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member also presented a similar petition from the watch committee of the borough. Mr. PILKINGTON presented a petition from the inha bitants of Blackburn to the same effect. Mr. W. PATTEN then, pursuant to notice, moved that a writ be issued for a new election for the borough of Blackburn, in the place of the late member, unseated. The house would recollect that, about ten days ago, several propositions were made with regard to the manner in which the issue of new writs should be dealt with where co mmittees had unmated members on reports on the ground of bribery and treating. His hon. friend the mem ber for Westminster (Sir John Shelley) took part in the debate on that occasion, and proposed that in every case where a member had been unseated for bribery, a com mittee of inquiry should be appointed for the purpose of investigating whether the bribery . had been conducted on an extensive system, or whether it was merely confined to the cases breught before the committee. The house de cided that in every instance where a committee had un seated a member upon the ground of bribery and corrup tion, it should be necessary for any member moving for the issue of a new writ to give seven days' notice of his inten tion. Having waited for the expiration of that time, he (Mr. W. Patten) had acceded to a request made by gen tlemen connected with the borough of Blackburn, which was in that part of the county of Lancashire which he had the honour to represent, and should now move that the writ be issued. No case had been made out in the com mittee establishing the fact of a system of bribery at the late election for the borough. He made inquiries whether there was any wish on the part of anybody in Blackburn that the writ should not issue ; the result was that all the feeling was the other way. Great excitement already pre vailed there upon the subject, which according to the uni versal opinion would be evaded if the writ was issued, for really no ground had been laid for longer suspending it. He concluded by moving that the Speaker do issue his warrant to the clerk of the Crown to issue a new writ for the election of one member for the borough of Blackburn. Sir J. V. SHELLEY opposed the motion, on the ground that time had not been given for sufficient inquiry, and moved as an amendment the reference of the matter to a select committee. Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the amendment. Mr. DEEDES, as chairman of the Blackburn committee, was for altering the law, if necessary, but not for inter fering with the power given to a committee under the existing law. Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the house would carefully , consider the course it was about to take ; and more espe cially he hoped they would do so after the speech of the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Deedes). If he understood the honourable gentleman rightly, he proposed to reverse altogether the course of proceeding which the house had now taken for a very long time. The question was, what course the house meant to take in these cases ? He was most anxious that, if possible, the house should take a consistent course with respect to them, and not have to judge as to the weight of the particular evidence in each particular case. (Hear, hear.) He did not at all regret that the evidence in the Blackburn case was not before the house, because no doubt the committee had decided properly, and he did not want to confound with that evidence his vote on this occasion. (Hear, hear.) There were certain reports with regard to elections in certain boroughs, and he supposed the house would not be far from the truth in supposing that in several of the cases in which the seats were voided by bribery, that bribery was only proved in a few cases—that it was the excep tion not affecting generally the character of the elec tion. In several other cases the house could not very well refuse to believe that, although only a few persons were reported to the house as guilty of bribery, the bribery was very extensive and very general. Suppose the house ap pointed a select committee in every one of these cases, the committees would probably find with regard to several of the boroughs, that there were no reasons why the writ should not immediately issue. They would find in other cases that bribery and corruption were very extensive ; and on their reporting so to the house the act of last session would come into operation, because the act was not con fined to those cases which 'were reported by select commit tees appointed to try election petitions, but extended also to cases in which select committees were appointed to in quire into the existence of corrupt practices. Therefore that act contemplated that there should be select commit ees in certain cases without the power of taking evidence on oath, to which the hon. gentleman objected. But the act took no such objection ; it admitted of inquiry by a committee ; and if the committee reported that a prund facie case of general bribery and corruption had been made out, on an address to the Crown, a commission was ap pointed. If the act so contemplated, he could not conclude that in the face of their own act, and in spite of that act, select committees should never be appointed to inquire into bribery at all. (Hear, hear, hear.) He had men tioned that the first cou rse was i n 11 these cases to appoint select committees, and then there would be no party divi sion on the subject ; because the rule would be laid down that immediately an election was declared void by bribery a select committee of inquiry into that bribery should be appointed. Another course was to appoint committees on petitions from electors, to inquire into corrupt practices, and in no other cases. The third course was not to appoint such a committee in any case, and to carry the investiga tion no further than by the inquiries made by select com mittees on election petitions. The last course, he mu.g say, was very objectionable, as it was a course which would screen a great deal of bribery. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was for the house very much to decide for itself. He did not wish to make any motion on the subject. His preference certainly was for taking the first course. Still if the house should think fit to take the second course, he should sub mit to the decision of the house ; but he confessed, if the house were asked to come to a decision, he should give his vote on the division in favour of the motion of the hon. member for Westminster. (Hear.) Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Barrow, and Mr. Wortley opposed the amendment, as introducing an inconvenient and dan gerous system. Mr. HEYWOOD said a few words on the part of Black burn, and Mr. BASS attempted to say a few words against it, but was not listened to. Ultimately, after a brief reply, from Mr. W. PATTEN, Sir J. SHELLEY yielded to the advice of that hon. gentle man, and agreed to withdraw his amendment, upon which the original motion was agreed to. BRIDGNORTH ELECTION. - - Mr. IVHITMORE presented a petition from 325 electors of Bridgnorth, praying that the house would immediately issue the writ for the election of a member in the place of Sir R. Pigot, who had been unseated. Colonel FORESTER said the discussion on Blackburn would be similar to the discussion on Bridgnorth. The committee appointed to inquire into corrupt practices alleged to have been committed at Bridgnorth reported that oseph Mason had been bribed with 101., but without the knowledge of the sitting members ; that the petition against one of the members was frivolous and vexatious ; and the other member was not duly elected. The petition against one member having failed, and only one case of bribery being proved though many were gone into, he thought the house would not hesitate to order the issue of the writ. He moved that the Speaker be directed to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, for the issue of a new writ for the election of one member to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of Bridgnorth, in the room of Sir R. Pigot whose election had been declared void by a select committee of that house. Sir J. SHELLEY said it appeared to him this case stood in a very different position to that of Blackburn. The electors, by petition, alleged that gross bribery and intimi dation were carried on at the last and at previous elections for Bridgnorth, and that the public-houses were generally open at the last election. He thought it would be very little use giving time, if, when a petition was sent up to the house, they did not appoint a committee to inquire into its allegations. He would, therefore, move the amendment of which he had given notice, that a select committee be appointed to consider the allegations contained in the peti tion from certain electors of Bridgnorth (presented 10th March), complaining of corrupt practices at the last and former elections of Bridgnorth. Sir B. HALL seconded the motion. Mr. BOUVERIE was satisfied that there was no reason for the appointment of al committee, and he would vote for the motion of the hon. and gallant officer opposite, as he could see no substantial ground of difference between this case and that of Blackburn. Mr. F. FRENCH did not intend to sanction the suspen sion of constitutional rights merely for the sake of some problematical possibility. He thought the hon. member for Westminster asked the house to go beyond what might fairly be termed its ordinary powers. Mr. COBDEN wished to know if there were a dozen members in that house who were really ignorant of the true state of affairs in the borough of Bridgnorth ? There was a little book in the hands of every member, called the "Parliamentary Companion"—an authoritative book in that house. This book, after stating that Bridgnorth sent two members to Parliament, and contained 747 registered electors, alleged that the borough was in some degree under the influence of the Whitmore family. (Hear.) That was the mild way in which Mr. Dod made up his genteel vo lume. From what was said on oath before the committee by Mr. O'Callaghan—(laughter) —no, the Hon. Mr. Cado gan, the member who was unseated—(no)—the unsuccess ful candidate—pretty nearly the same thing. In the evi dence he found that Mr. Cadogan gave a description of the borough of Bridgnorth. He said—" I certainly shall not stand again for Bridgnorth unless the family of the Whit mores assent to a Liberal being brought there. Mr. Whit more could get any one into a seat for Bridgnorth ; he could return his own footman if he pleased." (Hear, and laughter.) That was stated on oath by an hon. gentleman who canvassed the borough, but the hon. and learned gen tleman who presided over the election committee, and who tial.adtspoken on the subject, had forgotten to give the house piece of i n f orma ti on. Th at hon. and learned gentleman was anxious that in qu i r y s h ou ld not b e pursued i nto the conduct of the Bridgnorth constituency. The hon. and I v= to e k m n be ew r talked of bribery and treating, but he whether the house could consider that re- E re sentation was a reality, when