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^ Private Bills introduced in the Session of 1850 . It appears by a parliamentary return recently printed that the total number of private bills introduced into the House of Commons during the session of 1850 was 198 , of which 28 were brought from the Lords . The number of private bills treated as opposed was 91 , and unopposed 74 . The total number of private bills which received the royal assent was 145 ; of which 35 related to railways , 16 to roads and bridges , 13 to waterworks , 7 to ports , piers , harbours , and docks ; 2 to canals and navigation ; 20 to paving , lighting , and improving markets ; 1 to enclosures and drainage , and 23 miscellaneous . Every railway bill , without a solitary exception , was opposed .
The Great Fire in Mark-lane . —The following is a list of the insurances upon the buildings and their contents which have been destroyed by the fire in Marklane : —Mr . Joseph Barber ' s premises , Phoenix , £ 10 , 000 ; Alliance , £ 2600 ; and the goods warehouses , £ 8000 in various offices ; Goed and Hiag , Phoenix and Alliance , . £ 30 , 000 ; Samuel and Co ., Alliance , £ 7000 ; Taylor and Sons , Alliance , £ 3000 ; Imperial , £ 2500 ; Church of England , £ 2500 , Monarch , £ 2000 ; Holste , Alliance , £ 3000 ; Simon , Alliance , £ 600 ; Lloyd , Alliance , £ 13 , 000 , Guardian , £ 8000 ; Storey and Co ., Phoenix , £ 17 , 000 ; Cox and Co ., Union , £ 5000 , Guardian , £ 5000 ; Jones ,
Phoenix , £ 3300 ; Hilbert and Co ., Phoenix , £ 2000 ; Adler and Co ., Phoenix , £ 1000 ; Bruxner and Co ., Phecnix , £ 2000 ; Spencer and Co ., Phoenix , £ 2500 ; Plimpton , Phoenix , £ 1000 ; Davis , Sun , £ 3000 ; Biggs , Sun , £ 1000 ; Powell , Sun , £ 3000 , General , £ 2000 ; Scott and Bell , Church of England . £ 3000 ; Vibers , £ 300 ; Phillipps and Co ., Sun , £ 3400 ; Hayter and Howell , Sun , £ 21 , 000 Gilbert and Co ., Union , £ 1500 ; Allnutts and Co ., Atlas , £ 3500 , Phoenix , £ 5500 . Several cornfactors and solicitors , who tenanted portions of their premises , are reported to be insured , but the various amounts have not yet been ascertained .
Marriages in Ireland . —The second report of the . Registrar-General of Marriages in Ireland has been issued . The number of marriages registered in 1849 was 9493 , showing an increase on the preceding year , when the marriages registered amounted to 9048 . In 1846 the number registered was 9314 , and in the ensuing year the number fell to C 943 . If this extraordinary decrease in the number of marriages was justly to be attributed to the fearful ravages of famine and disease , the great increase exhibited in the returns for the last two years , it is suggested , would argue that the country is gradually recovering from the effects of these afflictions . The above numbers furnish no
satisfactory data as to the general disposition of the population of Ireland towards matrimony , the marriages of lloman Catholics , who , according to the last census , form nearly eighty-one per cent , of the population , not being included in the provisions of the statute under which the Registrar is empowered to act . Much stress is laid on the importance ^ of establishing a general system of registration of births , deaths , and marriages in Ireland , and an extract is given from a letter addressed to the registrar by the Reverend John Armstrong , minister of the Presbyterian congregation the
at . Kingstown , showing that among Presbyterian body , up to 1841 , no regular record of births was kept , and that , though an enactment of the " assembly" has ince enjoined ministers to keep a registry of births and baptisms , many circumstances continue to cause considerable irregularity and neglect in the observance of this practice . The number of marriages registered which have been celebrated according to the rites of the Established Church for the five years , 1845 to 1849 , has been respectively 4118 ( last nine months ) , 5760 , 4321 , 5313 , 6324 ; and of those not celebrated according to the rites of the establishment the numbers for the corresponding
