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read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a
Select Committee.
The Heritable Jurisdiction (Scotland) Bill was
read a second time.

The second reading- of the Infeftment (Scotland)
Bill was postponed for a week.
Lord ASHLEY moved the second reading of the
Calico Print• works Bill.

Sir J. GRAHAM would not oppose the second read-
ing of the Bill, because he thought that some legisla-
tive enactment was necessary on the subject, but he
begged to be understood as not pledging himself to
the details of the measure. On the contrary, there
were many of the proposed provisions of which he
highly disapproved, and it would be his duty to pro-
pose several material alterations in Committee.
Lord ASHLEY, although he regretted the loss of
some advantages which he had hoped to attain by the
present measure, yet thought it so important to
secure the co-operation of the masters and of the Go-
vernment that he would accede to the Right Hon.
Baronet's proposition.
After an interesting discussion, in which Mr. M.
GIBSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. Hums, Mr. T. DUN-
COMBS, Mr. ESCOTT, and Lord F. EGERTON took
part, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
be read a third time on Wednesday next.
The order of the day for the House going into
Committee of Supply was then read, when Sir JOHN
EASTUOPE brought forward the case of two persons
imprisoned at Leicester for non-payment of poor-rates.
Sir J. GRAHAM, in reply, stated that he had made
inquiries into the case, and had advised her MAJESTY
to i.order the immediate liberation of the parties
alluded to.

Mr. T. DuNcoatnE said that the intended mercy of
the Right Hon. Baronet would come too late, as the
term of the sentence of the parties imprisoned would
terminate the day after to-morrow.
The House then went into Committee, and a vote
for 1,111 men having been agreed to, the House
resumed.

The Bill for the Protection of the Treasures of
Art in Museums then passed through Committee ;
after which the LORD-ADVOCATE obtained leave to
bring in aßill for the better administration of the laws
relating to the relief of the poor in Scotland, which
was read a first time, and the House adjourned.

The speech of Sir CHARLES NAPIER of Monday
night last, upon that which should have been a mo-

tion for a Committee on the construction of steam
ships-of-war, and the present condition of our steam
navy—was full of details calculated to excite the
most anxious interest in the mind of every English-
man. We can imagine no facts of a more weighty
character than those enunciated by this gallant and
distinguished officer, in that peculiar and effective
manner which never fails to add force and point to
his argument. But there are circumstances in the
present condition of this country's relations with
foreign powers, which impart to them a degree of
intense interest, of unspeakable importance. For, be
it observed, the allegations of which we are about to
give an outline, were not attempted to be contra-
dicted by the official authorities to whom they were
addressed. With some such qualification, only, as

that supplied by Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, who re-
minded Sir CHARLES that, though many of our
armed steamers bad now become old craft, one of

them only had been broken up. These formidable
allegations of erroneous construction, of wanton ex-
penditure, of incessant alterations, cuttings •down,
lengthenings, and reductions, defective principles of
naval architecture, and bigoted adhesion to the school
producing these defective models, were tacitly
affirmed by those parties who are, in fact
responsible for so much permitted mismanagetuent.
Let us look the hazards we are running, by the
longer endurance of such a state of things, full in
the face. If we do not, shall we fondly ima-
gine ourselves fully prepared for any and all exi-
gences that may arise out of a rupture with America,
or France, or any combination of naval States of
inferior power ? We go all lengths with those who
entertain the most unhesitating confidence in the ex-
tent to which the moral constancy, the physical
courage, and the indomitable resolution of our sailors
can outweigh the enormous odds of material force, by
their calm energy and characteristic prowess. But
there may be, and in the unhappy event of a war there
speedily would be, in reference to that condition of
our navy and its steam arm, described on Monday
night in the House of Commons, such an overwhelm-
ing disparity of means arrayed against us, whenever
circumstances might enable our enemy to collect and
concentrate them—that it is the most imperative duty
of the Government to anticipate and provide against
such a contingency, by securing to this country a war-
steamer force of unmatched efficiency, extent, and
power.

