANDICAP. fourtt Vbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'llock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS EVENING.) COUNTY RATES AND ExPENDIT uRE BILL. (Continued from our First Edition.) After a few words from Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Pabeke, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Freshfield, and other hon. members, Mr. FITZROY denied that clauses had been intro duced into this bill by the Government. The only dif ference between this bill and that of 1851 was in the manner of electing the board of guardians. The motion was then withdrawn, and the house went into committee. On the motion of Mr. FRESHFIELD, the preamble was postponed. On the consideration of clause 1, Mr. HENLEY moved as an amendment on page 1, line 19, after the words " county of Lincoln," to insert " and the Western division and Eastern division of the county of Sussex."... Mr. BAINES was afraid that the amendment could not be agreed to without involving the necessity of in troducing many other amendments. Lord PALMERSTON was of opinion that the intro -auction of this amendment would be productive of con siderable difficulty. He hoped that the right hon. gen tleman would not press it. After some further discussion the committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment 7O Against it Majority 72 The original clause was then agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. SPOONER wished to know how this bill would act with reference to Birmingham and other boroughs which enjoyed the representative principle under the IVrunicipal Corporation Act. Mr. M. T. BAINES replied that the bill would in no way interfere with the rights of such boroughs, because all that the bill proposed to do was to extend the same representative principle that applied to borough rates to county rates. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause three. On clause 4 being proposed, Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to move the following amendment in line 17, after the words " consist of " to insert these words, "the justices duly quali fied to act in such county, together with." The object of this amendment was to enable the justices to act in conjunction with the county financial boards to be esta blished under this bill. Many county members were absent attending to their duties elsewhere, and it would not be unfair if he were to ask that the further progress of this bill should be postponed until after Easter, when the Assizes and Quarter Sessions would be over. In the absence of these honourable members it was hopeless to think of gong on with his amendment, and under those circumstances, he slikild withdraw his amendment for the present, and move that the chairman do report pro gress. After a brief discussion, this latter amendment was withdrawn, and Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the first amendment. The magistracy of this country consisted of a very large body of gentlemen, and represented a very large amount of prosperity, while no other body could have a deeper interest in seeing that the county rates of England were properly managed and legitimately economised. It was only flair, therefore, that they should have a voice on these county financial boards, and hence the motive f or hi s mov i ng thi s amendment. Un less this amendment was agreed to, the small hol ders and occupiers of land in centres, would have a great preponderating control and ascendancy over that large body whose interest he wished to protect. This bill went upon the principle that those who paid the rate ought to have a voice in the making of them, and he was at a loss to understand how this amendment could be objected to seeing that the magis tracy, whom the bill as it now stood, would practically disfranchise, were generally speaking the largest rate payers in every county. For instance, the effect of this bill in Lancashire would be to displace all the acting • magistrates, something like twenty-nine, and in other countries, unless this amendment was accepted, its operations would be the same, though perhaps in dif ferent proportions. Well, then, he must object to com mit the interest of a county .to the narrow board which this bill would establish. Such a step would be fraught with injustice, and he should resist it through its stages if this amendment was rejected. Mr. M. GIBSON could not consent to the amend ment because it would be fatal to the bill and en tirely adverse to the principle of the measure. What the right hon. baronet proposed was nothing ,more than this. The right hon. baronet proposed that there should be a county financial board, as the bill proposed, and then that the whole of the magistracy should be added to that board. Now, what would be the effect of such a plan ? Why, simply this. In the right hon. baro net's own county of Worcester there were 583 magis trates and 13 unions; and if the amendment were agreed to, there would be a board of 13 elected by the rate payers, and to this board the 583 magistrates were to be admitted to vote. Such a proposal was preposterous. and for a man to talk of its justice was really absurd. (Hear.) As well might they propose to add ten mem bers of the Commons to the House of Lords to equa lise the representation of the people, instead of having two separate and distinct houses. If the amend ment was carried the rate-payers upon each county , financial board would always be in a ridiculous mi nority, and he had, therefore, no hesitation whatever in calling upon the committee to reject it. (Hear.) Mr. HENLEY supported the amendment, which he saw proposed nothing more than the magistrates had a right to expect at the hands of the Legislature. He thought if they were to throw a little of the representa. tive system into the existing bodies, the county financial boards of this bill would work more harmoniously, and be found more acceptable to all parties. Mr. HUME said the clause as it stood ought to be adopted. Half of each County Financial Board would consist of magistrates, and the other half of ratepayers, and seeing that the magistracy would still have the power of election in this latter half, he could not under stand the opposition that has been raised to the bill. . Mr. BUCK had no objection to the ratepayers being represented in County Financial Boards, but he must object to that part of the bill which proposed to disfran chise the magistracy. The representative principle had for a long time prevailed in boroughs, but he had never understood that financial affairs were managed better in boroughs than in counties. Indeed, so far as his own experience went, just the contrary was the case, ' for in his county, while the county, rate was only 24d. in the pound, in a neighbouring borough, where the representative principle was in force, the rates were 9d. in the pound. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. DRUMMOND contended that the effect of this bill, if it passed as it now stood, would be to abo lish many of the useful functions of county magistrates ; and although he approved of the general principle of the bill, he must resist it, unless that defect was remedied in the manner proposed by the amendment. The bill as it stood might be all very well, and exceedingly practi cable in Lancashire, but without the amendment it would be f oun d i noperat i ve i n agr i cultural count i es. 21 r • FELLOWES was of opinion that the bill with out the a mendment would be found impracticable, be cause it would establish two boards in every county, e between wh om there would be constant dissensions, as the magistrates wo u ld be wanting financial board to do one thi▪ ng and said another. the the county ALMERST ON s the whole principl e o f the bill Repeatedly amendment went to of the house had reported ill. Repeatedly committees in favour of its principle, and it was mere clap-trap to talk of it as a democratic mea e. (Hear.) The bill was basedowith ittiupon the principle that representation ought to go taxation ; but if they were to agree to this a mendment, a n d ma k e eac h those of who were board consist of 500 mem bers , plus elected what cha nce would th ere be pat n ti▪ ng the H principle of the bill in t o e ffective opera could only understan d this amen dment as eem • e from a man who was afraid that thes e new finan cial boards were going to launch into extravagance but the object of, the bill was to check extravagance the expenditure of counties, and he really could see no reason whatever for introducing the amendment. After some further discussion, Mr. SPOONER moved that the Chairman report progress, which was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reported accordingly. SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION. Mr. H. HERBERT brought up the report of the Southampton Election Committee, declaring the l A cted. ney-General and Mr. Wilcox to have been duly e e The honourable gentleman also reported that he . was instructed to move that the Attorney -General be instructed to prosecute two of the witnesses called in support of the petition named Warren and Mastern, as the committee believed that in giving their evidence they were guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. The report was then ordered to lie upon the table. Mr. HERBERT then moved that the Attorney-Ge neral be i ns t ructe d to prosecute the two w i tnesses name d for perjury, which was agreed to. Lor.it ATTORNEY'S CERTIFICATE DUTY. RthOegVENOR obtained bill to repealG tornies, solicitors leave to bring in a annual certificate duty payable by at notaries, and to a ' n P r "tors, writer e 5 and the law relating to the registra tion of attora" d solicitors ; and the bill having been THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ETTNING, MARCH 16, 185 3. brought in, it was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, March 15.