The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

Wtition+ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, APRIL I.—The American advices of the 15th ult., reported advancing cotton markets in the south, pretty nearly counterbalanced, however, by de clining freights. On Wednesday, the Pacific arrived with letters to the 18th and 19th, apprising us of a fur ther rise, in consequence, it was alleged, of the week's receipts exhibiting a decrease of 57,000 bales, which some said would not be less than 100,000 in the following week. These advices have given an impulse to the Liverpool market, where the sales on Wednesday were 15,000 bales (one half on speculation and for shipment), and yesterday 22,000 bales (14,000 for exportation and to speculators), while to-day, they have fallen to 8,000. The sales of the week are 82,626 bales-28,560 on specu lation, and 14,710 for exportation. Here, there is a similar movement (though not equal in degree), pro duced by mere sympathy, and in defiance of all reasoning from the best authenticated facts bearing upon cotton. It does indeed strike some, that the reported falling off in the receipts is so very great as to raise a suspicion as to its correctness ; it has, however, a present effect among the mass. Spinners have raised their quotations id. per lb.; and manufacturers are endeavouring to fol low in the same course, though with shorter and more hesitating steps. As to the buyers, they are so far influenced that they would evidently operate exten sively at the full rates of last week ; but they are not inclined to accede to the extreme requirements of this week. By a compromise on each side, some business was effected yesterday. To day, however, the excitement has become rather less lively, and suspicion somewhat more so, occasioning of course a diminished disposition for business on the part of buyers. Among those who are least apt to yield to monetary impulses, the prevail. ing opinion is, that we may look for a good trade at prices somewhere about the present range. They do not expect lower prices ; and, in their judgment, any attempts at much advance must, after mischievously disturbing the market, prove abortive. It is satisfactory to see that the trade have not run down to Liverpool gratuitously to raise prices against themselves. There is very good reason for the exercise of caution, as some of the most trustworthy communications from the States abundantly prove. Private letters, which, from week to week, we have seen, show the dangerous extent to which speculation has penetrated into the quietest parts of the interior ; and the money market has lat terly been subjected to a pressure which ought to exert a cautionary influence on this side the Atlantic, espe cially in regard to American produce. STATE CF CALIFORNIA. The following is from a correspondent of the Times, dated SAN FRANCISCO, FEB. 15. In no country is the weather watched with more anxiety than in California ; and while one class of miners, whose hopes are concentrated on the "dry dig gigs," are devoutly wishing for rain, in order to be able to wash the earth which they have been accumulating during the summer season, another class, whose labonrs are confined to the banks of the river, view with very different feelings the fall of the barometer. The merchants who confide their goods to the traders for sale in the interior are likewise equally interested in the state of the weather, and all parties eagerly consult the " old inhabitants," who have perhaps been residing three or four years in the country —whether the symptoms are indicative of a wet or dry season. I have now resided upwards of three years in this country, and judging from my own experience dur ing that period, I can put but little faith in precedents, for there has been no resemblance whatever in the sea sons. During the winter of 1849, it rained incessantly, the next year the communication with the mines was scarcely interrupted at all, and this year we had inces sant heavy rains until the 15th of January, since which time we have had continued sunshine. In consequence of the severity of the early part of this season, the principal inland towns were inundated, all the roads became impassable, and the only communica tion that could be kept up between certain places was by means of small steamers over plains which, in ordi nary times, were perfectly dry, but which had become like one vast lake. The waters have subsided so rapidly, that some of these steamers have grounded ; and a few days ago I heard the owner of one of these boats vainly offering 1,000 dollars if we could only have a few days rain such as we had before experienced for weeks to gether, in order to be able to set her afloat again. Now matters have again assumed their usual course, and the communication with all parts of the interior is fairly re-established. The city of Sacramento is no longer in danger of being washed away. Mining villages, where the people were reported to be suffering from a scarcity of food, are easily supplied with the necessaries of life, and miners are enabled to resume their labours, and are, judging from all accounts, as successful as they have b aen at any former period. Gold dust, which a month ago was a scarce article in San Francisco, is now abundant, and large amounts are being brought in from the different mining districts. The last semi monthly shipment amounted to $2,800,000, and fully as much is expected to go forward by this steamer. Had it not been for the discovery of the gold in Australia, such large shipments would have caused considerable surprise in England, but, from the accounts we occasion ally receive from that part of the world, it appears likely enough that the mineral wealth of California will dwindle into insignificance when compared with her rival. There is one fact in connection with the gold of these two countries which is worthy of remark—viz., that the gold of Australia is about 6 per cent. finer than the average quality of the placer gold in this country, the gold extracted from the quartz being of a still lower standard. This city is improving rapidly, and the wooden shan ties are fast disappearing and being replaced by very substantial brick buildings, which are constructed as fireproof as the scarcity and dearness of the necessary materials will permit. The principal business part of the town is built out in the bay. Where the depth of the water allowed, the lots have been filled in with sand and earth from the surrounding hills, but many houses are constructed upon piles, which is a less expensive and more expedious mode of improvinc , them. At present the question is being agitated of extending the city front 600 feet further into the bay, and, although it has been proved beyond a doubt, by all practical men, that this projected extension of the city would utterly destroy the harbour, and render it dangerous for the anchorage of large vessels, from the fact of their having to lie out in. the stream unprotected from the winds and currents, yet, the right of possession to all these lots being already claimed by certain individuals, it is ex pected that the State Legislature will sanction this mea sure. The public papers are untiring in their endeavours, and use every possible argument to render this project abortive, but, where the private interests of the hon. senators are at stake, the public good is bound to suffer, and the " will of the people," as the corrupt doings of a few political idlers are styled, must be carried out. It is not my desire to enter into a criticism pf the form of government under which we are suffering, neither could any language of mine convey to you ;tll accurate idea of the state of corruption existing among all classes of the state and civil authorities ; but it is really difficult for a foreigner to realise. how a free people can submit quietly and with scarcely a remonstrance to all the outrages that are practised upon the public. You talk in England a good deal of the despotism of one man, but I think even that is preferable to the tyranny of the multitude. At the commencement of the month business was very active, and large transactions were made, chiefly, how ever, in provisions, for which there was a great specula tive demand. During the last ten days the market has been dull, and many descriptions of merchandise quite neglected. Flour. —ln consequence of large arrivals, and of the speculative feeling not being maintained, flour has fallen to $l4 per barrel for best American, and $l3 to $134 for best Chili in sacks. Barley abundant, at 34c. to 31c. per lb. Beer--The quantity on the way from England is known to be insufficient for the consumption of the coming season, and purchases to a large extent have been made to arrive of bottled ale and porter of known brands at prices ranging from $3 to $3l per dozen. English bulk ale is in good demand. Porter and strong ale are selling at $45 to $46 per hogshead of 60 gallons. Pale ale in bulk meets with no inquiry. Coal—The steam-packet companies being well sup plied, and not purchasing, the article is dull. Welch, $25 to $26 per ton. Anthracite declining, and in some instances abandoned for freight and charges—price $l4. Iron—Trade dull on account of the season, with a large stock on hand and prices nominal. Only best brands ought to be sent to this country, and particular attention paid to the careful stowage on. board, as rust depreciates the value considerably, and renders it very difficult of sale in this country, where labour is so high. Dry Goods—Generally dull. The stock of blankets is large, with further importations shortly expected. It is thought, however, that the advance in prices in the eastern States will prevent a further decline, and ulti mately produce a reaction in this market. Exchange.—O n London, 474 to 1, 60 days, for first class bankers' bills. New York, 3 per cent. premium, sight. Paris, 4. 90 to 95, 60 days' sight. Gold dust, $l7 50c. per ounce clean. Her Majesty's ship Thetis arrived here on the 2d inst. from Vancouver's Island, and sailed again on the sth. