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London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOSTDOt•t, IVIONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 185 3.

done—nothing, indeed, absolutely' nothing cal-
culated to diminish materially the evils now,
we may say, universally recognised. It is
known perfectly well by this time that, as
affairs are at present regulated, the condition of
the labouring classes in our large towns, but more
especially in our metropolis, is nearly as bad as
bad can be, in all that relates not merely to what
are known as the ordinary amenities of life, but
sometimes to the homeliest comforts and sometimes
even to the commonest necessaries of existence.
It is known, for example, that thousands are
huddled together indiscriminately in the foulest
quarters of the capital without any regard what-
ever either to decency or to cleanliness. It is
known that these unfortunate classes of society
are altogether shut out from the privacy of home
and its attendant sources of happiness. It is
known that among them it is the custom for several
families to be crowded together in a single apart-
ment. It is known that they seldom breathe fresh
air, and that their health is consequently sacri-
ficed. It is known that their ideas of morality
not less than the powers of their constitution, are
seriously undermined. All these things, we say,
are by this time perfectly well known—and yet
how much has been attempted with a view to
their amelioration ? How much? Answer that,
Earl of SHAFTESBURY ! Answer it, Mr. G. A.
WALKER ! Answer it, Dr. SOUTHWOOD SMITH !
Answer it, Mr. EDWIN CHADWICK ! How much?
Look around us at those reeking graveyards, at
those penny lodging-houses in the back slums, at
those dens of filth, and vice, and degradation,
festering in the midst even of our more fashion-
able neighbourhoods—and then acknowledge that
we have not exaggerated when we have declared
that, comparatively speaking, absolutely nothing
has been accomplished !
London, however, must at length in this
matter be up and doing, for in Paris they are dis-
playing an activity which woe to us if we do not
emulate ! It had recently become notorious that
the rent of houses in the French capital had,
through a variety of causes, become suddenly and
considerably augmented—so suddenly and so con-
siderably that many of the labouring people had
been compelled abruptly to change their resi-
dences. A careful examination into the difficulty
was consequently at once entered upon by the
Government. It was hoped that through these
inquiries there might ultimately be found out
some rational means of extrication. That hope
has already been fulfilled. It has been decided
to carry immediately into effect another of
the humane projects of his Majesty the EM-
PEROR. Everybody knows that NAPOLEON 111.
has long cherished the idea of bettering the
condition of the toiling multitude. During
his six years' captivity in the fortress of Ham as a
political prisoner, he compiled that thoughtful and
remarkable treatise which is strikingly entitled
" The Extinction of Pauperism," and which must
ever stamp the mind of the Prince as that of a
statesman and a philanthropist. The hope of
ameliorating the miseries of the poor, and of ele-
vating the position of the labourer, constitutes, in
fact, the noblest phase in the wide ambition of the
French Sovereign. That ambition has been some
time in process of development. His Imperial
MAJESTY has long regarded the fate of the humbler
ranks of society in his dominions as the peculiar
object of his solicitude. Having their interests in
consideration, he organised the institution of the
Sanitary Commissioners. He has with the same
magnanimous purpose in view, decreed that the
funerals of the poor shall receive, no less than
those of the rich, the consolatory and consecrating
honours of religion. Another fruit of the same
benevolence, again, was that law of April 13,
1850, which has reference to unwholesome lodg-
ings and their improvement. Besides that, there
were—the law of January 22, 1851, relative to legal
assistance to the poor, and the law of February
3, 1851, encouraging the erection of public baths
and washhouses by a system of model establish-
ments. Extending his generous efforts over
the whole surface of industrial society, the EM-
PEROR has now resolved to signalise his reign by
a yet more practical evidence of his philanthropy.
It is observable in the instance to which we would
here direct general and particular observation.
His Government has decided, in obedience to
the suggestions of his Imperial MAJESTY, to
carry out forthwith a yet more magnificent
effort of popular amelioration. In other words,
it has resolved that, in addition to all previous
endeavours in the way of improvement, " New
buildings of several storeys, with furnished and
unfurnished lodgings, for unmarried workmen, vs
well as for families, shall be raised immediately in
several parts of Paris, on sites selected with care,
in the neighbourhood of the great works now ad-
vancing, and that these lodgings shall be so
' arranged as to unite to economy of rent all the
desirable conditions of salubrity, comfort, and
morality." That is the gist of an announcement
made within the last few days in the columns of
the Moniteur. It is added by the official organ,
that the task of executing this design has
been confided to contractors who, besides
thoroughly appreciating the views of the EMPEROR,
are resolved to carry them into effect, and are
perfectly competent to insure their realisation.
It appears, moreover, that the proposed works are
to be executed in conformity with plans and esti-
mates agreed to by the Minister of the Interior.
Assurances are already given that, under the
guardianship of that administrator, the rents will
be arranged in such proportions that the new con-
structions cannot possibly degenerate into an object
of mere speculation. Let it be particularly re-
marked, moreover, that the State has at once
undertaken to incur a portion of whatever expen-
diture may be required in the carrying out of the
whole enterprise. "We shall consequently," says
the Moniteur, " see in succession the removal of
these wretched dens, deprived of air and light, in
which the families of workmen were huddled to-
gether pell-mell, to the detriment of their
health and of their morality, as if to shame our
civilisation" : adding, " In the place of these in-
convenient and unwholesome habitations, there
will be raised large buildings, in which a con-
siderable number of workmen will find comfort•
able lodgings, warmed, lighted, well-aired, and
having water in abundance." Are we not right
in designating this a humane and beautiful enter-
prise
Beyond the undertaking above explained it is
proposed, by the Imperial Government of France,
to erect, on the most favonra,ble condi-
tions, " separate, houses for persons of mode-
rate means, for clerks with small salaries, in
a word, for middling income's:" And it is not in-
tended that these advantages should be in anyway
restricted to the metropolis. It is proposed, on
the contrary, that the system shall ultimately be
extended throughout all the large towns in the
French EMPEROR'S dominions. Victories such as
these over the miseries and sufferings of the popu-
lation will be better for the fame of the Third
NAPOLEON, and better, let us add, for the popu-
larity of his Government, than an Ulm, or a
Wagram, or a Marengo, or an Austerlitz. They
gpellyfoorutr.
the felicity of his reign, and
Would to GOD that they
for itspromise reall a r
send
might excite a noble emulation in the bosom of
our own Government !

