The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-16 00:00:00

During the last session ho had been asked whether he intended
to submit a bill on the subject, which he found almost ready
for introduction when he acceded to office. The business of
the session did not allow its being proceeded with then, but
he was now about to -fulfil the promise which he had given to
deal with this subject by the introduction of a bill which was
as nearly as possible identical with that to which he had re-
ferred. Every member of the house would admit the great
importance to the due conduct of the Government of the per-
manent civil service, and it was therefore unnecessary for him
to dwell upon the importance of the proper regulation of their
salaries and superannuation allowances. The present superan-
nuation had grown up within a short time, but within that
time important changes had been made in the system on which
the civil service had been treated. Duringthe last century nu-
merous sinecures were in existence, and were called in aid to
provide for persons whose time of service had been such
as to give them a claim for retirement. There was, in fact,
nothing deserving the name of a system. But towards the
sad of the last century remarks were made as to the necessity
of providing a regular system, when a pension of liberal
amount had been given for the best part of life to the service
of the public, and time came when it was for the public ad-
vantage that he should resign. No Government would consign
such a gentleman to poverty. The result inevitable would
be, if no system of superannuation was in operation, that a
large number of inefficient persons would be kept in the public
offices, performing scarcely any duties, but receiving high
salaries, and excluding from promotions their juniors who
really discharged the duties of the office. About the begin-
ning of the present century the foundation of the present
system of superannuation was laid by a Treasury minute,
dated August, 1803, which provided for the retirement of
officers in the Customs. The first act of Parliament passed
on the 'subject was the 49th George 111. There was one pe-
culiarity in this act. It recognised the making of deductions
from the salaries of excise-officers to raise a fund for the pay-
ment of superannuation allowances. The next legislation on
the subject was in 1810, which fixed certain limits for allow-
ances, somewhat less than were fixed by the minutes of 1803.
This was the first act relating to the civil service, the act 49
Geo. lII_ relating only to the Excise. In the year 1811 au
act was passed to abolish the Customs superannuation fund,
amounting to 163,5211., to the consolidated department, and
aethorising the payment of superannuation allowances out of
the general revenue. On the 10th of Aug., 1821, a Treasury
minute was issued recommending that those who enjoyed the
benefit of the superannuation allowances should be called upon
to contribute to a superannuation fund, The Treasury minute
led to the passing of the act of 1822, which superannuation
feud was authorised to be laid by percentage on the salaries of
civil servants. This was the origination of the system of deduc-
tions, which was one of the main causes of complaint. Salaries
under 100/. were exempt from the operation of this a d Salaries
between 1001. and 2001. suffered a deduction of 24 per cent.;
and salaries above 200/. 5 per cent.; while if any civil servant
received an increase of salary above the rate of the previous
year, he was to be taxed at the rate of 10 per cent. ; and it
was provided that half the superannuation allowances should
be paid out of the Consolidated Fund and half out of the su-
perannuation fund raised under the provisions of the act. The
act also introduced a new scale of pensions, and also provided
for a return of what had been paid to the executors of a civil
servant if he died in office. In the following year complaints
were made that the superannuation allowances had been made
applicable on servants already in office, and the result was,
that the payments already made were returned, and the su-
perannuation allowances were charged on the Consolidated
ntud. The question, however, again came before the corn-
eatSee'e, presided over by Mr. H. Parnell, in 1828. That com-
mittee recommended that a fund should be created by annual
deductions from the salaries of persons about to enter office,
and that the superannuation allowances should be exclusively
derived from that fund; and accordingly Mr. Goulburn, the
then Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced a bill to carry
out the recommendation of the committee. It was, however,
rejected, on the ground that it was not fair to subject to the
same deduction the salaries of persons who had entered the
civil service on different conditions. But in 1829 the Go-
vernment issued a minute, which was the foundation of the
systeut now in operation-; and which, while recognising the
object of the house to give any deductions a retrospective
operation, imposed a deduction of 24 per cent, on salaries of
more than 1001., and of 5 per cent, on salaries of more than
200/. of persons entering the service after that date. In 1834
the act was passed under which the present system was esta-
blished, That act enacted that there should be a deduc-
tion of 24 per cent, on salaries under 1001., and of 5 per
cent. above that sum; but it did not enact that these de-
ductions should be carried to any special fund, Beyond
altering the scale of superannustions then in force, this act
did not introduce any new principle. It merely copied the
previously existing Treasury minute. It was, however,
declared that every person in the civil service in 9.829 should
be exempt from any deductions. During the first year after
the system came into operation, the number of persons sub-
ject to deductions was small, and their complaints were not
much heard. Now, however, about two-thirds of the civil
service were subject. to deduction, and as they felt the effect
of these deductions in their salaries, their complaints had
reached Parliament. Their complaints were distributed under
various heads. In the first place, some of them ease. ted, in a
paper which bore the name of Mr. Burnley, the accountant-
general of the Admiralty, that there had been a distinct breach
of faith on the part of the Government in an illegal appliea-
thm of the funds obtained by the deduction, and in an at-
tempt to withhold from the civil servants, by the non-crea-
tion of a fund, those accumulations of the deductions which
should have accrued to them. He had, however, looked
through the whole series of Treasury minutes and accounts
applicable to the subject. But it appeared clear that the po-
licy of creating a fund was abandoned in 1829, aad that in
the act of 1834 there was not the slightest trace of any inten-
ton to create a fund ; and the absence of any enactment to
that effect, coupled with the positive enactments on that sub-
ject in previous acts, showed that it was not the intention. of
the Legislature in 1834 to create any fund as that to which
the civil servants now referred. Now as to the disposition
of the money which had accrued from these deductions. In
the revenue departments, the deductions from salaries are
made when salaries are paid, and amounts are carried to the
account of superameaatioas, and never paid into the exchequer,
With respect to the other departments, the practice was simi-
lar until the year IS4S. Since then the deductions are paid
into the exchequer, that the Parliament shall vote the full
amount for superannnations, He believed the house would
find that there was no ground for the charge of breach against
the Government for their application of the deductions since
1834. And it was impossible for any civil servant engagedsince
1829 to say that he had any reason to complain of a deduction,
of which he had full notice. Let the house, however, look at the
nature of these deductions. When they voted the salaries of
the revenue department, any salary they voted was subject
to a deduction according to its amount, if the person receiv-
ing it had entered office since 1829. The person who entered
since that time never could receive more than the nominal
salary, less the deduction. Those who pleaded the cause of
the civil servants against these deductions said, first, that if
the deductions made since 1829 had been funded, and had
been accumulated at compennd interest, the Government had
achieved a most profitable bargain, and the civil servants had
lost a large sum. The total charge for superannuation allow-
ances was now 767,6391„ and 75,0001. on account of artificers.
The deductions were 61,0007. per annum ; and, therefore,
taking the most sanguine view of the result to be derived
from funding the deductions, it could hardly be expected that
the time would ever come when the deenctions would cover
the pensions. But then it was said that the present system
spared the very high officers of state aid also the lowest class
of officers, such as the lowest class of clerks and the artificers
employed in the different departments. He believed, how--
ever, that there were now only only four pelitical pensioners
iu existence, so that that head of complaint fell to the ground.
Then it was said that the diplomatic servants should be sub-
ject to the deductions. But these pensions were charged in
a peculiar method ; and the same result applied to the Indian
officials. The judicial officers had also always stood on their
own ground ; and had always been considered as standing
apart for this system. That was so far au anomaly on the
question. Then there was a number of inferior officers in
the Naval and Ordnance departments, who were also exempt
from deductions. In the Ordnance there were, in 1854,
9,872 artificers entitled to superannuatious, but paying no
deductions ; in the same year there were 12,000 persons
employed by the Admiralty in the same position ; and
there were 2,398 in a similar position in the Post-office.
Then there was another serious complaint made. They
slid that out of the persons who paid deductions a very
small part received superanuuations. Dr. Farr-had calcu-
lated that if the present system was brought into full opera-
time that out of 100 persons entering-the service and paying
deductions, not more than 6 or 7 per cent, 'would be super-
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entered before 1829, and who were entitled to the old scale
of pensions, which wore more liberal than they were in the
present scale. There was another objection, which was some-
times on behalf of the civil servants, namely the double ope-
ration of the deductions, and the income tax ; and he was
bound to say, that that combined operation did sometimes in-
volve considerable hardship. He would state to the house
one case which exemplified in a strong manner the hardship
to which he adverted. When a clerk was promoted from
105/. to 1101. a-year he became a loser, On a salary of 110/,
there was a deduction for superannuation payments of Si,
lOs , which reduced it to 1041. 10s., and the income tax fur-
ther reduced it to OW. Os. ld. The calculation being applied
to the 1051. would show that by such a promotion a cleric lost
55. ld. a-year. (Laughter.) Now that, it must be admitted,
was a ease of considerable hardship, and it operated severely
not only upon persons with that low class of salaries, but
upon the chief clerks in the various departments, and made
a great iuroad upon their income. He had now, he believed,
stated as fairly as be could the objections made by the civil
servants of the combined system of deductions which he had
esplained. The house would, perhaps, expect that he would
propo-ic to abolish the deductions and to substitute the old
se de of pensions, which were more liberal than the present.
in answer to that representation of the civil servants, he
would di st remark that the notice which was given to all per-