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET -MARCH 31, The sales since the 23rd instant are 60,000 bags, of which 28,000 are taken on speculation and for export. To-clay's sales are 25,000 bags, 15,000 of them being taken on specu lation and for export. Prices are advanced this week nearly id per lb. The arrivals are 17 vessels from the United States, 5 from Brazil, 1 from Egypt, and 2 from Bombay. MEXICAN MODE OF TEACHING HORSES TO STEP Our. —I was consoled by watching the beautiful horse-, mostly high stepping Brazeadors. They were prancing al mz, looked as conceited as any maot, and twice as handsome. I have been positively assured that they teach them to raise up their fore-legs immensely high— which they almost all do—by putting on them magni fying spectacles when young, by which means the stones on the road are made to appear like large blocks in tl e way, and they lift up their legs in order to step over - them, and so acquire the habit.' I dare say 'that the reader will laugh incred ulousl y , but I tell him what was told me as a fact; and I am further informed this is also constantly practised in South America. --llistory of Mexico. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To venture to give an opinion as to the precise cause of the most lamentable, and too frequently called " unaccountable " railway accidents, which have so re cently come under the public notice, would seem to be a task that would involve considerable d i fficulty, as the testimonies adduced, and great attention paid by the most eminent engineers, seem materially to confirm the fact that great negligence and mismanagement exist on the part of railway authorities. From evidence given, and the essential service most willingly rendered by the press (whose voice is always so instrumental in these searching inquiries ), the public would naturally infer that the most stringent measures would be instituted by directors t he mselves to insure the public safety, for otherwis e, in truth, the y have no will of their own in such matters—they are utterly destitute of all control, and totally incapable of providing the re quisite means ; consequently, having no power of them selves to help themselves, these " far-reached intellects," instead of directing merely sanction their engineer's pro positions, who, on his part, will see that the necessary orders are rigorously enforced, and thanks the Board for its valuable suggestions. What, then, is the result ? A superficial remedy on such occasions is immediately re sorted to ; precautions are taken professing to counter act existing evils, which in reality have never been dis covered. If they had, why so many conflicting opinions ? Engineers and servants under their employers tender evidence so obscure and abstruse that the public are led to suppose it arises more from a fear of their directors than from love to their fellow-creatures ; it thus seems they are actually encouraged in this unwa rrantable sys tem in baffling every effo r t to discover truth. This may be substantially correct ; for, from a statement made by one of the plat e -l a y er s, at the recent examination at Manchester, the witness would have reluctantly with held certain particulars from fear of being dismissed ; the substance of which, however, was, that there were only two persons, and in some instances only one, per mile for the repairs of the permanent way. Lord Harrowby justly remarked that one great cause why railway accidents were so numerous, was chiefly owing to " excessive economy on the part of the com panies." Thus the lives of passengers are to be endan gered through the gross neglect and imprudence of these specimens of ability. Is it because the railways are not in so prosperous a condition ? If so, I beg to state that whether they are or not,a large number of labourers ought to be appointed to maintain in order that part of the permanent way which is curved. The accident which occurred only last year on the Kirkham curve, on the York and Scarborough line, which resulted in the express running off the line, would probably not have happened if an efficient staff had been employed ; in fact, it seems to be a general rule amongst engineers to employ the same number of men per mile irrespective of the curvature of the way. Again, another cause proves the inattention of railway. directors. Lord Malmesbury makes mention of the complaints brought forward by Mr. Spence relative to the dangerous state of the bridge on the North Shields Railway. The result was an accident only eleven days after that negociation took place. Probably if Mr. Spence had been residing near the Whitby Railway, he could have foretold the unsafe state of the bridge, which was totally swept away during the floods of last year. In 1847, the Dee Bridge over the Chester and Holy head Railway (an iron structure) gave way, when a frightful loss of life ensued. The bridge over the Ouse on the Scarborough line is similar in construction, but the officials, happily, in this instance, took the neces sary precautions, by having its defects rectified, or, pro bably, it would have shared the fate of its predecessor ; for, in their construction, no attention was paid to sta tical pressure and impact ; in fact, previous to the ma tliematical investigation which subsequently took place, their construction seemed to be regarded more as an expe riment than as a means of conveying our fellow-creatures. While the repairs at this bridge were in progress, through engineering negligence it seems no attention was paid to the two bridges between the Hutton and Malton sta tions, on the same line. These bridges, the first from Malton, are subject to considerable deflexion, especially when engines of a heavy construction pass over tkem ; they will no doubt be considered to be in an efficient state of repair until the engille drivers dare prove to the contrary, without the danger of dismissal. In the House of Lords, on the 15th ult., their Lord ships appeared to be unanimous in their opinion, that, should Government resolve to take the responsibility from the railway companies, it would be transferring the biirden from those who were capable of carrying out a judicious system of management to those who were not. They certainly could not make the present system worse than it is, for by enforcing the various companies to appoint an inspector at every terminus, to examine the arrival and departure of all trains, the claims of the public would be satisfied, their ,lives ensured, besides a source of gratification to think that Government had so readily interposed. Moreover, by increasing the staff of labourers at certain points, and by authorising the engine drivers and others connected with the trains to notify to their engineer should any irregularity occur, these means being strictly adhered to, the high speeds might still be maintained without any visible increase in the expenditure ; on the contrary, a mutual benefit would accrue both to the proprietors themselves and the public at large. By calling your attention to these statements, your readers will be made fully aware of the present system of management, the continuance of which will be fraught with the utmost peril.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, ROBERT CHAMPLEYS. Scarborough, March 22d, 1853. ANNUAL DINNER IN AID OF THE WESTERN JEWS' FREE SCHOOLS. The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this merito rious charity was held on Wednesday, at Willis's Rooms, when about 120 gentlemen, chiefly of the Jewish per suasion, sat down to an excellent dinner. The objects which this institution has in view are the care and edu catiOn of Jewish orphans, who receive an excellent prac tical education, and are subsequently apprenticed to useful trades. There are two schools, one for girls and one for boys, the former being considered the more an cient foundation. The boys' scool was founded in 1816, and since that time has educated an average of 70 boys, having, as is the case in most of the Jewish schools, a Hebrew and an English master. The girls' school was established in 1846, and has maintained since its foun dation an average of 60 pupils. , Both boys and girls were marched round the room after dinner on Wednesday evening, and were much admired for their intelli g ent and orderly deportment. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Salomous, who, on the removal of the cloth, proceeded to give the customary loyal toasts. The health of the Queen was enthusiastically received, after which the National Anthem was sung, a young Jewish lady, Miss Marian Taylor, eliciting general applause by her manner of singing the solos. An occasional ode, in Hebrew, composed by the Rev. M. B. Levy, was re cited by one of the boys, and subsequently a copy of verses, by one of the female pupils. After these preli minaries, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to give " Success to the Western Jews' Free schools." In doing so, he called attention to the important fact, that nothing was so important a consideration in every civilised country as the case of the destitute poor, and the more civilised the country, the greater was the amount of solicitude evinced on the subject. In furtherance of that object, they met there for the first time round the social board to strengthen, by their pre sence, the cause of the Western Jewish Free Schools. (Cheers.) The worthy Alderman having given the de tails respecting the schools (which we have mentioned above), proceeded to remind the meeting of the contrast there was exhibited between the past and present con dition of the Jewish nation. The prejudice and tyranny of the dark ages had driven them to Holland and to England, where, although they had found shelter, they were still obliged to live in one neighbourhood, for mutual counsel, for consolation, and, it might be, for defence. (Cheers.) During the greatest part of the last century they had been confined within the city of London, and even there they did not enjoy the ordinary privileges of citizenship, nor were they allowed to learn handicraft trades, because the trades of the city of London were then all close corporations and admitted none to their privileges except members of the Established