The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-26 00:00:00

(Ms Day.) RY. es.) MUNOZ moot tdgment, said that ler of Vice-Chan ordered that the the list of contri• y for 454 shares• lant had fide to a bona valid ridan, before the ny in Chancel , Vice-Chancello r of the appellan t h costs out of the irely of the sarge r.--TUCKER I. veriog judgment , ty, whether a PIO to his daughter, .ath realty or pe r or the widow [tied to take it *6 id that he WO ) parties at the Bis lordship con. lad converted hie it-at-law had Dot in question. It on wag, whether at sum, belonged ucker, and so be• .sonal estate, and cellor Sir John in question be )peal is from tbat pinion with Lori lips dismissed the ented not to olc Id rest here, so d which the caw <This Dap•) ET. iniatfLAß COS' ietor and drive Beadon, by gr . ,oval Society for Is, with crnellf iilty. hear the case. le case were veil 'stead of having capon, which he h in use among des doing seriovil it. ) of the socistyl 9th of June, 1 1 lug a horse an d several sever° 1 keeping up 0 )I:Want, and, 0 tm. (The wear ) °, ibled a piece 01 I from the fact of severe torture.) vas panting, so d 111 ill-used. confirmed slog f the whip, CO 1 0 d it. the defendane ° 7011 S, and said 3 Droken ; and tb ° be to serve hit°, rse. He wool ° 3 by fining hi° Llt, carry a weapl 1 unperceived ° TRADESMEN.'" in Globe FielA fe for his advice stated that on° had been hired le, who gave pney, who go° tn he had let the r parties at 0 out to be xtensive order: 3soription wit h the tradesail li mild not obtolo ren that articled afterwards Isola ult his solicito r is objectionabl e, he inspector o f 3 doings of tbo ;ood account a blic. lig Day.) loon, W.S.W. —Conflict, trot° arived—Syll oo N.E.—Sailed -- —Ocean Wa"' 'eaealatto, trots Cape of Good d— Nora, froai I.W.—Sailed -- • ['rent, (8), fr"o lay Morning• eriment, fr° °l [ayre, steamer , ersey. !ance, steamer, ay Morning. L ; Melbourpth ; Valparaiso , and C. A' elphia. 3rande ; Free' Lucy, Table Faro ; Argal; _New York Martha Miles; tsic. put back, wit h Crosby Lighr !cc. 1 , AP11.) ►y Morning. ae. )m C(401331)9; iton ; Sophloo 1-ustav Brats Lizzie GOO , t Ali 4 Porto ; Albion 0), istadt ; rariti y Morning• Liam Davie!' iro ; and 511 : Jai-seines, fo r rd, Cardiff 1 , n, for 10 owing melt le necessari aidwiferfp l " . :—Meabris ield ; Jani e ! ire; GOA" ire • Jam es sled, vvbit . riatol ; Ge ° ' ; WHO Heokatoo d " Thebertow 'rd. e Moniteor Bonapart e ' th a t nam e the German Bonapart° and write s of his rar e escuteheo? Treviso, le Pears after )arts at flee ren of the ad Curia? . d 12, 101 1 °I ed by WO' the ref °' owes clu itll hie 000 Ole some danoe wit niesu l° the e odd eat i le oriii p t, /m ow pOPU l t r ion COW' AND COM MERCJAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Th.e Bank of England weekly return of liabilities and assets, completed to the 23d inst., is of a rather satisfactory character. The private securities show a slight diminution, and the reserve of notes have been augmented about 150,0001. The bullion, also, not withstanding thelate shipments to the continent, shows a slight augmentation. In the Public De posits there is a large increase consequent upon the active collection of the revenue previous to the payment of the half-yearly dividends, but the private deposits show about a similar decline. The active circulation exhibits a slight decrease. In other items of the balance-sheet there is little variation requiring special report. They will be seen from the subjoined table : Astive circulation Decrease 8.210 Bullion Increase Rest Increase Public deposits Increase . Other deposits 12,582,872 Decrease Seven-day and other bills Decrease Government securities Increase Other securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase The bullion movements at the Bank of England, yesterday, were not important. It will be seen from the above analysis of the weekly balance-sheet that the accumulation is still going on, Eotwitb standing occasional withdrawals on Continental account. These will, no doubt, continue, and a large proportion of the Australian receipts will, it is thought, be absorbed. In the discount market there is continued acti vity. Bankers and others are busily employed, and, taking advantage of the increased demand, they are enabled to exact higher rates. At the same time there is an abundant supply, and as soon as the engagements now maturing are liquidated the quotations will probably recede. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday mani fested a very firm and rather animated appearanc-, and prices were fully maintained. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export. At the meeting of the Worcester and Hereford Railway Company to-day, Mr. Price, M.P., in the chair, the bill for an extension of time for making the above line was assented to unani mously; and the bill for approving of tho agree ment made between the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, the Oxford and Worcester, and the Midland Railway Companies, for working the Worcester and Hereford Railway, and for other purposes, was also agreed to unanimously. The meeting then adjourned. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about 199,9977., and the exports 41,3701., exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin—Hambro' SP - Boulogne 4lO , Bare—Belgium , 4,000 Silver Coin—Hanibro' —Boulogne 6,700 MessrP. Bristow, Warren, and Co., of Mineini lane, have suspended. The Funds have been firmer to-day by about per cent. This has been caused by a few purchase., but the favourable Bank return, and the expecta tion. that the demand for money will soon subside, have no doubt exercised a beneficial influence. Consols have been 951 I, and are now only 958- The New Threes are steady at 95; 96, and the Reduced Annuities also. India Loan Scrip, 99; ; ditto Bonds (1,0001.), 17. March Exchequer Bills, 345. ; and the June, 20s. to 21s. ; ditto Bonds, 1859, 101. In the Foreign Stock Market business is quiet, but prices are firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 951 # ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 451 ; ditto Deferred, 271 ;- Russian 44 per Cents., 1024 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 90 ; Dutch 2i per Cents., 661 67 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1024 ; and ditto new Scrip' 1 to 1 dis. A very limited business has been reported in the Railway Share Market this morning, and prices have further receded about per cent. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, South Western, Midland, South Eastern, and Stockton 11 and Darlington, declined 55.; and Great Northern 1 1 108. ; Eastern Counties improved ss. ; and Brighton 1/. The Foreign and Culonial lines are at about previous rates. Northern of France improved 158. ; Grand Trunk of Can ads declined E Dr. ; and Great Western of Canada ss. Mines, Banks, and Miscell aneous Sh ares s h ow tC no variation from previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (Pram the ()Anal List:) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 5S Now Three per Cent. Annuities India Loan Debentures Ditto Scrip Ditto Bonds, £lOOO Di t . outer taunt) l7 Consols for Account Exchequerßills March. June. £lOOO , £ 5OO Sma 1 3l i 20 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent. - Ditto, 1859 FOREIGN FUNDS.—THIS DAY. Brazilian c per Cent lO2 Ditto Scrip, 1853 Russian, 1822, I St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 42 per Cent lO2l Sardinian 5 per Cent 9O Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. - Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 67 61 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for account (July 8) 95 i a d Racing Fixtures for 1858. Hereford - I Ipswich Pontefract Odiham 2 Newmarket July 6 Worcester Summer 8 Liverpool l4 Nottingham 2O Stamford .. 22 Marlborough 23 Goodwood 27 AUGUST. Rip0n... I Belford North Staffordshire 3 Egham 24 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Wolverhampton Reading ll I NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn . 2 I Shrewsbury Autum n —.16 Liverpool Autumn THE MAILS, &O.—SOUTHAMPTON, June 25.