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to suggest in reference to the communication which had been received from the other house of Parliament ? The Duke of NEWCASTLE apprehended that the only reason for the Government not having stated their views to their lordships in reference to the subject al lUded to by the noble earl was that they were not aware that such a communication would be sent up from the other house that day. He was quite prepared to state the course which the Government proposed to take. An alteration had been introduced into the measure on which these commissions rested, to the effect that on any occasion when the House of Commons should call on their lordships' house to join with them in an address to the Crown, a message should be sent down to request the House of Commons to favour them with a copy of the evidence taken before the committee of that house. He for one had objected to the introduction of that pro -vision, but of course, apart from any individual opinion, as to the advisability of such a provision, it was the duty of the Government to carry it out in the proper spirit. He believed therefore that the proper course would be for their lordships to ask the House of Commons to favour them with any evidence taken before any election committee, and after a sufficient time had been given for considering the evidence, it would be proposed that that house should agree with the House of Commons in an address to the Crown. The Earl of DERBY said the course proposed by the Government appeared to be that which was required under the circumstances of the case, for it was only pro per that they should have the evidence before them on which they were invited to join in an address to the Crown. It might be more in accordance with the usual courtesy between the two houses that they should not separate without taking some step, and perhaps it would be better that the evidence should be moved for before the adjournment of the house. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that there might be some irregularity in that course, but he should give notice on the subject to-morrow. . Their lords hips " then adjourned at a quarter-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) THE AFFAIR AT SIX-MILE BRIDGE. Mr. NAPIER rose to move, pursuant to notice, for copies of paper relating to the riot at Six-mile bridge, in July last ; and said that as great misapprehension pre vailed on the subject, and as his own conduct, as Attorney- General in the matter, had been not to say unfairly but mistakenly misrepresented on a recent occasion, in another place, he would take this opportunity of laying all the • facts before the house ; and he did not doubt that, as the interests and character of justice in Ireland were involved, he should obtain the indulgence of the house while he trespassed for some time upon their patience. The right hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to enter into a close and detailed narrative of those facts with which the public are already familar, connected with the actual fracas between the military and the mob, at the Six-mile bridge. Continuing the history, he justified the advice he had given, that the soldiers who had b een comm itt e d s h ou ld b e liberated on bail on the ground that it was necessary to fix a crime upon each individual soldier, inasmuch as the law distinguished between unlawful assemblies and lawful bodies in the discharge of their duty, holding each member of the unlawful assembly responsible for the collective acts, but holding the member of the lawful body respon sible only for his own acts, if those acts were in excess of • the law, and in this case he had not found sufficient evi dence to individualise the alleged offence. Immediately after bail had been accepted, a newspaper in Ireland pub ' fished an account, or rather a partial account, of the transactions in question, and of the inquest : and in this newspaper the regiment was charged with being guilty of deliberate murder, this charge being made pending the inquest, and befere the subsequent expected trial. This newspaper also threw out imputations affecting the cha racter of the regiment—its courage and conduct. The Duke of Wellington saw this newspaper, and being ever alive to everything affecting the honour of the army— (cheers)—he immediately wrote to him (Mr. Napier), in timating that he thought that the libel would be a fit sub ject for prosecution by the Crown, with a view to the pro tection of the soldier. In consequence, he (Mr. Napier) applied for further information to the two officers who had been in charge of the soldiers during the riot , ; and their depositions were submitted in a very full shape. (The right hon. and learned gentleman read these depositions, which were elaborate justifications of the conduct of the soldiers, their firing on the people being represented as a merely defensive act.) He appealed to every man of right feeling whether after these sworn informations he could have come to any other conclusion than he did, that these officers and soldiers should receive constitutional protec tion, and that steps should be taken to bring the prime movers of this riot to condign punishment. A great deal had been said with reference to the exactlfghts and duties of the soldiers on occasions of this kind. He apprehended that the duty of a soldier in a case of this kind was not different from that of any other person. A soldier was under the order of his superior officer, but the order of his officer was not of itself a sufficient justifica tion. But in this case the soldiers were deprived of their officer, and the corporal, the next in command, was struck down senseless. Now he (Mr. Napier) believed upon his conscience that the men had done no more than their duty, and that as British soldiers they ought to have had the support of the laws afforded to them. (Loud cheers.) Yet those men were paraded in the dock as felons, and an impression was created by the speech of the Attorney-General himself that they were murderers, or at least, aggravated manslayers ; and that they had only escaped because the law officer could not get at the man who had fired the fatal shots. (Hear, hear.) His late learned colleague (Mr. Whiteside) had been asked to go down to defend the soldiers, for they had had no means of defence provided for them by the Go vernment ; and he had felt some delicacy in doing so, having himself been a law officer of the Crown, and the Attorney-General being about to go down to prosecute. His learned friend had consulted him (Mr. Napier) upon the point, and his answer was "Surely, you ought to go. You would never have appeared a,s prosecutor, for we never intended to prosecute ; and the soldiers are just as much entitled to the protection of the law as any other men." (Cheers.) His learned friend did go, but owing to the course matters took, the accused were deprived of the ad vantage of his learned friend's statement, and the evidence he could have adduced. They were Thus put in a much worse position than if the bills had been found against them ; and they had now to labour under the imputations which had been cast upon them, and which they had had no opportunity afforded them of removing. All this time the two Roman Catholic priests and the other parties had been discharged from their recognizances, and they had actually been brought —one of them from the very gaol— as witnesses against these British soldiers. (Cheers.) The results of the case had been most disastrous to the magis trate who had been concerned in the affair. He was obliged to have policemen living in his house ; his family were kept in a state of perpetual alarm • and he was him self unable to attend any fair or market, or to discharge the duties of a country gentleman. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Justice Patteson had well observed, that if this case had occurred in England, the Crown would have defended the soldiers, and would have left the proceedings against them to be taken by private parties. (Cheers.) But the lesson held up to the people of Ireland was, that while the mili tary were amenable to the laws, there were certain persons who were amenable to no law whatever. (Cheers.) They were creating difficulties inlreland, with which they had not the courage to grapple. They were not straightfor ward enough. While they held out equality in civil pri vileges, they ought to enforce equality of liability. (Cheers.) It was said that the names of M'Grath and the priests had been put in the indictment, and that there ought not to li~ a cross-indictment against them. But he would again re peat the question—Why was M`G ra th' s name put there ? • (Loud cheers.) He (Mr. Napier) appeared in this case with great regret ; and he should be sorry to have it thought that he had been incited by anything like personal motives. If , he had stated it somewhat warmly, it was because he felt warmly respecting it ; but he thought he had submitted it to the house fairly and impartially. (Cheers.) It was one that demanded strict inquiry. If they expected soldiers to discharge their duties, they must see them supported by the laws, of which it was an old and sound maxim, that where parties had special duties to perform, they had a claim upon those laws for special pro tection and support. (Hear, hear.) •As these men had not had an opportunity of vindicating themselves before a jury, he hoped that they would set themselves right before the house and the country. (Cheers.) What was wanted for Ireland was, that elections should be free, that the soldiers should be supported in their duties, and that every man, be he priest or who he might, that should presume to offend against the law, should be brought before the bar of public justice, and made amenable to the laws he had set at nought. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FITZGERALD had listened fol• nearly two hours to the right honourable and learned gentleman, but he had utterly failed to discover the object of his statement, un less it was to glorify himself, to make a charge against her Majesty's Government, or to impugn the conduct of the right hon. gentleman who had succeeded him in office. He gave the right hon. gentleman credit for great nisi Arius dexterity in his statement of the case, for great art, but for little candour. He perfectly agreed with him that the law s ought to be administered with perfect impar tiality, and without respect of persons ; but he had no idea of an Attorney-General showing himself from the very first in the light of a partisan. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman had described the force which had been used at the late election ; but there was one kind to which h e h ad not alluded—the influence and coercion which were en h a • Ireland. (Cheers.)PPlY 1 . landlords o f made use of by the . tended to vote in th Thbeyeelnv e adenied that the voters had in represented. Had m anner t hee the the right hon, gentleman had o f u ree ld their own consciences, r av f o e 1 low voted th ienadictates manner just the reverse. (Hear, hear of possessors of prop er t y , „ m .) There was a large class in such a manner that if thei ho r exercised i their legal rights pleased, it would cost theta thei, rot ho mes not vote as they desti tute their families. (Hear, hear • , These s and render had taken place in the county o f Zi are ; .. ,sa i d occurrences with that county the name of Sinde v az i n hi conction 0 p n Osborne would s peak volumes. (Cheers.) Never " had a case been • resented. The voters resided more misrep on an estate, over which a person named . g Sin was the agent. On the Sunday night before the election he had driven them, like a flock of . sheep, to Limerick. This was m a d e known to the liberals, and Dr. O'Brien, when examined before the inquest, had stated that he went to them at the coroner's Temperance-h all, and asked them if they had any objectio n to the liberal candidates . 9 Their answer was that they had not, th • l not, but that they we re at the mercy o f their an dl ords. (Hear, hear.) Again, h e requisition to the magist ra tes was founded upon any in formation. When the force was broug ht to the Tempe rance-hall, the voters had been release d , and the object was to imprison them again. cone of the witnesses said teat Mr. Delmege gave him direc tions to g et the voters in and keep them in. (Hear, hear.) Was that freedom of election ? (Cheers.) This was the gentleman whom Mr. Napier thought entitled to the highest praise for his con duct ; he directed his agent to imprison the voters in an omnibus or van, and to keep them there. (Hear, hear.) There had been such things as partisan law-officers in Ire land. The law was differently administered there, in ••'-- '1 , 1.1 4 4. 1 ''• • many respects, to what it was in England. One difference .. —4- ...4. ' public prosecutor ~..-;;;•3:eorf..e.--c*• was that the Attorney-General was the . 'o:'- - i 4 - 2• - •:: ;s t , „ ia.all cases of importance. He noticed this, because it t f'; \ :,‘ - ,,,,, E ; , .:k4, r i„ . -- _eilili been represented that the present Atttorney-General i' l e'cke , ..z . ?. , 4lgoing down to conduct this prosecution was something out . "ci,..", :; yk I t :I•7!*V ordinary course. (Hear, hear.) This was by no ~,,i1,..z.e- ( I e . :0 7.tkzans the case. Another great difference between 1re ;„:,,,,/ ~j ~... ..•..z I ( ! la l i ail f and this country was the employment of the military - 4 1' `.! - - , v7se ‘ • election% (Hea r , h ear . ) • "I) ' l '4 ,''..Z..1 e r,,,,„ ~.,• ear, ln this country their in ' I' ) :t.s* v . .,...) to free t b;;: .ii as most jealously excluded, with a wise regard ~.,:r7Z:fl) Bence and by an act of the 8 George II th • at el ectio ~ their pre ns was - , :',..... ..:--'" election ia Westminster about forbidden. On the occasion of one was lunch ric.ting, the _ r . a century ago, where there high beiliff had called in the military THE SUN, LONDON,* FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1853. Etrition. for which ho had been rebuked by a resolution of that house, and compelled to attend the house on his knees to hear the admomtion of the Speaker. (Hear, hear.) In the recent calamity, the first unfortunate step was the autho rity given to the soldiers to load, when in Limerick. While there, Captain Eager, the military commandment, knocked at a door, which was the wrong one, and on its not being opened, offered to Mr. Delmege, the magistrate, to blow it in. He aft erwar d s k noc k e d a t the right door, and it was opened by an old woman. The hon. and learned gentle man then read copious extracts from the evidence as to what passed on the way from Limerick to Six-mile Bridge, one of the witnesses deposed to hearing Mr. Delmege say to a Limerick man, " You have had your election, and we will have ours, or we will have blood for it." (Hear, hear.) This witness was wholly uncontradicted. Tierney, the driver of the omnibus which conveyed the soldiers, heard one' of them say he hoped they would have some pro vocation, so that they might discharge their muskets, and not have to draw their charge. (Hear, hear.) Up to the arrival of the military at Six-mile Bridge, everything had been most peaceable. Mr. Wilson himself, an old military officer, had prevailed on the people to go and deposit their sticks at the police-office. It was said that there was a premeditated design on their part to attack the military. The contrary was as clear as light. In addition to the comparatively large military force sent from Limerick, there were in this little village of Six-mile Bridge a most formidable body of the constabulary, who were more effective than any troops in preserving the peace. He did not deny that after the troops arrived there was rioting and stone-throwing, but he contended there was not that amount of provocation which justified the soldiers in taking life. (Hear, hear.) He contended that nothing but abso lute peril could justify any persons in taking the life of others. Seven persons there met an untimely death, and that was not a circumstance to be slightly treated. The right hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. Napier) might gain a party triumph by his motion, but he had neglected his duty in not giving every facility to , a full inquiry. He relied only on the evidence of the two officers who were most interested, and of Captain Eager it might be observed that he was in this position—either his men fired unne cessarily, or, the necessity having arisen, he neglected to give the order. (Hear, hear.) The learned gentleman had spoken of the office of coroner as a public nuisance, but he surely forgot that the coroner was an officer of the highest antiquity, 'and existed long before an attor ney-general was heard of. (Hear, hear.) It was admited that a soldier was a citizen, and had the same right to defend himself from attack, but the moment that attack ceased to be dangerous, he ought to desist from the use of deadly weapons. Such had not been the case here, as was clear from the evidence of Mr. Wilson, who stated that he saw one soldier fire, charge, and fire again, and that three soldiers charged and stabbed , an unarmed young man, who was running away. (Hear, hear.) He deposed that the conduct of the military was " unsoldierlike and inhuman." In the main street, where there was no rioting whatever, the soldiers had rushed in, and fired upon unoffendipg people. In front of the Court house, four persons were killed, in a narrower space than the width of that house, and within ten yards of an over whelming force of the constabulary, amply sufficient to preserve the peace, besides a detachment of the 14th Regi ment. (Hear, hear.) It was said that the Rev. Mr. Burke, the parish priest, was the cause of the rioting. He had the pleasure of knowing that rev. gentleman, and the late Secretary for the Admiralty (Mr. Stafford) knew him also, and were the hon. gentleman present he might safely appeal to him whether Mr. Burke's conduct was not always characterised by peace, absence from political interference, and obedience to the laws ? He admitted that rev. gentle man forgot himself on the occasion referred to, and that he made use of language unbefitting his sacred calling. (Cheers from the opposition.) But no one regretted that circum stance more than did Mr. Burke himself. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and learrieUgentleman then read an account of the rioting at Oldham, where the troops were called out and dispersed the crowd, but where " the military used only the flats of their swords. (Hear, hear.) That was moderation and discipline, and the cavalry who acted in that manner deserved commendation. At the West Glou cestershire election there were also great tumults, and the Riot Act was read three times. At Sixmile-bridge the Riot Act was never read at all. The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to discuss the law of the matter, and contended that although soldiers did not lose their rights as citizens, yet they acquired no greater rights and were subject to the same liabilities. It was not necessary in discussing this question to consider whether the soldiers acted under the orders of their officers, for no order was given ; but he was of opinion that a soldier was not justi fied in acting on the orders of an officer unless those orders were legal. Soldiers might, as any other citizens might, use weapons in their defence, and take life in their defence, but only by the same right as was enjoyed by any ordinary individual. Though a soldier, like any other person, might aid in suppressing a riot, yet he could not legally take hu man life in suppressing a riot, unless his own life was in peril. The hon. and learned gentleman then quoted the opinion of Lord Mansfield, as expressed on the occasion of the Gordon riots, to ill* effect " that persons assisting in the suppression of a riot (meaning the military) could only be considered as private individuals, acting according to law ; and if they exceeded the law, they were liable to be punished." Judge Perrin had adopted that reasoning in stating the case of the soldiers at Sixmile-bridge to the grand jury of Clare, and went further, saying that if they fired in the defence of their lives, th e homicide would be justifiable, but it must be shown by evidence that their lives could have been saved only by their firing, and there must be evidence that such was their danger. In that opinion he (Mr. Fitzgerald) agreed, but the question to be