The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

1 ----...... RITISiI gold dis of British. In first to 'hen it was from 21. the Frazcr parallel of called the of Indians were not igainst the :overies at )regon and ermination )polise the were also strangers [mon from lepend for Hudson's :e disputes, ions would ititude that ?, although armit gold !om actual in; merely rsons who ion and to ill or other s appear to •eo months otal raised t accounts ling month 3ss, at San ,he district ;his opinion acquainted the entire rancouver's , declaring 3, and esta ith, subse of about 70 r proceeded at ; the Go from home, ) wing to the ❑ggests that t perhaps be m her of per m them had, ressels from renturers to ,nd, whence ioes to the )ne of these passenger?, Is. Of this ,s, 60 native is, with the ichmen and ;he dregs of !ieir orderly glas to form despatches the Colonial o Governor approving ing the only of foreigners tent with the gone are to emselves in established 7 1, 1858. despatch of despatches) time to time on Frazer's ad taken is t the oppor' t informing have under ;y for taking and govern' very soon to Lilt. Government opted in as` in over this the precious you acted Vw; eking out 0 1 3patched for gilance, and n which you in addition, that, while fined on pre and of cup) . * , and while sh you with ) detach for servation of )3T to exclude a the gold istinctly in: ver to their rig in those emselves, iri Majesty, to . conform to ave thought ght to navy ate questiono .nment must e -an imrai' tory, I need :e of caution unfold wee lg which are e exercise of td to serious g and power ish you with 7aoter. Her ch to your , ct, and 00 rfluence and which frore uceive to be to the nal eats. ,YTTON. the follow• 3: ble. Per Cent. ...103 105 ...102 104 ". 78 - DI - 93 ... 90 • 103 ... 78 80 ... 82 84 79 81 ... 81 83 81 83 .. - •• - ... - .. 77 79 .. 74 77 .. 72 74 .. 26 d 24d .82 84 . 1 93 .81 83 65 67 •• --' overnment trnambuco re fulfilled guarantee the recent nbert, who, gone to his a new work owards go DION.T.Y 7 "A 77 7 T 4 in 4.6 .I.IJ D COMIWER I CI:4,T, INTELLIGEN CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, during the last day oe two, business has been ra ther more active. At the public sales of lea a large quantity was offered for public concpetition, but only a small amount was sold at about last sales' rates. Sugar has been in moderate demand, par ticularly the good grocery qualities, the prices of which have been well supported. In the Refined Market, however, business has been very quiet, and slightly reduced rates are now current. For coffee there has been a moderate inquiry, 'good qualities of Plantation Ceylon realising full rates.. Native sold well, and other descriptions were dealt in to a moderate extent. The demand for rice for exporta tion has been very active, and some large sales have been effected. Prices, however, have declined about 3d. per cwt. Saltpetre has been at st•>ady quotations, and tallow is dull, P.Y. C., on the spot, Is quoted 495. 6d. ; July to September, 495. 3d. ; and last three months, 495. 61 to 495. 9d. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were ful ly maintained. The sales were estimated. at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken en speculation, and 500 for export. The Railway Share Market presented a quiet appearance, and values of all the leading lines were without alteration. A continuous drain of gold from the Bank, even although the amounts da.ly withdrawn may be ]invited, generally attracts attention, and causes 2,oera anxiety. At present, however, the move - Ment,whi c h i s o f a c h ar acter j u-t mentioned, creates little if any uneasiness ; firstly, because the stock of bullion is excessive, and secondly, in consequence of its being known that about a million and a quarter sterling is comieg forward from Australia, and that it will probably arrive within a few weeks. Yesterday the quantity taken away was 32,0001., and there can be no doubt the remittances are for some special purpose, and not for the ordinary purchase of silver, or as an exchange operation. Discount accommodation, which is in limited demand, can now be obtained at extremely low rates. The market is again plethoric and easy, and the payment of the dividends already seems to have exerted an influence. It would not excite surprise if, instead of a rise in the minimum, such as was adverted to a few days ago, a reduction should shortly form a point for discussion. A change eitoer way, however, seems improbable at present, for t he requirements of trade and other purposes are too limited to reproduce stringency ; and with regard to increased facilities the Bank authorities, by their recent policy, have shown an intention not to force money to too low a point. It is satisfactory to notice the ceufidence expressed in the letters from the manufacturing districts with reference to future prospects. A change for the better already seems to have taken place ; the effects of the late crisis are slowly disappearing, and it is believed that during the autumn a further de cided step towards recovery will b 4 witnrs , ,c(l. In Fran2e, '6J°, CaerJ a c niark;.:a ientuatiens of a re suscitation ; the letters from Paris, Lyons, Rouen, and Marseilles being decidedly more cheerful in tone. The French Funds continue to advance, and the rise during the last fortuight has been fully 1 per Cent. This is a satisfactory feature ; for if the movement should continue it will assist