The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-15 00:00:00

able state of things for this country ? Could we tied it in any other country ? He ventured to say that the scenes witnessed at Blackburn only during the last election sur passed in atrocity all that had occurred on a similar occa sion throughout the American union. (Cheers.) His great hope from the ballot was that it would change the character of our elections —put an end to brass bands, flags, and ban ners—and abate the nuisance of drinking and open houses. (Cheers.)" With the vote by ballot people might roll as quietly as they went to church on Sundays, as was, in fact, done both in America and England in almost all cases of voting by ballot. (Hear, hear.) These evils being acknowledged what other remedy was there but theballot? The right hon. gentleman should remember that he did not speak in the name of a united Cabinet, at least one of his colleagues was as hearty for the ballot as he (Mr. Cobden) was. The Attoruey-General, the Solicitor-Gene ral, and the Judge-Advocate were all prepared to vote for it. (Hear, hear.) So were a majority of the ordinary supporters of the Government ; and if the Opposition benches had remained as thin as they were about nine o'clock, the question would very soon have been s ettled . (Cheers.) Hence the question * became a very serious one for the Government to consider. It was the question of all others in which the electoral body took the deepest in terest. (Hear, hear.) Let the Government analyse their own supporters, and they would find that almost every representative of a large and powerful constituency voted in favour of the ballot. (Cheers.) if the Government were prepared and determined to resist the ballot, what other remedy had they for these evils ? Committees were appointed, and commissioners sent forth into the country, and inquiries made into that which every one well understood ; but they wanted the remedy. Every thing would be tried except the real remedy, as in the case of tie core-law agitation. There was a remedy, which had been recommended by the profoundest thinkas of the age, for evils that were acknowledged to exist. Would they give Bentham end Grote a trial? (Cheers.) If not, why not? (Hear, hear.) The matter had been discussed there more than twenty years; on no ques tion had argument and reason been so triumphs t. At least the Government might try the experiment.for the sake of the country and for their own sakes. (Hear, hdar.) He would suggest thi s . Th e seats for a very large borough were likely soon to be vacant by the decision of a commit tee of that house. (Hear, hear.) Why not propos e th a t the ballot sh ou ld b e tried in the election for that great borough? He would not have it first tried in a small p icket borough with 200 or 300 electors ; that would not be a fair experiment. (Hear.) Were they afraid of the mischief that could be done by venturing to have a solitary election on the principle adopted in all their clubs, in the India-house, and in social meetings—a system of voting which was carried on successfully and with increased favour in America, Belgium, Switzerland, and France ? (Hear, hear.) Were Ministers resolved, in spite of the world's experience, of classical authority, and of all the recommendations of the system, not to give it a trial ? Then what did they drive the country to ? Must there be a ballot league, as there had been an anti-corn-law league? (Cheers.) He thought they had grown wiser. He had been encouraged, by the success of the budget, especially of its key-stone, the succession tax—(cheers)---to hope that the time had come when questions like this would be fairly deci led by argument —that at any rate, the L %Ma ture would consent to try an experiment, without compel ling the country to resort to associations and agitation. (Hear, hear.) He would suggest another experiment. Pass an act to make the ballot permissive. (Hear, hear.) He had such faith in the principle that he would offer the most handsome terms. Le them pass an act which should enable any constituency that chose to adopt the !ballot, to try the experiment ; and having come to that decision, that they should, on notifying the same to the Home Sc- cretary;eleet their membeis by ballot during that Parlia ment, retaining the power to return again to open voting it they did not like the ballot. (Hear, hear.) That met the ... argument that the people did not want the ballot. Once for all, as they were threatened with a Reform Bill, for a Reform Bill without the Ballot was a threat—(hear, hear) —he said most emphatically he would rather have no ex tension of the franchise, he would rather not run the risk of spreading the virus of this corruption, and the horrors of this intimidation among another stratum of society ; he would rather they remained as they were than subject another and a more dependent class of the people to the same corrupting and debasing influences as the present electoral body suffered from. (Hear, hear.) He therefore entreated the Government, if they were not prepared to grant a Reform Bill with the ballot, to postpone it, and let the country have the ballot alone. (Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL and the Lord-Advocate rose together, but the latter gave way in deference to what appeared to be the wish of the house. The hon. baronet said, that last year he gave to a similar proposal to that now made by the hon. member (Mr. H. Berkeley) his silent, but not less earnestly-felt, adhesion. Since the time of Mr. Grote to the present day able and powerful arguments had been adduced in support of the present measure. He brought to the same view of the subject the hearty advocacy of an honest heart, and that was sure to meet with the sympa ties of some of those whom he addressed. He had advo cated the ballot, not from a hasty conclusion, nor was he actuated either by a love of reform or a desire of upsetting the institutions of the country, but from considerations of What it appeared to him, with his limited experience of judging, was calculated to promote the liberty and inde pendence of the people of this country. (Cheers.) It seemed to him that the ballot was a means of promoting purity of principle, and freedom of election. He believed, in his own mind, that, as the greatest possible publicity , ought always to accompany the political action of a con stitutional Government, so, on the other hand, the greatest possible secrecy ought always to accompany the sovereign expression of public opinion in the exercise of the elective franchise. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Therefore it was that he thought this measure, which would tend to elevate the public mind, and render it independent of political animosity, and unbiassed by the heat of political passions, ought to meet with the regard of that house. Out of doors the balance of political opinion already indisputably in clined to this free and honourable system ; and as the balance of public opinion inclined that way, he firmly believed that, sooner or later, the sense of the majority of that house must also equally incline to it. (Hear, hear.) It was possible that the motion m i g ht no t b e adopted that night, but its success was a mere matter of time ; and it must be a source of considerable gratification to him and others who had faith in their political convictions and. lookel forward to the accomplishment of their political views t must, he said, be a source of considerablegratification to them to remark on each succeeding occasion on which the measure was submitted to the house, the rapidly diminish ing numbers of the majority by which it was resisted. This was a char proof to him, and to everybody else who had got any sense—(laughter)—of the progress which it was making in the public mind. The hon. member for the West Riding had truly said that the representatives of the great towns were all in favour of the ballot. Let hon. members go to any of the large towns where was a great concentration of population, like Birmingham, for instance --and see if that was not the fact. He would venture to say that he only echoed the feelings of thousands out of doors when he repeated that the public looked forward to vote by ballot as a measure which would ultimately remove the stumbling-block of political iniquity. He appealed to the house if ever there was a more fitting opportunity than the present, or one in which there was greater probability of success, for submitting a measure like that of vote by ballot to the House of Commons, after the gross scenes of bribery and intimidation which had unhappily prevailed at the last general election. He (lid not mean to apologise for anybody in that house ; that he must say that it was most unfair and ungenerous to endeavour to throw all the blame of those proceedings on the friends and supporters of the Derby Administration. The real fact was that both parties were equally to blame. Taking the first 13 seats which were declared vacant on account of bribery and cor ruption, he found that six of those were occupied by what were called Liberals, and seven by Derbyites—a tolerable equal division he thought. Now, the ballot would strike this evil at its root, and therefore it was that he was in clined to give it his support. If they asked him for a proof of the evil which rendered the ballot necessary, he should not take the case of poor working artisans in the dockyards, whom the noble lord the member for London proposed to crush, but he would take the cases of Hull and Harwich and of Clitheroe and Tavistock. He did not know who was proprietor of the , borough of Tavistock; but this he knew, that if the noble lord the member for London disfranchised the dockyard artisans and left - unscathed the electors of Tavistock, he would be guilty of conduct which ought certainly to meet with the reprobation of that house. (Hear, hear.) But he would go farther, and ask them to come with him to the " Fountain," at Canterbury, and see what passed there. He would go further, and remind them of the case of Thomas Morris of the " Waggon and Horses," and of the reasonable quantity of beer which ho had orders to distri bute among the electors of Blackburn. Didn't these cases call for political action ? (Hear, hear.) Well, the ballot would strike these evils at the root, and therefore he for one would give his hearty and cordial ascent to it. But he was anxious from the position which he acci dentally held, that he should be perfectly understood in regard to the support which he gave to the ballot. He did not want to see it affect—and he did net believe that it would affect—the legitimate