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Trent, Captain Leeds, arrived here at noon from the West Indies, where she has been employed in the inter-colonial service during the last 20 months. Having come home for repairs, she brings neither passengers nor cargo, but she has a mail from Nassau and four distressed British subjects. On the 22d, in lat. 47.26 N., long. 14.15 W., the Trent ex changed signals with the Belgian barque Josephine, standing to the northward, and on the 23d with the Spanish brig Santos, standing to the eastward. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Be nue', Captain J. K. Joy, sailed this morning on a trial trip down Channel as far as Cork, previous to being de spatched to India via the Cape. The Ottoman steam frigate Faid Gehaad is to be taken into dock on Saturday for the purpose of being repaired. The eew stsamtr Hamm,•nia, Captain Schwensen, is expected here on Sunday, with advises from New York to the 15th inst. The Ripon steamer, Capt. Powell, leaves on Saturday with the Bombay mails ; the Alhambra, Captain Seward, on Monday, with the Peninsular mails ; the Fulton, Captain Wotton, on Wednesday, with French and English mails for Ame rica; the Plata, Captain Weller, on Friday, with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails ; the Pera, Captain Jamieson, on the 4th, with the Calcutta and China mails ; and on the same day the Austrian, Cap tain Heydtmann, and the Dane, Captain Maynard, leave the former for New York, and the latter for the Cape of Good Hope. The next mails from the West Indies are due on the 23 proximo, per Orinoco, Captain I3aynton ; from the Peninsula, by the Tagus, Captain Christian, on the 31; from Calcutta and China, by the Indus, Captain Evaue, on the 4th; from the Brazils, by the Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, on the sth; and from Australia, &c., by the Teviot, Captain Woodward, on he 6th. NONE T MARKET! sli=4'l'' RAILWAYS. Closing Prim, this day [d I RAILWAY,. dhr. I Pi 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. Eastn. June di Belfast & Ballymen: ill Birmng. Wolvorh Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junot . al Blackburn Blyth & Tyne origina; £25 (iss. at £45) X) Bristol & Exeter ) 0 Caledonian Chester & Holyhea' al Cork and Bandon 111 Cork, Black. & Pass. 1 . 11 Cornwall ai Do. A ill Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunr, ll Dun. P. &Aber Juno. )0 East Anglian )0 Eastern Counties Easternlgnion,A.stk )0 , Do. ' do. ..... 3 1 Do. New A 11 East Kent St. lb St. 11 St. II St. 11 50 i 20 1 20 i 10 I al 50 I a 1 St. 'F St. 1.1 Bt. li 25 I a. St. 101 20 al 10 a] St. 101 .-3t. 101 0I al St. 10 St. I 1( East Lancashire al East Suffolk ...... 611 D 0.... > 0 Edinburgh et Glasgow 10 Ediub.Prth.&Dundft. 11 Forth and ClydeJunc. 0 Furness . .... 0 Glasgow &S. Western I Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre) Great Western. Do. Str.V.R. gna. St /Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. . 4 i Do., Thirds .5 !Do. New Thirds 10 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F £l6 7 Do. Do., R 9 Do., Wst. Riding Un 11 Do. Southport. 11 London & Blackwell Do. New, iss. si. 105. Lond Bright. d: S. Cst. ) London &N. Wester', Do. Eighths London & S. West , Prn Ludnirry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. I Manch . She f. &Li nel n. 14 Metropolitan Midland ...... ....... .1 Do. Birming.& Derb • .11 Midland Cl. West.(lr. Do. 1 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt..A berg. &Fled Newry & Armagh ~, Itiewry, WarrenpoiL • & Ri'strevor Northn. Counties Ur North British North Devon, Rail. d Dock Stock ........... Do., A Stock ...... Do., B Stock ... N. Eastern— Berwi ck Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..... ... N. & S. Wan., Hemp stead, and City Jn, North Staffordshire.. North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester Wolverhampton..... all Peebles 19 Portsmouth.. 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union all Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 South Dev0n.......... 100 South Eastern 100 South Wales all S. Yorksh. RivarDur 14 I D 0............ ..... all ,Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 20 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16t Stockton & Ilartlopl. , 100 ( Taff Vale_ 1.00 I Do. Pref., No. 1 22 t oames Hay. D. &R 9BlOO St. 1100 St. 1100 St. 1100 St. 1 100 St. 1100 St. 'lOO 12 1 all St. ~ 1~ ii. St: 10 St. 110 1241 I St. 45 all 25 all St- !100 St. too St. 10 50 a' 25 _ 100 all St. 100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. ICO St- 100 25 165 St. 100 St [OO St. 100 10 31.1 20 17i 20 all 10 all 9t.:100 Vale of Neath.. Watorfd. Qc Kilkenny Waterford&Limerici West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West L0nd0n...., Do. First Class Do. Second Class BRITISH Pi Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hur, Buff., Brnt. & God ch. 6 P. c. bds. , 1 Aug. Do. do., 1 July, '7:i Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 ' Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim. Ceylon A shares Demerara . EasteTn Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares , Do. E. do. ........ Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'sP Geelong & Melbourne. guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt, In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Cauadb Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 44 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c Do. 4th Ex do Oudo (Limited) icindo, guar. 5 per c Do. 75 I 2! 5 1 -6, ••• ... 7i - 84 68 - 70 10 - 11 26i - 27. 88 - 90 75 - 75 ; 33 - 35 ••• --- 4 - • •• ." 7 - 8. 16 - 17 60 - 61. 46 - 48 31 - 33 14A - 15. 88 - 90 62 - 63 24 - 26 ... """ c 94 - 9i - 100 - 84 - 128 - 102 - 49 - 56 - 83 88 10A —11 i:; 101 —11 i 881 891 1 lk a - ii = 4 107 - ICB 894 - 90 1# - 1# 92 - 93 36i - 37 ld 9O -91 j 6'2 64 ii - ii 59 - 61 3,i - 1 461 - 44 89 - 90 2 - 44 - 45 69 - TO 95 - 98 5 j., b4i 8 9 28 - 30 ••• ---- •• 7 4• d 108 - 110 26 - 28 81 - 83 43 - 45 2i - 1A 34 - 35 67 - 674 78 - 80 13 - 15 7 - 5 • 9 - 71 34 - n ..-. ... - ... - 100 "'' ••• - qi - 6i '—"' toot "'. se• ''"' ••• ISSESSIONS. id— i 13 1 d par! 6i 7i 180 85 75 - 80 73 - 7i -- 10d par 4i 105i ' iP 17 -- lfq 43 -- 45 78 -- 80 20i -- 21* par -1., 17 -- 4 -- 34;i1 [O6 - 110 .06 - 110 LO5 107 18 19 20. t —20 i 1 a id d i d fP P FOREIGN. Amtwrp&Rotterdatn Ardennes Bahia & Francisco Belgian East. Junct Beziersto Graissessac 5 i •• ••• id psi Carm caux dr Toulouse Coal - Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lace Const. & Bale Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Maria Antenla Do. New ••• ••• 2} - 2i 25 - 25, "ii = ii 3 3 - 312 ••• •6 23i - 24.3 Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New NorwegianTrnk. Prof Paris and Lyons Ditto Now Paris and Orleans Recife di San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Riga and Dnnaburg Roma and Frascati, Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Sambre and Meuse... Southern 5 i per utherno c f e n nt. .anperee.f. West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Prof W.dt LW. of France Western of Austria Wcat. of Switzerlan, ••• . . 9 - 211 - 21 37# -37 i 83 - 93 3og —30 i 49 ::: 51 - (1 - 71 8 - 9 20 -20 i 4t - 5 9 - 94 23 - 24 . 4 , .....' ... Wiesiaden ------ Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zealand • •••' JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra at United Serv. ••• Australasia Bl 83 Bank of Egypt Bank of London 45 4 7 Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... British N. American C.Bk . of Ind. Au.d;Ch 2f City 57 59 Colonial ............ Commercialof Canada' Commercial of Fond. Eng.Scot.diAus.Cut. Lon. Ch. Bk.of AJEt. London and County London Joint Stock. Lond.andWcstminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now.. ISouth h astral's. Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London l Unity Mutual.. Westrußk of Loud 17i -- 184 18j -- 19 aim ..... ... 34 -- 36 15 -- 16 63 -- 65 49 Fl 35 37 233 243' ••• - 19 = 17d. 5 all 5 all 20 all 10 all 20 all )0 1 all .8 1 9 L 8 I all .8 all 10 i I all 10 1100 10 1100 )0 400 tO 2s. !CI 2s6d n 2 Lii all it. too !O all 10 all 10 all It. 1 100 0 all 0 ali 1,11 all /4 13 I all I all I all I all !O all !O all 15 .0 all ;0 all O 3 5 all ',O al ] 6 all ;0 all .0 6 O all :0 all bull !,0 all Rid all LO all 0 all :0 all .6 all LO all !II) all !O .0 all ,t 0 all 5 all 4 all !O all .0 all 8i all .0 all !.0 all ;03 all 6 all 6 all !O all all all 50 all 40 50 120 100 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1858, 8211116118 done this dsy. ft. 100 K:, 60 L 0 all :0 all !O all ;t. 100 It. 100 ;t. 100 t. 100 .!100 LO all LO all A. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 A. 100 7 .4 ;t. 100 7 !I CI 1 3 5 . 10 10 all it. 100 St. wo St. 100 Si all St. 100 St. j 100 St. 100 25 all 10 all .0.6 all it. 'loo ;t. 100 It. 100 100 A. 'lOO :0 , all :5 all 15;19 It. 100 MINES. 91 - 101 3 - 4 60 - 70 89 - 50) 85 • 90 14i - 154 1 6 1 - 16 -- - 5 - 7 9 - 10 5 - 6 18 - 19 , i 4 - 1,4 395 -- 405 1 3 - 4 ,275 235 i - i 31 - 3i 70 - 90 I - lA 24-- -25 i, 100 - 110 180 - 200 , 2 0 - 240 4i - 8 - - 9 44 - 46 24 - KIN Eli. I - i it. - i P li - 21 12 - 13 42 - 44 12 - 13 2 21 20 —21 i 94 10 1 d 1 5 - 7 - 4 31 1 - 311 1131 12 104 1021 3i 117 18 1161 i 1021 61 60 1 1 i 11i 12 Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Companies this dsy this day. St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 99 101 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caledon... 101 103 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 13 15 St. 100 B.Litt. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 138 140 1391 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 5 St. 100 Olas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. New Do. ••• ••• 2i all ,Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt•Westn. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & N.M. 109 11 . 1 25 all Do. Shares Do 12 all Do. 4 Shares. Do • ••• 12/ all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 14 20 all Do. Preference Do .. St. 100 Lon. TH., &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do •• ••• 5i all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 24 21 St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 97 99 6/ 5/ Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count 4 - - ip 50 I all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo •• ••• 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &IS. W — 124 all Do. Shrs. 4Do • --- ••• St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 137 140 1394 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassel 84 —8/ Si 12 all ;S. Staffordsh.. M. MClea , 9/ 104 50 all IWearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. . 25 all Do Do 3 .2A 334 i St. 'lOO ,Wilts&Sorarst Gt.Westn 9 - 92 at once." But the Government bad not acceded to that request. Whether the scheme of the Board of Works was the best or not he could not say, but he thought if the report of the commission were carried out it would give satisfaction ; and if the tiro schemes could be com bined it would be advantageous. Lord WYNFORD observed that there was one cause of unpleasant stench they might obviate. There were a number of noisome and pestilential occupations on the other side of the river. He hoped that some means would be taken to prevent these pestilential trades being carried oe in the midst of so large a population. Lord DE ROS observed that a great lapse of time must take place before anything was done. He suggested that the mouths of the sewers should be carried down by means of iron pipes to low water, instead of being at high water as at present. The Earl of MALMESBURY remarked that the Chairman of the Board of Works wrote a letter to the late Chancellor of the Exchequer suggesting that Govern. merit should give their security for a sum of money to be raised for executing the works. That letter was written in January, 1857, and from that day to this the Chairman of the Board of Works bed received no answer. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said be hoped the Gi vernment would be able next week to state what their intentions were on the suhject. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, in answer to the Earl of Malmesbury, said, after the letter from the Chairman of the Board of Works was received, the First Commissioner of Works appointed an engineer to make another plan, which was under discussion when the Government left office. Viscount TORRINGTON moved for a return, forth with, by the engineer of the Metropolitan B .ard of Works showing the alteration that was made of the outlet t the Ranelagh main sewer under Leaby's contract ; also how much above or below ordnance datum plane the invert was before the alteration ; also, what was the capacity of that outlet ; and also, whether it was free to discharge at all hours of the tide, the sewage, storm, and flood waters, and the overfloesings of the Serpen tine river, or whether that outlet was tide-kcked by iron flaps ; also, a return of the alteration under Leahy's contract, accompanied by the sheet of pub lished drawings of the main sewers, as they relate to the Ranelagh sewer and its main branch lines, signed by J. W. B tzelgette, engineer, dated Ist July, 1856, and stating the height of the altered sewer invert above or below Ordnance datum plane, the present capacity per foot lineal of the altered sewer fee. 3,250 feet above that outlet ; also, the present capacity per foot lineal of the neat 3,250 feet ; also, the present capacity per foot lineal of the portion of the main sewer under the Knightsbridge-road through Albert ga'e ; also, the capacity per foot lineal of the Tunnel sewer from the la-t-mentioned point across Hyde park to the junctions of the upland sewers of Paddington, Marylebone, Hampstead, and Willesden ; also, the capacity of the main sewer about three miles above the 3,250 feet of outlet sewer, viz., in the Gloucester-road, Paddington, and stating whether it be larger or smaller, and how much either way, than the outlet sewer. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition from the rector, ineurnbents of district churches, gentry, and inhabitants of the parish of Finckley praying Oat some clau-e may b e i nserte d i n the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, empowering the commissioners toapply a portion of the church lands in that parish to the better eneowment of the two district churches. He said there were 700 acres of church property in the parish which was let on building leases, and as the district churches were very poor, the parishioners thought they were en• titled to have the benefit of that property for the ecclesi astical requirements of their own parish. The E rl of ALBEMARLE moved for the papers, proceedings, and correspondence relative to the impri sonment of Shiv Deen Puttail, British Jageerdar of B,itool i❑ the Saugor and the Nerbudda territories, the incarceration of tie sons and other his adherent., and also the confiscation and sale by public auction of all Lis property, per , onaland rev], and the ejectment from tbtir homes of his female rtlatives and chiLlren, in conse quence of orders given by the British authorities of Jub buloore, Sanger, and the Nerbudda territories. The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition from the inhabitants f Dig -- s, and also one from the in habitants of Norwich, for the abolition of church rates. Lord LEIGa presented a petition from Coventry for the abolition of church ra•er. Their Inrdships thee adjourned at five minutes pas seven o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. TEIE LATE AMICK ON THE BRITBLI CON. SUL AT BELGRADE. Mr. GRANT DUFF asked the Under S:cretary for Foreign Affairs whether any deta led account of the recent events at Belgrade had been received by the Go vernment relative to the late attack on the British Consul at Belgrade, and if so whether he had any objec tion to state the substance of it to the house ? Mr. S. FITZGER LD said that the Government bad received a more detailed account of the particulars of the attack than was in his possession when the question was ked him on a former occasion. It appeared that Mr. Fonblarque was walking, as usual, on the ramparts of the town, and sat down on a wall that skirted it. He was beckoned to by one of the soldiers on the fortress above, bet Mr. Fonblar. que, who knew that he was entitled to be where be was pointed to his cap to signify that be was the British Consul. He also stated that be was the British Consul, and thought no more of it, but shortly after wards the soldier rushed out of the gate of the fortress and attacked him with his sabre, with which he inflicted on him seri ous injuries so severe