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THEI SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, MO

with the Board—was assailed. He would suffer in
the most sensitive point—his pocket; for although
he might succeed in retaining his seat—a matter by
no means certain—he would have to provide for the
expenses of the contest. Save as Secretary of the
Admiralty he had no claim on the Dover constitu-
ency. He obtained his seat in that capacity, and
that only, and surely he should not complain if that
seat should now be sought for by one who possessed
the qualification in virtue whereof he received it.
In every department there are Parliamentary and
permanent officials. The Admiralty would be an
exception to the general rule were it otherwise ;
and if the naval members were exempted from
Parliamentary criticism, it would produce the most
injurious, results, and lead to great inefficiency in
the management of that branch of the public service
which every true-hearted Englishman is desirous
of seeing conducted in the best possible manner.

Checkmate !—That was the real meaning of the
ringing cheer from the side of the Opposition, when
before cockcrow, on the Ist of April, a clear majo-
rity of thirty-nine, in a house of 626 (including
Tellers and Speaker), proclaimed the success of
Lord JOHN'S factious Resolutions. Checkmate ?
Not a bit of it. The apparently Defeated—shewed
by another unexpected move that they still had
play on their side, and might yet win the game
after all. They had their QUEEN left to them.
Another moment and the late aggressors are
driven to act upon the defensive. There is a new
phase in the contest—and out of this new phase
there grows up a final and far more formidable
struggle for the supremacy.
No sooner, however, have Ministers announced
the determination of the Crown, at the instance of
the Crown's advisers, to dissolve Pdrliament, than
the Opposition, baulked in its ambition, becomes
restive, becomes absolutely spiteful, becomes abso-
lutely and meanly cantankerous. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer night after night is worried by a
series of teazing inquiries addressed to him as
Leader of the House of Commons —inquiries
as to the exact day of the prorogation, and
the precise moment of the Dissolution after-
wards, There is no precedent for these in-
quiries. Even if there were, the circumstances
of the time just now are in themselves in a
very great measure unprecedented. Certainly
unprecedented in the manner of their combination.
In the first place, the balance of power in Europe
is oscillating upon that most imminent turning-
point, the alternative of Peace or War. The five
great powers are upon the eve of either a Congress
or—two of them at least—upon the brink of a
Campaign. The most solemn week in the whole
year—the holy week immediately before Easter—
occurs so unusually late in 1859, that it brings us
actually " towards the end of the month" of April,
according to the words of Mr. DISRAELI—words,
the simple and truthful utterance of which somehow
comes to be regarded by the irritated Opposition
as in some mysterious manner or other a high
crime and misdemeanour. Lord PALMERSTON
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir GEORGE GREY,
Sir GEORGE LEwls—one after another of
the principal chiefs of the Opposition
strive to bother, to coax, or to bully from the
Chancellor of the Exchequer some definite and
explicit statement as to the day of the prorogation
and the hour of the dissolution. A statement of
this kind, we repeat, was never insisted upon before
by even the most factious Opposition. And if there
were a precedent for it, the present crisis would
justify a departure from it upon the score of many
momentous interests—interests less national even
than Europeans

Baffled in this most unfair pertinacity of inquiry,
the Opposition breaks at last through all decorum
and all courtesy. It insists upon a direct and plain
answer to the question, which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer then, with an' air of dignity befitting
his position, firmly and definitively declines to
respond to—reminding his opponents that it is an
inquiry that no leader of a Government in that
House has ever been constrained to answer under
analogous circumstances.

Thereupon the Tinges, upon the following
morning, endeavours to prove by a few historical
facts, slightly perverted, that the prorogation ought
in a manner by necessity to follow rapidly upon
the defeat of Ministers, and that the dissolution, if
not almost simultaneous with, ought to follow hard
upon, the heels of the prorogation. Now, both of
these assertions we positively deny—we pronounce
them to be inexact—to be mis-statements either
inadvertent or intentional. According to the Times,
the necessity for this rapid sequence of prorogation
and dissolution, and re-assembling, upon an adverse
decision is easily proven. For example, says the
Times, Parliament was dissolved in 1841, on the
23d of April, and fifty-two days afterwards the new
Parliament met, namely, on the 14th of June.
Again, according to the same authority, Parliament
was dissolved in 1851, on the 22d of June, and fifty-
six days after the new Parliament met, namely, on
the 19th of August. Finally, our contemporary
observes, in 1857 Parliament was dissolved on the
21st of March, and forty days afterwards its suc-
cessor had assembled down at Westminster. Ac-
cording to the Times, therefore, forty days is about
the minimum—fifty-six about the maximum. A
monstrous and perverse distortion of facts that
bring us, on the contrary, to a very different con-
clusion.

