The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-12 00:00:00

MARKET NEW:S.—(FI-HS DA ):)
NEVZGATE .O..ND Z kLeaszrillitaa..
The gmerai dt mud was btesdy at our quotations.
from 23 2d to 3s 2d; Muiton, 2s 6o to 3s 8d;
Y°A 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Pork, 2s 4d to 35 8d per 81b5 by
the earettie.

HAY MATLICETS.
SMITHFIELD.— Alead..w hay, 21 153 to 31 rs 6d;
Clr,ver ditto, 31 53 to 41 6s; and Straw, 1103 to 116 s per
load. A fair aveiragei :eupply, and a sluggish demand.
CUMBERLAND —ille-enow flay, 2117, Oil to 41 Os Oil;
Clov-r 3153 to 414 q and Straw, 1/ Is to 11 70 pfl
load. Trade steady, at lull prices.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ 18s Od;
Clover di-ro, 31 54 to 417.; and Straw, 11 Os to 116) pet
load. Supply gond, and trade dull.

111 EAT raa.stistarrs.
BAILSRASY, FEB. 11.—Our market has ruled heavy
at hardy st .tionaty prices. Beet, from 3s to 3s 10u;
Mutton, 3, 4 i to 4s 4d; Pork, 3s 2d to 3.. 6d per Sibs.
ARUNDEL, FEB 10.—The general demand was very
inactive, as follows:—Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton,
3s 6d to 48 4d; Pork, 3a to 3s 6d per 81bs.
CHICHESTER, FEB 11.—Beef dull, and somewhat
sower
from 2s
Mutton and Pork support late rates. Beef,
atom 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; Pork,
as to 3s 6d per Sibs.
SOUTHALL, FEB. 11.—Our market has ruled heavy
!c"dRY, and prices have not been supported. Beet,
._4o3als.la 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d;Veal, 3s 2d
8d; Pork, 3t to 3s Sd per Blbs, to sink the
ofFs
„RoniFoup, FEB. 11.—Beasts met a dull sale at a de-
°nue of 2d per Blbs. In other kinds of stock, only a
moderate business was transacted. Beef, from 2s 8d to
Pork,
6d; Mutton. 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d;
4-,...13/11, 35 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 188
I" 21s; and quarter ole store Pigs, 16s to 19s each.

CORN AVERAGES
I,_ GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
'ur the Week ended Feb. 5, 1852, made up from the Returns of the
In.
• Peetors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
Per Imperial Quarter.
pit 1C z . . wurtsE EAT.
2d
I r249I:LEBTd. I
ioBBTlsi.d I
29E ATE. d I
zB,EsANOEIci I 2P,EsA S .0 d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wl/...
, ,AT. I BARLEY. I TS. I
EYE.
BEANS. 1 AS.
4. 0.1 Is Od is Od Is Od Is Cd is Od
lb, QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD IN THE PAST WEEK. n'lleat, 105,853; Barley, 94,781; Oats, 27,292; Eye, 165; Beans,
7,074 ; Peas, 2,348 quarters.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat at Nisi Pries at Westminster to-day,
lid took P s ecial jury cases. During the morning it was
occupied
brought with the case of Lister v. Todd, which was
.rought to try the right to a patent for certain improve-
4, pt, in machinery for combing wool and hair. The
evidence was entirely of a scientific character, and pos-
11:seed no feature of interest to the non-professional pub-
TheB trial promised to extend over the greater por-
'oo of the day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY).
(Before Mr. W. BURCHELL)
CRITTENDEN V. BIRD.
Zrhis Was an action brought to recover the sum of
keit% .
guineas the balance of a bill of exchange, given
to
wh_ loan society. The main question in the case was
~,:_tber the managers of a loan society could be deemed
Ttso that one might be allowed to indorse bills in
raeB of himself and his co-managers.
mg Crclue`tion was.lett to the jury, who, after consul
the 815E0e time, rktired, not being able to agree.
c"4 occupiei die whole of the morning.

REsisnisc VSTREILT,—(TH IS DAY.)