influence of property. He believed that there were many hon. gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the house who were inclined to oppose the ballot because they thought it would not only interfere with, but absolutely annihilate, the legitimate influence of property ; but he was persuaded that they were quite mistaken on that point ; and he knew this, that if they could prove to him that it would have that effect, he should bees earnestly opposedto it as he was now vigorously endeavouring to support it. (Hear, hear.) But he repeated that he did not think that it would in any way affect the legitimate influence of property. He regretted to say there were certain hon. members in th a t house, and among others the hon. members for the West Riding and Man chester, who frequently threw stones at the legitimate in fluence of property. (Mr. Cobden—No.) He could prove it as regarded the hon. member for the West Riding, at all events ; for he (Sir R. Peel) well remembered that when the case of Bcidgnorth was under discussion in that house a few weeks ago, that hon. member mentioned the case of Mr. Whitmore, and if (id here was a ease for the ballot. Now, the influence of Mr. Whitmore, which the hon. member heel condemned, was evidently f eluded upon the affections of those among whom he resiled ; and, if Mr. Whitmore had not exercised that influence—an influence which was the result ( f that sera 3 of responsibility which his property had entailed—ho (Sir R. Peel) could only say he was but little qualified for the 'situation he occupied. Therefore it was that he wished to maintain the legitimate influence of property ; and that he did not wish to throw a stone at its influence. He knew that the ballot must pass, for he considered it inevitable. Its supporters might be beaten on the present occasion ; hit next year, or in three or four years, it must pae.. (Hess, hear.) Of course, there . might, as there were, after all, great political changes, be 1 , great convulsion in the country afterwards, but th,, , convulsion would subside—calm and quiet would succeed --and the political influence of property once more assume its Pr-Per tone. (Hoar., hear.) The people of this country were f ar t° o sharp and a cute ot to ais ' c - ern the wide differY ence which existed between the permanent advantages they derived fromth legitimate influence of property and the queetionable re4tlslownhich followed the noise and tur bulence of the mob, at all fear that the ballot member:4, therefore, need not At wo e uld destroy the legitimate in fluence of proopertvnyt.ing meantth gni() time, he maintained that secrecy ireedom of voting. In this country they had had fewcaomtennities of testing that, , assertion, but be 1 - legged to attention of the house' p o lac y e tihne other day, and to a case which occurred in Spain despotic which to another which had lately taken e ,;(irely countries. wou ld s how the value of the ballot in And if it was of value there, it wohld valuable in a country like this. it` Government orirealeYe Murillo was succeeded , by that . ; of .General Roncali, w h o porn showed that 'he was anxious to continue the e aene had done. 11 0 violent political course as his predecessor dissolved the end to the country. So far all was easy. But then i came the Senate. "t o : elected 45 senators at once, and what was the result? There were four secretaries to be elected, who , by exercis ing considerable authozitY i n the fjenate, held great pow.' • s •mit . , 9 •?!Tpn",* N. 7.1 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 185 3. cal influence, and having vote by ballot in the Senate, the senators elected four individuals to those offices in oppo sition to the candidates proposed by the Government. It was quite clear that if the Senate had not had the ballot they would have been intimidated by the Government. (Hear, hear.) The case which had occurred Florence was this : Prince Lichtenstein proposed, as a member of some club or reunion, a member of the Windisch gra t z family ; hut as in Italy Austrians were naturally enough hated, the young member was blackballed. Prince Licht enstein was, of course, furious at this result. He called out the military, occupied all the most impo ant posts of the city, and threatened to interfere with the public amusements. He then called a meeting of the club, and " Gentlemen, the ballot is all nonsense ; let us have puJiicity of voting." The con sequence was that, with the sword hanging over the heads of the electors, the candidate who was in the first instance blackballed was unanimously elected. (Laughter.) Now, these were two remarkable cases, and afforded striking proofs of the efficiency of the ballot. (Hear, hear.) He had heard the other night, with the greatest possible surprise, the noble lord the member for London say that her Majesty's Ministers were not going. to govern the country by checking the progress of demo cracy, but that they were going to make democracy Con servative. Now he confessed that to endeavour to make democracy Conservative in a country where aristocratic eminence had had dominion for 160 years did appear to him a monstrous proposition. (Laughter.) He remem bered some time ago having heard the ex-Chancellor of the -Exchequer (Mr. Disraeli) tell the noble lord that he was a subordinate of a subordinate. Now, he (Sir R. Peel) begged to correct the right hon. gentleman. He assured him that the noble lord was nothing whatever of the kind. He had the distinguished authority of Lord Aber deen for stating--(laughter)—that he had no subordinates at all. (Hear, hear.) Now, really, when the Prini. Minister of the country stated that he had no subordinates, he must have a very moderate estimate of his politica: position. (Hear, bear.) The noble lord had the other night also attacked the religious sympathies and in sulted the loyalty of the Roman Catholics of Ireland ; and then the house was told that these were only his own private opinions. And yet the noble lord was the leader of the House of Commons. (Hear.) When questioned in that house on the subject, what did he do ? He quoted a very sensible opinion of Lord Melbourne's, which he evidently meant to throw in the teeth of Lord Aberdeen—(laughter• —that if the members of the Government were only agree,. about the course which they pursued, it was of no conse quence whether they were all agreed with regard to th , grounds by whichthey arrived at that course. One would think, from this, that the noble lord and the members of the Government were all of the same opinion with regard te public questions. He begged the house just to look at th , opinions of the Cabinet upon this very question of th, ballot. There was the right hon. gentleman the member. for Southwark (Sir W. Molesworth)—the glorious Radical of Southwark—(laughter)—who looked at the ballot as the anchor of the salvation of this country ; aud he (Sir R. Peel) thought he was perfectly right. Then there was the right hon. gentleman the member for Carlisle (Sir J. Graham). who was then sitting with great complacency under th, gentle breezes which fanned the Admiralty flag. (Renewed laughter.) That right hon. gentleman looked upon the ,ballot as the Cape Horn of politics—as the Ultima Thult of political navigation. (Continued laughter.) With re gard to those few hon. gentlemen whom the country re gretted to see so much separated from their legitimate con nexions—now that there was no longer any necessity for their separation—he did not know how they were to vote. But there was one hon. gentleman upon whose vote he could with certainty rely, and that was the hon. and gallant cap tain, the eccentric member for Middlesex—(loud laughter) —the hon. and gallant captain, the eccentric member for Middlesex, would, he believed, with the most unrestricted eontidence, vote with him in fa;mur of the ballot, and, as the minds of the public were at present running upon the hos tile attitude assumed by Russia towards Turkey, he might perhaps, in the lobby, ,be able to establish an " entente cordiale" with the hon. and gallant gentleman on that in teresting and important subject. He felt it incumbent upon him, although occuping a humble position in the house, to ask the house to consider the present inefficiency of the system of electoral legislation, and to note the evils which had for the last 20 years been making such rapid strides, and which, in his opinion, the ballot could on ly curtail. The house would probably recollect that in the Parliament of 1844 there were eight cases of conviction for bribery and treating; in the Parliament of 1847 there were 14 similar cases; but, after the last general election, out of the 16 seats which were attacked by petition, three only had not been lost, and 13 hon. gentlemen were almost at once found, by their agents, guilty of bribery. There had been, since, a great many cases in which the sitting mem bers had also been disqualified on account of bribery by, their agents, but he did not know their exact number ; but, whatever it might be, it was evident that the evil was on the increase. There was the borough of Aylesbury, which had on two occasions been convicted of bribery, but he could not say whether or not the purity of the borough had been improved since her Majesty's Solicitor-General had been connected with it. (Laughter.) Let the house consider the case of the Wigton Burghs. At the late gene ral election Sir J. M`Taggart polled 140 votes, and Mr. Caird polled 139. Mr. Caird petitioned, but was unable to withstand the Earl of Stair and 11 lawyers staring at him. (Loud laughter.) In addition to that he was unable to bear the expenses of a scrutiny, and it seemed to him a great proof of the inefficiency of the electoral legislation that the expense of a scrutiny should be permitted to deprive an hon. gentleman of a seat who might—he would not say that he was —have been fairly entitled to it. Blackburn and Chat ham had both been found guilty of bribery, but since the act called "Sir Robert Peel's Act, 'for regulating the consti tution of election committees, only St. Albans and Sudbury had been disfranchised. There was now a chance of urging , upon Parliament the adoption of the ballot, and he would ask all those hon. members who were dissatisfied with the present system to rally round that popular standard ; and, if any hon. members were waverhing or halting between the two opinions, he would venture to ask them to con cider the inefficiency of the present electoral system, both as regarded the corrupt practices and the intimidation prevalent at elections, and as regarded the expenses of prosecuting a petition before a committee ; but, above