The real facts we will now give categorically—
beginning with the assembling of the first Re-
formed Parliament, and ending with that of the
present—the seventh Reformed Parliament. Now
the First Reformed Parliament—it was the third
summoned by King William IV., and met on the
29th of January, 1833—and was dissolved (after an
existence of one year and eleven months) on the
28th of December, 1834. Its successor met on the
19th of February, 1835—exactly fifty-two days
having intervened.
The second Reformed Parliament, the fourth and
last of \VILLIAM IV. (after having lasted two years,
four months, and 28 days) was dissolved on the 17th
of July, 1837, in consequence of the, demise of that
Sovereign. Its successor meeting not until the
15th of the November following—shows, as a
result, that an interval of 121 days intervened.

The third Reformed Parliament, the Ist of Vic-
TORIA, being dissolved on the 22d of June, 1841
(not 1851), was succeeded, on the 19th of August
in that year, by the fourth Reformed Parliament.
There was consequently the interval of 5G days
mentioned by our contemporary—but an interval
that transpired ten years prior to the year of the
Hyde-park Exhibition.

The fourth Reformed Parliament, the 2d of VIC-
TORIA, was dissolved (after an existence of five
years, 11 months, and four days) on the 23d of July,
1847. When did its successor meet ? Why, not
until 118 days afterwards—namely, on the 18th of
November, 1847.
The fifth Reformed Parliament, the third of Vic-
TORIA (after lasting four years, seven months, and
12 days) was dissolved on the Ist of July, 1852.
And when did its successor meet again in West-
minster ? Not until 126 days had passed by—
namely, on the 4th of November, 1852.
Finally comes the interval of forty days which
elapsed between the 21st of March, 1857, and the
30th of the ensuing month of April—namely, the

interval between the dissolution of the last, the
fourth of VICTORIA, the sixth Reformed Parlia-
ment, and the assembling of the present, or fifth of
VICTORIA, being the seventh Reformed Parlia-
ment.

So that thrice within the last quarter of a cen-
tury more than four months have elapsed between
the dissolution of an old and the assembling of a
new Parliament. Once in 1837—from the 17th of
July to the 15th of November : in all 121 days.
Once in 1847—from the 23d of July to the 18th of
November : in all 118 days. Once in 1852—from
the Ist of July to the 4th of November : in all 126
days. These numbers being intervals between the
second and third reformed Parliaments—between
the fourth and fifth reformed Parliaments—and
between the sixth and seventh reformed Parlia-
ments. They are consequently no obsolete prece-
dents—but precedents within the last twenty
years ! It is simply preposterous, therefore, to lay
down any rule absolutely obliging the Crown or its
advisers to summon the new Parliament to meet,
under any ordinary circumstances, within a period
of two months from the date of the dissolution of
its predecessor. To insist upon this as a necessity
—when history disproves it to be anything of the
kind—would be only again to infringe most insult-
ingly upon the prerogative of the Crown. Such,
however, is the disingenuous course pursued at this
most critical juncture by a factious, we might
almost venture to say a disloyal, Opposition.

LATEST NEWS.

INDIA AND CHINA.

We have received by express our letters and
papers from India and China.
The following is from the Calcutta Englishman of
the Bth of March :