A BROKER.— Thomas Haddam. of Mu-
settin.ptreet, cooper, was charged before Mr. Hall with
allattulting a broker and his wan
It appears the Jandlord put in
yesterday a distress for
and lett the complainant and his assistant in pos-
rf,"ion. The defendant was not at home when the
nzu. re was made, and finding the two strangers in poa-
lou uhis he reuested know
busty as inn his house.return, The comqplainantto explained the
rise, whereupon Heckler's demar:dr,d the pr. duction of
authority to act as br.,ker under the landlord. He
Bpd that answered that there was no au hority in writing,
none was necessary. He insisted that he was
in bound to recognise the complainant as acting legally
40 the
capacity of a broker without the production of
some autbori y, without seeing which he. could not tell
Who
ki. tntght be intruding themselves into his house in the
I'utned character of brelers. He then attempted to
Jeuet and committed the assault complained of.
101.7 tiALL said that the verbal authority of the land-
qui; 1955 sufficient, and the defendant's conduct was
unjustifiEhle. He must pay a fine of 40s. or go to
()Use of Correction for fourteen days.

to -84Ttt OF LORD DINORDEN...--We regret to have
t4tjeeord the death of Lord Dinorben, which took place
bei;.eseuddenly on Tuesday, at 4 A sr., at Kinmel-park,
aeized t' A-BaPh, Wales. We understand. his Lordship was
4t, t,. While at dinner on Sunday evening with a paralytic.d
es 8111 the effects of which his Lordship never regained
dee% °ll3nesa, and expired at the hour abovenamed. The
reel Med, William Lewis Hughes, Baron Dinorben, of
J.Kitiond-
s.l4-„%arlre county of Denbigh, in the peerage of h
litet" °rn• aves eldest son of the Rev. Edward
.HtugTehesnand
P.e.e,', keeond daughter of the Rev. Robert Lewis. helBo late,
Chart flurried first, namely, on the Bth of March,
(1
teko,;,°tte Margaret, third daughter of Mr. R. W. Grey,hand
kik 'Y., in 1840, Miss Smythe, daughte of Air. Jima aura
a,tthe, of Ballynatray, and sister of the Princess Cp LT ous marriages his Lordship leaves issue—his son Willie. na.
ea-witi , 1821, (who is, unfortunately..
-Pabl
le of entering on the legislative duties of his position),
ice in •
--.4d ~, -g to the title. The late Lord was in his 85th year,
tioe ~..ita a member of the House of Commons till his eleva-
the a'') the Peerage in 1831. He was Major-Commandant of.
1:114-43glesey Militia, and was Aide-de-Camp to the Queen. Its late Lordship was a great personal friend of his late
1:I 4:
stet --Lighness the Duke of Sussex, and was one of the etxhe-
. Door Tof that Prince. As. a landlord and benefactor to
ttue 1:le was highly respected on his large estates in adsW
Kele loss will be deeply regretted by many faithful %sta.
triert,
4486 -4telATioriAti CoPYRIGirr.---The Lords Com-
Co -,,..aera of her Majesty's Treasury having caused Mr.
0f.,.. rtrl:4ll Lewis to transmit for the information and guidance
alai ,_;, nreeers of the Customs' department two orders of her
aliiirY'lli Council, directing tlat Pre.nc.h authors, &c.,
dotohllitave the privilege of copyright within her Majesty's
duties o.n. books, prints, and
(trod:reducing tYa
the dominions of
.France, the
ea, ounitidilliblished within
I.ord,,tt`riers of the Customs have caused copies of their
„„in Ceti 11;,11, rnuni 'ation, together. with copies of the orders
„wevnetir.ollll:rii 'l4lldedthiP, to. be transmitted to the collectors and
geyeral 13°118 thr principal officers of the Customs at the
nment , oughout the United Kingdom for their future
A.t., ,11 the matter.
