The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.— vv APIIL 28.
The SPEAKER trek the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
REPORTS—OIamow, Moeda% and Carlisle Railigny, and Mar
' gow Paisley, Eilow.rtiock, and Ayr Railway (No. I); Glar.,
palsay, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Glaagow and Be
Union Railway (Na. I); Kingston.opin:ftramee Small Tenements;
Loin and lily (entoaaion to smilding and lintheacb); Col.
cheater, Stour Valley Sudbury, and Ilalstmd Midway (eatenaion to
Mciford, Lamborn, and Clare); Bills.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
PETITIONS.—By Mr. W. Parres, from Lancaster; Sir G. Gam',
town Oevonport ; —ln honor of the Health of Town. litlL—Mr. lino-
nieneros, from Belfaat, snit a place in Scotland, against the we of
corn distideriea—Mr. V. 81111111, Rona Belfeat and Newry, in favour
of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill.—Mr. P. lio•Alln, from Gore. in
Wesiord, against a portion id the bill.—Mr. Seolims, four petition.
from inhabitant. of Birmingham for exemption from the operation of
the Small Tenements 14,11.—Mr. P. Sevier, several petitions Pram
various places to the came effect—air G. Gore, from Manchester,
for a more summary mode of punishing juvenile offendens —Sir J.
PAIDIGTON, faun magistrates in Worecsterdnie and Meutgoasef7-
stare ; and be Mr. AM11.U.1,, from Warwiekaliire, to same el rot.
SEC3NU READING.—County Buildings Bill.
RETURNS Ott UERELL—Ou the motion of Mr. Hens, returns of
the cirealatarm of the Rink of England, and of the Iraqis of Wane in
England sal Wale% :Wetland, and Ireland, (rota Jmuiire, 18 le, to the
present time (in continuation of Pull inrmtiry Paper, No. 2,, of am-
mo 1 itiG). Of the sow., securities, bullion, are., anis Born. of Eng-
land, JA published in the Gucttfe, from the passing of the act 7 and 8
Vie., a.:{_, to the prevent tim^ (in continuation of Parliamentary
Paper, No. yin, of a visbn 1814). Amonnt of the quarterly averages
of the 11.inklif knirand ranee the 24th rise of January, 1811 U (in coati-
nmtion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 27;0f sewn. n 18-16`,.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL.
On the order of toe day for resuming the adjourned
debate for the second reading of this bill being moved,
Mr. ROEBUCK moved that it he read a second time this
doe six month,. Ile said that any alteration in the criminal
law with nit the great consideration and the sanction of the
government, would lead to very serious inconvenience. He
wished to knaw whether the government gave its sanction to
such a bill as this? The bill was a proposal that two magis-
trates sitting privately, with no regard whatever to that
most necessary sateguanl against the mal-administration of
the law, publicity coal I adjudicate on cases where boys
under the age of Aeon year, were accused of cheating, re-
ceiving money under false pretences, or of stealing goods
not valued above 40,. There were no cases in which it was
more difficult to come to a proper decision then the two
former, and then these magistrates, without the slightest
control, or perhaps without the slightest legal knowledge,
or that which was always cesaary in such matters, the
assistance of a lawyer, could come to a decision, which
would be perhaps quite contrary to law rind justioe ;
not only could that abuse take place, but the magistrates
could uneer any circumstances be made liable to the most
gross imputations. No body of men ought to he entrusted
with the powers which such a hill as this would give tho
magistrates of this couetry, and he was of opinion that
the magistrates would not take these powers. In the admi-
nistration of the law there should not only be perfect pub-
licity. but enforced, compelled, and certain publicity. The
public and the press should not only be admitted to, but
matters should he so arranged that they should invite the
press and the public to be present at, the administration of
the law. He would not go into the details of the bill, as he
believed that this objection was sufficient, and he would ask
the right hon. bert. the Secretary for the Home Department
whether he was ready to sanction ouch a bill as this ? The
right hon. gent. who propeeed it said that he was ready to
modify it, but he denied that there could be any modifies,
tion. There was nobody, according to his bill, to
control or to assist the magistrate in his deci-
sion, auk who woo to make that decision ? lie
might be a folhunting justice, having a few acres of
land, to entitle hint to the position of magistrate, and not a
learned judge. The hon. and learned gentleman concluded
by saying that he had no doubt that he would succeed in
carrying the metion which he made.
