alisttllaunnts.

Mr. Gladstone has replied to a memorial from the Manchester Commer- cial Association in support of the Budget- " I have read this memorial, proceeding from a body of such intelligence and weight, with much gratification ; and I am confident, I may say, on the part of my colleagues and on my own, that it will encourage us to persevere, as opportunity may offer, in the promotion of measures conformable to the policy on which the proposals now before Parliament are based."

Two memorials in favour of a National Museum of Inventions, one from the leading inhabitants of Sheffield, the other from the Town-Coun- cil of Glasgow, were presented to Prince Albert, by separate deputations, last week.

It has been announced that the Government intend to propose a mea- sure with regard to the management of savings-banks.

The King of Prussia is to leave Berlin for Vienna on the 18th.

The Duke and Duchess of Genoa arrived at Dresden on the 3d instant, on a visit to the Court of Saxony.

Danilo, Prince of Montenegro, arrived at Vienna last week.

M. de Turgot, the new French Ambassador at Madrid, presented his credentials to the Queen of Spain on the 26th April, at Aranjuez.

The Earl of Minto has quitted his winter residence at Genoa.

Marshal Radetzky has somewhat diminished the rigour of the state of siege at Milan ; and the Emperor of Austria has pardoned twenty-two Lombardo-Venetians alleged to have been concerned in the late insur- rection.

The Spanish Minister at Paris, the Marquis de Valdegamas, better known as Donozo Cortes, died on Tuesday night. He had been ill for some time.

Dr. George Butler, the Dean of Peterborough, who died on Saturday last, was in many ways a remarkable man. In 1794, he was senior Wrangler and senior Smith's Prize-man at Cambridge ; Lord Lyndhurst, then Mr. Copley, being second to hint in each case. In 1795, he travel- led, mostly on foot, through great pirt of Germany ; and became ac- quainted with Klopstock, Goethe, Schiller, and other German writers. On his return he studied for the bar ; and was about to be called, when he was appointed Mathematical Lecturer of Sidney Sussex College. This led to his election as a Fellow, and his taking orders. In 1805, he was elected Head Master of Harrow School ; in 1829 he retired to his living at Gayton, Northamptonshire, presented to him in 1814. In 1836 he be- came Chancellor of his diocese ; and in 1842 was appointed, by Sir Ro- bert Peel, to the deanery of Peterborough. The cause of his death was

disease of the heart. •

" Few men," says a friendly notice of Dr. Butler's life, " could compete with him in versatility of mind and in the variety of his accomplishments. Besides his great mathematical attainments, he was also a distinguished classical scholar, and spoke German, French, and Italian, with correctness and fluency. He was practically versed in chemistry and other branches of physical science. He was a good musician and draughtsman ; and he ex- celled in all athletic exercises, being one of the best skaters, fencers, swim- mers, eze., of his time. A remarkable example of his bodily activity, as well as of the kindness of his heart, was given in very advanced life, when, in the month of January 1843, with snow on the ground, he plunged into a canal

y the side of which he was accidentally riding) to rescue a woman from drowning ; an exploit for which he received a medal from the Royal Humane Society."

Germany has lost another man of letters of European reputation : Lud- wig Tieck, founder of the romantic school of German literature, died at Berlin on the 28th April, in the eightieth year of his age. Tieck was a fellow labourer with Schlegel in translating Shakspere.

Mr. William Rufus King, Vice-President of the United States, died on the 18th April, the day after his return home from Cuba, whither he had gone for the benefit of his health.

Since we last mentioned Mrs. Beecher Stowe, she has visited several places among them, Shakspere's house and tomb at Stratford-on-Avon, and Birmingham. On Monday she was present at a dinner given by the Lord Mayor of London to the Judges. She has been invited by the Duchess of Sutherland to a gathering of ladies and gentlemen, tonight, at Stafford House. Report says that aftei a short stay in London, Mrs. Stowe will go to France and Germany ; and that, after visiting Scotland once more, she has promised to be the guest of Major-General Sir Duncan M'Gregor in Dublin, previous to her return to her own country.

