The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.

Yesterday the twentieth anniversary of this most
charitable institution was celebrated by a public dinner
at the London Tavern; the Earl of Ilarrowby in the
chair. Upwards of 200 gentlemen joined in the festivi-
ties of the evening, which were conducted on a scale of
great magnificence. After the usual loyal toasts,
The Noble CHAIRMAN said he now rose to propose
" Prosperity to the Royal Free Hospital." It was true
that they had their ragged schools for the destitute in
education, and the Royal Free Hospital had been very
fitly designated the ragged hospital for the sick and
diseased.--(Cheers.) Yes, many who would not offer
themselves at the portals of their ancient hospitals were
not ashamed to come forward in their squalidness and
misery and offer themselves to the inspection and kind
reception of the authoriries at the London Free Hos-
pital.—(Cheers.) London, however, had not only the
fluctuations of a great metropolis, but also of a great
sea port; and therefore institutions of this kind were es-
' sentially necessary.—(Hear.) Never was there a time
even when the people of this metropolis suffered more
than at present from deadness of trade and the influx of
ragged, helpless creatures; and for the unfortunate he
could also say, that never was there a time when misery
and distress were borne with so much patience as at pre-
sent.—(Hear, hear.) Yes, in north and south, instead
of showing itself in a rebellious or improper spirit, the
most lamentable distress had been borne with the greatest
fortitude, and therefore it became all those whom he
addressed to show that they were willing to yield to
patient distress what they could not reconcile with their
sence of independence to yield to impatient or menacing
importunity.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Lord then
proceeded to read the statistics of the hospital for the
past year, showing that 22,000 persons had been re-
lieved, whilst many of the incumbrances of the institu-

tion had been cleared off. Since 1846 the debt had been
reduced from upwards of 5,0001. to little more than
1.480/.; and this, it was confidently expected, would be
liquidated within the next three months.—(Cheers.)
He hoped, therefore, notwithstanding the pressure on
every class of the community, more especially the mar.
cantile class, they would show their approval of the
operations of the society by subscribing liberally to-
wards its funds.—(Cheers.) " Prosperity to the Royal
Free Hospital."

The following were amongst the subscribers:—Lord
Skelmersdale, 51.; Lord Southampton, 10 guineas; Lurd
Ashburton, 10/.; Lord Ellesmere, 101.; James Harmer,
Esq., 10 guineas; Lionel Lloydd, Esq. (sixth donation),
101.; Rev. R. Moore, 101.; John Curteis, Esq (sixth do-
nation), 10 guineas; Braithwaite, Esq., 5 guineas; J.
0. Harris, Esq. (by his brother-in-law Mr. Masterman,
the banker and treasurer), 501—(Loud cheers);
Dent, Esq., 101.; Alderman Sidney, 51.; Lord Robert
Grosvenor, 101.; John Walter, Esq., 51.; the Earl of Har-
rowby, :20/.; Richard Percival, Esq., 10 guineas; J.
Tucker, Esq., lOguineas; Rev.C. Champneys, 5 guineas;
J. J. Walker, 211.; Miss Slitter, 101.; Mrs. Bull, 5
guineas; Rev. Dr. Rice (ninth subscription), 5 guineas;
William Holt, Esq., 10 guineas; John Baker, Esq. (third
donation), 301.—(Cheers.)
Several complimentary toasts followed, after which
the company broke up.

IVINDSOR.._.-THURSDAY•
REMOVAL OF TROOPS —The G2d Regiment of Foot,
which arrived here on Friday to do duty during the
absence of the Coldstream Guards in London, left yes-
terday evening for Chertsey, en route to Winchester,
under the command of Colonel Reede. The order for
their removal arrived so unexpectedly, that within an
hour of its being received by the commanding officer, the
regiment was on its march. The mess, which had been
prepared for the officers at the White Hart Hotel, was
consequently obliged to be abandoned. The 2d batta-
lion of the Coldstream Guards, commanded by Colonel
Upton, returned to the Infantry Barracks yesterday
evening from the metropolis. The four squadrons of the
Royal horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Col.
Bouverie, also arrived from London last evening, and
took up their quarters at the Cavalry Barracks, relieving
the Royal Bucks Yeomanry, who had been quartered
there since Friday last. The two troops of yeomanry,
commanded by Major Lucas, marched last evening for
Amersham. The three troops of Bucks Yeomanry,
which have been stationed at Hounslovv Barracks, under
the command of the Duke of Buckingham (accompanied
by the Marquis of Chandos), are expected to be re-
lieved this morning by the 12th Lancers. During the
stay of the 62d at Windsor, the whole of the men were
permitted to inspect the State apartments at the Castle,
and also the Round Tower.