investigated was, whether their lives were in danger • and if they were not, they were at least guilty of manslaughter.l By the Queen's regulations it was laid down that officers were to tell the people that if the troops were called on to fire, their fire would be effectual ; that the troops were not to fire except by the order of their officer, and he was not to give that order until directed by the magistrate ; that the firing was to cease the instant that it was no longer necessary, whether the magistrates ordered it to cease or not, and that the soldiers were not to fire on persons separate and apart from the crowd. There was not one of those regulations that the soldiers at Six-mile-bridge did not violate. This was the case which the right hon. gentleman had thought proper to bring be fore the house with some object of his own. It was no doubt a case for investigation, but he (Mr. Fitzgerald) would never consent to an investigation unless it was ex tended to all concerned. But the right hon. gentleman had taken a very singular course, for he had moved for documents which were open to any, and might be got for the asking. When those documents were in the hands of members, the right hon. gentleman should proceed to make some direct motion. But, doubtless, his object was, by means of this motion, to make an assault on the Govern ment, and endeavour to set his own conduct in a favourable contrast with that of the present Attorney-General for Ire land. This was one of those calamitous cases, which the sooner it was begun to be forgotten the better. In his (Mr. Fitzgerald's) judgment, the course taken by the pre sent Attorney-General for Ireland was wise and judicious, while he did not entertain the same opinion with regard to the course which had previously been adopted. The right hon. gentleman, in bringing this motion before the house, had made a singular selection of a subject which was to occupy the attention of the house on the evening of the day dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland ; and instead of permitting members to meet around the social board in honour of an institution which was intended to promote the benefit of Ireland, had done hisbest to inflict on the house an Irish row. He (Mr. Fitzgerald) knew, however, that if any asperity was imported into the debate, the col league of the right hon: gentleman, the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen, would pour the oil of his kindli ness on the waters of discord. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CAIRNS warmly defended the conduct of the sol diery, and contended, on the authority of the Duke of Wellington, and in opposition to Judge Perrin, that a sol dier was bound to use his weapons when in danger of being disabled from the execution of his trust. He denounced the course of the present Irish Attorney-General, especially in regard to his abstaining from putting the priests into the felon's dock. Every peasant in the county of Clare be lieved that such a course had been dictated by fear. Sir JOHN YOUNG contended that the law had been fairly, honestly, and impartially administered. It was a matter of regret, first, that so few soldiers should have been called in, for when the military were summoned, it should be in numbers to render resistance hopeless ; and secondly, that they should have been posted in an unfor tunate position. He vindicated the course of the Irish Attorney-General, who, he said, had shown no enmity against the soldiery, but had pursued a wiser and higher course than that of Mr. Napier. As regarded the priest Bourke, he asserted the absolute necessity for calling him as a witness, and the impropriety of subse quen tly pl ac i ng him on his nal at the same assizes, and before the jury who had heard his evidence. And as regarded future prb ce ?dings, their success would be very doubtful, while there would be the certain mischief of keeping alive ill blood. He indignantly scouted the idea that any member of the Government could have sought for popular support or favour in taking the course which had keen adopted in this case, and expressed his belief that the best manner of ob taining the confidence of the Irish people was by the strict est and justest administration of the law. But if Mr. Napier thought he had any case, Government was ready to meet him on a definite issue. The present moment was one which, if made at all, should have been made in silence. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. WARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC-TELEGRAPH.) THE HURDLE RACE. Gay Lad Victress Ten ran. THE HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE. Duc-an-Durras Betsy Prig Eight ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) The Royal assent was this afternoon given by com mission to the Mutiny, Marine Mutiny, Consolidated Fund, County Election Polls, Grand Jury Cess, Indem nity and Commons Inclosure, and Inland Revenue Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and the Marquis of Breadalbane. At five o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from a place in Scotland, praying that the ordnance survey of Scotland be continued. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Dun fermline, against tests imposed on professors in Scotch universities. The Bishop of St. DAVID'S presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. - The Bishop of EXETER presented petition; from the city of Devon to the same effect. The. Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from Colchester praying for Parliamentary papers. THE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFFRAY. The Earl of DERBY rose to ask whether there would be any objection to lay before this house copies of all the papers relating to the Six-mile Bridge affray, being identical with those which had been moved for and granted in the other house last night. The Earl of ABERDEEN said there could be no pos sible objection. The Earl of CARDIGAN complained of the course which had been taken by the Government in placing the soldiers on their trial after the assurances which he had heard from the noble earl at the head of the Government that no distinction should be made between the priests and the soldiers. He also expressed himself as greatly astonished at the doctrine which had been propounded by the Chief Secretary for Ireland, that any man who stood for a populous place without a very perfect chance of success was answerable for all the excesses which might take place at that election. The Earl of ABERDEEN deprecated the irregular introduction of the 'noble earl's remarks. The noble earl opposite (Derby) had moved for papers, no doubt, with the intention of founding some motion on the sub ject. It would have been better if the noble lord had waited until that occasion. He also deprecated any allusion to the proceedings of the other house of parlia ment. The Bishop of EXETER - was glad to hear the last remark which had fallen from the noble earl. If such were his opinion, he hoped that the noble earl had already intimated, or would immediately intimate, to a right hon. colleague of his in the other house (Sir W. Molesworth), who, some few nights ago, had done him (the Bishop of Exeter) the honour to allude in not very favourable terms to some remarks which had fallen from him in this house. (Hear, hear.) The papers were then agreed to. THE OVER-CROWDED STATE OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. WHITESIDE argued, from the ferocity which had been displayed by the peasantry in another case which he cited, and from his personal knowledge of the scene of the affray in question, that if the military had not been prompt, their lives would have been sacrificed. He went into evidence to show the rioting, and the complicity of the priests, energetically defended the magistrates and the soldiery, and animadverted severely upon the conduct of the Irish Attorney-General, whom he accused of falsifying the promise of Lord Aberdeen. He denied that this motion had any factious origin. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked upon the in tense bitterness with which Mr. Whiteside had sought to blacken the character of a professional brother, and ob served that the House of Commons ought not to be made a court of appeal in such cases. In reference to the case of the soldiers, he vindicated Mr. Brewster from the charge of not assisting them, by stating that the Secretary -at-War himself had given express orders that they should be de fended. He reiterated the previous arguments which had been urged in favour of the non-prosecution of the priests, and demanded of Messrs. Napier and Whiteside whether, if they themselves should return to office to-morrow, they would revive the memory of the melancholy affair by send ing Bourke for trial. Energetically condemning the tone in which the absent Attorney-General for Ireland had been assailed, he repudiated the charges against him with the disgust they deserved. Lord ADOLPHUS VANE gave notice that on the next occasion of going into Supply, he would bring on a motion upon this subject. The motion was then agreed to, the debate having occu pied seven hours and a half. The house then adjourned. it is able i t C IMPERIAL T ASTE. -A Frankfort j ourna l s t a t e s that in memorial o f th co mmunicate the inte res ti ng f ac t th a t Gene received f r o m th e A rc hd uc h ess S op hi a, a gold e service he ren d ere d the Emperor trahle°,rloellhas 18th nit., ring with a large turquoise. the stone are several hai rs o f the Emperor; clottedw Underi otr the imperial [ ADVEßTlSE MENT.]—Hollo Nay ' a Oint men t an d Pill s have eefrect blood. effected Wonderful Cure of L ameness o f Fi ve Yews' Duration.--Extract of a letter from M rs . Dran danrill, of Turks Island, Bahamas, dated August 3, 1851 :—" To Professor Hollow Sir,—l have suf fered during fiv e y ears fr om -- ess, occasioned by a sev ere cold, which confined me to my coon, .for t wo y ears a lameness, and a half, dur in g which p eriod I tri edvaru but derived no benefit from them. 1 was thens remedies, recom mended to try yo ur excellent medicines and from their use I have experi enced the greatest relief. Thy proved most efficacious in my case, as I am now enabled , i to walk without assistance, and am entirely f ree from pain."