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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-27

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.--A return containing the
papers and correspondence relative to the Danish Transit
Dues was issued yesterday.
TRADES AND PROFESSIONS IN PARIS, —A. curious and
interesting table has been recently drawn up, showing
the development attained by Parrs during the last fifty
years. I extract some details concerning the numbers
of professions and trades, which give a fair idea of the
Progress made by the capital. In 1807 there were 300
lawyers in Paris, there are now-727 ; 780 physicians and
surgeons against 1,456 of the present day ; 167 chemists
against 497 ; 180 architects against 811 ; 483 artists
against 842 ; 218 engravers against 880 ; 689 bakers
against 601 ; 237 butchers against 487 ; 1 credit institu-
tion, the Bank of France, against 33 ; 121 bankers
against 262 ; 182 commission merchants against 1,160 ;
9 warns-bath establishments against 117 ;84 paper
manufactories against 240 ; 761 greengrocers against
1,845; 188 watchmakers against 680 ; 57 lace mer-
chants against 260 ; 62 artificial flower-makers acairm
738 ; 47 restaurants against 593 ; 124 cafes against
1,035; 1,416 wine dealers against 3,879 The increase, it
Will be observed, has been the more important in trades
dealing in articles of luxury whith depend entirely on an
influx of foreign visitors for success. Amongst the
trades utterly unknown to the generation of 1807 were
advertising offices, of which there exist 83 ; insurance
offices, 128 in number ; photographists, 166; atid matri-
monial apnoiee, of which Paris contains 4.-07obe.
London, England, 1857-05-27

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Secretary of
State for Colonial Affairs, gave a State dinner in
celebration of the Queen's birthday, at his residence
in Belgrave-square. The company were—Mr. Ball,
Mr. Merivale, Mr. Murdoch, Sir F. Rogers, Mr.
C. Fortescue; Lord Sandon, Mr. Grey, Governor
Stevenson, Governor Darling, Governor Eyre, the
Bishop of Antigua, the Bishop of Victoria (Hong
Kong), Chief Justice Draper, Justice Cooper, Sir
C. Nicholson, and Lord R. Grosvenor.
London, England, 1857-05-27

sonal property as may have been the original sub-
j-ct of a trust, but also any real or personal pro-
perty into which the 'tam.) may have been convert-
ed or exebaog-d, and the proceeds thereof reppec-
tivelv, and anything acquired by such proceeds.
XVII. This act shall not extend to Scotland.
London, England, 1857-05-27

Cochineal cwt.

Indigo
Flax

cwt.
cwt.

Currants

Guano

tons

Hemp cwt.
Alahogany tons
Oil, palm cwt.
Provisions cwt.
Quicksilver lbs.
Rice cwt.

Saltpetre
Silk, raw
Cassia Lignea
Cloves

...cwt. 107,633
....lbs. 4,278,461
....lbs. 121,588
...lbs. 187,991
_ _ ,

proof gallons 1,762,039 .... 2,079,104
•
Pepper lbs. 1,565,499
1,605,249
Rum
Brandy proof gallons 1,025,092
Geneva proof gal'ons 72,f'3o
-Unrefined sugars cwt. 1,895,378
Tallow cwt. 17 :,329
Tea lbs. A,3 I 3,332
Tobacco lbs. 8,(+60,459
Wine gallons. 2,809,421
Cotton wool
Sheep's and lambs' wool lbs. 24,451,767
The declared value cf some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the cor-
responuing period of last year, was as follows :-
1857. 1856.
A £
Beer and Ale 622,687
Coals and calm 81.4,468 ...,.. 762,583
Cotton manufactures 9,421,526 ...... 8,556,724
Cotton yarn 2,563,143
Earthenware 5O ,550
Haberdashery and millinery... 1,5:70,508
Hardwares and cutlery
Linen manufactures 1,451,592
Machinery and millwork
Silk manufactures
Silk Thrown ' 348,896
Woollen manufactures 1,088,109
Woollen yarn 828,704

The total declared value of all the er,nmerated articles
exportel durtug the lour months is 85,889,652/., against
31,850,916/., in the corresponding period of 1856, show-
ing an increase of 4,038,7361. T;,e unenumerated arti-
cles are stated to have been worth 2,923,6851.

MELANCHOLY DEATHS.—A. deplorable boat accident,
by which E sign George H. Bowles, of the 85th Regi-
ment of Foot, the depot of which is now stationed at
Fulwood Garrison, near Preston, and a man named
James Cartmel, the servant of Mr. William Paley, ma
nefacturer, of that town, lost their lives, occurred on the
river Ribble, on Saturday evening last. On the after-
noon of that day Mr. Paley and the two deceased went;
in a sailing boat down the Ribble from Preston to Lytham,
a marine village about 12 miles distant, which place they
reached in safety ; and in the evening, when the hour
for returning arrived, Mr. Paley suggested that they
should all go back by railway. Mr. Bowles objected,
saying that he preferred returning in the boat ; and,
after some demur on the part of Mr. Palsy, that gentle-
man returned by rail to Preston, and the offieer and
servant took the boat. Nothing was heard of the two
last-mentioned persons till Sunday evening, when Mr-
Paley received information that his servant had been
found drowned in the Ribble, at Naze Point, which is
about six miles distant from Preston, by a man named
Rowland Gomel]. There can be no doubt that Mr•
Bowles has met with a similar fate, but up toyesterday
afternoon (Monoay) his body had not been fFol3_°_,
Varione cot j -ctures are current with respect to t1.)(7
accident, the most probabl,, of which is that 0,2. imp:,
was -11,iden;), u;: et by qn• 11 of wind. Mr.
_Y_
con n-r, was to hold an inquest yesterday afttru :nneva_
the body of Ca. tend, at the village of Freckleton
the Naze. Mr. Bowles joined the 85th Reginierit on too
27th of December, 1855.
London, England, 1857-05-27

AUSTRIA.