Church. Even dissenters were excluded, and what chance had the Jews ? (Hear.) How different and how much better was the position of the Jews at the present moment; (Loud cheers.) Jews held office all over the country, and he was on the present occasion supported by several members of the corporation of the city of London. It behoved the Jews to show that they were worthy of their improved circumstances, and they could not do that better than by attending to the charities of their respec tive districts. There was now a large Jewish population in the western districts of London, and he trusted the poorer members would not be neglected. The Legisla ture had long turned a deaf ear to the educational wants of the people, but at last they had attended to the prayer of the Jews, whose schools were now assisted by a portion of the Parliamentary grant. This was a great encouragement, and he hoped would induce those who heard him to 'perform their duty more efficiently, as it is well known that the schools of the western districts were insufficient for the purpose intended. Much, however, had been done, and among the most zealous of the supporters of the schools, he was proud to reckon the Baroness Rothschild. (Cheers.) It was a trite subject to dilate upon the value of education, but he believed that, after all, there was nothing that would prove so permanently useful. A traveller who had seen the magic celerity with which the Americans regularly rebuilt San Francisco after its weekly confla gration, attributed all the energy and confidence of our transatlantic brethren to their early education, and the completeness of their intellectual development. (Cheers.) He believed there was something in that, and he hoped it would form an additional argument to induce the com pany to support an institution with which education was the great if not the sole object. (Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the list of subscriptions, and a collection was made, the total amount of both being nearly 5001. The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of the Chief Rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Adler, with a high eulogium on that gentleman's piety and scholastic attainments. The CHIEF RABBI returned thanks. Mr. C. PEARSON gave the health of the Chairman, humorously reminding him that forty years before they had both, as boys, met at Mr. Richardson's shop, and prophesied the great advances in toleration which had since come to pass. Having sketched the exertions of the chairman in promotion of the great cause . of Jewish emancipation, Mr. Pearson concluded by again propos ing his health ter the company: The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks, the remaining toasts were disposed of, and the company separated. We are requested to state that the dinner was pre pared by Mews, J. Myers and Son. EXTRAMURAL SEPULTURE FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. The following extracts contain the prominent parts of the report of Mr. Haywood, the surveyor to the City Commissioners of Sewers, ordered to be printed by the court en the 28th of February : Pursuant to your instructions I beg to submit to you a report giving an outline of the preliminary considerations involved in the important question of providing a place of extramural sepulture for those lying within the jurisdiction of the City of London or having present right of burial in the churchyards, &c., situated within its limits. I will at once proceed to submit to, you an outline of Oise considerations which occur to me as those immediately concerning the question of providing a place of extramural sepulture for the inhabitants of the City of London. The primary considerations appear to be—First, the site ; secondly, the area. As to the site-1. The situation or site for the proposed cemetery is, to a certain extent, defined by the 9th clause of the Interment Act, which is to the following effect : No new burial-ground or cemetery (parochial or non parochial) shall be provided and used in the metropolis, or within two miles of any part thereof, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. By this clause it appears that it is possible that objec tions may be held to apply against every site within two miles of the metropolis. Now for the purpose of the Inter ment Act the metropolis is clearly defined by its interpre tation clauses, and includes a district of large area, and a radius of three or four miles from the centre , although I apprehend, whatever that interpretation might have been, your committee would have preferred a site well placed beyond existing houses, as well as removed from the pro bable encroachments of the metropolis for at least two or three generations to come. The existing cemeteries, which sprung into existence by the commercial enterprise of our people, and which, deficient in their management and sys tem, as they may seem when tested by any imaginative standard of perfection, certainly made a vast stride in the right direction, and paved the way to the improved and now universal ideas upon the subject of sepulture, illus trate the necessity of adopting a site at a considerable dis tance from the metropolis, for the whole of them, with the exception of that at Kensall-green, are already surrounded, more yr less, by dwellings, and some of them closely sur- rounded by - them. The objection may be started of the difficulty and ex• pense of reaching a place of sepulture so far distant from the place of death, but this objection will to a great extent fall to the ground, when it is considered that any site that can, under any circumstances or considerations, be selected, even if the 9th clause of the Burial Act be interpreted in the least restricted sense, cannot well be less than upon a four-and-aehalf or five miles radius from the centre of the metropolis, and that probably the cost or difficulty of pro curing suitable ground may place it at the least a mile further - off. This, indeed, determines the mode of con ducting funerals of every description for the future. Walk ing funerals for all classes must be abandoned. Funerals can be effected by vehicular transit alone, and the cost of conveyance a mile or two more or less, after the working of the system for a year or so, and when all the economies which may be expected to be gained by time and expe rience have been realised, will, I submit there are fair grounds to imagine, be an insignificant item in the general expense, whilst the advantages of the further distance will be felt to be greater and greater every year as the popula tion increases, and approaches the place of sepulture with its dwellings. 2dly. The selection of the site may be in a degree influ enced by considerations of the street traffic upon the route to it, - It is manifestly advisable, if possible, to select a site which will enable the funeral processions to reach it without encountering or being interrupted by a dense and concentrated traffic. If there is truth in this, crossing the river by the bridges would be most objectionable, and the question of site for a City Cemetery appears to be so far narrowed by the northern districts being thus at once in dicated for the purpose. A very considerable range of country is nevertheless still left open to choice, even with this restriction. The evidence collected by the Board of Health is in favour of a north-eastern situation and a high level (provided the soil is suitable), and that the higher the elevation of a cemetery the nearer it may be permitted to be to a city, the reasons given being that "S. and S. W. winds being usually moist hold the putrefactive gases in solution more readily than the W. or N. E. winds, which are dry;" but with adequate area, and with well-devised regulations in other respects, I submit this point is not a primary essential. 3dly. The nature of the soil is, however, next to that of the distance from the metropolis, the most important consideration in the selection of the site ; as it not only has the most direct bearing upon the sanitary consideration in volved in the subject, but as it determines almost entirely the rate of decomposition of the human remains, so it re gulates largely the area of ground that will be required, and upon the area required so will the first outlay for ground, fencing, and planting, &c., depend. After quoting evidence advising a gravelly soil, not too compact in its nature, and reasonably dry, Mr. Haywood proceeds—" Clay appears to be a soil the worst adapted for interments. It is stated that in a metropolitan cemetery, where there are ' two kinds of soil,' clay and marl, coffins which have been interred 8 years in the former are sound and undecayed, whilst coffins interred in the latter are en tirely decomposed, and their contents dissolved, except part of the bones." But the objections to a clayey soil, or a most boggy soil, are various. Not only do such soils appear to retard de composition, but they are subject, like receptacles herme tically closed, to retain, and under certain circumstances to evolve rapidly, quantities of concentrated and dangerous gases, the products of decomposition. As to the area. Firstly, this depends upon whether it is needful to provide space for the whole number of those wbo upon an average of years the within the City, or in addition thereto to provide also space for those having right of burial within the City, whether they die in the City or not ; or whether it is needful to provide space only for such a number as, from an average of past years, may be shown to have been buried within the City, upon the assumption that it presents a fair average of the inter ments that may be expected to take place annually in the new cemetery, From the tables prepared by your officer of health, and given in his last annual report, it appears that the total number of deaths - in the City were -1848-49 1849-50 2,752 1850-51 1851-52 Average, 3,139 per annum. It may, I think, safely be inferred that nearly the whole of those dying, and included in the average annual number of 3,139, had right of burial within the City, and would have the same right in the new place of sepulture. The