The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-13 00:00:00

01n 6 " ) 1S1°• ware ed{ll MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) - . CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 2,000 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed firmly. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 140 Pernani and Maranham, at G'jd. to 6id., 20 Bahia at Gld., 300 Egyptian at Rd. to Bd., 300 Surat at 31d: to 41-d., and 60 Sea Island at Is. 10d. to 2s. sd. per lb. Railway Shares were fiat. The Foreign Exchanges were firm yesterday, bills dated three months being quoted 25, 274 to 30 on ? a ...axis • 11, 18i , to 19 on Amsterdam; 13, 8 to 81- on ntamliurgh ; and 11, 5 to S on Trieste.. It is often that one is called upon, in the impar tial exercise of the duty which every writer owes the public, to give a warning against foreign loans and schemea that absorb a large amount of British capital at the risk of its partial or entire loss. On this account, it has been peculiarly satisfactory to find the Australian colonies presenting an outlet, since the fact is patent to all, that in periods of ease there w ill be an endeavour to Main remunerative employment for surplus means, e ven when r i s k i s involved'. If part of the money invested 'in Colonial mines, for example, should Prove t o b e a less, t h ere w i ll, at least, bethe con solation that the amount has been expended in Australia. Canada recently has had a small Co mpany, of public f a vour, her Trust and L oan `jouipany, Great Western Railway, and Ha milton and Toronto Railway, and Richmond xtailways, having enlisted the co-operation of our leading capitalists, and yielding most important It may be in the recollection of our read ers, how ever , th a t more th an 12 mont h s s i nce, th e 43 - 01 1. Mr. Hincks came to London expressly to ar range with Earl Grey for a guarantee to a great Central line of railway, embracing all the British North American provinces. The Home Go vernment required the undertaking to b e m ade after t he plans of their military surveyors, with a view . 1 0 the defence of the' colony, arid the provinces of .-:l\Tova Sc o ti a an d N ew B runsw i c k cou l d not b r i ng their legislatures to a right understandi ng . Now, • n ovrever, the province of Canada has wisely deter inined to come forward and execute its own portion iatedf the line, and the prospectus, this day circu of Tho mas Baring, M.P. ; G. C. Glyn, M•P• and Alderman Thompson, M.P. The capital required is large, nine millions and a-half sterling ; but only 7,246,0001. require to be raised, and but a portion of this at the present t i m er say one-half. The contractors take the other half. The Railway will complete the cora niunication through Canada. There is a large j am ount of coloni a l ca pit a l a l rea d y i nves t e d ; ther e D s a Government guarantee of 6 per ceit. on the ' - 'ehentur es , and the same interest will be allowed °ll the Shares during construction, and the cost is "'ready defined. The estimated profits exceed 11 Der cent. ;_ The Stock Market hag been very quiet this morn -441_,g, and not a speculative transaction in Consols is tin e reported, the jobbers being occupied with t i u e ar rangement of the account. The " continua: 1 :;' 1 " to May is k per cent., the money prices being Tb i i a and th ose f or account 100 k /. The New i ee- and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 1031 h as be the Th ree p er C en t s . 991 g. Bank Stock are b e n dfirm at 226. E xc h equer Bill s o f J une preen3S• to7s. premium, and those of March s s . In the. East India Bonds are 45 5 . p rem i um . littl e Foreign Securities th ere h as b een very ri sen , m ,t l g. The Peruvian D e f erre d B on d s h ave 4 to 3 per cent., in cons e q uence o f th e ex pected", 4 early announcement of the conver s i on i n te o y e, which, a ccor di ng t o rumour, w ill b e on rY favourable terms. Equador Stock has been quoted 6 k, a rise of k to f . Brazilian Old B on d s are • nrorthloN- to 101. The Four-and-a-Half per tas. a re a t 99. Sp an i s h B on d s are heavy, upon o t he news of the suspend e d s itti ngs of the `-'ortes. The Committee's Certificate is at to 61 per cent. The Turkish Loan is 3k h premium. The committee, as we anticipated, f ave recommended the acceptance of the terms prof 7°d by th e Ott o man Porte. Dutch 4 per Cents., er being have dropped to 94. 1 0 3 11 e Railway Share Market is to per cent. 0 ,,7" again, a n d th e rate of interest for carrying ta el' 'until the end of the month is rather onerous se ar , 6 to 8 per ce n t. on the old lines. The French D ar es are down to The second reading of the sire of India • • Railway Bill postponed at the de nte of th -rev er , ° Promoters, to await the answer of the by th e °r- General of India, expected, we believe, T he tad now telegraphed. ve ry I:J u a Fria Mining Company have received tr eatyr o ' r °ll rabl e advises. Mr. Atwood was in work e d a valuable property, near Gold Hill, to er lishi zia u nder a royalty, and the machinery was ail q u artz to an extent already that promises for th;',,'nse return. There is a good sum realised the +ohareholders, and this is encouraging for *to Austr alian Companies. The price is firm at Pre m i um. Ti Gold NI. heavy , . me Shares generally are rather "nu. f Th e L an* ,favour of buyers. pre ssed. ` - '°n l Panies' Shares have been very de to 5/. The Austra,liau Agricultural are down 3/. 13a nk.3 are heavy. 13RITISE E FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business done. 226 ink Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 94 :1 il " Per Cent. Consols Annuities 103$ a g lqew 3i per cent. Anon . Hies Loo Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 18e0 -16 5 15-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Exchequer Bills 10. June. March. - 41000.. 4500 3 7 5 small 3 7 par 5 B inz lia RI " OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 99 Ditto New Bonds, 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lO2l Equador Bonds Peruv 88,1ian Deferr e d 3 per C ent. ~,SPanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. 'Vanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun Q 1 13 Tur t kish Lo an , 6 per Cent., 1852 buc E xcllanze 2i a P per Cent ' to 4 per Cent. Certificate5... Consols Ditto April Account HALF-PAST TWO. OOH 100 a COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON Mn. F. O'CoNNou.--Yes terda, z y a commission in the nature of a writ . de lunatico "luirendo was opened before Mr. Commissioner Barlow t a ia ll d a jury of freeholders of the county of Middlesex, fie Roebuck Tavern, Chiswick, for the purpose of inves f :Ixating the state of mind of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, or . - t, I Y M.P. for Nottingham, and a leading Chartist aj,..1 . - ev, but who since June last has been an inmate of 4-Lnke's Lunatic Asyl um , M anor -House, Turnham-green. •,,t the close of th e i nqu i ry the jury found that Mr. Fear close O'Con nor was of unsound mind, and was inca kble of managing his .7.flairs, dating the lunacy from the oth of June, 1852, th e d ay on which he was committed to the Custody of th e S ergeant -at-Arms of the House of c ommons. We have a full report of the proceedings in type, which shall appear to-morrow. THE EXPORT BEER TRADE. —There has been a great Increase inthe exportation f beer and ale on account of shipments lndia and Ausotralia. In the two months ended the sth ult , there were 6 5,174 barrels exported, the declared_value. of which wasT 198,291/. FRENCH 6TEEPLECHAsER.— come off on Sunday next, at d'Avray. One is to be for the Marche, we steeplechases r ar v e n t i o e Stakesarche, o n f ea 3ooofr., added to 300 fr. entry ; the other for the Consolation Stakes of 2500 fr , fvoorrhorses that have run at La Marche and never won.* the former the entries are —Mr. lßaeltley's Glenlyon, Count de Coataudon's Rabelair, M. e e la Motte's Franc Picard, M. Delamarre's Sprin g Buck, . 'Jigging' Flying Buck, Chapman's lanthe, Mr. Seward's C onstitution, Mr. Mason's Nom de Guerre, Ditto's Trust -me-Not, Mr. Robert's Quickstep. For the Ditto 's stakes the• entries are—Mr. Higgins' Simple BePeter, Count de Coataudon's Bedford, Mr. Chapman's ngtstine, M. 11. Delam arre ' s S pr i ng B uc k, Vi comte Roman's Fiction. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE LONDON-ROAD.