According to the quarterly return of the Registrar-General, the number of marriages on the whole year as well as the quarter greatly exceed that of any previous return. There were 158,439 marriages in 1852, against 153,740 in 1851. On the last quarter of the year there were 47,208 mar- riages, against 38,291 in the previous quarter. There were 161,598 births registered in the March quarter of 1853, a few less than in the March quarter of 1852. The deaths in the same periods amounted to 118,241 and 106,682 respectively. At the end of his return the Registrar- General appends an interesting paragraph on the weather-

" The disturbed meteorology of the quarter, the high temperature of January, the low temperature of February and March, the extreme transitions of heat and cold, the unusual falls of snow, the hail, the fogs, the thunder- storms, the lightning, the zodiacal lights, auroras, solar halos, and lunar- halos in England, the South of Scotland, and parts of Ireland, are described by Mr. Glaisher from continuous observations made at fifty stations by the enterprise of private observers (chiefly) under his assiduous superintendence. It is difficult to overrate the value 'which these observations possess and will acquire, as the diseases of men, the crops of the agriculturists, as well as the health of their herds, and many manufacturing processes, depend on the state of the weather to an extent which has not yet been determined."

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

0(184342. Ten Weeks

Week of 1853.

Zymotie Diseases 1,861 .... 221 Dropay, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 440 .... 49 Tubercular Diseases 1,910 ....

222-.

Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,137 .... 117 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels

644

Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 1,430 SOT Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 649 fifr

Diseases of the Kidneys, de

96

II Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, dtc 93 9 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, eke 93 6 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, die 21 I Malformations 26 2- Premature Birth 207 20 Atrophy 187 34 Age 483

4 7

Sudden 95

1

Yiolence,Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 978 24

— — Total (including unspecified causes) 9,303 1,089

A Parliamentary paper contains a copy of minutes, dated 2d April 1853, by the Committee of the Privy Council on Education, respecting grants for the support of schools in agricultural districts and grants to promote volun- tary assessments towards the expenses of school-buildings in rural districts. Such schools may receive grants towards the expenses of the preceding year at the rate of 6s. per scholar in boys' schools and 58. in girls' schools, if the number of scholars be under 50. Above 50 and under 100, the grants are ffs.. for each boy and 4s. for each girl; and if the number of scholars be above 100, 4s. may be granted towards the expenses of the instruction of each boy and 38. for each girl. These rates shall not diminish on account of any in- crease in the number of scholars until the increase is such as to make the reduced rats for the higher number balance the unreduced rate for the smaller number. The grants, however, are conditional, and shall only be awarded in case the income of the school from endowments, subscriptions,, collections, and school-pence, shall have amounted to 14.s. per scholar in_ schools for boys, and 12s. per scholar in schools for girls, exclusive of the an- nual value of the teacher's house or other school-buildings. There are. other conditions respecting attendance, the contributions of the scholars, the qualifications of schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, and the training of pupil- teachers. With regard to voluntary assessments towards the expenses of school-buildings, the Committee of the Privy Council have resolved that whenever school-room is wanting in any parish under 5000 inhabitants, and in case the owners and occupiers of property shall raise a sum equal to one- half of the estimated outlay for the erection of suitable premises, the Com- mittee will grant one-half of the same outlay.

In the six months ending last December, 133 persons were killed and 387 hurt on the railways of the United Kingdom. Of these, 9 passengers were killed_ and 316 hurt from causes beyond their own control ; 12 killed and 3 hurt. from their own misconduct or want of caution ; 31 persons employed on the railways were killed and 42 hurt from causes beyond their own control; 40 were killed and 17 hurt from their own misconduct or want of caution; 41 trespassers were killed and 9 hurt by crossing or walking on the railway.. Length of railway open, 7336 miles ; passengers conveyed, 49,886,124. A. good many railways contribute no case to the Hard dead or wounded : most of these are small lines with little traffic, but some convey many passen- gers,—as the Dublin and Kingstown, East and West India Docks and Bir- mingham Junction, Blackwell, South Wales ; some lines of large extent, while persons have suffered on them from their own incautiousness, have not produced any " accidents " ending in wounds or death from " causes.

beyond the control" of the victims,—as the Chester and Holyhead, Edin- burgh and Glasgow, Irish Midland Great Western, South Devon, South. Wales, York, Newcastle, and Berwick : the last conveyed more than two. million passengers, and one trespasser perished. The Irish lines are singu- larly free from " accidents."