number dying out of the City, but with a right of burial within it, as in vaults and family graves; &c., must neces sarily be very limited. I have at present no means of ascer taining this number. From the return furnished you by the Board of Health, showing the number of interments within the - City for the seven years ending 1848, the total number of interments was 12,669, the average number per annum being 1,810. Thejexcess of the number dying within the City over those actually buried there ' it will be seen is as much as 736 per cent. These figures do not give perhaps a strictly correct proportion, as the returns of the burials are for dif ferent years from those of the mortality by your officer of health, but for this purpose they approximate, I have no doubt, sufficiently close. I have heard that certain parishes have, within the last few years, contracted with cemetery companies for the burial of their poor, and no longer bury within the City. For many years past, also, public feeling upon the subject of intramural interment has induced the middle and wealthier classes to choose their resting-place in the suburban cemeteries ; the actual number of burials has therefore declined of late years, but it may be a question whether, upon the provision of a suitable place of interment, the whole of the City parishes will not at once choose iit as the legitimate place of burial for their poor, as well as from its probably being the cheapest. The middle classes might resort there as their rightful place of burial, and also upon the grounds of eco nomy; and the wealthier classes might—if in the selection of the sites, the laying out, and in the decency and order of its regulations and maintenance, it approached the me tropolitan cemeteries—choose it as willingly, if not by preference, to any other places of sepulture ; and thus in the course of a few years the burials within the City Ceme tery might bear a far larger proportion to the deaths within the City than the burials within the City churchyards now do. This is the first point to be determined in reference to the question of area, and I submit that the various considerations here given would tend to show the expe diency of determining the area in reference to the actual number of deaths annually taking place within the City, rather than by the average number of those buried within the City for some years past. The question of area is somewhat narrowed by the City population not being subject to progressive increase like a suburban district — indeed, the houses within the City aro yearly becoming numerically less, and the resident population, although according to the decennial returns shown to fluctuate slightly, has been nearly a fixed quantity for the last fifty years. The recommendation given by the Board of 'Health in their report upon extramural sepulture in 1850 was, " that it be unlawful to inter in any burial ground more than one corpse in a grave.' Dr. Sutherland stated to the board, after having made extensive inquiries upon the Continent as to the mode of sepulture there adopted—" In all the cemeteries I visited, with one exception, it appeared to be either the law or the practice to bury only one body in a grave. I found the advantage and necessity of this fully appreciated. From various reports upon extramural se pulture, I gather that at Stuttgard and Munich, the ave rage space required for an adult's grave is about 32 square feet, and the average throughout the Continent appeared to be from 30 to 40 square feet. The depths at which the graves are fixed upon various parts of the Con tinent are as follows :—At Stuttgard, where the depths vary according to the age of the deceased, the average is about 5 feet 2 inches ; at Glasshulle, 3 feet 5 inches ; at Frankfort, 5 feet 7 inches; at Munich, 6 feet 7 inclies t * in France, from 4 feet 10 inches to 6 feet ; in Austria, if lime is used, 6 feet 2 inches ; and in somes portion of d or many, from 7 feet to 11 feet. The time which is fixed be tween the reopening a grave for interments, is fixed at Paris 5 . years, Munich about 9 years, Leipsic about 15 years, Prussiar' 0 years ' Frankfort 20 years, Stuttgard 15 to 18 years.%lndeed, the general tendency in the evidence and reports of competent judges is, that from 7 to 10 years is the least time that should elapse between the burial of one corpse, and the re-opening of the ground for fresh inter ment, it being always understood that the soil of the ceme tery is of a suitable nature. There are strong arguments to be adduced in favour of burial of but one body in a grave; there are almost equally strong arguments in favour of as signing such a space for each coffin as may prevent their being uncovered when graves are dug adjacent to them ; the rule which places a corp. le at such a depth which will en able decay to proceed gradually is for the same reason good, and the nearer to the ate odes of men the more needful that regulations similar to these should be strictly adhered to. The clause 110, in your Viewers Act of 1848, which enacts that five feet should be the least depth between the sur face of the ground and the top of any coffin, appears to have been framed with the soundest wisdom, and should be adhered to whatever way the other points may be determined. If you sh ould determine that more than one body should be permitt(id to be interred in a grave, then to prevent the denudation of coffins containing human re mains, or the chance of,: those remains being turned up and exposed, as is so frequently the case, it would be expedient that at least two fee,. six inches, or three feet of earth should remain bet -keen the top of one coffin and the bottom of the oth , ful registrations of every depth of grave and every in- Jr, and to regulate this the most care terment that tiles place in it would be needful. But for arinitary re.sasons, for the prevention of injurious °ma natio] is, and chance of the exposure of human remains, for the si inplification in the management of the ground, faci litatici la of registration, and other reasons, the interment of bu'A one body in clue grave at suitable depths appears to be best a Irrespective of the other considerations which it ap pea rs to me at once suggest themselves and urge the pro- Pri sty of ' c oxing an adequate area, and one sufficient to av9id g i v i ng • the cemetery an overcrowded appearance, in etr tio ti ng s kilful laying out And planting will lend the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1853. greatest aid, vegetation is considered of essential use in ' preventing the escape of emanations from the decaying re mains, the power of appropriating the various products given off by the decomposition of organic matter possessed by the vegetable world, the wonderful manner in which roots are known to seek nourishment from remote situations, are facts which need not be referred to to illustrate the self evident efficacy of encouraging a full but appropriate vege tation in a place of sepulture. It appears to be considered that the vegetation that may be cultivated over a grave is only capable of effectually appropriating the material of one interment. It appears to be the rule upon the Continent to forbid the approach of building within certain distances of the cemeteries, the distances being from about 200 to 600 feet. The site which you may select may be remote from any dwellings or the immediate probability of their erection contiguous to it, yet I beg to submit that its continuance in isolation is a question of time only, and that without any disturbing or retarding causes take place, the time almost may be calculated when dwellings will approach it, and as they do so from the consequently increased price of ground, it would be then more difficult and expensive to purchase the land, in order to prevent their approach to them at present, if land sufficient to fulfil this pur pose when needful was now bought, in all probability it might be let as grass land, or for other purposes, at a rental which would practically prevent both now and ever much loss by the purchase. The area required will be affected by the extent to which ground may be abstracted in the future, by the purchase of the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in portions of it. The extent of aliena tion by this may indeed greatly depend upon the fees and regulations that may be made in regard to such purchases ; for such sums might by future regulations be required, as would be a prohibition to the custom. The area required will be dependent in a small degree upon the necessity that may exist for providing distinct burial grounds for citizens of various religious denominations. This is a ques tion which will require investigation. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS. Her Majesty's—Monday, Gerrard's-cross ; Wednesday, Knapbill ,• Friday, Slough—at half-past eleven. Bath —Tuesday, Wedhampton ; Thursday, Codford ; Sa turday, Stonehenge — at half - paseleven. B aro nßothschild's—Monday, Grandborough ; Thursday, Rowsham—at eleven. FOX HOUNDS. Atherstone—Monday, Shelton Duke of Beaufort's—Monday, Boswell ; Wednesday, George Inn, Sandy-lane ; Thursday, Trouble House ; Sa. turday, ,Yates-rocks. Badsworth—Tuesday, Darfield ; Saturday, Darton Inn —at half-past 10. Bramhem Moor—Monday, The Wild Man ; Wednesday, Gateforth • Friday, Alwoodley-crag ; Saturday, Beckwith . shaw—at eleven. Berkshire— Monday, Milton-hill ; Tuesday, Wet Sand ford ; Friday, Bagley-wood ; Saturday, Bradley-farm—at half-past ten. Cambridgeshire —Monday, Sandy Warren ; Friday, Megre Wood—at half-past ten. Cottesmore—Monday, Witham-on-the-Hill ; Wednes day, Tilton Wood ; Thursday, The Bull, Witham Common; Stoke-end—at eleven 31 Durham County—Tuesday, Harperley Toll-bar ; Friday, Storey-gate, at half-past ten. East Essex—Tuesday, Sturmer Lion ' • Thursday, Moor Gardens ; Saturday, Panfield Green — at half-past ten. Essex and Suffolk—Tuesday, Stour-wood ; Friday, Box field-street—at a quarter to eleven. Herefordshire—Tuesday—Hampton Court—at eleven. Heythrop—Monday, Heythrop ; Wednesday, Ditchley ; Friday, Farmington-grove ; Saturday, Blenheim—at half past ten. Holderness Monday, Lissett ; Tuesday, Kilnwick Percy ; Thursday, Humbleton ; Friday, Coltingham Castle —at a quarter to eleven. Hurworth—Tuesday, Wellsery ; Saturday, High Wor sell-tollbar—at half-past ten. Isle of Wight—Monday, Parkhurst-forest ; Thursday, Appuldurcombe-park—at half-past ten. East Kent—Monday, Stone-cross, near Bilsington ; Thursday, Waltham-street — at half-past ten. Oakley—Monday, Cowper's-oak ; Thursday, Snelson ; Saturday, Dungee-corner — at a quarter to eleven. Ledbury— Monday, Aston Ingham ; Friday, Edwin's wood—at half-past ten. Ludlow—Tuesday, Hope Bagot-park ; Friday, Wigmore Rolls—at half-past ten. Mr. Lumley's Monday, Jockey-house ; Wednesday, Barlbro'—at eleven. Mr. Morgan's—Monday, Horse-bridge ; Thursday,White rooks—at half-past ten. New Forest—Monday, Bolton-bench—at eleven. Tytchley—Monday, Sywell-wood ; Tuesday, Rushton ; Thursday, Dingley ; Saturday, Rockingham—at a quarter to eleven. Raby—Monday, Hartforth ; Wednesday, Kennel ; Fri day, Grove—at eleven. Duke of Rutland's—Monday, Croxton-park ; Thursday, Belvoir ; Friday, Syston-park—at half-past ten. Somerset Subscription—Tuesday, Langham-brake ; Fri day, Asholt-wood—at half-past ten. Shropshire, Monday, Picklecote-village—at half-past 10. Lord Southampton's, Monday, Foster's-booth, at 11; Wednesday, Canon's Ashby, at 12; Friday, Westen-wild ; Saturday, Tile-house—at 11. Suffolk, Tuesday, Rushbrooke-hall ; Thursday, Horse-- heath-mill—at a quarter to 11. Surrey Union, Monday, Fair-mile • Thursday, Ewhurst village ; Saturday, Duckhurst—at half-past 10. Sir R. Sutton's, Monday, Staunton Harold-park ; Tues day, Grooby-village ; Friday, Bardon-hall—at 11. Warwickshire, Monday, Earl's Wood-common; Tuesday, Mitford-bridge ; Thursday, Cubbington-gate, at quarter to 11; Friday, Kineton, at 12. Wheatland, Tuesday, Cressage-park—at half-past 10. Worcestershire, Monday, Bedford-gate ; Tuesday, Mart ley ; Thursday, Severn-stoke ; Friday, Round-hill—at half-past 10. RAILWAY RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1852. SALTLIKE. Miles opened, 1853. 26% 8536 189% 94% _636 171 N 285 188 31914 283 % 131 30436 279 £1.544 Aberdeen •••••••••••••••••••• • •••• Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Black burn, and West York • . Bristol and Exeter .• .... • • .... • • • • • • Ca1ed0n1an............. .......... • • Chester and Holyhead.— •• •• • • .• Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• C•rk and Bandon ••_•• •• •• Dublin and Belfast Junction • Dublin and Drogheda• •• • ....... • • Dublin and Kingstown • • ...... Dundee and Arbroath •• • • •••• .. • • • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • • • • • • • • East Anglian...... • . • • • • • • • • • • •• East Lancashire.... • • • • •• Eastern Counties and Noyfolk.. • • • • • • East ern Union .. • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •••• • • .• Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • • • ... • • • • • • • • Furness Railway •• • .... ••..•• • • • • Glasgow, and South-Western• • • • •• • • Great Northern and E. L.• ••• • • - Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western •• • • Irish South Eastern • • • • ...... • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • • • •• Leeds Northern ...• .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western .• • • • • • • • London and Blackwall...• • • • • • • • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • • • • • • Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • • • • • Manchester, Buxton, and M atlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction.. • • .. Maryport and Carlisle .............. Midland .. •.. .• •••• • ..... ••.. • . Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Monklands Newcastle and • • .. • • North British ................ North Staffordshire •• • • .... ••• • • • • • North-Western • • •• _ Scottish Central Scottish Midland .....• •••• .. • • .... Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• Shrewsbury and Chester •• • • •• •• .. Shropshire Union ...... ••••.• • • •• South Devon.. ...... . ... . South Eastern.... •.. ••••••• South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole Ulster • • • • • • • ....... ..... • • • • •• • • • • Waterford and Limerick .... West Cornwall ....• • • • • • • • • Whitehaven Junction ... • . . York and Newcastle, and Berwick .• • York and North Midland. •••• •••• •• 443 N 577 240 191 1,10 585 4,396 13,420 1,983 3.278 2,292 487 3,769 10,967 4,617 15,266 127 4,05 15,891 9tB 288 42,363 898 8,1143 9,264 251 6,572 564 21,758 2,735 12553. 1,590 214 1,916 788 4,199 8,871 3,231 975 1;59 3,2 M !,23i 1,4'8 887 425 680 4. , 83 16,051 2,2f)6 3,6'6 2,310 4,329 14,185 4,517 16,934 125 4,582 18,'02 1,220 263 45,443 9,791 10,159 312 7,333 495 23,11,3 2,072 900 2,363 3,619 1,917 12,270 2,f 02 1,654 186 13,282 7,301 irozziax. Dutch Rhenish . .... •••••••••••• Maria Antonia •• •• .• •• •• •• Montereau and Troyes ..•••••••••••• Namur and Liege .. •• .............. Northern of France •• •• •• •• •• •• • •• Orleans and Central* .. ........ Paris and Lyons •••••••••••••••••• Paris and Rouen. •• •• •• •••• •• • •• •• Paris and Strasburgh Rouen and Havre.... Western of France 891 154 941 1,069 20,092 19,627 11,745 6,405 8,618 2,7 6 3,340 14,794 7,863 960 1,447 23,679 25,602 11,375 7,986 15,292 2,939 3,662 * The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. GREAT SHAKESPERIAN FESTIVAL IN WARWICKSHIRE. a p erivo i r. monstera anotheri GmT oc casion The ngeLe the Cnh t yc onlehommotua Linnaeus --A grand county demonstration to commemorate the birth of the immortal Shakespeare, is appointed to take place at Stratford-on-Avon, on Tuesday, April 26. In the morning the company will make a home and grave of the illustrious bard. At the former place Banks, s T ower, " anoi ofl wla Ben n ett, d re , r e, followeds which Birmingham,tra willg tragedian, d b bi aeyianl and , d dsb e a l etan i e v tdvs e eturohnenne; each baag b ytel y tieet od Jamesar pest A musical festival will also be given in the afternoon, in the Shakespeare Rooms. During the , interval, Mr. Vandenhoff will deliver an oration upon the genius and writings of the poet. The interesting proceedings will terminate by a dinner at the Town-Hall, when the chair will be taken by Mr. Benjamin Webster, the lessee of the Adelphi Theatre. We have no doubt the festival will attract an immense number of the admirers of the great English bard from all parts of the kingdom. CURIOUS DEATH OF A SEAMAN.— On Monday morning week, John Smith, a seaman, fell asleep in the kitchen of a lodging-house, in Union-street, kept by Mrs. Evans. In the morning the landlady heard him crying out in the yard, and, on her son's wife going there, she found him with his clothes in a blaze. While in liquor he had care lessly put his lighted pipe in his coat pocket, which it is supposed set his clothes on fire. 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WHITEHALL, MARCH 31. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, bearing date the 29th day of March instant, to ordain and declare that the borough of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The City of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster." CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Bridgnorth—John Pritchard, of Broseley, in the county of Salop, Esq., in the room of Sir Robert Pigott, Bart., whose election has been declared void. April 1. Borough of Blackburn.—Montague Joseph Fielden, of Feniscowles, in the county of Lancaster, Esq., in the room of 'William Eccles, Esq., whose election has been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 1. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Cosmo Gordon Logic, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice George Gulliver, who retires upon half-pay, April 1. 3rd Dragoon Guards —Lieutenant Henry Heywood Lonsdale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Broughton, who retires ; Cornet John David Hay Hill to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Lonsdale, April 1. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant George Campbell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Morgan, who retires ; Cornet St. John William Chiverton Charlton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, April 1. Coldstream Guards—Assistant-Surgeon John Wyatt, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Skelton, promoted, April 1. Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Bur ton Daveney to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel Deane, deceased ; Lieutenant Spencer Vansittart to be Captain, without purchase, vice Daveney ; Ensign Montague Adam N. Legge to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Vansittart, March 19. 13th Foot—Captain William Henry Underwood, from half-pay 21st Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Mein, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John Busby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Underwood, who retires ; Ensign Edward Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Busby, April L 26th Foot—Ensign Edward Halford Pierce Elderton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roberts promoted ; Lieutenant William Edward Wallace to be Adjutant, vice Roberts, promoted, April 1. 27th Foot—Ensign Joseph P. O'Loghlin, from the 95th Foot, to be Ensign, vice J. W. B. O'Loghlin, promoted, Aprlll. 30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Johnstone Fyffe, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Macnamara, M.D., who retires upon half-p a y, April 1. 46th Foot—Ensign Alfred Henry Waldy, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Eustace, who retires, April 1. • 79th Foot—James Nicholas Bell, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Scot, promoted in the 48th Foot, April 1. 98th Foot—Major, Daniel Rainier, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Sir Colonel Campbell, K.C.8,, who retires upon half-pay, as a Lieu tenant-Colonel, unattached ; Brevet-Major Edmund Hay thorne to be Major, by purchase, vice Rainier ; Lieutenant Octavius Latouche to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hay thorne ; Ensign Norris Goddard to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Latouche • Serjeant-Major John Gillespie to be Quarter-Master, ' vice John Riordan, who retires upon half pay, April 1. 