--Sold. by all Druggists, and at Messrs. Hollo. way's estahlishment, 244, Strand, London. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose according to no tice to move that for the future every company coming for a bill before their lordships' house, and proposing to take any houses occupied by the labouring classes for the purpo,ses of their undertakings, should be obliged to prove that by taking such houses they would run the danger of over-crowding the neighbouring houses, and in cases they should not prove thatsuch would not be the case, that the company be obliged to provide hOuses of the same capa city, as near as possible to the locality of the houses destroyed. The noble lord proceeded to describe the hardships which had been inflicted by the ejection of the inhabitants occupying the houses destroyed by the for mation of the Victoria-street, the Blackwall Railway, and other undertakings of a similar nature, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ii our Indian territories ; but as he intended to found a motion upon this subject, he should defer his question Until after Easter. The motion for the adjournment of the house was then agreed to, after a few words from Mr. HUME. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that after Easter orders of the day should take precedence of notices of 'Lotion. Mr. DISRAELI objected to the motion. He did not wish to throw any obstacles in the way of the ad vancement of public business, but the house ought to pause before they consented to give up any of their constitutional privileges, of which Thursday night notices formed a part. (Hear, hear.) What were the circumstances under which the motion was made ? Why the pubhc business had never been so much ad vanced at this period of the session, as it was at pre sent, while they were called upon to adjourn for an un usual length of time. Such was not, however, the state of affairs in 1847, when the noble lord proposed that, after the 19th of April, orders of the day should takeprecedence on every alternate Thurs day, but that motion was opposed by the present First Lord of the Admiralty, though it was true it was ulti mately carried. In 1851 this concessionwas sought only on the Ist of July, but even then, although he did not divide the house upon the motion, he took objection to it, and said it, would be establishing a dangerous precedent to agree to - it. The result had proved that he was right in his apprehensions. In 1841, when this motion was made, there were 45 bills on the papers, but now there were only 25, and he really did think that this proposal ought to be postponed until after Easter, or he must give it his unqualified opposition. Mr. WILLIAMS also opposed the motibn and ex pressed his belief that th e G overnment would obtain no additional time by carrying it, because advantage would then be taken to make independent motions upon going into committee of supply. Lord J. RUSSELL said the practice of the house had been to give three days to independent members, and two to the Government. Hitherto that had worked, but of late years the Government had been pressed to take up great public questions which ought to remain in the hands of private members, and under these circumstances it was indispensably necessary that the Government should have another day placed at its disposal. For the last 20 years the Government had been compelled to give up an inquiry of bills of the greatest importance, because there had been no time to pass them through the various stages. Now, was that a state of things which ought to continue. He thought not, and that was the reason for his making the present motion. After Easter, many subjects of the utmost importance would have to be taken up; such as the Financial Scheme and the Income Tax, besides that of Education, which he intended to bring forward the very first day after Easter. (Hear, hear.) There was another question of great interest, namely, the bill for the registration of lands, which would have to be discussed, and, on the whole, he thought the house could not do better than agree to the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not think the practice of keeping the Thursdays for independent members had worked so well as was supposed, for it very often hap pened that there was " no house," or a " count out," on a Thursday, and by adopting the motion, that evil would be got rid of. Lord R. GROSVENOR did intend to vote against the motion, but he thought an exception ought to be made in favour of hon. members who had their names in the ballot box for motions. (Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE admitted that there was still a good deal of business on hand besides that specified by the noble lord, such as the question of India, and that of secondary punishments, which ought to be brought on after Easter, and every facility ought to be given to the Government for conducting the public business. But still he thought Government ought to be content to take the alternate Thursday, and to that extent he was ready to support the motion. Lord PALMERSTON thought the speech of the right hon. gentleman opposite ought to be sufficient to induce the house to adopt the whole motion, but nevertheless he had no doubt his noble friend would be quite ready to postpone the commencement of the rule until after the 18th of April, so that the existing notices on the paper might not be prejudiced. (Hear, hear.) Sii J. PAKINGTON said the motion was premature. There would be no objection to make the concession asked for when the proper time arrived ; but at present it was too much to ask for every Thursday. Mr. HUME said it would be time enough to ask for additional days when the house was in possession of the measures which the Government intended to propose, but at all events there was no necessity for passing this motion before Easter. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection to substitute the 18th of April for the 4th. Mr. DEEDES moved as an amendment that the date be " on and after the 2d of May" next ; but after a brief discussion the amendment was withdrawn, at the sug gestion of Mr. F. French. The house then divided, when there appeared-- For the motion... l7l Against it HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. • " The Redruth and Chasewater Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. ... The report upon the Salford Extension an d I m p rove - re ment Bill was considered and agreed to. C' The following bills were read a second time :—Bays. ti( water, Paddington, and Holborn Bridge Rail Way ; itl Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. ; ( PETITIONS. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS presented three petitions T from working men in the metropolis against the Crystal th Palace being opened on Sundays. to Mr. PIGOT presented a petition from Reading against the occupation of Roman territories by French troops. W Mr. BANKES presented a petition from a farmers - cliib in Dorset praying for the repeal of the malt tax; also, t, c three petitions from Dorset against opening any public places of amusement on the Lord's day. I Sir E. DEERING presented a petition from Kent against the admission of Jews into Parliament. , R Mr. DUNDAS presented a petition from members of I the Free Church of Scotland against the grant to May nooth. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the metro- in polis against the admission of Jews into Parliament. ! Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from working men re in Whitechapel against the Crystal Palace being opened ,ft on Sundays. ti Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow 3el against a bill for - regulating the opening of public houses it in Scotland. f Mr. LOWE presented a petition from the guardians ,o 1 of the poor at Kidderminster, in favour of the county er rates being taken out of the Consolidated Fund;; also, le a petition from the same place, praying for the repeal of )f the Militia Bill, and in favour of international arbitra- ar tion in lieu of war, he COUNTY OF TIPPERARY ELECTION. Lt( T , The SPEAKER informed the house that he had re- n ceived a letter intimating that it was not intended to g: proceed with the petition against the return for the id county of Tipperary. Fi A considerable number of petitions were presented against opening the Crystal Palace on the Lord's day, o T and against the admission of Jews into Parliament. af Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from printers at Birmingham against all taxes on knowledge ; la also, a petition from the same place in favour of the re moval of all Jewish disabilities. RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. a Mr. CARDWELL brought up the report of the Select Committee on railwayimanagement. The report JONES' DIVORCE. was ordered to lie on the table. Their lordships sat to-day at three o'clock for the pur- ROYAL COMMISSION. pose of hearing evidence in support of this bill. The n tte te nd se t v h e e . nar m ds r ,. Lord Colborne, lb h o a rn vin e, g a b n r d ie L fi ordJerse Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, the Usher of th e Black Rod, Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leo here House e entered, Peers, to d summonedhsarthe Royal the Assentho use to y stated . ral bills which have passed both houses. (For the list of thepetitioner, the followingthe facts on behalf evidence was called : of bills see Lords' report.) John Chippindale produced the proceedings in the The SPEAKER then left, preceded by the Sergeant -at- Ecclesiastical Courts. Arms with the Mace, and followed by, on his return, a Elizabeth Court • , examined by Mr. SLEIGH, deposed few hon. members. to being present at the marriage of the petitioner and ELECTION FOR MALDON. his wife. Lord R. GROSVENOR reported that the committee Elizabeth Rick examined, said—l lived with the peti on the petition for Maldon had come to the resolution tioner and his wife as servant, in the year 1842, at that Mr. Du Cane, and Mr. Taverner J. Miller were not Bristol. There was a Mr. Ward living with them as a duly elected for the borough at the last election, and that lodger. Mr. Jones, who was a tobacco manufac the last election was a void election ; also, that Mr. Du turer, used to be absent from home sometimes Cane and Mr. Miller were, by their agents, guilty of bribery for a week or two at a time. Mr. Ward used and treating, but it had not been proved to the satisfac- to remain in the house while he was away. At one tion of the commitee that it had been committed with time I was in London with Mrs. Jones and her children. their knowledge and consent. The committee were also We lived in Swallow -street, St. James's. Mr. Ward of opinion that corrupt practices had extensively pre- used to visit Mrs. Jones, and they were in the habit of vailed at elections for that borough. going out together. He used to come at all hours, and On the motion of the NOBLE LORD the evidence before sometimes would stay for an hour together. Me was the committee was ordered to be laid on the table. The about 40 years of age; and by trade an oil and colour noble lord also gave notice that, after the recess, he dealer. Mr. Grabham used also to visit Mrs. Jones should move that the writ be suspended until the 21st while we were in London.