that be was confined to his bed, and was obliged to obtain leave of absence to get medical advice. The Turkish Government had shown the most cordial wish to give every satisfacion, and had mani fested every desire to probe the affair b the bottom, and had declared that they would be ready to punish, in the most exemplary manner, the authors of the outrage. There were other circumstances which showed that the hostile feeling was not confined to the soldier himself a ho inflicted the injuries on the British C nom!, but that it was participated in by his commander, because there was an attempt afterwards made to cut down the British flag at Mr. Fonblanque's house. The Turkish Govern ment had, however, instituted the most searching jam igalon into the circumstances. UNIVERSITIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bid. On clause 1, Cal. SYKES moved the omission of the words " and colleges." The amendment involved the whole question of whether or not there should be two Facultiea of Arts. The clause proposed a fusion of the tao colleges in Aberdeen, namely, Marlichal and King's, shied a tempts heretofore failed to accomplish. S:r W. DUNBAR oppose] the amendment. Mr. DUFF supported the amendment. After some discussion, in which Lord Hallo, Lord Elam. Sir J. Elphinst ine, and Mr. E.lice took part, The LORD ADVOCATE supported the clause. 11, 3 assured the committee that if he thought the fusion of the c lieges would teed to diminish the efficiency of the ect.icaional course ho would be the lest man to propose it, ff's proposal, so fir from destroying, would have the effect of exteudin, and improving the csirricui tt ia in b colleges. (Hear, L ear. ) Toe financial consolida tion which the bill sought to effect would result in 0,, establishment of one substantial, well provided, and efficient institu'ion in the place of two half starved, in efficient, and ant ,, g , iniz:tic colleges. (Hear, hear.) Mr. S EIRLING contended that the character of the di , ca•aiou had shown that the scheme of the learned Lord A lvocate would not produce sati-faction in Scot land. He should support the amendment. Mr. STUAIIr opposed the amendment. The committee divided. The numbers were— For the amendment ... 90 Against it Majority against the amendment —35 The clanle was then agreed to. On clause 2, Mr. BOUVERIE moved an amendment that Re Chancellor, instead of being appointed in the same man ner as at present, should be elected by the General Council hereinafter mentioned. The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the amendment. Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. B txt , n - , sup ported theamendmmt.. Mr. WALPOLL' said the Lord Advocate had ac ceded to the amendment. Mr. DUNLOP th-n moved that the appointment of the Chancellor should ❑ot be by the general council but by her Majesty. After some remarks from Mr. Blackburn, Mr. Black, Mr. Bouverie, and Mr. Kinnaird, the amendment was negatived without a division. The clause was then agreed to. Cause 3, after some discussion, was agreed to. Oa clause 4, Col mei SYKES gave notice that he should renew his objections on the bringing up of the report. Clause 4 was under di , cus,ion at 4 o'clock, when, by the forms of the house, the Chairm ,❑ reported progress, and the house suspended its sitting. The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was DISTRIBUTION OF PARLIAMENTARY Mr. COWPER Fa'd there was some misapprehension as to the answer given a few evenings ago on the sub ject. He therefore begged to ask the Chief Commis eioner of Works whether the intention he lately signified with respect to the Wellington Mot ument was to give (in disregard of the decision of the judges) he preference to the design numbered IR, over the designs which obtained premiums ; or whether he intended to employ Mr. Stevens to make another design more suitable for erection in Vie side chapel cf the.cathedral, without aff oiling to any other sculptors an opportunity of com petition in respect to the rew site Lent J. MANNERS complained that as the form of the right hon. gentleman's question would give rise to an erroneous hapression as to what he really did say it was hi.; iotelition to :Ave the preference to a design which had not obtained a premium ; on the contrere, he sad he thought that under all the circumstances be was rest - ed.:le I to those which had, and the design be had se'ec'ed •A as one of those. As to the second part of the queatien, he di i suit tbielt it necessary to have a second camp Von ; believed the design selected could be adapted to the new site, and form a monument worthy of the gr-at man it was intended to commemorate and of the ni e. THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. Sir E. B. Ll' rroN gave no - ice of his intention to rneve for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the go vernment of the territories in North America between the Pacific and the Rocky Mountains'. (Hear.) RAG-FAIR ON SUNDAY, Oa the motion that the house on its rising do adjourn to Monday, Mr. K. SEYMER said that two or threes years ago he bad called the attention of the house to the scene,' that took place in Rag-f sir on the Sunday, and narrated what be had seen himself, He should not have brought forward the subject again bad not his attention been directed to it by the rep set cf some proceedings at the Maneion-''ouse Police-court, which appeared in the papers of the 15 h cf June. It was nested, "Thomas Beate was charged with having committed a robbery on Sundae, at La f-past 11 o'clock, in the Clothes Ex change, Petticoat lane, in the neighbourhood of which 14,000 or 15,000 people congregate every Sunday, some to buy and sell, and others (the great maj rity) to plunder." The latter statement must be ta'een with some qualification. Thieves do not steal from thieves ; it could only be a minority who went there ti plurider. The report continued, "It was stated by the police that it was quite impossible for the officers to do anything at all amongst such a mass of people, and that any per sons who were so sill? as to carry property atiout them in the immediate neighbourhood must be content to port with it, and would ho lucky if they got aw,ay without being roughly haudled and kick , et." At the conelo•ion of the case the Lord Mayor said—." Viers is proof of the existence of another owperate evil. Ti at somebody is culpable for the cent nuauce of so ontrageoue a viola tion of the law as the permission of such a state of things, on the borders of the city r f London, there can be to doubt. I have said so frequently since the commencement of my mayoralty, but there appeals to be no eymptom of improve men t. On the contrary, the rni-ehief seems to be on the in crease. I commit this prisoner fee trial at the Central Criminal Court, where I frost some allusion will be made to the stets of the eicitity of Petticoat-lene by seine high authority, from whose iuterpositicn some effective regulation may spring." He had no desire to re-open the question of Sunday trading, or to interfere with the comf Jet or convenience cf tine esorkieg chte , es. He regretted the difective airringernente which ren dered necessary Suz:day marketing. Tole, however, was not a question of Sunday rearketirg. Peri-liable arti cles of food were the ealy things net sold there ; it was a there question of pace. If a man who flt celled en to preach in the open air gathered Irilf-r.dt zen people round him, he was taeen before a magistrete for obeeruct• iog the thoroughfare ; rif an Orange woman rested her besket on the flags she wi a ordered to move on.; yet Petticoat-lene and Harrow-!ane, on Sur.daye, between eleven and one, were obstructed to such an extent'as to render it dangerous to go there, and that by the worst class in London Ho th light this was a sufficient jar tification for the question ef which he had given notice, viz., whether the Secretary of S ate fer the Home De partment intended to take any seeps for the suppression if the Sunday fair in ilountls i eh ? Sr . It. CARDEN said that when his attention was first drawu to the uhjec - , of Petticoat-line, he ceu'd not believe such ahaminatioes existed. He took the earliest opporten:ty of tinting it, and found thet every Sunday some 10 or 12 thou and congrega• t il there, and no man could ve• tore into the lane without having his