Mr. BANK ES said that be could not euepart the bill in
*ethane in which it stood, hut feelir.g the great necessity far
alteration, which had been long known to exist by those who
took any share in the administration of the law, he thought
that they could not better employ their time than in eons&
dering how far it may be practicable to remedy the criminal
law with :regard to juvenile offenders. He must tell his
right hon. (need that he c iuld not give his support to the
bill in any future stage unless he gave a direct end specific
option to the party unused to appeal to a jury if he may
think fit. He believed tint with a ptroeision of that kind it
might be practicable, admitting the force of the observations
of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Bath, to
give all the security which they were anxious to ensure, as
well to the young as to Vs e more advanced in years, of b!ay-
leg a trial by jury at their option. He would vote for this
stage of the bill, and was ready to go iota committ, e, and in-
troduce such a provision a. that to which he alluded, and he
hoped that the government would take the same view of the
matter as he did.
Sir G. GREY said that, when the hon. baronet opposite
intimated his intention of bringing in this bill, he then
stated that the subject was one of very great importance,
and he was glad that he brought it under the consideration
of the how. Ho would be sorry now to dissent front the
principle of the bill, which proposed that some more sum-
mary mode of punishing juvenile offenders should be
adopted ; ;''sight that there wer. "rte..
liii•atiens to most of the details Of the bill. He thought
that the subject required very full and ample consideration,
and he could not express a hope that, in this session, the bill
should be put in committee in a form in which it could
meet with the support of her Majesty's government. It
would be only a partial measure upon a subject which re-
quired very full eonstderation. The objections of the hon.
and learned gentleman the member for Bath had been chiefly,
if not entirely, addressed to the deiails of the bill ; and he
had no doubt that the right hon. baronet opposite would
concede one objection of that hon. member, that if this
summary jarishetion is to be ex( reised, it ought to be exer-
cised in public and not in private. (Hear, hear.) He
understood that principle to be at once conceded. Then
another difficulty are, viz., what was to be the punishment
to be inflicted on juvenile offenders in such cases as occurred
every lay of children of six, seven, eight, or nine years of
age being sentenced to transportation, and that sentence
being accompanied by a recommendation from the judge or
the chairman of a board of magistrates that the offenders
should not be transported, which nobody could dream of, but
that they should be taken charge of by the government with
a view to their reformation, and with a view that they should
not fall beck into the heads of either their parents or their
friends, who neglected their education, and allowed them to
be trained up only in vice and crime ? That subject should
receive their full and entire consideration. He was not able
to say that during this session he could bring in a bill which
would meet all these difficulties, but he hoped to be able
during the session t 3 introduce a bill into parliament to
enable towns and boroughs to provide some asylums for
criminals of that kind, if they ought to be called criminals, be-
cause he thought it was more their misfortune than crime that
brought them within the law,—(hear, hear]—iu order *he!
they may rrweiTe Porno degree of punishment; for punish-
ment should alwayi be connected with crime ; but more with
ee view to their refomatioe, which, was the. great
ei,ject at
which they airo:-..• tea,
°meet was to tae accomplished,
ache h 0 it might be, it would be much more easy and
7.letticable to arrive at that summary jurisdiction, attended
with all those guards by which it should be attended in all
rases; by which means they would consign offenders of
that clam, not to prison, not to that contamination which it
was the object of this bill to avoid, but would go still further,
and send them to an asylum where they would not meet
with contamination subsequent to conviction. He hoped
that the right hon. baronet would not press his hill in the
present 'vision, in fact he did not see any probability of its be-
coming law; at the sometime, if he wished to affirm the pro-
position that there should be a more speedy mode of trying
juvenile offenders, ho should be sorry to give a vote which
would go against the affirmation of that principle, but beyond
that he could not go. He thought that if the details
of this bill were made as perfect as they could be,
it would still be imperfect unless accompanied by the other
bill to which he alluded. If they cane to extend the juris-
diction, the question arose as to who should exercise it. He
did not agree with the hon. member for Bath in thinking
that the magistrates were unfit to exercise it when so ex-
tended. It would become also necessary perhaps to extend
the principle of appointing stipendiary magistrates. It had
been extended to a great degree latterly, and he confessed
that from reports which they had received from South
Wales, where there was a large population engaged in mines
and the iron trade, he thought they must look forward for
an extension of them, net to supersede the local magistrates,
out to act with them. He thought that a system of that
kind would very much tend to facilitate the exercise of
summary conviction, by placing it in the hands of those who
were more directly responsible to the government than the
local magistratea. He confessed that all his apprehensions as
to the increase of that power might be removed by these gate-
guard' to which he before referred. Ile had now stated his
general views on the subject, and he had only to say that the
principle was not new to the house, they had sent up a bill
founded on it to the other house in 11;40, but it did not pass.
