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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, A PHIL 22, 1858. the kingdom, so that the merchants might know what ' and he did not think the individuals composing the board if he went to the Baltic with a valuable cargo, no pilot was were the proposed regulations, and might have an oppor- were very much to blame. These questions,however—the required. The house would decide whether these regula trinity of niale:_ng any representations to the Government question w h e ther men of mercantile experience should be tion s s h owe d suc h sagacity on the part of the Trinity Board - which they might deem necessary. He o a did not feel him- members of the board—whether any individual member of as to induce that h ouse t o g i ve t h em further powers. If, self in the slighest degree bound to any proposal h e had the board was to sit in Parliament, and bow, if he did, however, the ho use s h ou ld b e of opinion that all the pilots made. Every point he had stated he s hould consider to hi s re l a ti on s t o the chairman, while the chairman did not should be under one uniform authority, it would only be be subject to modification. The Government was desirous sit in Parliament , were to be maintained — together with right that the gover n i ng b o d y, b e i t w h at i t m i ght, should of extending, in every possible way , facilities to the most the further and still more im p ortant q uestion raised b y the exercise the greatest impartiality th e ver y l arge an d discre perfect freedom of trade which at the same time were co n- hon. member for Glasgow (Mr. John M‘Gregor), whether tionary powers p ro p ose d t o b e e l ven b y t hi s bi l l . H e trusted sistent with a due regard to the interests of the re . venue there was to be a board at all, or whether th e y oug ht t o the bill would not be considered a party question, and he and of the fair trader. But, while that was the objectin concentrate the responsibility in the hands of a chief and utterly disclaimed any sinister motive whatever in sup framing these regulations , h e fo r one thou g ht—and he was deputies—these were most important questi ons , w hi c h , i n porting the amendment. sure right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex- his judgment — and he took to himself the responsibility of C o l one l HARCOURT. sure e said the Isle of Wight pilots corn chequer would concur with him . in the sentiment—that. it not submitting at once to Parliament a di s ti nc t pl an on th e plained of being subjected to great grievances as compared world be one of the highest crimes if, by trimming and subject—required mature consideration on th e p ar t o f t h e w i th the pilots of Southampton, for, not only did the latter sailing with the public mind in the hope of catching the entire Government, and which he thought it would be claim the privilege of piloting vessels through the river, Popular breeze, they were t o consen t t o ma k e a n inroad better to postpone until th e p ressure o f th e h eavy business but also out to sea. Not that he should have objected to an d breach upon a revenue of 22 , 003, C 00 /. a-year, over- now occupying theattentionof the Government was abated, that if the Isle of Wight pilots had been allowed to pilot looking the amount of interests involved, or could for one and then they would be able to give the subject the most vessels which they had taken charge of at sea up to South moment entertain a wish to do or be guilty of doing any- careful and deliberate attention, with the view to the adop- ampton ; but that was not the case. While, too, the Isle thing that jeopardise the revenue of the country, or place tion of that system which would best contribute to the se- of Wight or Cowes pilots were paid only 31., the South the fair trader in a disadvantageous position. (Hear, cnrity of the revenue and to the facility of the trade of the ampton pilots were paid 61. 10s. The former were also hear.) The hon. gentleman concluded by moving that a country. (H ear , hear.) He begged the hon. gentleman to obliged to maintain much larger, and therefore more expen . copy of the Treasury minute of the 17th of August, 1852, believe that thi s question had not ken neglected, and if it sive, boats than were required for the pilots of Southamp concerning the regulations of the Customs, and of the had been postponed it was on l y b ecause, being fully ton. He referred to certain regulations of the Trinity reply of the commissioner ; and also of the Treasury aware of its importance, the Government were desirous house, and to other matters, which he said operated as minute of the 14th of April, 185 3 , relating to the same of giving to it all the consideration it deserved. (Hear, grievances on the Isle of Wight pilots and constituted subject, be laid on the table. hear.) strong grounds for inquiry before a select committee. Mr. MITCHELL said that the statement of the hon. Mr. W. BROWN was glad to hear what the right hon. Lord A. PAGET observed that in case of grievance the gentleman, except in one very important respect, which he gentleman had said about the constitution of the Board of pilots of the Isle of Wight could have redress from the should notice by and by, appeared to him to be exceed- Customs, and should like to see one individual responsible Board of Trade if the present bill passed. As the lion. ingly satisfactory. He had met the just claims of the mer- for the good management of the entire department. (Hear, member for Berwick had expressed an opinion that the cantile interest in a fair and liberal manner. With regard hear.) His constituents would be exceedingly gratified by Pilotage Bill would not be of any benefit to the shipowners, to the appointment and promotion of officers, he (Mr. the plan his hon. friend hadpropounded to-night, though he begged to state that an important document had been Mitchell) slid not know whether he rightly understood his there might be some points of p det lon which they would forwarded to him from a large body of shipowners in the hon. friend. Was he to understand that any officer, to be able to suggest improvements which would make the port of London, representing 350,000 tons of shipping. whatever branch he might have been originally appointed, whole plan still more desirable. The document had appended to it the names, among others, would have the door open to him, for good conduct, to rise Mr. J. A. SMITH thanked the hon. gentleman for the of Mr. Green, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Ingram, and Mr. Lindsay, in his profession ? He though the statement as to fines great boon which he had conferred noon the commerce of and sot forth that the undersigned British shipowners were and satisfaction was sufficiently clear, but when he found England by this revision of the Customs . regulations, and of opinion that the proposed Pilotage Bill would be of that the officers had received for their share in one ear i s n ai tr d ic h a e cy, kn t e o w h e e n a ou hl g e h t ofthesedet p ail ro s p , c e r f ly th t e h ir e an d great benefit to the shipping interest, especially as related upwards of 10,0001., and that Sir T. Fremantle admittedto the system of the Cinque Port pilotage, as it would difficult the the system had a tendency to make the officers too strict, labour which the hon. estimate gentleman must have bestowed in open a competition among the pilots, and, by 'their having he was of opinion that, except in the case of the Coast- mastering them as he showed he had done, that evening. cruising licenses, would encourage them to seek ships off guard service, wher e lif e w a s risked, some material alters- (Hear.) Some weeks ago he had been a member of a most Dungeness before the danger commenced, in lieu of await tion should h e ad o pt e d. Th e fund should be from profits remarkable deputation which waited on the Chancellor of ing their arrival within that point, which had hitherto on sales on account of the Crown altogether. Hbeen almost invariably the case, thereby jeopardising the at all satisfied with respect to the system of ad val orem subjectunder his He was not the Ex . chequer to bring this safety of many of the valuably freighted inward bound the right hon. gentleman had most nobly redeemed the duties ; and as t o wat c hes, a competent authority hopes he had held out to that deputation. (Haar.) With ships, their supineness having originated from the mono stated before the committee that 10s. each on gold, reference to the constitution of the Board of Customs, and poly they had up to the present period enjoyed. (Hear.) He certainly thought that the bill would be considered a on silver wat c h es , without reference totheirvarue, would be theremarks which had been made on that subject by the sufficient f or all purposes. The cheaper tribunals ought, hon. member for BridP° r t (Mr. Mitchell) , he believed that great boon by the shippi . ng interest. in his opinion, to be open in all cases ' Mr. GEORGE gave his hearty support to the bill, which in his opinion did justice to the . important steam interest where the duty in- gentleman had only expressed the opinion of a very large volved w as unde r 1001., and not, !as was proposed, where majority of the commercial community of London. (Hear.A connected with the port of Liverpool. He warmly ap duty and penalty came to that amount. He liffered frdm They had felt most deeply upon this subject, and he di of the power of appeal to the Board of Trade in the the Government altogether in the principle laid down with not believe the hon. member had uttered one word which proved event ef the local boards refusing to license competent respect to the bonded warehouses - tand thought that would not be adopted by them. (Hear.) masters and . mates; and, to show the injurious operation yb em, ma. HENLEY said the hon. gentleman had introduced it ought not to be enmpnlanry to re-enter goods in more . of the existing system, he referred to the case of the Dublin cases of transfer. As to the hours of attendance, it should into his scheme the principle