It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the Cai-
macan of Moldavia has addressed to the represen-
tatives of the great powers at Jassy a memoir in
which he defends himself 41gainit the charge of hav-
ing illegally interfered in the elections.
The Austrian Government is not altogether
satisfied with the reply of Denmark on the question
of the Duchies, on account of its vagueness, but
the Danish Cabinet has promised to send a
detailed answer, calculated to satisfy the German
powers.

In virtue of the amnesty granted by the Empe-
ror, 125 political offenders detained in the fortresses
of Josephstadt and Theresenstadt have been set at
liberty.
London, England, 1857-05-27

THE LORD STEWARD.

Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward of her Ma-
jesty's Household,, gave a state dinner 3 esterday
evening, at Spencer House, to celebrate her Ma-
jesty's birthday. The company consisted of Rear-
Admiral the Marquis Townshend, the Earl of Mul-
grave, Viscount Castlerosse, Rear-Admiral Lord
Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, G-.C.H., Commo-
dore Lord Edward Cecil, Captain Lord Clarence
Paget, R.N., C. 8., Colonel the Hon. Alexander
Nelson Hood, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard
S. Dundas, K. C.B. , Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, Rear-
Admiral the Hon. Thomas Best, Vice-Admiral Sir
Augustus Clifford, Bart., C. 8., Captain Sir Bald-
win Walker, Bart., K C. 8., Lieutenant-General
Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral 1 Sir
Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8., Rear.-Admiral al Sir
Stephen Lushington, K.C.,8., Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Howe Fremantle, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral
Sir Richard Grant, General Sir Edward Bowater,

-
4-*
K CH., Rear Admiral S
Director-General Sir John ',ll.(ddia,4C-::B;411i,
Admiral Codrin6ton, C. 8.; :A./4).`irtgn. -
lev Drummond, Ilea,- AdmiraNLVAil-
tain R. R. (2,lin, R. N., Cap! am K B eh
SOYMOUr, R.N., Lieut CoLiael- W. B. Frederick
Cavendish, Captain Cavendish- Boyle, Mr. William
Hampshire, and Mt. Edward Browell.
THE ARCHRIATIOP , OF •YORK.
The Archbishop of York gave his annual dinner
yesterday, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to
the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bish.Op of Lon-
don' the Bishop .of Durham, the Bishop of Win-
chester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Bath
and Wells, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bishop of
Chinhegter' the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of
Lichfield, the Bishop of Llandafe, the Bishop of
Oxford, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of St.
.Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of
Worcester, the Bishop of Kilmore. The Bishops
of Chester, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester and Bristol,
Lincoln, Manchester, Norwich, Peterborough,
Ripon, and Salisbury, were unable to be
present owing to official engagamcn.ts in._their dio-
ceses.
London, England, 1857-05-27

s. s.
.21- 30
.41 44
.39 47
.39 46
.37 40
35 40
;39 98
.34 37
~34 38

received

ts, ilem

- 100
30 410

h had a
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Lhe same

)3 to 683;
; bea.os,
:3 ; peas,

10 prices
advance.
all sorts

Beans.
Os 04
Os Od
Os

~day, but
--North
'ire, 1004
—London
Ukburn, 6
—London
is -Dutch
22t

hut with
)in prices.
,colnshire,
restern of
qncashire,
t Eastern,
re, 100 i

relay, and
Western,
i—Ditto,
rmingham

tCIIIT.-A
Saturday
the rnem-
)vation to
down to
>arty VMS
irney, and
,ant Sbee,
reception
hed guest
that one
respected
e been ap-
he now

The third
Prisons in

amodation
the lMt of
number in

(is one, and

a gross
.1 in 1856.
I vie tA has
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vantages
, whicb, it
,h the men
the direr
re tangible
if earnings
tion.

At the last
y of Anti-
.lexcursion
e believed,
m allowed
planned by
• was to sail
ffected at
gormandy.
er Wace of
; and the
ided down
awes Matil-
London, England, 1857-05-27

)lAmbg. Nottng. Bost.
dz Eastn. June.—
Belfast & Ballymena
Birmng. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Lancsh. di
Cheshire Janet
Black burn
Birth & Tyne original
.£2s(iss. at £45)
Bristol & Exeter
Caledonian.
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black. & Pass
Cornwall
Do: B ....
Dublin&Belfast June.
Dun. P. dzAbor.Junc.
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Easterntrnion,A. stk
Do., do. B.
Do. New A
East Kent
East Lancashire
East Suffolk ........

Do.
Edinburgh di Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles._
Edinb.Prth. &Dundee
Forth and Cl ydeJunc.
Furness
Glasgow & S. Western
Great N. of Scotland
Great Northern
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sib. &West. (Ire. )
Great Western.
Do. Str. V. R gua. St
Irish South-Eastern
!Lancaster &Carlisle.
1.D0., Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancash &Yorkshire
Do., do. F. £l6
Do., Wst. Riding Ern
Do. Southport.
London & Blackwall
Loud:Bright. & S.Cst.
London & N. Western
Do. Fifths. ..... .
Do. ,1.Gi.5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths
London & S. Western
Lndndrry.&Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch.ShettiLineln.
Metropolitan
Do. J. L. Ricardo's
arrangement
Midland .......
Do. Birming. & Derby
Midland G. West. (Ir. )
Do. Shares .
Newcastle & Carlisle..
INewpt.Aberg.EiHrfd.
,Newry & Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint

& Rostrevor..

Norfolk__ ...........
Korthn. Counties Un

'North British

North Devon, Rail. cSrl

Dock-Stock ........
100 Do., A Stock
100 Do., B Stock
100 N. Eastern Berwick
234 Do. do. Extension
lkt Do do. G.N.E Porch
all Do Leeds
WI Do. York
LOO North London
31.1 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp-
stead, and City Jn..
17i North Staffordshire..
all North Western........
all N. &S. Westrn. June
100 Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton.....
Portsmouth
Rhymney
Peottish Central
Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St
Shropshire Union ...
Sitingbourne &Sheer.
South Devon.. .....
South Eastern
Do. 4 per c. Shares
South Wales
S. Yorksh. RivsrDtin
7

Do.
Staines, Wok. , & Wok 1
Stockton & Darling.)
Do. do., 1854
Do. do., LBKS
Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Hay. D. &R
Vale of Neath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford &Limerick
West Cornwall...—.
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
Do. A
Dn. B
West London
Do. First Class
Do. Second Class
Wmblecion Szeroydo7 1
London, England, 1857-05-27

THE EAST.