We have pointed out some of the grave objec-
tions to the duties on successions contemplated by.
Mr. GLADSTONE, and explained the great superio-
rity as a fiscal instrument of a judicious and fairly
apportioned property tax, levied by equal annual
payments according to the capitalised value of the
property chargeable, over one payable in much
larger sums, but recurring at uncertain periods,
and dependent on the duration of human life, and
varying in amount according to the degree of
consanguinity existing between the deceased and
his successor. Having thus shown that the prin-
ciple about to be adopted is erroneous, and that
its operation will be deeply injurious to the rising
generation ; that it is altogether opposed to public
policy, and the best interests of the community,
we shall now consider the details, so far as they
have been submitted by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and which, we confess, appear
to us to be by no means adequate to the
exigencies of the case, or calculated to give
effect to the doctrine, so boldly enunciated

by the Right Honourable Gentleman, of the im-
perative necessity of equalising the duties on all
descriptions of property, real or personal, settled
or unsettled—a doctrine that commanded the uni-
versal assent of all disinterested and unprejudiced
persons.

In the first place, then, it must be remembered
that there is to be no change or alteration of any
kind in the Stamp Duties, in Probates or Letters of
Administration. Now, these duties produce nearly
as much as the Legacy Duties. They are imposed
on the same events—the death of an owner of
property, and the transfer of that property to a
successor, either in accordance with the will of the
deceased, or in the event of his intestacy, under
the provisions of the Statute of Administrations.
Mr. GLADSTONE declares that the tax amounts to
2, or, in extreme cases, 4 per cent.; and, as
he estimates the average of the Legacy Duties
at 2 4-sths per cent., we may, for the
purpose of our argument, assume that the duty.
on Probates and Legacies realise nearly equal
amounts to tht Exchequer. There are some dif-
ferences in the mode of collection. The Probate
Duty must be paid before there can be any inter-
ference with the assets of the deceased, before a
single shilling can be received, and, as a neces-
sary consequence, before a single debt can be
liquidated. No matter how urgent may be the
claims on the estate, nothing can be done until a
large sum, amounting, on a moderate estate of
10,0001., to 2001. on Probates, and 3001. on
Letters of Administration, and that in addition
to the other enormous expenses incidental to pro-
ceedings in the Prerogative Court. Much prac-
tical inconvenience is occasioned by this prelimi-
nary demand ; but that by no means constitutes
its most objectionable feature. The tax must, in
the first instance, be paid on the entire assets, no al-
lowance being made for the debts payable thereout.
Let us, then, take the case of a merchant who had
large transactions, whose assets of every kind might
amount to 100,0001., although his clear capital
after full satisfaction of all his debts and liabili-
ties, would be less than 20,000/. The party en-
trusted with the management of his affairs would
be obliged to pay a stamp duty of 1,500/., or, if
the deceased left no will, of 2,2501. before he could
proceed to the just administration of the assets.
This might create an almost insuperable difficulty.
The greatest practical inconvenience is frequently
occasioned thereby—but there is no resource.
The grievance must be submitted to, and curses
both loud and deep are poured forth against the
iniquitous system.
It may be said that this duty will be returned
when all the debts have been paid. To some ex-
tent this is true, but not entirely so. In order
to obtain a return of the duty proof of pay-
ment must be given, and that within a
limited time. Now, there are many debts
of long standing, for which ample security
has been given, with which there is no desire on
the part either of the creditor or the debtor to
interfere. This may occur in the case of a sub-
mortgage, or a change upon a leasehold estate. It
may be very injurious to the interests of all par-
ties concerned to be compelled to call in or realise
the security, but unless it be done, and a re-
ceipt in full produced, the duty will not be re-
turned. Great hardships are thus occasioned,
the first claim being frequently relinquished rather
than submit to the losses consequent upon paying
off the charge. As an illustration, we may men-
tion a case that occurred within our own know-
ledge. A gentleman died, leaving to his chil-
dren a leasehold property held for a long term of
years, and mortgaged for three-fourths of its
value. The Probate Duty was paid in due course,
as if the full amount belonged to the estate of the de-
ceased. An application to be allowed to pay only
on the equity of redemption was disdainfully re-
jected ; and when there was a subsequent attempt
made to obtain some allowance on account of the
mortgage, the acting executor was informed, with
that scant courtesy for which officials in all parts
of the United Kingdom have obtained a painful
notoriety, that when he chose to pay off the
mortgage, and give sufficient proof to the office
that he had done so, that the allowance would be
made, but not otherwise, and that it was useless
to trouble the Board with applications until he
did so. On calculating the amount of costs that
would be incurred in raising money to pay off this
mortgage, it was found that it would be about the
same as that to be retrieved ; and as there were
other reasons that rendered a change impolitic,
the parties were obliged to submit to the loss, and
the children—who had been reduced from wealth
to comparative poverty by the death of their
father, who had been in receipt of a pro-
fessional income of 3,000/, per annum—were
mulcted of 8 per cent. on the scanty portions
that remained for them after their irreparable
loss.

There is another objection in the distincticn
between the Duties on Wills and on Letters of Ad-
ministration, amounting to no less than 50 per
cent., the latter invariably being charged one-
third more than the former—a distinction that
cannot be justified or defended. There is also a
considerable inequality between the rates levied,
some small estates paying considerably higher in
proportion than larger properties. For instance,
if a tradesman dies intestate, leaving 1,0001. to
his family, the administration duty will be 451.,
or 4i per cent. on the total amount of his assets,
while in the case of a man who left a will dispos-
ing of property amounting to within a few pounds
of 60,0001., the stamp would be only 750/., or 11-
per cent. less than one-third of that charged on
the 1,0001., or little more than two-fifths of what
would be charged if the 1,0001. had been disposed
of by will.
We have pointed out those grievances to which
the inheritors of unsettled - personalty are sub-
jected—to ask why it is that settled personalty and
real estate are still to be exempted from the ope-
ration of the Probate Duties, or a distinction
which Mr. GLADSTONE has cleuly shown to be_ so
unjust and untenable, should be permitted to con-
tinue ? If there are to be any charges on succes-
sions they should be consolidated, and every
description of property brought within their
operation. They are occasioned by one event.
Why should there be a double machinery made
use of for ascertaining the amounts, and additional
vexation and trouble imposed on the executors ?
Mr. GLADSTONE, however, while professing to act.
fairly, unduly favours real and settled estates, not
only in continuing their exemption from Probate
Duties, but also in the distinction between rate-
able and non-rateable property (of which more
anon). If the question is indeed to be perma-
nently settled, let it be placed on a broad and
equitable foundation. If the people are to choose
between a Property Tax, properly so called, and a
tax on successions, let it be understood distinctly
and unequivocally what the matters are between
which they are called upon to decide, and make
an election.