it was alleged that a family livingin the neighbo urhood of Bridgnorth could return whom (Divide.) theynpelewaseeuid this that hou se , even th e i r f oo t man . house had prob e d this of consent to a division until the if the matter a littl© further. A doubt had been raised, th get .. n ewernittee were granted, as to member ssibili did not ofkeewtiow evid ence. The honourable Why, by witnesses who were evidencee was to be their expenses for attendance, i sought out and paid got at. B : rde;l COall b i rin tte gi e nogf outth House of Commons was as good an facts as lie knew of. He had a letter zuasrespectable person at Bridgnorth. (Name.) No ;he authority as a member of that house that letterthetateon his from a highly-respectable person, who would attend lefworaes a committee. He said the reason why the petition was not more numerously signed was because of th e great influence of Mr. Whitmore, the efforts of the publicans to stop in quiry, and the indisposition of other electors to publish their oirn disgrace. If this committee were granted h e would produce the letter. The letter _ intimation by stati ng that plenty of evidence of bribery and ntimidation would be brought forward. The names and the amount of bribes were all registered in a book, and it would be proved.tvoting that persons had been turned out of their shops for u as required. He believed as bad a case as that of Sudbury would be established against Bridgnorth, if the facts were Mr. F inquired into. They had the evidence of the Hon. F. Cadogau that Mr. Whitmore's evidence was so great that, if he pleased, he could even return his own footman. His argument was that they ought not to have members in that house returned by undue influence. He hoped, as the eyes of the country were upon them, and the facts of bribery • tsily obtainable, that the house would not let the matter rest where it was. Sir J. GRAHAM felt with the hon. member for the West Riding that the eyes of the public were fixed upon that house with reference to the bribery at elections ; and had the motion in relation to the Blackburn election not yy 'een withdrawn, he should h ave b een di spose d t o vo t e f or o‘r,:,• - 16,i, He would not trouble the h ouse a t any l eng th as t o r t ha which would induce him to give his vote for the e e writ,_ because he had already stated to the naVanould be prepared to vote, in all cases where .tainseated. on a charge of bribery, for ftuther , 4 c:- °fit:J* 4 Y , t conduct of the constituency. To give 3110. . eu _ e hon. illation, he should have voted for the es tm a i n ns d t h er e ; eo b ul ut a th n e o la t o d n o . maul 6: ; 711ithiral'iwneeabetlitatfer motion,W PAT so. It was of the last importance that the house should act with the strictest impartiality and justice in this matter. The house had not withheld the writ in the case of Blackburn, and it would therefore be an injustice if the writ was withheld in the case of Bridgnorth. If the ques tion was pressed to a division, he should certainly vote for the issuing of the writ, unless, indeed, there was anything which removed it from the rule which had been established in the case of Blackburn. He admitted that after an in terval of seven days, no petition came up, and that there was this special circumstance of difference in the case of Bridgnorth, that a petition was presented. • But that petition was not very numerously signed, and it contained no allegation which had not been distinctly raised before the committee and thoroughly investigated by them. The committee had laid the evidence before the house, which proved that competent witnesses had been exa mined—one gave the result of twenty years' experience— and the result was that no doubt could remain on the mind of hon. members as to the true bearing of the evidence. Taking all the circumstances dispassionately into conside ration, he did not think he should be acting with justice if he refused the writ. _ _ _ Mr. HUME said the house had agreed to the rule that in every case in which a member was unseated for bribery a further inquiry should take place. He was sorry the hon. member withdrew his motion in the case of the Black burn election. He was for allowing the inquiry into the allegations in the Bridgnorth to be made, especially after the statement of the hon. member for the West Riding, that the family of the Whitmores could return their own footman if they pleased. He trusted the house would not stultify themselves by opposing inquiry into such serious allegations. Mr. DISRAELI said the hon. member for the West Riding had placed his whole argument on one alleged fact —that the Whitmore family possessed, not considerable, but predominant influence in Bridgnorth, and that, as patrons of the borough, they could return both members, and, if they liked, their own butler—(no)—their own foot man. Either result would show what considerable influ ence the hon. gentleman alleged they possessed in the borough. He would, however, produce an authority, not the one quoted by the hon. member—an authority open to every gentleman in the house— the authority of the public journals—in which some circumstances were stated which had relation to the borough of Bridgnorth. It was there stated that a gentleman, having all the advantages of family and high respectability, of long experience in that house as a member, and who had held an eminent official post— qualifications which entitled him to the confidence of any constituency—this gentleman did not entirely rely on his birth, Parliamentary experience, social position, or the re flected lustre his past official position ; for when he went as a candidate to Bridgnorth he proceeded to avail himself of the assistance of the gentleman asserted to possess such overpowering influence in the borough. This gentle man, Mr. George Hope, not only went to Bridg north, but he went as a guest to Mr. Whitmore's mansion at Bridgnorth. This gentleman, who not only possessed singular advantages in his own person, which other candi dates did not enjoy, had the addititional advantage of being introduced to the electors of Bridgnorth by Mr. Whit more at a public meeting, the asserted patron of the borough. After canvassing the town Mr. Hope found he could make no way. The opinions he expressed were favourable to the Government, but they found no favour with the electors of Bridgnorth, even though backed by the influence of the alleged patron. Now, in the face of these circumstances, he thought it was rather too much for the hon. member for the West Riding to get up in such a peremptory manner in that house, using his great influence to make the people believe that Bridgnorth was a rotten borough in the hands of a particular family, and that elec tions were not free. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member for the West Riding had not the slightest authority for his statement, which, though endorsed with his usual facility by the hon. member for Montrose, was proved to be utterly void of foundation. It was stated by the authority referred to, that the family of the Whitmores exercised some in fluence in the borough—some influence they did possess (and they deserved to possess it), and because they exer cised some influence, Mr. Cadogan chose to say they could return their footman if they liked. This was the evidence of a disappointed candidate only, who, like all disappointed candidates, wished easily to account for a result not alto gether pleasing to himself. That was all the evidence ad duced for the unqualified statement of the hon. member for the West Riding, and the hasty confirmation of the hon. mem ber for Montrose. The information afforded by the publicj our nals no one would pretend to contradict, that information clearly proved that the asserted , patron of the borough of Bridgnorth, who had recommended a gentleman with every qualification in his favoar except that the electors could not agree with his political opinions, could not prevail on the borough to elect him. (Hear.) After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, Mr. H HERBERT, and Mr. BALL, the house divided— For the motion Against it 184 . 50 Majority for issuing the writ 134 THt SHIP VIOLET. Mr. WHALLEY said he had given notice of a motion on the subject of the capture of the ship Violet by pirates in 1851; but, as the information which he had received on the subject from the Government rendered the motion 'un necessary, he begged to withdraw it. Motion accordingly withdrawn. SELECT COMMITTEES. Mr. EWART rose to move for a select committee to in quire whether the constitution and action of the select committees of this house might not be improved by gene rally diminishing the number of members composing such committees, and by making provision for their giving more undivided attention to subjects committed to their consi deration than they are able to do under the present system. He said he was anxious to call the attention of the house to the subject, with the - view of remedying what he consi dered the evils of the present system of constituting select committees. It often happened that there were conflicting committees sitting ; that members were appointed to more than one committee at the same time, and were thus pre vented from discharging the duties imposed on them. The hon. and learned member concluded by proposing the above motion. The question having been put, Mr. SOTHERON, as chairman of select committees, bore testimony to the inconveniences of the present sys tem, and concurred generally with Mr. Ewart as to its reform. At the same time he urged the postponement of the motion, in order to give more deliberate consideration ' to the subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was ready to accept the sug gestion of his hon. friend who had just sat down, as to its being advisable that the motion should not be pressed at that moment. Ho thought it would be better to make the motion at a future time, and in more general terms ; so that the committee which should be appointed might not be confined exclusively to the suggestions contained in the motion of the hon. member for Dumfries, but might be enabled to offer other suggestions which would tend to facilitate the progress of business in that house. He quite agreed with his hon. friend that it was highly desir able, now that there were so many subjects for the consi deration of committees, that the number of members usually appointed to sit upon those committees should be as small as possible. He hoped, at all events, that his hon. friend would -set an example in the nomination of the committee for which he had moved, of the advantages of a small number, and that he would not propose a large number to consider the subject which he had brought under their notice that evening. It was highly desirable also that members should be constant in their attendance with respect to the subjects which they might be appointed to consider. It often happened that members were absent, without whose opinion and authority the report of the committee would not be looked upon as of as great value as it other wise would be. That was a question, however, with which it was extremely difficult to deal effectually, and