We have received the Constantinople journals
and letters to the 15th brought by the Tamis-.
The fast of the Ramazan was nearly at its close.
and as soon as the feast of the Beyram should be
finished public business would, it was expected, be
resumed with all the activity which the situation of
the country requ;red. Projects for a new bank
wereabundant, but were merely in emliryr. During
the whole of the week previous to the departure of
the steamer, the principal functionaries had been
making the iftar at the houses of the different tni
sters—t hat isto say, partaking ofsupper heren-
joyments. Every great personage has bisift ar of from
50 to 100 guests, some of whom are invited and
othersfromlongacquaintanceirivitethem.elve.. The
foreign ambassadors had been taking advanrage of
the cessation of public bussmes to take excursions
in the neighbourhood. The Austrian interuunc'o
had returned from Broussa and Mount Olympus,
the ascent of which he had made with one of the
attaches of his embassy. The English ambassador
was preparing to leave for his summer residence at
Buyukdere. Notwithstanding the Ram azan, Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe bad on the day before the
packet left a conference with Reschid Pacha,
which lasted no less than five hours. The qusst ou
under discussion is said to have been solely ttiat of
the principalities, to the union of which Lord
Stratford is said to be decidedly opposed. The
Journal de Constantinople, in alluding to a
statement made in a foreign journal that the
English East India Company had taken possession
of the Isle of Perim, in virtue of a treaty with the
chiefs of Berbsra, states that the island in question
is the legitimate possession of Turkey, and that the
chiefs who pretend to have sold it are no hing
more than a band of pirates. The dragomans of
the foreign legations have just completed a rough
draft of a code of commerce, composed of nearly
500 articles, taken mostly from the French code,
and adapted to the usages and regulations which
prevail in Turkey. The difference between the
Turkish and European laws is a constant sou' ce of
difficulties and abuse., which the code in question
is intended to remedy. The work has already re-
ceived the approbation of the ambassadors, and is
about to be submitted to the examination of the
Ottoman Government.
London, England, 1857-05-27

Ashtn &Oldh
BirminEsham
Coventry.... ,
Derby .. • ...
Grandjunctn
Do., 6 pr. Ct.
Grand 'Jnion
Kennt S. Avn
Leeds &Livrp
Leicester....
Leicstr &Nth
Loughborog,b
Macclesfield.
Neath
0xf0rd......

Name of Company.

Berlin .... .. .
East London

Do. 4 per Cent. Pref.

Do. 5 per Cent. Pref.
Grand Junction .... • •

Do. New ••. • • •
Lambeth ........
New River Company ..
Southwark & Vauxhall
West Niiikllesex •• • • .
Do. Do,

Name of Company.

flunzerford.... • • ....
Southwark ...... • • ..

Ditto New of 7 P.C.
Waterloo ....

Ditto Old Ann. of 8/.

Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall

Name of Company

Commercial ..........

Do. Preference
East and West India..
Grand 4nrryD. & Canal

1)o. Loan Notes

Do. 5 per cent. Pref.
London .• •• • ••• • • •
it. Katharine •• •• •• ••
outhampton ........
Victoria .. ••..•• •• • •
Ditto New •.
London, England, 1857-05-27

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
ud all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
guard to health.
gold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street,
Cti Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
Blackwell, and other oilmen and raer-
the principal dealers in sauce.
hto, a
bdn dtosn,, Sons, eonnddo6 London
; Messrs. BaCnrrodoas generally Broad-street,
s t andr e
b y
N.B.—To guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of "LEA
and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.
London, England, 1857-05-27

THE WAR SECRETARY.

Lord Pamnure, Secretary of State for War, gave
a•State dinner, at his residence in Chesham-place,
to celebrate the day. The company invited were—
H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, Sir C. Yorke, Sir
R. Airey, Dr. A. Smith, Sir G. Weatherall, Major-
General Cater, Sir J. Burgoyne; Sir B. Hawes,
Sir J. Ramsden, Mr. J. R. Godley, Sir H. Storks,
Captain Caffin, Col. Clifton (Gentleman in Wait-
ing to the Duke of Cambridge), Sir Colin Camp-
bell, Sir H. Ross, Mr. H. R. Grenfell, the Earl of
Cardigan, Lord Rokeby, and Sir W. F. Williams.
London, England, 1857-05-27

End of Month.
91fr. 700.
69 55

Cash. tr. c.
44 per Cents

3-per Cents 69 40
Bank Shares 4,550
Credit Mobilier 1,275 Roman
Do. Account 1,275 -- Austrian ..

Belgian 4
Piedmontese (5) 9O 50 Home Debt •

RAILWAYS—FOR CASLI.
n• c. ft' c.
Orleans 1,477i— Western 790
Northern
Lyons 1,493 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,9374 Grand Central
Geneva 1—
Midi
London, England, 1857-05-27

rEJ SUN, LONDON,

tables but little variation has taken place in the
numbers registered, except in the case of pneu-
monia and rheumatic fever, both of which
maladies, as might haye been expect, show a
marked decrea' e. Of the 52 cases of ague recorded
this week nearly half (23) came under treatment in
the districts south of the Thames.
London, England, 1857-05-27

AUSTRIA.