—Last 'light, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a fire a very alarming ch arac t er b roke out in the premises °` l‘lr. Hodes a cabianufacturer, in Garden -row London-road,n Southwark The fire situate , when first discovered, bad obt a i ne d a strong hold of the upper wo rkshop, and owing to the inflammable nature of the stock-in -trade the flames speedily penetrated the roof ~.and rose to such an altitude as to illuminate the district. J-nformation of the disaster hiving been sent to the eninstations with as little delay as possible, the fire brllen and engines of the London Brigade and West of il,'lngtand office attended, and a bountiful supply of water i;"ing been obtained from the mains of the Lambeth 1 :„ °111 1 1 aY, the firemen went to work in admirable man i'r' and by great perseverance they succeeded in con il4ng the fire to the premises in which it originated, but ts W as not ext i nguished until the upper workshop and " valuable contents were destroyed. The origin of the teisf or tune is enve l oped in obscurity, and unfortunately the sufferer was not insured. tt A. STEAMER RESCUED. —While a new and powerful b, e , lllll "tug, belonging to the Shipowners' Towing Coin week' - 1 ., of London, was returning from a trial trip last _, on the Clyde, about ten miles below Glasgow, she roplobserved one of the large passage-boats (with about 400 e on board) take the ground, and heel over into ,!el , water, from a squall. On her making signals of distress, the tug, which is named " Cock-o' -North” (a ego,nonien of the Dukes of Gordon), made for, and after water a hawser made fast over her port bow, backed mina er with her immense power, and in less than 15 iirtes placed the passenger-boat in safety, who ac "wledged their deliverance by three cheers for so ausPicio an event in the trial trip of the Cock-o'- 4 orth. us NEWMARKET RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SUBSCRIPTION PLATE T.Y.C. Ephesus .. Raekapalt HANDICAP PLATE, £5O. A.F. Abdallah Kohinoor Eight ran. IMPERIAL PAR L A_ MENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, against the Jew bill, against the abolition of Scotch university tests, and against Maynooth. . . Sir E. FILi bill. HER presented a petition against the Jew Admiral GORDON presented a petition from Aber (ken, against ]'iaynooth. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from places in Lincolnshire, against the admission of Jews into Par liament. Mr. O'MORGAN presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire, against the county rate expenditure. Mr. FITZGERALD presented a petition from Dub lin, praying for the amendment of certain defects of the Registration Act. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the proprietors of the Preston Guardian, praying for the abolition of the advertisement duty. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield to the same effect. Lord DWAINE and Capt. SCOBELL presented similar petitions. Mr. gPOONER presented a petition from Birming ham against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. . . _ Mr.. W. PATTEN presented a similar petition from Lancaster. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition from Glasgow, and other places, against the Public House (Scotland) Bill, and also petitions against the Scotch University Tests. COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. DUNLOP moved that it be an instruction to the committee to extend to boroughs a provision of the bill repealing a clause of a former act, prohibiting county polls from being commenced on a Saturday. Agreed to. The house then went into committee on this bill. Clause 1 was agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved the omission of certain words giving a power of appeal to the Lord-Advocate from the Sheriff with respect to the nomination of addi tional poling places. He thought the appeal ought to be to the Sheriff's Appeal Act. After some discussion, the committee divided, when there appeared— For the omission Against it , • Majority The words were, consequently, retained, and the clause was agreed to. Clause 3 was agreed to. On clause 4, Mr. HUM - E moved the omission of the words by which polls were prohibited from being held on Monday. Mr. DUNLOP supported the clause as it stood, be cause the feelings of the people of Scotland was strongly against the desecration of the Sabbath, and he con sidered that appointing Monday as a polling day, would lead to such desecration. Mr. LOCKHART reminded the hon. member for Montrose, that . in some parts of Scotland the railways were stopped on Sunday, and consequently, persons who had to travel from a distance, would not be able to get a Monday's poll. Mr. HUME said he was perfectly aware that the Scotch people had been so foolish in many instances ; but he saw no reason why the monomania of certain individuals who sought to make their con science the rule of other person's conduct, should be an argument for making the law of Scotland different from that of England. ,After some further discussion, the committee di vided, when there appeared-- For the omission Against it . 60 Majority The clause as amended was then agreed to Clause 5 was then agreed to. [LEFT SITTING.] SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS .D.AY.) (Before Thomas Puckle, Esq., and a full bench of Magistrates.) UNGRATEFUL ROBBERY. John Crag West, 22, pleaded guilty to stealing a purse containing forty-six pounds, the property of Alfred Tassell, from his dwelling-house in Union-street, South wark. It appeared that the prosecutor was a small trades man, and the prisoner's sister was his wife, and en tirely through charity the prisoner was allowed to live with them. Prosecutor had . saved forty-six pounds, which he deposited with his wife for security. In the early part of March the prisoner suddenly de camped, having broken open his sister's box and stolen the cash. Nothing was heard of him until the 6th of March, when the prisoner was seen spending a great deal of money by superintendent Morton at Tunbridge wells. Having some suspicion that he was the bank clerk who had absconded from London, he apprehended him, when the prisoner confessed that he had robbed his brother-in-law the prosecutor. He was brought up to London and twenty-two pounds was found on him, he having expended the remainder. The prisoner having expressed his contrition, and the prosecutor recommending him to mercy, the Court sen tenced him to six months' hard labour at Wands worth. ROBBERY BY AN OLD SERVANT.—George Simmons, 45, pleaded guilty to stealing a large number of seed bags, the property of Alfred Barry, wharfinger in Tooley- street, The prisoner had been nearly 20 years in prosecutor's employ, and was detected in stealing the property. The prosecutor having recommended him to mercy, the Court sentenced him to six months' at Wandsworth. SOUTIIIVARK-( THIS DAY.) CIIARGE OF STABBING.— M ary Cronin, a masculine looking young Irishwoman, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with stabbing Ellen Godfrey with a knife. The prisoner and the prosecutrix are both women of easy virtue, and resided opposite to each other in Suf folk-place, at the rear of the Police Court. Last night about eleven the prisoner was fighting with another female near the place, when prosecutrix interfered and separated them. All was quiet until near one o'clock, when prosecutrix went out to speak to a neighbour, and she had not walked many yards before she was suddenly attacked by the prisoner, who stabbed her in the left arm with a sharp knife, and ran away, exclaiming that she was determined to do for her. A constable fortunately came up and secured the prisoner, and immediately took witness to St. Thomas's Hospital, where the wound was dressed. Mr. Combe asked whether the wound was dangerous ? Police constable 94 M produced a medical certificate from the house-surgeon of the hospital, stating that it was an incised cut, but not of a dangerous description. The prisoner said she had a quarrel with the com plainant, bind she struck her first. She hal a knife in her hand, but did not intend to injure her. They were, in fact, both drunk at the time. Mr. Coinbe said, as the wound was not dangerous, he should fine her 405., or six weeks' imprisonment. She was committed. LANCASTER ELECTION.—The polling took place yes terday. The proceedings were throughout very peace able and orderly, but, from the commencement, it was apparent that Mr. Greene would be returned. At the conclusion of the poll the numbers were—were—FurMr. Greene, 668 ; for Mr. Armstrong, 543 ; majority for Mr. Greene, 125. FLIGHT OF BLANQUI. —The Lorierttais of the Bth gives a minute narrative of the escape of the formidable re publican leader Blanqui from the Palais at Belle-Isle-en- Iver. Blanqui fled with another republican prisoner named Cazavan, and managed to evade the notice of the dressed keepe r by an ingenious stratagem. He made up and a figure . of himself, which the turnkey in making evening inspection of the cell mistook for his prisoner, c . onceal s e h d o , rt h l ilwho appeared to him to be sitting and warming himself. having nafterwards exchanged layhe ewas very e prison . for a suit of black, and obtained from some friend I,ooof. barn, where in gold. He has since been pl a ced - THE ROMAN CATHOLIC a penal cell. THE in IN . FRANCE.