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,f‘rmstis from Ireland. He had no duabt that the consoli :dated annuities were felt to be a heavy burden upon many of the unions, and that they were extremely desirous of being relieved from them. But it must be borne in mind, !that many of the towns also paid a large amount of these consolidated annuities, and the poor rate was also very considerable. In the Cashel Union, with which he was connected, the amount of the local burdens was no less than 3s. 6d. in the pound ; even the towns would be in many instances materially relieved by the remission of the con solidated annuities. Indeed, the whole country would be benefited by the remission of these consolidated annuities, the balance, in his opinion, being in favour of the tenant &rmer class. The hon. member for Mayo contended, that, striking a balance between the taxes proposed to be re mitted and those impose, Ireland would be a loser -to the extent of 501,000/. He could not understand how the hon. gentleman arrived at that conclusion, as taking the average produce of the income tax for seven years at 357,0001., tbe spirit duties at 198,000/., and the legacy duty at 2670001., and taking the remissions . at 65 - 9,®01., there wcsald be a balance of 95, 0001 . only against Ireland. Going,then, to the year 1860, when the income tax was to be teoolished, the amount of the gain to Ireland (the consolidated annuities being remitted) would be no less than 497,7001. He challenged the house to dispute the accuracy of these figures. The great question to be consi dered was this, that although the consolidated annuities were unjust and vexatious, yet the income tax as it was proposed was also open to great objections from its inequa lities and its inquisitorial character. The tax would also have to be collected in some hundreds of small towns and villages, and would occasion much difficulty from the want of proper machinery. He felt that it would be a great hardship to compel the hardworking man, the shopkeeper, or the man receiving a precarious income, to pay this tax. It appeared to him that the standard ought to be raised to 2001. per annum, and that the amount of the rating should be lowered to d. in the pound. He also suggested that the working clergy of all persuasions should be exempted from the tax. He had no wish to exempt the rich pluralists, or the deans and canons ; but the really deserving and hardworking men, who were in the receipt of small in comes of from 501. to 1501. per annum, ought to be ex empted. He must observe further, that it was highly ob jectionable to call upon the tenant to pay the tax for his landlord; and he should, at a future stage of the bill, move an amendment to that effect. These, however, were some of the objections to the in co me t ax ; b u t if it was only 'ap. plied to the property o f the c oun t r y, an d if the po o rer classes were relieved from thes e h eav y b ur d ens, then at - the end of seven years, even with the income tax, the posi tion of Ireland w ou ld b e ver y muc h i mprove d . He had no doubt that the amount of the .legacy duty, at the end of seven years, would be 4,000,0001., instead of 2,000,000/. ; and under these circumstances there was no doubt that the income tax would be repealed. If the inequalities to which he had objected were removed, and the burden placed fairly upon property, there could be no good ground for opposing it ; and under these circumstances he felt it his duty to give his vote in favour of the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the E.,`KCREQIJER said, though he was anxious to explain his views as to the imposition of the income tax on Ireland, and had lost the opportunity of doing so during the previous discussion by reason of the hasty decision, as the question was to be raised by a motion in committee, he should not on the present occasion enter into it further than with reference to the proposition before the house. The hon. member for Ennis (Mr. • Fitzgerald) supported his proposition principally upon the assumption that the product of Schedule B would be inconsiderable, and not with the imposition of the tax. That question, however, of the productiveness of the tax could scarcely be satisfactorily settled until the bill was before the house, when the machinery to be establialied for the purpose of levying the tax could be considered. The hen. and learned member admitted that as a general principle the exemption of anrclass from the operation of: the tax would be objec tionable, as tending to excite .jealousy among all other classes, and rested his proposition upon the presumed un productiveness of the tax. He (the Chancellor of the Ex chequer), however, believed that the tax would produce a very considerable sum. He at the same time acknowledged that as to the mode of collection it might not be possible to assimilate it entirely to the English income tax. (Hear.) The difficulty would be, that there was not in Ireland a staff of intelligent Government officers ready for the pur pose, and that there was >Q A, upon the other hand, the power of resorting to the IN vices of local and municipal o ffi c ers. (Hear, hear.) In Zit any places in Ireland there were only the clergyman, the medical man, and one or two retail traders. (Hear, hear.) And certainly the subject required consideration in this view. (Hear, hear.) But it would be found, when the bill WAS before the house, that the subject had been considered. This was not, however, the proper time for its discussion.. The present proposition related, first, to tho case of the tenant farmers. The Go vernment had considered their case with reference to their relations to the landlords, and the relation between their rents and profits, and were of opinion that their position should be assimilated to that of the Scotch tenant farmers. (Hear, hear.) This, therefore, would be proposed in the progress of the bill. Upon this subject he (the Chancel lor of the Exchequer) had received representations from a body of Irish representatives, and although it had been insinuated that, in so appealing to him in a friendly way, they had betrayed their duty to their constituents, he could only say, that without presuming to commend them, he felt grateful for their ass'atance in adapting this nex tax to their country. (Ironic=l cheers from the opposition). Another point adverted to on the present occasion was the impolicy of the employment of local agents for the purpose of assessing the tax in schedule B. The duty was certainly one of delicacy and difficulty ; and, for the reason already alluded to, he had arrived at the conclusion that it would be best to keep it entirely under the control and immediate agency of the executive government. (Hear, hear.) This might, perhaps, increase the difficulty of levying the tax on small towns ; but he was anxious to take every means of moderating its oppressive character. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the legacy duty, what had been said as to its pro bable produce would be delightful to him, of course, if he could give any credence to it ; but ho could not help con sidering it as a deln.sion. It had been said that the pro duce would much exceed the amount at which ho was erro neously supposed to have estimated it, and amount to 4,000,0001. or 5,000,000/. He could only say that he should be most happy to farm the tax for a fourth or eighth part of that aura, if there were no objection to the system of farming taxes. Mr. DISRAELI—I understand the right hon. gentleman to say that the house are under a misapprehension in sup posing that he had offered an estimate as to the ultimate amount of the tax on succession of real property—that it would b© about, 2,030,000/. We certainly are under the idea that he did, in his financial statement, give us an estimate of the ultimate amount of that tax after four years ; and that the amount would be 2,00,000/. (Hoar.) It would be well to have that question cleared up. (Hear, hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had given an estimate that the additional produce of the legacy duty would be 2,000,000/. in addition to the 1,300,000/. it at present produced. He hoped that it would reach that amount, and should not be surprised if it exceeded it by 200,0001. or even 300,0001., though it would be necessary to revise the table of duties, and that would reduce the produce in some degree. The estimate, however, was about 2,000,0001. but he had to correct an error he had committed, in stating that this would be the amount at the end of four years ;he ought to have said five. He had not, however, represented that the 2,000,0001. would be the amount raised from the legacy duty on land, but the amount estimated as the entire additional produce of the legacy duty (including personal property) after the altera , tion in contemplation. Mr. VANCE condemned the Irish members who had voted against Sir Edward Lytton's amendment, as having been " mesmerised," if not otherwise influenced by the Government. He condemned the present amendment as a mockery, and should oppose altogether the extension of the income tax to Ireland. Mr. FITZGERALD, understanding that he was to have no support from the Irish members on the opposition side, would withdraw his amendment. But at the same time he defended his own consistency and independence. and threw back the insinuations which had been thrown out against him, with contempt. Mr, M`MA HON trusted tb at the hon. and learned mem ber would not withdraw his amendment, but press it to a division, and by that means procure the resignation of her Majesty's ministers. (Hear, hear.) His constituents, composed of the agricultural and commercial classes, were of opinion that they would derive the greatest relief from the remission of the consolidatedannuities ; but they would prefer the continuance of that charge to the imposition of the income tax in any shape. One gentleman with whom he had been in correspondence described the budget as a " tricky, delusive, and infamous" affair. (" Hear," and a laugh). His constituents believed that this budget was entirely in favour of England and against Ireland. Succes sive Governments had been for a long time taking off duties from the raw material for the benefit of England ; and the present Government were about to remit the soap duties, which applied peculiarly to this country, and imposed an equivalent tax upon Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Upon a recent occasion 31 Irish members had supported her Majesty's Government; but could one of those hon. members rise in his place and say that in so acting he followed the wishes of his constituents? (Hear, hear.) The whole of those constituencies would bo found against their representatives with respect to this vote— (hear, hear, and oh)—indced, all classes in Ireland were averse to tho tax. (No.) Had a single county or borough meeting been hold in its favour? He was anxious that the budget should be carried in such a way that the people [of Ireland could feel convinced that they were not being cheated or robbed in order that England might be relieved of those taxes which it was her peculiar duty to bear. A high financial authority in the house had established that, as the budget was at present framed, Ireland was essen tially a loser by it. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a former occasion, remarked that the consolidated an nuities were not to be considered as a mere question of money, he (Mr. M'Mahon) had not been prepared to find that more was to be imposed on Ireland than was remitted. The right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth had made a speech on the subject which no one on the ministe rial benches had as yet attempted to answer. No one had as yet controverted the statement of the right hon. gentle man that the remissions . as regarded England would amount to 1,040,0001., whereas the increased taxation, on Ireland would amount to 423,0001. The people of Ireland - would like to know how that was to be accounted for. A o-Tember of the Gov ernmen t h a d s t a t e d th a t ti ro present at- Pt to tax Irel a nd was ge tti ng i n th e narrow end of the °uge The remissions in the b u d ge t we're in fact, in the interest of England and not of Ir e l an d . it was proposed to remit the annuities, but he thoug:nt it unworthy of a great empirelike this to ake a profit out of these loans. The committee of the House . of Lords, a judicial capa c it , 'who appeared almost in i atikd struck 2,000,0001. from these sums charged to 'been foolishly wasted o'nonfre ground that the money had Ireland. The duties now° and not for th e re li e f o f iA ether with th e i nco P - roposed to be levied o n spirits, gm e e ttx 0 , would amount to double what could be fairly chtnaai n re the the of the annuities. It was said, however, y in that wasto be a remission of the tea duties, but se.rd— participate. remission it was only the ;right of Ireland te l , d : t en the quota. which Iceland was to ray for the legacy be an equi the Govern -valent for the consolidated annuities andif soc te on!sider it. (Hear.) meat acted with fairness, they would But, instead of that, they were going ze h t ole a income tax, 200,000/. for legacy duty, 20(0 1 ( r 4 . 460 _ ,000/. .duty, and 30,0001. for licences, showing on th i e ur sPirit :large balance against the sister country. In fact, t Lion proposed for Ireland was especially for the benefitzoaf. England and the injury of Ireland ; and, to add to the in. justice, the charge for the militia, which ought to have been borne by England exclusively, was in part thrown upon a country which had Loth ing to do with it. For several years past the remission ()l c . taxation had a ll b een in favour of England , and had been effected systemati ca ll y for that object. Even with regard to the advertisement duty, is. was struck off for Engle nd and &1. for Ireland, whereas for the latter the proportional duty ought to have been 4d. (Hear.) The house would allow him, perhaps, to state a hw plain facts, to glow gat Ireland WAWA a great la ear by the budget, if not by design, at least by accident. First, the abolition of the soap duties could confer no benefit upon Ireland, for it paid no soap duties. And there was no concealing the fact, for it was notorious that the chief soap dealers had been applying for the remission of the sox ± p duty, because they were unable to comp e te with the Irish manufacturers in the foreign and colonial markets. If the Chancellor had been anxious to confer a boon upon Irish manufacture, he would have done some thing to protect Ireland's only manufacture, that of beet root sugar, which in the English market next year would stand in no better position than slave-grown sugar. (Hear, hear, hear.) English manufacturers were very fond of crying up free trade, yet what was the fact ? Why there was not a single manufacture of Man chester, York, or Leeds, which, though relieved from Excise restrictions, was not still protected. He maintained, therefore, that if the Chancellor had been anxious to have favoured:lreland, he would not have dealt with her as he had done. Again, let him point to another restriction— that upon the gro w th of tobacco. (Mr. Sergeant Murphy here made an observation in reference to the hon. and learned member having again taken up his papers to quote some statistics.) Let him inform the hon. and learned member for the city of Cork that he would not be so full of his imperial doctrines if the Septennial Act were not in force, and if his constituents in Ireland could hold over the hon. gentleman the same threat of dissolution that had been held out by the Government to those who refused to support their budget. (Hear, hear.) He could only say, in conclusion, that no member of that house was more anxious than he was that Ireland should be treated as an English county. He wished to see the two countries ab solutely incorporated, to all intents and purposes, Ireland being no longer subject to peddling and exceptional legisla lation, but governed by the same system of statute and common law. If that were done—if they would but con fer on Ireland the same local institutions which were en joyed by England, they would be able to economise their local expenditure, and reduce their highway rates from the present amount of 1,100,0001. a-year to half that sum. (Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY wished merely to bring two points under the notice of the right hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer; to which he would refer later at some dength. His first suggestion was that the right hon. gentleman would be able verylargely to increase the amount of revenue derived from the proposed tax on successions, by including within his arrangements a very large class of property— that was held in mortmain by corporate bodies. The next point had reference to the mode in which the income tax was collected. He alluded to copyhold tenants, who paid double—first of all they paid upon the value of their land, and then they paid fines which were levied upon every new admittance. Sir T. O'BRIEN was not going to annoy the Luse with quoting figures, which were often calculated to confuse rather than to inform. He rose merely to say, that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer was anxious to make any changes in the Irish part of the budget, he must not take it for granted that the tenant-farmers of that country would derive all the advantages from his scheme which had been described. He must say that he was perfectly amazed at the picture drawn by hie excellent friend the member for Tippe of the advantage to accrue to that class. Mr. F. SC Y—l said that the remission of the con solidated annuities would confer a great boon upon the farming classes of Ireland. Sir T. O'BRIEN would like to know if the hon. gentle man had ever taken a walk from Cashel to Tipperary, from Cashel to Clonmel, or Cashel to Threes, for if he had he would have seen nothing but ruins of the dwellings of tenant-farmers. It was all very well to talk of the tenant farmers being benefited by the remission of the annuities, but they had never paid them—the only rates paid by Irish farmers were on account of writs. Tne fact was, the re mission was no sufficient equivalent for the sacrifice they were called upon to make. He had never given a selfish vote—he came there neither for nor against the Govern ment. But he must protest against the system pursued by Irish members—a system calculated to do the greatest in jury to the country. They formed themselves into cliques of 16 or a dozen, held meetings, and came forth to dictate as to the government of Ireland. (Hear.) He believed that those who opposed the budget of the ',Government held quite as great a stake in the country as those who favoured it. In its every feature, with the single excep tion of the repeal of the tea duties, the budget was adverse to Ireland ; and let him warn the . Chancellor of the Ex chequer that the repeal of those duties would lead to little or no increased consumption of that beverage as far as that country was concerned. He begged, therefore, to say that his vote on Monday was given conscientiously and unfac tiously ; nor had he heard anything since to make him re gret the course he had taken. (Hear.) Sir G. GOODMAN could assure the hon. gentleman the member for Dublin (Mr. Vance), who, he believed, he might rank amongst his constituents, that the manufac turers of Leeds were by no means unwilling to see the income tax extended to Ireland. On the contrary, they believed that its imposition on that country was a move altogether in the right direction, and that a very great benefit would be thereby conferred upon the public of both countries. Mr. M. O'CONNELL must protest against the term clique being applied to Irish members by the hon. baronet the member for Cashel. He had assisted at the meeting alluded to by the hon. gentleman, but it was only in a mi nisterial capacity as chairman. It was equally open to the hon. member for Cashel to attend the meeting, but he had managed to absent himself in Dublin on his own private business. (Laughter.) Mr. R. M. FOX hoped, when the amendment was with drawn, the acerbity would also be withdrawn which had characterised the debate. He believed they would always find strong feelings in Ireland ; that these feelings would be expressed in an energetic manner. He hoped they would come to the consideration of the remainder of the budget without any acerbity of feeling and with an honest deter mination to render full justice to Ireland. Mr. MAGAN believed the hon. gentleman's motion was a perfectly sincere motion. The hon. gentleman was en gaged in the same task as he was—namely, to avoid the imposition of the income tax on Ireland (as was understood). There was one