3%
62
1%

33
1614
314
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18 A 4
41A
2%
314

41/2
3534
4
43

AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS.
. 45s 3d I
Oats:— .... 21 6d Beans • •—•• •• 34 9d
I • 325 3d Rye ........ 30 9d Pea5e........35 4d
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
Wheat •• •• 20s Cot I Oats • ...... Gs Od I Beans •
Barley .• •• • • Gs Ott Rye IN 6d Pease•

88 &I
78 &I

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths for the week ending March 29 was 1,188, ex-
ceeding the average of five winters by 51, and 9 less
than on the previous week. We regret to find that the
violent deaths are more numerous than on any previous
occasion, amounting to 50, and of these not fewer than
25 had been caused by burns and scalds. With four ex-
ceptions the sufferers were helpless children, many of
them under four years of age, and several still younger,
showing the reckless carelessness of their mothers.
There aro 7 from falls, 8 suicides, and 1 execution.
Deaths from diseases of the longs are on the degrease,
but those from bronchitis and pneumonia are still con.
siderably above the average. The deaths from small-
pox (32) occurred at the following ages:—Six under 1
year; eight, 1-3; five, 3-5; six, 5-10; three, 10-15;
one, 17; one, 24; one, 45; and one, 51 years.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. and SheffieTa, 0-i- ; North Wales, 31-16 Vs ;
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 33/4 prem. ; Scottish Central, 534 • Scottish Midland, '"
' ' Sh -shurf,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 235. 245. ; rev, -
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 8,000
Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 4% 5 ; Southport and En:stop,
bales, including 3,000 American on speculation. The market
21/2 ; Trent Valley, 17% 14 et new ; West Yorkshire, 31A., N.. ~;
was dull, but there was no change in prices. Cotton
Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and 14°'
North Westerna!
was offered freely for sale. Shares were -very animated, (English), 3% ex new.
and a large business done at the following quotations :-
Aberdeen Railway, 3% ; Barnsley Junction, 91/2 10 ; Ditto,
Half Shares, 33/4 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire,
121. 11/.165.3d. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, Quarter Shares,
34 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 7% 8 ; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 44 ; Blackburn and Preston, 1534 % ;
Bristol and Gloucester, 61 62 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 41/2 ;
Boiton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 131% %; Caledonian, 10% 16s.
3d. ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 94 9 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
5014 491/2 ; Ditto, New Shares, 434 431/2 ; Ditto,'Half Shares,
2512 23% ; Chester and Holyhead, 8% ; Chester and Preston
Brook, 31% ; Churnet Valley, 7% 73/4 ; Clydesdale Junction, 10 ;
Coventry and Nuneaton, 11/4 premium ; Dublin and
Belfast Junction, 81% 8%; Dublin and Galway, 41.4/.ls. 6d. ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen' 3% ; Eastern Counties, 21% % ;
Ditto, Perpetual, No 1,5% ; Ditto, No. 2, 11. 6s. ; Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, New Quarter Shares, 534 ; Ely and
Bedford, 1/. 145., 1/. 16s. 3d. ; Grand Junction, 225 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4414 ; Great Grimsby and
Sheffield, 51,$ 3% ; Great Southern and Western, 161 ii ;
Ditto Extension, 10% % ; Great Western, Half Shares,
102 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 401/2 ; Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, 3%; Huddersfield and Sheffield, 6% 7;
Lancaster and Preston, 544 ; Ditto, Three -quarter Shares,
331/2 ; Limerick and Waterford, 6% 3/4 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, 204; LiverpookOrmskirk,and Preston, 2/. 13s. 6d.
2% ; London and Birmingham, 2354 ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 32%; London and Brighton, 64% ; London and
South- Western, 80 ; Ditto, New 50/. Shares, 12 ; London and
York, 61s. 6d. ; Direct Northern, 5% 16s. 3d. ; Leeds and
West Riding Junction, 71/8 ; Lynn and Dereham,
1%. • Manchester and Birmingham, 591/2 ; Ditto Quar-
ter 'Shares, 103/4 ; Ditto New Quarter Shares, 61/s 1% ;
Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 16% ; Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland, 71% 8%; Manchester and Leeds, 148