in dispersing the uncomfortable degree of langour which has lately pervaded the Bourse, as well as other de partments of business. The usual return of the Bank of France for the past month has been published to-day, and shows some rather favourable features. Tee bullion has been increased to the extent of 702,753/., the total being 2 1,118,2791. Tee bills discounted have amounted to 15 ,740,2051., abowing an augmenta tion of 1,761,298/., and the advances on Riilway Securities have been diminished to the extent of 3 22,9581. In the note circulation there is an in crease of 1,895,576/., the total being 25,317,511/. In the market for English Securities to-day the transactions actions have been unmet% us, and the quota tappear steady. No var i a ti on of i m p or t an ce b °l l ' Sae ereourrett, and as the transfer books do not re °Pen to the general public until the 16th, the Market receives very little support from bona fide transactions. Consols have been 95i for money, and 95 for August. The New Threes are "Z ; and the Reduced, 95i; ; Bank Stock is 221 to 222 ; and India ditto, 219 ; India Debentures are MI India Bonds, 16s. to 21e. prem. ; the March Exchequer Bills, 333. ; and ditto June, 19s. to 225. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been transacted, but prices exhibit a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95i ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1042-a ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 83 ; Guatemala 5 per Cents., Kt 7 ; Peru vian 44 per Cents., 89; ditto 44 per Cents., Uri barren Bonds, 75 ; Russian 4 per Cents., 99- ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 89i ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431 ; ditto Deferred, 2745 ; and ditto Certificates, 5 ; Brazilian Scrip is to discount. In the Railway Share Market this day the transactions have been very moderate. Prices, however, have in most instances exhibited an im provement. Caledonian have advanced 1/. to 1/. 10s. ; Great Northern, Great Western, and North- Western, 1/. ; Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and North-Eastern (York), 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. Eastern Counties have declined 10s., and Scottish Central 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been at advanced values. Paris and Lyons have improved Zis. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, :15. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have been exceedingiy quiet, and there aro no variations of importance. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Ltd:) . Balk St oc k ,Three per C on t. R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 95„ / $ I" ~• • ••,11 , 3 .1.. gennitiee 9,5 i New Three per Cent. Annuities Indi a Stock I ndia Loan Debentures . 99a e1:074 fTrhter E l Di bonds, £lOOO .. _ 2O 1G Acco unt xenequerßiils March. June. £lOOO .............. .. £5OO ........ .. 33 120 19 19 22 ... ‘ 99 19 Small ....... . •... ................. ... I ".' Exchequer Bonds ...... 3. per Cent. __ Ditto, 1859 1001 li BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE ktoLOCK. nuenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. - Ditto Ac count Guatemala Bonds, 5 per cent 5O i 7 Peruvian Bonds, , P, per °cut re B9 ; Ditto ACCOUT I t Ditto 4i par Cent. Ihrib an 75 Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 4 , 1 per Cent 99:1 Sardinian '5 per Cent Stl‘iii.h Ltoakts, 'it per Cont. .. 89 4'..'i I) ito New Deferred 3 ...... ' Ditto Account ... ' . Per • Cent. - - Spanish Cert. of 0.:,17 1 7 i ,4 ....... ..... . i Turkish Bond s , 6 per'6,i i i . ------ L Ditto Guaranteed 4 p,e ~..•eii—t: Ditto Acc n ou ivi nt a , en , a: . ,;;tz.4; . • ........ . °Va Payable In London. Consols, money ................. .... 051 TWO 0101.0( K. Ditto August account ........... ........... MR. HENRY WATT, THE ENGLISH ENGINEER. —Mr. 00-T l u e , h as received William Newton, of Newcastle ), letter f rom M r. G eorge Ridley, M. P , statin g th at the compensati on award d by the Neaplitan Gover,nient to the English engineers is 11 be e e ttlad ag now reit , 'y for PaYincw, and a hope i s txpresseil that lie tuattn - 'f!' Ipeeritly as possible. It is proposed to invest the 1,500/. nue t, Mr. Henry Watt in the Larne ,if two trustees, 'lle ;of them l oca l , an d the other the S cre t ar y of the Treasury for the time beiPg, as during the lastn not touch, if any , improvement has tal:en p l ace in the ionth poor fell m's health, and it is probable that be may have nothing else to depend upon for supp,rt. THUND ERSTOR S I—Yesterday afternoon the metropolis aid its environs were visited by a thunderstorm The morning was close and oppre,kive, and about 2 o'clock the r umbling of distant thunder was b ear d, which gra' dually ca m ~, e nearer ; the lightning was incessant, and flashed vividly, while th e thunder roiled in crashing peals. At half -past 3 o'clock a terrible peal followed a vivid flash of forked lightninz, and rain fell in torrents. Ga _ I'HE L.OCOIIOTIVE EXPLOSI)N AT MANCHESTER.—Mr. jewski, th e engineer badly of a locomotive engine, esterda scalded by the explosion at Manchester, la s t F r id a y, died y , making nine deaths from this lamentable oocurreosir. y (This Day). AAI, , A IL'W.A dhr. raid R sawAT3- 1 yestantay 126 IC I Arebg. Nottng. Bost. Eastn. Jane.