pocket picked cr sline inset , . off red ti bins. lie had already committed thr se teen to Newgate for etea'irg watches there, and bad placed himeelf i t c ma munication with Sir It Mayne, to seo whether steps could not be taken to put, an end to, or at lea-t to pal liate, this evil. The house w a not aware probably that Petticoat-lane was peculiarly: ituatod. (Groat laughter.) Petticoat-lane w as a very small stre e t ; b ut one he fof the street was in Middleaex —(renewed laughter)—and the other half in London. He could assure the house that he did not wish to cay anything to cause laughter. (Hear.) Unless the police on both sides of the street were agreed as to the plan to be pursued, those who were interfered with on one Fide escaped by going over to the other side. Ile had no wish to interfere with anything which added to the comforts of the working (lass..", but he thought that if something were done to place matters on a different footing it would be a great advan• tege to the people of that locality. He had heard many of those who kept stallsdeclare that they Would be very glad if there were some enactment a hich would prevent them from keeping Sunday in a manuer in which they did not, wish to keep it. A short time ago there was a great uproar with regard to a bill which was brought in by Ler.l Ebury ; and be had heard on good authority that many persons in this district paid men Si. each to go to Hyde-park on Sunday to assist in the ag:tatien against that bill. Sir Rethard Mayne had told bim that he did not see his way to assist him in this matter. The law with rsgard•taSuuday t-ading was, as they all knew, in a peculiar state, Au action was brought the.other day against opened a photo gra phi c institu tion onSan a man Sunday. Ise ewas a tailor during the whole of the week, and a photographer on Sunday. (Laughter.) Numbers of shopkeepers defied the authorities. A large mass of cigar sellers had their shops open all day long. Some of them were fined 55., but as they made more than Si. profit, the evil continued. Petticoat-lane was,by no means the only locAli y in which a sort of fair was he Id on Sunday. There were si oi il ar scenes i n the New-cut, Lambeth ; near the Brill, S mers-town ; in Monmouth street, St. ff and in Ratcl -bighway. In lathiest" localities there was a complete fair on Sunday, com mencing about 11 o'clock and terminating about two. He bad thought it right to met Han this matter, because it was an abomination which was causing great injury to the working clasees, and which in his opinion the legisla ture ought to endeavour to suppress. IRISH TENANT-RIGHT. Mr. P. O'BRIEN wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, on Satunclty last, he etated to a de putation cf Irish metnber , that it w as hi s i ntention to introduce oi the next re, , sion of Parliament any measure to give effect to the measures proposed by the ptetnnt Chaneel r of Ireland in 1852 in count ct on with the question of lendlord and t eiatit in Ireland ; and wheth r be was prepared to state d n u i t i vely the intentiensef the Government in regard to those measures The hon. member coati la lied at so ue length of his exclusioa front the deputation referred to in his question es utifair to wards one who had taken so prominent a part in con nection with th t nact-r.khthnestion in .hat house, and stated that it was chiefly with the view of making that complaint that he had put the question on the notice paper. THE THAMES NUISANCE. Mr. 0. STANLEY ro,e, i pursuance of notice, to call the attention of the house e h • putrid state of the River Thames. When questions were put, he said, on that sub ject on previous occvionx, the Government said, in effect, tbat they had now power to help them. He need not tell the house that for the last three weeks the nui sance had been so great that it was impossible for mem bers to attend properly to their duties in committees (This Day). PREFERENCE SHARES. I Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO 4 p. c, Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c, Do. do. 5 per cent , Cork&Bandonsip.c, Dun,Perth.&Aber.J, E., Anglian Chi. A Ma. IDo. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 ...... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. l East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 5/., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.G pets. E.&W. York. J. stll Edin. Gl. sp. c. Sh Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e Furness, 5 p, c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Rode in at 10 p. c, prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at p. c. prem. Idt.N. OfScot.lst Fn.. 'Gt. s di W. 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The Earl of DIJCIE presented petitions from fourteen places in Gloucestershire, praying for the abolition of church-rates. Tbe Duke of SOMERSET presented others to the same effect. The Earl of CARNARVON presented a petition from Chests field, in D..rbyshire, in favour of the restoration to their rights of the royal family of Oude, on terms consistent with the honour of England. The Bishop of OXFORD presented petitions from several places in Oxfordshire agaicet the abolition of church rates, unless an equivalent were provided. THE SLAVE TRADE. The Bishop of OXFORD begged to ask the noble earl, the Under -Secretary to the Celenies ' when the papers relating t o th e h orr ib le cr i me which had been the subject of discussion the other night, would be laid on the table ? and also with re , peot to the exportation of coolies, whetherher Mai !ety's Government were prepared to take in hand such measures as might be necessary for purifying that trade ? Toe reason why ho was anxious to get an answer was not only that the immediate evil, the kidnapping of men, might be checked by the interference of the government, bat also because the legitimate exerrta tions of those who were willing to go—a thing of the first moment—(hear, hear, from Lord Brougham) —was endangered by the continuance of the compulsory exportation which brought upon the free emigration the taint cf the slave trade. Toe different journals in this country in the interest of slavery would stu• diously and laboriously eudeaveur to represent that he and those who took the same view with bim were opposed to the free emigration of 1301ita. Nothing could be more untrue. The exportation of collies to the Mauritius was attended with great benefit not only to the island but to the coolies themselves, who being perfectly free, often returned home, and, by their accounts, induced their countrymen to emigrate. It seemed of the greatest moment to put a stop to the f orced exportation, as the rise of that traffic threatened the existence of the wholesome exportation which it was so desirable to en courage and promote. The Earl of CARNARVON said that with regard to the papers every possible despatch should be made in producing them; at the same time, since they were of great length; he did not think they could be laid on the table before ten days or a fortnight hence. As re garded the other point, a measure was at that mo ment in preparation by his right honourable friend at the head of the Colonial Department, and he hope i it would be in his power some time next week to lay the bill on the table, and ask their lordships to give it a first reading. Lord BROUGHAM. said that how his noble friend was misrepresented, as be bad been, was to him utterly incredible. Ile had not the least objection himself to the legitimate emigration of Coolies to our own settle ments of the Mauritius and the colonies, wherever their personal liber y would be ensured. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Com. panies bill was read a second time, and the foil wing were read a third tine and pawed, viz. :—Sir Benjamin Hall's Estate, Balby and Worksop Road, Llanelly Harbour, Waterford Gas, Ilalif tx Park and Improve tnente (as amended), Dean Forest Turnpike Trust (as amended) ; and Andover Canal Railway (as amended) bills. COLONISATION IN INDIA. The Earl cf ALBERMARLE moved, "That a mess sage be sent to the House of Commons for a copy of the firs' report Irene the select committee of the House of Gammon,: on colonisation asol seettletnent (India) ; and to call the attention of the house t the vast importance of an extensive settlement of British-born subjects in India, with a view to th e p romot i on of the moral and material interest of that country, and its security against future insurrection, as well as to advert to the main ob racks which are at present opposed towards such a set tlement." Slate most important evidence had been given before this committee, and it was I kely that their lordships would be called on to legislate upon the sub ject next session. The witnesses examined before the committee we all men of intelligence. Ho was con vinced that a large iefusion of Europeans into Indian society, an lan extensive conversion to Christianity. were the only means by which our empire in India could be maintained. It was only since 1853 that Europeans generally had been permitted to enter the country, and new they could only do so wi h the license of the E .st India Company. They naturally loeked for protection to their persons and property ; but there was a want of a proper administration of juvice which had been admitted ever since 1853. A commission then appointed had cost the country 800;0001., hut its suggestions had been worse than useless. The commissioners recommended the abo- ' lition of the Qaeen's courts; and by the " Black Art," as it was called, Europeans were deprived of trial by jury and habeas corpus. Toe judges of the courts were the company's servants, whose twee ircompotency for their office bad been pointed out by Mr. Halliday, the Lieut.-Governor of Bombay. It was said that the com pany's servants knew the language of the country, but it was impossible they could know them all. Not only would the Europeans be subject to the jurisdiction of these musts, but also to that of native judger,. In the pre leidenoy of Bombay there were no lees than 65 Sepey judges, some of whom bad re b e ll ed. There were also great objectionsto th e e x i s ti ng syitena of land revenue, and unless something more nearly approaching to revolu lotion than reform were adopted, our supremacy in India would be at an end. The assessment was most escorbi , tent; in roost cases nine -tenths of the produce was claimed as rental. The talookdar system, introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793 into Bengal, was the only re deernieg feature in our Government ; in rll other parts of India, where it did not prevail, there hal been severe and frequent famines, Tne taleokdars held their lands by a title not more exoepti matee than that by which - many of their lordships held their e4ates. In the north west provinces, which were coded and conquered in 1801 and 1803, the permanent system established in Bengal had been promised, but was never granted. In many cases the whols of the land ha l been , xaeted for the rent; and the result was the 'recent rebellion, with all its horrible consequencee. The people were everywhere in favour of the talookdar e , who were rec e i ve d w i t h open arms, although dep i ved of their land. Tel a clear un derstanding was arrived at between the Givernrnent and the talookdar s be believed that peace would be im passible. The system of Lord Dalhousie ought to be immediately set aside, having been established in perfect ignorance of the wants of the country. The course we bad been pursuing in India was without any precedent in history. Our predecessors had won the country by the sword ; but it was not with the sword that they bad retained it. They had retained it by settling on the sce ne of their conquests. The same thing had been done in Central and South America ; but in India, after an occupation cf a century, there were ecarcely,a thou sand permanent European settlers. The Earl of MALMESBUH V regretted that the noble earl ebou d have selected such a moment for specu lations such as those in which he had just indulged. He (Lord Malmesbury) was afraid there would not be much temptation for Europeans to colonise India until the • •ietry was in a more settled state. Tire returns were then ordered. THE RIVER. The Duke of BUCCLEUC a said that, although there Iwere three or four b o d ies who were charged with the care of the metropolitan sewage, nothing whatever had bean done to improve the state of the Thames. He did not bring forward the subject as a question of personal annoyance, because, although the state of the river was no doubt a grievous annoyance to him on account of the nearness of his house, be had it in his power to go else where. The same might be said of there lordships ; but there were large bodies of their fellow-subjec's who must perforce submit to the nuisance ani the peril of the pre sent state of things. (Cheers.) He (the noble duke) some times heard itsaid, "Oh but the stench is not so b a d as it was yesterday." The truth, however was that a change of the wind had only relieved them at the expense of their neighbours. There might, for ia-tance, be days when their lordships Would be scarcely cognisant of the nuisance, but when the smell atlambeth would be intole rable. The condition of the river had been rapidly alter ing for the worse during the last few years. Many causes had no doubt contributed to that result. The enormous increase of the population and the improvements which bad been made in the drainage of the metropolis had been greatly instrumental in bringing about this change and the extraordinary dryness of the season had also bad a good deal to do with it. Formerly it was found that what little offensiveness the river possessed was at low water ; but now the worst time was before and just after high water. He believed that the action of the steamers during the last ten years had diminished the amount of mud in the neighbourhood of the house, but the removal of old London•bridg e h ad, by increasing the scour, and thereby deepen tog the channel, caused more of the river's bed to be exposed at low water. A great many schemes had been proposed for remedying the nui• glance. They were told for instance, that they might get rid of it altogether by simply embanking th e r i ver . N o doubt by that means they would get rid of the mud which was now exposed at low water, but it was the water itself that was infected. Some people ag a i n sa id t h at i t was oily on the upper part of the river that the nui sance was complained of ; but that was not true. The medical officers on board the Dreadnought complained just as loudly as any one el-e of the effiavia which came from the Thames. The passengers on board the steamers had materially decreased, and instances were not rare of persons having to be removed from the ves sels in a sick or fainting c edition . One case of Asiatic cholera arising from the stench had already been re ported, and it was dreadful to think what would be the result if an epidemic were to break out. (Hear.) He thought t h e ma tt er h a d come to such a state that their lordships were bound to press upon the executive the reeeseity of taking some steps iu order to remedy the evil. (Loud cheers.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said the noble duke bad not at all exaggerated the unf n-tunate condition of the river ; and he could not but feel, in common with their lordships, that it was disgraceful to the country that such a state of things should have occurred, and that there should have been so much mismanagement, for he could give it no other name. (Hear.) There could be no doubt that it was the duty of her Majesty's Minis tered to take immediate steps to arrest, it possible, this evil ; but their lordships must be aware that an act of Parliament would be necessary to give the Government the necessary powers. (Hear.) His own opinion was that so body of men in the form of a corporation was compe tent to undertake the remedy that was required. An act of Parliament would be necessary ; but before her Ma jesty's Government proposed any measure they must be content to wait until the committee which was now sit ting on the subject made its report. The Duke of NEWCASTLE could not but exprees the regret with which he had heard the answer of the noble earl. For a long series of years they had had com mittee after committee, and commission after commis sion, and their lordship's table was laden with evidence which, if anybody could read it, would give them all the information they could possibly desire. He could not, therefore, see what advantage could he expected from the report