that the only wonder was that the expenditure had not in-.
creased even ten times more. He could allude to one case iu
illustration. In 1820 the cost of collection was Si. 19s. per
cent., and 2,115,000 tons of shipping were cleared; last
year the cost of collecting was only 5/. 145., and the ship-
ping cleared out amounted to 9,151,000 tons. Complaints
had been made of the expense of foreign agents in connection
with the Post-office, and that there was no necessity for the
agent at New York, for instance; but the hon. gentleman
must remember that our Canadian letters went through the
agent at New York, and that it was also necessary to have
some ono to receive our despatches. The accounts of the
Crown lands, including income and expenditure, had been.
placed before the house for many years. He had not gone
fully into the question, as the hon. member had not made
any motion upon the subject, although he was perfectly pre-
pared to do so.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY quite agreed with the hon. mem-
ber for Lambeth, that it was perfectly impossible to do ins.
tice to the votes, on account of the short time they had to
consider them. He remembered that in 1854 the whole
estimates were voted in eight minutes. Ho did not alto-
gether approve of the system of separating the cost of col-
lecting from the general estimates, because it cast the respon-
sibility upon the house ; and, in fact, the result was that'
there was no responsibility at all. He knew that there were
complaints that some of the Government employes were un-
derpaid, while, undoubtedly, with others the reverse was the
case. He was confident, however, that no good would be
done unless the estimates were brought under the considera-
tion of a smaller body than the whole house, and he would
ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government
had taken the subject into consideration ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if
these estimates had never undergone any investigation—if they
had never been submitted to a commission—it would have been
very proper not only for an individual member, but for the
Government also, to have considered the expediency of a
searching examination. It was certainly the interest of the
Government to collect the revenue in the cheapest and most
economical manner, and with that view the numerous com-
missions had been appointed. With respect to the Post-
office, the great pressure en the House of Commons bail
always been not to diminish the expenditure of that depart-
ment, but to increase it. The complaints constantly made to
the Government were, that the Post-office did not give suffi-
cient accommodation to the public—that the delivery of letters
was not sufficiently frequent or rapid, and that railways were
not more extensively used, instead of the ordinary vehicles,
for the conveyance of the mails. These complaints and sug-
gestions all implied increased expenditure, and diminished
Post-office revenue. Having made this statement, he could
only express his confident opinion that there was no part of
the public expenditure which could bear without discredit a
' more searching or hostile examination than tho -charge for
collecting the revenue. If the home really thought that a
select committee could introduce improvements in this de-
partment, he would offer no objection : but in-the absence of
any proof that such a measure of success was likely to attend
the labours of the committee, he did not see that any benefit
would result from its appointment.
SUPPLY.
The house went into a committee of supply.
On the motion that a vote be taken for 840,000/, for the
Customs department to the 31st of March, 1'57,
Mr. WILLIAMS observed that there was a medical inspec-
tor to the Customs, which he thought unnecessary.
. Mr. WILSON replied that the corps consisted of a large
number of persons, and it was absolutely necessary that suci,
an officer should be appointed for the purpose, amongst other
things, of examing persons who were candidates for admis-
sion into the service.
Mr. JN. MACGREGOR believed that they ought to have a
different organisation in the collection of the customs and
other revenue. In many places the collection was carried on
at starvation salaries. He believed that the revenue was col-
lected at less than that of any other country. It was surpris-
ing that there were so few frauds in .connection with the re-
venue, considering the vast amount that was collected.
Dr. IVIICHELL complained of the inadequate remunera-
tion given to the junior clerks in the customs. He thought
seine of the higher officers should be reduced for the pur-
pose of increasing the junior. There were 34 clerks receiving
38,000/. a year amongst them, while there were 1,800 junior
clerks amongst whom 300,000/. was given. Such an unjust
discrepancy ought not to be allowed to exist. He also com-
plained of the manner in which the duties of these clerks were
apportioned. Money was paid for extra time in the lo ,g
room, but such money was most partially awarded, some.get-
ting nothing, while the more favoured ones got a great deal.-
Those who were required to attend before 8 o'clock in the
morning got nothing for overtime, but those who remained
after 4 o'clock in the afternoon were those who were paid
overtime. He trusted the whole system would be looked
into and improved. He could bring forward circumstenoo3
connected with the Customs which would astonish the house.
He knew of a case of an officer in the Customs who was so
aged and infirm that he was carried out of a cab into his office,
and had to sit in a chair every morning for half an hour be-
fore lie could proceed with his duties.
In answer to a question from Mr. SPOONER,
Mr. WILSON said the Government were compelled to pro-
vide wareliouses'sufficiently large to contain the largest quan-
tity of tobacco at any one time, while they could only charge
the merchants rent for
.that which was actually in the ware-
house. This would account for the large amount for the
wa ehouses of 28,000/.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS thought the officers might be paid
better by making the officials work longer time. If they
were paid by time it would be ranch better.
Mr. L. DAVIES thought an expenditure of 28,000/. to get
an income of 8,000/. was an astounding fact. Either there
MIS a great want of judgment in the expenditure or of vigi-
lance in collecting the income.
After a short convereation the vote was agreed to.
486,028/. for the Coast Guard was then proposed,
In answer to Sir C. NAPIER,
Mr. WILSON said the coast guard in Ireland now received
the same pay as those of England.
Sir C. NAPIER thought the coast guard men ought to be
young men, and men acquainted with the sea, and such men
as could be at once taken into the service if the necessity for
their services should arise.
Mr. WILSON said that every effort was made to select a
proper class of men.
The vote was agreed to.
1,459,2071., for salaries and expenses of the Inland Revenue
Department, was the next vote.
Mr. HANK EY wished to know if any steps had been taken
with regard to the poundage for the collection of the income
tax. The poundage was the same under the higher income
tax as it was under the lower. From a return which he had
moved for last year, it appeared that one collector in the City
of London received 5,0031. a-year, and this year it would be
greater. He was also a collector of land tax, for which he ra
ceivecl a per tentage, and he had private duties besides, and
there was one gentleman, whose services were of the most
valuable kind, and he received only 450€. a-year.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the collec-
tion of the income tax was different to that of any other tax.
The system was this :—The collector, from the peculiar na-
ture of the tax, was appointed by the commissioners, who
were not officers of the Government, and he was paid by a
poundage. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think
the system was a judicious one, for lie thought the collector
ought to be the same as for the other taxes, and lie had undo*
his consideration a plan to that effect. He thought it was a
subject well worthy the consideration of Parliament.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS called attention to an item of 10,003/.
for copies of wills for probate duty he presumed. This sum
was, as it appeared to him, enormous, and ho understood that
an officer of Doctors'-commons was making as much as 8,000/.
a-year by these copies. He (Mr. Williams) thought that Go-
vernment clerks might be appointed to make the copies.
Mr. WILSON said the Board of Inland Revenu3 wau'd
have no right to said their clerks to Doctors'-commons.
From inquiries which he had made, he had reason to believe
that there was as many as 100,000 wills deposited in- the
year. A copy of these, therefore, would amount to about
ss. each.
Mr. L. DAVIES thought a different scale of charges ought
to be adopted, and then the charge of 10,000/e would be much
less.

