The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1841

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-

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NOON, MARCH 20.
Barometer 29 65 In.

Thermometer
Highest .
Lowest
Wind S,—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

PRICE•;S OF CAN AL,DOCK, ASSUR•
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. ecc.

LONDON, FRIDAY, AIARCII 19.
Number Divider d Price

of per _.
CANALS. per
Share'. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,706 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs. eh. 110
I, 482 41. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Average 1151.5 h. 72
1, 60 Basingstoke 1001.5 h. 5
1,005 5!. Brecknock and Abergavenny7 150i.sh. 93
-,00) 1-16th. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share ...811. & 711. 200
4,600 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.lsl7l/. 01.100 pd 25%
GA 31. Bridgewater and Tatinton.loo/. sh. all pd
400 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lool.sh • 101
500 321. Coventry 1001. sh. 600
Crcydon. Avernge3ll.2s 10d. sh.
2,060 51. Os. Dudley 1001. sh. 96
1100 131. Derby lool.sh. 120
20,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.13 e. 4d .pd :1
3,5751 4' EllesTr...,reandChoster Aver:4ol33l.sta. 61
231 621 Ercwasn
I ,2",Y7 301. Forth and Clydo....Averaye 4.0.01.165. :b. 6`o
11,000 8/. Grand 4 unctiGn ICIOI. en 130
1,6491 255. Grand Union lool.sh 211
1,500 .., Grand Surrey lool.sh. 15
~
1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
.7196 Grand Western
600 131,123. Pd. Gkunorgansbire, Aver. cost 1721.139.4 d. '2CO
._ _. ___

-.... .....____
749 Ns. Granthivn
3,238 21.01. Huddet A eld Average :',//. Gs. 6d. sh 27
100
15,328 11.106. Kennet znd Avon, Av. 29/.lBs. 10d. sh 2434
11,6994 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. Cs. 8d 27 y,2
2,8971 301. Leeds and Liverpool ... ....... .....100/.sh 750
545! 111. Leicester 140/.11 1411;
1,897 5/.os. Leicester & NortiamptonAver 02!.10s 73
2.400 101. ' Monmouthshire lool.Bl' 200
15( 10/. Melton Mowbray
• lool.sh. 2CG

500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 550
3,000 21. 10s. Maceles tleld lOl. sh. all pd 34'7
247 171. Neath lOO/.56, 325
'2,4.00 51. Peak Forest Aveli.ge about 78/. sh. 75
21,418 SS. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.165.8 d. sh. 10
5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 051.5 h. 67
500 81. Shropshire ..)'251. sh. 137
SOO 10/. Os. Somerset Coal I 50/. sh. 180
1,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/.los. sh. 114
700 3fl. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 650
LOO 151 Shrewsbury
330 9 3taurbridge .....,........ 145/. sh. 396
3,047 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avoi. Aver.... 791. 9s. bd. sh. 35
533 In? Swansea lOO/.s h. 265
3,762 2/. 81. Serern and Wyc and Railway Ar. 351. sh. 45
2.60015 h. al. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share lOO/. Th. 590
6.140
1,00050.1 im. Warwick and 13,riningham lool.s- 242
I,ooolsh. i ".
980 13; Warwick and Nap..." 100/. sh. 170
7,000 41 g Worcester & Birmingham Av. 78/.81. sh. 55
5,000 32e. Wilts and Berko Average 67/. 10s. 86. sh. 27
eon 6.. Wli ley and Essington 1251. sh '74
.26 W,sueacn ,..1.;,:. oh. 50
903 li. Wey and Antit llOl. in. 2*,',
DOCKS.
2,600 & } Snc. Commerc al lOOl. sh, 63),
1,065150. p'
•... 000000 East and West India Stock 97
3,238,3101/. 60s. p.ct. London .....„....5t0ck 675,
Ditto Bonds

2,209 31. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 1-I'/. 9s. sh • 75
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock J 2
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pier ~ 2Ol. sh. 201. pd 10
BRIDGES.
,600 10s. Hammersmith 501.5 h. 21
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631.25. Bd. sh. 26
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of% per cent.. 501.5 h. 13
0100
5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 001. pd. 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 186
80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 26s Vauxhall .......,.Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.

2,000 3/10s Albion 5OO/. sh. 50/. pd 72
50,000 163 Allianceßritiai &Foreignloo/.sh. 111. pd 141,4
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 5
apnedr cent.)lss.
4,000 41. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 14%
I,2oo}sh. Si. Birmingham fire... 250/. sh. 55/. pd 1071%
20,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial _ 50 1. sta. 5!. pd 5%
5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Med ic:rl Lite, ICO/. sh. 2 /10s pd .04
4,000 310 s County lOO/. oh. 10!. pd If
20(00 1,1. Eagle 501. oh. 51. lid 5%
r,„„ r 5 per cent.l
" t and 301 bs.l Economic Litc 10001. sh. 250/. pd 406
2,271 22s.per cent. European Li,- 901. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 901. sh. 2/. pd 1 %
.000,0001. 6/.per ct Globe Stock 119
20,000 51. Guardian
30,000 s. ad. Hope 5O!. sh. 5/. pd 5%
2,400 5/. 7s. ed. Imperial Fire 'loo/. sh. 501. pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10
13,459 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 8/. pd 29
2,020 3/ 10$ Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 161. Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 30%
5,000 10s. London, Fire '251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 19,4
3,900 10s. London, Ship "51. sh. 121. 10s. pd 19%
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh.