—The clergy of the Roman Catholic chauCith composed in the 80 sees which form re the France . is . thus of it :-15 archbishops, 65 bishops 175 vicars general, 661 canons, 3,388 curds, 29,537 desservansvicafrs succursals, 6 chaplains for the three ceinetries of Pari ° c vicars in the small communes. The pers," and 7,190 of the protestant worship are 756 in number, 507 o n f n w e h for the reformed church, and 249 for the Lutheranoni are worship. In the Jewish church there are 53 rabbis and 61 officiating ministers. The church in Algeria' I .' is not included in this account. BEST MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH ENDS.—We have heard of an old German officer, who was a great admirer of correctness in military operations. He used to revile Bonaparte for spoiling the science of war, which had been carried to such exquisite perfection by Marshal Dann. "In my youth (he observed) we used to march and countermarch all the summer, without gaining or losing a square league, and then we went into winter quarters. And now comes an ignorant, hot-headed, young man, who flies about from Ulm to the middle of Moravia, and fights battles in December, The whole system of his tactics is monstrously incorrect." The world is of opininion, in spite of critics like these, that the end of fencing is to hit, that the end of medicine is to cure, that the end of war is to conquer, and that those means are, the most correct which best accomplish those ends.—Traveller's Library. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1853. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Bets'ness done this day. 100 81. lAberdeen ..... Ambg. Nottng. Bost Enstn. June.- IBirrung. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey....: ' Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter- Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin &Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£l3 E. & H.) Eastern Countics Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 811 Do., d 0........ ...... all iDo., B. & C 100 lEast Lancashire all (East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1 :Mini). and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde 100 Glasgow & S.Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do B. Stock Gt. Soh.&West.(lre, Great Western....... Irsh South-Easters, Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Third 5........... La.neash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutb:pt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright&S.Cst. London & N. Wester* Do. Fifths D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western' Do., Do., £4O Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Eunisk. Manch.Shef.&Lineln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 - 'Midland . Do. Birming.& Derby, Viidland G.West.(lr.) Do. i -Shares INewC.'astle do Carlisle. Newmarket........... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt•Aberg. drlltfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k......... ....... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British ......... North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. ..... Dc., 3 A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Miu.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry ...... Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway " ... Vale of Neath.. ...... . Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford &Limeri ck West C0rnwa11........ Wmbled on &Croydon Woodford York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 29A -30 A - 6j 91 - 1011 q— 4 d a 22 3i 2i d 103 105 —6lixd 21 224 19 20 8 - 5.1 - 31 13 4 - 134 10 - 11 71 - 7i 73 - 75 55 - 57 73 - - 75 32 34 62 64 81i 821 47 49 123 - 125 108 109 91 92 92 94 13 13ip l 76 - 77 4 - 4id 3 (i 15t 161 94 91 103 --1(,4 1194 -- 120 24-3 p Ih. 90A -91 A 5 -- 4d 4 -- 3 d 10i -- 11 19 -- 21 29 -- 30; d 741 43 -- 45 —ad 51 -- 53 34 -- 3g 34 -- 3 d 3t -- 3i 8 -- 9.1 52 -- 54 3h 2 d 344 j c 1 4i - 41 1 8 - 81 2i - 3A p 5O - 51?; 98 - 100 62 - 63 65 - 67 73 76 ... dis 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 3g 3Ad 204 -21 A 754 -- 751 364 -- 37 2 ; 124 —-- 13 Ad 4 19 -- 21 14 -- 151 31 91 -- 91 . . 91 -- 94 4 d -- par 683 693 7t —74 d 28 - - 2d 58A 593, 'E SHARES 100 5 all it. 100 l 0 5 it. 100 .5 all PREFERENI Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. C... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandon 51 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... 64 34 63 all 331 all EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent ........... 5 I all 7 2 6t all Do: (E 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (:,'7l7s) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., Now 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLaucash. 6 p.cts. aliub.Prth.&Dunde, 5A per cent........... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4 p c. Lan. & York. F. 220, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ....... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds. 6g all [0 all * all ;t. 100 5 all ;t. Imo .1100 ,t. 100 641 all >t. 100 A 6 it. 100 ;t. 100 100 CI 1 all t. 1100 5 10 2il all 5 all [0 all 6 3 L2i all L 2 all 2 13,), it. 100 it. 100 qgl 5 n - all 5 all 2 all ;t. 100 0 all ;t. 100 15 9 8 all .0 all Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. i Sh Ranch. ,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Do Hid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British . ...... 10 10 25 all 10 14 .0.6 all North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester Liz Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrcws& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent........ (South Devon . Do. New A all 5 3 ;t. 100 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 03.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.Saiilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do 1105 10. 105 - 10' 19 20 d 6 61 34 33 44, 1 lip 1i -- 2 p lg 14/ -- 15 18k-• 19 31 - 3i 27 - 129 . 7 1 5 5 10 York& N. Midland H, & S. Purch 111 - 113 8i - 88 - 71 106 - 108 4 d- An 151 153 xd ad 150 - 153 3.1 - 3i P 10 - 11 13 - 13 8 - 9 101 - 111 i - i 1), 148 —lsoxd' k Fs 22A 23 - 61 2 8 108 110 25 26 2 2ip 10t -- 114 17A -- 18; -14 p 14. -- 15 . 1 par — P 26 -26 i 19i -20 A id -- spar 101 - 103 6 - 54 127 8 1021 li P - iPI FOREIGN. 10 3 Antworp&Rotterdam i id 5 3 BelgianEastn. Juliet. 1 li 2 2 0 hi 0 all 6 D C j a o i n ic a r n o ci i & Be E sa rqz o l n in .: 1 2 4 __ i — 21 5 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 2i 4 - lidis 20 all East Indian 5l 2 p 111 20i 6 p 20 1 Do. Extension .... 1. lip 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 2 2p 20 4 P 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c 15 7 ? GGt Shares d :W j c u s i n t e c r t n . o o ff Franc e Caada . pref... ..... ............ ... 8 71. — ... 20 15 Luxembourg.. 74 10 10 Do. (Railway) 46 48 5 2 Do. 2 ' 5 3 Do. (Canal) ii 10 l ) 20 ‘;i Lyons Do. 6 p d; m et. prof ditei a.an par ....._-- i t i 20 4A Niadras 2 2 41' 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 72. 8 75 20 all Do. (ex interest) 6 7 16 all all Do. 0 Northern 2 3 p. e o f .B France ds 368 —36 a 20 (fmy. B. (cAms. Shs.) 14 15 14 10 all NorwegiauTrunkPref si 94 20 10 Paris and Lyons l4 18, 3 / 4 3. 20 all Paris and Orleans 42 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 414 42.3 41 20 all P ar i s an d Strasbourg 334 34 33if 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 44 5 P 10 5,1 Quebec &Richmond i ili P 20 all Rouen and Havre 2O 21 20 10 all Sambre an d M euse O4 9i 9i 4 Do. 5i p, et. pref —.— ... 20 4 Southern of France 4• — 5 P 20 2s. Upper India Scrip._ l' Pin si all West Flanders.. . 10 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref:: idis —i; 20 10 Western of France.,. 9i —lOl 10 2 West. of Switzerland flu -- ld 20 3 Zealand.. .... . „ l4 _ q. :l • 106 - 108 53 -54 1.14 LOO LOO 18i 1152 - 154 32i - 3'31 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 271 23 13/ -- 144 251 --26,1xd 19 -- 20 26 - -- 27 2i - 38 Ov - 107 64 - 66 49 - 151 .49 - 131 I— i d 32i 1031 - 334 - 1046 1063 MINES. 1 2 03 0 1 . a a s l l l l A A A us n gua g t l i o .a F l C i r a a ia n liflo: ......... ; . ...n . . ... • .1: 1 _.-- 5 1 1 1 P p P 2 10 2 Australasian 4 - 1 p I all Australian Cordillera * pll i 1 all, Australian Freehold. 1 dis— 1 * 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 4 P 1 all British Austrin. Gold p la 20 13.5 British Iron 6 8 7 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued • at RS pm 4' 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 61 6t 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carsons's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 47 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 21 31 ... 14 Copiapo 6 7 St. all Copper Min. of Eng B5 95 25 all Do. Pref. 7} p. cent B4 —9l p . 