— 50 all Belfast & r: , 3117 7 nen 13?, all 73irmng. I.:tour Birkenhd. Lancs,l;. Cheshire Jun C..... all Blac - k burn ...... all ißlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) , St. .100 Bristol & St. , 100 Ca1ed0nian....... ... St. 100 Chester & 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all ,Cork, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall 10l all Th... A 10' all; Do.B 50 , all Dublin&BelfastJunc 25 all ; Dun. P. &Aber June St. 100 , East Anglian St. 100 ;Eastern Counties St. .100 KasternUnion,A.stk St. :100 •Do., do. B 25 83 'Do. New A 25 all East, Kant ..... St. 100 East Lancashire .... 20 i all East Suffolk ......... 10 all Do. ... St. !100 Edinburgh & Glasgow t. !100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunds , 0 ail ; Porth and elydeJunc., St. 100 Furness . St. ,100 Glasgow ez S.Western, 10 all ! Great N. of Scotland! 100 Creat Northern sit. 100 'Do., A. Stock 1. 100 Do., B. Stock ..... St, 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). I St. 100 (treat Western. I St. 100 D o . Str.V.R. gua.Stl 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 16 10I)o., 164 15 'Do. New Thirds St. 100 ILancash. &Yorkshir, 16 1 6 IDo., do. F 116 9 ; 7 Do. Do., £9 3 1 Do., Wet. Riding f_lu all 1)o. Southpurt. 11: all London & 'Mac:kw:ll: 11 1 IDo. New, ice. N. 10s.• St. 100 ILond.Bright.&S.Cst.' St. 106 London &N. Wester 12. 761 D 0. Eighths St. 10:r L on d on & 5 all Lndndrry.erColeraino all I,ndndrry. & Ennislr. 10') Nianch.Shaf, &Line.)). 10 3 Metropolitan :it. 100 I Midland A. 100 IDo. Birmmg. & Der'. all dland O. West. (Ir. 25 all IDo. i 5hare5...... ., 00 all INewCastle & Carl ish . 25 all !Newpt..E. , berg.iizEirra. 10 9 ;Newry & Armagh _ :0 all jN e vrry, Ws:front:oi' & Restrevor 100 Norma.-- ....... 3i Northn.Counties ( 7, - 10 North British 9 North Devon, Bail. j: iock Stock ............ 1 5.)0., A Stock i)o., B Stock ........ N.Eastern - Berwielf Do do. G.N.E.Purcl,. Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wetn., /hull - stead, and City Jn. 6 ti orth Staffordshire.. 1 North Western........ ll N. &S. Westrn. June 10 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton..... all ,Peebl e s st !?ortsmonth 10 Rhymuey ,100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E. Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union all 'Sitingbourne &Sheer, 100 South Devon •• ..... WO ; South Eastern........ 100 South Wales all 'S. Yorksh. RivirDun 18 'Do. all "Staines,Wok.,&Wok all ;Stockton & Darling 1 20 • Do. do., 1854 7 j Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton 4 ilartlepl. iOO Taff Vale..., 100 I Do. Pref., No. 22 1 f immes Hay. D. &R. 100 ' ; Gale of Neath 100 .I/Taterfd. d. Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick , all 'West Cornwall.. all West End of London and Crystal Palace., 11 Do. A '1 i Do.B 1 West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class 5f -6, ii - 8.1 i 'loo 67 - 69 10. E - 112, 261 - 274 87 - 89 73h - 74 33 ✓ - 35 4 - 5 16 - 17 591 - 60.2 45 - 47 30 - 32 14 , - 154 90 - 92 60 - 62 24 - 25 90 92 gi 10 984. 99 b, 1 77 7 9 128 132 102 104 , 491 50 56 53 86 89 11 —l2 11 12 p 90.1 91 d lA a Di - 6i 107 - 108 891 - - 13 93 - 94 1 • •• OZ 36i 373, 2 1d 914 65 12 - 13 59 - 81 - 47_ 48 ••• ..4'. 100 1(:0 100 16 100 100 100 31.1 90 - 91 2 45 - 46 70 - 71 95 - 5k - - 8 - 9 27 - 29 7 4 d 108 - 110 254 - 264 81 - 83 424 - 434 24 - 14 34 - 36 664 - 67.'. 78 - 79 13 - 15 7- 5 , 9 - 11 34 - 36 ••• - ••• 97 - 99 . gi -_-: ..1 Business dove this day. fiItITISII POSSESSIONS. Atiaa. and St. Law. tioMP y,liaroaa,and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Do. Additional A !Buffalo dz. Lake Hui Buff., Brut. Godeh p. e.bds., 1 Aug..'72 Do. dc,., 1 July, '7:3 Do. do., 1 June,'74 Calcutta and S. East Central Oude Coylon A sbares !Demerara . 'Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. 46 p.c. Bnds. ,'59 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. ... ,tad. Trunk. of Cana('ls Do. 6 p. c. Gt. In, Pen, g. 5 per c. Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. Wcstn. of Cauft ,, Do. New IDo. Bde., payable '571 Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, do. 'DU. do., '73, without, option Madras, guar. 4 a P.C Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4a p. c. Exten.' Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Linuted) iciude, guar. 5 per c Do ' - d parj id— par 6 7 }BO 85 75 SO 74 78 i- i , d 1104 i -- 105 - - I ••• ''... 18) —19 P 40 42 74 7.< 201 —21 i ad a P 17 17, 4 3Acti 1105 - 108 1105 - 108 104 106 18 19 20 —20 A 14d— d par d par • i i •PI 50 t. St. J 0 10 3t. FOREIGN. 10 all latwrp &Rotterdam 5A 5t 5f 20 0 all Arden nes 2 20 all •• B u a e h zi i e a: to F a ra r :c s i s s e c s o sa _ c • .. I . a p . par 2 i 3 5 all iseigian East. Juliet. 1 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2i 2a 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 25 1 —25 i 20 2s. Euphrates Valley _ 20 all I Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i IG 6 Italian. unction 20 all L..xe Coast. & Bale ~. 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3 3 i9 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.l , . 20 all Lyons and Geneva 23 24 3 33$ all Maria Antmala 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Da. do. op. c. Pref ! 21.5 22 16 all Northern of France 361 36 t il 20 8 Do. New 10 'all NorwegianTruk.Pref 93 20 all Paris and Lyons 3O —30 i, 31 20 all Ditto New . 20 all Paris and Orleans 5O 52 20 9 Recifo 4 San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c. a 41; 8 1 20 11 !Riga and D anaburg ..