of a local tribunal for the be recoll ec t e d that practicall half an hour was lost every decision of cases, and it would contribute very much to and Liverpool Steam Company. Th e mas t ers an d ma t es board refused to license them. In the last th ree y ears th e day to the merchants and traders, and that 30 years ago the satisfaction of all p arties if these cases were heard employed by the company were ex p er i ence d men, an d the hour s were f rom 6 o ' clock till 6, while the committee bef o r e t he c o mmissioners who had to give the decision. knew every crevice of the port of Liv e rp oo l, b u t th e l oca l recommended from 7 o'clock to 5 and the Government He said this because he understood from the statement of adopted f rom 8 o ' clock to 4. Thi s was a great rostriction the hon. gentleman that evidence was to be taken and the company's vessels had mad e 2,736 voyages f rom por t to on business. - He begged te suggest that thereoug ought to be parties to be brought before one commissioner, who was Pert. In only 245 cases had they employed the Liverpool pilots, and they had been compelled to pay for that service were to .. a great simplification of the system of entry with regard to then to report, to the board, and the board decide. nb less than 4,500/ , at the rate of 1,5001. a year. free goods, which at present entailed a loss on the mercan- i It would be much more desirable, however, in his opinion, (Hear, hear.) • being tile interest or London, taking the average fees on each if those persons had to decide the case who heard witnesses 25,0001. a-year while for practical and who saw their demeanour. He had heard with satin- Mr. as unjustly by the masters and mates of th© steam- Mr. HILDYARD complained that the Liverpool board entry at 7s. of about vessels plying between that port and Whitehaven as they or statistical purposes it was perfectly useless. With re- . faction that it was intended to refer many of those cases 'spect to the case of smuggling, he must say he quite agreed to the County Courts, but he questioned very much the - with the hon. gentleman as to Mr. Ma r cha nd ' s case ; but propriety of sending such cases before the magistrates. did those of the D u bli n company. he did not think that Mr. Travers had done more than say i Mr. W. D. SEYMOUR regretted that any hon, member Mr. LABOUCHERE looked upon the bill as a great that if Mr. Marchand's story was true he was a very ill - ' should have gone out of his way to p ass a censure upon th e boon to the mercantile marine. Th e l oca l i n t eres t h a d d man. Before ho sat down he m u s t o b s erve , that the ' gentleman who held the office of Solicitor of the Customs, always exercised a powerful i n fl uence i n preven ti ng th e hon. gentleman had left out of his bill the first recommen - He could bear testimony to the private respectability of adoption of an y measure ca l culated to improve the present dation of the committee, that the constitution of th e that • gentleman, and th e grea t amoun t o f a bili ty and in- d e f ec ti ve system of pilotage. By means of that influence a Board of Customs should be changed. (Hear, hear.) As formation which he possessed. He had been spoken of as bill, introduced by the late Lord Sydenham, was defeated, it now stood, the board did not possess the confidence o f an obscure country attorney, but it was the first time he which, had it been adopted, would have saved the shipping the public. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman the ' had heard that the obsc ur ity o f a man a t any per i od of his interest a large sum o f mone y. A b e tt er s pi r it wou ld, h o other night said be was sure the house would not object to life should be a bar to the possession of important offices. trusted, animate the house on this occasion, and induce extend the powers possessed by such men as Sir. T. Fre- Mr. Hamel was ch osen t o th e o ffi ce h e h e l d b y the late Sir th em to reject the amendment. The proposal for sending mantle and Mr. Wood. He was one who very much ob- R. Peel—whose solicitor he was—as the man best adapted the bill to a select committee was a specious one, but, jected to do so. (Hear, hear.) He was sure the house i for the service. (Hear.) When there was no charge of if the house agreed to it, the reformation of the pilotage would not forget that it was under th e administrati on of maladministration charged against him, he thought it was system would be postponed to the Greek Kalends. (Hear, Sir T. Fremantle that proceedings were instituted, unpre- I rather hard that he s h ou ld b e ma d e th e o b ject of animad- h ear. ) cedented in the history of this country, against two great version by any hon. member in that house. Lord CHELSEA wished the bill to be referred to a com dock companies, possessing a capital of 5,000,0001. sterling. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON generally approved the mittee. He thought that a conclusive reason for adopting (Hear, hear.) He believed he spoke the sense of the corn- measures which had been submitted to the house by the that course was to be found in the 9th clause of the bill, mercial world of London and of the empire when he said hon. Secretary to the Treasury, and he congratulated the which, proposed to deal with the funds of the Cinque For Is. the present board did not possess their confidence, and that house and the country most heartily on the changes that That subject could alone be done justice to in a committee no Customs reform could be satisfactory till the constitu- were about to take place. (Hear, hear.) He had looked upstairs. tion of the board was altered. The instigator and adviser with the greatest dissatisfaction for the last 30 years to Mr. CARDWELL said, that after the support which of these proceedings was the solicitor of the board, who the way in which our Customs laws had been administered. the measure had received from both sides of the house— had been an obscure attorney in the inland town of Tam- (Hear, hear.) During that period they had been giving after the repeated addresses which it had been his duty to worth, where he could not possibly have acquired any increased facilities to the trade of the country by the re- make on former stages of the bill—he should not at that knowledge of commercial affairs. He was first appointed moval of duties and other remedial measures, while the late hour occupy the time of the house by going into de assistant-solicitor, but in three years, by the compulsory Board of Customs were not merely adhering to the old tails. (Hear, hear.) He should reserve those for the corn retirement of the chief solicitor, he was advanced to the system, but adopting measures more restrictive than any mittee of the whole house, to which it appeared to be the office of that gentl eman, an d b e i ng, as he supposed, a vain, that existed during the war. (Hear, hear.) He could not general desire of hon. me m b ers t o sen d it. H e on l y w i s h e d conceited man, set to work to distinguish himself, and approve of the mode in which cas e s o f se i zure were t o b e to make one observation, fo r th e p ur p ose of bringing the induced the board t o t a k e those unconstitutional and heard before the commissioners. The only way to stop sincerity of hon. members to the test on the subject. They e illegal proceedings. (H ear , h ear .) A s l ong as t h a t gen- smuggling was to hear every case in open court, and had passed the second rea di ng o f th e bill w ith ou t a di va tleman was solicitor to the Board of Customs not a mer- pronounce judgment so as to bring disgrace on the per- sion. Did they intend that the shipowners and those who menthe man was safe in his transactions, and after the tri- sons engaged in it. (Hear, hear.) It was hi s d ec id e d were engaged in the commerce of the coun t r y s h ou ld have bute paid by th e h on . gen tl eman and by the right hon. opinion that proper men had not been selected for the ad- the benefit of the reform of which the house had declared gentleman the other night to the heads of this department ministration of the Customs ; but he hoped that would be its approval by that second reading ? Because, if so, they he said so much by way o f pro t es t , an d l est i t s h ou ld b e correc t e d , an d was glad to hear that the subject was ought to advance the bill the present s t age , an d p erm it the supposed he acquiesc e d i n th a t pra i se. N o c h ange th a t un d er th e cons id era ti on o f th e G overnment. (Hear, hear.) house to enter upon that fair d e lib era ti on w hi c h the sub took pl ace cou ld b e f or th e worse, and he trusted Govern- H e had heard a high eulogium passed upon Mr. %amel. ject required. (Hear.) If they se nt the bill to a select anent would li s t en t o th e recommen d a ti ons w hi c h h a d b een H e k new not hi ng of that gentleman, but what he heard committee, and called witnesses on the various points, as made to them, and that some gentleman who had been en- when he appeared as a witness before the committee, and was no w proposed , when , he should like to know , would gaged in m ercan til e lif e would be placed on the board when he must say that while he concurred in what had been the bill again make its appearance in that house ? The reconstituted. said as to the talents of Mr. Hamel, he did not think he had noble lord the member for Dover (Lord Chelsea) had spoken Mr. TURNER wou ld l eave th e d e t a il s o f th e p l an to the di sc h arge d t h e functions of his office in a way that con- of the state of the fund s of th e Ci nque P or t s a s a reason judgment o f th e various commercial association s of th e duced to the public i n t eres t s . (H ear , h ear .) If th e h on . for sending the bill t o a com mitt ee u p s t a i rs . With respect ~ and should continue to engage, his careful atten- trail ; and he should be rea dy, w h en th ey go t t o th a t c l ause empire, but could not refrain from thanking the hon. gen - member who p asse d th e eulogium would go to the minutes to that begged to say that it was one which had tleman and