2d West India Regiment. —Major Herbert Mends to be Lieutenant-Colonel,without purchase, vice Jones, deceased, Feb. 14; Captain Henry Wase Whitfield to be Major, without purchase, vice Mends • Captain Herbert Wat kin Williams Wynn, from the 7th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Whitfield, whose promotion, by pur chase, on Feb. 15, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant William Elliot Mockler, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Whit field ; Ensign Horatio James Wise, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Mockler ; Garrison-Serjeant-Major John Kavanagh, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wise April 1. HOSPITAL STAFF. Robert Ferguson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Lapsley, appointed to the 74th Foot, April 1. MEMORANDIIM.—Major-General Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. (Lieutenant-Colonel on half-pay, Unattached), has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission, April 1. The promotion of Lieutenant James Owen Bovill, of the 2d West India Regiment, by purchase, on Feb. 15, in suc cession to Captain Whitfield, has been cancelled. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE-APRIL 1. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-General Sir Robert William Gardiner, K.C.8., to be Colonel Com mandant, vice Lieutenant-General James Webber Smith, C. 8., deceased, March 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Robt. Kears ley Dawson to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Brevet-Major Henry Tucker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Forbes, deceased; Second Captain Chas. Duesbery Robertson to be Captain, vice Tucker, March 29. - - - _ Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia — Lieutenant Clarence Horatio Cary to be Captain, March 21. Lancashire Hussars—Adolphus Monbert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Fazackerley, deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Charles Henry Knox, Esq., a Captain, unattached, in her Majesty's Land Forces, to be Major, March 21. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Joseph Challinor to be Lieutenant, vice Cruso, resigned ; Sergison Hyde Smith, Gent., to be Cor net, vice Cballinor, promoted, March 26. Essex Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the East Essex Regiment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Bunting, son., Benjamin Bunting, jun., and Robert Durrant, tallow chandlers, Norwich, to surrender April 8, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, .Aldermanbury ; Hudson, Sparrow, and Coupland, Bucklersbury, and Bailey, Norwich. John Broome, licensed victualler, late of Air-street, Pic cadilly, now of Birmingham, April 13 and May 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; East, Birmingham. Thomas Nathaniel Ashman, currier, Yeovil, April 12, and May 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Smith, Bristol; Stogdon, Exeter. Alexander Walker, brewer, Somerset, April 14, and May 12, at eleven, at Bristol District Court, Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Sheard and Baker, Old Jewry ; Whittington and Gribble, Bristol. John Fare, miller, Marton, Lancashire, April 12, at twelve, and May 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Liddell, Poul ton-le-Fylde ; Atkinson Liverpool. Henry Crowther, cabinet maker, Titchbourne-street, Edgeware-road, April 9 and May 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Handley, Brixton, builder, April 22, at eleven—G. Enser and G. Pearce, Bethnal-green-road, grocers, April 22, at twelve—C. M. Darby, Regent-street, Marylebone, printer, April 22, at one—J. Mariott, Gracechurch-street, oil and Italian warehouseman, April 26, at one—C. Walker, Basinghall-street, and Leeds, woollen cloth-menu' facturer, April 26, at half-past twelve. In the Country: T. Young, Hartlepool, grocer, April 29, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Frazer, Newcastle-upon Tyne, corn-merchant, April 22, at one, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gunmaker, April 29, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—D. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— J. Hawkins Nottingham, carrier, April 22, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS, S. Wagstaffe and T. Bayliss, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers, second dividend of ls. Old., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. J. Buck, Queen's-road, Dalston, dealer, is. 2d., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. S. Bryant, Stoke Newington, builder, JON., on Tues day, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. _ R. F. Long and R. W. Long. Gray's-inn-place, and Warwick-street, Regent-street, Middlesex, builders, 41d., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Fennel, Basinghall street. S. P. Willis, Portsea, trader, 3s. 2d., on Saturday next, and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Pugh, Peckham, tailor, April 22, at half-past twelve. In the Country. W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gunmaker, April 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — S. Dudgeon, Litchurch, Derby, builder, April 22, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—T. Caunt, Newark -upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire, coal merchant, April 25, at ten, _at the Court, Nottingham—J. Fass, Far Town, Huddersfield, innkeeper, April 22, at eleven, at the Court, L eeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED.iI R. Tate, jun., Uxbiidge-moor, Middle sex, S h i dLese bo sa ok y, ficate of the second class—H. Clavert, Peter s s e mi con fi eld, r ampton, woollen draper, a ° ' el c o a e u s rs - t t _ certificate H. N. Humphreys, Dorchester - place, of lace, n x, um seller, certificate of the second class —w . Queen-street -place, Upper Thames-street, druggist, certi ficate of the third class—W. Hodge, ertificate of the wholesale stationer, c Great Marlborouh street, Westminster, from the third class—J. Oliver, Liverpool, draper, certificate of the class, subject to a suspension of twelvemonths 12th day of March last. PARTNERSHIPS Dt, C. Beaumont and J. Beaumon l ll B rdd L e V rs E fie D ld . , Yorkshire J. A. Blagden and R. Turner, petworth , Sussex, sur and J.wol‘olcoil,d,anNdow.rth.awmparritonn,orb,uisldheerfs. geons—G. Mold, —J. Boothroyd, T. Hav Boyle, J. Gill, W. Men field, cabinet-makers —H• Pi t ts Leeds, flax spinners—E. Henry, nell, and - - d ' Valery, Budge - aow, City, im- R. L. Henry, and J. (so far as regards R. L. Henry) pporters of thforeig J Smorwai n te and W. Smorthwaite, Barking, bread a nd biscuit bakers —T. Lamb, A. Magraw, and R. Hodg son Li v erpool, house and shi p j oiners—G. Wilkie and R . Cokburn, MonkweaTreouth Durham, ale and porte r Cmer chants—G. S. Amain& and J. Matthews, Wood-street, Westminster, brewers — W. Astins and R. A. Fish, engra ver printers—H. Grace, son., and H. G race , j nn., s and Dtbam, tailors—J. Spencer and J. Ratcliff, Bradford, Yorkshire, medical botanists—C. E. Bedoe, W. T. Gant, and R. Brook, Bradford, Yorkshire, linendrapers —D. Hill and T. Wood, Manchester, wholesale clothiers—E. Kovacs and H. Oswald, Manchester, foreign booksellers—J. Bram well and J.Bramwell,Glossop,Derbyshire wholesalo grocers —R. Sanders and F. Edwards, Bell Isle, daiden-lane manu facturers of gut—J. Barra and C. Barr a , Langley, War wickshire, farmers—W.LGarstang and A. Platt, Ashton-ia- Mackerfield, Lar cashire, coal merchants —C. Cadle and T. J. Ferriss, Newent, Gloucestershire, mercers—Mary Grif fiths and F. A. Jacobs, Cheltenham, livery stable-keepers —G. C. Kewley and W. Mason, Iluyton, Lancashire, manu facturing chemists—J. Thimbleby and J. Thimbleby, Chip ping Barnet, Hertfordshire, pawnbrokers—J. Firth and W. Nussey, Leeds, linendrapera. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Hanson, Lindley, Yorkshire, wool trader. James Wallas, Wigton, Cumberland, shoemaker. James Yeomans, Camphouse, Cumberland, joiner. Henry Browno, St. Margaret, Norfolk, porter. James Partridge, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, wheel. wrigb.t, John Butler, St. Ives, carpenter. James Case, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, bricklayer. Hannah Kenworthy, Openshaw, Lancashire, plasterer. John Pownall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, shopman. John Leak, Preston, Lancashire, shopkeeper. Evan Davies, George Town, Glamorganshire, fitter-up. John Powell, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, wheelwright. William Clayton, Warrington, Lancashire, currier. Joseph Vince, Layer Manley, Essex, veterinary s urgeon . Alfred Medeaf, Braintree, Essex, butcher. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. Kirk, Drumdryau, Edinburgh, brewer, to meet April 8, and April 29, at two, within the Chambers of Messrs. Rolland and Thomson, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 26th day of March, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. • • 32,584,005 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 18,561,851 Silver bul ion .. 19,151 £32,584,005 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 31st day of March, 1853. £32,581,005 BANKING DEPAKTMENT. Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest .. • • 3,630,633 Public deposits Lin eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Natlonal 1 )ebt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8,468,738 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills 1,351,103 Government securities (In elud,g„Dead Weight Annuity) .... ..... 13,461,h:3 8 Other securit' es ...... 15,931,447 N4.tes • • ............ 10,790,310 Gold and silver coin.. 538,991 £40,725,286 £40,725,285 I. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated no 31st day of March, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 29th day of March, 1853, is 275. 7d. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 1. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lord John Russell, from Harlingen ; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Secret, Rouen ; Nuovo Albano, Malta ; Briery Hall, ditto ; Francisca Guiseppina, Leghorn ; Diana, Amsterdam ; City of Bou logne, Boulogne. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk ; Ocean, HaN , re ; Albion, Bon log,ne ; Leontine Bremen ; Moselle, Rotterdam ; Gibson Craig, Port Philip ; Baretto Junior, ; Dalmatic, Con stantinople ; Cairo, Jamaica. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITS CARGO. --The Sophie, for Sydney ; Caroline, Rouen ; Prince Rup er t, Quebec &c. ; Kleine Maria, Dantzic ; Flecha, Ghent ; Triton, Ostend ; Fame, Calais; Moselle, Rotterdam; John Bull, Hamburg; Fergus, Memel ; Princess Helene, Valparaiso ; Catherine Greene, St. Kitt's ; Antilles, Melbourne ; Amami, Bombay; Secundo, Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. The sloop Platina, of Chester, sunk near Puffin's Island —crew saved by lifeboat. The Parana, arrived. from Maceio, on the 9th of March, in lat. 29 N., long 43 W., experienced a shock as if the vessel had struck on a rock or sunken wreck. • The Star of Brunswick, for Bideford, parted her chains last night, and drove ashore last night on Crosby Point, where she remains. A brigantine was seen to founder off the Skerries on the 30th March, by the Three Brothers, arrived from Cardiff. The Daring, arrived from St. Domingo, was making water the entire voyage. On the 10th of March, in lat. 44 N. long. 23 W., she encountered a heavy gale from S.W., which swept away stancheons, bulwarks, and everything loose on deck. A small schooner grounded off Holyhead this day. Three men took to the boats, which upset, and they were drowned. A barque, with loss of main and mizen topmasts, was off Holyhead at 12 o'clock. The Blanch, from New Orleans, is the vessel seen off Gun Key, with sails dewed up, by the Emma Fields. Two men have fallen overboard, one of whom was lost. ELBINEUR, March 23.—The Eurydice, M`Kinlay, arrived here from London, reports having seen nine ships on shore off Laesbe on the 20th Mardi. WARKwoRTH, March 31.—The Fame, which was on shore on the Boulmer Rocks on the 28th, was got off. GRIMSBY, March 30.—The Abeyne, which ran on shore below this place on the 24th February, was got off the beach, after being sold, and towed in here. NAPLES, March 26.—The Eos, Alexandria to England, put in yesterday, leaky, with cargo shifted, and may have to discharge. NEW YORK, March 19.—The Cambyses, New Orleans to Liverpool, which struck on Florida Reef on the 9th Feb ruary and had been condemned, has been refitted, and is loading for New York. The Catherine Augusta, hence for Australia, which put into Rio Janeiro in December, leaky, is expected to be condemned. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Glen Huntley, from Batavia, in the Straits of Sanda, on the 14th Dec. The Camertonian, from Calcutta, Jan. 16. The Siren, from Algoa Bay, Jan. 22. The Mary Ridley, London to Bombay, Feb. 1, lat. 23 S., long. 28 W. The Bellona, Liverpool to Demerara, Feb. 27, lat. 17 N., long. 37 W. The Leodes, for Australia, Jan. 28, lat. 25 S., long. 28 W. - The Henrietta, Lima to Swansea, Feb. 13, lat. 2 N. long. 25W. — Tie "[lncline, Demerara to Liverpool, March 12, off Flores. The Niagara, steamer, for Boston, 22nd lat. 51 N., long. 20 W. The Australia, Amoy to Trinidad, Dec. 28, lat. 8 S., long. 103 E. The Asteria, Shanghai to Liverpool, Jan. 8, lat. 21 S., long. 77 E. The Simoom, Singapore to Liverpool, 20th, lat. 30 S., long. 11 E. The Lord George Bentinck, Calcutta to Demerara, 31st, lat. 33 S., long. 15 E. The Earl ofLonsdale, Liverpool to Singapore, Feb. 23, lat. 2 N., long 22 W. The Australia, Cardiff to Bahia, 20th, lat. 4 N., long 2t W. The Iron Princesse Caroline, London to Rio Janeiro, Feb. 26, lat. 1 N„ long. 19 W. No. 7,681 2nd dist. pend., Singapore to the Clyde, March 3, lat. 6 N., long. 22 W. The Mona, Mauritius to Queenstown, sth, lat. 10 N., long. 27 W. The Borneo, Mauritius to London, 11th, lat. 24 N., long. 40 W. The Adroit, steering E., 27th, lat. 46 N., long. 10 W. The Auguste, steering S.W., 28th, lat. 49 N., long. 7 W. The Florentian, for Australia, Jan. 30. lat. 24 S., long. 26 W. The Emerald, Cardiff to Barbadoes, Feb. 22, lat. 18 N. long. 39 W. The Mary Bibby, Liverpool to Antigua, 24th, ha. 21 N. long. 38 W. The Laura, Liverpool to St. Kitt's 25th, lat. 31 N., long 37 W. 26 T x h . e , E le l n v g a ir . 3 0 6 W. wen s, Liverpool to New Orleans, 28th, lat. T 39 W The Laura , a, Boston to Australia , March 7, lat 35 N., long. t lat. 15 S., long. 27 W. 27 W. General List, steering S., Jan. 25, lat. 23 S., long. The Eliza, from Plymouth, 31s 3N. long. 21 W. .. __ N e wport, 14th, lat. 4N. . / The Brookery, of London, from PPlyniouth, Feb. 11, lat. The William Frederick, /role MaucooPde2'ri'Livo long. 24 W. d t n o ey, Trinidad , x e w s o J u a t n h . 1 7 7, lat. a le s , 35 F e S b . ~ Feb. 9,131. 5 I o n T T g h h . e e 22 C H a E l a i r e k r a , Janeiro, Feb. 10, lat. 8, lat 3 N., long. wL a o y n , d C lir al to c:it s t y a N., sa , nle Fe d b ay . 1 . 7, lat. Liverpool r pd Londono o n o I t o t et O AI R g oiso Bombay,B a y 1( 5 ) n :;2:1 411 1; g e . Se% r4r.%;:ttiritius to the Clyde, March 4, lat. 8 ..-r- h, Newcastle to Baltimore The 48 N• The kbar, N., long. 25 IV"• Petrel, Calabar to Liverpool, March 12, lat. 29 N., The Demerara to London, March 20, lat 37 long 38 ,7. .• The v le e, .N., long. 31 N r, s ' II b to Sdn The Triu-n' Ham bur y ey, New South Wales, Feb. 14, on the line. The Irdun, Portsmouth to Bahia, Chieftain, and Cen turion, both London to Bombay, all same day. The John Wickliffe, Bombay to London, March 11, lat. 34 N., long. 38 W. The Governor Doherty, March 14, lat. 38 N., long. 37 W. The Rialto, from London, bound West, March 17, lat. 42 N., long. 28 W. The Priesnitz, Liverpool to New York, March 20, lat. 45 N., long. 23 W. The Retriever, from Dundee, bound West, same day. The Acteon barque, of Liverpool, for San Francisco, March 29, 50 miles E. of Cape Horn. The John Ormford, of London, Cardiff to San Francisco, Jan. 12, lat. 38 S., long. 41 W. The Swift brig, Port Philip to London, March 24 , l a b . barque, London to Po r t Phi lip, Feb. 20, 18 Th N e ., I H on a g h . fa 20 x W W. Feb. 23, lat. 4 S. , l ong. 25 W lat. Th l e 2 I S i , eb l e on e g eh . 0 2 0 6 n W er: The Isabel barque, Mauritius to Queenstown, March 12, lat. 31 N long. 43 W. Tho Jamaica, Bahia to Falmouth, March 14, lat. 36 N., long 39 W. ..... The Emma, Liverpool to Panama, Nov. 24, lat. 36 S., long. 75 W. The Fanny, Cardiff t o S an F ranc i sco , Dec. 18, lat. 5 S., long. 65 W. The Senator, Li verpool to San F ran cisco, Nov. 14, off Cape Horn. The Henry Gardner, Liverpool to San Francisco, Jan. 17, lat. 17 N., long 112 W. The Decisin, C-a;rdiff. to San Francisc o, a bout Feb. 3 , off Santa Barbara Island. The Cumberland, Liverpool to San Francisco, Dec. 29. THE ROYAL DOCKYARD BRIGADE.—The Plymouth Mail says :—" The Lords of the Admiralty have signi fied to the ununiformed officers and men of the dockyard battalions that they will not be granted new clothing this year. Their lordships are determined, it would ap pear, that no efforts of theirs shall be wanting to render this branch of the service as ludicrous as possible in the sight of the public. The treatment the officers have ex perienced from their worthy lords and masters have so disgusted them, that the majority would hail the sweep ing away of what has been reared to become a nuisance to them with no little delight. The various dances they hare been compelled to perform since its infancy have been so numerous that it is with difficulty they can be remembered. First, minuet—next, polka—and now quadrilles. What will take place before the " Dead March" it is impossible to- conceive, but we would sug gest that whatever is finally intended should, in consi deration of the feelings of all concerned, be announced forthwith, rather than the farce of civil soldiering should continue any longer." COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—APRIL 1. There was a slender attendance of millers and dealer at the Corn-exchange this morning, and the golfers business was as limited as we have experienced for a length of time. Whe a t was cons idered ld per bushel, flour 6d per barrel and sack, and Indian corn 6d per - qr. under the prices obtained on Tuesday. Oatmeal supported late rates. There was no observable change in the value of other articles of the trade, all of them moved slowly. WAKEFIELD—APRIL 1. We have a short supply of grain reported this week. The wheat trade is very quiet to-day, and last week's prices cannot be exceeded. Fine heavy barley fully a 3 dear ; but f or o th er sor t s, th e demand is very limited. Beans dull sale. In oats and shelling no alteration. BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL I. There has been but little business doing in raw sugars , indeed we aro so close upon the holidays that business has been scarcely resumed yet. In the few sales effected, prices have not been supported. These remarks will also apply to the refined market, the transactions in which have been but to a limited extent, and with prices weaker than on this day sennight. The sales of rum have been quite in retail, so that prices could scarcely be quoted. EXETER-APRIL 1. CORN' EXCHANGE.—For prime samples of wheat 6s 9d ; the ruling figure is 6s Gd ; barley, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; o ats, 2s .6d. to 3s per bushel. Flour—fine, 36s to 38s ; accolade , 34s`to 36s per sack. CATTLE MARKET.—Prime beef, 9sod to OsOd per score ; quality, is 9d to 8s 6d ; cows and calves, 9/ to 12112 s; steers, 001 to 01; butcher's calves, 4id to 5d per lb ; sheep, prime wethers, 7d to Od; ewes, 6d to Od; store hogs, 30s to 00e each. PANNlEB.—Turkeys, ss6d to 8s ; geese, Os to OsOd each; ducks, ssodto 6s 0(1; fowls, 3s6d to 5s Od pr cple; roasters; 05 0 Os ; hares, 2s Od to Os Od ; rabbits, lOci to 18 each ; snipe* is 3d ; pheasants, Os Od to Os ; partridges, Os Od, Os ; wood' cocks, 4s Od. to Os per brace ; pigeons, 2s Od to Os ditto; butter, is 3d to Is 4d per lb. ; eggs, 18 to 20 fora shilling' INVERNESS.