„ 10 ail 'Roma and FrEietti... 2U all Royal Danish „, 5 all Royal Swedish ••• ••• 4 all Do. 7 per cent.......- 5 all Sambre and Meuse 7l 76 i 10 all Do. 5i per cent. pref 8 9 20 all Southern of France 2O —20 i 8i; all West Flanders 4i 5 10 IP Do. s:k per c. Prdf 9 20 all \V.&N.W. of France 23 24 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all We-:. of Switzerland 6 all W es: aden 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. ~. 20 al, Zealand ......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Semi „ 40 all A.ustralasia {Bl 83 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 47 40 al 1 Bri. CoL Bk. & Ln. Co — „. .50 all !British N. [American ... 53i 120 10 C. Bk. of Ind. An. &Ch 3 2i 100 50 City 57 t 9 100 25 !`,:;olonial all :ConunercialofCanada 1 2 : 10 0 1' 2 a2 11 01 'J Loi;: o n ni ngd. i s n ocu e o r t c a. i n l. d i 42 2 500 0 0 :11 0 L L :: : : 0 .1a n . j L oi k n . t or st e ,oc .. k. st ._ 19 .. 100 20 Lon d.atolWestLain t 1 •*** NO 35 National Pro , of En g 20 10 Do. New g. 50 1 25 National . ••• ••. 20 I a ll New South Wales Zi --- a 25 1 al] Oriental Bank Corp: 34 36 20 all Ottoman Bank ...... 16. -- 17 174 100 25 !Provincial of Ireland! 61 63 10 all Do. New... .............. ••• 25 all South P. astralia 25 115 Do. New 25 all Union of Australia ! 49 51 15 Do. New 1 40 -- , 41 50 10 Union of London 1 23} —24 i 100 50 Unity Mutual 1 00 50 Woatratik of Loud 1 9 r! 17d 74i 5i 50i 3i 89,1 913 9I i i 601 591 47f 4 1 i 70 1. 1091 9 105} if SUN, LONDON, FRID THE LEASED)LLNE AT FIXED RENTALS. L eas ing Closing;Divines , M W r. Pate RAILAYS. ( Companies yesterd , y this day. St. ;100 t ß uc kghamsh.;L.n.&N.W. 99 101 St. il.OO €ll-ydesdaie Caledon... 101 -- 103 25 I all 'Col.Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 13 15 Rt. 100 E.L:n. g. 6 pa Gt.Northn 138 140 6 I all E. Un. H. rh. E. Count. 4 5 St. ;100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Nells.Direct. St. :100 Do. ;.:w Do. ; all 'Clstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.Westn. 1111 50 all ;Hull a Selby Y. N.M. 110 112 25 all Do. Shares Do 14 all Do. Shares. Do 12i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l2 —13 i 20 all Do. Preference Do 234 246 St. 100 !Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 98. 9 10 10 iDo. Bark. Sh. Do 5i all [Manch.Exton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 21 St. 1100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 96 98 6#l 54,Newmarket IBui7E.G.spc. E. Count 6 ip 50 all IN.&Est.5 p.c. Do 57 9 50 all 'Do. 6 per ct.. Do 60 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all ; Prest. & Wyre L. alb. W 12i all 'Do. Shrs. 4Do St. 100 Roystu.&Hit.iGt.Northil3T 140 10 all Shrews.& Her IT. Brassey 81 8 $ 12 all S. Staffordsh..M. Melean 9 104 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 ' all Do Do 3'4 334 St. 100 : Wilts&Somrst,Gt.Westn 1 90 92 I PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all !Myth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref.(issd„at 501.) 48 50 St. 100 IBris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 95 97 20 9 I Do. 4 per c. Shares.. St. 100 Caledn. £lO 4. p. c. 100 102 St. 100 iChes• & Ho. 51 p.c. St. 100 iDo. do. 5 per cent 6} all I CorkStßandons4p.c., 611 all IDun.Perth.StAber.J.l 6 St. 1100 lE. Anglian Cls. A Sh. l St. 100 ;Do. do. Cis. B 6p. c.i112 - • 115 St. 100 IDo. do. Cls. C7p. c. 107 110 St. 100 lEas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 115 - 118 St. 100 IDo, No. 2 ....... 113 116 St. 100 1110. New 6 pr. c. St, 132 134 20 all East Ern. G. 6 c. 79 81 5 all Do. 51. , 10 per cent. ..• 10 al! ,Do, 1011 Dehentr.Sh. St. all Do, do. 4 per cent._ St. 100 ;East Lancash.6 p.ct3. „, 5 all IE.&W. York. J. sth , ... 10 9 Igdin.ez Gl. sp. c., Sh.' - St. 100 lEd.Prth.StDun.4p.e. St. 1.00 :Furness, 5 p, c ••• St. 100 IGlas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c St. 100 !Great Northn, 5 p.c ll9 121 1194 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Bede , m at 10 p. c. prem.„ ll2 114 St. 100 Do, 44 per cent ..... 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. 10 all I Gt./sT.o P f r S e :t.lst Pr 104 20 all !Gt. S& W. (Ireland) 20 all 'Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... 50 6Gt.W. ( B.&H . Ex.Spe 54 St. 100 !Do. con. zed, 4i p.c. 91 93 St. 100 !Do. con. red. 4p. c. 83 85 St. 100 Do, irred. 4 per lent, 84 86 St. 100 Do. sp. C. red. pref. 00 101 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh,. 9 10 10 all Do. Chester 16 -- 17 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do. . 9 104 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gun. Stk. 71 --73 261 all Do. Ci.esh, Gun, Sh. 18 4 19, 1 1 18 131 all Do. do. do 9l --94 20 I all Do. do. do, l3l —14 s St. 100 Lan. do York. 6 pc. St l3B 142 139 St. 100 r:on.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l St 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0. 2 St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. St. 100 Do. do. sp. C., N 0.4 ... St. 1 ,100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. dz Nuneaton 5 r . et St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 i-Pr et late 6,Lares 124 all Londy.& Color. 4Sh 1211 all Londy. &Ennis. 1 Sh. •.. St. ,100 H., S., &L. 6p. Cent. 122 124 6 I 41 Do. do. do, L 6 St. ;100 Do, do. 31 per cent. 66 68 121 1 all liarypt.lttCarl.4 p.c. ... 