AXeic eII,C,IIANT TRADERS SHIP, LOAN, A!ID
.. INBSUR-
W.llliatp
ofotrnse
tbricle a--..IrANT--Irtsterdav Master Sir
liOttipai,°`" ot 25/. Per share on all the contributoriesthis
kid A.1,.",„.,8ir. Bagallay, who appeared for Lord Talbot
the ''' winthrtip cl 'led exemption for i .
tori Pend that thOughalthey might be liable adsebtountribu-
of the
eeol;atito contribute in respect of the general
so RY2..Yet that, inasmuch as the call about to be made
'omit --Llsfy the demands of the policy-holders, and the
lielas- law had alread , decided that Lord Talbot was note
110,f in reepect of these 3the Master could not call upon the
T Lord to Pay
this
9 251. 'per share. Mr. Roxburgh, on
Talboft.°F the Official manager, Mr. Harding,. said that Lord.
eleue-- was liable to the policy-holders to th amount of his
itolder(24), and the call was only for this sum. The policy-
-41 th Ben'ad ' 0 claim beyond the amount of the shares taken
~C:1 l; irnPa,flY• The Master then overruled the objection
0:414 b.jkagaday, who intimated his intention to contest the
Pitt, re the court.
,_ey it, - AT HINTLESHAM, NEAR IPsWICH.--OD Fri-
Kr, eitzing a fire broke out upon the farming premises of
,li tr4„ll Smith, ilintlesharn. Shortly before seven o'clock
ldit;„P ,eellid at the farm-house, and asked fora night's
kked for 014 his request was not complied with ; he then
aeo„, or um
b, 41. awn -"ney, which was also refused, when the fellow
;tiled fi grUmbling. About seven o'clock Mr. Smith re-
'etl •urrt Radlei hand had not nem home mere than
b riunt„..„
before g , . . ?ks. I 'me he perceived flames issuing
.from the
„,..he 14r 4 a short time a cart-shed, cow-house, stabling, with
ne ehrl and uotne corn which it contained, were desiro, ed.
,'Leatrolhlne
,froul Hintlei,harn Hall, the property ut ,r L.
11.4fielki-er' 4,,q• (the present high sheriff for the cou..ty of
-"Mee". wail soon on the spot. The property, we are hi-
lted atit_L? not insured. The man who went to the house
eiO4....lazopforil ti
e•.et, has been taken into custody on suspi-,
St.
ittil\ A _ RIUTION OF A. RIFLE CLUB AT SOUTHAMPTON.
elaectiengikt otfhteradßesmen and gentlemen of Southampton
the' tewni for the u Tuesday last in
oYal George Ho,,e
rifle o
kid tOtlemeo Present o?formi9g
_ nicorps. Amongst
elm .ejor Ogden. It
was% CaptainsaWilianason and Lacy,
ttlist r ..., be formuedr.toßb
epp-oi„ .itle Club." esreoet,astoulevded,, a.Tt.hteh em
Southamptoneetip g that a
Dwiass-
,!'°_l(l honorary secret"
,Liartes to the eztablishanrientt
, a solicitor of the town,
eloktitsyti
thtlattietewtoocea.s--ks
'CH Z A necessary pre-
ee has reached South-
ne containing about toogal-
sort. and the other about
-roonth, picked up at se, one
tY, have been brought into
" °if Sho h
kit_ re am, and which are
teak 71 oP from the wreck of the offs Weymouth, and the
eoPposed to have been
Amazon. One head of each
lonf t°illi,fiigioofptehrfeecctioht h.
e
at" 11l Much burnt, showing them
?ng tr- ' - era to have been exposed to
Ff- -The Ritritil OR the cas4 arezot hisiwo,

pith, ditto; Niagara, ditto; Manila, Boston; Stafford-: • LITERATURE.
hair:, ditto; G,:orge Hallett, ditto. Off port, Commo-
IIISTORY of the ADMINISTRATION of
dare stelut.r.
