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~_ ~' TO AGENTS.—Life Assurance Agents in any „.-1 1 1. Part of England may with ad v a u t age b ecome Agents for Fire I nsurance, and thereby greatly extend their Life business. The Directors of the UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION-4.n i nstitution established on new nnd important principles, and possess ing uPwards of Two THOUSAND SHAREHOLDERS, whose names and addresses are published with the Prospectus—are ready to receive a PPlications for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking over thp List of Shareholders, applicants will probably find several to Whom. They are known. For terms, prospectuses, &c. apply to THOMAS H. B N.YLIS, General Manager and Secretary. Chief Offices, 40, Pall Mall, London. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING ‘ : -? 1 1 COMPANY. - - • NOTICE IS HERMIT GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron Screw Steam-ship ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will lea ve Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYD NEY on A EDNES DAT, the 4th of May next. The accommodation is of a superior descrip' ion, and the cabins are tally furnished. The rates of passage money—After abin, first Class, 80/. ; Fore Cabin, second class, 501. These rates are exclusive 01 wines, beer, and spirituous liquors, which, however, may be had on board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced surgeon. APPlications for passage to be wade at the Company's Offices, 2, Exchange-buildings ; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs . alfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe EXCISE -OFFICE, in Old Broad-street, FOR SALE.—To be SOLD, by TENDER, b y o rder of the Com missotters of Inland Revenue, in s eve r a l Lots, or, if an adequate price be offered, in One Lot, all those extensive, valuable, and 'highly Important FREEHOLD PREMISES in Old Broad-street, in the city °f 144 Cicris known for many years as the EXCISE-OFFICE, awl, recently, as the Inland Revenue-office; comprising the elegant and fili bstantial stone brilding fronting Old Broad-street, and the spacious offices and inclosed yard contiguous, in the rear, with a carriage-way entrance from Bishopsgate-street, all of which have been for the last eighty Years vested in the Crown, and used for the w..rposes of the 4 lcise Revenue. l The vast imp or t ance o f thi s proper t y , i n regar d as we ll t o it s lout ): as its exte n t, i s o f th e hi g h es t c h arec t er. Th e i mme di a t e neigh _ Ur hood of the Roy a l Exchan ge , th e B an k o f E ng l an d , the Stock •change, the Auction At Mart, and th numerous other public and ri e establishments for business, renders its value peculiar ; and no °Placrtunits of acquiring a site in the city of London, in any degree approximating that now offered, will probaQy again present itself. P rinted particutirs and conditions of sale, with a form of tender, .19,3, be obtained at th e o ffi ces o f t h e Secretary, and the S o li c it or '.f Nand Revenue, somerset-house ; and of William Herbert, Esq , the kioard's Surveyor of Buildings, on the premises, in Old Broad-street. 1 tenders to be deliver.:d on or before the With Apr , l next. Inland Revenue, Sonerset-house, 31st March, 1853. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, ? 0 'the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphan;. Instituted 1814. - , 4, l4C° rPorated by Royal Chavez*, 1842, under the Immediate protection - • of her most rameibm.t Majesty the Q tTEizN. t ATRON.--iiis Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. VICE PATRONS. S I S Grace Ifis clen c h th e Duke of Buc- Right lion. E ar l o f D ar t mou th Right lion. Earl de G re y shire Hr ace the D uke of Devou- Right on. Earl of Ellesmere Rht ln. Lord Lyndhu $l Grate tha thtke of Sather- Sir John Swinburne, Bart. rst and Most Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P. Noble the Marquis ofLans- Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. downe PREsincNT—Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R A. that e th N obility. Friends, an d S u b scr ib ers are respect f u l ly I n f ormed e THIRT Y - EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated in Freemason's Hall, on SATURDAY, the 16th of April, The Right Hon. the EARL GRANVILLE in the Chair. R icha rd Andsell, Es q . orge Armfleld, Esq. Anbrey Bezzi, Esq. Z i ftiarn Boxall, Esq., A.R.A. ..7 1111arn Brockedon, Esq. vxhornas S. Cafe, Esq. icholav J Crowley, Esq. BALA io-sa• Grant De Vaux. Esq. 11 7 " 4 IlDton Eddis, Esq. - j -e LIrY Parrer. jun., Esq. w. Glass, Esq. 'tederles Goodall, Esq., A.R.A. Henry Graves, Esq. Louis Haghe, Esq sarnuel Carter Hall, Esq. Robert George Kelly, Es 1. Thomas M. Musgrave, Esq Edmund J. Nieman, Esq. John Philip, Esq. C. J Richardson, Esq. Charles Rolt, Esq. J. Sant, Esq. George Virtue, Esq. Tiev..... Dinner on Table at Six precisely. k —...., 11. Is. each, to be bad of the Stewards ;of William Nicol, .4,1 Honorary Secretary, 60, Pall-mall ; and of the Assistant Secre ", Y, 45, Great Coram-street, Russell-square. WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant Secretary. 14 AD IES of DELICATE COMPLRXION , w h o /Ina 141fli. suffer from exsure to colwinds and damp ated iate and soothing relief in the application of mosphere, will ROWLANDS' KALY DOR. This nnt tee s or z.clue Botanical Preparation allays all irritation end tender and 1 - • ..e skin, removes cutaneous disfigurements, free= les, and tan, *era ts 6411 health y and blooming appearance to the complexion, delicacy and softness to the neck, hands, and arms. Perse else nerco in its application promotes a free and uninterruptedibrextetrie beautiful complex those important functions of the skin, so essent ia l Preservation of health, and the attainment and continuance of a plexion Gentlemen, after sh etvin . irritability and Sinartin .its purifying and refreshing prc 7 , will also find it allay the , g pain, and renier the skin soft, smooth, and pleasan t. . by Royalty, and the_price several Courts throughout Europe, tog bottle. 4s. 6d. d its Bs s . e 6d l selection e ee n rr CAUTION. —The wcrds " Rowland ' and " A Rowland and Sons, 20, liatton-garden. s Ralydor' are d n " on the Government Stain and Chemists an . _ el. ?, affixed on each bottle. Sold by them, by ' l on t o he , wrapper, ........_o r umen. II $E GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY Or CANADA. Th om DIRECTORS IN LO N D ON . as Baring Esq., M P Agents of the province of Canada , "r ge Carr Glyn , Es M. P . an • Directors of the Company, on alfof theCanadianGovernment Remyert Y 'Wollas ton Blake,Esq. xiihk M'Calmont Esq .41,ItTni ati W. ' cigso ' n Esq. all W. Thompson, M.l Th e DIRECTORS IN CANADA G n °n • John Ross, Member of the Legislative Council, Solicitor l'hee`'"4l fo r Upper Canada, President. The f.Z n • Francis Bincks, M.P., Inspector-General. ZThe i le 11 0 0 ' E • Tache, M.L.C., Receiver-General. u ‘s Ja n• mes Morris M.L.C., Postmaster-General. p 114 Cott Malcolm iris , M.P., President of the Executive , 4 cil. (leekn, R . E Caron, Speaker of th e L eg i s l a ti ve C ounc i l. e r“ ".',."a McGill. M.L.O , President of th e B an k o f M ontreal. tord,, Brocky Pie. es Esn , Vice-President of the St. Lawrence and Uway Company. ,w• P ont° it.a.ziki;e-INv:iiti:tl4Bq,ioE:eq,QE.,,,::.}eacy.or of Belleville. , Toronto. London Messrs. Gltn, Mills, and Co.; Messrs. Baring Zng th • Brothers and Co. in Chief—Alexander M.Kenzie Ross, Esq. SOHCi -28lstant-Engineer —Samuel Ke fer, Esq. t-1.8 in 7, e r'etary in Canada—C. .and RoneY• Sol — "gland—Messrs. SwwefstuninsterWaEgssqtaff, 30, Great ' cliore i n n George-street, 4 Ppli s, C anada—G. E. Carter. Esq., Montreal ; John Bell, Esq., nellev"C. Laurence, Cazenove, and b C 4.012 for shares to be made to or to Wlillam Chap • nun : curce, Auction Mart, London, Brokers; Alessrs. T h !„"I' , 2 , Leadenball-street. ii of Canada have by various acts _ -., rovernment and Legislature mpaniesfor the construction of diffLrent see on of the otTirtu c n o lc line of railway throughout the province; !La acts of tile Canadian Parliament have also be e n p asse d authoris ing the amalgamation of all the companies whose raliwto s intersect er join the main trunk railway with the Grand Trunk Railway Corn- Dany, so as to form one company, under the name of the " Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada." Arrangements are accordingly Progress for a fusion of the Gi and 'trunk Railway Company of' ...Canada East, the Quebec and Richmond Rail wa y C ompany, t h e S t. - Lawrence and Atlantic Railway Company, the Grand Junction Railway Company, and the Toronto and G uelph R a il way C ompany, With the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, forming together 964 Muffles of railway (including a bridge over the St. Lawrence at ,t.4lontreal, which will be constructed under the superintendence of ~°bQrt Stephenson, E5q.,11.P., and A. M. Ross, Esq., with a corn .ined capital o , 9,600,000 L and for a lease in perpetuity of the •Itlantic and St. Lawrence Railway, from the point of its Junction b tl l the Grand Trunk Railway to the City of Portland , 148 miles, r " c riebY access is obtained to the Atlantic at one of the natural ~..trbours of the Western Continent. 