It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the Cai-
macan of Moldavia has addressed to the represen-
tatives of the great powers at Jassy a memoir in
which he defends himself against the charge of hav-
ing illegally interfered in the elections.
The Austrian Government is not altogether
satisfied with the reply of Denmark on the question
of the Duchies, on account of its vagueness, but
the Danish Cabinet has promised to send a
detailed answer, calculated to satisfy the German
powers.
In virtue of the amnesty granted by the Empe-
ror, 125 political off nders detained in the fortresses
of Josephstadt and Theresenstadt have been set at
liberty.
London, England, 1857-05-27

•
HER M AJESTY'S THEATRE.
Piccolomini, Giuglini, Vialetti, Belletti.
EXTRA. NIGH V.
TO-MORROW, THURSDAY EVENING, May 2s,
LUCIA DI LANIIIEII 000 R.
Lucia, Piceolomini ; Edgardo, Sig. Giuglini.
After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in
Two Tableaux, composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre
by M. Massot, entitled

ACA' ISTA.
FIRST TABLEAU—Terpsichore, Madlle. Rolla ; Acalista,
Madame Perea, Nena; .Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle.
Michelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and Mdlle. Brunetti; Amyntas,
M. Baratti.
SECOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).— Seville.—
Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls.
Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli; Manolo,
M. Massot. Spaniards.
For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Coonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

11 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE.

MONDAY, JUNE 1.

Piccolomini, Alboni, Spezia, Ortolani,Giuglini, Reichardt,

Bottardi, Beneventano, Belletti.
To meet the many applications that have been made, and
to accommodate the numerous families resident in the en-
virons, a GRAND EXTRA PERFORMANCE will take place
on MONDAY MORNING, June 1, when will be performed
Verdi's opera,

,
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Piceolmini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini.
Germont Giorgio, Sig. Beneventano.
To be preceded by (arranged in one act), Rossini's opera,
IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.
Rosina, Madame Alboni.
Between the Operas a DIVERTISSEMENT.
Morning Dress only will be necessary. Doors open at One,
to commence at half-past One, and end at half-past Five.
London, England, 1857-05-20

MILITIA REGIMENTS.

Capt. D. O'CONNELL asked the Under Secretary
for War, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to make any change in the relative rank of
the regimental captains and adj utants of militia regiment'',
so as to affect the seniority of the former over the !at-
ler ; and, if so, whether he would lay on the table any
correspondence or memorials, 'and answers thereto,
which explain Oa reasons for such a change ?
Sir J. RAMSDEN said that the alteration the hon.
gentleman alluded to had been under 'the careful consi-
deration of the Government, and was so at this tic.e,
but that no conclusion had yet been cline to.

Major SIBTHORP asked the Under Secretary for
War, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment to call out any of the militia regiments for
training this year ; and if so, what regiments and' at
what period ?

Sir J. RAIISDEN said it was impossible to answer
the question until after the estimates had been voted, for
on that depended the number of men to be called out for
training. The Goverdment did not intend to call the
militia ont until after the harvest.

SUPERANNUATION PENSIONS.

Mr. GROGAN asked the Under Secretary for War
when the superannuation pensions would be granted to
the surveyors and draftsmen lately dismissed from the
Ordnance Survey Branch of the War Department,
Dublin, to which they were entitled under the Treasury
minute of 1855

Sir J. RA.MSDEN said that the granting of the pen-
eion, and the time when they were granted, rested with
the Traasury.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.

Mr. HADFIELD moved for copies of all communi-
cations or letters tbat had been addressed* to and re-
ceived from the Archdeacon of Salop, in the diocese of
Lichfield, by the Secretary to the Governors of Qaeen
Ann's B3unty, from the Ist day of .February, 1353, to
the present time, in reference to proposed improve-
ments in the manavment of the Bounty-office, and
with a view to the interests of the poorer clergy ;
and of all the minutes and records of the proceedings
and resolutions that had been taken and passed thereon
by the governors, and of the correspondence that had
taken place in relation to such communication or let-
ters, or in consequence thereof.—Agreed to.
London, England, 1857-05-20

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING.
EXTRA NIGH r.
PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, RENE VENTANO.
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Piccolmini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini.
After which will be produced an entirely New Ballet, in
TWO Tableaux, composed expresslylfor her Majesty's Theatre
by M. Massot, entitled
London, England, 1857-05-20

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL. MAY 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market quiet, and prices are
a 'shade lower. Eastern Counties, 11— Caledonians. 68—
London and North Western, 105i—Midland, 83i
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 42i 6—Ditto, 6 per
cent., 11i—Datch Rhenish, d. ].s. 3d.—Blackburn, 6
per cent , 233 -Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011
Great Western of Canada, 233 - Ditto, new. p. 11—South
Eastern, 223 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, 163—Great
Western, 67 f.-
London, England, 1857-05-20

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL OAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 16
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tithercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration 202
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ......
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 2
Premature Birth and Debility 22
Atrophy 4l
Old Age
sudden 2
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3l
Causes not specified

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Deaths in corro-
Enumerated. sponding week

. 1,044
Deaths
in the

1651. - of 1856. Week.
West Districts
North Districts 490,396
Central Districts 393,256
East Districts 485,522
South Districts

Totals
Males 514
Fmnales
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

873
809

Total . . ......... ......1,682

DIED.—At 41, Marine Parade, Brighton, on the 19th
inst., Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Thomas Wakley,
Esq., coroner for Middlesex.

A. further dividend of 6d. in the pound has been an•
nounced by the inspectors of the estate of Messrs. Reid,
Irving, and Co., the amount previously distributed
having been ls. 6d. in the pound.

The'Pestit Gazette of the 14th says :—" We learn that
the eldest of the august daughters of the Emperor of
Austria, the Archduchess Sophia, has been attacked
with fever, like her younger sister."
At a meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining As-
sociation, held yesterday, an adjournment was agreed
to for the receipt of advices from the secretary, who
has been sent to Brazil to look after the property.
Under these circumstances the resolutions passed at a
former meeting were not confirmed, and it was in ti-
mated that negotiations of an encouraging nature are
pending.
London, England, 1857-05-20

The house then adjourned at ten minutes to one;

SUEZ CANAL.—The Chamber of Commerce, Dublin,
have resolved, that
,they are deeply sensible of the im-
portant advantages to the interests of commerce and
civilisation which that project presents ; and they con-
sider that, provided means can be adopted to secure the
perfect neutrality of the canal, and to ensure a moderate
rate of charges on vessels passing through, and a perfect
impartiality in its management, it will be eminently
entitled to commercial support.