one which required much deliberation. Very often the day of the appointment of the committee was early in the 'session, and members usually attended in very full num bers to hear all the evidence ; and then about the middle of July, it being proposed by the chairman to come to a reso lution upon the subject of investigation, out of the fifteen or sixteen members who had been originally appointed, not more than seven or eight generally appeared. Four or five, therefore, formed a majority, and it was upon the opinion of those four or five members that the house was obliged to frame its decision. He repeated, however, that the object which his hon. friend had in view was somewhat difficult of attainment, and he hoped he would not proceed with his motion for the present. Mr. RICH thought the suggestions of the hon. member for Dumfries deserved the serious consideration of the house ; he (Mr. Rich) felt assured that there was hardly a member of the house who had not observed how very hastily committees were usually nominated. He did not wish his hon. friend should press the motion, however, at that moment, though he sincerely hoped that he might ulti mately succeed in the object which he had in view. Lord H. VANE thought it a matter of extreme impor tance that the members usually appointed to serve upon committees of that house should be lessened. It would be better, however, in his opinion, that the hon.. member for Dumfries should postpone his motion until he should have been enabled to place himself in communication with the Government upon the subject. Mr. E. DENISON was not quite sure whether the pre sent mode of appointing select committees was looked upon as altogether objectionable or not. It might be very con venient that the number of members upon these committees should be diminished; but, at the same time, a large pro portion of young members should not be appointed to act upon them in all cases. He should tell his hon. friend the member for Dumfries, that he for one could not enter into an inquiry upon the subject with any very sanguine hope of a material improvement being effected in the present system. Mr. FRENCH wished that the inquiry should be ex tended not only to the members who might constitute the committee, but also to the subjects which should be brought under their notice. Mr. E WART said if the hon. member for Melton (Mr. J. E. Denison) had been present when he (Mr. Ewart) had introduced the question, he would have been a ware th a t he excepted very important: committees, such as those sit ting upon the affairs of India, from the same regulations as those which he proposed for the appointment of those of minor consideration. In bringing forward his motion his only desire had been to improve, as far as possible, the interior organisation of that house. He would at once yield to the suggestions made by the noble lord the member for London as to the propriety of not pressing it prema turely upon the attention of the house, and would, there fore, postpone it until some more favourable opportunity of introducing it should present itself. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. WHALLEY moved for a select committee to exa mine the returns made to that house by the Inclosure Commissioners and the Commissioners of the Board of Health, and to inquire into the operation of the Tidal Harbour commission, and to report whether any inconve nience or any benefit has resulted from the mode of pro ceedingin regard t o pr i va t e bill s a d op t e d b y those com missionersloners respectiv e ly, and whether the same can with advantagemr. bper extendedEto dh o othere thoughtclasses o b b u j s e i e n t e i s o s n . which h AriN a 4 been urged against the last motion also applied t w o o t u l l i d e obne very difficult under th e i r cons id eration—namely, that it difficult to obtain members at present to serve on any committee which would have to inquire into any new subject. He should further t say, that although he thought there ought to be a chang e i w n tt le a m?de of conduct txep e b n u s s i i y n e e sa lts in that house, o i u t se did not appear ew to t r ak im the motio of the hon. member was calculated to promote a in s g li P tt ri le va e object that H . ALLEY mated that ho did not mean to th j a ls t r. press his motion to a division. The motion was then withdrawn. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. gentlemen Colonel MITRE moved that the following should be the select committee on the National mlre:._. Colonel Mure, Mr. Labouchere, Lord Seymo rn . Stir ling, Mr. Milnes, Mr. Hardinge, Mr. Ewart, 3 1.1": Gou.ib Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Hamilton 11; Vernon, Mr. Marshall, Charteris. Sir Williaw Molckiworth, and Isi r : . Mr. C. BERKELEY objected to the constitution of the committee. Sir J. PAKINGTON believed that it was the general practice to have both sides of the house represented in a committee. In this case, with two or three exceptions, the members of this committee were taken from the other side. Mr. W. PATTEN suggested that the hon. member for South Cheshire would be a valuable addition to the com mittee. Colonel MURE assured the house that in the selection of the committee it had been endeavoured to procure the services of those who took an interest in it, without refer ence to political considerations. Applications had been made to two or three gentlemen sitting on the opposite . side of the house, and on their declining to serve, the committee was constituted as it now appeared before the house. Mr. HENLEY did not think the objection unimportant, as the repOrt of the committee might lay the foundation for an expenditure of public money. Colonel MURE had conceived that expenditure of public money would be a collateral question. After a few words from Mr. &THERON, Colonel MURE withdrew the motion for the present. Mr. C. BERKELEY then gave notice that he should move " That it be an instruction to the committee to in quire into the expenditure of money for the purchase of pictures for the National Gallery." FOREST OF WHICHWOOD. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, leave was given to bring in a bill for disafforesting the Forest of Whichwood. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HENLEY urged an objection to the power given in the bill of summary conviction and imprisonment without appeal. Mr. BARROW expressed his strong repugnance to this power. n Mr. FITZROY said that the bill would be nugatory if clogged with such power of appeal. _ Die bill was then read a second time. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND). On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, leave was given to bring in a bill to regulate the admission of profes sors to lay chairs, &c., in the Universities of Scotland. EXCHEQUER LOAN FUND COMMISSION. The CHANOELLOR of the EXCHEQUER laid on the table a return of the proceedings of this commission, ob serving that the gentlemen composing it had performed their office gratuitously, and had saved the country a mil lion and a half of money. Mr. DISRAELI said that he had never intended to make any charge against these officers, and he now bore testimony to the exemplar/ manner in which they had fulfilled their duties. The house then adjourned at eleven o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company to be presented at the half-yearly meeting, on Thursday next, says : " The directors have to report, that the receipts of the South-Eastern Railway Company for the half-year ending on the 31st of January, 1853, have been 424,5471. hs. 9d., including 3801. 18s. 9d. received of the Brighton Company for toll ; and the working expenses and renewals 151,0691. 13s. The sum of 6,2151. 15s. has been lad aside for renewal of permanent way. The rates, taxes, and tolls amount to 15,9801. 16s. 2d. ; the Government duty to 13,1711. 14s. 4d. ; the rents of the Greenwich, Canterbury, and Whitstable Railways to 24,4151. ls. Bd. ; which sums, in addition to the interest on the mortgage debt, South- Eastern annuities and guaranteed stock of the company 74,2001. 12s. ld., make a total deduction from the gross earnings of 285,0531. 12s. 3d. The profit and loss account shows a credit of 8591. ll s. after providing for the last di vidend, also a sum of 1691. 3s. 4d. for dividend and interest on Canterbury and Whitstable securities in the hands of the company, and is debited with the sum of 3,2701. 55. 9d. for Parliamentary expenses, and 7881.45. Bd. being one-third of the loss sustained by fire el the com pany's works at Ashford, leaving a balance mailable for dividend of 136,4641. Os. sd. The total increme in traffic for the last half-year, as compared with the corresponding half-year ending 31st January, 1852, is 15,69 F. 12s. 4cl. ; the through traffic to and from London and Folkestone, and Dover and Ramsgate and Margate, for the half-years ending as follows was : To and from To and from Folkestone and Dover. Ramsgate and Margate. Jan. 31, 1851.-1E61,351 2 8 .• .. Z 1,792 611 Jan. 31, 1852 ... • 84,363 14 8 .• • • 9,821 6 2 Jan. 31, 1853.... 68,889 18 2 .... 13,810 10 9 Dec. under '52, X 16,473 16 6 .... Inc. over '52, 44,989 4 7 Inc. over'sl.. £7,538 15 6 .... Inc. over '5l, £5017 f 10 It will be observed that there is a decresae in tie traffic to Folkestone and Dover of 15,4731.165. 6d. ; but the di minution in the continental traffic during the hslf-year, as against the comparative half of the preceding rear, is actually 18,9431. There is, therefore, an increase of 3,4691. 3s. &l. of traffic between London and Folkestone and Dover, not attributable to continental traffic. The whole increase, therefore, of domestic traffic during the half-year is 34,634/. 12s. 4d., a fact which the directors cannot but consider will be gratifying to the proprietors. Of this, 12,0471. 16s. 7d. is derived from the goods traffic; 4,9581. 4s. 9d. is to be attributed to hop traffic ; there was a dimi nution, however, during the half-year of 2,1324 7s. 9d. owing to a deficiency in the crop of fruit and vegetables. The foregoing tables show that the increase of passenger and goods traffic during the half-year, compared. with the corresponding half of 1851, has been 71,9291. 17s. 10d. The directors renewed their application to the Government for the privilege of having the bagq,age of passengers ex amined at the London-bridge terminus, whereby tit.° con venience of those persons who constitute the most important class travelling between England and France would be greatly enhanced, and it has been conceded in favour of passengers arriving in London by the mail leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. The contract with the Northern of France Railway Company, to continue the fixed train at 8.10 aan. daily, from London-bridge ter minus to Dover, and the steam-packet service in connec tion therewith to Calais, will be in force to the Ist of July; but experience serves to convince the directors that a tidal service, in connection with express trains between London and Paris, is the best thing for the accommodation of the travelling public, and their endeavours will be given to the improvement and maintenance of this service. In any event, a train will leave the London-bridge terminus daily, in correspondence with a steamer at Folkestone, so ss to ensure the most rapid communication between London and Paris via Boulogne ; and this service is accomplished daily from London to Boulogne in four and a half hours. It will be observed, that, notwithstanding the facilities on the Greenwich branch have been continued throughout the half-year by a train every quarter of an hour each way, the traffic has diminished to the extent of 2,3891. 