men were o;. cient, but he also believed they were well paid,
and had no just grounds of complaint. -(0h ! and hear, hear.)
Mr. DISRAELI thought that, after the intimation of the
right hon. gentleman, it would be improper to enter into a
discussion of the details of this question. The right hon.
gentleman had gone into a Ling history of the affair, but its
real history was very short, and might be summed up in i
single sentence. They had promised a fund, and had exacted
a tax, and there was the fatal error which was the origin and
cause of the whole of the difficulties which they had to en-
counter. He was surprised to hear that this was the great.
eat measure of Administrative Reform that the right lion.
gentleman and his colleagues were prepared to carry out;
for, after all, this was but, coatparatively speaking, an infe-
rior question, a secondary subject, and even it was a question
not to be solved at once, but referred to a select committee.
There was no doubt but this important matter which had
been alluded to in the report referred to by the Government,
would be afterwards referred to in that house. It could not
be supposed that a matter of such importance would be
allowed to pass over in such a trivial way. He had himself,
on a previous occasion, called attention to the matter, but on
that occasion he was assured by the Government that there
was no intention of intr,,duciug a measure such as the pre-
sent measure indicated.
Mr. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE affirmed the necessity
there was for the measure, and pointed out the necessity for
it by referring to the bad management which existed in most
of the Government departments. He was quite prepared to
give a calm and indulgent consideration to the claims of those
public eeevants whose salaries were small, and whose incomes
were taxed in addition' to the deductions from those salaries,
but he should be tsceedingly sorry if the right hon, gentle•
man the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by reason of any pres-
sure from the civil service, should give way or consent to
that which would be an equivalent to a direct augmentation
of their salaries, and which, indeed, should be considered not
only an increase of salary, but an increase of pension. (Hear,
hear.)
Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was evident there was a gene-
ral disposition to have the subject investigated before a com-
mittee. He had himself been one of the individuals concerned
in drawing up the act of 1834, and he had for one of his col-
leagues the right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth
—then one of the Lords of the Treasury—and the exact pur-
port of that act had been examined by them both. He (Sir
J. Graham) had then some knowledge of the value, industry,
and integrity of the services of the civil servants. He had had
greater experience since, and every year had confirmed that
experience, that they formed the most valuable portion of the
community serving the state, and they should be liberally re•
warded by the public which they served so honestly. Nothing
could induce him to take part against them. But as to the
act of 1834 promising them a fend—it did the exact contrary.
In 1816 and 1819 a fund was created, and then withdrawn ;
in 1828 the question was referred to a committee, a report
was made, and in 1829 a Treasury minute was issued, founded
upon that report, which, so far from promising a fund, laid
down the very principle of deductions : and the act of 1834
only gave a legal sanction to the Treasury minute, thus estab-
lishing the principle of imposing a tax, giving the parties pay-
ing it a limited interest in their own contributions, of which
they might be deprived under certain cases, of which the
Treasury was to be the judge. He denied that a fund was
ever technically promised ; and he could not believe that a
body of men so subtle, so acute, so versed in business as the civil
servants, would enter into the service of the state without fully
understanding the conditions offered to them. Persons were
certainly not unwilling to accept these conditions— on the
contrary, there was the greatest pressure to obtain thorn. The
only point which really required consideration was the impo.
sition of the income tax on small salaries. Here were hon.
gentlemen opposite who in 1849 and 1850 had voted for the
reduction of 10 per cent. in the salaries of those very offi-
cials who were now said to be treated unjustly—and the
motion having been rejected—the salaries maintained—the
sweeping deduction of 10 per cent. having been refused—the
right hon. gentleman now talks of the history of superannua-
tions being a history of spoliatious. Since 1828 the house had
acted on a fixed principle, and believing it was most desirable
to give this important body of the servants of the State an
impartial hearing, ho was willing a committee of inquiry
should be appointed rather than that the Chancellor of the
Exctiequer should give way to pressure without a full inquiry
first taking place.