years have been 1996 , 3584 , 2622 , 3735 , and 4169 , showing a gradual increase in the proportionate number of the latter class , chiefly attributable to the large number of marriages by civil contract , without the performance of any religious ceremonies , which have taken place in the latter years of the period to which the return refers . Statistics op Crime in Ireland . —Returns , showing the number of criminal offenders committed for trial in Ireland in the year 1849 , and the result of the proceedings , have just been printed for presentation to Parliament . It appears that there is an increase of 3467 committals , or 8 . 99 per cent ., as compared with 1848 . The gross number of committals during the seven years
ending 1819 , has been as follows : —1813 , 20 , 126 ; 1844 , 19 , 448 ; 1815 , 16 , 696 ; 1846 , 18 , 492 ; 1847 , 31 , 209 ; 1848 , 38 , 522 ; and 1849 , 41 , 989 . In class No . 1 , " offences against the person , with violence , " the criminal records appear in a favourable light . There is a decrease under the head of 'murder" of 25 , as compared with the preceding year , or 12-83 per cent . The number of committals for murder during the year was 170 ; and in 138 cases the prisoners were acquitted on trial . The committals for shooting and stabbing had diminished from 110 to GO ; -while , on the other hand , those for manslaughter have increased from 160 to 173 . In the class of offences against property with violence , there has been im increase of 203 over 1848 . Under the heads of
larceny and cattle stealing , the increase of committals has been—for the former , 1 G 99 ; and for the latter , 1734 . 1 if re in a further increase under the head of arson of 55 , whil" in killing and maiming cattle , there is a decrease of 322 , or ( 10 per cent . In " the class of offences ngainst the currency , there is an incicnscof CO over those in 1848 . Under the heuds of riot and rescue there is an increase of 2 / 9 in the Inner , ami of iVrf in the former . Of the « 8 capital HJijltiueK paused , 1 ;> were carried into oiled , viz ., 13 for muni ' r , 1 fur shooting , and 1 for solicitation to murder ; : JO \ v < r .- commuud to transportation lor life ,
and 3 for fourteen years . Of the 41 , 989 persons committed , 21 , 202 were convicted , and 20 , 787 were acquitted and discharged . The total number of cases brought forward at the petty sessions within the year was 69 , 586 . Immi g ration at New York . —The number of emigrants which arrived at this port during the month of August last is 18 , 091—a decrease of 16 , 385 , as compared with the previous month . The total emigration thus far , up to September , 1850 , is 144 , 536 . During the same period in 1849 , it was 172 , 126 , and in 1848 , 127 , 121 . — New York Journal of Commerce .
Beet-root Sugar in France . —TheMomteur contains the official returns of the production of beet-root sugar in France for the season ending in August . The quantity made was 62 , 175 , 000 kilogrammes . In the season of 1849 , the quantity made was only 38 , 639 , 000 , but in 1848 it was 64 , 316 , 000 . The increase of duty on beetroot sugar in 1850 , as compared with 1849 , is 4 , 815 , 000 fr ., but there is a falling off in the duty on colonial sugar of
4 , 800 , OOOf . The Brazilian Cotfee Trade . — Forty-two years ago , the annual crop of coffee in Brazil did not exceed 30 , 000 bags ; and even in 1820 it only reached 100 , 000 bags . About that time the high price of coffee in England , superadded to the diminished production in Cuba , stimulated the Brazilian planters to extend its cultivation , and in 1830 they sent to market 400 , 000 bags , or 64 , 000 , 0001 b . ; and in 1847 the enormous quantity of nearly 300 , 000 , 0001 b . —New York Journal of Commerce .
The Clergy in Italy . —The Eco fella Borsa , a Milan journal , gives the following statistical account of the clergy in Italy : —Modena and Guastalla has five bishoprics , being to the population in the proportion of 1 to 116 , 000 . The Pontifical States have eight archbishoprics and fifty-nine bishoprics , being to the population as 1 to 44 , 776 . The kingdom of Naples contains twenty archbishoprics and sixty-five bishoprics ; proportion , 1 to 75 , 176 . Sicily has three archbishops and eleven bishops ; proportion , 1 to 116 , 000 . The kingdom of Sardinia has four archbishops and twenty-six bishops ; proportion , 1 to 130 , 000 . The Lombardo-Venetian Provinces have two archbishops and eighteen bishops ; proportion , 1 to 217 , 000 . Parma has four bishops , being as 1 to 124 , 000 . The number of bishops in Tuscany is to the population as 1 to 85 , 000 .