mistake made by the hon. and learned gen tleman, which mischievous minds like his own (Mr. Ma gall's) would be ready to suspect--he had too long delayed making an apology for the observations he had made. He would say no more, as he wished to leave the hon. and learned gentleman " all alone in his glory." (Oh, oh, and laughter.) _ _ _ Mr. BALL sympathised with the feelings of those Eng lish members who must think it a great infliction to have to listen to another night's debate on the income tax. But this question was calculated to excite much agitation in Ireland and one on which great difference of opinion prevailed. (Oh.) It was right, therefore, that the people should know the facts, and that the truth of the question shouldbe fairly placed before them. The question the house had to consi der WAS no small or narrow question ; it comprised the future taxation of Ireland. (Oh, oh, divide.) Did hon. members opposite wish to stifle discussion ? He only de sired to enter into the matter fairly, and he challenged them to discuss the question fairly with him. (Oh.) Ho had always been of opinion that the act of Union with Ireland was unjust. Certainly, he could not but consider that the present proposition was not in unison with the object of the Act of Union. He would compare the revenue and expenditure of Ireland 30 years after the union with—(divide, divide.) The hon. gentleman here sat down with the remark that it was evident a desire existed to put a stop to fair discussion. Mr. M'CANN knew as much about Ireland as any hon. member in the house, and it was his belief there was no difference at all on the question. He believed Ireland was taxed, in proportion to England, beyond her fair share and her means. He might be mistaken, but he was will ing to have a committee of English gentlemen chosen to look into the question, and he would readily abide by their verdict. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. W. MICHELL moved—" To leave out `or from any profession, trade, or vocation,' in order to add to the Chancellor of the Fxchequer's resolution, ' and for and in respect of any profession, trade, or vocation, whether the same shall be respectively exercised in the fUnited. King dom or elsewhere, on the first 100/. of income no duty shall be charged or chargeable thereon ; for every 205., the an nual value or amount thereof, above the yearly profits of 1001., and below that of 500/. For two years from April 5, 1853 sd. For two years from April 5, 1855 4d. And for three years from April 5, 1857 3d." He did not bring this amendment forward to damage the Ministry, but because he thought justice required the al teration should be made. He was not opposed to the bud get ; he thought it was a fair budget, and that it would be impossible to get a budget to please every one. His constituents rather liked the budget than otherwise. Go vernment proposed to remit taxation on the industrious classes. The right hon. gentleman had taken off the taxes on knowledge, and had placed them on the compositors and reporters. By this arrangement the man who only earned 11. 18s. a week, perhaps because he was idle, was exempted, while the industrious, the more honest, and more sober man, who earned 2/. 2s. per week was to be brought with in the operation of the tax. Was this just ? The same principle of injustice pervaded the tax as applied to other industrious classes. He thought it would be advisable to make the tax operate on the working classes this way— to take no notice of the 1001., and to commence levying the tax on all the amount beyond the 1001. This, he believed, would give far greater satisfaction. What he desired to effect by his amendment was, to protect the working classes, and at the same time to do away with the temptation of endeavouring to find out ingenious ways to evade the im post. He was convinced that if they did not make the tax discriminating it would never work well. The hon. mem ber concluded, amid considerable and continued interrup tions, by handing to the chairman a motion in manuscript which he wished to move. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presumed that the motion which the hon. member had handed in was the same as that which stood in the votes. The motion as it stood on the votes having been read and put, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the motion as it at present stood would go to exempt all the 'lifferent descriptions of rating in the previous part of the resolutions. The correction which had been made in it confined it to trades, professions, or vocations. It was not necessary for him to state at any length his reasons for not acceding to the motion. They rested on two grounds. In the first place, the motion, although intended by the hon. gentleman in all sincerity to facilitate and improve the working of the tax, involved principles most inconvenient and even dangerous. It involved all the difficulties that arose at a former period, of different rates on different classes ; and another set of difficulties, viz., those which related to a graduated income tax. It wes quite true, as , the hon. gentleman had stated, that Mr. Pitt proposed what in some sense might be called a graduated income tax. He proposed a tax graduated below 2001., and no doubt ) on abstract grounds, that involved the principle of a gradation aprlcable to all incomes. But they stood in this matter hot on abstract grounds, but on prescription. Ever slnce they had had the income tax they had had exemptions of some sort ; but they never passed beyond 2001. Mr. Pitt graduated the tax below that sum in order to obviate the anomaly that existed. It was always graduated on a certainlprinciple and with reference to clerks of limited income. In fixing 1501. as the amount under which there should be exemptions, Parliament had adopted a very liberal rule. But whatever the amount was below which the exemption was fixed, above it there had always been a uniform rate. The hon. gentleman pro i pro- Posed to grad ua t e up to 5001., but if they adopted that topple,p there was no reason why they should not extend ,000 n.. I. te In at f vr ac hi t the proposal opened the wide question as to the the tax gradations rich, ti en betweena as c o m give him great pleasnreger°ll" tht P ewx : tuire ed am v : i to t wt h eadmi ta psj ehr through Poverty, . should a 11 He hoped the committee gentleman in any wa y he oo could not consent to his principle. Though it would coo meet the - wishes of the hon. It was a great deal 8 ProPcmal , cost little less than 700 ~,,pensive, and if adopted would that if othEse.ysytgluve itifnitlhawtigariarthileye must = out PX 9 P9sed mug% tion with the tax. Under the circumstances he must there fore oppose the motion. Mr. MICHELL was understood to move that the Chair man report progress. Lord A. VANE hoped the hon. gentleman would carry his amendment to a division. He had heard hon. gentle men opposite give up principles to which they pledged themselves the same as he did. The basis of the income tax was an extension for seven years; and as it was a broad principle that the man who earned his bread by hard la bour should not be compelled to pay in the same propor tion as the man who sat in his easy chair and did nothing, he (Lord A. Vane) should not recede from it on this occa sion. As long, therefore, as he had a vote in that house he would record it in favour of that principle. He had heard every point of the financial scheme objected to, and yet hon. members professed to vote for the whole budget. The whole was composed of all its parts ; and as he objected to the chief part, he should vote against the continuance of the income tax as it stood. Without pledging himself to the terms of the amendment, he would vote for the principle to which he had given his assent, in case of a division. He would not accept the wholo when he objected to the chief part. Mr. SPOONER suggested that the hon. member for Bodmin should modify his amendment. To impose a tax upon 1001. a year was to tax labour. He admitted the difficulty of graduating the tax ; but he thought there could be no difficulty in fixing a minimum sum. A hun dred a year was too low. The lowest should be 1501. The principle of the proposition of the hon. member—namely, a graduation of the tax, he (Mr. Spooner) was prepared to support at the fitting opportunity ; and its adoption would have the effect of getting rid of the expense of the staff of clerks now employed at Somerset House to regulate the exemptions. He therefore advised the hon. member not to press his amendment on that occasion, but to avail him self of another opportunity. The amendment was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. PALMFR then rose to move the following amend ment :—" After the words for every . twenty shillings of the annual value of amount thereof,' insert such annual value of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, being the net annual value thereof, after due allowance made for re pairs, insurance, and management." A conversation arose as to the expediency of proceeding with the amendment, or whether the hon. member should move that the Chairman report progress and obtain leave to sit again. Mr. W. MILES hoped the latter suggestion would be persevered in, as the amendment affected the real property of this country, which was taxed at 9d. in the pound, while other property was taxed only at 7d. After some further remarks the consideration of the pro position was adjourned to Monday ; the Chairman left the chair, and the house resumed. - - THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1853. EXCHEQUER BILLS. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, the house went into committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill. CUSTOMS' ACTS. The report upon this bill was brought up and received. - SALES OF BULLION BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. ENTAILS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. DUNLOP proposed certain amendments in this bill. The LORD ADVOCATE believed that the house was aware that entails in Scotland had, up to the year 1848, been in fact a perpetuity, and except under a statute called the Montgomery Act, it was almost impossible for any heir to an entail to make a provision for his children. In the year 1848, however, the whole question of Scotch entails had been carefully considered in that house, and consider able improvements had been effected in that system. Now his hon. and learned friend wished to interfere with the prohibition upon certain entails dating subsequent to the year 1848. In his (the Lord Advocate's) opinion the house ought to deliberate before they resolved to repeal the 12th section of an act which had been passed into law after so much consideration. He should therefore request his hon. and learned friend not to press his amendment. Mr. CRAUFITRD complained that .a question of so much importance should have been brought on at so late a period of the night. He deprecated the idea that be cause great reforms had been effected in the system of entails in Scotland the house should therefore refuse to enter upon a course of still more extensive improvements. He trusted his hon. friend would divide the house upon the question, and ascertain if the Government were really devoted to the cause of law reform or not. Mr. C. BRUCE objected to grafting the propositions of the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Dunlop) upon the measure before the house, and he trusted the Lord Advo cate would confine the object of the bill to that which it was designed to effect —namely, the facilitating of pro ceedings under Lord Rutherford's Act. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the hon. and learned gentle man (Mr. Dunlop) would not press his amendment, but bring it forward as a distinct proposition. The house divided, and there appeared— For Mr. Dunlop's clause Against it Majority against the clause —96 The report was then received, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on a future day. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to name the 13th of June as the day on which he should move for leave to bring in a bill to prevent persons holding dockyard and other appointments from voting at elections. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. CRAUFIIRD a new writ was or dered to be issued for the borough of Maidstone. The remaining business on the paper having baen dis posed of, the house adjourned at one o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES-FRIDAY. A HANDICAP STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. Extra weight for winners. Seven furlongs. (10 subs.) Mr. Pedley's Sweetness, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 6st (Ashmall) 1 Mr. Brown's Bell Tinker, 3 yrs, 6st....(Waddington) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—British Farmer, Deerhound, Margaret of Anjou, Hannah, and c by Mickey Free. Betting—The confusion which was occasioned by the very blameable manner in which the numbers of the starters were put up, caused several vexatious fluctuations in the betting, and much money was thereby lost. At the close it was 3 to 1 agst Humphrey, 7 to 2 each agst Deerhound and Sweetness, 6to 1 agst Bell Tinker. A very pretty race with the three placed and Deerhound from the distance, was won by a neck. A neck only between each of the others. First year of the THIRD TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for 2 yr olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; those by untried stal lions, or out of mares which never bred a winner, al lowed 31b ; both, 61b. T.Y.C. (10 subs.) Mr. E. R. Clark's Punch Box, by Napier, Bst 31b. (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Siiletto, Bst. 91b (Templeman) 2 Mr. Copeland's Field Marshal, Bst 71b (Marlow) 3 Mr. Worthington's Juliet, Bst 21b (Bramwood) 4 Betting—Even on Stilletto, 6 to 4 agst Punch Box. Punch Box made all the running, and won very easily by a length. Bad third. WIRRALL STAKES of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 30 added ; 2 yr old colts, fist 121 b ; fillies, fist 81b ; 3 yr old colts, 9st ; fillies, Bst 101 b. Winners extra. T.Y.C. (13 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's colt by The Emperor—Begum, 3 yrs, 9st (Flatman) 1 Mr. Halford's Eliza, 3 yrs, Bst 1 Olb ....(Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Ayrton's Amanda, 2 yrs, fist 81b (Aldcroft) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Begum colt and Eliza, sto 2 agst Amanda. Begum colt made all the running, and won by half a length. Bad third. - - - EATON STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 121 b ; fillies and geld ings allowed 41b, and maidens at the time of naming 31b ; winners extra. Grosvenor course. (9 subs.) Mr. Chilton's Audubon, by Birdcatcher, 7st 71b (in cluding 31b extra) (.J. Osborne) walked over. CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 60 added ; winners extra ; second to save his stake. From the Castle Pole, once round and in ; about a mile and three furlongs. (36 subs., 20 of whom declared, and pay 5 sovs. each.) Mr. E. Phillips's Koh-i-noor, 4 yrs, Est 121b...(Vea1) 1 Mr. Cooper's lanthe, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (Crouch) 2 Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 4 yrs, Est 101 b _(Hiett) 3 Lord Waterford's April Fool, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Wynne) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst lanthe, 2to 1 agst April Fool, 3to 1 agst Sanita, 4to 1 agst Koh-i-noor. Koh-i-noor made strong running throughout, and won by ten lengths. Each of the others far apart. SIXTH YEAR of the CESTRIAN STAKES of 10 sous. each, with 30 added ; for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 31b. One mile and three-quarters. (6 subs.) Mr. J. M. Stanley's North Pole, by Orlando, Bst 61b (J. Marlon) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst 31b (Hiett) 2 Mr. Osborne's Mocassin, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) . 3 Betting-2 to lon North Pole, 3to 1 agst Mocassin. A fine race from the distance with the favourite and Sylphine, the former winning by half a neck. Bad third. GRAND STAND CuP of 100 sovs., in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; the second to receive 20 sovs. out of the Stakes. Once round and a distance. (16 subs.) Mr Thompson's Guicowar, 3 yrs, sst 81b .....(Carroll) 1 Mr. Dawson's Lerrywheut, 4 yrs, 7st 101b...(T. Lye) 2 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 7st 41b (Ashman) 3 Lord Caledon's Kiteflyer; 4 yrs, 7st Sib (W. Sharpe) 4 The following . also ran :—Woolwich, Osbaldeston, Grief ; Evadne, Bellewstown, Whalebone; f by Venison dam by the Sadlef, the iiudge; and Bloomers Setting--7 to 4 its tiiiico*ef, 3to 1 agst Ititeflyer, ti to 1 agst Venison filly, 8 to 1 each agst Bloomer and Woolwich, 14 to 1 agst Lerrywheut. A good race. Won by half a length. A length between second and third. Bloomer fell and her jockey was much stunned. LADIES' PURSE, value 501., for three years old and upwards. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Extra weight for winners. The winner to be sold for 250 sovs. Allowances if to be sold for less. Once round and a dis- tance. Mr. B. Land's Heliotrope, 4 yrs, 501., 7st 111 b (H. May.) 1 Mr. Dawson's The Varmint, 4 yrs, 501., Est (Alderoft) 2 Mr. Thompson's Ganyreede, 3yrs, 501., Est 51b (Boyes) 3 Mr. W, Tophain's laid of Delamei - e, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Moult) 4 Betting-2 to lon Varmint, 4to 1 agst Heliotrope. Won by half a neck. The receipts at the stand during the meeting amounted to upwards of 2,330/. The stewards for the next year are, Lord Clifden, Charles Greville, Esq., and J. M, Stanley, Esq. The stand committee have voted 1,0001. to be given to the spring meeting, 1554, and 3001. to the October meeting. THE DE'RBY. Zi rout's to town 10 to 1 Nino offered aping, Orestes. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6. The Dauntless, 24 (screw), Captain Edward P. Halsted, came into harbour to-day at noon, and is laid alongside the sheers jetty. She has unbent sails, got down her top rigging, and is returning stores to the dockyard. She will pay off on Wednesday next, when the officers and crew will have an opportunity of recruiting their health and spirits. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., has payed over her rigging, painted lower masts, tops, and caps, and is beginning to look in sea going order. She will receive her lower deck guns at Spithead. The Blenheim, 58, screw, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., had pretty sharp practice this morning at the great gun exercise. The Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' brig, Lieut. Commander Fenwick, put the lads at target practice with the broad side guns with good effect, after which she came into harbour. Ships of war at Spithead.—Sanspareil, 71, screw ; Im perieuse, 60, screw ; Cruiser, 16, screw ; London, 90 ; Highflyer, 21, screw ; Agamemnon, 90, screw ; Sidon, 22, paddle ; and Banshee, avant coureur to the squadron. PLYMOUTH, MAY 6. Her Majesty's frigate Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vin cent Bing, having been fitted for the reception of Lord Ellesmere and suite, was towed yesterday by the Avon and Confiance steamers into the Sound, where she took her powder and shells on board. The brig Cygnet, Commander R. D. White, which arrived on Wednesday from Portsmouth, came into har bour yesterday, and was warped to the jetty, where her crew unbent sails and commenced returning stores. She will be paid off on Wednesday. The Diligence transport was removed from dock on Thursday, and towed to the Jupiter depot to receive coal prior to sailing for the Arctic regions. In consequence of a dispute between the owners and crews of the trawling sloops belonging to this port, the vessels have not been to sea during the week. PEMBROKE. The Victoria, of 1 10 guns, now building in this yard, is very far advanced towards completion, and she could easily be made ready, if so desired, for launching this season. Rumour, however, states that before , being sent off the stocks she will bo cut asunder at the midship section, and lengthened to the extent of 30 feet. ' This increase of length she can well bear, as it is at present evident to all who in spect her that her size is greater in proportion than her length. She is a noble vessel, though not nearly of such fine proportions as the James Watt, just launched, and, when lengthened, would carry nearly the same armament as the Duke of Wellington 131 guns, launched here last season. She will be fitted with the screw propeller, thus adding another first-rate to the squadron of screw-propelled line-ofbattle ships. WOOLWICH, MAY 6. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George William Conway Courtenay (1828), to be captain-superintendent of the Royal Hospital, Haslar, Portsmouth, in the room of Captain William J. IL John stone, promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. Captain Richard Augustus Yates (1827), to receive the good-service pension vacant by the promotion of Captain William James Hope Johnstone. Commander John 3l`Neill Boyd (1850), to command the Nerbudda, 12, brig, commissioned at Chatham. Commander William Abdy Fellowes (1850), to command the Comus, 14, sloop, commissioned at Sheerness. Surgeons.—John Ward (a) (1851), to the Comus ; John Ternan, M.D. (1851), to the Nerbudda. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenants.—John 0. Bathurst (1838), Edmund H. Gunnell (1841), Matthew Connolly (1842), and Robert Jen kins (1846), to be commanders. The Cyclops steam-frigate has taken on board the boilers of the Encounter steam-frigate, and will convey them round to Portsmouth. Twenty-four privates of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines, volunteers left Woolwich at 2 p .m. y esterda y , and proceeded by railway to Portsmouth to join the Royal Marine Artillery branch of the corps. Captain Buchannan, Lieutenant Holland, two corporals, one drummer, and 56 privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, arrived in the barracks here at 6 o'clock, p.m. yesterday, from service in the Hastings, 72, paid off at Portsmouth. - PRIZE MONEY FOR THE INDIGINA. -Messrs. Burnett and Co. have given notice to the late officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Southampton, Nicholas Cory, Esq., captain, that, on the 20th inst., they will be paid by them their proportions of bounty money, &c., received for the capture of the slave brig Indigina, by her Majesty's steam vessel Harpy, tender to her Majesty's ship Southampton, on the sth day of January, 1851, and the shares will be recalled every Friday for three months, agreeably to act of Parliament : Flag, 1261. ls. Bd. ; captain, 2361. Bs. 3d. ; first class, 391. 18s. ld. ; second, 241. 18s. 10d. ; third, 191. 19s. ; fourth, 11/. 9s. sd. ; fifth, 61. 19s. Bd. ; sixth, W. 19s. Bd. ; seventh, 31. 19s. 9d. ; eighth, 11. 19s. 10d. ; ninth, 11. 4s. 11d. ; tenth, 14s. 11d. THE CASE OF ABORTION AT CLAPHAM. Yesterday Mr. R. A. Fisher, the barrister, appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton, at the Lambeth-street police-office, and, addressing that magistrate, said that in the report of the proceedings in the above painful and disgusting case, which appeared in the public jour nals of that morning, it was stated by the unfortunate young woman, Eliza Morden, " I wrote a letter to Dr. Smith and gave it to Mr. Thomas, making an appoint ment with the former to meet him at 24, Essex-street, Strand, a lawyer's and that in consequence of that statement, Mr. C. 0. Hoare, a respectable solicitor, who had offices in the house referred to, felt himself affected and aggrieved, and therefore wished it to be distinctly understood that he knew nothing whatever of any of the parties, and had not ever seen or been consulted by them, or either of them, in any matter whatever. The house in question (which belonged to a highly respectable person) was let out in chambers, and was in every respect similar to the houses in the inns of court, the chambers being separate and distinct, with a common entrance and staircase. and the occupants of the re spective chambers had no further knowledge of each other than that of meeting occasionally and casually on the stairs. The learned counsel said the Rev. Mr. Gordon was neither the friend nor the client of Mr. Hoare, and that, in fact, Mr. Hoare was an utter stranger to the whole occurrence represented in this most unfortunate and deplorable case. Mr. Hoare occupies his chambers only for the purposes of his pro fessional business. He did not reside in the house, and he was quite prepared to show that the parties implicated in this sad affair had never been inside his chambers, and that he had no knowledge whatever of them, or the occurrence referred to. The learned counsel further said that he also had instructions from a member of the bar, of great respectability and considerable professional standing and practice, who occupied chambers in the same house and upon th(i same floor upon which the chambers of Mr. Hoare were situate, to make a similar unequivocal statement. Mr. Norton said he had no doubt that the press would, with its usual love of justice, at once notice and set the matter right. Mr. Hoare was present, and confirmed in the strongest way the statements of the learned counsel, and, having thanked the magistrate for his courtesy, withdrew. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY G. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Franzeska, from Rostock ; Dovre, Dram ; Therese, Rostock ; Ferdinand, Grenaae ; Anna Magdalene, Skive ; Harmonic, Nassau ; Wave, Mademblik ; Frau Catharina, Struer ; Ando, Fedder wardsiel • Tiger, Hamburgh ; Kleine Bernard, Ne ustadt ; Jantina 'Geziena, Groningen ; James Innes, Almeira ; Lino., Sannesund ; Fortuna, Castingseil ; Zargo, Loanda ; Mensehlievendheid, Harlingen ; Hoffnung, Thisted ; Adel heid, Lokken ; Superb, Skepprovich ; Frau Johanna, Leer ; Lady Catharine Barham, Jamaica ; City of Bou logne, Boulogne ; Charlotte, Landscrona ; Dorthia, Greenaae ; Maria, Leghorn ; Fornica, Hobroe ; Christine Margarette, Sannesund ; Calypso, Dantzic ; Hercules, Droback ; Marie, Thisted ; Europa, Bombay ; Hed.vig, Gothenburg ; Danneborg, Randers ; Jens Nordentoftsy Minde, Thisted ; Ceres, Praestoe ; Teresina, Naples ; Mar garetha, Nykiobing ; Stein Billet, Copenhagen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Tho Singapore, for Sydney, New South Wales; Wellesley, Calcutta ; Owen Glendower, Bombay ; Admiral, Port Philip ; Hebe, do. ; Agnes, Oporto ; Barham, Calcutta ; Lady Catharine Barham, Jamaica ; Garland, do. ; Echo, Helsingfors ; Avenir, Rouen ; Louise, Hamburgh ; Fanny Mitcheson, Coquimbo ; Maid of Marshland, Stettin. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Neptune, for Cherbourg; Ocean Queen, New York ; Les Amis, Rouen ; C a th ar i na , Elsinore ; Minerva, Stettin ; Gertruda and Lammechina, Elsinore ; Mary Welch, Leghorn ; Echo, Ghent; Calphurnia, Port Phili and Sydney; Enterprise, Lubeck ; Anna Maria, Alton p a ; Johanna Maria, do. John Romilly, Hobart Town ; Neptune, Hamburgh ; Champion Belize, &c. ; Colu mbine, Ca p e of Good Hope ; Albert, Port l Natal; Panama, Hobart Town; Harriette, Valparaiso and Lima. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The William Stewart, Southampton to Adelaide, South Australia, April 2 4 . off Cape Finisterro. The Lochinvar, Clyde to Adelaide, South Australia, lat. 42 N., long. 14 W. The William Connal, Liv"Prpool to Hong Kong , March 2, tat. 5 N., long. 21 W. The Margaret, Dartmouth to Quebec, April 25, lat. 48 N. long. 24 W, The Arabella Tarbet, Newfoundland to Pernambuco, April 7, lat. 38 N., long. 40 W. Excrotstum ESTATES COURT, IRELAND.—From an ffi ocial return it appears that from the year 1849, to May, 1853, 14 millions of acres, at the gross rental of (150,000/4; subject to head and chief rents and tithe rent charge to AOC 09,90'0i. and a large portion to jointures and annuities, sold for tA millions sterling—not, on an average more than 61. an acre. There were 159 p,ur chasers (not Irish) who bought ; 67 Lon . doners bought of a ;23 purchasers in Lanca- shire only kof miln th e remaining purchaser s in England, being 56 inlionumber, bought 4 of a million ; two purchasers in India at 30,000/. ; and in America one purchaser to the a mount of 2,5001. There are no less than 1,500 boxes of title-deeds deposited in the Record Office, containing upwards of 90,000 documents, yet, notwithstanding this immense pressure of business, no office for the registration of all estates for sale as been opened in London by the commissioners, until Mr. Bermingham established one at 158, New Bond-street, and -which meets with their entire approbation. This office will facilitate the transactions of the Encumbered Estates Court, inasmuch a s it will give as great pi city in London as in Dublin, and will be a great boon to capitalists. ALLEGED MURDER. --A case of murder is said to have occurred at Conway. A man took a youth out shooting ra bbits, and returned with out him. The body was after wards found buried on the mountain, the youth having evidently been shot, and it is said his watch was subse quently and other d s c e i r o m r e s d t a o n n e e the o p e c e a r s s i o o n n of e d h t i s h e c e m apprehensionp ani o n This o f the .Better. FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 5. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Taunton—Sir John William Ramsden ' of Byram, in the West Riding of the county of York, Bart., in the room of Arthur Mills, Esq., whose election for the said borough has been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 6. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain William Richard Newport Campbell, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Johnson, who exchanges, May 6. 7th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thomas William Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bunbury, who retires ; Cornet Montagu Dettmar to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goff, May 6. 2nd Dragoons—Cornet the Honourable Matthew Fitz- Maurice Deane, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cor net, vice Parry, who retires, May 6. 6th Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Pryse Jones to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Probyn, who retires, May 6. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Chardin Philip Johnson, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Camp bell, who exchanges, May 6. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Fullerton Rich mond, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice the Honourable Matthew Fitzmaurice Dean, appointed to the 2nd Dragoons, May 6. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain John Halkett le Couteur, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice the Hon. Augustus George Charles Chichester, who exchanges, May 6. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Lynch, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hogge, who retires ; Ensign Arthur Bainbridge, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lynch, May 6. 