. .
NEW REMEDY FOR EPILEFST.-Sir Charles Locock
made known a very important fact with regard to the
treatment of some forts of Epilepsy, at the meeting
of the Medical and Chirurgical Society last Tuesday.
In cases of hysterical epilepsy in young women, he has
found the bromide of potassium, in doses of from five
to ten grains, remarkably efficacious. Of 15 cases in
which he had tried it, it had failed in only one.-•
iffeaico? Timm
London, England, 1857-05-20

BIRTHS.

• OF A SON.
On the 17th inst., at 2, Hyde-park-street, Hyde-PAI4
square, the wife of Julius Munim, Esq. ff,
On the 19th inst., at 61, Cadogan-place, Mrs. W.
Brookfield.

OF A DAUGHTER. of
On the Fith inst., at 49, Finsbury-square, tho wife
Her- W

_
rmau eber, Esq., M.D.
On the 19th inst., at 17, Great James-street, Be-
row, the wife of Henry Johnson, Esq.

MARRIED.
On the 18th inst. at the Church of the British Erctl,.,,to-
-0
at Paris, Richard Bulkeley, Esq. of tb°„'---,.„14319
Horse Guards, eldest son of Sir Richard Esq.,
M.P., to Mary Emily, eldest daughter of Henry P°.-1)
Esq., M.P.
re,
On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-scel,a_„- oho,
H. Sears, Esq., of Fulwich House, Dartford, to PP"'
only daughter of the late B. Nowell, Esq.

D I E D.
On the 18th inst., at Park-grove, Brixton, Chao* Parry
Lack, Esq., aged 47. floe
On the 18th inst., at Grove-hill, Camberwell,
,1-69.
Kemble Esq., formrly M.P. for East Surrey, oge,,„" the
On the 18th inst. in Upper Brook-street, bil"loLtoor
eldest daughter of 'Sir Edward Workman illscuth*
Bart.
of f
On the 18th inst., at 142, Cheapside, Mary, vilf
E. Sparkhall, aged 71.
mro.njothhne
Rl7otbhsonin,satz.,edat72S.outh-street, Grosvenorret:::
On the 16th inst., at Llandudno, near Conwaylo
Col. Sir Wm. Lloyd, of Brynestyn, near Wrelhs
bighsOnh tire. N.W. 11.
he 17th inst. Meijer:Fut, wife of the Itev• -
Ncr
Church, vies.r of Geddiugton, aged 39

__ -
LONDON : Printed and Published by MTJEDO ,140
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The SUTh °L"'-'
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savor. in tl'4' C°
of AL,Alwiez, Wednes:l.AY, May 20,1851.
London, England, 1857-05-20

when he would be prepared to submit to the house the.
regulations for the future pvernment of 6eqe hanti 8 ?
The CHANCELLOR cf the EXCHEQUER said
that the second rending, of this bill stood for to-morrow.
He intended to ask the house to allow the bill to be read
without opposition, and then to commit it pro forma to
make certain alterations that had been suggested to him.
He thought it would be better to take the discussion
.on the bill on its details in committee. He proposed
to go into committee on the bill either on Friday or
Monday next. He proposed to make certain alterations
in the regulation clauses, bat he did not intend to set
out the regulations in full in the act.
London, England, 1857-05-20

PRUSSIA.

According to a Berlin letter, in the Augsburg
Gazette, it was decided during the visit of Prince
Napoleon to the Prussian Court that the Emperor
of the French should be invited to visit Berlin at
the end of the summer.

Prince Napoleon on the 15th, after his return
from the field of battle of Dresden, visited the
treasury, a kind of museum which contains, with
the diamonds of the Crown of Saxony, the different
objects of art and value accumulated for centuries
past by the Royal family. This treasury is a pro--
digious depodtory of vases in gold and precious
stones, rock crystals, mosaics, cameos, enamels,
pearls, and diamonds. The whole collection is of
inestimable value as regards art and archaeology.
In the evening the Prince dined with•the Prince
Royal, and aftr dinner the Princess Royal and the
two Princes went to drink tea with the Dowager
Queen Maria, who resides in a pretty country villa
near Pillnitz. At this family party there were
assembled four sisters, three of whom wear crowns
—the Dowager Queen Maria, the present Queen of
Saxony, the Queen of Prussia, and the Archduchess
Sophia, mother of the Emperor of Austria. On the
Ifitb, being the fete day of the King, the Prince
Napoleon went to Pillnitz to offer his congratu!a-
tions. The King received the congratulations of
the Court and of high State functionaries. In the
afternoon the King and Queen, the Royal family,
the Queen of Prussia, the Archduchess Sophia,
the Archduke Louis, and Prince Napoleon, went
to the hunting lodge of Moritzburg, where they
dined.
London, England, 1857-05-20

939 15 9

Household furniture, &c., -
stands at c05t....... 1,023 3 2

1;26,417 13 6
"
It was explained that the assets will realise about
ss. in the pound if the stock be sold by auctiou•
and another valuation (could arrangements be made
to secure an incoming purchaser) shows about Os'
In 1852 the estate exhibited a surplus of 13,0001.1
but loSses have since occurred, and these, with the
interest on borrowed capital, private expenditure'
and the difference in cost and estimated value of
premises, have caused the deficiency. One creditor
complained of the manner in which his debt hO,l
been contracted shortly before the suspension.
suggestion was made to wind up by inspectorship'
but several creditors thought that an offer of COn'
position would be accepted. Mr. Coleman stated,
that if the creditors will agree to take 6s. Bd. ill
the pound he will endeavour to make arrangements
for the payment of that amount within two mouths'
The majority supporting this proposition, a cal-
mittee was appointed to carry it out, and a melll°-
randum was drawn up, and signed by many of the
patties preient.
London, England, 1857-05-20

LLOYD'S SEEIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, May 20. —Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.;
light breeze, and fine.
PORTSMOUTH, May 19.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Logorbjellce (Swedish corvette), from the West Indies.
NEWPORT, May 19,—Wind W.—Arrived —Magade,
from Barcelona; Albatross, Reguega. Sailed—Mysore,
for Barcelona.