the Government f or th e grea t b oon th e y h a d of the committee, h e wou ld there find what was the opi- ehgaged point, he conferred on Liverp oo l by g i v i ng it a l oca l b oar d, an d th us ni o n o f th e comm itt ee regar di ng hi m. He would have re tion th e merc h an t s th e d e l ay an d annoyance of references ce i ve d th e severest, censure that a committee could pass on either to vindicate its provi s i ons or su b s t i t u t e some rea sonable against alt alterations sacrificing cp . st to London. H e a l so th an k e d them for giving jurisdiction any individual, but was saved :rem that condemnation b y layin e the but he important principlesproteas far as in him i should of the bill to the County Co ur t i n cases u p t o 1001., b u t th oug ht th e th e vo t e o f a single member. (Hear, hear.) He believed penalty should not be in c l u d e d i n th a t amoun t. Th o j u d ge th a t if th e sa l ary an d expenses o f th e so li c it ors h a d b een by the unavoidable d e l a y w h ic h wou ld b e th e consequence committee. (Hear, hear.) were taken to of the Liverpool County C our t was a gen tl eman o f grea t p a id ou t o f th e E xc h equer , an d re t urns regu l ar l y ma d e as of sending it to a select ability, and was able to g i ve satisfaction in cases of far to what they were occasioned by, they would not have Mr. HENLEY said that no objections what the hon. gentleman h a d ca ll e d th e p r i nc i p l es o f hi s larger amount, if left t o hi s decision. heard see such a thin g aa that official filing 120 ex _officio., in Mr. WILLIAMS recommended the Government to ap- the manner he had done. (Hear.) bill ; but the first nine c l auses h a d no thi ng w h a t ever t o d o point a member of that house to the board. He thought Mr. GOULBURN said, his hon: friend had never at- with those principles. Th e y re f erre d t o an en ti re l y sepa the plan likely to do service, but nothing good could be tempted during the 30 years of which he had sp o k en to rate and distinct subject--viz., the sw ee pi ng awa y o f an done till the Board of Customs was changed. correct the grievances of which he complained, a lth oug h ancient corporation and joining it to another, and that, Mr. G. A. HAMILTON expressed his satisfaction at the two bills on the subject of the Customs had passed while apparently, without affording any protection to the inte measure introduced by the hon. gentleman opposite. he was a member of the house. He would, therefore, put rests of the body which it p ro p ose d t o sweep away; an d (Hear, hear.) The subject had been under the considera- his 30 years' silence in opposition to his present statement. he would ask whether they were more likely to delay the tion of the late Government, and he knew that many of The persons charged with the administration of the Cus- bill by discussing the financial question involved in those the suggestions of the hon. gentleman, which had been en- toms occupied the highest positions as to private character, clauses over the table of that house, or by quietly endea tertained by them, were calculated to facilitate business, and were wholly incapable of the charges preferred vouring to settle the question in a committee upstairs to and to produce the greatest benefit to the trading corn- against them. (Hear.) He concurred in what had been the satisfaction of all the pat ties concerned ? (Hear, hear.) munity. With reference to the complaints of Mr. Mar- said as to the ability with which the Secretary to the He desired to see a good bill pass, And he would lend his chard, he was at the Treasury at the time they were Treasury had developed the views of the Government, best endeavours to perfect a good measure, but it was im originally made, and, having given the subject full con- What he proposed to do would materially relieve trade, possible to discuss such a bill properly across the table of sideration, he must sa y it h a d appeare d t o hi m t o b e a b out an d , if carr i e d out w i th proper care, would not, he be- that house. as atrocious a case o f smugg li ng as h a d ever ex i s t e d—(h ear ) li eve d , i n t er f ere w ith t h e d ue col l ect i on of the revenue. The house then divided ; th e num b ers were, —and he was surp r i se d th a t it h a d i mpose d upon th e (H ear , hear.) • For going into c o m m itt ee respectable gentlemen w h o a pp eare d t o h ave t a k en it up. M r . M. FORSTER was hi g hl y gra tifi e d w i t h t h e state- For the amendment Upon the subject of the admission of free goods, great care ment which had been made on the part of the Government. had to be taken lest in facilitating the operations of trade Reference had been made to Mr. Hamel, and he must say the Board of Customs encouraged smuggling, to the detri- that that individual left a very bad impression on his mind, ment of the revenue an d th e i n j ur y o f the fair trader. and he believed on the minds of all the committee. The (Hear.) With reference to the Commissioners of Customs, hon. member for Sunderland (Mr. Seymour), however, he was sure that everyone who had had to do with them, seemed to have a brotherly feeling for one of his own pro and especially with Sir Thomas Fremantle, must bear tes- fession. timony to the great intelligence and the great energy of Mr. W.D. SEYMOUR wishedto explain that in what he that most estimable public officer, and the great zeal which had said he was only influenced by a sense of duty. He he displayed on every occasion to facilitate the operations might state the fact also that Mr. Hamel was paid by of traile as far as was consistent with a due regard to the salary and not by fees. public revenue. (Hear.) The papers were then ordered to be printed. Mr. WHALLEY complained that no drawbacks were PILOTAGE BILL. allowed to yachtsmen for wines, spirits, and things of that Mr. CARDWELL, having presented two petitions in sort, which they wished to take out of the country, the favour of this measure from merchants, masters of vessels, consequence of which was that they went abroad to buy and others of Liverpool, moved that the house go into those articles, and that to that extent the trade of this committee on the bill. country was a loser. He should be glad to find that some Mr. TURNER moved, by way of amendment, that the portion of the zeal and ability which the hon. gentleman bill be referred to a select committee. The interests at had devoted to the subject generally, would be paid to this stake, both as regarded the persons immediately connected, small matter. With reference to the charges which had in one way and another, with pil o t age , an d as regar d e d th e been brought against the do c k com p an i es, h thought that lives and property of the public, were so vast, and the whatever there was to be regretted in that transaction, question itself was so complicated, that a select committee arose from the nature of the service, and was not owing to could alone properly investigate the subject. The hon. the gentlernen who administered the Customs department. gentleman had presented, indeed, petitions in favour of Mr. JOHN M'GREGOR thought that when it was con- this bill from certain merchants, masters of vessels, and sidered th a t 22,000 ,0001. of the revenue of this country others of Liverpool, b u t h o was p repare d t o s t a t e that the was derived from ar ti c l es o f i mport, and that the collection very large majority of the merchants of th a t p or t, an d o f of this large amount was intrusted to men who were very the masters and mates of vessels there, were decidedly poorly paid for the services they performed, it was a mat- opposed to the measure as it now stood, and assuredly the ter of astonishment, considering the temptations which opinion of the port of Liverpool, so greatly exceeding in prevailed, that there was not more dishonesty and fraud. business as it did the port of London, was entitled, on (Hear.) In France, Prussia, Holland, and the United such a matter, to the serious consideration of the house. States, simplicity was the chief characteristic of the fiscal The underwriters at that port, men well qualified to give regulations, and his own view with regard to the manage- their judgment on the subject, were also decidedly opposed meat of the Customs department in this country was that to the bill, and, indeed, it might be said that almost the we ought to adopt something like the system which existed only persons connected with the trade of Liverpool who there, and have one ch ief head or director, with a deputy advocated the measure were the masters and mates of the under him, dividing the whole management of the Customs steam-vessels. He was ready to admit that the pilotage into different section;—one for foreign, another for home charges to which these vessels had been subjected in the trade and navigation, a warehouse and dock department, port of Liverpool were too heavy, but the Pilot Board and one for keeping the accounts. (Hear.) On the part there had agreed to reduce those charges. The Pilot Board of his constituents, and he might say of the commercial of Liverpool was not composed of pilots, or of persons con community generally, he expressed his thanks to the hon. netted with the pilots, but of merchants, whose obvious gentleman for the proposals he had made this evening to interest it was to keep the pilots and their charges under facilitate the trade of the country. (Hear.) proper control. Whether and in what way the com- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was position of the local pilot boards might be improved was a in no respect necessary for him to enter upon a discussion point which a select committee could efficiently consider. of the numerous points of detail—very important though The centralising of the authority under the Board of Con they were—which had been included in the very able trol seemed a most extraordinary thing, without any good statement of his hon. friend. There were some of those ground, and against the opinions of those who thought points with respe c t to whi c h it would be much better for