The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITIOA.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

( From the Morning Chronicle.)
The discussion of Thursdsy evening, on the issuing of
the new writ for Ludlow, will certainly not tend to raise
tile House cf Commons in public estimation, nor to recon-
cile any real Reformers with the present electoral arrange-
ments. Sanguine politicians indeed must they be who
enter in any large expectations of the purification of elec-
tioirTsntests from the measure about to be introduced by
Lord John Russell, and to be supported by Sir Robert
Peel. Its virtue is little likely to surpass that of a chip in
porridge. The demoralizing practices that have notoriously
prevailed require a much more stringent remedy. Nor is it
reasonable to rely on any proposed remedy that does not
include the great safeguard of secret voting. Intimida-
tion is the worst form of corruption ; and nothing else can
reach intimidation. The proposed measure may, for a
time, lower the price of votes and lessen the costs of can-
didates. The saving will doubtless prove very acceptable
to many gentlemen who pay high for polluting the cha-
racter of the people's representatives. But merely to save
their cash is not to serve the country. The love of money
is not exactly the same thing with the hatred of corruption.
So far as we can yet understand the projected measure, it
will effect no very material or permanent diminution of the
present degrading and disgusting system. And of the
depth and extent to which that system has penetrated,
same remarkable illustrations were afforded by the discuss
sion itself. Sir Robert Peel evinced, with peculiar feli-
city, the turn of his mind and the tactics of his party. Not
a word does he say to show how the object may be better
seemed. He is thinking of the evasions. They present
themselves to his mind as the first associations naturally
called up by a proposition of reform.
(From the Morning Herald.)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer submitted, last night,
his Budget to the House of Commons. To most men,
the task of expounding the difficulties that connect them-
selves with increasing excess of expenditure over income
would have preyed repressive of anything like buoyancy
of spirits. Not so with the successor of Lord Monteagle'l
The present Chancellor, in short, spoke his speech trip-
pingly on the tongue, and complimented himself and his
eilleaf,sues because the deficiency in the ways and means
is not greater than the country feels it to be. Th sum
of h;e statements was, that in this, the twenty-fifthe year
or I::uroccan peace, and in the tenth year of the
administration of the men who made ‘. Reform,
Retrenchment, Peace," their passports to office--the
Government is spending throe millions a year more than
the state of its finances entitles it to do. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer's projected remedy for this state of mat-
ters is—not an addition to the public debt, funded or un-
funded—but an addition to the amount of taxes to be
levied. He does not choose, moreover, to impose new
taxes. He deems it better to increase the pressure of cer-
tam taxes which are now in operation. To a great ex-
tent, we deem the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be
right in this arrangement. It is better, on the whole.—it
is certainly more honest—to trust to taxing than to bor-
rowing. It is better to add to the severity of old taxes,
than to impose new ones, and submit to the annoyance and
loss that flow from the want of machinery fitted to render
new taxes productive.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

(FRIDAY EVRNIN3.)
TIMES,—The method which will be resorted to
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of
raising money is an anxious question in the city. As,
however, the proposal itself will be before the public !o-
morrow, it is useless to dwell on the vague and con-
flicting conjectures of to-;lay. Money has been some-
what more in demand in the English Stock-market
than for some time past. Consols, however, look
firm, and have advanced a fraction, being quoted 914
to 9L for moues, and the account. Exchequer-bills are
I9s. to 2ls. premium. In the Foreign House, money
was more abundant than in the English market, and,
aithotygh this was settling day, it could not be employed
at above 4
or 5 per mat., and the settlement was conse-
crtet.tly very easy. Spanish Actives arc quoted 28a,
which is about the same is yesterday, and it is some-
what remarkable that the uneasiness caused by the pro-
,pet of is:tiling new bonds has proved so very transient.
The fall yesterday that immediately follo..ved the re-
ce4;pt of the neiss appears to have brought purchasers
into the-market, and rather to have given an impulse to
speculation than otherwise.

