The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

iourti) ;541V tt SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. MALTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BIRDSALL HANDICAP, Toosey Child of the Mist Four ran HUNT CUP, Dress Improver . Aifred Tennyson SELLING STAKES, Gip BAHeine No betting at Tattersall's this evening. IMPERIAL PARMA AI ENT, HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woo hack at five o'clock. The Earl of STAIR took the oaths and his seat. EXTRADITION OF CRIMINALS. In answer to Lord SANDWICH.. The Earl of CLARENDON said that the Govern ment had not at present any fixed intention of bringing forward a measure for the surrender of criminals in ac cordance with the convention which had been signed with the French Government. He acknowledged the importance of the subject, but the practical difficulties Which surrounded the attainment of the object in view rendered it impossible for him to give any pledge on the subject. The Earl of MALMESBITRY thought that the diffi culties would be greatly decreased if the Opposition of the present day abstained from offering those obstacles which had been thrown in the way of the late Govern ment when they had brought forward a measure last year. He took the present opportunity of protesting against the mi srepresentation and party opposition which his measure had met with. The LORD CHANCELLOR repudiated any party rt? feeling in th e remarks he had ma d e on th e noble Ea bill last year. After a few words from Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Earl - Granville, The Duke of ARGYLE presented petititions against the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. The Earl of EGLINGTON al so presented petitions from the presbytery of Kyntire and other places to the same effect. The Bishop of OXFORD presented petitions against the admission of Jews into Parliament. KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. The Earl of ABERDEEN moved that their Lordships agree with the Commons in an address to her Majesty, praying that a commission be issued to inquire into the state of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and Lord ST. LEONARDS, the address was agreed to. CLITHEROE ELECTION. • In answer to a question from Lord LYNDHURST, The Earl of ABERDEEN said that it was not his intention to move that their lordships agree with the ad dress of the Commons in the Clitheroe case. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice, that if any noble lord moved to agree with that address, he would move th at it be agre e d t o th at day six months.' MALDON ELECTION. A conference haring been requested by the Commons, the Lord Privy 'Seal and other noble lords were ap pointed to manage it on behalf of their lordships. On their return the Lon. PRIVY SEAL acquainted the house that the Commons had voted an address to her Majesty, praying for the appointment of a commission to inquire into the state of the borough of Maldon, and that they requested their lordships' house to agree in the same. Lord BEAUMONT suggested that some courteous and respectful mode of communication between the houses should he settled, which would do away with the solem farce and mummery of these conferences. THE NORTH AMERICAN FISHERY QUES TION. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose, pursuant to no tice, to ask a question of the Government relative to the the negotiations between this country and the United States on the subject of our colonial fisheries, (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following petitions were read a third time and passed :—Midland Railway (A.mendment of Acts, &c.) ; Scottish Central Railway. The Lands Improvement Company (No. 2.) Bill was rend a second time. PETITIONS. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from Southamp ton, against the Crystal Palace being opened on Sunday. A number, of petitions to the same effect were pre sented by other HON. MEMBERS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Ar broath against the abolition of the University Tests in Scotland ; also petitions from Essex against the admis sion ofJews into Parliament, and against the Canada Clergy Reserve Bill. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from Somerset in favour of the Aggravated Assaults Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from Hull, Leeds, and other places, against the French occupation of Rome. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Rotherham, and other places in Yorkshire, praying for the total re peal of Church rates. ELECTION COMMITTEES. The Members of the Berwick-on-Tweed and Maidstone election committees were called to the table and sworn. METROPOLITAN LETTER CARRIERS. Mr. T. DUIN.WOMBE asked the Secretary of the Treasury, what steps the Postmaster-General had taken towards the removal of the complaints of the district later-carriers of the metropolis, as well as of the various grievances contained in the petitions of the provincial letter carriers of the United Kingdom ? Mr. WILSON s a id lie was glad to inform his hon. friend that the Postmaster-General had already sent a circular to the different postmasters throughout the country withdrawing the prohibition issued last year respecting Christmas-boxes. With regard to the ques tion of superannuation allowance, a new and more just System had been prepared by the Postmaster-General, and he was now ready to send it to the Treasury for its approval. As to the unequal pay of letter-carriers, the Postmaster -General had come to the conclusion that equality of payment throughout the country was im possible. but he had received numerous applications for increase of pay in individual cases, and wherever he had found that the complaints were justly founded, he had given an increase of pay. BARNSTAPLE ELECTION. ' Mr. 0. STANLEY reported that this committee had determined that Sir W. Frazer and Mr. Bremridge were not duly elected for Barnstaple at last election. (Toe resolution of the committee has already appeared in The Sum). On the motion of the honourable member, the evidence taken before the committee was ordered to be laid on the table. He also gave notice that he would move the suspension of the writ for six weeks, and also fur the appointing of a commission to inquire into the corrupt practices at the last and previous elec tions. He likewise gave notice that, when the evidence was in the hands of members, he would call the atten tion of the house to particular circumstances which took place at the last election, with a view to further measures being taken. COMMISSIONS IN THE MILITIA. Colonel LINDSAY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the clerks of the peace in counties had any legal right, or had any authority from the Government, for charging the officers of militia with fees, either on appointment or promotion ; and if it was the intention of the Government to take any steps to prevent a continuance of this practice for the future ? Lord PALMERSTON said he was not aware of any law by which they were entitled to levy these fees, but the Government had no power to interfere in the matter it being one entirely under the control of the lord lieu tenants of counties. The Secretary at War and himself had, however, turned the question over, and they were e ndeavouring to get rid of these varying and, in some instances, exorbitant charges. In reply to Sir G. PECIIELL, who wish e d t o k now whether, itt addition to the ordinary force of militia in Sussex, there was a.bo It to be ra i se d b y the Govern ment a c orpe Lord P ALm artillery of 500 ? to be mad e to th ERs TON said no additi on was intended :1 0 u W o ri ta of militia already fixed for each county, but the power to train the militia in such a manner as inilPbde thought necessary for the public service, and it wone!d e very desirable to train , to the use of great guns. them, in maritime counties RYE ELECTION. house the Sir J. J. PAKINGTON reported to th ee on this solution unanimously adopted by the co e election. It stated, that it appeared frolteitth taken before the committee that, from 1832 to evidence taken Mr. Jeremiah Smith, of Springfield-horts2 -- Rye,_ had exercised great influence at all the elections for the borough ; that his influence was created and ob tained by a system of lending money to voters, varying from 700/. to 2/. or 3/., according to the different situation and necessities of each, and that this system had pre ailed to a very great extent ; that by docu ments presented to the committee it appeared that from 1832 to 1837 Mr. Smith had corruptly lent money to di,Torent parties to the amount of 8,200/., and he had himself stated that in 1837 loans of this nature were outstanding to the extent of 15,000/., and he added that tee advances were made by the instructions of Major Curteis, then: the member tor the borough. The resolution then went on to say that there were strong grounds for believing that that system of loans for political objects had been continued by Mr. smith, though on a less extensive scale up to the last election in 1852, and that demands for paymentor interest were generally made by him previous to an election. fit had been admitt e d by th e agen t o f Mr. Mackinnon that Mr. Mackinnon paid 2,0301. into the bank previous to I the last election, and that nearly the whole was spent in the election, and that 1,283/. of it had been expended in treating at twenty-four public-houses, of which a list had been furnished. The committee were of opinion that no direct act of bribery had been found against Mr. Pomfret, and it appeared that his expenses during the contest only amounted to 1301. The report concluded by stating that the committee did not think it