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of Chatham, was bribed by a situation as a letter-carrier in the Post-office, obtained for his son, Charles Greathead, by Sir John Mark Frederick Smith." And now with regard to theto which the hon. baronet had referred. precedents He quite agreed with the hon. baronet that there were numerous precedents to be found on the journals in which the house, on the reports of committees, had directed the Attorney but to prosecute persons for bribery and perjury ; but he beli inte rf ere d g venture to say that the house had never in that manner unless in cases of flagrant and gross corruption , or cases of such a character as seemed to call imperatively on the house to do so. He would, however, mention one or two cases in which it appeared to him some little caution was given to the house as to the mode of proceeding in cases of this d escr iption. In 1841 Mr. Charles Williams for W e bster Wynn brought forward a mo tion for prosecu ting D bribery at the St. Alban's election. The committee had no t reported that Dr. Webster was guilty ery, but, on examining the evidence taken before the com mittee, there were two cases which seemed to establish the charge against him. With some reluctance, and after considerable opposition on the part of members of great weight and authority, the house, as he thought unfortu nately, yielded to the motioif, and directed a prosecution to be instituted against Dr. Webster. Now, he thought the house would go along with him in opinion that they ought never to direct a prosecution unless they had a reasonable expectation that they would be able to secure a conviction ; because it was obvious that the house would sustain considerable prejudice and damage if they solemnly directed a prosecution to be instituted, and it afterwards turned out that the charge made was without foundation. Well, what happened in that case ? He (Sir F. Thesiger) appeared on that occasion as Attorney-General, and the hon. member for Kilkenny (Mr. Serjeant Shee) appeared for Dr. Webster, and the result was a verdict of "not guilty." But there were some proceedin g s consequent on the motion of Mr. Wynn which he thoug ht were not cal culated to sustain the credit of the house in the estimation of the country. Mr. Ward, who took part in the debate against the motion for prosecuting Dr. Webster, in three days afterwards (June 11) brought forward a motion with reference to the Cambridge election, the report of the committee on that subject having been presented to the house in June, 1840 ; so that 12 months had been allowed to elapse after the report of the committee had been pre sented before bringing forward the motion upon 't lt was perfectly clear, therefore, that it was a re talia tory motion. (Hear, hear.) Unfortunately , the mo tion of Mr. Ward was carried, not for the prosecution of Mr. Manners Sutton, who was declared have been by his agents guilty of bribery, but for the prosecution of two persons named Long and Swan—Long being then under prosecution by other parties. He thought, therefore, that the house should be extremely cautions in directing prosecutions which might be attri buted in the first place to strong party feelings, and in the next place where there was not a fair and reasonable pros pect that there would be a conviction if they went before a jury. (Hear, hear.) Now, what were the circumstances of the present case ? Sir F. Smith, he might mention, had been for 19 years resident in Chatham as Commandant of the Engineers there. He mentioned this to show that Sir Frederick was no strang er in the borough , a nd that he had local interests and clai ms which were likely to be available on presenting himself as a candidate there. He commenced his canvas in March 1852, at which period he was the only candidate in the field. About that time he called upon Joseph Greathead to ask him for his vote. On Sir Frederick's first visit Greathead, although he expressed himself favourably disposed towards him would not pro mise his vote, but on his s econd visit he distinctly pledged himself to support him, and not only so, but proceeded to give him active support in canvassing. He thought it only fair to Sir F. Smith to call the attention of the house to the opinion which he had expressed, on oath, as to the sacredness of a promise given him by a voter. He was asked— " In the conduct of your election did it occur to you looking to the character of the voters of Chatham, that whoever the man might have promised, he might not finally determine to give his vote until, in point of fact he recorded it at the poll ?—lt did not, as I said yesterday_ I believed those who promised me their votes would give me their votes. " Did it never occur to you that some of those who promised you their votes might have promised the other side ?—I never suspected it. " Looking to the character of the voters, did it never occur to you, in a large constituency like Chatham, that it was possible many of them who promised their votes to you might have promised them on the other side ? I firmly believed that the promises given both to my oppo nent and to myself would be carried out." He was also asked if he saw the distinction between a candidate soliciting places for the Admiralty for persons he expected to vote for him, and a member making an application after the vote had been given. He answered— ` I do not see the distinction ; indeed I do not, because I consider the promise as good as the performance of it." To show the house how Sir Frederick carried out this principle in practice he might mention that when he called on a voter, and found he had promised to vote to any other candidate, he never solicited that person further for his vote, considering a promise to vote against him as binding as a promise to vote in his favour. (Hear, hear.) After Greathead had given his promise to vote for Sir. F. Smith he was canvassed by a Mr. Crockford, in favour of Mr. Romaine, who had by that time become a candidate. Greathead, it appeared, was under some particular obli gation to Crockford, and in consideration of that obliga tion, he promised to vote for Mr. Romaine, and after Mr. Romaine had left the field he promised Crockford to vote for Sir James Stirling. It appeared from Greathead's evidence that he had entered into some negotiation for disposing of his business, which he expected would be completed before the election, and that he believed he should not be in the borough to record his vote for either candidate at the time of the election. All this time Sir F. Smith was utterly ignorant of these circumstances, and, indeed, he was not in the slightest degree aware of them until he heard them given in evidence before the committee. On the 10th of May Greathead applied to Sir F. Smith to procure a situa tion in the Post-office for his son, who, it appeared was a journeyman tailor in London in a bad state of health. Sir F. Smith having previously, as he thought, secured the vote of Greathead, and never imagining that he was doing anything at all illegal or irregular, applied to the Govern ment for a situation in the Post-office for Greathead's son, which situation he obtained on the 20th of May. So little idea was entertained by any of the parties that there was anything illegal in this transaction, that no secret was made of it by either of the parties concerned. On the 17th of June, Greathead's negotiation about the disposal of his business having gone off, and fording himself obliged to re main in Chatham, he gave his vote in favour of Sir F. Smith. Now, the question which the committee had to consider was whether, in the circumstances to which he had just referred, there was something which brought Sir F. Smith within the province of the act against bribery, and which would compel them to report unfavourably against him. The committee examined both Sir Frederick Smith and Greathead. Greathead was asked— " - Upon your oath, were you induced to vote for Sir F. Smith in consequence of any promise or any expectation that he held out to you that you would get a place for your son in the Post-office or elsewhere ?—I most solemnly de clare that I gave my vote to Sir F. Smith irrespective of anything. " Were you on Sir F. Smith's committee?—No. " You utterly disavow any bargain or contract - With Sir F. Smith ?—Decidedly. " No conditions whatever ?—Not any." Now, he appealed to the experience of hon. members, whe ther, in canvassing a large constituency, there was any thing which they had found more difficult than to prevent persons making applications to them for favours on such occasions ? Sir F. Smith, who, as many hon. members knew, was a straightforward, manly, honourable person, and who had no notion that, when a promise to vote had been given, it was possible for the voter to recede from it, made the application for the situation without the slightest idea that he was thereby endangering his seat. (Hear, hear.) The committee had evidently some difficulty in de ciding the question as to whether this transaction consti tuted bribery on the part of Sir F. Smith or not, and ac cordingly they framed their report in a manner which, while he admitted it affected Sir F. Smith's seat, was more directed to the bribery which was connected with Great head and Greathead's influence than with the acts of bribery committed by Sir F. Smith himself. The house would ob serve that in the guarded expressions used by the commit tee in their report they did not allege that Joseph Great head had been bribed by Sir F. Smith, but by a situation obtained for his son by Sir F. Smith. He (Sir F. Thesiger) considered that no bribery, in the proper sense of that term, had been committed by Sir F. Smith. The 7th sec tion of the 2d George 11., chap. 24, provided that if any person himself, or any person employed by him, should by any gift or reward, or by any promise, agree ment, or security for any gift or reward, corrupt, or pro cure any person to vote at elections, the offender should for feit 5001., and incur certain disabilities. It was necessary therefore that Sir F. Smith should have been shown to . have corrupted, or procured the vote of a party by the 'or gift of some office under the Government. He (Sir F. Thesiger) had given this subject very anxious consideration, and if he had been a member of the commit tee he must have come to the conclusion that no case of bribery had been established against Sir F. Smith. He would further say, that he was satisfied no court in this kingdom would hold that where a voter, without any in ducement or improper influence, had promised his vote, and had adhered to that promise, anything which inter vened, and which the voter himself declared had not the slightest influence in inducing hi m to give his vote, could be regarded as corrupting, or procuring the vote of such person, within the intention of the act of Parliament. Supposing, however, the committee were right in coming to the conclusion that Sir F. Smith had been guilty of bribery in respect of this transaction, he thought it was clear that it was not the intention or wish of the commit tee that any