5b0,000/. --
National Loan Fund 2l. ss. pd 2
30,000 Si. per cent. Palladium Li tc 5O/. sh. 2/. pd '2l6s
50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 00/. sh. 2/. pd 18s Od
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....1101. sh. 5/. pd 5%
2,500 1/. Provident Lite
2,70,000 7s. Rock Life 5/. pd 4
89,220/ 51. per coat. Royal Exchange Stock 183
6,000 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 514
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. Si. pd 7U
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Corn. of Ireland2s/. sh. 10!. pd
5,000 8 per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 5314
10;410 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham SCI. sh. 10/. rid 13%
10,000 IA per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20
31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 20/. pd 24
60,000 51. London Joint Stock '5O!. sh. 10/. pd 12%
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster
Liverpool
25,000100/ sh. 10/. pd 20
50,000 7i per cent. Manchester and Liver.] 501.5 h. 15/ pd 10
pool Distri-t
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOO/.Bh. 25/. pd 4'334
90,000 Provincial Bank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/.1,4 43%
So,ooo 5 ler /cot. National Bank of Ireland 501. oh. 17;!. pd 15%
10,000 5 per cent. National Prov,,,cial Eng. lOW, sh. 351. pd 34%
10,000 - . Ditto New 101. sh. 10/, pd 9%
10,000 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

2,500 16s (id Bath 20/. sh. 101. pd 22
5,000 British 401. eh. 161. pd 184
spoo fsal.perc6
sent.} Ditto Provincial
nd 11 . s. 201. sh. 1111. pd 25
928 51 10s Birmingham 50!. sh. '96
4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2O!. sh. 36
2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 13%
750 31 lOs Ditto, New WV. sh. 18!. pd 9
2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9
4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. (31/. pd 110
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... -.100/. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150
4,000 3405. Equitable 5O/. pd 20
10,000 2.1 per cent. Imperial 504 sh. 57
900 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 25/. eh. 201. pd 18%
2,350 Si. per cant. Independent '3O/. sh. all p., 49
9,000 41. per cent. Phcenix 5O/. 511. 391. pd 34
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63
4,000 South Metropolitan 501. sh. 191. pd 17
9,000 4/.per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30
240 5/, per cent. Warwick 5Ol. sh. 50
400 54 per cent Wakefield
2,000 31. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd 11 x
780 3 per cent, Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS
4,800 31s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 851. pd 21
4,434 71. East London 1001. sh. 164%
5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 62
2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 46
372 10/. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 326
1,500 2110 s New Myer London Bridge Water Ann... CO
6,486 21 10s Manchester and Salford 100/. sh. 555%
1,000 4 per cent. South London lOO4 sh. 104%
8,294 4f/. West Middlesex Average 634'.125. 9d. sh. 101
1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
cow ...... ... Birmingham and Derby ...- lO.l/ pd 70
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 1601. pd 78
15,100 .... ..... Bristol and Exeter lOOl. ch. 6(1 pd 33
7,500 Cheltenham& G. Western 1004 sh. 62A 1. 27
3,004 Clarence 100/. sh. 1001 pd 30
8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1004 sh. 51. pd
60.000 ..... .... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23!. pd 654
10,000 Great North of England PlO/. sh. 701. pd 65
10,9:8 14 percent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 204
25,000 Great Western l3O/. sh. 65/. pd 8.1
25,000 Ditto New 50/. sh. 101. pd 6 1
5,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5Ol eh. 40!.'{x1 41
2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1(101. pd 11534
8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 50/, pd 43
2,100 44 per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sit. 65%
5,100 10 percent. Liverpool & Manchester 10(1.sh. 1004 pet 185
7,9118 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5lll pd 20
11,495 10 per sent. Ditto Quarter Shares °5l. pd 45
36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 50/ pd 4214
94,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 251. pd 19%
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich _2O/. Os. 20!. pd 84
25,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 901. pd 151
25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....251. sh. 5/. pd 23
31,250 Ditto New Shares 321. sh. 321. pd 51
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 38/,175. Id. 551,4
33,000
Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 11%
Ditto New Scrip.... 11.4
13,000 Manchester and Leeds...loo4 sit. 70/. pd 0%
13,000 ..
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 7 OLsh. 401. 25
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 1214
10,000 Midland Counties 'Oll/. sh. 1004 pd '7B
15,000 North Midland
Ditto New
5,128 Northern and Eastern...l9o4 sh 564 pd 22
2,6ti0 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 304 pd 36
28,000 South Eastern and Dover
1,(100 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .... . . WO/. sh. 275
9,000
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd £0
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 51.1 .. OIL pd ,12
4,000 11. Se. A (ten l5l. sh 121. It .t. pd 10
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5!. pm.lool. sh. at 'i d I%
Ditto Subscription 95/. int I
2,000 10/. Bolanos . 150/. sh all pd 35
10,000 11. lOs Brazilianlmp. iss. 51. pm... 351. sh. 20/. pd 74
6,000 Macaubas Cocaes United 2 5/.5h.25/. pd 6
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey _204 sh. 111 pd 24
10000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 1
10,000 Ditto Scrip 1(11, sh. 10/. pd 2
20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 551. pd
,0011 British Copper 5/. sh. 441. pd 1%
C its BrAnca 6l/. pd 7
Candonga......
t/. pd 5
,„. . . . . ...