SUN.—rne English Stock Market was quiet to-day,
the attention of the speculators being chiefly directed
to the adjustment of their hah-monthly accounts in the
Foreign Market. PriCeS, however, were supported
with considerable firmness. Consols for present de-
livery brought 91.,1 to 91i, and for the Account 911 to
9I a ; Exchequer 13ills were at 19 to 21 premium ; the
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 100 i to :4 ; and
Bank Stock at 1751.
Siace the Ist inst., or what is termed the Account
day in the Foreign Stock,, the leading securities have
flactuated to the following extent :—Spanish, 14 ; Por-
tuguese, 1 ; and Mexican, IFf per cent. To-:lay very
little difficul4twa; experienced among the jobbers in
setting matters right, money being easily attainable at a
low rate of interest. There was a partial rally in Spa-
nish Bonds, but this did not last, the Actives receding
before the termination or business this afternoon from
284 to 28i. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were
heavy at 35 to 34i ; and the Three per Cents. 24f.
French Five per Cent. Rentes opeced at 113 f. 75e., but
rallied and closed at 114 f., with the exchange at 25r. 40c.
Colombian Bondi were depressed at 26, but Mexican re-
mained steady at 301. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. aver.. at 53i to 54k, but the Five per Cents.
dropped to 1001.
Tae Railway Shares were all very firm, and a good
many bargains were effected in the principal Lines.
The Great Western soars advanced to 25i, the NE w
to 13, the London and Birmingham to 83, and the
South Western to 141 premium. The North Mid-
land shares were at 5, and the New at 12i premium,
being each a shade lower. The Great North of Eng-
land shares were at 7, the Midland Counties at 5, and
the Brighton at 5 discount. British North American
Bank shares rose to par.
The Foreign Exchanges were without any essential
alteration this afternoon. Bills, on Paris were negotiated
at'..*s 52:4 to 55 ;on Amsterlam at 12 1; burgh at 13 8Q 9 ; and on Frankfort at 144 Ham-
to on
From the statement of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer this evening in the House of Commons, it
vri!l be seen that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has
preferred raising every tax, except those lion stamps and
spirits, two shillings in the pound, to contracting a
fresh loan. To all but the City stock jobbers, we are
emairinced this course will be the most satisfactory one,
among-a choice of two evils left to the Right Hon.
Gentleman who controls the,national finances.

MINORITY
Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth
Bridgeman, Hewitt—Ennis
Brotherton, J.—Salford
Bryan, Alaj, Geo.—Kilkenny Co.
Denistoun, J.—Glasgow
Dundas, Frederick—Orkney
Ewalt, William—Wigan
ridden, John—Oldham
Finch, Francis—W.lsall
Gillen, Wm. D.—Linlithgow
Greg, R. 11.—Manchester
Grote, George—London
Hawes, B. -Lambeth
r.cathcoat, J.—Tiverton
Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe.
tersfield
Findley, Charles--;,..hton
Hollond, Robert—Hastings
Jervis, J.—Cheater
Johnson, W. Augustus—Oldham
Langdale, Hon. C.—Knaresbo.
rough

The original quest

Acland, Sir T. D.
Adam, Sir Charles
Aglionby, Major
krchbold, Robert
Bailey, Joseph, jun.
-lazing, F. T.
Barnard, E. G.
Berkeley; Hon. H.
Berkeley, Hen. C.
Blake, M. J.
Blake, W. J.
Blewitt, Reginald
Bodkin, John James
Bridgman, Hewitt
Broadley, H.
Bryan, George •
Bt.feild, William
Campbell, Sir J.
Canning, Sir S.
•
Cavendish, Don. C
Clerk, Sir George C.
Clive, Robert
Darby. George
pintas, Sir C.
Dumar, George
Dundas, W. D.
Dundas, David
Farnham, E. B.
Ferguson, Sir Robert
Filnier, Sir Edward
Finch, Francis
Fleetwood, H.
Gordon, Robe' t
Goring, H. D.
Goulburn, Henry
Graham, Sir James
Greene, T.
Greenaway, Charles