SWANSEI, May 19.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Owen Glen-
dowa, from Coquimbo ; Rhoderick Dhu, ditto ; Stately,
Cuba ; Eliza, Gibraltar. Sailed—Paragon, for Gibraltar.
LONDONDERRY, May 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mary
Stewart, from Porto Rico; Mohonga, New Orleans. Sailed
—Fury, for Miramichi.
PLYMOUTH, May 19.—Wind W. S.W.—Arrived—
Hooghley, from Callao; H.M.S. Brisk, Rio Janeiro.
Sailed—Zumudar, for Sydney, N.S.W.ij
FALMOUTH, May 19. Wind W. S. W.—Arrivel —Dol-
phin, from Rio Janeiro; Wilhelm Gustava, Port au Prince,
for Antwerp ; Elsie, Havannah, for Bristol.
OFF FALMOUTH, May 18. —Kornish, from Buenos Ayres,
and sailed for London.

OFF SCILLY.— Oden from New Orleans for Hamburg ;
Osbert, Demerara.

OFF' SALCO3II3, May t9.—Crocodile, from Buenos
Ayres.

GLOUCESTER, May 19.—Arrived—William Edward,
'rota Bilboa.

(PER ELECTRIC TELE(;RAPII.)
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind S.W.

Arrived—Chesterfield, from Hamburg ; Thomas Jeffer-
son, William Stetson, Isabella, Florence Nightingale, and
Chieftain, New Orleans ; Ze,rnagsee, from Charleston ;
Ellen, Honduras; Albion, Pernambuco; Ahe, Cardenas;
Ben Lomond, Savannah ; Harbinger, Calia,) ; Pik;
Andarria ; Daniel Jeffery, Monte Video.
Off—Wilton Wood, Alfred Galating, Rose.
Sailed—Yorkshire, for New York ; Ann, Wyborg ;
Margaret Campbell, Aspinwall. _

QUEENSTOWN, May 18.

Wind W. S. W.
Arrived-- Stranger, from Mauritius ; Queen, Rio de la
Hach°, for Cronstadt ; Nomen, Matanzas.
Off—Helena, from Matanzas, for Greenock; Enterprise,
Cuba ; Favourite, Matanzas.

WATEEFORD, May 16.
Arrived—City of the Sultan, from Consiantinople ;
Polko, Galatz.

DUBLIN, May 19.

Wind W.S.W.
Arrivol—MinitrA, Indian Qum), and Jane, from Bar-
badoes.

(ST SUBMARINE AND BRITISLI TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.8 S.M.
Wind S.W.; last hour's flood; fine.
Arrived, May 19—Lady Hilda, from Barbadoes ; Flora,
Licata.

Arrived, May 20—Sarah Princess. from Licata ;
Jamaica ; Margaret, Ilavannah ; Flora, Jersey ; Ann and
Isabella, Savanilla ; Dynamore, Porto Rico ; Ellenborough,
Sydney.

DEAL, Wednesday, 9.39 a.m.

Wind S. W.. moderate.
Passed in Tow—Competitor, from Foo Choo Foo, for
London.
Passed—Free Trade, from Callao ; Alma, Callao ; both
for London. Her Majesty's ship Avon, from Woolwich,
for Plymouth.
Anchoie,i— Cambrian, from London, for Jamaica; Otto,
Stralsund, Bristol.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)
London, England, 1857-05-20

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

It has been stated that the elections in the Prin-
cipalities were again to be adjourned. The in-
structions relative to the application of the im-
perial firman on the convocation of the Divan,
which were drawn up by the extraordinary admi-
nistrative council of Moldavia, and sanctioned by
the Caimakan, explain this delay. They, for
example, show that the accomplishment of all the
prescribed formalities will require 45 days before
the election can be proceeded to, and that, besides,
the Caimakan requires that the peasantry shall not
receive from any one, advice which may influence
their minds and "guide their opinions." These
instructions, signed by the late Minister of the In-
terior, Count Catargi, are dated th 3 15th April,
and were published, under the administration of
his successor, in the Official Bulletin of the 22d
ult. The Minister of the Interior, M. Ghika, has
addressed a circular to the administrators of dis-
tricts, in which he complains that the preparatory
deliberations of citizens entitled to take part in the
coming elections have not taken place " without
noise"—he expresses regret that they have "taken
the appearance of disorderly manifestations"—and
blames them for having "improperly" adopted the
denomination of " clubs and committees."
London, England, 1857-05-20

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
The. Pays says Lord Elgin, after remaining some
days at Alexandria and Cairo, will embark for
Singapore, and there meet Baron Gros, the French
Commissioner to China. Baron Gros will embark
on Friday next.

Lord Cowley went yesterday to Fontainebleau;
and had an audience of their Majesties to preseni
letters from Queen Victoria notifying the birth o.
a princess.

M. Vie!lard, senator, who was tutor to the Em-
peror Louis Napoleon's brother, died this morning
at Paris.

We regret to announce," says the Constitu-
tionnel, " that the state of health of M. Vieillard
has not improved since yesterday. The Senate is
also threatened with another loss in the person of
the Marquis de Pastoret, whose state continues
most alarming. Admiral Cecille, who has been se-
riously ill, is now much better."

A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels
states that when the Emperor Napoleon proceeded
in a hackney-coach to Bel M. Vieillard on Satur-
day, he gave the coachman 100 f. The man, think-
ing that it was by mistake, observed, " Le bour-
geois se trompe," and could scarcely believe his
good fortune when he was told that his fare was
the Emperor, and that the money was really for
himself.