of the cimmittee now sitting. (Hear, hear) He hoped, therefore, that her Majesty 'e Government would deal ciurageously with this subject, for they had a great opportunity before them. (Hear, hear.) Par liament was helpless : they were willing to be saved, if the Government would only come forward and save them. (Hear.) Every step they had hitherto taken in this matter had been a step in the wrong direction. Only last year he bad ventured to object to the passing of an act which had greatly complicated the difficulty—the act, namely, which vested the conservancy of the river in the Corporation of the City of London, but be had only received the support of five noble lords. In the present state of things an arbitrary act would be absolutely neces sary. (Hear.) They would never accomplish their ohjee• unless they gave the Government power to deal with the question themselves. If they referred to the history of sanitary improvement, they would find that the same thing had always occurred. Take the case of the burial grounds, an evil, however, which could not be for one moment compared with that under which the metropolis was now suffering, and respecting which be believed there had been some exaggerati in. But an evil it was, and ne remedy for it could be found until they gave the cretary of State power by a peremptory order to do e every cemetery he thought proper. He hoped that a short bill conferring upon the Government the neces sary powers would be brought in as soon ai possible. (Elear.) None of the schemes that had been proposed would meet the case. Mere erabent ment R OUI I not do. Embankment on both sides would no doubt be found essential ; but unle-s it was accompanied by a system of intercepting sewers it would absolutely increase the evil. The river must be brought back to the state it was in former years, and to the state in which the Stine now was in the city of Paris. (Hear.) They must, in short, be prepared to expend a very large stun cf money ; but without expressing any opinion as t) whether the public should not bear some portion of the cost, he hoped the Government would not consent to spare the metropolis any very large amount of the burden. The metrop was an enormously wealtSy community, and it ought to be able to provide itself with everything necessary for the preservation cf the health cf its inhahitanta. (Hear.) Un less they took immediate steps to abate the present nuis• ante, they must expect, not typhus or choleramerely, but a second plague. They seemed to he entirely upon a cycle of hot seasons ; and though, by the blessing of God, they might escape this year, they could not hope to do so a Second time. (Hear.) He trusted, theref ire, that the government would not wait fir the report of the committee to which the noble earl had referred. The Earl of HARD WICKE said that the only diffi culty the Government felt was as to the proper course to be adopts I under the circumstances. The comninee was not sitting on the general question of draining the metropolis, but its inquiries bad special reference to the state of the river. Ho thought the committee woel I very speedily come to its decision, for there could be no great difficaty in determining that the riser was in a very dan gerous condition, and it was no doubt the intention of the Government to act upon the report. (Hear, hear.) It seemed to him that in draining the metropolis they had begun at the wrong end. The most ordinary labourer would have told them that in making a drain they ought to begin at the outfall, instead cf which they had pro ce tided to abolish :be old cesspools, and to drain into the existing Brasserie without determining where the sell ige should eo. To remove the mud of the iiver would effect little, fur it was the water itself that was infected. There was no way in which they could satisfactorily deal with the nuisance unites they made a large main newt r, which would carry the refuse of the metropolis directly to the sea. (Hear.) The residium of the sewage was of no value at all in an agricultural point of view—all its valuable ingredients being held in susper se by the water its, If (Hoar.) They in short mast be prepared to spend three or four millions of money upon the works that wou'd be required. (Hear, bear.) Eerl GRANVILLE said the house was entitled to bear the opinions, not of the noble earl, hut of the Go vernment; and he hoped that at the nest rneetivg el their lordship they would do so. (Hear, hear.) Lerd CAMPBELL referred to the state of the courts at Westminster, and was understood to say, that if things went on as they did at present, it would be ne cessary to move them to Oxf rd or St. Alba, s, or some other provincial town. Lord PORTMAN said a noble lord had talked of re storing the Thames te the state in which it was in former years ; butithat was not easy to do, for they abstatc:eil from it 82,000 000 gallons of pure water which they did not restore till it had been ternigh all the water closes io London. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) If they prop, sod to commit this matter to a committee, it must not be one consisting of many persons. (Hear, hear) It would be far better to have only one man whom they could trust, but at all events the fewer the better. (Cheers.) He hoped an act of Parliament would be passed without de lay for the purpose of carrying out this suggestion ; but in the meantime he would remind their lerdships that nothing could be more dangerous than to create a plague panic. (Rear, hear.) The Marquis of SALISBURY agreed with the noble lord that nothing could be more prejudicial than to create an alarm of pestilence. The subject was ono of great dif ficulty. A few years egos Metropolitan Bard of Works was appointed, and things had been a great deal worse than aver they were before. The subjsct had not escaped the attention of the Government; and he hoped that the present session would not pass without some result. Earl GREY said the observationsof the noble marquis had filled hint with extreme disappointment. There was one thing even worse tban creating a panic, and that was to underestimate the magnitude of the danger. (Cheers.) If any of their lordship wculd go int. the libiary he would leave them to pay whether they had ever smelt anything like it before. (A. laugh.) I. Wag was impossible to conceive how such a smell could fail to be eminently prejedicial to the public health. (Hear.) He quite agreed that it weal Ibe far be t-r to entrust the tnat'er to one, two, or three professionel men of emi nence. If, for instance, such a man as Mr. Stephenson, would undertake the work, so much the better; but at all events they should appoint only two or three persons, and make them responsible for the work. Give them authority to epsai money under the supervision of the Government, and provide them with means. (Rear.) Lord REDESDALE agreed with the noble lord as to the desirability of putting the matter into the hands of some person, if any engineer of sufficient eminence wend undertake the task, Whoever came forward, however, would have to throw himself, like Curtius, into the gulf, and he must expect to find himself exces sively abused, (" Hear," and a laugh.) This was a question which not merely affected London, but ail other towns. The condition they bad brought London to was very nearly that of every other town in the country. Nearly all the rivers and water channels in the country were being rendered impure, and unless this question was taken up generally throughout the coun try, and a new sy-tem adopted of getting rid of the ffth of towns, there was no tolling wbat the consequences might be. He might state what had occurred this year with regard to Manchester. In Manchester they cleansed the town by means of cesspools and local arrangements, which, he was informed, were admirably managed. There was a bill before Perliament connected with that town. It was a water bill, be believed, and in all water hill, there were certain provisions which he might almost say were stereotyped. The parties came before him, and die. tinctly said that any system of that sort would be preju dicial to the town, and that at present all the filth was removed through the act of the corporaiicn. He said he could not take upon himself the responsibility of placing them in a different position from all