Mr. DISRAELI, in explanation, said that he did not state
that the act of 1834 was au act of spoliation, but that, speak-
ing gene ally of the history of the superannuation fund in this
country, he said it was an history of spoliation, andin making
that statement he referred particularly, but not entirely, to the
statement of Cie Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to
the superannuation fund of 1811. That was a period of war, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made that an excuse for
that act of appropriation on the part of the Government.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS said he could not concur with the
right hon. baronet, the member for Carlisle. The true system
of legislation, in his opinion, was to call things by their right
names, and when the house voted a salary of I,OJO/., or 1001.,
there ought not to be deducted from that salary a sum of 51.,
or 501., or 5004 It seemed to him that the act of 1854 was
founded upon that false system of legislation. The civil ser-
vants were under the impression that when a certain sum was
substracted from their salaries, it was carried to the superan-
nuation fund, and they believed that having contributed to
that fund they would he able to draw front it in proportion
to the amount of their deductions. Now, the right hon. gen-
tleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had given a different
version of the matter, and he (Mr. Chambers); suggested to
him that there possibly had been such au error in the deduc-
tion from the sWarlea of civil service officers as has led to the
belief that that deduction was carried to a separate fund. In-
stead of salaries of 1001. with 51. deducted, the salary shauld
be really what it was, 951., and then the immediate result
might be, that those having only 951. per annum would not
be subject to the payment of income tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The income
tax is not charged on the entire salary, but on the reduced
amount.

Her Majesty's

Mr. CHNNIBERS—It was very desirable that every per-
son in the civil service should know the precise amount he
was to receive, for at present ho could not understand what
was the actual amount of his income. With regard to the
exclusion from the civil service of the relatives of those who
were in power, he could not agree in that sentiment. He was
iu favour of that which was justly called Administrative Re-
form, but ha did not think it formed any portion of justice or
policy to exclude from theoivil service men of rank and posh
tion. (Hear.)
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
CATHEDRAL CANONRIES.
Mr. FERGUSSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to
appropriate the income of such one of the canouries of the
.cathedral church of Carlisle as shall next fall vacaat to the
augmentation of certain ecclesiastical incumbrances in that
city.

Petre's, lion. F.

Atherton

Badsworth

Bellew's, Mr. F.

Mr. R. PHILLIMORE said, that as this bill had been al-
ready three times before the house, it was most desirable
that the Government should make up its mind on the im-
portant principle involved in the measure.
Er. LIDDELL hoped the motion would not be assented
to. If they encouraged the principle advocated with respect
to the canonries of the cathedral church of Carlisle, they would
have similar applications from other cathedral cities.
Mr. INGHAM conceived the opposition to the introduc-
tion of the measure both unfAr and inconsistent. The bill, it
was true, WAS before the house last session, but it had never
received an adverse vote, and wasnot persevered with, simply
because of the late period at which it had been introduced.
• Mr. LASLETT spported the motion.
Mr. GLADSTONE thought the object of the bill a very
excellent one, and also had no strong objection to the prin-
ciple of the bill, which was, that where available, the cathe-
dral revenues of a city should assist the parochial service of
that city. He, therefore, hoped the hon, member opposite
would not divide the house of the question of the introduc-
tion of the bill. He did not pledge himself to support the
bill on its second reading, but he thought it was inconsistent
with ordinary Parliamentary usage to refuse to allow the in-
troduction of a bill.

Itlackmoor Vale

Bramham Moor

Cambridgeshire

Mr, KINNAIRD supported the motion for le we to intro.
duce the bill, believing that this bill would lead to advance.
went in the right direction.

Cheshire

Sir C. NAPIER inquired if the large buildings at Somerset-
house were intended for the Inland Revenue ?
Mr. WIL SON said the department was all under one
building now.
Sir C. NAPIER thought the Admiralty might be removed
there also.
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The vote was agreed to.
63,0251. was proposed for the salaries and expeneos of
revenue police in Ireland, and agreed to.
A sum of 1,740,483/. was then proposed for the Post•office
service and the collection of the revenue.
Colonel DUN NE complained of the salaries that were paid
to the subordinate Post-office officials in Ireland. He did not
see why the Chief Secretary in Ireland should have his salary
increased to 1,000 a-year. He would be glad to know if the
committee on the postal communication in Ireland would be
re-appointed.
Mr. WILSON said there wis no change of salary to the
secretary to the Post-office. The salary commenced at 7001.,
and was annually increased to 1,0001. It was impossible for
a committee of that house to eTect any change in the postal
conunniiicatiou, it must be done' by the Post-office officials
themselves ; still if it was thought desirable to have the 1:0131-
mittee re-appointed he should offer no objection on the part of
the Government. He would, however, suggest that it would
be better to wait and see the result of the changes which
were under consideration
Mr. DUNCAN complained of the paucity of letter-carriers
in Dundee.
Dr. MICHELL thought the letter-carriers were most in-
ideqtrately paid. He was surprised there were not more
defaleations than there were. It was a disgraceful thing
to the Post-office to pay letter-carriers only 19s. a-week.
The carriers, and the post-office people in borough towns
were paid double what they were in ether places, and the rea-
sen was, that the pressure of the borough members wee in
those cases, brought to bear on the Government. Talk of the
days of Walpole, the corruption was nothing then to what it
is now, • The Post-office system was a disgrace to the coun-
try. In the hamlets and vill-ges throughout the country, the
-postmaster had to provide a room and attend to his duties
in the delivery of the letters, for 3/. a-year.
Mr. L. DAVIES thought the subordinates were most
wretchedly paid.

Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
B kIiKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENOY (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. FITZGERALD obtained leave to bring in a bill to con
solidato and amend the laws relating to insolvency and bank.
ruptcy in Ireland.

DELLMERE FOREST.
Mr. WILSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to make pro-
vision for the management of certain lands belonging to her
Majesty within the former limits of the late forest of Dela-
mere in the county of Chester.
CIVIL SERVICE SUPERA.NNUATION BILL.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in this
bill, which was read a first time.
The IrJuse then adjourned at 20 minutes to twelve.

Durham County

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN&

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Essex, South

Esser Union

Essex and Suffolk

Fitzwilliam's, Earl

Garth's, Mr, ..,

lialsclon

suns entering the civil service by the act of i 834 was plain

H. H.

Capt. SCOBELL said it was astonishing the regularity
with which the postal service was conducted.
Mr. WILSON said that in many of the large towns an uni.
form had been given to the carriers, which, was tantamount

and explicit, as it well could be, and that everybody who
accepted office after that time knew, or might have known,
that his salary would be subject to these deductions. Al-
though it was true that salaries voted by that house were
not diminished by such deductions, yet everybody who en-
tered the civil service was well acquainted with the fact that
lie would be liable to those rateable deductions, and if his
(the Chancellor's) view of the subject was correct, that act
must be taken to be a contrast between the civil service and
the 'Wie.. He therefore could not admit as having any
validity, the argument that any breach of faith had been
c3minitted either by the Government or the nation. It ap-
peared to hie, that great objections existed to the inconsis-
tency and vacillation which had been exhibited by Parliament
on this question, and he was afraid they could not look to
Parliament of late ye u-s as affording an example of steadiness
of principle upon the subject. He should not, therefore, in
his measure propose to make any a'teration in the system of
deductions. The amendments in the bill he should propose
to lay upon the table would be limited to an alteration in the
s,!alc of superannuation allowances ; and he should propose
to make it more liberal thah it was under the existing scale.
It would be nearer the old scale, and it would be accompanied
by several other changes, all of which would be more liberal
tolthc civil service than the terms upoi which they now held
their offices. He should not trouble the house with detals.
but if the house should permit him to introduce the bill, and
to read it a second time, he should propose to refer it to a
select committee, giving that committee the power of calling
witnesses. In that manner the subject, which was essentially
one of details, would be thoroughly sifted. He wished to
submit to the committee a series of Treasury minutes upon
the subject, and they would have an opportunity of examining
the civil servants, of ascertaining what sort of case they made
oat, what arguments they had to substantiate their com-

to an increase of salary. As to the small places in the country

unless they, paid the officials small sums, they could not pay
them at all. Although the sum was small, there was great
_ _

Heythrop

competition for the offices, because they gave a kind of status
to the holders. They gave a respectability to the shop, and
brought an increased husiness. It must be recollected
that the Post-office revenue was very little more than the ex-
penditui e, if they itibluded the 800,0001. for the packet
service. The whole receipts, including the foreign letters,
were 2,700,000/.; the expenditure was 1,700,0001., and the
packet service was upwards of 800,030/. There was no great
fund therefore, for largely increasing the payments to coun-
try ost-offices.
Mr. WILLIAMS called attention to the great expendi-
ture en the West Indies. First of all, the charge for
the Post-office in Jamaica. .Re would be glad to know what
they had to do with the post-office at all there. There was
one deputy-master with 1,0001. '-year, and the whole ex-
penses were 4,480/. Now, what did wo get for that ?
Then at llong Kong there was a postmaster with 600/. a year.
Mr. WILSON said that although the expenses of the post-
office 'n Jamaica were 4,4801. the revenue was nearly double.
Mr. WILLIAMS said the conveyance of mails was 4,0001.
more. Ile thought it was much better to let these places
manage their own affairs.
The vote was agreed to.
80,0001. was then voted for the deficiency in the votes of
1856 and 1857 for defraying the expenses of the Mint for the
medal services, . .
The house then resumed, and the Chairman reported pro-
gress.
SUPERANNUATION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose, and
said that the subject cf administrative reform was deserving
a very portion of the attention of that house ;
az,dhe:(3,l)n,slji( le
eiseity2'beGovernment fully entered into the import- 1
ante of that subject, and were desirous of contributing to the
fall extent of their power to the reform of the administrative
dap trtment, by a just apportionmentsf the remuneration in
the several services. That remuneration consisted partly in a
salary while they were discharging the duties, and partly in
a retiring, allowance when he ceased to perform his duties.

Holderness ...

Hurworth ~,

Hursley

Kent, East ...

Ledbury

Lumley's, Mr.

Monmouthshire

plants, and what remedies they propcsed. The tight bon.
geutlenahn having briefly referred to various propositions
which had been made, said the present was not the proper
time to discuss them, and be then concluded by formally
moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the act relating
to the superannuation of the civil service.
Mr. RICH opposed the measure; ou the ground that it was
not advisable to disturb the present arrangements. He was
sorry to see the Chancellor of the Exchequer yeilsling to the
pressure without. Ho did not, however, wish to cast the
slightest reflection on the Civil service. He believed the

Morpoth

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1856.

Sporting Intelligence.

P,ytehley

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY

For the Liverpool Steeplechase Sir Peter Laurie was
much out of favour, as much as 15 to 1 being offered
against him ; 25 to 1 was taken, to win a few hundreds,
about Jean du Quesne (late Augustine) ; 20 to 1, to 25/.,
was taken about Jemmy the Black. For the Chester
Cup, 500 to 30 was asked for in vain about Yellow Jack,
14 to 1 being the highest offer. Epaminondas, for this
event, may be considered priceless. In other respects
the following quotations will suffice :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
8 to 1 aget Harry Lorrequer (offered)
100 to 9 agst Escape (w.)
100 to 7 aget Emigrant (take 100 to 6)
15 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (offered)
20 to 1 agst Jemmy the Black (taken freely:
20 to 1 agst Seaman (takeb)
25 to 1 aget Jean du Quesne (taken freely)
LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP.
6to 1 on The Field offered

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAUB.
3to 1 apt Yellow Jack (w.)
4to 1 agat Fly-by-Night (take 90 to 20)
50 to 4 agst Enchanter (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (offered)
20 to 1 aget Yorkshire Grey (taken)
20 to 1 Imogene (offered)
25 to 1 agst Mishap (offered)
25 to 1 agst Coroner (offered)
40 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (offered)
400 to 9 aget Warlock (offered)
Any odds aget Epaminondae.
DERBY.
9to 1 aget Ellington (taken)
20 to 1 aget Coroner (offered)

DONCASTER SPRING MEETING.
APRIL 1 AND 2.