—The receipts of the week, ending March 2d, at all the American ports were 131,000 bales, against 126,000 (the largest of last season) in the corresponding week of last year ; and the total receipts, 2,326,000 against 1,791,000. The next week, it is said, will exhibit a falling off of 12,000 to 15,000 bales. The week's shipments to Great Britain . were only 30,000 against 57,000. Prices were steadier. It is evident that they were depending very much upon accounts from Liverpool. On Saturday, our market was exceedingly depressed in its whole tone ; and it seemed highly probable that the prices of yarns and goods would undergo a still fur ther decline. The transatlantic accounts have, how ever, produced an impression that a further fall is per haps for the present interrupted. We have conse quently had a more cheerful feeling, with more offers from 'buyers, at last week's lowest prices, which, how ever, the producers of yarns and goods have not, in general, been inclined to accept. This much is certain, buyers might have supplied themselves on somewhat easier terms at the latter end of last week, especially in yarns, than they have been enabled to do to-day ; but sellers cannot obtain a positive advance upon their pre vious quotations. No. 40's mule twist and 20's water show the most improvement. Offers have been made for fair quantities of India and China shirtings, but at prices which have not been accepted. In domestics there is rather more doing. ROCHDALE, March 14.—T0-day we have had little change in the market from that of the preceding Mon day, either in price or demand. The demand for wool is very steady, and prices continue to advance slowly. HALIFAX, March 12.—There is no noticeable change to-day in the state of trade. Our piece hall has been very thinly atsended, and but few goods of any sort have changed hands. Yarn is again higher, but the ad vance is not equal to that on the raw material. Al though the spinners purchase sparingly, and only to meet immediate needs, wool continues to rise, partly owing to increasing scarcity and partly to speculative sales. HUDDERSFIELD, March 15.—Our market continues brisk, but as manufacturers have nothing to sell, busi ness is done very quietly, goods being delivered direct to order. The cloth hall is nearly deserted of goods, and most of the private " shops" in the neighbourhood are quite empty. Manufacturers are fully employed, and if more hands could be got, could find customers for the extra quantity of goods. The tendency in price is upwards in most seasonable fabrics, as fancies of new patterns and light goods generally. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIISTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Nonpareil, from St. Michael's; Lionne and Lion, Gravelines ; Wilberforce, Hamburgh ; Amor, Ghent ; Oriental, Sydney ; Two Brothers, Rouen ; Emerald, Messina ; Eliza, Demerara ; Melchior, Trieste ; Julia Pepita, Havannah • Isaac, Dantzic ; Panama, Hobart Town ; Duke of Lancaster, Mauritius ; Lady Kennaway, Calcutta ; Isabella Hercus, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Lisbon ; Georgina, Mauritius. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Lady Bird, for Geelong ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Seine, Boulogne ; Leontine, Bremen ; Jesns, Havannah ; Tiger and Wilber force, Hamburgh • Panama, Hobart Town ; Excel, Ant werp ; Esperance;Rouen ; Catharina, Elsinore ; Chrysalis, Madras • Rubicon, Kurrachee ; City of Paris, Boulogne ; Samuel Bernard, Rouen ; Treasure, Port Philip ; Menam, Sydney ; King Alfred, Bermuda. CLEARED OTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Geertina, for Wolgast • Truth, Brussels ; Juno, Sydney ; Immanuel and Sjaiae, Hamburgh • Panther, Ostend; Neptune, Hamburgh ; Concordia, 'Rotterdam ; Seine, Boulogne ; Menai, Calais ; Ceres, Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, March 15.—The barque Wenham, arrived yesterday from Baltimore, had a portion of her cargo (wheat) pumped up, having experienced very bad weather, which caused her to leak. CUXHAVEN, March 12.—The George Canning, from New York to Hambnrgh, is on shore on Sand Reef, and lies in a dangerous position. HALIFAX, March 3.—The Winchester, from Liverpool to New York, was assisted in here, Feb. 28, with consider able damage, having encountered a severe gale Feb. 20. SHOREHAM, March 13.—The Georges (French smack), from Cherbourg, in attempting the harbour to-day at half ebb, went ashore at the back of the West Pier, where she now lies. SALONICA, Feb. 24.—1 t blew a heavy gale at E.S.E., on the 19th and 20th, which did considerable damage to the small craft, barges, buoys, and stores near the shore, and several vessels are reported to have been lost on the coast ; several vessels drove from their anchors, and much valu able property was saved by the prompt and able assistance rendered by the captain of the Turkish brig of war, Kevsefer. CALCUTTA, Feb. s.—The Governor Higginson, loaded for London , was totally destroyed by fire, at Madras, Jan. 25. . HONG KONG, Jan. 28.—The Bangalore, from Port Philip to Shanghai, put in here Jan. 18, after being well to the north of Shanghai, when for twenty-six days she encoun countered a series of gales from N. to N.E., which drove her to the southward. QUEENSTOWN, March 14.—A ship, with masts and bow sprit gone, and supposed to be waterlogged, was passed, March 4, in lat. 40 N., long. 10 W., by the Science, ar rived here. PARIS, March 15.—The St. Privat put into Carlo Forte, after having broken her chains, and coming in contact with two French vessels, was thrown on the rocks on the coast, on the night of the 24th of February ; crew saved. The Henriette Armandine, of Rouen, which put into Bahia on the sth of January, had received damage, having touched the Bar in leaving the river Cotinginba, and would pro bably be condemned. ELSINORE, March B.—The Sound is constantly filled with drift ice, and is sufficiently strong to impede the naviga tion. The Borussia, of Memel, an the Thetis, of Born holm, drifted past Cronberg Castle in the ice to-day.o NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The Marie Laurie, of Marseilles, went ashore on Pemba Island, east coast of Africa, Nov. 14, and became a total wreck. The Italy, from New Orleans, for Genoa, was fallen in with, abandoned, in lat. 32, long. 79, Feb. 15, by the Thales, Gardner, arrived here ; the Italy had been on shore on Manilla Reef, Feb. 24. A French brig, laden with coffee, was lost on Man-of- War Key, Abaco, previous to Feb. 12. Fears are enter tained respecting the Fairy, Holbrook, for this port, which has been out 115 days, from Gibraltar. The Susannah, from St. Domingo to this port, which put into Nassau, N.P., Jan. 29, leaky, has discharged her cargo, and has commenced repairs. CAGLIARI, March s.—The Robert Moffatt, of and from Newcastle ' for Calvi, was stranded at Porto Paglia, on the west coast of this island, Feb. 25 ; crow (except the chief mate) drowned ; cargo expected to be saved, and perhaps the hull of the vessel. The Contractor, Stewart, cleared at Demerara, Nov. 2, for London, and has not since been heard of. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Thetis, front London, Feb. 25, lat. 42 N., long. 12 W. The Soren Winkel, from Aalborg, March 3, lat. 44 N., long. 10 W. The Belle Creole, steering W., March 9, lat 47 N., long. 12 W. The Cambria (s), March 3, between Boston and Halifax. An American barque, Bth, lat. 49 N., long. 36 W. A brigantine, steering E. 9th, lat. 50 N., long. 33 W. The Lady Bannerman, Rowena, and Atkinson, off Cape de Gatt. The Czar, Dundee to St. John, New Brunswick, March 1, lat. 49, long. 28. The Gem, Liverpool to Genoa, Feb. 27, lat. 38 N., long. 12 W. The Brothers, Calcutta to Hull, March 7. The Stirlingshire, Cardiff to Valparaiso, Dec. 28, Lat. S., long. 50 W. The Serenus, Sunderland to Madras, lat. 38 S., long. 71. COURSE OF EXCH. Am5terdam............ i t 1734 Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Rotterdam ..... .•• 11 1914 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Brussels .............. 25 30 Hamburgh ............ 13 8% Altona ................ Paris • • .... ••• • •• 25 7% , Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Marseilles..•• .. • • .... 25 32% 1 Bourdeaux • . •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Vienna .. •............. 11 3 Trieste Petersburgh............ 38% Madrid ................ 504 Barcelona— ............ NGE-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar Leghorn ..............30 15 Genoa ................25 40 Milan Naples 41% Palermo .............. 12414 Aessina, ••••••• • •• •• •• 125 Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres.... — New York, 60 days' sipkt Philadelphia .......... PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars . . 0 5 1% RotrrEs TO CALI/PORNIA,—Our enterprising transat lantic • brethren have just made the achievement of abridging by nearly one-half the time spent in the jour ney to California. It was a month. It was then re duced by several days. It has now been reduced a week more, having been accomplished in 1 8 days. A specula tive rm has just entered into a contract to convey the mails in 16 days. The prospect is held out of further reducing it to 12 days. Thus, every few months some new progress is made, and the two coasts of the Ameri can continent are brought together. ORIGIN OP THE FIRE AT DONCASTER CHURCH.— DONCASTER, TIIESDAT.—The judicial inquiry into the late awful fire which totally destroyed the church of St. George, at Doncaster, was continued yesterday. That portion of the tower which was left standing is now being taken down. The sympathy of the clergy and gentry of the county is manifested in an eminent degree by the subscriptions which have been given. On Friday last a subscription list was opened for the restoration of the chur c h, w hi c h was h e aded by the corporation of Doncaster with the munificent sum of 5,0001. The doubtsamountmeeting,ascribesthe a: e t!) the origin of the fire have been set at rest Braidwood's ablereport report of Mr. Braidwood, of London, jury, who expressed their to the overheating of the flues. Mr. which he had reported gave very great satisfaction to the gratification at the manner in in doubt and mys tery, upon those points hitherto in voIved[ADVERTISEMENT.] o a iW p a i y s 'S Pills for the Cure of ed eases of the Chest and Middleton, of Scotland road,Asthmatic Coughs, a n d Lungs.