He was sorry that so many years should have elapsed without
their having been successful in framing and carrying a bill
of thie description. The subject was now receiving more fall
consideration, and a committee of the House of Lords were
inquiring into the state of the criminal law, and he thought
that the right hon. baronet's view would be defeated by too
hasty legislation. He concluded by saying that he would be
happy to assist him in any way he possibly could in framing
a more perfect bill, an 3 expressing a hope that the matter
would be shortly put on a better footing.
Mr. LAW concurred with the right hon, baronet who had
dust spoken, in impressing on the hon. baronet who proposed
this bill the necrnwity of withdrawing it. He thought the
measure was wrong in all its details, and had nothing but
the principle expressed in the first paragraph of the
bill to recommend it ; and he hoped, se an assurance on
the iurt of the government had been given that the subject
would be taken up by them, the hon. baronet would with.
draw hie bill, the more especially so so difficult and delicate
a matter °eight not to he entrusted to any individual, how-
seer capable he might be. He thought the Attorney-Gene-
ral should be instructed to frame a bill on the subject, but
not until the report on the question of transportation, in the
House of Lords, had been presented. At any rate, until
such report was to to found on the table of the house (of
Commons), he hope.' the hon. baronet would not proceed
farther with his bill.
Mr. B. DENISON hoped the hon. baronet, after the as-
surance of the right hon. bar the Secretary of State for
the Home Department, would wethdraw his bill. He pro-
tested, on the part of the magistracy to whom he belonged:
to math power as the bill proposed being given to them for
privately trying juvenile offenders for the offences set forth
in the bell .

Mr J. PAKINOTON, in reply, said that he agreed in
the opinion th►t the subject should have been taken up by
the government, and it wet only in consequence of their fail-
ing to do so that be bad applied his attention to it. The
loa. baronet then read an extract from the report of the mi.

minal law commissionaire, in favour of the principle of the bill.
Sir E. Ryan, the head of that commission, bad also stated
that ke improved of it; and when the hon. and learned mem-
ber for Bath and other boo. members complained of the
power which his bill would confer on magistrates to sen-
tence for six months, at a private bearing, he begged to re-
mind them that a magistrate had now the power of veutencing
for certain offences to twelve months' imprisonment in his
own private parlour. (Hear, hear.) It was a moat serious
evil that children should be subject to the contamination of a
jail, and be obliged to stand at the public bar of justice ; and
if such summary power were given so the bill proposed, they
would be saved the evil consequences of being dealt with as
they now were. The principle of the measure had been
sanctioned by the house in 1840, when Sir E. Wilmott
brought forward a bill on the subject. The house then sent
thut hilt to the other house of parliament by a considerable
majority, having amongst its must strenuous supporters Sir
John Campbell, then the attorney-general. The anomalies
of the existing law called for some amendment. As the law
now stood, if a boy took apples from a tree he might be
dealt with summarily ' • but if he took those from the ground
which the wind had blown down he would be branded
as a felon ' • would the house allow such a state
of things to continue ? In conclusion, he must
complain of the course which the right hon. gentleman
the Ilomc Secretary had adop:cd. When he first introduced
his bill, the right hon. gentleman said he approved of its
principle, and gave the measure a cordial reception, but he
now said that he objected to the details, without stating the
nature of his objections; and he (Sir J. l'akington) could
only say that those details were founded on the recom-
mendations of the criminal law commissioners, and he was
ready to amend them, if possible, either in a committee of
that house, or a committee up-stairs. He had been urged
from all parts of the kingdom to proceed with the bill, and
therefore he did not intend to withdraw it; and if the
government chose to say they approved of the principle, and
threw the details overboard, upon them would rest the con-
sequences of allowing the existing evils to continue. (Hear.)