148% ; Ditto, Quarter Shares 20% ; Midland Railway, 155
154 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 20i 20% ; Ditto, Fifth Shares,
N; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham and Derby, 120;
wark and Sheffield, 7; Newcastle and Berwick, 15%;
Newcastle and Darlington, 48 ; North British, 17%; Ditto,
Half Shares, 41/2 41. Ils. 6d. ; North Union, (A.), 14914 ;
North Wales, 3 3% ; Preston and Wyre, 34% %; Sheffield
and Manchester, 120 122 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16%
17 ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1%, 1/. 3s. ; Shrewsbury,
Woverhampton, and Birmingham, 434 1/, ; Shrewsbury
and Grand Junction, 61/8 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester,
41. 16s. 3d., 43/4 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 441/2 44; Ditto,
New Shares, No. 1, 17 1714 ; Ditto, New Shares, N 0.2, 12%;
Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 91/8 1h ; Scottish Central, 6 ;
South Wales, OA ; Trent Valley, 171/8 ; West Yorkshire,
3% 735. 9d. ; Worcester and Tring, 41. 81s. 6d. ; Whitehaven
and Furness, 1%; York and North Midland, New Half
Shares, 161% %; Ditto (Scarborough), 43 ; Austrian and Sar-
dinian, % 1%; Great Paris and Lyons, 24 ; Lyons and
Avignon ( English), 314 31. 3s. 6d; Northern of France
(English), 6% • Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (English),
124 ; Paris and Lyons, Lafitte's (English), 61s. 3% ; Paris
and Lyons, Colon's, 21/2 ; Paris and Strasburgh, 2% ;
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's Company), 31,4 ; Verona
and Ancona, 21% 2/. Is.
It is not an important fact, recollecting how much British
capital is invested in the French railways, that the Chamber
of Peers has negatived by a large majority the Count Daru's
restrictive policy in respect of railways, and by persons who
have not taken by any means an interest in the
result. It is certainly somewhat ludicrous to find
objections making by the Peers of France to British subjects
investing their surplus capital in lines of railway in France
itself.
We are credibly informed that the Nitrate of Potass and
the Nitrate of Soda are about to be imported from Africa.
If so, a wider field for the employment of British shipping
must be opened.
A good deal of business has been transacted in the un-
funded Debt to -day, and at prices varying from 61s. to 645.
premium. Consols for the Accounthave beers quoted at 99%;
for Money, from 99% to 99%, and Bank Stock at 215 and
2151/2 for the Account.
In the Foreign Market business has been slack. Colombian
has touched 16%; Mexican, 3534 ; Spanish Three per Cents.,
4014 ; and the Consols 29% 2914.
'1 he Share Market has been most active. The French lines
are more in request, as the quotations annexed will show.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols ... 99%% 99%
Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 - -
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 ... 11% 11%
Bank Stock for Account 215% 215 215
Consols for Account... ....... 99% 995/s
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d. 64 63 65 61 63 pm. 63
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small ... 65 63 pm. 63
Ditto Advertised - pm. -
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 16%4 16 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 35% 333/4
Ditto, Account 35%
Ditto, Deferred - 16%
Peruvian Bonds 6 per Cents 321/2 321/2
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent - -
Ditto, Account - 66
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto Account
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent. 401,4
Ditto, Account .. 404 401/
Dutch, 2% per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97% % 971/2
PRICES OF CLOSING
PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Il AMWAY SHARES PRICES.
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 134 34
Binning. and Gloucesterloo
Ditto % Shares
Bristol and Exeter
Bristol and Gloucester... 30
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/4...... 9%, 93/4
Chester and Holyhead... 5
8%
Churnet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton ........ ...... 114 -
Coventry and Leicester - -
Cornwall
5 4
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 11/2 - .. 2%
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast J unc. 214 lOl/2% 1/434 lO%
Dublin and Galway 21...... 43/ 5iA...... 51/