proceedings should be taken against Sir F. Smith. He conceived this was satisfactorily shown by the very guarded language of the report. He would put it to the horse; then, whether they ought to undertake the office of p r osecutor unless very gross and flagrant corruption ha d t evidenceurlla be e and unless it was perfectly clear that Upon the which could adduced a Jury would convict the person accused. It was no light matter for the house to determine upon a prosecution of this kind, because there would necessarily be a very strong prejudice against the person placed upon his trial, for it would be assumed that the house had evidence, and thato thecarefully weighed and considered the as to render it imperative circumstances wore of such a cha racter for the viudication o upon the house to inter ferehear.) He would furth i er its honour and integrity. (Hear, stigma they would affix ask the house to consider the n the character of a highly honourable man by determining sir l F to institute such a pro secution. (Hear.) If theniith . had been guilty of gross and scandalous corruption , would have been qu it e right that a prosecution should instituted against him ; but he (Sir F. Thesiger) could not brin ee himself to • believe that Sir F. Smith had had ofd tlsligli st intention corruption t or to infringe the law. In any case perjury he (Sir F. Thesiger) would be quite flagrant ready• to proceedings for p u n is h in g the offender, whethr to assent a poor man or occupied an exalted position ; but he earnestly implored the house not to adopt hastily a course which would at once be a condemnation of Sir F. Smith, '• unless they thought there were other circumstances in the I , case than those which he (Sir F. Thesiger) had felt it his duty to bring before them. If the object of the hon. mem ber for Westmin s ter was punishment, ho (Sir F. Thesiger) could only sa d y . that Sir F. Smith had been already Hear, hear.) He had lain under most se verely: punishe the heaviest imputations ever since the hon. baronet (Sir had given J. Shelley) notice of his motion, he had lost the seat in that house which had been the object e o a b i j g e e c r t ) b o e f lie h v is ed p t ri h d a e t and his ambition, and he (Sir F. his punishment had been quite sufficient to leadcavn carefully to abstain from any transactions whateerdidwaiteths electors beyond mere canvassing. He (Sir F. Thesiger) would put it to honourable gentleman wh ether there was one member in that house who, after his return, had not been repeatedly applied to to obtain situations e ither for persona who bad voted for him or for their rola- Witas there any honourable member a ...4.1.1.-41....11,..rearn. teamed such appointments? Now, if Sir F. Smith had had more experience of elections and of canvassing—if he had been as cautious as many members of that House—(a laugh)—he would have abstained from making any promise at all, and when the election was over he would have ob tained the situation for the person who had applied to him through an electoral friend. (Hear, hear.) He considered, th a t with regard to the question f morality, it could not make the slightest difference whether the application was made during the election and the situation was obtained afterwards, or whether the application was made subse quently to the elections. He (Sir F. Thesiger) would be glad to hear some statement on the part of the Government of the view which they took of the case. Mr. W. WILLIAMS observed, that it was a notorious fact that the great mass of the members of that House ob tained their seats by means which he thought much more objectionable than those which were alleged to have been used by Sir F. Smith. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Williams) considered that the house ought to adopt a measure which would render it penal for any parties to have recourse to bribery, treating, promise, or any other means of influenc ing voters. A great many members had been unseated during the present session, but he believed that, with the exception of Sir F. Smith, they had all been acquitted of any personal knowledge of bribery ; yet many of those gentlemen had admitted before the committee that they had paid thousands of pounds for gaining their seats, although they need not have expended as many hundreds. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. W. Williams) must say that he looked upon this charge against Sir F. Smith as one of a very light character as compared with many others which had been made—(hear, hear)—and he would suggest to the hon. member for Westminster that he should not press his motion, but should endeavour to take means to repress the system in future. Mr. BRAMSTON wished, as a member of the co mmittee upon whose report Sir F. Smith had been unseated, to say a few words on this subject. At the same time, he doubted whether the house would think it right that he, as a mem ber of the committee, should defend the course they had taken. (Some cries of " No, no.") The committee up stairs was a judicial tribunal, and that house was not a court of appeal. It therefore appeared to him that, if he were to address himself to the house with respect to the reasons which induced the committee to come to their e cision, he would be spe akin g coram non judice. Ate same time, he might say that, although the committee had reported only upon one case, they had considered the whole ea .dence brought be fore them, and upon that evidence they came to the decision they iad adopted. He thought it was proved to the committee by various witnesses that it was quite impossible for any candidate to stand for Chatham without giving promises to voters ; and the ques tion was whether, in forming constituencies of theme c haracter of the Chatham and other dockyard uliar titu encies, that house had not been parties to the crime—(hear, hear)—whether they had not by their legislation tended to corrupt and destroy the character of the dockyard consti tuencies—(hear, hear), and laid a snare which no candidate who presented himself to such constituencies could fail to fall into. (Hear, hear.) He thought it was the duty of the house to consider whether they might not take some means to correct this evil, but he did not think that under present circumstances it would be consistent with the dig nity of the house to order the prosecution of a man for a crime to which they had themselves been privy. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PELLATT said, that as a member of the committee he must say that, although he should like to see tho motion withdrawn, if it should be pressed he would feel bound, on abstract principles of justice, to vote in its favour. He thought the circumstances which had occurred at Chatham were of a trivial nature compared with the corruption which had existed.in other places, and the house might im pose an amount of punishment greater than the offence de served. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the house should deal broadly with the whole question, and punish both agents and the receivers of bribes. It was quite plain, however, that Sir F. Smith had laboured under the mono mania that he might grant favours to voters during the election even without making himself liable to a prosecu tion for bribery. As the committee entertained a doubt as to the state of the law, they had required the learned counsel to discuss that question ; and they had come to the conclusion that it was a case coming within the opera tion of the Bribery Act. (Hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE, who spoke amid loud calls for a division, said that his opinion on the case was strictly em bodied in the terms of the report ' --it was that Sir F. Smith did not intend to bribe Mr. Greathead, and that Mr. Greathead's conduct had been infamous. He could not conceive a case in which it would be more dangerous for the house to recommend the prosecution of a candidate on account of bribery. The committee, feeling doubtful as to the law, had certainly had recourse to the learned counsel for information, but, if the house had the means of judg ing of all the circumstances of tho case, he was convinced they would come to the same conclusion as the committee. (" Divide.") An hon. member of the committee (Mr. Pellatt) had stated that, if the motion were pressed, he should vote for it. He (Mr. Newdegnte) should not do so, because it would be an act of injustice to mark out the very venial case against Sir F. Smith as calling for peculiar had reprobation, in the face of so many other cases which been brought under their notice. The decision of the com mittee was a sufficient punishment for Sir F. Smith, and the house would not act in accordance 'a =th its proper cha racter if they agreed to the motion of the hon. baronet the member for Westminster. Mr. PIGOTT, who was nearly inaudible from the gene ral cry for a division, was und erstood to appeal to the mem ber for Westminster not to press his motion. Mr. M. SMITH vindicated the course adopted by the committee, and recommended that, instead of punishing Sir F. Smith, the house s hould order prosecutions to be commenced against the iniquitous witnesses for the perjury they had been guilty of before the committee. Mr. W. J. FOX rose to answer the challenge of the hon. and learned gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger), who had said that all hon. members must learn that they were constantly asked for favours by their constituents after au election was over. He could assure the hon. and learned gentleman that he had never received a single application of the na ture alluded to, and that he had never as ked a favour of the kind from the Government. He gave this Wir t hans to the challenge in order that it migh t not go forth public unanswered, and that he had no doubt that many of his hon. friends could have clone so too, had they been willing. With regard to the case before the house, the evils complained of—corruption and bribery, could not be remedied by a prosecution of one man or the disfranchise ment of one borough; the only efficient and permanent remedy would be a thorough reform of the Parliamentary representation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. BUNCOMBE said, it appeared to him that it was or ought to be a very serious question on the part of the house whether they should institute a State prosecution at the public expense. It was not a mere question of appoint ing a committee, but it was whether there was sufficient evidence before them to make them believe that a jury would convict Sir F. Smith. ( Hear, hear.) He believed there was not. (Hear, hear.) He recollected the case which occurred not long ago at Derby—(a laugh)—where one Mor gan was caught in the act of bribery, with the money in his hand, and who was prosecuted. Morgan came into court, pleaded guilty, and what did the j ur y sa y ? They said that really the House of Commons was so steeped up with cor ruption and bribery that although they found r Morgan guilty they would recommend him to mercy. (Laughte.) Then the judge Vold the prisoner that he had been