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. 22-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 Westminster 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 951, 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 951 1, the Reduced at 95 4 y, India Stock is firmer, at 220 to 222 ; ditto Debentures have receded to 941, and the Scrip to 944; 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 1044 ; Mexican remains at 181 to 191 ; Spanish, at 44 ; Portuguese, at 45 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., at 71; and Brazilian 41 per Cents., 1858, at 941 ' • ditto, 1852, h as a d vanced to 94 ; but th e 5 p e r Cents, have receded to 1031; Sardinian is firmer at 871. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very limited scale. Eastern Counties have advanced about 552; Caledonians, ss. ; and Great Westerns, £l. North-Eastern (Berwick), declined ss. ; and ditto, Leeds, 10s. Great Northern, Midland, and South Eastern brought forme r rates. The Foreign Lines have been dull. Lombardo- Venetian Old Shares are at 101-- 101, and the New 91 10. Sambre and Meuse, 61 ; In the Colonial Market a further downward t ..m -dency has prevailed. East Indian have declined, I ° B . ; Great Indian Peninsula 15s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also at lower values. Ottoman Bank have receded 58 .; Union of Australia, ss. ; and Bank of Egypt, ss • to 10s, Royal Mail Steam have further de clined, being now dealt in at 53-1- 52. 3 , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 95a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 r Cent. Consols Annuities 95 1 .I - `ape " r 3 per Cent. Annuities 2211 20 . 22 21 India Stock Ditto Deb Ditto Loa:IPZB 94 954 5 4 / _onsols for Account (Aug. 9) 28 Exchequer I3ills, £l,OOO, 15d 27 I itto X5OO 27 30 Ditto Small, 11d . 2 Brazili FOR EIGN F 1031 UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. an 5 per Cent. 941 4 Ditto 1 852, 45 per Cent. BuenosDitto Ads Cent. 1858 9l / , 6 per Cent Ditto Account 19 4 181 Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. Russian, 1822, £ St.* 5 ******** Ditto 4i per Cent Sardinian , 5 per Cent.. t ******************* 991 Ditto Account ..11 ***************** 875 S panish a per Cent. ********************* 86 1 Ditto Account * . ******************** Turkish 6 per Cent. ********************* 44 Ditto Account **************************************** — Bl 2 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account **** ************ *** *************** 701 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 • per: ** Cent, ******* Ditto Account ********************** 104/ Venezuelan 5 per Cent. **** Ditto New 25 per Cent. ************ — 2B ******* 1 I Dividends on th e above payable in London. Dutch Exchange 12 Guil. 2f per Cent... 66 Ditto Certificates, 4 p er C ent. ******** 101 THREE O'CLOCK . Consols, Money and Account.... 954 / .PARLIAPIENTARY COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. THE CHARING-CROSS AND SOUTH - EASTERN RAIL WAY—THE PREAMBLE PROVEN. This great Parliamentary battle was resumed yesterday, and terminated in the committee, of Which Lord Belper is chairman, declaring the pre amble to be proved. At the meeting of the committee on Friday last a proposition was made by the promoters of the bill to give the trustees of St. Thomas's Hospital the sum of £20,000 to enable them to build a new wing in the place of the one which it was said would be rendered unfit for hospital purposes if this railway should be constructed contiguous to it. An adjournment then took place until yesterday to enable the authorities to consider whether or not they would accept this proposition. On the meeting of the committee yesterday, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham said the trustees of the hospital had considered the proposition which had been made to them, and they must decline it in • toe°, adhering to their original position, which was the entire purchase of the hospital. Mr. Alexander, Q.C., replied, contending that it would be unjust upon the company to purchase so large a property which was not required. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and, after about two hours spent in consultation, the parties were readmitted. The Chairman said the committee had given the bill their most earnest and careful attention, and 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 hcspital 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 the 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. MR. COBDEN, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.-- On Monday evening an influential meeting was held in the Public Hall, Rochdale, to take steps for celebrating the re turn of Mr. Cobden, on such a scale as will be unprece dented in that neighbourhood. A from Mr. Cobden was read, in which he stated that heir4ould make arrange ments to visit Rochdale on the 27th inst. The committee considered 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 500 applications were already made for tickets. 'With respect to the place to hold th e soiree or banquet in, the comm itt ee h a d not decided where it should be held, bikt probably they will make. arran gements for about 4,000 p eop l e ,—Manciiester Guar d ian. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 18A, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 111A_RKET.-(THIS DAY.) INARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. I I . Share Railways. Paid. Closing I .Business Price. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent all 79 81 12. i 0 Amberg.,Votting. Bost. and Eastern Juomion 10 5/ 64 18 Born.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 131 161 171 .. 