ARRIVAL OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—The Duchess
of Kent took her departure from Clarence House, St.
James's, yesterday, between twelve and one o'clock, and
proceeded to Claremont to pay a visit to the Count and
Countess de nullly, with whom her Royal highness
stayed luncheon. The Duchess, attended by Lady Augusta
Bruce and the Baroness do Speth, reached Frogmore
yesterday evening. Colonel Sir George Couper arrived
at Frogmore this morning from London.

SALE OF RENTERS' SHARPS IN THE ROYAL ITA-
LIAN OPERA AND DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Yesterday
Mr. Robins disposed of, by auction, at the Auction Mart,
a renter's share, secured upon the Royal Italian Opera
at Covent-garden. It originally cost 5001, and the in-
come had been reduced from 251. to 121. 10s. a year,
which was its present value. The holder of the share
was entitled to a free admission, transferable, each
season. The rent charge was held for an unexpired
term of about 47 years. It was sold for 170 guineas.
A renter's share in Drury-lane Theatre was next put up.
This originally entitled the owner to 2s. 6d. per night of
performance, but it was now reduced to Is. 3d. per night.
It was now paying an annual dividend, with a free ad-
mission, admitting upon all occasions, and transferable
and saleable annually. The share was held for 47 years.
This was bought for 54 guineas. A similar share at one
time went for 200 guineas.
POCKET PICKING EXTRA AT KENNINGTON•COSI-
mm—It is a well-ascertained fact that Mr. Mallelien-
u,
superintendent of the R division of
police, who
ducted Mr. Feargus O'Connor from thec
deputation
waggon to the presence of Mr. Mayne, one of the com-
missioners of police, had his pocket picked in the crowd
and Mr. O'Connor was equally liberally dealt with by
his followers, having had his handkerchief abstracted by
some expert practitioner in that line.

IVIL?NEY and COMMERCIAL N EWS.
CITY. QUARTER To VIREE.
The sales or Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
4,000 bales, 3,500 of which wera American, at 4id. to
54(1 per lb. Railway Shares were firm, and a fair busi
ness was done, but there was no actual improvement in

prices.
The further decline in the French Funds has cause.l
renewed apprehension of unfavourable events in the pro-
vinces, which seem to be dissatisfied with the Provisional
Government or with their commissaries Even the
national workshop chimera does not go down as well as
was expected, the requisite amount of cash for paying
exorbitant wages not being forthcoming, and the plan
for appropriating the railways seems to be scouted by
the companies interested.
From Belgium there appears to be nothing of interest.
Trade in that country still continues very depressed.
The Corn Market is very flat this morning, and there
is but little business doing.
A ttention is sought to be directed to the position of
the port of Cochin, ou the coast of Malabar, once so
flourishing under the dominion of the Dutch, but reduced
to a mere military station since it came into the posses-
sion of the Hon. East India Company. Since the
trading monopoly of the latter no longer exists, the jea.
lousy which has interfered with the prosperity of Cochin
must have also passed away ; and the arguments adduced
in a memorial from the British merchants of Cochin,
in favour of an assimilation of the duties on
the produce of the native states of Travancore and
Cochin, with those levied on articles the growth and
manufacture of Mysore, are important and well deserv-
ing of notice at head-quarters. Perhaps, however, the
most important point is in connexion with the cotton
question, and upon this we take some of the remarks of
Mr. F. C. Brown, of Tellicherry, whose father was the
first and oldest English proprietor of land in South India.
This gentleman states that—
" The only thing that now remains to be done, in
order that the export of excellent cotton to England
may begin immediately, and increase indefinitely from
a new and convenientport in Indiai is, that,Lha Company
should sutler cotton to be grown throughout their ad-
jacent populous, industrious, and fertile territories,
on the same footing of freedom from tax and duty, as
cotton is grown in the United States of America.
This freedom, and this alone, can now arrest the
annihilation of the cotton trade of India. It has
long been evident to all men who are acquainted with
the subject, and are capable of tracing the effects they
see to the true cause,
b that it is the possession, unmolested
3' any Government interference, of the freedom of
growth and of trade in this article, which, in despite of
the great cost and ihas enabled the Unitedn
c
Statesr
e
a
s
i
n
g
scantiness of slave labour,
to augment theirtlites in the space of sixty years
in 1786, to 760 milion
poendstein
production from a few pounds' weight
bales of 3801bs. each),lB46 (two millions of
the
world
the cotton of
India in all the markets of by a superior, and
consequently, a really cheaper article.: The Americans
have been strenuously and moat effectually seconded in
the gigantic t fforts they have been
thepace with the
the period, to cause the supply to keep making throughout
Berilteirsitgly, the
demand created chiefly by the capital,
skill, the invention, and the ingenuity of
hyth
rendersemer
chants, manufacturers and operatives, and
reve-
nue system of the East India Company, which
it impossible that the native grower in India should be
able to compete with the American on anything like a
footing of equality, and produce cotton as cheaply, as
abundantly, and as good as he can."
The Account in Consols has been settled in a manner
which, considering the great fluctuation that has oc-
curred, is highly satisfactory. There have been private
arrangements and compromises, but so few in pr. portion
to the immense business done, and the fluctuation of 10
per cent. in the quotations, that they deserve but
a passing remark. A great deal of stock has
been loaned to the brokers, and this has enabled the
Bears to fulfil their contracts. Consols have been 82k,
and since down to 82} k. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents, have been 82f to 811. Bank Stock
is worth 184 k to 187 ; and India Stock 228. Exche-
quer-bills have realised 38s. to 41s. premium. The
intelligence of the Danish victory has not had much
effect here.
In the Foreign Funds there has been more business.
Spanish Five per Cent. Stock has been quoted 10f, and
the Three per Cents. 19 to 19f. Brazilian Bonds have
been 57f to 59. Mexican Stock is worth 141. Dutch
Two•and-a-Half per Cents. have been 37 to 37f.
In Railway Shares the transactions have been at
about previous quotations, and in some cases at an
advance.

