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Acts op Parliament . — According to a document recently issued , the greatest number of acts of Parliament passed in any one year , since 1800 , has been 562—the number passed in 1846 . Of these , 402 were local and personal , and 43 private , the public acts amounting only to 117 The greatest number of public acts -was passed in 1812 ( 52 George III ) . In 1841 only 13 acts were paraed , two of which were private , being the lowest number in the period referred to . In three instances only is the yearly number under 100 ; in five instances it is above 100 and below 200 ; in 29 it is above 200 ; in 14 it is above 300 ; in two it is above 400 ; and in one above 500 . The average legislative fecundity for the last ten years is at the rate of 297 5 acts per annum , of which 112 9 are of public inteiest The average for the first ten yearn of the present century was 283 . 3 acts of all kinds , and 132 . 2 public acts . Exports to the Colonies . —A return has just been issued of the declared value of our exports to the colonies during the past year , of which the following is an abstract . It will be observed that Australia stands third upon the list as regards amount , and that , although she is not yet favoured with steam communication , she takes from us more than is taken by the West Indies , and nearly as much as is taken by the whole of our possessions in North America : — Abstract , showing the declared value of the exports of British produce and manufactures collectively to the colonies at . d dependencies of the British Crown , according to their geographical distribution , in the year 1849 . To the Channel Islands and Heligoland .... £ 634 , 482 To Gibraltar and Malta 921 . 225 To the Ionian Islands 165 805 To posxessions on the West Coast of Africa 233 , 848 To islands in trie Central Atlantic ( St . Helena and Ascension ) 23 , 312 To the Cape of Good Hope 520 , 896 To the Mauritius 234 , 022 To Aden 14 , 564 To territories in India ( comprehending Continental India , Singapore , and Ceylon ) .... 6 , 803 , 215 To Hong Kong 651 , 969 To Australian Colonies ( including New Zealand ) 2 , 080 , 364 To North American Colonies 2 , 279 , 193 To Went India Colonies , insular and continental ( including Honduras ) 2 , 025 , 019 To Falkland Islands 6 , 173 Aggregate declared value of British produce 1 and manufactures exported to British colo- > 16 , 594 , 087 nies and dependencies in 1849 ) American Statistics . —The following is a recapitulation of the United States Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending June 30 , 1850 : — Quarter Sepf ^ O DeCl 3 U March 81 i June 30 * 1850 . 1849 . ' * Dnls . Dols . Dols : Dols . Dols . Cust 11 , 450 , 000 7 , 207 . 060 11 , 500 , 142 9 , 343 , 171 39 , 500 , 376 Lands .... 370 , C 00 833 , 584 565 , 447 354 , 743 1 , 863 , 774 HiaoiiHVs 175 , 000 259 , 499 858 , 393 784 , 419 1 , 877 , 311 Total ... 11 , 995 ^ 000 7 , 900 , 143 12 , 923 , 985 10 , 481 , 333 43 , 241 , 461 Civil 2 , 678 . 760 2 , 866 , 680 4 , 920 , 347 4 , 409 , 534 15 . 875 , 021 War 3 . 302 , 315 2 , 880 , 763 2 , 788 , 40 i 3 . 827 . 4 U 3 12 , 798 , 978 Navy .... 2 , 052 , 435 2 , 06 i , 966 1 , 618 , 095 2 , 175 , 334 7 , 908 , 830 Interest .. 34 , 519 1 , 912 , 652 57 . 370 1 , 780 , 492 3 , 784 , 993 Total ... 8 , 067 , 959 9 , 723 , 461 ~ 9 . 383 . 91 S 12 , 192 , 783 39 , 367 , 822 Loam rc > ceived .. 1 , 246 , 500 504 , 100 1 , 914 , 400 358 , 950 4 . 053 , 950 Loan . pel .. 842 . 17 C 2 , 501 , 878 1 , 944 , 70 * 359 , 004 3 , 648 , 760 Louis Philippe's Wealth . —A letter from Paris of the 8 th , in the Independance of Brussels , says : — " Since Louis Philippe's death , the journal * have been speaking of the fortune which he has left , and it has been even said that the legacy duties would amount to some millions . I find the exaggeration which I suspected in these accounts is greater than I had supposed . The landed property belonging to the late king contains about 86 , 000 hectares ( the hectare is nearly 2 J English acres ) , thus divided : —45 , 000 comprised in the donation made by the King to his children on August 7 , 1830 , and of which he reserved to himself the life interest : 13 , 000 belonging to the King himself ; and 28 , 000 bequeathed to him , for his life only , by Madame Adelaide , his sister . The gross revenue of this property , calculated on an average of ten years , is 