Rufford

Shropshire

Suffolk

Acceptances for the Doncaster handicap Stakes. St.
Leger Course. 60 subs., 16 of whom pay three sove.
each.

Surrey Union

Yrs at lb
King of Trumps a 8 8
Saucebox 4 8 6
Alonzo
Wild Huntsman 5 7 13
Ivan
Ariosto
Border Chief 4 7 0
Roscommon 5 7 0
Little Davie a 6 13
Cardsharper
Lady Palmerston 4 6 12
Gamekeeper
Saraband
Bolton
New Brighton
Cook of the North 4 6 9
Mary 4 6 8
Bracken 5 6 7
Palmerston
Coney
Freddy ' 4 6 2
St. Clare

Yrs et lb
Virtuous
Johnny Taft 4 5 12
La Victime
Hospitality
Preston 3 5 7
Diego 3 5 5
Sacrifice 3 5 2
Greencastle
Lady Florence
Sbeiah
St. Arnaud 3 5 0
Gaudy
Squire Watt 3 5 0
Bobby Taft
Prince of Orange 3 5 0
Napoleon 111 3 5 0
Omer Pacha 3 4 12
The Caledonian 3 4 12
Adam 3 4 12
Midhope
Pollux
Village Cock 3 4 7

Tiverton

Tynedale

United Pack

Warwickshire..

THE POISONING OF AURIFER-2001.
REWARD.
Mr...Tohn Scott has offered a reward of 2)0/. for the
discovery of the parties implicated in this infamous
transaction, which has created the greatest sensation in
sporting circles, as it is pretty generally believed that
the dose was intended for Fly-by-Night. The reward
will be paid to any person who shall give such informa-
tion as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of
the perpetrator of the crime ; or if the party who actu-
ally administered the poison will furnibh the necessary
information to lead to the apprehension and conviction
of the parties who incited or procured him to commit the
offence, he shall receive the said rewari of 2001., and an
application will be made to the Secretary of State to re-
cAntnend her Majesty to grant her most gracious par.
don. We heartily hope that the scoundrels may be dis-
covered, aid all parties concerned brought to condign
punishment.—Bell's Life.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

(Weather permitting.)
STAGHOUNDS.
... Tues. Burnham Beeches
Fri. Iver Heath ...

Worcestershire

Brighton

Cheltenham (Capt. D.
West's) ... ▪ Tues. Tadington
Thurs. Cleve Hill
Sat. Beeehe Pike
Kent (Mr. Roberts's) Mon. Hever
Fri, Half-moon, Tonbridge•
road ••• •••
Wed. Willingale Mill
FoxuouNns•
▪ Mon. Bradgate House
Wed. Congerstone
Fri. Shilton Village
Sat. Kingsbury Wood
▪ Tues. Marr Village ...
Thurs. Wentbridge
Sat. Purstone Bar
Beaufort's, Duke of ... Mon. Trouble House
Wed. Lower Woods
Fri. Hullavington
Sat. Lacoek
Mon. Bish Mill ..
Wed. Withypool
Sat. Exebridge

Berkshire, OM (Mr.
Morrell's) ... Mon. Charney
Tues, Curbridge
Fri, Buscot Park
Sat. Basselsleigh

~ 10 30
. 10 30
,„ 10 30
. 10 30

Berkshire, South (Mr.
Wheble's) Tues. Stamford-street ... 11 0
Fri. loglefield 11 0
... Mon. Longleat ... 10 30
Tues. Pennard Cross-roads... 11 0
Thurs. Stock House ... 11 0
Sat. Brewham Common 11 0
Mon. Garforth Bridge 10 30
Wed. Pool
... 10 30
Fri. North •Deighton ... 10 30
Sat. Wothersome ..„ 10 30

Dulverton

High Peak ...

Somerset

Ward Union

Burton Hunt (Lord H.
Bentinek's).., Mon. Wellingore 11 0
Tues. Cainby Hall . 11 0
Wed. Normanby by Stow 11 0
Thurs, Sudbrook 11 0
Fri. Midge Inn . 11 0
Sat. Linwood by Rasen ... 11 0
Mon. Downing Arms 10 30
Fri. Dinnington 10 30
... Mon. Warmingbam ... 10 30
Wed. Wrenbury Village 10 30
Thurs. Cholmondeley Castle.. 10 30
Sat. Hurleston Village 10 30

Dennis's, Mr.

Eyrecourt

Galway Blazars

Kildare

Cottesmore (Sir J. Trol-
lope's) Mon. Irnham Hall 11 0
Tues. Roeart 1/. 0
Thurs.Holywell Hall 11 0
Sat. Brook Hall .. 11 0
Craven(Mr. H.P.Best's) Mon. Chilton Bridge 10 45
Wed. The Kennels 10 45
Sat. Little Fawley 10 45
Crawley and Horsham Mon. Russ Hill 10 45
Wed. Belle Vue, Tilgate 10 45
Fri. Slinfold ... 10 45
Mon. Embleton ... 10 30
Wed. Woodham ... 10 30
Fri. Great Stainton 10 30

Kilkenny

Meath

Queen's County

Route

Palmerstown

Essex, the (Mr. H.
Groove's) ... „. Mon. North Weald .
Thurs. Dagenham .
Sat, High Easter .

