The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Rather more firmness is reported in the general discount market ; the terms have risen to the Bank minimum, and the inquiry, although comparatively quiet, has steadily increased. The Indian Loan instalment, amounting to 25 per cent., which be came due yesterday, may have exercised some influence; but the requirements of the commercial community are larger, and if the specie movement should take an unfavourable turn higher rates of dis count may soon be established. The exportation of gold to the Continent continues on an extensive scale, and augmented shipments of silver to the East are expected on Government as well as on private account. In the meantime there is a delay in the arrivals from Australia, and the decline in the New York exchange has diminished the re• ceipts from that source of supply. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon pre sented a further slight advance in the rates on Vienna, Trieste, and Amsterdam. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of importance. The demand for silver has considerably increased, but the supply is small, and bars have advanced to ss. 2-2-d. per oz. The rate of discount in Belgium has been lowered from 4 to 3 per cent. Notice has been given by Messrs. Baring Brothers that the sum of £20,000 has been employed in the purchase, for extinction, of the,New Buenos Ayres 3 per cent. Bonds, representing stock to the amount of £112,500. A dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent., is pro- Posed by the directors of the Scottish Australian Investment Company. Accounts from Liverpool that the cotton market yesterday continued dull, with a downward ten dency in prices. The sales were only 5,000 bales. The railway share market closed quietly, and quota tions remained without any material change. At the meeting of the London and Westminlter Bank to-day—Mr. Alderman Salomons in the chair --a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and by way of further dividend out of the Profits a bonus of 5 per cent, on the paid-up capi tal, Was unanimously adopted. The market for Public Securities to-day has been very quiet, and although a little heaviness was expe rienced during the morning, the quotations have since become firmer. Consols have been 959, but they are now 951 / for money and account. The amount of business recorded, however, has been very limited. The New Threes are flat at 95/ 2 , the Reduced at 95 .1 India Stock is firmer, at 220 to 222 ; ditto Debentures have receded to 944, and the Scrip to 941; and the Exchequer Bills to 28s. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been moderately active, and prices have been steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 80 to 82 ; ditto New, 69 to 71, and the 4 per Cents. are flat at 104 : I ; Mexican remains at 185 to 191 ; Spanish, at 44 ; Portuguese, at 45 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., at 71; and Brazilian 49 per Cents., 1858, at 94 1 ; ditto, 1852, has advanced to 94-2- ; but the 5 per Cents, have receded to 1031 ; Sardinian is firmer at 872. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very limited scale. Eastern Counties have advanced about ss. ; Caledonians, ss. ; and Great Westerns, £l. North-Eastern (Berwick), declined ss. ; and ditto, Leeds, 10s. Great Northern, Midland, and South Eastern brought former rates. The Foreign Lines have been dull. Lombardo- Venetian Old Shares are at 101 10k, and the New 9i 10. Sambre and Meuse, 64 K. In the Colonial Market a further downward On dencY has prevailed. East Indian have declined 108 . ; Great Indian. Peninsula 158. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also at lower values. OttOman Bank have receded Os.; Union of Australia, ss. ; and Bank of Egypt, 6 s. to 10s. Royal Mail Steam have further de clined, being now dealt in at 531 52. 1r- MARKET.-( THIS I)AY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! ailwaye . 12.10 Ara - A otting. Bost., and. stern .3u' n.tion 50 PelfaWfand Baby al a 3.14 Bir., Wol., - and Gtr. Val toek Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junctidh 25 Blackburn 25 Bl'th and Tyne - ock Bristol and Exeter• ;ock Caledonian took Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon !O I Cork,l3lkiock,ST,Passaw Paid. Closing Business Price. 20 Cornwatl 10 Do. A ' 41A roves no div 10 Do. B iantil6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß 50 Dublin anclßelf ast Juno 25 Dun.,Pertli,& Abr.June Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union • A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E:U3ds) 5 6, 25 East Kent .: Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk '• [0 Do )ck Edinburg and,Glasgow )ck Edin.,Perth; & Dundee. 7i 8; 100 all all 100 100 100 IFortliSz Clyde Junction Stock Furness - Stock Glasgow .& South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. Sonth.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great, Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gna.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 LancaSter and Carlisle 161 Do. Thiyds 1613 4 Do. New Tiiirds. Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport )ck London and Blackwall i IDO.Newiss.it £slosp.sh: all all call all all 100 3, 1 100 100 71 73 14 11! 100 100 100 11613 41 8 9 14,1 151 581 591 40 43 28 30 £3 is. 174 all all 100 all 100 100 all all all 98 7 821 t all all all all all 3 31 71 71 11 60 591 I 60 59i 95f f Bit 961 5 1031 4 1 2( I 2( 921 2i 72i 3 Share! Mines. PREFERENCE SHARES, 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (Issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Etet:4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Bhares lock Caledon £10,44 per cent .10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2 .ock Chester & Holyhd, 55 pc ;ock Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 6 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. hoc E.Angn.ClasiA 7 & spc hock Do. do. Class B 6 pc... -ock Do. do;CMss C 7 'pc ... 'ok E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l :k Do. dew ' " No.2 ,cock D I: uas o. t N ern ew u 6 n p io er n . , q. p S e t r oc et k . Stock EastLanc. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths ' , took Edin.&Glas. 51Dc'shares dock ;o E f ; Gr ri e i n tp. . P.swner. et. &tliph, pref. per , , 7 (Di cent sr u te n oi .ca Stock . .). 4: . ;ock Glas. &S West. - a. 5 pc. ,ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. .ock Do. 5 feßedm.,lop.c.pm ;ock Do. 4 p. c. do. do. 10 Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm. 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt. Stock ,reat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct ,ock Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. ,ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. ock Do. Irredeemable, dd ock Do. sp. ot. Redeem.Pret 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches: 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref ;ock Do Binning. guar. stock 164 Do. Chesterguar.shares L 35 Do. do. do 0 Do. do. do. Stock Lon. rig ,cock . .) c 1 : D L Lan . pre . & & B Y t , o s r . k ps .P 6 cc p .. g u ..c . . .. stock ,ock Do. New gus, 6 P. et• ••, ,oek Do. do. Trirc. c... No. 4 ,ock Lon.& N.W.Coiv.&Nun • eatonv t ,t, p• ct• ilr Lon.&B:W, 7 P•Ct• stock, I ate 3d Phares L 25 Londondy & Cole, 5 shs. 12i Londotidy.& Ennis 5 sh. 7.6 : ADD100a..n.34.£,5h61;i:r:1LL7...,...6..1.3..... ......... Ti Maryport Si Car., 4 p.c. I Do. 4 per cent... i Do. A Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . ick Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. ‘ock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock.. HOUSE OF LORDS. 6 Do. witlyuption till 1860 Stock Do. Leic; & Hit.pref. at. TIIE CHARING-CROSS AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL- / p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. vi m f Newport,Aber,&c.pret. s '" WAY—THE PREAMBLE PROVEN. Do. et, 6 . with This great P ar li amen t ary b att l e was resumed "0 option Perp fill-1866p c. yesterday, and terminated in the committee, of Stock Isj i o o rf s olk e D . ailg i c. oc trz which Lord Belper is chairman, declaring the pre- Stook Stock Do . . 54. c. Pref. do. 1847 amble to be proved. Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 .A the meeting of the committee on Friday last Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.*Thk.Co. stock North eßwr'ig.utisah:ssPPeerr eecenntt a.proposition was ma d e b y the promoters of the SSt bill to give the trustees of St. Thomas's Hospital Stock N-East.ll:7 , d , f• l 4 p. c o. Deb. the sum of £20,000 to enable them to build a new St e B o o". 1 c 3 l e o r .71( 1 ) e . P wing in the place of the one which it was said 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. would be rendered unfit for hospital purposes if 125 no. ..lo o . ri k c lft s e , r; . ,l . B u 4 r 6 c i i .. this railway should be constructed. contiguous to it. 25 ..North Staffordshire.... An adjournment then took place until yesterday Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g to enable th e au th or iti es t o cons id er w h ether or not Stock Do. do. do., 2d gufi Stock Do. 44 p. c. Db. stkan perptl they would accept this proposition. 