PATENT GAS.—On Wodnesday a series of
trials to test the powers of the new• gas invented by the Count
Val Marino, were made in some races at the workhouse in
Mount-street, Berkeley-square. These experiments were
made in presence of his Royal High ness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Marquis of Douro, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, Hon. Col. Lowther,. Major- Gen. Alexander,
Alderman Sir M. Wood, M.P., Dec for Marshall Hall, Bryan
Dunkin, Esq., Major Rohe, R.E., Sir R. Cayley, Capt. Tay-
lor, Mr. Sher.ff Wheelton, Sir F. Trench, M.P., Captain
Forbes, Robert Perritts, Esq., R.E., .%lessrs. Maugham, Tay-
lor, Stacey, and Alorley, &c. The. apparatus for preparing
this, new gas was temporarily fitted up for this occasion, and
the manner in which the gas is generarid was explained in a
very satisfactory manner to his Royal Highness and the com-
pany by the inventor. On a former occasion we gave a full
account of the way in which the gas was manufactured from
tar or any bituminous substance and water, the proportion of
water to tar being about three to one. From the
experiments-
made yesterday, and the statements given by the Count, there
is every reason to believe that the invention will be found useful,
and that a purer and cheaper gas can be thus procured than any
yet discovered.
NEss Fitzwalter had
OLYMPIC Tx EAT RE....
awsk her benof# on Friday night at this house, where she has been
' - go- leurfamiliar as an agreeable performer in its liveliest bur-
', 1 '
~t, . had a full audience, and an entertainment which
we -, :. ''` .. e much satisfaction. The popular Ladies' Club,
~.,t and\the" •Ae of Ladies, was the most prominent feature of
. -
the Vag .e, and it passed off, as usual, with spirit, and very
Amongst the three after-pieces was an adaptation
. '' . go
It ,n in London, called Murtoch Delany, in wit;ch
I'lr'
~.. . 'Rl*' an old favourite in Irish parts, but who has, for
“„- . '
1,- : . , be en on the retired list of his profession, reap-
: for the one niftt.
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Aglionby, H. A.
Brotherton, J.
Bruges, W. H. L.
Ewart, W.
Fieldcn, J.
Gilion, W. D.

NORITY—NOES
Cisborne, T. ,
Hlndley, Charles
Hume, J.
Marsland, H.
Muntz, P.
Parker, R. T.