,s
Dublin and Mullingar 2l/ -
Eastern Counties
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1-.4/. 13s. 4d -
Eastern Union lO .. .., .
Ditto Extension
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ely and Bedford
Great South. and West.
( Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 195
Ditto New ...... ..
Ditto New 2 221/2 23 ......... 23
Great Western BO ......1821% 183......... 183
Ditto 1/2 Shares 5O 102I,E
Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 21/2-
Harwich
Hull and Selby 5O ...... 99
Ditto Quarter Shares . 121/2 ...... 22
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 ...... 40 39
236
London and Birminghm (Stock)... -
Do. Shares
321/2
1%
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d. 7 %%
1A
32
London and Brighton... 50 ...... 65 4 64%
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 17% 184
London and S. Western 41/6a 10d 801/2 81 80%
2806%
Do. New consolidated Bths 6
Do. New ..............
221/2
1130t4
Do. New ............... •• • 3
3
London and York ........ . 2% 3%
21/2 7% 8 7% 7%
Lynn and Ely
I Manchester and Leeds... 73
Do. Sixteenths ........ .2% -
Manchester. and Birmin. 40 ...... 611/2 62 60 6O
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 11 101,4 ... ..... 101/
Midland 100 .....157 159............ 156'
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby 100 llB 119 l'
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction
Do. New Brandling
Newcastle and Berwick 114 1614 1714
Newry and Enniskillen. 2% 314%
Newark and Sheffield ... 11/2 634 8 7%
North British ...... 10
Do. New
North Kent - 2%
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon... 10 -
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1 -
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland ll/2...... 4%3%...•• ...
Shrews., Wolverhamp ,
Dudley, and Binn 2l/ .. . . 43A %
South Devon... lO ...... 21
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 431 h 43 ...
Do., N 0.2. -
Do., Duo. 3
South Wales 21h...... 6 ,i%14
Trent Valley
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. , ... 3)4%
York and North Midland 50 lO4 105 1(
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Do. Extension ......... 114 171% 19 17% .. 1
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux,Toulouse, and
Cette ...... ... • ... ..... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris &Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 -
Rouen and Havre
Royal North of Spain ... 2 -
' Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's t
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 2.-The sales
are :-Birmingham and Gloucester, New Shares, 4 ; Eastern
Counties, 21% % ; London and Brighton, 65% ex new and
ex div. ; London and South-Western, New Shares, 12% ;
Manchester and Leeds, 1471/, ex div. ; Ditto, Sixteenth
Shares, 7 ; Manchester and fl irmin g h am , 591,14 ex new and
ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 104 ex new and ex div. ;
Ditto, New Quarters, 6% % prem. ; Manchester, Bury, and
Rossendale, 163% •, Midland Railway Consols, 156 ; Ditto,
Preferential, 4 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 21 ; North British, 17X ;
Preston and Wyre, 3414. % ; Sheffield and Manchester,
118 120 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 163/4 % ; South-Eastern,
43 % ex div.; Ditto, No. 3,8% 9 ; 13arnaley Junction, 10 ;
Ditto, Half Shares, 31/2 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 11%8 13-16 ; Blackburn, Burnley, and
Accrington, 8 7% ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 41,4 %;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 13%; Caledonian, 11 ; Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, 83/4 9 ; Churnet Valley, 7% ; Direct
Northern, 51A 5-16 ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 8%;
Dublin and Galway, 4 ; Erewash Valley, 15% ; Glasgow and
Dumfries, 19s. 6d. 20s. ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and
Manchester Junction, %i• Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction, 5 4 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 31/2 7-16 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ;
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3 ; London and Wor.
tester, Oxford and Rugby, 4 1-16 ; London and York, 31-18 ;
Lynn and Ely, 7 ; Manchester and Buxton, 34 ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, aud Midland Junction, 81A X i Newark