The past fortnight has produced no alteration in
our position. Nana Sahib, the Begum, and their
followers are still lying perdu in the great forests
at the foot of the Himalayas, making no movement
towards the south. It is said the Begum is trying
to negotiate for an asylum with Jung Bahadoor,
G.C.8., or through him to obtain some merciful
consideration from the Governor-General of India.
The Nana can expect nothing, and is no doubt
seeking for some place where he can escape to with
life and means, to give trouble in the future if he
can. He will find this very difficult ; and we
do not believe the Nepaulese will give him
the slightest assistance. Tantia. Topee and
Feroze Shah continue to elude their pursuers ;
there are now eight columns in full cry, hunt-
ing him, yet the light condition and speed of
the fugitives enables them to get well away. The
bottom of the English will tell ere long, and they
must succumb. No doubt their only object is to
try and make terms.
It is reported that these two chiefs have separated,
Tantia taking the better line of Central India,
while Feroze Shah remains in the desert. It is also
said that a number of their followers have surren-
dered to the Rajah of Bikaneer.
The trial of the Nawab of Furrukabad proceeds.
He is defended by an attorney of the Supreme Court
of Calcutta, Mr. Carruthers, assisted by two natives
and an interpreter.
A letter from Calcutta says that the India
General Steam Navigation Company was about to
declare a dividend of upwards of 100 per cent. Its
accounts have now been made up, and the dividend
declared is 800 r. per share for the half-year, or 160
per cent. per annum. And then English capitalists
buy millions of Australian bonds at six. I would
beg any of your readers who distrust Indian specu•
lations to read, the following list of the dividends of
this company. They are all for the half•year, and
the par price of shares is £100:

31st December, 1856
31st June, 1857
31st December, 1857

And one share in five worth 20 0

31st June, 1858
31st December, 1858
And one share in five worth 30 0 --

£154 10

In other words, the company has divided 50 per
cent. per annum for three years. It may be said
this profit is temporary, but that is only partially
true. The company will not again make 160 per
cent., but they will make 60, and any number of
companies would make 25. There is no limit to
the demand, and can be none while there is
£16,000,000 worth of produce to come down the
river, and £8,000,000 worth to go up, besides the
Europeans connected with two armies and four
Presidencies each containing kingdoms. Nothing
is so thoroughly misdnderstood in England as the
returns obtainable and obtained for capital in
Bengal. The single fact, however, that 10 per cent.
is the minimum rate of interest for capital not in
Government securities, on absolute security, such
as houses, land, or Government paper, may con-
vince them there is some difference between our
market rates and those of London.

The determination to double the existing Cus-
toms' duties will be announced on the 13th
instant, and, I understand, the main features
of the new tariff will be as follows :—Man-
chester goods to pay 5 per cent.; tea, coffee,
tobacco, spices, haberdashery, grocery, and
some other articles, 20 per cent. ; malt liquor,
4a. (6d.) a gallon ; wines, 2r. a gallon ; spirits,
3r. a gallon ; and everything not mentioned 10
per cent. ad valorem. In exports, bullion,
horses, cotton, sugar, tobacco, rum, and raw
silk are made or left free, while a tax
of 2a. (3d.) per maund of 80Ib. is placed
on all grains ; 4 per cent. on lac dye, and 100 r.
a chest on Malwa opium, which is not, be it
remembered, a monopoly. These measures, none of
which involve any injury to trade, or the slightest
popular feeling, will produce, it is calculated,
£1,300,000, an addition of real value. The rates
quoted have been adjusted with remarkable skill,
and I question if there will be any public opposi-
tion.

COMMERCIAL.
CALCUTTA, Mancll 8.

THE PRODUCE MARKET.—We have very little change to
report from our last. Two native holidays and rainy stormy
weather have caused a cessation of business. The aspect of
the market here is generally dull. Sugar—Bombay demand
has ceased ; prices easier. Saltpetre lower ; 5 per cent. re-
fraction quoted at Rs. 9 2. Rice—Table sorts for Great
Britain a little higher. Monghy : nothing doing. Raw
silk filature lower by 8 as. ; native neglected. Corahs a
shade lower, and less inquired for. Shellac firm, at high
prices. Lac dye : no inquiry. Hides unchanged, and less
,inquiry. Jute good, sought for at full iates ; large quan•
tities shipping. Cutch lower. Safflower none. Linseed
slightly lower. Rapeseed firm.
THE IMPORT MARKET.—The depression reported in our
last for almost all kinds of piece goods continues unchanged,
and for fine goods we quote lower prices. In yarns the
demand is falling off, and prices are drooping, and though
quotations are now low the market has a downward ten-
dency.
MONEY MARKET.—Money is plentiful in the bazaar, and
discounts easily obtained at lower rates than the Bank of
Bengal. The Government credit remains as low as ever,
and we have no payments into the Treasury on account of
the loans to report. The Bank rates of discount and mains
on Government securities remain unchanged.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—The course of the market
for these securities has not been favourable ; prices have
settled at our quotations of 23 'per cent. discount for 4 per
cent. Government paper, and 12.8 for 5 per cent. paper.
Exc RANGE.—The rates are a shade in favour of the
seller. Credits at 2s. lad. to 2s. lid. Documents 2s. lid.
to 2s. ltd.
Freights remain very dull, with a downward tendency.

coast, and a visit was paid to St. John's Island, near
the mouth of the Western branch of the Canton
River.

