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the result of this debate ? The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) had expressed a hope that he would be satisfied with the ample discussion which had tailen place. But his motion had resulted in more than this. The Foreign Secretary had admitted that as regarded the details of the peace it was a truism, and his noble friend had also ad mitted, referring to the broader question, that he saw rather more reasons against the conference than in favour of it. (Hear,`hear.) Now, believing it to be the wisest policy of England not to interfere in this question, he could not but think that the debate of that evening would exercise some influence on the mind of the Govern ment respecting a conference. He (Lord Elcho) was, therefore, s atisfied with the result of the debate, and felt inclined to bow to the advice of the right hon. gentleman opposite not to persist in his motion. This was the 9th of August, and it would put the country to great inconvenience if so close upon the 12th there was to be a change of Government. (Laughter.) It was not his wish in pressing the motion to exhibit any hostility towards the Government. He accepted, therefore, the amendment of his hon. friend, whose speech as well as his motion he was willing to accept. The motion, therefore, was not put. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. This bill passed through committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of. The house adjourned at a little before 3 o'clock. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. .a. 6.1 Under the slanagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fablen and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. To conclude with IdALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL , ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. A c ting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six —Commence at seven. Box 01110 e open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts H TERBURY being in courseALL CONCERTS. of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, - -- • • consisting ot - thr - Te Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Deleplerre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve: written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, AUGUST 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BanomsTEß-30,02—rising. WIND, North-Easterly; fresh, with stormy weather and rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tius DAY.—Morning, 10h. 31m.—Afternoon, llh. 12m. To-Moßnow-Morning, llh. 49m.—Afternoon, Oh. Om. ' 4 4 0 07:10 6 i 4 & e , 4- • • a- , • 4:. 1 „ •31 , 0 T THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1859. Under pressure from Lord ELCHO, the Govern ment, last night, spoke at very considerable length in the House of Commons upon the great question —Whether, in the interests of Italian Liberty, England should, or should not, take part in an European Conference. "By particular desire" (of the noble lord the member for Horsham) the Oracles, not of DELPHOS, but of Downing-street, were, for one evening, not dumb. One after another they ascended the parliamentary tripod, and there spoke—as became them all, most oracularly, and as especially became them each in turn, most characteristically. Our extended report else where will sufficiently indicate at a glance the length to which the discursive discussion of yester day was carried by the leading members of the Administration. A more careful examination of these ministerial harangues will chow, according to a more strictly idiomatic meaning of the phrase, literally, "to what lengths" the leading organs of the Cabinet went last evening in the affected ardour and frankness of their explanations! Ex planations, by the way, so glaringly dis tinguished throughout, for the most part, by their ambiguity, that they only remind one of those once put forward by SOUTHEY in certain problematical prelections, in regard to the mystical obscurity of which Lard BYRON wickedly ejacu lated— Explaining metaphysics to the nation ? I wish he would explain his explanation !" It is absolutely impossible, we maintain, after all that was said last night by so many of our leading Administrators, as to the alternative of a Congress or no Congress, with England represented at its council board by her own plenipotentiaries—it is absolutely impossible, we insist, to understand, after all that weary debate of yesterday in the House of Commons, whether the Cabinet is really for or really against any direct participation by England in the labours of the European Conference —a Conference brought together for the re organisation of Italy and the establishment of Constitutional Government in the Roman peninsula. They would—evidently—and—they would not. They are obviously—and this is the whole secret—afraid to commit them selves ! They vascillate between intervention and not intervention—of course, of a strict- diplomatic character. They are eager to have a finger in the pie—and yet—it is so very recently out of the oven of war that they are—afraid of burning their fingers ! Hence the exaggeration by each of the great Ministerial speakers last evening of his own peculiar role in the Parliamentary drama. Hence the noble viscount at the head of the Administra tion was more hilarious than ever towards the close of the debate in doing the light comedy part, and was (upon topics the most serious) more provoca tive than ever of laughter, renewed laughter, hear, hear, and a laugh, and finally of cheers and laugh ter. Hence the noble lord the Foreign Secretary was more than ever, if that were possible, blandly evas ive and constitutionally commonplace. Hence gentleman the S ecretary for War the right h en. indulged in such a preposterous os t entation of r of him self and his ('olleagues, rea lly making a clea n breast of it, on t he pa o lleagues, that his elaborated rigmarole is actually--;iot ironically, but simply and honestly —thus epitomised in the summary of the Times this morning. "Mr. S. HERBERT," writes the re porter, 4 , denied that Lord PALMERSTON had said anything about going into Conference to settle the details of the Treaty of Villafranca." [Mind that, just to begin with , by way of a safe preliminary reserva. 'ion to fall back upon in case of necessity.] " The G overnmeßt had never been asked to join in settling 1 ',hose details of the Treaty of Villifranca." [Now for the more elaborated specimen of SIDNEY H - IERBERT'S circumventing, circumambient, circumlocu. 5 . 