—A gentleman n in am a Liverpool, states way, dated Jan. 1, 1853, that for letter to Professor Iloilo , he suffered severely from asthma, attended of five years cough, which so prostrated his strength dwith a violent and debilitated his constitution as totally to unfit him for of the active duties of life. He was atten ded by the most eminent medica l men, but all failed to g ive him relief. At length he trie d Holloway's Pills, and in abo ut three months this wonderful medicine effected a perfect cure of his disease, and restored him to sound health. —Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. NELSON'S DAUGHTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. Six,-I read in your paper of to-day, a letter on the subject of NELSON S daughter, and signed "An English woman." Is it really true, as stated in that letter, that the daughter of NELSON stands in need of pecuniary aid ? Do the people of England allow the child—and that child a woman too—of their greatest naval hero to solicit alms? Can this be possible? Surely the writer of that letter must be in error. She cannot allude to NELSON the hero of Trafalgar and the Nile ? The NELSON to whom so many monuments have been erected, and whose name ought to be as dear to every Englishman, and whose victories as fresh in our memories as when the news, at once glorious and mournful, of Trafalgar's vic tory was proclaimed ! Did not England go into mourning for him ? Did she not weep for the loss, as the greatest she had ever known ? And did she not pay with profoundest grati tude the highest honour to his name. And, finally, were not his remains borne amid weeping thousands, and followed by the proudest of England's peers to the grave ? And has not the spot where they laid him become hallowed ground, where. Wellington alone may intrude ? Alas ! it is but too true. And yet his daughter —his only child --is compelled to solicit alms for the sup port of herself and children ! Shame ! Shame upon England ! Blush sons and daughters of Britain who can so soon forget a debt due to greatness ; and when again you bury your heroes, bury also the memory of their victories. Rather, ten thousand times rather do this, than erect monuments to their memory, whilst their children you consign to beggary ! —I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, March 14. JOHN A. WALKER. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MARcn 15. ( From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. ) ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY BILL. Order for second reading read; motion made, and ques tion proposed, " that the bill be now read a second time :" —Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—question put, " that the word ' now' stand part of the question :"—the house divided : Ayes 92, Noes 133. MINORITY—AYES, 91. A'Court, C. Fitzroy, Henry Rushout, Captain Alcock, Thomas Forster, M. Rats ell, F. C. Andersen, Sir James Fox, W. J. - . Sandars, 0. Railey, Craw,hay French, Fitzstephett . Sawle, C. B. G. Barnes, T. Gregson„"iarnuel Scholefleld, W. Bass, M. T. Padfield, George Scully, F. Bell. J. Hastie, Alexander Scully, V. Bearell, Richard Hervey, lord Alfred Shelley, Sir J. V. Rouverie, E. P. Heywood, James Sheridan, It. B. Brady, J. Hey worth, L. Sotheron, T. It S. Bremrichre, R. Hutchins, E. Stanley, L rd Bright. John Hutt, William Stapleton, J. lti ot!: e nun, Joseph Kershaw, J ames Stuart, Lord D. Brown, W. King, P. J. Thompson, George Browne. valentine lan rton, H. G. Thornely, T. • ruler, Charles S. Lockhart, a. E. Vane, Lo d A. Byn:, G. H. C. 'Lowe, R. Villiers, Hon. C. Chaplin, W. J. Mackie, J. Wall, Charles flaring cobrien, Richard M`Cann, J. Walmsley, Sir J. Coffin, Walter Manic, Colonel Whatman, J. Cowan, Charles llich,ll, W. Whitbread, S. Crook, J. Moncrelif, James Wilkinson, W. Currie, Raikcs Oliveira, B. Wilcox, B. De ing, Sir Edward Owen. Sir J. Williams. W. trrummond. li. Parker, R. Townley Willoughby, Sir H. Duncan, G. Pellatt Apsley Wilson, J ames I)uncombe, T. Peto, S. Wrightson,.Wm. B. Ellice. E. Phinn, Thomas Young, Sir I. Evans, Sir De Lacy Pilkington, James Ferguson, Joseph Ponsonby,liu.A..G. J. TELLERS. Fitzgerald, J. Price, W. Laing, S. Fitzgerald, W. R. S. Ricardo, 0. Ewart, William MAJORITY—NOES, 133. Adderley, C. Forster, Sir G. Mundy William anntiniott, Gencral Fraser, Sir Wm. A. Naas, Lord Arkwright, G. Freestun, Colonel Napier, J. Itag.ge, W. • Freshneld, J. W. Newark, Viscount Bailey, II J Frewen, C. H. Newdegate, C. N. Ball. Edward Gaskell, James M. :Noe', Gerard James Baldcock, E. 11. Grenkil, C. North, Colonel Barrow, W. 11. Grey lle, Colonel F. Otway, A. J. Beckett, W. Grogan, E. Packe, C. William Itentinck, Geo. P. Gwyn, Vowel Pakenham, Captain Beresforil, William Raiford, Sir Henry Pakington, Sir John Berkeley, C. L . Hall, Sir Benjamin .Calmer, Robert Bowyer, Gorge Halsey, Thomas P. fhillimore, R. Boyle, Colonel Hanbury, Hon. C. Powlett, Lord W. Bramston, T. VP. Heneage, G. Fl. W. Pugh, D. Brooke, Lord 'Uncaps, G. F. 'lepton, G. W. J. Bruce, H. A. Henley, J. W. Robertson, P. F. Buck, Lewis W. Herbert, H. A. Bolt, P. Cairns, H. M`Calmont Higgins, George Seaham, Lord Ca•nac, Sir J. R. Hildyard, Robert C. Seymer, H. K. Caulfield, Colonel Hume, J. Smith, Wm. M. Cholmondeley, Ld. H Inglis, Sir R. H. Smyth, J. G. Christy, Samuel Irton, Samuel Stanhope, James B. Clay, sir William Johnstone, James Sturt. H. G. Clinton, Ld Robert Johnstone, Sir J. Ta, lor, Colonel Cobboid, J. C. Jones, David Thicknesse, R. A. Cocks, Thomas S. Knatchbull, W. F. Tornline, G. Codrington, Sir W. Knox, Col. Turner, C. Coles, 11. B. Knox, W. S . Tyler, Sir George Compton, IL Combo Lawley, F. C. Vane, Lord H. Coote, Sir C. H Lennox, Lord A. F. Verner, Sir W. Davie, Sir H. Liddell, H. G. , Vernon, G. Davies, D. Lindsay, Col. Waddington, H. S. Davison, R. Lowther, Captain Wes, W. Denison, J. E. lii acartney, G. Whiteside. James Dodd, George Ma,gregor, James Whitmore, Henry Du Cane, Charles Mandeville, Viscount Wickham. 11. W. Duff, George Manners, Lord J. Wigram, L. T. Duff, James Maxwell, James P. Wise, J. A. Egerton w. Meux, Sir Henry Wyndham, William Egerton, Edward Miles, W. Yore% Eliot Thomas Ehriley, Vise. Miller, T. J. Emlyn, Viscount N ills, k. TELLTAL Fellowes, Edward Mills, T. Forester, Colonel Moore, U. U. Vansittart, G. U. i Forster, Charles Mulllngs, J. K. Spooner, nich ard LONDON (WATFORD) SPRING WATER COMPANY BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and ques tion proposed, "that the bill be now read a second time :" —amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words "upon this day six months :"—question put, "that the words ' now' stand part of the question :"—the house divided : Ayes 73, Noes 253. MINORITY-AYES, 73. Alcock, Thomas Fitzgerald, W. Moffatt, G. Bailey, Sir J. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Morris, D. Ball, Edward Forster,lC. Mundy, W, Barnes, Thomas Fox, W. P irk& R. T. Bell, James French, F. Phinn, T. Biggs, William Fre,Wield, J. Sandars, G. . Boyle, Col. Greene, John Scholetield, W. I:rotherton. J. Gregson, Samuel Scully, Francis Duller, Sir J. Y. Hadfield, G. Scully, V. Caulfield, Col. Raiford, Sir H. Shelley, Sir J. V. Chaplin, W. J. Elastic, Alexander Smith, John Benj. Cobbett, J M. Heywood, James Thompson, Mr. Aid. Cobden, Richard Hey. orth, L. Thompson, G. Collin, Walter Higgins, G. 0, 0. Train, Cl. Cogan, W. Hume, Joseph u almsley, Sir J. Cowan, Charles Irton, Samuel Wells, W. Crook, J. Kelly, Sir F. Whitbread, Samuel Currie, R. Kinnaird, A. F. Wilkinson, W. A. Drummond, Henry Laing, S. Wilcox, B. Duff, G. S. Langton, H. G. Williams, W. Duff. James Leslie, C. P. York, E. T. Duncan, George Lindsay, Colonel Duncombe, T. Lockhart, A. E. TELLERS. Dunlop, A. M'Gregor, John Evans, Sir D. L. Meagher, Thomas Hall, Sir Benjamin Ferguson, Joseph Mills, A. Stuart, Lord D. MAJORITY—NOES, 253. A'Court, C. Franklyn, G. W. Noel, Gerard James A dderley, C. Fraser, Sir W. A. Norreys, Lord Annesley, Earl of Freestun, Colonel North, Colonel Anson, General Frewen, Charles Hay ,Oakes, J. H. P. Arbuthnot, Gen. °ogrell, JameaMilnes Ossulston, Lord Arkwright, G. Gladstone, William Otway, Arthur John Bagge, W. Glyn, George Carr Owen, Sir John Bailey, C. Goodman, Sir G. Packe Charles W. Bane, H. Goulburn, H. Pakesham, Captain Ball, John Graham, Sir J. Packington, Sir J. Baldock, E. H. Graham, Lord M. W. ,Palmer, R. Baring, Sir F. Grentell,(l. Palmerston, Via. Baring, F. Greville, Col. Patten, J. Barrow, Wm. H. Grey, sir G. Peacocke, G. M. W. Beckett, William Grosvenor, Lord R. Peilatt, A. Bennet, Philip Hall, Colonel Jhillimore, R. J. Bentinck, G. Hamilton, Lord C. Pllkington, James Beresiord, William Hamilton, Geo. A. Ponsonby, Hn. A. Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Hamilton, J. Hans Portal, Melville Berkeley, C. Hanbury, Spencer 13 Powlett, Lord W. Bethel:, Richard Hamer, Sir J. Pugh, D. Biddulph, U. M. Harcourt, Colonel Repton, G. Blackett. J. F. Ilastie, Archibald Ricardo, 0. Blair, Colonel Hayter, W. G. Robertson, P. F. Boldero, Col. Headlam, T. E. Bolt, P. Booker, T. W. Heneage, Geo. H. Rushout, Capt. Booth, Sir E. Ileneage, G. Fieschl Russell, Lord J. Bouyerie, E. Henley, Joseph W. Russell, F. C. Bower, G. Herbert, 11. A. Sawle, C. B. G. Bramston, T. W. Herbert, Sir Thomas Seaham, Lord. Brand, H. Hervey, Lord Alfred Seymer, H. K. Bremridge, Richard Midgard, R. Seymour, Lord Biisco, Musgrave Howard, Lord E. Shee, W. hrockman, E. D. Hudson, George Smith, M. Tucker Brooke, Lord Hume, W. Fitzwilllam Smith, Rt. Hn. R. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hutchins, E. Smith, W. At. Brown, William Hutt, William Sotheron, T. H. Browne, V. Bruce, Lord E. Ingham, Robert Spooner, R. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stafford, A. Bruce, C. L. C. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanhope, J. B. Bruce, H. A. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, Lord Bulkeley, Sir It. B. W. dolliffe, Sir W . G.H. Stapleton, Johr 1 Burghley, Lord Jones, David Stirling, William Burroughes, H. N. Kend all, Nicholas Strutt, Edwarst Butler, Charles Kershaw, James Stuart, H. Byng, G. H. Charles F'ng, P. J. Start, H. G. Cairns, H. M'Calmon King, James King Tancred, Henl.7 Wm. Campbell, Sir Arch. Kirk, William Taylor, Col. Cardwell, Hon. E. Knatchbull, Wm. F. Thicknesse, R. A. Carnac, Sir J. Rivett Knox, W Thornely, T. Cavendish Charles C. Labouchere, H. Tufnell, H. Chelsea, Viscount Lacon, Sir E. Turner, C. Cholmondeley, Ld. H. Lascelles, Hon. E Tyler, Sir G. Christy, Samuel Lawiey, F. C. Vane, Lord A. Clay, Sir W. Lennox, Lord A. Vane, Lord H. Clinton, Lord C. P. Liddell, H. G. Vansittart, George H Clinton. Lord R. Locke, Joseph Verner, Sir W. Cobbold, J. Chevalier Lockhart, W. Vernon.G. E. H. Cocks, T. Somers Lovaine, Lord Villiers, Rt. Mt. C. P. Codrington, Sir Wm. Lowe, Robert Vivian, J. E. .Coles, Henry B. Lowther, Colonel Vyse, Capt. Compton, Henry C. Lowther, Carllain Waddington, David Coots, Sir Chas. H. Mackie, John Waddington, H. Crossly, Frank Macgregor, Jas. Walcott, Adm. • Cubitt, Mr. Ald. M`Tazgart, Sir J. Wall, C. B. Davies, D. A. S. Maddock, Sir H. Walpole, Spencer H. Davison, It. Manners, Lord G. Walsh, Sir J. B. Deedes, W. Manners, Lord J. West, F. R. Denison, J. E. Marshall, William Whatman, James Dering, Sir E. Massey, W. N. • Whiteside, James Dodd, G. Maule, Colonel Whitmore, H. Du Cane, C. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Wigram, L. T. Duckworth, Sir J. Mena, Sir Henry Wickham, Henry W. buncombe, lin. A. Miles, William Willoughby, Sir H. Buncombe, lin. 0. Miller, T. Wilson, J. Dundas, G. Mills, T. Wise, J. Egeilon, E. Mitchell, W. Wood. Sir Charles Eluce, Rt. Hon. E. Molesworth, Sir W. Wortley, J. S. Elmley, Viscount Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, General Emlyn, Viscount Moore, G. H. Wyndham, W. Young, Sir John Euston, Earl Moore, Ross S. Fellowes, Edward Mailings J. Randolph Follett, Brent S. Naas, Lord Tzi.Lzaii. Forbes, W. Napier, Joseph Forster, Sir Geo. Newark, Viscount Mr. Halsey. Forster, M. Newdegate. C. Mr. Sheridan. Roa March 4.—Edward Murray has been visited by his mother in the Castle of Palliano. She found him very fairly treated in every respect, the unremitting exertions made by the British authorities in his favour • having had the satisfactory effect of removing all unne cessary harshness. THE REAL GOLD FIELD.—A market gardener, upola a small scale, residing at the Merri Creek, has, within the last eight months, cleared upwards of 4,0004. sterling by fruit and vegetables. Considering the enor , inous prices realised for these articles, it is a matter of astonishment that they are not more extensively' mild vated.—Melbourne Morning Herald. RAIL WA T INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company to be presented at the half-yearly meeting, on Thursday next, says : " The directois have to report, that the receipts of the South-Eastern Railway Company for the half-year ending on the 31st of January, 1853, have been 424,5471. Bs. 9d., including 3801. 18s. 9d. received of the Brighton Company for toll ; and the working expenses and renewals 151,0691. 13s. The sum of 6,2151. 15s. has been laid aside for renewal of permanent way. The rates, taxes, and tolls amount to 15,986/. 16s. 2d. ; the Government duty to 13,1711. 14s. 4d. ; the rents of the Greenwich, Canterbury, and Whitstable Railways to 24,4151. ls. Bd. ; which sums, in addition to the interest on the mortgage debt, South- Eastern annuities and guaranteed stock of the company 74,200/. 12s. ld., make a total deduction from the gross earnings of 285,0531. 12s. 3d. The profit and loss account shows a credit of 8591. lls. after providing for the last di vidend, also a sum of 169/. 3s. 4d. for dividend and interest on Canterbury and Whitstable securities in the hands of the company, and is debited with the sum of 3,2701. ss. 9d. for Parliamentary expenses, and 7881.45. Bd. being one-third of the loss sustained by fire at the com pany's works at Ashford, leaving a balance available for dividend of 136,4641. Os. sd. The total increase in traffic for the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding half-year ending 31st January, 1852, is 15,6911. 12s. 4d. ; the through traffic to and from London and Folkestone, and Dover and Ramsgate and Margate, for the half-years ending as follows was : To and from To and from Folkestone and Dover. Ramsgate MO Margate. Jan. 31. 1851.....£61,351 2 8 ..., £i8,792 611 Jan. 31, 1852.... 84,363 14 8 .... 18,821 6 2 Jan. 31, 1853.... 68,889 18 2 .... 23,810 10 9 Dec. under '52, £18,473 16 6 .. • . Inc. over '52, £4,969 4 7 Inc. over '51.. £7,538 15 G Inc. over '5l, £5,017 3 10 It will be observed that there is a decresae in the traffic to Folkestone and Dover of 15,473/. 16s. 6d. ; but the di minution in the continental traffic during the half-year, as against the comparative half of the preceding year, is actually 18,9431. There is, therefore, an increase of 3,4691. 3s. 6d. of traffic between London and Folkestone and Dover, not attributable to continental traffic. The whole increase, therefore, of domestic traffic during the half-year is 34,634/. 12s. 4d., a • fact which the directors cannot but consider will be gratifying to the proprietors. Of this, 12,047/. 16s. 7d. is derived from the goods traffic ; 4,9581. 4s. 9d. is to be attributed to hop traffic ; there was A dimi nution, however, during the half-year of 2,132/. 7s. 9a. owing to a deficiency in the crop of fruit and vegetables. The foregoing tables show that the increase of passenger and goods traffic during the half-year, compared with the corresponding half of 1851, has been 71,929/. 17s. 10d. The directors renewed their application to the Government for the privilege of having the baggage of passengers ex amined at the London-bridge terminus, whereby the con venience of those persons who constitute the most important class travelling between England and France would be greatly enhanced, and it has been conceded in favour of passengers arriving in London by the mail leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. The contract with the Northern of France Railway Company, to continue the fixed train at 8.10 a.m. daily, from London-bridge ter minus to Dover, and the steam-packet service in connec tion therewith to Calais, will be in force to the Ist of July; but experience serves to convince the directors that a tidal service, in connection with express trains between London and Paris, is the best thing for the accommodation of the travelling public, and their endeavours will be given to the improvement and maintenance of this service. In any event, a train will leave the London-bridge terminus daily, in correspondence with a steamer at Folkestone, so as to ensure the most rapid communication between London and Paris via Boulogne ; and this service is accomplished daily from London to Boulogne in four and a half hours. It will be observed, that, notwithstanding the facilities cn the Greenwich branch have been continued throughout the half-year by a train every quarter of an hour each way, the traffic has diminished to the extent of 2,3891. 9s. 7d., whilst on the North Kent line, although there has been a decrease of 67,243 persons in number, the increase in the traffic receipts has been 3,9681. 17s. ld. In the half-year ending on the 31st January, 1852, the number of miles run by engin es was 1,337,531 ; the coke consumed was 14,585 t ons; the total cost being 13,6161. is. lid., or 2.4432 d. p er m il e. During the last half-year, the number of miles run by engines was 1,425,556 ; the coke consumed was 16,910 t ons , bing an average of 26.574 lbs. per mile, at a cost of 14,6081. 9s. Bd., or 2.4597 d. per mile. The en gines, therefore, ran 87,825 miles more last half-year than in the corresponding half of the preceding year, and con sumed 2,325 tons more coke, at an increased charge of 9 92/. 7s. 9d. The total running of the engines has cost 8.651 d. per mile, which includes 3.251 d. per mile of re pairs and renewals. The carriage and waggon stock of the company is in good order ; the whole cost of repairs and renewals of now for worn-out stock, during the half-year, is charged to revenue. There is a charge to capital ac count for additional new stock of 6,316/. 18s. sd. The re turns of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, since its opening on 24th October, 1849, have been as follows :- Partially opened, to 31st January, 1850, 7,666/. 12s. 4d. ; six months ending 31st July, 1850, 11,186/. Us. 6d. ; do. 31st January, 1851, 13,687/. 15s. 10d. ; do. 31st July, 1851, 14,700/. 17s. id. ; do. 31st January, 1852, 16,8111. 15s. sd. ; do. 31st July, 1852, 14,769/. 3s. ; do. 31st January, 1853, 19,0931. 7s. sd. When proper commu nications with the northern lines are established with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, a large increase to its traffic may be anticipated. It will be observed that were there an union of trains with the 5.20 a.m. train from Dover, which conveys the mail leaving Paris at 7.30 the night before, via Red Hill and Reading, the mer chants of Liverpool and Manchester might receive their correspondence leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. by two p.m. on the succeeding clay. The advantages to the merchandise traffic which would result from such arrangements are ob vious. The directors were compelled to enforce the rights of the company as lessees of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway by an action against the London and South-Western Railway Company, who retained the whole receipts on account of this company at Guildford, and claimed against them a set-off of larger amount for tolls, under an erroneous interpretation of the agreement be tween that company and the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company. The directors first obtained a decision in favour of this company in the Court of Exchequer; but the directors of the London and South-Western Company appealed from that judgment, and the judges, on a rehear ing of the case, in a court of error, affirmed the decision in favour of the South-Eastern Railway Company, which sets the question at rest, and the amount due to this company has since been received. The charge in the account for the maintenance of the permanent way during the last half year is large ; it is 18,4491. 17s. against 14,061/. 13s. 10d. in the corresponding half-year. That increase is occasioned by the outlay required in consequence of the heavy rains. It was difficult at one period of the half-year to keep the line open in a satisfactory state for the traffic. This object was accomplished in a safe and substantial manner, though at a great outlay ; the circumstances were not such as would have warranted the slightest hesitation in provid ing ample means for ensuring safety. The accounts pre sented at the last half-yearly general meeting showed that the sum of 88,772/. ss. was due from proprietors in arrear of calls. During the last half-year, 29,9771. 13s. 4d. has been received from proprietors in arrear, and the sum now due on shares forfeited, and to be for feited, is 58,794/. lls. Bd. 49,3787. 