found guilty of bribery, but as the jury had recommendeclahim to mercy, he might go about his business, taking care never to do it again. (Renewed laughter.) He (Mr. buncombe) did not believe that a jury would find Sir F. Smith guilty at all. The committee, as the house had been told by its members, had found him g uilty solely in erd er to comply with the strict letter of the law—(hear); --and two of its members had stated that night that he ought not to be prosecuted. He was quite satisfied that the com mittee had discharged its duties conscientiously, andhe was glad to thank the members for portion of their report. Ho alluded to the statement that the electors of Chatham were so dependent on the Government that it was impossible for them freely to exercise the elective franchise, and that they ought all therefore to be disfranchised. (Hear, hear.) The house ought not, under these circum stances, to issue a new writ for the borough of Chatham. The question of equalising the franchise in counties and boroughs had been disposed of that evening by a promise from the Ministry to introduce a large and comprehensive measure of reform during the next session. That measure would be the test of the Administration and would show whether it deserved the confidence of the public or not. The Government, however, had to deal not only with the franchise, but with the extensive system of corruption which had been so completely exposed recently, If they would deal properly with that, they would be entitled to public gratitude. As the general question must be dealt with by the new Reform Act, it was not worth while to occupy their time with such cases, more e specially since the opinion of the com mittee was decidedly against the prosecution. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. O. STANLEY deprecated the assertion made by the honourable and learned member for Stamford (Sir F. Thesiger) that the members on both sides of the house were all equally corrupt, and expressed his opinion that this case ought to have been submitted to the law officers of the Crown, to ascertain whether there was 'sufficient evidence to go before a jury pith. (Divide, divide.) Mr. HEYWOOD was understood to join in the appeal to the lion. baronet (Sir J. Shelley) not to press his motion. Sir J. SHELLEY vindicated his motives for introducing this motion. He had desired only to assist tho house to stand well with the country, and to give it credit for having pursued a straightforward course. The hon. and learned gentleman (Sir F. Thesiger) had appealed to the law - officers of the Crown to give their opinion on this, and ho (Sir J. Shelley) was surprised that no member of the Government had said a word upon the subject. He, perhaps, Might have been induced to withdraw his motion had he received so favourable an assurance as that which been given by the Government to the honourable member for East Sur- rey ; but, although he (Sir J. Shelley) was anxious to consult the feelings of the house on all occasions, still he thought he had a duty to the country to perform, and un less be received some intimation of the opinions of the law officers of the Crown he should persist in dividing. Lord J. RUSSELL did not think that the case under discussion was one in which the opinion of the Government should be used to sway the feelings of the house. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the first course he had to pursue was to endeavour to obtain the best possible advice, in order that his colleagues and himself might be prepared to say what was their view of the law respecting the case. Accordingly, they had consulted the law officers of the Crown, and those law officers had stated their opinion, which was founded on the report and the evidence taken before th e committee, that th ere were grounds for the prosecution of Sir F. Smith—(hear, hear)—and, although they would not answer for the success of th at at prosecution, they thought there was evidence to go bef a court of law sufficient to show that Sir F. Smith had been guilty of bribery. (Hear.) That was the first question he had thought it his duty to ascertain. But there was another question, and one which concerned the house still more. It was the question as to the meaning of the report of the committee. He must own the report appeared to him to have some ambiguity in it, and he could not say that am biguity had been entirely removed by the speeches which had been made that evening by members of the committee. (Hear, hear.) It would appear on the face of the report that the committee were of opinion that Sir F. Smith had b to ee_n_,7ilty o f inducing a voter for the borough of Chatham the Post-office. ther i g i i n it teri on t e r , etati ( oT, a b r a VOL 111. h is favour by then'Sir F. S procuring for him a situation in if that tothe wordsr world interpretation weref an other • ob tain a situation in the Yost-officeithad done no more than ob of Greathead, without intedin fora person of the name influ i e t nce his vote, and without any refers' ice to the elec tion . time difficult to um lerstand. what was the wasntenattiotnheosfautre committee in makis ig that report, One hon. gentleman had stated that the com mittee had found themselves obliged,to come to that conclui ion, and that it was in the second sense only that Sir F. Smit h had been guilty of bribery. At the same time the same hon. g entleman had stated that, in his opinion, it would not be rigbi 't; to prosecute Sir F. thatsmithfor bribery, Ana ha &unclad. hifiL opinion on the ground _the .c.tlstil come a candidate for that borough without being led into corrupt practices of this kind. That was a statement to which he (Lord J. Russell) could not give his assent. (Hear, hear.) He could understand its being said (though he thought that would be a most unfounded statement), that a candidate could not go to Chatham without being so beset by applications for promotion in the dockyard ap pointments in the hands of the Government there, that he really could not avoid yielding to the temptation ; but that there should be any such temptation at Chatham as to oblige the candidate to bribe the voter by the situation of letter-carrier, a situation in the Post-office, was really a statement which appeared to him utterly without any thing like foundation. (Hear, hear.) He could not ima gine that Chatham, any more than any other borough, was in such a position that a man could not be a candidate there without promising places in the Post-office. But then another gentleman, a member of the committee, had said that he believed Sir F. Smith did not intend corruptly to influence this voter, and therefore he could not vote for prosecuting Sir F. Smith. The hon. gentleman was quite right, if that was his conscientious belief, not to vote for such a resolution ; but what he (Lord J, Russell co uld not understand was , ho w the hon. member could have been a party . to this report. (Hear, hear.) For the house was placed in this difficulty—if Sir F. Smith had no corrupt intention of influencing a vote the whole matter of the offence was wiped out, for the offence was that of in fluencing a voter by giving a bribe; and in that case there ought not to have been a report charging him with this grave offence. (Hear, hear.) Other members of the com mittee had taken a different view ; one of them had stated that he was convinced that Sir F. Smith was guilty of bribery ; yet it appeared that it was not their wish that a prosecution should be instituted. (Hear.) Upon the whole, this placed the house in a situation of great diffi culty. He had no doubt the committee agreed to what they thought right, but he could not but consider that they ought either to have stated that Sir F. Smith had, in their opinion, been guilty of bribery, and to have supported a motion of this kind, or they ought not to have preferred this grave charge in their report. (Hear, hear.) He thought it would be very difficult to allow to stand upon the records of the house the solemn resolution which the hon. baronet (Sir J. Shelley) had read, and which had been recorded as a resolution of the house for a great number of years, and not to take notice of a case which was brought before them by a com mittee specially appointed to inquire into the matter. The justice of the house would be very ill-satisfied by reso lutions to which they frequently came, that persons much distressed in point of pecuniary circumstances should be prosecuted by the Attorney-General on account of corrupt transactions in which they had taken part ; the character of the house would hardly stand well if it should appear that they ordered a prosecution, without any hesitation, in the case of 10 or 20 persons in a low condition of life, but that when it came to a person of distinction and sta tion the house would not consent. Therefore, he (Lord J. Russell) thought the house was placed in great difficulty. He had said that he did not think it was the business of the Government in any way to attempt to influence the de cision of the house ; he had meant to give his vote, and allow the question to pass without taking any part in the dis cussion, if he had not been appealed to. He thought, per haps, in consideration of the unanimous wish of the com mittee, the house might refrain from instituting this pro- I secution ; but at' the same time he felt that this was a ' course which would expose the house to a great miscon struction. The committee had brought them into that position that he should find it very difficult hereafter to vote for any prosecution by the Attorney-General in any case whatever after this case had been passed over. (Hear, hear.) He did not know that it might not be as well that the resolution should be expunged, and the prosecution not take place. He did not know that it was a very effectual way of repressing bribery. But he thought, to prosecute all the low and poor persons, and pass over cases like this, would be a course fatal to the reputation of the house (hear, hear) ; and if the house were of opinion, as they seemed to be, that they should not prosecute in this case, he should come down in any future case where a prosecu tion by the law officers might be proposed, and give his vote against it. (Hear, hear.) After an explanation on the part of Mr. NEwDEGATE, which was drowned in the cries for a division, Mr. S. WORTLEY said he could have understood the line of argument of the noble lord, if the house had had before it nothing but the report of the committee and the opinions now given by its members; but the evidence taken had been laid on the table, and if there was any use in lay ing the evidence on the table, it surely was to enable the house to judge whether they should take any ulterior pro ceedings. (Hear.) It would be well for the house to con sider, before consenting to this motion, whether it would not be regarded out of doors as having an apperraece of vindictive feeling—(oh!) — or of making a scapegoat for many offenders (Hear, hear.) He could not conceive it possible that a conviction should take place—(hear, and the house would do well to be cautious of venturing upon proceedings so grave with a prospect of discomfiture and defeat. (Hear.) It seemed that the law adviser of the Crown held that there was ground fora prosecution. That could only be, he apprehended , by making use of the examination of Sir F. Smith himself. But that was con trary to the whole spirit of our criminal procedure. (Hear.) It was the practice of other countries for prisoners to be interrogated by the judge and cross-examined by coun sel ; thank God it was not the practice of this country, but if the evidence of Sir F. Smith was to be made the foundation of a prosecution, we should make a precedent which might be most mischievous in its consequences. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained that the right hon. and learned member was mistaken ; the law officers of the Crown, in giving the guarded opinion which the house had heard, had proceeded upon the general evidence in the case. He would warn the house against sitting in judg ment upon the decision of its committees. (Divide.) Sir J, SHELLEY said that, after the speech of the noble lord, he should certainly go to a division. (Divide.) Mr. DRUMMOND, who was met with a renewed call for a division, was very sorry to be obliged to spoil an y gentleman's dinner, but had still more reluctance to allow this debate to close without entering his protest, and giving his reasons for so doing, against the course now insisted upon by the honourable baronet. He agreed with the hon. member for Oldham, (Mr. Fox) that this was but a poor exhibition of their would-be purity. He (Mr. Drummond) had ever abstained from taking a part in such discussions so long as the purists confined their exer tions to disfranchising voters who had the wisdom to make the only use they could of their votes—(loud laughter) — but when, going beyond that, the house was now urged to institute criminal proceeding against a meritorious officer and an hon. gentleman—(cries of "hear, hear")—when they were all called upon to take up stones to cast at Sir F. Smith, he should like to inquire where was the man who could say "I am without sin ?" (Hear, and a laugh.) It was said some time ago in the Edinburgh Review, to show the absurdity of enacting laws against the sale of game, that " The Three per Cents. would eat pheasants." (Laughter.) In the same way he would say that the Three per Cents. would sit in that house—(hear, hear)—that bank directors and East India directors would sit in that house—(hear) —that "railway kings" would sit in that house—(loud cries of " hear")—and they were threatened occasionally with a rush of the whole of what was called " the railway interest." (Hear, hear.) So long as there were rich and poor, you never would be able to persuade men that there was crime in catching and killing and selling wild animals —(oh I)—nor in a poor man selling anything which a rich man was willing to buy. (Hear, hear.) There were only two ways of governing mankind ; you must either govern by brute force, with the assistance of standing armies and police, or you must govern by self - interest. You migh t call it bribery, or corruption, or give it any hard name you liked, but it was that which pervaded your whole system, from the palace of the Sovereign, through the House of Lords, through the House of Commons, and through the whole of the constituencies, and you could not rule in any other way. True, the brute-force system had rather run to seed in France just now—(laughter)—and the Bastile and lettres de cachet were revived in a way that seemed very offensive to us, who talked of the liberty of the subject; but, pray, was not our system of national representation run to seed? (Hear.) Did gentlemen think that the exhi tion they had made in this last year was not a good excuse to the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of the French for not having fallen so deperately in love with representative institutions ? And why was it that this exhibition had been made this year? Mrs. Hannah M o ro--(" Oh") told us of a gentleman who went " in search of a wife," and Mr. Thomas Moore—(a laugh)—told us that there was a gentleman who wont in search of a re ligion f' last year for the first time we had a Prime Minis ter who went in search of a policy. (Laughter and cheers.) What was the consequence ? He gave four months' notice that he was going out upon this expedition, and every at torney in the kingdom determined that there should be a contested election in every place; and they got up candi dates, and not only candidates but petitions. (Hear, hear.) They returned the members, and, as many of the commit tees of the house had stated, they unseated members by their own conduct in bribing, where the member had no thing to do with the matter. (Hear, hear.) They iof up false petitions. (Hear, hear.) In this very case—the Chatham case—it came out that, before there was a rival candidate to Sir F. Smith, a Petition Was got up. It was a necessary part of their ma,chinery to have a member to petition against. Then the matter was,brought here, to the Coppocks and the Browns---(laughter)—brought here to the tender mercies of the Carlton and Reform Clubs—(hear)— an d they played it out as they would a game of chess, giving a bishop for a rook—(loud laughter)—three false petitions (as a gentleman explained to one committee) for one fighting petition. (Hear, hear.) Why was there such desperate anxiety to come to that house ? Because that house was the great place-bazaar—(laughter)—the great office-market. (Laughter.) Here place-scrip was sold and b o ught. (Laughter, and cries of , Oh r) Why was the house blest with so many gentlemen of the legal profes sion ? (Loud laughter.) Was it not because they found that a flashy partisan speech in that house was a surer road to the bench than hard fagging in chambers or attend ance at court ? (Hear, hear.) But was it for the public advantage that that should be school in which the lawyer should study for the gravity of the ermine ? (Hear, hear.) He was not sure whether the Attorney-General was in his place just now, but there were gentlemen in the house of whom it was pretty well known that by this title they got the situations which they adorned. (Laughter.) To be sure, every class had its price, as well as every individual. You could not bribe in the House of Lords by 21. 10s., or a place in the Post-office. (" Oh, oh !")—but was there no bribery in making barons, viscounts, and viscounts, earls, and earls marquises ? (Hear, hear.) There was a bill introduced by the noble lord, or some reformer or other, prohibiting the giving a few yards of penny riband to the wives and daughters of the electors—it was bribery ! But you would find in the House of Lords the gift of three yards of green riband, or blue riband, very conducive to the public inte rest. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Drummond) was not consur-. ing these proceedings, ho justified them ; it was the only system by which your Government could be carried on. He was very sorry the Government had not got a great deal more power of that sort. (Loud laughter.) When gen tl em en came down to that house they mu st carry on their " bribery and corruption," as it was called (which was self-interest), in another way. They must put up with seats at boards, and things of that sort—(laughter)— and when there was a man that was particularly boring (Bowling), why, he must be sent to Hong Kong. (Roars of laughter.) He (Mr. rmmond) was very sorry that the Government had noD u t in their gift a great many Hong Kongs ; the house would be much improved by it. (Loud laughter.) But there were other places. He was old enough to remember when Mr. Perceval's Government was nearly destroyed because a gentleman in the Treasury refused to vote for him until he had given another brother a place—(hear, hear)—and did they not all remember the failure of Sir R. Peel in forming a Govern ment in consequence of the interference of certain ladies of the bedchamber? (Hear, hear.) An hon. gentleman turned up his nose—(a laugh)—but, unless all rumour's tongues united in falsehood, it was said that the noblelord had, not very long ago, received a letter of remonstrance from the head of alarge family not particularly remarkable for talent, because ho had not included some of them in the new arrangements. (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) What was the danger of the Government ? Simply mere want of places. (A laugh.) There was no danger to the Government from any opposition that could be offered from the other side of the house. The danger was that it received shots from the rear. (A laugh.) If the Treasury were to be symbolized or embodied, it would be as Cybele or Tellus, with more applicants for Nourish ment than she could supply ; or he would take a more homely illustration,—that of Gillray's caricature of the sow that brought forth more pigs than she had teats for. (Laughter.) He saw in the notice paper a motion from one of the friends of the Government—something about India. What was it but the squeak of a pig that had got no teat ? (Great laughter.) He took the liberty, on a former occa sion, to implore the head of the Government in that house, in consequence of the state of things that had beenbrought about by the Reform Bill, never to quit his office upon any petulant vote that the house might come to until there was a direct and specific resolution for an address to the c ro wn. (Hear.) The noble lord had been taunted with the situation he now occupied ; but in his humble opinion that situation was the most honourable the noble lord had ever filled—(hear, hear)—and he be soug ht the n o ble lord— not as an indivi dual, but as the head of the Government — there to remain until the motion he had alluded to should b e carr ied. (Hear, and laughter.) The right hon. gentle man over the way need not have quitted office if he had chosen to remain, and Lord Derby ought either never to have taken office or never to have quitted it—(hear, hear) — for there was no doubt these constant changes were greatly to the detriment of the public service • but the fact was, they never had been reformers—they had been mere specu lators. Their reform would have led them back to the wisdom, and principles, and practices of their ancestors, and they would have seen that unless they gave property its legitimate way of action it would use the illegal way of continual bribery—(hear, hear)—and, moreover, he hoped it would, and that they would not be able to make that house a mass of paupers. (" Oh, oh !" and laughter.) They must make that house the r e p resen t a ti ve o f the wealth of the people, and, when they did that, they would not find the bribery which they complained of. (Hear, hear.) As to this immediate motion of prosecuting Sir F. Smith, they who voted for it were the men who were dis graced by it, and not Sir F. Smith. (Hear, hear.) What was the simple question ? That gentleman had lived in the place for many years ; he was proved before the com mittee to be a kind and charitable man to his political foes as well as to his friends, never asking any question on the subject ; and, because he gave a Post-office place of 12s. a week, all their purity was up in arms—(hear, hear)—and they thought to go and show the country at large what sinless pure creatures they were themselves. (Laughter.) He thought the motion was discreditable to the house, and therefore he was opposed to it. (Hear.) Mr. HUME could not agree with the hon. gentleman that this motion was discreditable. (Hear.) The speech of the hon. gentleman, indeed, was one of the most extra ordinary he had ever heard. (Hear, hear.) It was a speech that he could not have believed any Englishman would have stood up in that house and delivered. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman had libelled the house—(" Oli! oh !" and loud cries of " hear")-- he had libelled the country ; and, whatever the House of Lords might be, he had libelled that and all who were connected with it. Would they not support the resolution they had come to, and show the country that they would maintain the purity of election ? The hon. gentleman said he wished there was more bribery and corruption, and that men were more i t debased than they were. (" Ohl" and laughter.) He should be sorry to see it—they were too much so already. (Laughter.) It had been I's endeavour to get an honest house, and the best way to atta'n that result would be to support such resolutions as the one now before them. They would be wanting in respect to their own character, and to the character of that house, if they (lid not agree to the resolution. Mr. RICH (amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh 1" and great laughter) said, the hon. gentleman the member for West Surrey had done him the favour to make a joke at his ex pense. As to the expressions of the hon. gentleman, he could laugh at them as well as his neighbours, for, having been nearly 20 years in that house, he believed he could lifes y he ase hada gentleman conducted h d im sa ma I f a . bothji of in h o p a u o b u l i r c . a nd d i (Hear,n private Now, as far as the motion of which he had given notice was concerned, no hosti l ity was intended to the Govern ment. (Laughter.) The pre sent Government he regarded with unfeigned respect. (Laugh ter.) It was composed of many honourable and indep endent gentlemencapablcf; carrying on the government , and from him they wo e ul o rece ive the most cordial support when h i s conscience would go with them. (Hear, and a laugh.) Sir J. SHELLEY believed and hoped there was no man in that house less quarrelsome than he was ; but words had been let drop by the hon. gentleman near him (Mr. Drummond) which, for the credit of that house, required some explanation. (Cries of " Question," and " Order," when Mr. t n N o i T s Ze havingrose, übwsiasdeda asu n ro d e g a re hi at s c s o e n a f t u .) sion, during which the hon. baronet re ,bout to address the house, The SPEAKER said, that if the hon. baronet had wished to take exception to any w ord spoken by the hon. gentle man the member for West Surrey, he ought to have done it at the time. (Hear.) s Mr. DRUMMOND said, if he had used any words that were improper, he would at once w:thdeaw them. Sir J. SHELLEY (with some excitement).—You said it was disgraceful and discreditable to the house. (Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Order.") Mr. MUNTZ said, he was not one of those pigs that wanted a Government teat--(laughter)— but there was a very important question before the house, and it would be well for them to consider before they voted upon it what the people out of doors thought of this sort of thing. The pro ceedings of the committee had given rise to a belief out of the house that thero was a good deal of corruption, not merely, on the part of the, voters, but on the part of the members, and the sooner they could clear that up the bet ter. (Hear.) But there was a resolution on the books of the house that they ought to punish any person seriously who did this sort of thing. Now, he never saw Sir F. Smith ; all he knew was, that there was a repert to that house very prejudicial to his honesty, and if they permitted him to escape, or if he were not allowed the opportunity of clearing up the matter, the public might very well say that it was all chattering in that house on the subject. With these feelings he should support the resolution. Sir T. ACLAND said, an appeal had been made to the house by his hon. friend who had just sat down on account of what the public would say of these matters. Now, he gave his vote on a question of personal justice and character as if he were giving his vote on any indictment before the grand jury, and not from any regard whatever to what should be said of his conduct out of doors. (Hear.) The house then divided ; the numbers ware— For the motion Against it — Majority ....-110 ELECTIONS IN IRELAND. Sir J. FITZGERALD moved for leave to bring in a bill for providing that the act of Victoria which regulates the presence of soldiers in England during a Parliamentary election be extended to Ireland. An Hon. MEMBER moved that the house be counted ; and, only 37 members being present, the house stood ad journed. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MAY 3. CHATHAM ELECTION. Sessional resolution relating to elections read, as follows : —" Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person bath been elected or returned a member of this house, or endea voured so to be, by bribery, or other corrupt practices, this house will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such bribery, or other corrupt practices. Sessional resolutions relating to witnesses read—Motion made and question put —That the Chatham Election Committee having reported, that Joseph Greathead, an elector of Chatham, had been bribed by a situation as a letter-carrier in the Post-office, obtained for his son Charles Greathead, by Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, Mr. Attorney-General be directed to pro secute the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith, for bribery at the last election at Chatham." The house divided — Ayes 78, Noes 188. MINORITY—AYES, 78. A dair, H. Hs l l, Sirlßenjamin Phinn, T. Anderson, Sir James Hanmer, Sir J. Pigott, Francis Barnes, T. Hastie, Alexander Pilkington, James Berkeley, Hon. C. F. Hayter, W. G. Rich, H. Berkeley, C. L. Heathcoate, J. Robartes, T. 3. A, Bethel., Richard Herbert, Sidney Russell, Lord J. Biggs, William Hervey, Lord Alfred Scholefleld, W. Blackett, J. F. B. Heywood, James Scobell, Captain Bland, L. ' Heyworth, Lawrence Seymour, W. n Brand, H. Hntt, William Stanley, W. 0. Butler, Charles Langston, J. H. Strati, Rt. Hon. E. Clay, Sir William Langton, H. G. Stuart, Lord D. Cobden, Richard Lowe, Robert Tancred, H. W. Coffin,p,W. ' Massey, W. Thicknesse, R. A. Collier, Robert P. Miall, E. Thompson, George Craufurd, E. , Milligan, R. Tbornely, T. Crook, J, Milner, W. M. E. Whalley, G. H. DrumhAllig,Visco - unt Molesworth, Sir W. Whitbread, Samuel Dunein, George Most) a, E. M. Wickham, Henry W Alice, E. Mu'grave, Earl Wilkinson, W. A Fergus, John Muntz, G. Frederick WPlA.ams, W Fitzgerald, Sir J. Marrough, J. P. Wood, Sir C Fox, W. J. O'Brien, Patrick Freestun, Colonel O'Flaherty, Anthony (leach, Charles Palmerston, Vs. Goodman, Sir G. Peel Frederick Graham, Sir James Pellatt, A Shelley, Sir J. V Hadfield, George Phillimore, J. G. Hume, J. TZLLII% 'MAJORITY—NOES, 188. Acland, Sir T. Grosvenor, Earl Newark, Viscount A'Court, C. Guernsey, Lord Newport, Viscount Annesley, Earl of Gwyn, Bowel Noel, Gerard James Bagge, W. Hamilton, G. A. North, Colonel Bailey, Sir J. Harcourt, Col. Oakes, J. H. Bailey, C. Hardinge, Charles S. Oliveira, Benjamin Bailey, H J Hawkins, W. W. Ossulston, Lord Bankes, G. n e neage, G. H. W. Pakington, Sir John Barrington, Viscount Henley, J. W. Parker, R. T. Barrow, Win. 11. Herbert, Sir Thomas Pennant, Colonel Bateson, T. 110thaM, Lord Percy, J. Bennet, Philip mulles, W. B. Phillips, John Henry Benthick, Geo. P. Inglis , S ir H. H. Power, N. Beresford, William Irian, Samuel Prime, R. Blair, Colonel j e uiffe, Sir W. G. H. Pritchard, J. Voldero, Colonel Jones, Capt. Repton, G. Booker, T. W. Jones, D. Robertson, P. F. Booth, Sir R. Keating H. Sanders, G. Brisco, Musgrave Kelly, Sir F. Sawle, C. B. G. Brooke, Lord K e ndall, Nicholas Shelburne, Earl of Bruce, Cumming Kershaw, James Sibthorp, Colonel Buller, Sir J. Y. King, James King Smijth, Sir W. Bunbnry, W. Kirk, William Smith, Wm. at, Butt, Geo. Medd Knatchbull, W. F. Smyth, R. J. Chandos, Marquis of KnightleY , Chambers, Montagu Knight, F. W. Smyth, J. Ronald Somerset, Captain Charteris, F. Knox , C olonel Sotheron, T. H. S. Christopher, R. A. Knox , W. S. Spooner, Richard Christy, S amue l LacOn, Sir E. Stafford, A. Cobbold, J. Chevalier L a ffan, R. M. Stanhope, J. B. erKirington, Sir w. Laing , s. Stanley, Lord Corry, Henry Lowry L a ngton, W. G. Stuart, H. Cowan, Charles Lascelles, E. Taylor, Col. Cubitt, Alderman Laslett, William Thesiger, Sir F. Davison, R. Lawley, F. C. Trollope, Sir J. Disraeli, Benjamin Legh, G. C. Twlway, R. Drummond, H. Lennox, L ord A. Turner, C. Duckworth, Sir J. Lennox, Lord 11 G. Tyler, Sir G. Duncombe, T. Leslie, Charles P. Tyrell, Sir J. T. Duncombe, Iln. A. Lewisham, Vise. Vance, J. Duncombe, W. E. Lindsay, Col. Vane, Lord A. Dundas, G. Lockhart, A. E. Verner, Sir W.: Dunne, Micha,l Lovaine, Lord Vivian, Hent7 11. Euston, Earl Lnce, T. Waddingtou., 11. S. Farnham, E. Basil Lytton, Sir E. G. Walcot, ACt.n. Farrer, James Macartney, G. walmsley, Sir J. Filmer, Sir Edmund Mackie, John WalPolo , S. 11. Forbes,William Macgregor, ,Tamea Water :I. Forester, Colonel M'Taggart, Sir J. We:ler:ley, Lord C. Forster; Sir G. ' Molina, Richard We 1 1, ..,, W. French; Fitzstephen Mandeville, Viscount. Wrateside. James Fre.llliell, J. March, Earl of V hitmore, Henry Froler, A. E. Maule, Colonel 'Williams, T. P. OaliwcY, Sir W. P. Mere, Sir Henry Wodehouse, E. Galway, :Viscount Michell, W. Woodd, B. Gaskell, J. M. Moncrieff, J. Worcester, Maas, of George, John Montgomery. H. L. Wortley, J. S. Gladstone, Captain Moore, B. S. Wynn, H. Goddard, Ambrose L. 'Morgan, Octavius York, E. T. Gooch, Sir E. 3lorgan, C. Rodney Young, Sir John Goold, W. Mullings J. Randolph Gordon, Admiral Mundy, W, Grace, 0. Naas, lord Greene, T. Napier, J. mite. Bramston. T. W, Nvwdepte, C. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE;NING, MAY 4, 1853. FROM THE LON DON GAZETTE of YESTERDA T. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAT 2. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will be celebrated on Tuesday the 24th instant. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 2. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-rooms, at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two o'clock : Thursday, 2d. June next ; Tuesday, 14th June next ; Thursday, 23d June next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERTID AT THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOMS, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The Ladies, who purpose to attend her Majesty's Draw ing-rooms, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon—Due to be left with the Queen's page in attendance in the ante-room, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Ladies who are to be presented are hereby informed that it is absolutely necessary that their names, with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be de livered at Vie Lord Chamberlain's Office on Tuesday the 31st of May for the first drawing-room ; on Saturday the 11th of June for the second drawing-room ; and on Tues day the 21st of June for the third drawing-room, on each day before twelve o'clock, in order that they may be sub mitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command that no presentation shall take place -unless the name of the lady presenting, together with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, which names shall correspond with those previously sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's Office. It is particularly requested that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord ChambevlainAin order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Guthrie, Esq., to be Sub-Collector of Customs and Landing Sur veyor at the port of Geelong, in the colony of Victoria ; and Richard Down, Esq., to be Landing Surveyor for that colony. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MAY 2. The Queen has beet pleased to appoint John Wardlaw, Esq. (late Lieut. in the East India Company's Service), Exon of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard, vice Captain W. L. Grant, resigned. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Anglesey, Richard Williams Prichard, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, April 28. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. George Bowen Jordan Jordan, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieu. tenant, April 28. Commission by Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Warden of the Stannaries. Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia — Nicholas Kendal, junior, Esq., to be Captain, April 26. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Coinwall. 2nd Cornwall Rifle Regiment—John Sainsbury, Esq., to be Ist Captain; William Price Michell, Gent., to be Sur geon, April 29. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant William Bridgwater to be Captain ; John Gregory, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Price Bligh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, April 29. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Monmouthshire. Royal Monmouth Militia—Alexander Rolls, Esq., to be Major. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—George Phipps Prevost, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Vaughan, io be promoted, April3o. 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Lieutenant Joseph Dingwall, to be Captain, vice Parratt, appointed to the Adjutantcy of the 3d Regiment of:the Royal Surrey Militia, April 30 ; Henry Sharp Taylor, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, with the rank of Lieutenant, April 23. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland. Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Patrick Thorp Dickson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 30. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex. Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— James Henry, Esq. ; Charles F. B. Greville Dickenson, Esq. ; Charles Spencer Scrape Dickins, Esq. ; Edward John Bunny, Esq., to be Captains, April 18. Ensign James Dennis ; Ensign William Bryce Watson;Ensign Williams Adams Nash ; Anthony J. Wright iiddulph, Gent., to be Lieutenants, April 18 ; Frederick John Freenland, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 18. Artillery Battaion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Major Georged. Kirwan Carr to be Lieutenant-Colonel, April 26 ; Charles Montagu Chester, to be Major, April 18; Charles Bayntun, Gent., and Henry Molineux, Gent., to be Lieu tenants, April 18 ; Surgeon's Mate George reekes to be Surgeon, April 25 ; Henry Moon, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, Apiil 18. BANKRUPTS. John Henderson and Christopher Nanson, cabinetmak ers, Windsor-teizace, Vauxhall-road, to surrender May 12, at half-past eleven, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. annan, official assignee, Aldeiraanbuly ; Baylis, Redcross-street. Donald Macfie, draper, Edgware-road, May 9, at two, and June 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni cholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Bread-street, Cheapside. Henry Charles Larkan, coffee-house keeper, Greenwich, May 11, at one, and June 21, at twelve, at the Com L of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Carttar, Green wich. William Stiles, malster, Stratford•upon-Avon, May 11 and June 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lane, Stratford upon-Avon, and Hodgson, Birmingham. Henry Carrington, nurseryman, Mile-end, Stockport, May 26, and June 16, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbett, Manchester. William Woodyatt, joiner, Fitton, Northwich, May 17, and June 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Coin Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Holland and Green, Northwich. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Bashighall-street. R. F. Gower, jun., R. E. Alison, and W. L. Cumber. lege, New Broad-street, City, merchants, May 24, at half past one. In the Country. W. C. Buchanan,--Dursley, Gloucestershire, money scrivener, May 27, at eleven, at the Corn '6, Bristol—T. W. Baker, West Derby, Lancashire, tobacconist, May 24, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Caldwell, Shevmg Lancashire, coal proprietor, May 25, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Derham, W. A. Hinde, and J. Per ham, Dolphinholme, Lancashire, worsted spinners, May 24, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. . PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Keeley and E. Williams, Strand and Fleet-street, tailors, 55., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subsequent Tues day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nichol son, Basinghall-street. R. D. Mercer, Church-passage, Spital-square, Bishops gate4treet Without, silk-merchant, 4d., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. W. T. Hannam, Brirghton, wine and spirit-merchant, 6d., on Tuesday, Mar 3, and any subsequent Tuesday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. J. Moores, :M., Aylesbury, (Paper, lid., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. W. Noble, Charles-street, St. George's East, wholesale stay-manufacturer, ls., on Tuesday, May 3, or any subse quent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.:Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Webster and G. M. Simpson, Great Tower-street, merchants, ad., on Tuesday, May 10, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Morse, Neithorp, Banbury, woolstapler, 2s. 31d., on Tuesday, May 10, on any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall ohambers, Basinghall-street. J. Padgett, Idle, cloth manufacturer, 7d., and day on or after May 5, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Dunthorn, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road, corn dealer, May 24, at half-past one—ll. Simmonds, Ore, Sussex, brickmaker, May 24, at twelve—F. Young, Union-place, Walworth-road, May 24, at one—C. Lane, Hastings, Sus sex, plumber, May 26, at two—J. R. Hunt, tailor, Great Marlow, Buckinghamsh-tre, May 26, at half-past eleven: COuntry. B. James and T. G. Hardie, Newport, Monmouthshire, builders, May 25, at eleven, at the Court Bristol—J. Nield, Lees, Lancashire, - woollen manufacturer, May 23, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. G. Kebblv, Hurst Berkshire farmer and grazier, cer tificate o f the second class-W. Williams and W. It. Merchant, Great George-street, Westminster, Liver pool, and Campden, Gloucestershire, contractors for public works, certificates of the first class—G. Lester, I°lth-street, Poplar, builder, certificate of the second class —A.. Bennett, Bridgehouse-place, Newington-cau.seway, window-blind manufacturer, certificate of the second class —T. B. Miller and W. Miller, Henstridge-villas, St. John's wood, certificates of the third class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Baker and J. Baker, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, rope makers—E. Jackson and W. Purdy, Manchester, milliners—E. S. Brookes and J. Black, Loughborough, Leicestershire, hosiers—T. S. Goode and J. D. Cooper, Ki liymoon, Tyrone, Ireland, contractors—J. Walker and F. B. Brodribb, Gracechnrch-street, City, iron roof builders—J. J. Mallinson and J. E. Mallinson, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, grocers—J. Butterworth and Elizabeth Senior, Batley, Yorkshire, rag pullers—G. Baker and J. T. Hudden, Upper Clapton, dyers—C. J. Fricker and T. J. King, Trafalgar street, ffalworth-road, eionfectioners—W. Charles and J. Hammond, Wolverhampton, oil refiners—W. Mil ler and T. Davey; Dorking, upholsterers—W. Mitche son, sen., J. J. Mitcheson, R. W. Mitcheson, and W. Mitcheson, jun., Garf ord-street, Poplar, anchorsmiths (so far as regards W. Mitcheson, sen.)—J. Edwards, G. A. H. Rolf, and J. Andrew, jun., Liverpool, merchants (so far as regards .T. Andrew)—G. Harriss, J. H. Harriss, and J. Blackman, Broadwall, Blackfriars-road, tallow chandlers (so far as regards G. Harriss, W. Wood and R. A. Parker, Liverpool, solicitors —R. Williams, J. Williams., and J. Williams, Bristol, silve rsm ith s ( so far as 'regards R. Williams)--H. Catheral and T. Gibbs, Back Church-lane .Whitechapel, mill sawyers --H. M`Qonnel, J. M'COnnel, and W. Clayton, Cressbrook, D'arbyshire, manufacturers, S. Vousden, W. Vous ii•ten, and R. Vousden, Manor-street, Clapham, stone masons, (so far as regards W. Vousden)—J. A. Lloyd and J. Lawrence, Bath, surgeons—J. G reen fi e l d and D. Green field, jun., Aston, Warwickshire, brass founders—lL J. Phillips and I. Phillips, Jewin-street, Cripplegate, jewel lers—G: F. Gorton and T. Gorton, Great St. Hele ns , Bishopsgate-street, merchants—R. Puleston, J. Pnleston, and F. Bythell, Wrexham, Denbighshire, linen drapers— W. Barmngham and J. Barnirgham, Pendleton, Lanca shire, iron founders. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Biddulph, Birmingham, baked. Maurice Myers, Aldgate, victualler. Josiah Jackson, Snow-hill, machinist. Simeon Challenger, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, miner. Joseph Godwin, Birmingham, huckster. John William Parsons Prior, Ashford; Kent, journey man coach builder. James Matthewson, Blyth, Northumberland, grocer. William Hopkins, Bisley, Gloucestershire, farmer. John Henley,. Arundel, Sussex, timber merch ant. John Wainwright, Tipton, Staffordshire, hucl ster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. - - • - _ _ John Burt, Faskine, Lanarkshire, grocer, May 9 and Juno 3, at twelve, to moot within the Royal E total, Air. drie_ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CHESTER RACES TUESDAY MORNING. During the early part of the morning the scene on the Roodee was of the usual animated and exciting charac ter. A large number of horses gallopped. The Cup candidates—Trifle, Peggy, Black Doctor, Woolwich, Newminster, Lord-Lieutenant, and Mr. I. Day's two, were particularly admired for their bloom of condition and style of going. At the betting-room the investments were again chiefly confined to the two leading favourites—Trifle and Peggy—each was backed at 9to 2. There was, however, a considerable improvement in the position of Newinster, as little as 12 to 1 being taken ; 40 to 1 agst Woolwich, 50 to 1 agst Goldfinder, 100 to 1 agst Retail. TUESDAY. The events of the day were decided as follows : GROSVENOR STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added ; three-yr-olds, Est 101 b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 31b. A winner extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Grosvenor Course, about a mile and a-quarter. Eight subs. Mr. T. Dawson's Lerrywhent, by Lanercost, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Massaroni, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. E. Knowles's Pearl, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Barker) 3 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Deerhound, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (F. Marson) 4 The following also ran :—Truth, Le Juif, and Sanity. PALATINE STAKES of 15 sovs. each, sft, with 100 added; for three-year-old fillies, Bst 71b. each ; allowances for maidens; winners extra. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. From the Castle Pole once round and in, rather more than a mile and a quarter. (18 subs.) Mr. Merry's Exact, Bst 71b Mr. Halford's Eliza, Bst (Charlton) 2 Mr. Copperthwaite's The Deformed, Bst 71b (Harrison) 3 The following also ran :—Mr.Wilson's Ann Eliza, Bst 71b (Marlow), Mr. J. M. Stanley's Bloomer, Bst 41b (J. Marson). Bumby weighed for Misletoe and her number was put up, but she did not start. The betting closed at 6to 4 •on Exact, 5 to 2 agst Ann Eliza, 5 to 1 agst The De formed, and 6to 1 agst Bloomer. Won by a length ; the third closed up with the second. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added ; three year-olds, Est 121 b ; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged 9st 21b ; allowances for maiden four-year olds ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Once round and a distance. 8 subs. Mr. Pedley's Sweetness, by Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Wells) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Cleveland, Bst 41b (Templeman) 2 Lord Caledon's Mushroom, 3 yrs (Stanway) 3 The following also ran :—Telescope, Martha, and Jupiter. Betting—Even and 5 to 4 agst Telescope, 4 to 1 agst Cleveland, - 5 to 1 each agst Mushroom and Sweetness. Won very easily by about two lengths. Some distance between the second and third. The winner was claimed. MOSTYN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for two-year-olds ; colts, Bst 61b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 21b ; a winner extra ; the second to receive 20 sovs. out of the stakes. Three quarter of a mile. 28 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Brown Brandy, Bst 61b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's c by Napier, Glenhawk's dam, Bst 61b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's Czarina, Bst 21b (Flatman) 3 The following also ran :—Happy New Year, cby Faugh-a-Ballagh, Miniature, and Bright May. Betting—The betting opened at 6 to 4 agst Brown Brandy, but closed at 2 to 1 agst Miniature filly, 3 to 1 agst Brown Brandy, 7 to 2 agst Bright May. Napier colt made the running to the half distance, when he was caught by Brown Brandy, and beaten by a neck. Half a length between the second and third— , same between third and fourth. CHESTERFIELD STAKES, a handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for 3yr olds. The second to receive 25 sovs. A winner of a handicap subsequent to the publication of the weights of 100 sovs. clear to carry Sibs. extra. Once round and a distance. (27 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Jacqueline, Est (Ashman) 1 Mr. Wilson's fby Gameboy—Maid of Monton, Est 61b (T. Cliff) 2 Lord Waterford's April Fool, 7st 61b (D. Doyle) 3 The following also ran :—The Hatchet, f by Assault — Newton Lass, Dressmaker, and Mocassin. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, for 3-year-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. ; allowances if to be sold for less ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. The winner to be sold by auction after the race, and any surplus to go to the fund. (5 subs.) Welsh Harper 1 Mayfly 2 Sally 3 Flying Buck 4 Won easily. SHIPPING INT ELLIGENOE:- CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 3. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Mary Ann, from St. Michael's ; Cruma, Hambnrgh ; Defender, Tersano ; Malvina, Lu beck ; John Medley, Hamburgh ; James, Emden ; Alert, Caen ; Providence, Mauritius ; Ocean Wave, Caen ; Bri tish Queen, Trinidad ; Antje Johanna, Accummerseil ; Sylph, Amtwerp. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Lif, for Constantinople ; Johanna Maria, Odessa and Altona ; Anna Maria, Altona ; Flora, Hamburgh ; Princess Royal, Leghorn ; Quence de Juna, Carthagena, &c. ; Joven Can dida, Ferrol; Reinauw Engelhuis, Melbourne; Mercia, do. ; Vimeira, Sydney ; Syria, do. ; Admiral, Antwerp ; Commodore, Naples ; Clara, Swan River ; Marian Zagaray, Bahia ; Speedwell, Antwerp ; Theresa, Hamburgh ; Mar garet, Megadore ; Osprey, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Rose, Bathurst, River Gambia. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The English Rosa, for Bremen ; Louisa, St. Vincent ; Isabella, Sierra Leone ; Apropos, Hamburgb. ; Catherina, Elsineur, &c. ; Jane, Naples ; Monarch, Calcutta ; San Bruno, Berbice ; Ruby, Demerara ; Chrysalis, Madras ; Camilla, Demerara ; Ceres, Rotterdam ; Citizen, Bremen. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3. The Bijou arrived here, from St. Michael's, was in con tact on the Ist of May with the Liverpool Packet, from Barrow to Cardiff, off the South Stack ; the Liverpool Packet shortly afterwards foundered, and the crew got on board the Bijou. The Burns, Liverpool to Valparaiso, was spoken April 20, lat. 41 long. 14 W. The Zoe, from Cardiff; was spoken April 15, lat. 40 N., a long. 13 VT. • The Galatea, Liverpool to St. Thomas, was spoken April 22, let. 40 N., long. 17 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Derwentwater, London to Hobart Town, Jan. 10, lat. 43 S., long. 129 E. The Southampton, Calcutta to London, March 18, lat. 16 S., long. 16 W. The Wildflower, China to Liverpool, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W. The La Fayette, Calcutta to Havre, April 5, lat. 10 N., long. 28 W. The Bucephalu.s, Calcutta to London, April 23, lat. 42, long. 27. The Australia, Plymouth to Sydney, N.S.W., March 23, lat. 3 N., long. 22 W. The Helen, Trinidad to London, April 18, lat. 41 N., long. 39 W. The Harriet, Clyde to Australia, April 2, lat. 36 N., long. 15 W. The Perthshire, bound S., same day. The Jowa, Liverpool to New York, April 30, off Bally cotton. The Avondale, Liverpool to New York, same day. The Herbert, London to China, Jan. 25, lat. 8 S., long. 104 E. The Wales, Liverpool to Philadelphia, March 30, lat. 45, long 42. The Douglass, London to San Francisco, Feb. 18, lat. 3 N., long. 20 W. The Cconway, from Australia, March 17, lat. 32 N., long. 32 W. The Westmoreland, New Orleans to Liverpool, April 6, lat. 24, long. 81. The Priessnitz, Liverpool to New York, March 20, lat. 45, long. 23. RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETU.RNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY Traffic return for the week ending April 30, _ . 1853 .... ... ......... . . £9,890 6 7 Corresponding week last year 8,843 7 0 Total of the half - year to this date, 1853 161,971 3 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 151,066 3 6 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 30,1853 £12,395 10 4 Corresponding week last year 11,679 1 8 Increase in 1853. £716 8 8 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Trame re turn for the week ending April 30, 1853 £4,577 410 Oorresponding week last year 3,852 5 4 COURSE OF EXOILI Amsterdam 11 17 , Ditto, three months .. 11 18 ti Rotterdam .. .... •• .. 11 18 y Antwerp .. 25 30 Bl assels .. 25 30 Hamhurgh .... 13 8 Alto.ta • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • 25 7% Ditto, three months •• 25 30 MP.rseilles.. .......... 25 30 Bourdeaux ............ Frankfort•on•Maine .... 120% a.NGE -Y°9l. Gibrsitats •• •• ••" • • • 29 61 Leghorn ••••'• • • •• • 25 Genoa ••••••• • • •• Milan ~1~ Naples ... of a Palermo .............• 05! Messina . 531 Lisbon •••••••• • • • • • . . • 0 Oporto •• •• •• • .. • ,• Rio Janeiro . ..... • • Berlin Vienna •• • • •• • • • • • • • • • • 10 56 Trieste ............ •• .. 10 59 Petersburgh •• •• 37% Madrid ................ 50% Cs dl7 .. 50% 8arce10na.............. Seville •• •• •• •• •... Buenos Ayre5........ • ; New York, 60 days' sigh' . Philadelphia ...... • • •• 0 Oa' PRICES OF BULLION, r 1 7 il Foreign Gold in Bars p 0 o Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 0 1 4 New Dollars .. •• •• 0 b Silver In bars ....•• SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day when made up From what j, , COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port gnll ll • • Office, London.* Dispatched. , 0 0. ._------ 0 1 , I ' FA ' America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ••• America (by,United Sts. PI II packet) ......- ..N April 19 ........ Li v erpool ... SO America (by U. States 4 • • packet) ..........N April 18 ........ Southampton $ 1 • Australia (via South- oif ampton) ..........M 4th of May ...... Southampton ma y Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...• • • ,0 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope).. ..... .....N 2d of Jure ... ... Plymouth •• riot Hope) Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth ••• ;014 Alexandria.......... NB, 9, 24, &30of m. Dover .• •• say •',,eo Alexandria.-- - ..31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton ..,, 0 1 w Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Southampton 7101y.L Belgium ............N Dai1y............ Dover .....•n a y !; Brazil ...... . ..... ..M 9th of the month.. SouthamP t° 0 ' s o Buenos Ayres -- .. ..M 9th of the month.. Southamp ton pril so Cape of Good Hope - N 14th of the month Plymouth • • f ore l 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of June ...... Plymouth •. A pril Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth • • 16 Ceylon (see India) el .11 , a. , Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth •• , ra ,T 1 Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&Frld. SoutbamP l°P 01/ Chi 11........ ........M 2d &17th of month Southampton 1 China (see India) a i Si oli • f Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .• •• •' 3,1 s . Constantinople . -- .. 