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Leader (1850-1860), 22nd June 1850, Edition Town of 1, Page 310, Untitled Article

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      St . James ' s Pabk . —The following is an estimate of the expense of making an ornamental enclosure and forming a public garden in St . James ' s-park , in front of Buckingham Palace -. —Removal and rebuilding of the marble arch , the marble to be fine-sanded only , and not polished , £ 3000 ; iron gates , railing , and stone piers connected with the arch , £ 1056 ; iron gates , railing , and stone piers to enclose the front court . of the Palace , £ 6116 ; iron railings , gates , and kerb on dwarf stone walls , to enclose the two gardens , £ 10 , 702 ; stone piers and granite steps at the three entrances of each garden , £ 1461 ; earthwork in levelling and preparing the surface of the two gardens for details , £ 2390 ; excavation for the formation of the head of the lake , £ 450 ; total , £ 25 , 175 : a 4 jL contingencies at 7 per cent ., £ 1762 . —making a gross total of £ 26 , 937 . The sum proposed to be voted in the present session is £ 14 , 000 . Judges' Salaries . —According to a return to Parliament , the salaries of the fifteen judges in 1815 amounted to £ 62 , 500 , and at the present period the salaries of the twenty judges amount to £ 120 , 000 a year . In 1815 the salary of the Lord Chancellor was £ 5000 , and now it is £ 10 , 000 , with £ 4000 in addition as Speaker of the House of Lords . Fees and emoluments were considerable in 1815 , but they cannot be ascertained . The salaries of the other judges have been increased since 1815 . The Puisne judges have £ 5000 as salary ; their duties have increased of late years , and besides an expense of about £ 340 on each of two circuits a year , they have , when ill , to pay a fee of 300 guineas to a sergeant- at-law for officiating in their stead . The judges are called upon to contribute towards providing apartments in Sergeant'sinn for the transaction of chamber business . The Irish Poor-Law . —The diminution of the numbers receiving out-door relief has been steadily going forward for some time past ; and , comparing the returns for the quarter ending March 30 of the present year , with those of the corresponding period of last year , we have the following figures distinguishing the numbers in the different provinces : — PERSONS RECEIVING OXTT-DOOR RELIEF , QUARTER ENDING MARCH 30 . 1849 . 1850 . Ulster 11 , 232 2 , 131 Munster 314 . 075 80 , 111 Loinster 85 , 57 a 22 , 684 Connaught 174 , 756 17 , 836 Total 592 , 635 128 , 762 The returns for the present quarter will , we have no doubt , show a still further diminution in the number of persons on the outdoor relief lists , on account of the increased employment afforded during the months of April and May ; and we entertain sanguine hopes that at no distant period the objectionable system of relief will be altogether discontinued . On account of the abuses inseparable from the operation of the system , great efforts have been made during the past season to increase the extent of the workhouse accommodation ; and the number of persons receiving in-door relief has increased in the periods already referred to from 208 , 526 , in 1849 , to 236 , 552 , in the present year ; but , taking both classes of paupers together , we find that the reduction has been no less than 435 , 847 , or more than 50 per cent . So much for numbers ; and if we turn our attention to the question of expenditure , some of the effects of cheap food will be apparent . Notwithstanding the increase in the number of in-door paupers during the \> ast quarter , as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1849 , the expenditure has been considerably less ; the sums being respectively £ 182 , 246 in the past , and £ 161 , 822 in the present year . The whole expenditure during the above periods has been in the following proportions : •—POOR RELIEF IN THE QUARTER ENDED THE 30 TH OF MARCH . Outdoor . Indoor . 18 J 9 . 1850 . 184 a . 1850 . £ £ £ £ Ulster 4 . 054 .... * 404 34 , 011 .... 23 , 211 Mut » ter 96 , 207 .... 23 , 14 !) 69 , 300 .... 68 . 816 Leinsier 30 , 334 .... 7 . 644 44 , 798 .... 42 , 206 Connaught 51 , 129 .... 4 , 553 34 , 107 .... 27 , 589 Total 182 , 324 35 , 750 182 , 246 161 , 822 The establishment and other charges not included in the above sums were £ 188 , 056 in 1849 , and £ 157 , 627 in the present year ; showing a gratifying diminution in every respect . The results of the collection returns are equally satisfactory . Previous to 1847 , the largest sum raised by the collection of rates was £ 435 , 000 in 1846 ; but in the years ending 29 th of September , 1847 , 48 , and 49 , the bums expended in the relief of the poor were £ 803 , 684 , £ 1 , 835 , 310 , and £ 2 , 177 , 050 ; while the Government advances in aid of the rates were only £ 242 , 577 in 1848 , and £ 301 , 600 in 1819 . The pressure of such exactions as these under the calamity , from the effects of which all classes so severely suffered , may be readily conceived ; anil it is or . lv surprising that the crisis has been so well got over . The accounts , as made tip to September last , show that , of all the rates made , 04 per cent , had been collected ; and the latest returns show that the rates had been collected with increasing facility . In the quarter ending the 30 th of March lust , us compared with the corresponding quarter of last year , the sums collected were £ 501 , 610 mul £ 417 , 070 respectively . Imi'oiitationh of Cukf . sk . — The following is a return of the quantities of uhersR imported into Great Britain , in the year muling the uth January , 1850 . April quarter , 87 , 500 cwts . ; July quarter , 67 , 309 cwts . ; October quarter , 01 , 002 cwts , ; and January quarter , 142 , 273 cwti , ' '