DEATH OF THE CITY CHAMBERLAIN.—This melan-
choly event which had been expected for some time
past, took place yesterday afternoon about five o'clock,
immediately
made a communication to that effect was
made at the Mansion-house. The deceased gentleman,
Mr. Browne, was about 80 years of age, and was
formerly one of the Aldermen, several of whom are
now candidates. The value of the appointment is about
3,0001. a-year.
THE VACANT MASTERSHIP OF THE EXCHEQUER._
We have great pleasure in announcing that the Chief
Baron of the Exchequer has appointed Mr. J. Templar,
who has for some time so ably practised as a special
pleader, to the vacant Mastership of the Exchequer.
The announcement of this appointment, which is alike
honourable to Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Templar,
will, doubtless, be received with satisfaction by the pro-
fession.

DR. REID.—The long-pending differences between
Dr. Reid and the Office of Works and Public Buildings
on the subject of warming and ventilating the new
Houses of Parliament, have at length been brought to a
close by a court of arbitration. The arbitrators nomi-
nated respectively by the office and Dr. Reid, were W.
Forsyth, Esq., barrister-at-law, and John Forbes, M.D.
After a long and elaborate investigation of the whole
case, the arbitrators gave their award against the Go-
vernment and in favour of Dr. Reid, adjudging to the
latter gentlemßn 3,2501.
DEPARTURE OP TEE AMERICAN MAILS.—On Sunday
shortly after noon, the British and North American
Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Shannon,
sailed from the Mersey, with the usual mails for the
United States and British possessions in North' Ame-
rica, a full number of passengers, and a large cargo of
valuable merchandise on board. Her mails were carried
out in charge of Lieutenant Reed, R.N., Admiralty
agent.

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL

INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cot ton at Liverpool on Saturday were
7,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken
for export and on speculation. The market closed
firmly without alteration in prices. The sales com-
prised 5,500 American, 280 Pernam and Maran-
ham, at 6d. to 7/d. ; 140 Bahia, at 61d. to 61d. ;
600 Egyptian at 6d. to 9/d. ; and 500 Surat, at
d. to 4gd. per lb. Railway Shares were very
dull, at lower prices, •

The ship Oxford, from Port Philip, is announced
as being off Plymouth, with about half a ton of
gold on board. Her dates are only to the 4th
of February. The Sarah Sands steamer is much
overdue.

The Overland commercial advices are of nearly
the same tenour as those previously brought to
hand. At Bombay money was easy. Tonnage
.was scarce. At Calcutta business was not brisk,
though steady, and the exchange was id. higher, be-
ing 2s. id. to 2s. ld. per rupee. The Canton market
for imports was livelier, but operations were
checked by the spread of the rebellion. In tea
there were but limited transactions. The quantity
exported to England was considerably in excess of
last year. At Hong Kong there was more demand
for imports, lower prices being accepted. The de-
struction among shipping off the coast of Madras
will probably cause a rise in freights.
The steamer from New York has on board
201,000 dollars. A statement of the operations of
the Philadelphia Mint, during the month of April,
shows that :

"It appears by this that the deposits of gold for the
month were $4,766,000, nearly all of which is from
California. The silver bullion deposited was $2,550,000.
The gold coinage for the month was $5,305,080, about
four-fifths of which was in double eagles. The silver
coinage was $419,007, the most of which was in quar-
ters, under the new act. A liberal amount of dimes
and half-dimes also were coined. A very considerable
amount of cents and half-cents were coined. The in-
crease in deposits of gold in the first four months of
1853, compared with the corresponding period in 1852,
amounts to $6,655,769."

The following from New York may be interesting
to parties connected with gold companies
"The public trial of Berdan's amalgamator (announced
on Thursday) came off yesterday, at 10 a.m., at the
Novelty Works. Ninety-eight lbs. of auriferous quartz
from Otter Creek, California, were placed in the receiv-
ing bowl, together with some thirty-four lbs. of mercury.
The net result, after crushing and causing the mercury
to evaporate, was the production of a button of pure gold
weighing 11 ounce, which, together with a portion of
.the tailings, was handed to Dr. Chilton, who will ascer-
tain the purity of the gold, test the tailings for any metal
that may remain therein, and communicate the result of
his researches to the committee appointed by the meeting
of yesterday. Their report will be interesting, as it will
determine the value of the amalgamator.