2 . 3 d Foot —Surgeon Joseph Burke, from the 24th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gamble, who exchanges, May 6. 24th Foot—Surgeon Richard Gamble, M.D., from the 23d Foot, to be Surgeoh, vice Burke, who exchanges, May 6. 27th Foot—Lieutenant James Henry Creagh, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Pattison, who retires ; Ensign Charles James Knox Gore, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Creagh ; Ensign Francis Lambton, from the 98th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gore, May 6. 42d Foot—Ensign Frederick Henry Hope, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fletcher, who retires, May 6. 53d-Foot—Ensign Thomas e Acton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waters, who retires ; Ensign George Henry Pocklington, from the 18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Acton, May 6. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Benjamin Dunbar Wemyss, from Paymaster, Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, vice Macdonnell, appointed Paymaster Ensign James Hannay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wemyss, who retires, May 6. 58th Foot—Paymaster-Sergeant John Harris Roger Har rison, of the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tighe, promoted, May 6. 60th Foot—Captain Thomas Biggs, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, vice Sibthorp, who exchanges, May 6. 80th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Lawrence Ar guimbau, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Henry Daubeney, deceased, April 30. 83d Foot—Captain Richard Rodes Wyvill, from the 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice Crawfurd, who exchanges, May 6. 87th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable Augustus George Charles Chichester, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards to be Captain, vice Le Coute,u, who exchanges, May 6. 90th Foot— Captain Robert H. Payne Crawfurd, from the 83d Foot, to be Captain, vice Wyvill, who exchanges, May 6. 97th Foot, Captain Richard Francis Waldo Sibthorp, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Biggs, who ex changes, May 6. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—First Lieutenant James Armar Butler to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lucas, who re tires ; Second Lieutenant Charles Rouch to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Butler, May 6. Cape Mounted Riflemen—John Gregory Gurney, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice Wemyss, appointed Lieutenant in the 55th Foot, May 6. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Thomas Hoskin, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Affieck, deceased ; William Snell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Hoskin, promoted on the Staff, May 6. STAFF.—Chaplains—The Reverend Henry Press Wright to be Chaplain to the Forces, May 6. MEMORANDIIISI.—The proper names of the officer who was removed from an Ensigncy in the Ist Foot to be Second Lieutenant of the Rifle Brigade, in the Gazette of the 29th April, 1853, are William James Montgomery Cuninghame, and not William James Montgomery Cun -1 ninghame. Sergeant-Major John Campbell, appointed Quartermaster of the 17th Foot on the 29th April, 1853, was from the 89th, and not the 98th Regiment. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANTS. County- of Oxford. _ _ . . Lieutenant-Colonel the 'Hon. George Augustus Spencer to be Deputy-Lieutenant—Henry Peyton, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant—Adam Duff, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. County of Surrey. John Hinde Palmer, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. 3d Royal Surrey Regiment of Militii.--To be Adjutant— Evelyn Latimer Parratt, Esq., late Captain 85th King's Light Infantry. County of Middlesex. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Richard Bagot, half-pay un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. County Palatine of Lancashire—Thomas Rodick, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant—John Rosson, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. 4th or the Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—James Fort, Gent., bite of the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant—Samuel Renshaw Phibbs, Gent., to be Lieutenant—Thomas Knott, Gent., late Lieutenant 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant—Robert, Arthur Mather, Gent., to be Ensign—Thomas Byron White head, .rent., to be Ensign. The Artillery Regiment of the Royal Lancashire Militia —Henry Thomas Fyers, Esq., late Captain and Adjutant Royal Artillery, to be Captain—Charles Creagh, Esq., late Captain 80th Foot, to be Captain—Archer Barton, Esq., late Captain 16th Lancers, to be Captain—Henry Master ton, Gent., late Lieutenant 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant- - John Railton, jun., Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Robert Hamilton, jun., Gent., to be Ensign. The Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—John Jacson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Wigan troop—Alexander Fowden Haliburton, Esq., to be Captain, Wigan troop. Lancashire Hussars—William Edward Hughes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice F. A. Farrell, resigned—Thomas Burnaby Legh, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hughes, promoted. Tower Hamlets— Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—Henry Trower, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stone, superseded. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—James Little, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Eykin, resigned. County of Denbigh—Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry— William Rowland, Esq., to be Surgeon, vice Lloyd Wil liams, resigned—Charles James Watkin Williams, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Rowland, resigned. County of Suffolk—East Suffolk Regiment of Militia — Artillery Corps—Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir Charles Blois, resigned. County of Hertford—South Harts Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—The Honourable Arthur De Vere, Viscount Malden ' to be Cornet. West Riding of the County of York—Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry—John Greenwood, Esq. to be Captain,vice Wilson, resigned— The Honourable William Ernest Duncombe to be Lieu tenant, vice Willoughby, resigned—Robert Hartley Bower, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Greenwood, promoted—Arthur Croft, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Duncombe, promoted. 3d Regiment of West York Militia—Lieutenant Wil liam Waite, to be Captain, vice Hepworth, resigned—Jere miah Bonnie Faviell, Esq., to be Captain—William Greaves Blake, Gent., to be Ensign—Cotterill Scholefield, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. Michael Joseph Ellison to be Captain, vice John Jeffcock, resigned—Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, Bart., to be Captain, vice Sir Thomas Pilkington, resigned—Lieut. Francis John Saville Foljambe to be Captain, vice Honour able Edmund 3lonckton, resigned Lieutenant Henry Beilby William Milner to be Captain, vice Wrightson, re signed—Cornet William Frederick Dickson to be Lieuten ant, vice Ellison, promoted—Cornet William Henry Jeff cock to be Lieutenant, vice Foljambe, promoted—William Fretwell Hoyle, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Newbould, deceased." Ist Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—Ed ward James Bury, Gent., to be Cornet. [The following article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday , the 26th of A p ril.] Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Henry William Stansfield, Esq., to be Captain. BANKRUPTS. James William Havers, dealer, Judd-street, Brunswick square, April 23 and June 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Reed, Coleman-street. Robert Wood, porkman, Commercial-place, Greenwich, May 14 and July 1 , at twelve , at the Court ofßankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Taylor, Fur nivars-inn. Thomas Gledhill, tailor and draper, Halifax, May 24, and June 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee,• Leeds ; Norris, Halifax ; Bond and Bar wick, Leeds. Kichael Cox, grocer, Liverpool, May 13 and June 10, at elevei , , at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assign & ; Smith, Corfs-buildings Preeson's-row. J o w l ,ffonour Croucher, boarding-house keeper, Font hill-place Clapham Rise; May 17, and June 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards official assignee, Si e ' Basingliall-street ; Linklater and Co., Sise lane, City. Augustus Ruff, jeweller, Cranbourn-street, May 13, at two, and June 04, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official axignee, Aldermanbury ; Pain, Gresham street. Benjamin Collett, eharebroker, Sise-lane, City, May 14, at one, and July 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrutcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Strong p hill, Coleman-street. William Martin, ironmonjer, Hertford-bridge, South ampton, May 16, at one, and .June 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Bridger and Collins, Itring William-street. Jonas Woodhead and Joseph Wo (Ahead, file and fire iron manufacturers, Bradford, May 20 and June 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as signee, Leeds ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. Paterson, Notting-hill, livery stable keeper, May 24, at eleven—T. Peppin , Fenchurch-buildings, Fenchurch street, wine and coal merchant, May 30, at two —N. Pearce, Silver-street, Wood-strcet, Cheapside, stationer Berk and printer May 27, at eleven—G. Kebble, Hurst, Berk shire, cattle dealer, May 27, at half-past one—C. S. Hooper, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-lane, May 28, at twelve—T. Chew and J. Chew, Little Moorfields, livery stable keepers, May 30, at one—A. Clugton and C. P. Chapman, Paul's-wharf, Thames-street, merchants, May 30, at half-past one—T. James, Moorgate-street, merchant, May 30, at one--A. A. Lackersteen and W. H. Crake, Moorgate-street, merchants, May 30, at half-past one—W. Colk, North Walsham, Norfolk, wine and spirit merchant, May 28, at eleven—W. E. Johnson, Little Abingdon street, Westminster, coal