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that as the bon.
baronet seemed determined to go to a division, he should
vote for the second reading, merely because he approved of
the principle of the measure. It did not, however, cure
some of the anomalies in the law which were complained of,
and his right hon. friend (Sir G. Grey) had only asked the
h in. baronet to postpone the bill until the whole question of
reformatory punishment could be taken up. (Hear, hear.)
Ile thought some means should be adopted for the speedy
trial and punishment of juvenile offenders, but he enter-
tained great objections to the details of the measure before
tho house, and more particularly to private tribunals.
(Hear, hear ) If the bill were sent up-stairs, it would
only be another mode of throwing it over for the session ; I
and unless the hon. bort. wished it to go to a select commit-
tee, as a sort of finger-post to I'uide the government in any
future measures which they might bring forward on the sub-
ject, he would advise him not to peers his measure. Much
credit was due to him for the attention which he had paid to
the matter ; and at any rate it would be gratifying to him to
know that he had caused a discussion which would no doubt
be useful hereafter. (Hear, hear).
Mr. HENLEY thought the anomalies spoken of were no
justification for the measure before the house, but rather for
an inquiry into the crimiaa! law ; moreover, the subject was
of too grave and difficult a character to be entrusted to any
independent member, and should have been taken up by the
government. He should feel compelled to vote against
the Lill.
_ . .

Mr. PACKE objected to some of the details of the bill ;
but he so entirely approved of its principle that he should
vete for the second reading.
Mr. ADDERLEY was in favour of the principle of the
bill, and would vote for the second reading. He thought
that solitary confinement was not applicable to juvenile
offenders, and would prefer some description of corporal
punishment. He also thought that as ignorance was its •
great measure the cause of crime, it should be taken into
consideration in awarding punishment,
Mr. ESCOTT said they were all agreed that something
ought to be done to bring offenders to a more speedy trial;
but they were also nearly all agreed that the provisions
of this bill would only make matters worse. After the de-
clarations of the right honourable gentleman and the attor-
ney-gen,ral, there was no expectation that the bill would
pass ; he would therefore vote against its being referred to a
committee up stairs.
Mr. R. PALMER would vote for the second reading of
the bill, although he objected to many of its provisions. At
least three-fourths of the eases which came before the magic
bates for trial were for some trifling theft,
,which should
never have teen brought before them. Some of these cases
cost the country 101. or 121., although the value of the artiee
stolen was not worth so many farthtngs. It mutt be apparent
to all that it was desirable to get rid of such a system so soon
' as possible.
Mr. T. EGERTON was in favour of the ?rinep a of tl e bill
but opposed to several of its provisions. If the government
took up the subject he would strongly urge upon them the
expediency of erecting houses of refuge.
Mr. PROTHERUE would vote for the second reading,
As ignorance was the parent of crime, he thought that it
should be taken into consideration in awarding punishment.
The house divided—For the second reading 7.5
Against it 23-52
The bill was then read a second time.

RATING OF TENEMENTS (No. 2) BILL.
On the Melon for resuming the adjourned debate 6h
this bill,
Sir G. GREY said that the time which had elapsed
since this bill was before the house on the former eceasion,
did not induce him to consider it in a more favourable
A great disturbance of the rating of property would be
created by it, and the subject required more consideration
before he could consent to the second rending. (Hear.)
Mr. OSBORNE hoped the house would not consent to
the bill. It would raise the poor rates, which were already
too high in several of the towns in England.
Mr. P. SCROPE hoped the house would not assent to
the second reading. By the act of the 54th of Geo. 111.,
cottages below a certain value were exempt from the pay-
ment of rates. In the town of Liverpool there were
30,0001. oat of 100,0001. excused to the occupiers of such
cottages. (Hear, bear.) Then the question came whether
it was the occupier or the owner that was to pay. The
owners of such cottages were generally small speculators,
and it would be unjust to impose, by an invidious e,c post
facto law, a direct rate on that claw of property. Those
persons conferred a great benefit by providing cottage habi-
tations for the poor, and would they oppose an obstacle to
that supply, by imposing • rate on such property? He
thought they would act unwisely if they did so. He
knew that at present great trouble and expense were in-
curred in ascertaining who were proper objects of exemp-
tion from paying the rates; and as the overseen had
their favourites, it also gave rise to favouritism ; but
the hill which stood in his name, and which was
to come on immediately, would do away with that, for he
drew a broad line by fixing the amount at which the cottage
should begin to be rated. In that bill he confined the ex-
emption to houses under 61. In litrge towns he proposed
that houses under Si. or 10/. a year wound be exempt.