The Treasuries of the 'United States appear to be
fuller than was ever before known, the total sum
deposited exceeding 19,000,000 dollars. This lock-
ing up of the precious metals is evidently injurious
to traders.

The English Funds continue heavy. Consols
are loog 4 for Transfer, and 1001 f for Account.
The New 3k per Cents. have been 1021 a, and the
3 per Cents. 99a . Bank Stock is well supported
at 228. South Sea Old Annuities bring 99i, and
the New 100 k Exchequer Bills of June are marked
2s. to 65., and India Bonds 255. premium.
Foreign Securities are not much dealt in. Mex-
ican Bonds have been 261 /, being heavy. Peru-
vian Scrip is worth 3 premium. Buenos Ayres
Stock is firm at 724. The Swedish Loan is at 1g
discount. Greek Bonds are at 92 to 10. A Rail-
way and a Bank for Greece are now stated to be
forming, and the Stock would be received in part
payment. Spanish Mew Deferred Bonds are at
22/ Sardinian Stock realises 98/. Dutch 2i
per Cents. have been done at 65k, and Russian 4i
per Cents. at 104/.
Railway Shares have been affected by the ar-
rangements connected with the settlement of the
account. York and North Midland, Oxford and
Wolverhampton, and Caledonian are higher. Great
Northern are drooping. French Shares are
buoyant.
Gold Mines Shares are quiet at the previous
rates. The Land Companies Shares are very flat ;
and the Banks quiet, except Oriental, which again
are higher.
The railway meetings announced are the follow-
ing :

COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &C.
Charleroi and Erquelines ... May 31, Charleroi.
Cork and Bandon ' May 20, 17, Gracechurch.

street.
Eastern Counties May 18, London Tavern.
Killarney Junction May 31, Dublin.
London and South-Western May 19, 34, York-road,
Lambeth.
Man., Sheffield, and Lincoln June 8, Manchester.
Thames Haven May 23, London Tavern.
The non-official prices are Metcalfe Mine, 12 to
f ; Jamaica, 4i to 51 ; Sue River, n; Canada
Trunk Railway, to ; Central of France, 2to ,
and Berlin Waterworks, # x premium.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
( From the Official Ltd.)
Business done.
Bank Stock

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99a
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3,1 per Cent. Annuities
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 25 p
South Sea Old Annuities 994
South Sea New Annuities
Consols for Account Ist Juno
Exchequer Bills 14d. June. March.
£1000........... 6 2 6 2
£5OO 6 2 6 2
Small 62 62
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOO
4-;' Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent lOOl
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. B5
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Greek Bonds, Red
Ditto, Blue
Mexican .3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 26a i 7/
Peruvian Bonds, 4/ per Cent. BB
Peruvian Scrip 3 p
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... 42i
Russian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 104?
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9Bi
Spanish 3 per Cent., New Deferred 23 il
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun Gii P e
Swedish Loan . ..... . ...... ........... ..........
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil.
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... 964 6
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols lOO4 a
Ditto June Account Dog it