all, to consider the demoralisation which resulted from that corruption and intimidation, and, weighing well these considerations, to figure to themselves what would be the best course to adopt for the purpose of improving the public mind. (Hear, hear.) He would ask the house to weigh well these considerations, and he felt convinced that many hon. members would be inclined to sanction the measure, as one which, while it acted as a check upon corruption and intimidation, would not attack the legiti mate influence bestowed by the possession of property. It was a measure, he believed, which, from encouraging independence of conscience and freedom of opinion, must tend to promote the interests of all classes of the commu nity. But, whether the measure should be successful, or whether it should be thrown out, the time had passed for meeting a proposal for the introduction of the ballot with sneers and illiterate taunts, for the matter had created in quiry, and the more its principles had been clearly and fairly put forward, the more favourable had been the opinion formed of the views which it advocated. He would therefore ask Parliament to endeavour, by investi gation and inquiry into the present system of electoral legislation, and into the methods for correction of its abuses, to recognise the adoption of the ballot as the safest guarantee for final and complete success. (Cheers.) The LORD ADVOCATE would limit himself but to a very few observations. He was opposed to the ballot, not because of its democratic tendency, his fears were alto gether in the other direction. (Oh, oh, and cries of Hear, hear.) He believed that there was that involved in the. ballot which was altogether antagonistic to the principle of freedom of Government. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) and he was quite sure it was more from caprice and accident that the question of the ballot had become identified with the ereed of some of those who pro fessed liberal opinions in this country. (Hear, hear.) On, principle above ad others ought to be made the policy of our Government—that the influence of public and popular opinion was the best or rather the only security for the honest exercise of public duty. And on the contrary, he felt convinced that the more they probed this question 8 Bret voting to the bottom, more and more it would be wund that it was not altOgether so uncongenial to tht. spirit of such Governments as those of Spain and Tuscany as some gentlemen see:sled to imagine. (Hear.) If it was meant that the voter only held his vote for his own interest and advantage, he (the Lord Advocate) had no argument against the ballot, but if he had then no argument against the ballot he could have no argument against bribery and corruption. (Hear, hear.) But, on the other hand, if n man held the franchise for the public good, if he had s duty to perform towards his country and its institutions, he could not do so under the ballot. The error of hon. gentlemen who supported it was here—they had an evil to remedy, and they never looked into the intrinsic merits of the remedy they proposed. (Hear.) The ballot would net prevent bribery—it could not prevent intimidation—and if it did not do so, it would tend to increase it and the other evils attendant upon our system. Let them intro duce the ballot, and they would unloose those ties by means of which the general healthfulness of our consitution had been preserved, and which had made this house th, best exemplification of the representative system that th world had ever seen. (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") Much had been said about the use of the ballot in America, bir the hon. member for the West Riding knew very well that practically there was no such thing as secret voting in that country. He believed that the ballot was a wea pen taken from the armoury of arbitrary power. Freedom and publicity of action were the life-blood of out constitution. They circulated from the lowest to the highest, and once their course was obstructed there might remain the empty skeleton of the constitution, but it was beyond all powor to resuscitate the spirit of a nation once it was departed. (Hear, hear.) Let them deal with the question as they might • but this should be remembered. they never could succeed in making an honest man of knave ; let not matters be so arranged, then, as to make it impossible to distinguish between them. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT viewed with satisfaction the increased earnestness which had been evinced by the members of the Treasury bench with respect to this motion, because he gathered from it that they intended either to concede the question, or to buckle on their armour and contend against it. He admitted, as the measure was now proposed by tle• hoi. member for Bristol, that the responsibility laid upou the supporters of the ballot of showing that there was v case, and that the remedy which they proposed was appb cable to it. Tire general arguments by which they were met might be comprised under three heads—either tin evil complained of was not so great as they charged it to to be, or the ballot would not cure it, or, if it did, the cure would be as bad as the disease. (Hear.) He had gone with some care into the Sgures to which the hon. baronet the member for Tamworth had referred, and he found that, during the present session there had been 16 members o 1 the house unseated for bribery alone, 4 for treating alone, - 7 for 'bribery and treating combined, 1 for an illegal en gagement to pay money, and 2 for intimidation and riot— inalipg altogether 30 members who had been unseated for occurrences which they believed the application of the ballot would very much tend to remove, if it (lid not re move them altogether. At every general election since the Re bran Bill there had been an immense number of peti tions presented against the returns. In 1833 there wero 33 petitions; in 1833, 30; in 1838, 60; in 1841, 43 ; in 18 , 17, 40 ; and in 1833, 76. Where there had been more than one i;setition for a borough he hid reckoned them only as one. In all. there had beery 315 peti tions during those six general. elections, or an average a not less,. than 47. It needed, he was sure, no argument to, show that the house stood in a position of con siderable humiliation before the public a:111 the world on account -of those preceedings, and it waf; difficult to say whether the members of the constituencies had most lost charaCter. (Hear.) There were boroughs completely un la*goeities even, such der the control of a patron, like that of Stamford, and others with a large number of electors under the control of. electors 9,f:the-Government, like that of Chatham. There were n. ytinber as Westminster, in ~which a great and noteriouFly abstained fro whrlo..are lipont u h n' e st n7lif tlY' persons to whom they were w nl as t t he poll on account of the extreme pressure under obligation. ( ear.) Ireland was, perhaps, even more notorious still ; and he invited the right hon. the Secretary at War to go with him to a northern county in that country, and he would show him that the spirit of the Duke of Newcastle was not dead, but lived as much' in the Marquis of Londonderry as ever it -had done in the Duke of Newcastle. (Hear.) (The hon. member, in il lustration, quoted several passages from a correspondence published in the newspapers about a year ago, between the Marquis of Londonderry and Mr. David Ker, in which the noble marquis, in reference to the county of Down, spoke of "his votes," and of his right in consideration of his influence, and the money which his forefathers had ex pended in the county, to return one member.) The Rev. Mr. Ford, of the county of Down, was an exile on ac count of pecuniary embarrassments, and in his absence his son and the rector of the parish managed his election. eering business, and they called the tenants into the farm= yard and treated them, in order to induce them to break the promise they had given to vote for the candidates pro posed by Sharman Crawford. These extracts ought to satisfy the right hon. Secretary at War that the spirit of the Duke of Newcastle was not dead, and, therefore, that the argument which the right hon. gentleman had founded on the contrary supposition was untenable. Lord E. HILL begged to be allowed to inform the house that the correspondence on which the hon. member bad commented in such kind terms, had no reference to the present representation of the county of Down. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT said he was glad that Mr. Ker had not -uffered himself to be driven from the field, but stood for the county. The hon. member then proceeded to read passages from other correspondence relative to other elec. Lions in Ireland, with the view of showing that improper aifluence had been used to procure the return of members. Blayney, a barrister, wrote to John Rooney, his on the 22d of May, 1852, expressing his regret at tearing his tenants " were inclined to vote for the mur lerers of the tenant league"—(laughter)—and declaring hat if they should do so, they would be visited by marks bf his displeasure. In the county of Monaghan the agent •,f Lord Blayney wrote as follows to that nobleman's .enantry :—" I wish the tenants to vote for Sir G. Forster md Mr. Leslie, and I expect the tenants over whom I am laced will have no hesitation in doing so. lam surprised ,hat any one should purpose voting for Dr. Gray, a stranger ,o the county." Some of the tenants, on receiving this uandate, wrote to Lord Blayney, in London, complaining .1 it, and his lordship wrote a very gentleman-like letter, a which he repudiated any wish to influence the votes of sus tenants, notwithstanding which the agent persisted in oercing them, in order to make them vote as he wished. Inch was said about the influence exercised by the Catho ic priests in Ireland, but as far as his observation ex anded, the priests only exerted themselves to counteract he pressure put upon the tenants by the landlords of Ire and. (Hear, hear.) Protestant clergymen, however, :ould interfere in election matters as well as Catholic priests. The Dean of Ross, the agent of Lord Stratford, vrote a letter to the Belfast Chronicle, to which he begged rbo solicit the attention of the hon. member for Warwick shire, who was slumbering at the end of one of the opposite benches. (A laugh.) In this letter the rev, gentleman " Lord Stratford is most anxious for the return of Sir. Inglis, and the result of the contest will prove to his Lordship whom he may regard as his friends in his future relations with the town." A list had been furnished him by