-MARCH 29. --• • CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel , 498 04 to 50s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 27s 6d to 29s 0( 1 ; Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 23s Od. to 24s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8d to Os Od ; ditO second, 15s 6d to Os Od ; barleymeal, us 6d to Os 04 1 , peasemeal, 15s 04 to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os Od' Ist flour, per 2801 b, 40s 04 to 42s Od; 24 ditto, 30s Od 32s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, is to Os 04 ; ditto second, is 6d to Os Od ' • barleymeal is 41 to Os Ocl. ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od ; Ist flour, 2s 9d call' , • 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 74 credit. PROVISIONS.—Potatoes, per stone, 64 to Od ; Beef, It t lb, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, 4d 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 104 to 1'24 chickens, per pair, 104 to 12d ; ducks, each, lid to eggs per dozen, 6d to 7d ; butter, fresh, per lb., 94 to 10 ,1 ' ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 104 ; croudie (curds), 24 t o Od! four-pound loaf, fine, 74 to 74d ; ditto, second, 64 to 4 1 / coals, per cwt., 94 to Od ; hay, per stone, 104 to 12d. COAL MARKET—APRIL 1. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : B. d.I 1. Bate's West Hart1ey......16 0 Willington Hartley 1 1 57 l Hasting's Hartley 16 61Wylam Hedley's Hartley l5 6 Howard's West Hartley 16 16 Northumberland 9 KillingWswallort'sh End,B. &c. Holywell Netherton 16 0 Belmont 19 Jonassohn's Hartley 15 0 Hetton 2O Longridge's W. Hartley 16 3 Haswell 20 New Taufield l6 0 Russell's Hetton 19 North Percy Hartley ...16 0 Stewart's 20 I Redheugh Main 15 6 C ara d oe l9 Stewart's Hartley 15 6 Heugh Hall 19 Tanfield Moor l5 6 Pease's West 16 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Richardson's Tees 17 1 Tyne Main ...... ............15 6Tees 2O ' West Hartley 16 3 Squborwen Merthyr...... 21 Ships at market Bl I Sold 4B. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. 1 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened flit tb morning, but improved in the afternoon, and closed a better feeling. There was an inquiry for Leeds and -"", 6; don stock.—Caledonian, 31i ; Eastern Counties, 12 1 5 'ir Great Southern and Western, 53; Lancashire and Y°o' shire, 74A ; ditto Fifth shares, 5 d. ; London and l'iS6 Western, 1171; ditto Fifth shares, 2A p. ; Mancbent Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29i 30 ; Midland, mi• 5- 0 British, 8R; York and North Midland, 29A ; D i/ Rhenish, 28 d. ; Quebec and Richmond (Debenture 6 cent.), msg. MANCHESTER, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a flat market, ukt declining prices. Glasgow and South West ern , _ Sheffield, 30i ; Midland, 738 ; Dovers, 221 16 • 7i,i; haven and Furness, 6i ' • Leeds, 748 ; London Stock, Caledonian, 31i ; East Lancashire, 18 ; West ROY° 3i d. LEEDS, APRIL 1. fiati g STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been - again this morning. Transactions has been very fe l; • r o , 'Change, being confined to Lancashire and York Bll ,, i lcb which closed at 74i, and East Lancashire Prefs., "§",vi closed at 9i. In mines there is nothing at present , transactions in railways are chiefly in the lighter stock"' BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 1. .01 , STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was languid 40 A. and shares generally lower. Shrewsbury and Birv i hams were done at 641. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Am5terdam............ 11 17% Gibraltar ........ Ditto, three months .. 11 19 1 4 Leghorn 3 5 Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 19% G enoa Antwerp ...... 25 30 IMilan ........ •• •• •• •• • • • •• RrttAsela ... • ...... 25 30 ,Venice ................. 4 14 II amburgh .. •• • •.. 13 81,4 Naples . • 44 Altona •••••• • • • • Pa1erm0........ •• • • 110 Paris •• . • . •• • •• • • .... 25 7 % Messina ......... .... Ditto, three months . • 25 3114 Lisbon Marse ill es. ........... .. 25 32% ;Oporto• • • • • • • 3,4 Bourdeaux .... • . tilt') Janeiro . ...... ....• New York, 80 days' MOO k'rankfort-on • Maine .... 120% Buenos, A y res •• • • •• • • ...... .......... Berlin 1 1 6 Philadelphia . T r i este • It 8 PRICES OP BULLION, rf.ll, I Pet ersburgh •• • • ...... 37%: Foreign Gold In Bars Z 3 1 Madrid 50)4 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 '' Cadiz ,., 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 Bare , tiona • • ........ •• • • New Dollars ...... 0 " , Seville ................ Silver in bars .. 0 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post by the night—and DI by the morning —dispatch.] --- Day when made up From what W 71 6; • COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Every Friday .7 ..Liverpool ... ir aU::: Office, London.* Dispatched. EnP America(byßrit.pack)N America (by.Hnited Sts. 1 3 84 A ttuh p o r o i ff l 33 5 E1 itayy .. .. .. .. packet) ..........N 3larch 30 ........ Liverpool ... Apri l p America „tek e, ) ( by . . 11 . .. . Stater i, Australia (via • South. Ditto n niP ( t ; 2 i n a )• Marseilles) • ..1 ‘3 11 'l 4 Southampton APO 6 Ditto (via Cape of Good „A,7 1 Hope) •• • • •• • • ..N 2d of April ..... Plymouth .. Mai .•.• ........ S p o o n v t e h r am .. ! t . o . n . A A p p rr April l 1, Africa ( West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month . . Plymouth .. I April 1 Alexandria .• .•••.. N 8,9, 24, &30of m Dover ...... APr i „ l 4 , Alexandria . . ....ill ith & 20th of mon. SouthamptonlAPl,o' Bahamas ........... XI 211(1 of the month Southampton i lst a' Belgium ..... .......N Daily .......... Dover .. Daq Al Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton APII iit , Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. 51 9th of the month.. SlouthamptoniAl l r!, Ao, Cape of Good Hope .. N 14111 of the month Plymouth .. lAPV,i $ Cape of Good Hope .. N 2nd of Apri1...... Plymouth .. Me.: 0 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April Ceylon (see India) 1 56 , Ceylon ...... ...... ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. A 1?„,,, Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed ,Eard. Southampton Til M td &17th of month Southampton Pr', 1 China (see India) • pl 4 A Constantinople .... .. N 1 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover .. • • 1)..,,ri1l , of e o t Constantinople ...... Al 4th & 20thmon Southampton;APT Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .. .... Dover .....• ro' Egypt (see India) Prance ........ M& N Twice d a ily__ Dover • • T wic ri i 6 Gibraltar ...... ....Id 4.7, 17, 20, 27 of m. douthampton AP Greece (see India) Apri l 1 01 Greytown ..........31 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton _.. i llamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Tar; A Havannah .......... m 2nd of the month Southampton P l , Tr Holland ............111 Wednesday & Sat London ..... Mo.; ji , , Honduras ........ .. M 17th of the month Southampton pri i i 4 India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Afifo I 1 . India (via Marsetiles)m kith& 24th of month Dover . ..... P lonian Isles (see India) c d Ireland ........M & N Twice daily .... .. Holyhead ... - tnele Ai 1 6 Lisbon.. —•••• • • • • ..M 7,9, 17, &28 o f m. Southampton P...:1„16, Madeira .. • • • • • • •• ..111 9th o f t h e month Southampton AP' l i IA ' Madeira • • • • • • • • .. N 23rd of th e month Pl ymout h .. -Pr Malta (see India) Malta N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover ...... • Pril ii Mauritius (see India) M 2 1 Mauritius ........ „N 14th of the month Plymouth .. -Pr 11 Mexico ............31 2nd of the month.. Southampton let 0,, 0 j Naples ..... . . .. • • .. ••N s th ls t h2sthormon. Dover ...... P . ,` I ~ New Granada Di 2d & 17th of month Southampton • 1 31 :V ... New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Variou• ports lgm., j ,thisth2sthofmon. Dover ...... ApAl.i Papal States ... ' It •thl7ol2Bthofmon Southampton Pr!, j Peru Peninsula • . •. - • • • ' td & 28th of mon , ontharopton AP 1 1; 46 Ill ic 14th of the A l''' •' month Plymouth .. P., Port Natal ...• •••• • • Apr'' .1 ...N stlll6th2sthorMon, Dover ••• • • • , r il • S i ci l y •••'•• • ' • • • ...N sth 15 th 2 5thofmon. Dover ......' ‘. l)- l Tuscany .. • • • • • • • Venezuela .. • • • • • • .. M2d ec 1 7th of month Southampton Pi l Van Diemen's Land (tee Australia) Indies ...... .. 151 2d & 17th of mon th SoutheroptonlAP:V West V * When any of these dispatdiel on the followi Southampton), and the day preceding. dates fall on a Sunday, the mails t lug day, with the exception of the 1011 51.alta, both of which will be dispatcbet BIRTHS. On the 30th u lt., a t Lee-park, BON the wife of Robe rt )( Anderson, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 30th ult., at 1, Wilton-terrace, Kensington' wife of J. S. Valentine, Esq., C.E. MARRIED. 0 4 0' On the 20th ult., at Cawthorne, P. A. PickeringNfof of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Anna U, Wilhehnina, eldest daughter of John Spencer Sta p le Esq., of Cannon-hall, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, and ' li Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope. i Ilse pli On the 30th ult., at St.Pancras-ahurch, T. H. ~ of Lincoln's-inn, barrister-at-law, second son o f the je Major Fischer, of the Bengal Army, to Agnes Ad third daughter of the late Major-General Hogg, - of ' bleclon, Surrey. 7/ i t LONDON : Printed and Published by MTJRDO v 0 ff 11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office • Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 0 /Kiddlesex, F.attixday, April 2,1853. ULULLVII• 17LL110.) , • DIED. On the 31st ult., at Copped-hall, Epping, siva 71 ' J. Conyers, Esq. O f i I J On the 22d ult., at Brussels, Ann Francs, relict o , ' late Sir F. Falkiner, Bart., late of Abbotstown, co lli Dublin. dr On the 29th ult., at 28, Osnaburg-street, Reviltl °l- W. H. Thompson, M.D., aged 92. a _ o at On the 27th ult., at BelgraTe-villa, St. John s - vt wife of Edmund Pead, Esq.