0 n--so sinuously intervolved and intri cately windik g even when epitomised !] " Although we 'wind be la belligerents that was no argument against enterin 1. the Conference ; and wou ld it be i right for England—if asked on terms which afforded a chance of success—to refuse to take part in a Conference by which a more permanent arrangement might be made for the security of Italy ? He did not say they were going to the Conference, but if difficulties were removed and objections got rid of, a refusal to do so would be a dereliction of duty on the part of the Government.' That is in truth not simply an epitome of the speech delivered last night by the Secretary for War, the right hon gentleman the member for South Wiltshire—it is really and truly the con centration, the condensation and quintessence of the whole of the Ministerial explanations. They never, said they, would go to the Conference. They never yet have been asked to go to the Conference. The fact of our neutrality during the war is no argu ment, now that there is peace, against our going to the Conference. Wouldn't it be better, however, wouldn't it be right and proper, all things considered, if, in such and such a con tingency, England did join the Conference ? Mind they didn't say for an instant that they were actu ally going to the Conference. BUT, if so-and-so were done first of all—and so-and-so--and so-and so—then would it not be a dereliction, et cetera, and so on, down to the very end of the last chapter of these voluminous Ministerial explanations ! Unquestionably, however, and beyond all manner of doubt, the most flagrant among all the Minis terial exhibitions last evening was the one dis played to the astonished house by the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of her MAJESTY'S Ex chequer. The oratorical tripod ascended, Mr. GLADSTONE there became possessed, in more than ordinary excess, of the cestrum, the afflatus, the fire and fury (shall we say signifying nothing ?) which are alone vouchsafed to the master Rhetoricians. Mr. GLADSTONE spoke yesterday so eagerly, so loudly, in terms so unnecessarily impassioned, and in language so needlessly hyperbolical, that he has evidently at last made up his mind to identify him self for once and for all with his new associates. He feels that he is in for it—and signalises his desertion from the cause of his late friends, and his adhesion to the cause of his new colleagues, by an extravagance of exaggerated ingratitude hap pily but seldom witnessed nowadays within the walls of Parliament. It was only yesterday, re member, that the Right Hon. Gentleman was the " most obedient" of the powers that then were—the Derby Government ! It was only yesterday that he conceived that it derogated in no way from the dignity of even his exalted and immaculate character to accept a diplomatic mission under the rule of that Derby Government. Now—who so loud in its condemnation ? Why, such was the overwrought condition of Mr. GLADSTONE'S feelings yesterday that he appeared to find it in a measure quite impossible to keep his hands off that famous and maligned, but in reality little read and most honourable, Italian Blue Book of Lord -1-TALMES BURY ! Last evening, as it lay before the infuriated Chancellor of the Exchequer—late (in succession) Extraordinary and Ordinary Lord High Commis sioner to the lonian Islands—it became by a Hudi brastic periphrasis— " A blue-book—drum elastic, Beat with fist instead of a stick." We repeat distinctly, Mr. GLADSTONE was so be side himself with the spleen of his shameless ingra titude, that he couldn't keep his hands off the blue-book. " Here," cried Mr. GLADSTONE at last, in tones of irony so bitter that they partook almost of the character of invective, " Here (striking the blue book) is the great and crowning precedent— the rich result of the labours of the late Adminis tration." It was altogether a melancholy display of acerbity and of vituperative excitement that, ill became one fitted rather to be the %YYNDHAM of our generation. It was a display, we doubt not, that will fail to be very easily obliterated from the remembrance of Mr. GLADSTONE'S quondam friends and associates now in the temporary shade of the Opposition. Meanwhile in the midst of the vapid and senile jokes of Lord PALMERSTON, of the dull and amiable platitudes of Lord JOHN, of the paradoxical ambi guities of Mr. HERBERT, and of the unwonted and unstatesmanlike impulsiveness of Mr. GLADSTONE —how fares it with— " Italia, 0 Italia thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty ?" Whatever may be thought or said to the contrary, we cannot but believe and hope on to the last, that the force of Public Opinion might yet, if but properly directed, counterpoise even the imperial compromise at Villafranca. Public Opinion is in these days the true motive power to set in play the complex and elaborated machinery of European Statecraft. Properly directed, honestly and wisely directed, we believe that that great and paramount force might yet, and that very speedily, secure to Italy—from the Alps to the Straits of Messina, from the Adriatic to the Mediterranean—the supreme political blessing of Constitutional Govern ment. And in the still possible realisation of this magnificent day-dream, we cannot understand why England could in any way forward the great work of its realisation by abdicating her conspicuous and paramount position, at the Council Board of the Chief States of Christendom, as the greatest of all the Constitutional Governments. Yesterday was a grand day for the " Great Eastern"—that wonderful combination of genius, science, and art, never exemplified in so glorious and so useful an achievment as we witnessed yes terday. It was indeed the very perfection, if any thing conceived by the mind and worked out by the hand of man may be so termed. There was the aristocracy of the land, the principal members of the Legislature, the representatives of science, navy and army, the press, in short, everything that could add splendour to the scene, beauty and fashion, and all—save one, and that one the magic mind that conceived the wonderful idea re presented yesterday on the bosom of the Thames — that one was unfortunately wanting in the per son of BRUNEL ! He, unhappily, was lying on a bed of suffering, while the mystery of his creation was being worshipped by many hundreds of ad miring countrymen. Such is too often most unhappily the fate of Genius, and yesterday only added another instance to those recorded in the sad chronicles of time ! In another part of this impression will be found a particular account of the proceedings of the day. The speech of Lord STANLEY was all that could be wished for, and did himself great honour, while he did but due and befitting honour to others. The speech of Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL was as modest as it was manly. Great men do not vaunt their own deeds. Sufficient for them is the unspeakable satisfaction that they have done a work which the world will not willingly let die. And Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL has accomplished what no man as yet has done or even attempted to do. He has sunk his own mechanical achievement in honour of the glorious, the original genius who first con ceived and carried out the Great Western Railway, and now sets the world to wonder at his conception of the Great Eastern steam-ship! We sincerely hope that Mr. BRUNEL will speedily be enabled to visit the scene of his great labours, to the infinite the " great f ac t" del N ig o h of r t mus h t is friends wepassthe pu unnoticed THE StTN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 18h9, that the efforts of genius, however wonderful, would