18s. 4d. is due on ac count of shares, _of which noti ce o f f or f e it ure h as b een given, and 9,415/. 13s. 4d. on shares of which notice of for feiture has been prepared for the present meeting. When the resolution is passed, the whole question may be dealt with at once, and the capital account to that extent closed. The amount of mortgage debt of the company on Jan. 31, 1852, was 1,997,0601., bearing interest at an average rate of 4.375 per cent. per annum ; on July 31, 1852, the amount was 1,859,9751., at 4.259 per cent. per annum; and on January 31 last, the debt was 1,932,5751., bearing the reduced interest of 4.1048 per cent. per annum. In addition to the capital shown to have been expended to the 31st January last, the directors have to state that there will be a further outlay in works and buildings now in progress, which will reach the sum of 70,000/., and any outlay beyond this sum must be in the discretion of the proprietors hav ing regard to the prospective advantages to be derived from it, and the directors will take the earliest opportunity of placing the matter in a shape for their decision. It is right to say that the settlement of the contractors' accounts up ' to the present time has required a larger sum than had been estimated, but the accounts open on the 31st January are within moderate compass, and are not likely to occa sion any material variation from the estimates. If, when full statements are prepared, the proprietors are of opinion that hop and corn warehouses should be erected at the Brick layers' Arms station, bonded warehouses at the London bridge terminus, and cottages aad other auxiliary works on the line, and that the locomotive and carriage and waggon stock of the company should be increased, then the outlay of 70,000/. now proposed will be increased by 230,000/., and make up a total sum, in addition to the capital expendedon the 31st January, of 3 00,000/. The directors have taken steps to realise the surplus property belonging to the com pany; but theyare bound to state that, notwithstanding the instructions given to them at the last general meeting, they are not in a position to offer more than an estimate of what the result will be, and that estimate they will submit to the meeting. On the 15th November last, the directors laid before the proprietors a summary of the measures which they thought were then demanded for the protec tion and advancement of the interests of the South-Eastern Railway Company. One of those was to effect a junction or approximation of the stations of the Reading, Guild ford, and Reigate Branch, and of the Great Western Rail way, and as no arrangement has been offered by the Great Western Railw ay C ompany, the bill for that purpose is proceeding, as i s one for extending the North Kent line, by the Angeret e i n branch, to Blackwell Point. The di rectors are con v i nced that no wiser step can b e taken by the company than to continue the Greenwich Railway through Gr eenwich-park, at a suitable time, so as to give a direct co mmunication between Greenwich and Woolwich, and to Blackwell Point, to connect the Greenwich line with the Ea s t an d West India Dock Junct i on R a il way b y a steam f erry . The opportunity for considering the mea sure for Passing through Greenwich-park this year has not been afforded, as the Astronomer Royal has not completed the experiments with which he was charged by the Admi ralty. The directors deposited plans for the continuation of the North Kent line from Strood. to Maidstone, and also for a line from Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley, which they hoped to accomplish on joint account with the Brighton Company. The directors commenced a correspon dence in October last with the directors of the Brighton Company, suggesting to them the fitness of constructing the Lewish am, B romley, and Croydon extension at the joint cost a n d on the joint account of both companies. To this they h a d h oped that they had received and would meet with a ready assent and co-operation ; but to their surprise, notice which the that without any no ti ce to them, or any communication leading to a supp os iti on that such a measure was afloat, they saw, in the public prints, inserted on [the last day ai th s e n t ing right uid on er a s nd of South-WesternParliament admitted o ne of, proposed t o amalgamate. The Brighton Company offer now to assent to the construction of the Lewisham, Brom ley ,and Croydon line on joint account, or to concur in its withdrawal ; but the whole matter requires a more full attention on the part of the proprietors than the directors can invite in a half-yearly report. In obedience to the resolution of the proprietors at the last half-yearly general meeting, notice was given to the proprietors of the Can terbury and Whitstable Railway Company of the South- Eastern Company's intention to exercise the option to purchase the railway. The directors communicate with satisfaction the report of the committee appointed by the railway company and by the South-Eastern and Conti nental Steam-packet Company, with the object of assisting the directors in proposing a plan for the amalgamation of the interests of the two companies. A copy of the report is annexed. It will be observed, that the committee had the steam - boarvalued by the surveyors of Lloyd's, and and that their united recommendation is, that those steam ships be purchased at the valuation so arrived at , and that thus the interests of the two companies become united. In the bill for the pnrchsee of the Canterbury and Whit" stable Railway, and for the purchase of the steam-boats, permissive powers for the company to raise 500,0001. are included. Nearly 100,0001. of this sum is required for the purchase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, 99,4061. for the purchase of the steam-boats, and 300,000/. for the general purposes of the company. These subjects will come before the proprietors for consideration at a special meeting, which the directors will call for the purpose, at such time as the proprietors shall de termine, and as shall be consistent with the rules of Parliament. The state of the money market in the autumn, and the speculative tendency which was thereby induced, led to proposals for the construction of various railways in Kent, interfering with the interests of this company, and the completion of the railway system in that district, and hence the suggestions contained in the letter to the proprietors of the 13th Nov. The proprietors at the special meeting which will be held, will no doubt decide on these projects, not only with regard to their ab stract fitness at any time, but also with regard to the im mediate effect which their execution would have on the company's position and interests generally. No further communication has passed between the directors and the promoters of a line from Strood to Chilham and Canter bury since the last meeting, except that the noble chairman of that company called for a statement from the chairman of this company whether the report in the Times newspaper of what passed at the general meeting of the South-Eastern Company, held on the 9th of September last, were correct, and he was answered in the affirmative. The directors have felt it to be their duty to appear as opponents to that project in Parliament, and it will be necessary for the com pany to continue in the attitude of opponents in order to prevent the company's interests being compromised. The directors earnestly hope that the position of railway pro perty, and of railway proprietors, may be beneficially affected by the measures which result from the labours of the com mittee of the House of Commons now sitting on the sub ject of railway amalgamation, and future railway legisla tion. The amount at the credit of the profit and loss ac count, 136,4641. Os. 5d., will allow of a dividend of na. per 301. stock, and will leave a balance of 1,5201. 12s. ld. The increase which took place during last half-year in the do mestic traffic of the South-Eastern Railway gives the direc tors confidence in the position and prospective resources of the company." The following is the report of the committee of pro prietors of the South-Eastern Railway and the South- Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Companies asso ciated with the directors to negotiate terms for the con solidation of the interests of the two companies : " Your committee have to report that at their first meet ing, held on the 14th of October, 1852, an account of the origin and history of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company was laid before them, and it was resolved, That the chairman and committee of Lloyd's be requested• to appoint the surveyors of Lloyd's register of shipping to examine and report the condition of the hulls, materials, and machinery of the steam-packets now the pro perty of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, and their present value.' The chairman and committee of Lloyd's accordingly instructed Mr. Martin. and Mr. Courtenay to carry (tut the wishes of the com mittee, and these gentlemen furnished the following report : " Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, " London, December 6, 1852, " 3, White Lion-court, Comhill. " ' This is to certify that the undersigned surveyors to this society did, at the request of G. S. Herbert, Esq., secre tary to the South-Eastern Railway Company and to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, dated the 26th of October last, and' in obedience to the committee's commands of the same date, proceed at various times to Folkestone, " for the purpose of ascertaining the present state of efficiency of the eight steam-ships hereafter mentioned, and their fitness for the purpose for which they are intended, viz., plying between the ports of Dover and Folkestone and Boulogne and Calais, in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company, also their present value." We,-the undersigned, having thoroughly examined the said vessels, with their engines and equipment, are of opinion that, when the inconsiderable repairs now in progress are completed, the said eight steam-ships named at foot will be in an efficient state, and we consider them well suited to the service for which they are intended, and we