10,000 11 Copiapci ...... ............ ...... 20/. sh, 151. j).l pig
8,500 ... Columbian, ids. Si. pm. —55/. sh. 55/. pd ON
2,850 3/. English l4/. Gs. pd 3
20,000 General MiningAssociation2o/ sh.lB/: pd 1%
0,155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 57,14. pd 6
3,000 Polberou Consols , lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered IN
Ditto Loan Note., 150/. pd 160
30,000 United Mexican, los. 2 pm. 401. sh. all pd 214
DWG Scrip 314
Ditto New Scrip 51 !ad 4V,
'West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 16
1,500 London University lOOl. sh. all pd 8
700
King' College lOOl. 19%
MISCELLANEOUS.

10,)01 15s. Australian Agricultu;al.loo/.'sh 281 pd 39
6, )00 1. per cent. British American Land Company 3 lir. pd
10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company_... ...... 1004 sh. 301. pd 31N
pO,OOO 5/. per cent. Upper Cana,oa Loan
City Bonds, 4 per cent lOO%
20,000 1/, Gs. General Steam Navigation 15/. :h. 141. pd 25%
101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
,008 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms.... Av. 75/. sh l9
,000 Caoutchouc Company 124/. pd 12
New Brunswick Land C0mpa4y...50/. pd 12
9,154 5/. per cent. Reversionary tnt. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 107
2,03:1 5/. per cent. Ditto Ncw 100/. sh. 1001. pd 107
4,000
50.000 0, Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 100/. sh. 17.1/, pd &

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
FEB. 6, 1841,
BANKS.
1,000,000/. 6/. p. ct. Bank of Scotland...63l. Cs. Bd. Th. all pd 152
2,000,0004 6 p. ct. ltcyal of Scotland 1004 sh. all pd 151
500,000/. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.Bh. all pd 2,29
500,0001. 01. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1004 pd 174
500,0081. sn. ct. National 100!.,h. 101. pd 143,
500,0001. 71. p. et. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 741A0,000/, 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 40/. pd 74
INSURANCE COMPANIES.S
250.000 th. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 11. d 25s 6d.
7,500 '7 p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd
ns
100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of S p
13
Scotland .10/. sh. all pd ,k
50,000 Bp. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1.6
1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1901. sli. 10/. pd 20
5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pi it%
100,000 - 3} p. ct, West ot Scotland lO/. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.

4,BlBend Was. Un. Canalso/. sh. all pd 10
Ditto Allocatral! SW. sh. all pd 47
SAOC 5 per cent. MIA Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 35
2,0005 h 75 per cent. Shotts Iron Founnerv.. .... 50/ sh 481. rd 53
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. lti/. pd 8
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Ccal Gas ...... —O5/. sh. all pit 50
4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 52
'750 71 per cent, Leith Coal Gas 2O/. sh. all pd 51
1,200