85 Scottish Central, new pa On the m e eti ng of t h e comm i ttee yesterday, to o k Scottish q- p N.-Eastern deb er c ref. stock Mr. S ergeant Wrangham said the trustees of the ' c ock D o o:Arde'en p .gua.6pc. hospital had considered the proposition which had Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. s been made to them, and they must decline it in p o s . South Devon, xe 4i pn e n . cent . . WO, adhering to their original position, which was 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading the entire purchase of the hospital. Ann., 1.04) Do .9 per cent Mr. Alexander, Q.C., replied, contendingthat it Stock_ Do.Fixed4sp.c.lstis would be unjust upon the company to purchase so Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. large a property whi c h was not required. Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Stock Do. 41 per cent The room was then ordered to be cleared, and, Q l O 5l S.- 0 5k u sh a i n re d , D 4 a p r .c . . s gr e. . after about two hours spent in consultation, the parties were readmitted. The Chairman said the committee had given the r o t r e li n r t s z . cen K t ilkenny, bill their most earnest and careful attention, and ;ock' W D 6 a t p o e e . that they had come to certain resolutions, which he would read before stating the decision to which they had arrived. The committee considered that this line of railway would be of great public advantage. They were not aware that there could be any line that would be preferable to it, as none had been presented to them. They considered that the hospital would be damaged thereby, that it would render the north wing totally unfit for the Purposes of a hospital, and that it ought to be re moved. • They considered that it would have been desirable that the London-bridge Railway Com panies should have entered into some arrangements for the purchase of th e hospital, but as such had not been the case, they must leave the question of compensation to be settledby the parties as the law provided. They further declared the preamble of . the bill to be proved. As soon as the result was made known, there Were demonstrations of applause. The clauses were gone through, and the bill was ordered to be reported to the house. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 4 3 per C en t . C onsols Annuities 951 4 5 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 4 1 India Stock ( ... 221 4 - 20 22 Ditto Debentures '• • 94.4 Ditto Loan Scrip i onsols for Account (Aug. 9) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 14d .. 28 Ditto £5OO 27 Ditto Small, 14d PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 44 per Cent. 94/ 4 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 941 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . Ditto Account Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Sardinian, i per Cent B7l Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account ,Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Ditto• Account .. 1044 Venezuelan 5 per Cent . Ditto New 21per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, Cper Cent. Consols, Money and AccountTWO O'CLOCK. 951 1 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. MR. COBDEN, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.— On Monday evening an influential meeting was held in the Public Ran ' Rochd a l e , t o take steps for celebrating the re turn of Mr. Cobden, on such a scale as will be unprece dented in that neighbourhood. A letter from Mr. Cobden was read, in which he stated that he could make arrange ments to visit Rochdale on the 27th inst. The committee oonsidered it much better to leave the day open to suit their guest's convenience. Some of the most leading reformers and several members of Parliament are invited and ex pected to be present, and preparations are being made on an extensive scale. During Monday it was reported to the committee that about 600 application s were already made for tickets. With respect to the place to hold the soiree or banquet in, the committee had not decided where it should be held, but probably they will make arrangements for about 4,000 people.-=Manchester Guardian. THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND, —The Scotsman says :.--The weather continues delightful. The crops are making up leeway in a manner no person could have ex pected to see. With the exception of hay, the crops will, it Is said on the whole, even with all the drawbacks of drought : be an average one. An early harvest is looked for." 1 I 1 ~. Closing Business - Sharei Railways. paid. Pice. Done. ' '- Alfred Consols (Philaek ) l 2.11.10 5 6 ~. -. 1 20 British Iron 25 Blythe and Tyne 1t per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 I - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 - - 1 Stk Brie. & Eket:4p.ct.Stock 100 9G •98 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 445 455 20 Do. do. do. ,Shares 9 - - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 175 185 took Caledon £10,44 per cent 100 102 104 104 - Great South Tolgus.. - 178 13 14 - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 11 2 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 - -- Stock Chester & liolyhd, 52 pc 100 - - • - G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 i Stock Do. do. sp. ct. - - • - Lady Bertha lBs 6d 11 11 . - North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 fork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - e 6t Thin. Pert h,& Aber.Jun. all 5 61 - North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 7 8 Stoc E.Angn.ClasiA 7 & spc 100 99 101 - N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan nil. 71 81 Stock Do. do. class B 6 pc.... 100 110 114 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy 11 12 1 3 Stock Do. do;CM,ss C7pc , .. 100 107 ' 111 - Porkellis Unit. (Wend. 9 - - Stock E. Coen. Ex. 5 pct. N . 0.1 100 114 116 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6a 1 1 Stock Do. dew • ' N 0.2 100 113 115 - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 240 250 Stock Do. New 6 per. ct. Stock 100 129 131 - South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 21 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 78 82 - S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9165 175 Stock EastLanc. 6 per ct lOO - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 5 E.& W. York. Jon. fifths all - - Mining Co 4l 2i 21 Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pe'shares 100 - - 10 Tin Croft 9 4/ 41 o . rrieggli per cent .... __ _ --_ v Un al i a te o d f lVl T in a e w s( oy Gw ( e c n a n rra apl 12 4 a 0 65 a 1 Stock Edin.Perthot Dun. 4-pc. 100 - - Stock (Gas. &S West. -a. 5 pc. 100 112 114 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 21 22 -__ . Wy _ W hea l iili C ee aa a ll r EB a ß d aua : al nla Buller r ( : L it t ( sciet Illogan). i i sua a r . d) . 10 135 140 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct... 100 120 122 Stock Do. 5 feßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 t ) h . ) ) 5 5 5 : 10 7 2 0 5 115 180 Stock Do. 4 p. c . do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. R edm..s pc. pm BO 84 85 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt all 11 111 Stock j Gt.Sn.&„W (Ireland) 4 } 100 - - - Wheal R itty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 81 9 - Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 38 40 p. ct. pref. Stock .. , - W'h'l Trelawney (Lisk.) q2B 80 50 ,reat West. (Berke and 6 - - Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. • Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p et. 100 94 96 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. cf. 100 85 87 FOREIGN MINES , Stock Do. Irredeemable, dd lOO 87 89 87 8/ 20 Australian Stock Do. sp. ot. Redeem.Pret 100 ' 99 101 1 par 1 8 Do. Biro. ref. Shares all 91 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 108 a 1 P 1 10 Gt. West. Chew. 8 p.c.pf. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 P i r - 1 1- P shares - all 16.4 171 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 9 11 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 9 111 171 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all - Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 76 1 Clarendon Consols Min _l3l cNmLete l n a rmpr twi g aiiarntp C eu ii Jamaica nosr o a ; aa f ndda 264 Do. Chesterguar.shares all 184 19 i - - d 131 Do. do. do 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co a all l lo l ll alt 42 44 10 1 1 1 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 141 143 2 Fortuna GeneralLp u o n s i t t g l an b all 2 21 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 2 2 0 50 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 -all 23 25 Stock Do. New gun., 9 1 1 et- • • 100 - 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L all 1 : I I d P Stock Do. do: Tiirf. c. ..... No. 4 100 - - i a a u n dSilver, Lead Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun -2581h.32005a0. :l i p : nag raj r ni Port akiem P :o h tufa. .3 i l • eaton,ls,Aa. ct. - - pexic S a m n Smelt.... a a li ll - 3 - 4 Stock Lon.n:w ,7ct• stock , de Cuba late 3d Shar e lOO 158 162 121 Londondy &Cole, 1 shs all - -- i l a l4 ll - 11 - 1. 