2 , 989 , 000 f . Since 1848 it has been smaller , and for 1854 will not , it is supposed , amount to more than 3 , 900 , 000 f . But from all thia it is necessary to deduct the expenses of taxes , insurnncc , management , agency , &c , amounting to l , 6 ll , 000 f . There therefore remains a revenue of 2 , 378 , 000 f ., which , at three per cent ., represents a capital of nearly 79 millions . In this valuation I do not comprise non-productive property , such as chateaux , parka , and gurdens , which , it must be admitted , are not without importance . For instance , the Park of Monccaux , in the Faubourg du lloulc , close to Paris , is altogether unproductive , and contains 19 hectares , worth , ¦ ay , 2 , 000 , 000 f . ; also the Park of Neuilly , containing nearly 186 hi atari ' s , giws no revenue , jet , if sold in lots , it would Kive at leant 4 , 000 , 000 f . I ought to mention that I have included in this statement the property of the Duke d'Aumulc ' s doin . tin , of which the Queen Mnric-Amelii' has the life-use , und which givca about 137 , 00 () f . ayuar . In line , to bo exact , 1 ought not to pans over in
silence the moveable property of the King , consisting of matters held in common by him and Madame Adelaide , arising from canal shares and tontines , which , without any exaggeration , must be worth 325 , 000 f ., ayear ; also Government securities belonging to Louis Philippe himself , amounting to 100 , 000 f . a-year , including 30 , 000 f . a-year in the Five-per- _ Cents ., for the Chapels of Dreux and Neuilly . But this situation , so brilliant in appearance , is considerably diminished by the enormous debts contracted almost exclusively for the works undertaken at Versailles , and in the Royal palaces . The names of the executors of Louis Philippe are now known . They are MM . de Montalivet , Dupin , sen ., de Montmorency , Laplagne , Barris , and Scribe , formerly advocate at the Court of Cassation . " The American Mail Service . —The following table sets forth the amount , in dollars , of postages on letters sent and received by British steamers , under the postal treaty , during the whole time it has been in operation : — Date . Received . Sent . Total . Feb ., 1849 .. - .. 6 / 24131 .. 6 , 241 31 March 21 , 642 09 .. 13 , 357 24 .. 34 , 999 33 April 19 , 584 04 .. 14 , 175 87 .. 33 , 759 91 May 19 , 213 27 .. 25 , 123 36 .. 44 , 336 63 June 27 052 39 .. 20 , 19106 .. 47 , 243 45 July 22 , 382 06 .. 21 , 255 47 .. 43 , 607 53 August 20 , 629 02 .. 27 , 655 60 .. 48 . 284 62 September .. 25 , 919 46 .. 24 . 15122 .. 50 , 070 68 October .... 22 , 081 16 .. 25 . 927 06 .. 48 , 008 22 November .. 23 , 129 64 .. 23 , 554 66 .. 46 , 684 30 December .. 31 . 904 42 .. 23 . 409 51 .. 55 , 313 93 Jan ., 1850 .. 24 , 433 37 .. 23 , 979 24 .. 48 , 412 61 February .. 26 , 966 16 .. 22 , 245 90 .. 49 , 212 06 March ...... 29 , 385 68 .. 25 , 118 33 .. 54 , 504 01 April 23 , 232 48 .. 29 , 400 48 .. 52 , 632 96 May 38 , 485 38 .. 22 , 082 54 .. 60 , 567 92 June 26 , 279 34 .. 22 , 958 86 .. 49 , 238 20 Total 773 , 117 67 The whole number of mails was 115 , showing an average postage receipt of 6722 dollars 76 cents per trip . Of this nineteen twenty-fourth parts are English , and the other five American postage . The following is a statement of the mails sent and received by Collins's line of American steamers , under the Postal Treaty : — Name of Date . Steamer . 1850 . Received . Sent . Total . Atlantic ... April 29 .. .. 4484 94 Pacific .... May 25 .. .. 1884 74 Atlantic ... June 15 .. .. 3521 06 Pacific .... July 5 .. .. 2012 96 .. 11 , 933 , 70 Atlantic ... June 9 .. 500 67 Pacific .... July 1 .. 597 76 Atlantic July 21 .. 1320 00 2418 43 "Whole number of mails , 7 .... 14 , 352 13 Averaging per trip 2059 30 dollars . Twenty-one twenty-fourth parts of the above is United States postage , and three twenty-fourth parts English postage .