RAILWAY CARRIAGES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I have just come up to town from the north,
and am Lappy to say that the York and North Mid-
land Railway Company have introduced in their second-
class carriages wooden slides, to protect the passengers
from cold and rain. They cannot cost more than ten
shillings per carriage, showing that Railway Companies
need not endanger the lives of travellers, under the pre-
text that they cannot afford glass windows. I agree
with the Marquis of Normanby that imperfect drainage
is injurious to health, but I believe second-class railway
carriages arc equally so.—l am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,
A CONSTANT READER.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TIIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
( From th.e Globe.)
We have so often expressed our opinion on the Church-
rate question, that the debate which arose last night
in the House of Commons on the case of Mr. Baine',
of Leicester, now a prisoner in the gaol of that town
for non-payment of a Church-rate, might be allowed
to pass without remark from us, seeing it presents
nothing new in the way of fact or illustration to
distinguish it from the many former debates on the same
question. The question—stripped of the extraneous mat-
ter, and extricated from the entanglements with wliish
the heated passions of the contending parties have embar-
rassed it—resolves itself into a simple form. To the
Church it is proposed, whether it be not expedient for
the character of the national establishment. which must
depend for its efficiency and ultimate stability on public
opinion, to promote the abrogation of this obnoxious law ?
The attempt to carry a rate in vestry is accompanied by
" strife and debat ',and smiting with the fist of wickedness."
The arena of contest is the " house of prayer"—the presiding
officer is the minister of religion, the clergyman of the parish
—the chief debaters are the fiercest of the professors of the
rival creeds, who arc attended by their respective parti-
sans : these import into the controversy the elements of
theological hate, quickened into violence by the attempt
to ascertain from the result of the pending contest the
chances of success in future political struggles. Need we de-
scribe the scenes of tumult which such collisions must pro-
duce, or the injury which religion, in its spirit and character,
must sustain, and of which the Church, in its institutions,
and clergy, come in for by far the largest share ? Then
comes the enforcement of the rate upon those who plead
inability from ppverty, or disinclination from consc;-
entious okjections ; the seizure by warrant of distress
of some article of wretched furniture from the strug-
gling widow or half-employed artizan, who, with their
sympathising neighbours, regard the deprivation as an
act of oppresion, and too readily conceive an antipathy
to the Church, if not to religion generally, because of
the inconvenience and loss to which they have been sub-
jected by the law which deprived them of their table or
chair, perhaps their Bible or bed, for its support.
(From the Standard.)
It is most desirable to direct the attention of tke country
to that which was the subject of the conversation upon Mr.
Rice's unsuccessful motion last night, the necessity of pro-
viding a capacious harbour of refuge for merchantmen, and
of rendezvous for ships of war, at some place in the
Channel. This great commercial and naval State has at
present but three harbours in England suited for ships of
war, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and Sheerness, and none of
these is in a position adapted for military purposes. The
immense commerce of London, too, has to be conducted
through a labyrinth of banks which the boldest and most
skilful seaman does not encounter without anxiety
in the darkness of night, or in foggy or tempestuous
weather, but which, nevertheless, he must encounter at
present, if at night he arrives near the mouth of the
river. The Downs, it is true, affords protection in
some winds; but in a wind from the south or south-
south-east, or any point between, the Downs is
without shelter. Is it right that there should be
no harbour of rendezvous for ships of war be-
tween Portsmouth and Sheerness, exactly the most
accessible part of the coast to an invading enemy,
and exactly that part of the coast from which we could
most effectually molest an enemy in turn? Is it right that
the commerce of London with the whole world, and what
we may therefore call the commerce of the world, should
remain in its present state of exposure to danger? Nearly
forty years ago the subject engaged the attention of
Mr. Pitt, and all that has occurred within the interval
gives reason to regret deeply that the exigency of
the times disabled that great man from realising the design
of defending England by a capacious deep-water harbour
at the narrowest part of the Channel, which it is known he
entertained. The introduction of steam navigation, which
must in future bring every contest of naval powers to close
quarters and to a short issue, however, leaves us now, if we
see our interest or our danger, almost without a choice.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the
13th March, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General
Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases lB3 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 157 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion..
Diseases of the Kidnoys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay ll4 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes 1049 -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40.
Western Districts ..... ... 190 ...... 139
North Districts
Central,Districts 203 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts ..
. ... 249 - 233

Total 1049 926
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City cf London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of niortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
(Chapclry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary,
Stoke Newington • St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-lc-
bow ; Camberwell% Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
•
Genera Register-otlice, March 18, 1841.