that instead of 39,030 vessels going out of port without a hen. mete hers to have the opportunity of reading the mi- single loss, the probability would be they would have a note of the Treasury before any further expression of tremendous loss of life and property. The only objection opinion took place upon them ; but he wished to say one to the present system was, he believed, the charges, and word with i egaed to a topic which had been revived in this that point ho was quite willing to leave to the decission of discussion--revived, he must say, somewhat to his regret. the Board of Trade. He hoped, therefore, the Govern (Hear.) lie did not think any advantage was to be gained ment would accede to the proposition he had made, or, if by resuscitating the feelings that were connected with the not, that the parties whom he represented would be heard controversy between the Board of Customs and the Dock before they proceeded further will the bill. Companies. (Hear.) He thought they had fairly passed Sir E. DERING supported the amendment, for if ever by that controversy, and that the recollection of those there was a bill that required the strictest investigation it events was retained by none except for the purpose of was a bill of this nature, which affected the great maritime learning a lessee of caution for the future. As it was he interests of this country as well as the vested interests of a most must regret that the hou. member for Eridport (Mr. useful class of individuals—the pilots of the United King- Mitchell) should take this occasion to pass a censure upon dom. He thought there was not much difficulty in show the persons engaged in that proceeding. The lion. member ing that advantages were given by it to the Trinity Board had had an opportunity of bringing out all the proceedings pilots over those of the Cinque Ports. By this bill it was befor e the committee ' and the matter was considered by proposed to continue to the former the same system that thete c v a ie mmittee, aho lied declined to entertain or to express now prevailed in the port of London—that was, to allow t o lay 'Zest which the hon. member had thought proper now every shipowner to pick and choose his own pilots; in that whi n the house. The hon. member seemed to think other words, to perpetuate a system fraught with bribery that nigat, andad been stated by his hon. friend (Mr. Wilson) and jobbing beyond all measure; while as to the Cinque h e n_ „ id on ;Alla he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) Ports the present system of rotation was preserved. The that the intenteormer occasion, conveyed the impression next question was, that the Cinque Port pilots were bound Board of Custer:: aofc..the Government was to give to the to cruise night and day, and for that purpose to subscribe the first place, he haed,reat extension of powers. Now, in a large sum to maintain boats in an efficient state. For tones at all on the ,did .naver mentioned the Board of Cus- that service they received a certain sum for every pilot place, although he rieo.t!' referred to, and in the second put on board a vessel, and that fund, after providing for Sir Tom Fremantle, he el b i a n d never of commendation to the expenses of their boats, was divided among them ; but giving extended powers to Sir Th ayer speaking of bringing in the accounts said anything about to meet that system he found no provision in this bill. Thomas Fremantle. He was (Hear.) Now, during the last 20 years, of the whole num supervision of that house, and what of the board under the leer of vessels worked up the river, only one had been lost he acid was, that he by the misconduct believed the heads of the board S t.he accounts of the Cinque Port pilots. He hoped, iit of economy, and that h e thought brit: sessed of the spi- therefore, the house would pause before it interfered with before the house would perhaps strengthen the rights they had so long enjoyed, and which were sanc ntir hand s i n tinned by act of Parliament. The next question was as to omission fro', the fund, enforcing economy. (Hear, hear.) The hon. .gantleman the the pilots' fund. Every pilotpaid ss. each to the member for Bridport complained of the statement of his hon friend . of what related to the ad c,m i t their pilot paid ss. each voyage to the stat sment of his lion, friend of what rel a tcmhe fund, and from it their wid Customs. He quite agreed with the hon. gentleman int the of 12 e guineas each. A payment of 1/. was also made on the anew he took of the importance of that subject. Th e eon_ death of e tch pilot. Those payments were compulsory, stitution of the governing authority was of vital con e- a m i l l so d the existing pilots had paid nearly 10,000/. There was (pence to the administration of the entire isystem. (Hoar, form a e(ra te e s ou ships that had not the British register, which hear.) But the hon. gentle:nan was very greatly mistaken these fun s d it of superannuation fund for the pilots. All if he supposed that the subject had been overlooked. The bill, placeas were, without distinction, aceording to this fact thet there had been two vacancies in the board since it unwise to nn,ider control of the Trinity -house. He thought the accession to office of the present Ministry, and that nei- he made no Clayregsenche powers to any body ; and, although ther of those vacancie i had been filled up, was a pretty cult to reconcile aeainst the Try Board, it was diffi many of their re clear proof that they thought this point worthy of corm- the principles of common on p sent regulations with deration. But it was not a subject to be decided as a mere of common sense. Ass an justice, or, he would almost say, nor one to be decided in a day. mention these facts --If illustration of that, - he would departineptal question, he took a vessel f rom a Mi tche ll) hadclear London t P 1 • vr. very o. ymouth, the port . of (Ho tr.) The hon. gentleman (ho might r a ' it. He appeared to think that the sail ingdn'aeter and crew, witliout ...late it with his own and decislve - views upon pi ot ; but if he went lay with the individuals who to the coast of France, then his s a ir fault of a Lich he cweplained l , 'h 1 1 - •of the incompetent, Ihe must take lugmas as declared (the C ailed. oi He was not of was not on account of the distinction b a pilot ; and that opinion. between the coast Exchequer) was of a contrary would h • trade and foreign trade, but the destinationin f ' hdividuals they me ,—for opinion that by changin g .le, , the stem, he went to Calais with ballast, he must have although 1 a pilot; yet say very great hope of materially improvin g ,y Majority ... .. 136 The house Went into committee pro forma, but immedi ately afterwards resumed. SHERIFF COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill went through committee pro forma, when several amendments were introduced. COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Mr. WHITESIDE said, it was impossible at that late hour (nearly half-past 12) to go into a discussion of the measure ; and, as he had on a former occasion postponed the bill at tho request of the Government, he hoped the noble lord, in accordance with the promise which had been made, would give him a good position on a Govern ment night. Lord J. RUSSELL was quite willing that the bill should come on as Government business, but he could not fix a day for it until he saw the progress of the financial measures. He would name, for the present, Monday week. HACKNEY CARRIAGES. Mr. FITZROY moved for leave to introduce a bill for he better regulation of hackney carriages in the metopolis, and briefly stated his reasons for thinking further legisla tion on the subject desirable. The great extent of the metropolis, and the increase of railway traffic, had ren dered hackney carriages an indispensable necessity to its inhabitants, but in no capital of Europe were such carriages so entirely removed from all efficient control and super vision as in London. He thought this state of things arose principally from the existing system of licensing these vehicles. No restrictions were imposed upon the number of licenses issued; nor was the fitness of the carriages for the purposes for which they were to be used any part of the condition upon which the licenses were issued. To a small extent personal disqualifications existed with regard to applicants for licenses in the case of convicted thieves and minors, but these disqualifications were rather nominal than real. The consequence was, a crowd of vehicles, of a very inferior description, and with horses that had been graphically described by our first living novelist as only kept upon their legs by the rickety vehicles to which they were attached. (Hear, hear.) It appeared to him (Mr. Fitzroy) that the shortest way of securing to the inhabi tants of this metropolis vehicles in a fit and proper con dition for public use would be by entirely altering the system upon which licenses were issued, and he therefore proposed to introduce in this bill a provision that every person desirous of obtaining a license for using, or letting to hire, a hackney-carriage within the limits of the metro politan police district, should make his intention known to the Commissioners of Police, who should thereupon cause an inspection of the carriage for which he asked a license, and upon their :certificate that it was in a fit and proper condition for public use he should obtain a license from the Board of Inland Revenue. Power would also be given to the Commissioners of Police from time to time to cause a fresh inspection of those carriages, and if a carriage• should be found out of proper con dition the license would be suspended. There would be a penalty attached to the letting to hire any vehicle of this description after due notice by the Commissioners of Police that it was not fit for public use. (Hear, hear.) But, in addition to the unsatisfactory condition of these vehicles, the fare demanded for their use was excessively exorbitant. (Hear, hear.) No change had been made in that fare since its first introduction in 1831. Amid the general—he might say universal —tendency towards reduction in articles of general consumption, two things had hitherto successfully resisted the tendency. One was the pint of extraordinary compound still called by courtesy a bottle of wine at an inn —(hear, hear), and the other the fare paid per mile for the use of a hack cab. (Hear, hear.) We were now arrived at a time when there was every reason for mincing that fare by at least 25 per cent. ; and he should therefore propose that it be fixed at 6d. -)er mile. (Hear, hear.) Without giving any other reason, the decrease in the price of forage was alone suffi cient to justify this. Oats, which in April, 1831, cost 235. 