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General's Returns . ) Eight hundred and ninety-nine deaths and 1474 births were registered in the week ending September 7 . The mortality is , therefore , near the average ; and the births registered exceed the deaths by 575 . In the first week of September last year , 3183 persons died in London ; 272 by diarrhoea , and 2026 by cholera . It was the week in which the mortality was highest . In the corresponding week of the present year the deaths by diarrhoea have been 75 , by cholera 8 . The deaths from diarrhosa are now rapidly declining ; cholera was fatal in 8 instead of 4 cases , the number registered in the previous week . Two of the deaths from cholera were in the parish of Marylebone . On the 31 st of August , at I , Claremont-place , Greenwich West , the son of a hair-dresser , aged 5 months , " cholera infantum ( 10 days ) . " 35 persons ( chiefly children ) died of scarlatina or putrid sore throat , 48 of typhus . The deaths from the latter disease have been 35 , 27 , 33 , 40 , 48 , in the last five weeks . 66 males and 49 females died in public institutions , which is less than the usual proportion .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Saturday . After nearly a fortnight of remarkable dulness , the English Funds have once more begun to show symptoms of buoyancy . On Monday , Consols were much the same as they had been all the previous week . They opened at 96 | , and without any change worthy of note , closed at 96 ^ to 9 G | . On the following day the market was some * what firmer , but not to such an extent as to cause any advance in prices . On Wednesday the same firmness continued , and prices advanced one-eighth . On Thursday the improvement was more than maintained . Consols opened at an improvement of one-eighth , and before the close of business a still farther advance took place . The first quotation was 963 to 96 . J , and , owing to several large purchases , they left off at 961 to 96 $ . The tone of the market was not quite so firm yesterday , and prices declined an eighth . The variations in the English Stock Market during the week have been to the following extent : —Consols , 96 J to 96 ^; Three-anda-Quarter per Cents .. 98 $ to 99 g ; Bank Stock , 214 to 215 ; Exchequer Bills , U 3 s . to 66 s . premium . In the Foreign Stock Market there has been little
business done during the week . The latest transactions were at the following rates : — Buenos Ayres 594 » Cuba , 96 ex . div . ; Danish Five per Cents ., 101 ; Ecuador , 3 f and f ; Mexican , for money , 29 g and £ for the account , 294 , ft and f ; Peruvian , for money * 81 , 81 J , and 81 f ; for the account , 81 }; Portuguese Four per Cents ., 334 and }; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 96 j ; Spanish Five per Cents ., for money , 19 $ , £ , and |; for the account , 19 |; Venezuela , for money , 31 and 32 £ ; for the account , 324 ; the Deferred , 11 £ and £ ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 57 | . Mark-lane , Friday , Sept . 13 . "We continue to be well supplied with Foreign Wheat , and a fair quantity of English has arrived since Monday . Notwithstanding the unfavourable reports of the yield of the new crop , and the upward tendency of prices at many of the country markets , the trade here is quiet , the holders being firm and the buyers reluctant to take more than they require to supply their immediate wants . The supply of Barley is very short , and the advance of Is . per quarter , which we reported on Monday , is fully maintained . Russian Oats continue to arrive in large quantities . The holders , however , are firm , and , though the dealers hold off in expectation of a decline being submitted to before the vesels are cleared , the little business doing is at Monday ' s rates . Fine Oats are scarce and bring full prices . Arrivals of grain since Wednesday : — English . Irish . Foreign . Flour . Wheat .. .. 3530 10 , 450 1010 Barley .... 240 4210 Oats 480 26 , 320
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An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria , cap . 32 , fur the week ending- on Saturday , the 7 th of September , 1850 . ISSUE DEPARTMENT . £ £ Notes issued .... 30 , 100 , 575 Government Debt , 11 , 015 , 100 Other Securities .. 2 , 984 , 900 Gold Coin and Bullion 15 , 880 , 617 Silver Bullion .... . 219 , 958 £ 30 , 100 , 575 £ 30 , 100 , 575 BANKING DEPARTMENT . £ £ Proprietors'Capital . 14 , 553 , 000 Government Secu-Rest 3 , 550 , 244 rities ( including Public Deposits ( in- Dead-weight Ancluding Exche- nuity ) 14 , 430 . 847 quer , Savings' Other Securities .. 11 , 700 , 259 Banks , Commis- Notes 10 , 018 , 990 sioners of National Gold and Silver Debt , and Divi- Coin 606 . 368 dend Accounts ) .. 8 , 885 , 785 Other Deposits .... 9 , 106 , 676 Seven-day andother Bills 1 , 260 , 758 £ 37 , 356 , 464 £ 37 , 356 , 464 Dated Sept . 12 , 1850 . M . Marshall , Chief Cashier .