The Cour Imperiale, after a long deliberation, de-
livered its judgment in the affair of the Docks Na-
poleon this mDrning. The sentence of imprison-
ment against MM. Cusin, Legendre, Duchesne de
Vere, and Berryer, as pronounced by the Tribunal
of Premiere Instance, is maintained ; but the fines
to which they were condemned are reduced to
3,000 fr. for Cusin and Legendre, to 2,000 fr. for
Arthur Berryer, and to I,ooofr. for Duchesne de
Vere. M. Orsi, who was acquitted on the former
trial, has been declared guilty of complicity on ac-
count of his participation in the treaty with Fox
and ljenderson and has been 'condemned to three
months' imprisonment and 100 fr. fine, and, more-
over, to restore 4,400 Dock shares. The prisoners
are condemned to the costs in different proportions.
EOURSE, May 19.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. fr. 0.
46 per Cents
3 per Cents 69 20
Bank Shares 4,500

End of Month.
91fr. 45 .1.
69 25

Credit Mobilier 1,288 75 Roman
Do. Account 1,288 75 h astrian
Belgian 4t - Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) 9O 25 Home Debt

RAILWAYS-FOR Cases.

tr. c. fr c.
Orleans 1,4721— Western 792—
Northern
Lyons 1,4974 New DM,o 737:1—
Mediterranean 2,0:?0 Grand Central
Geneva
Midi
London, England, 1857-05-20

THE SLAVE TRADE.

Sir G. D. PEUHELL moved fora return of her Ma-
jesty's ships and vessels employed on the coast of Cuba
for the suppression of the slave trade, from Ist Jan., 1854,
stating the dates of their arrival on, and their departure
from, their respective cruising stat►ons, with the names
of their several captains and commanders, and distic-
gushing steam fr• m sailing vessels.—Ordered.

ELEC NOR" PETITIONS.
Petitions complaining of the returns f, a- Lambeth,
Finsbury, Bodrnin, Dover, Weymouth, Galway, Bath,
and Cashel were lodge I, and ordrr3d to be referred to
the General Committee on Elections.
The house then adjourned.
London, England, 1857-05-20

THE BANKRUPTOi7 OF MR. W. PITCHER.

A meeting of the creditors of Mr. Wm. Pitcher,
'of Northfleer, shipowner, &c., who has lately:us-
pended, was held yester lay, Mr. White presiding)
when the subjoined statement was presented by
Mr. J. E. Coleman, the accountant :
STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF WM. PITCHER, OF NORTH-
FLEET, KENT, SHIPOWNER, &C., MAY 9,1857
DR.
To creditors unsecured £60,803 9 6
Creditors partially secured.. £93,185 6 9
Estimated value of security
held

Creditors fully secured:—
Estimated value of secu-
rity held
Amount of claims 6,000 0 0

Sic contra £1,950 0 0
Liabilities on bills received 1,824 7 1
Expected to be duly honoured at maturity.

CR.
By cash balances
West of Ireind Fishing and Fish Manure
Company's shares, estimated at
Loose tools, stores, dic., estimated at
Debtors good
Estimated amount to be received on com-

pletion of vessel now building for the
Russian Government, say
Surplus security with creditors contra

Amounts under £lO, and to
be paid in full . £l3B 17 11
Salaries, taxes, rates, and
other charges ...
London, England, 1857-05-20

SARDINIA.

The Chamber of Deputies at Turin, in its
sitting of the 15a, voted the first article of the
bill for a railway from Varo to the Modenese
frontier, authorising the government to grant the
line to a company.
The Vessillo of Vercelli (Piedmont) announces
from Parma, that the soldiers now in the Parmese
service, who fought and obtained medals of valour
in 1848 undex Charles Albert, in the war with
Austria, have, through the intercession of Cheva-
lier Boncompagni, the Sardinian minister to -ti)
courts of Parma, Modena, and Florence, obtained
permission to wear them.

MILITARY EXECUTION AT BARRACKPORE.—This morn-
ing Mongul Pundy, the sepoy of the 34th Native In-
fantry, who had been tried by a court-martial and found
guilty 'of mutinous conduct, having wounded the ser-
geant major of his regiment and also the adjutant, Lieut.
Baugh, of the same corps, was hanged on the parade-
ground at Barrackpore soon after gun-fire. The gal.
lows was erected in the centre of the , parade-ground,
and the troops were drawn up so as to form three sides
of a square, coterminously. At a given signal the plat-
form was withdrawn, and, almost without a struggle,
the misguided man was launched into eternity. The
adjutant and sergeant major are in a fair way of re-
covery.—Calcutta Englishman, of April 8.
PRICE OF GOLD —The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 6 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.271 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10/d per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13 44 per
1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is
therefore abort the same value in Hamburg a9d
iti a London. The course of exchange at New York lon
London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109/ per cent.,
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries, shows that the exchange is about at par.
And after Making allowance for charges of transport
and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling
profit on the importation of gold from America.
London, England, 1857-05-20

ACA LISTA.

FIRST TXBLEA.ls—Terpsichore, Madile. Rolla ; Acalista,
Madame Perea Nena; Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, Mdlle.
Miehelet, Mdlle. Karliski, and 'Mdlle. Brunetti; Amynias,
M. Baratti.
SEUOND TABLEAU—(The Vision Realised).— Seville.—
Acalista, Madame Perea Nena; Conchitti and Carmen, Mdls.
Pasquali and Morlacchi ; Pepe, M. Gambardelli; Manolo,
M. Massot. Spaniards.
For particulars, see bills.
_ _

A lirTaited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and mly be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
London, England, 1857-05-20

CA.NTERBEr SLYHALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, do., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel', Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
aalfield, Herr F. long,l:mans, R. G, over, T. Farrant, S.
Joie% J. Earker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
de Soil*, and E. L. (lime; Masters Bennett and Corri;
Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sam Collins, and F. Mackney,
Piineforto, Mr. Cecil Tricks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre.
ci3elY. Suppers, dic., until twelve o'clock.•
London, England, 1857-05-20