TnE MINISTRY.—The Earl of Aberdeen remains in
London. Lord John Russell is staying at his residence,
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, where he has been
confined to the house during the last three days, owing
to a cold which has affected his throat. The Duke of
Newcastle left London on Saturday to spend the
Whitsun holidays at his scat Clumber Park, Notting-
hamshire, The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town
on Saturday evening at five o'clock. with Mrs. Glad-
stone and two children, for the residence of the Hon.
Mrs. Talbot, at Falconhurst Lodge, Kent, where they
will remain till Thursday afternoon. Lord Granville is
staying in Dublin, having travelled thither in order to
take part in the ceremony of the opening of the Great
Industrial Exhibition. Lord Palmerston and Mr.
Sidney Herbert left town on Saturday to pass the recess
at their country seats. Lord Granville returns from
Dublin towards the latter part of the week, and all the
members of the cabinet are expected to re-assemble iu
the metropolis on Thursday next.—Sunday Paper.
CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A YOUTH UNDER TEN
YEARS. —Very considerable excitement has prevailed in
the neighbourhood of Keynsham, Somerset, in conse-
quence of a charge of murder having been preferred
against a lad named Edwin Hacker, under ten years of
age, the son of a lime-burner, of a youth six years of
age, named Thomas Saunders, by wilfully drowning him.
On the 26th of April last the little boy left his grand-
father's, at 9 o'clock, to go to school, but never returned,
nor could any tidings be obtained respecting him.
Fearing that he had fallen into the river Avon, it
was dragged, but without success, and the whole
matter remained enveloped in mystery until three days
had elapsed, when Hacker and a little boy of eleven
years of age, named Evans, stated that little Saunders
had fallen into the river and was drowned. Some days
afterwards it got abroad that Evans had stated that he
saw Hacker wilfully push Saunders into the water at
Swinford, and that he, Evans, wanted to run to the mill,
which was close at hand, for assistance, but that Hacker
threw him down and held him, and threatened to
throw him in the river. The police authorities having
investigated the matter Hacker was apprehended,
taken before Mr. Hughes, one of the justices for the
county of Gloucester, and remanded on bail. In the
mean time, on Wednesday, the body was found in the
river Avon, near Keynsham. An inquest was held on
Saturday at the Lamb and Lark Inn, Keynsham. The
lad Evans deposed that on the 26th of April he was in
Swinford Meadow, and that Hacker (the prisoner) was
also there, and was lying down. The little boy Saunders
came along at the time, and threw himself round
Hackers neck, which made him very angry. Saunders
then went to the bank of the river, where it
was very steep, and was picking sorrel. Hacker
went behind him, and pushed him into the river.
He saw him struggling in the water for about five
minutes. When he was pushed in, Hacker tried to pull
him out, but could not reach him. Witness wanted to
go to the mill,
and could have which was aboutae
donsminute'saso,b
walkut Hacker
would get assistance, '
would not let him, and threw him down and held him.
Backer afterwards said, "Don t you say anything
about it and I will give you something ; but if you do,
I h
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the
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mur-
der against the boy linker, who was then committed
for trial.

AUSTRALIA.

42.
PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY Evo°`l,l,:
The fishing sloop Jane, of Brixhara, reports;b.,,
ship Oxford; of Hull, Captain Parks, inside„.
Eddystone early this morning, bound to Lou„,
The Oxford, of 1,000 tons burden, is 100 AV
from Melbourne, and 60 days from the C3reii`
Good Hope. She has about half a ton of g°

dust and 10 passengers. dill°
Her Majesty's ship James Watt Was tore
the Sound this afternoon from Pembroke. 0
.
mail packet Calcutta sailed at 5 o'clock for
Cape and the East Indies.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—r. THIS DAY) I ',l
I
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Mr. Commissioner Goulburn was the Conn.— Jo
of the day, but the few cases in the list were for k'
and dividends.

IN RE LEGGE AND LEGGE. f
A private meeting was held under the otate
bankrupts who formerly carried on business as dr3re,Peil
in Churton-street, Grosvenor-square. it will be di
lected that the bankrupts absconded with cash au-10,1"'
perty to a considerable amount. Only one
of tbe
rupts was apprehended, and subsequently his fawef
mother were charged with concealing a Portittr%te,
property. They were examined before the -10
who ultimately discharged then, and the 10•1"..,,„0Thi'
remanded to the Queen's Bench Prison on the j?
sioner's warrant. The object of the present Mee.
not transpire.

UOURT G'IRCULAA

TAfA
OSBO RNE, by 01
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accomPani`‘lkrtilf:
Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince.", 10
drove out yesterday afternoon ; Colonel the P'
Grey attended on horseback. )1015c:>0

The Queen and Prince, accompanied bye e
Royal and Princess Alice, attended by Colonel
C. Grey, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Sir Edward Landseer has left Osborne. „tote§
The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the
Mount Edgcumbe as Lady-in-Waiting to the ti" 0.011
The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of al°
on Saturday, at Gloucester-house.
The Duchess of Kent attended divine selle"
day morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Allwteiej-le
Lady Anna Maria Dawson was in waiting °II