50 Belfast and Bahymena.. all gu. 5 percent 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 71 84 18 Do all Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. , 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 15 1 d Junction 25 , lackburn lOO 71 73 18 Do. Do . B 9 1/ 1 d all 101 111 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 51 d 54 25 Blyth and Tyne all 20 1 Do. New 164 6 7 d 1 Stock Bristol and Exeter .... 100 95 9 7 96 7 100 Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 100 _ Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead --190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 50 Cork and Bandon all ' ' ' 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. .1.0. par i p par 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A all 41, 61 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. A roves. no div. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 25. 11 1d Do. B [ all until6p.c.per an. 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 10 all hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 74 d 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 171 Demerara 25 Dun Perth & Abr.Junc. all .„ 8 9 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. 5 11 4 d Stool/. East Anglian lOO 141 15/ Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 94 984 991 100 99 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 585 54 5 9 84 20 Do. C Shares all Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 40 43 20 Do. E Shares Ext all 191 201 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 30 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 100 101 100 25 East Kent all 13 15 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 19 20 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 95 Sto. 1 Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 20 East Su ff olk all ( per cent. Bonds 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 28 27 72 73 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all '9l 95 03 1 2 4 73 75 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 300 Do. 6 per cent. Pre 100 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.op.e. all 95/ 961 d 96 Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 92 93 20 Do. do 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 5 10 4 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip I 25. 1 Id Stock Great Northern lOO 102 104 103 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 84 86 85 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 15 151 155 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 130 132 201 Do. New Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 107 [604 60 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I all 102 104 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 55 60 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 102 104 12 Trish South Eastern.... all 7, -; 9 0— 100 Do. do. 'V3 without opt. all 101 103 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 8 5 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do 164 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds lB' 11 12 p . 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 954 05 851 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 88 92 ,91 16 Do. do. 1 0 216 8 4 1 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 10 191 d 9 Do. do. 29 shares 7 4 2 d 20 Do. Fourth do. 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 k'- 20 Do. Southport all 0 r 68 —.. Newßrunswlck&Canda. Stock London and Blackwall all 00 I, ' 20 t Ry.&Land(Lim.)g - .6pc 1 0 —d Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh —— $ Class ACapitl.Share.. Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 114 11 24 z .• Do. do. Land do. . .. --d Stock London & North Westn 100 95 95 4 955 i 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 95 96 952 . 20 1 Northof India Tramroad 2s. Limited, Scrip 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all 7. —,„ 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all ° I 20 Oude (Limited) Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 36 87 20 Scinde „., .4 15 —d d 10 Metropolitan 3 -- d 20 Do Stock Midland lOO 104 1044 1031 4 1 20 Do. New ' ° 12 1/ 1d , 111 0. Stock Do. Birminr,r. & Derby. 100 79 81 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bs, e 7 10 1 1 1 d 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 1 Shares all 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all , ~—. 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all v " , I 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 , FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Newry, Warpt., Sr Roe all ~ Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62 u. 50 North. Counties Union 34 3/ 1 d , 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 41 Stock North British lOO 55 4 5 74 57 56 } 20 Ardennes all p Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 11 1d i Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. 5 Belgian sEast. Junction all 1 1 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 — 2 O Beziers to Graissessae. all Stock Do. B Stock lOO 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 21 Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 93 934 92 4 20 Dutch Rhenish_ l5 51 51 d 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 4 1 d d 6 Eastern of France Stock Do. Leeds lOO 47 474 461 7 4 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. —p, Stock Do. York lOO 76 761 20 Great Central of France ' all i Stock North London lOO 101 103 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs.. all 61 64 61 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 10 Italian Junction and City Junction.... £3 is. 