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PARLL'iME:-; Z Di

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. i (From the dotes and Proceedings of the House Commons.)
(From the Morning Post.)
FRIDAY, MAY 15.
Although the increase of ten per cent. to the assessed
WAYS AND MEANS,—(In Committee.)
taxes cannot, we imagine, be very popular with any class
of her Majesty's subjects, it will certainly be popular Motion made, and Question proposed—" That, towards
least of all with that class on whose behalf Ministers have raising the Supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be
expressed so often their anxiety to repeal the ratepaying raised, levied, collected, and paid, from and after the fif-
clause of the Reform Bill. Ministers cannot but know teenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty,
that it neither 'a nor ever will be in their power to repeal an additional Duty, after the rate of five pounds per cm:-
that clause ; and therefore we suppose it is that they resort turn, upon the produce and amount of all the Duties of
to a scheme of taxation which cannot fail to render it still Customs, of what kind or nature soever they may be, which
more effective in restricting W
the elective franchise. We are now . due and payable to her Majesty, and are collected
may very safely conclude that for every hundred house-
in the United Kingdom under the management and direc-
holees s who are now excluded from the register of voters!lion of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs; ex-
in cities and boroughs, a hundred and ten, or even a greater cept upon the produce and amount of the Duties of Cue-
number, for the operation of the tax will cer airily exceed I toms upon Spirits or Strong
Waters of all sorts, and upon
the arithmetical proportion, will be excluded after Mr the produce and amount of the Duties of Customs upon
Baring's ten per cent. additional window tax comes into the Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour entered for home con.
Operation. We recommend this necessary effec: of the new sumption in the United Kingdom. from parts beyond the
project of finance to the attentive consideration of the i seas: And that, from and after the said fifteenth day of
Liberal h rends of the Administration. May, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid,
(From the Times.) upon every gallon of Spirits or Strong Waters of all sorts,
imported into the United Kingdom, or in warehouse under
It is charged upon Lord sel:anley and the more distin- her Majesty's locks, on the said fifteenth day of May, an
gushed Conservatives, that they really mean to do that additional Duty of Customs of fourpence."---(Mr. Chan.
by circuitous and furtive methods which the less cautious cellor of the Exchequer.)--Amendment proposed, to leave
of the body are eager to effect oy open violence, viz.—" to out from the words " one thousand eight hundred and
repeal the Emancipation Act and the Reform Bill !" But forty" to the end of the Question, in order to add the
the knavery of the slander overshoots itself by its out- words "a tax on the descent of real property, varying in
rageoue folly and extravagance. We asserted that the amount from one per cent. to ten per cent., according to
prevalent evil throughout Ireland was " not too little, but the scale now levied on personal property"—(Mr. Hume)
too great, facility in " acquiring the elective franchise." —.instead thereof.—Question put, " That the words pro.
And what is the use made of this proposition of ours by posed to be left out stand part of the Resolution." The
the shut lers and double-dealers cf the Treasury ? Why, 1 Committee divided—Ayes 156. Noes 39. Original Ques-
they pass by the natural sense of our words, which clearly Lion put. The Committee divided—Ayes 111, Noes 15 :
meant that " persons not justly qualified for the 1. Resolved—That, towards raising the Supply granted
franchise found a too great facility of acquiring it through to her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and
lawless and criminal means;" and then, instead of a direct paid, from and after the fifteenth day of May, one thousand
denial of that plain and acknowledged statement, which i eight hundred and forty, an additional duty, after the rate
would have disgusted even the least scrupulous and most of five pounds per centum, upon the produce and amount
heedless of their dupes, the impostors ride offupen a tirade of all the Duties of Customs, of what kind or nature soever
about Lord Stanley's Bill being a cure for excessive they may be, which are now due and payable to her Ma-
" facility" by, interpeesing an excess of " obstruction." jesty, and are collected in the United Kingdom, under the
Why, that is just the thing to be, not asserted, but proved. management and direction of the Commissioners of her
The inord'oete "facility" no man ir, the House of Com- Majesty's Customs, except upon the produce and amount
mona, or in private conversation, denies, The records of of the Duties of Customs upon Spirits or Strong Waters of
the " Fictitious Votes" Committee are too authentic and ail sorts, and upon the produce and amount of the Duties of
too glaring for any such effort of audacity. But where is Customs upon Corn, Grain, Meal, or Flour entered for home
the evidence of too great difficulty or obstruction pervading consumption in the United Kingdom, from parts beyond
Lord Stanley's measure ? the seas :—Aud that, fr id • -•— -