Highness.
tt,
A deputation, headed by Mr. Apsley .noO
had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen °n itr/
at his official residence in Downing street. e the loh'sf
The Solicitor-General and Mr. Trevor,
Revenue Department, had an interview wit'litg
cellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, 4
1,50
residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Matthew Forster and Mr. Brodie ofr
had an interview, on Saturday, with the Di"'
castle, at the Colonial-office. efiro
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and .1011/' 011.$
left town on Saturday on a visit to the 10°' g'be
bot, Falconhurst Lodge, Edenbridge, Kent. Th°
hon. gentleman will not return to town
fofln
afternoon.
On* The Duke of Newcastle left town on S 3 ,
grace's seat, Clumber Park, NottinghareeVetiie V
Dispatches were sent to the Governor el f6ce,,ri
Good Hope on Saturday from the Colonial-1:1 t,Y
Viscount Palmerston has left town for PS°
fly
lands, Hants.
the 01°,011
Dispatches Were received yesterday et, te beg",
office from the Governor of Canada. Thsrn- 3›:
also received yesterday from the Governore-Coo
Gibraltar, and from the Lord High Corernissl
lonian Islands.
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APPOINTMENTS.--Lord Robertson, on °fa ?:
Ordinary at the Outer House, succeeds „.
Name as one of the Lords of Session of the ire. iv't;le
George Deas, Esq., advocate, called to the is APP°A
and Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1851 c he n'lrr
a Lord Ordinary of the Outer House, in u&n",rt
Lord Robertson. Mr. George Shield, .15); C 7 A
of Session in Edinburgh, is appointed Det -t
r,r
the Court, in the room of Mr. John Hay; '[.„,11
William Hamilton Bell is appointed aselrcield,
the Court of Session, in the room of Mr.