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll 1 d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll —1 i p 35 3 all Great Polgooth ll 1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst.. 1 dis— par 1 all Liberty i 5 p 1 all Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — i d 5 1 all Mariquita.. _ ... . ...... d— p ar 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 7 8 1 all New Granada ll - 5 P 1 all Nouveau Monde ll - -lip 21 I 6 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock par p 50 all Rhymney Iron 25 —27. p 15 Do, New 7 8 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 6 7 61 1 all South Australian par i p 10 7 Tin Croft ...... ....... 281 all United Mexican 6 —64 1 all Waller id AP 1 all West Granada par— t p 1 all West Mariposa Par — 4 P 4 1 all Yuba g 4 P li JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 5 4 00 20 a a all l2i c A h British u r s t t . l ß a Nn s i i a . American.. of . India;... . . . ... __ 93 Australia, & China i -- lip 21 3 100 25 Colonial •• ... 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l5 lip lli i i 20 121 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 35 —31 p 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock _ ... 1.00 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 351 1 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland _ ... 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 54 56xd 25 5 Do. New ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland - . 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australn•Bkg & Gold Imp Co 1 dis par 25 all South Australia 49 51 25 all Union of Australia.. 77 78 77 ... li, Do. New 8 9 50 10 [Tnion of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid__ ... . ... MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 lAustl..lian Agricult. 85 00 87 2 20 4 lAust.alsa.Pcific.Mail ... _ 10 5 lAustralu. Royal slail . . . 3Si Brit. American Laud 76 _ - 78 77 IN 32.,'Canada ... 5 5 Crystal Palace 6••• A i 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Prance ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam ... 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir .!. ... 15 14 Gen. Stearn Navigat ... „- )0 50 General Screw Steam ... ... .30 21 Irish Beetzoot Sugai ... _ 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... l 0 2 Netherlands Laud . ... .30 21 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. )0 60 Royal Mail Steam n 25 South Austral. L and 48 50 45 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... _ ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... ... )0 231 Van Diemen's Land _l9l 20, 20 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Although the supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was very limited, the demand for all kinds, owing to the large quantities of foreign flour on offer, was in a very inactive state, at M on d ay ' s decline i n t h e quo t a tions. The arrivals of foreign wheat this week have been com parately small ; nevertheless, the inquiry for that descrip tion of produce was dull, at barely stationary prices. In floating cargoes next t o no thi ng was do i ng . Fine malting barl e y was scarce, Grinding and distillin g sor t s moved o ff s l ow ly, a t l a t e rates. and quite as dear. We had a moderato inquiry for malt at last week's currency. _ _ On the whole a full average business was doing in oats ; but beans and peas were much neglected. Flour was dull in the extreme, and the nominal top price of English was 44s per 280 lbs. English .. Wheat. 1,310 ARRIVALS MS WERR, ) Barley. Malt. 980 ( 6,420 Oats Flour, 1,950 1.270 1,330 1,120 Foreign .. 2,6 7 . 0 3,600 BOROUGH HOP. 1 469 sks 6,`.60 brls -- - - ---- - Selected samples of hops continue to move off steadily, at full prices. In other kinds very little business is doing. WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this market to-day ruled steady, and quotzitions were well supported.— Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 35 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, 4s lOd to 6s Oil ; real, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 2s lOd to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. LLOYDS' SHIPPINO--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 13.—Wind this day at Noon, N. to N.E., fresh breeze, and cloudy. There was a slight fall of hail at 11 a.m. fro D m EA th i, ( : R A iv — p e i r il , aln2d.—sWailienddial.erus, Ceylon ; Universe,N.E. Arrived—Emma, New York, for Bre men ; Commissary, Callao. Arriv e d Montreal ; Warrior Queen, do. ; Christian a , Quebec. PLYMOUTH, April 12.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived— N. Sailed—Anthracite, Naiad, London, for St. Thomas' leaky. Off Port—Char lotte, Valparaiso. April 13 (at 9.45 a.m.)—Arrived— Forth (s), Coast of Africa, on freight 5,0001. Inconstant, Charles- PORTSMOUTH, April 12. Wind, N.W. Arrived —Mar garet ; Jane Ellis, g a FALMOUTH,r et E:tn , London, Apri i for i2 ._ N w e i w n d, York. Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, April 12.—Wind , N.W. Arrived—James s W t. a p lk o er m , in M go ob ; il F e i ; ti V ia o m y e a g g , erg av li an a n li a f h a x ; , Newfoundland. wAßKwoßTa , April 12.—The Borabra (schooner), Rothsay,o ton. Sailed—Crisis, Shanghae ; Magpie, Singapore ; Esk, Bahia; Sea Lion, Philadelphia ; Rival, Halifax; Dundee, has come in leaky, having been on Boulmer rocks. POOLE, April 12.—Saile d—Herome, Newfoundland. SUNDERLAND, April 12.—Wind, W.N.w. Sailed— Libertus, Calcutta • Crescent, do. DARTMOUTH, April 12.—Wind, N. Helen Lindsay, Port Philip. HARTLEPOOL, April 12.—Sailed—Gleaner, Coquimbo. ARDRossAN.—Sailed—Springhill, Quebec. BELFAST, April 11.—Wind, W. Sailed—Waterford, Quebec. ABERSTWITFI, April 12.—Wind, W. Sailed—Credo, Quebec. KINGSTON, April 11.—Put back—Lady Mulgrave, for Troon, with damage from contact with a steamer. SOP LY, April 12.—The Duncan Ritchie, Leith to Mel bourne, which put in here on the 27th March, has been surveyed ; her topsides having been found to be rotten, she will discharge. MESSINA, April 2.—The Tweed, for Fal mou th , i s leaky, and is discharging. — Th e Amphitrite, Malta to Queens town, has put in leaky.—The Arta, hence for England, is on shore ; cargo damaged. A Goon EXAMPLE.—The Bishop of D ur h am h as sent the following reply to an application for assistance (to free the chapel from debt) from the congregation of Bethesda Chapel, Gateshead :--" Sir,—Although my principal care is employed, as it ought to be, in the 'relief and assistance of those wh6 are more immediately under my superintendence, yet I am happy in extending the right hand of fellowship to all who love the Lord Jesus. I have, therefore much pleasure in forwarding to you 101. towards the liquidation of your debt, and can only regret that the urgent and continually increasing demands upon my purse do not allow me to send more. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, E, Dinizaa,", 1031 641 a 4 ad 5 13A 13 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. as eavrars. Leasing Compans, Closing Prices Yesterday. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn . Fr l Hrtlpl. Dk. &I Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. g Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference, Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per at. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Afidld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds pc Prest. & Wyre Do. i kThares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth .St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst `London & N. West. Gt.Westn ,Do Do Do L. &N. W Caledon. • !Gt. Nrthn. Gt. Westn I Yk. New. & Berw. Y. & N 31(1 Do 'S. Eastern !Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Stekton & Darlingt. Midland .. E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Arki Do Gallortilii, Do ...... ...I 14ncash&' Yorksh. M. Mclean Stock t. & Darhoot IDo GtWestn. Business this day. METROPOLITAN EXTRAMURAL SEPULTURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing from the Parliamentary Reports that Lord Palmerston last night, in answer to a ques tion put by Mr. Digby Seymour, repeated what he said to Mr. Whalley on the 18th of March relative to the desire felt by Ministers to put an immediate end to intramural interments —adding, "He thought the course of applying for orders in Council would be followed by shutting up all the graveyards in the metropolis ; whilst, with regard to arrangements for burial beyond the limits of the metropolis, these arrange ments must rest with the parishes con cerne d ; but he apprehended that the great extent of ground which had, he believed, been purchased near Woking for that pur pose would be amply sufficient to meet all demands of the metropolis for a good time to come ;" all ow me to request the favour that you will insert the annexed copy of a letter which I addressed to his Lordship, on the 2d inst., on the above subject. The length of my letter will not, I hope, preclude its insertion, seeing that it relates to a question of universal metropolitan interest, at a moment when 176 parish boards, deficient in all the requisites for such a task, are attempting the organisation of new burial institutions. I am further led to ask this favour, as throughout the long discussions on the two Metropolitan Burial Acts, nosu p a p er pulture, as has the Ssm. columns so so wide, seofExti o .a r m ral rendered se. 1 , -aluablaAse opened des its s to I remain, Sir, yours, very faithfully. R. BROUN, Bart. April .9, 1553. EXTRAMURAL SEPULTURE. COPY OF LETTER TO LORD PALMERSTON, M.P. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. Sphinx Lodge, Chelsea, April 2, 1853. My LORD,—From a report by Mr. Heywood, Sur veyor to the City Commissioners of Sewers, on the sub ject of Extramural Sepulture for the City of London (noticed in the morning papers of yesterday), it appears that the Court of Common Council entertain the idea of providing a cemetery for those dying within the juris diction of the City, or having present right of burial in the churchyards, &c., situated within its limits. 2. The 9th clause of the Metropolitan Burials Act of last session ordains and declares " That no new burial ground or cemetery (parochial or non-parochial), shall be provided and used in the metropolis, or within two miles of any part thereof, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State" ; whilst the 53d clause ordains and declares "That for the pur poses of this act, the expression 'the metropolis' shall be construed to mean and include the Cities and Liberties of London and Westminster, the Borough of South wark, and the parishes, precincts, townships, and places mentioned in schedule A of said act. 3. By reference to this schedule, your L ordship will perceive that the said " Metropolis,' or, in other words Metropolitan Burial District, takes in a radius from St. Paul's Cathedral, varying from six to ten and twelve miles, embracing, in addition to the cities and liberties of London and Westminster, and the borough of South wark, 63 parishes or other districts in the county of Middlesex, 6 parishes in the county of Kent, and 19 parishes or other districts in the county of Surrey. 4. Considering, my Lord, that the " Metropolis" thus defined embraces a population of nearly three million souls—a population double that of Wales, which nearly equals that of Scotland, an d exceeds the number of men, women, and children scattered over the entire extent of fourteen English counties and that the Roman maxim, " Salm populi supreme& est Lex," is recognised and allowed to be a fundamental prin ciple in the legislative enactments of every civilised State, it may be justly said the atmosphere of London extends on all sides to at least a distance of 15 miles ; and considering that no cemeteries or burial-grounds can be established without contaminating the earth, the water, and the air of the various localities in which they are situated, your Lordship will readily see that the strongest sanitary objections exist against depositing, year by year, 60,000 to 70,000 corpses within even so near a distance as two miles from the boundary described by the Burials Act of 1852, in any one direction. 5. But, my Lord, did no sanitary reasons whatsoever exist against our changing the present noxious system of burial within walls to one to be carried out at short distances from the metropolis, there are other weighty considerations arising from public convenience, from economy, and from decency, which ought to lead your Lordship and the Government strenuously to resist the same. As yet, the legislation of Parliament for the rec tification of the enormous social evils in the system of metropolitan interment has fallen altogether short of the requirements in the case ; and as the second Burials Act will be found in practice as unworkable as was the first, for reasons which I shall shortly develope, I avail myself of the appearance of Mr. Haywood's report to draw your Lordship's special attention to the accompany ing copy of a memorial which Mr. Sprye and myself pre sented in May last to the Lord Mayor and Common Council, and also to two memorials of ours, addressed to the Lords of the Treasury in 1850, descriptive of the NECROPOLIS at Woking, of which we are the joint pro jectors and founders. 6. A perusal of these 3 documents will, I feel confident, satisfy your Lordship that we have accomplished for the inhabitants of this vast metropolis in all time coming everything that is necessary to insure henceforth cheap, convenient, wholesome, and decent sepulture ; and such being the case, your Lordship would incur the heaviest responsibilities as a Minister of the Crown and a guar dian of the public weal, were you in any one instance to grant your approval to the formation of any new burial ground or cemetery within two miles at least of the limits of the •' metropolis," as defined by the Burials Act of last session. 7. I have said, my Lord, that the Burials Act of 1852 will be found as unworkable as the Interments Act of 1850, and I will shortly state my reasons for coming to this conclusion. The moment the 200 existing metropo litan graveyards aro closed, the whole practice of sepul ture will resolve itself into a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence. The question with every householder will then be, t 0 Where can I ch ea p es t b ury my dead 9 " Such being ie case, it is self-apparent that so long as the eight suburban cemeteries and the London Necropolis exist, no cheaper burial will be found within twenty-five miles of London than what they will collectively supply. The eight cemeteries are much nearer to the city than any which the law will now allow to be established, and hence conveyance to them will be greatly less expensive than conveyance would be to other cemeteries and burial-grounds in their respective vicinities, but some miles farther out of town ; whilst as regards railway conveyance, the Necropolis Company has secured the only city terminus and line at all adapted for the special purpose of removing the dead out of London without occasioning public disturbance, alarm, and indecency. A single glance at the map of London will satisfy your Lordship that such is the fact. 8. That whilst such is the case, there is no need what soever, as regards convenience, sanitation, or economy, for one single foot more of burial-ground than what the eight suburban cemeteries and the Necropolis conjointly furnish. The small area 0f176 acres of pa.rochial graveyards, and 42 acres of Dissenters' burial-grounds, have sufficed to inhume generation after gene r ati on o f the metropolitan dead for upwards of 1,000 years ; whilst not only the lawful spirit of commercial enterprise but also an en lightened philanthropy have, within the last and present reigns, furnished eight beautiful suburban cemeteries, containing collectively 282 acres of land (of which about 17 acres only had been used when the Board of Health made their report in 1850), and one NECROPOLIS, or " City for the Dead," comprising an area of 1,500 acres, an act for the establishment of which was passed last session—making the whole 1,782 acres. 9. As the floor, my Lord, of an acre of ground will suffice to receive 3,887 coffins laid side by side, we have at this moment, in lieu of 200 petty festering grave-pits dispersed amongst our hearth-seats and altars—which have engulphed the mortality of London since an era antecedent to the Norman Conquest —an existing virgin grave accommodation in our eight cemeteries and one necropolis for upwards of 6i millions of bodies—a space which it would take upwards of 100 years to cover with one layer of corpses at 7 feet deep, burying yearly from from 60,000 to 70,000 ; 200 years to cover with a second layer at 6 feet deep; and 300 years to cover with a third layer at 5 feet deep. 10. Hence then, my Lord, for all purposes of sanitary interment, we have as much burial ground, authorised already by acts of Parliament, as the inhabitants of the metropolis can require even until the last trumpet shall sound, and the dead arise. And if as regards a suffi ciency of wholesome grave space no necessity exists for establishing so much as even one other burial-yard or cemetery, an inspection of the burial map of London will suffice to convince your Lordship that the position of the eight suburban cemeteries and the necropolis leaves nothing to be desired as regards convenience— each of the former being in the immediate precincts of the metropolis at intervening distances from each other of two or three miles ; whilst, for all practical purposes, the necropolis at Woking may be said to be as approxi mate to the centre of London as Charing-cross is near to the Mansion-house. 