Algeria . —According to a Teport of the Minister of War to the President of the Republic , it appears that there are in Algeria 133 towns and villages , 115 , 240 Europeans , 11 , 488 colonists grantees of land ; 133 , 396 hectares ( about 300 , 000 acres ) occupied by the towns and villages ; 766 , 131 planted by these grantees ; 52 , 034 head of cattle possessed by them ; and 14 , 382 , 180 f . ( £ 575 , 000 ) the value of the buildings erected by them .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE "WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Returns . ) In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the London districts were 858 , a result which , comparatively , must be considered as a favourable indication of the state of the public health . In the same week of 1846 , there were 863 deaths ; in that of 1847 , 1169 ; in 1848 , 1038 ; and in the same week of 1849 , there were 1981 . The average of ten corresponding weeks , corrected for increase of population , is 1105 ; and the present return shows a decrease of 247 on the estimated weekly mortality . In last week seven deaths were registered from smallpox , and four of the sufferers
were persons of 25 years and upwards . Of these , a seaman brought from the Dreadnought hospital-ship , aged 28 years , died in the Smallpox Hospital ( which is now removed to the west sub-district of Islington ) of " smallpox , confluent , unprotected ( 11 days' illness ) ; " and a mail-driver , aged 27 years , brought from the Marylcbone Workhouse , died also in the hospital of " smallpox , confluent , unmodified ( 12 days ) . " Measles was fatal to 10 children , scarlatina to 30 , and hooping-cough to 29 . Diarrhoea and dysentery continue to decline ; in the last four weeks the numbers have been successively 128 , 85 , 85 , and 61 . Cholera is returned in two cases . Ihe births registered last week were 1374 , of which 702 were males , and 672 were females .
At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday ; the mean of the whole week was 29 * 851 in . The daily temperature varied little during the week ; it rose towards the end ; the mean was 584 deg ., which differs not much from the average of corresponding weeks of seven years . The wind blew from the north-east on the first four days ; afterwards generally from the south-east .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Saturday . This has been another dull week in the English Stock Market . The remarkable absence of any exciting political movement , deprives speculators of all chance of working upon the fears or hopes of buyers and sellers , while the enormous amount of bullion in the coffers of the Bank of England represses every attempt to get up any alarm in the money market . Instead of prophesying evil , most people are now anticipating a wonderful pcrioil of prosperity from the operation of free trade , and the influx of gold irom California . Should the belief in the coming commercial prosperity prove wellfounded , we may expect to see a season of wild speculation also , which , in its turn , will be followed by a monetary panic , bankruptcy to thousands of the middle class ,
starvation and beggary to tens of thousands of working men , and , out of the general wreck , immense fortunes gained by those few capitalists who can stand aside and wait for the rich harvest which a commercial panic invariably gives to the millionaire who is on the watch for such opportunities . The English Funds have continued without variation all the week . On Saturday last , Consols closed at 96 $ to 96 | , at which price they have remained up till today , with not more than a variation of one-eighth . The extreme range of prices during the week has been—Consols , 96 | to 96 f ; Exchequer Bills , 63 s . to 66 s . premium .