two gentlemen, named Richardson and Miller, of 27 tenants who voted against the wishes of the noble lord, and who since received notice to quit, while six had actu- Illy been evicted. Seven persons, who did not vote at all, had received notice to quit, and one had been evicted. He lid not know whether the Secretary at 'War might consi der these cases exceptional or exaggerated, but he believed he hon. members for Ireland could show that they were 'wither the one nor the other. The question was, would the ballot remedy such evils ? In his opinion, it would ; he Lid not conceive that Lord Londonderry would have written the letter he had read, had the 7,000 electors of the county . of Down gone up to vote by secret ballot ; nor did he be deve, had the ballot existed, that the gentlemen of Mona ghan would have pursued the course he had described. Let him take the case of Durham. He knew something about the city of Durham, for he had fought two contests there—the fiercest contests known there for many years. Well, at Durham, Lord Londonderry, who seemed to have a mania for this sort of power, had more than 100 men em ployed in his collieries within seven miles of the city—a circumstance giving them each a vote—and these men the aoble lord would bring up in omnibuses and carts to vote at the elections for the city of Durham for his member, and then have them taken back again as they came. He himself had no reason to complain of Lord Londonderry or his 100 voters, for it so happened that, owing to some dis pute at the time between the noble marquis and the church party at Durham, the noble marquis's men were not quite in hand, so that many of them voted as they pleased on that particular occasion. What he complained of was the system—a system as ruinous to the individuals who sup ported it as it was disgraceful to the country in which it was practised. He would now advert to the United States. In the United States, as was well known, there were far more Parliamentary elections than in this country, for, be sides the elections to Congrsss, there were the elections to the 32 or 33 states ; yet such a thing as an election peti tion with such a charge as corruption or intimidation or bribery, was not, he believed, known in the United States. (Hear, hear.) The Secretary at War, followed by the Lord Advocate, had endeavoured to make out that nothing could be so detrimental to morality as the secret ballot system. Now, if there was a state, or province, or district in the world in which the whole population was emphatically well educated, comfortable in their circum stances, independent in their character, superior as a body of men to any equal body of men to be found anywhere in the world on the same space of ground, that province, that state, was the State of Massachusetts. (Hear, hear.) .Now, the State of Massachusetts, the colonists of Boston, established the ballot so far back as 1634, and the only time when the ballot was discontinued there was when it was abolished by Governor Andrew, who was sent there by James IL in 1688, and who, in his anxiety to destroy the liberties of Massachusetts, conceived that his first and most effective step was to overthrow the freedom of election by ballot. (Hear, hear.) In order to exhibit the present position of the vote by ballot in Massachusetts the Lon. member then read portions of two letters from Messrs. Dawson and Amason Walker, the former now, and the latter lately, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, describing the mode of voting by ballot, and declaring that the franchise was regarded by the entire population of the province as the Palladium of their liberties. The ballot itself was described to be enclosed in a self-sealing en velope, so that, while the name of every person voting was checked as he dropped his envelope into the ballot box,-it was inapossible.to know how he voted. [The hon. member here exhibited one of the envelopes bearing the stamp of the State of Massachusetts, used in voting by ballot in that State.] There was no possibility of fraud under the system there practised ; and when he heard gentlemen speak of the impossibility of securing perfect secresy, he must Say, we would be the most stupid people in the world if we could not make some mechanical contrivance to effect that object. (Hear, hear.) He believed the noble lord, the member for the city of London, and the house, were anxious to put an end to the corruption that pre vailed, but they would never succeed in doing so un less something better than they had hitherto tried was resorted to. (Hear, hear.) If they found an effectual system existing in the New England States, it surely was worth their while to see if they also could not by some other means than acts against bribery and corruption secure the object which they all aimed at. (Hear, hoar.) the dignity and character of that house were damaged lot merely throughout the country but the world by the transactions that occurred at some of their elections. Just a there were men who did not like to go through the un pleasantness of a canvass for a seat in the East India Company, so there were men who did not like to submit to the humiliation or degradation connected with seeking a seat in that house. If they were not hypocrites to them selves and the country, they were bound to take up this question in earnest, and not only give leave for the intro duction of the present bill, but pass it on to the other House of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S. KNOX denied some of the allegations made by the hon. member for Manchester with reference to the intimidation of electors in Ireland, and observed that the ,hject of the ballot seemed to be that people should pro iaise one way and vote ancther. (Hear, hear.) Lord E. HILL defended the Rev. Mr. Ford from the imputations cast on him by the hon. member for Man chester, which seemed to imply that he had gone away for some crime or another. [Mr. BRIGHT said, he had. ~n ly stated the rumour that he had gone away from pecu iiary causes.]—That was nearly the same thing, for it left he house to infer that he had to fly for some cause that !Le could not face. Now, he could testify that a more honourable man, a better landlord, did not exist in the county of Down. (Hear.) He denied also the inferences that might be drawn from the hon. gentleman's statement with reference to his election and that of Mr. Ker. In Mr. Ker was returned in spite of the Marquis of i,ondonderry. (Hear, hear.) Then, as to Major Waring, he was a strong Protestant—indeed known as a King William man, but that did not suit the hon. member for Manchester, who preferred a Roman C a th o li c . Th e h on . gentleman had enough to say against the landlords, but not a word as to the intimidation of the Roman Catholic clergy. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL.—My right hon. friend the Secretary it War, and my right hon. and learned friend the Lord .%.dvocate, having addressed the house upon this subject, I should hardly have thought it necessary to say anything had not my personal conduct been misrepresented—unin tentionally, no doubt—by the hon. gentleman who brought forward glis motion. The hon. gentleman thought fit to represent that, while I had held very popular language in apposition, I had, when in office, changed my course and taken a very different view of the subject. The fact is, that the speech the hon. gentleman alluded to was made in the month of July last, previous to my election for the city of London. I had voted in this house against the ballot a few weeks before, and when I was asked before a large meeting in Guildhall what course I should take on the ballot, I said I should vote against it, and I gave my reasons to that numerous assembly, which'generally meets in Guildhall on those occasion?, against the secret voting the hon. gentleman proposes. It was not, as the hon. gen tleman supposed, whonl accepted office; but at that time, as I had constantly done, I stated my intention to vote, and I have vote', against this secret mode of voting. It appears to me--and I stated to my constituents at that : - i.me—that the foundation upon which the argument rests is a foundation entirely contrary to that upon which the hon. gentleman the member for the West Riding bases his argument upon this occasion. The hon. member for the West Riding says that no man has a right to inquire how another man votes. The principle which I stated was, that this is a public trust, and that every man who exercises that public trust exercises it subject to the opinion and judgment of all his fellow citizens. (Hear, hear.) Be it remarked that the hon. gentleman who made this motion has proposed it a s a change by itself. My, hon. friend the member for Montrose proposes it in connexion with some other measure ; but, be that as it may, the hon. gentleman proposes that those who have a right to vote sh ou ld exer cise that vote without any of his fellow citizens knowiug how he votes. This is contrary to the principle which prevails with regard to all our ?ther institutions, and the general principles of the Constitution. I have heard it said and have seen it written, that to say that any person should have the power of judging how a person who exer cised the trust might vote, was saying that that person was himself qualified to vote. (Hear.) I hold that that language has no force in it, because we might as well say that no one should criticise the conduct of a judge or the verdict of a jury, unless he was qualified to sit as that judge or give a verdict as a jury. (Hear.) We might as well say no one should criticise a work unless he was qualified to write it. It seems to me the people of this country, unless the suffrage is made to extend to every man, have a right of exercising their judgment on the mode in which the votes of individuals are given, and I hold that that superintendence and that exercise of public opinion is a most wholesome check upon voters. But I hold bead% this, that the enactment.of a secret mode of voting would, as my learned friend the Lord Advocate has justly argued, be hostile to the general spirit of liberty in this country. (Hear.) That spirit of liberty has grown in this country by the boldness and courage with which men have stood forward and were ready to suffer sacri fices in behalf of those opinions and that free Government which they wished to establish. (Hear.) From the day when Sir J. Eliot allowed himself to be imprisoned until death. to the day when Sydney was willing to be con demned with unmoved pulse by the verdict of an adverse and packed jury —men were ready to make any sacrifice, and at any cost, to establish the principles of liberty. But if you depart from those principles—if you say men are to exercise secretly any of the public trusts of this community, and that they shall be saved harmless, what ever their motives may be, you do much to quench that spirit, and you produce an opposite spirit, that of skulking from tho responsibility atttached to such a trust. (Hear. ) I will not now go into arguments with regard to foreign countries, with one exception, to which the honourable member for Manchester has alluded, and it is worthy cer tainly of remark, because we have usually heard that the example of the United States of America no doubt a great and free country was one that ought to be held forth for our example and worthy of our imitation; but, if it should appear that some of the United States of America themselves have great doubts with respect to the value of secret voting, I think it is an argument for us to pause, at least, before we adopt a plan which they for a long while pursued, but upon which they do not seem to have decided as an advantageous plan. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman has, I believe, truly related, that in Massachu setts the ballot has for a long time been established, but the law establishing the ballot stated that the name of the voter was to be written on a paper, open and unfolded — (hear, hear)—there was no secrecy whatever about the y te—(hear, hear)—it was a mode of voting different from ours, but a mode of voting which did not imply secrecy, which did not practically carry secrecy with it ; and there fore in principle resembled our mode of voting, rather than the secret mode proposed by the hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear.) It is true that the party who had the majority stated that there were such abuses, such intimidations, that it was necessary to establish the secret ballot; a great party opposed that change, but it was carried. However, within a year after it was carried there was a majority of, I believe, 184 to 7 in favour of the repeal of the secret bal lot law. The hon. gentleman says there has since been a convention, and that the majority of that convention are in favour of secret ballot, and will, make it part of the constitution. We do not know how that may be, but we know that after the secret ballot which the honourable gentleman proposes had been tried for a year in that noble and free State of Massachusetts it was abandoned by a large majority, and that majority, I may say, con tained some of the most distinguished men, and was supported by the opinion of some of the most patriotic, most learned, and most eminent men in the State. (Hear, hear.) Then all I argue from this is not that the State of Massachusetts may not finally establish secret bal lot, but, at least, it is matter of contention among them ; and one party, at least, having this year a majority in the Legislature, refuses to carry on that secret ballot, and de cided that it should be repealed. We know, likewise, that, as my right hon. friend the Secretary at War has stated that the Government of New York has stated openly . that bribery and corruption are making great ad vance in that State, and was an evil that required to be checked by a new law. Can any man any longer state that for bribery and intimidation they have a perfect and infal lible remedy when you have such accounts from the United States of America, where it was said to have been most successful ? W e ll , I say, not that America certainly will finally have recourse to open voting—although an old pa triot of America, John Randolph, said that secret voting, if it did not find a nation scoundrels was sure to make them so—(laughter)--for it may be that the United States of America may think it expedient to adopt some course of secret ballot ; but what I believe is, that they will not persist in th a t law, but will prefer the open ballot. If that is the case—if we, in fact, have no example, either in ancient or modern times, of this mode of secret voting be ing successful (the only example of its success being in the Republic of Venice, where it established despotism), then I say, at least let us pause until we have some surer foun dation to rest a belief on that this secret voting is a suffi cient remedy for the evils complained of ; and let us keep that mode of voting which has been found consistent and compatible with all that is noble, with all that is manly, and with all that is free in our institutions. (Great cheer ing. Lord D. STUART moved the adjournment of the de bate. (Loud and general cries of "Oh !") Lord t. RUSSELL appealed to the noble lord not to persist in his motion for adjournment. Mr. IV. WILLIAMS hoped the noble lord would per sist in it. (Oh, oh !) The question was of vast importance, and memb ers re p re senting large constituencies should have antheir sentiments. (Oh, oh !) For the adjournment The houseopportunity then of expressing divide Against it Majority against the adjournment 264 The house again divided, on the motion that leave be given to bring in the bill, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 232 Majority against the motion 6O The motion was accordingly lost. Mr. AGLIONBY, at the request of Mr. Wilson, post poned for a fortnight his motion for an address for certain returns• relating to the appointments under the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests. On the motion of Mr. BOWYER an address for further papers regarding the relations of foreign states with the Court of ome was agreed to. DURHAM ELECTION. Mr. BENTINCK moved that the following members should compose the select committee on the Durham elec tion petitions:—Mr.Bentinck, Mr. Biddulph, Mr. Fellowes, Mr. It. Phillimore, and Mr. I. Butt. Mr. HUTT objected to the proposed committee, and moved, as an amendment, that the general committee of elections should nominate five members to serve, instead of those proposed by the hon. member. After a short conversation, Mr. BENTINCK said that he would not press his motion. The motion was then negatived without a division, and the amendment was agreed to. Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill to ex tend the remedies for the compensation of malicious in juries to property in Ireland; and also a bill to amend the acts regulating the salaries of resident magistrates in Ireland. THE CONVICTED PRISONERS' REMOVAL AND CONFINEMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The order of the day for the house resolving itself into a committee on the soap duties having been read, An Hon. MEMBER moved that the house be counted. The house was accordingly counted, and there being but 22 members present, it stood adjourned, at half-past two o'clock, until twelve o'clock this day. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been firm to-day. The following are the transactions :—Caledonian, 344 ; Eastern Counties, 13 1-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 781; London and North Western, 115 E ; Midland, 721; South Eeastern and Dover, 21g ; York and North Mid land, 30i. STAMP DUTIES. AMENDED RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED BY MB. CHAN CELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. STAMPS. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu• of the Stamp Duties now payable upon or in respect of the several instruments, matters, and things hereinafter de scribed, there shall be paid the several Stamp Duties here. inafter described (that is to say) Upon every indenture, or other instrument or writing of apprenticeship or clerkship (ex cept articles of clerkship to attorneys and others, in order to admission in any court, or any office in any court) — Where no sum of money or value shall be paid, given, assigned, conveyed, or secured to or for the use or benefit of the master or mis- tress, the duty of And upon or in respect of any assignment or transfer of any such indenture, instrument, or writing as aforesaid, where there shall be no sum of money or value moving to any new master or mistress, the duty of Upon articles of clerkship, or any contract whereby any person shall first become bound to serve as a clerk in order to his admission as an vttorney or solicitor in any of her Majesty's Courts of Westminster, or in Ireland, or any other Court of Record in England holding pleas where the debt or damage amounts to 40s. ; or in order to his admission as a proctor in the High Court of Admiralty in England, or the Court of Admiralty in Ireland, or in any of the Ecclesiastical Courts in Doctors' Commons, or in IrelAnd, the duty of BO 0 0 Upon or in respect of any certificate to be taken out yearly by every person admitted as an attorney, solicitor, or proctor in any court of England or Ireland, or as a Writer to the Signet, or as a solicitor, agent, attorney, or procurator in any court in Scotland, and by every person admitted or enrolled as a notary public in England, Scot land, or Ireland — If he shall reside within the distance of ten miles from the General Post Office in the City of London, or within the City or Shire of Edinburgh., or in the City of Dublin, or with in three miles thereof : If he shall have been admitted for the space of three years or up wards 9 0 0 Or if he shall not have been admitted so long 4 10 0 If ho shall reside elsewhere, and if he shall have been admitted for the space of three years or upwards Or if he shall not have been admitted so long ... Upon or in respect of any certificate to be taken out yearly by any person being a member of one of the four inns of court in England, and by every person in Ireland who, in the character of conveyancer, special pleader, draftsman in equity, or otherwise, shall, for or in expectation of any fee, gain, or reward, draw or prepare any conveyance of, or deed or instru ment relating to, any estate or property, real or personal, or any other deed or contract what ever, or any pleadings or proceedings in any court of law or equity— If he shall reside within the distance of ten miles from the General Post-office in the city of London, or within the city or shire of Edinburgh, or in the city of Dublin, or within three miles thereof And if he shall reside elsewhere Upon any policy of assurance or insurance, or other instrument by whatever name the same shall be called, whereby any insurance shall be made upon any life or lives, or upon any event or contingency relating to or depend ing upon any life or lives — Where the sum insured shall not exceed 0 0 6 And where the same shall exceed 501. and shall not exceed 5001., then for every 501. And for any fractional part of 501. over and above the first, or any multiple of 501., the further duty of 0 0 6 And where the same shall exceed 5001. and shall not exceed 10001., then for every 1001 0 1 0 And for every fractional part of 1001. over and above the first, or any multiple of 1001., the further duty of And where the same shall exceed 10001., then for every 1,000/., And for any fractional part of 1,0001., over and above the first, or any multiple of 1,0001., the further duty of .. 