10d., were now at 19s. Bd., having fallen between 20 and 25 per cent. (Hear, hear.) But, independent of the exorbitant amount of the fare, there were great objections to its nature, in consequence of the broken money involved in the question. If you took a cab for a mile, you hardly dare meet the torrent of abuse that would be levelled at you if you failed to pay the driver Is —(hear, hear), and tho consequence was, that instead of M. the fare was Is. —(hear, hear) ; besides whi i ch, the hirers had no satisfac tory means of ascertaining the distance they were taken. (Hear.) He proposed, therefore, that the Commissioners of Police should, wherever they conveniently could, upon the stand cause some notice on a board to be put up, as at many railway stations, specifying the distance from that stand to the places most likely to be resorted to, and that they be authorised to appoint men at the different stands who should be furnished with lists signed by the Commis sioners of Police, and whose duty should be, on applica tion, to inform the hirer the amount of fare to which he would be liable. (Hear, hear.) This would tend much to the convenience of ladies and others who used cabs and were at present subject to imposition. (Hear, hear.) The reduction of fare would be no great hardship upon the proprietors. The expense of forage had been already men tioned ; and the Chancell or o f th e E xc h equer explained in his financial statement that upon the passing of this bill he would reduce the charge for licenses to cab proprietors. Independent of the original license, which was to be charged from Di. to 11, per annum, the license now charged 10s. a-week wus to be reduced to 75., saving 71. Hs. per annum. The placing men at the different stands by the Commis sioners of Police to enforce regulations and inform the public of the amount of fares wonld also save the cab pro prietors 15,0001. a-year row paid to the watermen, amounting to Si. upon each of the 3,000 cabs. Few were aware that the sum laid out upon cab-fares by the inhabi tants of the metropolis amounted to 860,C00/. a-year ; and, consequently, the reduction from Bd. to Gd, per mile would save them no less than 220,0001. a-year. (Hear, hear.) He proposed, also, to make it i m p era ti ve on th e d r i ver t o take any person at a fare by time, if the hirer should prefer it to a fare by distance, the charge by time to be 2s. an hour. It was now permissive ' • the driver might take a fare per hour—viz., at ls. 6d., but drivers uniformly re fused. As it would be compulsory on them, it would be reasonable to make it 2s. an hour. The driver was now permitted to retain for four days property found in his cab, and then take it to the Stamp -of ice, and, if not claimed in a year, it was sold for his benefit ; there was no reason for giving him the benefit of the propel ty that happened to be left in his cab, and this bill would provide that ho should take such property at 'once to the nearest police-station, where it should remain for a year, and, if not then claimed, be sold, and the proceeds go towards the charges of the execution of the provisions of this bill. It would also be provided that, on a dispute between the hirer and driver, the hirer might insist on being at once driven to the nearest police-court, to have his complaint immediately investigated, or, if the magistrate should not be sitting, to the nearest police-station, where his complairt:; should be entered, to be heard at the beginninc , of the sitting next day. These provisions, it might b e hoped, would be for the convenience and comfort of a very large body of people in this metropolis. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Leave was given to bring in the bill. On the motion of Mr. AIIINTZ, it was ordered that Sir George Grey and Mr. Labouchere be discharged from fur ther attendance on the Strangers and Divisions Committee ; and that Lord D. Stuart and Lord G. Paget be added to the committee. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND). Mr. WHITESIDE, in moving for " a return of the names and dates of the petitions lodged in the Court for Sale of Encumbered Estates in Ireland, and the respective dates of the allowance of the posting for sale in each of said petitions," read au extract from a letter, showing th a t th e Encumbered Estates Court w as overwhelmed w'th business, and inquired what course the Government intended to pur-. sue ? Sir J. YOUNG replied, that no doubt the Encumbered Estates Court was overloaded with business. It was true that 7,000,0001. worth of property had been sold in the court. Of that sum 4•,000,C )0/. had been .distributed, and 3,090,001. were in the hands of the commissioners. There remained nearly as much propel ly to Jae sold as had been sold. The time of the commissioners, how ever, was taken up in adjusting the claims. One of the reasons why the night before last he postponed the bill of which he had given notice was, that he expected addi tional statistical information from Ireland. It arrived yesterday. Ho waited on the Lord Chancellor, who re commended him to postpone any proceeding till further reference had been made to Ireland, and an answer had been returned. A statement on the subject must be made by him (Sir J. Young) with diffidence ; and he could only as his impression say, that the noble and learned lord had some hope of framing a plan which should relieve the com missioners from that onerous part of their duty which con sisted in distributing the proceeds of sales to those who had claims, and, in short, to render available the Court of Chancery, which had been much relieved from business, while the Encumbered Estates Court was overloaded. It was wished at the same time to maintain the principle of the Encumbered Estates Court, that there should be an easy sale and transfer of the title, and a secure title to the purchaser, yet to leave the claims to be disposed of before the ordinary tribunals known to the law. The return was then ordered ; and Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that to-morrow (this day) he should move for leave to introduce a bill empowering the Court of Ch ancery t o di spose o f all claims relating to property sold under the Encumbered Estates Act. The house then adjourned, at one o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIO.Nt HOUSE OF COMMONS.—ArniL 21. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) PILOTAGE BILL. _ _ Order for commiiteere;a; motion made, and question proposed, " that Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair :" Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " that" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " the bill be committed to a select committee,"—instead thereof : - -Question put, " that the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question."—The House divided ; Ayes 219, Noes 83. MAJORITY—AYES, 219. A'Court, C. George, John Murrough, J. P. Andei ron, Sir James Gibson, T. M. l'i aas, Lord Atherton, Wm. Gladstone, William Norreys, Lord Baines, M. T. Goodman, Sir (.leorge O'Brien, Cornelius Ball. John Gordon, Admiral O'Brien, Patrick Barnes, Thomas Grace, 0. O'Brien, Sir T. Barrow, Wm. H. Greaves, Edward O'Connell, Maurice Bell, James Greenall, G. O'Flaherty, A. Berkeley, Admiral Greene, John Osborne, Ralph Berkeley, C. 1, , Greene, T. Otway, Arthur John Biddulph, R. M. Greg son, Samuel Paget, Lord Alfred Biggs, William Grenfell, C. ' Pechell, Sir G. Blackett, J. F. B. Grogan, E. Peel Frederick Blake, M. Grosvenor, Lord R. Pellatt, A Booker, Thos. Wm. Grosvenor, Earl Phillips, John Henry Bouyerie, E. Hadfield, George Phillimore, J. G. Bower, G. Hamilton, Geo. A. I hillimore, R. Brady, John Han ncr, Sir John Pilkington, James Brand, 11. Hastie, Alexander Pinney, William Bright, John Hastier, Archibald Pollard Urquhart, W troeklehlust, John Hayes, Sir E. Potter, R. Brotherton, Joseph Ileadlam Thomas E. Power, N. Brown, W. Heatheolt ' te, J. Ricardo, 0. Browne, V. - 7. i'Z.,. Ileatheoate, Sir G. Rolt, P. Bruce, H. A. Henchy, B. O'Connor Rushout, Capt. Cairns, H. DPCalmont Herbert, H. A. Russell, LordJ. Cardwell, Hon. E. Herbert, Sidney Russell, F. C. Cavendish, C Hervey, Lord Alfred Russell, F. W. Challis, Alderman Heywood, James Sad eir, J. Charter's, F. Hoye orth. L. Sanders, 0. Cheetham, John liiidyarl, R. Sawle, C. B. G. Christy, Samuel Howard, W. G. Scobell, Capt. Clay, Sir William Hudson, George Scully, Francis Clifford, 11. Hughes, W. B. Seymour, Lord Clinton, Lord Robert Butt, William Seymour W. I) A Cockburn, Sir A. Ingham, Robert Shelley, Sir J. V. Cocks, Thomas S. Jermvn, Earl Smith, John A. Coffin, W. Johnstone, James Smith, W. H. Collier, Robert P. Johnstone, Sir J. Smollett, A. Cowan, Charles Keating, Robert Stafford, Yarqv'S Cowper, W. Keating 11. Stapleton, J. Cray furd, E. Kershaw, James Stephenson, Robert Crowder, R. Kier aird, Arthur F. S.irling, W. Davie, Sir H. Labouchere, H. Struts, Rt. II on. E. Davison, R. Laing, S. Syli.van, M. Divett, Edward Laslett, W. Tancred, Henry Wm. Duff, James Lawless, C. Thicknesse, It. A. Duncan, George Lawley, F. C. Thompson, George Dundas, G. Lockhart, A. E. Thornely, T. Dundas, F. Loveden, P. Tomline, G. Dunlop, C.. Lowe, R. Ton neley, C. Dunne, Col. Lucas, F. Trani, G. ' Ellice, E. Luce, T. Vance, J. Elliot, Jobe M'Cann, J. Verner, Sir W. Esmonde, J. M'Gregor, John Villiers, Hon. C. Evans, W. M'Ta Tart, Sir J. Wells, W. Ewart, Wiliam Maguire, J. IN nalley, G. H. Fagan, W. Massey, W. N. Whitbr.ad, Samuel Farrer, James Matheson, A. ' Whiteside, James Feilden, M. Hattie, Colonel Wickham, Henry W. Fergus, J. Meagher, Thoneas Wilkinson, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Milligan, Robert Wilcox, B. Ferguson, Joseph Michell, T. Will ems, W. Filmer, Sir Ednumd Moffatt, G. Wilson, J. Fitzgerald, J. Molesworth, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. E Fitzroy, Hon. H. Monerieff, J. Wise, J. A. Follett, Breat S. Monsell, W. Wortley, J. S. Forster, M. Montgomery. H. L. Wyndham, W. Forster, C. Moore, G. H. Wyviil, .larnaduke Forster. Sir Geo. Moore, Ross S. Young, Sir John Fox, W. Moreton, Lord Freestun, Colonel Morris, D. TELLERS. Gardner, Richard Muntz, G.Trederlck Hayte^, W. G. Geach, Charles Mure, Col. htulgrave, Earl MINORITY —NOES, 33. Annesley, Earl:of Han'oury, Hon. C. Newport, Lord Bagge, W. Harcourt, Col. North, Colonel Bailey, H J Henley, J. W. Oakes, J. H. Ball, Edward Herbert, Sir Thomas Ossulston, Lord Bankes, G. Hotham, Lord Packington, Sir J. Bentinck, Lord H. Jocelyn, Viscount Peacocke, G. H. W. Sentinel:, G. P. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. H. Prime, R. Blair, Colonel Jones, Captain Robertson, P. F. Bramston, T. W. Kendall, N. Scott, F. Brisco, Musgrave King, J. K. Smyth, R. J. Buller, Sir J. Knight, F. W. F omerset,Captain Campbell, Sir A. Kntghtley, Rainald Spooner, R. Ca-nac, Sir J. It: Knox, W. S. Stafford, A. Chelsea, Viscount Lacon, Sir H. Stanhope, James B Christopher, R. Adam Langton, H. G. Stanley, Lord Clinton„ Lord C. P. Langton, W. G. Thompson, Ald. Cobbold, J. Chevalier Lennox, Lord A. F. Tollemache, John Dod. J. W. Leslie, C. P. Vane, Lord A. Duncombe, Hn. A. Lockhart, W. Vansittart, G. IL Duncombe, lin. 0. Lovaine, Lord Villiers, Rt. Hu. F. Duncombe, W. E. 3' acartney, G. Vyse, Capt. Farnham, E. Basil Mackenzie, W. F. Walcott, Adm. Forbes, William Macgregor, James Wyndham, General Forester, Colonel Manners, Lord G. Wynn, H. Frewen, Charles Hay Ai ties, W. OalwaY, Viscount Michell, W. Gooch, Sir E. Montgomery, Sir G. Graham, Lord H. W. Mundy, W, Gwyn, Bowel Newark, Viscount Turner, C. Halsey, T. Ne wd egate, C. N. Del ing, Sir Edward TELLERS. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Another fatal railway casualty occurred on the Midland line, near Kegworth, on Friday last, the 15th inst. In this case also the man fell a victim to his own carelessness. It appears that a porter belonging to the company, named William Lester, while the train was in motion, was attempting to throw some bags into the carriages, in doing which ap proached too near the train, and his foot slipping, the poor fellow got entangled among the wheels of the car riages, which, passing over him, mutilated him in th e most frightful manner, from the effects of which he died. This is the third fatal accident which has oc curred on the Midland line within the last fortnight. The jury, at the official investigation into the circumstances connected with the death of Potts, who was killed on the line near Nottingham, on Saturday, came to the unanimou; opinion, " that if there were a regulation made by the directors of the Midland Company which forbade the line of conduct which had been the direct cause of the deceased's death (v:z., incautiously * riding upon the buffer of the carriages), that regulation ought to be strictly attended to, and enforced by a heavy fine if not duly regarded ; and if no such regulation had been made, they trusted that the directors would consider it an important part of their duty to take the subject into their serious consideration." _ {ADVERTISEMENT.]—The Royal Exhibition Small Glass for the waistcoat pocket, at S. and B. Solorrions', opticians, 39, Albemare-street, Piccadilly—observe, oppo site the York Hotel.—A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known ono mile and a half distant; they answer every purpose on the racecourse, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3A inches, with an extra eye - piece, will show distin c tly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a per son's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. 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Ifineh.Shef.&l , ;neln. Do., Man. & 10 z. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. arby midland G.W (Ir. ) Do. A Shlres Newcastle &Carlisle 1 Ness market. Do. Bury Extensions NewptAberg.sillitfd Newry dr Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.... Do., New. Norihn. Counties Un North British ... North Devon, No.l. IDo., ;Co. 2. De., A De^c T3d I Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westy., Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby: & Herefd Shrowsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do 'Closing Prices Yesterday. IDo. Oswestry (Shropshire Thiion. South Dev0n....... South Ea-tern.. ,South Wales.... S. Yorksh. RiverDuu D 0......... ...... ........ Stockton & Hartlep] Thames Haven Doe and Railway...... Vale of Neath........ .... Waterfd. & Kilkenuy Waterford&Limenek West C0rnwa11........' Wmbledon &Croydo] Woodford ..... York Newctl. Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York (IL N. Diidland.., ' PREFEREN, Aberdeen ..... ......... Do., No. 2, 7 p. 0... Bris. & E. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. S—ares Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyhead Guar, 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 5i p.c Dundee Pe - - &Aber dem Junction EastA nsdian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. C.. 17 17s) 7 p ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 )0., New 6 p. e St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EistLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dnndet 5i per cent........... Glasgow & S. Wester.) guar. 5 per c Great Nort'i_ Do. 5 p. c., ,3M. at 10 p. c. Gt. Southn. &Westu. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 44 p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. London & &Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares . Loudy. & Ennis. Manch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. Now, 2,larypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent. Do ........ Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do.Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Em,ensiou... Do. Guar. s'; per et.. Do. Way. ial. 5 p North BI ......... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester dt Wolverb. £15,6p. c Do Shrews& Birm. (. Shrewsby. & Chcstlr (Nor. W. Min),B P.C. Do. 5 per cent 'South Devon . Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 03.6 d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Prof Do York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch 28A -29 i - 6 - 21 - 22 3i 2i d 103 105 64 61i -214 224 21 -- ... --• ... 4 -5 p 8 --- y- 4 10A -13 g 10 - 11 7 - 7 . 4 72 - 74 55 - 57 73 - - 75 32 34 63 65 83 84 48 50 1 1 126 - 127 109 110 97f 8 924' 92 94 4 13 13Ap 77 —77 k 4/ 414 34 3d 15 16/ 9h - - p 104 - 1(,5 111 - 120 2A 3 p 1$ lap 9(4 914 3A 2Ad 124 19 21 29 304 34 3d 74 t i 75 43 45 50 52 par 3 d 3 SA - 52 + - - 34 -35 i 48 43 8 - B tl / 24 - 34 p 504 - 99 - 514 100 62 - 63 64 - 66 73 76 11 Oidisl 17 -- 19 8i -- 94 13 -- 15 - 31 -- 3hd 20A -21 A 75i -75 i 366 -- 37 12i 133 4 -- 44' 19 -- 21 3 -- 31 144 —15 i 94-10 32 33 i =p 10 74 7 2A -,- 21d -- E{ARES, all 100 all 100 11 A 1.00 100 18a all 9A ,• --. . ••• .--- .. ••• ...-- . 107 - 109 52 -51 148 —lsoxd 321 1 33 112 - 114 56 - 57 27i - 28} 14 - 14,; 26 - 27- 19i -19 i 26 -- 27 3 - 3i los los 64 - 66 149 - 151 149 - 151 1 i el 32}- 615 .1041 -.1055, MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 109. all Anglo C a lif orn i an 10 2 Australasian 6 1 p 20 5 Australia n 4* 5 p 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy oi) par p 1 all British Austen. Gold pll 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 24* Brazilianlmp.(issued at .e 5 pm si 6 51 30 all Do. Cocaes & C u i a d a 5/ 64 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 Carsons's Creek par— p 40 all Cobre Copper 46' —4" 2 .2 5 1 Colonial Gold 2 14 Copiapo 64 74 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 75 —B5 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll —l4 d 74 20 all General. 2 all Great Nugget V e in ll li p 3i 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty • 4 1 all Lond.&Califoru. Gold Quartz Crush. CO 4 s d 1 all Mariquita .. ... *d— par 1 10 9 Mexican&S.AMerien. 8 8s 1 all New Granada • 4 - 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 1./p 5 1 Port Philip par 4 p 1 all Quartz Rock par— p 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 lot Santiago de Cuba 6* 74 1 all South Australian.., 4d —4 pxn n 10 7 Tin Croft ........ 284 all United Mexican 6 —GA 1 all Waller par— ip 1 all West Granada par— 4 p 1 all West Mariposa par— p 1 all Yuba — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 88xd' 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & Chinaf 1 p 2/ 100 25 Colonial •.• 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ... 10 English Scottish and Australian 1 —14 p 20 124 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 3ip 154 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & W es t m i ns t er 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Irelar O — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporr tion 534 544 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal A us t ra l n.Bkg I & Gold Imp Co 48 4 d 25 on rloutn. Au:m.l,l.llu. 25 all Union of Australia 76 77 ... 2* Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 00 35 Australian Agricult. 82 84 82 80 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... 381 Brit. American Land 78 80 79 100 324 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace... l4 —l4 c,g 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Frau- 3 4 _ 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric l'eleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 100 53 General Screw Steam 20 2A Irish Bee:;:oot Sugar 1 all - Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel —. lO 2 Netherlands Land._ 20 2A Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ". 