ONE CLOSING
t•kIC .1S 0F iiItITISII FUNDS. OYLOCK. PRICES
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns..... Bl%l 800 80%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 827/ I/1,4 821
New 31% per Cent. Ann 5...... ... 82%% Bl3/4 81YR
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o ii 5-1 G 1./i 8 5-16
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 ..... 8 1-16 % 8%
Ditto :30 Years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16
India Stock
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 3d.

1,0604

41 p

OXE CLOSINti
RICER OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small • 55 57% 59 59
Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent. 20 20
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.....
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 l4l 141,4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 2B 27%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent 1914 19 111% 191,4
• " • -

Dividends on the above payble -iii London.
Dutch 214 per Cent., 12 Guild.... 371,4 37 37
Ditto. 4 per Cent Certificates 53 54 54
PRICER OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314......
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 214 —
Belfast & County Down 13
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ... .. 20
Birmingham, Wolv' . er-
hampton and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverli'pton,
and Stour Valley 10/. 145... .... ........ ...
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June 74...... ••• • ••• ..... •
Boston, Stamfd & Birm 5
Bristol and Exeter BS
Ditto, Thirds
Buckinglia nishire... 12/. 4s
Caledonian .
Ditto, Half Shares .. OA
Di tto,Clydesdale J unc 50 -

Chester and Holyhead... 371/:2......

Ditto, Preference . _
15 ...... • —
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 2.1 Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ......
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-

mouth -
Dublin and Belfast June. 25 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 17%....
East Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and 1.. and D...... 25 ...... 614 ..
Do., 181., E. & 1L... 18
Do., 31. 10s.
Eastern Counties........ 20
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1......6/. 13s. 4d...• IA dis. par
Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... 1/2 dis N, dis
Do., North. & Eastern 50
Do., Quarters ......... 121,4
Do., New
...... ••••-
Eastern Union 5O
... . ..

•
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... .•••
Ditto. Third& .......135.4d..
Do. (guar.6 percent.) 10

1.1 pul cern.. .•..•. 6 6
•••• •• .....
Ditto, ditto
......
East Lancashire
Ditto, New 25

15 ... Ditto, New Quarters 614 --
East Lincolnshire ...... 161 A
Ditto, Half Shares ... 15
..
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2......
Edinburgh and Northern 25
Ditto, New.. ni
Ditto, Newport
Ditto, ditto, New 24. ....
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch. 2.t
Ditto, New
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle
Glasgow,Kilmar., i.A..y8r1.5603. 8.c.i.... .. .. --- .... .... ............ ::: _
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern•
treat
___
,SLoountdho.nananddwYeost 21A, :-,4 ....• .........