Mr. CHIN'S said that of all friends of the poor he prayed
to be delivered from a political economist. (Laughter.)
The hon. member was one of that sect, and he had taken an
opportutiity of enunciating his favourite dogmas without
urging a single valid objection to the measure before them.
lie (fir. Cripps) believed that the measure would have no
such effect as that of raising the rents of cottages, for no
man took a house of any sort without knowing to what
I rates it was liable, and regulating his rent accordingly. For
his own part he believed the bill was a very useful one, and
one which was very generally approved by the people. He
should, therefore, give it his cordial support.
Mr. VERNON also thought they ought to discuss one
measure at a time, and that therefore the speech of the hon.
member for Stroud WWI at present out of place. lie denied
that speculators in cottages were the best friends of the poor.
There were no greater tyrants to the poor than small capi-
talists, who run up houses to let to the clams below them, and
for his own part, he should tie glad to see such speculative
building put an end to, and each landlord obliged to build a
sufficient number of houses of a good clam, for the habitation
of the labourers on his estate. He believed the bill to be a
very good one. The only doubt he had about it was, whe-
ther it was desirable to dent with the subject at all, pending
the decision of the committee now sitting upon the law of
settlement.
Col. T. WOOD was rather surprised at the course taken
by the government upon this subject, because certainly there
was no question on which they had a more ample or com-
plete body of evidence in favour of the principle. The
speech of the hon. member for Stroud appeared to him also
to afford admirable arguments in support of it. The object
of the bill, as it seemed to him, was a very valuable extension
of Mr. Sturges Bourne's act. The cue of Liverpool, whit
had been cited, was only a monster abuse; the local ad
under which smell tenements were rated, having been et-
pealed to check the progress of a democratic political in-
fluence. Nothing could be more proper than, under • pidp
he bill, to make Liverpool revert to a system which had saly
been abandoned from a corrupt motive. For his own pert,
he earnestly hoped the bill would pass. No at preset
could be more shameful than the coursepursuediawoithe
poor with regard to local taxes, and he trusted that this bill
would be passed, to put an end to the abuses.
Captain PECHELL said the nefarious and corrupt coo-
duct of the tory overseers of Liverpool did not afford an
argument in favour of such a measure as the present. He
regarded this bill as an attempt to deprive the poor man of
many of his rights. Under Gilbert's act, persons rated to
the poor, under five pounds, were not permitted to vote at
vestries, and this bill would extend that principle. [Col.
Wood The right of voting. at elections is reserved.] The
poor man would also be deprived of his electoral franchise
if the bill were to pass, and he trusted that any bill having
such a tendency would be rejected by a large majority.
Colonel SIBTHORP said he should not detain the house
ten minutes. (Oh!) Every one knew he was a friend to the
poor and anxious to serve them. But he much doubted if
this bill would serve them. How were the owners of
cottages to be found, and who were they ? Many of them
were as poor as their tenants—some still poorer. And how
would the bill act on the tenant ? By the fifth clause, the
overseer's remedy was against the tenant, if the landlord did
not pay, and the tenant was thrown back for his remedy
against the landlord. This was likely to act u • great hard-
ship, and by no means as a relief to the tenant. He gave
every
could n
Mr. mcridrcitKpitztptittilsolimtb. e
bill, agoioudadinhteenwtiounssa, buttie bea
that the exemptions allowed must lead to great abuse.
Mr. GRIMSDITCH objected to the bill, on the
that as it threw the rates on the owneras.long m 't house
.0 occupied, it would induce landlords to t- re workman
out Of their cottages in seasons of distress, when they eould
get no rents from them, instead of allowing them to live
rent free, aa they_did under the system now in operation.
Mr. HENLEY said the poor of this country experienced
great difficulty in getting houses at ell--(hear, bawl—and if
the bill pared the difficulty would be increased. He should,
therefore, oppose the bill ; pad he should also oppose the bill

of the hon. member for Stroud, u he saw no reason why a
matstibould be exempted if he were able to pay.