estimate their aggregate value at the sum of ninety-nine thousand four hundred and six pounds (say 99,4061.), including hulls, machinery, furniture, boats, and stores complete, also the necessary repairs above-mentioned—Princess Mary, of 212 gross tonnage; Princess Maude, 233 ditto; Queen of the Belgians, 216 ditto; Queen of the French, 216 ditto; Prince Ernest, 247 ditto; Princess Clementine, 288 ditto; Princess Helena, 302 ditto; Lord Warden, 308 ditto. " 'JAMES MARTIN. " ' PETER COURTENAY.' "Your committee have resolved to recommend, for the adoption of the proprietors of the two companies, the fol lowing resolutions, viz.: —That the sum of 99,4061., being the valuation made on the 6th December by the surveyors appointed by the committee of Lloyd's on the eight steam ships belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, viz., the Princess Mary, Princess Maude, Queen of the Belgians, Queen of the French, Prince Ernest, Princess Clementine, Princess Helena, and Lord Warden, be the price at which, upon the passing of an act of Parliament enabling the South-Eastern Railway Company so to do, the steam-ships and other property in cluded in the report and valuation be taken over from the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company. That to facilitate the settlement between the two com panies, the working of the steam-ships from the Ist Aug., 1852, to the 31st January, 1853, shall bo considered to be on account of the Steam-packet Company, and that the sum of 99,4061. and the amount of the valuation of the plant and stores on shore on the 31st January, 1853, shall bear interest at the rate of 41. per cent. from the Ist January, 1853, until three months after the passing of the act. That the proprietors of the Steam-packet Company shall then have the option of receiving the amount respec tively due to them in cash, or in a debenture of the South-Eastern Railway Company, at five years date, bearing 4/. per cent. interest per annum, and that at the end of the five years, the steam-packet proprietors shall have the option of receiving payment of that deben ture, or of converting it into the ordinary stock of the South-Eastern Railway Company at par, provided three months' notice in writing of such option bo given, expiring prior to the termination of the five years. Your committee have every confidence that this proposed arrangement of the relations of the two companies will be deemed by both a fair and honourable compromise and settlement." The report of the auditor says : "The capital expenditure of the half-year is 199,066/. lls., the character of which may be thus indicated :—Main line and Bricklayers' Arms extension : Now sidings, tim ber cranes, turntables, approach roads, passenger sheds, coal stores, and stabling at stations. Proportion of cost of converting timber viaduct into an embankment, substitu tion of iron for wooden bridges, strengthening roof of the station, cost of new weighbridge and paving, additions to the carrying stock in the goods department, land purchases and cost of apportionment- of tithe-rent charge, and pre paring for sale of surplus property.—North and Mid Kent lines, Greenwich widening and London station enlarge ment : Balance of Mr. Brogden's contract, and legal ex penses attending the same. Land purchases, apportion ment of the rent charge, redemption of land tax, extension of sidings, ballasting of new roads, erecting new sheds and stabling, timber cranes, turntables, bridges, signals, elec tric telegraph, erection of waterworks and engine house, asphalting and paving, and architect's charges.— Ashford to Canterbury : Land purchases settled. New turntables and waiting rooms.—Ashford station enlargement : Erec tion of gasworks, waterworks , foundry, .carriage sheds, cottages, and making new roads.—Tunbridge Wells and Hastings : Balance of contracts for construction, extension of sidings, approach roads, timber cranes, weighing ma chines, waiting rodnas, and goods sheds, alteration in in clination of cuttings, and apportionment of tithe-rent charge.—Ashford, Rye , and Hastings : Final settlement of contractor's accounts. Land purolsases and costs. N ew schools at Ashford, cottages at Hastings and St. Leonards: Apportionment of tithe rent charge and redemption of land tax.—Reading, Guildford, and Reigate : Parlia mentary and law costs of amalgamationof the t wo compa nies. Approach roads , fenci n g , electric telegraph, cranes. Apportionment of tithe-rent charge, redemption of land tax, preparing for sales of surplus land. Locomoti ve de partment : The expenditure under this head is chiefly on account of 179 new waggons in course of construction, an d which will form an addition to the working stock. A pro portion of the salaries of the engineer in chief and staff is allocated to capital, in consideration of the superintend ence required by the lines and.works in course of construc tion. The reserve fund, for the renewal of permanent way and works, has been increased by 5,5251., being the value of old materials (principally rails) applied for new sidings, and charged to capital—and has, in addition to ordinary renewals, borne an expense of 6,3631. 13s. 3d. for works to Gravesend basin and locks, proportion of conversion of Bricklayers' Arms viaduct into an embankment, the con struction of bridges and platforms, for damage done to the embankments and the Strood tunnels by the heavy rains, and for repairs to Dover sea wall. The sum of 5,1381. 6s. has been expended in promoting the five bills now before Parliament, referred to in the directors' circular of 15th November, 1852 ; this sum, pending the consent of the proprietors and the decision of the Legislature, stands on the credit side of the balance-sheet, with a view to a proper distinction being preserved between the present and any new capital which the company may be authorised to raise. As to the closing of the capital account, we desire to reite rate the opinions we have previously expressed in reference to that subject. The attainment of that important object will be facilitated by the estimates which, by resolution of the last half-yearly meeting, the directors were requested to prepare, and upon the approval of which it appears to us that the exact limits of the capital expenditure may be finally determined, subject only to reduction by means of the proceeds of surplus lands and property." From the engineer's report it appears that—. the renewal neaper ke:eatl, " The total length of railway belonging to the South- Eastern Railway Company open for traffic is equal to 2701 miles of double line. Of this l tts e ih n tec g l h of 51 bri t .dg m es i o les a i ( %re As s min ti es il maintained by contract, and are charged against revenue at the rate of 501. per mile for the half-year. The length maintained by the company is there 216 miles. The sum expended during the past half-year in wages, ordinary stores, engine hire and staff for the maintenance of this length of road has been 10,1091. 14s. 4d., or at the rate of 461. 16s. id. per mile. This is an excess of the usual cost, and was occasioned by the extra labour and w o a u t n i r required in consequence of the extraordinary 111 company e va la n s y t th a . o e . i autumn. B 7 fell during d th V e n x g pe f n o d u i r tu s r u e cc th es u s s iv i e ne m ur o r n e t d hs , an unprecedented The effect of the season upon the season. those h i n o g s e remediedfound to a b be ed t d h e e . introduction of a more efficient system of drainage,the was enabled to carry on the traffic of the line tnr ca o rri u o g ef li dt o ho u ne t r o substitution road a has ee no creosotedfmo st severe, sleepers itis forb I Fresh ballast is at the same time being laid down de cayed. . 7,246/. Bs. 9d. w i e n e i m t m h p o o a u s n t t y l increasing n c portions of the line. such damages as exceed the na htrTueahnrsieeebwoesfaeiclnomrfeudixinanpdcasyliun(dle:wdgeopitranhkinesrencloogafsytimnogafivnlatinOinOscagPepcirditeaoltsooatttehde t The sum of 3,2321. 17s. Bd. in the maintenance of the works. Thi s has been expended sum is also large, and the excess is due to the same cause. The sum of 2,5961. Os. 2d. has been expended out of the the rteba is c si cuttings. e t p i t n ha g re st ordinary ei r a i 1 , 1 . e s worksnrrent expenditurewill be o he r fa enewal fund hascredit and a proportionate quantity of chairs erth a e nd G o r t a h v e e r materi al s. Upwards Upwards of five miles of additional sidings have been laid down at various stations with the materials so replaced. fv T fßou na h rrl a e udtn s eh e caeher sidings f:statthhmheeee . repairshave paTr b ae materialsbl oa e trn e ube n deec charg ed used, and reconstruction taruonrdke the completion of the earth-work deepeningon the Bricklayers' minor expenditure." BIRMINGHAM, March 14.—We are this week enabled to announce a rather satisfactory turn in the metal mar ket. The holders of tin and copper have at length let out these essential articles of our manufacture, although at ruinously high prices,—Arin Birmingham Gazette. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTER:DAY; FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Bunch, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at New York, to be her Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia, FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lan dell as Consul in Australia, to reside at Sydney, for his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Charles Sargeaunt, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the district of Natal, in South Africa. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 12. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Dunconabe Pyrko, junior, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Robinson, retired. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 15. The following Lieutenants to be promoted to be Cap tains, without purchase : • 3d Light Dragoons—Edward George Swinton. 9th Light Dragoons—William Richard Newport Camp bell. _ _ _ 10th Light Dragoons—Thomas Sargent Little. 14th Light Dragoons—Robert Johnston Brown. 15th Light Dragoons—John Macartney. Bth Regiment of Foot—Ellis James Charter ; Robert Stuart Baynes. _ 10th Foot--Robert George Jephson ; Charles Doyle Pat terson. _ _ 18th Foot—Anthony William Samuel Freeman Arm strong ; Isaac Henry Hewitt. 