1211 all Do. 44 per cent ••• ••• 1211 101 Do. do. St. 1100 slid.Consol.6 p.c. St ... St. ;100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.e l3B 140 St. :100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St lO2 104 St. 1100 Do. L, &a Pref. St 92 94 10 all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm — 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct ll4 —11 i 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh Bi 94 St. [lOO Do. sp. c. Est. 1846 ... St. 1100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... St. l loo Do.Wv.V.sp. St. ;100 North British 107 109 7 31 ? Do. 71. ereference St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.e.Prf. 97 - 99 984 17 fq Do. do. do 20 13 ;Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l 121 9 IDo. do. Qrs., 1848.,. 25 10 Do. York 11. &S. Pur. P 20 all North Staffordshire 23 24 St. 100 Ox., Wor, & Woiv. p.c., Ist guar. 120 St. 'lOO 'Do, 6 p, c. 2d guar — 1064 St. ilOO IDo. do, Debentr. St lOl 103 BAI all !Scot. Cent. New Pret St. ilOO Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e llB 120 St. 1100 Do, do. 7 p.c. pf, St 125 130 St. ,100 ,Do. d 0•34 p.c. pf. St 73 75 125 all (South Devon lO4 1:.1 10 1 all ;Do. fixed 44 pr cent — 60.0 .11 I- Ann.) of £1 Os, 6 ' d 23 24 St. 1100 rDo • 44 per cent lOl 103 St. 1100 Do, Fixed 44 p.c. Sh lOl 103 St. 1100 Do. New 44 pr. cent St. 1100 ; S. Walft, Gus. p, c. • • St. 1100 !Do. do. 44 p. c lOO 102 20 all IS.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar l5 17 25 I all ;Stock. &Dar., sp. LI 2B 29 25 1 19 ID°. do. do. St. 100 I'Waterfddz Kilk • 6pc 43 - 48 25 10 uo.o, BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Philk.)' British Iron Coudurow (Cambria.) D ov. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (Mogan) Great South Tolgus Grt.lV.Alfrd.(Philk.) .Grt.W. Vor (He'stn.) 'Lady Bertha 'N. Frances (Illogan? N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkeilis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. , S. Car&lon (St. Cleer); S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogu. ),' Tam. S. &L. Co 1 Tin Croft Un.Miues (Gwennap) V. of Towoy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) i Wh. Basset (Illogan).1 Wh. Buller (Rdrnth). l Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 9 - 10 1 3 - 4 60 - 70 475 - 485 ,85 90 14 - 15 5 - 6 -- 2 I 71 - 83 85 - 9 1 - 51 18 - 19 390 —. 400 2 3 i 230 -- 240 31 70 -- 9 ' ) I 1 la 24 25 95 105 180 200 .2.G 240 ) 5 i 8 -- 9 45 -- 48 ) 24 46 icOICEIG.N stiri !S i" . 20 'Australian 1 los. Bon Accord Cop. (11.) p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(icsued at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 . 1 12} 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica...-. 40 all Cobro Copper 4l 43 ... 16 Copiapo 1. all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Novcau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil•LdM.&Smlt 5 7 5 1 Port Philip 30 16i'Santiago de Cuba ' A 4 all United Mexican !34 3 , MISCELLANEOUS. 100010',0 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 25 119 Australian Agricalt. 29 31 .I.tl all !Australn. Royal Mail 1 l 0 all , Berlin Water Works. 34 4 10 2 Do. New his. at 51. d 50 40 'Brit. American Land ... 100 32. Canada ll7 122 St. 100 Do•Go.6pe.JanStJuly 113 114 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all jDo. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace — 5 all Do. Preference 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France 20 all 'Pastern Steam 2l —3/ 3 St. 100 Electriaelegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 all En.:StAust.Cop.SmCo 1i —1; 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.J ctn. Tel. 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 3 20 111 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(iim.) „. 15 L 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 2} 2i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. .„ 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 71 1 8 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all Mexican& S.Anierien 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 10 6 Netherlands Land 10 all Do. Do. 5 all illo.B p.c.Pf.iss.at 1 d 1 4 5 3 !Do. Do. 100 80 ,New ls, &N. S. Land 14 17 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 94 100 1 all N. B. Australasian... A 20 all Nrth.of EnropeSteani 2} 1 all Oriental Gas 1 108. Do New Shares ad • L. p 5 all Peen - tr. Ld. & Minrl 2 _ , 2i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 79 781 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 59 - 61 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l} IA St. 100 S.Aus, Gov.6p.c.bds lO7 100 25 all South Austral. Land 36 3T 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip if 1 i 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 ,Trus.Ln.oo.l44 Call• •_•! 1001 28kVall DiOlUttleg loj EVENING, JETL:Y IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMaIONS.—(This Day.) Tau SPEAKE3 to , k the chl`r at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the followinr , bills were considered and agreed to :—Ei.st Kent Railway (Wes tern Extension) ; Formartine and Buchan Railw‘sy . ; North British Railway (Consolidation, &e.)i; Shrews bury and Welchpool Railway ; Blackburn Brit,' cay ; and East Suffolk, Yarmouth, and liaddiscoe, and Lowestoft and Bccles Railway Companies Aina!gi .atiori. - The Westminster Palace Hotel Company (Limited) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Glasgow College Estats Bill was read a second time. SUPPLY. On the mohion for going into supply, Lord ELCHO moved "That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying she will be graciously pleased to issue a Royal Commission, to inquire and re port how far it may be desirable and practicable to sub• etitute an equitable system of assessment in lieu of the present mode of maintaining the public roads in Scot land by tolls and statute labour." Mr. WALPOLE said the Lord Advocate was in favour of the issue of a R iyal Commission, and he asked the noble lord to allow the amendment to be negatived, that he (Mr. Walpole) miglht consult the in to:de:l Lord Advocate on the subject. Sir E. COLE BROOKE was favourable to the main tenance of the roads in &letlaud by an equitable assess ment instead of by tolls. Mr. IL HERBERT raid the system of assessment instead of tolls had been found to work well in Ireland. Mr. BLACKBURN said the interests of Scotland and England were so intimately counected that the commissioners ought to have powers to examine into the question of tolls on turnpike roads in England as well as in Scotland. After some discussion, in which the toll system gene rally was very strongly condemned by hon. members on both sides of the house, The motion was withdrawn, it being understood the Government would issue the comtni.sion. THE HOP DUTY. Sir J. SHELLEY called the attention of the Chan cellor of the Exero quer "to that portion of the second report of the commissioners of Inland Revenue relat ing to hops in which reference is made to. the minutes of procce..iirigs of the Hop Duty Committee which sat last year, and a presumption exprpsi , .ed by the said commissioners as to the opinion which that committee would ulirriately have reported to the house, although no report was made by the committee." He condemned the heavy amount of the hop duty, and said that be was afraid if the hop-growers of inferior torts were not blessed with a blight—(laughter)—this year, they would be obliged to have their hops destro3 ed from being un a hle to pay the duty, owing to the deprecia tion in price large crops would produce. Ater some remarks from Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. B. HOPE, Mr, LOCKE (S ,uth wark), as a member of a com mittee who at on this subject, said be believed the committee, if polled, woul+l have been adverse to the abolition of the duty, The committee were of opinion t , at the , 00ner the hop growers (1 SuTex shut op 1 4 hop as grovv , :r4 of hops tn , , better. It was iinpos,,ible for th.ro t.) produce the snp: , rior qualities of bops, and in cons,que, ce they had been ruff , rers. The subject rinpped. THE PURP'.ICATION OF TUE THAMES. Mr. COX moved the fullowiug resolution :—" That this house is of opinion that the cost of the purification of the river Thames, in the vicinity of the metropolis, should be borne by the Consolidated Fund and the metropolitan ratepayers in equal proportions." He said 9d. in the pound of ttre coal tax, imposed for the improvement of the metropolis, was appropriated by the Government to purposes of their f, and fact alone entit l .4 `Le metropoirtau ratepayers to some in this matter. He charged the Govern ment with being the first cause of the nuisance, from having sanctioned the scheme for emptying the sewage of the metropolis daily into the Thames. He reftrred to what had been done by the Metropolitan B iard of Woiks and the Chief Commissioner of Works with reference to the drainage and sewage 'of the metro polis, and asked the house to agree to his motion. General THOMPSON seconded the motion. This was a case in which the whole community ought to assi t the metropolis. Mr. BENTINCK opposed the motion. Upon ovary ground it was to the interest cf the metropolis and the duty of the inhabitants to carry out their own improve ments and sanitary regulations without calling upon the country to pay for them. If the metropolis was visited with pestileuce the inhabitants would be losers. Every stranger who visited London paid his fair share of local taxation during his stay here. Sir G. C. LEWIS opposed the motion. The form of the proposal was contrary to the forms of the house, and the principle involved in the motion was objection able. He asked the house not to discuss the subject then, but wait till the Government had brought forward a measure on the subject, as promised. He defended the c curse pur-ued by the late Government with re ference to the drainage scheme proposed by the Metro po:itan Board of Works. Mr. T. DUNCOIBE asked if the hon. mover of the resolution was wrong in point of form. A portion of the expense of the metropolitan police force wee paid out of the consolidated fund, and he saw no reason why the cons , lidated fund should not contribute towards re• moving the stench of the metropolis. The SPEAKER said there were precedents for the course now pursued. It would, however, lead to no orac ical result : for. if fiir. question 'of charge must be commenced de novo, sub jected to the forms which the house had directed to be pursued on money questions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would be better f.o withdraw the motion It was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill on an early day next week for the purification of the Thames. (Hear, hear.) Toe house would then have a le,;itiatate opportunity for entering into a discussion cf the suiket Mr. GLADSTONE concurred in the suggestion of the Chance for of the Exebegxer. [LEFT SPEAKING TDB SUBALPINE TUNNEL. An interesting communicaiion