( Ireland) ... -
40 ...... ..•••• ••• --.
--
Great North of England.loo •••••• ......... •***
Ditto, New, 40/
...
Ditto, New, 30/ 3O
............ 21
Ditto, New, 15/ 64••• •• 20%......••.....
802
Great Western 9O ... .. 87 86 ....... ...
.9
Ditto, 1,4 Shares 5O ...... 49 ............
.....
Ditto, 14 Shares
Ditto, Fifths 2O ...... 19% ......'... .....
~../2
i
Ditto, New 17/... .. - 914..... 71/2 ............... IA
Huddersfield and Manch. 26
Ditto, Thirds ......... 9
Hull and Selby .. ...... _
50
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ---
Ditto, 14 Shares ..... 12%.....
Ipswich& Bury St. Edin. 17%......
DSOD ooc . .
lated . do.,c, Eand
tbe
.n
ka .Sc
Ely)Norwichr i p :0227 %1.4
..... :
70
6' .
.8. . . . . :..
.................
.. .. . -
__
Lancaster and Carlisle...
_
Ditto, Thirds
_
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto, 44 Shares ...- 43 ... .. 361, ........ • • 68
Do. Quarter Shares 141A...... 22 ........... *** 36%
Do. Fifths... 9 7 t ••• .... . .
...... -""
Do. Sixteenths 614... ie•••••• ........ 7%
Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 4s ..
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 . •" 71h. dis. ...... ... 7 % dia.
_
Ditto % (late Hud-
. _

derstield and S heti. )33 ..
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte- **** .....

fillet, and GOofe)7.. 50 ......
Do.(W. Riding Uni0n)41.21..... —.—
. ..... .. ••••••

,rp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction...
Loudon & Black wa11...13/. 68.8 d...
Do. New, No. 2. 5/. 133.4 d.... .
an
Do. Extension
...... 20
London, Brighton, d
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per et., 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 ..—
Ditto, ditto..... 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12/15a
Ditto. Prefe... 18
London and N. W.-s rence
tern 10017
a 2d:........128 12614 128..
Do.Qausrten- & B.) 22 ..•...
.I itto New ......... .. 2 4 33; .
Ditto, Fifths • .... 2 .... 71iY ...... .......•
Do •10i.Sliares( L. M.) 20
Do. 10/. ( & B.) A. 714 9%
1)o. to/. ( M. & IL) B.
`o. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1
Lcn '. Sr F. VV estei n ...... 50 ..... 441.4
New 501. ..... 3714.. 26 2
433
Do. New 40/ 305%
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 ......
......
Ditto ditto .. .... 40
Ditto, Thirds—. ........ 10 6London, Salisbury, and ..............
1% —
L.ndonderry&C.•leraine
Londonderry and Ennis-
kHen ........ 25 .....
Lowestoft (4 per et.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.) 3
Man zhester,Buxton,and
Matlock 3 —
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire ...100
Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13
••••••
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
...... ••• •• • •
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 714 — ........
Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 7% —
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30
Ditto ditto .• 9
Ditto ditto
Ditto Sheffield and
Lincolnshire
Do., Grimsby Dock—, 15
Manchest. & Southampt. 21A
•••
klidlan4 ........... 100
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
........
Do., do., 50/. Shares... 15 ...
Do. Birm., and lierbyloo
Do.Consol Bristol and
Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 115% 115 116%
Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 36
Ditto, ditto ... 11/. 33. 6d —
Ditto,Leieest.& Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.100
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastleand Carlisle...loo .......
Do. Quarters 25
Newmrket &Chesterford 184
Do. Extension .........2/. 125....
,••••
Newport, Abergavenny, -
and Hereford
Newry and Eriniskitlan ,7 "
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor .. 15
Do. Man. & Lin. Union 4/.2s —
Vorf olk ..«...........100
Do. New 20/. 5
Do. Extension
Do.Guarunteed 514pc. 5
Do. Scrip, 1847, North
of Norfolk... .. ..... 2 .•• ..... •...•
Do. do. Waveney.Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British
... 25 •...
.
Do. Half Shama
Do. Quarters... .. 51
........
North htoei uri ts7l:-13W: •••
N••••••:•; North otattordahire. ..... 10 • •
•• North Wales
........
.. ••••
••
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton 4O ... ..
.. 20 .......
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
...
............
Roystca and 11itchin
.....
sottish Central
Scottish Midland 22%
Ditto, New........... 10
•• •••••• ........ ••• ••
Sheffield, Rotherham,
cndGoole ...
Shrewsbury and Bina— 7
Ditto ditto. Class B. 4

Slif ewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Min ) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 „,_ .
Ditto Uswestry ...... 14
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent..Prel 6
Shrewsbury and amid. 2
Shropshire Union
south Dev0n................ 40 ....., ........ .....
Do. Preference
,_.
South Staffordshire 5%...... ••• e 4. •• •e• ••
South Eastern
Do., Nt. 2.
Do., No. 3 ............. 20 ...... 9%... ..
Do., No. 4
i/1 ... ••
South Wales ...... ......... 23
...... 9 ... ...
south Yorkshire, Don-