Mr. ALLIX supported the bill, expressing his belief that
it would confer very great benefit on the poor.
Mr. CAREW said that under the existing law poor men
were compelled to pay a higher rent than would be paid by
the owners of the property. Ile thought the bill was likely
to be exceedingly beneficial.
Sir 3. PAKTNGTON thought that if the bill passed it
would, in many instances, bear very hardly ou owners of
cottage property in towns. It would be an iia!dcemer.t to
such persons to raise their rents, and thus would ultimately
be imurious to the poorer classes. Ho was rather disposed
to vote with the bun. member for Stroud for entirely reliev-
ing this property from the hut den of rates.
Mr. PACK E supported the bill.
Mr. HUDSON had received from the borough which be
represented the strongest representations against the mea-
sure. A similar feeling existed in the city over which he
presided, and he believed also in the towns generally. It
was s aid that the bill was intended to benefit the poor ; but
would the hon. member for Middlesex undertake to say that
the owners of property would exempt the poor from rates ?
(Hear, hear.) He hoped the house would reject a bill which
must operate very oppressively towards the poor.
Mr. BROTIIERTON suggested, that as there was on
much diversity of opinion on the subject, the bill should be
postponed until another year.
Mr. STANSFIELD thought the bill was objectionable,
because it would shut out the poor from many little otlices
which tencb-il to give them a siTt of political education. On
that ground he should vote against it.
Mr. WODEROUSE opposed the bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was remarkable
that almost every gentleman who represented a town had
stated that the strongest objections were felt to the measure.
It was manifest that if the landlord was to he primari,y
chargeable with the rates, although in some cases ho might
be willing to run the risk of losing his rent for the aecommo-
dation of his tenant, he would not make himself liable for
rates. In order to
satisfy the landlord, it would be new-
nary to make an isquiry in every as into the solvency of
the tenant, and that seemed to him a very great evil.
Mr. W. MILES said it was to be observed that it was not
the magistrates who sued, but the overseers and church-
wardens. lle would prefer to see such property eatirely
exempt from rates, but ho feared that thgt was impracti-
cable. It was better that the bill should be thrown out,
than that it should be mutilated by exceptions.
The house then divided—For the motion 7l
Against it
TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the second reading of this
bill.

Mr. B. OSBORNE objected to the second reading. It
was, he said, very fasbionahfr in that house to talk about
giving compensation to Irish tenant,, and he was free
to confess that ho himself was firmerly in the came
state of ignorance on the subject as many other hon.
members. (Laughter.) A two years' residence in
Ireland had, however, shown him that great sympathy was
due to the landlord as well as to the tenant. (Great
laughter.) The tenant right might be consecrated in Ulster,
but he protested against ita introduction in tho South of Ire-
land. Ile could assure the house that he had had tenants
owing him three or four year's rent, to whom he had been
obliged to psy 201. each, in order to induce them to give up
possession. (Laughter.) Thu first thing which the house
ought to do was to confirm the right of property. (Hear,
hear.) The hon. member concluded by moving that the bill
be read a second time that day six months.
After a short conversation the second reading was paid-
poned until Wednesday neat.
HIGHWAYS BILL.
The following members were appointed a select committee
on this bill:—Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Manners Sutton, Mr.
Henley, Sir J. Duckwerth, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Christopher,
Mr. Talbot, Mr. 0. Stanley, Mr. Wykeham Martin, Sir John
Pakingtoa, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. William Lascacs,
Mr. Adderley, Mr. Rice, and Viscount Ebrington.
The house adjourned a few minutes before five.

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The overland mails for Gibraltar. Malta, Greece, the lonian Island',
WM Aden, Ceylon, lade, Hong-Koine. and China, eon Southampton,
woll ha made up on the morning of the 3rd May.
The mail, fur Britivh North America, Bermuda, and the United
States, will be um.le up on the eveldne of the 3rd May.
The mails for the Brasil.' the Hirer Plate, Monte Video, Fern.,
Mem Bahia, )fade, and Baynes Ayes., will be made up on the
evening of the Mb May.
The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cediz, and Gibraltar,
will be made uo on the morning of the 7th May.
The overland closed mods, eta Maracill, to the hfeclitcrraneen,
Pgypt, Aden, Ceylon, India, Hong Kong, &c., trill be made op on the
evening of the 7th May.

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