No news has arrived of the progress of the ex-
pedition up that branch of the river. It consisted
of six gunboats and a small French steamer, with
two boom-boats and a hospital chop in tow, with
the first Battalion of Royal Marines on board. Its
point of destination was Shau-king-fu, one of the
most important cities of the province after the
capital, and formerly the seat of the provincial
authorities, till these were removed to Canton, in
order to keep the foreigners under control.

The Hon. Mr. Bruce is soon expected out, and it
is generally believed that Canton will not be retained
in our military possession long after his installation
as Ambassador at Pekin, even should the indemnity
not be then forthcoming. Canton has been quiet of
late ; and no objection has been offered to the expe-
ditions made in its neighbourhood.; the country is
by no means safe for foreigners unprotected by a
military force. We understand, on good authority,
that Hwang-tsung•han, the Governor-General of
the Two Twang, is about to be deposed, and that
it is determined to give the office he now holds to
Ho Kweitsing, Governor General of the Two
Kiang, and lately engaged in the revision of the
tariff and trade regulations.
Little credit is attached to the news from the
north that Han-kow has fallen into the hands of
the insurgents, or, indeed, generally to the Chinese
intelligence published at Shanghae. When Lord
Elgin's expedition was up the Yang-tsze the rebels
were in extremities, and it is not so probable that
they have recovered sufficiently to be able to retake
Han-kow, as that the report of their having done
so has been got up to create the idea that there
will be a short supply of teas.
Not much is known about the progress of the
allied French and Spanish force in Cochin China.
The steamer Scotland, which arrived here to-day,
brings intelligence that the French fleet and a por-
tion of the force bad gone to Segon, and that an
attack bad been made upon the remainder of the
force by the Cochin Chinese, with a loss of about
200 men. They have had several skirmishes With the
Annamese, in which the latter employed elephants,
and are making but slow way. Rich mines have
been discovered by Catholic missionaries in the
neighbouring province of Tonquin, and the
Spaniards are anxious to proceed against it, not the
less, we may believe, on that account, than because
of the persecution which has there been directed
against Catholic missionaries.
There has been a panic at Fuh-chau in the native
money market, owing to loss of confidence in Go-
vernment paper, and for several days there was
danger of serious disturbance.
During the past fortnight we have only to note
the departure of three vessels for Great Britain,
with tea. From Canton, the Glendower with
554,8001 b. tea ; the Crisis with 489,3001 b. From
Fuhchau, the Herculean with 630,8001 b. From
Shanghae none. The total export for the season
amounts to 39,796,3001 b.

To the United States there has been no depar-
tures since the dispatch of last mail. The
total export of tea for the season amounts to
24,533,3001 b.
Our export of silk to Great Britain amounts to
55,090 bales, including 646 per steamer Pekin, and
1,727 bales per the outgoing steamer Ottawa. To
Marseilles the Pekin took 273, and the Ottam, a
takes 511, making the total export for the season
to date 6,509 bales.

COMMERCIAL.

HONG-KONG, FEB. 26.

The trade of Canton does not revive, and there are
grounds for supposing that unless the Chinese not only
Change their system, but adopt stringent measures for
carrying it out, that it will permanently lose the bulk of the
extensive foreign trade it has for so many years possessed.
The hoppo of Canton is simply the farmer of the foreign
duties ; it is needless to say that the system of farming duties,
being founded on venality and favouritism, cannot be made
applicable to the European principles of collecting Customs'
revenue.
The mail steamer of 9th January has not arrived.
The steamer, the Ottawa, takes a full supply of silk and a
large amount of treasure as remittance to Bombay.
EXPORTS. _ _ _

Tea,—Supplies are now palpably failing, although the tea
districts have been swept, and quantities shipped which are
usually csnsidered unadvisable to export. The comparative
exports to date stand thus—To Great Britain, from Ist July
to date, 431 million lbs., against 461 million last season, and
511 millions the season before. At Amoy and Foo-chow,
and Canton teas continue to be eagerly picked up and
shipped off as they arrive at rates much in advance of the
last London quotations.
Raw Silk.—Shanghai : The settlements of the fortnight
are reported at 300 bales, making the total settlements for
the season to date amount to 62,000 bales, against 51,000
bales at corresponding period last season. Supplies latterly
have been coming forward tardily.