on this important subject has just been reeeival by the Academy of Sciences from M. Menabrea, one of the most dis tinguish, d members of the Pie.iine i a ,ese Pad'a ineut. L was stated several months ago that the immense work of boring a tunnel under the Alps between Medaue and Bardoneche had commenced ; but we have now to record some interesting facts which might perhaps never have been discovered but for the peculiar methods employed in this colossal operation. Mudane and Biirdoneche are situated on opposite sides of the Alpine chain dividin g Pied mont from France, precisely at a point where the valleys of the Arc and the Dora, which lie nearly on the same level, run parallel to each other, and the mountain is narrowest. The thickness of the intervening mountain is 13 kilometres in a straight line ; the actual tunnel will be 121 kiloine res. It, is designed in the same vertical plane, but, to facili tate drainage, is somewhat higher in the middle than at the orifices, so as to form gentle slopes on both sides —one not exceeding an inclination of five per thousand, and the other being twenty three per thousand, in consequence of a differ ence of level between the two extremities, the numbers being Bardoneche (southern orifi :e) 1,324 metres ; culminating point, 1,335 metres ; Modane (northern orifice), 1,190 metres above the level of the sea. The crest of the mountain be ng 1,600 metres higher than the culminating point, the sinking of shafts, which is the method gener ally employed in order to begin boring tunnels at several points at once, was out of the question ; hence the tunnel could only be worked at its ex tremities, so that the labour by the ordinary pro ces,es could not be accomplished in less than 36 years. Then, how was a depth of gallery of three r or four kilometres, and having but one o r ifi ce ; t o be aired ? These were all serious obstacle?. MM. Elie de Beaumont and Angelo Sismond a h av i ng exam ined the mountain geolo g i ca lly, f ound i t to centain micaceous sandstone, micaceous sc hi s t s , quartzite, gypsum, and limestone, all easy to bla st , the quartzite alone excepted ; but the st r at um of this is not likely to be very thick ; the o th e r difficulties alone therefore rema i ne d, and these were at length overcome by three Sardinian engineers , MM. Somtneiller, ( Grattone, and Grandis, who proposed to turn the abundance of water for which th e l oca li ty was re markable to account, by applying it to a peculiar system of perforation and ventilation, which we will nowaimir imagined endeavour d en by ye r, these t which , , e n x its i l ) e la n i e l i s n consista i n a h y d rau li c . The first apparatus y photi t urne d w i t h i ts orifices upwarlt, and comtntinicaing by one of them with a stream of . water, by the other with a 'reservoir it air, exe T rc i i i e : a c t o ' n r' - descending into the Brst branch, enters the se cond,s tahnedairb,ywhtileih is thee forcade rrcesu of o into the reser voir. This done, a valve is opened, by which the water c - ..ntained in the syphon is let out, and the operation recommences. The emission and intro duction valves are regula•ed by a r-mill machine i.tperating by rn, aiis of a column of water; and the air in tie reeervo:r is mainiained at a constant degree of pressure by a c dentin of water coannuni eating with another reservoir above. Thus, with a waterfall 20 metres in height, the air is condensed to six atmospheres, equivalent to the pressure of 62 metres of water. This condensed air is used for two purposes; first, as a motive power, and then for ventilation. Two kinds of perferators, worked by condensed air instead of steam, are employed, one invented by Mr. Bartlett, the other by M. Sommeiller ; arid the manner in which these machines perform their duty affords the first practical demonstration of the possibility of employing compressed air as a motive power with advantage. By means of these perforators holes for blasting may be bored through the hardest Isienite in one-twelfth of the time which would be $ required if ordinary means were employed. In order to understand the importance of this result, it may be stated that, in tunnelling, three-fourths 9, 1858. of the time is employed in boring holes, and the remainder in charging smi blasting ; hwice, aveele rating the former operation is an immense advan tage. The perforators .11 , :ve another advantage ; in a place where three couples of miners woull hardly find room, eighteen perforators may be set to work, so that, by these ingenious contrivances, as well as by others for clearing away the rubbish; the- perforation of the tunnel 'may be effected in six years, instead of 36. The air that has been employed as a motive power is used to feed the gallery, but when the latter shall have reached a considerable dep:h it will require 85,924 cubic metres of, air per 24 hours to replace that which has been vitiated by respiration, torches, and gunpowder; and this quantity, in the form of 14,320 cubic Metre:i of air condensed to six atmospheres, the reservoir can furnish. A new and curious fact has been observed during these works—viz., that when the air condensed to the degree above mentioned is shot intothegalleryfrom the machine, any waterhappening to be near the latter suddenly congeals, although the ambient temperature be about 18 degrees centigrade (72 - deg. Fahrenheit). Bence, when a large mass of compressed air is driven into a gallery situated at 1,600 