4 , C c eaPital j,:,‘,. ad e up as follows :- -nt already raised In shares, and spent 911 Works of the St. Lawrence, and At .Ai A nti!: and Quebec an d Ri c h mon d R a i lway -nt already raked on bonds...- X 683,400 733,000 £9,500,000 It"lery ed in sha res an d d e b en t ures f or the £1,416,400 !shareholders in the St. Lawrence an i At lantic and Quebec and Richmond Railways Pla the amalgamation and to the bod aolders of the Ontario, , Simcoe, and Hur n on sw ay Company... ..... •••••*.•• • • • • • • 837,600 2,254,000 -- Leavi ng .. £7,246,000 monnt shares reated and apportioned as follows :- 3,623,000 cit In 144,920 f 251. each •• •• •• ••" • • " 'ltlentur,s of 1001. each, payable in twenty-five years, bearing interest at 6 per cent per annum, PaYab half. Yearly in London, and convertible into shares on or before the Ist day of January, 1863, at the option of the holder •• • 17' • •••••••• •••••••••••........• •••• .. an d dtbentures, convertible into bonds of the Provincial be aring interrn of t O 6 per 0 each payable in twenty y e ars, est at 6 per cent. per annum, payable half- Yearly, in London... . 1,811,500 1,811,500 Of these 144 47,246,000 viz. I,Bi , ._ ,920 thares, it is proposed now to issue one-half, oth er hai :l ) °al. in shares, and the same amount in debentures, the how ever ' having been agreed to be taken by the contractors, who, 2'illy, 1.84, !ir , age to give to the holders of such shares, on the lst onaztitcwsectio.n of th Ruhe ru ;,,,r7 t e Months after the anticipated opening of the St. to aZ. , e r r oPort ; ,• railway) the option it o . f tacking,that ts entitledeLe ?older of arshoirds of such remaining ta m t o Jul e ; ' 1854, be alnount of iletentu2° thar" cmh share at s will ar, , o t n og h eth e er with ' an equal bentures to bear inter also at .„ Par. Such additional shares and de- Pa r /.of debentu : eat "' ° Per cent. from the said Ist July, 1854. ith each 241 (one half of each description) will be issued at bondsl3Y the law grantingof shares. of the the provincial aid it is provided that the bona, will , P r ovince shall be issued as the works advance. These thew,. “E therefore, be held in trust, to be delivered pro rata to , , der of the convertible debentures. et . A t n u t e erest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum from the completion 11,,i f ant ablareation until the entire works are shed will b paid DwdYearly in London, 1n sterling on the amount from time to time able in PP en lieach sharLon e. The dividends, as declared, NI ill also be pay -1 Sterng in don. tag be first Payment in respect of the shares and debentures will e Place on allotment, as follows, viz , 51. on each share, and 20 per cent. t i on each debenture, to be paid at the Company's bankers in Lon -11;:4 Ltver P oo l, or Canada. The remainder will be called up by instal :lre, le, not exceeding 21. 10s. per share, and 10 per cent. per deben , at intervals of not less than four months between each call, and L e first call will not be made until the expiration of six months from 'Ele date of allotment. Subscribers will, however, have the privilege t " „ ant "Pating the calls upon the debentures, receiving 6 per cent. in se t fo e de eE'TiPtion and objects of the Grand Trunk Railway are fully ..... rth in the Appendix, o which especial reference is craved. T . he more prominent points therein are : d 2 The c ompleteness of the system of railway, engrossing, as it ~a, the traffic of Canada and the State of Maine, and precluding —ll . Gas cornpetition. amount of Government guarantee and of Canadian l';'Pl.t al be two millions eight hundred thousand pounds a•.erl ing. ...2. The fa c t that 250 miles of the Railway are now open for traffic 0 . be in creased to 398 miles by the close of the present year. or , _ The execution o f th e whole remaining works being in the hands t e rt exPerinced contractors ; th em eeminent English firm ofiless•s. 5 ther ' i ' re eseY. e Betts, and Jackson, having undertaken six-sevenths e o f, includi ng the St. Lawren ce-hrldge. alreaP e cost of th e railway being actually defined by the contracts tits._un __3 lent madeis removed., where any apprehension of the capital being found i by merY of n th e APPend lerevenueix will also be found the data for the following sum- On pb . 1,112 miles, at an average of above 25 1. per mil e , per week .............. £1,479,660 Deduct working expenses, 40 per cent ... 591,864 ---£887,796 278,100 Ilverast on debenture debt 4,635,200 .... Rental crAtlaltte and St Lawrence Rail -00000 •••••• 60,000 816,100 Thus thawing a profit on the share capital of _ 4,861,8001., of early ma de er cent......... • ..... £549,696 !cation for shares may be to Messrs. Laurence. Caze- F O l l 7 attl Pearce; or to WI liam Chapman, Esq., in the following FORM CF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. TO the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. I the quest 3ou will allot to me shares of . each, with t request amount of d e b entures of each class in 2sl the capital ;'' he above-nam e d railway, and I agree to accept the same, or any Lelle umber, and pay the deposit of 51. on each share, and 20 per Dtent• on each class of debentures, and to sign any deed which may be for givin elle& to m g y subscription. Dated the day of , 1853. Address •• ••• Profession .• ..... •• . • .. • ... •• • • • • • • • • .. • ROMA •••••• —•• • ..... •.•• .• .• .. - No. 18,894.] NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " ADELAIDE LINDSAY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. T HE LONGWOODS of the GRANGE. By the Author of " Adelaide Lindsay." " The Longwoods are a family group in the story of whose life, as told by the successful delineator of 'Adelaide Lindsay,' romal.ce readers will find a charm and an interest similar to that which attends the annals of the Vicar of Wakefield.'" —Daily News. " A tale such as Miss Austen might have been proud of, and Gold smith would not have dliowned."—Globe. Hurst and Blagkett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street. Just published, SHORT and SURE WAY of PREVENTING BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS; with SOME ILLUSTRA TIVE FACTS. Dedicated to all Honest Electors. By RIGBY WASON, Esq. Free by rot, price 6d. Ayr : Thomas M. Gemmell. STEWARDS. MOORE'S MEMOIRS, VOLS. 111. & IV. Just published, Vols. 111. and IV., in post frvo., price 10s. 6d. each, M O ORE'S MEMOIRS, JOURNAL, and CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by the Bight Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, MX. With Portraits of Sir John Stevenson and Samuel Ittogers, Esq.; and Vignettes by T. ereswiek, R.A., of the Meeting of the Waters and Moore's Residence at Mayfield. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. Bayonne, film, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria, Miranda, Briviesca, Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escurial, Madrid. Capital 29,925,;i00 piastres. 315,000 shares of 95 piastres each for Spain, if. 00 francs for France, or 201. for England. Deposit 19 piastres in Spain, IGO f , ancs in France, or 41. in England. One fifth of the capital has been subscribed in Spain, two-fifths in France, and two fifths remain for aporopriation in England. President—The Duke lie Riansares. Bankers in Paris—Messrs. Rothschild, Paris. Bankers In London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and CO. ; the " - London and' County Bank. Bankers in Bordeaux—Messrs. Expeleta et Fils. Agents in London—Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William street, City ; to a horn applications for shares may be made. The North of Spain Railway is about 685 kilometres, or 427 miles long, including the branch to the port of Bilboa. The projectors have already obtained the concession for 99 years, of the Spanish portion, which traverses a distance of 650 ki ometres, or 406 miles. They have paid 750,000 piastres (157,0001.), the caution money, and they are In actual treaty with the French Government for the section from Bayonne to the Spanish frontier ; the length of which is only 35 kilometres, or 21 miles. The Spanish Government guarantees to the Company, on a maxi mum capital of 30,000,000 piastres (6,315,789/.), a minimum interest of 7 per cent., including 1 per cent. to be applied to a sinking fund. The provinces and coma tines traversed by this railway, as well as the contiguous provinces and communes, have agreed to share with the , overnment the responsibility of this