STEAM TO THE WEST INDIES.—It is well
known, w e believe, that in addition to the Royal Mail
steamers which now ply regularly between Liverpool and
Boston in the United St.tes, Government has entered into
a contract with a London Company to build fourteen large
steamers, for the purpose of carrying the mails to the West
Indies. One of these magnificent ships is now in
course of building by the Messrs. Menzies of Leith,
the same gentlemen who built the Sirius steamer, which
had the credit of being the first steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic. The. vessel on which they are now engaged
is of much larger proportions, being about 240 feet in
length from figure-head to stern, with a breadth of
36 feet across the beam, and 31 feet deep. When
completed, she will carry two engines of 210 horse
power each, and her burden will be 1,350 tons.
She is to have four decks, one of which will be solely oc-
cupied with sleeping berths for the passengers ; and in ac-
cordance with a provision in the contract with Govern-
ment, she will he able, if necessary, to carry guns, and act
as a war steamer. We believe ttat in the case of the
North American steamers they were al built accord-
ing to the same model. With the West Indian vessels,
we understand, there is no such arrangement. The
ships are to be built in the principal ports of the country,
and each builder is left much to his own discretion as to
the mould and figure of the ship he is entrusted with ; so
that when the whole are finished, it will become an
interesting point to ascertain w hich of the various builds
are the best adapted for their purposes. The vessel
now on the stocks at Leith has been the admiration
of all competent judges who have visited her, both for
the beautiful proportions of her figure, and for the prodi-
gious strength and solidity which is imparted to her prin-
cipal joints. Her stern is round, instead of square, which
has an agreeable effect on the eye, and by allowing the
planking to be brought down the whole length of the
ship, gives greater solidity to that part. From each
of the principal beams, diagonal supports of wood,
others of iron, run in every direction, lapping over one
another in some cases to a thickness of fifteen inches. A visit
scattered main deck isth
1.1
oaiudg,
haonudt
thiloe,rand as she is required
to this magnificent vessel is ancilnintgerinesgting sight. She is far
soon, not fewer than two hundred men are employed in
Courant.
to all parts of
present a varied. resemblance to the movements
cr d sadvancing completion;f
fast;
ttt
hhh
eee
work, differentm ra
athdevanocthederstowara
She will be launched, we understand,
about the end of May; and in accordance with the reso-
solution of the Company, that their vessels should bear the
names of the rivers on which they were built, she is to be
mate, we understand, has been down to
THE GovEßFon FENNER.--This unfortu-
nate vessel, it would seem, bas gone to pieces on the coast
in that neighbourhood. The beach for
Wales.of
famed the F oTrthbe. —Edinburgh
Criccieth and Aberffravv, and recovered a trunk belonging
to himself, and another the property of his wife, which had
been thrown up
sixty miles along the coast was thickly strewed h wit per ions
of the wreck. At Aberffraw, a chest belonging to Wm.
Thorns, one of the passengers from Cheltenham, we be-
lieve, and containing wearing apparel, books, and sixty
pounds in money had been found, and at Criccieth, a
runk, full of female dresses, belonging to a couple lately
married at Chester, but whose names are not in our of bees isean sheivebuPlekr'ati°afinsd
pos-
session, has been cast up by the waves. In the trunk of
Mr. Thorns a letter was found, wiitten by Mr. Dugan, of
Waterloc-road, recommending the bearer to his relatives
in America. Him they made acquainted with the affair,
.tnd he immediately wrote to Mr. Thorns on the subject ;
and, yesterday ramping. Mr. Dugan and the widow re-
turned from Wales, bringing with them the contents of
the trunk, consisting of clothes, 13 sovereigns, two Ame-
rican eagles, and 250 dollars, which she sold to Messrs.
Durandu and Luff, money brokers. It is stated, that
several other boxes have come on shore at different parts
of the coast, and the hull of the Governor Fenner was
seen only a few days since. It is to be 'hoped the•vessel
nay be recovered, as there i 3 little drjaht there are minty
valuables still rembining in her.: Liverpool Mercury.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, M.4ncll 19.
The Etrl of S.HAFTESBURY took Lii teat on the Wool-
sack shortly after five o'e!ock.
The Mutiny, and the Marine Mutiny Bills were scv:rally
read a Second tine, and ordered to Ix: committed on Mon-
day
_ _

Lord FOLEY presented a petition against certain
partt of the Poor-law Amendment Bill.
The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from the
Synod of A-gyll, praying for the total abolition of pa-
tronage in the Church of Scotland; also similar petitions
from the Gaelic Chinch, meeting in Hope-strut, Glas-
gow, and from Dundee.
The Marquis of NORAIANBY presented a petition
front the Town-Council of Hull in favour of the
principle of the Drainage Bill. He might men-
tion that he hoped they would be enabled to proceed
with the Bill in Committee next week, the Bill having
been now divided into two.
Lcrd ELLE NB ORO UG H—They only suspended
proceeding with the Bill in order that they might get on
faster.
The Ea,l of BANDON presented I 2 petitions from
parishes in the county ofCork against any alteration in the
Corn-laws.