IMPORTS.
Opium.—The only supply imported since last mail has
been per Viscount Canning from Calcutta, arrived this day,
with about 325 chests Patna and Benares. Hong diong :
New Patna has continued in steady demand, with an in-
variable upward tendency.
Exchange, Bullion, &c.—This steamer will take a large
amount of specie. Little has been done in sterling—rates
similar to those the last mail closed at—say 4 7 to 4 71 for
Private Bills and 461t0 4 61 for Bank Paper. On India
the Bank rate is 213.

TURIN, APRIL 11.

Military stores are embarked unceasingly night
and day at Trieste ; even Saints' days are not allowed
to interfere with the operations. Shells, cannon
shot, biscuits, brandy, flour, oats, wood for the con-
struction of pontoons, palisades, barriers; in a
word, the whole of the shore in the vicinity of the
railway has been appropriated by the Government.
The steam mills of Trieste, of Duino, and of
Fiume, are set to work to grind the corn destined
for the use of the troops, to the total exclusion of
private stores.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

MARSEILLES, APRIL 12.

Advices have been received from Naples to the
9th inst. The malady of the King is becoming
more aggravated. It is believed that he will not
survive the present week. The disease has attacked
the chest, accompanied by vomiting and stupor.
The agitation of parties is increasing. The Queen
is anxious to associate her son with the future King
as councillor, but her success in this undertaking is
not probable. The Grand Duke Constantine
strongly supports reforms in the constitution. The
Hereditary Prince and the Royal Family go to
Caserta daily.
Advices have also been received from Rome to the
9th inst. The Pope will address the Consistory on
Friday next. He will describe the present situation
of diplomatic affairs. It is asserted that he will
reject the proposal of a Congress. Passports are
given by the Roman authorities to volunteers for the
Piedmontese service from the States of the Church,
but with the intimation that they will be regarded
as exiles.

TRIESTE, APRIL 12.

The transport of goods on the Southern Railway
between this town and Vienna is to be discontinued
from to-morrow, the 13th, until the 28th inst.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

It is said that the Government of England pro-
poses that the question of a general disarmament
shall be submitted to the Plenipotentiaries as soon
as possible after the assembling of the Congress.
M. Massimo d'Azeglio, charged with a mission
from the Piedmontese Government to Paris and
London, is expected here this evening.
The tendencies just now are pacific, in conse-
quence of rumours that the difficulty about the
disarmaments is likely to be removed. The journal
of the private Cabinet of the Emperor, the Patrie,
says on the disarmament—
" France will have no change to make in her conduct.
She has not armed; she will not arm. She will persist is
her attitnde, as far removed from menace as from impru-
dence. She :will bring to the Congress the most loyal desire
for peace,. and she has no pretension to present herself there
with her hand on her sword-guard. There will be always
time to put her hand .en that when it becomes necessary.
But Austria and Piedmont are net in the same situation.
If Austria wishes to recall from Italy the army she has oaa-
centrated there, Piedmont will certainly not refuse to with-
draw from the Ticino. We are convinced that Francs°
would agree with Europe to give her this advice.
" But on what conditions does Austria propose disarnw.-

ment ? If she does not make of it a condition for some-
thing else, and if she wishes, with entire sincerity, to refer
to the arbitration of Europe, it is not France that will be
less mtiderate and confident than she. It is not France that
will pat obstacles in the way of an honourable and solid
peace.

" But if there be at Vienna pretensions incompatible
with the security of Europe and the dignity of France ;
if Austria means that the general disarmament which she
proposes is to have for its consequence the maintenance of
the statics quo in Italy; if, in a word, she will not disarm
but on condition of evading, and not of resolving, the
imperious difficulties of the present situation, then we can
only see in this incident the extreme resource of a cause
alfeady very bad, and do not count that France will be the
dupe of it.
" France has no wish to deceive any one, nor to be de-
ceived by any one whatever. Decided, we are convinced
of it, to accept all that is useful and serious, s he is not less
so to reject whatever is not worthy of her and of the great
interests which she has taken under her protection. The
best way then is to await, to remain calm, not to let our-
selves be led away by premature hopes, nor abandon our-
selves to exaggerated fears."