DOWNINGs BAY, DJNEGAI., FEB. 10.—Th,-, DAring, S CLYDE under Sir CHARGESArAPIEII
Sir William Napier, K.C.B. Chapman and
the Ciyde se Croix, is ou shore in this bar, Eln,
bedded in the sand, and partly full of water. •
CowEs, FEB. 11.—Win,1 N.—Sld. Victorine, Eiee, Although we have recently taken occasion to refer
Pategenia; Apollo, Granada; J.:tiannn, Maria. St. Croix, more than once in our leading columns to this, th
ToRBAY.-810. David Lyon, Jamaica; Waterwitch, latest cod not the least iniportant among the his-
Magaciore. " torical writings of Sir Williene Napier, we should
PILL, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.E.—SId Pomona and consider ourselves remiss in not expatiating some-
y, what more directly upon those merit b which we
Trinidad; Joseph Wheeler, Barbadoes; Luc
ditto; St. Vincent, Jamaica; Admiral, Naw Orleans; conceive it is rendered remarkable, and even con
Thetis, IstPw Orleans; Eliza Ann, ditto, spicuous as a literary composition. Every one ac.
NEWPORT, FEB. 11.—Wind N.E —Sle. Janet, St. -
Thomas; Meeienne, ditto; Westerwick, Havannah; Eu-gametesa with the picturesque and perspicucus styl,
terprise, Wilmington. of our author will scarcely need any inducement to
LONDON, FEB. 12.—The Harbinger steamer, Landon examine the pages of one who has already earned for
to the Cape of God Hope, got in contact in the River himself the distinction of being numbered in the
with the brig Resolution, and stranded off Northfleet; foremost rank of the military annalists of England.
the latter sank rapidly in deep water; crew saved by Tney will bear in recollection the extraordinary
the former which went ashore, and remained until ability diTlayed by him in the delineation of the
Yesterday morning, whi n. she camp off with trifling shore complicated movements of a campaign. Thes
damage, and proceeded for Plymouth to embark the will remember a multiplicity of instances in whiel-
his adroitness as a narrator has been revealed in
TowNING, FEB. 6.—The Regina li-llegina, the .
manner `worthy not less of astonishment than at
Baltic to Amsterdam, ha.s put in with cargo heated, and
is dischalgit g, admit ation when the technicalities of the.
DAitTw,uTH, FEB. 11.—Wied N.E.—Arre. Penning- barrack and the bivouac have been invested
ham, ALuritius. out 110 days, several of the crew sick, with an interest even for the civilian by the
bound to London. graces of an eloquence. which brought even
FALmonTri, FEB. 11.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Leander, within the limits of their comprehension the
Madras; Ri,', Rio Janeiro; Jamos, Baibadoes; ilelas, mo 4 involved and complex of warlike operations. To
St. Thomas.
his luminous style it is that the unprofsssional studete
CLYDE.—SId. Pan'iwa, Batavia; Atalanta, Buenos in modern history is mainly indebted for the appre
A} rat:; E. Z , New York.
cietion Of tee wars of the Peninsula—possessing, es
C' tirecrerots. d
FEBp 11.— Wind W.S.W.—Std. Chieftain Sir William Napier does, the very peculiar and verb
Pe or Go. Hoe.
admirable faculty of combining in equal proportions
distinctness and elaboration. Than his sentences
none. can be more ornate, and yet at the same time
none can by possibility convey their meaning through
a medium, so to speak, more diaphanous. He seems
to have intuitively appreciated the truth which La
Bruy ere hiss so wittily and elegantly inculcated—
" " Les plus grandes chases n'ont hesoin que dare dites
sirnplement, elle se giitent par (emphase ; it faut dire
jnoblement les plus petites, elle ne se soutiennent que par
(expression, le ton et la maniere." Whenever he has
had to recount "great things"—one has he not bad
for this incalculable opportunities ?—Sir William
Napier bas never failed to record them in
language of befitting and elevated simpli-
city. Whenever he has had to fill up the in-
terstices between the principal events in his descrip-
tion with the mention of facts of a subordinate cha-
racter, he has invariably thrown over the enumeration
of those facts the charms of his noble and alluring
capacity as a rhetorician. It is to this perpetual
adaptability of bis powers as a historical writer, that
are, we feel assured, attributable the attractions of his
various writings hitherto. In them he appears to
have developed, almost without an effort, the skill of
an innate aptitude for description—ut apes geo-
metriam. Perceptible, in no inconsiderable degree in
his former volumes, these qualities are more visible
than ever in the book which is here submitted to
public consideration. Detailing, as it does, the whole
of the extraordinary labours of the historian's brother
in his character as an administrator, the work would
seem, and not unnaturally, to have possessed for
him a >value deserving at his, hands a more than
customary attention even as to the manner of its
composition • and fhe mode of its arrangements.