The Earl of CLARE presented a petition from Car-
narvon, rgainst the union of the dioceses of Bangor and St.
Asaph.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
The Earl of ABERDEEN had a pcftion to present
to which he begged to ca 1 the attention of the Noble
i Lords opposite, particularly cf the Noble Marquis lately
at the head of the Colonial Department. It related to
the colony of Nee founolend. He had thought the sub-
ject before their Lordships in 1839; he had presented a
petition which truly set forth that the colony was the
most distracted and unfortunate colony of any under the
dominion of this country; but, bad as it was then, it had
now become much worse. He was convinced that the
only hope there was of any improvement in the state of
that cslony must be obtained by means of Parliamentary
inquiry. The inquiries promised and made by official
persons were wholly use'sss—the evils were of such
magnitude that they could only be redressed by an in-
quiry by that or the other House of Parliament. The great
vii consisted in the alsuse of the Constitution granted to
the Colony in 1831-32. The House of Assembly was
constituted in such a manner that it was wholly impossible
they could Oischarge any legislative duties with any bene-
ficial result to the colony. It consisted of fifteen
members, one of whom was in the condition of a menial
servant, receiving only ten pound a-year of wages.
Such were the gentlemen in the House of Assembly,
some of whom might have accompanied the Noble Mar-
quis upon a shooting excursion and carried his baggage.
It was a burlesque that these persons should have the
control of ell the funds in the colony, what had
been the result ? Why, that the expenses and burthens
of the colonies had been increased to a great degree
and the Governor had found it impossible to carry the
law into effect. In the last Gazette was an answer cf the
Governor of the colony to an Address of the House of
Assembly. He presumed, in consequence of the out-
rages committed at the late elections, the Governor
had stigmatised them in sonic prcclamations, and
that the House of Assembly had required him
to lay before them the information upon which the pre-
ccedings were so described. The answer of the Gover-
nor was : " The scandalous events which occurred at two
elections during the recess, the ferocious conduct of
the mob at Comberme-e, by which the election
was rendered abortive, and the necessity of the in-
terference of the military, are matters of noto-
riety. I consider the documents laid before the House
are sufficiently demonstrative of the evils which exist, and
under existing circumstances, I must deny compliance
with the address, believing that no good could possibly
arise to the community, by a publication of all the repre-
sentations I have received." That was the year the general
election ought to have taken place, but the Governor went on
to say, " so convinced was I of the absolute necessity of an
amendment of the election law that I avail myself of this
opportunity to state, that should unhappily no legislative
enactment be made to secure tranquillity at future elec-
tions, I shall not undertake the responsibility of issuing
proclamations or writs for the election of a new House of
Assembly, or make myself responsible for the serious con-
sequences, the confusion and bloodshed so likely to ensue
thereupon under the present system ; but referring the
whole affair to the Supreme Government, I shall, as in
duty bound, follow such instructions as I may rece:ve."
The Governor was so convinced that something should be
done to prevent the recurrence cf those outrages, and to
protect the voters in the free exercise of the franchise that
he declared in his answer to the address that he would not
summon another House of Assembly or issue new writs, which
he was bound to do according to law—in this year,
unless the House of Assembly agreed upon some mea-
sure which would so alter the electoral law of the
Colony as to remedy the evils that existed. The Noble
Earl had some other petitions of a similar description
to present, which attributed all the evils that dis-
turbed and affected the Colony to the conduct of
the House of Assembly and their immediate servants. The
petitioners prayed for an alteration in the present system of
representation, and for a better protection to the voters.
The Marquis of NORNIANBY said if his Noble Friend
bad referred to an earlier period of the Session, and had
read the opening speech of the Governor, he would see
that there was no necessity to have a Parliamentary
Committee of Inquiry, for the Governor informed the
House of Assembly in that apt ech, that the whole subject
was under the consideration of the Government at home.
Gov( rnor Preston had also, in his answer to the
Address, pressed upon the Legislature of the Colony
to take into consideration an amendment of the
law of election, so as to afford protection to the
voters.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Colonial Session
was not yet concluded, and although the House of Assembly
had not taken any steps in furthera:ce cf the objects re-
commended to them by the Governor, yet the session was
still proceedirg, and it was not advisable for the Parlia-
mert to interfere until it was ascertained what
might be done before its dote. —( Hear, bear.)
Tue Governor was by law justified in the
withholding the issue of the writs of a new election until
he should receive instructions from the Government at
home. His Noble Friend had referred to a former peti-
tion presented upon the subject, but a contrary one had
also bsen laid before the House, which stated the finances
of the country to be in the most deplorable conditior,
the outrages to be excessive and unrestrained, and the
fisheries in a state of progressive decay. The matter had
been referred to the Governor, and his report thereon was
in a great degree satisfactory, and showed that the state-
ments of the petitioners were exceedingly exaggerated as
regarded the alleged outrages—that the finances of the co-
lony were by no means in the unsatisfactory state represented,
and that ihore was every hope that the fisheries would re-
vive. He (Lord N.) was of opinion with the Government
that if his recommendation were not attended to, some
measure must be taken by the Government at home
to remedy the existing evils. He Lad not a very
sanguine expectation that the House of Assembly would
take any effectual steps this Session, seeing that they
had allowed so much of it to elapse without turning their
attention to the subject ; 3ct he hoped that his Noble
Friend would suspend further proceedings upon the petition
now presented, and leave the matter for the time in the
hands of the Government.

The petition was then Hid on the table.
POOR.LAWS (IRELAND).

Mr. Nicholls, Poor-law Commissioner for Ireland, waa
then called to the bar, upon the Older of the Day', to be
examined.