4th & 20th of mon. Sou:hampt o- ova i cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover .. • • •• Egypt (see India) _. b France ........ M & N Twice daily.— - Dover .. •• • a • gisJ Gibraltar .... - ....M 4, 7,17 , 20, 27 of m. SouthatnPt°•' It. Greece (see India) ~,,, 00 0 Greytown ..........31 2nd & 17th of mon. BOuthatnPl" - vel4o ll ' Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London • • • • • la tet'oo , Havarnah . M 2nd of the month Southamp ton morl• I 6 Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat. London • •:',,' )1s) 1 Honduras ..........M 17th of the month. Southamp to n 3 10 1 7 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southall:O n $Bl a India (via Mareeilles ) M Bth&24th of month Dover .... ' c cil*" lonian Isles (see India) l'sf le o, Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead • 0 ; gal 10 Lisbon.. .... .... ....M 7,9, 17, & 28 of in. SouthaniPt oi '. ) 10, Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southamptv m a y Madeira ............N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • 10 Malta (see ladle) fill Malta .............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover ••• • '. 111 6 ,0. Mauritius (see India) 'f til" e Mauritius ........ . .N 14th of the month Plymouth,;„; tot, g Mexico ........:... M 2nd of the month.. SouthamP . 5 0 '; I f a Naples ...... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover •• • too . 5 1fi ert$ New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month SouthanW ,ti C M , f 1 New Zea1and .......... By private ship .. Various P°' OP',. 5 Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover • • •:,: a . 51: 1 ,. 1, Peninsula ...: ...• ..M 7thl7th2Bthohnon Southangt, hi 44 1 Peru ..............M Id & 27th of mon. Southaunl" la, $ Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plym o t o . : , ffa 1 Sicily •• • ...........14 sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover •• • .. ?!.:•'( 1 Tuscany ............N s th l sth2sthoftnon. Dover • • l o n M' '' Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month Southall' Van Diemen's Land (see _4l s. , Australia) D O West Indies ........31 2d& 17th of month Southall' Al to 011 1 ,: dates fall on a Sunday, the f t o I' li s ,l ing day, with the exception AispAte Malta, both of which will be * When any of these dispatched on the followi Southampton), and the ] day preceding. ay - Stl P ; ‘ [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointnw-„f to ,„ - p i o.ku , Certain Cure for Eruptions and all Disease •,/ —Extract of a letter from Mr. J. Hird, di dated Feb. 14, 1852, to Professor Holloiopea 1• ;i1 My child, when three months old, was 6 0 . ht elnl,.j ° severe eruption all over her body. I 8641 ' 6 , bi trF and the advice of surgeons and physicii'lltban tb° whom the case was considered hopeless. 1 / .01 te ci your Ointment and Pills, and without oMas r es i j o% effect was miraculous, for in a short tiines,'' e vc aest a '7 , to erfect health, and so remains. Mr. hoPi e nt• seller, Gainsborough, and myself, would; Bobs satisfy any inquiries as to the truth of ,- th o i llova ° Sold by all druggists ; and at Professor blishment, 244, Strand, London. cl‘ aer, l 1 0 el n a, t E he sq 30 ., t o h f u c l a t i , de a r t Scth..3ll.atrok'f:tfguen.,llts'v,X rr° MARRIED• ; ,ton, A; F . daughter of T. L. Abel, Esq., ' of Benningt°l3. ED. On the 30th ult., Edw ar d house ' Margate, aged 64. s( On the 30th ult., at 21, MY Charles Earith, Esq., aged. 69. A r o On the 28th ult., at 85, N ewman- Joseph Glover, Esq., aged 73. Jacobs, Esq., o f " LoNnom : Printed and Published I,l_ '" of No. 112, Strand, Printe r, at Tag Strand, in the Precinct of the VI Middlesex, Wednesday, MO Es4 o - cote treet, strito o°34' ree ,400 f O 4 sugl,t n°eOto 1111S4 4 2 1 £724 19 6 Increase in 1853.. ELECTION OP MARYLEBONE VESTRYMEN.— On Monday the rate-payers of the extensive parish of Marylebone met in the Workhouse-yard, New-road, to exercise their rights under Hobhouse's Act, in the election of 45 vestry men, in the room of as many whose functions have deter mined. Two lists were prepared, one on the part of the so-called Oriental Party, which carried the day last year, and another promoted by the Rate-payers Protection Association. The strife is almost entirely one of personal preference, as each party professes anxiety to administer the parish affairs in the most efficient and economical manner. The Rate-payers Protection Society carried the show of hands, upon which a poll was demanded, which commenced this morning. The spacious premises known as the St. George's Gal lery, Hyde Park corner, formerly used as the Great Chinese Exhibition, have been taken by Mr. Caldecott, a merchant of Port Natal, for the purpose of presenting, with the sanction of the colonial authorities, an exhibi tion of very remarkable interest, consisting of a family and troupe of native Zulu Kafirs; 11 men, a female, and a child. It is intended to represent the domestic man ners, mode of hunting the tiger, war dances, superstitions, witch-finding, &c., of this wild and savage race, for the better illustration of which, Mr. Charles Marshall (the artist of her Majesty's Theatre) is busily occupied in preparing Za number of striking scenes: To give the greatest possible effect to these representations, and for their more extensive development, both the gallery recently occupied by Mr. Cumming's African Exhibition, and that in which the Diorama of the Holy Land was lately exhibited, have been thrown into one vast saloon. The public will no doubt be gratified in seeing specimens of the wild and formidable race which has so long bid defiance to the prowess of the British army. COU. :ETA LIVERPOOL—MAY 3. At this day's market there was only a limited attendance of the town and country trade. The business done in wheat and flour was of a retail character, at a dec lin eof id to 2d per 701bs. on the former, and 3 d to 6d per barrel and sack on the latter. Oats and oatmeal met a moderate demand at late rates. Barley and peas without change in valoe ; but Egyptian beans saleable at an ad vance of 6d per qr. Yellow Indian corn in more request. Holders asking more money checked business. White 6 d to is Per qr. lower. IPSWICH—MAY 3. An annual stock fair diverted much of the attention from the business at the corn market, but we noticed r ath !!, an increase to the supply of wheat. There was a port!! reduction in price, but we cannot call it ls. per X 4 u Scarcely any malting barley at market ; but the weather' being very cool, some maltsters would keep on wetting i f they could procure the barley. Beans dearer. PER QUARTER. PER OITAZ TSI9 Wheat, red (old) 44s to 44s Barley, grinding ... 00$ to 005 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 50s to 538 Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 30s to 3 4 s Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 30, 1853. Wheat Barley Oats OO „ 00$ 0(1 Beans Peas 7 „ sls oa HULL—MAY 3. A fair show of wheat to - day from our own farmers, 91 rather more foreign. For the latter more demand, 11. t English not more than is per qr. below the price of bnti week. A further addition to the imports of barley s the market is well supported. Oats rather dull. .f meet an improved demand, as do also the best sam ples peas. Linseed without alteration, as are also Unit cakes. Nothing doing in rapeseed, and cakes r ather favour of buyers. A good sale for bones. The following are the present prices of grain s si Wheat, English, red 46 to 49 Ditto white 47 to 50 Dautzie and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Peas, gray and black 33 t• Zs Linseed, Black Sea... 46 W i Ditto Petersburgh 40 to _ 48 to 501 Ditto Riga and Arc- i‘ angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel • - per Tea Lins. e., Hull 71105 to 0/ Os Ditto fine for. 71 75 Od 01 Ditto inf. for. 6/ 15s to 01 .• Rapeseed 261 lOs to N O l Rape cakes Tares, English 365 to v" - ,,„ Ditto foreign 3ss to g ,"n d — Guan• 51 91 tolo " Bones Rye Meal .................. none 1025 6dt° °°. 44 to 461 Friesland 42 to 44 Russian and Odessa 40 to 43 ] Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian lB to 19 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 28 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 36 to 39 CORK-MAY 2. Brio. Ourrenci,„, .—White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od -20 "" Redwheat OOs Od to OOs Od Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 00s Od-2 0 de' Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od 29 Barley lls Od to 14s 6d l Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od 00s Od-16 do. Ditto OOs Od to Oos Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os 041 146 Oats lOs Od to Ils 6d Ditto 00s Od to 00s ocl}los 10d --- (' Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od Pigs OOs Od to Oos Od OOs Od per Ol t " Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 00 barrels whito wheat ; 00 red ; 2 barley ; 0 bora , oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week:l63, Wheat, 53. Barley, 576. Bere, 00. Oats, Pigs, 00. , Return of cattle sold for week ending April 23 :--' Pigs, 395. Sheep, 525. Cows, 69. CORIL—Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, 176,0, seconds, 13s Od to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 13s 0d ; n t hi nj ; 7s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 6d W oatmeal, 10s 6d to 1 1 sOd ; wheatmeal, lOs tolls Od Pe r e " 0 Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 81 Os Od per ton. Bran, 41 :: 00 , to 4/ 10s Od perton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 42s Od; 365; dealers, 40s Od to 6040 d ; average, Os per ton. ''', l4- o ,lt. Farmers, 14s Od to 25s Od ; average, 23s ; dealers, 3 ° ll , f d to 09s Od; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wh ea t en loaf, ' v m to Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41 b. — Fresh butter, beef, lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4s 23 per hundred. Meat " g 'i:to 4d to 8d ; mutton, Lid to 7d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; por l E , :ok ad ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Nein°ooo; land, 11/. Os to 12/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 0 00 t ° ,, ;0 10, Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 10 d to 12d_ ~.s ; 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21 s ; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per imperial Vl"' Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38 s per ovtia, skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. Pe r pet Fleece wool, 00s to 00s per stone.—Hemp, ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 3 1 . 15s ; yellow red, 3/. ss. per ton; deals, 19 /. to 20 /. per hundred.--Barlior Si. to 106.105. per ton.—Tallow, 48s to 49s Od per _alo e " 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19 s. per bl Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. 38/. to 4 do., BIRTHS.a vf. the OF A BON. t he On the Ist inst., at Westbury, W ilts ,Rev. John Baron. r 6. PO OF A DAUM:IVO' r if e 0+ On the Ist inst., at Edinburgh, t he Pre, Esq., M.P. 'A