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 North Staffordshire.... 171 4 31 d 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 North-Western 7 10 No. & Son. W. Junction all 6 8 2O Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - 7 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 32 34 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 10 Peebles all -- 331 Maria Antonia all 20 Portsmouth l9 8 5 20 Do. do. New 10 Rhymney lO 20 Namur and Liege all 74 84 Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 111 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref . all 184 191 Stock Sooth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 25 26 16 Northern of France .... all 361 374 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 80 82 20 Do. New Shares Stock Shrop 3 shire Union lOO 45 f d 7 lO Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 9 10 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2O Ottoman, gllB. 6 per cent 7 - Stock South Devon lOO 42 44 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 34 35 Stock South-Eastern lOO 7 3 73 4 72 1 34 3 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 53 65 Stock South wales - n Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) ) 21 24 d 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 60 65 gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... j 20 Do. do lB 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11 10 Rome and Frascati .... all 12 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 36 4 87 4 20 Ro y al Danish 25 Do. do. 1855 7 5 Ro y al Swedish all 25 Do. do. 1858 7 4 Do. 7 p er cent. Pref. .. all Stockton & ilartlepooll 161 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 6 1 61 61 5 Stock Taff Vale ' 100 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 81 91 Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 84 West Flanders all 54 6 Stock Vale of Neath 1100 68 72 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 94 91 Stock Waterford & Kilkennvi 100 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 21 22. 50 Waterford & Limerick; all 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 20 West Cornwall I all 6 61 20 Western of Switzerland all 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 6 Wiesbaden 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 7 p.c. has been pd. to B, all 3 31 20 Zealand all 5 Do. B 1 all 71 74 1 20 West London 1 all 10 Do. Ist Class all BRITISH MINES. . 20 Do. 2d Class all PREFERENCE SHARES. Shure Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Share; I Railways. Paid 1 Closing Business P ' — ' Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(lIelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. - ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer) Sor It C. Brea( Illogan). IS Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 10 Tin Croft Unitedslines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) 'West Basset Caradon (Liskeard). - W heal Basset (Illogan). - Wheal Buller (Redruth) • Wheal Edward (Cal s.). . Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant Wh'l Mary Ann (Merthe) Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 2.11.1 A 5 6 2 3 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at 250) Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon 210,14 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Stock Do. do No.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth.& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.e.pm stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf 1 Gt. Sn.& w (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 14 pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spe. gu. No.l No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 P. et. • • Do. pref., 5 p. Do do sp. c.... 1! , To. Lon. & N. Vir.Cov.&l\ un- Lon.&S. W, 7 p.a. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., 6 P. et. ...... 104 3 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 263 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoakl Stock Stock Do. £6 3} per cent. ...... Maryport & Car., 4 p.C. Do. 4 per cent ...... all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock ) Stock Stock Si Steck Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. 100 all all 100 100 all all 10i 100 100 100 Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. r Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. C. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 18471 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 130. York, IL& S. Purch INorth Staffordshire ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new Pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent S.-Yarkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 1 1 25 $ Stock 100 1 all 98 100 102 104 17 18 139 141 100 99i c4i 10 'ALS. Business Done. 17s 11.18.8 9i 18s 6d Si 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 FOREIGN BID Australian I Bon AccordCopper,Lim Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p.)I Do.St.Johndelßey , Lim. Do. L and and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica I Cobra Copper 1 Cepiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitani an Mariquita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L Poiligibaud Silver, Lead 5 30 1 28.2.41 Sharei 100 100 20.11 Miiiing and Smelt.... Port Philip Santiago de Cuba ,lifnited Mexican 21 2f 445 455 175 185 13 14 14 2 1„ 6 7 7 8 74 fq 12 13 240 2 50 21 1 165 175 211 4 t 441 JOINT-STO I i i 21 22 135 140 170 180 105 115 2 2} 34 9 4 38 40 28 30 I t par i p 4 1 9 11 ' f all 16 all all - - 92 44 9 11 * 2* 21 all 23 - 25 all 10 11 t 1 I d al i all 10 1 i P all 3 4 ifit - - all 11 CK BANKS. l Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 Cl os i ng Business Joint-Stock Banks. ank s Paid. 70P Price. Done. Done. :hantdk.oßfaLnoknodfodta, &c' 12 _ Australasia all 83 85 I Bank of Egypt all 22 24 123 47 50 I 464 6 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo.i all 5) British North American l all - L - City Colonial 1 50 64 66 25 - _ Com. Bank of Canada all Commercial of London 2O 18 To Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 11 16' i Gen Bk. of Switzerland all ') Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 20 20 . 