WYLD'S GLOBE.
frog
fro
deposited
A Mr. Calvert, who has recently returne' hO
tralia laden with a quantity of geolog'o
gathered in that extraordinary region, haso,o4
of
treasures with Mr. Wyld, who has arrgie siria .of
cases in one of the apartments on the westurijof 10>
edifice in Leicester-square. A. large nuraherSyt
ables were invited to visit those specimens 01:100111/
last ; and the greatest interest seemed to Preseeds',,:
the whole of the morning. Mr. Calvert, it
c°
been between 11 and 12 years in making t•-hid
and it is said that he has returned to Beglll, res*j'
25,0001. worth of property, the result of l''''totri;t';
in the mineral districts of Australia during, utor,,,
The museum in question—which Mr. Wtorteiu:orid:.
enlarge as fresh accumulations are ito
interesting samples, not only of the gold jitlls„ thei)
natural matrices but of all the ores peellii3r optPfoo,.
and a survey of the several cases which crabie
specimens (some of them of very eensidieogieolfo4
affords an instructive insight into the ge° 00° ef6'
t 0
mena of the most remarkable country •,x,,;00,
upon the face of the globe. The exhie";oo
respect, well merits the public attention, t,Y;,
hkely to receive in an eminent degree. 10 11),y
Among the distinguished company , 0 0,
museum on Saturday were the Dukes of fort ,tyrAt
ster, and Leeds ; the Duchess of Belilwo,,Y,,rfrfrj
Ladies Somerset ; the Marquises of Lane",.°Ailesv'te, )ra
bane, Cholmondeley ; the Marchioness 01, cou,°i,trj,
Earl and Countess Talbot, the Earl ali,"%giciaP°4;
Lanesborough, the Earl and Countess on s of (0,„, 1
Earls of Wilton and Sheffield, the Bisilf.4o,
LSalbsurcya,mapnbdelT.
DDeavimd'san;leVyi,scount ail SOO
Stanley' 1101°,1111(
Robert Grosvenor ; Lords and Ladielibauelsou'pi
Poltimore. Alvanley, Tenterden, and CeogerchillicD vi
Lyndhurst and Dinorben ; Sir Roderick th Sir r'o be
Charles Lemon, Sir Robert and Lady 134iiierA
and Lady Joddrell, Sir William and coltle"-
Sir Charles Kirkpatrick, le Chevalier de
0500b911,
Hon. Mr. Tollemache, Hon. A. J- Taft'e,,,,3l/41r.
Hon. John Elliot, M.P., Right Hon. -1".•
Mr. Gore Langton. M.P. Mr. T SonlerB Olf)rti
, T. netl, ).
Colonel W. Mure, M.P., Mr. H. 8010,.. JO:fp
James Clay, Mr. H. Browne, M.P./ p., V,;air
M.P., Mr. G. Dodd, Mr. J. Fergus)„,,..r., 6, i'Al•
Egerton, M.P., Mr. Pryse Loveden, 1,L,;" gr•baen,
Megan, M.P.,Mr. A. Matheson, 31.' C OSV
das, .P., r. Quintin Dick, Sir 171.• i,jort°
derman Hooper Colonel Sabine, and Pr'
off, e
bour
ej to
Wlinstrx HOLIDAYS.—THE RXV 'early
TUX RAlL.—This morning from an ca dete`iolieforl
holiday makers were afoot, and aPPe3roting r",:e
take advantage of the mild, invigedroopliivlti6o4c,
enjoy a ramble far from the smoky an oil Oload„,
of the metropolis, and to undergo a sauronto4,,;4o'