Therefore we believe it is that we find so ninny
evidences throughout the whole of these four hundred
pages and upwards of the care with which Sir Wil-
liam Napier has endeavoured to acquit himself of the
responeibility devolving upon him as the annalist of
his illustrious brother's Scindian administration. Sir
'William has, at the same time, been manifestly insti-
gated to a more diligent employment of his energies
in the compiling of the work under consideration by
the remembrance of the melancholy recompense
hitherto afforded to the victor of Meeanee and Hydera-
bad—the recompense consisting for the most part of
the most flagrant ingratitude end of the most sys-
tematic misrepresentation. Seldom has it been the
priVilege of the historian to recount the conquest of so
vast a province as Scinde, and immediately after-
wards to relate the completion of a yet greater
achievement at the hands of its conqueror, namely,
that of its political organization. Such are, never-
theless, the themes selected by the writer of this
volume and its predecessor—the annalist of the wars of
the Peninsula having illustrated his own abilities anew
by the narrative first of Sir C. Napier's Scindian tri-
umphs and then of his Scindian administration. Reading,
moreover, the account here furnished by his gifted
brother, it is difficult to decide whether the genius of
this, eminent Captain shone the more conspicuously
in his character as a military conqueror or in his
character as a political administrator. Crossing the
Indua at the head of merely 2 600 men, Sir Charles
had unquestionably difficulties sufficiently appalling
to overcome as commander in the field—yet, with less
than 2,600 men (incredible as it sounds in the rela-
tion) he routed in the great battle of Meeanee a
hostile army consis:ing of 5,000 cavalry and 30,000
infantry! Astounding though the physical obstacles
in his way were, the moral, social, and political
obstacles, which afterwards presented themselves be-
fore -him ro the obstruction of the operations of his
civil government, were still more formidable of their
kind, and in number still more extraordinary. Yet
these also the vanquisher of Shere Mohninmed over-
came almost with as much facility as he had already
overcome the terrible and renowned Lion of Meer-
poore, the hardiest and most redoubtable of the
falpoories! • "Within four months of his crossing
the boundaries of the province, within a quarter ofa
year of his crowning victory of Dabba, near Hydera-
bad, Sir Charles had brought the country and its in-
habitants wider the complete subjection of his govern-
ment.
How he effected these marvellous, and at the
time altogether unexpected changes, how adroitly he
combined amenity with rigour, winning the admire-
tion of the Sirdars by his magnanimity, white he
awed them by a severity as daring as it was inexorable,
will be found recounted in these pages with accents
of truth and tones of eloquence. Thirteen chapters, a
supplemental note, and twenty appendices, comprising
a variety of most interesting, and some of them most
valuable documents, relating to Sir Charles Napier's
administration, form the constituent portions of a
volume which may be designated something nobler
and loftier than—what in one respect it assuredly is—
his full and triumphant vindication. It effects more
for the character of the distinguishedgeneral, and the
no less distinguished statesman, than his exoneration
from the 'charges directed against him by his
assailants. It relates of him facts such as
must for ever secure for him the homage and admi-
ration of his:fellow-countrymen. It reveals that in-
domitable energy of his which enabled him to carry
on the affairkols an-administration beset with innu-
merable difficulties even at moments when prostrated
by disease, when his life was despaired of by his physi-
cian's,' and when he was reduced to such debility that
he was entreated (though vainly) to desist by his Ex-
cellency the Earl of Ellenborough. Due regard must
be had, of course, in the perusal of this remarkable
history, to the novel position in which the conqueror was
placed when called upon to build up, in the then re-
cently vanquished province of Scinde, an entirely
new system of . government. In reviewing his policy
under these circumstances, it must be borne in re-
collection that he had to deal with an Asiatic and not
with aii'European race; with men of the orient and
not of the occident, with Seindians, with Hindoos,
and wish Beloochees, not with French,
with Spaniards, or with Englishmen. Sir
Charles must consequently be viewed in his embarras-
sing situation through some other medium than such
as is furnished by mere prejudice—allowance being
made for the people he had to deal with, and attention
being had more particularly to the ulterior as well as
the immediate results of his administration. Judged
by these lights, the Conqueror tied first Administrator
of Scinde will be found to have acted with incom-
parable protnpti
undeniable humanity, and con-
s. uhuintite ability—the soundness of his judgment
g sufficiently attested by
to
Kieantic enterprise, thethe shurciecfeshsutofhis
A
sig-
nificant statement made by Sir William at the close
of his preface to the present volume—t°successor, Mr. Pringle,His
a Company's civil servant, zealous and
of a just disposition,
n ackrnotwwloedgymeaerns;
voluntarily proffered' a
of
fxtphee
capacity for civil government •
Charles Napier's, Scindian iestitnetviincel .rigenrecielt,
by Sir
bßeryodleid
that scarcely any thing further . could
sired in the way of eulogiuna on his
manner of conducting the labours of government.