1 1 l a w n L ilDr o oa n .n d i O sh6 U . d . y : .sz . , & .L E5 .:. 1 6 5 .1. 1 . B .c h .t. - . 41 1822 4 19261 p 124 Stock i2 6 4 Stock l2i m Do a . r l a p r e t r ceient. Car.,.. . .. 1 11 - - l a oo 68 70 68 121 1 - - 50 70 72 ..„. I 4iu ßusiness D D 0 0.. 4 per cent.... .. . - _ Done. Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . 1 4 5 02 0 0 A ustralasia A-Bcß h r r Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. lior Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 104 106 6 Do. witlypption till 1860 142 - 14 - 4 3 1 iPI • ........... a 5 l O l 23 45 : i n 4 2 741 25 Bank Ip . T. ........ all 83 85 94 96 Stock Do. Leis," & llitpref. at. 100 ( Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 all 91 10Loan C 0 all 10 1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. e m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with Bank of India, &.. American all -- - Northßit oknecd.tdsoAßneLmi. v laieke er ik. JOINT-STOCK ra 1 d.BANKS.CpI r 10 e . i option till-1866 all 111 111 100 City l2 11 1 d Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100 - •••• 1 100 Colonial ... . . 5o e r k 66 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. S t0ck,1846 10e, - - 20.11 Com. Bank of .... - Canada. all ' Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - 100 Commercial of London - - Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch: 20 18 20 all 15/ 16} b Stock North British, spercent 100 110 112 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - Stock Do. New, guar 5 per cent 100 - - 20 Lou Ohar.Bk.otAustral. - all 20 201 3 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.*DALCo. 100 - - 50 London and County • 20 1 Stock N-East. irred:4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - 50 London Joint Stock ,lO - - Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. o. Pref. 100 98 100 108 100 London & Westminster. 20 - -- 7 17 Do. do. do. - -__ - 1 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. C. No. 1 l3 - - 20 Do. new lO _ - f 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 , . 9 - - 50 National Bank 25 - ...,_ 25 Do. York, H.& S. Pura. 10 p 4 P 94 20 New South Wales ;• 20 orth Staffordshire . . all 22 23 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all _. _ 39 V Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. ls . t . g 100 124 126 20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 181 + Stock Do. do. do., 2d gun 1 100 122 126 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 71 73 ••• Stock Do. 4/ p.c. Db.stk.in perpi 100 99 101 10 Do. New all - - 8} Scottish Central, new r all - , - 25 South Australia - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb, 100 -- - 25 Do. New l7l - - ,Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 72 74 25 Union of Australia all 48 50 481 e 'Stock Do.Alierdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 118 122 25 Do. New 2O - - d Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 118 122 59 Union of London lO 25 27 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 11 101 101 100 Unity Mutual 6O nlO Do. Fixed 41 per cent. 1- - B rit. 8. 0 InSL 100 Western Bk of London 50 - - d as 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0. p.) ~ Stock Do .4-1 per cent lOO 104 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. It Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 103 105 10 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - ' °"" Th ,,,, Closing . Business Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - Share Securities. ' • Prices. Done. Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - - _ d, 20 S.-Yorkshire , 4 p.c. gun. , all - - , . le 251 Stockt r r and Dar. 5 p.c. all , 281 291 25 l Do. per cent all 331 341 7_ Can D . a Gov. 6 6 p p : c J y a b l A Ju a l g y Stock Wate orll & Kilkenny, - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 le 6 portent.- all 47 53 . 1 1® 00 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 3 5 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 107 108 1071 . - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 11 ad •- N. S.W. Gov. 6p. c. Deb. 1 - - 98 99 , 3h LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - - , NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. to Railways. p aid. Leasing 1 Closing Business Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 107 108 ad Co.'s. Price. Done. - vS.jAatu.Gs.aGvt..66pvacjaaantriaulyy 1 1 00 00 108_ 110 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W .. .. MISCELLANEOUS. Buckinghamshire 100 ILn & N.W 98 100 , Clydesdalejunction. 100 iCaledonin 102 104 Business done Colchester, Stour Val all 1 E.1.T.&E C 17 18 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 100 Gt. North. 139 141 Share Miscellaneous. ______ ------- E Union,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. Do. Woodbrid g e . 100 I p aid. Closing Price. 13 14 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dre.t. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. . 100 Caledonin 1000 Atlantis Tel. (Limited). all 200 250 Do. New lOO Do. — 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. 10 Australian Royal Mail . all I i Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br 10 Berlin Water Works . . all 2 Hull and Selby Do. 1 Shares all Do. — 50 British American Land 40 Do. I•Shares all Do. London&Gictnwich . 100 S. East 64 06 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 90 92 • 100 Canada Land. 321 110 116 Do. Barking Shares.* Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk • Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 21 a 5 Crystal Palace. all 11 1 Midsb.& Redcr,g.op.c all Stk.& Da , =, .. 5.6. E.Counts. 11 p 5 Do. Preference all 4ft Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland .98 100 20 Eastern Steam all Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 , _ • all Do. Pm Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 104 110 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 1 2 p N ° g ill 57 59 581 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel 108 a h r n a . n sz te l e la d st s u p 5 . c r; .0 5 . Do. do. 6 per , cent. ... all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. Preston and Wyrs. t all L&N W) 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 & L.Yk. — _ , 20 London Discount 5 1Z 11 d Do. 1 Shares A. all Do 1 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 11 1 Roystn,Hitch,& Shep 100 Gt. North l3B 140 - 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk __ 10 , Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 5 6 Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassay 91 10 25 National Discount C 0... 5 li 1 d South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 101 11 10 Netherlands Land 6 Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all ftk. & Dar 10 Do do all Do. do. Wilts and Somerset. 100 Gt. West 87 89 1 00 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 i 20 North of Europe Steam all 1 Oriental Gas DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 d par Paid Closing Business 5 Peel River Land & Min all 21 4 ~ 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 77 79 Share Docks. Price. Done. 50 Do. New • lO 10 11 • -- 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 10 1 1p Stork Commercial ' 100 50 Rhymney lro n all 21 22 211 I I Stock Do 4 perCent.P re f . Mi n . 100 all 5i 61-* s 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 4 531 2 Stock Emit and West India... 100 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 115 130 ) Stock London• lOO Stock St , K a th ar i ne lOO 25 South Australi an L an d. 11 35 37 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip, all 1 Stock b Southampton lOO 1 Do. do Registered - all 1 Stock Victoria 10 Do N ov .. !! 18 100 Van Dieinen's Land., 888 . 8 9 ek Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast ock Londoik& North. Westn '24 Do. gighths Londorilk South-Westn Stoc) 25 L'derry At Coleraine 25 L'derry 4, Enniskillen :ock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 _ Metropolitan ;ock Midland took Do. Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares DO Newcastle and c4rlisle New., Aber., & Verefd. 10 Newry & Armakh (def.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk ;0 North. Counties Union ;k North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk ,oak Do.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Lock Do. B Stock lock North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 Do. do..G.N.E.Purchase rock Do. LOeds Lock Do. York.. Lock North Lbndon 10 N. &S.Wttiajm , , Hampstd and Ciiljunction.„ North Stasffordshire..., Stool 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles •• • 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock South. N.E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Sebtigh'3lld: Stock Stock Shropshire : Union 10 Sittinutourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-.Eattern Stock South ,Wales 20 Southtorks.