The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-26 00:00:00

........ 26. AT A Willis, vilfully ases, a 3rooks, )assage he had one of bought notice consi- he case to de- rot nd 4 er such king, a 'lbs. of ;. He ;e you would done. kery ; onths by, an I, and I Ititt, imith- Lrdley, e pro- ;neer yard, t have lrinks Mrs. it fel faults week rolled Ilf ON.EY MA YITY NEWS. ORDINARY SHAD CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England Return, completed to the 23d March, shows little variation of importance. 1z.,0 Amberg., dotting. Bost. The bullion, consequent upon the large purchases B and Eastern Juw , fiox 1 of silver on th e C on tinent, h as b een s li g h t l y re- 13 5 .1 0 4 Bir., 4T, d an E rg n r. e l n r:l: a a l Stock Bii: a k i;a l ti a o n n c., and Chesil. 10 duce& and the reserve of notes has also been aitninished to a very limited extent. In the other g Blackburn securities there is an augmentation of nearly a Stock IXl l ol an an d d T i;l e eter Stock Caledoan quarter of a million, ow i ng t o th e increased Stock Chester ni 10 and Holyhead activity of commerce, and the preparations made 50 Cork and Bandon a] for the instalments on th e var i ous l oans l ate l y i n- 20 arrok;vßailli rock,&Passage a] trodueed upon the money market. The Public 10 Do. A uAntroves. carno div. f a ' ol l al t a Deposits show a slight increase, which is attribu- hasb 10 Do. B table to the collection of the revenue ; but the Active g fLu n bui e arl j attju un n e e : a a I I Circulation has exhibited no material alteration. Stock Fast Anglian lr 1( In the other item s o f th e b a l ance - s h ee t t h ere i s Stock Eastern .C, gi n o t n ies A Stock 1( little change to report; the variations will be seen st 2 ozk D o o . . D Nw.r(ite.P.T S J34 1( in the subjoined table :-7. 25 East Kent a, Stock East Lancashire lO Active Circulation .. .. .. £20,332,185 20 East Suffolk Increase .. .. .. 930 10 Do Bullion .. .. .. • • .. 19,864,535 Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 10 58,197 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee lO 3,654,290 10 Forth & Clyde Junction a] Stock Furness 1,814 Stock Glasgow& South Resin lO .. 8,988,757 10 Great North of Scotland al .. 144,260 Stock Great Northern lO .. 13,601,339 Stock Do. do. A Stock 10 39,926 Stock Do. do. B Stock lO Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(l re ld) 10 • . 804,205 .. Stock Great Western 39,207 Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk lO • • 10 , 696 , 147 12 Irish South Eastern a] No•alteration. 50 Lancaster and Carlisle al Other Securities .. .. .. 16,908,094 16/ Do. Thirds Increase 204,482 1613 4 Do. New Thi r d s l, .. .. .. Notes Unemploy e d .. .. .. 13,310,765 Stock 16 D Lancashire & Yorkshir e 10 Do. do. F Decrease .. .. .. .. 4930 9 Do. do. £9 £l6 1 shares A statement was circulated yesterday afternoon 20 3 Do. Do. x West p ß o i r dpg Union al to the effect that Messrs. Thomson, Bonar, and Stock London — and Blackwall. al Co. had undertaken to contract a Russian loan of stock Lon N .rrig B 7; t a o t n 2 1 1 S ° 27 O . a s S h i 101 — St l o 2 cl k i o o ntr o d i SiN s 'orth Westn 10! nearly £12,000,000 in a 3 per cent. security at 67. From inquiries, however, it appears that the firm Stocit London& South-Westn. ioi in question have no information to give upon the 25. L':(dieeriT.37, & Coleraine al Stock k IT ., Shg, & Lincoln.. 101 , subject. It seems as though they were without i an any positive instructions, and were merely in Stock Ifidfand lO Stock la L lLlr t m . laalt. (Ireland) lal receipt of telegraphic advises like the rest of the public. Perhaps it would have been 1 :5 I?oZhare an s tle d Carlisle a] advisable on their part t o h ave issued 25 New., Aber., & Herefd a] some communication, showing how far the 10 ,Lewrywry,'Aiagh& toe s al statements now circulated are correct. The re- Stock Norfolk Warpt ., 10 50 North. Co port, however, is believed at th e St oc k E xc h ange. Stock North British unties Union 101 Stock il o or i Daßail r dz ea D n k a . S d t iv k la If the intelligence should prove correct, the opera tion will not exercise a very powerful effect upon Stock Do. B Stock until 6p.c.h asbeenpdß 101 10( the money market here, as, a ccor di ng t o rumour, Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 101 Do. d i o . Z B N.E.Purchase 12. i lists are to be opened in some of the principal cities :st 2S ock L of the continent, where Russian securities are held (Meek Do. York -101 In hi Stock North London lO , gh estimation. 10 N. &S.Westn., llampstd In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair 20 North City Junction £3 h Staffordshire 1 20 North-Western amount 'of business was transacted, and pri ces exhibited an improvement. The sales were esti- soc o k C. T :lfc ' fo & r 1, '3 4 . 0 r iv . , dc j fi n ot o r n It.l mated at 10,000 bales. 10 Peebles , al 20 Portsmouth The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon 10 Rhymney ll Stock Scottish Central lO exhibited a slight decline. Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 101 About £65,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from stock Do. Scottish spwsigriesibM in t o cl it Stock 10 the Bank of England yesterday for exportation to 10 Sittinzbourne & Sheer all Stock South Devon lO the continent. Stock South-Eastern lO In the market for Public Securities, to-day, there st 2 o o ck , ' o o u u g. l l , V o a r le s s . k &Riy.Dun li have been further indications of heaviness, a few 20 Do. t do __ l] 72t.00 StocktonS ais,Wkol:.a,r&lialigtakn a]a operations having sufficed to cause a decline of i per cent. The New Russian loan, and the adverse 25 Do . • go o . . 1855 i , tendency of the specie movement, have produced an Stock— itocktor & Hartlepool 11 adverse effect, while the depression on the Paris Stock l a o ff . i ' ref e erence, No. 1 Bourse also operates in a prejudicial manner. Con- Stock 2. p al a e m o 7r Te ir a v t e h o Dk &R ail 1 : sole, are now quoted 951, i, for money and account, Stock Waterford & Kilk enn y 10 Which is a declines of 1 per cent, compared with l e ) La s tr t t o r ro d w & oli Limerick a a yesterday's closing quotations. India stock has re 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. a 5 Do.A. —A recv.nodiv.till ceded to 220, and ditto Loan Debentures to 97i to ' 7 p.c. has been pd. to B a 981 ; . Exchequer Bills are s t ea d y a t 33 5. to 36 5. 20 tsl 3 London a a Prem. 10 Do. Ist Class a Business in the Foreign. Stock Market is exceed 20 Do. 2d Class a ingly dull, and prices exhibit a general decline, Turkish 6 per Cents. being 921 to 93; and ditto New . Loan, 791 to 791; Brazilian 41 per Cents. have receded to 941; Mexican to 21-1 1,. ; and Sar dinian, 811 to 82. New Austrian Loan is 1 dis to par. Decrease Rest .. • lncrease .. • • • . Public Deposits .. . Increase .. .. .. Other Deposits • • .. Decrease .. • • Seven Day and other Bills , . Increase . • .. • • Government Securities • • Share Railway,. Xll 6 ,11 - The transactions in the Railway' Share Market have been on a very limited scale, and in most in stances prices have shown a downward tendency. Eastern Counties, North Western, South Western, Midland, North British, North Eastern, Berwick and North Eastern (York) declined ss. ; Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, 10s. Brighton, Bristol and Exeter, and South Eastern brought about former rates. The Foreign lines are very inactive. Lombardo- Venetian have - receded about ss. st, st In the Colonial M ar k e t p r i ces h ave a l so given st, Way. Grand Trunk of Canada declined £1 ; Great I. ' `Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian about s 10s. to 15s. The New Debentures are quoted at to 1/ prem., and the New Shares at par to / pm. s Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show less firmness. Oriental Bank have declined 55., S London Joint-Stock, 55., and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 0 .. per Cent. Consols Annuities tudia Stock Ditto Debentures 97i Si Consols for Account 9sk I March. June. Rxehequer Bina, £l,OOO , 2d. & Izd 36 3 uitto L5OO 1 at() Small, IFI. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. , Ditto . lBsB, 41 per Cent. 94f 4 exican 3 per Cent „ Ditto Account %rdinian, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Turkish 6' per Cent _ Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on ths above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 95 I Consols for Account (April 7) MINING.—The share market generally has been kftected by the panic, and an attempt made to depreciate s everal stocks. Wheal Margaret, however, have continued 10 rise, and have reach e d 73 t o 75. Providence mines, 921 (0 95. Wheal Basset have been dealt in at 192 k to 1971; the !nine is looking well, an d u p on th e b es t authority we learn . 18 likely to continue it s p resen t ra t e o f di v id en d s for a l ong Se to come. East Basset advanced to 240, but leave off ,430 to 233. W es t C ara d on , 80 t o 85 ; a t th e mee ti ng on Thursday a dividend of £2 per share (£1,024) was declared, leaving £2,187 15s. in hand. Th e report of the mine Il howed that the prospects had improved.—Mining Journal, t his day. In the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, the case of u• P. Oakey was heard. The bankrupt was a bookseller, 411 . Paternoster-row. This was the examining meeting. 4 /is debts are £1,600 ; assets of trifling amount. His Hon- Illtr passed the bankrupt's - examination, observing that he Suld have much to answer for at the certificate meeting. The case of Collins and Collins was also determined. Tho p aternoster -row, described as publishe r s an d ma p- se ll ers , o f r aternoster-row, passed their examination on accounts Swing about £BOO due to unsecured creditors, and £1,600 1 0 those holding security. PRESERVATION OF TWENTY-FOUR LIVES FROM pine.