73.1 25 25 South Aus: , ral.Land 48 50 46, 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 1 4 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization..,. 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 19 20 19 20 10 . b - - 107 1 16'6 - los mu 1 St. 16 St. St. IC3 6 100 100 1.9 20 6 - 3.4 - 3i - 44 -14 p -- 2A 13 , 1 14-2 pl 141 -- 15A1 181 -18 i 3 - 3 129 1112 - 113 8 - 8 / 1 64 74 106 108 cf k i — r 153 106/ 12i 12 25 all all all 100 all 100 xd xd .51 - 154 33 - 4 p 10 - 11 133 -13 j 10 25 10 1.0.6 8 - 9 loi- 114 A 148 —lsoxcl l P 22A 23 5 4 5 109 111 25 26 2 - 2ip l lot 114 11 —18 i lip 14. 153 par 6p, 26 26 194 20 id 102 - 104 5 -- 5i - 3 P 1094 26,-1 a FOREIGN. • 10 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam fi 5 3 PelgianEastn. Junet. 1 20 all Charleroi &Erquelin. 134 144 20 6 Dijon and Besangon 3 —34 p 2225000 all 11 8 111 G East D t u r: t l c oin h . ndllahntenenpni Extension in h o inn s a. 1 2151 2 lipdi s 7 20 2054 15 7 O 13 GLsit d. J iha.clevia.ce u szss n t e c pi t i . of astoofic F aa ia sna • p n .d ee ca. 14 1 2 p p 114 pref..... ...•...... ..... id 20 15 Luxembourg — 7 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4l 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1,3 2 10 1; Do. 6p. et. pref 4 d —p 20 '7 Lyons & Meaiterrai, ——p 91 20 4 Madras 24 —24 p - 20 all Namur St Liege (Iv: interest) 7i 8 6 20 all Do. (ox interest) — 16 all. Northern of France 364 364 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Eds (fmy.B.&Ams. Sias.) 14 15 10 all NorwegianTrrukPref 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyols 174 17iP 20 all Paris and Or i eau s 4lh 424, 20 all Paris and Rouen 441 45 - 444 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 334 —34 344 20 2 1 0 a1 54 1 4 zi Tr ,ISD QP rt o veoo a e u oa ieus. r u .s e tat i tsbcssi. Southern 1 eeiF F 4 p. landers.. Switzerland p a p n & Cir e ° rne ▪ 1 l 21 t . f o n . f 9 of b c 6.1:1 2 1 20 all 5 . d • 2 Sambre and Meuse... - 9i - 94 20 10 20 2s. rimier India Scrip... P Pm a 3 2 1 64 41 21 1 00 0 81 20 10 Western of France.. 1 lip ' PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21. The Amphion screw-fiig—te, Captain C. E. Patey, arrived at Spithead this morning from Sheerness and saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane ; she has orders o proceed forthwith to Plymouth. The London American packet-ship anchored at Spit head this morning from the Thames, and after embark ing her captain and a few passengers sailed for New York. The jlllustrious hospital ship is rapidly progressing with her jury rigging, and when, completed will haul over to Blackhouse, where moorings have been laid down for her. The Basilisk is taking in coals and stores to-day, and will shortly be ready for service. The wind has blown hard from the south-west during the day with heavy showers of rain. 5 p.m. wind north west. WOOLWICH, APRIL 21. Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., arrived at and had hi s Woolwich dockyard shortly a ft er 10 o ' c l oc k a . m . to-d a y, flag, as Admiral hoisted a t t h e mizenmast of the Fi Superintendent at Malta, sgard flag•ship at this port. The gallant Rear-Admiral will proceed with the least possible delay to commence his duties at Malta. [We have been favoured with a sight of a most beau tiful model schooner yacht, which out-Yankeeises the well-known America. The design is from a talented officer in the civil department of her Majesty's Dock yard at Portsmouth ; and we are given to understand that a yacht of 240 tons, upon these lines, will be at her station in August, to throw down the gauntlet to the whole world.] [ADVERTISEMENT.]-110110 way's Ointment and Pills for the cure of Scrofula, Cancerous Wounds, and Old Sores. —Asa Avory, a youth, the son of Mr. James Avory, of Ramsey, was severely afflicted with scrofulous wounds for three or four years, and during that period many remedies were tried, but without the least benefit what ever being derived from them. In this deplorable state Mr. Joseph Sargeant , Chemist, of Ramsey, recommended him to use Holloway's Ointments and Pills, and these invaluable medicines have been the means of effectually curing the boy of his shocking complaint in a very brief space of time. They are an - efficacious remedy for bad legs, old sores, gout, and rheumatism.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishmen t, 244, Strand, London MANCHESTER, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There has been little business I ' to-day, but prices were firmer. The sales were : —Citi4 ° ; nian, 32A ; Eastern Counties, 131 ; East Lancashire, ~A . " Great Northern Redeemable Four -and-a-Half per LT A Scrip, p. ; Kendal and Windermere, IA Kandla, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 30 ; Midland Railway ' Consols, South-Eastern, 22 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There w as n o thi ng d one on '— to-day, and quotations were quiet. BRISTOL, APRIL 21. . s tof SPOOR EXCHANGE.—The market c on ti nues instill: l %ot the only s a le s b e i ng G rea t W esterns, which were 0 at 92. SEABORNE MAILS. Pest signifies that th e malls are sent from the General by the night- , and Mby the morning —dispatch.] ...„ —.....,,,,.‘—anu °lDy the moming—dlspatch.] ...,,,,, Lou 1 zo§i van Bremen's Land I 19 20 1 19 . 3 20 piDay when made up From wh a t pi COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port doe b ....„elo SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Office, London.* Dispatched. .-..........>" . —........_ ..........-_—_—__ —-- , $O O CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 21. A merica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ..• E a ''' . America (by United Sts. a 0 ENTERED INWARDS.—Tho Fame, from Calais; Ocean, . ira e c et) ........N April 19 ........ Liverpool ... AV" Havre; Concordia, Rotterdam Fame, Teneriffe ; Earl oAm erica (by U. States Auckland,- Rotterdam; Folkfesten, Grimstadt ; Tiger, packet) ..........N April 18 ...... Southampton Arri ot Hamburg; Elbe, ditto; Aquea, Brussels ; Antwerpen, Australia (via. South. Antwerp; Temperantia, Emden; De Vrow Trentje, Di!- Ditto (via Si arseilles) N Bth of May .. .. .. Dover ..... lAP'' . Ditto (via Cape of Good ...,, 3e ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Fame, for. Hope) .. •.........N 2d of Jura ... ... Plymouth .. 31 *;, 719 Calais • Ocean, Havre ; Apropeo, Hamburo , ; Countess of Africa ( Wes . t Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. 36 18, 0 4 Lonsd;lo, Hamburg; Moselle, Rotterdam ; 'Petro, Bilboa ; A1exandria...........N 8,9, 24, &30of m Dover ..... AP I " 20 ~ Glaneuse, Cherbourg; Amiable Pelk, - ;.e, Rouen ; St. An- A1exandria..........31 4th & 20th of mon. Southamptio;lM'Y o ' l 010' dre, Cherbourg ; Earl of Auckland, Ro:,:;erdam ; Martini Bahamas ..... • ....1 2nd )ail of the month i tn y thamptonr o , 6 Ellen, Melbourne ; Mercury, Copenhagen a - id SL Peters- Bra g zir. •• •• • • •• ::::m 9th ilf • thena ' Ziit . ... Sout e h r am ” Pio ' n . 1 309 6 burg ; Neptune, ditto ; Elbe, Hamburg ; Antwerpen Ant- Buenos Ayr • • es — :: :: ....Ml9th of the Inc :ith .. Southampton l 3 o3 : l •26 weep; Marchioness of Londonderry, Port, Philip and Sydney ; Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. .Apr. 0 Paramatta, Cape of Good Hope; Henry Woolley, Port Cape of Good Hope ..N 2n4 of June .. .... Plymouth Nef ro 26 Philip • Nimrod, ditto ; Met eor , C ape of Good Hope; Cape de Verds ....N 14th of the m on th . Plymouth ..AP Faith, Africa. Ceylon (see Indi a ) p gy a l n o , tl. l . is . ie .. s .. .. .. ..1 T 14th of v t e h d e s ns i u , th ~a 0 CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The, FfendrikaPlouth. T A O P . - 1 , - ,, , 5' for Amsterdam i Nonpariel, Jaffa ; Am,able Pelagie, Chili— — 7 7.731 .dB r D'l7th of month SouthamptonSeuthamton .April 0 Rouen ; St. Andre, Cherbourg ;,,,,,Eg,ypt, Demerara ; Vir- China (see inCil . a) • .„01 3 0 ' gin del Pilar, Caralagena ; Creole, Dominica.; City of Constantinople ......N 1 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover ...... .....„,,; 4 ~, Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton i.al cec tissi Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Barach, Demerara; Jacobus, Gee. Constantinople of Europe M & N Twice daily ~ „ „ Hover ....., Teti long ; Thomas Harrison, Por:i Philip. Egypt (see India) 01 LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21.—The Kossuth, from New York, France ........ M& N Twice da11y...... Dover ...... icy Tw n 26 in attempting to dock this morning, took the ground off Gibraltar .... •• • • .31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton Apr • the Nelson Dock, heeled over with the tide, strack the Greece (see India) ~ 16 ,_ south end of the pier, and lost cutwater, &c. Greytown .... • • • —I& 2nd & 17th of mon. SoutbamptonlAPr. O.', Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday Loudon ~ „ Toes' ,goll' flavannah ..........M 2nd of the month Southaimpion 10: , —ialt VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Holland ... ..... .... M Wednesday & Sat. London ~, „Wool & The Roman Emperor, from Portsmouth to Mauritius, Honduras .... —.31 17th of the month. Southampton lAPr il i Feb. 26, lat. 8 S., long. 28 W. India (viaSoutharapt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southamptonlief, i The Rebecca Jane, for Panama, Feb. 27, lat. 9S. lon g . India (via Marseilles)MlBth&24th of month Dover .... . Sls" 27 W. lonian Isles (see India)! Arl , ~,cice The Nederward, from Liverpool to Port Philip, Feb. 25 Ireland . ..... ..M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead .• • _„.-- , 16 P Lisbon .......• •• —.31 7,9, 17, &28 of in. Southampton 00) „ 16 N. of the line. Madeira ... ... ... —ii 9th of the month Southampton M a : ig Madeira ............ N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. 