from and after the said fifteenth day
of May, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid,
upon every gallon of Spirits or Strong Waters of all
sorts, imported into the United Kingdom, or in warehouse
under her Majesty's locks, on the said fifteenth day of
May, an additional Duty of Customs of four pence.
2. Resolved—That, towards raising the Supply granted
to her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, collected, and
paid, from and after the fifteenth day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and forty, an additional Duty, after the rate
of five pounds per centum, upon the produce and amount
of the several Duties and Revenues of Excise under the
management of the Commissioners of Excise, throughout
the United Kingdom, except upon the produce of the
Duties on Horses let for hire, end licenses taken out by
persons letting horses for hire, of the Duties on Spirits
made and distilled in the United Kingdom ; and that there
shall be raised', levied, collected, and paid, upon every
gallon of Spirits of the strength of hydrometer proof, which
shall on or after the fifteenth day of May One thousand
eight hundred and forty, be distilled, or be found in the
stock, custody, or possession of any distiller in England,
Scotland, or Ireland respectively, or which, havinr, been
distilled in Scotland or Ireland, shall on or after that day
be in warehouse, and shall be taken out of warehouse for
consumption in Scotland or Ireland, or for removal to
England, or which, having been taken out of warehouse,
shall on or after that day be brought into England, or,
having been removed to England, shall be found on the
Quays, the full duty of Excise not having been paid, an
additional Duty of fourpeuce.
3 Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply granted
to her Majesty, there shall be assessed, levied, and paid
upon all assessments made or to be made for the year com-
mencing the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty, or for any subsequent year, of the Duties of
Assessed Taxes/chargeable or to become chargeable under
or by virtue of any Act or Acts now in force, and upon all
contracts of composition for any of the said Duties, a fur-
ther additional Duty of two shillings for every twenty shil-
lings, and at and after the like rate for any greater or less
sum than twenty shillings of the gross amount of all the
said former duties and compositions respectively, charge-
able in any such assessment under or by virtue of any such
Act or Acts as aforesaid.
MAJORITY—AYES, 156.
thercromby, G. R. -Stirlingshirel Hurt, Francis-South Derby
Arland, Sir T. D.-.N Devonshire' Ingestre, Viscount-Staffordshire
Acland, T. D.-West Somerset Inglis, Sir R. H.-ox. University
Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.-Clack. Jackson,Mr.Seri.-Bandon i,ridge
mannan Johnstone, J . P -Perrfriesshire
Aglionby, H. A.-Cockermouth Jones, T.-Londonderry Co.
Aglionby, Major F.-Cumberland Kemble, H.-East Surrey
Ainsworth, P.-Bolton iKnatchbull, Sir E.-East Kent
Arbuthnot, General-Kincardine.lKnight, H. G.-Nottinghamshire
shire Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry-
Archbold, Robert-Kildare Taunton
Bailey, Joseph-Worcester Lefroy, Rt. Hon. T.-Dublin Uni.
Bailey, J. D.-Sudbury versity
Baring, F. T.-Portsmouth Lincoln, Earl of-Northampton.
Barnard, E. G.-Greenwich Rshire, South
Bateson, Sir IL-Londonderry Litton, Edward-Coleraine
Berkeley, Hon. F. H.-Bristol Lockhart, A. M.-Lanarkshire;
Berkeley, Hon. C.-Cheltenham Lowther, Colonel-Westmoreland
B:air, J. Wigtonshire Mackenzie, Thomas--Hess-shire
Blake, Martin J.- Galway M.Narnara, Maj. W. N.-Clare t. 0
Blake, Wm. J.-Neweort, Isle of Marshall, Wm.-Carlisle
Wight Martin, John-Tewkesbury
Bodkin, John Jan-tea-Galway Martin, Thomas-Galway Co.
Braraston, T. W,-Essex South Maule, Hon. Fox-Elgin Burghs
Broad ley, Henry-East Yorkshire Melgund, Viscount -Hythe