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BRITISH FUNDS FOB THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) Satur . Mond . Tues . Wedn . Thurs . Frid . Bank Stock .... 214 214 215 215 3 per Ct . Red .. " 962 97 97 974 97 | 97 3 p . C . Con . Ans . 96 & 96 * 96 * 9 tt § 96 | 96 * 3 p . C . An . 1726 . — ——3 p . Ct . Con ., Ac . 961 96 $ 96 * 96 J 96 | 96 | 3 * p . Cent . An . 98 | 99 99 99 * 9 i * 4 99 J New 5 per Cts . — - — ¦ —— ——LongAns ., I 860 . 8 5-16 8 * 8 8 Ind . St . 104 p . ct . 266 266 266 ——Ditto Bonds .. 86 83 85 84 84 Ex . Bills , 1000 J . 63 p 66 p 63 p 63 p 66 p 63 7 Ditto , 5 J 0 * . .. 63 p 66 p 66 p 63 p 66 p 63 p Ditto , Smalt 63 p 66 p 63 p 66 p 67 p
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SHARES . Last Official Quotation for the Week ending Friday Evening . Railways . Banks . Caledonian .. 71 Australasian .. .. — Edinburgh and Glasgow 26 British North American U Eastern Counties .. 6 Colonial .. — ~ , Great Northern .. .. 10 J Commercial of London .. 24 J Great North of England 245 London and Westminster fit Greats . &W . ( Irelaud ) 32 London Joint Stock .. *» 1 Great Western .. .. 6 « i National of Ireland .. — Hull and Selby .. .. » 8 National Provincial .. — Lancashire and Yorkshire 44 j Provincial of Ireland .. 414 Lancaster and Carlisle 56 Union of Australia .. « - | Lond ., Brighton , &S . Coast 88 * Union of London .. 1 * 3 London and Blaekwall .. & 4 „ , Mines . London and N .-Western 111 ; Bolanos .. .. .. — Midland 37 J Brazilian Imperial .. — North British .. .. « Ditto , St . John del Rcy 16 * South-Kastern and Dover 18 Cobre Copper .. South-Western .. .. 09 $ Miscellaneous . York , Newcfts ., & Berwick 15 S Australian Agricultural — York anil North Midland 18 | Canada .. .. — Docks . General Steam .. .. ~~ East and West India .. — Penins . & Oriental Steam 78 London — Royal Mail a team .. — St . Katharine .. .. — 8 outU Australian .. —
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FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during the Week ending Friday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . i Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 29 $ Belgian Bds ., 44 p . Ct . 90 j Small .. .. — Brazilian 5 per Cents . 93 Neapolitan 5 per Cents . — Buenos Ayres 6 p . Cts . 59 Peruvian 4 $ per Cents . 83 Chilian 6 per Cents ... — Portuguese 5 per Cent . — Equador Bonds .. 3 J 4 per Cts . 33 J Danish 5 per Cents . .. 101 — -Annuities — DutchSi per Cent ? ... 57 § Russian , 1822 , 5 p . Cts . Ill 4 per Cents . .. 90 $ Span . Actives , 5 p . Cts . 19 g French 5 p . C . An . atPariB 93 . 91 Passive .. — 3 p . Cts ., Sept . l 2 , 58 . 15 ¦ Deferred .. —
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 14, 1850, page 598, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1853/page/22/
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