4 20h 4 London and County . . 20 - London Joint Stock .:. 10 .7 1 391 L on d o n &Westminster. 20 _ " ' Nat. Prov. of England. 35 _ Do. new lO --_ N a tional Bank 25 New South Wa les Orient .Bk. Corporation all . _ 39 Ottoman Bank .... . P rov incial of Ireland Do. New .. . - South Australia Do. New . .......... 174 I Union of Australia...... all 48 50 481 Do. New 2 .. t ......... 20 - Union of London . . .... 10 24 26 25 i Unity Mutual .. . ... . ... 60 - Western Bk of London 50 d ------------- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECITRITIBES. IClosing I usiness 'e Securities. Faid• Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 112 113 *2 Do. 6p.c.F 1 b.&Aug. 00 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1074 I N. 8.G0v.6 p. c. Ja. &July 10C 1074 1084 Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 __ N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 98 99 NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1074 1084 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 . Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 -- ______--------..............—. MISCELLA/sEOUS . - - . Sharel Share Miscellaneous. Closing Paid *\ Price. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works . . 10 Do New, issued at £ 5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C . 100 Canada Land Stock Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.of Eng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. IDo. Preference 13 14 220 260 28 30 I i 2 3 36 38 19 21 13 15 110 116 8 9 24 25 11 11 41 5* 1 zusiness done 1 Stockl 104 110 1 2 p / ...-• .. d it 5 6 a 1 d 1 i 1 d par 21 77 79 21 10 11 IP 21 22 50 53 115 130 35 37 t 1 8 8 21.1 i i 54 2 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS .DAY. ) HOUSE OF LORDS. Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, Lord Chelmsford, and other peers. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY COMPANY T. PRO- YOST, &C. OF LINLITHGOW. This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of Session in Scotland, holding the railway company liable to pay town transit dues or customs on all goods, &c. brought within, or passing by, or through the burgh. The respondents vest their claims on ancient charters and Acts of Parliament to the burgh, and in particular a charter of town and bridge dues over the river Eden by King Robert 11., confirmed by King James and other Kings of Scotland. The appellants deny their liability, and rely on their Railway Act to show their exemption and non liability. 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 the interlocutor 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 BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE MILLER.-LITIGATION IN PERSP,ECrIVE. 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 property 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 case 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.-(711IS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON " BEN CAUNT."—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 (Caunt) 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) then 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 Caunt, 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, ling 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. Larsen, a seaman, went into the cabin and missed his 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 found 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 Cincinnatus, 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,' who 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 ho replied that he found it under some wood. It was ascertained that the prisoner had been at work on board the ship Cincinnatus, land 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 eoppei, 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 Johann, from La Guayra. NEWPORT, July 19 . —Wind S:W.—Sailed—Plantaga net, for Ceylon. QUEENSTOWN, July 1 8.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Aca dian, from Quebec; Douglas Castle, from Callao; August, from Porto Rico. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Loss OF THE JOHN WADE-GULF OF SIAM.-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 hate 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, masked with a " ?." (BY 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, July2o—Orentes, from Antigua ; Ceylon, from Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday morning. Wind N. • tide, four ',hours ebb ; weather rainy, with heavy . thunder and lightning. Arrived, July 2 0—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; Napoleon 111., from Hull for Hong Kong. ALLEGED BRIBERY AT AN ELECTION.