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The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-10

This day, fcap Svo., boards, 2s. Gd.,

• - - - • - -
THE ENGLISH ,PRISONERS IN RUSSIA;
a Personal :Narrative of the FIRST LIEUTENANT Of
; c•mtaining an account of his Jourmy in Russia, and of his
Interview with the Emperor Nicholas and the Principal Personages
in the Empire.

By ALFRED ROYER, Lieut., R.N.
Londou : Chapman aad Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF
REDCLYFFE."
This day, Two Volumes, 125.,
HEARTSEASE ; or, THE BROTHER'S
WIFE.

London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1854-10-10

THE PR NCIPALITIES.

The Lloyd of Vienna has the following from
Schunia, dated 22d ult. :—" The infantry en-
camped for some time near this place has left for
Bazardechick, and the cavalry for Varna. This
last must have been by this time embarked for the
expedition to the Crimea. Omer Pacha was ex-
pected at Schumla, and was to proceed thence to
Varna, to witness the embarkation."—The same
journal says :---" Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian
ambassador at Vienna, has again asked for leave of
absence to regulate some family affairs. Hitherto
Lis applications t Ili, (74.orevnie.-nt le. or id,-
sence have not been successful."

The Lithographic News-sheet, of Vienna, under
date of Bucharest, 28th ult., says ;—" The Russian

Cabinet has, it is said, entered into an official cor-
respondence with the VVallachian Government, and
demands that until the arrival of Russian diplo-
matic agents in the Principalities, Russian subjects
shall be placed under the legal protection of the
Governments of Wallachia and Moldavia." The
Wanderer of Vienna, however, says that in the
well-informed circles of that capital it is not be-
lieved that Russia will send any diplomatic agents
to Wallachia, as this would be a recognition of the
suppression of her protectorate.
London, England, 1854-10-10

This day, fcap Bvo., boards, 2s. 6d.,

THE ENGLISH PRISONERS .IN RUSSIA;
a I'ersonal Narrative of the FIRST LIEUTENANT Of H.M.S.
TIGER ; containing an account of his Journey in Russia, arid of his
Interview with the Emperor Nicholas and the Principal Personages
in the Empire.

By ALFRED ROYER, Lieut., R.N.
London : Chapman and Ha 11,193, Piccadilly.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF
REDCLyFFE."
This day, Two Volumes, 125.,
HEARTSEASE ; or, THE BROTHER'S
WIFE.

London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.
London, England, 1854-10-10

THE BOOK OF THE WAR.
Price On 3 Shilling ; per Po 4, One shilling and Sixpence.

THE FIRST CAMPAIGN : GALLIPOLI TO
SEBASTOPOL.

By PERCY B. ST. JOHN. from the Notes of a Naval Officer.'

Contatninz full details of the Battle of Alma, with a list of the killed
and wounded.

This book will doubtless be read with eager interest by the thou-
sands whose hearts have accompanied our gallant countrymen in
their exploits in the East. Mr. St. John's name will be enough to
unsure tor it a favourable reception.

Lyndon : Ward and Laonel,l.,ralit,aFylseVotruseet ; and all booksellers
London, England, 1854-10-10

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Lloyd of Vienna has the following from
Schumla, dated 22d ult. :—" Tho infantry en-
camped for some time near this place has left for
Bazardechick, and the cavalry for Varna. This
last must have been by this time embarked for the
expedition to the Crimea. Omer Pacha was ex-
pected a,t Schumla, and was to proceed thence to
Varna, to witness the embarkation."—The same
journal says :—" Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian
ambassador at Vienna, has again asked for leave of
absence to regulate some, family affAirs. Hitherto
his applications to hi, GuveriiiiikAA for lea,vo of ab-
sence have not been successful."

The Lithographic News-sheet, of Vienna, under
date of Bucharest, 28th ult., says The ituBsiau

Cabinet has, it is said, entered into an official con.
respondence with the Wallachiau Government, and
demands that until the arrival of Russian diplo-
matic agents in the Principalities, Russian subjects
shall be placed under the legal protection of the
Governments of Wallachia and Moldavia." The
Wanderer of Vienna, however, says that in the
well-informed circles of that capital it is not be-
lieved that Russia will send any diplomatic agents
to Wallachia, as this would be a recognition of the
suppression of her protectorate.
London, England, 1854-10-10

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London, England, 1854-10-10

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

NEWMARKET RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CESAREWITCH STAKES
MUSCOVITE
RATTLE
D. 0.

Twenty-one ran. Won by four lengths. Two lengths
between second and third.

HANDICAP. D.I.

1
2

Poodle.

Three ran.
CLEARWELL STAKES.

Polydora colt .
Almond .......

Six ran.
SELLING HANDICAP.

Lizzie
Ruby

Eight ran.
SWEEPSTAKES. D.M.

Bobby
Cable

Communist
ROYAL STAKES

Scythian
Quince
Rodo-meli ,

3

THE WHIP.
Stockwell beat Kingston.
MATCH.
Kaffir beat 13133:sans colt.

LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.
CESAREWITCH.
4to 1 agst Muscovite.
7to 1 agst Cobnut.
10 to 1 agst Anittonia.
10 to 1 agst Rodomeli.
12 to 1 agst Rattle.
13 to 1 agst La Belle.
20 to 1 agst Indian Warrior.
20 to 1 agst D. 0.
25 to 1 agst Ethelwolf.
30 to 1 agst Hungerford.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
15 to 1 agst Early Bird.
15 to 1 agst Rattle.
50 to 1 agst Star of Surrey.
London, England, 1854-10-10

DIED.