&RlV.Dun 1 20 Do: 'do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do., do. 1855 25 Do. do, 1858 Stockton & ilartlepool Stock "" Taff Vale ,ock Do. Preference; NO:1 25 ThamesflavenDk&Rall :ock Vale of Neath ;ock Waterford & . Kilkenny 50 Waterford Bz_ Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to BI 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class . ... . . 4 95 07 82 83 4i b•, 13 15 93 95 72 7 3 27 28 92 93 10* 101 102 104 85 87 130 132 105 107 53i 60 55 60 85 90 11 12p 11 12 p 05/ , 65 68 112 114 95 951 d 95 96 5 7 36 37 1031 1031 179 81 9 11 60 62 34 d 564 671 911 93/ 1t 11d 464 471 751 761 101 103 3 3i d 19 19 6 8 32 34 110 112 25 26 80 82 46 46 4 3 d 42 44 72i 73 62 64 63 67 8 11 3Gi 371 68 72 Stoe BEITISH POSSESSIONS. Share; Railways. Paid* Closing i Business d * Price. Done. k Atlantic &St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent L 8 pom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 18 g p il o . 5 percent 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 18 Do. Do. 20 Buffalo and Lake Huron 20 Do. New Buffalo,Brant. ALG cdricb ( 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 DO Do. do. 1 July, 1873 DO Do. do. 1 June, 1874 ZO Clcutta. &S. Eastrn. Lim. ao Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 10 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 20 Central Dude (Limited) 10 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c L7i Demerara 10 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c 10 Do. C Shares 10 Do. E Shores Ext 10 Do. Jubbulpore )0 Do.4ip.e. Bds. pay.'s9 10 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. D 1 Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Dek Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B K) Do. 6 per cent. Pref 9 Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 9 Do. New, gua.s per cent 9 Do. do 20 Gt •of IP' d Lim.—Serip guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares 20i Do. New 00 J Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till 'GO 00 Do. do. '73 till '6O 00 Do. do. '/3 without opt 00 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, 'guar., 44 p. C 20 Do. do. 5 per cent 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c 20 Do. Fourth do. ,ock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswtck&Canda. :0 R y. &L and(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share .• Do. do. Land do :0 Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do :0 f Northof India Tramroad / Limited, Scrip • Oude (Limited) O Scinde . 9 Do. ,s 8 Do. New O. 0 Do. Punjaub 0 si,) 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. bt u ,'" O St. Andrews &Quebec A 0 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 11. s.o. 79 81 16- 17! la 1 d 1i 1 d 5 54 d 6 7d id p id —d It 99 100 19 20; 1100 101 19 20 32 M 73 75 92 04 96 97 1 d 1 id 15 15i , 5! 51 d, 102 104 102 104 101 103 96 100 88 92 88 92 19 19id li I d - -dl -d 19 20 1 d' 1 *d 11 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junetion .: Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France , Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman. Ana. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans .... Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p: et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . 1 W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 41 41) 44 - - P 1 2 2/ 51 51 d 25 26 61 61 71 8} 184 191 3til 371 - - 9 'lO PI 34 35 53 • 65 4 21 d 6-1 8t 9; 204 211 61 6 21 22 loki 6 1 i BRITISH MINES. pau \Closing I Business Price. Done. LA TV INTELLIGINCE.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE CF LORDS. Peers present—The. Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Ctelmsford, and other peers. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOWRAILWAY COMPANY T. PRO- VOST, &C. OFLINLITHGOW. This is an appeal from a d , cision of the Court of Session in Scotland, holding the ralway company liable to pay town transit dues or custons on all goods, &c. brought within, or passing by, or through the burgh. The respondents vest their cairns on ancient charters and Acts of Parliament to the bur, and in particular a charter of town and bridge dues offer the river Eden by King Robert TI., confirmed by Kint James and other Kings of Scotland. The appellants dent their liability, and rely on their Railway Act to show their exemption and non liabliity. The Lord Chancellor called the attention of counsel to a preliminary point to be settled, 'viz., that no interlocutor was pronounced in the amended action now appealed; the interlo cutor was pronounced in the original action. The Attorney- General for the appellants, and Sir Fitzroy Kelly for the respondents, consented to take thgnterlocutor in the original action as the interlocutor in the amended action. The Attorney-General is now being heard for the Rail way company. Counsel for the appellants—the Attorney-General, and Mr. George Young, of the bar of Scotland ; counsel for the respondents—Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., and Mr. Jas. Ander son, Q.C. COURT OF BANIRUPTCY`. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE MILLER.-LITIGATIOE IN PERSPECTIVE. This bankrupt was described as of Devonshire-square, colonial broker, and this was a meeting for the choice of assignees. From the accounts by Messrs. Hart, it ap pears the debts are £1,200, assets £1,500. The bank rupt came before the Court in consequence of several actions in ejectment having been brought by a person named Car ter, in respect of some pfoperty held by him. The assignees chosen intimated that they would file a bill in Chancery against Carter to . prevent his proceeding in the actions, and defend them if continued. IN RE SHUTT. In this ease the bankrupt carried on business as an iron monger in Shoreditch, and came before the. Court on his own petition through some legal proceeding, the debts being about £1,300 ; assets valued at £3,000. The bankrupt had by adopting this course prevented the sacrifice of the property at a forced sale, and now pays 20s. in the pound, and super sedes the petition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(71IIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON " BEN 'GAUNT."—Robert Travers, the black pugilist, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Beadon, charged with the following cowardly assault on Mr. Benjamin Caunt, of the Coach and Horses, St. Martin's -lane. Mr. Caunt, who seemed still suffering from the effects of the injury inflicted on him, said that, yesterday week, about eight in the evening, the defendant was in his house, and abused him in a very scurrilous manner, said he was a coward, and that he could lick him, and that if he (Gaunt) would get up (he was sitting down at the time), he would " knock his brains out." He requested him to keep quiet, and, as he would not, he got up and put his hand on his shoulder to put him out, when he resisted, and struck him several times. He (Travers) then went away, but re turned in half an hour and sat on the stairs. He (Mr. Caunt) theti stood on the step of his door, with his face towards the street, and while he was doing so he re ceived a tremendous blow on the top of his head, the blow being given from behind with some hard instrument, ap parently a life preserver, which rendered him insensible for three hours, and which covered him with blood, and from which he had suffered greatly ever since. Catherine Whiting, cook to Mr. Caunt, said she saw Travers give her master a violent blow on the head with something, and assisted in picking her master up, he being insensible at the time, and covered with blood. The defence was that he had had a scuffle with Gaunt, and that the injury on his (Caunt's) head was caused by his falling on the step, and he called a witness named Sanford to confirm his account of the transaction, but he gave his evidence in a very unsatisfactory manner. Mr. Beadon said a man was not to be struck from behind in such a manner when he had no chance of defending him self, it being clear that the blow was not one with the fist. Fined £5 or two months. THAMES. STEALING A WATCH ON BOARD SHIP.—John Dris coll, an Irish sailor, aged 20, of No. 16, New-street, Lime house, was charged with stealing a silver watch, value £4, the property of Ole Larsen, a seaman belonging to the Norwegian barque Janger Ratf, lying in the West India Dock. The prisoner was seen last evening about the ship while the crew were busily engaged, and he was missed for a few minutes, and then observed to get through the window of the cabin, or round house, upon deck, and leave the ship. i,areerr, - a seaman, went into the cabin ana taissea ius watch. It was hanging on a nail in the cabin a few minutes pre viously. The alarm was given, and an immediate pursuit was made. The prisoner finding himself closely hunted by his pursuers, went to a heap of rubbish and concealed the watch. He was leaving the heap when a police con stable named Watkinson, No. 214 K, made his ap pearance, and said to the prisoner, " I want you, what. have you done with the watch ?" The prisoner replied, " There it is," and it was fcund among the rubbish. Larsen identified his watch, and valued it at £4. The prisoner in an audible voice said, " I am guilty / my lord, it is the first time I have ever been in trouble." Sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. ANOTHER ROBBERY IN THE WEST INDIA DOCK.