Wicklow

~ 11 0
.. 11 0
. 11 0

Essex, East (Mr.
Maui o t t's)
„,,

Tues. Paul's Belchamp Green 11 0
Thurs. Felix Hall ... 11 0
Sat. Panfield Green ... n
Tues. Dunton Blacksmith's 11 0
Sat. Dog and Partridge,
Stifford 11 0
▪ Wed. Stock Brook ... 10 30
Sat, Southminster•street ... 10 30
~. Tues. Little Bentley. Hall ... 11 0
Fri. °Ron Church ... 11 0
Farquharson's, Mr, Tues. We=tcomb near Hook
We i, Burton Turnpike Gate
▪ Mon. Conniugton Lane 10 30
Wed. Stanwick Pasture ... 10 30
Fri. Barn Well Wold ... 10 30
Mon. Shottesbrook Park 10 30
Wed, White Hart, Primlay 10 30
Fri. Greywell Hill ... ... 10 30
• Mon. Burrington Village ... 10 30
Fri. Beam House, 1 orrington 10 30
Hambledon (Mr,Wall's) Mon. Basin Park 10 45
Fri. Marwell Hall 10 45
• Mon. Windmill Hill._ 10 45
Tues. The Kennels .. 10 45
Thurs. Nutley Church 10 45
Sat. Sutton Common „. 10 95

Herefordshire (Mr.
Stubb's) ... ... Tues. Panks Bridge ... ... 10 30
Fri. Aconbnry Priory ... 10 30
... Mon. Heyth,o) ... ... 10 S 0
Wed. The Fox, North Aston 10 30
Fri. Farmington Grove ... 10 30
Sat. Kiddiugton Gate
... 10 30
... Mon. Beeford . ..• 10 45
Tues. Bainton New Inn ... 10 45
Thurs. Burton Constable ... 10 45
.
Fri. Beverley Grand Stand 10 45
▪ Tues. Neasham .. .••10 30
.
Sat. Oak Tree Village ... 10
4350
.. Mon. Wech Downs .. 10 45
Fri'..... 10 45
Ingram's,
Mr.
meyneu
Mon.Octlitaeir.tboleyurpnaerkVillage
Thurs. Eton Woods ... ... 10 45
Sat. Wichnor Park ... 10 45
Mon. New Barn ... „. 10 30
Thurs. Barham-street ... 10 30
Sat. Swing-field Park ... 10 30
▪ Mon. Feather's Inn, Staunton 10 30
10 30
Fri. Stanley Hill ... ... 10 30
Three Hooeie-seHillShoe.s.,
Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell's) Tues.
Fri. Hope Court ...
... 10 30
... Mon. Jockey House ...
... 10 30
Tues. Swiunow Wood
... 10 30
Thurs Bromley
••• ... 10 30
Fri Dorlton Bar ••• ... 10 30
... Mon. Landewy Court
... 10 30
Thurs. Penton Wood ... ... 10 30
... Toes. Bolam ...
... 10 45
• Fri. Thorp Hill ...
... ... 10 45
Oakley ••• ... No account received.
Pembroke (Mr. L. Phil-
lips,s)
... ... Mon. Minwear ... ... 10 0
Thurs. Williamston .. ... 19 0
Portsmouth's, Earl of Mon. Cork engroen ..: ... 11 0
Tues. Three-Legged Cro3s ... 11 0
Fri. Beilwyn Broils ... 11 0
Sat. Hannington ... •.. 11 0
puckeridge(Mr.Parry's)Mon. Brent Pelham ... ... 10 30
Wed. Peverills ... ... 10 30
• Sat. Aston Village ,„ ,„ 10 30

Tues. Stow Nine Churches 10 45
Wed. Stanford Hail ... 10 45
Fri. Maidwell 10 45
Sat. Badby Toll Gate 10 45
Raby, Duke of Cleve-
laud's ▪
Mon. Ca'd well 11 0
Wed. The Kennels ... 11 0
Fri. Manfield ... 11 0
• Tues. Lound Hall 10 45
Wed. Ossington 10 45
Fri. Hockerton Toll bar 10 45
Sat. Langwith Lodgo 10 45
Rutland's, Duke of Mon. Stonesby 10 30
Tues. Caythorpe 10 30
Wed. Piper Hole 10 30
Fri. Leuton Village 10 30
Seale's, Sir Henry No account received.
Selby's, Mr. ... Mon. Ingrain
... 10 30
Fri. Denwick 10 30
• Mon. Lee Bridge ▪
10 30
Wed. Acton Burnell... 10 30
Fri. Sundorne
... 10 30
Mon. Quarley Hill 11 0
Tues. Oare Hill ... ▪ 11 0
Wed. Hurstbour Tarrant ... 11 0

Smith's, Mr. A.

Thurs. Ham Ashley ...
Fri. Netheravou ...

Sat. Rohe Court ..
Somerset Subscription Tues. Cleeve Hill ..

... 1 0
... 11 0

Southdown
outhwold (Mr. G.
Cook's)

Fri. Holford
Mon, Old Sbip

... 11 0
... 10 30

.. 10 30
. 10 45

... 11 0
... 11 0
... 11 0
... 11 0
... 10 30
... 10 30

Mon. Burwell Village
Tues. Tumby Swan ..,
Thurs. Hairston Hill
Sat. Welton Mill ...
... Mon. Sugnal Hall ...
Wed. Draycot
Fri. Turistall, near Market
Drayton ... ... 10 30
Stamford's, Earl of Mon. Plough Inn, Weston

Staffordshire, North

Heath
Tues. Burnell Green ...
Thurs. Belbroughton
Sat, Smestow Gate...
• Tues. West Harling Hall
Thurs. Worsted Lodgo.
Sat. Walsham Hall
• Mon. Hazle Hall
Thurs. Chantry Down
Sab. Fair Mile
• Tues. Westfield Down
Fri. Ewhurst Green
Sutton's, Mr. Richard Mon. Gumley
Thurs. Eillesd on ...

... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 45
... 10 45
... 10 45
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 11 0
... 11 0

Sussex, E,►st ...

• Sat. Kirby Gate .., 11 0
Sutton's, Mr. Francis Mon, Belton Village ... 11 0
Fri. Wartnaby Stonepits ... 11 0
▪ Mon. Kirklington Rouadaboutl l 0
Tues. Barton Common ... 11 0
Thurs. Edgeot Village ... 11 0
Sat. Farthinghoe 11 0
Mon. Brichleigh Bridge ... 10 30
Thurs. The Stag's Head ... 10 30
▪ Tues. Ivybridge ... 10 30
Sat. Lee Mill Bridge ... 10 30
▪ Mon. Dilston... ... 10 45
Wed, St. Ossvald's ... 10 45
Fri. Short Flat, Gower 10 45
Tues. New Radnor ... ... 10 0
Fri. Soudley .. 10 0

Thomsou's, Mr. A.