9s. 7d., whilst on the North Kent line, although there has been a decrease of 67,243 persons in number, the increase in the traffic receipts has been 3,968/. 17s. ld. In the half-year ending on the 31st January, 1852, the number of miles run by engines was 1,337,531 ; the coke consumed was 14,585 tons; the total coat being 13,6161. ls. lid., or 2.4432 d. per mile. During the last half-year, the number of miles run by engines was 1,425,556 ; the coke consumed was 16,910 tons, being an average of 26.574 lbs. per mile, at a cost of 14,608/. 9s. &1., or 2.4597 d. per mile. The en gines, therefore, ran 87,825 miles more la s t h a lf- year th at in the corresponding half of the preceding year, and con. sumed 2,325 tons more coke, at an i ncrease d charge of 9921. 7s. 9d. The total running of the engines has cost 8.651 d. per mile, which includes 3.251 d. per mile of re pairs and renewals. The carriage and waggon stock of the company is in good order ; the whole cost of repairs and renewals of new for worn-out stock, during the half-year, is charged to revenue. There is a charge to capital ac count for additional new stock of 6,316/. 18s. sd. The re turns of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, since its opening on 24th October, 1849, have been as follows :- Partially opened, to 31st January, 1850, 7,666/. 12s. 4d.; six months ending 31st July, 1850, 11,186/. lls. 6d. ; do. 31st January, 1851, 13,6871. 15s. 10d. ; do. 31st July, 1851, 14,700/. 17s. ld. ; do. 31st January, 1852, 16,8111. 15s. sd. ; do. 31st July, 1852, 14,769/. 3s. ; do. 31st January, 1853, 19,0931. 7s. sd. When proper commu nications with the northern lines are established with the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate line, a large increase to its traffic may bo anticipated. It will be observed that were there an union of trains with the 5.20 a.m. train from Dover, which conveys the mail leaving Paris at 7.30 the night before, via Red Hill and Reading, the mer chants of Liverpool and Manchester might receive their correspondence leaving Paris at 7.30 p.m. by two p.m. on the succeeding day. The advantages to the merchandise traffic which would result from such arrangements are ob vious. The directors were compelled to enforce the rights of the company as lessees of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway by an actio n against the London and South-Western Railway Company, who retained the whole receipts on account of this company at Guildford, and claimed against them a set-off of larger amount for tolls, under an erroneous interpretation of the agreement be tween that company and the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Company. The directors first obtained a decision in favour of this company in the Court of Exchequer; but the directors of the London and South-Western Company appealed from that judgment, and the judges, on a rehear ing of the case, in a court of error, affirmed the decision in favour of the South-Eastern Railway Company, which sets the question at rest, and the amount due to this company has since been received. The charge in the account for the maintenance of the permanent way during the last half year is large ; it is 18,449/. 17s. against 14,061/. 13s. 10d. in the corresponding half-year. That increase is occasioned by the outlay required in consequence of the heavy rains. It was difficult at one period of the half-year to keep the line open in a satisfactory state for the traffic. This object was accomplished in a safe and substantial manner, though at a g reat outlay ; the circumstances were not such as would have warranted the slightest hesitation in provid ing ample means for ensuring safety. The accounts pre sented at the last half-yearly general meeting showed that the sum of 88,7721. ss. was due from proprietors in arrear of calls. During the last half-year, 29,977/. 13s. 4d. has been received from proprietors in as-rear, and the sum now due on shares forfeited, and to be for feited, is 58,794/. lb. Bd. 49,378/. 18s. 4d. is due on ac count of shares, of which notice of forfeiture has been given, and 9,415/. 13s. 4d. on shares of which notice of for feiture has been prepared for the present meeting. When the resolution is passed,' the whole question may be dealt with at once, and the capital account to that extent closed. The amount of mortgage debt of the company on Jan. 31, 1852, was 1,997,060/., bearing interest at an average rate of 4.375 per cent. per annum ; on July 31, 1852, the amount was 1,859,9751., at 4.259 per cent. per annum; and on January 31 last, the debt was 1,932,575/., bearing the reduced interest of 4.1048 per cent. per annum. In addition to the capital shown to have been expended to the 31st January loausttay in works ,lthedirec andtorsh buildingsavetostatenow that t i h n ere willbe a further progress, which will reach the sum of 70,000/., and any outlay beyond this sum must be in the discretion of the proprietors hav iizgarnegad t rd he to directorsthe prospective will take th e advan tages t o earliest, boep orderivedopportunity from ty of placing the matter in a shape for their decision. It is right to say that the settlement of the contractors' accounts up to the present time has required a larger sum than had been estimated, but the accounts open on the 31st January are within moderate compass, and are not likely to occa sion any material variation from the estimates. If, when full statements are prepared, the proprietors are of opinion that hop and corn warehousesshould be erected at the Brick layers' Arms station, bonded warehouses at the London bridge terminus, and cottages and other auxiliary works on the line, and that the locomotive and carriage and waggon stock of the company should be increased, thenthe outlayof 70,000/. now proposed will be increased by 230,0001., and make up a total stun, in addition to the capital expendedon the 31st January, of 300,000/. The directors have taken steps to realise the surplus property 'belonging to the com pany; but they are bound to state that, notwithstanding the instructions given to them at the last general meeting, they are not in a position to offer more than an estimate of what the result will be, and that estimate they will submit to the meeting. On the 15th November last, the directors laid before the proprietors a summary of the measures which they thought were then demanded for the protec tion and advancement of the interests of the South-Eastern Railway Company. One of those was to effect a junction or approximation of the stations of the Reading, Guild ford, and Reigate Branch, and of the Great Western Rail way, and as no arrangement has been offered by the Great Western Railway Company, the bill for that, purpose is proceeding, as is one for extending the North Kent line, by the Angerstein branch, to Blackwall Point.. The di rectors are convinced that no wiser step can be taken by the company than to continue the Greenwich Railway through Greenwich-park, at a suitable time, so as to give a direct communication between Greenwich and Woolwich, and to Blackwall Point, to connect the Greenwich line with the East and West India Dock Junction Railway by a steam ferry. The opportunity for considering the mea sure for passing through Greenwich-park this year has not been afforded, as the Astronomer Royal has not completed the experiments with which he was charged by the Admi ralty. The directors deposited plans for the continuation of the North Kent line from Strood to Maidstone, and also for a line from Lewisham to Croydon and Bromley, which they hoped to accomplish on joint account with the Brighton Company. The directors commenced a correspon dence in October last with the directors of the Brighton Cornpa,ny, suggesting to them the fitness of constructing the Lewisham, Vromley, an d C roy d on ex t ens i on at t h e joint cost and on the joint account of both companies. To this they had hoped that they had received and would meet with a ready assent and co-operation ; but to their surprise, witholit any notice to them, or any communication leading to a supposition that such a measure was afloat, they saw, in the public prints, inserted on the last day which the standing orders of Parliament admitted of, a notice that the Brighton and South-Western Companies proposed to amalgamate. The Brighton Company offer now to assent to the construction of the Lewisham, Brom ley, 4nd Croydon line on joint account, or to concur in its withdrawal ; but the whole matter requires a more full attention on the part of the proprietors than the directors can invite in a half -yearly report. In obedience to the resolution of the proprietors at the last half-yearly general meeting, notice was given to the proprietors of the Can terbury and Whitstable Railway Company of the South- Eastern Company's intention to exercise the option to purchase the railway. The directors communicate with satisfaction the report of the committee appointed by the railway company and by the South-Eastern and Conti nental Steam-packet Company, with the object of assisting the directors in proposing a plan for the amalgamation of the interests of the two companies. A copy of the 'report is annexed. It will be observed, that the committee had 'the steam-boats valued by the surveyors of Lloyd's,and and that their - united recommendation is, that those team ships be purchased at the valuation so arrived at, and that thus the interests of the two companies become united. In the bill for the purchase of the. Canterbury and Whit stable Railway, and for the purchase of the steam-boats, permissive powers for the company to raise 500,0001. are included. Nearly 100,0001. of this sum is required for the purchase of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, 99,4061.. for the purchase of the steam-boats, and 300,0001. for the general purposes of the company. These subjects will come before the proprietors for consideration at a special meeting, which the directors will call for the purpose, at' such time as the proprietors shall de termine, and as shall be consistent with the rules of Parliament. The state of the money market in the autumn, and the , speculative tendency which was thereby induced, led to proposals for the construction of various railways in Kent, interfering with the interests of this company, and the completion of the railway system in that district, and hence the suggestions contained in the letter to the proprietors of the 13th Nov. The proprietors at the special meeting which will be held, will no doubt decide on these projects, not only with regard to their ab stract fitness at any time, but also with regard to the im mediate effect which their execution would have on 'the company's position and interests generally. No further communication has passed between the directors and the promoters of a line from Strood to Chilham and Canter bury since the last meeting, except that the noble chairman of that company called for a statement from the chairman Of this company whether the report in the Times newspaper of what passed at the general meeting of the South-Eastern Company, held on the 9th of. September last, were correct, and he was answered in the affirmative. The directors have felt it to be their duty to appear as opponents to that project in Parliament, and it will be necessary for the com pany to continue in the attitude of opponents in order to prevent the company's interests being compromised. The directors earnestly hope that the position of railway pro perty, and of railwayproprietors, maybe beneficiallyaffected by the measures which result from . the labours of the com mittee of the House of Commons now sitting on the sub ject of railway amalgamation, and future railway legisla tion. The amount at the credit of the profit and loss ac count, 136,4641. Os. 5d., will allow of a dividend of Ils. per 301. stock, and will leave a balance of 1,5201. 