— John Coghlan, an Irish, labourer, was brought before Mr. Self, charged with stealing an ingot of copper value 95., from the hold of the ship Cincinikatus, lying in the West India Dock. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was leaving the dock on the termination of the business of the day, and was stopped and " rubbed down" by a dock constable named West, whe found an ingot of copper under his clothes. It was tied up in the tail of his shirt. He was asked where he obtained it, to which he replied that he found it under some wood. It was ascertained that the prisoner had been at work on board the ship Cincinnatus, wand an ingot of copper was missing from the hold♦ The stevedore em ployed to stow the cargo said the prisoner was in his ser vice, and he wished him to be punished, ( as an example to others, for similar robberies had been very frequent, and the stevedores got into trouble by the misconduct of their men. Mr. Selfe convicted the prisoner of unlawful possession of the copper, and sentenced him to one month's imprison ment and hard labour. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 20.—Wind this day at noon, East ; light breeze, with fine weather, but cloudy. There was a heavy storm of rain, thunder, and lightning this morning from the southward. SOUTHAMPTON, July 19.---Wind S.W.—Sailed—Teu tonia, screw steamer, for New York. PLYMOUTH, July 19.—Wind S.—Arrived—Redcliffe , Oriental, and Princess Royal, from Quebec; Lalla, from London for Colen. CLYDE, July 19.—Wind E.—Sailed—Strathaven, for Demerara; Lord Sidmouth, for Quebec; Robert Hastie, for Boston. _ FALMOUTH, July 19. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Con stance, from Rie Grande for Havre; Carl Johanne, from La Guayra. NEWPORT, July 19.---" Wind S.W.—Sailed—Plantaga net, for Ceylon. QuEENsTowN, July 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Aca dian, from Quebec; Douglas Castle, from Callao; August, from Forth Rico. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Loss OF THE JOHN WADE—GULF OF 51A31.-It ap pears that the , spot where the John Wade was wrecked in the Gulf of Siam, on the 26th of April, was situate in lat. 10 40 N., long 101 48 E. In the present charts there is no mention of any such rock, and soundings have been obtained of 36 fathoms for a distance of 60 to 70 miles from the spot. The Government officer recently employed in the survey of the Gulf of Siam is disposed to doubt the existence of the rock in that position, and the British Consul at Bankok writes that it is doubted there. The assumed rock will, however, now be inserted in the Admiralty charts, marked with a " P." (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Edith, from Llanelly; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—L'Etoile, for Carentan ; Ceres, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, July 19—Nova Scotian, screw steamer, from Montreal. Arrived, July 2 o—Orentes, from Antigua; Ceylon, from Quebec: (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday morning. Wind N. ; tide, four :hours ebl; ; weather rainy, with heavy thunder and lightning. Arrived, July 20 —Caroline, from Havannah ; Jasper, from Dantzic. Sailed, July 20—Sir E. Banks, for Calais; Calypso, for Demerara. DEAL, Wednesday Morning• Wind variable. Passed—Commodore, from London for Corfu; lll.,from Hull for Hon g K ong. Napoleon ALLEGED BRIBERY AT AN ELECTION. —Yesterday morning the attention of the bench of magi s t ra tes for the b or ough of Northampton w as occup i e d for some hours in the investigation of a charge made against Mr. George MObbs, a gentleman residing in the Billing-road, that on the day of the polling for the last contested election, in April last, he gave to a voter named John Barron a sove reign, and promised him another, in order to induce him to vote on behalf of Mr. James Thomson Mackenzie, a Con servative candidate who then contested the borough agains t th e Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith an d M r . Charles Gilpin , con t r ary to the provisions of th e Corrupt Practices Preven tion Act. The result was that the case was sent for tri al at the neat assizes, the defendant being admitted to bail, 991 100 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(Tnis DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. _ _ _ NEW MEMBER. Lord PROBY took the oaths and his seat on his re. election for the county of Wicklow. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. _ _ The Lords' amendments to the Border Counties Rail way and the Sevenoaks Railway bills were considered and agreed to. The following bills were considered, and ordered for third reading :—Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway, North Eastern Railway (Harrowgate branches), Ulster Railway, and West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1). On the motion of Mr. 11ASSEY, the following was agreed to :—That standing orders Nos. 172, 179, 180, 208, 211, and 212 be suspended for the remainder of the session. That all private bills, already reported to the house, be considered to• morrow, provided printed copies of the bill. as amended, be deposited with the doorkeepers, for the use of members, on or before this day. That every private bill, not already reported to the house, be considered on the second sitting day of the house next after such bill be reported, provided that printed copies of the bill, as amended, be deposited with the doorkeepers, for the use of members, on the day after such bill ,shall have been reported. That every private bill stand for third reading on the next sitting day of the house after the day on which the bill shall have been considered. That when it is in tended to bring up any clause, or to propose any amend ment, on the consideration of any private bill ordered to lie upon the table, or any verbal amendment on the third read ing of any private bill, notice shall be given thereof in the Private Bill Office on the day previous to such considera tion or third reading, THE BUDGET. Sir H. WILL° U G HBY gave notice that he would move an amendment to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal for increasing the income-tax, to the effect that in no case should such increase exceed 3d. in the pound. EDINBURGH &c , ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION BILL, Mr. BLACK moved the second reading of this bill. He said that the tax which it was proposed to abolish was founded in injustice, because it compelled the majority to pay for the benefit of the minority. In support of that statement he referred to the census of 1851, from which it appeared that, on one Sunday, the number which attended churches and chapels was 48,886. Of that number only* 8,674 went to the State Church, while 15,315 attended the Free Church, 12,792 the Presbyterian Church, and 12,205 the churches of the smaller denominations, so that four-fifths of the inhabitants wee forced to pay for the religious teaching of one-fifth, and that teach ing by some of them was regarded as heretical. The result of the late debate on the Church Rates Abolition Bill was a very significant fact, but the Dissenters in this country had not to complain of so much injustice in the payment of those rates that the Dissenteis in Scotland had with reference - to the present impost. In the former case the Dissenters were called on to contribute only for the maintenance 'Gf the fabric of the' Church, but in the latter they were required ,to pay for the support of the ministers of a church from which they con scientiously dissented. The present tax was greater in hardship than ministers' ligoney in Ireland, because it was not limited, as in the latter, to 305., on any one per son, but might be raised to the extent of £2O or £3O. The injustice of the tax was apparent, and the only reason he could assign for its having been borne silently for so long a time was, that the inhabitants of Edinburgh considered that they would receive relief from the house, in consequence of the bills which had been in troduced. The hon. member having adverted t 9 some of the arguments which had been advanced against the bill, which he contended were totally fallacious, proposed the adoption of the voluntary principle as a substitute for the impost in question. . Mr. BLACKBURN said that he did not rise for the purpose of opposing the bill, but merely to ask the intention of the Government with reference to it : . • . . . Sir C. LEWIS said that he had no hesitation in stating that he would support the second reading of the bill, but he admitted there was a great difficulty in finding an effi cient substitute for the tax which it was proposed to abolish., He thought there was a strong similarity between Ministers' money in Ireland and the present impost. (Hear, hear.) It should be recollected that the hon. member who brought forward the bill preserved the rights of the existing incumbents, so that there could be no objection to the provisions on the ground of its in flicting any hardship on them. In the event of the bill not passing this session, he proposed that Government, next session, should introduce a measure on the subject and provide an adequate substitute for the tax that the bill was