- He was separated from his April, and that an address be presented to the Crown wife. I remember • one night- Mr. Ward taking Mrs. to appoint a commission to inquire into the existence of Jones to the theatre. They came back - again About 12 corrupt practices in that borough. (Hear, hear.) o'clock. Mr. Ward immediately went away, and Mr. COUNTY OF WESTMEATH. Grabham came -immediately after, and he and Mrs. Jones went out again. were away about two The SPEAKER informed the house that the parties hours. Mrs. Jones They if ' ' Jones appeared as she had been drink did not intend to proceed with the petition against the ing. She . said she had been to a place which would return for Westmeath. have frightened the witness. Witness let out Mr. INDIAN AFFAIRS. Grabham and Mrs. Jones. She said she was not Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house, at its ris- satisfied with the supper which witness had provided ing, do adjourn until Monday, th e 4th o f Ap r il, and for her, and she insisted upon going out for some supper. announced that after this motion was disposed of he Examined by Lord St. LEONARDS—Witness did not should move that the order of the day have precedence observe any improper conduct towards either Ward or of notice of motion on Thursdays. Grabham. Viscount JOCELYN took ti l e oppor t un ity o f asking By Mr. SLElGH—Witness had seen Mrs. Jones drink the President of the Board o f C on t ro l w h e th er an y and ing spirits with a man named Webb. Mr. Jones did what measures have been taken according to the recom- not behave well to his wife. Had heard Mrs. Jones say mendation of the G o v er nor-General o f I n di a , i n his many times that she loved Mr. Ward. She had often lordship's minute dated the 27th day of February, thought that Mrs. Jones was light-minded, and that was 1851, to appropriate a portion of the revenues of the ter- the reason she had not told Mr. Jones of what his wife ritory withdrawn from Ali Morad, Ameer of Upper had said. Scinde, as a penalty for forgery, to the relief of Fanny Wade, examined by Mr. SLEIGH, said - that she the Ameers of Scinde and their families, who I had lived in Mr. Jones' service at Bristol. Witness had were dispossessed of their territories in 1843 by I often seen Mrs. Jones behave improperly with the orders of the British Government. The noble a porter named Webb, who lived in the house. lord reminded the house that last session he On one occasion witness had seen Webb with his hand brought the whole subject of 'Scinde affairs under the up Mrs. Jones's clothes. That had been occasioned by consideration of Parliament, and it was now only neces- • previous indecent liberties which Mrs. Jones had taken sary for him to state that a Commission o f I nqu i r y had 1 with Webb. Mrs. Jones often used to talk indecently. reported that Ali Morad was unjustly d e p r i ve d of his Mr. Ward was living a 4; the house as a lodger. I,When rights. Now, he thought the present was an appropriate ever Mr. Jones was gone out of town Mrs. Jones used time to make the amende honorable mentioned in his to go up into Mr. Ward's drawing-room and spend the question. 1 evening there. The door was sometimes locked. On one Sir C. WOOD (President of the Board of Control), occasion witness went in and found Mrs. Jones and Mr. declined going into any discussion on this subject ; but, Ward lying on the sofa together, and Mrs. Jones' with regard to the question, he could only state that dress was very mu c h disordered. (From the further Mr.Frere had been instructed to make a n inquiry into the . evidence whi c h th e w it ness gave w ith much hesitation whole case. In the meantime, a liberal allowance was no doubt r ema i ne d th a t crimina l i n t erc ourse had taken made to the wh o l e f am ily of ? deposed Scindian Sove- place.) Witness also deponed that on another occasion, reigns. ' when Mr. J ones was from home, Mrs. Jones and a, Mr. DISRAELI h a d g i ven no ti ce o f hi s i n t en ti on to young wo man name d Eli za S m ith h a d entertained four inquire whether it was the intention of the. Govern- g entleman at dinner, andlin the, course of tjie evening ment to take steps fer establishing gold as a legal tender . witness saw 'MA. Joneg and Eliza Smith come out of the Majority The motion was accordingly agreed to. NORWICH ELECTION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Tuesday, the sth of April, he should move that the order for dis. charging the petition complaining of the return for Nor. with be rescinded. CHURCH RATES. Sir W. CLAY gave notice that immediately after Easter he should move for leave to bring in a bill for the total abolition of church rates. TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that he should bring forward his motion on the subject of taxes on knowledge on the 14th of April. [LEFT SITTING.] HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-THE SALE. (SECOND DAY.) From the rumour published in our first edition, we anticipated a stoppage in the sale of the "valuable pro perties of Her Majesty's Theatre" would take place ; but, on visiting the theatre this afternoon, we found Mr. Scott in the rostrum continuing the sale of the gentle men's wardrobe. The large concert room was as thinly attended as yesterday ; and, what with the gloom with which the sale is looked upon by the professionals who attended the auction, and the enormous mass of " pro perties" that lay heaped together in the utmost confu sion, a scene far from agreeable is presented to the casual visitor. At the left hand of the auctioneer a large quantity of antique armour is ranged in lots, while, on the right, the throne and all the emblems of Eastern majesty shared the common fate. The "lots" com menced this afternoon with 141, Twenty surcoats, which realised only 13s. 170. Eighteen pieces of ring armour, 20s. 182. Fourty-four parts of Egyptian dresses, 31. 15s. 203. Seventy-nine Egyptian head-dresses, 21. 4s. 221. A Roman dress, 1/. lls. 215. Five shaped dresses, six pair of pantaloons, and eight pair of trunks, N. 3s. Such are the prices the lots bring. The whole of the orna ments used to decorate the stage during the national concerts realised only 1/. 3s. The proceeds of the day's sale amounted to about 3501. HOLSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) dining-room into the kitchen, where they used such lan guage and gestures as left no doubt that both had had criminal intercourse with their guests. Emily Marshman, a milliner, at Bath, stated that she had often been employed in that capacity by Mrs. Jones. When Mr. Jones was away witness used to sleep with Mrs. Jones, and she had known Mr. Ward to come into Mrs. Jones' bed-room before she was up in the morning. On one occasion witness saw Mrs. Jones walking in the street with another man. Witness followed them, and saw them go into a house of ill-fame, in which they stayed half-an-hour. Witness had also known Mrs. Jones go to a ball with a gentleman, and on coming home she would go into her bed-room and undress her self, and then call both the gentleman and witness into the room. After some further evidence the further consideration of the bill was adjourned sine die. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MARCH, 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Mary Bulteel to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the Honourable Amelia Matilda Murray, resigned. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Amelia Matilda Murray to be Extra Maid of Honour to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, MARCH 15. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Thomas H. Dawson, M.A., to the church and parish of Monymusk, in the presbytery of Garioch, and county of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Reverend Robert Forbes. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 18. The Queen has been pleased to make the following appointments for the. Island of Mauritius, namely : Henry Collett Bury, Esq., t o b e M as t er o f the Supreme Court; Philip Dottin Souper, Esq., to be Registrar of the Supreme Court ; Onezime Desmarais, Henry Maxwell Self, Henri Bruneau, Jules Virieux, Numa Geffroy, John An derson Robertson, Charles Robert Telfair, Thorny Rudelle, and Evenor Dupont, Esqs. to be District M ag i s trates ; Gustave Gireaudeau and Charles St. Felix, Esqs., to be Clerks to the Court at Port Louis ; Evariste Canet, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Pamplemousses ; Charles Tel fair, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Riviere du Rem part ; Alfred Montocchio, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Flacq ; Jacques Charles Godre, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Mahebotug ; Henry Drenning, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at S avanne ; Ed war d Mangeo, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Black River ; William Lavers, Esq., to be Clerk to the Court at Moka cum Plaines Wilhems ; F. Herchenroder, Esq., to be Chief Clerk to the Registry of the Supreme Court. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 18. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Cornet Ellis Flet cher, from the,. 