Frances S man, the be-
On the 30th July, at Rangoon,F
loved wife of Captain Arthur Brooking, I:N., aged 27.
On the 7th inst., at Albury-Park, of effusion. .on the brain,
the Lady Harriet Drummond, aged 71.
On the sth inst., at Birkenhead, Betsy, 'Rif') of Captain
R. Adams, of the Lancefield, of London, aged. 47.
On the 6th inst., at Blandford, Jane Celia, daughter of
J. Darnley, Esq., aged 26.
On the sth inst., at Camberwell-green, Mr. J. L. Davey,
aged 57.
'On the 6th inst., at East Wickham, Welling, Kent, It.
On the 7th inst., at Grove-terrace, Kentish-town, Mr. J.
Field, bookseller, of Regent-street, deeply lamented.
d 81.
Dickson, Esq., ag
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'r; A and PrOiliiheti by 1,1-1/11.1)Ci YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of
Middlesex, Tuesday, Oct, 10, 1854.
London, England, 1854-03-04

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3.
STOCK EXCHANCM—The. share market hsi bean dug
to-day, and we quotit a deelinerin prices of to per cont.
upon heavy stocks, the market closing extremely flat-
Calodonian, 27h ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 670 ;
Liverpool, Crosby, and lonthport, 12 ; London and North
Western, 102 i hc ; ditto f shares (C), 7-16 d ; Midland.
62i 2 ; North British, 84.; South-Eastern and Dover,
19h, 19 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln M. shares, 9i;
North Union (A), 239. •

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firm to•day . with
still an increasing demand for stock. Shrewsbury aua
Birminghams were done at 60; and London and Nora'
Westerns closed at 102 to 102 ex div.

MANCHESTER, MANCH 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—TIs market hes been flat. Shofflslas,
22i ; Dovers, 19 18i ; Leeds F., id. ; Midlands, 62k 2 ;
Great Northern A., 10 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 31g.

LEEDS, MARCH 3.
STOOK EXCHANGE.—The follovring are the latest trawl'
action.. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnahires' 221
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole., 21 cnm di"' ; Leeds
Northern, No. 1,1 f prom ; Leeds Northern Extension,
No. 3, prom ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 67.
London, England, 1854-03-04

£33,591,804
M. MAESUALL, Chlet Cashier.
Dated the 2d day of March, 1854.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
•
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending the 28th day of
Feb., 1854, is 245. lid. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Groat Britain.
London, England, 1854-03-04

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38 40
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13 14

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38

In our report of the London and Suburban Land
Society, inserted on the 28th ult.) an unintentional mis-
take occurred, viz., Mr. Barnes, one of the auditors,
was made to second the adoption of the report. The
motion seconded by Mr. Barnes was the confirmation of
the appointment of the manager.
London, England, 1854-03-04

CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 3.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Isabel, from St. Michael's ;
Union, Helsingburg ; Neptune, Emden ; Nuestra Senora
de Carmen, Havannah ; Margaretha, Bayonne.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Balmoral,
for Launceston ; Naban, Calcutta ; Royal Victoria, Ham-
burgh ; Alcedis, Malta ; Flower of Yarrow, Cape of Good
Hope ; Marieta, Cadiz and Seville ; Matilda Luckier De-
merara ; Susanne, Port Philip ; Britain's Pride, Antigua ;
Hendrika Margaretha, Copenhagen ; Irlam, Granada ;
Queen Esther, Antigua ; Chowringltee, Port Philip.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Grass. Furst
Constantine, Restock ; Freak, Antigua.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3.
The Queen of the East arrived at this port from St.
John's, N.B. in 18 days.
The ship Hibernia, for Philadelphia, whilst in tow of a
steam-tug, came lin collision with a coasting schooner in
the river, and carried the schooner's maiirmast away.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
The Rifleman, from London, Dec. 10, off Gaby Island,
with 250 barrels of sperm;
The Ariel, from Mauritius to Cork, Dec. 24, lat. 32 S.,
long. 39 E.
The Senator, from Bombay to Liverpool, Jan. 3, lat. 38
S., long. 20 E.
The Eclipse,_ from Mauritius to London, Jan. 1,41 it 13
S. long. 19 w• .1
The Wm. Penn, from the Clyde to Bombay, jut. iv,
about 400 miles from the latter pat.
) ....
London, England, 1854-03-04

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Robert Sorton Parry, bookseller, Leadenhall-attest.
BANKRUPTS.

Rebell' Mulock Wright and Joseph Smith Anstie, dry-
salters, Broken Wharf, Upper Thames-street, to surrender,
March 8, at two, and April 22, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Whittington, Dean-street, Finsbury.
Isaac Blackburn and William Sigismund Stiebel, iron-
founders, Leeds, March 17 and April 7, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Taylor, Bradford ; Blackburn, Leeds.
Charles Hensley, surgeon, Broad-street, Golden-square,
March 14, at one, and April 11, at two, at 'the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ;
Preston, Austin-friars.
Henry Endacott, innkeeper, Okehampton, Devon, March
14, and April 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fryer, Exeter.
Joseph Horne, dealer and chapman, Leeds, March 23,
and April 7, at eleven, at the LeedsDistriet Coirt. Young,
official assignee, Leeds • Middleton, Leeds.
Job Eggleston, licensed victualler, St. Albans, Hertford,
March 14, and April 10, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Buchanan, Basing-
hall-street.