BOURSE, April 12.—Rente to-day rose 60c. The
following were the closing quotations :

41 per Cents. .... 94 75 I Credit Foncier 640
Do. end month .. 95 Belgian 4A —
3 per Cents. 6B Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 67 85 Roman B5
Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 700 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 698 75 Rome Debt 4O 50

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at
Guildhall—the Lord Mayor presiding.

THE GOVERNORSHIP OF HOLLOWAY PRISON-
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.

A report was brought up from the Gaol Commit-
tee, upon an instruction from a former Court, in
consequence of the recent dismissal of Mr. Wright
from the office of governor of Holloway Prison, to
inquire into and report upon the duties and emolu-
ments of the office, examine the qualifications of
candidates, and return the names of three fit and
proper persons for the selection of the Court. The
committee stated that no present change was neces-
sary in the duties of the office, recommended that
the salary of the governor should be £4OO a year,
with house, fuel, and light, and that he should give
security for I:500 ; and they returned the names of
Mr. John Weatherhead (then governor of Newgate),
Captain Vivian Craig, and Captain Edward Hamil-
ton Finney, from among the candidates into whose
qualifications they had examined, as best qualified
to fill the office.

The report having been received and agreed to,
it was further resolved that the Court would forth-
with proceed to the election, and that the election
should be made by the aldermen then present,
several aldermen having been requested by the
Lord Mayor to enter the court from the adjoining
" Aldermen's Room" for that purpose.
The TOWN CLERK then called over the names of
the aldermen present, commencing with the Lord
Mayor, who voted in succession until Sir H. Mug-
geridge was reached, and he declined to vote.
LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. The rule is
that every alderman present must vote.
Sir H. MUGGERIDGE—Then I will vote for Mr.
Weatherhead.
Alderman GABRIEL rose next and said—l shall
not vote.

The TOWN CLERK—But his lordship has ruled
that every alderman present must vote.
Alderman GABRIEL—WeII, I shall not vote.
LORD MAYOR—But you must vote. This is the
rule, and if you break it you will be guilty of a
contempt of Court.

Alderman Gabriel—l do not think that can be
the rule. For, suppose I believe none of the can-
didates to be properly qualified—l do not say that
is the case now, but it might be—you would force
me to vote for a person I should not consider to be
fit for the office.

Lord Mayor—lf you did not intend to vote, you
ought not to have been present.
Alderman Gabriel—But you sent for me. (Hear,
hear.)
Lord Mayor—Then if you refuse to vote, I shall
instruct the Town Clerk to enter upon the journals
that you have been guilty of a contempt of court.
The Town Clerk suggested that it was not abso-
lutely necessary that the aldermen present should
vote, as it was only an ordinary poll, and not a
division.

An Alderman—The Town Clerk does not agree
with your lordship's ruling.
Lord Mayor—My experience is greater than the
Town Clerk's ; I have been here longer than he,
and I say that he is wrong as to our law.
Sir J. Musgrove—But, your lordship—
Lord Mayor—l will not go into a discussion in
the middle of a poll. (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. Musgrove—But the question is whether
your lordship is right on a point connected with
the poll. (Hear, hear.)
Lord Mayor—l have laid down the rule, and I
w ill never submit to have my authority. overruled
by an officer of the court. (Hear, hear.)
Some other votes were then recorded, and the
Town Clerk said all the aldermen present had voted,
but it was remarked that Sir J. Duke (who had
just entered) had not done so.
The Town Clerk—Sir James Duke was not here
when the question was put and carried that the
election be by the aldermen " now present," and
therefore he is not entitled to vote.