CHELSEA BRIDGE

Sir J. SHELLEY asked the President of the Board of
Works when Chelsea Bridge was likely to be opened for
public traffic, whether it had been decided on that it
should be a toll•paying bridge, and, if so, after paying
the usual expenses of keeping up the bridge,what would
be done with any surplus that remained ?
Sir B. HALL said he hoped this bridge would be
opened to the public in August next. It would be a tax-
paying bridge by act of Parliament, which declared that
the proceeds should be devoted, first, in support and
maintenance of the bridge, and to pay off the cost of
construction ; and if that should be done the surplus to
be handed over to the fends for metropolitan 'improve.
meats.
London, England, 1857-05-20

MANCHESTER, ➢IAY 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was quiet, but with
no material change. The sales were—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire. 43 28 a—East Lancashire, 931
London and North-Western, Eighths, 3s. 6d. -„South
Eastern, 22 7-16—Midlands, 83 —Grand Trunks, 16.4
Great Western, 674—Canadas, 233—Ditto, new, 14 pm
Leeds, now, 1-16 p—Blackburn, 9.
London, England, 1857-05-20

•
nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
TO-MORROW EVENING.
EXTRA NIGH C.
PICCOLOMINI, GIUGUNI, BENE VENTANO.
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Piccolmini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini.
After which will be produced an entirely New Billet, in
Two Tableaux, composed expresslyior her Majesty's Theatre
by M. Massot, entitled
London, England, 1857-05-20

BIRMINGHAM, MAT 19.

STOOK EXCIIIANGE.—The market was quiet. Midland,
Birmingham and Derby, 541 s—South Staffords, 91
Great Western, Birmingham pref., 9:—Stour Valley, 84 9
—London and North-Western Eighths, 8-16 to 14 dis.—
Birming,hatu Fires, 95.
London, England, 1857-05-20

ELECTION PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented against the election returns
of Dublin (City), Lisburn, and Bury St. Edmunds.
SHEEP, &c., CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
PREVENTION.

Mr. BENTINCK moved for leave to introduce a bill
to amend an Act passed in the Session 11 and 12 Vic.,
c. 107 ; also to amend an Act passed in the Session 16
and 17 Vic., c. 62 ; also to amend an Act passed in the
Session 19 and 20 Vic., c. 101, intituled, "An Act to
continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of con-
tagious or infections disorders amongst Sheep, Cattle,
and other Animals."
Leave was given accordingly, without opposition.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BILL.

Mr. DILLWYN moved the second reading of this

Sir G. GREY opposed the bill on various grounds,
amongst others that giving summary jurisdiction to one
magistrate, and in some instances to two magistrates, to
inflict a flogging on adults, was contrary to the principle
of the present law, which provided that that description
of punishment could only be inflicted by a jury. He
moved tbat the bill be read a second time this day six
months.
The house then divided, when the numbers ware—
For the second reading B6
Against it
Majority against the bill —135
GRAND JURIES (IRELAND) ACT (1836)
London, England, 1857-05-20

before different Courts under different regulations

The disgraceful action for Crim. Con., in which
the wife has no loctls standi in Court, although
her fame and happiness depend on the result, is
not abrogated. It will, however, no longer be
compulsory on the party, but is to be optional,
and according to Lord CRA:NWORTII'S proposition,

only brought after the divorce has been obtained.
It would be far better if the disgraceful scene of a

husband claiming compensation for th© loss of

his wifes affections, could be altogether abrogated,
and that the guilty party could be punished more
effectually than through the pocket. If, how-
ever, it must be retained—and we can see no
adequate grounds why such should be the case—
it should be brought either before or after the

other proceedings—at the option of the aggrieved
party. Many men, for instance, our Roman
Catholic brethren, who consider the tie indis-
soluble, would thus be debarred from any remedy,
and with them all who had not the means of
bringing to a successful termination their suit
before the new tribunal, or more than nine out of
every ten, perhaps nine-nine out of every hundred

in the entire community ! This point then
should be remedied in committee to make the
bid anything approaching to what it ought to be.
Again, there is no reciprocity. Women will
have no means of redress whatsoever, save in
some rare and almost impossible instances. Now,
in this instance, we hold with the vulgar, but ex-
pressive apopthegem, that " what is sauce for the
goose, should also be sauce for the gander."
Surely if the conduct of a man is so thoroughly
depraved that reconciliation is utterly hopeless,
the sufferer should not by a refinement of Mezen-
tian cruelty be perpetually chained to him who is
nominally, but not really a husband. Women, GOD
blessthem,arefar more furgiv ing than the sterner sex,
and, according to the usages of society, the wife can
venture t) condone an offence that could not be
forgiven by a husband. But she should herself be
the judge, and not be made the innocent victim
of crimes for which she was neither morally nor
legally responsible ! We believe that the privilege,
if conceded, would not be abused. As Lord LYND-
HURST truly said, "Don't suppose that if you al-
lowed a woman to separate for adultery, your courts
would be filled with such applications. Remember
London, England, 1857-05-20

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Willenhale (Wolverhampton) Gas Bill was con-
sidered, and ordered to be read a third time.
BIRKENHEAD AND LIVERPOOL DOCKS,
Colonel W. PATTEN moved that the minutes of
evidence taken before the committees on the Birken-
head Docks Bill (1854), the Birkenhead Dock Com-
pany's Bill (1854), the Liverpool Docks Bill (1855,)
the Birkenhead-D.)ck Trustees Bill (1855), the Birken-
head and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of the Bir-
kenhead Dock Trustees) Bill (1855), the Birkenhead
Docks Bill (1856), and the Admiralty and Board of Trade
Reports on the bills, be referred to the committee on
group A of private bills.—Agreed to.
London, England, 1857-05-20

MANCHESTER, MAY 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE. The market was quiet, but with
no material change. The sales were—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 43 28 I—East Lancashire, 98f
London and North-Western, Eighths, Ss. 6d. ,South
Eastern, 22 7-16—Midlands, 83i g —Grand Trunks, 168
Great Western, 64—Canadas, 233—Ditto, new, 1/ pm
Leeds, new, 1-16 p—Blackburn, 9.