      Population of Cuba . —An American authority gives the following classification of the population of Cuba in 1850 : —Creole whites , 520 , 000 ; Spaniards , 35 , 000 ; troops and marines , 23 , 000 ; foreigners , 10 , 560 ; floating population , 17 , 000—total of the white population , 605 , 560 . Free mulattoes , 118 , 200 ; free blacks , 87 , 370 ; slave mulattoes , 11 , 100 ; black ditto , 425 , 000—total coloured population , 641 , 670 . Grand total of the entire populations , 1 , 247 , 230 . French Finances . —From an official return in the Moniteur it appears that the duties on imports during the first five months of the present year amounted to 47 , 000 , 000 f ., and they show a diminution of 2 , 500 , 000 f . compared with , the corresponding period of last year , but an increase of 15 , 000 f . compared with the same period of 1848 .

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      BANKING DEPARTMENT . £ £ Proprietors * Capital , 14 , 553 , 000 Government Securest , 3 , 062 , 247 rities ( including Public Deposits ( in- Dead-weight Ancluding Exche- nuity ) 14 , 315 , 770 quer , Savings Other Securities ,. 11 , 057 . 149 Banks , Commis- Notes 10 , 738 ' sioners of National Gold and Silver Debt , and Divi- Coin 743 572 dend Accounts ) .. 8 , 415 , 694 Other Deposits .... 9 , 646 , 380 Seven-day andother Bills 1 , 177 , 855 £ 36 , 855 , 176 £ 36 , 855 , 176 Dated June 20 , 1850 . M . Marshall , Chief Cashier .

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      An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria , c * p . 33 , for tliu week euding on Saturday , the I 5 lh of Juno , 1800 . 1 SSUK DKVAKTMKNT . £ £ Notes issued .... 30 , l . ) 8 , 705 Government Debt , 11 , 015 , 100 Other Sccuritira .. 2 , 9 Sl , i > U 0 GoUl Coin and llullion 15 . 9 U 4 . 747 Silver Bullion .... S 0 J . U . W £ W , VJ 8 , ~ Q 0 I jei ^ i 08 , 705

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      BANK OF ENGLAND . _« .

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      AVERAGE P 1 UCE OF SUGAR . The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar , computed from the returns made in the week , ending the 18 th day of June , 1850 , is 24 * . 10 . | d . per cwt .