guarantee. The Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which must result to the public revenue by the encouragement of railways, which oevelop the various sources of national wealth, have faithfully adhered to the guarantees they have given ; and even in cases where companies have not been able to perform their engagements, the Governm nt has returned to such companies, whether native or foreign, the entire sums paid as cautionary deposit. In order to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail way the full value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent. sinking fund, a general contract has been already made for the pur chase of the land, the construction of the whole line, and for rolling sto,k, plant, &c., according to the requirements of the Government, at a price within the guaranteed capital. The contractor has depo sited 500,000 piastres or 105,2631., as a guarantee for the due fulfil ment of the contract, and is to leave 5 per cent. out of each certific tte in the hands of the directors as a further security, until such reserves shall amount to the sum deposited. The contract price covers all expenses incurred In surveys and otherwise up to the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per cent. of the capital m the hands of the directors, to meet the general expenses of the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum to the shareholders during the oourse of construc tion. The North of Spain Railway connects Madrid with several provin cial chief towns, forming points of convergence of various high roads, such as Vitora, where seven me.t. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila, ate also the centres of similar streams of traffic. The North of Spain Railway traverses most important industrial districts, such au the provinces of Biscay, Guipazcoa, and Alava. it runs also through districts rich in wools, wines, and corn—districts producing much more than they can either consume, or at present, export ; and which, to gain access to the home and foreign markets, need only those facilities of economical transport which this railway will provide. The North of Spain Railway will establish a thorough communi cation Intween the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting from Bayonne and Biboa it will proceed through Iron, St. Sebastian, To'osa, and Vitoria to Miranda At Miranda it reaches the river Ebro, which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaques, on the shores of the Mediterranean. At Madrid also it will be placed in communication with the great line of railway now in course of construction between the capital and Valencia. Another very important feature of this great undertaking Is that at Valladolid it will reach the river Douro, which runs to Oporto ; and lastly, at Madrid, it will be brought into connexion with the Ararjuez Railway, which wdi be continued first to Badajoz to meet the Portuguese line to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and thence to Seville and Cadiz. To estimate the advantages which such data promise to the North of Spain Railway, the distinction between Spanish, English, and French railways must be kept in view. First,—The cost of construction is greater in England or France, because land is of a higher value than in Spain. Labour is much dearer in England and in France than in Spain. Rails also and engines bear in France a price somewhat extravagantly high, in consequence of the protection given to . home industry, whi,st into Spain they are imported from England free of duty.. Secondly, —The return from railways in England or France are of much slower development than in Spain, because in the former countries railways have to compete with already existing and long established means of conveyance, whilst in Spain railways, from the moment of their opening, absorb the whole of the traffic. The returns are less profitable in England and France than in Span, because they can bo secured only by incessant reductions upon the tariffs of the numerous competing means of transport; whist in Spain the tariffs will, to a certainty, be largely remune rative, since they can reasonably be fixed at 50, 100, and even 200 per cent. above the Engl sh and French tariffs, and still remain much cheaper than the old means of transport, and be accordingly appreciated. These distinctions are well founded, and have received confirma tion from the results of all the existing railways in Spain; hence the Railway Company from Valencia to Alcira has neen compelled, atter a few months' traffic, to double the rolling stock, which had been estimated sufficient for several years. Upon the line from Langreo, in the Asturias, the exornitant tariff of 2e centinees per i kilometre and per ton sufficed to put down Competing moans of transporting the coal of the basin of Sama to the port of GUon l and , lkilometres lastly, the line from Madrid to Aranjuez, only ong, and which runs to no centre of production or commerce, bad in 1852. the first year of its working, a traffic of 300,000 passengers, and 110,000 tons of mere anenee. The estimates of the receipts to be expected from this line, have been framed under the special superintendence of the provincial, consular, and municipal corporations of Biscay, and establislh upon the existing traffic an immediate return of 5,150,000 piastres, or 1,08 ,2101., which, after deducting 45 per cent. for working ex penses, leaves a net profit upon the capital of the Company of 10 per cent. This estimate, however, is wholly irrespective of the in crease which improved means of transport invariably ensures. The Board of Direction will be nominated In the statutes of the Company, and will consist of eight Spanish, four French, andl three English Directors. Three French Directors have been appointed, . 1 viz..— M. ArdOuin, banker, Paris, M. De Grimaldi, Paris, and M De Ezpeleta, Pads and Bordeaux. London, April 9, 1853. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARE& north of Spain Railway Company. To Messrs. C. Devaui and Co, Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the said shaies, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the sum of 4/. o R each share allotted, at the time to be specified in your letter of allotment. Dated this day of 1 B 5 Name in full Re:•idenee Profession... ..... IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS„ Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, Londotn No I. Bvo., in cloth, price is. by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH CEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the .enerative System, 1r Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated ftom the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. F ickforCl ts known to English readers by his frequent I real .l4l contributions to German medical literature. This is tint first utile, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nor-medi cal reader. 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IMPERIAL PARLIANIEN7' . cumstance, for he could not but think that treating was one of the very first causes of corruption, and that it might be made not only as mischievous, but possibly more demoralising, than bribery. He begged leave, however, to remind his right honourable and learned friend of this—that in the bill, as introduced by the noble lord the member of the city of London last year, treating was included among corrupt practices. It was struck out, however, in- another place ; and the bill came back to the House of Commons shorn of that pro vision. But he rejoiced to hear that his right honour able and learned friend was impressed with the notion that treating ought to be within the scope of the com missioners' i nquiries ; and he hoped when he introduced his bill on the subject of bribery, treating, and intimida tian—an announcement which he (the Attorney-G-ene ral) was sure would be received with satisfaction—he would remedy the defect in the existing law, in order that there might be no difficulty in future. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT was afraid the house made rather a ridiculous figure in respect to the provisions of the present act. He begged the house to remember that it was only passed last year, and that the noble lord the member for London promised that it should be an amendment upon the previous state of the law. But when the bill came down from the other place, where many measures were altered, but very few amended, he perceived at once that it was so changed as to lie al most altogether nugatory ; and here, the first time. they attempted to put it into force, they found it to be so defective, that the particular kind of corrup tion which was most commonly practised, and whiph was was notorious and most destructive to electoral purity, was absolutely excluded from the operation of the act. (Hear, hear.) The whole system of treating was really a system of bribery in the very worst form, for it cor rupted two persons in respect to one vote. The manner in which it was done, so far as his experience went, he could easily state. (A. laugh.) Personally, as a candi date, he had no knowledge of it ; but he happened to live in a town in which, at one time, though now he be lieved it to be as pure a borough as any in England, at an election fifteen years ago, this system of corruption prevailed to a large extent. For several weeks before the election means were taken by one of the political parties to bribe the publicans and beer-shop keepers, and through this means to influence both voters and non electors. Sums of money were said to have been, and he had no doubt were, given to the public-house and beer-shop keepers-21. in one case, 51. in another, and 10/. in another—for the purpose of free drink being given to anybody who chose to take it, especially electors. Under the present act these publicans and beer-shop keepers could not be charged with being bribed. The beer was purchased from them, but the transaction was a bribe, while the distribution would come under the head of treating. This treating would be excluded from the operation of the present act ; and if that were so nine-tenths of all the corruption at the late election would be excluded. Still, if the house was willing to adopt a liberal and just construction of its own act, and to give some latitude to the freedom of the commission ers they might arrive at a different conclusion from that of the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Walpole). He (Mr. Bright) conceived that the words " the manner in which the election had been conducted" in the begin ning of the clause, and the words "and all other things whereby, in the opinion of the commissioners, the truth may be better known touching the premises," afforded the necessary latitude. He was glad, however, that the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Walpole) proposed to consolidate and amend the laws relating to this sub ject. The law ought to be made as simple as possible ; but he contended that the only remedy for the evils of the existing system was that provided by the method of taking the votes by ballot. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WORTLEY was unwilling hastily to acquiesce in the opinion that no case of treating could be brought within the operation of the act, because a general power was given to issue a commission in all cases where ex tensive corruption prevailed. Treating might amount to absolute bribery. He understood that in the present case there was treating for the purpose of influencing the votes of electors. Now, if the money was spent at the publicans, though in the shape of treating, for the pupose of obtaining votes, it was very doubtful whether this did not amount, in law, to a " valuable considera tion." There was no more reprehensible mode of bribery or corruption than that which consisted in opening public-houses for the purpose of securing voters. It would be a strong measure to disfranchise publicans, and he did not say he should go to such a length, but there was a necessity for some measure to repress such evils. It did not, as he said, appear quite so clear that treating did not come within the act ; but after the doubts expressed by those for whose opinion he enter tained great respect, he was disposed to think that the commission should not issue in this case. But he hoped that his right honourable friend-opposite would bring in his bill, and that the law would be put in a satisfactory state. By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S. London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho, We have received the Paris journals of yesterday, but ti Leir leading columns are directed to the dis cussio n of topics of a purely local interest. The city of Nantes has voted an unlimited credit for the purpose of defraying the expenses of giving a wort thy, reception to the Emperor, in the event of his Ma jesty visiting that part of Brittany. At t - he Bourse yesterday the market for public securit .ies was dull, and the business transacted was at a 43( ;cline on yesterday's quotations, with a down ward I tendmacy in prices at its close. The Three and the F( cur-and-a-Half per Cents. for Cash fell 50c., and fc a- the Account 50c. each. Bank Stock re mainect imchanged. The following are the closing prices :- - -For cash—Three per Cents. ' 80f. 25c. ; Four-a a.d.-a-Half pe r C en t s, 103 f. 25 c . For the Ac count- -Three per Cents., 80f. 45c. ; Four-and-a- Half l ?er Cents., 103 f. 45c. • Bank Stock, 2,735. In the Railway Share Market, with the exception of Wes tern of France and Paris and Rouen, the former- of which advanced 10E, and the latter 5f., all the leading lines declined in value, and closed heavil: jr. Last quotations : Northern, 905 f. ; °Heal 1,048 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 850 f. 25c.; Paris :and Lyons, 947 f. 50c • Paris and Rouen 1,062 E. 50c. ; Ly ons to the Mediterranean 807 f. 50c. ; Western of F rance, 765 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 513 f. Credit Foncier advanced 17f., and closed at 919 f. ; and Credit Mobaier declined 11f., closing at 930 E . SPAIN. HOUSE OF LORDS- (YESTERDAY PARLIAMENT SKETCHED ON THE SPOT, by the " STRANGER," continued weekly during the Session In the "LEADER" Newspaper. Published every Saturday, in time for the afternoon mails, price Sixpence. Ofilm., 7, Wellington-street, Strand. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock, The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented several peti tions praying for the inspection of nunneries. The Earl of HARROWBY presented petitions in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers, and also against the admission of Jews into Parliament ; also, a petition from certain citizens of London, praying for a reform in the Common Council. THE SITE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE IN HYDE-PARK. In answer to Lord CALIPBELL, Earl GRANVILLE said that her Majesty's Commis sioners had taken considerable trouble to obtain the re storation of the site of the Crystal Palace in Hyde-park, 1 1 but up to this time they had not been able to bring the contractors to perform this part of their contract. Her Majesty's Commissioners had therefore felt themselves called upon to avail themselves of a clause in the con tract, by which they were empowered to require the Board of Works to take steps to restore the site, leav ing the contractors liable to any expense which might be incurred. This applicat;on had been made, and he hoped soon to see the Park assume its usual pleasant aspect. On the motion of the Duke of NEWCASTLE the Canada . Clergy Reserves Bill was read a first time. VACCINATION EXTENSION BILL. Lord LYTTLETON moved the committal of this bill, going at some length into the statistics of vaccination in the various countries of Europe. The. Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that when they considered that the small-pox was infectious, and that every person so infected became a centre from which the disease spread, he thought they would admit the validity of the grounds on which the demand for a compulsory enactment rested. The voluntary system had been tried for a long time in this country and had failed, and it was necessary therefore to resort to other means in order to guard ourselves from this most frightful disorder, which was one of the most dreadful scourges that ever afflicted humanity. It appeared from the last return that the total number ef deaths in England from small pox was 7,500, and in Ireland 5,800 ; those in Scotland not being known. Taking these data, it was estimated ' that the number of cases in England was 45,000, and in Ireland 34,800, or a total of 79,800 ; and if those in Scot land were added, it was supposed that the whole would be no fewer than 100,000. When the house reflected what fearful consequences resulted to the persons attacked , with small-pox, they would see how absolutely necessary it was, for the safety and comfort of the popul a ti on , th at the compulsory system sh ou ld be speedily established. Some persons might, indeed, take exception to such a system, as thinking that it interfered too much with the liberty of the subject. But we had already interfered with the liberty of the subject on this matter to a great extent. Inoculation had been prohibited under a penalty, and from thence the transition to compelling vaccination seemed very easy. Interference in this case was requi site to protect the public and prevent an infected locality becoming a nidus of disease which might extend through the whole community. The law had already inter fered in a variety of ways to abate nuisances, and he could not therefore see why they should hesitate to sanction a further interference on a matter of such great importance to the health of the public, and for the ge neral comfort and social well-being of large masses of the people. He hoped their lordships would allow the bill to go into committee, for if it became law he had no doubt that it was one which would be acceptable to the people of this country. (Hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he believed the system now in operation originated in a suggestion made by himself some years ago, but he did not think that, acted upon as it had been, it had produced the beneficial results which he expected. He must admit that the two noble lords who had addressed the house had made out a sufficient case for a material alteration and amend ment of the existing law, nor did he himself object to the principle of compulsion. He thought that under the circumstances we were justified in resorting to it ; but he must say that when we compelled the poor, who had very strong feelings upon this subject, to have their children vaccinated, we should at the same time afford them facilities for the purpose of having the vaccination performed, and should consult their prejudices as to the manner in which it was to be done. The clause which he proposed to insert in the bill referred to the establish ment of vaccination districts in poor-law unions, and for the attendance of a vaccinator on fixed days there, in order to save the poor from the necessity of going such long distances as they had now to do in some cases. There was nothing in the existing law to pre vent boards of guardians from doing this, and it was in fact done in the union where he resided. He thought it was also desirable to provide that in every practicable case vaccination should be performed on a healthy child. They might, if the requisite facili ties were given to the poor, very well say that no child who was not vaccinated should be admitted into any school, and that all persons applying for poor-law relief should be examined, and should not be relieved if they persisted in refusing to be vaccinated. Why, indeed, should they not also impose a penalty on the admission of any unvaccinated person to work in any manufactory? It was from large congregations of persons in manufac tories and workhouses that the disease was spread, and measures should therefore be taken for insuring the vac cination of all persons who were assembled therein. Unless, however, some such arrangement as that which he had suggested were adopted, and the unions were di vided into districts of convenient size, the inconvenience to which the poor would be subjected from having to come a long distance would be so great as to prevent the operation of vaccination being so generally performed as was desirable. He would suggest to the noble lord (Lord Lyttleton) who had charge of the bill that it should be committed pro forma for the purpose of reprinting it with the proposed amendments, and then recommitted on a future day. Lord LYTTLETON having stated his willingness to accede to this suggestion, The house then went into committee. The bill having been ordered to be reported with amendments, the house resumed. The Metropolitan Improvements Bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. GLADBACH ZINC COMPANY. The shareholders in this Company are requested to pay the last Instalment of 101. yer share on the 401. shares to the London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, on or beforo the 22d instant. The shares, together with a numerical list and the banker's receipt, mast be left at the office three clear days, in order that they may be exchanged for the definitive shares of I/ each. 7, Great Winchester-street, 12th April, 1853. The Spanish Senate on the 6th was occupied with tJ le report of the committee on the railway questi( )n. Although the report was not opposed, a good d ,eal of warm discussion took place relative to recent concessions of lines. In the course of it, the Mary us del Duero declared that some of the con cession s had been obtained by extra-legal influence. The P resident of the Council energetically pro tested . against any supposition derogatory to the dignity • of the Government, and declared that the Govern onent had never recognised any other in fluence - than that of the Crown. In the Chamber of Deputies, the Count de Reus made a vigorous attack on the conduct of different Ministries in elections, especially of that of M. Bravo Murillo, and he even intimated that the Progressist party entert wined some intention of proposing the im peachi nent of the latter. On the 7th, the discus sion of l election matters was resumed by the Cham ber, avid it was expected that it would become very animated. The Government was represented to be very much annoyed at the spirit manifested both io. the Senate and the Chamber. Queen Christina and her family had left for Aranjuez. The following has been received from Madrid by expres 3, dated the Bth :—" The President of the Council this day communicated to the Chamber of Deputies a royal decree suspending the sittings of the Cc rtes for the session. This measure has been caused. by the stormy character of the debates in the la: i sitting of the Senate. There is a talk of a modifi cation of the Cabinet, and of its being recoil : • struck xl with Count de Alcoy, M. Llorenie, and M. Bonavides. The position of things seems a difficult one." - . The Morn i ng Post, in a third edition, by sub marine telegraph, publishes the following : RESIGNATION OF THE SPANISH CABINET. MAD lUD, SATURDAY. — The Ministry have pre sented - their resignations to the Queen, who is to decide whether she accepts it in 24 hours. GERMANY. Madame de Rothschild, wife of Baron Charles Meyer de Rothschild, died at Frankfort on the 9th, aged 53 years. The Government of Brunswick has just adopted new regulations for public gratuitous education. The State will make grants to the communes, and will give pensions to the widows of teachers. A letter from Berlin announces that, in conse quence of the renewal of the Zollverein, negotia tions will be shortly opened with France by the Prussian Government in order to regulate the na vigation dues on the Rhine, and to change into a definitive treaty the provisional arrangement of the Ist October, 1851. We learn from Berlin, under date of the 9th, that a journal called The People's Gazette had been started to replace The Gazette of Primary Electors; but the first number of this new journal has been seized by the police. The Prussian Ambassador at the Court of Vienna —Count d'Arnim, has received the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold, as a reward for his efforts in restoring good intelligence between Austria and Prussia. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in explanation, said he should be sorry if it went forth that he was of opinion that treating might not be one form of bribery. Treat ing, if applied in the mode suggested, might be as clearly bribery as a gift of money ; but he did not understand the report in this case to say that treating was resorted to with the view of bribing the publicans. I Sir FITZROY KELLY concurred in opinion that treating was a species of corruption not reached by the act of Parliament. He might, indeed, add that he thought, if the right honourable gentleman opposite (Mr. S. Wortley) had carefully read the act, he too would have agreed with the right honourable the Attorney-General and his right hon. friend the member for Midhurst, that this was not a case in which it was com petent for the house, within the conditions of that act, to address the Crown. He took this opportunity, as more than one question had arisen in that house, and neces sarily in the other house of Parliament, of earnestly im pressing on those hon. members who constituted election committees the importance of adopting the very words of the act of Parliament, if they really saw a case which, in their judgment, required further investigation by com mission under an address to the Crown. There were many reasons, but one was quite decisive on this point. Although it was not regular to allude to discussions else where, it was now notorious that two of the most learned judges that had ever sat upon the bench entertained one opinion, and two other learned and eminent judges, one of them at the head of the administration of the law, entertained a directly opposite opinion on this question. Therefore, it was clear doubts existed which were en titled to the most serious consideration, and the reason why it was essential the words of the act should be adopted by committees was to prevent those doubts arising; for, however the effect of the committee's report might be sufficient to address the Crown, if in the pro ceedings which took place oaths were given, oaths were taken, perjury was committed, and an indictment for perjury followed, no authority in the other house of Parliament, should the precise words be necessary, would prevent the acquittal of the persons so indicted, and the total defeat of the ends of justice. (Hear.) Having offered that recommendation, he could not sit down without alluding to what had fallen from his right honourable friend the member for Midhurst. It was with much pleasure that he heard his right honourable friend indicate his intention to bring this great and im portant question under the consideration of the house. He took leave to say he was somewhat disappointed at not having heard any intimation from the Government that they were prepared, without reference to the nu merous reports of committees, and the possible reports of commissions, to bring forward some great and sub stantial measure on this subject. He should rejoice, in common with others, if further means were devised to investigate and check bribery, and those corrupt prac tices which formed the greatest blot on the fair page of the constitution. (Hear, hear.) He was one of those who thought they had enough information to enable the house satisfactorily to legislate on this subject, and he could only say, looking at the continuation of those practices, although most anxious that the course should be adopted by her Majesty's Government, that unless within a very short time indeed—unless at some time which would give a fair hope of carrying some full and satisfactory measure through both houses during the present session—her Majesty's Government should in timate their intention to bring forward a bill, he should, with such assistance as he might be able - to procure, take an early opportunity of moving for leave to bring in a general, and he hoped a comprehensive and satis factory, measure on this subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUTT hoped the house would not, by anylogi calo f a c ll tehnesier, legislation. defeat the endsAfteorf some justice apnedriltehnee experience n e a matters object owfheileehctaionn election was h as e ecnorurildednboyt practices recalan f o n f st .n a h n m ce o.r i e s gr ill illegal and the e d p i r m oe p e r e o d p i e n r gs c o h f ar t a h c e te lne r t th el a e n eti t o h n os f e or w c h ii i t c her d o i e s . - n lonly friend one the eas e member for bribery (Hear, hear.) ht tha h r Midhurst had re H ma is rk ri e g d unquestion ably true, but the right hon.. gentleman, after so much was reported to the house. That was f the proceedings, it was unlikely that experience in election committees, would recollect that, from the nature o more than one gross and palpable case would be fur nished to the house. The parties who prosecuted these petitions were not likely to spend large sums of money i n carrying out a protracted inquiry, after their own purposes had been served, and which could only give satisfaction to the public. (Hear, hear.) The case re ported was a very remarkable one, and it came out that the practice of offering to give and receive bribes in exchange for votes was in constant and continual opera tion in the borough of Clitheroe. But that was not the this e only of act corruption which marked th e proceedings at act of Treating of a most extensivethchta.racteer prevailed, and it was found by the evidence manygthhte as 2,000 p ersons were entertaine a d 'ant one h expense r s oof u e a n n d d e d t a he t e cognisance s r a t practices c eosf the o ftha h t ou ch se a , ra w c e t r e e r not to be followed by further proceedings, he confessed he thought they might as well legalise the putting up to public auction the representation of the people in the several boroughs of England. (Hear.) He was quite sure by such a proceeding they would as well sustain the honour, the influ ence, and the reputation of the house and the morality of the electors, as by giving an absolving protection to the system which prevailed in the borough of Clitheroe. Mr. HINDLEY believed the whole house would unite in condeming the proceedings at this election ; but the question was whether the act of Parliament con fined the house to bribery, or extensive bribery, in A Vienna letter of the Bth, states that there is great stagnation of trade there, that three large manufactories have been closed, and that an im mense number of workmen are without employ ment. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) DARTMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. MILES attended at the bar and reported that the committee on this election had decided that Sir Thomas Herbert was duly returned for Dartmouth at the last election. CLITHEROE ELECTION. Mr. GASKELL moved for an address to her Majesty praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to issue a commission to inquire into the state of the borough of Clitheroe. Commissioners' names :—Messrs. P. E. Pickering, G. G. Barrett, and G. Hardy. He thought the house would shrink from the perform ance of a great public duty if it did not act on the re commendation of the committee that a commission should be appointed. The general features connected with this election resembled those which had been frequently brought under the consideration of the house in other cases. Its main distinctive character consisted in the unblush ing manner in which the corrupt practices had been carried on, and in the total absence of those glosses which often covered the perpetration of such of fences in other borough. It appeared that bribery existed for a fortnight previous to the election, and that every man, whether an elector or not, got meat and drink at the expense of the candidates. In one case 401, were paid to the voter, in another 30/., and in a third 1001. There was also intimidation used at the Clitheroe election, and in cases where parties were undecided how they should vote, they were removed to a distance of twenty miles from the borough. Besides, the treating had been both extensive and systematic, and in addition to debauching the elector, it had the effect of sadly disturbing the peace of the town during the election. A practice had prevailed for some years at the election of Clitheroe, of introducing armed men into the borough, for the purpose of intimidating the voter, and unless the Legislature took some steps to put a stop to the practice, it was a perfect mockery to talk about the freedom of election. He had therefore no he sitation in making this motion, upon the recommenda tion of the committee that had investigated the matter. Mr. COBDEN took the opportunity of presenting a petition from several electors of Clitheroe, complaining of having been coerced by their landlords for having voted at the last election according to the dictates of their own conscience ' • and the hon. me m be r h av i ng presented the petition, called upon the house to pronounce an opinion upon the point raised by it. The intimidation com plained of by the petitioners was equally as gross as that of the bludgeon-man, and he should be glad to know if it was a corrupt practice that came within the provi sions of the act under which the address was moved. If that should be decided in the negative he should feel it to be his duty to call upon the Government to amend the act, in order that these intimidation practices might be in quired into. Mr. WALPOLE said the act of Parliament gave the Commissioners greater powers than were even en joyed by the judges of the land, and it was therefore the duty of the house to take care that in each particular case they complied with the requirements of the act. Now the act required that the committee should report that the corruption had been extensive and systematic ; but the report in this instance contained no such words, and they ought on that account to be cautious in dealing with this motion. He was inclined to think that this session ought not to pass over without a bill being brought in to consolidate and amend the laws relating to bribery and treating ; and as he had bestowed not a little time upon such a bill already, he should, if he ob tained encouragement from the house, be inclined to ask for leave to bring it in. (Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL quite concurred in the construction which his right honourable and learned friend had put upon the Act of Parliament. From the best construction which he (the Attorney-General) could put upon it, he was of opinion that treating did not come within the section which authorised the house to address her Majesty. He very much regretted this cir- ~~, ~~t \\~ ing an address to the Crown to issue a commission for hir r inquiry. The House of Commons could not carry out he act by themselves. Th e y h a d h ad to con 't cur wi e Lords, and they knew what passed in another place last night. Therefore, they ought t o adopt the sugges ti on o f th e honourable and learned member for Suffolk, and be extremely careful, when acting mi an election committee, to make their resolu tion so completely in accordance with the act that both houses might agree as a matter of course. (Hear.) Mr. J. GLADSTONE thought it would be a great injustice to Canterbury and other constituencies if com missions were issued with respect to them, and not with respect to Clitheroe. As to only one case being re ported, much larger lists were given in ; and it was well known petitioners never would prove more than sufficient to answer their own object. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought they ought not to endeavour to strain the law - beyond what the law pre scribed. Had the bill which he introduced last year came back from the Lords in the same state in which it went up, this case of Clitheroe would have been clearly included in it. (Hear, hear.) No doubt the motion for an address would have passed the house, and inquiry by a commission would have taken place. But the House of Lords expressly excluded the case of treating from the bill, and such being the case it was impossible to act as if the words were included. (Hear, hear.) He stated, at the time he advised the house to concur in the amend ment of the Lords, that if gross cases of treating oc curred, they might proceed, •as in the Sudbury and St. Albans cases, to carry a bill through the Parliament ; and that was a course which was Open for any member of the house to take in this instance. The honourable member for Manchester stated that lie warned him (Lord J. Russell) of the effect of leaving out the words, and adopting the other amendments which were made. He (the noble lord) was unfavourable to those amend ments. The question was, whether he should allow the bill to drop, and have no bill on the subject. He thought it preferable to obtain such an act as they now had, and the case of Canterbury and other cases had shown that they were able by that bill to institute investiga tions into bribery, which otherwise they would not have been in a position to do. He thought, after the experi ence they had had, it was tolerably evident the house ought to have power to proceed with an address to the Crown in cases of treating. (Hear.) He was glad to hear that the right hon. gntleman the member for Mid- -, burst had paid considerable attention to, and meant to -- introduce a bill on, the subject. Whether the act of last year and the act of 1842 would be included, the right hon. gentleman did not say, but he w as very g l ad to hear that he had given the matter his attention, and in intro ducinggentleman m i ght rely on a bill the right lion, re ceiving the best attention of the Government. He did not think it always incumbent on the Government to in troduce bills of this kind. Individually, he had fre quently introduced such bills—some were successful and others had been altered—but these were questions upon which he thought the house ought to endeavour as far as possible to act without distinction of parties. (Hear.) He thought they would make more way if bills of the kind were carried by large majorities, composed of the different parties into which the house was divided. No doubt, much might still be done in the way of detecting bribery. He thought further legislation would be very beneficial ; at the same time he did not regret that he did not take the advice of the hon. member for Manches. ter, and allow the bill of last year to drop. (Hear.) Mr. bISRAELI quite agreed with the noble lord that they ought not to strain the law, and he quite agreed, after what had occurred in another place with reference to the bill of the noble lord, that it would not be wise in them to sanction any commission being issued to inquire into cases of treating, however extensive they might be. Notwithstanding the evidence as to treating in this case of Clitheroe, that was not the basis of the recommenda tion for a commission. He must remind the house that the evidence and report to inquire were not at all con fined merely to the matter of treating. There was con siderable evidence, if he recollected right, proviag that cor rupt practices—consisting of direct bribery or offers to bribe —did prevail at the Clitheroe election. It was quite true that in the report of the committee only one case of bribery, though that case was a very flagrant one, was alleged. B u t th ey all knew, and the reason had been already referred to, why the inquiry into ques tions of bribery ceased before eleotion committees. No doubt, it was perfectly open to the house to appoint a commission to inquire into the subject of treating, but he thought before they decided on that question they ought to ask themselves whether or not the evidence before the committee on the Clitheroe election petition proved that corrupt practices of direct bribery extensively prevailed. He did not know what was the number of instances of bribery given in to the committee, but he apprehended it was by no means inconsiderable. [An Hon. Member-- Only one.] He believed a list was furnished of more than twenty. (Hear.) He knew the evidence disclosed four or five instances in which bribes were offered, and one man stood eutibecause they would not give him 1501. —he refused less than 1501. He confessed it was a di fficult case to decide, but if he must decide he must de cide in favour of issuing the commission. (Hear, hear, and cries of " divide.") The house divided, and the numbers were— Ayes 141 Noes.. Majority for issuing the commission 83 THE DITTIES ON CARRIAGES. Sir DE LACY EVANS, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to alter the scales of duties on carriages, said he had to bespeak the consideration of the right hon. the Chance for of the Exchequer on behalf of a very meritorious and deserving class of artisans, whose employment was injuri ously affected by the present duties on carriages. The pre sent duties were ranged under 26 different heads, varying from 1/. ss. to 91. ls. He proposed by this bill to reduce 1 the number of classes to three, levying a duty of 31. upon four-wheel carriages, drawn by two or four horses ; a duty of 21. on four-wheel carriages drawn by one horse; and a duty of ii. on two-wheel carriages drawn by one horse. And this arrangement, as he should show, would not in volve any diminution of revenue. He estimated the reve nue from the 31. duty at 95,0001., from the 21. duty at 133,0001., and from the 1/. duty at 198,0001., supposing, as he proposed, that all exemptions under the second and third classes were abolished, with the exception of carriers' carts. He was prepared to show, by returns from 49 dif ferent towns and places in the country, that the proportion between taxed and untaxed carriages was 47 to 502, or just 10 per cent. ; but in order not to exaggerate, the estimate was based on the supposition that only 4 per cent, would. be added by abolishing the exemptions. The three items together gave 427,0001., and the present tax yielded 420,0001., thus, as he had said, yielding an increased reve nue. If there was one tax in the whole fiscal code which called for modification, it was this particular tax. He pro posed to lighten the tax to those who at present paid it, and to make those who evaded it pay some contribution to the revenue. The returns showed that the amount derived from this tax was annually decreasing, whilst the amount of exemptions was as regularly increasing. He would take the last three years revenue. In 1849 the number of four wheel pair horse carriages was 25,447; and in 1852, 23,778; Proving that 1,669 carriages, chiefly gentlemen's carriages, had been given up within the last three years. In 1819, the number of four-wheel and one-horse carriages, and those let to hire, was 41,621 ; and in 1852, 38,833; so that there was a reduction in that class of 2,788. In 1849, the number of one-horse two-wheel carriages was 28,774 ; and in 1852, 24,791; showing also a diminution of 3,983. During these three years the exemptions from this kind of taxation had increased to the amount of some thousands of pounds. Now, when it was recollected. that population had increased within the same period, and that the wealth of the country had certainly not diminished, he thought the concurrence of those two circumstances would show that the tax must be objectionable in its incidence. Within the last ten years fifty firms of coach-builders had either become bankrupt or had been obliged to give up business. There was another ground for the revision of this tax, which he thought still stronger than any which he had previously mentioned, and that was the frauds and evasions which were practised under the cover of the provisions which re lated to exemptions. They had all heard of the dog-cart and of the taxed cart, or rather of the untaxed cart. He hoped that no honourable member of that house kept vehicles of that description, but he understood that many noble lords, and even some right reverend prelates, did. (A laugh.) It never could have been intended that vehi cles like these should be exempted merely because the owner's name was painted very legibly behind, and be cause the coachmaker said he only charged 211. for building them. When he last introduced this subject to the house he pointed out no less than twelve advertisements in a paper of that day, which were utterly in defiance of the principles upon which this species of taxation had been imposed. He would not weary the house by referring to fresh instances of evasion, but it was only necessary to take up a newspaper to see repeated illustrations of the kind. The right of composition also was abused, for the class which alone availed themselves of this privilege did not even belong to the middle class of gentry, but were the decidedly opulent class. They compounded for two or three carriages for a term of years, and then during the remainder of the term they used as many carriages as they pleased. He had no doubt that any one who could state the facts of the case in the powerful manner which the subject deserved would carry the whole house with him ; but he had contented himself with noticing the principal salient points, and he hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would deem them Worthy of his seri ous Mr. TURNER said that he had been requested by the coachmakers of Live r p oo l to support the motion, and he been did so with grea from t cordiality. F rom a re t urn which had p those coaclunakers who made both kinds of vehi c l es in that town, it was ascertained th a t th e proportion of untaxed. to taxed carriages manufactured there was Ave to one, and no do u bt ex i ste d that if a proper return could be furnished by those who built untaxed carriages only, it would be found that the proportion was as ten to one. Mr. BRIGHT observed that the question of the duty on carriages was in some,3ense a pleasant one to discuss with Chancellors of the Exchequer, because the advocates of a revision could show that the income derived from the tax was steadily, though not very rapidly diminishing, while they could prove thot the revenue from this source might be increased. The coachmakers were au unfortunate race, because being scattered about the country, they could. exercise no political influence, and they had consequently for some years past suffered from the Exchequer garotte, which was gradually strangling an industry which was as valuable for its extent as any other industry. It was gene rally supposed that luxuries might be taxed as much as the legislature thought proper, but that was a mistake, and the effect of the tax was felt infinitely more by those per sons who did not keep carriages than those who did. He had been informed that there were fifty towns in Great Britain, where the trade of coachmaking was formerly car ried on, but where it was now unknown. He was told by a coachbuilder in Manchester that there was not more than one builder in that city who returned more than 10,000/. in his trade. Now, considering that Manchester WAS a place of undoubted wealth, and that it was the centre of a population of one million of people, that fact alone was sufficient to show the depressing effect of this tax. Coach makers makers were also subject t o a p ecu li ar gr i eva nce, i n be ing obliged to pay 61. for any carriage which they let out for hire during the year, even if they let it out but for one day. That, he contended, was contrary to all the principles of fiscal infliction. He begged for a moment to call the atten tion of the house to the case of Ireland with respect to carriages. When he was last in that country he was the TURKEY. Letters • haver arrived from Constantinople via Trieste, to the 28th ult., three days later than those received yesterday. The Russian Ambassador had not presented his projected convention ; and all that was new in political affairs was, that the Sultan had signified to his Ministers his pleasure that he should be kept daily acquainted with the progress of all pending affairs, especially of diplo matic negotiations--and for that purpose Rifaat Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, had received authorisation to go to the palace as often as he should think fit. Thi s resolution was sa id to h ave been caused by th e pretensions of Russ i a, an d it i s represented to h ave produced a good effect. Amongst the rumours that were current was one that the dispatches carried out by the English frigate the Tiger, for the English Embassy, were of great interest, and most reassuring for the Porte. The affair of the Bank had been defi nitively settled. An Imperial firman authorising the creation of the Bank, was promulgated on the 26th. Int r i gues, i t is said, were em pl o y e d to prevent the Sultan from signing it. The re presentative of th e E ng li s h fi rm of Stanley and Co., who managed the matter, and had left for London, in order to send the portion of capital it had stipulated to supply ; and during his absence, which was expected to be a month or six weeks, the administration was to be organised, so that operations would be commenced on his arrival. The founders of the new Bank, who were ten in number, had been increased to twelve, namely— Messrs. Miran Duz, Abraham Alavercli, Boghoo Duz, ()vanes Thinghir, Derair, Bedros laglisian, J. B. Beli s ikdji, M a k sout, Armenian bankers Psichari, a G ree k ; H anson , an Englishman ; David Gl avan y, a F renc h ma n ; and Zarifi, a Russian. It was believed that M. Miran Duz would be nominated director of the Bank, but under the cont ro l o f a board, consisting of the founders, and o f a cer tain number of memb ers nominated by the shareholders. It is said that the statutes provide fully for the proper manage ment of the Bank, and for theinterests of the shareholders. Amongst the measures employed t o prevent the establishment of the Bank was, it i s alleged, the offer of a loan by Russia, w ith out con dition; but the Sultan considered it t oo favour able to be accepted. The Patrie says :—" A recent dispat c h f rom t h e Levant gives some fresh details which h ave no t ye t been mentioned. On the 27 th ult , there was in the 450 -horse an English war - steamer of hapta t h ree Russian di spa t c h vessels, and the French steam frigate the C l. The Turkish squadron was at anchor at th e Golden Horn, and they appearedto be making arrange ments for a start in a few days. The news of the approaching arrival o f M. de Lacour, the new current in the • French Ambassador, was city, and had produced an excellent effect, and th e news in circulation in the best informed circles was of character. Another a very tranquillising chara dispatch two ' from Egypt announces that Turkish vessels of war, a sailing frig ate of 60 guns, and a brig o f 16 ' guns, were at anchor off Alexandrett a .." the The Breslau Gazette h as. .following from Odessa, dated the 25th _ul h t . r " The rumours of war have not ceased. T the continue of April e all actively, and by thelst e troops will Armaments are also going on be ready to march. W 1 in Great Russia, and on the oga there are eight steamers in readiness to convey the troops to Kertsch." A letter from Damascus of the 10th ult., in the Breslan Gazette, states that three tribes of Mauran have solicited the intervention of France in their cati appli on to be freed from furnishing recruits, on tributeof • h 2%000 Turkish piastres. of annual _ piastres. The Seraskier, Mahomed Pacha, has been recalled to Constantinople, and is replaced by Sassif Pacha. THE EXPORT BEER TRADE.—There has been a great increase in the exportation of beer and ale on accou n t o f shipments to India and Australia. In the two months ended the sth ult., there were 65,174 barrels exported ) the declared value of which was 198,291/. MOUNT CARBON CHAR OMPANY TERED COAL and IRON -L. . Offices, 30,• Bucklersbury. The Directors hereby give Notice that the ALLe)TMENT of SHARES in the Mount Carbon Company is COMPLETED. Allot tees are requested to pay the amount of their subscriptions to the Bankers of the Company, Messrs. 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The principal in crease is shown in the arrival of vessels from Mauritius, Sydney, Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras. ww portii The 36f72:1;033tn22edmtootneonnnnt nafiguresag tonnage tonnage, t hine for connected dliffaBnse w r2e i t n h caen vessels cleared out wards shows a rem ar k a bl e i ncrease i n a ll cases. Th e increaset2w2oe7fe between vessels v vesselses with e i l t s h , 99,764 ton nage i n 1853. Liverpool exhibits an increase of 45 vessels, with 20 , 9 61 tonnage, the nu m ber for 1852 being 71 vessel s , with 38,448 tonnage, and 116 vessels with 59,409 tonnage. In the case of the Clyde, the in crease is 27 vessels, with 6,173 tonnage, the difference between 16 vessels, with 7,433 tonnage, and 43 vessels, with 13,606 tonnage. The net increase exhibited is 181 vessels, with 64,166 tonnage ; the greater number of vessels cleared having been for New South Wales, New Zealand, &o, , ode sterolv. for 01° trA" 5 : )s is t) Cr° > 5 t ;s ; s to °I/ 0 tr o n j OWO to i o to ' t o 9/ to ° ao'