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able state of things for this country? Could we find it in any other country? He ventured to say that the scenes witnessed at Blackburn only during the last election sur pased in atrocity all that had occurred on a similar occa sion throughout the American union. (Cheers.) His great hope from the ballot was that it would change the character of our elections--put an end to brass bands, flags, and ban ners—and abate the nuisance of drinking and open houses. (Cheers.) With the vote by ballot people might roll as quietly as they went to church on Sundays, as was, an fact, done both in America and England in almost all cases of voting by ballot. (Hear, hear.) These evils being acknowledged what other remedy was there but theballot? The right hon. gentleman should remember that he did not speak in the name of a united Cabinet, at least one ofthie colleagues was as hearty for the ballot as he (Mr. Cobden) was. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-Gene ral, and the Judge-Advocate were all prepared to vote for it. (Hear, hear.) So were a majority of the ordinary supporters of the Government ; and if the Opposition benches had .remained as thin as they were about tnine o'clock, the question would very soon have been settled. (Cheers.) Hence the question became a very serious one for the Government to consider. It was the question in all others in which the electoral body took the deepesttheir terest. (Hear, hear.) Let the G o vernment analyse n y own supporters, and they would find that a almost eve every representative of a large and powerful constituencyvoted in favour of the ballot. (Cheers.) if the Government were prepared and determined to re sist the ballot, what other remedy had they for these evils? Committees' were appointed, and commissioners sent forth into the country, and inquiries made into that which every one well understood ; .but they wanted the remedy. Every. thing would be tried except the real remedy, as in the case of tae core-'.aw agitation. There was a remedy, which had been recommended by the profoundest thinkers of the age, for evils that were acknowledged to exist.' Would they give Bentham and Grote a trial? (Cheers.) If not, why not? (Hear, hear.) The matter had been discussed there more than twenty years; on no ques tion had argument and reason been so triumphant. At least the Government might try the experiment for the sake of the country and for their own sakes. (Hear, hear.) He would suggest this. The sea t s f or a very large borough were likely soon to be vacant by the decision of a commit• tee of that house. (Hear, hear.) Why not propose that the ballot should be tried in the election for that great borough? He would not have it first tried in a small p )eket borough with 200 or 300 electors ; that would not be a fair experiment. (Hear.) Were they afraid of the mischief that could be done by venturing to have a solitary election on the principle adopted in all their clubs, in the India-house, and in social meetings—a system of ! voting which was carried on successfully and with increased favour in America, Belgium, Switzerland, and France ? (Hear, hear.) Were Ministers resolved, in epite of the world's experience, of classical authority, and of all the recommendations of the system, not to give it a trial ? Then what did they drive the country to? Must there be a ballot league, as there had been an anti-corn-law league? (Cheers.) He thought they had grown wiser. He had been encouraged, by the success of the budget, especially of its key-stone, the succession tax—(cheers)—to hope that the time had come when questions like this would be fairly decieed by argument—that at any rate, the Legi-la ture would consent to try an experiment, without compel ling the country to resort to associations and agitation. (Hear, hear.) He would suggest another experiment. Pass an act to make the ballot permissive. (Hear, hear.) He had such faith in the principle that he would offer the most handsome terms. Le them pass an act which should enable any constituency that chose to adopt the ; ballot, to try the experiment ; and having come to that decision, that they should, on notifying the same to the Home Se cretary, elect their members by ballot during that Parlia ment, retaining the power to return again to open voting if they did not like the ballot. (Hear, hear.) That met the argument that the people did not want the ballot. Once for all, as thee . were threatened with a Reform Bill, for a Reform Bill without the Ballot was a threat—(hear, hear) —he said most emphatically ho would rather have no ex tension of the franchise, he would rather not run the risk of spreading the virus of this corruption, and the horrors of this intimidation among another stratum of society ; • he would rather they remained as they were than subject another and a more dependent class of the people to the same corrupting and debasing influences as the present electoral body suffered from. (Hear, hear.) He therefore entreated the Government, if they were not - prepared to grant a Reform Bill with the ballot, to postpone it, and let the country have the ballot alone. (Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL and the Lord-Advocate rose together, but the latter gave way in deference to what appeared to be the wish of the house. The hon. baronet said, that last year he gave to a similar proposal to that now made by the hon. member (Mr. H. Berkeley) his silent, but not less earnestly-felt, adhesion. Since the time of Mr. Grote to the present day able and powerful arguments had been adduced in support of the present measure. He brought to the same view of the subject the hearty advocacy of an honest heart, and that was sure to meet with the sympa ties of some of those whom he addressed. He had advo cated the ballot, not from a hasty conclusion, nor was he actuated either by a love of reform or a desire of upsetting the institutions of the country, but from considerations of what it appeared to him, with his limited experience of judging, was calculated to promote the liberty and inde pendence of the people of this country. (Cheers.) It seemed to him that the ballot was a means of promoting purity of principle, and freedom of election. He believed, in his own mind, that, as the greatest possible publicity ought always to accompany the political action of a con stitutional Government, so, on the other hand, the greatest possible secrecy ought always to accompany the sovereign expression of public opinion in the exercise of the elective franchise. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Therefore it was that he thought this measure, which would tend to elevate the public mind, and render it independent of political animosity, and unbiassed by the heat of political passions. ought to meet with the regard of that house. Out of doors the balance of political opinion already indisputably in clined to this free and honourable system ; and as the balance of public opinion inclined that way, he firmly believed that, sooner or later, the sense of the majority of that house must also equally incline to it. (Hear, hear.) It was possible that the motion might not be adopted that night, but its success was a mere matter of time ; and it must be a source of considerable gratification to him and others who had faith in their political convictions and looke.l forward to the accomplishment of their political views —it must, he said, be a source of considerablegratification to them to remark on each succeeding occasion on which the measure was submitted to the house, the rapidly diminish ing numbers of the majority by which it was resisted. This was a clear proof to him, and to everybody else who had got any sense—(laughter)--of the progress which it wa s making in th e public mind. The hon. member for the West Riding had truly said that the representatives of the great towns were all in favour of the ballot. Let hon. members go to any of the large towns where was a great concentration of population, like Birmingham, for instance - -and see if that was not the fact. He would venture to say that he only echoed the feelings of thousands out of doors when he repeated that the public looked forward to vote by ballot as a measure which would ultimately remove the stumbling-block of political iniquity. He appealed to the house if ever there was a snore fitting opportunity than the present, or one in which there was greater probability of success, for submitting a measure like that of vote by ballot to the House of Commons, after the gross scenes of bribery and intimidation which had unhappily prevailed at the last general election. He did not mean to apologise for anybody in that house ; that he must say that it was most unfair and ungenerous to endeavour to throw all the blame of those proceedings on the friends and supporters of the Derby Administration. The real fact was that both parties were equally to blame. Taking the first 13 seats which were declared vacant on account of bribery and cor ruption, he found that six of those were occupied by what were called Liberals, and seven by Derbyites—a tolerable equal division he thought. Now, the ballot would strike this evil at its root, and therefore it was that he was in clined to give it his support. If they asked him for a proof of the evil which rendered the ballot necessary, he should not take the case of poor working arti sans i n th e d oc k yar d s, w h om the noble lord the member for London proposed tocrush, but he would take the cases of Hull and Harwich and of Clitheroe and Tavistock. He did not know who was proprietor of the borough of Tavistock; but this he knew, that if the noble lord the member for London disfranchised the dockyard artisans and left unscathed the electors of Tavistock, he would be guilty of conduct which ought certainly to meet with the reprobation of that house. (Hear, hear.) But he would go farther, and ask them to come with him to the " Fountain," at Canterbury, and see what passed there. He would go further, and remind them of the case of Thomas Morris of the " Waggon and Horses," and of the reasonable quantity of beer which he had orders to distri bute among the electors of Blackburn. Didn't these cases call for political action ? (Hear, hear.) Well, the ballot would strike these evils at the root, and therefore he for one would give his hearty and cordial ascent to it. But he was anxious from the position which he acci dentally held, that he should be perfectly understood in regard to the support which he gave to the ballot. He did not want to see it affect—and he did not believe that it would affect—the legitimate influence of property. He believed that there were many hon. gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the house who were inclined to oppose the ballot because they thought it would not only interfere with, but absolutely annihilate, the legitimate influence of