—A*fire occurred in the metropolis yesterday, which would, in all probability, have been attended with the loss of 2 4 lives, hall it not been, for th e p rompt arr i va l of a fire escape. At appears .that police -constabl e No. 165 G ran to the con ductor's station in Hatton garde n , an d i n f ormed the man that a fire had taken place in a large double house occu pied by Mr. Kitchen, a cheesemonger, &so. situate at the rner of Greville-street, Leather-lane. The escape of the Royal Society was immediately taken to the spot, when a one that can with difficulty be described presented itself. uet of each window issued volumes of black smoke which help the front of the building, and the l ou d cr i es for be from 24 p ersons c l ear ly indicated th a t no t i me was to ue lost to effect their re scue , for the lower pa r t o f t h e pre -lises and staircases were burning like a furnace. The con 'Oretor (named Arkell) at once placed his escape in front of the house, and brought from the first floor seven persons, who were safely landed belo w . The jumpingsheet attached t o t he escape was next taken off and held by the police, when gve or six persons were thrown from the second floor, and \ Vere received in the sheet without receiving any material jury. The remainder of the unfortunate persons were oaken from the third floor and p asse d d own the escape, save ~1 1e man who managed to get upo n th e roof an d pass t hrough an adjoining house. The engines of the neighbour 'PK brewery, that Of the parish, and several others of the ''ondon Brigade were remarkably early in their attendance, , k rtd a good supply of water having been obtained the fire glen went to work in their usual intrepid manner, but they house unable to get the mastery until the lower part! of tho g h ouse was burnt out and the upper part seriously injured. U nfortunately most of the sufferers were uninsured. GALWAY ILinuoun.—A re p or t h as b een ma d e b y 'aptains Washington and Vitch, and Mr. Barry Gibbons, to the capabilities of the harbour of Galway. They con 11,,ier that for the purposes o f a h ar b our o f re f uge na t ure t , 8 done all that is required, b u t w ith a v i ew o f f ac ili tat i ng e embarkation of passenge rs , ma il s, and goods, propose jk=jous engineering works. That on th e s ma ll es t sca l e con - Nts merely of it landinff jetty, and the rem ova l o f a sma ll ge of rock; but if it should be decided to make Galway Permanent mail-packet south, they propose either to l'eet a pier to extend in a -easterly direction from the puth end of Mutton Island, about 800 yards into a depth of , I :_cen five to six fathoms at low water of spring tides, which o 'Yould cost altogether about £300,000, or instead of carrying „, 11 4 the chief works into deep water, to bring a low-water I;4anuel up to the existing harbour and dock, the cost of ,hich scheme would probably be about £150,000. The third ) , , ttri that has been prepared consists of a pier about 400 Ms long, extending from the south end of Mutton Island, he inner portion of it being built on open piles, so as to A iding the necessary docks, would exceed £300,000. '0 J 6 6 11 I 7 si 921 38 39 2 1d [Ol4 102 75 76 I 4i 111 12 BO 62 ti 3& Id 60 CO} 921 93 11 lf d 47 17} 764 77 'LO2 104 Is. lal4 7 44 44 14 144 11 7 8 )0 34 344 Lll [9 7 5 0 - - [lO 112 26i 27 84 85 46 48 3/ 24 i 381 894 74 11 )0 6 - 67 it 60 70 i - 1 1 8 11 11 361 371 7 - - 6; 70 ill I 2 3 ill 6 64 al - A Yl]s. Paid. Closing Price. 49 M 95 97 1103 105 5 1 6 1 98 101 110 115 106 110 114 116 112 114 129 131 82 84 71 73 110 112 118 120 110 112 104 106 63 65 11 11J 90 98 87 E 9 88 90 100 102 9 loi 61 17- O 10! 72 f 74 181 191 9 9i 14 141 140 142 118 120 160 165 123 125 1) 70 i 7 2 139 141 101 103 94 96 91 10 111 llf 9 9f 1111 113 • 1 Bedford and Bletch ey all Buckinghamshire lOO Clydesdale Junction 100 Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e 100 E Union,HarwichShs all Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct., 100 Caledonia Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest' all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East Do. Preference Lon. , Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Do. Barking. Shares., all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M Midsb.& Rader, g.O c. all Stk.& D ar Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) 0. __ .co guaranteed sp. c. 5. 0 unts. Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do Do. do. 6 per cent. all Do. Lit Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. 'if ;1 ., Preston and Wyre. all & Lsk. Do. Shares A. all Do. Rovstn.Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. Shtltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 61Lan.& Yk Shrowshry& Hereford all T Brassay South Staffordshire .. a ll , M'Clean Wear Valley, g. 6 p, e. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. .. . ....... .. all Do. Wilts and Somerset. . 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn Ln N.W L n & N. Vl' Caledonin E.U.lirE C Gt. North. E.Counts. DOCKS 97 98 I id d p 231 231 123 125 118 120 199 101 101 101 24 21} 102 104 102 104 10a 17 28i 29 324 33 50 54 T FIXED RENTALS. Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 98 100 ' 102 104 17 18 142 144 4} 4} 109 111 G 4 66 115 120 03 94 2i i 96 93 57 59 137 140 k 10 9 f llf 81 91 8 9 I Paid I Closing Business Price. Done. 125 I 100 PREFERENCE Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per c. pref. (issued at 850) Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Mock Caledon 810, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pe Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths tock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares `,ock Edin.Pertli,& Dun. 4 pc. ;ock Furness, 5 per cent ... . ;ock Glos. &S West., a. 5 pe. ;ock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Lock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm ;eel Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf tock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et. ,ock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ,ock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et ock Do. Irredeemable, do ,ock Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. 5 . p. ct. pref bock Do Binning. guar. stock 264 Do. Chester guar.shares 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ,ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ,ock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l ,ock Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 ;ock Do. New gua., 6 p. ct. ,oek Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 ,ock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. tOck Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 121 Londondy & Cole, 4 she 121 Londondy.& Ennis Ish Lock & Lin., G p. ct 6 Do. £6 tock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c ( Do. 4 per cent 2 i Do. ;ock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock :ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et bock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Lock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. it. 10 NewportAber,&c. pret .5 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c.n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares took' Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 tock Do. 51p. c. Pref. do. 1847 tock Do. WavAratEx.Sk 1847 took North British, 5 per cent tock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent tock Nth.Dev.Rail.& lDI*lc.Co. Lock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. tock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire tock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6pc. istg tock Do. do. do., 2d gun tock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 81 Scottish Central, new pi Lock Scottish N.-Eastern deb tock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Lock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Lock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) took Do .41 per cent tock Do. Fixed 4/ p.c. Ist is tock Do. New do., 2d issue tock South Wales, gua-4 p.c tock Do. 41 per cent 21) S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 Do. 6 per cent tock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 20 St , Stc. Stoc, St, St St S' all }loo S' S St, 20 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. LINES LEASED Railways. Paid. Share Docks. 1 Stock/ Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 pereent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO _ Stock Loudon - 100 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 20 Do New 00000000 ... es .. 18 (THIS DAY.) EtES AND STOCKS. Closing 1 Business Price. )0 IG2 64 11 11 11 11 32 B:s' /0 92 .4/ * 84 841 tll • • ,11 11 5 J.ll - ill all 'OO 8 i 4) 16 60 61 45 47 30 32 )0 921-4 1-6 i 724 73. 27 27 93 94 10 106 103 104 87 89 132 134 105 106 581 591 56 6:r di 83 87 [ 114 124 [6 lli 124 p p 10 9 951 6 i id ill' all 167 69 112 113 95} 05! 1 if IMPERI Sharol R Closing Businessailways. Paid. Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! Leased at 6 per cent all 85 88 18 Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind 131 i i d gu. 5 percent 18 Do all - - 18 Do. Addit. C a pit a l A 6 i ;1 d 18 Do. Do. B 44 a d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 7 t 201 Do. New 164 - -- d /00 fßuffalo,Brant. &Godrich 1 100 85 90 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 j 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 82 86 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84 20 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. par 4 p par 20 'Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 4 14 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 4 4p54 64 171 Demerara - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 4 d 41 Stock East Indian, 2 - u. bp. c lOO 102 103 1024 4 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 4 i P 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - lOO D 0.44 p.c. Bd s. pay. ' s9 all - -- 20 Geelong&Mel.p. - ,ua.sp. c all 191 201 204 2 0 i sto. f Geelong Corporation 8 1 100 - _ ( per cent. Bond s :took Grand Trunk of Canada 100 35 37 35 1 1 5 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay. '7B all 75 77 77 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 93 94 931 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e all 101 102 20 Do. 20 Do. New, gua.s per c en t 4 par 4 p 31 do 4 20 I Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.-Scrip 2 , _ _ guaranteed 5 per cent. ) eq Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 15 154 154 201 Do. New [OO f Do. Bonds pay. '76 ,w ith opt. till '6O ( 00 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 103 105 00 Do. do. 73 without opt all 103 105 00 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 17 18 191 20 Do. do. 5 per cent, all 1 20 20 Do. 44 p. c. Extensio n l5 1 181 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.e lO iof 20 Do. Fourth do. ock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - i 0 {Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.tpc 10 - - d Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do .. , !O Do. do. B. Capital do 10 - - d . Do. do. L an d d o 0 f Northoflndia Tramroad _ _ 2s. ( Limited, Scrip 0 Oude (Limited) - '- 0 Scinde . 4 ..1 15 i 4p' 0 Do. 0 Do. New li ~ 10 i d Ip l I Do. Punjaub ~,,,, 5 1 i ) Do. Indus. St. Flo te„,"" 10 4 d par ) St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - ) ~ T rinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 4d par • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1859. TTTC , TI TIN et-en Lord MONTEAGLE acquitted the Government of all intention of concealment in this matter, and suggested that the bill for raising the £7,000,000 should be advanced with as much despatch as possible. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH reminded his noble friend that there was a clause in the India Bill originally by which it was proposed that certain commissioners should be appointed to investigate the accounts of the different de partments in India. The clause was omitted in the House of Commons. He thought that there was necessity for some such arrangement. The Earl of DERBY said he, to a certain extent, agreed with his noble friend, and a question was now under the cot sideration of the Government whether some competent persons should not be sent out to investigate the state of the accounts in India. The motion was then agreed to. BARON PENNEFATHER. The Earl of LEITRIM rose to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if it was his intention to recommend to her Majesty to confer any honour, distinction, or dignity on the Right Hon. Richard Pennefather, late Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, for his long and meritorious services? He stated that the learned judge had been 38 years on the bench, and had performed his duties in such a manner as to gain the esteem of every class in Ireland. He was glad that the noble earl (Carlisle), late the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the nobleand learned lord (Campbell), formerly Chancellor of Ireland were present, as they would be able to add their testimony to the merits of the learned judge. The Earl of DERBY said, if the object of his noble friend was to offer, as he had done, a grateful tribute to the merits of Baron Pennefather, and to elicit similar marks of admira tion and respect from those noble lords who were present, and especially the noble earl opposite, the late Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland, and the noble and learned lord who during his tenure of the Irish chancellorship had such long and ample opportunity—(laughter) —of appreciatin g the services of Baron Pennefather, he h a d a tt a i ne d his object, and he (Lord Derby) would be the last to refuse his tribute of re spect to the distinguished gentlem an w h o h a d sat so l ong on the bench, who had been so universally esteemed and re spected, and who, notwithstanding infirmities which might have incapacitated other persons, was acknowledged to have performed the duties of a judge better than most men. With regard to Baron Pennefather's uprightness and high cha racter, as well as with regard to his abilities and conduct as a judge, he never heard but one opinion; but ho was not aware that Baron Pennefather or his friends expected that in his honoured retirement any peculiar mark of favour should be conferred on him by the Crown ; and he hoped his noble friend would excuse him if he said that this was not a subject that could be dealt with by that house, but by the Crown alone, and therefore he must respectfully decline to give any further answer to the question. TILE TRADING COMPANIES ACT (1859) BILL.— THE MEDICAL ACT (1858) AMENDMENT BILL. The reports of the amendments to these bills were severally received. OATHS ACT AMENDMENT BILL This bill passed through ermmittee. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKEU took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Tavistock Markets, Streets, and Improvement Bil,, and Warrington and Stockport Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading:—Central Wales Railway; Mid-Wales Railway; and Red Sea and India Telegraph. Company {No. 2). The report on the Atlantic Telegraph Company was brought up and agreed to. ROYAL COMMISSION. The members of the house were summoned to the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Government Reform Bill ; for the abolition of church rates ; for the repeal of the duty on paper; against the Local Rates Exemption Bill ; iji favour of a comprehensive and satisfactory Reform Bill being introduced with as little delay as possible ; for the exemption of charitable institutions from local taxation; against the Highway Bill, &c., &c. THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. Mr. D. GRIFFITH gave notice that on Monday he would ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether uni formity of franchise was a principle or merely a detail. (Hear, hear.) the sth of February, which took a much more gloomy view of the state of the Indian finances. According to that de spatch it appeared that after allowing for an increase in the revenue as compared with the present year to the amount of 280 lees, upon which it was thought they might fairly calculate, on the 30th of April, 1860, there would be a defi ciency of 1,140 lass, that was to say in round numbers, 11 millions and a half sterling. He made out the statement at the rate of 2a. the rupee. And deducting the million which would be received from England, that would leave a defi ciency to be provided for of 10 millions and a half. But that 10 millions and a half proceeded on the assumption that it would be necessary by the 30th of April, 1860, to raise the immediate balance in hand up as high as 12 mil lions. The estimated balance in hand of the Indian Government on the 30th of April, 1859, was £8,860,000. The deficiency would be reduced to about £9,500,000, and to provide for it the Indian Government had felt it to be their duty not to depend altogether on loans, but to make an effort to ascertain whether it was not .practicable to increase the amount of local taxation in India. And by the despatch sent on the sth of February the Governor-General in Council announced his intention of raising a certain amount partly by taxation on imports, partly by extending► the system of stamps to the towns of the presidency to which it had not previously applied, and partly by a species of excise duty upon home-grown tobacco. It was estimated that these re sources would produce about £1,500,000, and thereby reduce the deficiency to be provided for to £8,000,000. Of that amount £5,000,000 would be raised by means of loan in India, and the remaining £3,000,000 would have to be found by the British Government, so that £3,000,000 would be re quired to be sent out to India over and above the £1,000,000 already transmitted. The Government had, therefore, come to the conclusion that it would be necessary in the course of the present year to ask the sanction of Parliament for rais ing a further sum of money beyond the £7,000,000 already voted. He could not state the precise sum at that moment ; but certainly it would not be less than £3,000,000, and might probably amount to £5,000,000. He ought to observe that in calculating the deficiency the Indian Government had altogether excluded any claims for prize -money that might hereafter arise, or any claim that might.be made for damage or injuries sustained during the mutiny. It was impossible at present to make any calculation upon either of these heads ; but there was this to be said, that claims for compensation might be met to a considerable extent out of the proceeds arising from confiscated territories. With regard to the question of prize money, it was difficult to esti mate what that amount would be; but, on the other hand, it was only fair to bring into the account the deposits received in this country for meeting the railway expenditure of India. This year about £4,500,000 would be remitted to India for that purpose; and next year it was calculated that the amount would be considerably larger. Their lordships would observe that the Indian Government had debited themselves with the charge for railway works; but they had taken no credit for the £4,500,000 remitted. He thought he had now placed before their lordships as clearly as they could desire the present financial state of India, and in doing so he had put their lordships in possession of the latest intelligence the Government had received on the subject. His noble friend who had introduced the subject had given notice of his intention to ask whether the Bank of Bombay had been compelled to limit its accommodation, and whether the offi cials had in any degree suffered, from part of their allow ances being kept back. He could only say that the Govern ment had not received any information on the subject. The only intelligence they had received came by telegraph from Bombay, and it contained only an intimation of the Govern ment intention to raise a 51 per cent. loan, commencing from the 30th of April next. It did not snake any mention of further embarrassments. With regard to the motion of his noble friend, he should not have the least difficulty in laying on the table the various communications that had been received; and he would lay on the table the despatches to which he had referred cf the 26th of January and the sth of February, and the answers sent to them by the India Board on the 9th an I 16th of February. It was exceedingly desirable that the Indian Loan Bill, now before Parliament, should be passed as speedilyas possible; and he might, per haps, be allowed to express here a hope that, after the ex planation he had given to-night, no imputation would be thrown upon the Government of their having in the first instance intentionally raised an insufficient sum. If the Government had been in possession of the same information which they had now when they introduced the bill, the pro bability was they would have asked for power to raise £12,000,000. As, however, the bill had made some progress, it would be more convenient to proceed with it as it stood, accompanying it with the intimation that in all probability an appeal would have to be made to Parliament for a fur ther sum. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE did not think the noble earl could have made his statement more clear than it was. No one could doubt that if India were properly go verned the revenue would yield a far greater amount than it does now. Under the existing form of the Government, which was in his opinion no improvement upon the old, he saw nothing to hope for in the future of India. The Earl of ALBEMARLE said the present system of raising Indian loans was radically bad—it excluded the na tive capitalist from contributing towards the exigencies of his country. In his opinion the entire system should be changed, and India made to raise and support her own loans which in its opinion were necessary ; whether those works, or any others,for effecting the same purposes, were being carried out ; and, if so, who were the persons charged with the direction of such works, and when it was probable they Would be completed ? Mr. S. FITZGERALD explained that by arrangement between the five poWers concerned, the matter had' been re ferred to a commission of inquiry sitting in Paris, at which this country was represented, and it was the opinion of that commission that the St. George's mouth should be improved. When all the works necessary for improving the navigation of the Danube were carried out they would cost about £500,000, which would be repaid by a tax on ships using the river. THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL corrected some errors in a statement made in the course of the debate on the Government bill last night by the hon. member for Dover with reference to a hustings speech .delivered by him (the Solicitor-General) at Belfast. THE PICTURE OF "THE APOLLO AND MARSYAS." Mr. CONINGHAM asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, whether, as the authorities at the National Gallery were reported to have expressed their willingness to give a large sum for a picture by Raffaelle, it was not desirable that the Government should s ecure f or th e nat i on the famous picture of " The Apollo end Marsyas," now in the possession of Morris Moore, Esq., the original drawing of which is in the academy at Venice. The hon• member referred to the services rendered by Mr. Moore, who, he contended, had been very badly treated, and from his attacks on high parties, lie was reduced to a state that left him no alternative but suicide or starva tion. The hon. member then proceeded to address the house in a strain of vehement indignation, but was com pelled to conclude abruptly his remarks from tho impa tience evinced by the house. The CHANChLLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said that he found very great difficulty in dealing with the inquiry of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Coningham). The in quiry was, whether, as the authorities at the N a ti ona l Gal lery, are reported to have expressed their willingness to give a large sum for a picture by Raffaele, it would not be desir able that Government should secure forthenat ion the famous picture of the "Apollo and Marsyas," now in the posses sion of Morris Moore, Esq. (Laughter.) He never heard of the report, and he never saw the picture, and was•therefore called on to deal at the same time with a hypothesis and a con tingency, two of the most difficult things with which any one could deal. (Laughter.) Though he felt, in the posi tion he occupied, naturally alarmed when he read of large sums of money given for famous pictures, he might at least express the opinion of the Government, that it was desir able that the trustees of the National Gallery, when they purchased pictures, should purchase them of the highest class, and if they did not, that they incurred a very great responsibility. (" Hear, hear," and much laughter.) THE ANNUITY TAX BILL. In reply to Mr. BLACK, The LORD ADVOCATE said that he would not be prepared to bring forward the Government measure on Wednesday next. THE COUNCIL OF INDIA. Mr. V. SMITH asked the Secretary of State for India to lay on the table any minutes or regulations he had made for the transaction of business in the Council of India, under the 20th section of the act 21 and 22 Vic., c. 106. After some discussion on a point of order, Mr. V. SMITH contended that the regulations adopted with reference to the transactions of the Council, instead of light being admitted everything was rendered even more obscure than previously, to the public at large. Lord STANLEY said he had no objection to lay the minutes in questions, which were very brief, en the table. The Council were divided into committees for the transaction of business. Ho agreed in the sugges tion of the honourable member that there should be a special announcement made with respect. to these secret despatches and that course would be adopted in future. It was not the regular course to lay such docu ments as the despatch of the 3d of August, on the table, but in the present instance he would have no objection to do so. He had ordered the second despatch to be re • ferred to the secret committee, and it had been sent out from the secret department by their recommendation. It was not, therefore, brought before the council. THE REFORM BILL. On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate, Mr. lIORSMAN said he hoped he might be allowed to correct an error into which the hon. member for Binning ham had fallen last night. The hon. member had stated that he (Mr. Horsman) suggested that if the house should make very important amendments on the bill in committee the Government would dishonour themselves by accepting them. He said nosuch thing. What he said was, that they ought to exert their power to make 'such amendments, and then east on the Government the responsibility of rejecting them. They would then have two rival bills--the bill of the Go vernment and the bill as amended by the house, upon which there would be a clear issue to appeal to the country. Sir S. NORTHCOTE resumed the discussion by saying that no one could listen to the debate without feeling aware that the house had got into a situation of embarrassment. Why was the question embarrassed, and to what was that to be attributed ? The question was complicated, in the first place, because the measure was produced by a Govern ment who were in a minority in the house, from the fact that it did not proceed altogether from the spontaneous de sire of the Government, but in answer to a call from the country and the house for a measure of the kind. (Hear, hear.) It was more embarrassing still because it was any thing but distinct as to the precise objects that a measure of the kind should have in view. These were embarrass ments naturally arising out of the question itself, and its origin, but the question was rendered more embarrassing and complicated from the mode in which the issue had been raised by the resolution of the noble lord, because it was not a fair fight on the second reading or an open council in committee. The resolution was so general in its terms that it raised no distinct issue, and the speech of the noble lord did not supply what was wanting in the form of the resolu tion. (Hear.) It was therefore natural that those who de sired to know what it really meant should look to the bill which the noble lord introduced in 1864, and to the measures advocated by the hon. member for Birmingham. Yet upon ono or either the noble lord declined to commit himself'. The question-was still more embarrassing and complicated on account of the position taken by his two right bon. friends behind him who left the Cabinet, and this was more parti cularly the case when it was known that the particular point on which they left their colleagues was that which caused so much discussion—the principle of uniformity of franchise. It was suggested that the Government should take back the bill with a view of altering in it the sense suggested by their former colleagues. But that was a course which the Govern ment could not take without placing themselves in a false position, and even raising a question as to their personal honour. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the question of identity of suffrage ho wished to say a few words. Many ques , tions had been put to the Government whether they would consider any interference with the principle of identity as being fatal to the bill. He thought it was most unfair to seek to bind the Government in any way to particular promises as to what they would or would not do in the event of certain contingencies taking place. (Hear, hear.) The principle of identtty, no doubt, formed an important portion of the bill, but it contained many other principles besides that of the identity of the suffrage. Objection was taken to this iden - tity in the first place because it was new, then because it stopped at £lO, because it was mixed up with what was called the disfranchisement of the 40s. freeholders, because it had a tendency to produce electoral districts, and a system of fagot votes. These objections divided them selves into two kinds—objections to the essence of the bill end objections to the accidents with which the intro duction of the bill was accompanied. The objection to the £lO was an objection not to the principle of uniformity, but to the mode in which it happened to be applied, be cause there might be identity between the borough and county franchise at any point than a £lO occupation. So again with regard to the lowering of the borough franchise below £lO, and the transference of the 40s. freeholders in boroughs—these were not objections to the principle, but to the mode of application, which might be discussed in com mittee, but which it was impossible to di scuss a t th a t stage of the bill at which they had arrived. (Hear, hear.) He did not understand anything which had fallen from his noble friend (Lord Stanley) or from any member of the Govern ment as implying that any principle of the bill was not fairly open for consideration in eommittee, or as pledg ing themselves against any amendment that might be made. (Hear, hear.) But •to call on the Government to say that they would accept any particular decision of the hence was a thing which no one had a right to ex pect. He saw much force in the objection that the prin ciple of uniformity would lead to the creation of faggot votes, because the property qualification in boroughs would give peculiar facilities for their creation within the narrow area of boroughs. (Hear, hear.) He stated the objection fairly. The Government saw the danger, for they proposed a clause to prevent the evil apprehended. They were told that the clause was insufficient. That was a matter, however, for discussion in committee. (Hear.) Tho principle of uniformity was not exhibited, he apprehended, as a kind of universal medicine, like Morison's pills. (Laughter.) It was no divinity or idol to be set up for worship and adored at all hazards and costs. Let them go into committee, consider the question, and see if they could not get rid of it one way or the other. (Laughter.) The noble lord took the cour se h e did b ecause if he voted directly against the second reading he was afraid his motives might bo misunderstood. Considering the high position of the noble lord, and his connection with the question of Re form,.there was little fear of that, especially as the noble lord could explain his motives in his speech. With . regard to the extension of the franchise given by this bill, a good deal had been said of what (with a view to discredit the mea sure) were called the fancy franchises ; if this bill passed even in its present shape, two great results would be at tained—an addition of one-third to the existing constitu ency, and a door opened by which further additions could frequently take place. The present number of ele c t ors was about 900,000, the reduction of the county franchise to £lO would add about 200,000—(no, no, and hear, hear)—that at least was the result of the best information the Govern meat could obtain. There were some alleged disfranchise ments to set off against that, but it would be easy in com mittee to remove all those. He believed that the savings bank franchise would add 50,000, and the other new franchises about 60,000 more. It was difficult to get correct information with regard to the savings banks, but he had applied to the Comptroller of the National Debt Office on the subject, and he was informed they could give no information with regard to the depositors above £6O, but they could as regarded those above £5O. In 1858 the number of depositors above that amount was 185,000. (Hear, hear.) Of these a certain number repre sented trust accounts. A return presented to the House of Lords in 1852 enabled him to approximate to that number, and if they excluded such accounts the numberof depositors above £5O would be 153,000. Of course a large number of these were females. The proportion was not quite one-half; it would be about 75,400 females, and 77,600 males. Of these souse already possessed the franchise ; but he thought they might reasonably expect an addition to the constituen cies of 50,000. They might add considerably to this number by an extension to this principle, either in lowering the maximum or including other modes of investment. Tho lodging franchise would add a considerable number also. In London, the number of lodgers was very great in some districts ; in the borough of Marylebone, for example, it ex ceeded the number of householders. In that district the number of houses below £lO value was very small—not one per cent, of the entire ; a reduction of the household limit, therefore, would add scarcely anything to the con stituency, whilst the admission of lodgers must in crease it by several hundreds. He had made some in quiries, and found that fp rn i s h e d l o d g i ngs a t 7 s . a wee k were almost equivalent to a rent of £lO for an unfurnished house. It would be in the power of the committee to re duce the Bs. limit if they thought fit. A number of the working classes now took houses which they let off in lodg ings to their fellow-workmen, and by the new qualification all these would be admitted to the franchise. As the bill stood, therefore, it increased the constituency very consi- derably. He would ask those who said it was not enough to consider what the position of the Government was; they had to bring forward a measure which they thmighti they could pass. (Hear, and laughter.) They Could not have receded from anything they had once o ff ere d. If t h e mea sure now fell short of what was desired it was in the power of the house to carry it as much further as they pleased. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) But to ask the -Government on the second reading, to give a pledge as to amendments of which they knew nothing was to call upon them to abdicate their functions. The Government only invited the house to deal with the measure in a practical manner, to go into committee, and the: e give counsel and put on paper any definite proposal they had to maize. They had heard the speech of the noble lord the member fbr London, and that of the hon. member for Birmingham, in which ho had declared his intention to unite with the noble lord in attempting to throw out the bill. They had heard them talk of the necessity of settling the question, and then speak of the prospect of autumn meetings and winter agitation. He must say he thought hon, gentlemen under such circumstance would incur a very grave responsibility—(hear) —if without indicating. what they did want, or what proposal they would make, they refused to go into committee. There was nothing in the terms of the bill, nothing in the declaration of the-Go vernment, to preclude them from making any changes they thought fit. He.believed the bill did furnish the elements of a satisfactory settlement, and that it would be possible in committee, without any great difficulty, to remove all, the objectionable points. if they went into committee the bill could be carried further. (Hear, hear.) Of course he only spoke for himself. In his position lie had no knowledge of the intentions of the Cabinet, but there wag nothing to prevent him from forming his own judgment and drawing his conclusions from what passed in the house. It was perfectly possible in committee to propose any exten sion that might be thought necessary, if the Government saw no objection ; but until they got into committee the Government eould not be called on to pronounce an opinion on any of these details. The bill as it stood was one on which a Conservative Government might take its stand, and if the house rejected it there was• no chance of their bringing the question to a satisfactory solution this session. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) When the hon. baronet resumed his scat a number of members rose. Amongst them was Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Beaumont. There were loud calls for the latter, with min gled cries, of " New mem b er !" The Speaker, however, called on Mr. Cardwell. Th e uproar was still continuing, when— Mr. BENTINCK rose to order. .I-Ie had always under . - stood that it was usual to give way to a new member. Lord PALMERSTON said that when once the Speaker had named'a member it was not usual or respectful to in terfere with his decision. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. CARDWELL said he had nu wish to interfere with a new member, and would have given way if he had been aware that one had risen. He had hoped that when his hon. friend the Secretary to the Treasury rose, his speech would have contained some counsel to aid them in escaping from the embarrassments in which this question was in volved, or that at least he would have given them a dis tinction between principle on one hand and what might be altered in committee, and that the house would have known what in his idea was the principle to bo approved of on the second reading, and what was matter of detail to which the Government were not to be considered as pledged. 'When he listened to the speech, however, he was reminded of the description of Chaos, where the water was too thick to sail in, and the land too liquid to walk on ; or that of the Polar Sea, where the navigator found the ice was not strong enough to bear, but the sea too much en- • cumbered by blocks of ice for him to sail through it. The only conclusion to be derived from the speech was, that the bill did not contain any single proposition which could be called a principle. (Hear, hear.) It was framed, not to carry into effect any sincere conviction, not to accomplish any practical result, not to confer on the people any great or substantial benefit—the bill was merely made to pass—(hear, hear)—if it passed, the object of the Government was at tained. (Hear, hear.) This was a matter which it would become the House of Commons carefully and temperately to consider before it embarked in the dangerous progress of a bill of this nature in committee. The present had been called a great opportunity; he believed it was, if they rightly embraced it, for the performance of a great duty. The bill of 1832 was an alteration adapted to the cir cumstances of the case, by a calm and scientific considera tion, such as they might apply in the present case, if they made proper use of their opportunities. It had a na ture and character still more marked ; it was a great struggle for the transfer of power from the great agricultural interest to the great monied, commercial, and manufacturing interests which had serrung up during the years preceding. The struggle ended happily; but it left behind it other reforms which required to be accomplished before the measure would have full effect. Since then a great advance had taken place in the industry, education, intelligence, and well-being of the lower classes, whose case they were again called on to consider. The present was a great opportunity for the accomplishment of a reform of this nature, without again entering on an angry s t rugg l e b e t ween classes. (Hear, hear.) H e had listened with admiration to the able speech of the Secretary for the Colonies, but he could not help feeling apprehensive that, if doctrines such as ho held were to be accepted by the house, and animated appeals to be made to the middle classes to retain the privileges and power they possessed, and guard with jealousy thefranehise from the attack of the class who did not yet participate in it, the next Reform Bill would be carried by an angry and ex asperating struggle for power between classes. What object ought they to have in view in dealing with a Reform Bill ? Their object ought to be to diminish what was called influence in elections, to increase the power of public opinion, to enable industry and education, associated with wealth and numbers, to return members for places where influence had before prevailed ; but this bill had a tendency to increase influence and diminish the power of public opi nion. There were three ways in which they could deal with this question : the first was by a redistribution of the seats of the small boroughs amongst the larger and increasing communities. For his own part, he Confessed be agreed with all writers of authority on this subject, that of all means of increasing the influence of public opinion, this was one of the most efficacious. The noble lord the Secre tary for India had admitted this was right in theory, but said was impossible to be accomplished, and that they must be satisfied without it. He took this for granted, and would, therefore, consider the other two modes—the alteration of the county and borough franchise. This belonged to what the Secretary to the Treasury called matters of detail, but it appeard to him that the whole controversy was involved in the great question of what was called uniformity. This had been put forward as the principle, but really he did not know now whether the Government considered it to be a principle or a matter of detail. There was one principle . which had been laid down by all writers, and never altered from the earliest times of the House of Commons, and which could not be altered without laying the axe to the root of all their liberties. That principle was not uniformity of franchise s but propriety of franchise. That diversity of character and interest formed the cement and groundwork on which the great interests of the country were built up, and they could not for a moment interfere with that variety without altering the whole scope and character of their institutions. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that the county franchise turned upon property, and the borough franchise upon occupation, and the Solicitor-General had contended that since the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832 that distinction had no longer existed. The his tory of the county franchise was this :—ln the earliest times all the freeholders of the county were invited to exer cise the franchise. In the reign of Henry VI. the freeholds were for the first time limited to those of the value of 40s. At that period only freeholders exercised the franchise, be neficial leaseholds being thenunknown, and tenure by copy holds being a very different thing from what it was at pre sent. As beneficial leaseholds grew up, and copyholds in creased in importance, the franchise was attached to them ; and, lastly, by the Reform Bill, it was also extended to oc cupations in counties of the yearly value of £.60. As regarded the borough franchise in the rear 1624, there sat in that house a committee, of which kr. Hallam said that it was composed of the most eminent men that ever were associ ated in a body of that kind, and they laid it down that the common law right of voting in boroughs extended to all householders in boroughs who paid taxes and local rates, and Mr. Hallam remarked that the nearer they approached to that franchise the more consonant would the electoral system be, not with new theories of modern liberty, b u s svt - t h the ancient spirit of the law. He woulodinouttitiraoguebwleatshneolitoluasied with authorities; but he believed there was n o t ext-book on ycikle .s d tl o re wn ßr a i s tis a lie g o r r e i a s t tit d u i t s i t ( i m ng mu•lirseirieinvgarpierin of that constitu tion. If they imported any great principle into the British constitution, they might depend upon it that principle would not be dead and inert, but would be a vital aniniat ' ing principle spreading to all parts o f t h e constitution. (Hear, hear.) At present the House of Lords appeared not only to have suffered no diminution of authority as time had rolled on, l.ut to have been constantly gaining in pub lic estimation. But what would be the effect if they esta blished the principle that the franchise of every elector should be exactly the same —that equality should be the rule ? (Hear, hear.) He believed it would be found on examining the history of this country that the people had never desired equality, but what they had desired was free dom ; and ho also believed that in England free dom would never exhibit. itself under the aspect of equality. (Loud cheers.) Considering this a great con- the bill stitutional principle, h e cou ld not un d ers t an d th e argu ment of the T reasury b ench that should be allowed to go into committee, and that it should then be determined what course should be taken with regard to it. What the authors of the bill termed " identity of franchise" was a principle wholly unknown to the British constitution, and one, the adoption of which would, in his opinion, lead to the mo s t d angerous conseque nces ; and, wh e th er he con sidered that objection, or whether he had regard to the fact that, instead of extending popular election, the bill would, both in counties and in boroughs, tendto diminish it, he was led to the conclusion that he ought not to vote for tho se cond reading. He was told that it would be incompatible with the honour of the Government to adopt the principles of the resolution. What he had to do byhis votewassimply to perform his duty as a representative—(hear, hear)—and the honour of the Government was not with him an irre sistible motive against opposing the second reading. If the honour of the Government was involved, so also were the honour and independence of every member of that house. (Hear, hear.) He had listened with great attention to the reasoning of the noble lord the Secretary for India on that point, but there was one thing to which he paid more atten tion than even the noble lord's reasoning, and that was the example he gave them by his conduct; and he had observed that when a bill was proposed by a Government, to theprin. ciple of whichthe noble lord could not honestly assent, he did not hesitate to vote against the second reading. B e li ev i ng this question to be one of principle, and believing also that it was only as a question of principle that it could be dealt with, he intended to vote for a resolution which exactly ex pressed the views he entertained. (Cheers.) The night hon. gentleman behind him (Mr. Herman) had told the opposition that they were so powerful that they could do anything they liked with the bill in committee, and yet he went on to say that they were so powerless that if they could maintain their unanimity for fOurand twenty hours it would be as flinches they could do. (Laughter.) If the latter statement were . correct what chance would there be if the bill went into committee of arriving at a satisfactory conclusion ? (Hear, hear.) The responsibility of defeat would rest upon those who in the nam e o f re f orm had brought forward a mea sure which vas not one of reform. (Hear, hear.) There was a policy which had been called Liberal-conservatisni— a policy which was liberal because it was conservative; conservative because it was liberal. When an ex i gency h a d arisen such a policy dealt with it, so as to remove the cause of dissat:sfaction from the public mind and afford security against ulterior demands. But there was a policy which was neither liberal nor conservative. (Cheers.) That was a policy which when a public exigency had arisen affected to deal with it and did not deal with it, which dissatisfied the reasonable expectations of temperate people, and thereby tended to create demands which would otherwise never FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam 20 Ardennes 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graissessac 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale 20 Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. 20 Lyons and Geneva .... 331 Maria Antonia 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares . 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. 20 Paris and Orleans ....„ 20 j Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) I gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 10 Rome and Frascati .... 20 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference io W. & N.W. of France t ?.0 Western of Austria 9 Western of Switzerland : 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref s 9 Zealand 41 bi - - p. 11 2 5 44 1 d 2Of 274 61 7 li lip! 20. 1 2(11 37 37 - 9 - 1 7)1 33i 34 53 65 :1 d a 1,1 20 21 5f 6 23 24 I( .1 24 BRITISH MINES. Nines. Paid. 1 Closing I Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 71 20 pritish Iron Condurrew (Camboe 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavis rn t.) ). 20 1 465 475 -- East Bassett (Mogan). 30 230 240 228 Great South Tolgus.—. 17s 12 14 131 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 21 31 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 94 4 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 71 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 74 8 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 94 10 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 1/ 14 15 ... Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 68 4 4 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 465 475 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 200 210 5 Tamar Silver and Leid Mining Co 4l 14 2 1 0 Tin Croft 9 4 41 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 -.— Vale of Towey (Caren.) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Illo gan ) ll 21 2 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 75 80 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 DO 200 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 130 140 Wheal Edward (Cats.) 5l 24 3/ Wheal K itty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'l MaryAnn(Menlie) 8 47 49 -- Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 4/ 30 32 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian .. 7/ 1 1 1 Ron AcoordCopper,Li m. lOs 4 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p . ) 27 1 1 4 20 Do.St.Johudelßey,Lino. 15 11 12 5 IDo.Land and Mining-Co. all 11 2 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 4 —— d 40 Cobra po Copper a ll 36 38 Cea 1 Dun pi 16 10 12 Moun.Cop.Ming.Co all / 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 15 3 Linares all 94 104 10 4 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 4 - 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 4pl/ 4 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 41 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba 163 1 1 I 28.2.84 United - Mexican all 24 2 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closin,g Business Prices. Done. . Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 110 Do. 6 p.c.Pb..tAug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. dz Sep. 100 113 115 N. 8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1111 1121 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 103 104 ' NovaScotiaGov.6 pp a. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 11 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.JantirJuly 100 1114 11 2 ViCt*Gov.6p.c.Jan3rJuly 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Bankv. Paid. Clo s ing Business Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 68 70 68 ,8 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 245 25 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co all - - 50 British North American all - -- 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 15 1d 8; 100 City 5O 62 64 631 100 Colonial - - 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London 2O - - 20 Eng., Scet., & Aus. Ch all 16 161 101 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 231 24 235 ; 50 London and County 20 - 29 5 81- 50 London Joint Stock - 31; 1 00 London & Westminster 2O - 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 - 20 Do. new lO - - 5o National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. 13k. Corporation all - 41 20 Ottoman Bank all 211 22 Provincial of Ireland - - 10 Do. New all - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New - 25 Union of Australia all 25 Do. New 2O - - 531 I 50 Union of London lO - - 241 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Ilk of London 50 214 201 d MISCELLANEOUS. Closing o 1 litusiness done Sharei Miscellaneous. Paid. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic) Tel. (Limited) all 220 250 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 5 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, issued at £5 dis 3 - - 50 British American Land 40 - 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36/ 385 20 Do, B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 20 Do. C 100 Canada Land 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 9 10 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng&Smitg all - - 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace. b Do. Preferen ce a ll 5 55 20 Eastern Steam all - - Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 103 105 5 Eng. 10 Europ. & Aust. & Ind. Junct Cop.St.T .Co el IOB. 9 Eur op.drAm.Stm.(Lim ) all 20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim all - - 15 Gen. Steam Navig,ation. 14 - - 251 5 20 London Discount 5 11 15 d 4 Lond.G en. Omnib us C o all 11 1; 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 5 6 25 National Discount Co 5 10 Netherlands Land 10 Do do all 1 2 5 Do Bp.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 1 14 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - 1 N. B.Australasian (Lim.) all 5 1 20 North of Europe Steam all - - 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Share* . 75 Peel River Land & Min all 24 3 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam, all 83 85 844 34 50 Do. New lO 13 14 p2B 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr lO a p 105 50 Rhymney Iron - all 23' 244 15 Do. New all oi 75 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 64 1 Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim.) all 1121 125 25 South Australian Land. all 36 37 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all f I 1 1 Do. do Registered a ll 1 20 Tr . & Ln.Co.ot Upr , Can 5 I - 100 V= Diemen's Laud stock 20{ I 112} i i %5k 45, 92 3 Business Done. 21i 4 1 28.' In I Stop) 17} 20 Stock, 100 Sto. i Stock 100 100 lAIVIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY). Their lordships assembled at half-past four. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given to the Consolidated Fund Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Enclosure Bill, the County Courts Bill, Anniversary Day Bill, and the Burial Places Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, and the Lord Chancellor. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Earl ST. GERMANS seeing the nobleearl in his place, he begged to put a question to him. When his noble friend (Earl Grey) withdrew his motion for the production of the correspondence on the subject of the lonian Islands, he did so in consequence of the noble earl stating as a reason for not producing the papers that the effect would be to cast censure on some persons who would not be in a position to give a satisfactory answer. An impression had arisen amongst the friends of Sir John Young, in which he (Earl St. Germans) did not participate, that he was in som e way alluded to. It wou ld however be satisfactory to Sir John. Young if the noble earl would give a denial to the state ment in his place in Parliament. The Earl of DERBY said he trusted he should be able to give the noble earl a satisfactory answer. He did not use the word censure. Earl ST. GERMANS—That is not important. The Earl of DERBY—In what I did say I had not the slightest idea of castinganyreflection upon Sir John Young who had acted during the time he held office with great ability and discretion m a case of great difficulty. THE GREAT CLOCK. Lord CAMPBELL said he had expected, when he re turned to town from circuit, to find the great clock of the Houses of Parliament going. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Although he knew the noble earl was occupied at the pre sent moment with matters of much greater moment— (laughter)—he must again ask him what steps had been taken in the matter, and when there would be a likelihood of the clock being in going order. The Earl of DE RBY said, after the noble lord had asked him the question on a former occasion, ho had conferred with the Board of Works, who in their turn had conferred with Sir C. Barry, and he informed them that the bell was entirely in the hands of Mr. Denison. He had, however, reason to suppose that in a very short time the clock would be in working order. He could at any rate inform the noble and learned lord that since he had spoken the clock had passed on at least half-an-hour. (Hear, hear ; and laughter.) POOR LAW (IRELAND). The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from the guardians of the Tuam Poor-law Union, relating to the baptism and religious education of deserted children in Ireland, and moved for a copy of a letter addressed by the Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland to the Tuam Union upon the subject. The noble marquis entered at some length on the present system, which he said engen dered great irritation and acrimony. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE thought that legisla tion was much wanted on the subject alluded to by the noble marquis opposite, but ho must say he thought the disadvantages of the present system had been very much exaggerated. After a few wordy from the Marquis of CLANRICARDE the motion was withdrawn. THE INDIAN MONEY MARKET. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then rose on the mo tion of which he had given notice, " That there be laid be fore this house copies of all the notifications issued by the Governor-General of India in council from the commence ment of the year 1857 to the present time, relative to the terms on which the Government of India would receive money on loan." He said the recent accounts received from India were so very serious as regarded the financial embar rassments of, the Government inthat country that he thought it right to call their lordships' attention to the subject. There had been a fall of 9 per cent. in the Four per Cent. Stock, and of 51 per cent. in the Eight per Cent Stock. That the funds should have fallen at that particular mo ment was the last thing that should have been expected, having regard is political aspects. The rebellion was put down. Tantia Tepee and the Begum and the Nana had sought refuge in Nepaul, and everything looked as if they wore returning to a pacific state of things. Just at this juncture the Government resorted to a fresh scheme for raising money on loan in India, and he believed it was im possible to attribute the great fall that had taken place in the Indian funds to any other circumstance. It had not, however, merely affected the price of funds, but he under stood that the Bank of Bombay had been in difficulties so far that it had been unable to accord the usual assistance given to mercantile men who, had boon compelled to resort to the native bankers, and were paying 13 or 14 per cent. for money. It was also said that the Government were in pecuniary difficulties, and that they had been compelled not to pay the salaries of the civil servants in full, but to pay them only in part. Undoubtedly the rebellion had caused great pecuniary difficulty. It was felt at a very early period that the Government would be under the ne cessity of making an alteration in the terms en which they were willing to receive subscriptions to the Five tper cent. Loan. They were compelled to permit the holders of Four per Cent. Stock to subscribe one-half in cash, and the remainder in that stock at par. Unfortunately the Go vernment at the end of 16 or 18 months resorted to a Five-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan, and the consequence was a great reduction in the receipts on the Five per Cent Loan. It was impossible to get the loan filled up. No difficulty occurred last year when no less a sum than six millions were subscribed, and he believed that nearly two millions were subscribed in the previous half •year. Under these circumstances the government of India, on the 13th of July last, laid a letter before the directors, in which they proposed to obtain a loan at 6 or 5} per cent., according to the condition of the money market ; the second was to raise from the directors a sum of one and a half or two croros of rupees; the third was to effect a Six per Cent. Loan; and the fourth was to issue Treasury notes at not less than 500 rupees, each bearing an interest of six per cent. The Secre tary of State for India was induced to adopt the latter sug gestion, which he thought was a most unfortunate resolu tion. Unless for some palpably useful object, it was most impolitic to disturb the money market. The issue of Trea sury notes in India, which were equivalent to Exchequer Bills in England, was totally unfitted to the circumstances of India, and he believed was calculated to do great injury. There were different sorts of banks in India—the chartered banks, which took deposits on call, and the unchartered banks, which took deposits on notice, varying from ten days to a year. If the Government offered inducements to with draw this money, the result would be that the banks would be unable to afford the usual mercantile accommodation, unless they sold stock, and that again would derange the money market. The money so deposited in the banks was used by the bankers in advances on indigo and other pro duce, and if it were withdrawn the result would be that tho banks would be compelled to withhold their commercial ad vances, and there would be a panic. Ile should therefore deprecate a large issue of Treasury notes in India. He observed in the public press of India a general desire was expressed that, instead of resorting t o an open l oan, w h ich had been the immemorial custom in India, the Government should raise a loan in a similar manner to that practised in this country. In this country capital was in large masses, and the capitalists acted in concert, which gave facilities for effecting loans in the manner adopted here, but in India capital was dispersed in many hands, and he did not think that a loan could be effected in that manner, unless very high interest was offered. Besides, the govern mentin India never knew the amount it world require. It was always either at war or going to war. This being the state of things onthe 20th of January, the Government gave notice that after the 30th of April the 4 per cent. stock would no longer be received in subscription to the loan then open, but that Treasury notes would be issued at an interest of about 51 per cent. Now, two errors were committed in adopting this course. In the first place, there was the error of attempting to raise a large sum of money by Treasury notes in that country, and there was this further error, that it ne cessarily depreciated the 4 per cent. stock. On the 10th of February an alteration was made, and it was stated that the notes should be issued for as low as 200 rupees. On the 21st of February a further alteration was made. It wag declared that after the first of May Treasury notes should be issued, not at 51, but at 41 per cent., and another notice was given that 5 per cent. stock might be subscribed, but not a word was said as to the 4 per cent. stook, which was the great stock of the country. Under these circumstances, it could not be a matter of wonder that the Government found it difficult to raise money on loan. Now, what we had to con sider was, whether it was open to us here to do anything to relieve the Government of India. What occurred to him was that the home Government, instead of takingpowers to raise £7,000,000 in this country, should take powers to raise £12,000,0000. He did not know that it was necessary to raise that sum, but of this ho wasquite sure, that the know ledge in India that there was the possibility of raising that sum here would materially assist the Government of India. The Earl of DERBY said it was difficult to overrate the importance of the question which his noble friend had brought before them. It was his wish to conceal from Par liament nothing with regard to the state of India. He said it with regret that its financial prospects werenot as good as when the Secretary of State for India brought forward his proposition to raise a loan of seven millions in this country. The noble lord had accurately stated the proceedings that had taken place in India, and shown that in point of fact, although we were nominally raising a 5 per cent. loan, yet inasmuch as only one-half was received in cash and the rest taken in 4 per cont. stock, it was in reality a 6 per cent. loan, In the meantime Treasury notes were issued at the rate of 61 or 51 per cent. Now he was not prepared t o sa y whether it was altogether j u di c i ous to issue these notes simultaneously with the announcement respecting the loan, but no doubt that after the 30th April, when 4 per cent. stock would no longer be taken, they would very consi derably augment the quantity of paper. But he had great doubts as to the immemorial practice in India with regard to open loans. There might be circumstances in the parti cular condition of India that might render it necessary to resort to that course, but in point of principle he could not conceive v. ything more objectionable in pra c ti ce t h an keep ing open loi s for an indefinite amount. The result was t h at if the Goveri ment found themselves in funds, they t oo k th e step which was taken by Lord Dalhousie. They reduced the interest. He reduced it from 5 to 41 per cent. That was the step which of course caused great discontent among the lenders. But if a change of circumstances took place, and it became apparent that the Government was in distress and in difficulties, then the capitalists, not knowing what amount would be required, were always hanging back, waiting to see what better terms Government would give. He thought, therefore, that when the Government wanted a loan, they would intimate fairly what was the amount that they required, and they should not go into the market for some time after. He saw by the last tele graphic information received from Bombay that an an nouncement had been made that the loan would be open to the amount of £5,000,000, at Si per cent., and that no further sum would be asked for in India this year. He had before him the estimate of the Secretary of State for India of the receipts and disbursements laid before Parlia ment, from which it appeared th a t on th e 30th A pril, 1860, there would be a deficit of £5,500,000, which included the raising of the cash balance from £78,000 to £1,000,000. Under these circumstances it was that the Government came to the conclusion that they would leave a sufficient margin if they took powers to raise a loan of 7,000,000. The Government of India sent a despatch on the 26th of January to the Government in this country, in which they made several propositions, one of which was to suppl y a ll that was required by remittances in bullion from London, and they requested that a crore ofrupees might be sent, one half to Calcutta, and the other half to Bombay. That was acknowledged on the 9th of March, when the Secretary of State for India told the Indian Government that it was im possible for them to entertain for a single moment the idea that all their demands could be supplied by remittances of bullion from London, but that in the meantime he would transmit one million for their,immediate requirements. One portion of that million had been sent, and the other would be sent shortly. But after the despatch was written, and before it was sent, there was received a second despatch of Mr. W. 0. STANLEY rave notice that, in the event of the Government Bill not being read a second time, he would move that this measure, not being satisfactory to the country, the Government were not entitled to the confidence of the house. (Cheers.) SALUTING THE HOST AT MALTA. Major S. KNOX asked the Secretary of State for the Co lonies whether he had any objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of any orders that had been sent to the authorities at Malta relative to the garrison orders in force in that fortress ; also, what instructions the Government proposed to.issue in regard to soldiers being called upon to salute the Host, or any religious personage or procession, either in that island or any other part of her Majesty's Co lonial possessions? Sir E. B. LYTTON said that there was an old garrison order directing the Host to be saluted, but subsequently ' another order had been issued byLord Hill, and he (Sir E. B. Lytton) had given instructions to the Governor to obey that order, and in future the salutation alluded to would be discontinued. The Bishop .f Malta received the same honours as a brigadier-general, and it would not be politic to discontinue such honours. THANKSGIVING FOR THE TRANQUILLITY OF INDIA. Sir H. VERNEY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether her Majesty had been advised to appoint a day of general thanksgiving to the Almighty for the resto ration of tranquillity in India ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Government were of opinion that there should be some re cognition of the Divine favour, but her Majesty's instruc tions on the particular form had not yet been received. FEES IN ME TRANSFER OF LAND COURT (IRELAND). Mr. GRIFFITH asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was the intention of the Government to equalise the per-centage fees upon the sale of property in the Trans fer of Land Courts in Ireland, to the amount payable on value under £10,000? Lord NAAS—Tho subject is now under consideration, with a view to equalise the fees in question. NAVIGATION OF THE DANUBE. Mr. DODSON asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the European Commission, ap pointed under the 16th arti c l e o f t h e Treaty of Paris, 1856, " to designate and cause to be executed the works necessary below Isatcha to clear the mouths of the Danube as well as the neighbouring parts of the sea, from the sands and other impediments which obstruct them, in order to put that part of the river and the said arts of the sea in the best possible state for navigation,' had designated the works 9 AI 'or hi magi- wife ; 38 1 i 101 f 921 471 7E4 1101 I [4Ol 101 t 1 on 3 di