Bruce, C. L. C. -Elginshire Mildmay, P. St. John-Winches.
Bruges, .H. L.-Bath ter
Buck, L. W.-North Devonshire Miles, Philip W. Skynner-Bristol
Bustield, W.-Bradford Mordaunt, Sir John-Warwicksn
Calcraft, John Hales- Wareham Morpeth, Lord-Yorkshire
Campbell, Sir John-Edinburgh Morris, D.-Carmarthen
Canning, Right Hon. Sir S.-Lynn, Norreys, Lord-Oxfordshire
Cavendish, Hon. C. C.-E. SussextO'Brien, W. S.-Limerick Co.
Christapher, R A.-LincolnshiretO'Neill, Hon. J. 8.R.-Antrim
Chute, W. L. W.-West NorfolkPAiniton, J. S.-Droitwich
Clay, William-Tower Hamlets Palmerston, Viscount-Tiverton
Clerk, Sir G.-Stamford Parker, 11. T.-Preston
'Jive, Edward 8.-lierefbrd (Parnell, Sir - Dundee
Clive, it. H. South Shropshire Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir R.- famworth
Copeland, W. T.-Stoke.upon- Pendarves, E. W.-W. Cornwall
Trent iPerceval, Colonel-Sligo Co.
Courtenay, P.-Bridgewater I Perceval, J. G. West Surrey
Cowper, Hon. W. F.-Hertford Pigut, David Richard-Clonmell
Darby, George-East Sussex Plumptre, John P.-East Kent
Douglas, Sir C. E.- Warwick Power, James-Wexford Co.
Duke, Sir James-Boston Praed \V. T -st Ives
Dunbar, George-Belfast Price,'Sir Herefordshire
Dundas, David-Sutherlandshire Pringle, Alexander-Selkirkshire
Eastnor' Viscount-Reigate Pryme, George-Cambridge
Eaton, R..1.-Cambridgeshire Red ington, T. N.-Dundalk
Egerton, W. 'Patton-Cheshire Rickford, W.- Aylesbury
Farnham, E.8.-N. Leicestershire Roche, William-Limacick
Ferguson,Sir R. A.-Londonderry Roche, Sir David-Limerick
Filmer, Sir E.-West Kent Ruslibrooke, Colonel-Suffoik
I leet wood, P. H.-Preston Russell, Lord John-Stroud
Fremantle, Sir Thomas -Bucks Russell, Lord C. J. F.-Bedfordsh
Gladstone, W. E.-Neware.on- Rutherford, itt. Hon. A.-Leith
Trent iSandon, Lord-Liverpool
Glynne, Sir S. R.-Flintshire (Shaw,
Hon. J. Y.-Guildford
Gordon, Robert-Windsor Shaw, Right Hon. F.-Dublin Un.
Gordon, [lon. W.-AberdeenshireiSibthorp, Colonel-Lincoln
Goring, H. D.-New Shoreham Sinclair, Sir George Caithness
Cioulburn, Right lion. 11.-Cam. Sm th, R. V. -Northampton
bridge Univer.,iry .Somers, J. P.-Sligo
Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G Somerset, Lord G.-Monmauthsh,
Bt.-Pembroke Stanley, E. John-North a heshirr
Greenawav, Charles-Leominster Stanley, Lord-North Lancashire
Greene, 'l'. G.-Lancashire Stansfield, W. R. C.- Huddersfield
tar ey, Sir George-Devnnport Steuart, Robert-Hadding toii, &c.
Hamilton, Charles J. B.- Ayles. Stuart, Villiers-Waterford Cu
bury Strutt, Edward-Derby
Hawkes, Thomas-Dudley l'alCcurd, Mr. Serjeant -Reacting
Heatlicote, G. J.-Lincoins.hire Tancred, H. W.-Banbury
Herbert, Hon. S.-South Wilts french, Sir F.-Scarborough
Herries, Rt. Hos'. .1. C.-Harwich Trowbridge, Sir E. 'l'.-Sandwich
Hobhouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.-, Vere, Sir C. 8.-East Suffolk
Nottingham i Wilde, Mr. Serjeant-Newark
Hodges, I.' la-West Kent Wilmot, Sir J. E.-Warwickshire
Hodgson, Rd.-Berwick-on-Tweed Wilshere, William-Yarmouth
Holmes, W.-Berwick-mil:weed I Wodehouse, Edmond-E. Norfolk
Hope, ti. NV.--Wymouth f Wood, G. W.-Kendal
Hoskins, K.-Herefordshire Wood, Colonel T.-Brecon
Hotham, Lord-Leominster INorsley, Lord-Lincolnshire
Howard, F. J.-Yaughall TELLERS.
Howard, P. H.-Carlisle Parker, John-Siieffield
Hughes, \V. 8.-Carnarvon Tufnell, Henry-Devonport

NOES, 39.
Nfarsland, Henry—Stockport
Muntz, G. E.—Birmingham
IMuskett, George A.—St. Alban'F.
Oswald, James—Glasgow
Philips, Mark—Manchester
,Rice, Edward Royd—Dover
.3eholetield, J.—Birmingham
Strickland, Sir G.—W. Yorkshire
Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton
Turner, Edmund—Truro
Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co
'Villiers, t.. I'.—Wolverhampton
Wakley, Thornas—Finsbury
Wallace, Robert—Greenock
Ward, H. G.—Sheffield
White, Andrew—Sunderland
Williams, William—Coventry
Wood, Benjamin—outliwarK
Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow