The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-28 00:00:00

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Da.) MOO; as charge' inguags to on for the him 0 01 : 130 ds to leavl He toll' and he did 'undo won / m 11. ti" week heb con He said 1 0 sore and a 3anner be d evening l ug him a t be nine die ; 00" A character' 'as afraid , 3e 80630 leave the 13pital, he it he WO Nhich the ift, and " p r isoner isted, . t A I only the ted. surety Jo lig ON A ' g fell?gh b tealla Watt* • also w ith fe o f the mer nelA lon er sn' suPP „ a equeg"" prisoner ook tiP tbr e° L t a fter her w iti t le s trueP• sistanee, pot Wit hire , 312 v rived. ,ato give mer b ad ad cora; onvioteu said II" na gr c i attac° MONEY MARKET AFB D 0 Wire:ER.OUL ajTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accounts from Liverpcol state that the Cotton Market yesterday preseni ed a very heavy appear ance, and prices of all descriptions tended down wards. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the exporters. In Railway Shares a moderate business was transacted, at about former values. Advices from India, although perhaps as favour able as could be expcted, do not report general activity. It is nevertheless remarked that there was a better demand for manufactures, and this fact is encouraging for those engaged in the trade of the North of England. From Australia also recent accounts are encouraging in this respect, while in America there likewise appears to be a progressive i mprovement. These circumstances will all tell eventually upon the commerce of the United King dom, and when once activity is produced, the re action from the state of depression lately witnessed will, in all probability, be more important than many are inclined to anticipate. Notwithstanding the general inactivity prevailing in most branches of business, it is satisfactory to observe that few complaints are made, both principals and employes awaiting a favourable change with exemplary patience ; and there seems every reason to believe that before the end of the year they will experience a marked improvement, as the tendency in that direction is evidently very encouraging. In France there are also unmistakeable indications of a re vival of commerce. The letters from Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, and other places all report increa-ed transactions, which were causing an augmented demand for money. The Bourse, however, still continues very much depressed, in spite of the numerous measures which hive been adopted for t he Purpose of promoting an improvement i❑ the quotations, which, although tolerably steady, do not advance. It appears that gold is 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg, but it is 2-10ths per cent.. higher in Paris than in this market. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon Were firm, but without alteration. The inquiry for accommodation was not increased to any important extent, bat ,the applications in some quarters are stated to be rather more numerous, probably in consequence of the prepara tions for the 4th of the month, and other engage tents. No alteration has taken place in the quota tions, which still range as low as 2} per cent. At the Stock Exchange also, the ra 1 .',13 of money is very moderate, loans tieing obtainable on Government Securities at l per cent. In the course of a few days the settlements will probably increase the clt raand, although the terms for " carrying over " are exceedingly easy. It is expected that a fair proportion of the gold, eat the Heather Bell, will be sent into the Bank. The half-yearly meeting of the United Mexican Mining Association took place to-day—Sir John Easthope, Bart., in the chair. The report stated that the operations for the last five months had left a loss of 2,026 dollars in addition to the ex penses of the establishment, but there was 48,000 c l° l B, worth of ore at the mines. The cash balance in London was 2,4401. No variation of importance has taken place in the English Stock Market, but the prices appear very steady, The transactions, many of which are con nected with the approaching settlement, are limited, attention being directed to the liquidation of the account in Foreign Stocks and Railway Shares. Consols for transfer have been 95 but they are now 95i 4 , and the same for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are 9d ; 5 per Cent. Annuities 115 ; Long Annuities (1885), 18i ; Exchequer Bills, March, 355. to 38s. prem. ; June, 2 25. to 255. prem. ; India Bonds, 18s. prem. ; and ditto Loan Debentures, 99g. In the Foreign Stock Market business is active and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 9:tito 951 ; Brazili an 5 per C ents., 1.93 i ; ditto Sri Pt dig' to p rem . ; E qua• l or N ew Consolidated, 14,1 ; Cents,, Grenada N ew A ct i ve, 20 1 ; M exican 3 per Sardinia-1:35; per Cents,, 3 90 7 ; Cents., 45,?,- to 46 ; ferred, Spanish , New De -271 i; Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 761 Such 5 ; Ven per Cent s ., 391 ; and ditto Deferred, 15 . very limit e d b usiness has been done in the 4 ' ll7 aY Share M ar k et to-day, and the variations na.ve b een to p er cent, Caledon i an h ave de ned 15 s. ; Midland and North Eastern (Berwick) 58 . ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. to 10s. ; North -`'postern, North British, and North Staf fiosrd, hav e improved ss. ; and Great Northern, acti The for e i gn and colonial lines are very in ve, and show li tt l e variation from previous quotations. Pernambuco improved abaut ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada d ec li ne d 5 s ; an d G rea t of Canada, ss. ; East Indian, Great brought previous values. joi nt - Stock Bank awl Miscellaneous Shares continue steady at f ormer va l ues. Bank of Egypt , ra P r oved ss. ; L on d on an d W estminster declined ; and Bank of London advanced ss. IItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Ottirto Lt s to Thr ee perDut. Reduced Annuities 96 3 ~,, e Ne w Three A.,n,litz., spereent. p A e n r u C ui e t n ie t s ..Annuities ' 96 1 I cing Ann uities expire sth Jan 1860 Di tto 30 years, expire sth April, 18 55 I S , J, Indi a S tock 994 Ditto Debentures 18 Ditto Bonds, £lOOO ••... 953 '.? Consols for Account March, June. Ezchequer Bills— - £lOOO ........ . • £5OO •...... ................ Snaa'l ........................... Brazilian 5 per Cent .. h d Ditto Scrip, 185 i . ... 14i tquador New Consolidated 3. Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 201 iirenada New Active 2i per Cent Ditto Deferred ' Mexican 3 per rent 5 4 1 : 5 . 6 . ... Portuguse 3 per Ciai ... 1. - 87)3 Sardinian 5 per Cent ... . . . SD4 ii nth 8 0.1.8 :, Per , . 11 . t. Di - to New Deferred, per cent. Ditti. Passive ... ............... 8e 1 TurkiSpanish Cert. of Coup, not funded....,...... 5 h sh Bonds, 6 per Cent. ... V,nezuela Vonds,s per Cent ......... . Ditto Deferred, 2 per Cent. . .... l5 Dividends on the above Payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 46 per Cent..,, 76.1 Tw 0 O'CLO( K. ConEol s , mosey.. Ditt o account ........................... .. -• 95 a 1..................... . ....... 95g 4 .............._.....___ Vir itai, u nderstand th e di rectors of the South• Eastern harbou r " v aY hav e d etermined on improving Folkestone , and rendering it available for steam packets at all times of the tide.—Dover Chronicle. [High time.] sterday morning the marriage of the Hon. Mr. Isarafylde, eldest Pon of Lord Poltimore, with Sheridan, daughter of Richard Brlmley Sheridan, M.P., Was celebrated at St. GF.orge's, I fanover-square, in the Presence of a briliiaet BREACH OF PR MISR OF NIAURIAGE . --- Yesterdav, at the assizes held at . Oxford, an Hatiou fur breach of promise was tried. The plaintiff was M Broolres, about 31 y e a rs o f age, t h e daughter fare Ann a cabinet lock maker, in Wolverhampton ; and the deft was a person named Cox, a factor, resident in thetame Place, in god circumstances. After a brief consulta tion, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— dAtages, 1501. ACTION FOR LIBEL.—At the assizes held at Derby Yesterday au action was brought by a tradesman named kgrton, residing at Nottingham, to recover damages for a ser i es of alle, : fed libels that had appeared in the Nott inghamshire 6'itardiair, of which Mr Thomas F• r• I la z an, the defendant, was the regis t ere d p ro p r i e tor. 1.) ,. 7 iee dant laid hi s d amages at 50 01 Toe libels c ,mp!a7nA ( 4 were certain paragr :phs tam had appeared in the above Af nal, stating that Nl ,, rton wai a silo: ected incenc , iary. " an absence of half an hour, they returned into icoort with a verdict for the plaintiff;—Damages, —Damages, (.12e arth 'ng• 0:1 the appl4l of Mr. O'Brien, his lard- THE PAR3EE BAR NET. —We understand that Sir aams f • ee J ejt e'lhoy has invested 25 Inca of rupees in the Four per C en t s. for the du, maintenance of the title 'Yell has bec,ra. heredit ay ir.1,1- family. The interest of this sum, a mounting to " 10 , 000/ a year. " is ent di e d ;epoll the fu ore succe-sor s to trio baronetcy, who will -123. required to a , sume the patronymic (I its founder. e mansion at Mazagon is in like manner entailed, and iiYaestern India will, we trust, never be without a Sir reee,jt•e Jejeelahny, inlierit.ng alik the virtues and "- J ann e of the good old men with Us, who has won th e i. a . a PProtati o n o f his country and the favour of Her JtCY the (Zneell B ombay TILE SITIN 9 LoNnoN WEDNESD kV' EVENING, JULY 28, 85 8. • >L' - (This Day). RAIL W I Paid :AILW tT ,sit.g - re yesterday Business done this day Ainb,9% Nottn , r.Bost. & Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballymen, Big. Wolves h. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsli. Cheshire Junct Blackburn 6i ei 7i - Si 66 - 63 11 - 12 all ißlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 'Bristol di Exeter 100 ..... ,100 Chester dr Holyhea•' all 'Cork and Bandon. all ;Cork, Black. & Pass an 'Cornwall I all ; Do. A all; Do. B all Dublin&BelfastJuo. all ;Dun. P. &Aber Juno. 100 'East Anglian 100 Eastern Counties ' l ° o !Essterntruion,A. 'lOO •Do., do. 8} I D o . New A.... all East Kent 100 East Lancashire I all !East Suffnl: 26i 27 89 - 91 7t3 - 77 38 - 40 4 - 5 - 16 - 17 611 - 62 45 - 47 30 - 32 14:1 - 15 90 - 92 Do. Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. Prth. &DundA Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness 'Glasgow & S. Western - Great N. of Scot!and ;Great Northern !Do., A. Stock 'Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. 'Do. Str. V. R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds... Do. New Thirds Lane ash. 6! Yorkshir ;Do., do. F £l6 !Do. Do., £9 ;Do., Wet. Riding fit: Do. Southpcxt. 'London & Blackwal 'Do. New, its. 5/. 10s. Loud. Bright. &S.Cst ! London &N. Wester i!Do. Eighths !London & S.Weat..ro Lndndrry.&Colerarne Lndndrry. & Ennish. Manch . Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Midland . ;Do. Birming.& Dert Midland G. West.(lr. Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. ,Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd. ;Newry & Armagh eve ry , Warrenpoi? & Rostrevor N0rt01k...... ..... Norti-1 i North British North Devon, Rail. 6 'Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ..... N. Eastern Perwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. !Do. Leeds ;Do. York 'North L0nd0n........ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. le S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester d Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhy inney Scottish Central ... Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitinghourne & Sheer. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. Riv4rDur 'Do.. Staines,Wok.,&Wel. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 63 - E 4 25 - 25 90 - 92 -10 i 1013 - 102- 81 - 83 131 - 133 103 - 105 49 - 49 - 53 87 90 111 12 11. A 9 9i/ 1 d 1 a - 6 1 1 - 61,- 109 - 110 911 -91 i - 14 94 - 95 35 2 ld 92i —92 i 61 66 St. 100 50 61 - C 3 50 - 51 OP • .. 90/ -91 i 2 - 1 46 - 47 71i -72 i 96 - 98 20 20 10 St. 6 - ti - 8 -9, 27 - 29 , i 2: i• 109 - 111 261 - 2,0 81 - 44 - 46 3 - 2 34i - 35 674 - 684 79 - 80 1 14 - 15 6 - 4 9 - 34 - 35 Do. do., !855 il Stockton & Hartlep!. ,Taff Vale... Do. Pref., No. uames Hay. D. &R. ,Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilk enny Waterford&Limerick West Coi nwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London 96 - 99 .2f - 61 Do. First Class Do. Second Class 7ei i 102 i 103 49j 9 911 I 911 35 41 92 i i 501 :,I 461 714 2 LiNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasim, Closimr Price , Moines , Shr.; Pa id "ThwA TL Companies yesterday this day. St. 1100 IBtickghamsh. f‘ri•EzlST.Nk , . 100 102 St. 'lOO IClydesdaie Jc 11.19Jc:don.. 103 105 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 14 16 Et. 100 lE.Lin. g. 6 p., Gt.Norttn , 139 141 5 all lE. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 5 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Caldonlan „. St. 100 Do. New Do. ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.Westn. • 1 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & N.M. 1.1.0 112 25 I all Do. 3 / 4 Shares Do 12 3 / 4 ! all Do. Shares. Do 121 all ILon.&Greenw S.Eastorn l3 —l4 20 all IDo.Preference Do 2 3 3 /4 24 3 / 4 St. .100 !Lon. Pll., &S. Peto &Co 93 96 10 ! 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do •.• ••• 5 3 / 4 ! all Manch.Bston. Ln.&N.W 1 and Matlock & Midld 2 3 /4 St. 'lOO Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 97 99 6i 5 :Newmarket IBuryE.G.spe. E. Count 4p 50 all NALE9t.S p.c. Do 5B 60 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all h.oo. Fixed sp. cDo 25 all iProst. Ix \Tyre L. &11. W — 12 3 / 4 all iDo. 3 / 4 Shrs. /I Do St. 100 !Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn'l 38 142 10 j all Shrews.& Her T. Brasscy! 8 3 / 4 9 12 ! all S. Staffordsh.. M. MCleai 10 104 50 ! all ilYearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 i all Do Do 3 2 3 /4 33 3 / 4 : St. 100 Virilts&Somrst; Gt. tver n l 89 51 12 12i 111 St. 12 25 20 St. 1.0.61 St. St. St. St. 20 25 25 St. 65, 6 94 31 i 98 I 'l2si GOODWOOD RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEG3APH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS., FOR COLTS. L - rn of L0rn...... Gourd.. 3 LATEST BETTING. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Roman Candle (taken) 7to 1 aget Lifeboat (taken) 10 to 1 agst Pensioner (taken) 10 to 1 aget Fulbeek (taker) 15 to 1 agst Zonave (taken) 16 to 1 agst Fright (taken) 25 to 1 aget St. Clair (ralre;) Offers to back Pensioner aget anything bar Roman Caudle MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTEI?. We cannot pretend to think that the demand for a change in the law relating to the marriage by a widower of his deceased wife's sister is likely to cease for several years, or that the bill which the Lords rejected on Friday will tie the last of its series. Too many private interests are involved, too many passions in play, to ahow of acquiescence in an adverse decision. The acceptance of the principle of such marriages by the Howe of Com mons, the practice of foreign Protestant St.ttes, and the recent legislation of one, at least, of our own colonies, will furnish encouragement and argu ments for those who era inclined to persevere. The judgments of Vice-Chancellor Stuart and Sir Cresswell Creswell, which, if unnversed, will establish the nullity of these marriages in she case of Britisb subjects, even though the ceremony has been performed abroad, most rouse ail who have hem married on the continent or in America, and have issue by such marriages, to redoubled exer- Voris for the recognition of their cont!a:ts and the legitimation of their children. So that it is not only probable, but certain, that for several years to come the question of marriage with a deceased wife's sister will be mooted by a strong, rich, and warmly interested body, seconded by the vague liberal feeling which is ever floating in the commu nity. It therefore becomes those who are on prin ciple adverse to any change in the existing law to make their voices heard and their reasons known, and not to let the quest on drag on as a mere con test between Lords and Commons--a course vshich is sure to enlist popular sympathy on the side of the measure, and divert consideration froal its real merits. Our own opinion is, as it has always been, that the old law of England which was declared and 1 more fully enforced by the Act of 1835 ought to be upheld. Marriage is a contract made under the sanction of the State, in accordance with the reli gious belief and the moral feelings of the people, and it is consequently quite justifiable that the state should forbid unions which ate opposed to what the great majority of the well-informed and educated consider to be the teaching of religion and the dictates of nature. Without urging too far the Scriptural argument, we may say that the general sense of toe country is that a Divine prohibition rests on these marriages ; but, oven putting the Mosaic code aside, and considering the question as one of merely social import, the balance of advan tages is strongly on the side of maintaining the law. The advocates of a change are divided into those who demand the liberty of marrying their wives' sisters as an abstract right, and who boldly declare that a sister-in-law is no relative, and those who consider that, as the custom of forming these alliances has grown up, it would be well if the law were modified to square with a practice which they declare to be now ineradicable. The former claw it is, we think, easy to confute. The aresument of the bill's extreme supporters, that marriage with a deceased wife's sister is not incestuous, is, of course, only another way of stating the broad propcsition that there can be no incest where there is no con sanguinity. But this is merely a question of words. If one party uses the word "Incest" only to signify connexion with a blood relation, and the other uses it in a legal sense, as in the new Divorce Bill, to signify connexion betwe n those who may not lawfuily marry, it is evident that they will not agree on its meaning. But it requires but little reflection to perceive that the key to matrimonial prohibitions is to be found in the idea of the family or the household. Those who are, by the necessities of universal society or the customs of any particular community, thrown into csnstaut domestic intercourse with each other are, for the prevention of scandalous itunsorality and family discord, forbidden from thinking of each other as man and wife. Furthermore,. the man's inevitable influ-nce over his own or hip wife's rela tives is limit-d by laws which have had the sanc tion of society in every age. That the man may not marry some of his wife's kindred there sterns no doubt. Either the pardsans of the bill just rejected must declare that a man may marry his wife's mother and his wife's daughter, or they must allow that he bas not an abstract and indefeasible right to marry his wife's sister or niece. The more sea sonable advocates of the measure hive therefore given up the argument of right, and claim permis sion for these marriages on the ground of expe diency. To expediency, then, we come at last, and on this narrow ground the contest must be waged. That Lord Bury's bill would not give permission to a woman to marry her deceased husband's brother shows how little it pretends to deal with abstract justice, and how completely we are entitled to treat the matter as one of national convenience and English feeling. It is fair, then, we believe, to say that the great bulk of the English people aro satisfied with the settlement of this subject which was made 23 years since. Without inquiring into the practice of society under widely different conditions, we may argue that in this crowded country, with its great number of single women, and the universal habit of introducing unmarried sisters into the households of their brothers in-law, the permission to form such alliances would lead to evils far out balancing the benefits to particular parties. It of When women a wife ought eom e t s o to b see e a probable cannot be d ou bt e d that the feeling of women in this cou n t ry i s strongly against the bill, and certainly th e ques ti on is one on which the feeling ouse , it re a is so plainge neral haalt t herself in the Sister • allowed some successor or niece whom she now re ceivesm her whichhouse, the country mu s t receive trtjr the family t arrangements into an unpleasant modifica tion. In the practice of English life the wife's sister, and generally the wife's relatives, have come to be regarded by a man as his own, and thus a class of relationship s has arisen productive of much happiness to the family generally and of especial advantage to the children. Why should these family bonds be loosened by placing the wife's sister out of the pale of aflieity, and thus making her residence under her brother-in-law's roof a s note of suspicion, and after the wife's death almost an impossibility ? When we consider the sccial hap piness and security which are enjoyed under the Present system we may well ask it they are to be sacrificed to the desires of a few who think hat they can find no one to marry but the sisters of their former wives ? At present not one man in ten thousand of the educated classes, of those who are acted upon by publio opinion, ever think of such unions; but should they be legalised there can be little doubt that they would become less uncommon, to the great scandal of the laree majority of the people, and to the disruption of many faintly ties. When these marriages were voidable the social discredit which attached to them acted as a suffi cient check in the higher and middle classes, hut, should the law place them on an equality with others, their frequency would soon exercise an im portant action on society. A change iu the law is asked for to gratify two clasQes—a small and a somewhat larger one. The first consists of people of some station whose passions urge them to these alliances ; the other is made up of artisans in the manufacturing districts, among whom the bad hat it of replacing one sister by another has grown up. We cannot think that the claims of either class are so strong as to necessitate a reyolution in our ma trimonial laws, for na one can doubt that the logi cal sequence of Lord Bury's Bill is the recognition of the marriage by a widower or widow, of all the wife's er husband's relatives whatever—in short, the discontinuance of all restrictions on mar• riage on the ground of affinity. If a man may marry his wife's sister as the best person to take care of his children, why not his esife's grown-op daughter for the same purpose—whss not even his wife's mother ? Why may not a widow left with children many her husband's b.other, as their fittest guardlau—why not her husband's grown-up son, and to on ? No ; those who choose to form these alliances must be content to do so without the int •rven . ion of laws which are made for she general benefit of the English people ; they must be content with whatever moral sanction is given by the legality of the marriage at its German or American place o f celebration, and they must supply by testamentary disposition the absence of the legitimacy which English law cannot afford to their offspring.—Times. CANTERIIIIRY HALL - Mr. Augustus Braham, who has jug careu (3 , J asuccesslul six month:,' engagement at this favourite place of amusement, on Saturday evening pre sea Aid the spirited proprietor, Mr. Charles Morton, with an elegant tea service of silver, as a totr.en cf personal esteem, and a slight roc - gni..i,u of the unvarying cour tev anl kindues3 be had experienced during his six =oaths' engagement at this " Palace of Lambeth," NARK= .Ih4 . ) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on offer here to-day was very moderate. Compared with Monday there was a better feeling in the demand for good Nirl fine parcels, at fully that day's quotations. Inferior qualities net a slow sale, at about stationary ;;rites. Foreign wheat, the imports of which since Saturday are only 1,010 quarters, met a dull inquiry, but no actual change took place in the quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were a slow inquiry. We had a good consumptive demand for barley, at very full prices. In malt, however, very little was passing, on former terms. Oats, beans, and peas were very firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. Flour sold slowly, on former terms. Eaglish Irish Foreign. ~, ARRIVALS MS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 650 160 470 1,010 Oats. I Flour. 440 I Cn 1,000 24,280 II brl. BOROUGEI FLOP. For nil kinds of hops the demand continues very in active. In prices, however, wo have no change to notice. The plantation accounts aro still favourable. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. -(YESTERDAY.) the LORD CHANCELLOR took hie seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord T..EnNBOROUGII moved for the production of a letter addressed by him to the Court of DirectorF, dated the 28th of April, and also for the memorandum of Sir G. Clerk on the same subject.—Agreed to. Lard STA NLEY of ALDERLEY presented peti tions from the Chamber of Commerce and the Legal Society in ManchwEr, complaining of the conduct of Mr. Jemmett, the Commissioner of Ba.bkruptcy in Manchester. They prayed that Mr. Jecomott might be removed from the bench. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was afraid, although the appointment of the C omm i ss i oners i n Bankruptcy was vented in him, he bad no power what ever to remove these officers. The petition was then ordered to Fe on the table. SIR J. OITTRAM AND MR. HALLIDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR read letters from Slr J. Outram and Mr. Halliday, acknowledging the cotes of thanks their lordships had transmitted to them for the part they had taken in suppressing the mutiny in Bengal. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atian, and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. ad— i di all all all 100 100 IDo. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake klur Butf., Brnt. & Godch 6 p.c.b(ls., 1 Aug.:7 - d Do. do., 1 July, '7. Do. do., I June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim. 'Ceylon A shares Demerara Eastern Bengal I East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. D 0.4 p.c.8ur15.,'5.0 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada, Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Wostn. of Cana ls Do. New .2s6d gd d 7:j — 8! }B4 88 75 80 74 73 1 -- li Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, do. ... Do. do., '73, without $d , 3 / 4 (1 1 1031 iP option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 44 p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.n Do. 4th Ex., do. Oxide (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c 171 -18 i i 37 39 72 75 101 -- 24 ld 17/ 17 3g - 3idi 1 106 - 110 106 - 110 Do. 1041 31 4 38i 201 171 1 103 -- 106 17g -18 i 19i— 20 1 lid -- lidl d par' d parl par i p, FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam 5.t 5t 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia di Francisco id par 5 all Belgian East. Junct k 20 all Beziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeau%di Toulouse Coal Mines and By. 2 —2/ 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 25 20 2s. Euphrates Valley •••• ••• ••• 20 all Gt. Central of France ... ••• 20 all Great Luxembourg 7 7i 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all L—se Const. & Bale .. ••• 20 all Lierre and Turnhout —'...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 21 3 5 all Lucca di Pist.sp.c.p. .•• •• 20 all Lyons and Geneva 22 23.3 33 all Maria Antrula 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 211 211 16 all Northern of France 361 364? 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 84 92 20 all Paris and Lyons 3Ol 30i' 20 all Ditto New - 20 all Paris and Orleans 49 51 20 9 Recife di San Fran , (Perham.) g. 7 P. c. 20 11 Riga and Dur,aburg 10 all Rome and Frsseati.... 20 ali Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish ••• ••• 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7. 10 all *)o. 5i per cent. pref — 9 20 all Southern of France.) 191 —20 i 8i all West Flanders 4i 10 ill Do. 54 per c. Pr.l 20 all W. di N.W. of France 23 21 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all Wu.t. of Switzerland 6 all .es. aden 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. 20 al. Zealand ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 all „ 50 Ag u r s a tr t asi Un a ited Serv. 861 100:, 51:1j, Bankl_3,k of c L E o g n y d p o t u 1! a 2_ , i 5 ,1 I ....... .. ...... 5 2 ? 5 0311 23150 20 all ,c is Jiltkisho N. American; 5 4 4 8 62 oloniad f Ind. Au.&Ch 3 2 all Commerci . ... 12000,1 5 0 ' C ity......... . 30 29 81 100 20 Commercial 20 all I , ,ng.Seot.L. A. ° u f . 1-4) 1 9 —2l VI all LtdO i rl . i i il l id . li j r 4 :: 184 171 20 1 50 10 London Joint Stock. 30 30 100 20 Lond.amlWestminst. 47 49 48 32 31i Do 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New • • • • —. 50 25 NTationaißank 1.4,0 20 all cow South Wales 45 4 7 * 25 all >dental Bank Corp 37 38 na 20 I a ll Ottoman Bank 100 25 'Orovincial of Ireiand: 61 83 10 all no. New 25 all So ith astralia 25 15 Do. New 25 all Union of Australia 52 54 45 47 45i 50 10 Union of London 23 24 3 00 50 Unity Mutua . .“ .. . 100 620 Wcarank of Loud l9 174 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bi yth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) IBris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. 1110. 4 per c. Shares ; ICaledn. £lO 4. p. c Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandonstp.c Dun .Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls, A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Ea.s.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St j'East Un. G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/1 Debentr.Sh. Do, do. 4 per cent.,. East Laneash.6o.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth Ediu.&Gl. sp. c. lEd. Prth. &Dun. 4p.c . :Furness. 5 p. c & p.c Great Northn. 5 p.e IDo. 5 p. c. Bede, m at 10 p. c. prem.,,, Do. 4i per cent..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at p. C. Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pr( . Gt, S & W. (Ireland) , Do. 4 per c. Prof. F'A. i Gt.W.(R. ATT . 7.r "in. zed, 4i p. c. Do, con. red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per tent. Do l t 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. ChesterBp.e.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do 00. Birm. Gus,. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do, do. do. Do, do. do Lan. & York. 6pc. St Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No 1 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do, do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 T .. ct Lon. & S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares Lon dy. & Color. Sh Londy.&Ennis. Sh M., S.,&L. 6 p.... Do. do. do. Cent. Do. do. 3} per cent. Mat ypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. gid.Consol. 6 13. c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 ID. c Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &11. Pref. St New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Nrorf k. Deb. 4 p. c Sh Do. sp. c. Ext. 1946 Do. 5:1 , p.c. pf, 187 Do. Wv. V. sp. ..,1847 North British Do. 71. ereference N. E. Beres. 4 p. c. Pd. ;Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 po. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do.Yorkll.& S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. let guar. 'Do. p.c., c. 2d guar I Do, do. Debeutr. St I Scot. Ceut.New Prei. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. ;Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. !Do. d 0.4 p.c. pf. St South Devon IDo. fixed 46 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading I l Ann.) of £1 Os. Gd. )o. 4i per cent !Do. Fixed 4i p.a. Sh Do. New 4,) pr. con :S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. I Do. do. 44 p. S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar 'Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do, do. do. Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc 48 - 50 93 - 95 116 i - 103 ... - .. 5/ - .6 110 • 115 103 - 108 115 - 118 115 - 117 132 - 134 79 - 81 a e.(*i ,120 - 122 U 2 -• 114 105 - 167 65 - (7 11 - 90 -- 92 81 -- 83 82 -- 84 96 -- 98 -- 10 16 -- 17 9i -- 72 -- 74 18 -- 19 , 9 -- 9A 13i -- lic .110 142 1.60 - 185 122 - 124 4 - 4 68 - 70 139 - 141 102 - 101 92 - 94 1:14 - - los 110 98 99 it - 23 - 24 1119 - 121 1105 - 107 93 - 100 119 - 121. 125 - 27 74 - 76 10.1 - 1• 23 - 24:f 101 - 193 101 - 103 16 j -17 f 28 - 29 ••• -- ••• 40 - 45 BRITISH MINES. 9/ 12'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) l 8A 04 t 20 14 I 'British Iron 20 , Condurow (Cambru.) 50 CO ••• 10 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) 465 475 ... 30 East Basset (Mogan) , 90 • 95 Oil 17s Great South Tolgus l5 • 16 ••• 11 31 G rt. W. Alfrd.(Philk.) 6 63 76Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 11 11 ••• _ ... 17s Lady Bertha . 8 N. Frances (Mogul) 6/ --76 ••••• ... N.W.Basset (Mogan) 83 9 ~. 6/15' North Wheal Crofty I 4 5 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St • Blaxy)l 16 17 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.)' ... •.. ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1 11 ... 2/ S. Caradon (St. Cleer 395 -• 405 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 23 3 ... ... 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. ,230 --240 5 46 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co.I 1 -- it 10 9 Tin Croft i 3 1 3 i ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwenuap) 70 90 ... 12s 6V. of Towoy (Camay,) i 14 ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan) `z2 24 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 95 105 ... 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan).170 150 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdr uth ). 1 20C - 220 ... 53 Wh. Edward(Calstek) 41 5 ... 1178 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant)l 8 9 ... 8 Wh.Ma.Anu (Menht.) 46 48 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 .-• 26 , FUttEltilsi slily .es.-...... 20 i 74 'Australian 1 los. 'Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 1 6 p 1 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... •,,. 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 12 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co 1 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 U Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 ' all New Granada it 6 1 all Novean Mondo 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM4 S nit 5 7 5 1 Port Philip A $ 30 1 16/ Santia„, ,, ,, do Cuba all United Mexican 31 31 1 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) . ... - 25 19 Australian Agricult. 29 30 10 all 'Australia. Royal Mail 1 ..... 11 10 all ,Berlin Water Works. 33 4 10 2 Do. New iss. at 5/. d ..• ••• 50 40 ;Brit. American Land 100 32t Canada 1 .•• ••• 1 115 120 St. 100 Do.Go.6pe.Jan&July 113 114 1131 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 7 6 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll 1.3 13 5 a ll ,Do. Preference 4 all ,Crystal Pal. of France .„. .. 20 all Eastern Steam ...... , 2A 3 St. '_oo Electric Telegraph - 110 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... .. 5 all .En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 —1:; 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. .. 9 all lEur.StAm.Stm.(lim.) 21 3i 20 all 'Gm. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... .. 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. .. _ : 20 a e n n . si E o l n ec iel T e e g l ; " 7 . 4 -- ii 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 2,f 211 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... .. 1 11 0 00 a alali l l l I‘' A l ic oe xi cLi. E c tex a i n t. &S.Amerien ~. ii . 25 5 . Nat. Discount Co — .1 10 6 (Netherlands Land , .. --- 10 all ID°. Do. 5 all IDo.B p.e.lnies.at ld. 11 14 5 3 'Do. Do. 100 80 iNew B. laN. S. Lend ... _ .. St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 983 —99 664 8i 1 all Nt. IL Australasian... 4 20 all ,Irth.ofEuropoStearo 21 34 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id i i 5 all ?eeli-tr• Ld. & Minrl 2 24 50 all Peninsular dl Oriental 784 79: 1 50 10 Do. Now .. 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 wya., Alai! Steno 59 - - 61 60 1 all scot. Austral. Ittv est. 1 1 St. '.OO S.Ane.Gov.6p.e.bds. 10 109 n all South Austral. Land 36 3T 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 1 all Do. Registered ...... i 1 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co.Up.Can. ... 7- ... 4 100 28 3 / 4 Van Diemou'll I.+Ancl,. i 104 rir: 114 LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL. This bill ;as read a third time Red passed. RAILWAY CHEAP TRAINS, &e., BILL. This boil passed through committee. JOINT STOCK BANKING COMPANIES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CORNWALL SUBMARINE MINES BILL. This bill passed ibrou4h committee. COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS BILL. The Commons' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. ART UNION'S ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill pa-sed through committee. FRIENDLY SOCIETY ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill passed through committee. COUNTY PROPERTY CONVEYANCE BILL. This bill was read a Vlirel time and passed. LEGITIMACY DECLARATION BILL. This bill was read a third time and pawsed. GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (LATE NEW CALEDONIA) BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was amended.. by the substitution of the new title of the colony for that first proposed. The Ch€l4ea-bridga Act Amendment, the Returns to Secretary of State, the Detached Parts of Counties, and the Lunatics (Scotland) Act Amendment Bills were severally read a third time and pase , l. REFOR I I.I.TORY SCHOOLS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. HERRING FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CLERK OF PETTY SESSIONS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. MILITIA PAY BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATION FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. This bill was read a second time. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The Earl of DERBY, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the bill was of considerable importance, and as those who were aware of the state of the river would acknowledge, one of great urgency. The bill was of that kind that it did not involve the ne cessity of entering into a discussion of the various schemes which had been proposed for the purification of the river. The first queetion to be considered was as to the mode of raising the necessary funds for purifying the Thames. It was said on the one hand that it was unfair to the metropolis to call on it to bear alone the expense of this work, and on the other it was contended that it would be uwair to the community at large that any por tion of the expense should be borne by the general pub lic. If Government contributed aid from from the public funds fur this work in the metropolis he did not see bow they could refuse similar aid to Edinburgh, Dublin, and other large towns. He believed that works similar to these which it was intended to apply to the metropolis had been carried out on a similar scale in Leicester, and he believed were about being carried out in Glasgow. It did not seem to him that the work was beyond the re sources of a great and wealthy metropolis like London. If the principle was adopted that the metropolis should pay for the work, it followed almost as a necessary con sequence that the control and direction cf the works should be entrusted to persons who had the confidence of the metropolis itself, and as there existed a board elected by the ratepayers of the metropolis it seemed to the House of Commons that they should be the persons to carry out the intentions of Parliament with regard to the purification of the river. That board since its original nstitution bad not been very effective or operative, but it roust be said that the Metropolitan Board of Works had neither an absolute discretion nor the means of carrying out the works—they and the Government authorities holding different opietions as to the best mode of prece e ling. He thought that it aboard of this kind was constituted at all it was necessary in the first place that they should be entrusted with sufficient funds for effec kg the purposes thiq had to perform, and in the next place pat, subjest to the responsibility waich they owed to the ratepayers, they should be int tiered with as little as possible by any extraneous authority. It was thought more wise not to encutrilwr the board wi h any limitation as to where the outfall was to take place, but to leave the utmost possible latitude to the board. There could be little doubt he believed, that the nuisance of the river had been aggravated by the opera tions on the sewers for sanitary purposes, which had taken place last year, Those operations had no doubt improved the sewers of London, but by collecting all the filth of the metrop-lis, and pouring it into the river, the river became a public nuisance. The Board of Works were by this bill constitw ed the sole authority fer execut ing the works for the purification of the river. It was generally understood, though there was no express provi sion to that effect in the bill, that the modus operandi was to be by means of in' ercepting sewers,. whereby the sewage MO not to he allowed to fa 1 into the river until it had undergone the process of deodorisation. It would be most desirable if the two processes of deodorisation and of preserving the tertilteing properties of the sewage could be combined, and theattention of science ought to be at once directed to this subject, for it seemed an incre dible fact, that whilst they were purchasing and import kg manures at great expense from distant countries, they were poisoning and polluting the Thames by throw , ing into it vast quantities of manure, the value of which could hardly be exaggerated. (Hear.) In order to enable the board to carry out these great works provhion was made in the bill for raising by a rate of 31. in the pound on the various districts of the metropolis a sum of 3,000,0001. The bill proposed to a certain extent, to pledge the credit cf the government, 93 as to enable the board to borrow, on security of the rates, on more ad vantageeus terms than they would otherwise be able to do. It also provided that the Exchequer Loan Commie sioners should be empowered to advance from time to time, sums of money on security of the rates. These were the simple provisions of the bill as sent upfront the other house and they were of such a nature that he apprehended it would be impossible for their lordships to introduce any amendetents, because the whole bill was one of a pe cuniary character, making pecuniary arrangements for carrying oat this great work. At the same One he did not suppose that their lordships would be disposed to obstruct a work which all admitted to be necessary at the present moment—a work which would be carried out through the instrumentality of the Metropolitan Board, under tie control of popular opinion and the overseeing of the ratepayers, and . also under the control of the G.- vernment, in regard to the execution of the works. It must be admitted that this to a certain extent was an experiment. But the Board of Works had fully consi dered the question for two or three years ; they had the assistance of very able engineers ; and they ex p ressed confidence that by the plan which they intended to adopt they should be enabled to restore the river, at all, several years to some portion of that purity wh ich it possei"ndterfreeredl years ago, and which had been so lamentably f with by the present syst em of sewage. He the are asked their lordshipe to give a second r eading to this bill. The Duke cf NEWCAS TLE said that though the bill did not contain any scheme, it practically adopted one, by imposing the duty upon the Meero_ pt lita . n . Board, who bad th it own scheme. Without deternamkg whether their scheme Cr some other was the best, Le was glad that anything s hould be done ; f a r even a step in the wrong direction would lead the expense bett er . H e conc urred in the propriety of expense being thrown on the metropolis; but as to the popular principle being adopted, it was the very minimum of that principle. The representation of the ratepayers by the Metropolitan Board was the very minimum of representation, The members were chosen by vestries, not by the ratepayers; and there was a second and even a third election, by which the number was reduced to 43. By this meats the amount of responsibility to the ratepayers was ex tremely sma'l. Having conferred these large power n the board they would soon find it necessary to alter the constitution of the body, so as to Lava a proper re presentation of the whole metropolis. One great vice of the present board was its large number. He feared that a body of forty-three gentlemen would never arrive at any satisfactory conclusi-n, and that they would con tinue to deserve the nick-name they had gained — "the Board of Words." He regretted that the bill did not contain some provision empowering the board to ap point c)mmittees of six or even three members. the original bill Government reserved a right of inspection and control ; but that provision had been removed. He regretted to find that clauses had been introduced re serving ail the rghts of the conservators of the Thames, thereby giving the sole power over the river to a body representing a small portion of the metropolis. The Government had rightly abandoned its own power of interference, but a control and veto was now given to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London. The Lord Mayor recently stated that be had long prayed that he might fill that office when Lord Derby was Prime Mi nister—(a laugh)—but in the I eig,ht of his piety he could never have contemplated such extraordinary power, being couferred'en himself and colleagues. By the pro- visions of the bill the corporation would have power to, thwart everything that was done by the Metropolitan Board. He hoped the Government would reconsider those clauses. Lord CRANWORTIT said ea' it would be extreme?' nriz t to those living down the river that the Legislator, should, as it were, indicate the point at which the se wa g e of London should ' be discharg d into the river. The in. habitants of Erith and other places found the nuisance suffic'ently great already. There was a cla tise to the effect_ that the board should not create a nuisance , but hefeared that this would not be prevented by-deodorisation. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the clauses referred to by Lord Cranworth bad been struck one of the bill, DBAFTS ON BANKERS LAW AMENDMENT • BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading Of thi hill, gave a short summary of its provi sions, which are now well known. The act of 1856, which was thought to have furnished a complete security as to crossed cheques, had been put to the test at the latter end of last year, when a cheque was stolen from* letter and the crossing obliterated. Toe -corn is then de cided that the crossing was not a material part of the cheque ; and thus the intentions of the Legislature were entirely frustrated. Hence the necessity for the present measure. The fourth clause had been introduced Lir the protection of bankers, in cases where there was no trace of the crossing of a cheque having been obliterated. H e skought this a very reasonable and proper protection, as the bill imposed additional responsibility on bankers. In nice cases out of ten cheques got into improper hands through the ncgliizence of the drawer. Lord OVERSTONE, who spoke with his back to the gallery, was understood to express his approval of the bill. He earnestly hoped that the Government would not yield to the representations that bad been made to them azainst the protection which was given to bankers by the fourth clause of the bill. After a few words from the Earl - et DONOUSHUORS and Lord CRANWOBTH, the bill was read a second time. MILITIA (SERVICE ABROAD) ACT CONTI NUANCE BILL. The Earl of DERBY moved the second reading of this bill, and briefly stated its object. He referred to the satis factery progress of recruiting for the regular army. In the last ten months not less than 60,000 men bad been recruited ; and at tLcs present time, notwithstanding the season, they were recruiting at the rate of 3,000 a month. As many of these recruits had not attained their full strength it was not thought d es i ra bl e to send them at once on foreign service, where they wou ld b e exposed to vicissitudes of climate ; the bi:l therefore enabled the War-office to substitute for them some of the more sea soned men now in tee militia. The bill was then read a second tim". MILITIA ACT (No. 2) CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was then read a second time. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. The Earl of HARDWICKE moved the second read ing of the bill. The object, he said, was to give those who had the franchise the power of enjoying it, by re quiring the candidate to convey the elector to the poll, without making to him any money payment. This had became a necessity, unless means cuuld have been devised of bringing polling places to the doors of the voter.. This bill was intendsd to r-rn •ey a crc..,, (2. , 2orzeuct:ng .n tLc.:LiOD, and there was nothing like en scuragermnt to corruption in it. Earl GItANVILLE thought that tie noble earl had not succeeded in givieg their lordships a very clear ex• planation of this measure. He wished to make an earnest appeal to the noble earl at the head of the Government to reduce this to a mere continuance bill. It was now a continuance bill, but with one or two amendments, and one amendment was very important, its object being to enact that that which had been considered bribery for many years should no longer be such. Of course the matter would affect both sides equally, and therefore it ought to be treated without any party feeling at all. (Hear, hear.) He well recollected that when a very Mani. Lr clause was strenuously endeavoured to be introduced into a measure four or five years ago it was rejected by an overwhelming majority, and Lords Brougham and Campbell took an active part in the matter, entirely con curring in their views. This matter had been very much canvassed in the - House of Commons, and it now came be'ere their lordships on the last day when it was pos bible that by th• standing orders it could be read a second time, so as to be passed this session. He did not wish to go much into the matter of the amendment, but he would say that there was no doubt some advantage in conveying voters to the poll, especially in some consti tuencies, though there were, on the other hand, great di=advantages. He knew that there was a provision in the bill intended to obviate some of the inconve nience by providing that the voter might be offered the means of c , nveyarice, but not the money to pay for it. It was perfectly certain that under this bill the expenses of elections would be enormously in creased, if every voter thought that he had a legal right to be conveyed to the pall. Feeling that this was a sub ject which should be referred to a select committee, and as a bill was to be introduced by the Government to deal with the whole question next session, he trusted that the noble earl would make this a mere continuance The Earl of DERBY was afraid that he could not accede to the proposition made to him. His noble friend was well aware that this matter had occupied the atten tion of the House of Commons for a considerable time, and had been much discussed there. It certainly was the intention of the Homo Secretary to bring in a much more extensive measure, embracing the whole question, and involving points upon which there was much more difference of opinion than upon this. Toe present bill, how ever, settled a point of law upan which there had been fora long time very much doubt, and he believed there had been conflicting decisions in two courts ; and in one case the judgment had been reversed by a superior court. Tnere was considerable difficulty amen the highest authorities as to whether or not it was legal to carry a voter to the poll,end it was a question of very consid rable im portance. This bill proceeded in the most equitable manner. Though there might be an increase of expense in some cases by allowing voter., to be carried to the poll,yet if they were not allowed to be conveyed there would be a prac tical disfranchisement of a large portion of some consti ,uetc'es. There were many voters who had not the means to defray the expense of travelling a long distance. His noble friend said that this would be giving a legal right to be carried to the poll, but that was not the fact ; the bill only gave the candidate power, if be saw fit, of conveyirg the voter to the poll. It would be carrying the doctrine of bribery a very long way to make that come within it. He thought that this was a question which it was desirable should be settled, and he believed that the House of Commons bad settled it consistently with equity and round policy, end he did not propose to at andon the decision to which they had come. The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought that his noble friend was quite wrong in calling this a settlement of the question. (Hear.) Tne Home Secretary, in the House f Commons, expressly Stated that it was no settlement at all, and he said more than once that in next session it was his intention to bring in another bill, and to refer the subject to a committee. He thought it was impossible that at this period of the session they could do better than pass a mere continuance bill. What took place four of five years ago had been referred to. On that occasion the matter came before the house a week or tvvo before the close of the session ; and he felt so strongly in refe rence to introducing a similar clause to this that he moved its omission, arid that motion was carried by a majority of 34 to 4. There bad been many instances of bribery through the hiring of conveyances ; and another inconve nience from this clause might be, that the candidate who was in the field first, having a ler b e amount of money, would hire the whole conveyances existing in the locality and so prevent b:s opponent getting his voters to the poll. His noble friend spoke of this as a Satisfactory ad justment of the questiou ; but how was it such an adjust: fluent I It might be an adjustment of the question ia reference to voters near the polling place ; but how could they provide conveyance for a voter at a distance__ is with out having an agent there fir the purpose f t H great objection if there to the bill, however, was that would . leg g a r lis a e t the carrying of voters at all. It . was true . might disfranchise some they might to the Expense or would provision no t pu t a u ! • to the poll. 'Was there any harm in v w o a t s e r n s o w t " s h u o c w h trouble of going d;eranchising those persons ? They eheu!d inculcate on the voter; he moral duty of exercising his trust by voting.. The Duke of SOMERSET thought it undesirable that the candidate should pay the expense of carrying voters] to the poll, and that at all events this matter snood nc t be , settled without thefe having been an in geirye It was said, on the other hand, that they might dish at, chile voters, but it would be a still greater evil to bribe a man to vote by carrying him to the poll. This system of conveyance would be a great means of bribery. Men would go on journeys to see their friends when they. knew that an election was coming cn, and so be brought back at the expense of the candidate. He hoped Viet the noble earl would postpone this °lama., and al.ow it to be considered next year. Lord EBURY also earnestly entreated the noble earl to make th s a mere continuance bill. The clause as to oniveyance of vote r 3 was called a settlement of the goes. Lion ; but he hoped it never would be set.led in this way. This way of settling it would lead to great demoralisa tion, and there were many constituencies where almost every voter would apply for a conveyance. He would Ok the question, why should a candidate be saddled with the pereonal expenses of the voter? The voter should pay his own personal expenses, and the remainder of the expense should be defrayed by the borough or celerity. If this clause passed many voters would ask for conveyance who would not before have done so, because there was a legal right to have conveyance, and every one of these voters would demoralise themselves. The bill was then read a second time. The Earl of DERBY proprsed that the bill should go into committee t' -morrow (Wednesday). Alter some discussion, however, it was arranged that this stage of the measure should be postponed until Tuvday, with the understanding that the report should be brought up the same day, and the discussion be pro eat ded with immediately. The Civil Bills, &0., (Ireland) Aet Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Judgments (Ireland) Act Amendment Bill 114 read a second time. The New Writs Bill was read a second time. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past 9. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY• ) The SPEAKER took the obair at 12 o'clock. NEW WRITS. Sir W. JOLLIFFE moved for ne w w v r a i Devon and North Cheshire, the former Y. Buller, t e e s for nt bySo South dreds by Sir 3. X. acceptance of the Chiltern Hun Sir. W. T. Egerton. The motion was agreed to. Ind the latter by the appointment to a similar office of The Lords' amendments to the South Wales Railway (new railway, &c.) bill and the Vale of Towy R a il wa y ';ill, were considered and agreed to. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Colonel WILS ON PATTEN called attention to the ,tarding ordprA of the hrtr:Q t, 11l ::. •.i..v to some ita ,eee,v.-:meutF, lie adverted particularly to the difficulties la the way of railway committees, and recommended ,be appointment of five permanent chairmen. He had had communications with gentlemen bf experience in the house, and he was happy to say that three moot ,xperienced chairmen bad agreed to serve. Lord R. CECIL concurre d i n th e v i ew expressed by Colonel Patten, an d cons id ere d th a t the majority of members were unfit for such committee dutiece A 8 wers . inpooed upon them. With regard to private bid inn& WHITECLT A PEL. The supplies of meat wore only moderate, and the trade generally 'tiled steady, as follows :-- Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 23 to 4s 4;,1; lamb, 4s 4(1 to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 63; peer, 3s 0d to 4s Od per Bibs by the carcase. Country Bl..lrtiet3. LIVERPOOL, JULY 27. The market to-day had a slender attendance, and there was no vigour in the demand. Prices of wheat, oats, oat meal, and flour were much the same as on Friday last. B.,ans, peas, and low feeding Indian corn fully supported rocent rates. LEEDS, JULY 27. The arrivals are moderate to-day, but the weather is fine and calm after the late gales. Holders generally stand for higher prices than were obtainable last week for fine fresh wheat, which checks business. Secondary descrip tions sell at Friday's rate?. Beaus are rather dearer from scarcity. Other articles as last written. Averages for the week : Wheat, 42s 101 d I Oats, 26s Gd I Peas, 41s Od. Barley,. 3Us 10d Beans, 41s INd Rye, 33s Od. NORWICH CATTLE —'Jinx 24. There was an average show of Scots, short-horns D.-- vons, and Irish exhibited to-day, Nr. uruvu of Dutch cattle, but thiq b eumniencement of harvest marry buyer:; wcro prevented from attending, nevertheless a fair amount of business was transacted, and late rates were fully supported. Fat beasts, 7s Od to is exl; prime, 8s Od per stone; sheep, 36s to 4Ds per head ; prime lots, 42s ; lambs, 28s to 33s ; good store pigs, 15s to 20s. Fat park, 53 Od to Cs per stone of 141bs; trade dull. PROVISION' MARKET. Beef, per lb 7d to 70 I Butter, p pt. is 61 to is 7c Mutton. per lb 6.1 d to 71d. Eggs, per 16, Os 0.1 to is Od Lamb, do., _Os 8d to Os 9,1 Hens, p pair Os Od to Os 0.1 Veal, per 1b...... 6d to Os 7.1 Chickens,do.4s Od to 5s 6 1 Pork, per 10...0s 5;(.1 to 6(1. Ducks, do., 4s 6d to 6E: 03 Salmon, per lb ......... Os Od Ducklings,do2s Od to 2s 6 I Grouse, per brace—Os to Os I Turkeys, each Os Od to 0, 03 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, per qr., ....3d to 4d COURSE OF EXCITANGr,YEsTERDAT. Amsterdam ••••••• • •• •• 11 15.74 Gibraltar .• • • ..•• •• •• •• Ditto, threo months .. 11 18 Leghorn •• •• •• 29 85 Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 18i Genoa ..... ••••••• •• •• 25 471.4 Antwerp •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 40 Ylilan •• .• •• •• •• Brussels •• •• • • •• •• •... 25 41 annbargh 13 7 Naple , l! -••••••••••••••• 41 Altona ...• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo •• •• rt.r;s•• ...• •• ..........25 1214 Messina •• • ... 125 Do. three months .... 25 37% Lisbon .. •••• ..•• 1218 Marseillaa 25 40 Oporto .. Bourdeaux •.• .o Rio Janeiro ..... .••.• •• Frankfort-on-Maine 1187; Buenos Ayres .... • • New York,6o days' sight Vienna ,• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 10 30 Philadelphia •• • • ...... Crie5t0............,... 10 31 Paters OF TIULLION, Fell oz; Petersburg ............35t4 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 %%arid •• .. 49 Portugal Gold Coin -. 0 0 0 Cadiz .........•• 49% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Itarelona •• •• • • New Dollars 0 0 SaVille.• •• ...• •• •• •• • • •• Silver in hars •• •• • 0 0 0 From the London Gazette of Last Night. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Thomas Harte Franks, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to make and ordain a Special Statute of the said Most Honourable Order for appointing Colonel Robert Napier, C. 8., of the Bengal Engineers, to be an Extra Mfnober of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Order, and also for appointing the undermen tionel Officers in the Srvico of Her Majesty and of the East India Company, to be Extra Members of the Mili tary Division of the Third Claes, or Companions of the said Ordsr, viz. : Colonel Charles Franklyn, 84th Regiment. Coloml William Campbell, 21 Dragoon Guards. Colonel ChaTlesilagart, 7th Hussars_ _ . _ Colonel Percy Hill;2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Colonel Richard Denis Kelly, 3 ith Regiment. Col"nel Henry Drury Harqess, Royal Engineers. Lient -Colonel Alexander Cameron, Oil Regiment. Lient.-Colonel Georgo Mowbray Lys, 20th fte,giment. Lient• -Colonel William Fonverek oth Regiment • Lieut.-Colonel Charles James Buchanan Riddell, Royal Artillery. Lieut.-Colonel Edmund Cornwall Logh, 97th Regiment, Lieut.-Colonel Evan Maherly, Royai Artillery. Lieut.-Colonel James Maeaul Hagart, 7th Hussars. Lieutenant-Colonel James Peter Robinson, ItlilitDry Train. Major William George Le Mesurier, Royal Artillery. Major William Chester Master, sth Regiment. Major William Alexand,r Milileten, Royal Artillery. Dr. John McAndrew, Inspector-General of Hospitals. Lieutenant-Colonel James Duncan Macpherson, 22d Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Edwin Beaumont Johnson, Bengal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Galwey, let Regiment of Madras European Fusiliers. Lieutenant-Colonel William Olpherts, Bengal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel George Wade Guy Green, 2d Regi ment of Bengal Fusiliers. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Alexander Carleton, Bengal Artillery. Major Lousada Barrow, sth Regiment of Madras Native Cavalry. Major Hei bort Bruce, 2nd Bombay European Regiment. Major William Arden Crommeliu, Bengal Engineers. WHITEHALL, JULY 24. ' " The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing James Major, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, and Christopher Copinger, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be Her Majesty's Commissioners, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of the municipal affairs of the borough of Belfast. • WHITEHALL, JULY 26. _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Milner, M. A., to the Rectory of the United Parishes of Saint Antholin and Saint Joh❑ the Baptist, in the city and diocese of London, void by the cession of the Reverend William Calvert. WHITEHALL, JULY 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint E lwar3 Strat lasarn Gcrdoa, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of Perth. WHITEHALL, JULY 27. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the Unite.i Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto Sir John Yard° Buller, Bart., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Churston, of Churston Ferrero, and Lupton, in the county of Devon. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wm. s G u a ril- i• oo r nBl o oe w Lettsom, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation to the Mexican Republic, to be her Majesty's Ch ,red de A ffaires and Consul-General to the Republic of Bolivia. Queen ßreal; v f eo u a r tt s hoe also fitauts b hsi e e been graciously Ports Erts,alq.ct.is? thel h y v please deßrlalcika to esset ay a pas and Con sul-General t George i thorrethhe SeeamQxial oteifeclAie h zo l ff, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation t has also been lie graciously pleased to appoint Edwin Corbett, Esq., now paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Copenhagen, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, Esq., now Third Paid Attache to her Majesty's Legation at the Court of Persia, to be her Majesty's Consul-General for the Russian Ports in the Black Sea and in the Sea of Azoff. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George Payne Rainsford James, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul in the State of Virginia, to be her Majesty's Con sul-General for the Austrian Coasts of the Adriatic Sea. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Lewis John Barbar, now British Vice-Consul at Alexan dretta (Acting Consul at Naples), to be her Majesty's Con sul in the State of Virginia, COAMIbSI , INS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Ensign Henry Milward Nash to be Lieutenant, vice Coote, resigned. 2d Regiment of Warwickshire Militia—Lieutenant H. Leftwich Freer to be Captain, vice Captain George Wood viY a c t e t Freer,resigned; let Regiment of the Duko of Lancaster's Own Militia — Edmund Geoffrey Stanley H or nby, Esq., to be Gaptain. prom Ensignoted Ri c h ar d James to be Lieutenant, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Wall, carpenter, Sauthnurt, Lancashire, BANKRUPTS. Henry Tatham, gun maker, Charing-cross, to. aurrender Aug. 9, at eleven, and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Court of 13.nkruptcv. Thomas Longworth, draper, Staveley, Derbyshire, Aug. 7 and Sept. 11, at ten, in the Council-ball, Sheffield. Edward Lyde and Phillip Stone, warehousemen, Bristol, Aug. 9 and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District .Court of Bankruptcy. David Widdowson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Aug. 10 and 26, at half-past ten, at the Shire-ball, Not tingham. Thomas Stratford, butcher, Birmingham, Aug. 7 an d 2', at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Cornelius Bowe Palmer, innkeeper, Aberdare. Aug. 10 and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Bti.tol District Court. Thomas Binne, manufacturer, Deighton, Yorkshire Aug. , 13, and Sept. 3, at eleven, at th e L ee d s Di s t r i ct Court. Parmenas Pearce MudgP, Pr: f_ of music,., Saint Leonard, Pevonslairu, Aug. 3 and 30, at o ne , a t th e Exeter District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Hugh Munro, merchant, Invergordon. Robert Hunter, clothier and outatter, Vlyde-places Glasgow,