Josiah Bradwell, butcher, Manchester, March 17, and
April 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Heath, Man-
chester.

James Mitchell Lawton, Manchester, woollen and fus-
tian warehouseman, 15th March and sth April, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee,
Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manches-
ter.
Alfred Eyre, merchant, Norland-square, Notting-hill,
Middlesex, March 14, at twelve, and April 11, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Dimmock and Burby,
Suffolk-lane.

Robert Nodes Newton and Thomas Godfrey Payne, gas
engineers, New Park-street, Southwark, March 14, at
two, and April 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Lindsay and Mason,
Basinghall-street.
David Howell, builder, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street,
March 16, at one, and April 13, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Charlton, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square.
John Whitney, currier and leather dealer, Birkenhead,
March 14, and April 4. at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Tyrer,
Liverpool.
Thomas Tebbut, merchant, Manchester, March 23rd and
April 27th, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Norris, Man-
chester.

James Dowell, chemist and druggist, Birmingham,
March 21 and April 11, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
gmith, Birmingham.
London, England, 1854-03-04

DIED.

On the Ist inst. at the Vicarage, B*lkington, Warwick-
shire, the Rev. W. G. Parker M.A., aged 44.
On the Ist inst., •at. Leamington, Octavio', wife of S.
Tarratt, Esq., formerly. of Sutton, Surrey, aged 68.
On the 2d inat., at Sandwich, Kent, Charlotte, wife of
the Rev. E. N. Braddon, 'vicar of St. Mary'. and St. Cie.
meat's, of that place.
On the 2d inst., Harriett, wife of Henry Braxton, Esq.,
R.N., aged 40.

LONDON: Printed and Pubnailed by WEIRDO YOUNR.
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, it The See Office, No. 112.
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the county of
Middlesex. sAturdaY, M+►roh fs 1056,
London, England, 1854-03-04

HOUSE OF COMMONS---(YESTERDAY.)

POSTPONEMENT OF THE REFORM BILL.

On proceeding to read the orders of the day,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, in rising to
ask that an order of the day should be read for the pur-
pose of postponing it, I am about to take the unusual
course of making some explanation to the house of the rea-
son why I propose to take this step. I think such a course
is due to the house after what has passed on the subject of
the bill for the amendment of the representation of the
people in England and Wales ; and it is especially due to
those hon. members of the house who are earnestly desirous
of a further amendment of that representation, to explain
the reason why I propose to postpone that bill to another
day, to be named by me. The house will recollect that
when Parliament assembled it was considered most pro-
probable that we might soon be involved in hostilities, but
no statement upon that subject could then be made with
certainty. Her Majesty was pleased, in addressing this
house, to recommend to our consideration a further amend-
mendment of the state of the representation of the people
in Parliament, and was graciously pleased, in recommend-
ing the subject to our consideration, to say, " In recom-
mending this subject to your consideration, my desire is to
remove every cause of just complaint, to increase general
confidence in the Legislature, and to give additional sta-
bility to the settled institutions of the State." It was in
conformity with that recommendation of her Majesty that
upon the 13th of February I prowled to bring in a bill fo
London, England, 1854-03-04

THE FIRE IN MANCHESTER.

CORRECT LIST OF THE INSURANCE OFFICES
CONCERNED IN THE FIRE AT RYLANDS, s
MANCHESTER.

San. .£30,000
West of England 13,000
Pbcenix lO,OOO
Royal Exchange
Royal.
Alliatnco
5,000
County 5,000
Guardian 5,000
Londo .

Scottish Union 5,000
Monarch
General
North British
Anchor 2,000
Equitable Fire Co 2,000
Manchester
Lancashire
London, England, 1854-03-04

Governor Beacroft had been up the river Bonny to
settle a "palaver " wth the natives, and took the King
with him to Fernando Po.

The Affairs of Lagos are settled by Admiral Bruce.
Xosoko has accept!cl terms, and has promised not to
molest or in any way to interrupt canoes laden with oil
on their passage down the river. An immense trade is
now expected with Lagos.
Major Hill, the newly appointed Governor of Cmper
Coast Castle, went out in the Faith ; but hearing on his
arrival that there were disturbances at Accra, he pro-
ceeded on in her. This place belonged to the Dan -.0,
and it is what are termed the Danish-Accra people who•
have rebelled. The last accounts state that Governor
Hill has despatched the Adjutant and Commissary to
Cape Coast for two mountain howitzers, some rockets,
guns, &c. Several tribes of friendly allies were ready
to assist the Gold Coast Corps at Christianberg Fort,
where the rebels some time since tore down the British
flag in consequence of the poll-tax.
Accra is almost deserted by the native merchants,
being under martial law. About the Ist of February
the Ashantee messengers and the British envoy returned
to Cape Coast Castle from Ashantee, having finally set-
tled the terms of peace agreed to on the conclusion of
the war last year.
Governor O'Connor returned on the 20th of January
to Bathurst, from an expedition up the Gambia, in the
steamer Dover, on board which he received the African
chiefs located on both banks. A survey wade of the
upper branch of the river, which, if correct, will greatly
diminish the difficulty of penetrating into this part of
Africa.
The African Steam Navigation Company's charter
mail-packet Waterwitch, which left Plymouth Jan. 26,
was at Bathurst on the 14th of February. Her Ma-
jesty's paddle-wheel steam-ship Penelope, 16, flag of
Admiral Bruce, was at anchor at Fernando Po. She
,v.44l4.,,,expected to sail for Sierra Leone. The
Ad-
lied Is wining home shortly. The Antelope, Lieu-
tenant Commander C. H. Young, was engaged buoying
the River Bonny., The Pluto, -Lieutenant-Colonel
Bedingfield, was at Lagos. Her boats were up the
river, settling with KosokO.
The Polyphemus, 5, Commander C. G. Fillings, was
at Quitta when the Faith passed. The Plumper 9,
Commander K. A. L. Wharton, waN at Accra, waiting
to assist Governor Hill. The Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant
Commander E. Wader, was at Sierra Leone. The
Racehorse, 14, Commander E. K. Barnard, was at
Madeira roads, bound to China.
London, England, 1854-03-04

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8 A.ustraln. Royal Mail
4 Berlin Water Works
18i Brit. American Land
1 Brit. do Coln. Smeltg.

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5 Crystal Palace
4 Do. New
2 Crystal Pal. of France
3 Eastern Steam..
20

Electrit Telegraph(A)
Do. (B)
1 Electric Teleg. of Ir
4 Gen. Steam Navigat
8 General Screw Steam
7# Irish Beetroot Sugar
.0 biagdalena St. Navig.
11 Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
3 Netherlands Lind
1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter

Steam Navigat. Co.
LII N. B. Australasian
Do. New
LO Nrth. of EuropoSteam
II Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl.
.11 Peninsular & Oriental
Do. Do.

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Royal Mail Steam
dl Scot. Austral. Invest.
15 South Austral. Land
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Van Diemen's Land
London, England, 1854-03-04

4N, LOND O'N,

RDAY, AyENING,

r.

CR 4, 1854.

T NIGHT. be Past Lieutenant ; Henry Day Rybot to be First Lieu-
tenant ; Geoffrey Muria to be First Lieutenant ; Charles
Sidney Williams to be First Lieutenant ; Charles Bullen
Hugh Mitchell to be First Lieutenant ; John Maitland
Lennox to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Bent to be First
Lieutenant ; John William Henry Chafyn Grove Morris
to be First Lieutenant.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Devon—Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Robert Porrett Collier, Esq , to
be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 28.
Devon Militia Artillery—Henry Bourchier Toke Trey
to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 27 ; Second Lieutenant
Brent to be First Lieutenant, vice Stevens, resigned ;
Henry Charles Devon to be Second Lieutenant, vice Brent,
promoted, Jan. 28.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Arundel Mar-
tyn Farrant to be Ensign, Feb. 3.
Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion—
Henry Barron Rodway to be Captain, vice Addington,
resigned, December 21.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—The
Right Honourable George Viscount Torrington to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Moneypenny, deceased, Feb. 27.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Drummond Bond Win-
grove, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 27.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Charles Goolden, Gent., to be Ensign, March 2.
Hampshire Militia Artillery—Charles Starke, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 13.
Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas
Willis Fleming to be Captain, vice Shrapnel, appointed
Barrack Master at Isle aux Noix, Feb. 14.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gen-
tlemen to be Commissioners to administer oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
Charles Anthony Branson, Sheffield.
Charles Thomas Jenkinson, Lombard-street.
Edward John Cox Davies, Crickhowell, Brecon.William Denis Moore, Exeter.
George Batchelor, Newport, Monmouthshire.
William Harris, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn.
Henry Dyte, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
John Champley Rutter, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Bisgood, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn.
James George Dobinson, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Jacob Michael, Red Lion-square and Old Jewry.
Charles Fiddey, Paper-buildings, Inner-temple.
Robert Bristow Berridge, Leicester.
William Stuart, Wolverhampton.
James Street, Manchester.
George Bradley, Castloford, Yorkshire.
Thomas Forster, Brampton, Cumberland.
London, England, 1854-03-04

WESTMINSTER TERMINUS.

The promoters of this project propose to construct a skew
bridge, from Banksido to Nine-elms, across the Thames, at
an angle of about 45 degrees. The principal spans are to be
200 feet each on the skew, and 161 feet on the square, to the
course of the river.
London, England, 1854-03-04

MENAI STRAITS.

Mr. STANLEY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty,
if the attention of the Admiralty had been called to the
erection of stone weirs for the purpose of making oyster
beds within the tidal stream of the Menai Straits, thereby
causing obstruction to the free navigation of the Straits.
If any naval officer had been sent down to report upon the
same, and if any report had been made to have it presented
to the house?
Sir J. GRAHAM replied that the attention of the Ad-
miralty had been called to the subject, and a survey had
been ordered, which would be acted upon when reported.

SHIPWRECKS.
Mr. SANDARS asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
what orders were issued to the captains of her Majesty's
vessels in respect to the assistance to be rendered to Bri-
tish vessels in distress at sea ; and whether the masters or
seamen who do render assistance to such vessels were
allowed to make any charge beyond the expenses incurred
by them in rendering that assistance ?
Sir J. GRAHAM replied in the negative ; except in
special cases which were specified by the issued orders of
the Board of Admiralty no additional charges could be
made.
London, England, 1854-03-04

E. R. Fa
ANDREW

ISTER, Resident Director.
V FRANCIS, Secretary.

JOZEAIJ'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt,
C kPSULES, approved by the French College of Physicians.
successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and
aeknowledged by them to be the best remedy for the cure of
certain diseases (see " Lancet " 6th Nov., 1852.) Price, per 100,
4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d.—To be had of the Inventor, Gabriel Jozeau,
French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, whose name is printed on
the Government stamp ; and all the principal chemists.

PROTECTOR ENDOWMENT LOAN
COMPANY.—A. numerous party, . AND ASSURANCE
consisting of
.gentlemen
representing the mercantile and rdcaiyallainstt,erAelsatreihn
this metropolis, dined together on Tmhureres
2, at the London Tavern, for the
company,G Mr.
purpose of commem?-
rating the establishment of this company. The chair
was occupied by the chairman of the
Tabor (who also holds the same position intla
supported by Messrs. Jenkin Lloyd, B Daviss,adneell,reshaln),
Pott, Alfred Smee, F.R.S., Soley, F.R.S., Besiey, La
Lad-
bury, Sowell, &c. After the usual loyal toasts,' Mr.
Alfred Smee, in a very able and lucid speech, explainedr
the objects and advantages of the company, and was
Miss Eyles
followed by other gentlemen composing the direction.'
The vocal department was most admirably conducte
by Mr. Benson, assisted by Miss Poole,
Mr. Barnby, Mr. Higgs, Mr. Donald King, and Mr.'
Lawler, who gave some highly pleasing ballads and
madrigals. The repast was most rech
os erche, combining
all the delicacies of the season, and mt creditable o
the taste of the caterer, Mr. Bathe. The whole went 1
off, as the playbills say, with unbounded applause.
SOLDIERS' WIVES.—The position of soldiers' wives at
this crisis is occupying a good deal of attention over the
country. In Glasgow we are gratified to find the ladies
moving with a subscription in aid of the married women
of the 77th Regiment, who have no friends in Scotland,
England, or Ireland, and therefore wish to go to their
homes out of the United Kingdom, for which there is
no provision made by the country.—Nortit Britisfi, Daily
Mail.
London, England, 1854-03-04

WIMBLEDON AND CROYDON.

At the ordinary meeting, held yesterday, it was stated that
responsible contractors would complete the line and stations,
pay Parliamentary and all other expenses, and hand the line
over to the company for 45,5001., being at the rate of 8,2001.
per mile. It was thought that at that price, so near Lon-
don it must be remunerative.
London, England, 1854-03-04

FOREIGN.

7
3
8
2s.

30
all
10
all

12
10
333
all

Antwerp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June
Beziers to Graissessac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
Central of Italy
Charleroi & Erqueliri
Demerara
Dijon and Besancon
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Do. Extension
Gt. Indian PeninsulS
Gd. Junet. of Frarice
Grd. Trunk of Canada
Do. Debentures
Do. do

Gt. Central of Fiancel
Gt.WesternofCanada

Shares
Do. Bonds (Ist is. )'57
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lola Const. & Basle
i Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c.

pref
Luxembourg
Do. (Railway)
Do. Pref

Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. et. pref
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Mediterran,
Madras
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New

Melbourne Dk. di
Namur & Liege (with

interest) .
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds
(fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.)
No rwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans—.
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
ParisCaen & Cherbrg
Quebec & Richmond
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish ~..•
Sambre and Mouse
Do. 5i p. cent. Pref
Southerr of France
St. Andrew's and
Quebee (A)
West Flanders
Do. 5i per c. Prof
Western of France
West. of Switzerland
Wiesbaden

!Zealand
London, England, 1854-03-04

STATE OF TRADE.

(Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCIIESTER, March 3.—The American advices tend to in-
crease that restriction of business which we have latterly had
to report. At length, the receipts at the ports have begun to
show an increase, for the week, as compared with those of
the corresponding week in 1853; being in all, 128,000 bales
against 126,000 ; and a gradual progressive increase is now
looked for. The exports to Great Britain for the same week
(ending the 14th ult.), were 34,000 against 26,000 bales. A
rather severe monetary pressure was experienced ; and prices
had fallen in the southern markets about ic. (id) per lb.
Against this, however, was to be placed a decline in the Ex-
change to about 6 per cent., together with high freights, say
id. at New Orleans.
Norrmonem, March 2.—There has been a little more in-
quiry for some descriptions of lace goods since our last, still
the trade is dull for the time of the year. We have not had
anything like the amount of German business to which we
are accustomed at this season, and the time for the spring
Leipsic fair is approaching so fast that no great quantity of
goods could now be sent supposing they should be wanted.
Lsicasvaa, March 2.—Some contracts for the army have
been given out, but the general aspect of the woollen breach
is flat, and but for the cotton demand a large quantity of
machinery would be idle. But little is doing in yarns, there
being no confidence in present prices.

THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

(Pram the Leeds Mercury of this day. )
LEEDS, March 2.—We have no change to report in the state
the woollen cloth trade. The markets have been of a simi-
lar character this week as they were during the previous
Week. There have been some good deliveries during the
Week direct to the merchants' warehouses, so that perhaps on
the whole there is not any very important variation in the
quantity of balk goods that are changing owners.
ROCHDALE, Feb. 27.—The flannel market is more inactive
and the demand for goods more limited than they have been;
but the prices obtained are much the same as those of the
previous weeks. Wool keeps very firm, especially the low 6
and middle qualities, which are becoming scarce.
HUDDERSFIELD, Feb. 28.—The market has been quiet in
nearly all its departments, though not more so than might
reasonably be expected in the present unsettled state of poli-
tical affairs, acting, as it necessarily must, to the derange-
xnent, more or less, of commercial transactions.
BRADFORD, March 2. —There is nothing to encourage spin-
ners to buy, and the business is languid. Yarns—Yarns are
dull sale, at ruinous prices to spinners. Pieces—ln the
discouraging aspect of things, the manufacturer finds it pru-
dent to limit stocks.

St.
10
St.
25
London, England, 1854-03-04

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

Lompoil, March 4.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ;
light breeze, and fine, dry weather.
PORTSMOUTH, March 3.—Wind, E. to S.E. Arrived—
Dlachim, from the Mauritius. 1
DARTMOUTH, March 3.—Arrived—Fingfisher, from Sun- 2
derland, for Havannah, leaky.
OFF PENZANCE.—Ctilluden Mauritius.
GLOUCESTER, March 3.—Sailed—Annandale, for Port- 1
/and, U.S.
MILFORD, March 3.—Arrived—Bella Donna, from Car-
diff, and sailed for New York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—The Bernard, of Bath, which
arrived here 16th inst., from Newcastle, encountered vio-
lout gales from the westward during the whole passage. Si
On the 23d ult., was swept by a sea, which erove bul-
warks, forecastle, and cabin, severely iniuring the chief Si
mate and a seaman, and washed one man overboard. Si
NoRDEN, Feb. 28.—The Ramon, from Havannah to
Ramburgh, went on shore on the island of Langerooq, li
during a heavy gale at N.W., 24th inst. The Napoleon, 11
laden with posts and planks, and abandoned, came en
shore on the Island of Mist, much damaged.
IlempuuGH, March I.—The Edinburgh (s) arrived here 2,
yesterday from London, leaky, having been on shore on 51
orkum Reef the night before, during heavy weather ;
three passengers, five sailors, and four stokers took to a si
twat, and have not sines been heard of. Si

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 1,1
71
LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 a.m. S 1
Wind, S.E. ; moderate, and fine. 21
Arrived last night—Kangaroo, new steamer, from the 1
Clyde, to embark troops for the Mediterranean ; Kate SI
Rowe, New Orleans ; Huron, Charleston ; Robert Preston,
Charente ; Mary Ward, New Orleans. SI
F.l

(By SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Si
Wind, calm ; tide, fou hours' ebb ; fine. Si
No arrivais.
Sailed—Apollo, for Grenada ; Tartar, Belize ; Panther 5i
(a), Ostend. 3.;
DEAL, Saturday, 9.27 a.m.

Wind, N.E. ; very fine.
Passed—Burlington, from Shields, for Havanna ; Phoe-
nician, for Sydney ; Helen A. Miller, for Newport ; R.
Cobden, for New York ; British Tar, for Madras ; Gem,
for Genoa—all from London.
The French screw steamer Paris and London, from Lon-
don, for Paris, in landing her river pilot, took the ground
near the Deal-pier ; is expected off on the flood.
London, England, 1854-03-04

i THE LONDON

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mx. H'enry
James Bath, as Consul, at Swansea, for the Repv!olio of
Chili

CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 1.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PREKENT PARMA.

MENT.

County of Louth—Chichester—Samuel Fortessue, Esq.,
of Red House, in the said county, one of the Lords Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury.

EXCHEQUER BILLS.
Notice is hereby given, that in the Exchequer Bills
about to be issued, on the 10th instant, an error, committed
by the engraver in the date of such bills, will be corrected
in red, by the substitution of 1854, for 1853.
MONTEAGLE.
Exchequer, March 3. Comptroller-General.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 2.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Let-
ter from the Agent in this country of the King of the Sand-
wich Islands, inclosing the subjoined Notification respect-
ing,the increase in the duties to be levied on the importa-
tion of certain kinds of merchandise into those Islands.

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE IMPORT DUTIES ON
CERTAIN KINDS OF MERCHANDISE.
Approved May 24, 1853.
Be it enacted by the King, the Nobles, and the Represen-
tatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council

assembled :
Section 1. That there shall be levied on all goods, wares,
and merchandise imported into this Kingdom, from any
port in China or the Phillipine Islands, a duty of fifteen
per cent ad valorem upon the invoice coat thereof; provided,
however, that not more than five per cent. duty shall be
levied on the article of rice, and further provided that this
shall not be construed into a repeal of any part of " An
Act leving specific duties on sugar, syrups of sugar and
coffee," passed June 6, 1852.
Section 2. The increase of duties provided for in the first
section of this act shall not affect goods, wares or mer-
chandise, which are the growth or manufacture of any
foreign country having a treaty with this Kingdom.
Section 3. In order to prove that any goods, wares, or
merchandise, imported into this Kingdom, from any of the
ports of China or the Phillipine Islands, are the growth or
manufacture of some other country having a treaty with
this Kingdom, it shall be necessary for the person entering
the same at the Custom House, to present to the Col-
lector of Customs a certificate to th it effect from the resi-
dent Hawaiian Consul, or in default of such Consul, from
the Consul or Commercial Agent of such country, at the
port in China or the Phillipine Islands from whence such
goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been brought to
this kingdom ; and the person entering the same at the
Custom-house shall make oath that such goods, wares, or
merchandise are not the growth or manufacture of China
or the Phillipine Islands, to the best of his knowledge and
belief.
Section 4. This act shall take effect at the expiration of
six months from the date of its publication in the Poly-
nesian newspaper.
London, England, 1854-03-04

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Established August 1, 1837.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9.
'V Policies issued free of stamp duty.
Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN.
The marked testimony in favour of lite assurance evinced by the
Legislature in the exemption from income tax of the premiums paid
for the benefit of a surviving family, is deserving the most serious
attention or all classes; not only on account of the actual saving
but also on account of the Irgh estimation in which it provesthat the
system of life assurance generally Is held by the Government of the
country.
Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts.
Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years.
Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death.
Provision, during minority, for Orphans.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.