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Scholefield, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, March 18. , 3d Dragoon Guards.--Qnartermaster John Gillespie, from the 11th Hussars, to be Cornet, without purchase; Cornet (John Gilleland to be Adjutant, vice Hunt, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, March 18. 12th Light Dragoons.—Cornet William Cotterill Schole field, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Ellis Fletcher, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards, March 18. 18th Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant Anthony William Samuel Freeman Armstrong to beraptain, without pur chase, vice Gillespie, deceased, Dec. 12 ; Lieutenant William Peter Cockburn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Armstrong, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 15th of March, has been cancelled, March 15 ' • Ensign Alexander Hope Gre a v es t o b e Li eu t enan t, without pur chase, vice Armstrong, Dec. 12. 21st Foot—First Lieutenant William John Legh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cotton, who retires ; Second Lieutenant John Charles Sheffield to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Legh ; Charles Bruce Gaskell, Gent., to be Second Lie u t enan t, b y purc h ase , vice Sheffield, MarchlB. 45th Foot—Richard Blair, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Egan, who retires, March 18. 67th Foot Assistant Staff- Surgeon Michael Fenton Manifold to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward William Bawtree, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, March 18. 73rd Foot—Lieutenant William Creagh O'Brien to be Captain, without purchase, vice Faunce, killed in action ; Ensign Spencer Vassal] Francis Henslowe to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice O'Brien, Dec. 21 ; Ensign Allen Allicock Young, from the 45th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henslowe, March 18. 77th Foot—Frederick John Butts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chawner, pr omo t e d, M arc h 18. 78th Foot—Ensign Andrew Cathcart Bogle, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, who retires ; Fred erick Henry Walsh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bogle, March 18. 89th Foot—Richard Edwark Beck, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cresswell, promoted, March 18 ; Augustus Breedon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Morris, promoted, March 19. _ _ 92nd Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bethune, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scott, who retires ' • Ensign William David Inverarity, to be Li eu t enan t, by purchase, vice Bethune, March 18 ; Lieutenant Donald Patrick Campbell, to be Adjutant, vice Cameron, promoted. Jan. 28. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant. George- Allan, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission ; Walter William Harris, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cr o s s , a pp o i n t e d to the Staff, March 18. 3rd West Regiment— Ensign Blake Goble to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Conran, promoted, March 18. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—First Lieutenant John Hen derson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rushout, who retires ; 2nd Lieutenant George Charles Henry Waters to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henderson, March 18. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Cooper to be Staff-Surgeon of the 2nd Class, vice Mc Bean, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon Philip Henry Eustace Cross, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Cooper, promoted ; Charles Thompson Abbott, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, March 18. MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of Lieutenant Ed dmond William Sargent, of the 18th Foot, to the Adju tancy, and the promotion of Ensign Eteson, of that Corps, to the Lieutenancy in succession, have been ante-dated to April 15, 1852. The Christian names of Ensign Norton, of the 52nd Foot, are Charles Grantley Campbell. Assistanr-Surgeon William Stewart James Horne Munro, M.D., has been appointed from the 93rd Foot to the 83rd Regiment, and not to the 82nd, as appeared in the Gazette of the 11th instant. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberlandshire. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia.----John Stuart Colon, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 29; Edmund Lionel Welles, Esq., to be Captain, March 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. Royal Wilts Militia—Nathaniel Whitchurh Sloper, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 8. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire 'Militia.— Lieut. Edward Scott to be Captain ; Lieut. John Capel Philips to be Captain, vice Garnett, resigned ; Charles Richard Levett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, pro moted ; Charles James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Philips, promoted, March 15. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Dicken, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Knight, resigned, March 15. BANKRUPTS. William Ayres, nurseryman, Blackheath, Kent, to sur render, April Ist and 29th, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, 18 Aldermanbury ; Bristow and Tarrant, 2 Bond-court Walbrook. Frederick Arthur Butt, grocer, 22, Henry-street, Pen tonville, Middlesex, April 1, at half-past two, at the C our t of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, 2, Basing hall-street ; Fraser and May, 78, Dean-street, Soho. John Francis Bricknell Cabburn, licensed victualler, King's Cross, March 23, and May 6, to twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Bas inghall-street ; Dimmock and Burbey, Cannon-street, City. Joseph Boys, draper, Peckham, March 30 and April 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Braddon, Gray's-inn place. Joseph Henry Dunne and John Venables, shipowners, Craven-street, Strand, March 23 and May 6, at eleven, at the- Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philp, Ilucklersbuu. Thomas Kent Clay, woollen warehouseman, Ironmonger lane, April 1 at eleven, and April 30 at tw e l ve , a t th e C our t of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Miller and Horn, King William-street. John Johnson, cabinetmaker, Wakefield, April 11 an d May. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. H o p e , official assignee, Leeds ; Westmoreland and Taylor, Wake field. - . - - James Broadhead, manufacturer, Scholes, Yorkshire, April 11 and May 2, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Cariss and Cudworth, Leeds. Thomas Brock, coal and potato merchant, Kingston upon-Hull, April 13 and May 4, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Levett and Champney, Kingston-upon-Hull. George Earnshaw, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, April 5, and May 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Brooks, Ashton-under- Lyne. 'John Heap, sen., and Richard Heap, silk printers, Man• chester, Bth and 29th April next, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Keating Taylor, Manchester ; Hartley, Colne. BANK OF ENGLAND. In Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for , the Week:ending on Saturday the 12th day of March, 1853 . 188 UR DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. • • .... 32,37-8,600 ...... 18,359,446 O oyern ment debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities.. •• .. 2,984,400 19,154 S G l (3 lv l d e r ai l 11 : iaonnd bullion . . £32,378,600' £ 32 ,378,600 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of March, 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest „„ 3,621,448 Public deposits (in chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,607,914 Other deposb r .. • . . 13,051,136 Seven Day and other Bills ...... .... • • .. 1,292,007 Government securities (in cludg•Dead Weight Annuity) ••• • • 13,46 ~ 538 Other securities... 15,336,827 Notes ....• •••• • .. 10,665,43 ) Gold and silver coin.. 599,710 X 40,126,503 .£40,126,5 05 If. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 153. Dated tte 17th day of March, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 15th day of March, 1853, is 265. 74d. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. Front the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—Of East India and Mauritius, extensive arrivls have taken pl ace s i nce this day week ; and of West India asiweil as of Foreign they have somewhat increased. To day there being no material increase in the quantity of West India Sugar on offer, merchants were enabled to ob tain prices equal to Friday last. But all parties operated with caution, and the sales are only 133 hhds, &c., inclu ding at auction 70 hhds Demerara crystalized which sold at 36s 6d to 40s 6d, and brown at 34s to 36s per cwt. For the week total purchases are 1,007 hhds, &c., the market closing with a quieter aspect. REFINED.—To day refined sugar was in excellent de mand for trade purposes, and rates ruled free. Brown lumps at 465, low to fine grocery 46s 6d to 49s per cwt. Crushed sugar is wanted by shippers at former rates. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the extensive quantity of 21,000 bags Mauritius sugar was offered at public sale, but merchants submitting to a reduction of 6d per cwt., occa sioned a very good demand, and the whole sold—fine yellew went ai 37s 6d to 38s 6d, middling to' good 36s to 375, low 35s to 35s 6d, middlin2 to ffne brown 31 to 34s 6d, ordinary 29s to 31, very low 27s to 28s 6d, good to fine refining 36s Gd to 38s, and inferior 33s to 365. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon prices were generally sus tained at the public sales of 3,600 bags Bengal, and nearly the whole sold, low to mid white Benares at 36s 6d to 37s 6d, good to fine 38s to 395, damp and washed 35s to 38s 6d, fine grainy white 40s to 41s Gd, good like Mauritius 36s to 368 6d. FOREGN.—To-day there was only a limited demand for duty paid parcels of Foreign Sugar, still there is a d ec li ne . Floating cargoes ar e wan t e d for export at former terms, but few are on offer. None was offered at auction to-day. COFFEE.