12s. ld. The increase which took place during last half-year in the do mestic traffic of the South-Eastern Railway gives the direc tors confidence in the position and prospective resources of the company." The following is the report of the committee of pro prietors of the South-Eastern Railway and the South? Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Companies asso ciated with the directors to negotiate terms for the con solidation of the interests of the two companies : " Your committee have to report that at their first meet ing, held on the 14th of October, 1852, an account of the origin and history of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company was laid before them, and it was resolved, ' That the chairman and committee of Lloyd's be requested to appoint the surveyors of Lloyd's register of shipping to examine and report the condition of the hulls, materials, and machinery of the steam-packets now the pro perty of the Sonth-Bastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, and their present value: The chairman and committee of Lloyd's accordingly instructed Mr. Martin and Mr. Courtenay to carry out the wishes of the com mittee, and these gentlemen furnished the following report : " `Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, " ' London, December 6, 1852, " ' 3, White Lion-court, Cornhill. " This is to certify that the undersigned surveyors to this society did, at the request of G. S. Herbert, Esq., secre tary to the South-Eastern Railway Company and to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, dated the 26th of October last, and in obedience to the committee's commands of the same date, proceed at various times to Folkestone, " for the purpose of ascertaining the present state of efficiency of the eight steam-ships hereafter mentioned, and their fitness for the purpose for which they are intended, viz., plying between the ports of Dover and Folkestone and Boulogne and Calais, in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company, also their present value." We, the undersigned, having thoroughly examined the said vessels, with their engines and equipment, are of opinion that, when the inconsiderable repairs now in progress are completed, the said eight steam-ships named at foot will be in an efficient state, and we consider them well suited to the service for which they are intended, and we estimate their aggregate value at the sum of ninety-nine thousand four hundred and six pounds (say 99,406/4, including hulls, machinery, furniture, boats, and stores complete, also the necessary repairs above-mentioned—Princess Mary, of 212 gross tonnage; Princess Maude, 233 ditto; Queen of the Belgians, 216 ditto; Queen of the French, 216 ditto; Prince Ernest, 247 ditto; Princess Clementine,`2BB ditto; Princess Helena, 302 ditto; Lord Warden, 308 ditto. JAMES MARTIN. " PETER COURTENAY.' " Your committee have resolved to recommend, for the adoption of the proprietors of the two companies, the fol lowing resolutions, viz.:—That the sum of 99,4061., being the valuation made on the 6th December by the surveyors appointed by the committee of Lloyd's on the eight steam ships belonging to the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company, viz., the Princess Mary, Princess Maude, Queen of the B e l g i ans, Q ueen of the French, Prince Ernest, Princess Clementine, Princess Helena, and Lord Warden, be the price at which, upon the passing of an act of Parliament enabling the South-Eastern Railway Company so to do, the steam-ships and other property in cluded in the report and valuation be taken over from the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company. That to facilitate the settlement between the two com panies, the working of the steam-ships from the Ist Aug., 1852, to the 31st January, 1853, shall be considered to bo on account of the Steam-packet Company, and that the sum of 99,4061. and the amount of the valuation of the plant and stores on shore on the 31st January, 1853, shall bear interest at the rate of 41. pei cent, from the Ist January, 1853, until three months after the passing of the act. That the proprietors of the Steam-packet Company shall then have the option of receiving the amount respec tively due to them in cash, or in a debenture of the South-Eastern Railway Company, at five years date, bearing 41. per cent. interest per annum, and that at the end of the five years, the steam-packet proprietors shall have the option of rece i v i ng paymen t o f that deben ture, or of converting it into the ordinary stock of the South-Eastern Railway Company at par, provided three months' notice in writi ng o f such opt i on be given, expiring prior to the termination of the five years. Your committee have every confidence that this proposed arrangement of the relations of the two companies will be deemed by both a fair and honourable compromise and settlement." The report of the auditor says :• " The capital expenditure of the half-year is 199,0661. Us., the character of which may be thus indicated :—Main line and Bricklayers' Arms extension : New sidings, tim ber cranes, turntables, approach roads, passenger sheds, coal stores, and stabling at stations. Proportion of cost of converting timber viaduct into an embankment, substitu tion of iron for wooden bridges, strengthening roof of the station, cost of new weighbridge and paving, additions to stock in the goods department, land purchases and cost of apportionment of tithe-rent charge, and the carrying pre paring for sale of surplus property.—North and Mid Kent lines, Greenwi c h w id en i ng an d L on d on s t a ti on enlarge ment : Bal ance of Mr. Brogden ' s contract, and legal ex penses attendin g th e same . L an d p urc h ases , apportion ment of th e rent charge, redemption of land tax, extension of sidings, ballastin g of new roads, erecting new sheds and stabling, timber cranes, turntables, bridges, signals, elec tric telegraph erection of waterworks and engine house, asphalting and paving, and architect's charges.— Ashf or d to C a n terbury : Land purchases settled. N ew t urn t a bl es and waitin g Yooms.—Ashford station enlargement : Erec tion of gasworks, waterworks, foundry, carriage sheds, cottages, and mak i ng new roads.—Tunbridge Wells and Hastings : B a l ance o f con t rac t s f or construction, extension of sidings, approach roads, timber cranes, weighing ma chines, waiting rooms, and goods sheds, alteration in in clination of cuttings, 'and apportionment of tithe-rent charge.—Ashford, Rye, and Hastings : Final settlement of contractor's accounts. Land purchases and costs. New schools at Ashford, cottages at Hastings and St. Leonards. oApportionment e o a f ain t g it , h G e ui r l e d n f t ordy a a r n g d e R a e n ig d ate: redemption Parlia mentary and l aw cos t s o f ama l gama ti on o f th e t wo compa nies. Appr oac h roa d s, fencing, electric telegraph, cranes. Apportionment o f tith e - ren t Charge, redemption of land tax, prep ar i ng for sales of surplus land. Locomotive de partment : Th e ex p en ditu re un d er thi s h ea d i s c hi e fly on account of 179 new waggons in course of construction, and which will form an addition to the working stock. A pro portion of the salaries of the engineer in chief and staff is allocated to capital, in consideration of the superintend ence required by the lines and works in course of construc tion. The reserve fund, for tho renewal of permanent way and works, h as b een increased by 5,5251., being the value of old m a t er i a l s (principa ll y ra il s ) app li e d for new sidings, and charged to capital—and has, in addition to ordinary renewals, born e an ex p ense o f 6,3631. 13s. 3d. for works to Gravesend basin and locks, proportion of conversion of Bricklayers' Arms viaducrinte an embankment, the con struction of bridges and platforms, for damage done to the embankments and the Strood tunnels by the heavy rains, and for repairs to Dover sea wall. The sum of 5,1381. 6s. has been expended in promoting the five bills now before Parliament, referred to in the directors' circular of 15th November, 1852 ; this sum, pending the consent ; of the proprietors and the decision of the Legislature, stands on the credit side of the balance-sheet, with a view to a proper distinction being preserved between the present and any new capital which the company may be authorised to raise. As to the closing of the capital account, we desire to reite rate the opinions we have previously expressed in reference to that subject. The attainment of that important object will be facilitated by the estimates which, by resolution of the last half-yearly meeting, the directors were requested to prepare, and upon the approval of which it appears to us that the exact limits of the capital expenditure may be finally determined, subject only to reduction by means of the proceeds of surplus lands and property." From the engineer's report it appears that— " The total length of railway belonging to the South- Eastern Railway Company open for traffic is equal to 2701 miles of double line. Of this length 54i miles are still maintained by contract, and are charged against revenue at the rate of 507. per mile for the half-year. The length maintained by the company is there 216 miles. The sum expended during the past half-year in wages, ordinary stores, engine hire and staff for the maintenance of this length of road has been 10,1097. 14s. 4d., or at the rate of 467. 16s. ld. per mile. This is an excess of the usual cost, and was occasioned by the extra labour and watching required in consequence of the extraordinary amount of rain that fell during four successive months of the last autumn. By the expenditure thus incurred, the company was enabled to carry on the traffic of the line throughout an unprecedented season. The effect of the season upon the road has been most severe, but it is being r eme di e d by th e introduction of a more efficient system of drainage, and the substitution of creosoted sleepers for those found to be de cayed. Fresh ballast is at the same time being laid down in most of the cuttings. These works will be carried on without increasing the ordinary current expenditure of the company in this department, The sum of 3,2327. 