introduced to abolish. (Hear, hear.) [LEFT SITTING.] NAVAL PROMOTION. Tho moral of the debates last week on the ques tion of navy promotion is, in one word, that very old, trite, and familiar fact that there are too many of us—the world is too full. This is, a piece of ex- perience under which the world has groaned a long time, so long indeed that we have come to the con clusion that it i 3 of no use complaining any more about it—that it is the fact, and that we must take things as we find them. So in a general way we bear the burden silently. But a really distressing subject cannot always be disposed of in this way; it " must out" sometimes; a loud murmer is heard, threatening tones reach us ; it is evident that men are getting exceedin ly angry about something or other, and on inquiry we find that it is ,the old sore that has broken out again, the ineradicable old grievance—" The world is too full ; there is really no such thing as promotion now ; we are all stand ing in each other's way, and everything is at a dead Soinetimes — it - Is world that`is too full, sometimes it is another. On Thursday night it was the. Admiralty world that was complaining. The debate was a perfect lament on the fulness of the service, and, had it been conducted by bards and pipers, and attended by sea nymphs who came up the Thames to weep on the occasion, it could not have been more impassioned. Sir John Pakington was more than serious—he was pathetic on the subject of this incorrigible repletion —" Who leaves the Navy ? Nobody." He turned round with indignation upon the old admirals, and ex claimed, with an almost poetic fervour, " Nobody goes out at the top of the list." Admiral Walcott thought it necessary to get up and apologise for living still. He assured the house that it was not his fault, and that it was an evil which time would remedy, if hon. members would only have a little patience. There can be no doubt that the navy is singu larly ill off on the article of promotion, and suffers peculiarly from the stagnation of a crowded ser vice ; that its lieutenants cannot get captaincies, and that its captains cannot get ships. There is a melancholy want of promotion for the subordinate officers, and want of employment for the higher ones ; at a certain time the profession hangs heavily, and breeds nothing but listlessness and disappoint ment. In no single line of life is the sensation produced so early of there being nothing more for you in the world, and that ,you have nothing to do but go on as you are, though you are not nearly half way as yet, according to the standard of origi nal hope and expectation. The lieutenants can procure employment, indeed, if they are tolerably efficient officers, and only remain lieutenants ; but this is paying a heavy penalty for active ser vice. Promotion is, of course, the aim of every officer, and to grind on at a lieutenant's pay when you think you ought to be a commander is enough to embitter any employment. This is felt so keenly that it is a common saying in the navy that nobody would enter it if he were not "caught young." But let us suppose our lieutenant, by a marvellous bit of good luck, made a Commander ; he is, of course, delighted with ,his new title, and thinks himself for a short time the most fortunate man in the world ; but as soon as ever he wants to he a real captain afloat, then comes the blank and disappointment. * There is no ship for him. Unfortunately there can only be one cap tain to a ship, and there are only so many ships at sea. The Russian war or the Chinese affair may give him a post for a year or two, but when he comes back and asks for more employment, with the confidence of one who knows he has distin guished himself -and earned it as the reward of past merit, as well as shown his decided capacity for it, he is told that he has had his turn, and that now others must have theirs. His turn may come again, but it will be years hence, when his interest in the service has subsided for want of practice, and when he will not be nearly so good and effective an offi cer as he is now. In the meantime he must remain an idle man on shore on half-pay. The veterans of the French war, indeed—the conclusion of which, by reducing our Navy to one-fourth,cut short many a pt omising young officer's career and stranded an immense number upon half-pay—have most of them either died off or ceased to desire service ; but, though the estabishment is now, perhaps, on a higher scale than it pointed been for a peace scale, the number of disapp and unemployed officers is distressingly large. How is this grievance to be remedied ? Sir J. Pakington says by a superannuation scheme. He relieves the service of all the admirals over the age of 60, and transfers them to the rank of the great departed; they cross the Admi ralty Styx, and find themselves in the realms of peace and repose, where the bustle of this restless scene has ceased, and a quiet rubber is the only , excitement of the nautical Elysium. But the old Admirals do not particularly relish this proposal, and, with great, gratitude to Sir John Pakington for his benevolent intentions, say that they had rather not put off this mortal coil just yet —this vulgar earth, with its turmoil and contention, has still its charms for them. They do not consider themselves quite past work ; they feel vigorous and healthy., in perfect possession of all their faculties, bodily and mental, and able and ready to serve their country whenever they are called upon. They treat Sir John Pakington's scheme as of the nature of a Ghaut murder. The Hindoos, we know, have a way Of getting rid of the older portion of society which they think very convenient, but which does not chime in with our notions. The old admirals protest against this funereal rite, performed though it be on ever so patriotic a principle ; no religious observances, chants, hymns, or any beauty of ritual would reconcile them to it. They had rather not have anything to do just yet with the blessed water of Oblivion. So, then, it is a sad fact that we are standing each other's way, and that it is very difficult to clear the ground, and persuade old officers to think that their country can do without them. There is always a difficulty, too, in mentioning an age, because, whatever the age is, there is certain to be some signal recent example of the most heroic services having been performed after it- Sir CharleS Wood mentioned immediately Lord Lyons, who would have crossed Sir John Paking ton's superannuating line before the Crimean War brought him out. Facts are sure to be awkward whenever a superannuating plan comes" out. We cannot, with a Prime Minister of 75, a Lord Chancellor of 79, and a Minister for Foreign Affairs of nearly 70, say that men uniformly lose their senses at 60. Everybody, as 'soon as you whisper about age, talks of Radetzky, who seems to have been born in order to prove that the Duke of Wellington was once in his life wrong when he said that a man should not be a General after 60. And an Admiral has this advantage over a General, —that he has not to ride. There is always this .difficulty about-the first introduction of a superan nualion scheme,—that the persons affected by it can say that they had all the disadvantage of the old system•when they were young, and. that it is hard they should not have the advantage of it when they were old. " You cut us off at both ends," they say ; " we had to make our way in our day against a whole mass of 01-struction in front of us, and a hard struggle it was ; now, having attained our position so late on that very account, we are not allowed to' enjoy it, but are requested to move off, in order that others may be better off than we were." The great ethical philosopher of the an ciepts mentions, as the greatest test that true friend ship can submit to, the willingness to give up the performance of noble exploits to your friend. Our old Admirals may have something 'co say for them selves, but it must be frankly z:onfessed that their love for their younger brothers in the service does not stand this test,=-that they are grandly selfish on this subject, and wish the noble deeds of the service to be achieved by themselves, and have no . idea of handing them over to their juniors.—Times. "'Ram - THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WHITEHALL, JULY ,19. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Donald McCaig to the church and parish of Muckairn, in the pres bytery of Lorn, and shire of Argyll, vacant by the resigna l lion of the Rev. John Sinclair. ' FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Adrian Churchill, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's Consul at Jassy, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Moldavia. ' FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 16. The Queen has been pleased to•approve of Mr. F. K aster ruann as Consul at Penano• ' for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Olde n b urg h FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 19.' The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr: Diego Mahony as - V.ice-Consul at Dublin for the Repitblic of Honduras. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 19. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet William Duff Pereira to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Russell, pro moted, by purchase, to an Unattached Company; Cornet Thomas Macnaghten Turner to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice*Bird, promoted. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet George Houstoun has been superseded, being absent without leave. 15th Light Dra,goons—Cornet Thomas Churcher, from half-pay, late Transport Corps, - to be' Cornet, vice Mann, promoted ; Cornet Thomas Churcher has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. 16th Light Dragoons—Cornet Edwin Andrew Corbet, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Bagenal, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons. Scots Fusilier Guards—Henry Farquharson, Esq., Page of Honour to the Queen, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase. Military Train—Cornet Robert Davies, from half-pay, late Land Transport Corps, to be, Ensign, vice •Baird, whose appointment was cancelled in the " Gazette" of the 31st May, 1859. Royal Artillery—The surname of the Lieutenant appointed on Ist April, 1859, is Loughnan not Loughman, as stated in the " Gazette" of the Bth April, 1859. 15th Regiment of Foot—Surgeon Thomas Rose Dyce, having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon -Major under the Royal Warrant of Ist Octo ber, 1858. 17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Francis Napoleon Bingley Gore Benson, from the Royal Military College, to be 3 3 5 4 tst t E h9 h t nabFffsign, e — OOl 34th Foot. tbsign w_ Ee it; igl ut i purchase, vice Sharpe, appointed to the vice Jones, d e ceased: A . A s s s s s s tt Assistant-Surgeon, Henrynn t t - . S s u u r r E g g e o o S u n h , a v r 3 - i P a e Join Patterson,e h rom h o n from e 17 th who F the changes. 40th Foot—Ensign Edward Toseland, from the Bedford shire Militia, to be Ensign, vice Gwyn, appointed to the 2d Foot. , • 41st Foot—Lieutenant H enry D avid James Mableod, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenatt, vice John McKay, promoted to be - Captain of the - School-of Muit ketry ; Lieutenant Henry David James Macleod has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Conamission. 52d Foot—Henry Frederick Barker, Gent.; to be Ensign by purchase, vice Cowburn, promoted. 60th Foot,-Lieutenant James Joseph Collins to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Roe, promoted ; Ensign William Keith Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collins. 64th Foot—The Christian names of Gentleman Cadet Als- ton, appointed to an Ensigncy, without purchase, on the 24th June, 1859, are " Arthur Richard." 70th Foot—Lieut. Robert Whigham to be Captain, with out purchase, vice B reve t-C o l one l Ed war d 'L'Estrange, who retires upon full-pay; the Christian names of Gen tleman Cadet Feneran, appointed to an Ensigncy, with out purchase, on 24th Jane, 1859, are " William Saun ders Ford." 92d Foot—Surgeon Thomas Bassett Reid from. the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, deceased. 99th Foot—Lieut. Charles Burton to be Captain, without purchase, vice Williams, deceased; Ensign . Henry Rich mond Sayce to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burton. 100th Foot—Robert Edward Colborne Jarvis, Gent. , to be Ensign, without purchase. Ceylon Rifle Regiment — Breiet-Lieut.-Colonet William Twisieton Layard; to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Samuel Braybrooke, pro moted to the rank of Major-General ; Brevet-Major George Richard Campsie to be Major, without purchase, vice Layard ; Lieutenant William Joseph Gorman to be Captain, without purchase, vice Campsie ; Ensign -Arthur Hansard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gorman; Lieutenant Alfred Randall, from the Royal Elthorne Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hansard. v , - Gold Coast Artillery Corps—tieutenant Edward Nathaniel Robert Gatehouse to be Captain, without purchase, vice Taylor, who retires upon half-pay; Ensign Edmund Westropp Sinyth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gatehouse; James Thomson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Smyth. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE. Deputy-InWector-delerid;i Hospitals Edward Brad ford, upon half -pay, to be Surgeon, vice John Pickeriug, M.D., who retires upon half-pay as a Surgeon-Major under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE. (From the :Lining _Post.) The rumour that a Conference is to be held at Zurich turns out to be true. It is there that the Treaty of Peace is to be signed, and the future of Italy settled if, as is proposed, the preliminaries of a Congress can be agreed to. We use the word " if" advisedly, for the- more -the whole subject is con sidered the more difficult the settlement of it ap pears to be. In the first place, it is well known that Austria is altogeth er averse from the settlement of the Italian question by-a Congress of the neutral Powers. Two are Protestant and the other is in communion with the Greek Church. There is there fore little chance that those objects which have usually been attained by concordats, and. which now hang upon the neck of Italy like a millstone, will receive much sympathy. The proceedings of a Congress would in all prohability assume, in the eyes of Austria, too destructive a character and, forewarned by the fear of this, she is not unlikely to persevere in her reluctance' to see the affairs of Italy composed by such parties. The question next arises, if Austria obstinately refuses a Congress, what then ? Will the other Powers take up the Italian question and fight it out ? 'Assuredly not. England is pledged to neutrality ; Prussia has no motive for attacking France; and Russia none for going to war with Austria. Nothing will then re main for France but either an utter abandonment of, the Italian cause altogether or a recommence ment of hostilities: We cannot suppose the former ; the latter therefore, upon the premises assumed, is inevitable. But supposing a Congress assembled, it is then that the difficulties will begin. Then it is that the practicabilitY of the bases of peace will be put to the test. One of them is the establishment of an Italian Confederation. But in order to do this surely the representatives of existing States in Italy will have a right to be heard in council. Is Austria likely to consent to this ? But grant that she does consent, the Congress cannot deal with Italy as with a conquered 'country. The consent of the Italians themselves must be given to every proto col affecting their peace, possessions, and liberties. What security have we for such' consent ? How do we know that the King of Sardinia will be con tent to merge his present independent position in a Confederation ? At present he is a free monarch ; he is th • • representative . and the . hope of Italian patriotism.... The eyes of the peninsula have for years been turned to him, and, to do 'him justice, he deserves that position. He has proved himself as brave a soldier as he is patriotic a king. Itut when he becomes a member of a Confederation, even should- he be its leader, his own volition will be circumscribed.; he may be outvoted tiny day. But then it . is not at all certain that he would be leader, for it is at least equally probable that Naples would claim to be at the head. Here is a new difficulty. Naples has - become a taunt and a reproach to Italy, a bye-word amongst the States of Europe for everything- that cau disgrace a Government and degrade a peofile. Is 'it likely that a strong, free, and constitutional kingdom, like Piedmont, will play second to such a State P And is not the improbability enhanced by the astounding proposal that Austria herself shall be a member of that Confederation in virtue of her pos session of Venetia? It will strike the world as dis appointing that Austria should hold Venetia at all after what was promised by France. But assum ing, as we are willing to do, that circumstances compelled a compromise, yet what would be the effect of making Austria a member of the Italian Confederation in right of Venetia but to facilitate, and even to legalise, that influence which hitherto she has so unjustly exercised in Italy ? With Aus tria as leading member of the federal body, and the Pope as its honorary president, the bonds of oppres sion would be fastened upon that aspiring people with greater severity than ever. Between absolute temporal and absolute spiritual power, the liberty of the subject, civil and religious, would be crushed out. To assent to such an arrangement would be to lend the sanction of the most enlightened' Powers of Europe, with the prestige of the 19th century upon them, to modes and principles of government which were held in abhorrence even in the - middle ages. By any such arrangement both the Emperor of Austria and the Pope would be placed in a posi tion incompatible with the present age. There is no dark design, no scheme of cruelty or tyranny, which by such a system could not be carried out. It would come to this, that Austria would virtually rule Italy, and the Pope would rule Austria. Austria would lend the civil sword to Papal domination ; and the Pope would farm out the thunders of the Vatican in return for the material assistance of Austrian arms. We cannot comprehend why the astute mind of Louis Napoleon has not seen this. We do not wonder that with such a prospect in view Francis Joseph should tell his subjects that he found he could get better terms out of the Emperor of the French than out of his Federal Allies, or a Congress of the Powers of Europe. We assume all the way through an honest desire on the part of the Emperor of the French to help Italy. We assume the existence of disturbing in fluences to his plans, of which we are not yet in possession (notwithstanding Lord Malmesbury's taunts of French inspiration), and we assume ade quate motives to a compromise. But we cannot understand, and therefore cannot defend, such a compromise as that announced, because the more we look at it the more we see that it leaves Italy worse off than ever. It leaves Lombardy to Sardi nia indeed, which is good for all parties, but the cause of Lombardy is but a moiety of what we un derstand by the Italian cause. Lombardy may rejoice in her annexation to Piedmont, but what will that do 'for the relief of the Papal States ? What will it avail in the way of comfort to the op pressed Sicilians ? How will it benefit the States of Modena, Tuscany, and Parina ? The truth is that, hooking at Italy as a whole, the peace is a greater calamity than the war, for it introduces far graver complications. Before the wsr, had a Con gress met, it would have been free to consider the cause of Italy upon general principles. Now it must do so on the bases of the treaty between the two Emperors, which is a very different task. It is a notable fact that in all these proposals the will of the Italian people has never been mentioned, and yet that is the key to the solution of the problem. We maintained at the outset, and we maintain still, that if the undue influence of Austria and the P ope could be stopped, Italian affairs would right them selves. We believed, from all the statements of the Emperor of the French, that he was marching into Italy for the accomplishment of these t wo o bj ects. In the promise th at the Austrians should be driven out of Italy, and the administration of the Papal States be vested, in lay hands, we read the pledge of a glorious future for italy, an d i n our trust in that promise and that pledge we held fast by the Italian cause, and to Louis Napoleon's share in it, through evil report and good report. We do not , even yet despair. We believe that on further re flection, and when the representations of this and other ,countries are taken into consideration, the Emperor of the French will see that, however mer ciful, wise, , and good the armistice was, the peace that instantly followed it was wanting in these qualities; and that terms agreed to in the excite ment, hasty, and heat of a bloody cam p a i gn are not such as can be insisted on when weighed in the balances of a calmer judgment, and estimated by their probable results upon the parties entitled to the first considerati on . We are thereforenot with out hop es th at the ba;es themselves may be recon sidered before the judgment of the five Towers is invoked upOn.them, In, that case much may y et be do ne to secure the grand object of the war—the recovery of Italy for the Italians. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals David Dumbreck, M.D., C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice James Barry, M.D., placed upon , half-pay. Surgeon-Major Richard James O'Flaherty to be Deputy Inspector,-General of Hospitals, vice Dumbreck. Surgeon William Walter Weld, from the Military Train, to be Surgeon, vice Reid, appointed to the 92d Foot. Assistant-gurgeon Leslie Ogilby Patterson, from the 35th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mahon, who ex- changes. Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Masters has ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for his services. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel Edward L'Estrange, Re.tired _Fnll-pay, 'Oth Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary )nly. Captain Frederick William Lambton, of the ilst Foot, to b Major in tho. Army. Lieut. 11. W. Norman, of the 31st Bengal Native In fantry, and having the local rank of Brevet-Captain in India, to ha%e the local rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the East Indies. Coptain Goulde Read Weston, of the 65th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Durham Regiment of Artillery Militia—Captain Cort landt G. M'Gregor Skinner, to be Paymaster. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Worcester—William Haden, Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant ; Wm. Rancocks, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John Hunt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 7th Regiment of Lancashire ,Militia—,Henry William Matthews, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 3d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Ensign Henry Chandos Rivers, to be Lieutenant, vice Conran Kirk, re signed. County of Stafford—Ralph Thomas Adderley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Captain Ralph Smyth, late of the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice W. E. G. Thomas, resigned. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Martin Blake, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Doyle, resigned; Robertson Gilchrist Marshall, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mott, promoted ; Robert Hamilton Playfair, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Hickman, promoted • William John Bald win, Gent., to be Ensign, vi ce Lambarde, promoted. Royal Pembrokeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia — Henry Ackland to be First Lieutenant. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation by Major John Morton Jeffery and Captain the Marquis of Caermarthen, of the commissions held by them ; and her Majesty does not disapprove of Lieutenant-Colonel Hamlet Coote Wade, bearing the title of Lieutenant-Colonel Com mandant of the Regiment. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Dennis Shutt, ironmonger, Shoreditch. BANKRUPTS. William Wigginton, coal merchant, Bourne End, Buck inghamshire, to surrender July 29 and Aug. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abraham Harris, tobacconist, Railway-place, Shore ditch, July 29, at twelve, and Aug. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William N ewth, milliner, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, July 22, and Aug. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Thomas Thompson, cabinetmaker, Pocklington, York shire, Aug. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kirkman Smith, stone mason, Sew Cross, July 29 and Aug. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Lee Castle, linen draper, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Aug. 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Procter, corn merchant, Liverpool, Aug 2, and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Hjalmar Hamfeldt, commission merchants, Hamilton. Charles Turner Gray, hotelkeeper, Inverness. Jonathan Denoon, innkeeper, Rosemarkie. COURSE OP EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY• Amsterdam Ditto 3 Months. 11 131 11 141 11 4 1 Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburgh ot 13 3t 25 10 Brussels. Paris 25 7f , 25 12 3 / 4 Ditto .......... 3 Months. 2 5 27 t 25 35 Marseilles 25 2 7i 25 35 • ......... Frankfort o n Maine.. 116 3 / 4 1171 Vienna ............ ii 70 11 90 Trieste Petersburgh — 341 341 , Madrid Cadiz — 498 49 Leghorn 3O 10 30 5 Genoa --25 75 25 80 41 Naples 2 21 1 1 Palermo _ 122 t _ ,14 Messina 122 123 _ -- - Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .. • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. 1 107 0 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) f t 90 days' date 51 A GIRL WITH TWO HEADS.—A correspondent at New York sends us a description of a phenomenon in natu ml history even more wonderful than the Siamese twins— viz., a two-headed girl, who is being exhibit('d publicly in Georgia.' Her colour is that of a dark mulatto, and she ap pears to be two girls, so far as two heads, four arms, and four legs and feet would indicate personal i dentities, and yet she has but one body. The spinal column branches off about the position of the lower portions of the shoulder des w ig e vhe un tryy d eh e a rs anr :an doslo d dm ,.wa e Ifa s tee be ii , sas rn antw in do N rym o . rt blades, and connects with the necks and heaids of the girl. one person•fodrSe The abdominal portion seems the natural formed body of m Ca etri ol eina appearance, a nchild,about h e heads, The announcement bill state s ad t a hat 1 ‘ her spark ling eyes, and is very pleasing in manners., mental qualities are of superior order, and d ouble, ms thereby sana enabling her to converse with two persons a A one time, on one or different subjects ; or one head ma 'y be engaged, while the other remains passive. No dif terence in the intellectual faculties of either head is percevt'ille."—Bui ktin. • all all all all all all all 131 all all 161 1100