cease to be valued because they would almost be unknown, but for the sympathetic souls who can appreciate its inspiration, and so give them substantial aid, by a talismanic agency which alone has been hitherto wanting in carrying out the idea of the inventor's mind. That agency has found generous and comprehensive hearts and intellects in the person of Mr. ROY CAMPBELL, the chairman of the directors, who has laboured, such as few would labour, in carrying out the ways and means which are the very life blood that poor genius wants. Nor shall we pass over the merits of Mr. JACKSON—himself a HERCULES in commercial enterprise And now, as we conclude our brief and hurried notice, we must, with all who know him, do but simple justice by naming Mr. YATES, who may be called the very first-rate stoker of the Great Eastern ; for to his unrivalled management it is owing, we believe, that the fires of her salvation have been kept in a glow of hope which will blaze on to a long prosperity, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 8. The Patrie of this evening states that the Em peror will return to St. Cloud on Thursday next. It is asserted that Prince Richard Metternich will remain in Paris as Austrian Ambassador. The Duke de Malakhoff left Nancy on Saturday evening. THE CONFERENCE. ZURICH, Auo. 8. Yesterday, after the members of the Conference had paid a visit to the President of the Government of Zurich, M. de Bourqueney held a conference with M. Desambrois. ZURICH, AUG. 8. The Conference held a formal sitting to-day, at which the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries assisted. PARMA, AUG. 8. The Sardinian Commissary has informed the municipality of his departure, leaving his Secretary, M. Manfredi, charged with sovereign powers of government in the name of the people. This mea sure has produced a very bad effect, on account of the illegality of the act. FLORENCE, AUG. 8. The elections for the National Assembly have taken place. Great dignity was observed by the people; public order has not been in the least dis turbed, and perfect harmony prevails through all classes. All the Ministers have been elected, and all are friends to the independence of Tuscany. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, AUG. 8. The Austrian Lloyd's steamer, just arrived, brings the follo wing advices : CALCUTTA, JULY 2. A considerable reduction of native troops has been ordered. Imports were dull. Exports flat. Freights firmer. Exchange on London, ls. 111 d. to 2s. qd. MADRAS, JULY 8. Exchange on London, 2s. Old. to 2s. OZd. HONGKONG, JUNE 22. The representatives of England. France, and America have gone from Shanghai to Pekin. Freights flat. Exchange on London, 6s. 11d. to 4s. 111 d. CANTON, JUNE 20. There was little doing in exports. Imports were more in demand. SHANGHAI, JUNE 14. In tea little doing. Silk in moderate demand. Exchange on London, 4s. 21d. to 4s. 31d. Freights for tea, £2 to £2 10s. ; for silk, £4 to £4 10s. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY MORNING. The Valetta, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Marseilles at 7 a.m. this day. The mails leave for London at 10 a.m. The Pera left Malta for Southampton at mid night on the 6th inst. MARSEILLES, AUG. 9, 8 A.M. HOMEWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL. The Valetta arrived here at 7 a.m. ; the mails leave for London at 10 a.m. Letters will be in the City, Thursday, the 11th, one day before their time. The Pera arrived at Malta on the 6th inst., at 5 p.m. ; she left at midnight, and may be expected at Southampton on the 15th inst. The Alhambra arrived at Malta from Corfu on the 4th inst. The Bengal arrived at Suez on the evening of the 31st July. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Behar arrived at Malta from Southampton on the sth:inst., 5 p.m., and sailed for Alexandria at midnight. OUTWARD BOMBAY AND AUSTRALIAN MAIL. The Columbian left Suez for Bombay, and the Emeu for Australia on the 28th July. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. PARIS BOURSE, Aug. B.—Large sales for reali sations of profits were effected after the opening of the market, and any further upward tendency was checked. Threes, after having been done at 70f. 40c., declined to 70f. 20c. Mobilier declined from 867 f. 50c. to 8501., and rallied to 857 f. 50c. Aus trian varied from 5721. 50c. to 567 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,385 f. to 1,370 f.; Lyons, 885 f. to 8801.; Southern, 525 f. to 522 f. 50c. ; Northern, 945 f. to 940 f. The following were the quotations : 41 per Cents. .... 97 25' Credit Foncier 660 Do. end month .. ——l Belgian 4 3 per Cents. 7O Piedmontesa (5) Do. end month.... 70 Roman B7 Bank Shares. 28.50 I Austrian. — Credit Mobilier .. 852 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 850 1 Home Debt 4l 75 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 937 50 .. 938 75 New ditto B2O .. 825 Lyons and Mediterranean BBl 25 .. 882 50 Geneva 540 .. 547 50 Southern Western 570 .. 570 50 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 73c. ; money, 25f sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. Ole. ADELPIII The favourite old Adeiphi drama of " The Flowers of the Forest "—a play which has a charm that no frequency of repetition can impair—was revived with great eclat at this theatre last night. The leading characters were sustained in a very spirited manner by Messrs. Toole, Billington, and Paul Bedford, Mrs. Mellon, and Miss Kate Kelly, and the performanees afforded manifest gratification to a numerous audience. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant vessel Herald of the Morning, 1,355 tons, Capt. Rudolf, sailed from Liverpool on the 2d inst. for Melbourne, Victoria, with 415 emigrants, under charge of Surgeon- Superintendent Horatio Costerton. n~nl'V4 4l l' ffaA AIiET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, during the last few days, business has been rather inactive, and little variation of importance has taken place in values. Tea has been exceedingly firm, but the inquiry is limited. Sugars have been dealt in to a fair extent for home consumption at a slight decline on former quotations, and in the refined market the trade have limited their opera tions, notwithstanding slightly reduced values. For coffee the demand has been rather active, and full prices obtained for plantation and Native Cey lon. Rice, fruit, and saltpetre have exhibited very little activity, and they remain at about previous values. Tallow has been rather inactive, a slight reduction having taken place for present and for ward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices re mained without any important change. The sales were estimated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales. The Railway Share market closed quietly, but quotations were firmer. Although the applications for discount accommo dation at the Bank are rather less numerous, the general demand continues active. Some doubt, however, is expressed whether any immediate necessity will arise for an advance in the minimum quotation. The present inquiry is to some extent merely temporary, being partly caused by agricultural operations, which will cease at an early period to affect the mar ket. The Indian Loan and other negotia tions, however, may eventually initiate a perma nent alteration in the tendency of monetary affairs. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer Tyne, which leaves to-day for the Brazils, will take out specie to the amount of £37,080, viz., £27,880 in gold, and £9,200 in silver. The steamer Emeu, with the London mail of July 18th, left Suez on the 28th for Australia. The Columbian, with the mail of the corresponding date, left at the same time for Bombay. The Benares remains at Suez, to take forward the August mails for Australia. At the commencement of business to-day in creased buoyancy was apparent in the market for public securities, and a further rise of A-- per was exhibited. Since then, however, sales have been pressed, and a reaction has occurred, the funds being ratherheavy at a decline from the highest point of nearly 4 per cent. The settlement of the account is exercising a decided influence upon values. Consols, which have been 95d 1, are now 951 1 for money, and 954 for the ith proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced have been dealt in at 951- 96; Long Annuities (1860), at 11-16; ditto (1885), at 18 1-16 ; and Exchequer Bills, at 265. to 30s. prem. ; India Loan Debentures (1858), remain at 941 ; and ditto 1859, improved to 94. Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues rather active, and prices appear steady. Turkish 8 per Cents. ar , - 83 to 85 ; ditto New, 734 to 74i; Buenos Ayres Deferred are firmer at 18/1 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. at 103 to 104 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. at 921 93j-, ; Grenada Active remains at 17 ; ditto Deferred, at 5 ; Mexican, at 19b ; Spanish Deferred, at 33A. ; Venezuelan New 21 per Cents., at 281 to 29 ; and the 1 per Cents. at 151. The Railway Share Market has presented a rather inactive appearance, and in several instances lower rates have been current. Ca:edonian, East Kent, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick) declined ss. ; Great Western, North Western, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Norfolk, 155., and Brighton, £l. The Foreign lines have been at slightly lower quotations. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares are dealt in at 10Z-, and the New at 101. In the Colonial Market, East Indian have de clined to 991 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 341 ; Great Indian Peninsula are steady, at 971 98 ; and the New Shares at 31. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little variation. Bank of Egypt have declined ss. ; London and County advanced 10s. ; and Union of Australia, 15s. Peninsula and Oriental Steam are steady, at 771. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 31.ier Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 6 51 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 slail2ia Now 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 11.16 Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 188.518 1-16 17 15-16 ndia Stock ..... — Ditto Debentures, 1858 9 9 4 41 Ditt o , 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditt , under £l,OOO Consols for Account (Sept. 7) ~ xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d — Ditto Small, I.'_,d ... 26 30 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred Chilian, 6 per Cent lO4 3 Ditto 41 per Cent. Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deterred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian. 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian. 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll2l Ditto 4} per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4a Turkish 6 per Cent. Bll 1 31 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Acco ant Venezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto New 21 per Cent. Ditto 1 per Cent l5l Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 954 a Ditto Account .. 95a THE NAVY. The Minalay - a, iron screw steam troop-ship, Com• mander John Seccombe, arrived at Spithead yester day morning, from Dublin, with the I st batt alion of the 16th Regiment , and went into harbour in the afternoon to land the troops. We hear that it is her Majesty's intention to visit the Channel Islands, and that a royal squadron will be formed to accompany her. The Victoria and Albert, accompanied by the Osborne, went out of harbour this afternoon, and proceeded towards Cowes, to be in attendance upon her Majesty. The Poictiers, freight - ship, has arrived , and will embark about 100 men of the 50th regiment, for conveyance to Columbia. H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, of 131 guns, is shortly expected in the Mersey, where, we understand, she will be placed under the command of Capt. Mends, as a guardship for the port. H.M.S. Hastings will also remain with us as the exercising ship. PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN SCIIOMBERG, R.N. —Some few months since, when Capt. Schomberg R.N., who had been for several years Government emigration superintendent at Liverpool, was pro moted to the command of her Majesty's ship Aboukir (91), it was determined that a suitable testimonial should be presented to him, exp res - ' sive of the feelings and satiEfaction of the mer chants of Liverpool for the manner in which he had fulfilled his onerous duties. In a short time the sum of .£4OO was collected, and yesterday (Monday) the testimonial was presented at the office of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. The presentation was made by Charles Turner, Esq., chairman of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, who in fitting terms referred to the general s a ti s f ac ti on g i ven by Captain Schomberg in fulfilling the duties of his office. Captain Schomber g f ee li ng ly replied. The testimonial comprised a purse, containing a cheque for £4OO, a silver salver, as well as an ad dress suitably engrossed and elegantly framed. DEVONPOR 7' AND 8 TONE HOUSE ELECTION. SUATE OF THE POLL. SEYMOUR'S CommirrEE. 0 O'CLOCK. Seymour... 59 101 Ferrand FERRLAND'S COMMITTEE. 9 o' CLOCK. Ferrau(l Seymour.. .. 9.30 o'CLocx.. Ferrand Seymour ......... ; ................. 167 The general business of the port of London still continues very active. The arrivals during the last week have been large, particularly of vessels laden with sugar. The number of ships reported inward was 285. In the ex port trade also the actual shipments are rather heavy. The number of vessels cleared outward was 126, including 25 in ballast. SHARE .1111,4k7fET.-( THIS DA Y. ) Shtrtl Tln.ilvcays. :` , - , P.'tc4.2;.. :Not( mg. host and Eastern .11.11.' 1 "1011 f,'.4.lfatt and Ballymena Wol., and Str.Val I.ane.,andCheah Junction "lackburn 131vill and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead 6 6; 13.14 Stork' 74 84 74 76 11* 12i Stock Stock Stock Cork and Bandon . Cork, inkrock,&Passagel Cornwall 97 99 82 821 10 Do. Af A roves. no div. 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. 11 hasbeen pd.toß. 50 j Dublin andßeliast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. Stoc`.: i East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties ; Stock Easternj Union A Stock; Stock ; Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.nv.A.(lte.E.U3ds); 25 East liGnt 1 ) Stock East Lancashire 4i 5t 8 9 141 151 58 59 40' 43 28 30 20 ;East Sutlblk 10 Do Stock !Edinburg and Glasgowj Stock I Edin• ,Perth, & Dundee ! 10 Forth & Clyde J unction! Stocki Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock! Do. do. A Stock Stocki Do. do. B Stock Stock Vlt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)j Stock reat Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Trish South Eastern. •• •1 50 , Lancaster and Carlisle.! 16'1 jDo. Thirds 1613 4 1Do. New Thirds Stock; Lancashire & Yorkshire ) 16 !Do. do. F 9 !Do. do. R 9 shares ! 3 j Do. West Riding Union 20 !Do. Southport Stock :London and Elackwall, ! Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh.! Stock ;Lon.,Briuhton &S.Coastl Stocki London & North Westn 121 i Do. Eighths Stock ;T,ondon& youth-Westn ! 25 'L Berry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen ) StccklMan., Shet„ & Lincoln ! 10 'Metropolitan Stock 31idland StocklDo. Birtning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland), 25 :Do. A Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle.; 25 New., Aber., & Herefd.! 14 t 6 94 96 724 734 251 261 92 93 101 103 82 84 131 133 107 109 59 60 55 60 85 90 11. p 11, 14 p 95i d 65 67 109 111 931 941 11 d, 931 91 10 Newry & AT:magh (def.)l 20 !Newry, Warpt., & Hos Stock . Norfolk _ 1 50 INorth. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.ilail.&Dk. Stk Stock , Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c,hasbeenpda Stock Do. B Stock orth-Eastn.--Berwicki 25 , Do. do. G.N.l4lPurehase l ' Stock' Do. Leeds ;Stock Do. York Stock North London 10 N. &S.Westn., llampstdl and City Junction.... 20 North Staffordshire....' 20 North-Western • • • 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolper 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Tthvlnney S lock !Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock; Shropshire Union 10 Sittinzbourne & Sheer Stock , South Devon Stock'South-Eastern Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 25 ,Do. do. 1858 :Stockton & Hartlepool Stock, Tall' Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 25 rl'hamesHavenbk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 ,West. Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 5 Do. A.—Areev.nodiy.tlll 7 p.c.. has, been pd. to B 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 !100 1 16 13 4' 5 7 35i SO d 9 11 59 61 34 3d 571 581 92 92 1 d 441 4 74 74 102 104 ls. 17i all all 100 all 4 4 d 13i 14/ 6 8 31 32 13 15 111 113 24i 25,E 81 83 45 47 311 24d 43 44 74 75 61 63 62 67 16f 100 100 100 100 all all all 8 11 36i 874 68 72 a 64 all all all all ! all ; 3i 37t 74 [ARES. OP,DINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 82i 11 58 U i 15} 4 59i i 87i } P C 6 110 94} 31 81 351 6 104/ i i 61 i 58 71 74} 4 E 1 paid. Closing I Business Price. 92 1 li 2i d 44 i 744* 104 105 179 81 Closing Business Price. ; Done. 49 61 95 97 1103 105 51 61 99 101 112 117 107 111 114 116 113 115 129 131 81 83 114 116 120 122 111 113 105 107 85 87 96 98 'B6 E 8 88 00 100 102 9/ 10} 17 18 10 101 74 76 191 201 91 10 141 15 139 141 158 162 8 9 120 123 AP 66 - 68- 139 141 104 106 94 } 96 I 91 10 Ili 111 110 112 108 110 98 100 1 ipl }d p 224 23i 124 126 123 125 99 101 72 74 1120 124 118 122 1 10i 11 231. 241 103 105 ,103 105 29 30 34 36 47 53 125 i 124 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. (lei: n. 1 ,1 and Metal)ley all Ln & N.WI Buckiwrbamshire .... 100 Clvdiqulale J un ction .. 100 Caledonia Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&13.1 C E.Lincolnshirej,.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. E Union,flarwichShs. all E. Counts. Do. woodbridge ... 100 Gls.llarr.&-Neils.Drct. 100 Caledonin Do. New .... ..... 100 Do. Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West liartlpool.Dck. &Rail. a ll Yk.N.ll Yk.N.&Br I lull and Selby ...... a3ld. Do. 4 Shares ....... all Do. D Shares ....... all Do. Londo. on &Greenwich • 100 S. East Do. Preference ...... 100 Do. f.on.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Pet.) &C 0 D o , Barking Shares.. all Do. Lowestoft. glia. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk. Do. 6 per cent........ 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtu. & Matk. all LN VlrA z lr Midsb.& e dcr, r)p.e. all Stk.& Da Mid.BradfordPrt. Stk. 100 Midland . Newinarkt..BuryEx 1 . gu qranteed 5 p.C. I 5.6. E•COulltS Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all • Do. Do. do. G per cent. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. Pr.ston and Wyk.z. all L&N tfi ) Do. Shares A. all Do it o vstn,Bitch.,& Shep ]OO Gt. North Sill Itoth...tGol.g.sDc. - 18 11 6 Lan.& Yk Shr.wsbry& Hereford all T c r i a e s a s n e y South Staffordshire .. all m Wear Valley, g. 6p, c. a ll V. tk.& Da; Do. do. Wilts and Somerset all Do. m IGt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all ~..&Brgtn 98 100 102 104 I 164. 17* 140 144 Sh are Docks. 113: 142 9 10 10 11 90 92 i 9 9 99 8i Pm I Paid Closing ! Business Price. Done. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do4perCent.Pref .31in lOO 1 Stock East and West India lOO ' _ Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine , 100 Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria IC4 10 Do New .......... ...... 18 .... 1194 _ --_-- Leaving Closing Business Railways. P aid. ' Co.'s. Price. Done. PREFERENCE Si Share Railways. *45 ' Blytne and Tyne h pert c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Uris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent! 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2., Stock' Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc, Stock ,Do. do. 5 p. ct. ,Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c 6$ Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc 1 Stock'Do. do. Class C 7 pc ; Stock' E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. 0.11 Stock Do. do N 0. 21 Stock'Do. New 6 per ct. Stock I Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et.' Stock , East Lane. s per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Stock' Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock I Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.: Stock Furness, 5 per cent 1 Stock (flaw. &S West. rr a. spc ' Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct ! Stock Do. 5 pc Itedm.,lop.c.pm Stock !Do. 15 p. c. do. do. 100 'Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf j Stock i s Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berksand Ilants) Ext. 5 p.ct St ock!T)o. Redeemable, 44 p ct ! Stock I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct ' Stock;Do. Irredeemable, do ! St ock Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref 1 8 !Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 !Gt. West. Ches. 8 I shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do firming. guar. stock! 