—Yesterd a y morning the attention of the bench of magistrates for the otfigNorthampton was occupied for some hours in gentleman residing in the Billing-road, that on f the polling for the last contested election, in he gave to a voter named John Barron a sove reign,promised him another, in order to induce him to tel ehalf of Mr. James Thomson Mackenzie, a Con bttAvhhioop eoe r t o bibio f a snrvi h a se snabo Con servative candidate who then contested the borough against the Right lion. R. Vernon Smith and Mr. Charles Gilpin, contrary to the provisions of the Corrupt Practices Preven tion Act. The result was that the case was sent for trial at the neat assizes, the defendant being admitted to bail. DIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(Tuns DAY.) The SrEAKER 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. MASSEY, 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. T Mitt) EDITION. SUN OFFIC.E, Seven o' Clock. THE BUDGET. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY 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 &e, 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 t 9 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 were 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 Dissentets in Scotland had with reference to the present impost. In the former case the Dissenters were called on to contribute only for the maintenance of the fabric of the Church, but in the later 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' money 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 to 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 findhig 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. (Hoar, 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 ) Lord E LC HO opposed the bill, which he argued contained a principle so dangerous, that every one who like himself desired to maintain State establishments should consistently vote against its further progress. In dealing with the question they should act on the principle of compromise, as in the case of Ministers' money, though he denied there was any analogy between the two taxes., He concluded by movinc , that the bill be read a second time that day three months.' — Nfr:NEWDEGATE seconded the amendment. Mr. MILLER opposed the bill and supported the amendment. _ _ Sir E. C 0 LEBRO OKE supported the second reading, and said that as a member of the State Church he had no fear of the maintenance of that establishment, even if it were ulti mately compelled to demsd on voluntary contributions. Mr. CU MM IN G BRUCE considered that before the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Lewis) promised on the part of the Government to introduce a bill on this subject, he should have asked the hon. member for Edinburgh to with draw the present measure. The latter hon. member pro - posed to take away fi om the poor the money subscribed at the church doors, and to apply it as a substitute for the tax which ho proposed to abolish. He regarded this bill as most objectionable, and he would vote fbr the amendment. Mr. CAI RD denied that the bill was open to the charges that had been made against it, namely, that it would rob both the church and the poor. In Scotland the poor were provided most liberally for by the poor law, and not a far thing of the money collected at the church doors went to their support. Indeed, in some cases, the collection of that money had been discontinued altogether, in consequence of there being no necessity for it, the poor no longer requir ing any eleemosynary assistance. The LORD ADI , OCATE hoped that the discussion on this subject would not be further protracted. The in justice which the tax inflicted had been felt by the different committees which had considered the question. The noble lord (Elcho) objected to the bill, but he did not suggest any method for facilitating the settlement of this subject. He was no advocate for the voluntary principle, and he did not hold the State Church to be opposed to Scripture, but the Government had to recognise the opinions of those who thought differently. He contended that this tax was entirely different to tithes or church endowment in this country. With refererice to the voluntary principle he directed attention to the number of religious edifices in the country which were erected and maintained solely by the operation of that priciple, to show that any fears with respect to the support of the State Church of Scotland from the abolition of the present impost was unfounded. Mr. NEWDE GATE strongly opposed the bill, and would vote for the amendment Mr. BAXTER advised the hon. member for Edinburgh not to press the bill beyond a second reading, if it reached that stage, after the promise made on behalf of the Govern ment to introduce a bill on the subject next session. After a few words from Mr. MUIR, Mr. BLACK said that he was ready to accede to the sug gestion of the hon. member (Mr. Baxter), and not proceed with the bill further than the second reading ; but he trusted that the Government, in any measure thsy might introduce, would provide for the abolition of the tax. Mr. BRIGHT said they had been told not to put faith in princes, and he advised his hon. friend (Mr. Black) not to trust to governments. The present question was one of those which Government would not deal with until they were driven to the last extremity, in illustration of which he referred to the question of church rates in t this country, which was ultimately left in the hands of his hon. friend the member for Tavistock. He asked the hon. member (Mr. Black) not to believe that the . Government would settle the question in a satisfactory manner—not that he had any doubt of the good faith of the Home Secretary, but because, in dealing with it, the Governmeat would have to contend with difficulties from which an independent member would be free. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that he did not wish the hon. member to withdraw the bill, but would merely promise that, in the event of the question not being settled, the Govern. ment would bring in a bill next session. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the second reading .. 