In answer to the Earl of GLENG A LI.,
Mr. Nicholls said that he was not in Dublin in March,
1839. He had no recollceti m whether or not upon
his arrival in Dublin he made inquiry as to the ap-
pointment of Mr. Butler, but had no doubt tkat he must
have done so. In answer to other questions the witness,
who was very imperfectly heard in the Reporters' Gal-
lery, went into a detail of the system upon which the mi..
nutes of correspondence were kept in the office of the
Poor-law Commissi,mers in Dublin.

By the Duke of WELLINGTON—He considered
himself as responsible for the appointment of Assistant-
Commissioners. Supposing a man were to be an insolvent,
or if he were a decided Fartizan, even if he were the I3C-
pt. ew of an Archbishop, he would think him totally unfit
for the situation of returning officer in any Union. lie
was not in Dublin when the correspondence upon this af-
fair was commenced. Mr. Earle was the party responsible
for the duties of the office in his abienca, or the Secret.ry.
Mr. Phe!an had nothing to do with the office. He was
an Assistant. Coma issioner in the Dublin district, Lander
Mr. Earle ; but he had clearly nothing to do with the ap-
pointment of Mr. Butler—he had nothing to do with the
office. If he interfered in that appointment, arid told any
one that that appointment had been confirmed, he had been
guilty of an irregularity. Every act done under the Com-
mision—every letter that was written or received—and
every interview bad on office business—was entered on the
registry of the Beard. Any error in that must have been
unintentional. He was net responsible for any error in the
copying of the letters, or the entries in the registry.
lie was clearly responsible for the due execution of the
Act of Parliament. The minutes and registry required
to be kept were accurately kept, and contained a
minute of every act done by the Commissioners, and the
reasons upon which the act was founded. There was not
a single act of the Commissioners that was not supported
by documentary evidence.
By the Marquis of NORMA NBY.—He believed a
copy of the minutes 0 which he referred was in London.
lie had not the slightest recollection how the Commission-
ers obtained the i, formation reqceting Mr. Buller, be-
sides what was stated in the letter to Mr. Bagwell.
Lord RED ESDALE asked if any inquiries vtere now
making as to his character.
Witness did not know.

Lord REDESDALE.—Do you not think that the
character of your Assistant-Commissioner is involved in
the character elieh Le has given you of Mr. Bailer ?
Ile says that Mr. Butler was a gentleman, residing in
Clonmell, and lately retired from business, and that he
had known him for twenty-seven years. Now if it be
true that he was at that time in li&aud, insolvent, and
that his character and conduct had Leon such as they arc
now rcpresenteo, do you not think the veracity of your
Assistant- Cernmisiom r is questionable, and that such a
person is m t fit to hold such an office ?
Witness thought that a person who trade a false state-
ment was not fit to be an Assistant-Commissioner.—( Hear. )
Lord IZEDE SDA LE—And yet you have made no
inquiry?
.11r. Nicholls begged leave to read a letter which
he had rece;ved upon the subject from Mr. Phelan, and
after some discussion, in which the Earl of Devon and
the Marquis of Normanby recommended the permission,
and the Earl of Glengall and Lord fiedesdale objected,
leave was given, but Mr. Nicholl4 read it in a tone
quite inaudible in the gallery. In answer to a question
from Lord Redesdale he said that Mr. Phelan was ap-
pointed 2hiefly upon his (Mr. Nicholls') recommendation,
given from his knowledge of that gentleman's character.
Mr. Phelan had also been recommended by Lord Morpeth
and the late Mr. Drummond. Witness was not certain
that ho had not also been recommended by Mr. Ball, the
late Member fo Clonrool. A -groat•number of (-;_opplaiqts

were made by some of the guardians end rate-payers of
the Clonmel Union after Mr. Butler had commenced his
dude; as returning officer, and he directed furt!.er in-
quiries to be made into Mr Butler's fitness and cha-
racter, and he received the letter of 23d May from
Mr. Phelan. He (the witness) directed those inquiries
to be made by Mr. Phelan. He had no doubt that be di.
rested and superintended the investigation in the conduct
of Butler at the election of guardians at Clonmel. There
had been extreme irregularities in the elections, but espe-
cially at the first. He did not particularly recollect the
complaint made against Butler for having struck out the
names of some candidates:, and put in others. His memory
was refreshed by the return made to the House. lie
could not answer to this point without rcferring to the
entries, and all the books and pagers connected with
the offico had been taken back, on the under-
standing that they were done with. He was not
aware that he would be uxamined on that point.
He acknowledged that there had been incorrectness in the
whole of the transactions under inquiry. He could not
account for it, except by the negligence of the clerk, who
had been since dismissed for misconduct. This was the
first time in his ( Mr. Nieholl'x) life that his own correct-
ness was ever called in question. Mr. Stanley had acted
with him for two or three years, and he could bear testi-
mony to that gentleman's fidelity and assiduity, and his
strict regard to truth.
Lord G L ENG A LL—The letter of Mr. Phel in to the
Commissioners appea.ed in tie returns three socral times,
and in different terms each time. How did that happen ?
Witness in the first return directed an extract to be sent
of so much as he thought bore upon the subject.
Lord ELLENBORO UG H—The House oriered a re-
turn of correspondence, and not of extracts; and the Corn.
missioneri deceived the House by making such a return.
After some further questions of minor detail, on maw rs
already sufficiently explained, the witness was permitted to
srishdraw.