Late advices reported that great dismay had been created at Melbourne by the discovery of extensive frauds in gold. The Times publishes an ex,-

tract from the letter of a merchant explaining the nature of the imposition.. "The mode adopted has been to alloy the gold with silver to an extent that has reduced its value to five carats below standard, the pure Aus- tralian gold being above standard value. By this means it has been proof against all the ordinary tests of acids, and the discovery has only been made on the return of a parcel which found its way into the Ade- laide Government Assay Office. The set appear to be now known who have been connected with the sale of this spurious gold ; and some houses seem to have bought pretty extensively through the agents of the thieves, and are,, of course, very much alarmed for what they have sent home." The Paris Petrie announces that the French Government intends to form a submarine telegraph to Algeria. The line will pass from France through Nice and Genoa to the Gulf of Spezzia ; thence under the sea to Corsica, across Sardinia; then through the ocean to Bona. A straight course from Toulon to Africa was not practicable, from the depth of the ocean in that line. From Bona the telegraph may be carried along the coast of Africa to Alexandria, and thence to India and Australia-perhaps.

A Parliamentary return of fees and other expenses charged by returning- officers, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and other official persons to candidates, at the last general election, has just been published. The amount charged for England and Wales is 37,9981. 19s. 6;d., of which 35,7501. 5s. 61d. was paid; for Ireland, 8839/. lls. 41(1., of which 83281. 123. 11d. was paid; for Scotland, 21391. 68., of which 19501. 16s. Thd. was paid. Total charge, 48,977/. 16s. 11d.; total payment, 46,0291. 15s. Id. It appears from the details that the under-sheriffs expect a gratuity of 151. 15s. ; but in some in- stances this was resisted, and in others only 51. 5s. was allowed. The Mid- dlesex election is put down at 9001., being 300/. to each of the successful candidates, and the like sum to the Marquis of Blandford.

On the 8th of last month, nearly 200 gentlemen in Edinburgh agreed to ascertain the actual amount of Sunday traffic in the public-houses of that city ; and their report, entering into the statistics of each house, the cha- racter of the visitors, &c., has just been published. There are in all 464 licensed houses in Edinburgh, and 312 of these were open on the Sunday referred to. The visitors were-22,202 men, 11,931 women, 4631 children under fourteen years of age, and 3032 children under eight years of age ; total amount during the day, 41,796.-Liverpool Chronicle.

From the establishment of the County Courts to 31st December 1851, the total number of summonses for debts not exceeding 201. was 2,160,394, and for sums between 201. and 501. 17,743. The fees paid amounted to 1,206,9011.

It having been represented to the Queen that the widow of the late George leadbetter, who met his death accidentally some weeks since, was left in a very destitute condition, her Majesty, in consideration of his long services as a police-officer, has granted out of the privy purse an annuity of 501. to the unfortunate woman. Leadbetter was for some time attached to the Palace, and it was chiefly through his instrumentality that "the boy Jones" was " unearthed."

A ship has Gaited from Queenstown to Western Australia with 300 male convicts ; among them, Kirwan the artist, who was convicted of the murder of his wife at Ireland's Eye.

It is intended by a joint-stock company to erect a "monster lodging- house" at New York-not a residence for the poor, but a vast hotel for the accommodation of the middle and richer classes. It will be capable of re- ceiving about a thousand persons; the building will be 200 feet square, with a court-yard in the centre, and eight stories in height ; the exterior walls to be of iron, and the whole structure fire-proof. There will be baths and every convenience within doors ; a promenade on the roof, a garden, gym- nasium, " ten-pin alleys for ladies and gentlemen," and a conservatory. The cost is estimated at 400,000 dollars.