In the Foreign Stocks little business has been done . The actual bargains yesterday comprised — Brazilian , Small , 93 ; Buenos Ayres , 584 ; Danish Three per Cents ., 78 and 78 |; Mexican Five per Cents ., 31 , 30 | , and 31 ; Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 82 ^ ; Russian Four-and-a-Half-per Cents ., 97 §; Spanish Coupons , 8 ; Belgian-Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 90 f ; Dutch Twoand-a-Half per Cents , 57 § , J , and £ ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 91 £ and & . Mark-lane , Friday , Sept . 27 . There are liberal supplies of Wheat and Flour , both Engl ish and foreign since Monday ; the supply of Barley continues scanty , and the arrival of Oats have fallen off very considerably . There is a steady trade doing in all grain , without any alteration in prices : — English . Irish . Foreign . Flour . Wheat .. .. 2810 12990 1960 Barley .... 720 980 Oats 190 2820 1870
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . )
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SHARES . Last Official Quotation for the Week ending Friday Evening ' , Railways . Banks . Caledonian .. .. 8 J Australasian .. .. •—Edinburgh and Glasgow 30 Brituh North American 4 ? 1 Eastern Counties .. 6 Colonial .. ... < i Great Northern .. .. 1 » 4 Commercial of London .. •—Great North of England 245 London and Westminster «(* GreatS . & W . ( Ireland ) 34 * London Joint Stock .. l « i Great Western .. .. 72 National of Ireland .. — Hull and Selby .. .. 95 National Provincial .. — Lancashire and Yorkshire 48 Provincial of Ireland .. 43 Lancaster and Carlisle 094 Union of Australia .. 3 v » . j Lond ., Brighton , &S . Coaet 83 $ Union of London .. — London and JJlackwall .. 54 Minks . London and N .-Western 115 Bolanos .. .. .. — - Midland 43 J Brazilian Imperial .. 4 * North British .. .. 7 $ Ditto , St . John del Key MS Soutli-Kasturn and Dover SOjf Cobru Copper .. .. olj South-Western .. .. ( i'J MISCELLANEOUS . York , Newcas ., & Berwick 104 Australian Agricultural — York and North Midland 20 Canada — Docks . General Steam .. .. — East and West India .. — Penins . it Oriental Steam " 9 $ London — Koyal Mail Steam .. *»• ' * at . Katharine ., .. — South Australian .. —
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An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria , cap . 32 , for the week ending on Saturday , the 21 st of September , 1850 . ISSUE DEPARTMENT . £ £ Notes issued .... 30 , 176 , 130 Government Debt , 11 , 015 , 100 Other Securities .. 2 , 984 , 900 Gold Coin and Bullion 15 , 951 , 162 Silver Bullion .... 224 , 958 £ 30 , 176 , 180 £ 30 , 176 , 120 BANKING DEPARTMENT . £ £ Proprietors'Capital , 14 , 553 , 000 Government Secu-Rest 3 , 557 , 595 rities ( including Public Deposits ( in- Dead-weight Ancluding Exche- nuity ) 14 , 433 , 230 quer , Savings * Other Securities .. 12 , 158 , 8 . i 9 Banks , Commis- Notes 11 , 313 , 980 sioners of National Gold and Silver Debt , and Divi- Coin 035 , 578 dend Accounts ) .. 10 , 222 , 879 Other Deposits .... 8 , 988 , 161 Seven-day and other Bills 1 , 239 , 992 £ 38 , 541 , 627 £ 38 , 541 , 627 Dated Sept . 26 , 1850 . M . Mahshall , Chief Cashier .
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Satur . Mond . Tues . Wedn . Thurs . Frid . Bank Stock .... 214 214 3 per Ct . Red .. —— - 3 p . C . Con . Ans . 964 $ H 9 fi 4 96 | 96 * % | 3 p . CAn . 1726 . — - 3 p . Ct . Con ., Ac . 96 § 90 $ 9 ti& 9 G | 96 § 9 b | 3 £ p . Cent . An . —— —— New 5 per Cts . —— ——— ' — - Long Ans ., 1800 . 8 8 1-16 8 Ind . St . 104 p . ct . 265 267 268 ——Ditto Bonds .. 86 86 84 Ex . Bills , 1000 / . 63 p 66 p 63 p 63 p 63 p 66 p Ditto , 5 JU * . .. 66 p 63 p 63 p Ditto , Small — - 6 tf p 63 p 63 p 67 p bJ p
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FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . 95 £ Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 31 Belgian Bds ., 44 p . Ct . 914 Small .. .. 31 | Brazilian 5 per Cents . 924 Neapolitan 5 per Cent 3 . — Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cts . — Peruvian 44 per Cents . 82 J Chilian 6 per Cents ... lOJs Portuguese 5 per Cent . — Equador Bonds .. 3 | 4 per Cts . ail Danish 5 per Cents . .. — Annuities — Dutch 24 per Cents ... 57 § Russian , 1822 , 5 p . Cts . --4 per Cents . .. 91 Span . Actives , 5 p . Cts . 182 French 5 p . C . An . atParis 93 . 10 . Passive .. — -3 p . Cts ., Sept . 27 , 57 . 65 Deferred .. —
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 28, 1850, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1854/page/22/
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