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Saturday . Our notice of the market for Public Securities this week is very much the same as that of the last few weeks . The fluctuations have been very slight , and the amount of transactions not large . The closing price of Consols at the end of last week was 95 § to 96 . On Monday there was little or no movement on the Stock Exchange . Consols looked tolerably firm at the opening , and were done at Saturday ' s prices with a slight tendency to improvement , which was not sustained , however , and the market closed at 95 $ to 95 | . The want of buoyancy was attributed by some to the apprehension that difficulties may yet occur between the United States and Spain in consequence of the proceedings adopted by the authorities at Cuba in connection with the recent invasion . On Tuesday the Funds were again dull , little business was done , and the closing quotations were nearly the same as those of the previous day . A slight improvement took place on Wednesday , and , although business was quiet , Consols closed firm at 95 £ to 96 . On Thursday the English Funds opened at a further improvement of an eighth , but the buoyancy was not maintained till the close . Consols were done as high as 96 i , and left off at 96 to 96 J . The opening prices yesterday morning , Consols being 95 $ to 951 , seemed to show that the Ministerial crisis had slightly alarmed the Stock Exchange , but no further decline took place throughout the day . The whole extent of the fluctuations during the week has been : — Consols from 95 } to 96 J ; Three-and-a-quarter per Cents ., 98 to 98 g ; Bank Stock , 203 to 209 ; Exchequer Bills , 67 s . to 70 s . premium . The only remarkable feature in Foreign Securities during the week has been a decline of nearly 2 per cent , in the value of Mexican stock , ascribed to unfavourable news from America . The Spanish securities have also been depressed , notwithstanding the failure of the Cuban expedition . Buenos Ayres has risen 2 per cent . The latest transactions are : —Brazilian , new ,, at 854 ; Buenos Ayres , 55 $ to 56 ; Danish Three per Cents ., 72 J and 73 ; the Five per Cents ., 994 and f ; the scrip , 10 premium ; Grenada , 18 J ; Mexican , for account , 30 , 29 J , and 30 $ ; Portuguese Five per Cents ., 85 | ; Russian , 109 . 4 , ; the Scrip , 44 premium ; Spanish Five per Cents ., 172 ; the Three per Cents ., for account , 39 and 38 J ; Venezuela Deferred , 11 $ and 4 ; Dutch Four per Cent . Certificates , 888 S and £ . The business of the Railway Stock and Share Market has not been disturbed by any remarkable variations during the week . The accounts of the state of trade and manufactures in the provinces continue on the whole satisfactory .

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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 metropolitan districts were 800 . Taking the 10 corresponding weeks of 1840-9 , it appears that the deaths were never lower than 750 , which occurred in 1841 , when the population was less than at present ; and that they rose in 1848 to 1000 . The average of the 10 weeks is 851 , or , raised in proportion to increase of population , 928 ; there was , therefore , a decrease last week on the corrected average amounting to 128 . The reading of the barometer at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , was above 30 inches on Sunday ; the mean reading of the week was 29 . 702 . The mean temperature of the week was 58 degs ., and rather less than the average of the same week in seven years . On the first three days it was above the average , and the excess on Tuesday amounted to 7 . 8 deg . ; on the last three days it was below the average , and on Saturday it was less than the average of that day by nearly 13 degs . The wind was generally in the south-west .

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      BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . )

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      Satur . Mond . Tues . \ Wedn . Thurs . F-id . Bank Stock .... 209 208 208 209 3 per Ct . Red .. 96 £ 96 £ 96 | 96 | 96 £ 9 t >§ 3 p . C . Con . Ans . —— —— 3 p . C . An . 1726 . 3 p . Ct . Con ., Ac . 96 95 | 95 | 96 96 i 90 3 { p . Cent . An . 98 \ 98 98 £ 98 ; 98 § 97 £ New 5 per Cts . —— LongAns ., 1860 . 8 3-16 8 j 8 3-16 8 * 8 } Ind . St . 10 ip . ct . Ditto Bonds .. 89 88 86 88 85 Ex . Bills , 1000 Z . 67 p 70 p 67 p 70 p 67 p 67 Ditto , 5001 ... 70 p 67 p Ditto , Small 67 p 70 p 6 S p 67 p 70 p