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 3.—Wind this day, easterly breeze, fine'
DEAL, APRIL 2.—Wind S.E. by E., moderate.—Ssileu
Theresa, Hobart Town ; Royal Sovereign, Bombay ; IsTes°l3'
Buenos Ayres and Mauritius ; Friends, Saguenay ; Resource'
Quebec.
DONAGIIADEE, MARCH 30.—The schooner Leonidasef
Belfast, went ashore near Port Patrick 28th inst. ; crew sus' '
SHIELDS, APRIL I.—The Fox, of InVerness, abandouern
with flag flying and dismasted, was passed 30th ult., 70 Mile"
E. from Tynemouth Castle, by the Zenith, arrived here'
crew supposed to be saved.
GREENOCK, MARCH 31.—The Euxine, frn°
Ichaboe, put into Glenluce Bav, 29th ult., with loss of in.e.itilo
and wizen-masts. Assistance has been sent to tow her 10

the Clyde.
HOLYHEAD, 'ALARM 31.—Wind S.S.W. to W.SW.--Ar4
Isabella, Sligo, for London, with loss of sails, and boat stov:"
HULL, APRIL I.—A brig, with all sails set, was seen t,
founder on the night of the 30th ult., ten miles ()tithe SPA
crew supposed to be drowned.
YARMOUTH, APRIL I.—A brig got on the Scroby Sall`
but came off and proceeded.
The Brunswick, Kerr, of Rye, was totally wrecked
Flamborough Head, 28th ult. ; crew saved.
OFF WEYMOUTH.—Marion, Guthrie, Calcutta, left Cape
Good Hope, Jan. 22.
LIMERICK, APRIL 1.--The Lucy, Anderson, hence to pr
e 8;
ton, is supposed to have been totally lost on the Malblivia
Coast, with all hands, on the 27th ult.; a plank mar!,
" Lucy," and some wheat, have been washed ashore near be"'
WARRNPOINT, APRIL I.—The shooner Peru, from p°111;
dalk to Liverpool, in running for this harbour, on the 001
ult., was driven on the rocks at Soldus Point, but was got
this morning, and brought up here to discharge and rePl""
cargo partially damaged.
STRO3LNESS, MARCH27.—The Margaret, M'Rea, of Paite;
head, ashore on the Isle of Flotta, has been got off an
here with considerable damage.
ALDBOROUGH, APRIL 2.—The Endeavour, of Dolt.
stranded at Orfordness, has been got off and in here,
considerable damage. ;wolf
LIVERPOOL, Amtu. 2.—Wind S.S.E., light. Arrd.
from Maryborough, and Queen Dowager, from Ichaboe, J"'"
Moran, Mobile.

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE•
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CROXTON PARK RACES—WEDNESDAY. ct, t
The Farmers' Plate of 50/., and 10 added, for the seevil

Heats, two miles. I l
Mr. John Alcock's Little Thought-of, 5 yrs...(Briggs) 4 $
Mr. Bates's Singleton, 4 yrs
2

Mr. Hilton's Father Mathew, 5 yrs
The following also started :—Mr Finder's Diana, 6 11.
Mr. E. Vincent's Sister to Unfortunate, 5 yrs —Mr',
Sampey's Snowdrop, 5 yrs—Mr. J. Sampey's Araby Alai
~1
yrs—Mr. Coy's The Squirrel, 5 yrs—Mr. T. Vincent's •1 ;i
Careless, 5 yrs—Mr. Ravell's bm, by Shamrock, danll,
Holme, 5 yrs—Mr. Harrison's ch g by Birdcatcher, 5
Mr. T. Shipman's Gay Lass, 5 yrs—Mr. J. Hallam's GS
green, 5 yrs—Mr. J. Wilder's Emily, 4 yrs—Mr. SPribbi
ch c, by Sir Gilbert, 4 yrs—Mr. John Perkins's Skylark
yrs—and Mr. W. Shipman's Young England, 5 yrs. 211 /*
The Scurry Stakes of 5 soy's. each, and 20 added
Half a mile.

W. Erskine) I

Mr. Sprigg's ch g, by Mundig, 5 yrs...(t.
111 r. R. Oliver's Grace Darling ....................... $
Lord Granby's Stocking Ties .................................
The following were not placed :—Mr. Coke's The 1.13,
6 yrs ; Mr. Scullthorpe's Donna Quixota, 6 yrs ; I°w.
Proctor's Adeline, 6 yrs ; Mr. Atkins' Railroad, aged;
,to
Gearey's Raven ; and Lord Wilton nab fby Redshankf
by Tramp.
The Granby Handicap of 20 sm. each, 10 ft., and 5
on j
declared, with 50 added. One mile and a half-
Lord G. Bentinck's Discord, aged, llst 101 b (Capt. PsttSt)
Lord Stanley na The Poor. Soldier, 5 yrs .. . ............. ." $
Lord Forester na The Bat, 6 yrs ............................... 4
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's William-le-Gros, 6 yrs . . .......... 10,
The following also ran :—Porto Bello, 5 yrs; Hyrelok
5 yrs ; Lycurgus, aged ; Beaumont, yrs ; and f
shank, dam by Tramp, 4 yrs.
The Billesdon Coplow Stakes of 25 sovs. each, h ft,
round. 0 1
Mr. Atkinson's Wotton, 4 yrs
Lord G. Bentinck na Niobe, 4 yrs ...........................