necessary to recommend any further in quiry, because the '*practices existing at the elections at Rye had been sufficiently establisbed before them ; but they desired to call the especial attention of the house to the system of corrupt loans. They thought it most important that a remedy for this mode of corruption should, if possible, be included in future legislation as it was fatal to the freedom of elections, and more enduring and less costly than ordinary bribery. (Hear.) rACCELERATION OF MAILS TO THE NORTH. Mr. D. SEY.MOUR asked the Secretary of the Trea sury, whether his attention had been called to the fact, that, under recent postal alterations connected with the transmission of mails to the north of England, no ac celeration has taken place in the delivery of the day mails from the south at Sunderland, while the northern mail from Sunderland must now be despatched four hours earlier. Mr. WILSON said his attention had been called to the fact, and arrangements were now being made for a further acceleration of these particular mails. _ LEGACY DUTIES. Mr. STAPLETON asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether it was his intention to make persons who,succeed to property under the shifting clause of a settlement, by which one property shifts from them on their succeeding to another, pay the duty to be imposed on succession on the whole value of the property to which they succeed, or merely on so mu3ll thereof as may be in excess of the value of the property which shifts from them ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was necessary, in order to keep within the rules of the house, to draw up his resolutions in a very general form ; but what his intentions were would be stated more explicitly and minutely in the bill which be should introduce. It would be inconvenient, however, at pre sent to state what those intentions were. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS. Mr. PELLATT asked the Secretary of the Treasury whether the Government intended to take any and what steps to protect the public from the circulation of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns, by which serious loss is now sustained in the deductions for light gold by the bankers ? Mr. WILSON said the Government had no intention to take any steps on the subject. No party was how ever obliged to take light gold unless he pleased, and when it was once paid into the bank it was not re issued. THE WHISKY TRADE. In reply to Mr. COWAN, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be his duty to ask the house to adopt the resolu tion in the Budget on the subject,of whisky to-night, but that would be as a mere matter of form, and parties out of doors would not be precluded from hereafter opposing the Government proposition. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. DISRAELI called upon the Government to state what their views were with respect to the progress of public business. It was understood that the house had agreed to the resolution relative to the funds as a mere matter of form, and he must therefore complain of the manner in which the bill founded upon those resolutions had been brought in and read a second time. It was at a late hour of the night that the bill was read a second time, and as the bill stood for committal to-night, he should be glad to know if it was intended to adhere to this order of things. He must also complain of the complicated nature of the resolutions which were to be brought on on next Monday. He had understood that the discussion next Afonday was to be confined to the pro posed change in the customs and the legacy duties. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that was the understanding which had been come to, but with regard to the other matters, it certainly had been under stood that another discussion should be raised upon it, though the time was not fixed when that discussion should be raised. The bill had been pushed forward out of consideration to the large interests involved in it ; but, considering that the right hon. gentleman objected to going into committee to-night, he should have no objection to postpone the committee until to-morrow night, when a discussion might be raised upon the principle of the bill. It would, however, be neces sary to go into committee pro forma to-night, for the purpose of introducing certain amendments which it would be convenient to print, one of which would pro vide that on a day named parties should be required to enter their names in a book at the Bank of England, and the new stock to be created should be distributed to them pro rata. Mr: DISRAELI said he bad gathered from the finan cial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the income tax was to be extended to incomes below 1501. a-year, but he found no resolution to the effect amongst those which had been issued by the Treasury. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the original resolution would embrace all incomes whatever, but when that was passed it would be for the house to make an exception in favour of incomes below 1001., and to fix the limit of sd. in the pound on incomes be tween 1001. and 1501. a-year. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to know when it was in tended to take the miscellaneous estimates. Lord J. RUSSEEL was not yet prepared to name the day. ' 1 CUSTOMS, &c., ACTS. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. WILSON said the house would probably remem ber, that, soma two years ago, an unhappy dispute arose between the Customs authorities and the London Dock Companies. After a good deal of litigation, the matters in dispute were arranged by arbitration, and it was. then agreed th a t a bill s h ou l d be brought in to pre vent similar disputes arising on a future occasion. The bill which was now proposed to be committed, would, to some extent, carry out that arrange ment, and he had now to state what the provi-; sions of this bill were, simply premising, in the first instance, that this bill would only partially carry out the understanding which had been come to, and it would therefore be necessary hereafter to bring in another bill on the subject. He should, however, take this opportunity of fully declaring the views and intentions of the Government with regard to this subject ; and he had no doubt when those intentions were fully understood they would give complete satis faction to ' the commercial interests of the country. A deputation upon this subject waited upon his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer a few weeks ago to suggest certain improvements and amendments in the customs law, and had now the answer the Go vernment were prepared to make to that depu tation. (Hear, hear.) The customs' committee had made several recommendations in their report, which he would go through seriatim. The report proposed to leave the reorganisation of the Customs in the hands of the Government. The Government, however, did not pur pose to deal with this part of the question now, but to leave it to be disposed of by a future Treasury minute ; but in the meantime ns vacancy that might arise in the commission would be filled up until the whole question had been disposed of. [LEFT SPEAKING.) DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR.—The thirty sixth annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution was held yesterday, at the Dispensary, Dean-street, Soho. The Rev. Thomas D. Lamb, who presided, stated the claims which an institution, founded for the purpose of affording relief to persons afflicted with deafness, of whom there were very many in the metropolis, and who rarely found means of making their affliction known to the charitably disposed, had on public sympathy and support. The report gave as the number of patients admitted during the past year 1,388, cured 559, and re lieved 308, being an increase on the previous year of cases admitted 359, cured 224, relieved 116. It stated that diseases of the ear were consequent, to a very great extent, upon intemperance, uncleanliness, over-crowding of dwellings, bad ventilation, and damp clothing; and concluded by paying a compliment to Mr. Harvey, the resident surgeon, on the success uf his mode of treatment, which was purely constitutional, the use of instruments and operations being avoided except in extreme cases. In the course of discussions which ensued upon the usual resolutions, it was stated that though there had been a considerable augmentation in the funds, the resources of the charity were by no means adaquate to meet the in creased demands upon them. Thanks were accorded to Mr. Harvey and the chairman, and the meeting sepa. rated. FATAL RAILWAY ACC IDENT.—Another fatal railway casualty occurred on the Midland line, near Kegworth, on Friday last, the 15th inst. In this case also the man fell a victim to his own carelessness. It appears that a porter belonging to the company, named William Lester, while the train was in motion, was attempting to throw some bags into the carriages, in doing which ap proached too near the train, and his foot slipping, the poor fellow got entangled among the wheels of the car riages' which, passing ov er hi m, mutilated him in the most frightful manner, from the effects of which he died. This is the third fatal accident which has oc curred on the Midland line within the last fortnight. The jury, at the official investigation into the circumstances connected with the death of Potts, who was killed on the line nearNottingliam, on Saturday, came to the unanimous opinion, " that if there were a regulation made by the directors of the Midland Company which forbade the line of conduct which had been the direct cause of the deceased's death (viz., incautiously riding upon the buffer of the carriages), that regulation ought to be strictly attended to, and enforced by a heavy fine if not duly regarded ; and if no such regulation had been made, they trusted that the directors would consider it ?pieiurnpotant part of their duty to take the subject into o p.ace the day thsiNsGeruirs consideration." AR DUEL.