Profits divided annually.
Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age.
Half-credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable; the
unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits.
At the last Annual General Meeting a reduction of 30 per cent. was
made in the current year's premium on all participating policies.

(PROPRINTARY.) (MUTUAL.)
------...
,
Half Whole i • • Half Quar •
z premium premium Age. Annual Yearly terly
t. • First for Re- premium Pre- Pre-
-1 1 Seven mainder mium. mium.
Years. of Life.
...-...,-_\ - -
£ a. d.; £ s. d. Years. Months, £ s. d.' £ s. d. £ s. d.
30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3, 1 4 20 12 3
40 11 9 218 4 3 2761 1 440 12 4
50 2 2 61 4 5 0 6 2 7 101 1 4 6 012 5
60 1 3 6 81 613 4 9 2 8 21 1 4 80 12 6
London, England, 1854-03-04

GRAVEYARDS.

Mr. PELLATT asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, whether proprietors of-private burial
grounds recently closed by the peremptory orders of the
Government, are entitled to compensation, and, if not,
what are the reasons for refusal. _ _

Lord PALMERSTON said the closed graveyards were
public nuisances, and therefore the parties interested in
them were not entitled to compensation.
In reply to a question from Mr. I)UNCOMBE,
Lord PALMERSTON said it was at present under con-
sideration whether building upon closed burial grounds
be prohibited. No bodies, however, could be removed, as
he was advised, without the consent of the nearest sur-
viving relative.
London, England, 1854-03-04

NATAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following"notice has been issued at the Admiralty
for the information of officers :
"Admiralty, March 3.
"Under present circumstances Sir J. Graham regrets
that he is unable to name any day for the public recep-
tion of officers."

Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., retires
from the hydrographic and harbour department at the
end of the present month, and will then be succeeded by
Captain John 'Washington.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Frederick Hutton (1844), at present com-
manding the Prince Regent, 90, flag-ship of Rear-Ad•
miral Corry, is appointed to command the Neptune,
120, at Portsmouth..
CaPtain Henry Suiith4lB29), at present in command
of the Neptune, no, is appointed to -command the
Prince Regent, 90.
Commander Benjamin H. 13unce (1848), at present in
the Prince -Regent, is appointed to the Neptune, 120, :it
Portsmouth.

Commander Richard D. White (1847), to study steam
at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, in the room of
Captain Lyons, appointed to command the Miranda, 14,
screw steam-sloop, at Sheerness.
Lieutenants.—Thoma.s Brandreth (1845), from the
Prirlte Regent to the Neptune ; Thomas C. Bruoe
(1846), to the Prince Regent; William R. Edye (1853),
froM the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship, to the
Prometheus, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Devonport ;
Charles T. W. G. Cerjat (1846), from the Blenheim, 60,
screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Hogue, 60,
screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; James Yule (1826),
J. S. Keatley 0828), and D. B. Bedford (1330), to be
agents for transports.
Master .Henry William Allen (1842), who, for some
time past, was master-commander of the Lightning steam-
vessel at :Woolwich, is again' appointed master to that
vessel, on her being Commissioned at this port by Capt.
B. J. Sulivan, for .surveying the service.
Chaplains;---:Rev..E. A. Williams (1854), to the St.
George, 120, ..at Devonport ; Rev. Joseph Smithard
(1854), to the, pxsar, 91, screw steam-ship, at Ports-
mouth.

Chief-Engineer Charles Kerr Renwick is appointed to
the Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, for service in the Arctic
regions, and to convey stores to Beechy Island for
Captain Sir Edward Belcher's expedition.
Chief Engineer Peter M'Dowall, to the Archer, 14,
ecru.►-cor'ettcq nt Woolwich•
First-class Assisfint-Engineer Patrick—U.-Lambert,
to the Phoenix.
Assistant-Surgeon John R. Holman (1847), to the
Phoenix.

Clerk-in-Charge William T. Richards (1848), from the
Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Phoenix.
PROMOTIONS.

Assistant-Surgeons—Samuel S. D. Wells (1845),
serving in a naval hospital, to be surgeon, and his pro-
motion to bear date February, 28, 1854 ; Jas. Jenkins
(1841), borne on the books of the Fisgard for service in
the dockyard, and Henry Piers, serving as assistant-
surgeon (1842) in the Investigator, discovery ship, in
Mercy-bay in the Arctic regions, to be surgeons.
London, England, 1854-03-04

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, attended by the Hon. Matilda Paget and
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, visited the Duchess of
Glocester yesterday afternoon at Glocester-house.
Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting
of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the
Fine Arts in the Rebuilding of the Palace at Westminster.
His Royal Highness arrived at 3 .'clock, attended by Cap-
tain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The commissioners present
were—the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Colborne, Viscount
Mahon, the Right Hon. the Speaker, and Sir Robert H.
Inglis, Bart. The Secretary, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, at.
tended. Tie meeting broke up at a-quarter before 5
o'clock.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
and Prince Alfred, honoured the Princess's Theatre with
their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of
the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord
Waterpark, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Captain the Hon.
D. de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs.
The Duchess of Glocester passed an indifferent night on
Thursday, and continues very unwell. Her Royal Highness
was visited yesterday at Glocester-house by the Queen, the
Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Mary honoured the
Olympic Theatre with their presence last evening. The
Royal suites consisted of Lady Fanny Howard, Sir G.
Couper, Lord J. Murray, and Baron Knesebeck.
London, England, 1854-03-04

WAKEFIELD—MancH 3.