Trelawney's, Mr.

V. W. H. (Lord Gif-
ford's)

.., Tues. Preston Toll-bar
Thurs. Minety Station
Sat. Kempsford
Mon. Charlecote Park
Tues. Mitford Bridge
Thurs. Billesley Hall
Fri. Gaydon Inn ...
Warwickshire, North Tues. The Kennels ...
Thurs. Murton ...
Sat. Hay Wood
Wheatland, Mr. Lloyd's Tues. Billingsley ...

Fri. Spoonbill
Willoughby's, Mr. Mon. Givendale
Wed. Kexby Wood
Fri. Ganton ~,
Sat. Wiganthorpe
Mon. Copcut Elm
Wed. Bransford Bridge
Fri. Grafton Wood
Wyndhiun's, Colonel... Mon. Pallingham Quay

... 10 45
▪ 10 45
... 10 45
• 10 45
• 10 45
• 10 45
▪ 10 45
... 10 45
▪ 10 45
• 10 45
• 10 30

... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30
... 10 30

Wed. Adsdeitn House 10 30
Fri. Goodwood Kennels 11 30
Wynn's, Sir W. W. ... Mon. Allan Sadler's ... 10 30
Wed. Hawkstone ... 10 30
Thurs. Styche 10 30

Sat. Grindley Brook ... 10 30
Yarborough's, Earl of Mon. Blyboro' Hall ... 11 30
Wed, Normanby Clump '. . 11 0
Sat. Ravendale Cross Reads 11 0
York and Ainsty Mon. Aldwark Bridge 10 30
Tues, Goldsbore Hall 10 30
Thurs, Ripley Station 30 30
Sat. Shiresbar 10 30

HARRIERS.

• Tues. Dole's Ash Clump 12 0
Fri. Crown Inn, Marnhull 12 0
▪ Mon. Pateham ... 10 45
Wed. Thunder's Barrow ... 10 45

Sat. Dyke 10 45
Broolcseud, Thanet Mon. St. Nicholas .. ... 10 30
Brookside ... Mon. Newmarket Hill .. 10 30
Thurs.Telioombe Tye 10 30
▪ Mos. Wiusford Hill ... 10 30
Fri. Gutter Hole 10 30
• Mon. Four Elms Hill ... 11 0
Wed. Lower Stoko 11 0
Fri. Marsh Gate 10 0
▪ Taes, Waterloo Inn ... 11 0
Thurs. Grange Mills ... 11 0
Sat. Parsley Hay Wharf ... 11 0
• Tues. Abbots Ripton 11 0

H. H. Rochester

Huntingdonshire

Fri. Warboys ... ... 10 0
Merry North Huish ... Wed. King's Arms, Ivybridge ...
Newcastle & Gateshead Mon. Frenchman's Row ... 10 30

West Street ...
Williams's, Mr. E.

Fri. Tan field , ::10 30
▪ Tues.. P,ye Corner, near Brymp-
ton 11 0
Fri. Ailer 11 0
Tues. Martin Hill ... 10 0
• Wed. Meavy Village 11 0
Sat. Redgate-ou-the-Moor,
near Liskeard 10 30

SCOTCH.
FOXHOUND9I,
Womyss's, Earl of ... Tues. Plough Inn

.., 10 30

Wed. TuglTall
Fri. Belford
IRISH.

IRISH STAGROITNDS.
... Wed. Dunboyne
Sat. Kih•ue Gate

F•xuOUND9.

. Tues. Oulart Village...
Thurs. The Fir Treo
Sat. Ratinucro
Cooper's, Mr. Charles Tues. Moyne

Carlow and Wand

~ 10 30
~ 10 30

... 11 0
... 11 0
▪ 11 0
▪ 11 0

: 10 0

Fri. Delvi❑
... Tues. Wills Grove, county
Roscommon._ ... 11 0
Sat. Kilelooney 11 0
... Mon. Ballymore Castle 11 0
Thurs. Kennel... 11 0
• Mon. Moyne... 11 0
Thurs. eastleambert (Hunt
dinner at Athenry at 7) 11 0
Sat. Itahasane Park 11 0
Tues. Dunlaviu 11 0
Thurs. Bles,ington 11 0
Sat. Castletown 11 0
• Mon. Bennett's Bridge 10 45
Wed. Freestone liill
... 10 45
Fri. Club House •
10 45
Tues. Corbalton •
11 0
Thurs. Carlanstown 11 0
Sat. Duuboyne ▪
11 0
Men. Tirnooney ▪
11 0
Fri. Sheffield 11 0
Tues. Croagh 11 0
Fri. Ballymoney ... 11 0
Timmins.

Mon. Pearuount
Confy Castle
Tues. liarrindarrig
Coulbeg-

12 0
12 0
11 0
,„ 11 0

BANK OF FRANCE.

The following was the situation of the Bank
Thursday, Feb. 14:

Fr.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks

Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 496,377 1t
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
82,328,977 fr. 26c. are from the
branch banks 227,030,052 9E
Bills in the branch banks -
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 60,577,736 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do, on railway shares and bonds 33,279,200
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Advances on Treasury bills
Rentes of the reserve fund ............... 12,980,750 14
Rentes of disposable funds ............ 52,188,783 88
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
.... 4,000,000
Real property of branch banks ...... 5,064,731
Premiums on the purchase of mati4es 1,064,434 20
Expenses of administration 438,070 98
Sandries

947,829,962 39

DR.

Capital
91,250,300
Reserve fund • 12,980,750 14
Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 96,480,450
Do, to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 59,020,252 81
Various accounts-current
58756 -- Do. branch banks 2,
Dividends to be paid
,611 25
675
Disccunt, interest, and expenses
5,622 Charge for safe keeping of securities.—
1,738,733 02
20,661,
95
60
Re-discounts of the last half-year ....
Overdue bills - 16,121 57
Sundries

947,829,962 39

It appears from these returns that the metallic reserve
has increased in the Paris establi4unent 13,1
and i❑ the branch banks somethi og over 1 million.
The account current of the Treasury has advanced
miilions, The whole amount of the metallic reserve at
present is 2141 millions to 627:f millions of notes in c:r-
culation.

The Duke of Portland is having a great number of
hares netted alive on his estates in the neighbourhood of
Mansfield, for the purpose of being sent to France as a
present to the Emperor. Upwards •of 130 were netted
at Clipstme Park on Monday last.—Woteinjhani Journal.