— bef A ore si y n yesterday a d y u ienl the say Boiss Ga I d z e !g ß na o :_i t o k , logne. Two private past felt ade coachmen who bad for some time ep-rooted animosity towards and never met without to meet a few evenin,: quarrelling, happening by chance said to the other, „6.,:rsince at a wine shop, one of them loner ; it is time to put an end lias now lasted too fight, and let that be the laesnt.ci it. Let us have one starlit anything of sword or . s _ We neither of us under whips:, This proposition V i l ro t i ( i ) n l let us fight with our parties repaired to the Dols, ana g zte heen a ccepted, the seconds soon commenced the cbudZ i-npa nied by their persons assembled to witness the scene; which was of tinued with gre a t an i mat i on, when the keerZaosfcothie. wood came up, and m arc h e d' o ff the cOliihata ants to the guard-house, One of the men had received a very seri ous wound on the face, and the other had one of his ears almost cut off. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1853. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF EXCHEQUER—APRIL 20. (Sittings in Banco.) EMERSON V. DIXON. This case was tried before Mr. Baron Martin at the last assizes at Durham, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 731. Mr. H. Hill now moved, pursuant to leave reserved, to set aside the verdict and enter a nonsuit. The plaintiff is the secretary of a coursing club in Northumberland. The defendant entered a dog to run for the stakes, and his dog was declared the winner, whereupon the plaintiff, who acted as stakeholder, handed over the stakes to the defendant. It was after wards discovered that the defendant had fraudulently substituted another dog for the one originally entered. The present action was brought by the plaintiff, to re cover back the stakes paid to the defendant. The counsel for the defendant contended that the plaintiff had not such a property as enabled him to sue. The action should have been brought by the real winner of the race. The court, however, were of opinion that, as it was the plaintiff's duty to pay the stakes to the real winner, which he had been prevented from doing by the defen dant's fraud, he was entitled to recover back the money, for the purpose of giving it to the person entitled to it. —Rule refused. ;Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Common Jury.) WATTS V. HAMBLEDON. - - - This was an action by a coachman to recover the sum of 171., for wages and the value of a suit of livery, he having been dismissed without the necessary notice, and without having been supplied with the number of suits of livery to which he was entitled. The defendant pleaded that she was not indebted, and payment of 1/. 125., a week's wages, into court. Mr. Fry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Manisty for the defendant. The plaintiff had been engaged in the service of the defendant as coachman, on the terms of having 11. 12s. a week wages, to live over the stables, and to have two suits of livery in the course of the year. After remain ing with Mrs. Hambleton for ten months, he was dis missed at a waek's notice, his mistress refusing to allow him anything for the second of the two liveries with which he had not been provided. His lordship left it to the jury to say whether in their opinion defendant was entitled, under the terms of the agreement entered into with Mrs. Hambledon, to recover the value of his livery. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages AL, beyond the sum paid into court. WEDNESDAY. (Sittings in Banco.) MORRISON V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an action brought by the owner of the brig Valiant, for injuries done to it by the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants in the navigation of the steamer Albion. The cause was tried by the Lord Chief Baron, in the city of London, when a verdict passed for the defendants. • Mr. Watson now moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection. It appeared that the Valiant was lying in the river, near Gravesend, on the night of the accident, without any light being exhibited on board of her. The Albion, on her voyage to Boulogne, steamed down the river, and not seeing the brig, ran into her, and caused the damage compl a i ne d o f. B y , the 14th and 15th of Victoria, chapter 79, section 26, th e Ad m i ra l ty have general powers to make regulations as to lights " within such places, and under such circumstances," as they shall think fit." U n d er thi s au th or i ty the Ad miralty framed rules directing vessels at anchor to have a light at their masthead, 'except in harbours, where other regulations as to lights exist. In the port of Lon don the corporation have made regulations as to lights which, it was contended by the plaintiff, do not require sailing vessels in the position in which the Valiant was to have any light. Under these circumstances, his lordship ruled that the Admiralty regulations applied to the brig, and left it to the jury to say whether the fact of the Valiant having no light contributed to the acci dent. The jury found that it did. The learned counsel now contended that the Admiralty regalations did not apply, and that the rules of the corporation alone were to be regarded. He also contended that the Albion might have avoided the brig, notwithstanding the ab sence of any light. The Court intimated that as the construction to be put upon the Admiralty regulations was a matter of public importance, it would be well to have the point further discussed, and therefore granted the rule. Lascelles to the prisoner for 2/. O. 3d, The following is a copy of the cheque : " 7, Fenchurch-street. " Messrs. Hankey,—Pay Mr. Morley, or bearer, two pounds and threepence. " ARTHUR LASCELLES." Mr. J. Legge, cashier at Hankey's, said the Hon. A. Lascelles keeps an account with us. We have received a communication from him relative to this cheque for 2001„ and we believe it to be forged. Upon the completion of the evidence by Mr. Lascelles. the prisoner will be committed for trial. GIIILDHALL.—SainueI Marshall Legge was charged with conspiring with his two sons, who had lately be come bankrupts, to defraud Mr. Joseph Nicholson, of 107, Shoreditch, and others, of goods to the value of 1,400/. The evidence taken on the last examination showed that the prisoner had been living at- 4, York-terrace, Southampton, and that he and Joseph Legge, one of the bankrupts, were found there in possession of a large quantity of property belonging to the estate, and iden tified by the creditors, on Sunday, the 4th of the present month. The prisoner passed under the name of Marshall only, and denied all knowledge of the bankrupts until after Joseph Legge was in custody, when he admitted the relationship existing between them. Mr. Clarkson then said that Joseph Legge had been committed to the Queen's Prison under the warrant of one of the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, from which place he bad been brought up on a habeas corpus, to be charged in this court. Joseph Legge was then ordered to stand in the dock. Mr. Clarkson briefly stated that about 15 months ago Joseph and John Legge set up in business as cabinet makers and upholsterers in Churton-street, Pimlico, where they opened a shop, as the learned counsel alleged, for the purpose of getting into their possession the goods of honest tradesmen without paying for them, which they disposed of, with the agency of their father, who established himself in Southampton and different parts of the country, and received the goods which the bank rupts consigned to him in various names, and would doubtless have parted with them by auction or other-. wise had not a vigilant officer traced them out soon after their delivery at the prisoner's house in Southamp ton and taken possession of them on behalf of the bank rupts' creditors. . In support of this statement a number of witnesses were called, who proved the dispatch of considerable quantities of valuable property by railway at Southamp ton by the younger Legges, and its receipt at Southamp ton by the elder prisoner sometimes in one and some times in another name. A creditor identified a portion of the goods discovereil at Southampton as his property. The prisoners were remanded, as was also the wife of the elder Legge, who was examined at a subsequent part of the day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth. Anthony was charged with having wilfully set fire to her master's house, No. 32, Brewer-street, Golden-square. The evidence presented a case of strong suspicion, as the house, in which the prisoner was a domestic, was set on fire three times in four days, under circumstances which left no doubt of wilful incendiarism. Prisoner was remanded. WORSHIP -STREET. --John Lewis Robertson was charged with having deserted his wife, Euphetnia, who had since become chargeable tattle parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. The prisoner cultivated the acquaintance of the com plainant towards the end of last year, when she was comfortably settled in a small way of business, with 501. in the savings' bank, and at Christmas married her. After ill-treating her for three weeks he deserted her, taking with him not only the ready money of her busi- ness, reserved for paying liabilities, but also the remains of the store in the savings' bank. The loss of her money ruined her, and she was reduced to the parish. Prisoner made a lame excuse about his wife's temper, and said he had not spent all the money, and was willing to live with her again. Mr. D'Eyncourt adjoiirned the case for a week, to give the prisoner a space for repentance and reparation. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The thirty-eighth anniversary festival of this excellent society, established to afford relief to decayed artists of the United Kingdom, and for affording assistance to their widows and orphans, was celebrated at the Free masons' Tavern on Saturday evening, the Right Hon. the Earl Granville presiding. Upon the removal of the cloth the health of "Her Majesty," "His Royal Highness Prince Albert (the patron of the society), Albert, Prince of Wales, and the other members of the Royal family," not forgetting the illustrious stranger, whose name the noble earl said he was not at liberty to announce, " The Army and Navy," and other customary toasts, were drunk with all the honours. The Noble CHAIRMAN said he had next to propose —" Prosperity to the Artists' General Benevolent In stitution." (Cheers.) In recommending that toast to their notice he did not think it would be necessary for him to detain them with a long speech, indeed he had an objection to long speeches on these festive occasions. He felt that institution was most important to the inter ests of artists, and in pleading its claims to support he could not but refer back with pleasure to the time when the place he had then the honour to fill had been occu. pied by the late Sir Robert Peel. He found that upon that occasion their distinguished president showed that the principle on which the relief was afforded from that institution was such as most to conduce to the benefit of the artist, merit and distress constituting the only claim to relief ; and he was happy to see that the insti tution had been generally well supported by the public. In looking over the report of the year when Sir Robert was president, and comparing with that of this year, he regretted to find that the receipts were 2001. less than upon that occasion ; but, on the other hand, he was gratified to find that, whereas, .n 1852, relief was afforded to 24 artists, last year only 15 artists had re ceived relief, those who had been assisted being chiefly the widows and daughters of artists. He though that a gratifying fact, as showing the increased prosperity existing amongst artists. He thought it was impos sible to read the first item on the list of relief afforded —an eminent landscape and portrait painter 501. without feeling what distress of mind and bodily suffer ing might be alleviated by such a donation, properly bestowed. When they consider how many men of genius might be incapacitated for a time, by sickness or misfortune, from gaining their livelihood, he was sure they would all feel with him that it was their duty to support the institution to the utmost of their power. (Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with great enthusiasm,_ Sir CHAS. EASTLAKE p ropose d " The health of the noble chairman, the right. h on. the Earl Granville, " and in doing so briefly alluded to an article which appeared in one of our morning contemporaries last week, relative to public dinners, assuring the meeting that every eco nomy was exercised in conducting the affairs of the society. The toast having been drunk with all the honours, The Noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the way in which his health had been proposed and responded to. His friend Sir Charles Eastlake had alluded to an article which had appeared in a public print relative to thene dinners in aid of charitable institutions. He did not deny that the article was written with considerable humour, but he could not agree with the writer that as much money would be collected for the charities without these festive reunions, as he believed there was no time when a man was more divosed to be generous than after a good dinner—(lajakler)—and that they had decidedly had that day, fcir IrEounted on the bill of fare no less than fifty recherché dishes, the whole of which had been served up in a style that would not well be surpassed. (Cheers.) Though he was their chairma n he did not possess a red riband, and he had l e ft his white waistcoat at home—(laughter)—and so far from being surrounded by excessively dull-looking men, he did not think he had ever seen so many intellectual countenances before ; whilst the business of the evening had been most agree ably relieved by music admirably performed. Therefore, their dinner did not agree with that described in the paper alluded to ; and though, perhaps, jn some of these festivals there had been too much of the donations ex pended in their management, the accounts of their so ciety showed that was not the case with them. (Hear, hear.) He had had the honbur of attending two public dinners abroad, which he might be allowed briefly to describe. The first occasion was at Pesth, a few years since, on the opening of a railway, and the dinner was laid out in a tent adjoining the station. The whole of the company, with the exception of himself, were dressed in the picturesque costume of the Magyars, with Hes sian boots, velvets, furs, jewels, &c. ; and tow ar d s th e conclusion of the f dinner he was somewhat astonished by five gentlemen rising at one time and all speaking together-- (laughter)— and presently afterwards one gentleman, more animated than the rest, jumped upon the table and addressed the company with great volubility. That gentleman he afterwards learned to be M. Kossuth, of whom they had since heard so much, At the conclusion of this speech the company broke up, the great majority remaining to dance polkas and quadrilles with the peasant girls and ladies assembled to witness the festivities. Now, he did not know how well prepared Sir Charles East lake might be to follow his profession next day, if he were to come there booted and • furred, and remain to dance polkas—(laughter)—but he had no doubt a great saving of time would be effected if five gentlemen were to speak simultaneously, though it might not be altogether intelligible. (Laughter.) The other dinner he had the honour to attend was at the Hotel de Ville last year, when the dinner was brought to a conclusion, four speeches delivered, and the company out of the room in an hour and a quarter from entering it—(laughter)— and on their return shortly afterwards, when the cloth was removed, they were entertained with some excellent music. Now, though he did not think it would be quite agreeable to Englishmen to equal their neighbours in expedition, he thought there might be some improve ments in conducting these dinners. He would have a little music with the dessert, then the speeches of the evening, and then a great deal of music —(cheers)—and he thought that the knowledge of the entertainment awaiting them would conduce to short speeches (cheers)—and at the same time gentlemen who were en gaged in business throughout the day would be happy to attend the festivals of the different institutions, being assured of spending a pleasant evening, and getting home at a reasonable hour. (Cheers.) Ile begged once more to thank them for the honour conferred upon him, and to assure them that he had had the greatest pleasure in being present to press 'the claims of_ that institution ou pabliqsupport. (Cheers.) ;" " Sir Ch ar l es L oc k E ast l a k e and the Royal Aca dem," " The British Institution, and all the other So established for the promotion of the Fine Arts ;" DUSTMAN'S VAILS. Yesterday at the Kensington Petty Sessions, Mr. Williams, dust contractor, was summoned on the charge of having refused to take away the dust of a housekeeper, whereby he had subjected himself to a penalty of five pounds. As an attempt to put a stop to the system of giving the contractor's men beer money, without which they habitually refuse to take away the dust, the case excited much interest. A case was proved in which a person not in the habit of giving the dustman beer, or money in lieu, was unable, after many attempts to prevail on the m t o d o th e i r d uty. The defendant said he paid his men good wages, and had discharged at least twenty upon similar complaints. He thought it was as much the fault of those who made a practice of giving beer money, as the men for taking it. He had done, and would continue to do, all in his power to put an end to it. Mr. Nixon, the chairman of the magistrates, said he certainly mu-it plead guilty to the failing of giving the men money, but he would give it up. Mr. Bellworthy, the chairman of the Kensington Im provement Commissioners, said he had t o bl ame hi mself for giving them m one y, and for which he was rewarded by having his dust binn emptied much oftener than it required. It had come to his knowledge that the prac tice bore very hard upon poor people, who had great difficulty in getting their dust removed, or to pay for it. Mr. Wilson, a magistrate, said he was another guilty of bribing the dustmen. Complaints like this could not be looked over. Unprotected females called aloud upon them for redress. The Chairman said the contractor had met the charge in a proper way, and this being the first public com plaint, the bench would only inflict a fine of 10s. and costs. If others were proved, the full penalty would be enforced. The defendant said he would go home and discharge every man. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—TVilliam Morley was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to defraud Messrs. Hankey, the bankers, of the sum of 2001., by means of a forged bill of exchange. Mr. Mullins, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, solici tors to the committee of bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prosecution. Mr. George Bott, of the Crown Hotel, in Rupert street, Haymarket, said, on the 13th inst. I received the following letter : "Leeds, April 12, 1853. " Mr. Bott.—Dear Sir,—Can I trouble you to get me the enclosed cheque cashd at Messrs. Hankey in notes, and forward it to m e a t Y or k , w h ere I shall be staying Thurs day and Friday next. I shall be in London next month, and shall stay a few days with you, being the first time since I was with you at the Exhibition.—You will greatly oblige, dear sir, yours, &c., " WM. WALKER. " N.8.--Direct for m e a t th e Post-office, York." (Copy of the e nc l ose d c h eque.) " 7, Fenchurch-street, London. " Messrs. Hankey, pay to Mr. W. Walker or bearer, the sum of two hundred pounds. " ARTHUR LASCELLES." I presented the cheque at Hankey i s,bank, and in con sequence of a communication with that establishment, I addressed the following letter to Mr. W. Walker, Post-office, York, and transmitted it : " Crown Hotel, 57, Rupert-street, Haymarket, April, 15, 1853. " Dear Sir,—l have presented the cheque, as you re quested, but as I was advised that it would be dangerous to send such a sum of money by post, I was advised to pay the money to a bank at York to your credit. You will therefore have to apply for it at the York Union Banking Company in York, producing this letter. Hoping you will find it right, I am, sir, your obedient servant, " Borr. "Mr. William Walker, Post-office, Yosk." The Prisoner—Does Mr. Bott say that I sent any letter to him ? Witness—l say nothing of the kind. Ido not know you at all. The Prisoner—l called at the Post-office by the re quest of another person. Mr. Mullins--The letter just read, si gne d "G . B ott, ' was found in the prisoner's possession when he was ap. prehended. Mr. G. R. Whitworth, clerk at the Post-office, York, said—On Saturday last this letter was at the Post-office at York. In the afternoon of the same day a boy came to the Post-office, and asked for Mr. Walker's letter. I made a communication to the boy, who then went away, and the prisoner ten minutes afterwards came to the window and asked for a letter for Mr. Walker. In answer to questions put by me he said that he was from London, and that his name was William Walker. I told him I should require his signature to the receipt, which I put before him, and he signed the name " Wil liam Walker" at the foot of it. I then gave him the letter, and said to him, "It's yours, is it not ? It's all right, is it ?" and he said, " Yes," and took it away. In answer to a question from the prisoner, The witness said—l told the boy that Mr. Walker must come himself. Brett. (the City detective) said—On Saturday I was at the Post-office at York, and saw the prisoner leave it, after he received the letter from the clerk. I saw him open and read the letter, and then put it in his trowsers pocket. Afterwards I spoke to him in Peter-lane, York. I said, "Mr. Walker." He turned round and stopped, but made no answer. I said, "Is your name not Walker?" H e h es i tate d and said, "No." I said, " But you have been to the Post -office for a letter ad dressed to Mr. Walker. Where is Mr. Walker, then ?" 1 He said lie did not know, nor did he know where Mr. Walker lived ; nor did Mr. Walker know where lie lived. In answer to other questions, the pri soner sa id he w a s to take the letter to Church' Fenton, in York shire ; that he had met Mr. Walker that morning, who aik tmbliyetwrisitearPt.iot°nsot-rito, ts e ne e a there, and pfoeuc a ze i i - 4( 0 1 fu he np d slid which eh l t tools bteer. asked him, if he was going to York, to fetch a letter for d thnn teforno writ lieve to be a genuine cheque give by the rlon. Mr. "The Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Funds," and other toasts baying been drunk, the company separated about half-past 10, the collections of the evening amounting to 5501. The Musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, who was most ably supported by Miss Eyles, Miss Emma Phillips, Mr. Francis, M r . M anvers , Mr. Cummings, and M r . H. Phillips. We may observe that, by an arrangement peculiar to the stewards of public dinners, the representatives of the press were placed at so great a distance from the speakers as to make it a matter of great difficulty to catch even the import of what fell from the chairman or the other gentlemen who addressed the company. THE WORK OF HUSBANDRY. (From, the Economist.) From week to week the varying character of the weather gives an unusual amount of interest to the ope rations of husbandry at this season, commonly one of the most critical of the husbandman's year. The very late season, the backward state of all kinds of farm-work, and the extraordinary severity of the March weather, have combined to render the lets and hindrances to the anxious toil of the farmer —this year more numerous than usual —more worthy of frequent notice than in ordinary seasons. That there must be a deficient breadth of wheat is now beyond doubt, and unless the season should prove such as to produce an exuberant yield, the quantity of wheat grown in England this year will necessarily be below an average. We do not profess to regard this prospect with serious apprehension, either in regard to the prospects of the farmers or the con suming public. As to the farmers, they will in many instances be compelled this year to rely less than hitherto on their wheat crops, and, from the favourable state of the stock-markets, they will be induced to increase their breadths of green cropping, and thus, by a sort of com pulsion, learn that there are surer and safer roads to profit in husbandry than by grasping too eagerly at corn growing. As to the consumers, a steady and unrestricted foreign trade will now supply any deficiency which may exist in our domestic produce of wheat. The result of the past and present years has placed this beyond doubt. Though it is probable the quantity of wheat yielded by the last harvest was not less, and was perhaps beyond an average, the quality has in general proved so in ferior, that for all practical purposes there has been a considerable deficiency of wheat suitable for the manu facture of flour. Well, though the price has been higher than last year—and the range of prices between the best and the worst wheat has been very much greater—there has been no such an advance in wheat as to seriously affect the consumers. Yet the rise of price has been sufficient to induce large importations. Thus, for the three months ending the 26th of March, 1853, the im portation of foreign wheat has been 138,919 quarters, against 63,700 quarters in the corresponding three months of 1852 ; and of flour the importations of the same period of 1853 have been 49,107 sacks and 61,783 barrels, against 16,133 sacks and 49,979 barrels in the first three months of 1852. In barley and oats though both have been relatively higher than wheat, there has been no great increase of importation ; thus showing that it is wheat we can most really obtain from abroad. This is a lesson, if rightly read by our farmers, which should warn them against too much reliance on large breadths of wheat. Let their object be a large acreable yield of wheat. to accomplish which their wheat land must be in high condition and well prepared. The necessity of draining and other permanent improvements is becoming forcibly felt and strongly expressed by far mers, and such expression is to some, though most in adequate, extent responded to by the owners of The following passages from some of the local agricul tural notices will afford information similar to that we supplied last week in different districts : In South Yorkshire it is stated, that " the crops gene rally present anything but a cheerful character. In the first place, the wheat plant has received partial injury by the extreme frosts ; and in no place does it present that exuberant and pleasing appearance we have of late years been wont to see. The breadth sown was considerably diminished by the rains in the three con cluding months of last year. It was hence desirable that, with an open spring, advantage of a favourable sea son might be taken, and the land left unsown last year receive the seed as early as possible this. With very few exceptions, no such opportunity has presented itself and other crops will have to take the place of land intended for wheat. The frost has likewise been a great drawback upon sowing beans. We shall have, therefore, a much larger quantity than usual of land under barley and oat culture. So far the lambing season has been very partial in its success. With many farmers the general average has been good ; while others have lost not only the lambs but also the ewes : we are afraid the result will prove unsatisfactory. The quantity of stock held by our farmers is not only less in numbers than in former years, but the weight is likewise considerably de ficient, arising from the unfavourable season for fatten ing. In Somersetshire the account is somewhat more favourable. There, it is said, " altogether the season has been very beneficial to the arable lands ; and al though the wheat-plant has been put back, it has, on the whole, come up better than was expected, and there is less deficiency in the winter-sown than we anticipated. That which has gone in since the frost and dry weather have set in, has come up, and is coming nicely. The land is working remarkably well. A good deal of Nursery and Talavera has been put in this month ; and now April wheat has been in demand for seed, and a much larger quantity than usual will go in. Winter beans have been very much cut by the frost, and