11. Again, as regards economy the site of the necro polis, which is reachable from the Waterloo station in 45 minutes, has been obtained for 1051. per acre less than the average price asked for the 15 estates tendered to the Board of Health under the Ist Metropolitan In terments Act ; and for 4601. 6s. per acre less than the average price paid for sites alone by 16 established cemetery companies ; whilst, as regards conveyance, the London and South-Western Railway Company are bound by their arrangement with Mr. Sprye and my self, to take down from the Waterloo station to Woking, a Hearse-van capable of containing 50 coffins in sepa rate compartments, for 11. per trip—or less than 6d. each ; and to carry mourners to and from the necropolis and London at the respective low fares of-65., first class ; 3s. 6d., second class ; and 25., third class. 12. Such being the case, my Lord, and seeing from Mr. Heywood's Report that the average mortality of the city of London does not exceed 3,139 deaths per annum, what necessity is there, let me ask, for the Cor poration to establish a city cemetery ? The poor of this annual civic mortality (amounting to 78 per cent. of the whole) can find separate graves at the necropolis seven feet deep, which will not be re-opened for ten years un less at the request of a relative, conveyance, and funeral rites, for the sum total of 14s. ; and as for the rich (22 per cent, of the above deaths), they have the choice of eight suburban cemeteries and the necropolis where to bury their dead. There is then no necessity whatsoever for a city cemetery; and seeing this projected burial ground cannot, without a violation of the law, be made nearer to the Guildhall than at least eight miles, and that the expense of conveyance by railway to a place of interment is about the same, whether the distance to be travelled is five miles, or 25 miles—l venture to say that if a site unexceptionable in all respects could be found within eight or ten miles of the centre of London (which it cannot be), and if the proposed city cemetery was con. strutted there to-morrow, the Commissioners or Sewers, whether discharging the incompatible functions of a "Burial Board," or acting in any other capacity, never Weald bury within its walls in any given year one tithe of those dying, or having right of sepulture, within their jurisdiction. 13. And if this remark, my Lord, holds good as regards the graveyard contemplated by the City Burial and Sewerage Commissioners, it will apply with equal force to each and all of the 176 Parish Boards to whom the Burial Act of 1852 most injudiciously assigns the task of finding sites and completing arrangements-for the sepulture of their respective parochial dead ; as also, to the scheme propounded by the parties calling themselves " The Great Extramural Cemetery Association, Harles den-green." As regards the impropriety of employing the machinery of Vestries as parochial burial boards, after the expositions of the Board of Health in regard to the depravity of the existing parochial graveyard system, and the utter inaptitude of such fluctuating and irrespon sible bodies for any better purpose as regards extramu ral sepulture, than that merely of shifting the evils of the practice of interments from the interior to the suburbs of the metropolis, it is wholly unnecessary for me to speak. But as regards the question of economy in the new system, a thing not to be lost sight of in a matter of such heavy household expense as is that of burial, 310 portion of the Report of the Board of Health on a gene ral scheme for metropolitan extramural sepulture is more clear and decisive than that where they declare that, unless the whole interments are placed in the hands of one authority, and are under one management, the ex penses of burial (calculated to be from 750,0001. to 1,000,0001. yearly) cannot be diminished. It was in deed the very essence of their scheme to purchase up the eight suburban cemeteries, to create a. ninth and larger one of 400 acres, 18 miles down the river at Erith, and to make a Government monopoly of the whole burials of the metropolis. For this end they did not shrink from ask ing the Legislature, Ist, to bribe otrclerical oopnplyosiftoirentlhiye heavy compensations in perpetuity, not abolition of a nuisance no longer endurable, but for the extinction of exactions levied not only without law, but against the ancient canons of the church ; 2d, to autho rise an expenditure of no less a sum than 700,000/, of the public money ; 3d, to sacrifice the principle of free trade and domestic agency in a matter so purely con ventional as is that of committing dust to the dust ; and, 4th, to sanction, if necessary, the levying of an obnoxious burial rate of one penny in the pound rental—holding out as an inducement for legislation so vicious and novel an assurance that the accomplishment of their design would, in addition to sanitary burial, effect a saving in funeral expenses to the inhabitants of the metropolis, to the extent, in round numbers, of 350,0001. per annum. Such being the case, I do not desire to conceal from your Lordship—lst, that the necropolis plan of myself and Mr. Sprye, developed by us several months before the appearance of the Report of the Board of Health above cited, was devised with the express intention of its being a sole and effectual outlet—a grand and com prehensive cemetery—for the great body and bulk of the metropolitan annual mortality—for all, indeed, except the few thousand bodies yearly which the eight suburban cemeteries are, from their limited area, capable of absorb ing ; 2d, that the site selected by us was chosen out of the diocese of London purposely, to get rid of those clerical body-scots which lay an embargo upon burial at four of the cemeteries to the ave rage amount of 16s. 3d. per corpse ; 3d, that we intend by the realisation of our scheme the entire annihilation not only of the corrupt and disgusting prac tice of interring the dead amongst the habitations, the churches, and the chapels of the metropolis, but also of that system which has made burial a wide-spread source of individual depravity and national shame. 14. Considering, then, my Lord that Parliament has so far sanctioned and a p prove d of our scheme as to in corporate the company originated by us to realise an intention which adds to the eight existing cemeteries a BURIAL Doltxur equal in extent to 30 cemeteries, each about the size of that at Kensal-green, or 136 cemete ries, each larger than that of Victoria-park—and seeing that the merit belongs to us exclusively, without asking Treasury aid, without infringing upon the legitimate operations of the various existing cemetery companies, or compromising in the least the wholesome principle of free and open trade in matters of burial, of bringing within the reach of all classes in the metropolis conve nient and decent interment, at charges which will abate funeral expenses and other mortuary exactions to an amount little short of 500,0001. per annum—l hope I may be allowed strongly to represent to your Lord ship that it is the duty of her Majesty's Ministers to set their face against the unnecessary multipli cation of petty cemeteries or burial-yards in the vicinity of " the Metropolis," as defined by the Burials Act of 1852, seeing that every fresh cemetery or burial-yard must enhance the expense of interment to the inhabitants at large ; must deteriorate the salubrity of the air, water, and soil of the environs of London ; must complicate the difficulties and inconveniences incident to the removal of from 1,100 to 1,300 corpses weekly from the place of death to the place of interment ; must protract the pe riod when the eight existing cemeteries from repletion will be closed ; must open a door to an unseemly com petitive traffic in things connected with the last sad offices to the dead ; and, finally, must more or less im port into the new system of extramural sepulture those evils and abuses which have made the practice of burial within walls so repugnant to public health, to morals, and decency. 15. At page 9 of the Report of the Board of Health, 15th Feb., 1850, your Lordship will find that, on one occasion in Spain, within the space of one or two months after 20 ; 000 corpses had been put into the ground, the troops that remained exposed to the emanations from the soil, and drank the water from the wells sunk in the neighbourhood of the spot, were attacked by malig nant fevers and by dysentery ; yet from the return on the Metropolitan Burials Act, dated the 31st December, 1852, recently published, it appears that the promoters of the projected Great Extramural Cemetery, near Har lesden-green, in the parish of Willesden, propose that each acre of their ground shall contain 15,438 corpses of paupers, or 11,61 G bodies of artisans, in grave-pits, containing eight layers deep of the former, and six layers deep of the latter. When however-, my Lord, it is taken into account that this proposed site for a large burial place is situated not two miles distant from the boundary of "the Metropolis," as defined by the Burials Act of 1852, but within a parish expressly prohibited by name by the said act, and that the nature of the soil, a stiff clay, totally unsuits it for interment purposes, it being established by evidence that coffins have been found in similar ground in the neighbourhood quite sound, even to the cloth, after a period of twenty years, and with the wood entire, but the cloth decayed, after 102 years, it is impossible to conceive that any Minister of the Crown, or either branch of the Legislature, will incur the enormous guilt and responsibility of sanctioning the deposit of many hundred thousand corpses there. 16. I cannot, my Lord, conclude this letter without suggesting to your Lordship the propriety and import. ance of Government introducing and passing a third and final Metropolitan Extramural Burial Facility Act. It is quite certain that the measure of last session will prove a dead letter for any beneficial purpose con nected with burial. The Interments Act of 1850 was a blunder from its preamble until its close. It proposed " better interment for the Dead in and near the metropolis," interment of any description IN and near the metropolis being the wrong, loudly calling for redress. Again, the Burials Act of 1852, seeks to "amend the Laws concerning the burial of the dead in the metropolis," the laws in question being nonentities ; whilst the whole system and practice of intramural inter ment is in open violation of the dictates of reason, the injunctions of religion, and the canons of the Church. What the inhabitants of the metropolis want, is an act of some 50 to 60 lines in length, ordaining, and declaring —lst. That interment within the metropolis, as defined by the Burials Act of 1852, shall (except in the eight suburban cemeteries) absolutely cease and determine from and after a given date —say, the Ist of January, 1854 ; 2d, that from and after the said date, funeral parties shall meet the relatives of the deceased at the place of sepulture, instead of the house of death ; 3d, that all corpses shall be removed to the reception chapel of the place of interment without street processions, and at such hours of the evening or morning as shall be most consistent with public convenience—the health and feel ings of the living in this particular to be more regarded than mere vain parade as regards the exit of the dead from town ; 4th, that the services at the desk or grave of the Church of England, or any other religious deno mination, shall be performed without separate charge for the same by , the clerical officers of the company in whose cemetery the interment takes place, private families to have at the same time the option to em ploy, at their proper cost, the services of their parochial incumbent, or other clergyman—but all other clerical dues or fees to cease and determine with the expiry of intramural burial ; sth, that all corpses now deposited in open vaults and catacombs under churches and chapels within the metropolis (the cathedrals of St. Paul and Westminster excepted) shall be removed, and interred in one or other of the eight suburban cemeteries, or in the necropolis at Woking ; 6th, that all tombstones shall be removed from the metropolitan graveyards without exception, and the said graveyards sown down and planted ; 7th, that no new cemeteries or places of burial shall be established within a nearer distance from the centre of London than at least fifteen miles ; and, . . finally, that it shall not be allowable in any cemetery or burial place to inter yearly a greater number than 136 corpses in one acre of ground. 18. When an act of this nature is passed, your Lord ship will perceive that the expenses incident to burial will resolve themselves into these three items —cons, conveyance, and graves. The semi-Popish superstitions . that have nursed and kept alive the practice of making the house of prayer a receptacle for putrid bones will come to an end. They that minister at the altar will live by the altar—a care for carrion no longer cloggin g a cure of souls. The wants of the living will occupy the attention of Vestries, not the requirements of the dead. The trade of Undertakers will fail ; and the offices incident to the house appointed for all flesh— whetber. these offices be lay or clerical—N;ill be so discharged by the responsible officers and servants of Cemeterial Companies as to reduce the general charges for sepulture for the future, some 75 per cent, below ex isting demands. 19. Your Lordship, from a perusal of the memorial to the Lord Mayor and Common Council which accom panies this letter, will observe that the provisional trustees of the London Necropolis Company have acted in various ways to the hurt and prejudice of the scheme which the company was devised and set on foot by Mr. Sprye and myself to carry out. But, as the 31st clause of the act of last session incorporating our company makes binding upon, and operative against, the shareholders, a memo randum of agreement dated the 18th Dec., 1850, and l a deed of agr eement dated April 1, 1851, between ?nysef and Mr. Sprye on the one part, and the said provisional trustees—viz., Messrs. Vim. James Voules, John Gar diner, Ch. R. Th ompson, and Sir James C. Anderson, Bart.— On the other part, it is the intention of Mr. Sprye anknvaelf, both on public grounds and tprivate oonsi. 25 25 St. 50 1100 100 all all 3 100 100 12 1 100 42 34 all all 100 _44 100 474 172 3 16 7 all 100 100 100 100 6i all 100 all 20 17 20 all 50 all 20 13 10 21s. 10 1 St. 100 25 20 25 11 St. 100 108 91 2 la 76A i pm 103. 3 1198 30 291 304 29, 741 751 x d 37 aerations, to compel a specific performance of covena as regards a realisation of our scheme in its entirety matured by us. 20. At the rate agreed to be paid by Government for the Brompton Cemetery, 38 acres in size —viz., 74,9211. —which is upwards of 1,9701. per acre—the purchase money of the Necropolis, when enclosed and laid out, would be be 2,955,0001. This burial territory through which the South-Western Railway passes for two miles and a half—and which embraces the finest scenery in England—we offered, as your Lordship will see by re ference to our two memorials to the Lords of the Trea sury in 1850, not only to make a practical adjunct to the working of the Metropolitan Interments Act of that year, but also to place under the medical police sur veillance of the Board of Health. To the above details, then, it is unnecessary for me to do more than add, that, in, addition to the Necropolis at Woking, being a complete remedy for the evils of Me tropolitan Intramural Burial, whether as regards magnitude of extent, comprehensiveness of design, unity of action, facility of access, cheapness of sepulture, the Company has at its head not only an ordinary Board of Directors amenable at all times to public opinionF e correct discharge of their duties, but likewise a Board of Visitors, comprising the Lords-Lieutenant of Middlesex and Surrey, the Bishops of London and Winchester, the Lord Mayor, and the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, with power to inspect from time to time the Necropolis, and see that the practice of burial there is in strict accordance with sanitation and decency. In every respect, then, my Lord, as regards health, eco nomy, decency, and convenience, the Necropolis may challenge the approbation of all ranks and classe: , of the inhabitants of the metropolis • and as the late Govern ment took credit in the Sp eec h from the. Throne on the recent dissolution of Parliament, for measures which had been passed during their Administration for pro moting the extramural interment of the dead—the said measures being the Metropolitan Burials Act, and the act incorporating The London Necropo is and National Mausoleum at Woking—l hope your Lordship, and the present Ministry, will give to myself and coadjutors every aid and countenance in your power for making the NEcnorous a "City for the Dead" worthy in all re spects not only of the magnitude, the riches, and the civili. sation of London as the commercial capital of the British nation,—but of London also as the seat of the Govern ment, the fountain head of the laws, and the bulwark of the Protestant faith. I have the honour to remain, my Lord, Your most obedient humble servant, R. BROUN, Bart. The Right Hon. L ord Viscount Pal merston, M.P , Secretary of State for the Home Department. *** Accompanied by copy of a memorial to the Lord Mayor and Common Council, dated the 28th of May, 1852 ; and an outline of the ground plan of the Necro polis at Woking. NEW RAILWAY COMPANY IN CANA DA. The arrangements which have been long pending f or the formation of a general system of railways for Canada by a continuous main line that shall connect and incor porate the lines already in existence or in progress have been completed. The new company is to be called the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Upper Canada, and its aggregate capital is fixed at 9,500,0001., of which 3,623,0001. is now to be raised in England, in shares and guaranteed debentures. Of the remainder, the sum of 1,416,4001. has been already raised in Canada ; 837,600/. is still to be allotted there, and 3,623,0001. is taken by the contractors, with the stipu lation that they shall reserve two thirds of that amount to offer them to the present subscribers at par_ on the Ist July, 1854, 12 months after the anticipated opening of an important section of the line. The shares are to be for 251. each, and the debentures will be issued pro rata. These debentures are divided into two classes, one class being simply debentures of the company, pay able in 25 years, with half-yearly interest at 6 per cent., and the option of converting them into shares any time before 1863 ; and the other being virtually the bonds of the provincial Government, payable in 20 years and bearing interest at 6 per cent. They will both be in amounts of 1001. each, and thus every subscriber of 2001. in shares will also take 1001. of the railway and 1001. of the Government debentures. The entire length of the line will be 1,112 miles, and it will extend from Trois Pistolles, the great shipping port of Canada in summer, through Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, to Sarnia, on Lake Huron, including likewise the St. Laurence and Atlantic Railway, the American portion of which will be leased, and by which the whole route will be opened up to the port of Portland in the State of Maine. Ac companying the prospectus is a copy of the recent dis patch from Lord Elgin to the Colonial-office, showing the extraordinary progress made by Canada during the last 10 years, and consequently the favourable prospects of a cheaply constructed national railway, secured against all competition and supported by the Govern ment, passing through the richest lands of the province, and embracing all the p ro d uce an d passenger traffic from ' the far west to the Atlantic. The directors in London are Messrs. Baring, Glyn, Blake, M'Calmont, Kirkman Hodgson, and Alderman Thompson, and in Canada the Board comprises some of the principal members of the Government. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS: SIR,—As we have a Prince Arthur in honour of Welling ton and the army, I think the country would be highly gratified was the young prince to be named "Horatio," in commemoration of the heroic Nelson, whose gallant deeds were so instrumental in preserving the throne to the Brunswick family. lam sure, Sir, the British navy would hail with pleasure this honour done to the " darling son of Britannia.."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN ENGLISHMA.N. April 12 METROPOLITAN COMNISSION OF SEWERS.—A special court of sewers was held yesterday at the branch-office, Great Alie-street, Goodrnan's-fields. Present—Mr. R. I Jebb, in the chair ; Mr. L. Redhead, Sir C. Fellows, Mr. G. F. Smith, Mr. G. Baker; Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Colonel Dawson. Estimates were received previous to notice Win.- given of the int en ti on o f th e comm i ss i oners to make district sewers rates of 6d. in the pound on the Ranelagh district, the Richmond district, and the Fins bury division. For the Ranelagh district, the estimate stated that a rate of 6d. in the pound would produce about 24,5001.; cash credit, 7,3801.; total, 81,8801. Estimate of the expenses in respect of which the rate is now required in respect of works, 1,5731. ; surveys, 2.7391.; total, 4,3121. Prospective expenses for work in course of construction, ordered and under consideration, 20,9531.; surveys, 5001,; management, 1,5001.; general work and repairs, 5,0001.; making in all 32,265/. Rich mond district estimate—A rate on the district of 6d. in the pound will produce about 1,0501., the estimate of the probable expenses for which the rate is now required. State of the- account : Cash overdrawn, 8751. ; survey, &c ~975/. ; in respect of works, 6551.: total, 1,6301. Finsbury district : A rate on this district at 6d. in the pound will produce about 24,000/. ; cash credit, 2,730/. ; uncollected rates, recoverable, 8001.: total, 27,5301., estimate of the probable expenses for which the rate is now required for this division. State of the account :liabilities in respect of works, 2,587/. ; surveys, 2,6591.: total, 5,2461. Prospective expenses : works in course of construction, ordered and under consideration, 17,043/. 4s. 7d. ; surveys, 500/. ; management, 1,200/. ; general works, repairs, &c., 4,000/. ; making in all 28,0191. In all of these districts it was intimated that it would also probably be necessary to provide for other works and contingencies during the period for which the rate is made, and not enumerated in the estimates. The court then proceeded to hear summonses against defaulters, but no case of any interest was brought be fore them. Summonses were also ordered against de faulters in the Spitalfields, Greenwich, Ravensbourne, Poplar, and Blackwall districts. The remaining busi ness being merely formal, the court then adjourned. CAPTURE OF AN EXTENSIVE SWINDLER,—A young man of respectable connections, whose name is John Steeple Kitchen, is in custody in Sheffield on a charge of having obtained 300/. from Messrs. Eyre, Ward, and Co., of that town, merchants, by means of a forged letter. The prisoner is only nineteen years old, but he is an adept at fraud. Sometime ago he was a clerk in L the v e r r e p sp oo e ta s l b , p e p l g u s of W and nd gen . Dunc an eral merchants, and and Kitchen, is a of r e. lative of the junior partner of that firm. Some months ago he drew 610/. at the Royal Bank of Liverpool, in the name of his late employers, by a forged cheque, but escaped pursuit, until last week, when he called upon Messrs. Sanderson, Sandiman, and Co„ the extensive bill-brokers, of King William-street, London, stating that he had received that morning a letter from his employers, instructing him to draw the three hundred pounds in question. He was asked to show the letter, and he said he would go to his hotel and fetch it. He returned in a short time with the pretended letter of instructions, but it was discovered, on examination, from the appearance of the ink, that the letter was newly written. Finding himself detected, he confessed that he had forged the letter for the purpose of fraud, and im plored to be set at :u— l i i n b Te e ,h r liberty. The received purporting T coer h itv e ien i dg m posture on the Shef aftoM letter, b a o rh f r o l am a r s p t ma i r n eesns t or h sy e . Shef field firm was-effected on the 10th o i n followin g a l manner respects ge n Duncan and Kitchen, of Liverpool, stating that youn Mr. Kitchen w ou ld call upon them for an advance g on their account of 300/. to facilitate certain business trans actions in Sheffield. Young Kitchen presented himself a few hou rs a f ter the letter was received, and Mr. Eyre immediately recognised him from a close family re semblance, and gave him a cheque for 3001, Mr. Eyre afterwards wrote to Liverpool with reference to the 3001. transaction, and received a prompt answer inform ing him that the letter requesting him to advance the money was a forgery. TEIE ROBBERY OF MR. HOWARD'S SHOP AT MAN CHESTER.—The three men who have been in •custody on suspicion of being concerned in the late robbery of Mr. Howard's shop, in Market-street, Manchester, were again brought before the magistrates yesterday. Mr. Beswick, the chief superintendent of -police, stated that he had no further evidence to offer, and 3/Mahon and Hesseltine were accordingly discharged. Robinson, who was seen outside the shop whilst the robbery was taking place, driving people away from the window, and after wards seen to get into a cab with the man who ' was taking up the jewellery inside the shop, was committed to the assizes. A LU CKY PRINTKR .— A young m an wh o serve d hi s apprenticeship as a printer, in the office of the Liveipool Courier, but who was bitten by the Australian maggot, and who, therefore, took his departure for that country with a stock of gold diggers' tools, has written home to say that he had given up that scheme, having got work upon the Melbourne Argus, and was making the respect able sum of ten guineas per week. No doubt this will stimulate others, and many printers will try on the game of " follow the leader," ful cow" i 10 1854 a 3,t no iorsc SAY intes s , c 1 Del [ay 31 300 ' sist7 Jr ArYl Se' 3 pi isso no St. St. St. St.