other towns; but, if they would put in the preamble of the bill a state ment that there was such a state of things, be would raise no objsctien ; but he was told tbat the committee of the Commons would not hear of the provisions of the bill being different from those of other towns. It might be all right, but he believed that the system of turning all this filth into the sewers and thence into the water c , ursee and rivers would produce in the country evils similar to that which now aft oted London. From hav ing local bills brought before him, he knew that this evil was spreading. He had bad complaints from various districts ; there seemed a general desire to get rid of the filth of towns, with ageneral inability to accomplish the object in any other way than that which was now be coming so prevalent. He believed that one of the causes that had led to the impurity of the Thames had been the taking away of old London Bridge, and getting rid of the darn which the bridge made. Before that was done, scarcely any of the tide water came ap above bridge at all. Now, the tide flowed a long way up the river and brought back all tee impurities. He thought that the expense of the drainage of London ought t ) fall solely on the district. When they remembered the enormous works now being carried on in all the provincial towns for the improvement of those towns, which did not ask for one sixpence of the public money for those improve ments, and would not get it if they did, surely they would not look to any other source than the wealthy me• tropolis for the expenses of its own drainage. Lord EBURY said he was exceeding glad that atten tion had been called to this subject, because it was not London only, but a great many other towns in the king dom were suffering from the impurity of the rivers, which were polluted with drains. Two or three years ago a Nuisance Removal and Prevention Bill was recom mended to the House of Commons by a committee, which sat for a long time and entered into a variety of details, and in that bill a clause was inserted that no manufac turer should be allowed to discharge the offensive mat ter produced in the manufactory without using the best known remedy for rendering the matter se discharged innocuous. With regard to gas, there were stringent provisions in the various gas acts to prevent the dis charge and the refuse, and if the house would in the next General Health Bill insert a similar clause with re gard to other manufactories, they would do a great deal to remedy the evil they were now complaining of. Until within the last 10 or 12 years, they had commissioners of sewers for the various districts of London, whose duty it was to prevent any one turning filth into the sewers. But the Legislature chose to insist on a different system being adopted, and now, instead of no private individuals being allowed to drain their houses into the sewer, they were all compelled to do so. They must not blame the local authorities too much, because it was only lately that this system had been adopted, and it was Parlia ment that had compelled them to adopt it. With regard to the Board cf Works, be did not think any men could have been more laborious and painstaking than the gen tlemen composing that board had been. They bad exa mined plans and consulted engineers, and they went to the late Government, and said, " If you will give us a little assistance by a guarantee, so that we shall not have ,o borrow money at a ruinous intertSt s WO can Footed PAPERS. Sir D. NORREYS asked the Secretary to the Trea sury whether any arrangement had yet been made for the more speedy and regular delivery to rnemberg at their residences of papers "presented by command ?" Mr. WALPOLE said that if the hon. baronet would ref. r to the paper of the 221 June he would find a list of papers with the notification, "The undermentioned papers have been presented by command ; copies will be delivered to members applying at the office for the sale of Parliamentary papers." A similar notification con stantly appeared ie the votes. Formerly all papers so presented were delivered to every member, but as the expense was very great a restriction was introduced by the late Government. The papers were left a' Han sard's office, and any member wishing for them had only to call there and sign an order. The papers were de livered at his residence ni xt day. S:r D. NORREYS complain,d that the report of the Department of Science and Art had not yet been de livered to many members who had applied for it. FURBER V. STURNIEY.—COUNTY COURT I JUDGES. Mr. FITZROY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention bad been called to the ju talent delivered in the Court of Exchequer on the 25th of May last, in tha case of Farber v. Star mey ;" and if so, whether he was prepar e d t o i n t ro d uce a bill to alter and amend the 43rd section of the act 19th and 20th Viet., c. 108, or take any other course to place the state of the law in this respect on a more satis factory footing ? Mr. WALPOLE said his attention had been called to the judgment - . He thought it would be very unfor tunate if the law there laid down was to be maintained as regarded county-court judges. The Lord Chancellor had a bill in preparation relating to county courts, and 101 k i 100 108 691 90 F 92j 36i A 914 i laii I 21 79414 3i 17 i i i i 9i 181 I 5 20h 10 a clause would be introcluced to repeal the 40th ace. of 19 and 20 Vie., c. 108. SALE OF COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY.: Co!onel NORTH asked the Secretary of State for War, whether the sale cf commissions for the benefit. of widows and children, under .the sole authority of the Commander-in•Cbitf, had been discontinued since the year 1825? General PEEL bad no doubt the question arose from a letter which had appeared in the Times, throwing a doubt on the accuracy cf his answer to a question put by the noble lord the member for Northamptonshire. He was astonished to find such a doubt thrown on his accuracy, especially as the writer referred to some pas sages in the evidence taken before the commis ion ; the writer, however, had never read the evidence, or he woull have known the system was abolished in 1826. C4p`ain VIVIAN wi bed to know whether the prac tice had been simply dvcoutinued, or bad been fermally abolished? General PEEL repeated that it was impossible for the CJinminder-n-Chief to sell a c admission withdnt the alnotton of the Secretary of State. CURRAGH AND ALDERSHOT CAMPS. . On the motion of Mr. COGAN, an address was agreed to for a return showing, in a tabular form, the gross sum of money expended in the erectdcn of the camp at she Curragh, the number of troops it is capable.of accommodating, the number of troops quartered shire on the let. of June last, and the rate per cent. per annum of the mortality among the troops, speclying the number who have died in each year ; and, similar return as to the camp at Aldershot. ACCO MODATION BILLS OF EXCHANGE. Mr. BASS asked the Attorney-General whether:he contemplated proposing any change in the law affecting acco:tme lation bills of ge The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the subj of was one of great importance, but at the same time of very considerable difficulty. It had for some time engaged the attention of the Government. No doubt the use of accommodation bill; by traders was a i evil t of very great magnitude, but at the same t t n e m:ny of them were perfectly' legitina.tte, arising out of trans actions in which the hon. • ought not to it to fore, as for instance between friends and relatives wh. r there was no intention of frzud. It was now prop 'sea to intro ' duce into the new bill for the arnenda e .t of laws rel,,t ing to bankruptcy and in , olvency clauses by whieb any Mader using accommAatieri bile, unless they bore on the face of them the character of aceorrmodati n 'bills, would be liable to puoishment by the refusal of biscerti fica.'e or discharge, as the case may be. He thought, under existing circumstances, that they could not go further, but he hoped these provisions would check this serious pr,ctice. Mr. LOWE asked where the hal would be ictroduc! The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied, the Lord Chanc, tor wenl.l iotroduco it in the House of Lords. 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