merchant, May 27, at half-past twelve—E. B. May, Leicester-square, and Albion-place East, King's-cross, hnondraper, May 28, at eleven. In the Country. C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, banker, May 28, at one, at the Court, Birmingham—A. Davies, Aston Park, Shropshire, coal merchant, May 21, at one, at tho Court, Birmingham—J. B. Boon, Burslem, Staffordshire, woollen draper, June 1, at twelve, at the Court, Birming ham—H, Blakesloy, castio promyrj,ch, W arwickshire, _ brick and tile dealer, May 26, at twelve, at the Court, Bir mingham—W. Home, Liverpool, merchant, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. M`Grotty, Liverpool, merchant, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Labron, Leeds, Yorkshire, cloth merchant, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Ness and T. Snowdon, Leeds, Yorkshire, tar and naptha distillers, May 27, at eleven, at the urt, Leeds—W. Ness, Leeds, Yorkshire, tar and naptha distiller, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. Snowdon, Leeds, Yorkshire, tar and naptha dis tiller, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Bate, New Windsor, Berkshire, builder, 2s. 1.3 d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, Manchester, bankers, 6d., on Tuesday May 24, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. Dowling, Leicester, grocer, 6d., on Friday, May 13, or any subsequent Friday until the 27th June next, be tween eleven and there, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. C. Pretty, Leicester, grocer and tea dealer, 30., on Fri day, May 6, or any subsequent Friday until the 17th June next, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittle ston, Nottingham. J. Hawkins, Nottingham, currier and leather dealer, 3id., on Friday, May 13, or any subsequent :Friday until the 17th June next, between/eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. T. Young, Hartlepool, Durham, grocer, 3s. 4d., on Saturday, May 7, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. E. Tipping, Liverpool, soap-boiler, id., on Monday, May 9, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. T. N. Brickwood, Liverpool, merchant, id., on Monday, May 9, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Carne and Telo, Liverpool, merchants, Id., on Monday, May 9, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. Smith and Irvine, Liverpool, merchants, 2s. 9d, on Mon day, May 9, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. E. Wray, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper and mercer, on on Tuesday, May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick . , Hull. J. Wilson and C. P. Woodfin, Kingston -upon-Hull and Great Grimsby, ironfounders, N. 6d., on "Pnesday, May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven. and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick Hull. _ _ E. Ashton, Kingston-upon-Hull, woollen draper, 2s. id., on Tuesday , May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday', between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull.. A. Y. Barrett, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, ironfounder, lid., on Tuesday, May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At tke Court, Basinghall- street. J. Gill, Calvert's-buildings, High-street, Southwark, hop factor, June 2, at one—J. Barten ' Sutton Valence, Kent, brewer, May 28, at twelve—F. A. Butt, Henry street, Pentonville, grocer and cbeesemonger, May 28, at half-past eleven—E. B. May, Leicester-square, and Albion place East, King's-cross, linen draper, May 28, at eleven — R. Temple, Brisley, Norfolk, grocer and draper, May 27, at twelve—H. Butt, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, linen draper, May 30, at eleven—J. Plimmer, Britten street, Chelsea, brewer, May 30, at two—W. Martin, Col chester, Essex, tailor ,And woollen-draper, May 31, at twelve. In the Country. R. H. Davie, Wellington, Somersetshire, momy scrivener, May 31, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Johnson, Wakefield, cabinetmaker, May 30, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Merritt, Leeds, coach proprietor, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Ness and T. Snowdon, Leeds, tar and naptha distillers, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Wheeler, Scarborough, wine and spirit merchant, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Roebuck and E. Roebuck, Austonley, Yorkshire, and Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, woollen cloth manufac turers, May 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—A. W. J., Cavalier, Attercliffe, Yorkshire, sugar refiner, May 28, at eleven, at the Council Hall, Sheffield—W. Latham, Stoke upon-Trent, Staffordshire, boot and shoemaker, June 1, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Elliott, Derby, currier, May 27, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. H. B. Roff, Woolwich, wharfinger, certificate of the first class—T. Holland,iLangham, Surrey, certificate of the first class—N. Pearce, •Silver-street, Wood-street, Cheapside, stationer and printer, certificate of the second class—Louisa Collier and Matilda Collier, bookbinders and pocketbook makers, certificate of the first class—Cl. Shepheard, Mod bury, Devonshire, linendraper, certificate of third class— B. Mercer, Liverpool, ironmonger, certificate of the third class—H. Allen, Birmingham, tailor and draper, certificate of the first class—R. P. Hunt, Kidderminster; hosier, cer tificate of the second class—C. Hare, Huddersfield, York shire, manufacturing chemist, certificate of the first class, twenty-one days from May 2—J. Mitchell, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spihner ' certificate of the third class, twenty-one days from April 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Aitken and E. B. Hatfield, Peterborough, drapers — E. Hill and R. Cliff, Newcastle-under-Lyne, mercers—S. Burford and R. Garn, Dinsley, Gloucestershire, painters — T. H. Eves and H. Paul, Birmingham, boot-tree makers — E. Cox and G. Walker, Liverpool, chemists—J. Crawshaw and J. Varley, Manchester, smiths—G. Firth and C. N. Birkhead, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, machine makers—Marga ret Hanshaw and H. J. Hanshaw, Constitution-row, Gray's Inn-road, butchers—B. B. Farrow and 3. Farrow, Ips wich, cement manufacturers—W. T. Scott and L. Rose, Philpot-lane, spirit merchants—T. Wood and W. B. Upcott, Wolverhampton, newspaper proprietors—C. A. Curtis and J. Cooke, Abingdon, Berkshire, and Watlington, Oxford shire, solicitors—W. llnsworth and G. "crnsworth, Hanway street, Oxford-street, china merchants—E. B. Crowe and F. 3. Crowe, Hereford, tanners—C. Wallis and J. W. Lodwidgo, Basinstoke, Southampton, ironmongers —J. Hepworth and G. Hepworth, Brighouse, Yorkshire, ca binet makers—W. Spence and J. Spence Upper MaryHe bone-street and High-street, Marylebone, grocers -J. Denton and W. Naylor, Brunswick Brewery, Durham, common brewers—G. Hinchliffe, J. Hinchliffe, T. Hinch liffe, W. Hinchliffe, E. Hinchliffe, and N. Taylor, Hon ley, Yorkshire, scribbling and fulling millers—G. Hinch liffe, J. Hinchliffe, T. Hinchliffe, W. Hinchlifle, N. Taylor, Henley, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers—H. Hall and T. S. Pitt, Worcester, Coventry, and Shrews bury, theatrical proprietors—S. Hirst and W. E. Hirst, Hudderfield, wool merchants—J. Clark and T. Young, Old Fish-street-hill, rag-merchants—E. Har rison, J. Rothwell, and J. Scott, Oldham, Lancashire, gas-metre-manufacturers (so far as regards J. Rothwell)— R. Stone and J. T. Blackburn, Oxford-street----T. S. Rich ardson and B. Chappell, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinners—J. Blake and W. Smith, New Oxford-street, manufacturers and vendors of Durkee's Green Mountain vegetable ointment—H. de Koningh and E. Lemaire, Dean street, Soho, engravers—J. J. Harvey and G. F. Robinson, Manchester, general commission agents—R. Mather and R. Shipman, Grantham, Lincolnshire, surgeons—E. Young man and W. Rhind, Cambridge-terrace, Camden Town, outfitters--.J. T. Stoneham and E. Collins, Manchester, tarpauling and packing-case manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Clarke, Little Beacon otherwise Siddenhall-fields, near Coventry, miner. William Fulwell, sen., Coventry, baker. J. Hull, Holbrooks, near Coventry, licensed victualler. Henry Hill, Coventry, plumber, glazier, and painter. Robert Golsby, Coventry, innkeeper. Joseph Dickinson, Hulme, Lancashire, silk-warper. George Caunt, Belper, Derbyshire, framework knitter. John Thorne, Burlescombe, Devonshire, yeoman. Alfred Manks Mort, Wigan, Lancashire, chemist. David Sore, Steeple Bumpstead, Essex, miller. William Swain, Walsall, Staffordshire, builder. James Jordan Potter, Walsall, Staffordshire, slater. William Titley, Langley, Worcestershire, brickmaker. Joseph Gray, Groat Marlow, Buckinghamshire, tailor. William Wall, Stoken Church, Oxfordshire, timber dealer. Henry Hennar, Lyonshall, Herefordshire, shoemaker. John Jones, Llanolly, Carmarthenshire, victualler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. M. Macphail, Edinburgh, publisher, to meet within Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh, May 13 and June 3, at ten. G. Elliot, Aberdour, merchant, to meet within the New Inn, Dunfermline, May 12 and June 7, at one. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 82, for the Week ending on Saturday the 30th day of April, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X Notes Issued .. •• .... 31,808,965 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,789,811 Silver bu11i0n........ 19,154 £31,803,965 £31,808,965 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day of May, 185, BANKING DI Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .. • • Public deposits /in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 3,934,322 Other deposits ...... 12,922,620 Seven Day and other Bills 1,427,737 ;VARTMENT. Government securities (includg,Dead Weight Annuity) . 13,221,382 Other securities ...... 13,506,745 Notes • • ............ 8,684,410 Gold and silver coin.. 546,129 £35,958,666 £35,958,666 r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day of May, 115 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week en di ng th e 3d day of May, 1853, is 245. Od. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im ortation thereof into Great Britain. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Sight and Hearing.—The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoat pocket, at S. and B. Solomons', opticians, 39, Albemare-street, Piccadilly—observe, opposite the York Hotel.—A valu able, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant; they answer every purpose on the racecourse, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 31 inches, with art extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a per son's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race course glasses with wonderful power; a minute object can be clearly seen, from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dullness which appears before the eyes is at once removed, every ob ject appears clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, aud is brought to its youth ful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary, powerful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the ki nd that has been, or probably ever can be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.— Obitro, oppQgte tb.9 kak liotel, RAILWAY RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK• Miles opened, 1853. NAME OF RAILWAY. BalTlfiH. Aberdeen .. •• •• „ • ......... ••• •• Belfast and Ballymena • • •• • • • • .• •• •• Belfast and County Down.• ••• • •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian..• ...... •• • • •••••• • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • .....• Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• • • Cork 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 Norfolk.. • • • • • • 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 Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction Maryport and Carlisle •• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Monklands . ..... Newcastle and Carlisle 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 Taff Vale .•..•• • • • • • . • .. Waterford and Limerick • • West Cornwall ...... ............. Whitehaven Junction .•.•• . • . • • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds 26% 85% LB9 IA 94N 6% 20 17IN 285% 319% 55314 5% 173 1 ,E 25314 34% 11% 167% 9% 28 498% ? B '. % 6553 443% 577 240 £1,545 675 240 1,579 4,630 7,690 2,882 139 148 797 1,011 1,685 7tl 4,102 14,825 2,157 3,595 2,207 421 3,852 13.055 4,451 18,141 - • 1 7 0 4,6 14 18,791 306 46,336 - 974 8,84 3 10,651 292 6,14 4 'll - 5 3 1, 65 D 73 9 243 1,795 627 21,931 2,450 1317 2,123 3,151 22,775 FOREIGN. 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 1,049 978 1,106 22,545 22,542 13,068 6,750 1 0 ,326 2,858 3,730 03 2, 103 66 9 3 2 1, 9 '" 0 9 1, 0 12. 3 1 955° , 60 2 1 :9;4,5 1, 021 7 11 60 1 2 33 25011 * The receipts include the traffic , on the Orleans and Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MAY 6. The arrivals of grain, meal and flour are upon aOle scale. A fair attendance of buyers this morning from country, and a tolerably good trade in wheat and finti r ' oA d prices similar to those obtained on Tuesday. Oats _Ai , oatmeal command late rates. Indian corn and other w oks in the corn trade without alteration. WAKEFIELD—MAY 6. A short supply of grain at this day's market. XlOO limited sale for wheat a decline of is per qr. is gen e eo ll conceded, except on the finest fresh qualities, which ndo6 realise the rate s o f l as t wee k. Th e ma lti ng season 05 far advtnced, we have not much demand for barley. _Ol little English offfiring realises last week's prices, but {ova is at lower rates. Beans scarce and an advance of 1° r qr. on English. Oats and shelling steady. EXETER—MAY 6. 6, 6(1 , CORN EXCHANGE.—For prime sam pl es o f wheat 6 601 to Os Od ; inferior, 5s 6d to Os Od ; barley, 3s 9d tpitei grinding, Os Od.; oats, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel. Flour'" 37s to 38s; seconds, 35s to 36s per sack. to O le ! CATTLE MARKET.—Prime beef, uls Od. to Os 2d quality, Os to Os Od ; cows and calves, 91 Os to steers, 001 to 01; butchers' calves, 4id. to 5d per lb ; 'S o o prime wethers, 8(1. to Od; ewes, 7d to lid; sta e 35s to 40s each. INVERNESS.—Met 3. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per to btisbel'oa; 48s Od to 50s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 27s Od 2 0 s Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 19s Od to 20s Od. ditt ° MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 15s 6d to 16s 84:1 i o c i; second, 00s Od to Os Od ; barleymeal, lls 6cl to " 1° od; peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to let flour, per 2801 b, 40s Od to 42s Od ;2d ditto, 300 61 328 Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, 4/1 to 1s 8d ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleymeal to Os Od; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od ; Ist flour , 2s 9d °"'" 3s Od. credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, N 7cl credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 6 - A n el The market for raw s ug ar s h as shown grelniness and activity, an d a respectable amottut °f fr cw been done. Th e recent currencies have in the sales e been fully supported. There has been a better trade do; in refined goods, but prices have not experienced auf, l o o provement. There h ave b een some sa l es o f rum, bav ue ell stocks being in second h an d s th e prices have not " allowed to transpire. COAL MARKET-MAY 6. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :' 3, e. 0 s. d. 11 6 Burnhope l4 0 Braddyll.. ................... T . Chester Main 15 6 Hetton .................... ;', Hasting's Hartley 16 6 Belmont ........ . ............ i ~ Holywell Longridge's Wst Hartleyl6 6 Haswell ..................... ;/ Y. North Percy Hartley _l6 6 Lambton ................... ./ Y. Tanfield Moor l6 0 Lumley .................... .', 6 V. Tyne Main .. ... ... ..... _l4 6 Pensher ... ... . .............. ; 1 , 1 !„ Wallsond, &c. Russell's Hetton .......••• ; 1 / ). Acorn Close 16 6 Richmund ............... .• is ! Bell and Brown 16 9Stewart's .................. . ... 1 / : Gosforth 16 6lCassop .. ... ... . ........... 17 f, Harton l6 6 Heugh Hall.. ... . ....... ....IT : Hedley 16 6 South Hartlepool ....... ..ii ; Wharnciiffe l6 6 South Kelloe ............. •is 0 Harvey Wylam, l3 0 Tees Harvey Wylam 15 9 Ri c h ar d son ' s T ees ........ . 1 6 6 Eden Main .. ........... l7 3 Cowpen ....... .. .. . ..... **l6 Lambton Primrose 17 6 Derwentwaier ........ Bell 17 0 Ships at market 1 32 I Sold 115• COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YEsTERDAY• Amsterdam 11 16% .Gibraltar ... •• • 6 :s Ditto, three months .. 11 18 yiLeghorn ...........•. • 0 Rotterdam .. .... 11 18% Genoa ...... .•••• • • • ** Antwerp .............. 25 30 'Milan •• • • Brussels .............. 25 30 ; Venice ...........• .• " 4 ," it amburgh .. 13 B% l Na Naples „ ...... Altona ................ Palermo •• • 1 0 4 Paris .. •• • • .25 7% Messina .. .• • • Ditto, three months • • '25 30 Lisbon •• " , Marseilles.. ..... ....... 25 30 Oporto . ... ...... Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro .......• •• " Frankfort-on•ltaine .... 120% Buenos Ayres .....• •• L Berlin ......... ..... New York, 60 days' sigh t Vienna ................ 10 57 Philadelphia .....• ••; 0 0 5 Trieste ............ ••..10 59 PRICES OF BULLION, 17 0 Petersburgh............ 37% Foreign Gold in Bars .x 1; 0 0 Madrid 50% 'Portugal Gold Coln • • 'o' 0 0 Cadiz....... 50% Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 0 Ili Barcelona.... .. New Dollars •• 0 b Seville ................ Silver in bars ...• • • FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF WESLEYANTS I ':?,I Wesleyan Conference has at last resolved upon " P' d " connexional" effort, to put an end to the 1 119 'I s tiv° serious evils ar i s i ng f rom t h e d e b ts at prese nt O re " on the various connexional funds, to prevent the dot" rence of similar debts in future, to reduce tht upon the chapels of th e connex i on , an d to 113 ,_ 21 7, e e 1$ l y vision for facilitating th e erec ti on o f ne w ei°, it important and destit u t e pl aces . F or th ese objec,—t, the intended to raise the sum of 100,0001., at lee' a j tb larger portion in the course of a few months, e Owe?: remainder by instalments at the convenience of l 13r bers, within the period of two years. 10,0 00 ' s 5 11 V already been subscribed. Of this sum 3,050/, pct.' scribed by three gentlemen, viz., James See l ' Ge, °' Parr's Wood, 1,000/. ; Thomas Farmer, 8e,..,, c1 1.10 ,04' nersbury, 1,000/. ; Samuel Wilkes, Esq., * *(JP "' ton, 1,050/. ifoodetir [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, a all cl remedy for billions complaints, indigestion , fr ordered stomachs.—Mr. Reardon, of Nesfenablo of, some time since retired from the legal profession tioo sequence of ill-health, brought on by o verntt el l,olo business, causing great debility, nervousnee* 4ebyq tion, and a complete upset of the biliary sYsteT' byte with palpitation of the heart, was persusiev; s i, 94, friends to try Holloway's Pills, as all the mad' „ N eed, that he had obtained was unavailing. He Pe ll- 0 45 0t their use, and attended strictly to the diet OA,is beto., and he is now perfectly restored, and his bet l 7sth Y e Is than it ever was before, although he is in in' ol 11 0110 Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor -- Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ile Byrne,Sn e Esq., rste d t, DIED. sor to of ber 1, On the 4th inst., at Eton, at the hour t of the l m aw ic , ha F el . of Esq., n ca 5°44 A On the 4th inst., at Brighton, G. to ' oo bv of Windsor.C?ciliaP rell° Lewisham, in his nth year. On tho 4th inst. Elizabeth, widow of tea r Bromley, Esq., of Clapham-rise, Spy' ag 1011 . 4 LONDON : Printed and Published by 3 atOfd " ,4 14 0 ' of No. 112, Strand Printer, TU Di E t , ( ou Strand, in the Prelinet of the Savoy, vie- Kiddionx, fUtUNCIWYs 311Da' BIRTHS. -Ogee' OF A SON. TC l4°ll On the sth inst. at Clarendon-house —e ms Mrs. Conrad H. Pinches. 10 °11 OF A DAUGHTER. 4 . j, - On the sth inst., at Blackheath, the wife Metcalfe, Esq. MARRIED. Bator' P-• On the sth inst., at St. Mary's Church,. b v s q., Martha Lush, eldest daughter of W. C. Flu; 'fon, j, of Fisherton-house, Wilts, to John Alfre" surgeon, Salisbury. the 11°11. h ef ' On the sth inst , John-street Chapel, by 0 13nte„cri Rev. B. W. Noel;Frederick, eldest son o f Tho,ve ci ogbt ° ' Esq., jun., of Tring, Herts, to Ann, youngest John Garrett, Esq., of Chesham, Bucks. '-"