22,1 Foot—Herbert George Bowden ; Robert Blackall. 24th Foot—Charles Mackechnie ; Thomas Mayling Green sill. 25th Foot—George Bent ; Charles D. Pogson. 29th Foot—Henry George Walker ; Sir George Mervyn Nugent. 32d Foot—Henry John Davies ; George Jeffrey. 51st Foot—John Henry Dickson ; James William Mans field. 53d Foot—Thomas Moubray; Macartney Hume Oldfield. 60th Foot—Stephen Kenny ; William Hutchinson. 61st Foot—Andrew Grant; Drought, Richard Croas daile. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Francis ; Alfred Picton Bowlby. 70th Foot—James Maxey Buchanan ; Archibald J. Oliver Rutherfurd. -- 756 h Foot—William Thomas Smith ; Edward William John Knox. 78th Foot—Alexander Mackenzie; Douglas Hastings. 80th Foot—George Samuel Young ; William Frederick Adams Colman. 83d Foot—R. H. Payne Crawfurd. ; John Sharman Molony. 84th Foot—Spier Hughes; Alexander Halfhide. 86th Foot—John Rees Croker ; Charles George Butler. 87th Foot—John Halkett le Couteur ; John Fitz-Gerald. 94th Foot—James Stewart Menzies ; George Dorehill. 96th Foot—R. F. W. Cumberland ; Herbert Vaughan Mundell. 98th Foot—Henry Thomas Richmond ; Richard Young. The following Cornets to be promoted to be Lieutenants, without purchase :- 3d Light Dragoons—Frederick Thomas Ongley Hopson, vice Swinton. 9th Light Dragoons.—Robert Charles Kidd, vice Camp bell. 10th Light Dragoons—Edward Martin Roper Stapylton, vice Little. 14th Light Dragoons—John Pitt Kennedy, vice Brown 15th Light Dragoons—George Barrington Price, vice Macartney. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. William Wootton Abndey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, March 4. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Captain Alan Frederick Cathcart, commonly called Lord Greenock, to be Major, vice the Earl of Mu'grave, resigned; the Hon. Amias Charles Orde Powlett to be Captain, vice Lord Greenock, promoted, March 7, Commissions by the Lord - Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—Lieutenant Alfred Hurst Lowe to be Captain ; Robert John George Henry Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Enoch Jones, ironfonnder, Elton, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. John Gaily Hartley and William Jubilee Reed, ship wrights, Rotherhithe, to surrender, March 31, at eleven, and April 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Miller and Horn, King William-street. Joseph Dunthorn, corn and flour dealer, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road, March 22, at half-past one, and April 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Archer, Racquet-court, Fleet-street. Robert Syer Hoggar, builder, Wolverhampton, March 31 and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Corser and Un derhill, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and Knight, Bir mingham. Francis Young, draper, Union-place Walworth-road, March 22, at half-past one, and April 26, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. - Nicholas Crook, tailor and woollen-draper, Preston, April 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Cour t. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Higson and Robinson, Man chester. William Gill, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, Aprils and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Sutcliffe, Ilebdon bridge. James Burgess, contractor, Chester, April 7 and 28, at eleven, at the anchester District Court. tee, official assignee, Manchester ; Sedgley, Knutsford. William Butterworth, grocer. Mansfield, Nottingham, April 1 and 22, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Shilton and Son, Nottingham. • - Francis Robert Graham, licensed victualler, Fleet-street, April 4, at one, and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Willis, Queen-street, Cheapside ; Laurance, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Robert Temple, grocer, Brisley, Norfolk, March 22, at half-past two, and April 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, .Aldermanbury ; Nicholls and Doyle, Gray's-inn; Drake, East Dereham, Norfolk. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghell-street. J. Barton, Sutton Valence, R en t, brewer, April 2, at eleven—A. Belletti, West India Dock-road, Limehouse, mahogany merchant, April 7, at eleven—J. Winzar, Salis bury apothecary, April 5, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Roberts, Liverpool, grocer, April 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Pryde, D. Jones, and J. Gibb, Liver pool, sailmakers, April at eleven, at' the Court, Liver pool—S. Flatow, Leeds, jeweller, April 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court, L ee d s—S. C. Harrison, Sunderland by-the-Sea, linendraper, April 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—J. Burlingham, Worces ter, milliner, April 5, at twelve, at the Court, Birming ham. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. B. Drew, Williams-buildings, Old-street-road; car penter, 6d., on Saturday next and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. G. Bolton, Albany-street, Regent's-park, coachmaker, is. 9id. on Saturday next, and the three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. R. J. Dangerfield, Dunstable; printer, 2s. 6d., on Satur day next, an d th e th ree su b sequen t Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane, City. T. Shaw, Birmingham, wholesale stationer, Bd., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, banker, ss. 3d., any Thurs day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Birmingh am . - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. Grear, Bradley-terrace, Wandsworth-road, tallow. chandler, April 6, at twelve—J. Tyars ' New Crane Corn. whart'Shadwell, coal-merchant, April 8, at eleven. In the Country. G. Coldwell, Ashton-under - Lyne , bo otmaker, A pril 5 , at twelv e , at the Court, Manchester — G. Ro g ers, Ch eshire, grocer, April 7, at twelve, at the Court, Mancheiter---W. Mayfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer and draper, April 8, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. _ _ .._ • --- - J. Harper, — Gloucester, hotel-keeper, certificate of the first class—G. Gardner, Woolwich, and of Plumstead, ironmonger, certificate of the first class—J. E mmens, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square, hay and straw salesman, certificate of the second class—J. Franklin, Great Marlow, tavern-keeper, certificate of the third class—W. Harknett, Courland-grove, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, builder, certifi cate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. H. Lidbetter and J. Newnham, Tonbridge Wells, brewers—. H. Lidbetter, E. Kelsey, and. H. Kelsey, Ton bridge Wells, brewers—E. Cook, E. J . Cook, and G. K. Cook, Stratford. Saint Mary, Suffolk, and Colchester, Essex, auctioneers—J. Chadwick, J. Chadwick, jun., and R. L. Chadwick, Eccles, cotton spinners —R. H. Warden and T. C. Johnstone, Manchester, carpet manufacturers— J. W. J. Horsfall, and T. Wheeler, Risca, Mon mouthshire, iron and coal masters—J. Mawdesley and E. Graham, Holcome-brook, Lancashire, cotton spinners —R. O. Brilledge and J. Sparshatt, Hilperton, Wiltshire, brewers—J. Pye and E. Woods, Manchester, exhibitors of panoramas—J. Walker and A. Burns, Liverpool, oil manu facturers—T.R. Lawrence and H. Neale, Sarum, plumbers —W. Dredge and H. P. Stephenson, Robert-street, Adelphi, civil engineers —W. L. Leplastrior and R. J. W. Morgan, Chancery-lane, watchmakers—R. Castle and J. Castle, Oxford, builders—M. L. Daynes and. 3. Meets, Keymer, Sussex, bricktnakers—T. Gawthorp and M. Gaw thorp, Huddersfield, plumbers—J. Kemp and J. Kopp, Trowbridge, linendrapers—T. Gilbert and J. Turner, Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, grocers—W. E. Heathfield and H. Burgess, Wilson-street, Finsbury, ex perimental chemists—G. Robinson and J. W. Wayman, Sunderland, ship brokers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Roberts, Henllan, Denbighshire, butcher. James Frost, C uc k ney , N o tti ng h ams hi re , licensed vic tualler. Henry Edward Swane, Brighton, Sussex, bookbinder. William Ashton, Lincoln, plumber. William Pyle, Lincoln, accountant. Emerson Nichols, Longton, Staffordshire, stonemason. John Haggardy Crasko, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, baker. Stephen Lushington Goodwin, GreatYarmouth, Norfolk, fish merchant's clerk. Mary Harriet Ovules, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Edward Buck, Liverpool, attorney-at-law. Thomas. Carwardine, Hanley-castle, Worcestershire, farmer. James White, Dempsey, Worcestershire, butcher. James Hatton, Herne Bay, Kent, proprietor of bathing machines. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. I. Middleton, Kincardine, woollen manufacturer, to Meet within the Commercial Hotel, Stonehaven, March 18 and April 8, at one. J. Young, Stirling, dealer in minerals, to meet within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, March 18 and April 14, at one. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARCH it. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, with several buyers from a dis tance, and a large business might have been done in wheat and flour had holdersheen disposed to take the low prices lately current ; however, more money was insisted upon, and where sales were made, the depression noted on Friday was generally recovered. French flour did not participate in the improvement, and must be quoted is per sack lower on the week. Oats and oatmeal met with an extremely slow sale, and a decline of lid per 451 b, and 6d to 9d Per load was submitted to. Barley, beans, and peas wore in fair request at late ratos. Indian corn on the spot was only in small demand, and fully is per qr;lower for white ; cargoes arrived off the coast were more inquired for, and sales were effected at 31s 6d per quarter for Galatz and Odessa, and 29s 6d per quarter for Ibraila—cost, freight, and insurance. IPSWICH—MeIton 15. We had only a fair supply of wheat ; the trade was a a little dull, and if sales were pressed at all, 6d to is per qr. reduction in price was submitted to. Barley is now almost done with, bat few samples appeared at market, and no inclination on the part of the maltsters to continue buying. Beans and peas sold at late prices. PER QUARTER. PRA QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 4os to 458 Barley, grinding ... 