—To-day Plantation Ceylon was held for full rates, but all parties were less inclined to operate. Of 547 casks, 36 barrels, and 165 bags at auction a small part only sold; fine to superior at 67s to 80s, good mid to good 60s to 665, low mid to mid 56s to 595, other sorts 50s to 555, and Triage 45s to 495. There is firmness on the part of holders of Native, but privately little was done, and not any was offered at auction. The value is 47s 6d to 48s for old, and 48s 6d for new of good ordinary quality. Other sorts of Coffee are held for full terms, still sales were limited. At auction 63 bags Madras sold at 53s to 54s for fine ord, but 120 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 55s per cwt. The second Dutch Company's sale of Java went rather above the rates of the first. COCOA.—To-day at auction 62 bags Triniday Cocoa were nearly all taken in at 36s 6d for ord red, and 28 brls 87 bags Grenada 32s to 33s 6d per cwt. TEA.—In Green Tea extensive purchases have been made both by the trade speculators, producing an advance of OP to ld per lb. ; medium and inferior having been most in request. There is at present no advance for IoW to good common Congou, but operations rather exceed those of last week, and 94d to 104 d is the value. SPICES.—To-day at auction 100 bags African ginger sold at 25s 6d to 26s per cwt., being the full value. RICE.—To-day there was little passing privately in East India rice, and at auction 1,500 bags good white Bengal were taken in at lls 6d to 12s per cwt., being above the value. Of Farina 50 sacks sold at 17s 6d, being cheaper. SPIRITS.—With Demerara Rum the market is more freely supplied, and prices have rather declined ; there are sellers of 28s to 40s per cent over proof, at 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon, and with few buyers. Jamaica met with little notice for shipping or home consumption, but at present there is no decided reduction. TALLOW.—An advance is demanded for Russian on the spot, yet only a limited demand has been experienced, and. 445. 9d. per cwt. is the value of F.Y.C. For early deli very little has been done, but many contracts have been concluded for last three months of the year at 455. Of home melted, supply exceeds dealers' wants, and 44.8 6d is the value cash. OlLS—Prices are further depressed for linseed oil, and purchases have been limited at 30s 6d to 39s 9d on the spot, and at 31s to 43s 6d for delivery. Although cod can be obtained at a reduction, still purchases have been on a small scale at 33/ to 33/ 10s per ton. Seal met with little notice, and the rates accepted for pale are 35/ to 35/ 5s ; other sorts 31/ lOs to 34/ 10s, with a downward tendency. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tars DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 17% .Gibraltar ...... ••..• • • • Ditto, three months ~ 11 19 Leghorn . 12% Rotterdam .. .... 11 19% Genoa ................25 40 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ................ Brussels .............. 25 30 Venice .........• ••• • • • H amburgh .. 13 84 Naples .. 41 1 / 9 Altona ................ Palermo ....... ...... 124% Paris •• • • .. 25 7 1 34 idessina .............. 125 Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon .........• ••• • • • 53 % Marseilles........ • ..... 25 32% Oporto .......• •••• • • • • 53 54 Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro . ..... 2734 Franktort-on•Maine -... 120 Buenos Ayres Berlin - .............. New York, 60 days' siekt 48% Vienna 11 3 Philadelphia .......... Trieste 11 4 pumas OF 13171.1.1.0 N, PER OZ. Pet ersburgh ............. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ................ 60% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz 60% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 8arce10na.............. New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. The attendance was confined to about a dozen mem bers, and the only transactions were :-300 to 25 agst Orestes, 550 to 25 agst Ninnyhammer, and 18 and 25 to 1, to 1001., agst Honeywood. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON SPRING MEETING. THITRSDAY. GOLD Cur', value 100 sovs., with a bonus added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for horses the pro perty of officers on full pay of the army, and that have been regularly hunted in the years 1852 and 1853 with any established pack of hounds ; 12st each, winners extra ; to be ridden by officers on full pay ; the second to save his stake, and receive the bonus ; any officer who has not ridden a steeplechase or hurdle race allowed 51b. The winner to give 101. to the third horse. Three miles. Cap. Thornton's ch m Minna, 12st (Mr. Berkeley) 1 Lieut. Probyn's Routh, 12st (Lieut. Hunt) 2 Lieut. Pottinger's Harkover, list 911► (allowed 51b) (Owner) 3 Lieut. Hogge's Chance, 12st ...... (Mr. Hutchinson) 0 Lieut. Hamilton's Abel, 12st Lieut. Scott's Maucan, 12st (carried 12st 41b) ... (Sir T. Grosley) 0 Capt. Buchanan's Gannymede, 12st 71b ......(Owner) 0 Lieut. Adlington's Welcome, 12st (Owner) 0 Capt. Dickenson's First Flight, 12st Capt. Dickson's Harlequin, list 91b (carried 12st) (Capt. B arc l ay ) 0 Lieut, Sartoris's Young Sir Edward, 12st (carried Lieut.-Col. ....................... . ********** ****** * ***** * * *** * * * *u w d n i e n r g )o llo2lb ....................................... (Capt. Morris) 0 Cornet Jones's Senator, 12st ............ (Capt. Tower) 0 Capt. Morant's St. Nicholas, 12st 1 agst Harlequin, 7 to 1 agst Senator, 8 to 1 agst Chance, 8 to 1 agst Minna, and 10 to 1 each agst Wel come, First Flight, Young Sir Edward, and St. Nicholas. Won by three lengths, six lengths between second and third. SWEEPSTAKES of 5 sovs. each, with a bonus added, and conditionally the property of of f icers on full pay in the army ; list each, winners extra. To be ridden by officers on full pay in the army. The winner to be sold by auction for 100 sovs. if demanded, &c. Three miles. Lieut. Ring's Bendigo, 1 ist .......... Capt. Morris's Quiffie, list Capt. La m 2 ) Fox's E scu l ap i us, list (Owner) 3 Lieut.-Col. B er k e l ey ' s Gloomy, 1 1 st...(Capt. Rowley) 4 Mr. Hunt's Signal, list (allowed 51b)... (Mr. G. Booth) 5 Capt. Dickson's Free Trader, 1 lst...(Lieut. Berkeley) 0 Betting -7 to 4 agst Quiffie. Won by a neck ; three parts of a length between second and third, and the others beaten off. Free Trader did not pass the post. WELTER STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with a bonus added, for horses unconditionally the property of officers on full pay in th e army ; 13st 71 b each, winners extra ; to be ridden by officers &c. Three miles. Capt. Di c k son ' s Peeping Tom, 13st 71b (Owner) 1 Major Fo s t er ' s C anon B a ll, 13 st 71b .. ( Li eut. Sartori 2 s) Betting-2 to lon P ee pi ng T om , w h o w on i n acanter by ten lengths. ,(Mr. Purcell) 1 LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Hobby-horse (taken). CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 30 agst Little Jack (taken). NEWMARKET HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Ethelbert (taken). 8 to 1 bar one. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Bto 1 offered on the field. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Orestes. 1 agst Hurwo r th ( taken). 1 agst Ninnyh ammer (taken). 50 to 1 agst Spe e d t h e Plough (taken). 1000 to 30 agst Filb ert (taken). 2 3 5 0 tt INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. ACCEPTANCES for the LINCOLN SPRING HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each. The highest accepting being Bst., it has been raised, &c. Yrs st lb Y rs st lb Musician Warwick . ........ . ..... 5 8 7 c b y Th eon out of . ... . 6 8 0 Rebecca 4 611 Sir R. Trenchard 58 0 Thunderbolt Odiham ............ 5 7 5 Chilton Prestige ............ 5 7 5 Game Tommy...- 3 6 5 Harp .... ........... 5 7 0 The Gip 3 6 11 Abdallah Caurire Presto NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 200 added, for 3-year-olds. A.F. Yrs at lb Yrs at lb Mountain Deer... 5 8 8 Galvanism 4 7 0 Harbinger 4 8 1 Sanita 4 6 19 Conm ore Gossamer Bardolph Father Thames ... 4 7 1 Invasion 3 6 10 YORK SPRING MEETING. TIIE FORCED FREE HANDICAP of 300 soya. each did not fill. RUMOURS OF ANOTHER EXPEDITION FOR THE INVA SION OF CUBA.-It is said, though we do not vouch for its truth, that another expedition is being organised in New Orleans, with the design of invading the island of Cuba, and wresting it from the possession of Spain. A colonel of the late Hungarian army is to have the com mand of the expedition, which, already, it is said, num bers a force of fifteen hundred men, from Cincinnati and elsewhere. The committee is reported to be in the habit of meeting for the transaction of business and further ance of the project, almost every evening, at one o f th e hotels, in New Orleans ; but it is surmised th a t no a,c tive measures are to be taken for five or six rnontlis more.—New York Herald. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—MARCH 17. Wil- ENTERED INWARDS.—The Baron, from Antwerp ; Liam Crew, Marans ; Bonne Marie, Nantes ; providence, Rouen ; Gertrude, Charente ; Slavian ski, Constantinople ; Veritas, Guernsey ; Rainbow Rotterdam ; vig ; Deborah, Rouen • Isabel, do. ; Dona Theiesa, New Orleans ; Apollo, Schiede ; Eburn, Dunkirk; Archimede, Charente ; May Queen, Munsoorcottah ; Aquila, Savan nah ; Mary, Caen ; Twee Vrinden, Dantzic ; Heinrich , w Ch h ri a s m ti p an oa sa ; nd je ; us D H ie a u ns d e e n L P u o n k,e d, gt eg D ho ie rn p7 Howard, Laur wii hamlet', Odessa ; Lagaginerie, Lucon • Times, Odessa . ; Indus trie ' land, Charente ; Victoria, Christiana ;•Alamode, Leghon; Livenia, Demer ara ; A ugus ti ne Cl ara, Ch are nte ; 'Yandevr, Oporto ; San Bruno, Torrevieja ; Earl of Auckland, Rot' terdam ; Constituti on , St. John's New Brunswic k ; Ge ' neral Sale, Singapore ; Marsala, dirgente; Fran cis Henry, Melbourne ; Henolna, Santander ; Fame, Calais.; Soph ia, Calcutta ; Jeune Hermi ne , Charente ; Attwood, ; Rotter dam ; Salva Dora, Boston William and Rebecca Calais;- Lea, Emden ; Factory, R o tt er d am ; B urg h Castle, .Ant" Warp. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Triton, for Ostend ; Soho, Havre ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Sea W itch ' Shanghai ; Patrick Henry, New York ; George a -id Ow beth, Rouen ; Rupina, Bilton and San Sebastian ; Boulogne ; Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Fame, Cab ie; Aurora, Sydney ; Celestial, Madras ; Hanover, Po rt ; Investigator, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Jovia Anita, 'Valencia and Barcelona ; Emilie and Maria, Rouen ; 1 tainbow, Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The John I 3ertrsn for Boston ; Brooking, St. Johns, Newfoundland ; George and Elizabeth, Rouen ; Margaret, Launceston • Gaugr a ' : Port Philip ; City of Paris, Boulogne ; Sally, )3rus sew John Bull, Montreal ; Carrier, Mogadore ; Nora, 1 . - 4eelLug,, 7 Stanhope, Melbourne ; Urania, Rouen ; City of ianii"'"' Montreal. Albion, The wreck of the brig Markland, with only forceps: and bowsprit standin g , h av i ng a pp aren tly b e en run Yi ed by some vessel, was p a ssed, F e b. 24, by th e J a ne, err° at Liverpool from New Orleans. Rio JANEIRO, Feb. 14.—The Camada, from the , Chi nch° Isles to the Chesapeake, p u t i n h ere ye sterday lea ky• e a DOUGLAS, 1.M., March 16.—The Castilian Maitl ern, here, after having been on the Scarlet Rocks, having S. taken the harbour light for 'the Calf light, and is '— charging. LAMLASR, March 15.—The Henry Holland (brig), 11 '1 the Clyde to St. John's, N. 8., went on shore at CorrYni e Shore, near this place ; should the weather keep mode' the vessel may be got off. COLERAINE, March 15.—The Mary May, of St. J N. 8., from Ardrossan to Boston, was driven on she on Rathlin Island yesterday morning—crew saved. „ A STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLES, J an . s.—Th e Pore. api from Liverpool to C a lif orn i a , sa il e d h ence , D ec . 14 , but has just put back with floor-timbers broken and othe r damage, having been on shore in the Straits of 3fse lls :j and must discharge to repai r . Th e na ti ves surrounni them and attempted to burn the vessel. BAHIA, Feb. 19.—The Scio, Rio Grande to town, and put in here Feb. 5, leaky, has repaired, al ad " sail 21st for her destination. The Templar, V a lparsisn Liverpool, put in here Feb. 8, v er y l ea ky, an d will "` charge. GUERNSEY; March 15.—The side of a small vessel,' or posed to be English, has been brought in here. ANTWERP, March 16.—The Biene, St e ttin for O nr. seines, has been stranded near th e I s l an d o f S ar dinia: 11 :j two casks of brandy which w ere pi c k e d u p J an . 2 3, a- f 0 taken to Leith, have been ascertained to have been 0 the cargo of the Diederic, Hedenburg, which Em ile' I I r n e a Rochelle Nov. 10, for Boston, U.S., and had not a Xri v at the latter port Feb. 26. NEW YORK, March 2.—The Diedrich, Hedenberg, sailed from Rochelle, for Boston, is about two month s of time, and was probably lost soon after her departu re_ m , two quarter ca s k s o f b ran dy, th e mar k o f which ,aO"7-e; ponded with those in a bill of lading of some bra n ci : or shipped on b oar d th a t vesse l , were p i c k e d up J an. 23, near the Bay of Biscay, by the Gem, of Leith. See Ant , ° e- 1, paragraph. A s hip' s bi nnac l e , a sex t an t i n wooderri r y el 7 3 Dr. Johnson's C om p re h ens i ve Di c ti onary, with the- :nn r , of John Bodi nna , J an . 1851, on th e outside of the 01/ le r g bound in cloth, a P rayer :b oo k, same bi n di ng, an d eep e an pieces of log line, &c., apparently having belonged Sa o. English vess e l, were ffered for sale by the natives of '" - 5/ age Islands, in lat. 19 deg. 10 min. S., and long. 16 dek ile min. W., on th e 27th S ep t., 1852 , t o C omr. heaving to off there. W hich MARCH s.—The It a ly, N ew O r l eans t o Genoa, 11,..y' was abandoned Feb. 3, was seen on th e 20th o f the P' ol month in lat. 33 N. and long. 77 W., with five or six n i er on board, but who weie without provision, by the IDs ci s i % see (schooner), arrived at Boston, which lay by fc'n . fa hours, but could render n o ass i s t ance . Th e wreck n an d vessel sunk, the decks with spars a l ongs id e , bulvrarkl4 rail gone, and apparently of about 200 tons, Was Inpe Feb. 24, on the weste r n e d ge o f th e G u ll St re am, Henry, W.N.W. The Fairy, Smyrnalor Boston, n i c i put into St. Thomas's Feb. 5, was leaking badly, and W° have to discharge. to r ev i ' ALMERIA, March B.—The Belmont, Carthagena castle, has been brought in with damage, having bea u contact with a guarda costa. ifin nt The Doris (not Dovre , as reported yesterday) L . no t Dantzic to London, passed the Sound Dec. 7, and u . " since been heard of. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The America, New York to Liverpool, Feb. 23, la t 7 4° ' long. 69. Feb. 2 4. The Sarah Louisa, Liverpool to New York, 42, long. 61. COUNTRY MARKETS. BOSTON-3,11nm" 16. if Although the supplies of grain generally were co teo moderate, the trade was in an extremely languid. P i a more so than for se vera l wee k s past. Wheat declinet,' value fully is per qr. on th e d eprec i ated currency of i'r day se'nni g ht. B ar l ey, b eans, and peas were 6d to 1 s pet, qr. cheaper. Oats barely supported late prices. Vi rl l7S red, 37s to 455, white, 45s to 47 5 , extra.49s ; bRJI 3 os to to 31s ; oats, 14s to 19s ; beans, 32s to 355; P s ' 35s per qr. ad tte a : grinsv de ee d (ii.n h w eavy sole , semaolrnes,thamtsa 6rthe e red ecd t m o 44- currencies joe w ss a o so s -- NEWARK—MAitat 16. of wellt barley,h i s was good supplies of grain, which experienced a s omewh at • 30s, malting 32s to 35s ; oats, seed 24s to 28s, feed 21s a g nd :iir lh e e sto : 248 ; beans 28 s t o 44 s ; p eas 34 s to 38 s ; m alt 56s t° 6 , 1°5 ;' tares, 44s to 48s per qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD—Menai 15. ... gs o The supply of fat b eas t s t o -d ay was l arge , with an of buyers ; high prices we re as k e d, an d so me few. b', e 3 left unsold. She e p were scarce , an d rea li se d higher P le f e o t than they have for several years past. The number of de pigs were larger than it has been for some time, and a lower in price. Fat and store calves were more plot' r —Beef, 54d to 6d ; mutton, 7241 to sid. ; veal, sid to , 6a P e r lb. ; pigs, 9s Od to 108 Od per score ; rough fat, 4a 6 11(i 14 lbs. ; hides, 2d to 2id per lb. ; calf-skins, lid to per lb. DENBIGH —MARCH 16. of There was a small market to-day, in conseq ll ., % . ol3lgl o, Ffair Blodau taking place on Saturday next. "Zi to 16s to 176 Od ; b ar l e y, 9 s 6d t o lO s ; oa t s, 56 ato, 6s Od per hobbet ; tub butt er , 9.141 to 10d ; fresh is ld per lb. DUBLIN—Mescn 15. t There was scarcely th e a pp earance o f b us i ne ss a sit Corn-exchange to-day. Buyers generally held offj stbe r holders were not disposed t o t empt t h em by any 111,211 concession in price. On the whole, the market was . possible. ; White wheat, 26s Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to eed, barley, 12s 6d to 16 s 3d ; oats, 9s 6d to 1 / 8 Od ; rapes 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal a"- lls OctOd to 12s Od ; ""'",, Q , 64 flour, 14s 6d t o H Hs Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 31s Od per 480 lbs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVE R MAR ca 17. 611 ,,s STOCK EXCHANGE . — POOL— The share market has n day, and closed without animation. The latest quotli t s were as follows :—Bi r k en h ea d, L ancas hi re, an d Che tie* 121. shares, 3A di a . ; C a l e d on i an, 32i ; Eastern ag ul rs, 131-16 ; Lancashire an d Y or k s hi re , 76i ; Leeds Norleter, 16 ; London and North Western, 1191; M a nchl is b, Sheffield, and Lincol n , 2q 13 ; Midland, 75i ; North ' 3 te rn 9 ; ditto Half shares, issued at 40 dis., 32i • South El' s 7; and Dover, 23i ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, , 1 7 " c „ ; Midland (Bristol and Birmingham 6 per cent.), 11 Dutch Rhenish, 2 dis. MANCHESTER-MARCH 17 STOOK EXCHANGE.—Prices opened much lower,_ o l though they have fl uc t ua t e d, h ave not regained yestr 4 : currency. There has be en b u t a limited business. e v 764 ' • Sheffields, 29i ; Midlands, 754 ; D overs , 23g ;70-0144 don Fifths, p. ; East Angli a n 6 p er cen t. , 32b ; 4$ Union A 252 ; North Union B, 176; North StaffordoPdo dis. ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, 8g ; 1-I°/1 . stock, 119,4. LEEDS—MARCH 17. '• get STOCK EXCHANGE.—We hav e h a d a weaker m ew this morning for all kind s o f s t oc k. L ancas hi re a nd tye shires declined to 76$ ex div., and were done cluring, a o meeting at 764 ; Midl a nd s f e ll t o 75i ; North We_ p 0 were done at 8/. 3s 9d. In o ther li nes the re we"' • operations. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 13th inst„ at liensington - park-villas) Note hill, the wife of H. Le Jenne, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. 0 01 On the 16th inst., at the Admiralty, the wife of CO Milne, R.N. On the 12th inst., at Upper Phillimore-place, ton, the wife of John Fletcher, Esq. MAD ~ On the 15th inst., a t St. Ge o rg e's Hanover-squaw' Ada, D. Gardner; Esq., of Chatter's, Cambridgeshire, t°,., of eldest daughter of W. Pigott, E sq., an d gran ddaugn o , the late Gen. Jeafferson an d the Vi scountess Gorman of Dullingham-house, in the same county. 1d C . On the 15th inst., a t M onk Town-church, 12°_11-„boll, Campbell, Esq., se con d son of Rear-Admiral D. Came hter of Barbreck, Argyl es hi re, to Jessie E. Coplan d, da i l y of of Charles Copl an d , E sq., of Lonford-terrace, corm Dublin. BuOdngetthte, Esq.h t . inst., at C p h i e E dd p ar, Geoff . , Somersetshir° , Geo Esq ,, On the 12th inst , at Bridgwater, Henry Reed ' solicitor, aged rove r ' On the 13th inst, at the Tlrsuline Convent, Dire. of relict o f Nicholas Power, Esq., o f Snow-hill, and a the lat e Ri g h t Hon. R. L. Shel, ag _. 116. On the 12th i ns t., a t Scaleby-hall, Cumberland , 11°1 ra rrer, Esq., aged 54. w iak - On the 15th inst., at 13, Gloucester-street, War square, Pimlico, Mr. J. F. Allen, aged 56. lte llllB ' On the 14th inst., at 3, Clarence-paradetYt ho use aged 54, Sarah, relict of W. Eden, Esq., of -" rwn. Gloucestershire. "io " g l46' LONDON : Printed and Published by MITRDO 114 of No. 112, St ran d, P r i n ter, at The Sun Office, Strand, 0 1 Strand, in the Pre c i nc t of the Savoy, is the cob.'" Middlesex, Friday, March 18,1853•