Among the miscelleneoue subjects treated upon in
the course of the narrative before
will meet with strictures calculated, we fancy,
tie, 'The u Old In-
tee
di" will
to a climax the most determined liver come
plaint amongst them; while those who have an appeti. e
for contention will discover ample materials for itsgrati-
fieation in the reference made more than once to
" Lieutenant Colonel Outram's published Slanders."
Besides the account here given of the Scindian ad-.
ministration of Sir Charles,
the reader will be grati
th.d wiih'tbe briLient description the author subse-
Elias ; and this de:
ption we may observe, is ren-
dered yet:More comprehensible to such as are not of
'athe profession," not merely by a hypothetical plan
of the campaign in jts entirety: and by topographical
charts remarkable for their accuracy, but by a variety
of perspective viei
ws, twelve in number, some of them
Coloured in a manner not
only novel of its kind, hut,
in addition to this, eminently beautiful. Altogether
the work now submitted to the consideration of
Criticism is, to our thinking, deficient only in the
peculiar style of its arrangement—req
would .suggest with an eye to futurtiiyig (we
e di editions) the.
suhdivisieh of the text into sections,
lation of an index, if only for the advantage
sthaef in cormeeepel.-
ence. Otherwise the volume appearsd toiminishieve.ry
way attractive, one which will not"
•
terest on a reperusal—deeies repetita placebit—n olnre,
moreover, which
appF-ara to us in nu
respect
worthy either f the fume of
thd'ileto or of tir
poolo
urity of hip taletori4n.-

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
DAILY NEWS.—The new R form Bill of Lord
John Russell hes met with a reception which promises
its au:hor much success, unless that reception renders
him too confie!snt in the full virtue of his plan. Whilst
waiting the appearance of the document itself, men of
each shade of opinion seem hoping for the best that can
be built upon the plan sketched out by the Prime Mi-
nister in his speech on Monday. But the Bill itself may
upset many of these hopeful visions, and render the pas-
sage of the measure difficult, if not impossible, unless its
author consents to listen to the voice of the House of
Commons, and agrees so far to modify his project as the
character of the measure—and the proper demands of
fhe people—may render wise. Apart from the vital
question of the ballot, there is yet another portion of the
subject on which very wide and important differences
cannot fail to arise, Lord John has—in deference ap-
parently to the proprietors of the nomination boroughs
—consented to bring forwarcl his Bill without adding to
it any schedule A. There is to be no execution of Par-
!iamentary criminals; no ebolition of pocket boroughs;
no holding up, in terrorcn the names of those
towns where the local influence of individuals
has hitherto been allowed to " appoint "—for
" return" is not the proper word—to " appoint" the
Members of Parliament for such places. The Dukes of
±3uckingliam tied Northumberland, and Leeds, and
Grafter, and Bedfore, are still to have their snug bo-
,r,of upgatrieliaemenednite.g ItTfreumeb, ete-hse
steo vtootweni
in
at
rhee
additional number of voters imposed on them, upon the
eCacohnlmtoolihsailveouasue
theory that they will thereby be made mere pure, and
hue be fitted to elect proper men to the Assembly in
which the business of this great notion must be trans-
scted. Bat on the mode by which addition will be
'made rests the whets question of whether or not the
change will be one for the better. Let us go through
vtio "Parliamentary Guide," and make out a list of the
boroughs having at present each less than 500 voters;
:and in doing so eve shall find a very striking difference
in the electoral condition of these places. Counting
ever the list, we find the names of just twenty-nine
towns each returning two members, and twenty-nine
other towns each returning only one member; all of
them being alike in this respect, that each has less then
tive hundred voters—the number fixed upon as too small
by Lord John Russell himseP. Here are the lists show-
ing the number of electors in 1849-50, and showing also
(hose which are nomination boroughs, and under whose
influence they are. The catalogue might almost be
needed "Towns to be affected by.the New Reform Bill."