were injured by the wet. The prospect is not equal to former years. A great many spring beans have been well put in, mostly large ones. Oats and barley are now in progress of sowing ; and the land is very kindly." In this country there seems to have been a consider able loss of both sheep and lambs, but other stock has been healthy. Here, too, a good dual of attention has been called to the deficient drainage of the low lands, and a general assent exists as to the necessity for doing something to prevent the recurrence of such floods as they have suffered from during the past winter. From Berkshire we learn that " the long-continued wet weather and the frosts have much retarded field operations, and but little spring corn has as yet been sown ; but the land is getting into a good state, and every hour and hand must now be made the most of. The autumn and winter-sown wheats continue looking looking very blind ; and as much of the plant has failed, it is now being mended with Talavera and other spring wheat, many pieces of which have been sown. The Nursery kind seems also much in favour, and millers speak well of it. Beans and peas are being planted, and we have observed a few fields of oats and barley being sown. Rye and tares appear rusty, but the plants hold good. Winter beans are sadly cut up, and where the floods have been over them they are quite a failure. Few winter peas have been sown this season. The young grasses are much cut." Stock, as elsewhere, is the farmer's present hope : " The stock of beef and mutton in the farmers' hands is short, and, should the weather be more favourable for shearing, it is expected that there will be many more tegs come to market, 'as the price of wool is tempting. Many have prudently held back, rather than expose those newly-shorn sheep to the late inclement weather. The rapid rise in the price of bacon and pork has brought forward a better supply, and the prices have somewhat receded. Pigs being fatted much quicker than beef or mutton, a deficiency in the supply is more easily made up ; the top price is now 10s. 6d. per score. Store sheep met a brisk sale. The tegs do not come to market and fairs in a condition so good as usual, but there is no fall in the price. Cow stock of all kinds sells readily at fair rates, as all kinds of store pigs. Useful horses meet ready purchasers. Hay is scarce and dear. The lambing season is now concluded ; and in the eastern part of the county, where the flocks are small, and the breeding for the sale of fat lambs is pursued, the result has been favourable. An unusual number of twins has been produced; but the accounts from the larger flock-masters have not been so propitious, as we have heard of some losing many ewes, and that the lambs are affected with scouring about three days after birth, which has carried off a great number." In Norfolk it is reported that "the weather could not well have been more unpropitious for spring cropping ; sharp frosts at night and daily snowstorms, quickly melted by the powerful influence of a warm meridian sun, rendered even the lighter soils so soft, loose, and spongy. that it has been impossible to work them. Field-work of every kind is unusually backward, and very little spring corn sown at present. Fewer beans and peas will be grown than usual, as it is now full late ; indeed, quite out of season for either. Oats will now be put in as quickly as possible, to be followed by barley." In Dorsetshire, it is said, "farmers' wheat is in re quest at fully the prices it would have realised a month since. Our millers are keeping light stock generally, and farmers are disposed to hold the wheat in their hands until nearer harvest, as the present prospect is backward, and quantity sown very short of an average. The early-sown wheats are looking very favourable; some of the late-sown will require sowing again." In Cornwall, since the 30th of March, when the wind shifted to the south-west, " vegetation made great pro gress. The seeds and old pastures have already assumed a spring appearance, and the wheats, were not affected by the wire-worm or injured by the frost, are rapidly w is e n ll n , ly an in d and other spring wheats ; but little barley has been hasss improving.uo charbtenheavntett takencl aree e y ßsyi en n f a found snh a de wt f e e irn l e v t td o e fi r s a n oi netaustwast dayseai T r . ne 1, o t E o and Every n r o y g w i t a d rr v a a i n a v t a n g r a e tilled, or oats, except on light lands. Swedes and turnips of all kinds are nearly exhausted, but they kept better than for some years past. Although a large portion of hay is consumed, it does not advance The ßeed lambing for thatching, a n n iu d ch li i in ha a s st r e io ra w a g r o n t o t e o n a en c t l i o ly se f , av a n n u d ra t b h l e n. reports from th e flock ciennehStrinawreisqusecaatr.ce. In Sussex the flocks have now nearly finished iambi /le . , t n t , r but with various. success. Some have been exceedingly fortunate, more particularly those who lambed early; but some of the late flocks have sustained very severe losses both of ewes and lambs. We have heard of an instance in one flock where as many as fifty ewes. have been lost. It is somewhat difficult to account for these periodical losses ; but a great deal may be attri buted to the manner in which the ewes are kept during the winter. From experience we have found it best to keep them in moderate condition, the greatest losses generally falling on those kept too high, and on others that are badly kept. REPRIEVB OF WILLIAM TYERELL.—At a late hour on Tuesday night we received a telegraphic communication to the effect that William Tyrrell, the youth at present lying under sentence of death at Kirkdale, and about whom so much interest has been excited in this neigh bourhood, had that day been reprieved.—Manchester Examiner. PRICES OP SA ARE,!_'.. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From, the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUE‘DAY .IND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19. JOINT-SPOOK BANKS, 1...1. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. P i ce. to Annum. Share. 1 pr Australasia........... 61. per cent. 40 0040 0 0 % British North American 6 . p er cent. 50 0 0 88 0 0 0 62 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1000021 0 2) Co onial ........ •..... 3'. per cent. 100 0025 0 0 lonian _ 6/.1 e • cent. 25 0025 0 0 - Loud. Char. Bk. of Aus. ' - 21 002 In 0 15% London and County .. 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 tO 0 0 30 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cen t. 100 0 0 20 0 0 35% L ' London Joint Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 21 % .1- Provincial of Ireland.. 81 por cent. luo 0 0 25 0 0 483., Le Ditto, New. ..... ... 8 . per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - ;e rational of Ireland 4' per cent. 50 0 0 22 It 0 Nat Proviicial of Eng. , 6'. per cent. 100 0 0 s 5 0 0 ', Ditto, New .... • • ..6/. per cant. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -r, Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p ct.fk. lis. 25 0 0 25 0 0 51% e South Australia .. •.. ,Gr p. ct. & bs. 75 0 0 15 0 0 4934 s Union of ust ra li a ...• 6 p. ct & bs 25 0 0 25 • 0 77 Ditto . - 210 0 n Unl nof London ..... 7 per cent. 50 0010 0 0 18 F ) Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - a I N'AUII.I. NC E COMP ANI Eq. 1 Name of Company, Dividend Amount D per of Paid. I P r i ce. Annum. Share. r ----- Albion .. ...... •• 3/. 10s. 500 00£s.d. X s d 50 0 0 90 r Alliance Brit. and F or . 71.1 Is. B d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - ) Ditto Marine.-- 61. p.c.& fis. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 r Anchor ........ •• • ... 6 p er cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - ' Atlas - • British Commerci a l .. 7 s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 n 0 7 ) Cleriel.Med.&Gen.Life spr et. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% Coanty ~ . . 4/, 103 0 0 1 0 0 0 121 , Crown .............. 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 Eagle .. .... . ... ...... ss. 50 0 0 50 0 74 74 . Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 b 0 0 f.c, r E ener ur opal ean Life......... 15 s. 20 0 0 All paid. 20% ` _„ .. - 5 0 0 111 5% • Globe ••• •.. . 61. per cent. Sto c k. 150 r a uardian ....... • . 51 , per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 6114 i Imperial Fire.......... 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life • Indemnity Marine.... 1/..h . & I .s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 t, Law Fire . Law Life... .. .. _ - - 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 - London Fire London - hip.... Marine......... ••• • . 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 25 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4 gl. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva ...... •••• .. sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 Monarch ..... ...... _ 060 0 1 0 . National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 002 10 0 294 0 21s Palladium Life....,,.. 5!. per cent. 50 0020 0 2% Pelican ............. - - - 45 Phoenix - - - Professional Life •-• •. 51. per cen t. 650 0 10 0 173% P , vident Life ••.. IL ss. & bs. 100 0010 0 it 41 Rock Life.... .. •• .... s s . 5300 10 0 8 Royal Exchange • ••• • • 61. p.m &bs Stock. all 236 Sun wire .••• •• 6 1 1. Ifs - .-• ft Ditto Life ll. 6s. - 65 United Kingdom .. • • 41, p. et. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 5 Universal Life Victoria Life . . ..... • I 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ----- - £ s. d. £ S. d . Hungerford .......... - - - 12 tionthw ark .. ..... ... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 734 pc. 70s. per cent 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo . . ... - 100 0 0 -3% Dittn Old Ann. of 8/. 21 . Bs. O d . - 60 0 0 26 Ditto Sew ditto of 71. 2/. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 2 ,.,1/. Vauxhall - Av. '2l. 70 10 3 - WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company..l per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. East London Grand Junction. .... • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 5 0 69 Kent...-. ...• • - 84 %Lambeth - - 100 0 0 - - New River Company 2l. 10s. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 5/. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 li est Middlesex - - 110 DOCKS. 1 • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of i Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. -.-.. £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial ........ •. 41. pr cent. St oc k . - - East and West India.. 6341. pr cent. Stock. - 164 East Country 2os. per ek. 100 0 0 - - London .• • ..... • • 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 126 Ditto Bonds ll. per cent. - - - St.. tiatharlue •• .• ...• 4 per cent. Stock. - 100 ti uthampton Victoria - 2 0 0 6% CANALS. S 4 Dividend Names of 'Dividend Names of , Price. 1 ••• ner Pn.c Companies. 1,4 per •Companies. .2 I Annum. Qo Annum. m -- X Astitnte Oldh so n t .p. ct. 140 M acclesfield • iOO 2/. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 Neatk .• •• 1* 161. lirknkicAhrg 150 5/. 32% Oaiord..•••• 100, UM Birmingham 40 41. 105 Peak Forest. 78 Si. Ism. 70 CoveltrY.••• 100 25/. Regent's.... 33 , 11. 0g . 16 Derby ••• • • 100, 61 . 63 Rochdale.... 851 21. 42 Ell RR &Clis 69 2% p. ct 34% iemrset Coal 00 Grandlunctn 100 . s, pr.ct. Do.LkFdSt 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. &Wore „in 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100, 21.105. 3brewskury.. 5 :rand Union 100 11. lO s Stourbridgv., , 1- 4 - 8 201. 290 enn & Avii 39 Os. 04. 7% Severn and 1 La 'caster . 100 Wye Rail. 21. Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 251. 530 Warwict & 1 Leicester 100 51. 66 girmin g . 1(0, 4/. 40 L3lcstr&N'th 83' 41. 44% varwicl'& l,oughborodi 1 42 70 . 510 Napten..} 1 2/. 28 , nmouthsh 100 Woresir & .8 31. Mntgineryslt 100 Meltnlllwbry 100 Wilts & I.rlss les. Od. 71 les. Oti.l GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per (~r Paid. Price. Anr4um. Share. --------- ---- -- - I£ s. d. X s. d. British .• •• •• .. •• •• .. _._ - Ditto trovinclsl.• .. 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 Brighton •• .• .. •• •• .. 5/ . 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• .. 6!. 100 0 0 150 5 0 125 C .ntineatal (3d Cap.)... 4/. 75 OKn 0 43 10 0 67 1 ,4 uitable.. •• 4... •• .. 50/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Great Centra1 , ....... 10 per cent. lO 0 0 10 0 0 W., Imperial ...... •. •• •• 31. F.: bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 85 , A Independent ......... 6/. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London•• ............ - • 150 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Pan. Preference 6/ per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% P lamix ............. 3il per cent.' 50 0 0 49 0 0 28 R4tcliff ..... ..... 5/. 1100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General ...... 1/. 50 0050 0 0 20 W:stNnlaster Chartered 51. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 39 iftte. New .... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% LIST OF SCOTTISH. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. cr. £ 8. d. Cank of Scotland . ..... 71. per cont. lot> u u Wu u 0 190/ 0 British Linen Comp.... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211/ 0 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 0114 s Clydeadale Bank • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 :2 154 , ;ommercial Bank •••• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 811 0 Eastern Bank -•••• •• 61. per cont. 25 0 0 10 0 0 IP/12s E lint, &Glasgow •• • • 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 8 s Exchange;Bnk of Scot - 100 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. td National Bank •• •• •• 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 fa Not - Viol Scotland Bank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 4/3s 6d Royal Bank ofScetland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 1 - 5110 union Bank of Scot. Western Bank •••• • •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 105 ~ I llance Fire and Life .1%1.pr cent 10 0 0 10 0 0 24/ ICs British Guarantee atedonlan Fire Insur lOl. per coat. 100 0 0 10 0 p 261 e B d City of Glasgow Lilt* .61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4 , . lOs Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur it. per cant. 190 0 0 15 0 0 1211105 Eng. & scot. Law Life 5/.percent.. 50 0 0 217 6 1 4 1 C s Life issoc. of Scotland 6/.per cent. 10 0 0 110 4'. Cs National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 13s North British Incur. * 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 341. is icottishUnionlnsrnc. 7 1 4 4 1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 14s atan.lard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 10 0 0 . 1 0 0 Ws' d * Ex Dividend. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGK.—This market was dull to.day - , eDe prices a shade weaker. Birmingham and Stour Pallet " done at 10 3-16. LEEDS, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The share market has been 4.111 00 6 languid this morning. The transactions have been onniii to a few cif the heavier s to c k s, w hi ch have been don, 0 . , rather easier t erms . Lancashire and Yorkshire &O ct :. ; and Midlands at 74k. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount f per ' of Paid. Pric e . Name of Company. Annum. Share. -- £ s. d. X s. d. ' 50 0 0 20 0 0 ' 10% Assam Tea • • ........ kactien M art •••• • • .• 2i. as. 50 0 0 35 1 tustralian Ariculturl 1. 100 0 0 35 0 0 80 Australian Trust .... 61. per cent. 35 0 0 2 0 Australian Royrl Mail 10 0 0 2 0 0 knglo-Mexican :1 nt.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -_. British American Land 15s. 88 10 0 83 Canada ... •• .... •• 51. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 70 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. Ditto. 6pr et . Bonds 61. per cent. City Navigation Bonds 3{ per cent. 116 95 Electric Telegraph (A) 25 00 20 0 0 21% Ditto .. • • •..... (B) -- 2 5 0 0 7 10 0 Equitable Reversieary 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116% Ditto New ........ 0 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& b s, 21 100 0 100 0 0 GOB .St clam Navigation 10 p. ct• 15 0 0 14 0 0 TW A Eudson's Day ........ St Ilungerford ...... •• .. 21. IN. 100 ock. 220 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution ... 78 15 0 London Reversionary 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 Russell (nit' tution .. 12 10 0 Prica's PatentCand. Co. 101. per cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 21 Reversionary Int. Soo. 4%1 r cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 105% Riyal Mail Steam.... 41. .p. p alitu• ' c.. 100 0 0 60 0 0 74 S nlth Australian ... . • Trust and Loan Comp. 5/ . per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 43 of Ulmer Canada • .. 20 00 3 0 0 — ....—..._......---....„,___._____._---........--. h GREAT EXPEDITION IN W RITING. —O n th e recent GREAT EXPEDITION IN WRITING.—On the recen, hearing of the evidence on the Huddersfield Election Petition before a committee of the House of Commons, our reporter received much assistance in preparing the voluminous notes which have appeared in this journal during the progress of the inquiry. Mr. Kerr, the well known law stationer, of Chichester Rents, Chancery lane, London, With , his large staff of writers, on several occasions verified the old adage, "many hands make light work." On the afternoon of the 10th of March • ultimo, our reporter's minutes of the evidence were ex ceedingly heavy, and at a few minutes to five o'clock he waited on Mr. Kerr and told him he must have a copy to send to the Examiner by seven o'clock that evening. The copy alluded to occupied one hundred and thirty sheets open foolscap, each sheet containing forty-two lines, and each line supposed to contain about twenty words, or in the whole nearly one hundred and nine thousand two hundred words. Mr. Kerr readily under took to complete the work, and when our reporter called in little more than two hours, this large volume of writing was lying on Mr. Kerr's counter quite ready, and in a few minutes was in the mail train on its way to the printing-office of this paper. Great praise is due to every one connected with Mr. Kerr's establishment, not only for the expeditious manner, but also for the beautifully clear writing, in which the notes for the Ex iminer were transcribed. The punctuality, civility, and intelligence displayed warrant us in recommending others to patronise the very useful and respectable es tablishment already mentipned.—Zdars.fiek4 Examiner. j SEIPP ING IN TELL IGENCE NOTICE TO MARINERS. New Lights at P a l ermo, Mil azzo, and Torre di Faro, it .„; Sicily.—Notice h as b een rece i ve d at Lloyd's from the liau Consulat e , th a t th e li g h ts at the three lighthouse 6! situated on one of the towers of the pierhead at Falcon —the second at Torre di Faro —and the third on the Pi? . montory of Milazzo, will . be replaced by Catadiopt l l Lights of the fourth class - on the Ist of April, 20t" April, and Ist of May respectively. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CIISTOM-Hol7o' APRIL 20. The Tham es , f rom Ham burgh ; Eole, Gravelines; bion, Boul ogne ; Willi am Pitt, Guernsey; J u li a , Guer,P sey ; John B u ll, G uernsey ; Batavier, Rotterd a m : Ecsoill, tion, Dram ; J enne A ugust i ne, Calais ; Kron Prins . derick, Sarpsborg , Triton, Ostend ; Choice, Leglore' ' Cumber and, Hambu rg ; George and Mary, Coen ; p o ret t Alexandria ; S ara h , Palermo • Ruby, Odessa ; City of B4 t. terdam, Dunki r k ; Avenir, ga,vre. LIVERPOOL —APRIL 20. The Calpo (s.s.), which arrived yesterday afternoon from Marseilles, left that post on the 10th inst., and encounto,Z, a heavy north er ly ga l e th e same d ay, with a high sea. `', , the 17th and 18th th e wea th er was very calm, and o°l'4 smooth as glass ; p asse d a great number of vessels, "" could not report whether in or outward bound. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING . —Th e Thames, for r Hamburg ; C oncor di a, El s i nore, &c. ; Batavier, B°deae, dam : Lark, Ch er b ourg ; L ewo V an Nyenstem, Port ok; laide ; Triton, O s t en d ; Ci ty of Rotterdam, Dunifir Bridget, Mo ,, ° adore. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Margare t for Bremen ; Helvellyn, Algoa Bay ; Jane Margaret, 01 i. burg; Tweelin gen , H am b urg; Stadt Dordrecht, 1)°,10: Cygnet, Demera ra ; L ar k , Ch er b ourg ; Fyenoord, Bo " dam ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Laurina, Messina4 Palermo ; Rowall an , M e lb ourne ; John Barrow, , Philip and Sydney ; Hope, Teneriffe and Fernando Po. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. 5° The James Cuna r d, C ar diff to Quebec, April 15, lat. N., long. 13 W. The neral List, Liverpool to Port Philip, Janw•-• lat. 30. The Hannibal, Lond on t o C anton, March 9, lat. 1 long. 26 W. The Unity, Boston to Algoa Bay, same day. 13°'' The Canute, Shi e ld s t o C a l cutta, February 22, la t • long 29 W. The Mantanzas, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, lat. I; 84 long. 29 W. The Chieftain, of L on d on, s t eer i ng S., lat. 13 St j oof 29 W. The Standerings, s t eer i ng S., M arch 25, lat. 7 S. , 101* 27 W. The Jenny Lind, from Panama, March 27, Ist. 30, long. 27 W. The Daniel Ross, Calcutta to Bremerhaven, Marco lat. 23 N., long. 27 W. COUNTRY MARKE2'S. _ EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—APRrr, 19. There were in the market to-day, 6 sacks oatmeal, 'a I weighing 2801bs imperial. Four sold thus-1 a t 1111 0 1. 2 I 3 at 1/ lOs Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW KA_RICET-- APRIL 19. Ice. Supplies were agai n l arge . # Oat strew, from 6s Oct to 8s Od per kemple of 16 Mg. tron ; wheat d o ., 7 5 O d to 8s Od; barley do., 4s Od tiou l Hay from 9d to lid per stone. DALREITH MEAL MARKET—Apnria There were in the market to-day 75 bags ostmealbo• of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley; sales ready. meal same on the top ; second quality 3d per bag u" Barleymeal and pot-barley the same as last week. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. ' l 'o imperial Barleym ea l, per di tto 2ss Od 00s Od Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od — l4 od Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARKET—Aram 20. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d. 0. 4 , I 6 Burnhope .................. 14 0 Belmont 17 g Carr's Hartley ._ . _ ....15 6 L am b tou lB 6 Longridge's W. Hartley 15 6 Lyons 17 0 New Tanfield 15 6 Russell's Hetton 18 0 Portland West Hartley...l4 ii [Scarb oroug h l7 6 Stewart's Hartley 15 0 S tewart ' s 18 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 9 1 Whitwell .................. l f/ 6 1; West Wylain Trader 15 6 Cassop . .............. . ..... . 17 , 0 Wall's End, &c. W es t Kelloe.. .. ......... 0 Gibson l6 0 West Whitwo . rth . ......: .. l t . 0 Harvey Wylam, uns. l3 6 Cl aver i ng Tees ld ........... . 8 6 Riddell l6 6 Tees ... _ ', K 0 Eden gain . ........... .. l7 6 Perkin's Anthracite ...... •:, 0 Lambton Primrose 17 9 Powell's Duffryn Steam Bell 17 6 Ships at market 125 I Sold 67. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20. STOCK ExcHANGE.--The share market has been f1t 4 .0 , / e re day, but prices closed a shade better. The following isi ; the qu o t a ti ons : —C a l edonian, 324 ; East Lancashire, e, Kendal and Wi n d ermere, 14g ; Lancashire and York , o u " 76i ; Lancast er and Carlisle (thi r d s h ares ), 13 i P. 7011 t. don and North Western, 1194 ; Midland, 794 ; Eastern and Dover, 23g ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 114 Rhenish, F shares), 1-16 p. ; Midland (.4 per cent.), a p.; " Rhenish, 11-16 d. MANCHESTER, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a fair amount of bi ll: DOSS, but prices were lower. Blackbtum ; Leeds St°44; 77 • London Stock, 11 ; Dovers, 22 • Midlands, 14 e , Sheffield Stock, 30 ; Caledonian, 32h ; East Lancasb° 14 ; Chester and Holyhead, 224 ; Sheffield Prof., 11. SEABORNE MALLS. (N signifles that the mails arc sent from the General p ost .oel by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] COUNTRIES. Day when ?node up From what . 0 in General Bost- Port al o eol. Mice, London.* Dispatched. A merica(byß r i t.pack)N Every Friday .. Liverpool ... Each 00 America (by United Sts. • packet) Aprll.l9 ...... Liverpool .. . Apr 121 America (by U States packet) ........N April 18 • ........ SouthamptonlArriv` d .. , Australia (via South ampton) .......... hi 4th of May • • .... Southampton Aprll ~ Ditto (via Ma rse ill es ) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...... APT' Ditto (via Cape of Good 3 0 Hope) • ....N 2d of June ... ... Plymouth .. March Africa (West Coast) ..N 23 r d of the month. Plymouth .. 12 2 0 N 8,, 9, 24, & 30 of in Dover April ~0 Alexandria .....D} & ft.th 20th of mon. Southampton MN" 4 -01 Bahamas ...........3,1 2nd of the month S ou th ampton I s t ol Brazil Belgium ............N .. Dover ft/01/% 6 31 9th of the mouth.. Southampton Illay : 6 Buenos Ayres 9th of tile month.. South am pton!MaY',6 Cape of Good ll ove ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April Cape of Good Hope N 204 of June ...• Plymouth .• 3 Cape de Versa...N l4th of the month Ply mout h 2 6 Ceylon (see Indi a ) . Ceylon .............. N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Channel 151e5.... • ...N Ar on ~IVed ,&Fr'd. SouthamptonTtt Chili. •••••• • • • .. & 17th of m on th Southampton APrl4,," China (see India) Constantinople ......b T ,8,17,21,&27 of m Dover .. .. April 3 °' Constantinople Ith &20111 of mon Southampton Nat' 4,01 f N t:ont. of Europe M & wicu daily „ ~, D over iCe. Egypt (see India) France .. M & N Twic e d a i1y...... Dover Twicct. WV k Gibraltar .. ..... 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o f m. Southampton .April Greece (see India) Greytown .......... M ?rd & lah of mon. 740 uthamptonlApril 1 , 6 0. Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London Havannah ..........31 2nd of the month Southampton Istotriir Holland Wednesday & Sat Londo n .....131074.1 Honduras 31 17th of the month . Southampton;APri l ; India (viaSoutltampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton MaY India (via Marseilles)3l Bth&l4th of month Dover . MaY lonian isles (see India) If Ireland ........ M& N T w i ce da i ly . Holyhead Toico o Li5b0n........ • ..... 31 7,9, 17, & 28 of M. Southampton MO 1 6 Aradell a of the month Southampt on Mal )6 „ Madeira ............ N 23rd of th e m on th Pl ymouth .. MAY " Malta (see India) Malta 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Do ver 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Ply mou th 112 00- Mexico 2..m.1 of the month.. Southampton'lst f. j. Naples ..... ........N bthiSth2bthoftnon. Dover 'Apt I! 1 6 New Granada 2d & 17th of month SouthamptonlPri4 A lst New Zealand By private ship .. Various ports Uncel , ' i Papal States ........N s thlbth2stholinon. Dover !April 16 Peninsula .......... 31 7thl7th23thofmon Southampton l AP III 6 rent 2.i & 27th of mon Southampton April ;0 Port Natal 14th of the month Ply mouth . tAPril „9 „IN sthliith2sthofmon, Dover .; Tuscany ....N s thl s th2sthofinon. Dover Venezuela ..... • .... 7.1 2cl& 17th of month Southampton April Van Diemen's Land (tee 1 Australia) 1 6' West Indies ........14 2d& 17th of month Southampton ( April * When any of these dispatchel on the followt Southampton),-and the 3 day preceding. lates fill on a Sunday, th e ma ils ..4 — ll ug day, with the exception of the India, ialta, both of which will be dispatched BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 18th inst.. at 5, Porteus-road, Maida-hill, wife of Dr. John Guise Westmacott, stillborn. OF A DAUGHTER. siNir • On the 19th inst., at West-end, Hampstead, Afro. Betts. • RRI ED. On tho 19th inst., at St. Mark's-church, St. John's - w°, - , John, son of the l a t e R ev. P. Inchbald, D.C.L., of Adri of hall, near Doncaster, to Julia Frances, eldest dauglo e st. Charles Merri c k Eld er t on, Esq., of 4, Abercorn-place, John's-wood, barrister-at-law. On the 3d of January, at el aulnah, R. G. Jones, tit.- 2d Madras Li g ht C ava l ry, youngest son of the late Gen. Sir R. Jones, K.C.8., to Caroline Diana 313 ,,,g al daughter of th e l a t e M a j or C. H. Campbell, of the B' Artillery. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Guildford-lodge, Upper Ttl l sf s the aged 52, J. M. Rainbow, E sq , for twenty-eight Set oe co much valued act uary o f the Crown Life Ass" Company. On the 18th inst., a t 4 , L ower Park-villas, Pl u nlP +As a ' -- common, Kent, L. J. H. Ori, Esq., aged 58. —OOl LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD() ilgr of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Of fi ce, o° ! t y of Strand, in the Preci nc t of the Savoy, in, the ottn likiddletrax, Thursday, April 21.188 3.