Sir J. DUKE said—To save all dispute on the
matter, I think I had better retire (retiring accord-
ingly).
The votes were then cast up, and
The LORD MAYOR declared Mr. Weatherhead
duly elected to be governor of Holloway Prison
during the pleasure of the Court, and subject to
such rules and regulations as might now be in force,
or hereafter be made, in connection with the office.
Alderman WILSON—I shall now move that Mr.
Alderman Gabriel be taken into custody by the
Sergeant-at-Arms, and brought to the bar, for re-
fusing to obey the order of the Court. (Hear, hear,
and oh, oh.)
LORD MAYOR—And if you do, and the Court
assents, I shall certainly order the officers at once
to act upon the resolution. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman WILSON—Then I move that Alderman
Gabriel be brought to the bar by the Sergeant-at-
Arms. (Oh, oh.)
Sir P. LAURIE—If you do that, I shall at once
move the adjournment of the Court. (Hear.)
Several Aldermen—But be has no seconder.
The motion, not being seconded, fell to the ground.
Mr. Weatherhead being then called to the bar,
formally resigned his office of governor of Newgate,
and that office being declared vacant, it was referred
to the Gaol Committee to inquire into its duties and
emoluments, to examine into the qualifications of
candidates, and return the names of three for the
selection of the Court, as they had just done in the
case of the prison at Holloway.
Some routine business was then transacted, and
the Court adjourned.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)

In the week ending Saturday the total deaths
registered in London were 1,201, and they exhibit
an increase of 134 on those of the preceding week.
In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was
1,151, but as the deaths in the present return oc-
curred in a population which has increased, these
can only be compared with the average raised in
proportion to the increase—namely, with 1,266.
The figures show that the deaths of last week ware
less by 65 than the number which would have oc-
curred under the average rate of mortality for the
first week of April.
The deaths from smallpox rose last week to 22,
of which number nearly half occurred in the east
districts ; those from measles declined to 15. Fifty-
eight cases of scarlatina and 13 of diphtheria were
fatal. Whooping-cough carried off 61 children,
five of these in the sub-district of Somers-town. At
14, Catherine-street, Hoxton New-town, three
children have died from scarlatina since the 3d
inst., and two others have been attacked by the
disease. The medical attendant considers that the
severity of the complaint in this instance is due to
the bad drainage of the locality. A tailor, aged 79
years, at 5, Back-road, St. George's-in-the-East,
was " found dead from want of proper nourish-
ment." •
Last week the births of 923 boys and 914 girls,
in all 1,837 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1849-58
the average number was 1,556.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, themean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.831 1110
The barometrical readings underwent very small
variations during the first four days ; afterwards
the lowest was 29.41 inches, the highest 29•52
inches. The mean temperature of the week wa
56.3 deg., which is 11.1 deg. above the average of
the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr.
Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was
likewise above the average throughout the week ;
and on Wednesday and Thursday this excess was 15.7
deg. and 17.5 deg. respectively. The thermometer
fell to its lowest point, 43.5 deg., on Tuesday, and
rose to its highest, 79 deg., on the following day.
The entire range was, therefore, 35.5 deg. The
mean daily range was 21.8 deg. The range on
Wednesday was so much as 33.5 deg. The differ-
ence between the mean dew point temperature and
air temperature was 9.1 deg. The wind blew on
day from the south-west. The rain measured
was 0.10 inch.
In the 13 weeks that ended April 2, 16,147 deaths
were registered in London, of which 8,160, or
rather more than half, occurred under 20 years of
age. The quarter was healthier than the seines
period of last year, and much healthier than that of
1855. The mean temperature of the first quarter
in the
.present year was unusually high—viz., 43.3
deg.; in that of 1858 it was 38 deg.; in 1855, 344
deg. But, though the recent mortality-.has been
comparatively not great, scarlatina (including
diphtheria) has contributed a remarkably heavy
proportion, the deaths from it having been 1,167,
while in four corresponding quarters they ranged
only from 353 to 705. Smallpox has lately increased,
for whereas the deaths from it in the two winter,
quarters of 1857-8 were 60 and 41, in the last
quarter they were 201. Of these 201, 8 occurred
in the west districts, 38 in the north, 43 in the
central, 83 in the east, and 29 in the south. The
parts chiefly infested were Finsbury, Shoreditcn
and Bethnal-green.
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).,,NT: L p Conservatives have brought
.(11.`vard a candidate in the person of Mr. Alderman Allen,
of the City of London, and with a fair chance of success. The
Whigs declare for their present representative, Mr. Samuel-
son, but are sorely embarrassed by the Radical candidate,
Sir Charles Douglas. Parties, thus far, are evenly divided, •
with a bias towards IJiberal conservatism,
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