property ; bat he was persuaded that they were - quite mistaken on ilaat point; end he knew this, that-if they could tiro =to him that it would h ave th a t e ff ec t, h e should beas e v areestly opposed to it as he was now vigorously endeavouring to support it. (Hear, hear.) But he repeated that he did tot think that it would in any way affect the legitimate influence of property. He regretted to say there were certain hon. members in that house, and among others the hon. mem hers for the West Riding and Man chester, who frequently shrew stones at the legitimate in tlneec3 of property. (Mr. Cobeen—Nth) He could prove it as regarded the son. member for the West Riding, at all events ; for h., (Sir R. Peel) well remembered that when, the case of Blidgnorth was under discussion in that house a few weeks ago, that hon. member mentioned the case of . ;4 , . Mr. Whitmoraiand said here was a ease for the ballot. Now, - ' the inflrenee of Mr. Whittle)]. e, which the hon. member had condemned, was evidently founded upon the affections of these among whom Ito reFe fled ; and, if Mr. Whitmore had not exercised that influence—au influence which was the result of that 5C1.113 of responsibility which his property had entailed—he (Sir R. Peel) could only say he was but little qualified for the situation he occupied. Therefore it was that ho wished to maintain the legitimate influence of property ; and that he did not wish to throw a stone at its influence. He knew that the ballot must pass, for he considered it inevitable. Its supporters might be beaten on the present occasion ; but -next year, or in three or four years, it mus t pass. ( H ear, hear.) Of course, there r _i , i gh e t:. as there were, after all, great political ch a nges, b e 4 :otv.al. i e o rvulsion i n th e coun t ry a f terwar d s, b ut that —and the Political subside—calia and quiet would succeed its, Proper one ' (Hear, influence of property once more assume were far too sharp(Hear, hear.) The people of this country ence which exird acute not to discern the wide differ- they derived from eaeheltween the permanent advantages the queetionable result egitimate influence of property and : Iviallich followed the noise and tur bulence of the mob. at all fear that the ballot ';vo members, therefore, need not destroy the legitimate in fluence of property. At the el e d r e e time, he maintained oteltnortoife,slntog;tinlgn that that secrecy of voting meant country they had had few o pain only etllinei,c7tsrtilla7 house asiertion, but he begged to caPtIL to a case which occurred in S to another which had lately taken pi ace Y y, and would show the value of the ballot in d e ,, i r otic anY, which And if it was of value there, it would, surely be squall valuable in a country like this. The Government of le ee -- ,1 0 Murillo was succeeded by that of General Roncali, who soon showed that le was anxious to continue the same lEktiolent political course as his predecessor had done. He back to the country. , ) But teen came the Senate. Il e IAISIPAI -.l 3 V ‘; ssolved the Corte s, and sont them ....-I,l7irr far all easy, E : ::- , i'.. 45 .vaswhat was the result? --:- ~..4 - ... i e. : : (elected se n ators at once, and !*, -. ) . t..,:c;; ; , There were four secretaries to the elected, utts h w e ll id o, gr b el y t ex po er li c ti is . • 4. ' l •';:;''*,, , r,, ieg considerabit authority in t • 5 I_, 1 ~. "-:,,(' ~...., ' " . "'"4,1.;• , :l /4.4' ~~~~, .~ I 1 s THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1853, cal influence, and having vote by ballot in the Senate, the senators elected four individuals to those offices in oppo sition to the candidates proposed by the Government. It was quite clear that if the Senate had not had the ballot they (Hear, h u e would ) h a v T e h e b ee once in whicht 4i el h a t a e d d o b c y the cur G e d over n Florencem ent. was this : Prince Lichtenstein proposed, as a member of some club or reunion, a member of the Windischgratz family ; but as in Italy all Austrians were naturally enough hated, the young member was blackballed. Pi ince Licht enstein was, of course, furious at this result. He called out the military, occupied all the most impo rant posts of the city, and threatened to interfere with the public amusements. He then called a meeting of the club, and said, " Gentlemen, the ballot is all nonsense ; let us have publicity of voting." The consequence was that, with the sword hanging over the heads of the electors, the candidate who was in the first instance blackballed was unanimously elected. (Laughter.) Now, these were two remarkable cases, and afforded striking proofs of the efficiency of the ballot. (Hear, hear.) He had heard the other night, with the greatest possible surprise, the noble lord the member for Loudon say that her Majesty's Ministers were not going to govern the country by checking the progress of demo cracy, but that they wore going to make democracy Con servative. Now he confessed that to endeavour to make democracy Conservative in a country where aristocratic influence had had dominion for 160 years did appear to him a monstrous proposition. (Laughter.) He remem bered some time ago having heard the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Disraeli) tell the noble lord that he was a subordinate of a subordinate. Now, he (Sir R. Peel) begged to correct the right hon. gentleman. He assured him that the noble lord was nothing whatever of the kind. He had the distinguished authority of Lord Aber deen for stating—(laughter)—that he had no subordinates at all. (Hear, hear.) Now, really, when the Prime., Minister of the country stated that he had no subordinates, he must have a very moderate estimate of his political position. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord had the other night also attacked the religious sympathies and in sulted the loyalty of the Roman Catholics of Ireland : and then the house was told that these were only his own private opinions. And yet the noble lord was the leader of the House of Commons. (Hear.) When questioned in that house on the subject, what did he do? He quoted a very sensible opinion of Lord Melbourne's, which he evidently meant to throw in the teeth of Lord Aberdeen—(laughter) —that if the members of the Government were only agree,l about the course which they pursued, it was of no conse quence whether they were all agreed with regard to the grounds by whichthey arrived at that course. One would think, from this, that the noble lord and the members of the Government were all of the same opinion with regard to public questions. He begged the house just to look at the opinions of the Cabinet upon this very question of the ballot. There was the right hon. gentleman the member for Southwark (Sir W. Molesworth)—the glorious Radical of Southwark--(laughter)—who looked at the ballot as the' anchor of the salvation of this country ; and he (Sir R. Peell thought he was perfectly right. Then there was the right hon. gentleman the member for Carlisle (Sir J. Graham), who was then sitting' with great complacency under th gentle breezes which fanned the Admiralty flag. (Renewed laughter.) That right hon. gentleman looked upon the IBallot as the Cape Horn of politics—as the Ultima Thule of political navigation. (Continued laughter.) With re-, gand to those few hon. gentlemen whom the country re gretted to see so much separated from their legitimate con nexions—now that there was no longer any necessity for their separation—he did not know how they were to vote. But there was one hon. gentleman upon whose vote he could with certainty rely, and that was the hon. and gallant cap tain, the eccentric member for Middlesex—(loud laughter) —the hon. and gallant captain, the eccentric member foe Middlesex, would, he believed, with the most unrestricted confidence, vote with him in favour of the ballot, and, as the minds of the public were at present running upon the hos tile attitude assumed by Russia towards Turkey, he might perhaps, in the lobby, be able to establish an " entente cordiale" with the hon. and gallant gentleman on that in teresting and important subject. He felt it incumbent upon him, although occuping a humble position in the house, to ask the house to consider the present inefficiency of the system of electoral legislation, and to note the evils which had for the last 20 years been making such rapid strides, and which, in his opinion, the ballot could only curtail. The house would probably recollect that in the Parliament of 1844 there were eight cases of conviction for bribery and treating; in the Parliament of 1847 there were 14. similar cases; but, after the last general election, out of the 16 seats which were attacked by petition, three only had not been lost, and 13 hon. gentlemen were almost at once found, by their agents, guilty of bribery. There had been, since, a great many cases in which the sitting mem bers had also been disqualified on account of bribery by their agents, but he did not know their exact number but, whatever it might he, it was evident that the evil was on the increase. There was the borough of Aylesbury, which had on two occasions been convicted of bribery, but he could not say whether or not the purity of the borough had been improved since her Majesty's Solicitor-General' had been connected with it. (Laughter.) Let the house consider the case of the Wigton Burghs. At the late gene ral election Sir J. M‘Taggart polled 140 votes, and Mr. Caird polled 139. Mr. Caird petitioned, but was unable to withstand the Earl of Stair and 11 lawyers staring at him. (Loud laughter.) In addition to that he was unable to bear the expenses of a scrutiny, and-it seemed to him a great proof of the inefficiency of the electoral legislation that the expense of a scrutiny should be permitted to deprive an hon. gentleman of a seat who might—he would not say that he was —have been fairly entitled to it. Blackburn and Chat ham had both been found guilty of bribery, but since the act called "Sir Robert Peel's Act, 'for regulating the consti tution of election committees, only St. Albans and Sudbury had been disfranchised. There was now a chance of urging upon Parliament the adoption of the ballot, and he would ask all those hon. members who were dissatisfied with the present system to rally round that popular standard ; and, if any hon. members were waverhing or halting between the two opinions, he would venture to ask them to con cider the inefficiency of the present electoral system, both as regarded the corrupt practices and the intimidation prevalent at election, ands regarded the expenses of prosecuting a petition before a committee ; but, above all, to consider the demoralisation which resulted from that corruption and intimidation, and, weighing well these considerations, to figure to themselves what would be the best course to adopt for the purpose of improving the public mind. (Hear, hear.) He would ask the house to weigh well these considerations, and he felt convinced that many hon. members would be inclined to sanction the measure, as one which, while it acted as a check upon corruption and intimidation, would not attack the legiti mate influence bestowed by the possession of property. It was a measure, he believed, which, from encouraging independence of conscience and freedom of opinion, must tend to promote the interests of all classes of the commu nity. But, whether the measure should be successful, or whether it should be thrown out, the time had passed for meeting a proposal for the introduction of the ballot with sneers and illiterate taunts, for the matter had created in quiry, and the more its principles had been clearly and fairly put forward, the more favourable had been the opinion formed of the views which it advocated. He would therefore ask Parliament to endeavour, by investi gation and inquiry into the present system of electoral legislation, and into the methods for correction of it , abuses, to recognise the adoption of the ballot as the safest guarantee for final and complete success. (Cheers.; The LORD ADVOCATE would limit himself but to a very few observations. He was opposed to the ballot, not because of its democratic tendency, his fears were alto gether in the other direction. (Oh, oh, and cries of Hear, hear.) He believed that there was that involved in the ballot which was altogether antagonistic to the principle of freedom of Government. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) and he was quite sure it was more from caprice and accident that the question of the ballot had become identified with the ereed of some of those who pro fessed liberal opinions in this country. (Hear, hear.) On( principle above ail others ought to be made the policy of our Government—that the influence of public and popular opinion was the best or rather the only security for the honest exercise of public duty. And on the contrary, he felt convinced that the more they probed this question of sacret voting to the bottom, more and more it would be found that it was not altOgether so uncongenial to the spirit of such Governments as those of Spain and Tuscany is some gentlemen seemed to imagine. (Hear.) If it wa, meant that the voter only held his vote for his own interest and advantage, he (the Lord Advocate) had no argument against the ballot, but if he had then no argument against the ballot he could have no argument against bribery am, corruption. (Hear, hear.) But, on the other hand, if a roan held the franchise for the public good, if he had : duty to perform towards his country and its institutions, he could not do so under the ballot. The error of hon gentlemen who supported it was here—they had an evil t, remedy, and they never looked into the intrinsic merits o the remedy they proposed. (Hear.) The ballot would no. prevent bribery—it could not prevent intimidation—and if it did not do so, it would tend to increase it and the other evils attendant upon our system. Let them intro duce the ballot, and they would unloose those ties b 3 means of which the general healthfulness of our consitutioo had been preserved, and which had made this house the best exemplification of the representative system that the world had ever seen. (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") Much had been said about the use of the ballot in America, bu; the hon. member for the West Riding knew very well tha, practically there was no such thing as secret voting it that country. He believed that the ballot was a wei pen taken from the armoury of arbitrary power. Freedom and publicity , of action were the life-blood of ou. constitution. They circulated from the lowest to the highest, and once - their course was obstructed there might remain the empty skeleton of the constitution, but it war beyond all power to resuscitate the spirit of a nation once: it was departed. (Hear, hear.) Let them deal with tht question as they might • but this should be remembered they never could succeed in making an honest man of r knave ; let not matters be so arranged, then, as to make i, impossible to distinguish between them. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT viewed with satisfaction the increase(' earnestness which had been evinced by the members of th, Treasury bench with respect to this motion, because h. gathered from it that they intended either to concede th. question, or to buckleon their armour and contend against it, He admitted, as the measure was now proposed by the h o e. member for Bristol, that the responsibility laid upon tite supporters of the ballot of showing that there was case, and that the remedy which they proposed was appli cable to it. The general arguments by which they were met might be comprised under three heads—either the evil complained of was not so great as they charged it to to be, or the ballot would not cure it, or, if it did, the cure would be as bad as the disease. (Hear.) Ho had gone with some care into the figures to which the hon. baronet. the member for Tamworth had referred, and he found that during the present session there had been 16 members of the house unseated for bribery alone, 4 for treating alone, 7 for bribery and treating combined, 1 for an illee-t1 e: gagement to pay money, and 2 for intimidation and riot— making altogether 30 members who had been unseated for occurrences which they believed the application of th ballot would very much tend to remove, if it did not re • move them altogether. At every general since the Reform Bill there had been an immense number of peti tions presented against the returns. In 1833 there were 33 petitions ; in 1835, 30 ; in 1838, 60 ; in 1841, 43 ; in 1847, 40 ; and in 1853, 76. Where there had been more than one petition for a borough he had reckoner: them only as one. In all, there had been 315 peti tions during those six general elections, or an average of not less than 47. It needed, ho was sure, no argument to show that the house stood in a position of con siderable humiliation before the public and the world on account of those proceedings, and it was difficult to say whether the members of the constituencies had most lost character. (H ear .) Th ere wore b oroug h s com pl e tely un der the control of a patron, like that of Stamford, and others with a larg e num b er o f e l ec t ors un d er th e con t ro l la c e the i'rovernment, like that o f Ch a th am . There wore cities even, such as Westminster, in which a great n fr e o ni s be_r , cf l,; e.loec.toors constantly and notoriously abstained which ;ewsinozli)trichlipoll on account of the extreme pressure upon them by persons to whom they were g4tiCril ` Metz.) Ireland was, perhaps, even more notorious still ; and he invited the right hon. the Secretary at War to go with him to a northern county in *it country, and he would show him that the spirit of the Duke of Newcastle was not dead, but lived as much in the Marquis of Londonderry as ever it had done in the Duke of Newcastle. (Hear.) (The hon. member, in il lustration, quoted several passages from a correspondence published in the newspapers about a year ago, between the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. David Ker, in which the noble marquis, in reference to the county of Down, spoke of "his votes," and of his right in consideration of his influence, and the money which his forefathers had ex pended in the county, to return one member.) The Rev. Mr. Ford, of the county of Down, was an exile on ac count of pecuniary embarrassments, and in his absence his son and the rector of the parish managed his election eering business, and they called the tenants into the farm yard and treated them, in order to induce them to break the promise they had given to vote for the candidates pro posed by Sharman Crawford. These extracts ought to satisfy the right hon. Secretary at War that the spirit of the Duke of Newcastle was not dead, and, therefore, that the argument which the right hon. gentleman had founded on the contrary supposition was untenable. Lord E. HILL begged to be allowed to inform the house that the correspondence on which the hon. member had commented in such kind terms, had no reference to the present representation of the county of Down. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT said he was glad that Mr. Ker had not suffered himself to be driven from the field, but stood for the county. The hon. member then proceeded to read passages from other correspondence relative to other elec• tions in Ireland, with the view of showing that improper influence had been used to procure the return of members. Blayney, a barrister, wrote to John Rooney, his iiliff, on the 22d of May, 1852 expressing his regret at :soaring his tenants " were inclined to vote for the mur lerers of the tenant league"—(laughter)—and declaring hat if they should do so, they would be visited by marks if his displeasure. In the county of Monaghan the agent f Lord Blayney wrote as follows to that nobleman's enantry :—" I wish the tenants to vote for Sir G. Forster .nd Mr. Leslie, and I expect the tenants over whom I am ilaced will have no hesitation in doing so. lam surprised hat any one should purpose voting for Dr. Gray, a stranger ro the county." Some of the tenants, on receiving this •nandate, wrote to Lord Blayney, in London, complaining iC it, and his lordship wrote a very gentleman-like letter, in which he repudiated any wish to influence the votes of its tenants, notwithstanding which the agent persisted in ,•oercing them, in order to make them vote as he wished. duch was said-about the influence exercised by the Catho lic priests in Ireland, but as far as his observation ex tended, the priests only exerted themselves to counteract the pressure put upon the tenants by the landlords of Ire land. (Hear, hear.) Protestant clergymen, however, could interfere in election matters as well as Catholic priests. The Dean of Ross, the agent of Lord Stratford, wrote a letter to the Belfast Chronicle, to which he begged o solicit the attention of the hon. member .for Warwick- 'hire, who was slumbering at the end of one of the opposite )enches. (A laugh.) In this letter the rev. gentleman ,aid, " Lord Stratford is most anxious for the return of ‘vlr. Inglis, and the result of the contest will prove to his .ordship whom he may regard as his friends in his future relations with the town." A list had been furnished him py two gentlemen, named Richardson and Miller, of 27 enants who voted against the wishes of the noble lord, `qui who since received notice to quit, while six had actu ally been evicted. Seven persons, who did not vote at all, had received notice to quit, and one had been evicted. He did not know whether the Secretary at ar might consi ler these cases exceptional or exaggerated, but he believed Lhe hon. members for. Ireland could show that they were neither the one nor the other. The question was, would the ballot remedy such evils ? In his opinion, it would ; he aid not conceive that Lord Londonderry would have written the letter he had read, had the 7,000 electors of the county of Down gone up to vote by secret ballot ; nor did he be lieve, had the ballot existed, that the gentlemen of Mona ghan would have pursued the course he had described. Let him take the case of Durham. He knew something about the city of Durham, for he had fought two contests there—the fiercest contests known there for many years. Well, at Durham, Lord Londonderry, who seemed to have a mania for this sort of power, had more than 100 men em ployed in his collieries within seven miles of the city—a circumstance giving them each a vote—and these men the noble lord would bring up in omnibuses and carts'to vote at the elections for the city of Durham for his member, and then have them taken back again as they came. He himself had no reason to complain of Lord Londonderry or his 100 voters, for it so happened that, owing to some dis pute at the time between the noble marquis and the church party at Durham, the noble marquis's men were not quite in hand, so that many of them voted as they pleased - on that particular occasion. What he complained of was the system—a system as'ruinous to the individuals who sup ported it as it was disgraceful to the country in which it was practised. He would now advert to the United States. In the United States, as was well known, there were far more Parliamentary elections than in this country, for, be sides the elections to Congress, there were the elections to the 32 or 33 states ; yet such a thing as an election peti tion with such a charge as corruption or intimidation or bribery, was not, he believed, known in the United States. (Hear, hear.) The Secretary at War, followed by the Lord Advocate, had endeavoured to make out that nothing could be so detrimental to morality as the secret ballot system. Now, if there was a state, or province, or district in the world in which the whole population was emphatically well educated, comfortable in their circum -1 stances, independent in their character, superior as a body of men to any equal body of men to be found anywhere in the world on the same space of ground, that province, that state, was the State of Massachusetts. (Hear, hear.) Now, the State of Massachusetts, the colonists of Boston, established the ballot so far back as 1634, and the only time when the ballot was discontinued there was when it was abolished by Governor Andrew, who was sent there by James 11. in 1688, and who, in his anxiety to destroy the liberties of Massachusetts, conceived that his first and most effective step was to overthrow the freedom of election by ballot. (Hear, hear.) In order to exhibit the present position of the vote by ballot in Massachusetts the hon. member then read portions of two letters from Messrs. Dawson and Amason Walker, the former now, and the latter lately, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, describing the mode of voting by ballot, and declaring that the franchise was regarded by the entire population of the province as the Palladium of their liberties. The ballot itself was described to be enclosed in a self-sealing en velope, so that, while the name of every person voting was checked as he dropped his envelope into the ballot box, it was impossible 4 to know how he voted. [The hon. member here exhibited one of the envelopes bearing the stamp of the State of Massachusetts, used in voting by ballot in that State.) There was no possibility of fraud under the system there practised ; and when he heard gentlemen speak of the impossibility of securing perfect secresy, he must say, we would be the most stupid people in the world ' if we could not make some mechanical contrivance to effect that object. (Hear, hear.) He believed the noble lord, the member for the city of London, and the house, were anxious to put an end to the corruption that pre vailed, but they would never succeed in doing so un less something better than they had hitherto tried was resorted to. (Hear, hear.) If they found an effectual system existing in the New England States, it surely was worth their while to see if they also could not by some other means than acts against bribery and corruption secure the object which they all aimed at. (Hear, hear.) The dignity and character of that house were damaged not merely throughout the country but the world by the transactions that occurred at some of their elections. Just as there were men who did not like to go through the un pleasantness of a • canvass for a seat in the East India Company, so there were men who did not like to submit to the humiliation or degradation connected with seeking a seat in that house. If they were not hypocrites to them selves and the country, they were bound to take up this question in earnest, and not only give leave for the intro duction of the present bill, but pass it on to the other House of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. KNOX denied some of the allegations made by the hon. member for Manchester with reference to the intimidation of electors in Ireland, and observed that the object of the ballot seemed to be that people should pro mise one way and vote another. (Hear, hear.) Lord E. HILL defended the Rev. Mr. Ford from the imputations cast on him by the hon. member for Man chester, which seemed to imply that he had gone away for some crime or another. [Mr. BRIGHT said, he had oily stated the rumour that he had gone away from pecu niary causes.]—That was nearly the same thing, for it left &he house to infer that he had to fly for some cause that he could not face. Now, he could testify that a more honourable man, a better landlord, did not exist in the county of Down. (Hear.) He denied also the inferences that might be drawn from the hon. gentleman's statement with reference to his election and that of Mr. Ker. In tact, Mr. Ker was returned in spite of the Marquis of Londonderry. (Hear, hear.) Then, as to Major Waring, he was a strong Protestant—indeed known as a King William man, but that did not suit the hon. member for Manchester, who preferred a Roman Catholic. The hon. gentleman had enough to say against the landlords, but not a word as to the intimidation of the Roman Catholic clergy. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL.—My right hon. friend the Secretary at War, and my right hon. and learned friend the Lord Advocate, having addressed the house upon this subject, I should hardly have thought it necessary to say anything oad not my personal conduct been misrepresented—unin tentionally, no doubt—by the hon. gentleman who brought forward this motion. The hon. gentleman thought fit to represent that, while I had held very popular language in opposition, I had, when in office, changed my course and taken a very different view of the subject. The fact is, that the speech the hon. gentleman alluded to was made in the month of July last, previous to my election for the city of London. I had voted in this house against the i)allot a few weeks before, and when I was asked before a large meeting in Guildhall what course I should take on the ballot, I said I should vote against it, and I gave my reasons to that numerous assembly, which . generally meets in Guildhall on those occasions, against the secret voting the hon. gentleman proposes. It was not, as the hon. gen tleman supposed, when I accepted office; but at that time, as I had constantly done, I stated my intention to vote, and I have voted, against this secret mode of voting. It appears to me--and I stated to my constituents at that time—that the foundation upon which the argument rests is a foundation entirely contrary to that upon which the hon. gentleman the member for the West Riding bases his argument upon this occasion. The hon. member for the West Riding says that no man has a right to inquire how another man votes. The principle which I stated was, that this is a public trust, and that every man who exercises that public trust exercises it subject to the opinion and judgment of all his fellow citizens. (Hear, hear.) Be it remarked that the hon. gentleman who made this motion has proposed it as a change by itself. My hon. friend the member for Montrose proposes it in connexion with some, other measure ; but, be that as it may, the hon. gentleman proposes that those who have a right to vote should exer cise that vote without any of his fellow citizens ktlONi'lleg how he votes. This is contrary to the principle which prevails with regard to all our other institutions, and the general principles of the Constitution. I have heard it said and have seen it written, that to say that any person should have the power of judging how a person who exer cised the trust might vote, was saying that that person was himself qualified to vote. (Hear.) I hold that that language has no force in it, because we might as well s a y that no one should criticise the conduct of a judge or the verdict of a jury, unless he was qualified to sit as that judge or give a verdict as a jury. (Hear.) We might as well say no one should criticise a work unless he was qualified to write it. It seems to me the people of this country, unless the suffrage is made to extend to every man, have a right of exercising their judgment on the mode in which the votes of individuals are given, and I hold that that superintendence and that exercise of public opinion is a most wholesome check upon voters. But I hold besides this, that the enactment of a secret mode of voting would, as my learned friend the Lord Advocate has justly argued, be hostile to the general spirit of liberty in this country. (Hear.) That spirit of liberty has grown in this country by the boldness and courage with which men have stood forward and were ready to suffer sacri fices in behalf of those opinions and that free Government which they wished to establish. (Hear.) From the day when Sir J. Eliot allowed himself to be imprisoned until death to the day when Sydney was willing to be con demned with unmoved pulse by the verdict of an adverse and packed jury—men were ready to make any sacrifice, and at any cost, to establish the principles of liberty. But if you depart from those principles—if you say men are to exercise secretly any of the public trusts of this community, and that they shall be saved harmless, what ever their motives may be, you do much to quench that spirit, and you produce an opposite spirit, that of skulking from the responsibility atttached to such a trust. (Hear.) I will not now go into arguments with regard to foreign countries, with one exception, to which the honourable member for Manchester has alluded, and it is worthy cer tainly of remark, because we have usually heard that the example of the United States of America no doubt a great and free country was one that ought to be held forth for our example and worthy of our imitation; but, if it should appear that some of the United States of America themselves have great doubts with respect to the value of secret voting, I think it is an argument for us to pause, at least, before we adopt a plan which they for a long while pursued, but upon which they do not seem to have decided as an advantageous plan. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman has, I believe, truly related, that in Massachu setts the ballot has for a long time been established, but the law establishing the ballot stated that the name of the voter was to be written on a paper, open and unfolded— (hear, hear)—there was no secrecy whatever about the vote—(hear, hear)—it was a mode of voting different from ours, but a mode of voting which did not imply secrecy, which did not practically carry secrecy with it ; and there fore in principle resembled our mode of voting, rather than the secret mode proposed by the hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear.) It is true that the party who had the majority stated that there were such abuses, such intimidations, that it was necessary to establish the secret ballot; a great party opposed that change, but it was carried. However, within a year after it was carried there was a majority of, I believe, 184 to 7 in favour of the repeal of the secret bal lot law. The hon. gentleman says there has since been a convention, and that the majority of that convention are in favour of secret ballot, and will make it part of the constitution. We do not know how that may be, but we know that after the secret ballot which the honourable gentleman proposes had been tried for a year in that noble and free State of Massachusetts it was abandoned by . a large majority, and that majority, t may say, con tained some of the most distinguished men, and was supported by the opinion of som e o f the most patriotic, most learned, and most eminent men in the State. (Hear, hear.) Then all I argue from this is not that the State of Massachusetts may not finally establish secret bal lot, but, at least, it is matter of contention among them ; and one party, at least, having this year a majority in the Legislature, refuses to carry on that secret ballot, and de cided that it should be repealed. We know, likewise, that, as my right hon. friend the Secretary at War has stated that the Government of New York has stated openly that bribery and corruption are making great ad vance in that State, and was an evil that required to be checked by a new law. Can any man any longer state that for bribery and intimidation they have a perfect and infal lible remedy when you have such accounts from the United States of America, where it was said to have been most successful ? Well, I say, not that America certainly will finally have recourse to open voting—although an old pa triot of America, John Randolph, said that secret voting, 'if it did not al a nation scoundrels was sure to make them so—(laughter). —for it may be that the United States of America may think it expedient to adopl, some course of secret ballot ; but what I believe is, that they will not persist in that law, but will prefer the open ballot. If that is the ease—if we, in fact, have no example, either in ancient or modern times, of this mode of secret voting be ing successful (the only example of its success being in the Republic of Voice, where it established despotiim), then I say, at least let us pause until we have some surer foun dation to rest a belief on that this secret voting is a suffi cient remedy fcr the evils complained of ; and let us keep that mode of voting which has been found consistent and compatible with all that is noble, with all that is manly, and with all that is free in our institutions. (Great cheer ing. Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the de bate. (Loud and general cries of "Oh !") Lord J. RUSSELL appealed to the noble lord not to persist in his notion for adjournment. Mr. W. WILLIAMS hoped the noble lord would per• sist in it. (oh, oh !) The question was of vast importance, and members representing large constituencies should have an opportunity of expressing their sentiments. (Oh, oh !) The house then divided. For the adjournment Against it Majority against the adjournment 264 The house again divided, on the motion that leave be given to bring in the bill, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 232 Majority against the motion 6O The motion was accordingly lost. AGLIONBY, at the request of Mr. Wilson, post poned for a fa-blight his motion for an address for certain returns relating to the appointments under the Commis. sioners of Woods and Forests. On the motion of Mr. BOWYER an address for further papers regarding the relations of foreign states with the Court of Rome was agreed to. STAMP DUTIES. AMENDED RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED BY MR. CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. STAMPS. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now payable upon or in respect of the several instruments, matters, and things hereinafter de. scribed, there shall be paid the several Stamp Duties here. inafter described (that is to say) : Upon every indenture, or other instrument or writing of apprenticeship or clerkship (ex cept articles of clerkship to attorneys and others, in order to admission in any court, or any office in any court) — Where no sum of money or value shall be paid, given, assigned, conveyed, or secured to or for the use or benefit of the master or mis tress, the duty of And upon or in respect of any assignment or transfer of any such indenture, instrument, or writing as aforesaid, where there shall be no sum of money or value moving to any new master or mistress, the duty of Upon articles of clerkship, or any contract whereby any person shall first become bound to serve as a clerk in order to his admission as an attorney or solicitor in any of her Majesty's Courts of Westminster, or in Ireland, or any other Court. of Record in England holding pleas where the debt or damage amounts to 40s. ; or in order to his admission as a proctor in the High Court of Admiralty in England, or the Court of Admiralty in Ireland, or in any of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons, or in Ireland, the duty of BO 0 0 Upon or in respect of any certificate to be taken out yearly by every person admitted as an attorney, solicitor, or proctor in any court of England or Ireland, or as a Writer to the Signet, or as a solicitor, agent, attorney, or procurator in any court in Scotland, and by every person admitted or enrolled as a notary public in England, Scot land, or Ireland— If he shall reside within the distance of ten miles from the General Post Office in the City of London, or within the City or Shire of Edinburgh, or in, the City of Dublin, or with in three miles thereof : If he shall have been admitted for the space of three years or up wards 9 0 0 Or if he shall not have been admitted so long 4 10 0 If he shall reside elsewhere, and if he shall have been admitted for the space of three years or upwards Or if he shall not have been admitted so long Upon or in respect of any certificate to be taken out yearly by any person being a member of one of the four inns of court in England, and by every person in Ireland who, in the character of conveyancer, special pleader, draftsman in equity, or otherwise, shall, for or in expectation of any fee, gain, or reward, draw or prepare any conveyance of, or deed or instru ment relating to, any estate or property, real or personal, or any other deed or contract what ever, or any pleadings or proceedings in any court of law or equity— If he shall reside within the distance of ten miles from the General Post-office in the city of London, or within the city or shire of Edinburgh, or in the city of Dublin, or within three miles thereof And if he shall reside elsewhere Upon any policy of assurance or insurance, or other instrument by whatever name the same shall be called, whereby any insurance shall, be made upon any life or lives, or upon any event or contingency relating to or depend ing upon any life or lives— Where the sum insured shall not exceed 50/ 0 0 And where the same shall exceed 501. and shall not exceed 5001., then for every 501. And for any fractional part of 501. over and above the first, or any multiple of 501., the further duty of 0 0 6 And where the same shall exceed 5001. and shall not exceed 10001., then for every 1001 0 1 0 And for every fractional part of 1001. over and above the first, or any multiple of 1001., the further duty of And where the same shall exceed 10001., then for every 1,0001., And for any fractional part of 1,0001., over and above the first, or any multiple of 1,000/., the further duty of Upon any receipt or discharge given for or upon the payment of money amounting to 21. or upwards For or in respect of any advertisement con tained in or published with any gazette or other newspaper, or any other periodical paper, or in or with any pamphlet or literary work 0 0 £0 2 0 2 90 6 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 0 1 DURHAM ELECTION. Mr. BENTINCK moved that the following members should compose the select committee on the Durham elec tion petitions:—Mr.Bentinck, Mr. Biddulph, Mr. Fellowes, Mr. R. Fhillimore, and Mr. I. Butt. Mr. HUTT objected to the proposed committee, and moved, as an amendment, that the general committee of elections should nominate five members to serve, instead of those proposed by the hon. member. After a short conversation, Mr. BENTINCK said that he would not press his motion. The motion was then negatived without a division, and the amendment was agreed to. Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to ex tend the remedies for the compensation of malicious in juries to property in Ireland; and also a bill to amend the acts regulating the salaries of resident magistrates in Ireland. THE CONVICTED PRISONERS' REMOVAL AND CONFINEMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The order of the day for the house resolving itself into a committee on the soap duties having been read, An Hon. MEMBER moved that the house be counted. The house was accordingly counted, and there being but 22 members present, it stood adjourned, at half-past two o'clock, until twelve o'clock this day. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JIINB 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been firm to-day. The following are the transactions :—Caledonian, 34g ; Eastern Counties, 131-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 78i ; London and North Western, 1151; Midland, 72i ; South Eeastern and Dover, 21g ; York and North Mid land, 30i. MANCHESTER, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of business done to-day, and the tendency of prices was upward, though only slightly so. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There were few commissions re ceived from a distance to-day, and consequently few trans actions, and no material alterations in quotations. Lon don and North-Western Eighths done at 6s. 3d. premium. BRISTOL, JUNE 14. The market was firmer. Bristol and Exeters were done at 101 2 ; Great Westerns, 89i ; York and North Mid lands, 61k. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a considerable increase, and the vessels, with one exception, have been of the larger class. They have comprised four to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 2,676 tonnage ; five to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,626 tonnage; two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,252 tonnage ; two to Hobart-Town, with an aggregate burden of 704 tonnage ; and one to Portland Bay, of 851 tons. Their total capacity consequently was 8,109 tons. The ship ments of manufactures and ordinary descriptions of mer chandise have been large, and the rates of freight con tinue to exhibit a tendency to decline. The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for a vessel to carry emigrants to Melbourne and to Victoria. She is to be ready for passengers on the Bth of August. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY AND INVENTION FOR GRINDING WHEAT.—We observe by the journals that Westrup's conical mills are exciting great attention. A. working model was before the Institute of Civil Engineers last week ; another is in the Dublin Exhibition ; a third was in the Great Exhibition, and gained the prize. Mills are already erected in London, France, Austria, Bel gium, and Mexico. The mills in London are working night and day, grinding three times the quantity of the ordinary mills, and yet unable to supply a tithe of the demand. The eminent Dr. Thomson, F.R.S.E., has certified from analysis that the flour made from the conical mills contains one-fourth more of nutritious matter—we presume gluten—than that produced by the common process. We observed one of the patentees (Mr. Northouse) on the Bench yesterday at the Town hall, and infer from thence that as our town mills were intended for the common good, that a system which makes more and better bread will be adopted at Cam bridge. It is stated that the saving in quantity annually from the wheat now consumed in this country would be (in the event of the adoption of the conical principle) not less than eighty-one million quartern loaves, which, at 6d. each, makes the prodigious money saving of up wards of two millions sterling.—Canibriclge Independent. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Summer dresses.—Bankruptcy of Mr. E. Bla.keley, Silk Mercer and Shawl Manufacturer to her Majesty.—ln addition to the rich silks and shawls in Mr. Blakeley's stock, recently purchased and now selling off by Messrs. Atkinson and Co., of 69 to 75, Westminster-bridge-road, there are about 2,000 pieces of beautiful French Muslins, Bareges. and Norwich Lus tres, all quite new, first-class goods, worth from 21d. to 4s. per yard. These are now being sold by Messrs. At kinson and Co. at less than a quarter of their value ; that is, from 6id. to ls. td. Ladies are respectfully invited to inspect these goods, when they will in a moment per ceive that this is no vain puff, but an honest statement of facts. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills, have effectually Cured an awful Bad Leg of a person 75 years old.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Illsop, druggist, Lincoln, dated April 4, 1853 :—To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir,—Among the numerous cures effected by your valuable medicines, permit me to inform you of the fol lowing : Mrs. Mary Jackson, residing in this town, 75 years of age, had a dreadful bad leg for upwards of five months; there were three sores on it, and it was swollen to an immense size. Every person that saw it thought that she would not recover : however your ointment and pills alone have perfectly cured it.—Sold by all Drug ssts, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, trand, London. No. 2. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now payable on drafts or orders of the following description, for the payment of money, there shall be payable the following Stamp Duty (that is to say) : For and upon every draft or order for the pay ment of any sum of money to the bearer, or to order on demand . £0 0 1 And the following instruments shall be deemed and taken to be drafts or orders for the payment of money within the intent and meaning of any acts or acts relating to the stamp duties on bills of exchange, drafts, or orders, and shall be chargeable accordingly with the stamp duties imposed by such act or acts— All documents or writings usually termed letters of credit, or whereby any person to whom any such document or writing is or is in tended to be delivered or sent, shall be entitled or be intendad.to be entitled to have credit with, or in account with, or to draw upon any other person for or to receive from such other person any sum of money therein mentioned, EXEMPTION. All drafts or orders for the payment of money to the bearer on demand drawn upon any banker or bankers now by law exempt from Stamp Duty. No. 3. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the stamp duties now payable on newspapers, the fol lowing stamp duties shall be payable thereon (that is to say) : From every. sheet or piece of paper whereon any newspaper shall be printed, containing on one side thereof a superficies not exceeding 1,530 inches, a duty of £0 0 1 For one supplement to such newspaper, and printed as such, containing on one side a su perficies not exceeding 765 inches Provided always, that it shall be lawful to print any such newspaper and supplement in sizes different from those hereinbefore apportioned or in a single sheet, provided that such two sheets or such single sheet shall not contain in the aggregate a greater superficies than. 2295 inches. For any further additional supplement, and printed as such, containing a - s - uperficies not exceeding 1,148 inches, a duty of 0 0 01 Provided also, that any two such additional supplements, which shall contain in the ag gregate a superficies not exceeding 2,295 inches, shall, notwithstanding that one of them may exceed a superficies of 1,148 inches, be chargeable each with a duty of 0 0 Oi And for any other sheet or piece of paper on which any newspaper or supplement shall be printed other than in manner aforesaid, a duty of 0 0 1 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 13. This day had audience of her Majesty—Shaffee Khan, to deliver his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Shah of Persia ; and the Count de Vitzthum, to deliver his credentials as Minister Resident from the King of Saxony ; to which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by M a j or - General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUNE 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Archdeacon Hare, the Venerable Archdeacon Tattam, and the Rev. Henry Melvill , 8.D., to be Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Lushing ton Wildman, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the island of Trinidad. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert Graham, Esq., to be Civil Commissioner and resident Ma gistrate of, the division and district of Albany, Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint J. G. Borcherds, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Worcester, and J. A. Munnik, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Clan william, Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Wm. M. Collins, Esq., to be Postmaster for the district of Natal, in South Africa. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 14. 31st Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir Alexande-: Leith, K.C.8., from the 90th Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Henry Otway, Lord Dacre, C. 8., deceased, June 14. 90th Foot—Major-General Felix Calvert, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Leith, K.C.8., removed to the 31st Foot, June 14. BREVET.—To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army— Brevet-Major Edward Alati Holdich, of the 80th Foot ; Major George Jackson Carey, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, May 28. To be Majors in the Army—Captain Edward W. C. Wright, of the 91st Foot, Feb. 26 ; Captain Robert Bruce, of the 74th Highlanders, May 28. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. -------- Esq -- County of Westmoreland—Edward Tatham, ~ to be Deputy Lieutenant. Silas George Saul, G e nt., t o b e E ns i gn . Militia—Adju-' Royal Westmoreland Light Infantry Corps of Militia— Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex taut Henry Thomas Settle to serve with the rank of Cer tain, April 13. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—To be Lieu tenant—Robert Barclay, Gent., June 2. Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Captain Stuart to be Major, vice Sir T. G. Skipwith, promoted to Lieu -1 tenant-Coloneloy of 2d Regiment ; Lieutenant Baxter to be Captain, vice Hooper, resigned ; Ensign Ashwell to be Lieutenant, vice Baxter, promoted, June 3. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—William Richard Freer, Esq., to be Captain ; Ensign Leake, to be Lieute nant ; Ensign Pay to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Beaumont to be Lieutenant, June 3. Hertfordshire Militia—Lieutenant Adolphus Meetkerke to be Captain ; Ensign James John Gape to be Lieu tenanthssa3:rfdilyiLteiaoa_nme:Biryeauytaucli William Gerard Lysloy, Esq., to be Ensign, June 8. • m r E n art w ns a i in l gn l R C R i o fl i rp e e Trick to be Captain, June 9. c 1 satsCl e ; o William Hustler to be Cornet, June 9. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanly Cavalry—The Hon. David Stuart Erskine, commonly ca ll e d Lord Cardross, to be Cornet, vice Mowbray, prom o t e d , June 1, BANKRUPTS. Henry Ashdown, wheelwright, Welling, Kent, to sur render, June 23, at eleven, and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official aakignee, Abchurch lane ; Stedman and Place, Guild hall-chambers. John Strutt, publisher, Ca the rine-street, Strand, June 28, at half-past one, and July 2( ;, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official:. assignee, Abchurch-lane ; A'Beckett and Sympson, Gol. le n-square ; Linklater, Sise lane. Edward Brock, tailor, Sack ville-street, Piccadilly, June 23, at two, and July 28, at tw el ye, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee„ Coleman-street-buildings ; Sherwood, Walbrook. Edward Green, tailor, Cork -I street, Westminster, June 25, at eleven, and July 29, at: twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, .Aldermanbury ; C. and J. Allen, Carlisle-street Soho. John Crow Twyman, uphol s terer, Ramsgate, June 25, and July 29, at one, at the Co urt of Bankruptcy. Whit - more, official assignee, Basing ;h all-street ; Pain, Gresham street. William Carter, tailor, Mal m sbury, Wiltshire, June 28, and July 26, at eleven, at tl le Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. William Marshall, banker, South Shields, June 20 at twelve, and July 27 at one, at the District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-up on-Tyne ; Murray, London street, Fenchurch-street ; The and William Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Elgood, hosier, Leicester, June 24 and July 22, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingnam ; Gregory, Leicester; Hodg son, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. W. Hutchinson, Sutton-u pon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, seed crusher and victualler, July 8, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—R. James, Lent on, Nottinghamshire, lace maker, July 8, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—S. Dudgeon, Litchurch, Derbyshi re, builder, July 8, at ten, at the Court, Nottinghain—J. Hawarden, R. Myerscough, and J. Jackson, Little Bolton, :ancashire, and Manchester, manufacturers of cotton cloth, July 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Smith., Manchester, hatter, July 7, at twelve, at the Court, .Manchester—R. Battersby, Liverpool, iron founder, July 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Tucker, jun., Kingston-upon-Hull, coal merchant, July 6, at twelve, at, the Town Hall, Kingston upon-Hull—W. Farrow, Kingston-upon-Hull, coal mer chant, July 6, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Kingston upon-Hull. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Besinghall-street. G. Barber, Bishopsgate-streot Without, City, grocer, July 6, at half-past twelve —J. Boys, Peckham, Surrey, linen draper, July 6, at twelve. In the Country. • J. Broome, Birmingham, licensed victualler, July 5, al the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Price, Bucklersbury, Cheapside, City, eating house keeper, June 10, certificate of the second class—J. Dun thorn, Broadwall, Christchurch, Blackfriars-road, corn dealer, May 26, certificate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Jamieson and H. Taylor, Liverpool, ship-store-dealers —William Turton, William C. Norton, and M. Turton, Lincoln, merchants (so far as regards W. Norton) J. Hurst and G. W. Reynolds, Birmingham, stay-manufacturers— W. White, J. Parlby, and M. Whitelaw, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, and Shepherd-street, Oxford-street —G. Bowes, F. H. Bowes, and G. Bowes, jun., oil and Russian brokers—G. Ballard and C. S m ith, A ux yes and Jacmel, Hayti, and London, merchants —J.Mills and J.Coates, Roch dale, Lancashire, cattle-dealers—W. E. Terrill, S. Ferguson, N. Martindale ; Mary Martindale, and J. Firth, executor and executrix of H. Martindale, Liverpool, soda-water manu facturers—W. Grant and W. Pearson, Bacup, Lancashire, photographic artists—A. T. Martin and W. Price, Bir mingham, artists—J. Kellock and D. Wilson, Birkenhead and Rock Ferry, seedsmen—H. Ashford and A. Ashford, Rayleigh, Essex, bakers and corn dealers— J. Beckett and T. Beckett, Chester, mercers—J. Shaw and J. Atkinson, Leeds and Birmingham, bath proprietors—T. Pearse and C. B. Paris, Liverpool, commission merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Corbett, Bilston, Staffordshire. Henry Radnall, Bilston, Staffordshire, provision dealers' assistant. George Stanney, Brinnington, Cheshire, shopkeeper. Robert Huggins, Palgrave Sufolk, blacksmith. Henry Pratt, Cambridge. Thomas Henry Case, Cambridge, carpenter and joiner. John Shareman, Cambridge, publican. Mary Boam, Liverpool, boarding-house-keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Margaret and Elizabeth Davidson, Edinburgh, lodging house-keepers, to meet June 20 and June 11, at two, with in Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. J. Adair, toll contractor and spirit merchant, Glasgow, to meet June 18 and July 9, at twelve, within Forrester's Commercial Hotel, Glasgow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, TUNE 14. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Familien, from Dram ; Drie Brodre, Worcum ; Werdina, Dendermonde ; Lammechina Margonda, Gothenburg ; Gustav von Hagenow, Swine munde ' • Vrouw Grietze, Groningen ; Eendracht, Emden ; Harriet and Jane, Hamburg ; Ocean, Dantzic ; Adelaide, Adelaide and Mauritius ; Palchum, Konigsberg • Claudea and Clio, Barbadoes ; Lady M`Donald, Ma dr as; Vw. Diewke, iVorcum ; Argo, Dantzic ; Kingston and Pilot, Memel ; Thea, Gravelines ; Earl Balcarras, Bombay and Kurrachee ; L. N. Hoedt, Horsens ; Lychanee, Struer ; Bien, Karrebeckminde ; Jacob Barth Josephine, Calmar ; Marie Louise, Konigsberg ; Margaretha, Leer; James and Emma, Antwerp ; Comet, Madeira ; John and Ottherine, Hamburg ; Trafalgar, Madras ; Amanda, Stettin ; Min den, Calingapatam ; Granville, Calcutta ; May Queen, Dantzic. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, June 14.—The Blonde, for Cape Coast Castle ; Penelope, Schien and Pore. ground Padang, Port Philip; Recinna, Dantzic ; Franziska, Bremen ; Two Brodre, Stockholm ; Emanuel, and Wick, Konigsberg ; Earl Bal ca rr as , Bombay ; Comet, Madeira ; Claudia, Demerara ; Adelaide, Melbourne ; Panope, San Francisco ; Nicolan, Hamburg ; Kangaroo, Port Philip. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, June 14.—The Prins Oscar, Stockholm; Clifton, Calcutta; Pierre Tastor, Rouen; James, Antigua. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14. The Cambalu, Liverpool to Shanghai, 38 days out, was spoken lat. 21 S., long. 33 W. The Princeton, Liverpool to New York, was spoken June 10, off Bardsey. The Pudsey Dawson, Liverpool to Bombay, was spoken May 4, on the Equator. The Gwalior, Loudon to Calcutta, was spoken May 6, lat. 4N., long. 30 W. The Saxon was spoken May 18, lat. 22 N., long. 36 W. The Lord Dalhousie was spoken June 1, lat. 42 N. long. 36 W. The Rosamond was spoken June 9, lat. 50 N. long. 10 W. The Seawitch was spoken May 4, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Mary Mackie, Baltimore to Rio Janeiro, was spoken May 25, lat. 35 N. long. 39 W. The Leander, China to Liverpool, was spoken June 5, lat. 44 N., long. 28 W. _ _ The Sydney, Colombo to London, was spoken March 16, lat. 9 S., long. 84 E. The Louisiana, Canton to New York, was spoken March 26 lat. 23 S., long. 62 E. The Jane Pratt, Calcutta to Liverpool, was spoken April 2, lat. 30 S., long. 44 E. The Beatrix, Batavia to Amsterdam, was spoken April 6, lat. 31 S., long. 38 E. The Malabar, London to Table Bay, was spoken April 14, lat. 34 S., long. 17 E. The Gen. Churruca, Manilla to Cadiz, was spoken April 14, lat. 34 S., long. 17 E. The Whampoa, Shanghai to Cowes, was spoken April 20, lat. 12 S., long. 10 W. The Copia, bound west was spoken June 1, lat. 42 N., long. 27 W. The Lord G. Bentinck, Demerara to London, was spoken June 2, lat. ell N., long. 28 W. The Gidron, St. Lucia to London, was spoken June 3, lat. 46 N., long. 29 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Jane Purvis, bound to England, June 12. The Herald, of Plymouth, steering E., May 18, lat. 44, long. 58. _ _ The Samuel Lawrance, New Orleans to Liverpool, May 18, lat. 24 N., long. 80 W. The Patrick, British brig, for Quebec, April 3, lat. 51 N., long 31 W. The Sophia, brig, steering N. by E., May 3, lat. 20 S., long. 31. The Bolivia, Rio Janeiro to Liverpool, June 10, lat 6 S., long. 34 W. The Catherina brig, steering N. by E., May 4, lat. 3 S., long. 35 W. The Benjamin Adams, and Elizabeth, both Li verpoo l to New York, May 19, lat. 43, long. 54 W. The Spartan (British ship), bound westward, May 24, lat. 45 N., long. W. The Co;mo, - Bristol to New York, May 24, lat. 40 N., long. 73 W. The Leonard Dobbin, London to Quebec, May 9, lat. 46 N., long. 46 W. The George, of Hartlepool, for Montreal, May 11, long. 50 W. The Daunted, of Aberdeen, with emigrants for Aus tralia, May 4, lat. 5 N., long. 26 W. The Justitian, Moulmein to Falmouth, April 6, lat. 34 S., long. 28 E. The Chapman (barque), of London, for the westward, April 9, lat. 35 S., long. 18 E. _ . The Ladia (brig), of Jersey, for Australia, May 2, lat. 4 N., long. 22 W. The Louisa, Guein , ey to Adelaide, South Australia, May 4, lat. 5 N., long. 23 W. The Walden (brig), from Rio Grand; May 21, lat. :'9 N., long. 35 W. The Leonida, Whampoa to Liverpool, April 6, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Bangalore, Ceylon to London, April 15, lat. 26 S., long. 7 E. The Herbin, of Loudon, with emigrants, steering S.W , June 2, lat. 46 N., long. 10 W. The Inca, Liverpool to Panama, June 3, lat. 47 N., long. 11 W. The Menam (barque) of Greenock, Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales, May 2, lat. 30 N., long. 21 W. The Carabalu, Liverpool to Shanghai, lat. 21 S., long. 33 W. Th e Sunderland to Quebe c , l a t. 45 N., l ong. 35 W. The Canton, New York to Australia, April 5, lat. 6, long. 22 W. Natal , London to Geelong, May 4, l a t. 3, l ong . 21. The Coromandel, Southampton to Hobart Town, May 5, lat. 4, long. 21. The Superb, with emigrants, May 6, lat. 4, long. 22. The Redeliffe, Shields to Mo n t rea l, M a y 17, l a t. 46 N ., ong. 47 W., by the Statesman, Corning, arrived at New York. The Aitta de Mians, Newcastle to Lisbon, Juno 6, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W., by the Louisa, Gourbant, arrived at Morlaix. The Samuel (barque), from Colombo, March 30, lat. 29 S. long. 43 E. The Jeuno Aigle (French barque), from Ardian, April2o, lat. 34 S., long. 14 E. The Berhampore (ship), from Bombay, April 21, lat. 20 S., long. 1 W. The Tippoo Saib, from Calcutta, June 1, lat. 40 N., long. 26 W. The Simony (Danish ship), Juno 5, lat. 45 N., long. 22 W. The Ringdove (schooner), from Cadiz, June 9, lat. 49 N. , long. 9 W. The Von Daniel (Dutch barque), Eclipse (barque), and General Sir William Nott, all on the same day, by the Lord Dalhousie, arrived in the Downs. The Franklin, New York to Liverpool, May 8, lat. 45 N., long. 22 W., by the Mercury. COUNT.kY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--Juin 14. t this There was less of tone in the trade at our make —. mornin than on Friday, yet we bad a fair business t° et. nn I SU e ar a I na l id ' : eygd.millerstheEgyptf ui i and paril dealers, and both wheat and flour col' a l t s er p e e d r i4nBOl va l u e . bs. rasn , , _,,d o r cts ea o n f s la . st Tueedsdayl.B pleirolqdre.rsefrjesi corn was in slow de ai "" No change in other grain. IPSWICH—JUN 14. bleb tact The market was fairly supplied with wheat, tc r (fr. a ready sale and prices were fully maintained At 41 ,,rign, above last market day. We have not at present at e it. and spring corn is suffering Os * S PER QUARTER. no , t o 003 Wheat, red (old) 43s to 475 ,grinding ••• " 4 375 . 345 .0 Ditto (new) 00s to 00s Beans ..............• . 40 to 36s Ditto, white (new) 48 s t o 56s Peas ................ '''' 00 5 Ditto (old) a ln s t t 00. Barley, malting ; ‘ 1 AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUN E 11, 185 3. Wheat Barley Oats 1137 quar t e rs, at 43s 7d 30 ~ Od Beans Peas - " 0 0 s Od. fl HULL—Jura 14. mar ket, We had a good attendance of farmers at to - ' 33 5. ' and a fair show of fresh wheat, which meta brlSl`tS3,l:tsetg ld, '' n .- 2s to 3s advance, 52s to 54s per qr. being the curre A to the grower. Not much fresh foreign left uns° res at . the advance quoted below is well supported, an d n 3 l' s I Barley .e tention is directed to chambered parce s. . on sal • the advance noted last week, a d very little is ~g f e Oats are 6d dearer. Beans continue scarce. . f P v e g , and t a h re e wholly without fi s r tock. Not much linseed e l i d eri ca lces , O i d . as very m, as are also cakes; in again 2s 6d per ton dearer. Very little business ' ro , in rapeseed and cakes. The arrival of bon es g A i ' l jolter : what demand can take off, and the market is 2 0 u- tion of owing to the long-continued drought the consiloP bones is less than usual this year. s. s • [Pe a s, gray and black to t s i s Linseed, Black Sea... 4 4n to 45 Ditto Petersburgh Ditto Rip and Arch n angel ... ......... Ditto Konigsberg and . 8 to if Memel .............. per 01 Lins. c., Hu llB / ssOdt2 0 Cl O. Ditto fine for. 7117 e 6d 01 0, Ditto inf. for. 6112 s 6d W n,Oi Rapeseed ...... 261 10s totoloi Rape cakes ... 97 s 6d to 401 Tares, English .....• 368 35e Ditto foreign .. . 2 1t, 0/0 Guano ..........97e 9 0 0 Oa Bones ...... V7O du 1 " 00 Rye Meal ................ s s Wheat, English, red 52 to 54 Ditto white 54 to 56 Dantzic and Konigs berg 52 to 55 Pomeranian and Ham- burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland - 46 to 48 Russian and Odessa 42 to 45 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Frieslrnd Ditto Russian lB to 19 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 3B to 40 CORE-JuNB 13. Curre Brls. . 0d...-20 44 White wheat 00s Od to Oos Od vo Ditto Redwheat 00s Od to 00s Od .001 od 00s Od to 00s 01 ......20 4° ' } Ditto OOs Od to 00s (Jd Baney oos Od to 00s Od 0d _ 1 6 do. — Ditto 06s Od to Oos Od }OOl Ditto 00s Od to 008 Od Bero 00s Od to 00 s Od Os 01 40 Oats los 4d to lls 811 ..40. Ditto 005 Od to OOs Od 00s Od Ditto 00s Od to 00s 01 oft" Pigs .. .00s Od to 00s Od 005 Od POr Quantity sold at the highest prices :--- 000 4; 00 barrels white wheat ; 38 red ; 00 barley; 13 oats ; 0 pigs. ..... , Quantity of grain and numbe r o f pigs sold last vie A Wheat, 16. Barley, 185. Bert:), 00. .O s "' . Pigs, 00. Return of tattle sold for week ending June 11 :.--. Pigs, 248. Sheep, 294. Cows, 59 ' PRICES OF BUTTER:" CART. ensaaldr• f 3l ' ell First quality Second quality .. ..•••"'. ... , Third quality 74s Third quality .............. uip Fourth quality Fifth quality 6Bs Fifth quality ............. . d o Sixth quality sBs Sixth quality ............ .., oi; Coss.—Flour—First, 13s 6d to 14s Od; extr a !, !t 6 bi l 2' seconds, 12s Od to 13s 6d ; households, lOs to 115,0",„' 7 0 9 , “ 7s to 9s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7 5 64 ,' r ec t d ' oatmeal, 101 6d to 11s ; wheatmeal, 9s 6d to lOs 6°15 6 IP ' Indian corn, 71 Os Od to 71 7s 6d per ton. Bran' 4w verg e ' to 51 Os Od pertou. Hay—Farmers, 43s Od to 46s Od; t trx i 1 • 40s; dealers, OOs Od to 00s Od ; average , Os per ton. ' o,ll° 00s 0 Farmers, 25s Od to 33s Od ; average, 28s ; dealers, ~ 60; OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Brea—Wheaten 10 , a; yt! Od; household ditto, 56d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter;,,,bee4 lid per lb. Eggs, 4s 7d to 4s 91 per hundred. M e '' 5L1;; ) 4d to 8d ; mutton, 6d to 6d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; Pn..,. r t;fourP . 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fisb , Die 000; land, 001. Os to 001 Os per on ; Scotch herring, 8°, 6 , rial' 6 ' Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 10d to 1 2 "„. 1 ,,, , 1 5 ' 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 19s ; Lydney, 195; l ' l 'Yo.". Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per illiPer ial t a b-o' , ' / 4 Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 3E.5 Pe ro.. , ioe',, 1, skins, 3d per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31 • rigi, r Fleece wool, 00s to Oos per stone.—Hemp, 381 - 7 110 4 P i ' r ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 3/. 15 5 ; 7 .„,,,`",.),1 0 " 1 31. ss. per on; ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred. --R "' fle Si. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 49s 6d to 50s per cvit; G r it i to 71. 10s 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl./ Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. , COURSE OF EXCB Amsterdam .......• .... 11 17% Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Rotterdam •• 11 19 1 4 Antwerp .. ........ 25 39% Brussels .......• • • • • .. 25 32% Hambargh 13 8% ANGE—YEBTEBT OS. Gibraltar ......•• •• •• 29 'Genoa „ „ ..... ••• 40 Genoa .. •• •••••• „ „ „ ....•• ".. ' Venice ...........• •• •" 4 1, • Naples ..... ..• " Palermo • •• •• "•••• dessitia .......•••••" bS Lisbon ...... ••• Oporto „ ...... ..... Rio Janeiro ..... • Buenos Ayres •• •• •• j;ft " t New York, 60 dare Philadelphia ..... • •: 0 PRICES or istra loo, Foreign Gold , n Bs- rs - 0 0 a Portugal Gold Coin " o 4 ' 1 : 1 Mexican Dollars •• •• u 0 , New Dollars .. .• 0 6 ' Sliver in bars .•" Paris.• .. .• •• •• •• •• •• .. 25 7% Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Mar5ei11e5..•...••....,, 25 32% Bourdeaux ............ Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 U Berlin . ......... . Vienna ..•• ............ 11 4 Trieste .• •• •• •• •• •• .. 11 5 Peitersburgh •• • • 37% Madrid ................ 50 Cadiz........... . 50 %1 Bareelona•• •• •••••• •• •• Seville SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from tho Gene ral by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] _---- - _,,,, a Day when made up From wha t ,I " aeL ill COUNTRIES. in General P os t- Port , zglv" - .. Office, London.. Dispatche d. - ----- a ; l America(byßrit.pack)N Every F r id a y .. .. Livetpo ol ''' g America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N,June 14 ........ Liverpool ''' julte : America (by U. States' ~, JOO packet) .. .. .... .. N;June 22 .......... SouthafhP• --- Australia (via South-1 ampton) ..........M 'July 4 .......... soathanlPO n Ditto (via Marseilles) N,July 8 .. Dover .• .• •• Ditto (via Cape of wood Hope) • • • • • L o ndon .. ••• July • ......N 6 • • • • • .. Africa (West Coast)..N23rd of the • month. Plymout h ~ Jade 16 to Alexandria.......... N,3, 9, 24, & 30 o f m. Dover .• •• ' i jave,6 Alexandria ..........31;4th & 20th o f m on. Sotathamptot Ju ne Bahamas ........... 3H2nd .of the month SoutnaMPW a . p a llY lo Belgium .. .. ...... ..N iI ) ally .. .. .... .... Dover .• •;,;,, luxe 1 6 13razil ... .. .. ‘l,9th of th e month.. iouthafflPiv o Joe a Buenos Ayres .. ...... M '9th of th e mon th.. Southamp ton Joe '- Cape of Good Hope ..N l l4th of the month Plymo uth • Cape of Good Hope .. N F i rm:ail .• Jungf6 Cape de Verde ......Nll4th of the month. Plymou th • 2 6 Ceylon (see India) I , Jfifi e ,0 0 Ceylon ..............N'l4th of th e m onth Plymout h • 1 ,,,.1 h;,., Channel 151e5........N Mon ~Wed ,StFrid. CouthstroP l°° J oe l y Chili M ,d & 17th of month SeuthamPl°ll 0 China (see India) 10 1 , 11 ,;0 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 of m Dover .• •;'. HO 1,01/ Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon SouthainPlo o fice' tont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover .... • • Gibraltar s , i Egypt (see India) DWi c l "6 France .... . . .... .3 . 1 N Twice 17, d 2O , ail...—. Dover .• •• migo!' lone ......&. 31 4 , 7, y 27 of in. 6 010-- - lane 1 t• reece (see India) •',tot Tees • 1 Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. 4 outhamr . Ter."l Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London • ••••.,, JO D a. Havannah .......... Al 2nd of the month ,outhamlPel.'. dop. , : d Holland ............ 51 Wednesday & Sat. London • • •.:.. Joe !" Honduras .......... hi 17th of the month. ,outhamP,t'l '_' j os ;.. India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. 4outhAITIP": J oe a India (via Marseilles) 3t Bth&24th of month a Do ca N y , e h r e . a ...; o : l; runeool6o 4 lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........M& N Twice daily ...... ~ OW 6 Lisbon..., ..., ...„ _3l 7,9, 17, & 28 of 171. 3011thatnP) _ Jun 0 Madeira .. .. .. .. .. .. 3: 9th of the month 40tIthaoll w . .. J oy Madeira ............ N '23rd of the month Hy/flout. 10 Malta (see India) , fUn e , . • Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of M. Dover .. •• ~ , Itta a '' :Mauritius (see India) mouth • A y 1 Mauritius :..........N 14th of the month PIY .. ..,„ t o 1 i g ~Mexico •••••• • • • • ..)11 ind of the month. Southw'''' ~ istlle ,6 -, aPles..... .... .. .. N sthlsth2sthof mon. M u y th r alo .. . i c ' tl rigi C e e; # New Granada .. .. „SI 2d & 17th of month So ,„, r t. On 0 New Zealand.... .. By private ship • • Various p o rt Ju ne . d Papal States ........N ,thlbth2lthofmon. DO u ir . er • • poi , J o n e " 6 Peninsula .......... M thl7th2Bthotmon 1* Port Peru N . a . tal .• ................ M N ' l4 d t & h (t2f7ththeetm.monetlui I ? ?3 .l, l l , l 2 2thamut . hP :, n , I f i d r o nna : 1139 I 1 3 9 Sicily ..............N sthl ,th2sthotmon, Dove! .• . . Pow 0 Tuscany ..... . N ith 15t1125thofmor. Doovll-an;pi„; June Venezuela 3l 2d & 17th of month i ow Van Diemen's Land (see ' r oe 16 Australia) West Indi es • • • • .. —3l 2d & 17th of month iodtha____.......... )_.,,, to I J . " Ai IOao: U b. n day, then -- „. ‘ aception of the 'Pto lepatche. * When any of these dispatched on the followi Southampton), and the 1 day preceding. date 9 fall on A Sul lug diy, w ith the es Malta, both of vrhicl BIRTH& OF A SON'. On the 11th inst., in Dublin, the lady of Sir jani e of ee ll " stv rence Cotter, Bart., J.P. • „Af e r On the 11th inst., at 15, Montagu-01"r ° ' th Robert Gerard, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 10th inst., the wife of Allred Colliors 9" surgeon, 4, Westbourne-terrace North, IfYd:"llt r ir. W. I f ' 0n the 11th inst., at Enfield, the wife L • Challis. MARRIED. Chelsea, Fr°' On the Bth inst.Lnke's Church, . Glo goir , fosaor Lesingham, of the Andersonian University,.ck Fitch, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Frederi Esq., ALD.,'lledinghain, Esex. DIED. a t of Se On the 11th inst., at Pinner, Middlesex, "Itt.uilii. the late George West, A.M., rec t o r of tike. 11.— ~, ford, aged 86. r . a c p !W ier " On the Bth inst., in Ely-place, Dublin, w a '" 1 .i , Waddy, Esq., aged 35. 11 V Webb, j'''.* On the 2d inst. at Madeira, George -.-' 3 i A T for many years resident in that island, ege" `____ II 01111 OOP ° LONDON : Printed and Published bY office, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The ow% die cc ,s9 " Strand, in the Precinct of the Saryl, ItUddlesex, Wednesday, Jung O a ON' ..," 3