29s to 31s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 50s to 55s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 34s to 378710ur, per sack ATERAGES FOIL TIE WEEK ENDING MAECIFI 12, 1853, Wheat Barley Oats 55 „ 138 9d Beans Peas HULL-MARCH 15. The weather has been very mild during the past week , and if it continues will be of great advantage to the agri culturist. Arrivals of all descriptions of grain are most insignificant, and although near ports are now open, yet prices are relatively so out of tune, that we cannot look for much increase, and very little of the Mediterranean supply finds its way to the Humber. To-day our farmers brought a good supply of wheat, and for the best runs of red we had a pretty sale at a decline of is to 2s upon the prices of last week. Our millers were paying 44s to 4 65 for such descriptions, 63 lbs. Only a slow' sale for foreign, and nothing offering from shipboard. A short supply of barley, and market without alteration. Oats dull. Beams and peas much the same as last week. The linseed so long on the passage from the Black Sea is now arriving freelT. The market is is to 2s lower, but the bulk of the supply 1 3 for crushers' account. Linseed cakes may be bought on easier terms, owing to the mildness of the weather and de cline in the value of other feeding articles. Nothing don aposeed, and in cakes, the business is very retail as yet. The following are the present prices of grain : s s Wheat, English, red 44 to 46 Ditto white 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham- s d. Peas, gray and black 35 to 37 Linseed, Black Sea 51 to 53 Ditto Petersburgh Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O to 46 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Frieslaud 44 to 46 Russian and Odessa 40 to 44 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l7 to 20 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 3B to 40, Per 1 . 01. Lims. e., Hull 8/12s 6d to 010 s Ditto fine for.B/ 7s 6d 811256 d Ditto inf. for Bl Os to 01 Os Rapeseed 291 lOs to 01 00 Rape cakes Tares, English 4os to 46s Ditto foreign Guano 41 71 to 91 oa Bones loos to 00s 8d Rye Meal CORK-MARCH 14. Currency. White wheat 00s Od. to 00s Od Os Od-20 stone. Redwheat 00s fd to OOs 0d Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do. Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 68 Barley l4s 3d to 14s 6d Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od-16 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od Bere 00s Od to 00s Od _ _ Brig. Os Oki 204 Oats 9s 8d to 10s 63} . 142 Ditto lOs 6d to lOs 10d. 10s 6d do. Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 17 Pigs 4ls Od to 43s 6d OOs Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 1 barley ; 0 bare ; 55 oats ; 5 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 193. Barley, 318. Bore, 0. Oats, 2,816. Pigs, 149. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRXNCr. First quality Second quality Third quality BBs Third quality ............... 711 Fourth quality 711 / Fifth quality 7os Fifth quality ............... 495 Sixth quality 585 Sixth quality ............... Return of cattle sold for week ending March 12 Pigs, 662. Sheep, 287. Cows, 104. CORK.—Flour— First, 15s Od to 16s Od; extra, 17s Od; seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d ; households, lOs to 13s Od ; thir4 o ! 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to 85:d, tia oatmeal, lOs 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to lls per Iv?, Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4112 s to 4115 s Od. per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 318 Ocl ; average , 2Ss; dealers, 34s Od to 45s Od ; average, Os per ton. Stravr — ' Farmers, 17s Od to 23s Od ; average, 20s ; dealers, 28s Od t 0 oes ed. ; average Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d tO Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9(1 to lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Sd to 4s 103 per hundred. Meat —beef, 4A,(1 to 8d ; mutton, 5Ad to 60 ; veal, 44d to 646 ; pork, 5(1 to 6d ; bacon, 7d to 7icl - ; sausages, 6d per lb.-14 ish, Newfound land, 11/. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 28s to 005; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9cl to 10d; Pinks, lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cult", 16g Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial wal l 'rif Hides, market, 25s t o 32 s ; Salted, 26s to 325 Pe r crit i . skins, 3gd per lb.—B angor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. P o e 42/. pet Fleece wool, 15s to 16 s per ston e.—HeinP, 381. yellow do , ton — Timber, Memel, 31. 105; red pi ne , Si. lOs red, ' 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred. --a '_Sops, 8/. to 81. 10s. p er ton.— Tallow, 465 to 47s per c w.— ea 71. 10s to 01. per c w t.—T ar , A rc h ange l, 19 s . per brl.—G u°, Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-o 1 by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what I Whent ' COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due Office, London. Dispatched. End America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool Mon. America 0.0 America (by,United Sts. packet) ..........N March 22 ........ Liverpool ... March 15 ' America (by U. States March I° • packet) ..........N March 1 6 Southampton Australia (via South ampton) Al 4th of May • • .... Southampton April 4 Ditto (via M arseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover _ April 1 , Ditto (via Cape of 4.300 d Hope) ............N 2d of April ...... Plymouth .. lan. g 0 Africa ( West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth April 11 6 Alexandria ......N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover _ March Alexandria .. ....M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March Bahamas Belgium ............N ........ Dover DallY 16 Brazil .......... 31 9th of the month.. Southampton March r t i Buenos Ayres .... -31 9th of the month.. Southampton March :A Cape of Good Hose ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. march 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2n4 of April_ Plymouth .. March ",, Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. March 2 . Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. ...........N 14th of th e mon th Pl ymout h .. March 26 Channel isles ........N Mon.,Wed ,&Frld. Southampton l'u.TP• rt • Chili. M & 17th of month Southampton March ' China (see India) Constantinople .....,N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. D0ver...... March 1 „ 0 6 Constantinople .... AI 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March _ts, cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ...... Twice dt. ' Egypt (see India) ~1111.9 France .... • • .. 31 & N T w i ce daily_ _ Dover Gibraltar ..... -31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton March '- Greece (see India) *re - - 16 vto wn • • • • • ... -31 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton March ~t . Hamburgh ...N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Tues. Havannah Ai 2nd of the month Southampton April 1 rmar Holland Honduras ... ...... M 17th of the month. Southampton Marc. India (viaSouthampt.)3l 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March - a India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover March 1. lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead l6 Lisbon.— ..M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton March 16 Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton Marc. is Madeira N 23rd of the month Plymouth March Malta (see India) March 18 Malta 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover .. Mar Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth March 2 0 6 a,., Mexico ..........M 2nd of the month., Southampton Ist of Nap1e5....... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover _ March 1 1 New Granada ......31 2d & 17th of month Southampton Marc h New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports Uncn h Papal States ........N Sthloth2sthormon. Dover Mar c- 16 Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th27thofmon Southampton Mar c h b 16 Peru -31 & 17th of mon. Southampton March 26 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth l2 Sicily •••• • • . • ..N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover Mar c- 12 _h Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover l6 • Venezuela ..........M 2d& 17th of month Southampton Mal"' Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .... Australia) ........ West Indies ........I+l 12d& 17th of month Isontbamptml BIRTHS. OF A BON. March /6 O a At Orton Longueville, Hunts, the Countess of Abor On the 13th inst., at Nottington, Dorsetshire, the of C. W. Gordon, Esq., of Wincombe-park, Wilts. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 12th inst., at Horsley-park, the lady of Sir Heatheote, Bart. On the 13th inst., at 8, Northwick-terrace, St. doh s" wood, the wife of Commander H. Baker, R.N. MARRIED. of On the 3d inst., at Corfu, Trophine George Gord erl ' spi l the 76th Regiment, youngest son of the l a t e Sir Jame s to tl e Right Hon. Lady Frances Webst er W e dderb‘onel Caroline, daughter of William Dixon, Esq late Cal: H° in the Royal Artillery. On the 12th inst., at St. Jame s ' s , Westbourne-terraee: Henry, youngest son of the lat e E. W . B . W e bster, 1:1 ; of Hendon, to Rose, youngest daughter of Edward Lev i° Esq., of Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park. • v-Teer) -m On the 1 4th inst., at St. P ancras-c h urc h , C. E. e g -- Esq., to Fanny, youngest d aug ht er o f B . N . R . Batty, 944 Fenny-hall, Huddersfield. DIED. TrAthori ll° On the 14th inst. at 18, Hyde -park-square, Eliza, eldest daughter of the Vice-Chancellor KindersleYii On the 11th inst., at Bognor, aged 56, Sir a Sits" Bart. 1 a cl 81 ' On the-14th inst., at Toxteth-park, LiverPoo. , 3 - e doll. Samuel Woods, Esq., P.G.S. F.L.S. formerly of Lon , On the 10th inst., at Mansel-house,' Hereford, Caroline, only daughter of the late Sir Uvedale Price, of Foxley, in the above county, aged 70. tberi lle On the 11th inst lateaed 83, at Petersham, Miss Ca oh Boyd, sister of the' Sir John Boyd, Bart., of Pstn Kent. 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