261 Do. Chester g-uar.shares l do. do 20 Do. do. do. S tock 1, an. & York 6 p.c. stock, Stock Lon.&P,rirs.spc. gu. No.l, Stock , Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2! Stock; Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Stock[Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4' Stock 'Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun ; caton, sp. ct. Stock:l.on.&S. W, 7 p.ct.stock,ll late 3d shares jLondondy & Cole, shs j 12 ILondone.y.& Ennis sh 1 Stoelcjlran.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. 34 per cent. 124 ,M a ryport & Car., 4 p.c ID°. 4 per cent... 124 Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Stock Do.Con.Bris.&preßir.6p.ct. f stock . Stock Do. 44 . . 8 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. it. , A Newport,Aber,&c. pret. s " p. c. redeem, at 5 p.o.nm 10 option till 1, 866 6 .c. with p Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way. Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent StocklDo. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& D ek.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 I o. York, IL &S. Porch 20 Worth Staffordshire Stock Ox. WI% & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.,gua.6pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 108. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) S took Do .44 per cent stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e 25 Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all Paid. 110 112 64 66 ,115 120 a 2 94 24 21 98 100 4 I P 57 59 T HIIW EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(TiIIs EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDA.LE the Lancashire Em bankment Bill wee read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : London and North-Western Railway (Denton to Staley bridge) ; Silverdale and Neweastle-under-Lyne Railway ; Waveney Valley Railway ; Lancashire and Carlisle Rail way (Amendmentso ; North Staffordshire itailway (Amendments) ; and Stockton and Darlington Railway (Amendments). MILITIA LAWS AMENDMENT BILL. Lord RIPON moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to abolish certain restrictions as to the employment of the English and Irish militia in the United Kingdom. In November next, if the law was not amended, considerable inconvenience would arise ; and to obviate such circumstances the present bill was proposed. Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE rose, not for the purpose of obstructing the progress of public business, but to make a few observations on the general state of the militia under existing acts. He very much regretted that the militia ballot had been suspended, as conscription in this country was not, and he trusted never would be, allowed. It was of the highest importance that the militia should be kept in the most effi cient and _ effective state, as the country was sur rounded by difficulties. It was quite true that in the short compass of a single session we had passed from war to peace, and it was also possible in the period of recess to pass from peace to war, and it might happen on a second occasion we might find it much more difficult to maintain our neutrality, which had been as successful as the first. The conference was about to meet at Zurich, but of that our information was of the most limited description. Looking towards France, which was to be seen, we see a Sovereign wielding great power, but the purposes for which that power would be applied it was impossible at present to discover (as we understood the noble lord. Looking at the position of our country he did not think it was, and in the event of being called upon to take part in any conference, it was of the highest import ance that England should be in a position, in order to be of service to others, to exercise important influence. He be lieved thepresent Government would pursue a proper course. It was the duty of the country to place the defences on the most satisfactory footing, at the same time he trusted the negotiations about to take place at Zurich would result in a treaty which would eventually secure the future peace of Europe. Lord KINGSD OWN complained of the inadequate mea sures taken to secure men for the army, navy, and militia, and contended that those services would never be placed upon a satisfactory footing until the Government had the power of having recourse to the principles of compul sory services. Lord RIPON said the whole question of neutral defence was under the serious consideration of the Government, and during the recess noble lords might depend that the utmost attention would be directed to the subject. He did not, however, think, in a time of peace, it would be expedient to have recourse to the ballot or any other com pulsory means to augment the forces of the country. The ballot he looked upon as a great engine in time of war, but if it was resorted to in time of peace he thought it would be resisted to the utmost and the effect would.be to render the military service of the country highly unpopular. If noble lords left the whole subject in the hands of the Government they would, he felt assured, have no reason to regret the course they had adopted. The bill was then read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Galway Harbour and Port Act Amendment, Fishing Ves sels passing from the Nore, Westminster New Bridge, Im prisonment for Small Debts, Law Ascertainment Facilities. Their lordships then adjourned till to-morrow at four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tres DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Epping Railways, Norwich and Spalding Railway, and Tendring Hundred Railway. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Liverpool Sanitary Amendment, Lucette's Estate Bill, and 'Robin's Estate Bill. The Thames Watermen and Lightermen Bill was con sidered. On the motion of Mr. MASSEY, the standing order 216 was suspended for the remainder of the session. PONTEFRACT ELECTION. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Mr. Childers, the unsuccessful candidate for Pontefract at the last elec tion. It appeared that there was only a difference of ten votes between the petitioner and Mr. Overend, who was declared duly returned at the close of the poll. A petition was presented, but an arrangement was entered into be tween the parties, by which, in order to avoid the expense of a scrutiny, which would cost about £5,000 or £6,000, the questions raised in the petition were to be referred to a member of the late Government. In consequence, how ever, of some difference between Mr. Overend and his agent, and certain difficulties which the hon. member interposed, that arrangement was not carried out although the petition was withdrawn. He would move that the matter should be referred to a select committee composed of members of the general election committee. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Sir G. GREY suggested that the petition should be presented before the house was called on to pronounce an opinion on a question which might affect the privileges of the house. He thought the hon. member should have had notice of this motion. Mr. BRIGHT stated that notice had been given to the hon. member last Friday. After some discussion; Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that he would bring on the motion to-morrow. . _ Sir G. LEWIS suggested that the best course would be to adjourn the debate. Ultimately the motion was withdrawn for the present, and the petition was ordered to be printed. Mr.. BRIGHT gave formal notice of his motion for to morrow. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. WILLIAMS made some inquiries. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the bill was drawn in precisely the same form as that of last year. If there had been any misappropriation of the money voted for the expenses of the Duke of Wellifigton's fnneral it must have arisen through mistake. The bill was then read a third time and passed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. HANKEY drew attention to the inequalities in the imposition of the stamp duties in regard to probate, which operated injuriously, and were calculated to lead to fraud. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id there was no doubt some a lt era ti ons m ight be made with be n efit general n t ehrze question duties, involvedu tinequalities o w o e e a r g u rt v o o id be a b l d s e c , an d me the at this period of the session. The bill was thenread a (No. third time BlLL.eandpassed. CUSTOMS This bill, as amended, was considered. EAST INDIA LOAN BILL. as ob e j Mr. CRAWFORD said amended, Mr. this for India, and he still enter tainedteeing a loan On the motion for consideringo formerlythis bill country guaranteeing He considered that the Chancellor that objection. of the Exchequer would practic all y fail if he en deavoured debentures ; but he thought th a t money might be borrow in easy instalments for the purposes of India, whi c h to obtain a pop° on instalments by that country. H e hoped Parliament might be repaid would next session consider thi s impor tant subject. Mr. VANSITTART wished to be informed if th e h on. m ember for Devonport had accepted the, office o f res id ent in India were completely exhausted, and consider- Chancellor of the Exchequer in India. The powers of bor rowing unstatesmanlike manner in ing the sums for different . purposes of late years, he thought they were acting in an cavil ling about the money requisite for the necessities of India. Mr. AYRTON said that Government had taken a most ex t ra ordinary view of the relations of Indi a t o this country, and be strongly , deprecated the course adopted in maintain ing abstract and useless principles of political economy to India which cost this country no less than £ 10 ,000,000. He considered they should settle the civil condition of India before they_ proceeded to deal with th e finances of that country. He denounced strongly the centralising prin ciple that prevailed with Whig Governments in respect to India, to which he traced the late mutiny, and which was calculated to perpetuate discontent. He was also strongly opposed to the establishment of what was called a local European army in'lndia, which tended to excite sedition and weaken the resourses bcth of India and England. It appeared that Government had lost sight of the cost of maintaining a European army in India, which might be estimated at £lOO a year per man, and that expense was in curred merely to support that description of rule in India which had already lasted too long. He alluded to the evidence of Col. Green, an experienced officer, to show that economy might be effected if they sent out only those officers who possessed those qualities which were calculated to secure the respect of the soldiers under their command in India. Col. SYKES said there was not the slightest foundation for what the hon. and learned member for the Tower Ham lets (Mr. Ayrton) had said relative to the army in India. He said it was proposed to raise £5,000,000, not for the benefit of the India, but to spend in that country. There was no doubt the greatest distrust in the money market existed with reference to these Indian loans. In proof of that he would draw attention to the following figures. The 4 per cent, loan of India was at 22 discount, the. 5 per cent. at 1 discount, although guaranteed for 15 years, h and the 5i per cent., although teed for 20 years, was also at a di scount guayan- He corAended that the distrust which existed with reference to Indian finance was produced by that administration, particularly by the bill of 1854, which destroyed the confidence of the natives, and the system in regard to dealing with finance in India. That country should be regarded not as a colony but a part of England, and all that was required to restore public confidence was the adoption of the two talismanic words " Imperial guarantee," in regard to raising any money that might be req u i re d . Mr. GLYN suggested the introduction of a clause in the bill to enable the present holders of debentures to convert the same from time to time into the new stock. That course would not only relieve the debenture market, bat be pro ductive of other advantages, and if not adopted this session he hoped that next year it would be carried out. Sir E. COLEBROOK E objected to the adoption of an im perial guarantee, and called for a clear statement as to the position which the hon. member for Devonport was to oc cupy in India. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished for information with reference to this appointment, and ho though they should proceed with great caution. He also desired to be informed in whose hands rested the power of charging the revenue of Mr. W. WILLIAMS considered that the depressed state of Indian finance was attributable to the extravagant ex penditure resorted to. He was opposed to this county giving any guarantee for loans for India; and he believed that, with proper management, the income i n th at country would meet the expenditure. Ho strongly urged on t he Government the India and other r tree n ch enter reduction o f t h e army in sir C , WOOD said with reference to the question of an imperial guarantee, it was deserving of consideration but the Government was lot prepared to give any h: such rantee at present. With regard to the appointment alluded to, he hoped his hon. friend the member for De vonport would be induced to accept it. Mr. VANSITTART—Has he accepted it? Sir C. WOOD—He has not. He believed that all would agree that from the great commercial knowledge and gene ral ability of the hon. member for Devonport that he was one of the best qualified in the country for the appoint ment, and he hoped to be able shortly to announce his acceptance of it. The Governor-General and Council were responsible for the expenditure in India, and whoever held the appointment would be a member of that Council. The bill was then read a third time. On the motion that the bill do pass, Mr. NEWDEGATE drew attention to some irregularitY in the votes, which prevented them knowing accurately when they would be required ; and he wished to know what course would be adopted relative to the Charitable Trusts Acts Continuance Bill, which stood on the order of the day for second reading. The SPEAKER having explained that when the house met before two o'clock it adjourned till six o'clock. Sir G. C. LEWIS said be would move the second read ing of the bill at the proper time. MILITIA PAY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT. This bill was also read a third time and passed. CHARITABLE TRUSTS !ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. Sir G. C. LEWIS moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the adjournment of the debate. Sir G. C. LEWIS expressed a hope that the hon. mem ber would not press the amendment, which might have the effect of protracting the session into next week. Mr. NEWDEGATE withdrew the amendment, but gave notice that, on the motion for going into committeee on the bill, he would move that it be committed that day three months. The bill was then read a second time. Some returns were ordered, and the house suspended sit ting at four o'clock till six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENIYO INDIA OFFICE, AUG. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, Knt., to be a Member of the Council of India. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 6. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA• IIENT. Borough of Dartmouth—John Dann, of 37, Lowndes square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Edward Wyndham Harrington Schenley, Esq., what election has been adjudged void. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Fife—Sir James William Colvile, Knt., Sir Peter Arthur Halket, Bait., Sir John trotter Bethune, Bart., Sir Thomas Erskine, Bart., the Taord Loughborough, Robert Cathcart, Esq., to be Deputy. Lieutenants. County of Worcester—Edward Gresley Stone, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. York—Sir Charles Henry Ibbetson, Bart., to be DeputY Lieutenant. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia —Thomas Howard Keelinge Fletcher, Gent., to be Ensign ; John Hampden Gladstanes, Gent., to be Ensign. 8d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia-- Ensign Alexander William Radford to be Lieutenant, vie. George Cole resigned. Huntingdonshire Militia—The Honourable Henry Stevenson Blackwood to be Lieutenant, vice Stephen Row land Woulfe, promoted. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Alexander Ridgway to be Captain, vice Rayer, resigned ; Thomas Welby North more to be Lieutenant, vice Ryde, resigned ; John Charles David Agar to be Lieutenant. Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Major George Jame Campbell to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Sir Charles Lamb, re signed ; Captain James Ogilvy Fairlie to be Major, vice Campbell, promoted; Lieut. Robert Gairdner to be Captain, vice Fairlie, promoted • Cornet Robert Morrice Pollock to be Lieutenant, vice Gairdner, promoted. 2d or North Durham Regiment of Militia—Robert F. Burrowes, late Lieut. 11th and 49th Foot, to be.Captainv vice Chisholm, resigned. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Houlden, dealer in horses, Earls Colne, - Essext to surrender, Aug. 19, at half-past one, and Sept. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Elizabeth White, schoolmistress, Ellerslie House, Lewi sham, Kent, Aug. 19, at two, and Sept. 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Isaac Guttmann, watchmaker, Sheffield, Aug. 20 and Oct. 1, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. John Wilson Jones, commission merchant, Liverpool, Aug. 26 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Edward Bates and John Felting, brewers, Manchester, Aug. 25, and Sept. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Coles, baker, Railway, Warwickshire, Aug. 19, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Bryant, merchant, Newport, Monmouthshire, Aug. 23, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. • Charles Thorneycroft, ale, porter, and cigar dealer, Alrewas, Staffordshire, Aug. 19 and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Emanuel Moss, dealer in lamps, Regent-street, Aug. 19, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Jack, Lauriston-lane, Edinburgh. George Grimmant, railway clerk, Easthaugh, near Perth. John Lindsay, yarn miller, Maryfield Mill, Strathmar" tine. Thomas Duncanson distiller, Edinburgh. John Kimmond, builder, Myth, Perthshire. William Brownlie, grocer, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. John Mathie, fruiterer, Glasgow. John Miller, flesher, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE._THIS Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 151 11 15 Antwerp Brussels — 25 25 25 32i Hamburgb. Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 35 25 42k Frankfort on Maine — ll7i Vienna - - - ___ Trieste 1 Petersburgh — 34 34 M a d r id Cadiz _ 49 50 Leghorn — 30 0 30 12} Genoa — 25 70 25 80 401 401 Naples Palermo — 122} 122 ' Messina — 122 1 123 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro • • New York — •• • • Foreign Gold in Ba rs (Stanclard). . ..per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars . .... . , 2 0 0 0 Silver in Bars •(Standard) .......... 1 t 0 0 0 WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.—(This DO.) PRODUCE STAKES. Aston walked over. HOLYOAKE STAKES. Twilight.. Lazy Lass 2 Night Ranger Three ran. CHILLINGTON STAKES. Lupellus Stolzenfels Predictor Eight ran. Won by half a length. MEMBERS' PLATE. Vigo . 1 Smilax The Dane Seven ran. LEWES RAGES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Babylon ..... Volatore. 2 NURSERY STAKES. Confectioner .. • Oliver ... Seven ran. SELLING STAKES. Skittles ... 1 Smut Six ran. GRAND STAND PLATE. Precursor Leukothea. Five ran. QtrEEN'S PLATE. Tournament Wild Rose Three ran. • ........ BIRTHS. JOHNSTONE.—On the 6th inst., at Brighton, Mt% R. a• Hope Johnstone, of a daughter. MONSELL.—On the 4th inst., at the Chateau de Chicherair near Vendome, Berthe, the wife of 'che Right Hon. Wi ll ' Monsell, M.P., of a daughter. RUSSELL -s .—On the 6th inst., at riscount Boyne's, in Bent ave daughter. uare, the Lady Catherine Hamilton Russell, MARRI AGES. COLERIDGE—NIND.—On the 6th inst , atWoodcote, 0014 the aev. Alfred James Ccaeridge, curate . of Great HalseP Oxon, to Agncs Elizahtth Sarah eldest daughter of th e Rev. Philip H. Nind., M Avicar of Southstoke-cum' Woodeote. . ~ CRA.WFURD--FOP:O—On the 6th inst., at St. George.l: Hanover squ Esq., to )s.c.rgaret Henrietta, youngest daughter of th e 'Are, Oswald, only son of John Crawfti.7.. late Ric hard Ford, Esq., of Heavitree, Devon. DEATHS. ARzwRIGHT.—On the 6th inst., at Sutton Scarsdale' berbyshire, Robert Arkwright, Esq., aged 76. GLAIR,—On the 3d inst., the Dowager Lady H un ter Blair , after a few hours' illness. GRIITITHS.—On the 7th inst., suddenly, at Castle-bi ll ' Englefield-green, G. R. Griffiths, Esq., aged 57. HURST.—On the 6th inst., at Southsea, Geo. Hurst, EA'' Lieut. R.N. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su•% offi ce , No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the emu) i 9 ° Viddlesex, Tuesday, August 9, 1859. 1201 110* 107