Their Lorditips then (at Twenty Nlinutes to Eight
o'Clock) adjourned till Monday.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, MAACK' 19.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
The Dublin Wide Strccti' 13111 was read a third time
and passed. _ _

SUDBURY ELECTION.
The following Members were chosen from panel No.
1, to try the merits of the petition presented against the
return of Mr. Tomline fn- the borough cf Sudbury :
M. W. C. Harland, Mr. C. Bruce, Col. RoHeston, Mr.
Thornley, Lord Wesley, the lion. W. S. Lascellcs,
and Sir Charles Lemon, Chairman of the C.immittce.
Mr. ALSTON moved the acc,md reading of the Lor-
don and Blackwall Commercial Railway B;11.
Mr. CRA WFORD did not mean to oppose the second
reading of the Bill. In Committee he would feel obliged
to oppose a clause in the Bill extendir•g for ten years the
time fur reselling extra land, and giving a power to lease
it during that time.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.

Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from the Trustees
t,f ilie R.ver Lee, against the Northern and Eastern Rail-
way Bill.

Sir B. HALL presented a petition from tte vestry of
Marylebone, against the Middlesex Sesi.ions Bill. And
o❑ the motion of the Hon. Baronet, the Kentish Town
Paving Bill was read a second time.
Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from the trustees
of the Surrey New Roads against the Southwark Improse-
ment Bill.

Mr. TATTON EGERTON brought in the Liverpool
Dock Bill, which was read a first time.

Dr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Commercial Gas
Bill, which waa read a first time.

Mr. GISBORNE preiented a petition from the iron
masters of Staffordshire against certain clauses in the
Severn Navigatian Bill.
Cclonel SIBTEIORP presented a petition from Lin-
coln against the Stafford and Rugby Railway Bill, and
a petition against certain clauses in the Poor-law Amend-
ment Bill.

Mr. W. HEATHCOTE presented petitions from the
rate-payers of Hampshire in favour of out-door relief in
certain cases.

11lr. ORD presented a petition from Newcastle-upon-
Tyre ag inst the County Courts' Bill.
Sir GEORGE CREWE presented petitions from
thirty-seven parishes in Gloucestershire against certain
clauses in the Poor-law Bill.

Sir E. WILMOT presented petitions from places in
Warwickshire, praying that the petitioners might be
exempted from the payment of any of the expenses of the
Birmingham rict;..
Mr. MILES presented peti ions from several places in
the county of Somerset in favour of amendments and
alterations in the Poor-law Amendment Act.

Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented five petitions in
favour of Church Extension.

Sir W. SOMERVILLE pre eated a petition from the
medical practitioners of Drogheda, against certilin clauses
of the Medical Reform Bill.

Mr. GREENE presented petitions from places in
Lancashire, against that part of the Poor-law Amendment
Bill, which enables the Commissioners to put an end to
the Gilbert Unions.

Mr. KEMBLE presented thrc. petitions from places
in the county of Surrey, in favour of Church Extension.
Mr. D'ISRAELI presented a petition from Radnor
against the Poor-law Amendment Bill.

Mr. W. DUN COM BE presented petitions from places
in the counties of York and Lancaster, against the Poor-
law Amendm, nt Bill.

Mr. CLAY pre-ented a petition from medical practi-
tioners in the Tower Hamlets, against the Medical Re-
form Bill.

Mr. NV. ATTWOOD presented a petition from the
churchwardens, overseers, ar,d parishioners of Greenwich,
against the Poor-law Amendment Bill.

—Mr. HOLDS WORTH presented a similar petition
from a place in Ncttinghamsliire.
Lord G. BENTINCK presented petitions against the
County Courts Bi'l.
Mr. FIELDEN presented petitions from Oldham,
Kettering, Loughborough, the West Riding of Yorkshire,
and several other places against Cie Poor-hrs.
Lor 1 SAND 0 N brought in a Bill to amend the Liver-
pool Local Acts Bill. The Bill was read a first time and
ordered to be engrossed.
Capt. Pectic'', Mr. R. Palmer, and Sir E. Knatchbull,
gave notice of certain amendments on going into Com-
mittoe on the Poor-law Amendment Bill.

Mr. EWART gave notice that on Tuesday next he
would renew his notion on the subject of the appoint-
ment of a Committee on Education.

An Hos. MEMDER begged to ask the Chancellor of the
Exchequer what vi as his intention viith regard to the
South Sea Company.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the subject was now under consideration, and he hoped
the Session would not pass without some measure relative
to it being introduced.