17s. Bd. has been expended in the maintenance of the works. This sum is also large, and the excess is due to the same cause. The sum of 2,5967. Os. 2d. has been expended out of the renewal fund in repairing such damages as exceed the na ture of ordinary works of maintenance. 7,246/. Bs. 9d. has been expended in relaying various portions of the line. This sum includes the cost of 18,000 creosoted sleepers, and a proportionate quantity of chairs and other materials. Upwards of five miles of additional sidings have been laid down at various stations with the materials so replaced. These sidings have been charged to capital at the market value of the materials used, and the renewal fund has credit for the same. The other works charged to the renewal fund are the repairs and deepening of the Gravesend basin, the completion of the earth-work on the Bricklayers' Arms Branch, the partial reconstruction of bridges, and some minor expenditure." FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcn 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Bunch, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at New York, to be her Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia, FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lan dell as Consul in Australia, to reside at Sydney, for his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Charles Sargeaunt, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the district of Natal, in South Africa. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 12. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Duncombe Pyrke, junior, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Robinson, retired. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 15. • The following Lieutenants to be promoted to be Cap tains, without purchase :- 3d Light Dragoons—Edward George Swinton. 9th Light Dragoons—William Richard Newport Camp bell. 10th Light Dragoons—Thomas Sargent Little. 14th Light Dragoons—Robert Johnston Brown. 15th Light Dragoons—John Macartney. Bth Regiment of Foot—Ellis James Charter ; Robert Stuart Baynes. 10th Foot—Robert George Jephson ; Charles Doyle Pat-. terson. 18th Foot--Anthony William Samuel Freeman Arm strong ; Isaac Henry Hewitt. 22d Foot—Herbert George Bowden ; Robert Blackall. 24th Fodt—Charles Mackechnie ; Thomas Mayling Green sill. 25th Foot—George Bent ; Charles D. Pogson. 29th Foot—Henry George Walker ; Sir George Mervyn Nugent. gd Fool—Henry John Davies ; George Jeffrey. 51st Foot—John Henry Dickson ; James William Mans. field. 53d Foot—Thomas Moubray; Macartney Hume Oldfield, 60th Foot—Stephen Kenny ; William Hutchinson.. 61st Foot—Andrew. Grant; Drought, Richard Croas. daile. 64th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Francis ; Alfred Picton Bowlby. 70th Foot—James Maxey Buchanan ; Archibald J. Oliver Rutherfurd. 75th Foot—William Thomas*Smith ; Edward William John Knox. 78th Foot—Alexander Mackenzie ; Douglas Hastings. 80th Foot--George Samuel Young ; William Frederick Adams Colman. 83d Foot—lt. H. Payne Crawfurd ; John Sharman Molony. 84th Foot—Spier Hughes; Alexander Half hide. 86th Foot—John Rees Croker ; Charles George Butler. 87th Foot—John Halkett le Couteur ; John Fitz-Gerald. 94th Foot—James Stewart Menzies ; George Dorehill. 96th Foot—R. F. W. Cumberland ; Herbert Vaughan Mundell. 98th Foot—Henry Thomas Richmond ; Richard Young. The following Cornets to be promoted to be Lieutenants, without purchase : 3d Light Dragoons—Frederick Thomas Ongley Hopson, vice Swinton. 9th Light Dragoods.—Robert Charles Kidd, vice Camp bell. 10th Light Dragoons—Edward Martin Roper Stapylton, vice Little. 14th Light Dragoons—John Pitt Kennedy, vice Brown. 15th Light Dragoons—George Barrington Price, vice Macartney. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire. William Wootton Abndey, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, March 4. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. George Ruddle, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist Regiment of West Riding Militia—John Roddam Stanhope, Esq. • Edward James Maude, Esq.—to be Cap tains ; John Esq. Richard Hewley Graham, Henry Robert Baines Graham—to be Lieutenants, March 9. 3d Regiment of West Riding Militia—Thomas Marshall, to be Lieutenant, March 9. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Captain Alan Frederick Cathcart, commonly called Lord Greenock, to be Major, vice the Earl of Mulgrave, resigned; the Hon. Amiss Charles Orde Powlett to be Captain, vice Lord Greenock, promoted, March 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi ment March 12 ; the Hon. of Militia--Lieutenant Alfred Hurst Lowe to be Thomascalled Stanley, Parker t t to Captain ; Robert John George Henry Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign. . Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancaster. y Li P eu a t r e k n e a r n , t,Gviencet.,to German,be 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Captain Montague Joseph Feilden to be Major, vic e Hi ndle vice Feilden, promoted, March 11 ; Lieutenant 'icholson to be captain, vice Parker, promoted, deceased, M evni a r rih it l. Stanley,lrn; Captain commonly resigned, WilliambEb be captain, ci yaaprtda Major, iHnN Lieutenant, vice Meads, retired, March 11 ; E n . March.Thomasl2 ; Woodcock Frederic T to own b l e e sign promoted, March 11 i Ensign Thomas Ellames Withington to be Lieutenant, vice Worthington, resigned, March 12 ; Thomas Hargreaves, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, resigned, March 14. The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of the Ist March : Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham.. lets Militia—Ensign Frederick Brush t o be Lieutenant, Feb. 26. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire. Royal Montgomeryshire Militia—Maurice Jones, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Nicholls, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Herbert Owen Johnes, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6. Commission by the Lord - Lieutenant . of Ayrshire. The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia—Ensign John Crichton to be Lieutenant vice Charles M`Vitie, deceased, Feb. 28. , Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire Regiment of Militia—Arthur David Veasey; Gent., to be Captain ; Francis Madryl Cheere, Gent., to be Captain P • Frederick Ni c h o l son Vane, Gent., to be First Lieutenant; Gilbert John Ansley, Gent., to be First Lieutenant'; George John Rust, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Arthur Pearse, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, March 10. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Enoch Jones, ironfounder, Elton, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. John Gaily Hartley and William Jubilee Reed, ship wrights, Rotherhithe, to surrender, March 11, at eleven, and April 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Miller and Horn, King William-street. Joseph Dunthorn, corn and flour dealer, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road, March 22, at half-past one, and April 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Archer, Racquet-court, Fleet-street. Robert Syer Hoggar, builder, Wolverhampton, March 31 and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bi rm i ng h am ; C o rser and Un derhill, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and Knight, Bir mingham. Francis Young, draper, Union-place, March 22, at half-past one, and April 26, a , Reed, Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee - Lanford, and Marsden, Friday-street. Distract Couri. Lee, 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchest er and• son Robinson,c Man official assignee, Manchester ; Hig Chester, April 7 and 28, at ,Manchester, April 5 W t twelve alw°r t h road, che N fite ic r h . olas Crook, tailor and woollen-draper, Preston April William Gill, fustian nchester District C our t_ and 26, at twelve, at I C lo urt rd.. Lee, official o r a ffi y 2 : ! s i , - a i lnant assignee,; e r l a kv a E t, a t s t h e p e e ro at ,f igneetr,actloearn,Mchaester ; Sutcliffe, Hebdon- F br rr dg er e ,. official ass James Burgess, con assignee, Manches Basinghall-street ,• April 1 and 22, Nottingham Court. Harris, official assignee, ; Shilton and William Butterworth,atten,graotcetrb, the Birmingham b N am otti p . n i g s h tri am et , eleven, at the Manchester Son, Nottingham. , st Kn rict ut Francis Robert Graham, licensed victualler, fleet-street, April 4, at one, and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.eSsteedrglDeyi Willis, Queen-street, Cheapside ; Laurance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Robert Temple, grocer, Brisley, Norfolk, March 22, at Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury aDoyle,Johnson,nd April O hNNaioffer Norfolk, past olk. two,ant DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. 3. Barton' Sutton Valence, K en t , b rewer, April 2, at eleven—A. Belletti, West Indi a D ock-road, Limehonse, mahogany merchant, April 7, at eleven —J. Winzar, Salis bury apothecary, April 5, at half-past eleven. In the Country. J. Roberts, Liverpool, grocer, April 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G, Pryde, D. Jones, and J. Gibb, Liver pool, sailinakers, April 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool—S. Flatow, Leeds, jeweller, April 5, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Leeds—S. C. Harrison, Sunderland by-the-Sea, linendraper, April 7, at half-put twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--J. Burlingham, Worces ter, milliner, April 5, at twelve, at the Court, Birming ham. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. B. Drew, Williams-buildings, Old-street-road, car penter, 6d., on Saturday next and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. G. Bolton, Albany-street, Regent's-park, coachmaker, 15.90. on . Saturday next, and the three subsequent Satur days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. R. J. Danovrfield, Dunstable, printer, 2s. 6d., on Satur day next, and the three subsequent aturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane; City. • T. Sha'w, Birmingham, wholesale stationer, sid., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, banker, ss. 3d., any Thurs day, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. Aethe Court, Basinghall-street. R. Grear, Bradley-terrace, Wandsworth-road, tallow chandler, April 6, at twelve—J. Tyars, New Crane Corn- Shadwell, coal-merchant, April 8, at eleven. • In the Country. G. Coldwell, Ashton-under-Lyne, bootmaker, April 5, at twelve, at the Court, M anc h es t er —G. R ogers , Ch es hi re , grocer, April 7, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W, Mayfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer and draper, April 8, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Harper, Gloucester, hotel-keeper, certificate of the first class—G. Gardner, Woolwich, and of Plumstead, ironmonger, certificate of the first class—J. Emmens, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square, hay and straw salesman, certificate of the second class—J. Franklin, Great Marlow, tavern-keeper, certificate of the third class—W. Harknett, Courland-grove, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, builder, certifi cate of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. H. Lidbetter and J. Newnham, Tonbridge Wells, brewers—. H. Lidbetter, E. Kelsey, and H. Kelsey, Ton bridge Wells, brewers—E. Cook, E. J. Cook, and G. K. Cook, Stratford Saint • Mary, Suffolk, and Colchester, Essex, auctioneers —J. Chadwick, J. Chadwick, jun., and R. L. Chadwick, Eccles, cotton spinners—R. H. Warden and T. C. Johnstone, Manchester, carpet manufacturers — J. Russell, W. J. Horsfa.ll, and T. Wheeler, Risca, Mon mouthshire, iron and coal masters—J. Mawdesley and E. Graham, Holcome-brook, L ancas hi re, co tt on sp i nners —R. 0. Milledge and J. Sparshatt, Hilperton, Wiltshire, brewers—J. Pye and E. Woods, Manchester, exhibitors of panoramas—J. Walker and A. Burns, Liverpool, oil manu facturers—T.R. Lawrence and H. Neale, Sarum, plumbers —W. Dredge and H. P. Stephenson, Robert-street, Adelphi, civil engineers—W. L. Leplastrier and R. J. W. Morgan, Chancery-lane, watchmakers—R. Castle and J. Castle, Oxford, builders—M. L. Daynes and J. Meeds, Keymer, Sussex, brickmakers—T. Gawthorp and M. Gaw thorp, Huddersfield, plumbers—J. Kemp and J. Kemp, Trowbridge, linendrapers—T. Gilbert and J. Turner, Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, grocers—W. E. Heathfield and H. Burgess, Wilson-street, Finsbury, ex perimental chemists—G. Robinston and J. W. Wayman, Sunderland, ship brokers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Roberts, Henllan, Denbighshire, butcher. James Frost, Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, licensed vic tualler. Henry Edward Swann, Brighton, Sussex, bookbinder. William Ashton, Lincoln, plumber. William Pyle, Lincoln, accountant. Emerson Nichols, Longton, Staffordshire, stonemason. John ' Haggardy Craske, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, baker. Stephen Lushington Goodwin, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, fish merchant's clerk. Mary. Harriet Ovules, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Edward Buck, Liverpool, attorney-at-law. Thomas - Carwardine, Hanley-castle, Worcestershire, farmer. James White, Kempsey, Worcestershire, butcher. James Hatton, Herne Bay, Kent, proprietor of bathing machines. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. I. Middleton, Kincardine, woollen manufacturer, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Stonehaven, March 18 and April 8, at one. . . J. J Young, Stirling, dealer in minerals, to meet within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, March 18 and April 14, at one. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERpIT. Am5terdam............ 11 17% Gibraltar •• •• Ditto, three months 11 19 %ILeghorn ..............30 15 Rotterdam • • .... 11 19 Genoa ................25 40 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ................ Brussels ....... ..... 25 30 Venice ................ llamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples 41% Albans ................ Palermo .............. 124% Paris ........ • • .... 25 73¢ Messina .............. 125 Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon ................ 53% Marseilles • • .... 25 32% Oporto 53% Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ... Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin — New York, 60 days' sit.ht ' Vienna .. • • Trieste .........• •.• • .. 11 6 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgh............ 38% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 501, Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .................. 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 8arce10na.............. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 SeyWe ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Nonpareil, from St. Michael's; Lionne and Lion, Gravelines ; Wilberforce, Hambnrgh ; Amor, Ghent ; Oriental, Sydney ; Two Brothers, Rouen ; Emerald, Messina ; Eliza, Demerara; Melchior, Trieste ; Julia Pepita, Havannah • Isaac, Dantzic ; P anama, H o b art Town ; Duke of Lancaster, Mauritius ; Lady Kennaway, Calcutta ; Isabella Hercus, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Lisbon ; Georgina, Mauritius. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Lady Bird, for Geelong ; 'ltavensbourne, Antwerp ; Seine, Boulogne ; Leontine, Bremen ; Jesus,' Havannah ; Tiger and Wilber force, Hamburgh ' • Panama, H o b ar t T own ; Excel, Ant werp ; Esperance, Rouen ; Catharine, Elsinore; Chryialis, Madras ; Rubicon, Kurrachee ; City of Paris, Boulogne Samuel Bernard, Rouen ; T reasure, Port Philip ; Menem, ; Sydney ; King Alfred, Bermuda. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Geertina, for Wolgast ; Truth, Brussels; Juno, Sydney ; I mmanue l an d Sjamke, Hamburgh ; Panther, Ostend; Neptune, Hamburgh ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Seine, Boulogne ; Menai, Calais ; Ceres, Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, March 15.—The barque Wenham, arrived yesterday from Baltimore bad a p or ti on o f h er cargo (wheat) pump e d up, having experienced very bad weather, which caused her to leak. CUXHAVEN, March 12.—The George Canning, from New York to Hamburgh, is on shore on Sand Reef, and lies in a dangerous position. HALIFAX, March 3.—The Winchester, from Liverpool to New York, was assisted in here, Feb. 28, with consider able damage, having encountered a severe gale Feb. 20. SHOREHAM, March 13.—The Georges (French smack), from Cherbourg, in attempting the harbour to-day at half ebb, went ashore at the back of the West Pier, where she now lies. SALONICA, Feb. 24.—1 t blew a heavy gale at E.S.E., on the 19th and 20th, which did considerable damage to the small craft, barges, buoys, and stores near the shore, and several vessels are reported to have been lost on the coast ; several vessels drove from their anchors, and much valu able property was saved by the prompt and able assistance rendered by the captain of the Turkish brig of war, Kevsefer. CALCUTTA, Feb. s.—The Governor Higginson, loaded for London, was totally destroyed by fire, at Madras, Jan. 25. HONG KONG, Jan. 28.—The Bangalore, from Port Philip to Shanghai, put in here Jan. 18, a ft er being well to the north of Shanghai, when for twenty-six days she encoun countered a series of gales from N. to N.E., which drove her to the southward. QUEENSTOWN, March 14.—A ship, with masts and bow. sprit gone, and supposed to be waterlogged, was passed, March 4, in lat. 40 N., long. 10 W., by the Science, ar• rived here. and coming in cont ac t with after having broken her chains, PARIS, March 15.—The Privat put into Carlo F or t e, two French vessels, was thrown on the rocks on the coast, on the night of the 24th of February ; crew saved. Th e llenriette Armandine, of Rouen, which put into Bahia on the sth of Janry, had received damage, having t ouc h ed the Bar in leaving the river Cotinginba, and would pro bably be condemned. ELSINORE, March B.—The Sound is constantly filled with drift ice, and is sufficiently strong to impede the naviga tion. The Borussia, of Memel, and the Thetis, of Born holm, drifted past Cronberg Castle in the ice to-day. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The Marie Laurie, of Marseilles, went ashore on Pemba Island, east coast of Africa, Nov. 14 and became a total wreck. Th e I taly, from New Orleans, for Genoa, was fallen in with, abandoned, in lat. 32, long. 7 9 , Feb. 15, by th e M ales, Gardner, arrived here ; the Italy had been o n s h ore on Manilla Reef, Feb. 24. A French brig, laden with coffee, was lost on M an - o f- War K e y, Abaco, previous to Feb. 12. Fears are enter tained respecting the Fairy, Holbr oo k, for this port, which has bee St n out 115 days, from Gibraltar.' The Susannah, , f rom . Domingo to this port, which put into Nassau N.P., Jan. 29, l eaky, has discharged her cargo, and has commenced repairs. CAGLIARI, March s . —The Robert Moffatt, of and from Newcastle, f or C a l vi, was stranded at Porto,Paglia, on the west coast of this island , Feb 25 ; crew (except the chief mate) drow ne d ; cargo expected to be saved and perhaps the hull of the vesse l . The Contractor, Stewart , cleared at Demer ara, N ov. 2, for London, andhas not since been I heard of. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Thetis, from London, F e b. 25, l a t. 42 N ., long. 12 W. The Soren Winkel, from Aalborg, March 3, lat. 44 N., long. 10 W. The Bell e C reo l e, s t eer i ng W., March 9, lat 47 N., long. 12 W. The Cambria (s), March 3, between Boston and Halifax. An American barque, Bth, lat. 49 N., long. 36 W. A brigantine, steering E. 9th, lat. 50 N., long. 33 W. The Lady Bannerman, Rowena, and Atkinson, off Cape de Gat t. The Czar, Dundee to St. John, New Brunswick, March 1, lat. 49, long. 28. The Gem, Liverpool to Genoa, Feb. 27, lat. 38 N., long. 12 W. The Brothers, Calcutta to Hull, March 7. The Stirlingshire, Cardiff to Valparaiso, Dec. 28, lat. S., long. 50 W. The Serenus, Sunderland to Madras, lat. 38 S., long. 71. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills for the Cure of Asthmatic Coughs, and all Diseases of the Chest and Lungs. —A gentleman named Middleton, of Scotland road, Liverpool, states, in a letter to Professor Hollo way, dated Jan. 1, 1853, that for upwards of fire years he suffered severely, from asthma, attended with a -violent cough, which so prostrated his strength and debilitated his constitution as totally to unfit him for any of th e active duties of life. He was attended by the most eminent medical men, but all failed to give him relief. At length he tried Holloway's Pills, and in abo u t th ree months this wonderful medicine effected a perfect cure of his disease, and restored him to sound health. —Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish. meat, 244, Strand, London. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARCH 15. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, with several buyers from a dis tance, and a large business might have been done in wheat and flour had holders been disposed to take the low p rices lately Cu rren t ; h owever, more money was insisted upon, and where sales were made, the depression noted on Friday was generally recovered. French flour did not participate in the improvement, and must be quoted is per sack lower on the week. Oats and oatmeal met with an extremely slow sale, and a decline of 4d per 451 b, and 6d to 9d p?r load was submitted to. Barley, beans, and peas were in fair request at late rates. Indian corn on the spot was only in small demand, and fully is per qr. lower for white ; cargoes arrived off the coast were more inquired for, and sales were effected at 315 6d per quarter for Galati and Odessa, and 29s 6d per quarter for Ibraila—cost, and insurance. freight, IPSWICH—Memn 15. We had only a fair supply of wheat ; the trade was a a little dull, and if sales were pressed at all, 6d to 18 per qr. reduction in price was submitted to. Barley is n°7 . almost done with, but few sampl es appeared at mark et and no inclination on the part of the maltsters to continue buying. Beans and peas sold at late prices. PER QUARTER. rz!L Wheat, red (old) 4os to 45s Barley, grinding ... Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 50s to 55s Peas Ditto•(old) Barley, malting ... 34s to 37s Flour, per sack QUARTNE. 29s to 31s 32s to 340 3 3, to 00s 00s to 000 . 005 to 00s ATBRAGES FOIL TIE WEEK ENDING MARCH 12, 1853 Wheat Barley Oats Beans Peas 27 , 32s 4d ; HULL—Ham( 15. The weather has been very mild during the past wee k' and if it continues will be of great advantage to the ag"; s , ' eulturist. Arrivals a all descriptions of grain are mo et insignificant, and although near ports are ,now open , Y - 1.. prices are relatively so out of tune, that we cannot 100. for much increase, and very little of, the Mediterrane: supply finds its way to the Humber. To-day our far° f brought a good supply of wheat, and for the best runed 3 lo red we had a pretty sale at a decline of is to 2s ape 4 6 5 prices of last week. Our millers Were paying 445 to for such descriptions, 63 lbs. Only a slow sale for foreigei and nothing offering from shipboard. A short aulT i l Ds barley, and market without alteration.- Oats dull. and peas much the same as last week. The linseed so long l on the passage from the Black Sea is now arriving freelT; The market is is to 2s lower, but the bulk of the sup ° n for crushers' account. Linseed cakes may be bougat easier terms, owing to the mildness of the weather pa d "`- dine in the value of other feeding articles. Nothing d °lie apeseed, and in cakes, the business is very retail as y et ' The following ars the present prices of grain : s Wheat, English, red 44 to 46 Ditto white 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg 5O to 53 Pomeranian and Ham- • 35 51 to 5 ; 44 Peas, gray and black Linseed, Black Sea... Ditto Petersburgh . Ditto Riga and Ar ch' l- 46 42 W burgh Danish, Holstein, and Di a tto ng K el onigsberg and 40 to 46 Memel Per Ton. Line. c., Hull 8/ 12s 6d to 01°I D D it it tn to fi in n f. e for.fo r.B/ 8 7 1 s 6d 5t01102156d Os Os Rapeseed. 291 10 5 to 01 Rape cakes ... 100 s Od to Os 461 Tares, English 405 to Ditto foreign .. to 445 Guano 4i 71 to 91 p d Bones loos to 0 0 ° 8 ' Ry e M ea l ........ nosto ......... . Frief;land Russian and Odessa 40 to 44 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l7 to 20 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 3B to 40 CORK—MARcu 14. Brie. tone' White wheat 00s Od to 00 5 Od O s Od_ 2o e -- Redwheat Oos Id to 00s O 3) Ditto 003 Od to 00s Od 00s Od- 20 d° ' Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od 68 Barley l4s 3d to 14s 6d Ditto 003 Od' to Oos Od Ns Od- 16 d° ' Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od ' Bere OOs Od. to Oos Od Os o€ l . 204 Oats 142 Ditto lOs 6d to 10s 10d lOs 6d Ditto 00s 01 to Oos Od c wt. 17 Pigs 4ls Od to 43s 6d OOs Od per Quantity sold at the highest prices : 55 00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 1 barley ; 0 here i oats ; 5 pigs. . Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : B — ' l6. Wheat, 193. Barley, 318. Bere, 0. Oats, ' Pigs, 149. PRICES OF BUTTER. cuRRENcr• gss First quality 0,,, Second quality 92a Second quality ............ .:::, Third quality BBs Third quality ... • ............ L'„, Fourth quality Fifth quality 7os Fifth quality ............... 49 0 Sixth quality sBs Sixth quality ............... CANT. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 12 Pigs, 662. Sheep, 287. Cows, 104. Od ; CORK.—Flonr- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, Too, seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 13s Od ; tlr 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to 8s oatmeal, lOs 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, 10s 6d to Ils per gd Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4/ to 4/ 15s Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 31s Od ; &yelp, 28s; dealers, 34s Od to 45s Od; average, Os p er t on. StrO,„ Farmers, 17s Od to 23s Od ; average, 20 s ; d ea l ers, 2 8 s Od "- 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 71; t° Od ; householeditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—F res h butter, P toA lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 8d to 4s 103 per hundred. Meat - 1 ,1 . t0 4di to 8d ; mutt on , s l dA to bid ; v ea l, 4Ad t o 61d ; pork, 0' d -6d ; bacon, 7d t o 7401; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Ne wf t.o lol ; land, 11/. Os t o 121 O s per ton ; Scotch herrings, 2 ,1'. - Pinks, Red, do., 30s p er b r l .— P otatoes, white, 9d to lut; iini , 163 lld to 1 2d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydnoy, 21 1,:a gallon.— Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 o.p. 6s Od Pe r Hides, market, 25s to 32s ; Sled, 4: P r C ali 26 3 to -- 1 ;/. per ton.- - skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to m. to 421. pe r Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—HernP , llow do.' ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 10 3; re d pi ne , Si. 10 5 ; Ye —Bar k ' iv 3/. ss. per ton ; d ea l s , 161. t o 181. p er hundred. 8/. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 46F to 475 Per: am ' Zo ,ooo 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per or" ... Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. Foa l (N signifies that the mails are sen t fron t the Gene&$ 1 by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When Day when made up From what Joe Ii COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port g ut d Office, Loudon. Dispatched. E n _; : 31 0„ America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ••• America (by United Sts. h packet) ...... ....N Match 22 Liverpool •• • gate 15 America (by U States March 10 Packet) •• • )larch 16 Southampton Australia (via......... Ai South ampton) 4th of May Apra Sonthamp-n 1 Ditto (via Marseilles) N dth of May ...... Dover •• •• • • Ditto (via Cape of hood • 30 Hope) ............N 2d of April ... ... Plymouth • • j , an r it Africa ( West Coast) .. N 23rd of the month. Plymouth •• .V; 0 11 IF Alexandria .......... NB, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover .• •• • • ,rell 40 Alexandria 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton.f- rod Bahamas ........... rd 2nd of the month Southampton Belgium ...... • • ....N Dover ... • • • - . l : far c.l7 l ". Brazil .......• • .....M 9th of the mouth.. Southampton • , 1 4 . Buenos Ayres .... ....M 9th of the month.. Southampton 3•1"-nrch Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • • .., 51 : r eh 31 Cape of Good Hope .. N 2nO of April .... Plymouth • • ', arc h 9° Cape de Verds ....N 14th of the month. 'lymouth • • -u * Ceylon (see India) • 10 5 Moro s. Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth • • - Tp• Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed. ,&Fild. Southampton 1 .12 I. M .d & 17th of month Southampton 1113 China (see India •-'2 Constantinople 7,8,17,21,827 of Dover ...• • • I. . f . ch 16 e ti Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampto n Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover .. • • • • Egypt (see India) wico up • France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ••• • •• T arc h 1 6 Gibraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Greece (see India) lB ar ll Greytown ?nd & 17th of mon. AOldhannitOn 3f ,„ s . Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & F r id ay L o ndon ..... I , Havannah 2nd of the month Southampton a e l , n . 0 4, Holland M Wednesday & Sat London • • sf elt 1 ; Honduras ..........M 17th of the month Southampton India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 1 6 India (via M.trseillcs)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...• • • 311/ lonian Isles (see India) t'ulc r6 Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhead •• • Zi i i r eda " 6 ' Lisbon .............. 31 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Ze' Madeira ............M 9th of the m on th South a mpton ;oh 11 Madeira ............ N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • 61 Malta (see India) MO D Malta ..............N 7,17,19,17, 30 of m. Dover Mauritius (see India) al"" - od' Mauritius -II 14th of the month Plymouth • • ~t o f 0 7 ,. Mexico ............M 2nd of the month.. Southampton Z oc it Naples .. . sthlsth2sthormon. Dover .. •• • ;,,rch_, l 6 New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton . rin eerrw,, New Zea1and......,... By private ship .. Various port , ' a rc h Papal States sthlsth2sthorrnon. Dover • • • • • • march 3 ' Peninsula ' thl7th27thormon Southampton „la i„ Peru ..ltf 7d & 17th of mon southampton tt 3 Port Natal ........ N 14th of the month Plymouth • • m a rch 1 ; Sicily sth l • th2sthot mon, Dover .. •• • • ;lo , ch : 6 Tuscany ............N stlllsth2sthofmon. Dover .. • • • • ch ' Venezuela ...... al 2d & 17th of month Southampton •‘' Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... iggncil 16 West Indies ........M 2d & 17th of month Southampto BIRTHS. OF A SON. At Orton Longueville, Hunts, the Countess of Ab°olo,oo On the 13th inst., at Nottington, Dorsetshire, t.ll of C. W. Gordon, Esq., of Wincombe-park, Wilts- OF A DAUGHTER. WO' On the 12th inst., at Hursley-park, the lady of Su' . Heathcote, Bart. J fj ohn " On the 13th inst., at 8, Northwick-terrace, St. wood, the wife of Commander H. Baker, R.N. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Corfu, T Trophine George .aanrcl:ollo4 the 76th Regiment, youngest son of the late Sir . __., e to tl e Right Hon. Lady Fran ces W e b s t er Wedderbuc7plaia Caroline, daughter of William Dixon, Esq., late in the Royal Artiller. O ne the 12th inst., a y t St. Jam es ' s Westhourne.terra° pd', Henry, youngest son of th e l a t e E. V. B. Webst i e r i .er ieth of Hendon, to Rose, youngest daughter of Edward Esq., of Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park. ° On the 14th in s t ~ C. at St. Pancras•church, icernc/er, I;ttY,.' Esq., to Fanny, yo unges t d aug h ter of B . N. R. Fenny-hall, Huddersfield. On the 14th inst., at 18, Hyde-park-square' Ile DIED. gath er is , Eliza, eldest daughter of the Vice-Chancellor Xoderleij, On the 11th inst., at Bognor, aged 56, Sir G. 81 Bart. ando n• Sl, On the 14th inst., at Toxteth-park, Liverpool, a _don. Samuel n E in a ci s t". , F . a G t . S M ' Caroline, only daughter of the late Sir TJvegiale Pric e, of Foxley, in the above county, aged 70. theri li° On the 11th inst. a aged 83, at Petersham, Miss Ca , o , Boyd, sister of the'late Sir John Boyd, Bart., of Pau' Kent. F.L.S. anse formerly of Lo_ii,,.., el W. On the 12th inst.. at Sunbury, Middlesex, Hankins, H.E.1.C.5.. Madras Presidency, aged 7 _ 8 :_„...... '--hPause Hereford, LONDON : Printed and Published by 311TRDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,4:lo.k,, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy is the coi l " Middlesex, Wednesday, March X 6, i 863, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1853. jut lux 'de