162 ' • Against it Majority --54 The bill was then read a second tine. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL. Mr. LOCKE moved the second reading of this bill, and explained its provisions in detail. The first clause proposed that all grain should be sold by measure throughout the country, instead of by weight, but this introduced no inno • vation. The second clause was intended to remedy a very serious inconvenience, which had existed for a great num ber of years. By previous acts of Parliament it had been provided that models or copies of the standard weights and m easures should be procured by the magistrates throughout England, and deposited with certain ersons. It was found that there had been great neglect p in reverifying those models, and this clause proposed that these models and copies should be reverified every three years, and the standard weights and measures six years before they were respectively used. The 3d clause provided for the pre vention of the manufacture of false weights and measures, and would remedy a very extensive system of fraud which at present prevailed. The 4th clause empowered inspectors of weights and measures, or other properly authorised per sons, to inspect measures and weights in markets or open places of ground. The evidence adduced before the com mittee showed that great fraud was committed at sales in these places, and the necessity for some preventive means to repress its continuance as far as possible. The other clauses provided for the inspection of packets or made up quantities of any articles exposed for sale, in order to ascer tain if they contained what they were represented to do, and to prevent still further the commission of fraud. Mr. CAIRD said that there had been a bill in connec tion with this sukiect which had been withdrawn for the present, and he thought the same course should be adopted with reference to this bill, and then both measures could be considered together next year. Ho moved that the bill be read a second me thjs day three months. Mr. HORSFALL wou'd support the bill, provided the first clause were withdraw., but not otherwise. Sir G. PEC HELL suggested that some further provision might be made with reference to the selection and appoint ment of inspectors, and he hoped the bill would be adopted. Mr. HUNT recommended. the withdrawal of the first clause. After a few words from Sir J. Shelley, Mr. E. Ball, Mr. h Henley, Mr. G. Clive, Mr. Bass, and oter hon. members, Mr. LOCKE replied, and stated that he consen ted to withdraw the first clause. The amendment was then withdrawn, an d the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tues day. DIPLOMATIC PENSIONS BILL. Mr. M. MILNES moved the second reading of this bill. He contended that it was most im-,oolitic to have a special act to exclude from the House of Commons persons whose services might be of great advantage, merely because they were enjoying pensions for duties done. He regarded those pensions in the same light as those conferred on Mi nisters of the Crown or officers in the may and navy, and he did not see on what ground there should be any excep tion with reference to their recipients. Mr. B. COCHRANE supported the bill. Mr. WILSON said if they looked to the origin of the exclusion of diplomatic servants from the house, he believed it would be found in the jea lousy which members formerly entertained of the powers of the Crown. He believed that most persons were satisfied that there was no ground for apprehending any inter ference by the Crown with the house, or that the power which the Sovereign possessed of depriving diplomatic officers of their pensions would be improperly exercised. He be lieved, also, that in giving his support to the bill he was expressing the feelings of the Government. After a few observations by Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Edwin James, and Sir Minto Farquhar, the bill was read a second time. CHURCH-RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. ALCOCK moved the second reading of this bill, which he stated was merely a permissive measure, and con ferred powers on the Charity Commissioners to act as asses sors in commuting these church-rates. Mr. STEWART seconded the motion. Mr. CLIVE considered that, as it would be impossible to press forward the bill, it should be withdrawn. ni Mr. BAXTER moved an amendment to the effect that the bill should be read a second time that day three months. Ultimately both the amendment and the motion for the second reading of the bill were withdrawn, and the order for the latter was discharged. IMPRISONMENT FOR SMALL DEBTS BILL.— OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON BILL. Mr. WHITESIDE moved the second reading of these bills respectively, and stated that he would take the sense of the house with reference to them unless he received an assurance that Government would take them up, in which case he would watch their proceedings closely. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it was his intention, with the assistance of his learned friend the So licitor-General, tolbring in measures with reference to the consolidation of the statute law of the country. Mr. E. JAMES said that the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Whiteside) was entitled to the thanks of the house for the industry he had exhibited in preparing these bills, and bringing forward the subjects to which they related. Mr. WHITESIDE, after a few remarks, withdrew the bills. The other orders of the day were disposed of. The house then adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. NOTTINGHAM .RACES.