28
17

VA

9%
344
43;4
25%

6!.‘

97%

116',1

•

3%

1K

224,
_
644
914

caster, and Goole 3
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 ..• ...... ..•
law Vale Extension ... 6
Thames haven Dock
and Railway 1N...-.
Vale of Neath 4
Waterford and Kilkenny 13 t,,
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterid,Wxtrd,Wieklw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed . .
Do. do. do. ... 25
W est Cornwall
,h hitehaveu & Furness 11
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western........ 7
Wilts, Somerset, & W ey-
mouth ........ 30
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick......
Do. Original New and
Berwick . ..... 25
Do. Extensiox No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 10
1.) o. G.N E.Prelerence 8 ...... 8 7 ...
York anti North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference .......10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
.•• Central
..... .•..••
Ceylon Den i r a of
Spain
Demerara 572% 17. .................
Dendre Va11ey...... 4 ......
...
Direct Bombay and ......
Madras 5B.
• •• • • ..
Dutch Rhenish ... • .. ... ..
.
East Indian
Malian and Austrian 4 ......
Jamaica S. Mid.J unction 1
Louvain al la Sambre 6 ......
Luxembourg.... .... . ..•
Lyons and Avignon b ......
..•
Madrid and Valentia 2
Namur and Liege...
16
Northern of France...-. 10 ...... 3 .....
Orleans and Bordeaux 6
......
Over Yssel.. 418 s 4d......
Paris and Lyons lO ..... 2 .• ••- ........
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ...
20
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
...... 20 •••
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..• ..... •••
Strasbourg and Basle
'Fours and Nantes ..
Tourney, Jurbise, Lan-
den, •
and Hasselt ..-.• 16
West Flanders —

29%
27%
14%
10
7%
64

54%

1%

LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 14.—Wind W.N.W., fresh bream
and fine clear weather.
LIVERPOOL, A PAIL 12.—Arrd. St. Lawrence, New.
lands, Bombay; Andes, Rogers, Pernambuco; 13th, Mof-
fatt, Smith, Bombay; Brazilian, Harrison, Calcutta;
Majesty's st
Sultan, Savage. New Orleanymsie;B:menilcandrae,nipAtrheritisaeca;, li;
Francis
ditto; Greenock, Walker, Mobile; Hannah Eddy, Pear-
son, ditto; John Bell, Carroll, Savannah; Sherbrooke,
Charleston; Colessug,
ymVaiegteDgi:nriiid,odiGdttiraott;on.deOn;stait
r,AraHmwoiaktl
wets, has boa'
examined damage. The
The L eSuler
yesterday,
,nspeteeobdrßedindTa;:::Tooartivast
Tfeas!baeyAri penpsNgat,
eelorwLnd
af osyulh3noid.rs—el arnolindpe.orrtedtheedno.
Hebard, from New York to London, which ondon.
barque John,
foofußndedtoforhda:etysrueusttayi.nfive
day:llfrtomill
New-
port to New Yolk, was spoken in lat. 34 N., lon. 36 W.,
pbuymtphedissbled. having
eax• i
pt he
vlioesnsceodf
voenrey b, pump awnedathoneer,
Mina, Forrest.
APRIL 12.—Arrd. Chelydon Lower,
coifolg,AuiLi
n3ibootj,
T Falmouth.wi
Ai tghe n lo°rsili la
of bulwarks and stand:ions and
boatsll
Britannia, stove;EA 1., PRIL 1 0.-IRenouf, Buenos Ayres. '
Orleans, and sailed
Liverpi
for Bremen;
eGne.orge Washington, New
Bremen;l3th JoNsihleu,aCmealcwutitaant.
Frost, New 0;1,
and sailed for '
Monte Video; Vivat, Klask,
from the rivereans' and sailed for St. Petersburg. Arrd•
Cape Ilaytien
Fanny Connell, Sierra Leone; Superb,
Boston; Margaret, Parker, Newfoundland ; Mermaid,
Bordeaux.
T

HE PROPOSED HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.—At
the present moment a petition to Parliament gooiest the
Health of Towns Bill being permitted to extend to
Liverpool is now in course of sigaature in the Exchange
News-room and other places in that town. AmougsS
other things, the petition alleges that they view with
alarm those provisions of the Act which subject the
municipal and local authorities to the control of Goveru-
went inspectors and central commissioners ; that they
are not encouraged by the poor-law to desire any further
extension of the system of centralization ; that they
regard the present manner of influencing the proceedings
of town councillors by an appeal to their elective eon-
stituency, the burgesses of the town, as a better, safer,
and more constitutional check than any eppeol to tbsi -
irresponsible commissioners to London.