The small boroughs. sending one Member are:—
Abingdon, number of voters in 1849-50-314.
Arundel (Duke of Norfolk)-202 voters.
Ashburton (Lord Cinton)-246 voters.
Bewdley-375 voters.
Caine (Lord Lansdowne)-159 voters.
Christchurch-305 voters,
Clitheroe-471 voters.
Dartmouth-312 voters.
Droitwich (Sir J. Pahiegton)-338 voters.
Eye (Sir E. Kereisoe)— 351 voters,
Frome-401 voters.
Helstou (Duke of Leedr)-335 voters.
Horsham (Duke of Norfolk)-346 voters.
Kendal— 385 voters.
Kidderminster-470 voters.
Launceston (Duke of Northumberland)-367 voters.
Liskeard-324 voters.
Lyme Regis (Earl of Suffolk)-317 voters.
Malmesbury (Lords Radnor and Ilolland)-316.
Midhurst (Lords Digley and Egmont)-301 voters.
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Petersfield-358 voters.
Reigate (Lord Somers)-213 voters.
Thirsk (Sir R. Frankland)-345 voters.
Wallingford-419 voters.
Wareham (Calcraft) 403 voters.
Whitby-448 voters.
Woodstock (Duke of Marlborough)-362 voters.
Here we have altogether twenty-nine boroughs, of which
fifteen are directly in the hands of members of the aris-
tocracy. From these we may turn to another list of
towns, each returning two members to Parliament, the
voters in each being also under Lord John Russell's stan-.
dard number of 500 voters:—
Andover, number of voters 1849-50-252.
Bodmin-381 voters.
Buckingham (Duke of Buckingham)-376 voters.
Chippenham (Mr. Neeld)-314 voters.
Cirencester (Earl Bathurst)-467 voters.
Coeltermonth-332 voters.
Devizes-358 voters.
Dorchester (Earl Shaftesbury)-427 voters.
Evesham-352 voters.
Harwich (Mr. Aetwood)-272 voters.
Honiton-240 voters.
Huntingdon (Lord Sandwich)-405 voters.
Knaresborough-330 voters.
Leominster-428 voters.
Ludlow-446 voters.
Lymington—(Sir H. Neale)-287 voters.
Marlborough (Lord Ailesbury)-254 voters.
Marlow, Great (Mr. Williams)-357 voters.
Poole-498 voters.
Richmond (Earl of Zetland)-262 voters.
R'pou (Earl de. Grey)-36 voters.
Tamworth (Sir R. Peel)-396 voters.
Tavistock (Dake of Bedford)-336 voters.
'Tewkesbury_37B voters.
Thetford (Duke of Grafton)-210 voters.
Tiverton (Heetheote)-443 voters.
Totnes-362 wort,.
Wells-381 voters.
Wycombe-346 voters.
