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TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1852.

within the Belgian territory, the casd containing 500
copies of a contraband pamphlet called La Verde des
Evenernens des Mois de Decernbre, and also 500 copies of
the Bulletin Francais, a journal published in Belgium,
but suppressed by the Government. The editor of
the latter journal had been tried and acquitted,
on a charge of writing seditious articles, and of course
Mr. Jeff had a legal remedy at law against the Belgian
Government, which would compel her Majesty's Go-
vernment to interfere and see justice done if that remedy
were denied. The seizure took place under an old law
which was made in the time of King William.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL called for some explanation
of the abrupt manner in which the adjournment of the
House had been moved to-night.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was moved and carded without his knowledge before he
came down to the House.
Lord J. RUSSELL wished to know if it was intended
to adopt his suggestion of devoting Thursdays to orders
of the day?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would
consider that matter during the holidays. He had an
objection to giving up the Thursday for the purpose,
but he would see if some arrangement could not be come
to with the view of expediting the dispatch of
public business, which should be agreeable to all parties.

Tower Hamlets would accede to the suggestion to refer
the Bill to a Committee. The baliast•heavers of
London were in the hands of 29 middlemen, 27 of
whom were keepers of public-houses, and the
consequence was that they never gave employment
to any men unless they purchased victuals and spirits of
a very inferior description of them at a first-rate price.
A greater abuse than this could not exist, and he hoped
some measure might be devised to remedy it.
Mr. WAKLEY thought some plan might be devised
by which an office would be established in which those
who had labour to dispose of would be enabled to do so
to the best advantage. The House need not be alarmed
—he was not going to place the working classes under
the surveillance of the Government—but to suggest the
appointment of a central office where information might
be derived as to where labour was required, and where
it was to be had. A registry might be kept, giving the
names, ages, the name of the last employer, and the kind
of labour each person had to dispose of.
Mr. MACGREGOR did not think that a Bill brought
in like the present would meet the necessities of the case
without previous inquiry.
Sir H. WILLO UGHBY believed it was perfectly
practicable to establish a registry of labour, somewhat
in the manner suggested by the Hon. Member for
Finsbury. He thought it could be done inexpensively;
and if so, it would be a great boon to the working
classes throughout the country.
Sir W. CLAY suggested that after the Bill had been
read a second time, it ought to be referred to a Select
Committee.

Mr. GLADSTONE was anxious to say a few words
upon the subject. He was glad to see that all gentle-
men advocating free-trade principles were in favour of
some measure like the present. There was doubtless
great difficulty in any course they might adopt. When
he brought forward his measure with regard to the coal-
whippers, he was aware that these difficulties existed,
and there was a doubt whether, when this large class of
labourers were in a state of the deepest degradation,
Parliament would be able to apply any effectual remedy
for the evil. Nevertheless, the House of Commons did
not hesitate to pass the Act; and when it was passed its
good working did not depend upon the provisions of the
Act itself, but upon the men who were its object. He
had always held that language to the men, and had told
them that its success would be due, not to the framers
of the Act, but to the men themselves. In consequence
of the exemplary conduct of the men, and the judicious
use they made of the powers conferred on them, the Aet
had given general contentment, and no great dissatis-
faction had been expressed among the mercantile class
connected with the coal trade. He had read with great
regret in the public papers that differences had recently
arisen, and that a strike had taken place in consequence
of the coalwhippers having attempted to exact higher
wages than the trade price would justify. The
consequence would be that the whole system
of restraint would give way if the men
strained their powers so unwisely, and the House would
be called upon to repeal the Act, and would be obliged
is respond to the call. While he ventured to use those
words in the way of warning to the men he was glad to
say that no call had yet been made upon the House for
the repeal of that Act, and if the men continued to ob-
serve the conduct they had almost invariably maintained
they would still be protected by that House, and that
they would continue in the enjoyment of that improved
social condition which the Act, under the blessing of
Providence, had realised for them. He admitted that
great caution ought to be used in enlarging this category
of exceptions, and it ought not to be done unless upon
the broadest and clearest ground. If it was adopted,
unless
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whether they should
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then
the Bill. The case was ono that ought not to be met with
thenHous
a e v
delay. There was no mercy in holding out delusive
Selecta s
Committee,
hopes to the men, and then postponing their case until
the next year. Time was of the greatest importance;
and he believed they would gain time if the Hon. Gen-
tleman, in lieu of the motion ho had made, would make
a motion for the appointment of a Select Committee.
There might be a formidable opposition given to the
second reading, and that would cause delay. He sug-
gested, therefore to the Hon. Gentleman to withdraw his
motion, and move the appointment of a Select Committee
to inquire into the mode in which ballast-heaving was
conducted in the port of London.
Mr. WILLIAMS observed that, on the Thames, the
greater portion of the labour was protected. It could
only be performed by freemen of the City, and it re-
quired a largo sum to take up the freedom. The labour,
therefore, was almost a monopoly. He should vote for
the Bill.
Lord J. MANNERS could not agree with the Right
Hon. Gentleman in the advice he had tendered. He
mast observe that the principle was by no means a new
one, but had been sanctioned by that House over and
over again. He would suggest to the Hon. Member for
the Tower Hamlets, as the Government had given their
sanction to the introduction of a Bill on the understand-
ing that it would bo referred to a Select Committee, he
thought that would be the best course to adopt, and ho
was satisfied the gentlemen named on the Committee
would be willing to consult the true interests of all par-
ties concerned, and to review all the details of the mea-
sure in a searching and critical spirit, and in a calm and
impartial light, so that the interests of the working
classes and their employers would be equally taken into
consideration.
The House then went into Committee of the whole
House, and
Mr. THOMPSON proposed his resolution uu which
to found the BILL
Mr. HUME objected to the resolution, and suggested
that the Hon. Gentleman should include the whole sub-
ject of the ballast question.
Mr. LALBOUCIIERE and Mr. GLADSTONE were Of opi-
nion that the resolution might stand as it was.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his
Right Hon. Friend had intended that the Bill should
be referred to the Select Committee. He advised the
Hon. Member to adhere to his original plan.
Mr. BROTHERTON recommended a Select Com-
mittee to take evidence.
Mr. THOMPSON said ho should move for such a
Committee after the recess.

The resolution was agreed to, and the House re
sumed,

NEW FOREST.
Mr. WILLIAMS withdrew his motion for the print
ing of Mr. Wason's petition as to the New Forest.
POOR-LAW RATING.

Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for leave to bring
in a Bill to continue the exemption of inhabitants from
liability to be rated as such in respect of stock in trade
or other property to the relief of the peon—Agreed to.
LOAN SOLJETIES.
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON moved for leave to bring
in a Bill to continue and amend the Acts relating to
loan societies.—Agreed to.

COUNTY COURTS FURTHER EXTENSION BILL.
Captain FITZROY moved the order of the day for
going into Committee en this Bill.

In Committee on the Bill,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL suggested the pro-
priety of merely going into Committee pro forma. It
mainly related to the extension of the jurisdiction of the
cJunty courts to equity. The effect of the Bill, in fact,
would bo to convert the 80 county court judges into
secondary masters in Chancery; while at the same time
a measure was in contemplation fur a comprehensive re-
form of the Court of Chancery, comprising the abolition
of the office of master..—(Hear.) Surely, therefore, it
would not be well to lot this Bill interfere with the gene-
ral measure of Chanory reform.—(Hear.)

Sir A. COCKBURN said he should concur in this
recommendation, provided his Learned Friend were in a
position to state that the Chancery Reform Bill would
be introduced at once, or immediately after the recess;
otherwise he should advise his Hon. and Gallant Friend
not to defer his Bill.

Tha ATTORNEY-GENERAL chid it was impossible
to tell under present circumstances when an opportunity
would be afforded to introduce the measure, but certainly
it was intended.

Lord R. GROSVENOR asked if it would be ready
after the recess.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied that ho could
not possibly answer that question.
Mr WAKLEY observed that it was curious that this
Bill, es well as the proposition of the other, originated
in the Rouse of Lords.

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Captain FITZROY said ho feared the announcement
of the general measure would be used to obstruct any
other measure of legal reform. The present Bill went
through both Houses last session in its present form—
(No, no)—at least with the exception of a few clauses ho
meant to strike out—(Hear, hear)—and it was reason-
able that it should go on until it was seen whether any
Bill would bo brought in by the Government antagonis-
tic to it, and to bo preferred to it, which he did not at
dispute might possibly be the case; for he should be
most hing reform ofthe '
to see a searc mg
i,hatribelieved that then they
)might be better than
any
RT observed that another"' County
system of local courts.— ear.
Courts Further Extension Bill" (No. 2) was before the
of Lords, and it surely would bo best to await
TUA
deferred,LAND hoped this Bill would not bo
illites:taa;Baridvia.Li(nitebasroHoll9o before proceeding with the pre-
Sir G. STHICK instalment at least of
. afforded some
Chancery reform,
and a laugh).--and he had not
years past—(Hear.
hear,
general measure now promised,
a-
it
which had been promised for forty
much faith in the
the Chancellor in the place of the
clerk of the Master,
believing that its sole effect would be to put the clerk of
The present Bill would, at all events, a
for passing accounts which never could
the Master's office
be got through
and substitute ono system of technicalityfrord fsoormaenmotehaenrs.
without e
Lord It. GROSVENOR said his constituents were
much interested inthe subject, and as the Btll was sub-
stantially the same thatj passed through both Houses
some oßcilialuasets:besoeunttC.
enormous and ruinous delay.
" bird in the hand was worth two in the bush."
was a complete mass of confusion.—(Hear.)
Mr. AII.JLLINCS said the Bill in its present form
last ""loh, he baospeditwould be persevered in, as a
coilor and Lords JusticeGagave . 'lwe
and then it jumped n- y' -
laugh.) It would heChancery.—(
ry —( &
Ped back again into ance .
First came
useless to proceed with
ha cell,• then twout county courts,
practically
P r to the Lord Chan-
rneeprrailnmteedoswirteh of Chancery haainnecner:r:ftm,
was the foundation f
0 the measure. But if the Chan-
caller and Lords Justices thought
the measure not ca-
pable of being worked, b contemplated ge-
, y reason of a
not make thoso rules --..(it
“ * ear, hear.) Ho recommended
that the Bill be put into Conitnittee pro forma, and then
Sir A. COCKI3URN recommendedof course they would
withdrawn, and kept in reserve after the reprinting of
it until it wore aeon what g
timed. eaorol measures was intro-
)o
Bill be
(11e a rt,h ha
that
a trh.
,

Mr. V. SMITH hoped the Bill would not be with-
drawn; however, it might be postponed.
Captain FITZROY agreed to the course suggested by
the lion. Member for Cirencester for reprinting the Bill
with the aoiondments and postponing it.—(Hear.)
The Bill then went through committee profornaa, and
the amendments wer orderKAFlßed to be reprinted.
WAR.

On the order of the day for the report of the Com-
mittee of Supply, the resolution for the vote of 400,0001.
for the Kafir war being read,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked if there were any out-
standing liabilities?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered
that the vote included all the expenses up to the end of
the present financial year.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked if there were any esti-
mates of the entire expenditure?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said this
was a vote for the whole actual expenditure up to the
present period. Estimates were, of coarse, hypothetical,
and relating to the future.
Tho resolution was agreed to.
CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS BILL.
Mr. WALPOLE moved the consideration of the re-
port on this Bill.
Mr. J. STUART said the Bill ought to be reprinted
as amended.
Mr. WALPOLE said the Noble Lord the Member for
London had asked him to take charge of the Bill, and
he hoped that it would be allowed to pass the present stage.
Mr. J. STUART objected to this, as the Bill in its
amended shape should be deliberately considered.
After a brief conversation,
Mr. WALPOLE expressed his readiness to defer the
further consideration of the Bill until the 19th instant, in
order that the amendments suggested by the late Attor-
ney-General (Sir A. Cockburn) might be printed.
SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL.

The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
On clause 1,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBy complained that no proper
provision was made for the payment of the Court of
Chancery officials. He moved an amendment in the Ist
clause, providing that a scale of salaries should be in-
serted in the schedule to the Act.
Mr. MULLINGS, although he agreed in the principle
of the above suggestion, saw difficulties in the way of
an enumeration of all the salaries to be provided for.
An HON. MEMBER here moved that the House be
counted, and, as only 29 Members wero present, the
House stood adjourned until, as had been previously ar-
ranged, Monday, the 19th inst.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 6.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day of April,
the Right Honourable Sir John Dotson,
1852, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Coun-
cil. This day
Knight, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma-
jesty Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at
the Board accordingly.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day
ce of April, !.852,
Ex-
cellent Majesty in Council
present, the Queen's Most Ex-
was this day pleased to. Her Majesty in Council
appoint the Right Hon.
the Lord President of the Council for the time being ; the
Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord
Keeper of the Privy Seal ; the Most Noble the
of the Admiralty ; the
Duke of Northumberland First Lord Commissioner
of Derby, First Lord Commissioner of her Majesty's Treasury ;
the Right Hon. John James Robert Manners (commonly
called Lord John Manners), First Commissioner of Works
and Buildings; the 'Right llonourable the Earl
Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole,
one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; the Right
on Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of her
Majesty's Exchequer; and the Right Hon. Joseph Warner
Henley, President of the Committee of Council for Trade, to
be a Committee to superintend the application of any sums
voted by Parliament for the purpose of promoting public
education.

By the QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA R.—Whereas by an Act, passed in the fifty-
sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Third, intituled " An Act to provide for a new silver coinage,
and to regulate the currency of the gold and silver coin of
this realm," the Master and Worker of our Mint in London
was authorized and empowered to coin, or cause to be coined,
silver bullion into silver coins, consisting of crowcs, half-
crowns, shillings, and sixpences, of the standard of eleven
ounces and two pennyweights Of fine silver and eighteen
pennyweights of alloy to the pound troy ; and in weight
of the fifty-sixth year of King
pa, in
Act to extend an Act
after the rate of sixty-six shillings to the pound troy :
providing for a new silver
and whereas by an Ainctti,tupresdsed in the twelfth and thirteenth
years of our reign,
George the Third, for
coinage, and for regulating
the currency of the gold and silver coin of this realm," the
Master and Worker of our Mint in London was authorized
and empowered to coin, or cause to be coined, silver bullion
into silver coins of the standard of fineness abovementioned,
and in weight after the rate of sixty-six shillings
to every pound troy, whether the same be coined
in crowns, or in any pieces
of a lower denomination ;
and whereas in the thirteenth year of our reign,
we thought fit to order that certain pieces of silver money
should be coined, to be called Florins or tenths of a pound,
and to be of the value of two shillings: and whereas,
pursuant to our said order, and in virtue of the
power given by the said recited Act, a coinage
of the said florins or tenths of a pound, of the
standard and at the rate aforesaid, was made : and whereas,
pursuant to our further orders and in virtue of the said
power, a new coinage of florins or tenths of a pound, of the
standard and at the rate aforesaid, has been made, and every
florin or one-tenth of a pound, in such new coinage, has for
the obverse our effigy crowned, with the inscription " Vic-
toria D.G. : Brit : Beg. F.D. :" and the date of the year and
for the reverse, the ensigns armorial of the United kingdom,
contained in four shields, crosswise, each shield surmounted
by the royal crown, with the rose in the centre, and in the
compartments between the shields the national emblems of
the rose, thistle, and shamrock, surrounded by the words
One Florin one-tenth of a Pound," and with a milled grain-
ing round the edge : and whereas pieces of silver money of
the description last mentioned have been coined at our
Mint, and will be coined there, in pursuance of orders
issued and to be issued by us : we have, therefore, by and
one
with the advice of our Privy Council, thought fit to issue
this our royal proclamation; and we do hereby ordain, de-
clare, and command that the said last-mentioned pieces
of money so coined and to be coined shall be
current and lawful money of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, and shall pass and
be received as current and lawful money of our said king'
dons by the names aforesaid, and at the value hereinbefore
assigned to them.
OlovfenAaptrilo, nuirCtohne year
rßouf
ourcki Lordngham
Palace,
hundred and fifty-two, and in the fifteenth year of our
reign.
thousandthis
eightday

GOD save the QUEEN.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 6.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B.
Charlesof Ekins, K.C.B.
General Sir
Thomas
• l the Honourable. Sir Bladen Capel, K,C.B. 2
Admiral
General Sir Alexander Woodford, K C• B I ieutenant•
Sir Henry . .B.
Lieutenant-General' li Frederick Bouverie, K.C.B.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Bullen, K.C.8., and
Kl‘nliegmhtbsersGroafndthCerosisiliotfarL
Lieutenant-General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, K.C.8.,
Admiralthea pp appointment isn.itrme nt
Inspector-General of Fortifications,
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downtnan, Kt., C. 8.,
Vice-Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, Kt., C. 8.,
Vice-Admiral the ll9n. Sir Anthony Maitland, Kt., C.B.
e Divisioni\ios t
Honour-
ableo f the
Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Dlaclaine, Kt., C.B.
First
OrderC lass ,
to be ordinaorry
Lieutenant-General George Charles D'Aguilar, C.R.
Lieutenant-General Sir Richurd Armstrong, Kt., C.B.
Lieutenant-General Henry Goldfinch, ca
of the Bath ;
T ieutenant-General John Bell, C.B.
Lief her Majesty's Forces,eutenant-General George Brown n
' .."'"11
•P Adjutant-General
Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, c.B.
one of the Commis-
sioners for executing the office of 'Lord High Admiral of
the United Kingdom,
Rear-Admiral William Fairbrother Carroll, C. 8., and
Colonel James Tennant, C. 8., of the Bengal Artillery,
to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
;milers of the said Most
Honourable Order i
And Rear-Admiral George Edward Watts, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or
Third Class, or Knights Comm
Companions of the said Most Honourable Order.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 1.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute
Major-General James Frederick Love C.B , to be Lieutenant-
Governor of the island of Jersey, to Y, 41 the room. of Lieutenant-
General Sir James Henry? Reynett.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Arntt, 2.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Robert Bryce Hay, Esq., one
and appoint
of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentleman at Arms,
CROWI -OFFICL' Aria. r
' 2 J.
MEMBER RETURNED To snavE IN Tins FItESENT PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Monmouth—Crawshay Bailey, Esq., in the
vice William Lloyd, E 34 . , resigned.
room of Reginald James Blewitt, Esq.,- who has accepted the
OFFICE OF cqt[3.lWciar rAraaL 5.
office of Steward of her Alai, t ,
Royal Regiment of Artill - rtermaster-Sergeant
John Cass to be Quarterrnaste
erY—Qacarkin, retired, April 1.
of Hempholmo.
Commissions by the
William Long, Esq., to b
ant • Windsor
be Deputy-Lieutenant; ,
Parker, Esq., te be Dep
dii,nifkresin resigned.
Commission by the Lord-
be Captain, vice Lord Feil Lord-Lieutenant
enant,
t of Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Yeoma eutenan
t Lord Leigh to
uty.LLoireil'-tLiecuetPen'iNai.natrcohf
3S:ffolk.
nry Cavalry—Corne
REDUCTION OF
The Lords Commissioner ' t•' Treasury hay-
s of her Maies 3 s
ing certified to the Commis .
for the Reduction of the
National Debt, in pursuance of
Act, 10th George 4th, c.
27, sec. I, that the actual of
the
revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain Ireland,surlus
beyond the actual
expenditure thereof for the and
nded the sth day of Ja-
nuary, 1852, amounted to year era
of two million seven
the su
hundred and twenty-six th NATIONAL. DEBT.
six pounds four shillings and ence ; the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National. ten
Debt hereby give notice,
that the sum of six hundred and eighty-one thousand
five hundred and ninet • pounds one shilling and I
be applied under thenursca)fnvo
two pence (being one-fourth Y•ne
f the said surplus of two
dred and ninety-six. art o
million seven hundred and disitohnrsee hundredi and. ninety-
six
P twenty-six thousand three bun-
willof the said Act, be-
tween the 7th day of A• • and the sth day of July,
Prd 1852 1852, to the following purposes'; Piz :
To be applied to the purchase Stook •••••• £681,599 1 2
Add interest receivable on a'e
nt of dona-
tions and bequests, to
poundswenu-r shillings and tenpence)
baccou
lied
ne to the
purchase of Stock .. ea'
' 2,287 8 3

National Debt Office,
. e, Ap
ril 2, £683,886 9 5
and May
BANKRUPTS.
Comptroller-General.
SpnARALSN,
Henry Stimsen (and not 6, St inson," as before advertised),
boot maker, Saint IN eots, Huntingdonshire, to surrender,
April 16, at half-past twelv
A. i
at the Court of Bankruptc3e.' Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
mlnbury ; Atkinson, Swan-chambers, Gresham-street.
14, at half-past eleven,
Henry IVorms, boot maker, Blackfriars-road, April IG and
April 16, at
May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan,
official assignee, Alderman))ury ; Lawrance, flews, and Boyer,
Old Jewry-chambers.
'Thomas Bull, licensed victualler, Greenwich'
Cann, Paper-buildings,
once, and May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee nasingball-street ; M`Leod and
nival's Inn. Temple;
Samuel Haynes, wheelwright, London-street, Paddington,
April 14, at two, and Ma 14- at one. at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfdd Cook, Greenwich, and Fur-
-1304er, Old Jewry.chambers.
"CilrY
1'4111244 "MO? IlliAlllol DlargArettiDg: Li4ez, 1
, official assignee; Lawrance, Flews, and

April 17, at half-past one, and May 21, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Duffield, Devonshire.street, Bishopsgate.
Isaac Timmins, charter master, Dudley, Worcestershire,
April 17 and May 8, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Bud-
dington, Dudley.
George Chadwick, grocer, Leeds, April 20, at twelve, and
May 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds; Upton, Leeds.
Thomas Wood, grocer, Northwich, Chester, April 16 and
May 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool; Holt and Rowe, Liverpool.
John Mitchell and Edward Clarkson, worsted spinners,
Horton, Yorkshire, April 22 and May 28, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Northwood, Bradford; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds.
William Williams, iron manufacturer, Pentwyn Golynos,
Monmouthshire, April 20 and May 18, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan,
Bristol.

lis 6d. Tamarinds continue to be wanted, and supply keeps
on the decrease; sales of West India have been mad, at 24s
to 345, and East India at 8s to 12s. The terms obtained for
Jamaica Honey are from 403 to 183, and flue ditto 50s to 56s
per cwt.

FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was in good demand
privately for exportation, and the rates obtained rather ex •
ceeded those of last week. A cargo of fine brown Bahia
was sold at 18s per cwt for the Mediterranean, and one of
Pernambuco at 16s 6d for fair. None was offered at public
sale, but 5,700 bags Pernambuco, 14,000 bags Manilla are
declared.

Cocoa.—Operations in Foreign are yet trifling, there are
sellers of Bahia and Para at 23s 6d to 255; and Guayaquil
21s to 29s per cwt. For West India the market has a dull
aspect. Fine red Trinidad can be obtained at 39s to 41s,
good 36s to 38s, low to mid 333 to 355, grey 303 to 335; and
Grenada from 28a to 345.

COFFEE.-To-day there was a reluctance to operate in.
Native Ceylon Coffee, 38s per cwt is the value of good ordi-
nary. The demand for Plantation Ceylon is on the decrease.
At public sale 100 casks were taken in rather above the
value, good at 553 to 60s, other sorts 46s to 535, and triage
33s to 435. At auction 100 bags Costa Rica were taken in
at 47s for fine ordinary ; and 30 bales Mocha, ordinary
greenish at 80s, and middling long berry at 88s per cwt.
TEA.-Fine Congou met with a good demand, and rates
are still sustained. There are sellers of low quality at 7d,
good ord sound lid to Bd, rather blackish leaf to blackish
leaf Bild to 101 d, fine and Pekoe kinds lld to is 5d per lb.
In Oolong operations are trifling, although good to fine
can be obtained at lld to Is 3d, low to mid 80 to
10d. Of Souchong large parcels have been disposed of, fine
ls 2d to Is 7d, and common to good 8d to Is Id. A fair
sale exists for Pouchong, but prices are low, ruling at
4d to 6d. There are ready sellers of good to fine Scented Orange
Pekoe at from is Id to Is 7d, low to mid 8d to is, still sales
have been small, especially in inferior. A good sale prevails
for Flowery Pekoe, yet ord to good can easily be obtained
at Is to Is 6d, fine and superior Is 8d to 2s Bd. For Green
there is a dull sale, with an abundant supply, and previous
terms are kept up with difficulty, especially for medium.
Hyson of low to mid quality can easily be obtained at Is to
is 3d, good to fine Is 4d to 2s, superior 2s 2d to 2s Bd, com-
mon Young Hyson 9(1 to lld, mid to good is to is 6d,
superior Is 70 to 2s 2d, Canton Gunpowder 8d to 1 ld, low to
mid Hyson sort ls to is 6d, good to fine Is 7d to 3s 4d,
Caper 8d to Is 3d, Hyson skin 7d to ls, Twankey 100 to
Is id, Imperial Canton 9d to lid, and Hyson kind from is
to 25 per lb.
RICE.- To-day there were free sellers of East India at the
decline noticed previously, still the private operations were
trifling, and none was submitted to public sale.
SPIRITS.-The sales of Jamaica Rum since this day week
are 400 puns : choice marks 34 to 38 over proof at 3s 4d to
4s, fine ditto 2s lls to 3s 3s, good mid to good 32 to 35 over
2s 4s to 2s 10d, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and low 25 to 30 over is 9d
to is lld per gallon. Demerara is cheaper, limited transac-
tions having taken place at is lld to 2s 2(1 for 30 over proof.
The sales in Leeward Island have been at is 41d to is sd.
proof, being a reduction. In East India little has been done
and is 31/2d to Is 4d is the present value of proof. Opera-
tions in Brandy are at present of little momet ; and there are
free sellers of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1851 at 4s
Id to 4s 3d, 1850 ditto 43 4d to 4s 6d, 1840 ditto 4s 9d
to 4s lld, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 6d to 6s 6d,
low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux is lld to 2s 1(1 per
gallon. British made Spirit 9s 100 to 10s, net cash ; Gin
8s 6d for 22, and, 17 under proof 9s per gallon. Geneva
Is 9d to is 10d, and fine at 2a to 25 4d per gallon.
SALTPETRE.-Sales of good to fine Calcutta went finally
at 28s to 325, low to good mid 25s to 27s 6d; and Madras
23s 6d to 265, but fine sorts are not wanted. British Re-
fined 29s 6cl to 30s. Nitrate of Soda 14s to 14s 3d per cwt.
INDIGO. - To-day there was much inquiry after this article
and the advance is well supported for all sorts. At auction
131 chests Manilla were sold at from is 2d to 3s, and very
ord 9d to is per lb.
COCHINEAL.-'Phis afternoon a further advance of Id per
lb. was obtained. At auction 80 bgs mostly sold ; Hon-
duras, fine black 4s lld to 5s Id, ord to fine silvers 3s 7d to
3s I Id. Mexican blacks 3s 9d to 4s, silvers 3s 7d to 3s Bd,
Teneriffe 3s 9d to 4s Id, and blacks 4s 3d to 4s 6d per lb.
TALLOW. -For Russian on the spot holders are firm, and
require 35s to 35s 3d for fine old yellow Candle, and Os 60
to 35s 9d per cwt for new. At auction 70 cks Petersburgh
Soap sold at 32s 9d to 33s 3d. For delivery in last three
months of the year the rates required are 37s to 37s 3d.
Home melted can be obtained at 35s 6d, net cash. The pre-
vious currency is sustained for other kinds of Tallow. At
auction 200 cks Australian were disposed of; Beef 33s 6d to
345; Mutton, prime 365.
Ons.-For Linseed Oil 26s to 26,s 3d is the present value
for immediate delivery. Rape Oil brown 295, pale 30s, and
Refined Foreign 31s. Operations in Cocoa Nut are of
little moment, and prices are on the decline, ruling for
Ceylon at 3?s to 34s 6d ; Cochin 33s to 355, and Sydney
30s to 313. Lard Oil is offered at 48s to 50s. The Palm Oil
mid to fine can be obtained at 25s fid to 26s 6d. In Olive a
good business is doing; still sellers are willing to accept for
Gallipoli 43/ to 441; other sorts 41/ lOs to 42/ lOs per tun.
Seal finds a more ready sale, and rates are better, ruling at 30/10s
to 311 for pale, and 28/ to 301 for other sorts. Cod is held
for 341. Southern finds a more ready sale, and 311 101 to
i 33/ s the value of low to fine. An increased demand pre-
prevails for Sperm, sales having been made at 85/ to 861 lOs.
Headmatter 88/ to 911 per tun. Ground Nut has been
selling at 29s to 30s per cwt; and American Spetmacetti is
Is 7d to Is 8d per lb.