11 of NAI 7 AL INTELLIGENCE. Malta (tae India) ~,,,iOO • Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover ..... • -i-r -' Mauritius (see India) n 0 PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21. Mauritius .. ....N 14th of the month Plymouth • APr - 00 0 ' The Amphion screw-fiig.. - ..te, Captain C. E. Patey, Mexico ....::: . .....1u 2nd of the month.. Southamptoni 1 etg 20 arrived At Spithead this morning from Sheerness and Naples ..... ........N sthlsth t 2sthofruon Dover ..... n .,V p 3 4 i6 OO saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane ; Le w w .. „.. M 2c1 , & 17 hof month S , outhampto ~,;"c er t. Zealand ..... ~„ B 3 private ship .. % arious ports t u" 0 0 she has orders proceed forthwith to Plymouth. Papal States ........N sthl s th 2s thofinon. Dover ......lAr a 56 The London American packet-ship anchoredat Spit- Peninsula ..........34 ; thl7th2Bthonnon Southampton 40; 0 16 thef mon Q outhampton . Ao. 4 head this morning from the Thames, and after embark- Port N'aVai 1 111 •'•1 1 1 N 14th ofmonth Plymouth „lAPT g ing her captain and a few passengers sailed for New Sicily ............ :...N sthl th 2 sthohnon, Dover ..... - 41° 1 1 0 York. Tuscany .........—N 5 thlath2sthofmon. Dover ...... IA I° l 16 The Illustrious hospital ship is rapidly progressing Van n eneznaa .. .... -Al 2d & 17th of month outran ton l APr Diemen's Land (tee with her jury rigging, and when completed will haul Australia) . . aver to Blockhouse, wh ere moorings have been laid down West Indies .... .... M 2d & 17th of mo n th Stuitbamm.lo l 16 _, for her. . 14th of the month Plymouth • lAP- c o, /nd of the month.. Southampton . list% 0 sthlsth2sthoftuon Dover ...• • • :AP,., 1 •11 6 ,,, 2d & 17th of month Southampton'AP — , rtim' By private ship ' Various ports gg sthl s th 2s thofinon. Dover 1 6 ;thl7th2Bthonnon Southampton 16 ^d & nth of mon South ampton 'AP" - 0 14th of the month klymoutli s thl s th2sthohnon, Dover 5 th lath2sthofmon. Dover ...... IA, P i r o 1 6 2d & 17th of month 6outhampton 2d& 17th of monthSouthamptoaAPr il 16 * When any of these d a t es fi ll on a Sunday, the mails 0 T ri i dispatchet on the followi ng d ay, w i th the exception of the 101 l Southampton), and the M a lt a , b ot h of which will be dispatch day preceding. Bas'ness done tIrE , day. 100 all 100 5 100 all BIRTHS. OF A SON . On the 20th inst., Mrs. William Clarke, of .alb house, Kensington-park. OF A DAUGHTER. ♦ , if° On the 19th inst., at H o l m - c h ase , D evonsh i re, t h e of Major Coker. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Wimbledon, by the Rev. Adams, the incumbent, the Rev. Francis T. C. Aftbib u iOf M.A., vicar of Duxf or d, C am b r i dgeshire, to Sarah Ji ° 3ftv eldest daughter of Edward Holroyd, Esq., one of h er jesty's Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. „toll On the 20th at St. Mary Abbott's, Keil,°'"Dlir W. Aspinwall, Esq., of Park place-villas , to Emil' piP daughter of the late William Ponsford, Esq., °` lodge, Acton. DIED. (1 0 Dul l On the 19th i ns t. , at Shewalton, N. 8., Henry e a J.g. t eighth son o f th e l ate Right Hon. David Boyle, aged eel' On the 19th inst., John Watson, E sq ., ofN°'''' Kent, in his 85th year. fa t D e% jo On the 19th inst., Mc. Charles Walbancke -Ar o p many years in the service of the London Dock ComP 1 . , the 46th y ear o f his age. G e orgl ti ' On the 20th inst., in Bolton-street, Ellen youngest daughter of the Rev. Evan Nepean. _......./... LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YN a ,l9 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, cow Strand, in the P rec i nc t o f t h o Savoy, i n the c° Middlesex, Friday, April 22, 1853. 104 a i 64 22 74 I i 84 54 50 1274 110 94 1 92 77 6 pm 105 1191 i 15 pm RAILWAYS Bedford and Blotchley. ... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. .sc ithoutgr Birm. Woly. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre Do. shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Geoleg. 5 p.c. S. Stafiordsh. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst Closing Prices Yesterday. Lepsing Compares London & N. West. Gt.Westri Do Do Do L.&N.W Caledon. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. `Vesta Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do L.& I:. & Stckton Darlingt. E. Count . Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northu Do Lancash Yorksh. M. biClean Stock t. & Darlingt Do lGtWestn COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—APRIL 19. Supply of fat beasts to-day about the average, and q uii i lity generally good, with a brisk demand for all sorts °, beef. The number of shee not so large as for s 3 v ° :, weeks past. F a t an d stores alves agaiu plentiful. supply of fat pigs numerous. The quotations were a s r io lows :—Beef, 5Ad t o ad ; mutton, 7,i to Bid ; veal, 43 ( `, 2 1 5Ad per lb. ; pi gs , 33 6tl to 9s per score ; rough fat, 4 ' 4 7 1 per 141 b. ; hides, 2Ad to 3d per lb ; calf -skins, 3d t° per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 20. We had a large supply of grain in to-day's hi mark' Sales heavy, an d prices t'andino• backwards. Wheat on t„ti top 6d up, and the average 3edown. Barley on the toP:a down, and the average 31 up. Oats on the top 1s uP i , a t h o the average 4d d own . B eans on the top 2d down, and is up. Unsold, 93 qrs. wheat ; 19 do. barley' do. oats ; 118 do. beans. Top of Wheat . Barley.. - Oats -- Beans . . ....... . .. .... : .. i l b b 3 5 8 4 5 s 0 6 1 44i:b 25s Od 67A lb 36s 6. 1 Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 545 qrs sold 452 VI Barley 393 qrs sold 374 cli s Oats 603 qrs sold 531 qrs Beans 237 qrs sold 119 V S AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 8 11 5-12ths Ditto of Barley ...... ..... 1 13 8 7-12ths Ditto of Oat s -1 200 Ditto of Bea ns 1 14 8 1-12ths BOSTON—APRIL 20. 11 At this day's market there was a limited. supply of to kinds of grain. Wheat in active request, and from 1 - s „ r , is 6d up per qr. Oats and beans anxiously inqufre,";t, and 6d to 1s per qr. dearer. Barley firm at late rates. YY red, 38s to 465, white, 46s to 48s, ext ra 50 9 ; barley' to 30s ; oats, 15 s to 20s ; beans, 32 s t o 36 s ; peas, '°3 34s per qr. NEWARK—Amur, 20. At our Corn -exchange to-day we had a good attendl and a liberal supply of corn. Wheat realised higherAA Other grain as before. Prices were as follow :-- white, 533 to 575, red 488 to 50s • barley, grinding, 308, malting 32 s t o 35s ; oats, seed 24s to 265, feed vv 6 ' o , 3 ; 00s ; beans 38s to 40 s ; peas 30s to 34 s ; malt 56s to tares, 44s to 48s per qr. DUBLIN—APRIL 19. White wheat, 26s Od t o 30 s Od ; re d di tto, 25s Od to ,755; barley, 13s Od to 16s 6d ; oats, lOs Od to lls 9d; 21s Od to 23s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 12s Od ; Hour, 14s 6d to 18s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 30s Od to per 480 lbs. CORK-APRIL Brls. CurreneP 0. --White wheat 00s Oct t o OOs Oct Os ocl-206 0 6 Redwheat 23s 3d to OOs 0.1 Ditto OOs Oct to OOs Od OOs Od-20 ‘ l° ' Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od JJJ 98 Barley l2s Oct to 14s Od Ditto OOs Oct to OOs Oct 008 Od—l6 o Ditto OOs Oct to OOs Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Ott 242 Oats lOs Od to lls 84 Ditto OOs Oct to 005 01 lOs Oct 140• Ditto 00s Oct to 00s Od Pigs OOB Od. to 00s Oct 00s Od per 0 14 Quantity sold at the highest prices : lB 00 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 75 barley ; 0 berg' oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : 199 , Wheat, 16. B ar l ey, 56 1. Bere, 00. Oats, "4 Pigs, 15. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 16 :--- Pigs, 551. Sheep, 400. Cows, 99. PRICES OF BUTTER- CANT. CURRENCY. 9 9/ First quality loBs First quality ............... 9 51 Second quality lo4s Second quality ............ F gj Third quality 93s Third quality ............... 7 91 Fourth quality Fifth quality 76 s Fifth quality ............... 51 1 Sixth quality 6os Sixth quality ............. o j; CORK.—Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra, 176 ;010, seconds, 14s Od to 14s ; households, 10s t o 13 s Od ; ! , " . 5,1; 7s Od to .I.os per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to o° ,f , oatmeal, lOs 6d t o ll s Od ; wheat meal, lOs to Ils Od , Indian corn, 7/ 5 s Od to Si Os Od per ton. Bran, 4/ c lae, to 4/ 12s 6d pe r t on . Hay—Far.ners, 23s Od to 40s Od; 365; dealers, 28s Od to 601 Od ; average, Os per ton. o'isd Farmers, 21s Od to 25s Od ; average, 23s ; dealers, 320 v c i to OOs Od ; average, Os. per ton. Ercad—Wheaten loaf, ;a to Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, be ef, lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4s 23 per hundred. Meat "Li to Cid to 8d ; mutton, Sid to 7d ; veal, 5d t o 8d ; p o rk, oe l' 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newl ° 0 00; land, 11/. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 210 to , gy p, ' Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, Iod to 12d; f.;11% 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cu 1, 70 0, Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0 .p., 6 s Od per imperial Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per cv 4 • 10 . skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slate s 2/. 17 s . 6d t o 3/. per . pa ( Fleece wool, OOs to OOs per ston e . —H emp, 381. to 4 ; 40.1 ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 15s ; red pi ne, 31. 15 s ; 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Bar g ' Si. to 10/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 47s to 47s 6d per ewv. Zges 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.-"7 Peruvian, 101. lOs to 111. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. V HRPOOT, prat. 21. 1, been 0 STOCK EXCHANOE.—The share market an rally firmer to-day, but it is still marked by an absell,; r e, business. Caledonian, 32,i • Lancashire and y o rksii• /1 ; 77 ; Midland, 74i ; York, Newcastle, and Berwiek4 - , t Lancashire and , Yorkshire (161. F shares), 1-16 p.; Vt. Rhenish, dis. Business this day. 20 • 25 St. 10 St. St. 50 16i St. 20 50 20 11j 10 St. 50 40 25 25 50 25 100 St. 103 42! 100 all 3 100 13 6i all 17 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all 6i all 100 all 15 21s.] 1' 100 20 116 ilOO 149 i 521 i 341 i 37 6i !raid