-(THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BUNNEY PARK STAKES. Butterfly 2 Lady Grosvenor Pactolus 49 51 96 98 1102 104 51 61 99 101 110 114 107 111 114 116 113 115 129 131 78 82 112 114 120 122 lit 113 105 107 84 Sti 11 11i 94 96 85 E 7 87 89 99 101 9/ 10/ 9i 6/ 1 10/ 171 73 76 181 191 14 1 141 9/ 141 193 1168 162 8 9 122 126. 68 70 142 144 104 106 04 V( 9 10 11 1110 112 98 100 li 1 p P P 22 1 23 124 126 122 126 99 101 72 74 118 122 118 122 to i 10 231 241 104 105 103 105 28 29 33 34 47 53 LINES LEASED AT FIXED REN' Railways. Paid. ' Leasing Closing Co.'s. Price. Bedford and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction 1 Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct , Do. New . : Gloster& Dean Foresti Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail.l Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent 3lanc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb. & Redcr, Do. do. 6 per cent NM N e o ig ! 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West all L.&Brgtn 110 112 64 66 115 120 90 92 98 100 it IA 57 59 138 140 87 88 8 9 Paid Closing I Business Price. Done. lEastern Steam.. Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl. Iron Screw Col. (Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co , Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c. Pref. ,iss. at idis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B. Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas • '' Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New. Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. A ustrin. Inv, (Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Up r . C an (Van Diemeaa'a Land Five ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. 1 Gaylass Three ran. NURSERY PLATE. Viatha . , Fenella . LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 15 to 2 agst Lifeboat (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lord Nelson (taken) 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 is 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 lock." Sometimes it is one 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. ySir 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 t•;ought 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 on es ; 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 be 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 p: 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 estab:ishment is now, perhaps, on a higher scale than it has ever been for a peace scale, the number of disappointed 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 healt , )y, 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 old er 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. iffi to cu th lt in to k c t l h ea a r t So, then, it is a asnadd thatfact itthiastvwerye are standing in anady'persuade old officerse t a h c e h ground other's way, their country can do without them an g There age, i e s , always a) diffic ult y , to o , inmentioning there is certain t b o e c a h u e s e , s m w e h a s t i e g v n e a r l the e n a t ge e x i : ' mple of the most heroic services having been performed after it- Sir Lyons, Charles w W O n o l o d d mentioned Dave crossed Sir John Paking ton's superannuatin g li ne b e fore the Crimean War brought him out. Facts are sure to be awkward whenever asuperannuating plan comes cannot, f 79 out. a Prime Minister of 75, a Lord ChancellorlV e with and a Minister for Foreign nearly Affairs of ne '0 sa v y er t y h h at od m y, en a suniforsoonmlys lose ynu their sens es a t 60. E whisper about age talks of Radetzky, who seems to have be en 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 nuation scheme,—that the persons affected by it can Kay that they had all the disadvantage of. the : ' old system when they were young, and t hat i t is hard they should not have the a . d a : y -an i t: age r of it when they were old. " You cut us off at ba th ends," they say ; " we had to make our 1N against a whole mass of o'struction i n fly nt of us, and a hard struggle it was ; now, ha 'Ong attained our position so late on that very account, WC are not allowed to enjoy it, but are requested to 1t love off, in order that others may be better o, T t'l, arl '- we were." The great ethical philosopher o f a‘? an cients mentions, as the greatest test that tru 1 fr• telid ship can submit to, the willingness to give up tae performan c e o f no bl e ex pl o its to your friena 1 • Gar old Admirals may have something to say fot . them selves, but it must be frankly confessed that ; .their love for th e i r younger brothers in the ser7ic4 i goes not stand this test,—that they are grandly I ;elfish on this subject, and wish the noble deeds c , f :the service to be achieved by themselves, and ha , ;e . . no idea of handing them over to their juniors.-1 Ymes. THE FORTHCOMING CONFEREN ( .7.E. . , (From the Jiorning Post.) The rumour that a Conference is to be hold: at Zurich turns out to be true. It is there that the Treaty of Peace is to be signed, and the fat ure' of Italy settled if, as is proposed, the prelimin iries, of a Congress can be agreed to. We use the wor, I " i f" advisedly, for the more the whole subject is. co n sidered the more difficult the settlement of ap pears to be. In the first place, it is well known that Austria is altogether averse from the settleme , it of the Italian question by a Congress of the ne. atral Powers. Two are Protestant and the other is in communion with the Greek Church. There is t here fore little chance that those objects which have usually been attained by concordats, and which ' ,low hang upon the neck of Italy like a millstone, will receive much sympathy. The proceedings of a Congress would in all probability assume, in • 'be eyes of Austria, too destructive a character ; al_ id, forewarned by the fear of this, she is not unlikf .ly to persevere in her reluctance to see the affair 3. of Italy composed by such parties. The question ii e xt arises, if Austria obstinately refuses a Congr what then ? Will the other Powers take up Ihe Italian question and fight it out ? Assuredly trot. England is pledged to neutrality; Prussia ha:i 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 abandonir to nt of the Italian cause altogether or a recomme , ac2e ment of hostilities. We cannot suppose the fora ; the latter therefore, upon the premises assume El, is inevitable. But supposing a Congress assembled, it is t Een that the difficulties will begin. Then it is that the practicability of the bases of peace will be pu .t to the test. One of them is the establishment ol' an Italian Confederation. But in order to do t his surely the representatives of existing States in I t; xly 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 Ital'ir as with a conquered country. The consent of .the Italians themselves must be given to every pr c to col affecting their peace, possessions, and Ebert ;ies. What security have we for such consent ? II ow do we know that the King of Sardinia will be ct. )n -tent to merge his present independent . position i.n a Confederation ? At preknt he is a free monar ; he is the 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 hirr is. elf as brave a soldier as he is patriotic a king. But when he becomes a member of a Confederal pzin, even should he be its leader, his own volition will be circumscribed; he may be outvoted any ; Lay. But then it is not at all certain that he woulel 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 St ates of Europe for everything that can disgrac e a Government and degrade a people. Is it likely that a strong, free, and constitutional king; iom, like Piedmont, will play second to such a St ate ? 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 a; a dis appointing that Austria should hold Venetia a t all after what was promised by France. But as slim 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 Ita..lian Confederation in right of Ve etia but to facilit ate, and even to legalise, that intlsaence 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 hold 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 Parma ? The truth i 3 that, looking at Italy as a whole, the peace is a greater calamity than the war, for it introduces far graver complications. Before the war, hadthe a Con gress met, it would have been free to considermust causedoso o o f o l t the alyu bases pon of the general treatyprinciples. between N rnperors, which is a very different t ask. It is a notable fact that in all these propo sals the will of o Now it two the Italian people has never been mentioned, and yet mre that i e a int s e e be ed k a e t y t h t o e t o h o e t s ot, solution ao dw o o f m t a h i e n t p a r i o n b s l t e i m ll: that if the undue influence of Austria and the Pope could be stopped, Italian affairs would right them selves. We believed, from all the statements of the Emperor of the French, that he wa oe s ns mo shouldo marching r w e t h obh i eeo n bd g pir el i avo n pte t asn o l. Italy fo f o lrt r ra t ol hyme, promise accomplishment o h m at ht p e l the is a n d m Am e ui n snt t irs o ita f rna t st h i o States be vested in lay hands, we read the pledge of a glorious future for italy, n that promise and that pledge a we d h i e n ). u fa r st t r b u y s tin the ho Italian cause, and to Louis Napoleon's share in it, through evil report and good report. We do not fi ey e e e n yet tien despair. , andwhen u 'We the believe representations that on effurther this and d 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 haste,nstantly followed it was wanting in these qualities; and th a t t er ms agreed t o i n th e excite ment,and heat of a bloody campaign 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 consideration. We are therefore not with out hopes that the bases themselves may be recon sidered before the judgment of the five Powers is invoked upon them. In that case much may yet be done to secure the grand object of the war—the recovery of Italy for the Italians. A GIRL WITH TWO HEADS.—A correspondent at New York sends us a description of a phenomenon in natu ral history even more wonderful than the Siamese twins — viz., a two-headed girl, who is being exhibited 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 identities, and yet she has but one body. The spinal column branches off b a b l a o d u e t s t a h n e d position o w f i t t h h e t h l e o w n e e r a p s ti of nhs heads s the of shoulder . The abdominal portion seems the natural formed body of one person. The child, we understand, was born in North Carolina, and is about eig ht y ears old. It has two sym metrically-formed heads, very handsome faces, and spark ling eyes, and is very pleasing in manners, address, and appearance. Ihe announcement bill states that "her mental quilities are of a superior order, and double, thereby enabling her to converse with two persons at one time, on one or different subjects ; or ono head may be engaged, while the other remains passive. No difference in the intellectual faculties of either head is perceptible."—Bul- T s ib s p a s e e m akingy s ce l 1: d d —E a t ov o ; n uHAß e h s p rt e e sh e l g e e w . manner ptiallont n h o oef p dh e ra r a s yw o , n btah e ce o k ul csroo d fp h dsr a wilo v u e gl e: itt : average w e T wo a \h E an\ t. weather nh : e c t l voha N enen t ie with n S xuc C ee SCOTLAND,- The delightful. The The S c o t s man crops are An early harvest is looked for." 94 10 10} 11 all all all 15s. all all 3 1 1 51 & 4