010 0 Upon any receipt or discharge given for or upon the payment of money amounting to 21. or upwards 0 0 1 For or in respect of any advertisement con tained in or published with any gazette or other newspaper, or any other periodical paper, or in or with any pamphlet or literary work £0 2 6 0 2 6 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 MANCHESTER, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of business done to-day, and the tendency of prices was upward, though only slightly so. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There were few commissions re ceived from a distance to-day, and consequently few trans actions, and no material alt era ti ons in quotations. Lon don and North-Western Eighths done at 6s. 3d. premium. BRISTOL, JUNE 14. The market was firmer. Bristol and Exeters were (lone at 101 2 ; Great Westerns, 891 ; York and North Mid lands, 611. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a considerable increase, and the vessels, with one exception, have been of the larger class. They have comprised four to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 2,676 tonnage ; five to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 2,626 tonnage ; two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,252 tonnage ; two to Hobart-Town, with an aggregate burden of 704 tonnage ; and one to Portland Bay, of 851 tons. Their total capacity consequently was 8,109 tons. The ship ments of manufactures and ordinary descriptions of mer chandise have been large, and the rates of freight con tinue to exhibit a tendency to decline. The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for n vessel to carry emigrants to Melbourne and to Victoria. She is to be ready for passengers on the Bth of August. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY AND INVENTION FOR GRINDING WHEAT.—We observe by the journals that Westrup's conical mills are exciting great attention. A working model was before the Institute of Civil Engineers last week ; another is in the Dublin Exhibition ; a third was in the Great Exhibition, and gained the prize. Mills are already erected in London, France, Austria, Bel gium, and Mexico. The mills in London are working night and day, grinding three times the quantity of the ordinary mills, and yet unable to supply a tithe of the demand. The eminent Dr. Thomson, F.R.S.E., has certified from analysis that the flour made 2 mn the conical mills contains one-fourth more of nutritious matter—we presume gluten—than that produced by the common process. We:observed one of the patentees (Mr. Northouse) on the Bench yesterday at the Town hall, and infer from thence that as our town mills were intended for the common good, that a system which makes more and better bread will be adopted at Cam bridge. It is stated that the saving in quantity annually from the wheat now consumed in this country would be (in the event of the adoption of the conical principle) not less than eighty-one million quartern loaves, which, at 6d. each, makes the prodigious money saving of up wards of two millions sterling.—Cambridge Independent. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Summer dresses.—Bankruptcy of Mr. E. Blakeley, Silk . Mercer and Shawl Manufacturer to her Majesty.—ln addition to the rich silks and shawls in Mr. Blakeley's stock, recently purchased and now selling off by Messrs. Atkinson and Co., of 69 to 75, Westminster-bridge-road, there are about 2,000 pieces of beautiful French Muslins, Bareges, and Norwich Lus tres, all quite new, first-class goods, worth from 21d. to 4s. per yard. These are now being sold by Messrs. At kinson and Co. at less than a quarter of their value; that is, from 6id. to ls. id. Ladies are respectfully invited to inspect these goods, when they will in a moment per ceive that this is no vain puff, but an honest statement of facts. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills, have effectually Cured an awful Bad Leg of a person 75 years old.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Illsop, druggist, Lincoln, dated April 4, 1853 :—To Professor Holloway. Dear Sir,—Among the numerous cures effected by your valuable medicines, permit me to inform you of the fol lowing : Mrs. Mary Jackson, residing in this town, 75 years of age, had a dreadful bad leg for upwards of five months ; there were three sores on it, and it was swollen to an immense size. Every person that saw it thought that she would not recover : however your ointment and pills alone have perfectly cured it.—Sold by all Drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, , strand, London. No. 2. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now payable on drafts or orders of the following description, for the payment of money, there shall be payable the following Stamp Duty (that is to say) : For and upon every draft or order for the pay ment of any sum of money to the bearer, or to order on demand £0 0 1 And the following instruments shall be deemed and taken to be drafts or orders for the payment of money within the intent and meaning of any acts or acts relating to the stamp duties on bills of exchange, drafts, or orders, and shall be chargeable accordingly with the stamp duties imposed by such act or acts— All documents or writings usually termed letters of credit, or whereby any person to whom any such document or writing is or is in tended to be delivered or sent, shall be entitled or be intended to be entitled to have credit with, or in account with, or to draw upon any other person for or to receive from such other person any sum of money therein mentioned. EXEMPTION. All drafts or orders for the payment of money to the bearer on demand drawn upon any banker or bankers now by law exempt from Stamp Duty. No. 3. NEWS PAPER STAMPS. That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu of the stamp duties now payable on newspapers, the fol lowing stamp duties shall be payable thereon (that is to say) : From.every sheet or piece of paper whereon any newspaper shall be printed, containing on one side thereof a superficies not exceeding 1,530 inches, a duty of £0 0 1 For one supplement to such newspaper, and printed as such, containing on one side a su perficies not exceeding 765 inches Provided always, that it shall be lawful to print any such newspaper and supplement in sizes different from those hereinbefore apportioned or in a single sheet, provided that such two sheets or such single sheet shall not contain in the aggregate a greater superficies than 2295 inches. For any further additional supplement, and printed as such, containing a superficies not exceeding 1,148 inches, a duty of 0 0 14 Provided also, that any two such additional supplements, which shall contain in the ag gregate a superficies not exceeding 2,295 inches, shall, notwithstanding that one of them may exceed a superficies of 1,148 inches, be chargeable each with a duty of 0 0 0,1 And for any other sheet or piece of paper on which any newspaper or supplement shall be printed other than in manner aforesaid, a duty of 0 0 1 FROM TIYE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JUNE 13. This day had audience of her Majesty—Shaffee Khan, to deliver his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Shah of Persia ' • and the Count de Vitzthum, to deliver his cred en ti a l s as Minister Resident from the King of Saxony ; to which audiences they were respectively introduced by the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major- General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JUNE 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Venerable Archdeacon Hare, the Venerable Archdeacon Tattam, and the Rev. Henry Melvin, 8.D., to be Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Lushing ton Wildman, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the island of Trinidad. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert Graham, Esq., to be Civil Commissioner and resident Ma gistrate of the division and distlict of Albany, Cape of Good Hope. - - • Her Majesty has also boon pleased to appoint J. G, Borcherds, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Worcester, and J. A. Munnik, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Clan. william, Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Wm, M. Collins, Esq., to be Postmaster for th e di s t ric t o f N a t a l , in South Africa. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 14. 31st Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Leith, K.C.8., from the 90th Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Henry Otway, Lord Dacre, C. 8., deceased, June 14. 90th Foot—Major-General Felix Calvert, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Leith, K.C.8., removed to the 31st Foot, June 14. BREVET.—To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army— Brevet-Major Edward Alan Holdich, of the 80th Foot ; Major George Jackson Carey, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, May 28. To be Majors in the Army—Captain Edward W. C. Wright, of the 91st Foot, Feb. 26 ; Captain Robert Bruce, of the 74th Highlanders, May 28. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Westmoreland—Edward Tatham, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Westmoreland Light Infantry Corps of Militia— Silas George Saul, Gent., to be Ensign. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Adju tant Henry Thomas Settle to servo with the rank of Cap tain, April 13. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—To be Lieu tenant—Robert Barclay, Gent., Juno 2. Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Captain Stuart to be Major, vice Sir T. G. Skipwith, promoted to Lieu tenant-Colonelcy of 2d Regiment ; Lieutenant Baxter to be Captain, vice Hooper, resigned ; Ensign Ashwell to be Lieutenant, vice Baxter, promoted, June 3. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment --William Richard Freer, Esq., to be Captain ; Ensign Leake, to be Lieute nant ; Ensign Pay to be Lieutenant; Ensign Beaumont to be Lieutenant, June 3. Hertfordshire Militia—Lieutenant Adolphus Meetkerke to be Captain ; Ensign James John Gape to be Lieu tenant ; Ensign Richard Lane Bayliff to be Lieutenant ; William Gerard Lysley, Esq., to be Ensign, June 8. Ist Cornwall Rifles Militia--Lieutenant Frederick John Trick to be Captain, June 9. Castlemartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry —Mr. Spencer William Hustler to be Cornet, June 9. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. David Stuart Erskine, commonly called Lord Cardross, to be Cornet, vice Mowbray, promoted, June 1> I3ANKRUPTS . Henry Ashdown, wheelwright an Welling, twelve, to sur render, June 23, at eleven, d July 26, at at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official aniguee, Alchurch• lane ; Stedman and Place, G-uil( lhall-chambers. John Strutt, publisher, Catkterine-street, Strand, June 28, at half-past one, and J uly 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, oft icial assignee, Abchurch-lane ; A'Beckett and Sympson, Golden-square ; Linklater, Sise lane. Edward Brock, tailor, Sae? wine-street, Piccadilly, June 23, at two, and July 28, at t , velve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assign e, Coleman-street-buildings ; Sherwood, Walbrook. Edward Green, tailor, Corik-Istreet, Westminster, June 25, at eleven, and July 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official .assignee, Aldermanbury ; C. and J. Allen, Carlisle-street, Soho. John Crow Twyman, uphol starer, Ramsgate, Jure 25, and July 29, at one, at the Co art of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basing 1201-street ; Pain, Gresham street. William Carter, tailor, Maly rsbury, Wiltshire, June 28, and July 26, at eleven, at i Ile Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, lit istol ; Abbot and Lucas, Bristol. William Marshall, banker, South Shields, J une 20 a t twelve, and July 27 at one, at - tlie District Court. Walley, official assignee, Newcastle-upoi i-Tyne ; Murray, London street, Fenchurch-street ; Thom ms and William Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. William Elgood, hosier, Leicester, June 24 and July 22, at ten, at the Birminghar i District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingnam ; C hegory, Leicester; Hodg son, Birmingham. DIVIDIII2 TDS. In the Country. W. Hutchinson, Sutton-upa 1-Trent, Nottinghamshire, seed crusher and victualler, July 8, at ten, at the Co ur t, Nottingham—R. J ames , Lento n, Nottinghamshire, lace maker, July 8, at ten, at th . 3 Court, Nottingham—S. Dudgeon, Litchurch, Derbyshire 3 builder, July 8, at ten, at the Court, N o tti ng h am —J. fawarden, R. Myerscough, and J. Jackson, Little Bolton, Lancashire, and Manchester, manufacturers of cotton cloth, July 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—G. Smith, Manchester, hatter, July 7, at twelve, at the Court, 3 lanchester—R. Battersby, Liverpool, iron founder, July 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —W. Tucker, jun., Kingston-upon-Hull, coal merchant, July 6, at twelve, at. the Town Hall, Kingston upon-Hull—W. Farrow, Kingston-upon-Hull, coal mer chant, July 6, at twelve, at :the Town Hall, Kingston upon-Hull. NOTICES OF CER'T'IFICATES. At the Court, Basingiiall-street. G. Barber, Bishopsgate-street Without, City, grocer, July 6, at half-past twelve —J. Boys, Peckham, Surrey, linen draper, July 6, at twelve. In the Country. J. Broome, Birmingham, licensed victualler, July 5, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. W. Price, Bncklersbury, Cheapside, City, eating house keeper, June 10, certificate of the second class—J. Dun thorn, flroadwall, Christchurch, Blackfriars-road, corn dealer, May 24, certificate of the first .class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, J. Jamieson and H. Taylor, Liverpool, ship-store-dealers —William Turton, William C. Norton, and M. Turton, Lincoln, merchants (so far as regards W. Norton) J. Hurst and G. W. Reynolds, Birmingham, stay-manufacturers— W. White, J. Parlby, and M. - W hitelaw, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, and Shepherd-street, Oxford-street —G. Bowes, F. H. Bowes, and G. Bowes, jun., oil and Russian brokers—G. Ballard an d C. S m ith, A ux ayes and Jacmel, Hayti, and London, merchants—J.Mills and J.Coates, Roch dale, Lancashire, cattle-dealers—W. E. Terrill, S. Ferguson, N. Martindale ; Mary Martindale, and J. Firth, executor and executrix of H. Martindale, Liverpool, soda-water manu facturers—W. Grant and W. Pearson, Bacup, Lancashire, photographic artists—A. T. Martin and W. Price, Bir mingham, artists—J. Kellock and D. Wilson, Birkenhead and Rock Ferry, seedsmen—H. Ashford and A. Ashford, Rayleigh, Essex, bakers and corn dealers— J. Beckett and T. Beckett, Chester, mercers—J. Shaw and J. Atkinson, Leeds and Birmingham, bath proprietors—T. Pearse and C. B. Paris, Liverpool, commission merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Richard Corbett, Bilston, Staffordshire. Henry Radnall, Bilston, Staffordshire, provision dealers' assistant. George Stanney, Brinnington, Cheshire, shopkeeper. Robert Huggins, Palgrave Suffolk, blacksmith. Henry Pratt, Cambridge. Thomas Henry Case, Cambridge, carpenter and joiner. John Shareman, Cambridge, publican. Mary Boam, Liverpool, boarding-house-keeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Margaret and Elizabeth Davidson, Edinburgh, lodging house-keepers, to meet June 20 and June 11, at two, with in Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh. J. Adair, toll contractor and spirit merchant, Glasgow, to meet June 18 and July 9, at twelve, within Forrester's Commercial Hotel, Glasgow. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JUNE 14. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Familien, from Dram; Drie Brodre, Worcum ; Werdina, Dendermonde ; Lammechina Margonda, Gothenburg; Gustav von Hagenow, Swine munde ' Vrouw Grietze, Groningen ; Eendracht, Emden ; Harriet and Jane, Hamburg ; Ocean, Dantzic ; Adelaide, Adelaide and Mauritius ; Palchum, Konigsberg ; Claudea and Clio, Barbadoes ; Lady M`Donald, Madras ' • Vw. Diewke, Worcum ; Argo, Dantzic ; Kingston and Pilot, Memel ; Thea, Gravelines ; Earl Balcarras, Bombay and. Kurrackee ; L. N. Hoedt, Horsens ; Lychanee, Struer ; Bien, Karrebeckminde ; Jacob Barth Josephine, Calmar ; Marie Louise, Konigsberg ; Margaretha, Leer ; James and Emma, Antwerp ; Comet, Madeira ; John and Catherine, Hamburg ; Trafalgar, Madras ; Amanda, Stettin ; Min den, Calingapatatu ; Granville, Calcutta ; May Queen, Dantzic. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, June 14.—The Blonde, for Cape Coast Castle ; Penelope, Schien and Pors ground Padang, Port Philip; Recinna, Dantzic ; Franziska, Bremen ; Two Brodre, Stockholm ; Emanuel, and Wida, Konigsberg ; Earl Balcarras, Bombay ; Comet, Madeira ; Claudia, Demerara ; Adelaide, Melbourne ; Panope, San Francisco ; Nicolan, Hamburg ; Kangaroo, Port Philip. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, June 14.—The Prins Oscar, Stockholm; Clifton, Calcutta; Pierre Tutor, Rouen; James, Antigua, LIVERPOOL, JUNE 14. The Cambalu, Liverpool to Shanghai, 38 days out, was spoken lat. 21 S., long 33 W. _ . The Princeton, Liverpool to New York, was spoken June 10, off Bardsey. The Pudsey Dawson, Liverpool to Bombay, was spoken May 4, on the Equator. The Gwalior, London to Calcutta, was spoken May 6, lat. 4N., long. 30 W. The Saxon was spoken May 18, lat. 22 N., long. 36 W. The Lord Dalhousie was spoken June 1, lat. 42 N. long. 36 W. The Rosamond was spoken June 9, lat. 50 N. long. 10 W. The Seawitch was spoken May 4, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Mary Mackie, Baltimore to Rio Janeiro, was spoken May 25, lat. 35 N. long. 39 W. The Leander, China - to Liverpool, was spoken June 5, lat. 44 N., long. 28 W. The Sydney, Colombo to London, was spoken March 16, lat. 9 S., long. 84 E. The Louisiana, Canton to New York, was spoken March 26, lat. 23 S., long. 62 E. The Jane Pratt, Calcutta to Liverpool, was spoken April 2, lat. 30 S., long. 44 E. The Beatrix, Batavia. to Amsterdam, was spoken April 6, lat. 31 S., 10n. ' % 38 E. The Malabar, London to Table Bay, was spoken April 14, lat. 34 S., long. 17 E. The Gen. Churruca, Manilla to Cadiz, was spoken April 14, lat. 34 S., long. 17 E. The Whampoa, Shanghai to Cowes, was spoken April 29, lat. 12 S., long. 10 W. The Copia, bound west was spoken June 1, lat. 42 N., long. 27 W. The Lord G. Bentinck, Demerara to London, was spoken June 2, lat. A N., long. 28 W. The Gidron, St. Lucia to London, was spoken June 3, lat. 46 N., long. 29 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Jane Purvis, bound to England, June 12. The Herald, of Plymouth, steering E., May 18, lat. 44, long. 58. The Samuel Lowrance, New Orleans to Liverpool, May 18, lat. 24 N., long. 80 W. The Patrick, British brig, for Quebec, April 3, lat. 51 N., long 31 W. The Sophia, brig, steering N. by E., May 3, lat. 20 S., long. 31. The Bolivia, Rio Janeiro to Liverpool, June 10, lat 6 S., long. 34 W. The Catherina brig, steering N. by E., May 4, lat. 3 S., long. 35 W. . _ The Benjamin Adams, and Elizabeth, both Liverpool to New York, May 19, lat : 43, long. 54 W. The Spartan (British ship), bound westward, May 24, lat. 45 N., long. W. The Cosmo, Bristol to New York, May 24, lat. 40 N., long. 73 W. The Leonard. Dobbin, London to Quebec, May 9, lat. 46 N., long. 46 W. The George ; of Hartlepool, for Montreal, May 11, long. 59 W. The Daunted, of Aberdeen, with emigrants for Aus tralia, May 4, lat. 5 N., long. 26 W. The Justitian, Moulmein to Falmouth, April 6, lat. 34 S., long. 28 E. _ _ _ The Chapman (barque), of London, for the westward, April 9, lat. 35 S., long. 18 E. The Ladia (brig), of Jersey, for Australia, May 2, lat. 4 N long. 22 W. The Louisa, Guei ruey to Adelaide, South Australia, May 4, lat. 5 N., long. 23 W. Tho Walden (brig), from Rio Grande, May 21, lat. :=9 N., long. 35 W. The Leonida, Wharupoa to Liverpool, April 6, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Bangalore, Ceylon to London, April 15, lat. 26 S., long. 7 E. The Herbin, of London, with emigrants, steering S.W , June 2, lat. 46 N., long. 10 W. The Inca, Liverpool to Panama, June 3, lat. 47 N., long. 11 W. The Me nam (b arque) of Greenock, Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales May '2, lat. 30 N. long. 21 W. The Carabalu, Liverpool to Shanghai, lat. 21 S., long. 33 W. 35The Emily, Sunderland t o Q ue b ec , l a t. 45 N ., l o W. The Canton, New York to Australia, April 5, lat. 6, long. 22 W. The Natal, London to Geelong, May 4, lat. 3, long. 21. The Coromandel, Southampton to Hobart Town, May 5, lat. 4, long. 21. The Superb, with emigrants, May 6, lat. 4, long. 22. The Redeliffe,'Shields to Montreal, May 17, lat. 46 N., ong. 47 W., by the Statesman, Corning, arrived at New York. The Aitta 1e Mians, Newcastle to Lisbon, June 6, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W., by the Louisa, Gourbant, arrived at Morlaix. The Samuel (barque), from Colombo, March 30 lat. 29 S., long. 43 E. , The - Jenne Aigle (French barque), from Ardian, April2o, lat. 34 S., long. 14 E. The Berhampore (ship), from Bombay, April 21, lat. 20 S., long. 1 W. The Tippco Saib, from Calcutta, June 1, lat. 40 N., long. 26 W. - - Tho Simony (Danish ship), June 5, lat. 45 N., long. 22 W. The Ringdove (schooner), from Cadiz, June 9, lat. 49 N., long. 9 W. The Von Daniel (Dutch barque), Eclipse (barque), and General Sir William Nott, all on the same day, by the Lord Dalhousie, arrived in the Downs. The Franklin, New York to Liverpool, May 8, lat. 15 N., long. 22 W., by the Mercury. 