Here again we have twenty-nine boroughs, fifteen of
them being under immediate influence, but returning
just twice as many Members to Parliament as the places
just bef ,re enumerated—though in each list the towns
are equally unimportant and equally meagre in their
muster-roll of voters. Understanding that these two
lists must contain—as nearly as can be ascertained—the
names of the boroughs to be affected by the New Re
form Bill, let us ask Lord John Russell upon what prin-
ciple his measure can be worthy of the namo given it un-
less he does something to correct the anomaly the two
catalogues present. Can a Reform Bill sanction anew
the retention of two Members by Andover, whilst
Abingdon, with more voters, has but one? Why again
should Bodnuin have two when Bewdley has but one?—
and so on through the list. It will be answered that in
both cases a new district is to be added to the boroughs
—but the borough that has two members is not to have
two districts; all Lord John's sixty-seven places are—so
far as he has told us—te be treated alike. They are all to
be linked with new parishes or towns. Abingdon and
Andover, and the rest, are to bo saved from disfran-
chisement upon these terms—but nothing is said about
the anomalous condition of their representation—not a
hint is given of how we are to have redress for the un-
fair play that awards one collection of small towns twice
the amount of representation enjoyed by the other.
Points such as these demand the careful attention of
Reformers. Lord John Russell declines to forma new
schedule A--let us indicate for him a schedule B. We
do not ask for disfranchisement, but would suggest that
these boroughs in the two lists we have given be placed
upon au equal footing the one with the other. Let each
of these small towns return one member, and let the
twenty-nine seats thus saved be given to the twenty-nine
largest and most intelligent unrepresented towns that the
House of Commons can select from the whole of the
United Kingdom. Let England, Ireland, and Scotland
take their share, in proportion as each may be able to
indicate places where numbers, activity, and enlighten-
ment demand representation. The Members of the
Liberal party—throwing aside minor differences—should
unite to urge upon the Minister the adoption of some
such proposition as the one we now shadow forth, and
then—with the ballot—the measure of Lord John Rus-
sell may perhaps be rendered worthy of its title as a New
Reform Bill.

HEALTH()F LONDOIV DURING THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The total number of deaths registered in the metro-
politan districts last week is 1,016, being nearly the
same amount as in the previous week. In the ten cor-
responding weeks of the years 1842-51 the average
number was 1,060, which, it increased in a certain pro-
portion to the growth of population, will become 1,166.
Last week, therefore, there was a decrease of 150 on the
corrected average.
The returns of the last two weeks are not only similar
in the aegregate number of deaths, but approach nearly
in the results referred to some of the leading classes of
disease. In the previous week 215 deaths were caused
by epidemic diseases., in the last the number was 201; in
the previous week the number ascribed to diseases of the
respiratory organs was 176, now the number is 171.
‘. Diseases of uncertain seat"—viz , dropsy, abscess, 'lke,
numbered respectively 39 and 40; and amongst these
produced
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week in only 53 eases, while in corresponding weeks of
the last tell years it ranged from 69 to 129.
In the preceding week the deaths registered as caused
by small-pox Isere 43, the number has declined to 30 ;
measles was fatal last week in 10 cases, scarlatina in 32,
hotiping-cough in 38, croup in 10, thrush in 4, diarrhce
in 13, dysentery in 1, scurvy in 1, ague in 1, remit!ent
fieveenrratinunt:2lle,teriornifieoiwitiitlelg fever in 1, typhus in 43 perpetual
(2b2els,ides other 5 deaths in women after child-
birth),l rheumatic fever in 1, erysipelis in 7, syphilis in
.6 cholera infanotuftna death was registered from cho-
notherhithe-street, on 28th January,
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SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAnwn.y.—Traffic for the Week
ending Feb. 8, 1852 .
Passengers (6,652), parcels, horses,
and carriages ... -
Goods, cattle, ...

£7P3 10 2
..• ..• 853 18 7

Total . 1,587 8 9
Corresponding week in last year... 1,447 6 8
Perth, Feb. 11. 1852.

DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN SKYE.—This is a start-
ling announcement to make, but we do so on the authority
of the following note from a gentleman on whose veracity we
January 30, 18,52.—The
place perfect reliace :
people of Skye are 'in the greatest state of excitement at
-present, a gold mine having been discovered on the banks of
the river Stenschol, in Wateruish. A travelling tinker of
the name of Stewart has converted some of the gold into
rings. I have not seen any of it myself,
but from the de-
scription given by those who have seen the metal, 1 have no
doubt that it is gold. This statement is quite correct, and_
you may insert it. Samples of the n 144111101 been bent to
Ldiaborgla.",—invernesz