The arrival of grain reported to this day'a market is
again short. The wheat trade is dull to-day, and where
sales are pressed a decline of fully 2s per qr. has to be con-
ceded. Barley meets a slow sale at the rates of last week.
In beans, oats, and shelling we have no material change.
London, England, 1854-03-04

ILinstralasia
'British Colonial Bank

and Loan Company'
British N. American
Chartd. Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Bnk. of India,

Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Lend
English Scottish and
Australian..

Lond. Chart. Bk. o:
Australia

London and, County..
London Joint Stock..
Loud. & Westminster
National Provincial

of
Do. New
National of Ireland
New South Wales
Oriental Bank of
Corporation.
Do. New

Provincial of Ireland
,Do. New

Royal Australn.Bkg.
& Gold Imp Co
South Australia
Union of Australia
Do. Now -
Union of London ,
London, England, 1854-03-04

£115,700 I 11

RUSHIAN CREDIT AT AMSTERDAM.—The Debats quotes
a letter from Amsterdam, of the 27th ult., in which it is
said that the funds of the Czar in the hands of the capi- s
talists (Hope and Co.) of that city, had at last proved 2
unequal to maintain Russian credit at the Bourse. The 2
resolute preparations of France and England on the one
hand, amid the Czar's paper-money ukase and begging 2
letters on the other, had opened people's eyes, and dis- 1
pelled the popular illusion about immense treasures of
money reserved in the depths of fortresses. Orders to
sell Russian stock were pouring in from all parts of
Yolland, as well as from England and Germany, where Si
it is chiefly held. Russian Five per Cents., which on
the let of January stood at 1064, had fallen on the 27th
of February to 97i.
London, England, 1854-03-04

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following notice has been issued at the Admiralty
for the information of officers :

"Admiralty, March 3.
"Under present circumstances Sir J. Graham regrets
that he is unable to name any day for the public recep-
tion of officers."

Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.8., retires
from the hydrographic and harbour department at the
end of the present month, and will then be succeeded by
Captain John Washington.
London, England, 1854-03-04

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen, attended by the. Hon. Matilda Paget and
Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, visited the Duchess of
Glocester yesterday afternoon at Glocester-house.
Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting
of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the
Fine Arts in the Rebuilding of the Palace at Westminster.
His Royal Highness arrived at 3 o'clock, attended by Cap-
tain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. The commissioners present
wore—the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Colborne, Viscount
Mahon, the Right Hon. the Speaker, and Sir Robert H.
Inglis, Bart. The Secretary, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, at.
tended. Tse meeting broke up at a-quarter before 5
o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Wa!es, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
and Prince Alfred, honoured the Princess's Theatre with
their presence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of
the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Matilda Paget, Lord
Waterpark, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Captain the Hon.
D. de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs.
The Duchess of Glocester passed an indifferent night on
Thursday, and continues very unwell. Her Royal Highness
was visited yesterday at Glocester-house by the Queen, the
Duchess of Kent, and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Mary honoured the
Olympic Theatre with their presence last evening. The
Royal suites consisted of Lady Fanny Howard, Sir G.
Couper, Lord J. Murray, and Baron Knesebeck.
London, England, 1854-03-04

THE COMMITTEE ON THE IRISH LAND
BILLS.

Lord CLANCARTY, in moving for an addition of
five Peers to the committee on the Landlord and Tenant
Bill, complained that in an Irish question only two Irish
representative peers were nominated.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought the committee
already sufficiently large. He praised the selection of
the committee, and the appointment of English members,
who would superadd English to Irish experience. Only
eight members of the committee, he observed, were un-
connected with Ireland.

Lord EGLINTON suggested the addition of two
names instead of five.

Lord DONOUGHMORE approved of the suggestion.
The Earl of WICKLOW—one of the proposed mem-
bers—expressed his willingness to undertake the duty.
Lord CLANCARTY refused to accede to the compro-
mise, and the motion was negatived without a division.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF
,COMMONS---(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time, and ordered
to be committed :—Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worces-
tershire Junction Railway ; Islington Cattle Market ;
Kensington Improvement; Londonderry Port and Har-
bour ; Devonport and Keyham Tunnel (No. 2) ; Glasgow
Bridges.

PETITIONS,
Several petitions were presented against the opening of
public houses on Sundays.
Mr. J. 0. STANLEY presented a petition from Chester
in favour of the establishment of reformatory schools.
Mr. PHINN presented a petition from 1,300 inhabi-
tants of Bath against the-Oaths Bill, in the prayer of
which he did not concur. Also a petition from Liverpool,
praying for the repeal of the tax on stage carriages.

REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITIES.
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on Friday next,
he should move for leave to bring in a bill to make Wilber
provision for tho good government of the University of
Oxford.
London, England, 1854-03-04

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