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      FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during- the Week ending Friday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . 94 jj Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 30 Belgian Bds ., 4 £ p . Ct . 88 $ Small .. .. — Brazilian 5 per Cents . 90 Neapolitan 5 per Cents . — Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cts . — Peruvian 44 per Cents . 78 Chilian 6 per Cents . .. — Portuguese 5 per Cent . — Equador Bonds .. — 4 per Cts . 34 Danish 3 per Cents . .. — Annuities — Dutch 24 per Cents ... — Russian , 1822 , 0 p . Cts . — 4 per Cents . .. 88 | Span . Actives , 5 p . Cts . 17 | French 5 p . C . An . atParis 93 . 95 Passive .. — 3 p . Cts ., J une 19 , 56 . 40 Deferred .. —

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      SHARES . Last Official Quotation for the Week ending Friday Evening . Railways . Banks . Caledonian .. .. 8 5 Australasian .. .. — Edinburgh and Glasgow 27 ^ British North American — Eastern Counties .. 7 g Colonial .. ... .. — Great Northern .. .. 10 § Commercial of London .. 24 Great North of England 230 London and Westminster — GreatS . & W . ( Ireland ) 30 $ London Joint Stock .. — Great Western .. .. 58 | National of Ireland .. — Hull and Selby .. .. 97 $ National Provincial .. — Lancashire and Yorkshire 39 ^ Provincial of I reland .. — Lancaster and Carlisle 53 Union of Australia .. — Lond ., Brighton , &S . Coast 83 Union of London .. — London and Blackwall .. 4 | Mines . London and N .-Western 108 $ Bolanos •—Midland 3 b | Brazilian Imperial .. — North British .. .. 7 i Ditto , St . John del Rey — South-Eastern and Dover 14 § Cobre Copper .. .. — South-Western .. .. 6 O . | Miscellaneous . York , Newcas ., & Berwick 15 J Australian Agricultural — York and North Midland 16 j Canada — Docks . General Steam .. .. — East and West India .. — Penins . & Oriental Steam — London — Royal Mail Steam .. o ' J St . Katharine .. .. — South Australian .. —

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      GRAIN , Mark-lane , June 21 . Wheat , R . New 38 s . to 40 s . Maple 27 s . to 29 s . Fine 40 —42 White 24 —25 Old 38 — 40 Boilers 25 — 27 ¦ White 41 —43 Beans , Ticks . .. 21 —26 Fine 42 —41 Old 27 —29 Superior New 40 — 41 Indian Corn .... 27 —30 Rye 23 — 24 Oats , Feed .... 16 — 17 Barley 18 —19 Fine .... 17 —18 Malting 22 —23 Poland 18 —19 Malt , Or

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      GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN . Week Ending June 15 . Imperial General Weekly Average . Wheat ' .. 39 s . lid . Rye ^ ' , ? * Barley 21 9 «« ans 20 10 Oats 16 11 Peas 27 3 Aggregate Average of the Six Weeks . Wheat 39 s . 8 d . Rye Qls . lld . Barley 22 5 Beans 26 2 Oats .. 10 1 Peas 25 10

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      FLOUR . Town-made per sack 3 ., s . to 40 a . Seconds f" "" 2 » Essex and Suffolk , on board ship M — ? f I Norfolk and Stockton ^» ~ " 21 ; ! American per barrel 19 — 23 fl > Vhcaten j 3 reaui G ^ ci . " ' the ' ilb . ' ' loaf . * " Households , 5 > id .

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      BUTCHERS' MEAT . Newgate and Lkadknhall . * Smitiifield * . s . d . s . d . b . d . s . d . Beef » J to 3 3 £ jj to 3 » Mutton •» 0 — J 8 a £ * » HA - ::::::::::::: i Jri S ::::::::. v . v 5 l-i « « - *¦• vKir ^ oVl ; , v - si , -,:-- * ° -- ' u Head of Cattle at Smith fiblu . Friday . Monday . Beasts «? j * ™" Sheep ly ' / . " < n « y& . " :::: » :. " :::: """ »*» ^

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      HOPS . POTATOES . Kent Pockets 115 s . to 130 s . York Regents per ton 60 s . to 100 Choice ditto .. 130 — SJ 05 Wisbuch Regents ... 80 — hJ Sussex ditto .. 113 — U 0 Scotch Reds . C j U — •<' Farulum do ., .. — .. trench Whites CO — •«

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  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), June 22, 1850, page 310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1843/page/22/