after having been cooped up for maeXably
pelled to breathe an atmosphere ilionerh3(lo ofy,
with carburetted hydrogen gas• thoosaro'rolesror
cursion boats got their steam up than
.od
.t
sons flocked on board the vessels bele. ; pu.eyou',,icb
Herne Bay, Southend, Richmond, 4he `° stet
titular point to which the attention
,c_'io,od its elisiT4
portion was directed was Green
promises, from its appearance, vtir eugs..,t3ereirlitlY
for noise, bustle, confusion, and dio.",euie.B Piot'''.
ments—the essential components oft:hWeg
c7ovel'ipt
recreation. Several of the iron boa;
_ndoo,
..‘s to
re,
on the line between Greenwich and : wino this
by water may be obtained every
,__rvoad toopesapeo,
attractive spot. The main ICentimated de °bicl`;
rendezvous presented a very
eave__„, grade yee,
myriads of pedestrians of 17:14y, 0
their way along the dusty. higarisocrati 019
of all descriptions, from the ,_ he see a,
to the plebeian donkey-cart werezeivas orofir"oe
for supremacy in speed. The park,o one 001'1'5
popular amusement of rolling (low
booths srtwo sr-ofti'
early commenced. The large and fevloc.,
there are several minor theatres, Very yoe
booths for the votaries of Terpsichoroeveoleritsivao
gipsy bf
tribe are to be seen—the inoTfturnarY
rPo,
heathf
day
eapmdeeoptr.i v niugathem
000fsawtohnljdoei•tev.00eaps'e_rs g
itt.beeeo,
16.
the early trains tnis morning for thus enr4 e11;11):.
tion, the facilities afforded them
rot Is, and ti
of
itip
selves being exceedingly Illeraea,voujiabilitY
004
comparatively trifling, as n
at tho°abba,r
jd3aUyr nneeyx
tt,iCtkh eut si sconsequenceextnd
aocgnr
eo
awi
nwd crowded
were
wn
many
ttlt pneteouffnti weast
ectglesll:3:siiriebayi sr
Yuen; tr.lt es
eedbi
di tional
owcdaerarrteii
oava9
Q 6
rde 01"
satieesrmetion'ingnmiof several persons wished to:
sat:st. ;e
for
04,
bet
tn;g to
shtaeArytewwde.oremAobill,isgedcottion:Gaßit._
ds, of s°'. fleo
beard .s'th s 06;0, teiog
mathster
etcornfemalecrescent,
n diisT3eor
mistress,
siaotnig. tetsoosnf,
u Surrey,
sh e
herseif vbere woo oj,
in the passage. Arm_iseg,l
_ossage,
bsroelYo grolvt,
poker, sbe made towartdo
betl e
quiet ; hut to this vaciort
man, who desired her
her,
nne
He
managed
c.finiu racszt
instantlye bdtlhoetwo ,g
iTselhkfaete
blevelled
1 rtehte.
swei
eeharyfvserdelporil
derragf
tifet
eobconi
ocioecir
tjfe
.otl tiro
on the boards of the p.aetsruagdeer_vbeia.e injuri forsiresteriaio
,6
ji
,4'
fullthe gdierslcrmiputistonhaofvethinefiiincted s. has en
so,
0,,01
the police. 111°1z. rford 00° If
FATAL ACCIDENT ON Tt at Winge't srli4 °
lads who had hired a boa
_II, upset t strulint,
rowed it up to Battersea Re!-L_'2 instan._„tepre jos
management, and all were Hie b, the !!.j,.
the stream. Four were savt: the
parties who were near in boa lvw"