9 0 0 6 0 0 COUNTRY MARKET& LIVERPOOL —JUNE 14. I, t tl'i' There was less of tone in the trade at our Ing-e:_o. ms m ua ol in i edg ng mt t hi h lel a ef n rus o lla n Friday, yet we had a fair bugin e° -.1 . l' al e t r e al re i d Y• in E v gyp alue t . lnn p n ri d c d e e s al o e f rs la , sat n T d u b e ot i h y whek tan e d :7 l i t r iLri 36s per 480Ibs. Indian improv.es(dal.; per qr.', f` e ; 2 7l; N d i o a n e h e s o n m gei wasorb other OrNira den an d , IPSIVICH—JusE 14. w hich 0 The market was fairly supplied with wheat, ~,,gcif. a ready sale, and prices were fully maintained A ' i t_ ',', 011 1 4 above last market day. We have not at preseut u .', o f it. and spring corn is suffering in its growth fort he w n sTo rot 0 ~+ PER QUARTER. 00 5 t ' .. Wheat, red (old) 43s to 47s Barley, grinding ... 34s ti! Ditto, white Ditto (new) (new) 4 0 8 0 s s t t o o 00556 s P8ee0a5n5................................. 3,,,,,,,s ,),;. +s , Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR TUE WEEK ENDING ,101 11, • Wheat 1137 quartea, at 3 4 3 2 : 61 ~ o+2 Barley 36 Od ,s s Oats Beans Peas --- HULL--JuNE 14. _ . , 413 4 6 , and a fair show of fresh wheat, We had a good attendance of farmers at to4h9': old' 2s to 3s advance, 52s to 54s per qr. being c unsold s ti ,' to the grower. Not much fresh foreign left 00 4 ' the advance quoted below is welt supported, an' i , y vet tention is directed to chambered parcels. i 't r is - ou the advance noted last week, and very lit t ' e of p 053, Oats are 6d dearer. Beans continue scarce. _,,,, so' are wholly without stock. Not much linseed offerc37o!.o which meths b risk Iste the market is very firm, as are also cakes • ind eed WO again 2s 6d per ton dearer. Very little busines.gs too: istO l e t s h s e thau in rapeseed and cakes. The arrival of ho es l olo;r ef i what demand can take off, and the market is 2° 0 0 ' o b w on in es g s v o Wheat s s f oleic 34 0 long-continued usualthis ydreaorught the constOP , English, red 52 to 54 Peas, g ' qv and blank 34 l '' - Set - Ditto white 54 to 56 Linseed, Black .. 400 Dantzic and Konigs Ditto Petersburgh ~ ,L - n d Arc. a toll berg 52 to 55 Ditto Riga a 4 ... • Pomeranian and Ham- angel .......... ua 0 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Memel .............. rer /I Friesland 46 to 48 n A 01 i i'll Russian and Odessa g 118/ sst° O' 42 to 45 Lins. c., g ~/ 706 ,1 1 %0 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian lB to 19 Rape cakes .•• i oto ',i, Barley, malting ~ .m. i v Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Ditto foreign ...;',' 91 to,,,,vji Beans .... 97s v" 0' Ditto foreign - ........ . Peas, white and yel 3B to 4to Rye Meal ......... Brie. Os 00cfil"W White wheat 00s Od to 00a Od 000 Red wheat 00s Od to 00s Od j.....2 0°. Ditto Oos Od to 00s Od Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od , A , Barley ooa Od to 00s Od} NOP" Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 0 0 Ditto 00a Od to 00s Od 0 ,1 Bere 00s Od to 00s Od Os al , 40 Oats Ditto 00s Od to Oos Od o°s Ditto 00s 04 to 00s 04 Od O r c° Pigs .00s Od to 00s Od o ° s , a t e' : Quantity sold at the highest pric e ' . (: , Ow 00 barrels white wheat ; 38 red ; 00 I)3r ' ' ~`, V 13 oats ; 0 pigs. 06' . A ' Quantity of grain and number of pigs old l. last C p , Wheat, 16. Barley, 185. Bere, °°' Pigs, 00. ~„„0 9 11 :' Return of cattle sold for week ending u-5, CORK-JUNE 13. Pigs, 248. Sheep, 294. C° vls ' PRICES OF BUTTER. CURES II ..... GANT. .... , First quality FU Second quality Third quality 74s Third quality .... . .: .. . Fourth quality Fifth quality 6Bs Fifth quality .••••• ,; Sixth quality 5BB Sixth quahtl .... 1 6. '‘, extra, .O rt ' Coss. —Flour—First, 13s 6d to 145 Od; seconds, 12s Od to 13s 6d; households, 10s tO, 6 00, , es, 7s to 9s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian wea l ; 1 100 6arlY r oatmeal, lOs 6d to 118 • wheatmeal, 98 6d to ti , 41, 0 e Indian corn, 71 Os Od to i 71 75 6d per ton. 7,od;,, f i ° to 510 s Od perton. Hay—Farmers, 43s Od fo r to o . 40s; dealers, OOs Od to 0080 d ; average, Os Pe_L s , Farmers, 25s Od to 33s Od ; average, 285 ' d7 er ; ¢,`) OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Brea—NibePulatter'; Od ; household ditto, 54d to Od per 41b.--Fr es ,;" )1 lid per lb. Eggs, 4s 7d to 4s 93 per hundT;', p0r!, , 0 1, 4Ad to 8d; mutton, 6d to 6!_‘,d ; veal, 5d to 6a ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb. -- ."; 000 1 'po! - land, 001. Os to 00/ Os per ton ; Scotch her i r + b c l`;',lo ; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes ' a white, 10° ;.; „, 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 19s ; LydneY , I :,'"ii,sl Pr, 0' Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per inir ne r 0; 0 0, / Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 3 , 8 :0 ' . 31. skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6o qSj, ' 6 ' Fleece wool, 00s to OOs per stone.—_Hemp) ," . jeo ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 158; red pine, 31 ' )°,sl' Y. 31. 58. per ton ; deals, 191. o 201. per hund r f;lP Si. :,010/. 108. per ton.—Tallow, 498 6d to 5 0 s r; 71. lOs to OZ. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 190. Pe r Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. COURSE OF Amsterdam ............ Ditto, three months .. Rotterdam ...... ...„ Antwerp .............. Brussels •• •••••••• • • •• Hamtinrgh ............ Altona •••••••••• raris• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ditto, throe months .. Marseilles..•• • . • • •• •• • • Bourdeaux ............ Frankiort-on-Maine 120 U Berlin Petersburgh...• •- .• 37)6 Madrid • • •• •• •• •• •• • • •• SO Cadiz .......... Barcelona •• •• •••• • • • • Seviiie • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • EXCFI 11 1.7% 11 19 11 19% 25 31% 25 32% 13 8% • ANGE—YES Gibraltar.••• •• ,:••• • Leghorn .•••••.,••••,. Genoa ...• 4 15 ! Milan ...•••••.."'',. 0, Venice Naples •• • Palermo •••••••••••••• essina .• Lisbon , Oporto .• ''''' • ...• • RL.JanOro • • New York, hO ds ..••,',' PhilalelPhla II i p PRICES or 130 0 111 F orel g . Gold .. 0 eo rtuggi Gold 0" 0 I New -- I Mexican ..•• 0 nAllarr • " iilverin bars 25 7% 25 30 25 32% SEABORNE MAILS. C 4I I • 'g aol (N signifies that the mails ar e sen t from tho 1 T the night—and M by the mor n i ng —dispatch" by the night—and M by the moniing-dispatc h. t" 14 tt Jl°, Day when made UP Fr°r-ort O ,P.Y COUNTRIES. in General Post- w ow Office, London.* 1 22!.....-*": erpoe ~l i America(byßrit.pack)N E ver y F r id ay .. . • L W JO America (by United Sts. ere „,0 packet) ..........N June 14 „ „ I.ll' jv America (by U. States 110 01° packet) (by N June 22 • • • • — tit Australia (via South- alioP t4i ampton) .......... 31 July 4 South ~• Ditto (via Marseilles) N July 8 • • • Dove Ditto (via Cape of eioed Ad 0 Hope•••••••••, bondtp Africa (West Coast) .. N l 23rd of the month. e'Ym. f . ° , jun: Alexandria NlB, 9, 24, &30of m Do v "44 o "lt, f Alexandria ..........31; 4th & 20th of coon. South o pto l 009 Sout h oover a ; i ptonjoop Brazil .... Al 9th of the month.. 40U ! ti h opO lj pi° ituenos Ayres 31'9th of the month • • ‘ cfru ,,,„„, -- n ath ,0 Cape of Good Hone .. N 14th of the month riY"', u at joy Cape of Good Hope .. N riy mv atii 0 Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. PlY al° ,pO B .O Ceylon (see India) 1 .01 0 Ceylon ....... N 14th of the month P•3---opit 110 e Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed ,&Frld. "uth"„opto,' Chili.. ............ M & 17th of month Setl4.•• jetle China (see India)ll ol ,,l 4 "' Constantinople 7,8,17,21,8:27 of m o°v , h aar" . P r- 1 Constantinople ........ 4th 17. 20th of mon ••'' wont. of Europe M & N T w i ce d a ily ..... • D WI-- ,1 1 Egypt (sec India.) ‘ ,„ v , .„,1 , France & N Twice daily • L'`',:tirour 0° r Gibraltar ..........31 4,7, 17 , 20, 27 °fin. 6e. " , Greece (see India) „ w ay- Greytown 31 2nd & 17th of mon. 4° : c ion Harnburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday 'o n „oapi°' II avannah 2nd of the month •ou t d - on ..• " 0 0 ° 4 Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat. Lon 0 00 0 009 Honduras ..........M 17th of the month 4° 10731 0 10e i t India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. ' 441 ,, r India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month 154) '" ,iv lonian Isles (see Indi a ) on p Ireland ...... 31 & N Twice daily • .. •• • • , 11° „ 11 0 . 1 0,0 1 1 ) ,,„1 Li ' b m • • • • • • • • • ... 011 ..31 7,9, 17, & :28 of M. Madeira ...... 31 9th of the month 40 ".„' .1 6 . Madeira ...... 23rd of the month PIP- 16 0 " Malta (see India) Malta ..... ..... ....N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofrn. p ovet l o. l Mauritius (see India) vtll 10 0 0 jvnlo tc.,o ..10 Mauritius 14th of the month P th op 1- 4 1 1 Mexico ••••• • • • • tud of the month. • • 11 1 P Naples.. •Sthlsth2Nthofmon.. 00`1•40ipto!: New Granada .. • . 2d & 17th of month Sou r i o ", B pa l New Zea1and.......... By private ship • • " r I' Papal States ........N ,thlsth2sthoflnon• °_, V th e pt° o o j Peninsula .......... M thl7th2B tin:Amon - 0 !: t hoopt . Peru .M Id & 27th of mon r.OOl o D P9rt Natal ..........Nll4th of the mon th 3 VP• „.• ,10 1 , Sicily 50 1 1 •th2Stho , rnon• - " o ver •• • 011 Tuscany ............N itl, lsth 2sthottnor. 04 ,01 Venezuela • 31 2d & 17th of month 4°16- 1e0 • 0 Van Diemen'sLand (see ~,ets, Australia) „ 4 0 0th* 0 01 West Indies M 2d& 17th of month - .111 ~.(t• 00 - i nd 1. 1 0 , da y, the { t io s When any of these dates fall on a bun do n 0 di sp a tell° 1 on the following day, with the estop o De w" Southampton), and the Malta, both of which Or' day preceding. BIRTHS. OF A SOS. On the llth inst., in Dublin, the lady of Sir jilw ° fie t renceOn the ll Cotter, th Bart inst., at 15, Montagu-0114i' J.P. re, ' al ' Robert Gerard, Esq. 5. 44 OF A DAUGHTER. 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