metres below the outer surface of the earth, and where conee quently the temperature must be about 160 deg. Fahrenheit, the dilatation of the compressed air produces a diminution of temperature sufficient to counterbalance the excess alluded to. The pro gress now making per day in boring is three metres on each side of the mountain, or six metres per day in all. SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY: STATE OF THE THAMES: Oa Tuesday the City Sewers Commissioners assembled at Guildhall, and Dr. Letheby p-esented his quarterly report to the commissioners. It was as follow. : " The mortality tables for the spring quarter aro now before you, and I have the satisfaction to say that they do not indicate an unfavourable state of the public health. It is true that the death-rate is a little larger than it was during the spring quarter of last year, but it is still below the average, and, with two exceptions, it is the smallest number for the corresponding period of the last nine years. The total mortality for the quarter was 724, the avet age being 747, and of this number 301 belong to the Fast Lon don district. .55 to the Weet, awl 26S to the Central— nunibere which representa yearly deaths rate of 27 - per 1,000 in the first-named district,2l•6 in the second, anti 1 st 9 in the third; the total mortality'of the city being at the rate 0f231 per 1,900. This in the aggregate isnot an excesiive MOT tality, for if wo compare it with that of the nine preceding years it will be found that it is under the average to the extent of about 01 per 1,000 ; so that the death-rate of the city will even bear comparison with that of (Aber places. It may be that the mode of estimating the sanitary condition of the city is not absolutely correct, and does not indica' e the actual or even the preventible waste of human life, but it is sufficiently near to the truth, and is withal so intelligible, that it enables us to form a very just idea of the comparative mortality of tho place, and to learn from it what has been the general state of the public health during any particular season. I believe, indeed, that, imperfect as the method is, it is infinitely more truthful and satisfactory than a - comparison of the death-rate of a city or town population with that of a model republic situated on the slope of an English hill, looking southward over fertile fields or distant seas, bathed in a pure atmosphere, supplied with a river of water of life clear as crystal, with no impurity in its houses or streets for a single day, occupied by a people fed on fruits, grain, and meat from healthy places, and leading an active. good, and intellectual life. For such an Agapemone of health and happiness and idleness has never realised, beautiful as is the eet,ceptiou ; and even if it could be it wool I afford no just indication of what the sanitary condition of a city life ought to be. In point of fact, it is not altogether fair even to contrast the mortality of a city population with that of a few villages of Eng land, selected because of their unusual salubrity ; for, apart from the evil consequences of filth and overcrowd ing—consequences that are, I admit, capable of ame lioration there are in a city life many unwholesome influences which are inseparable from the exercise of ta a, le and commerce. They are the penalties of civilisation— the inevitable pains of industry, and it is Utopi rn to ex pect that these can ever be so far reduced as to bring the state of a city life into the condition of an Arcadia, a model republic, or even of a quiet country village. "Of the 721 deaths in the quarter, 291 °centred among children of less than five years of age; 50 between the ages of five and 20 ; 92 between 20 and 40 ; 128 between 40 and 60; and 163 were among old persons of 60 and up wards. " The chief causes of death were diseases of the respira tory organs—diseases which were unusually fatal during the first month of the quarter. Of these 94 were caused by . phthisis, 43 by pneumonia, 50 by bronchitis, 19 by whood in,g-cough, 12 by croup and diphtheria, and 3 by asthma. There were also 3J deaths from violence, 33 from tubercu lar diseases of infancy, and 87 from convulsions, hydroce phalus, and teething. Diseases of the zymotia class have not been unusually fatal ; for there were but two cases of erysipelas, 8 of scarlet fever, 7 of infantile diarrhoea, and 4 of diarrhcea, and dysentery among adults, of which three occurred in the workhouses and two out of the city. The mortality, therefore, from these affections has not been ex cessive, and this is somewhat remarkable when we consider what has been the state of the river and the temperature - of the se :son. On some occasions during the last month the thermometer has ranged on the same day from .60 to 90 degrees in the shade, and throughout the month the daily range has been from 18 to 31 degrees. On Wednesday, the IGtb of June, the thermometer rose to 117.7 degrees in the sun, and the mean temperature of the day was 76.9. This, according to Mr. Glaisher, is 15 de grees above the average of the day for the last 43 years, and it is greater than has been experienced in Jnue since the yte ear 1818. Some of chess farts are,preuoufr.a in 46. 4thtante or the appendix, whiCh giVes an account of the •meteorology of the quarter from observations made at Guildhall under the superintendence of Mr. Heywood. " The high temperature of the last month, together with the continued absence of rain, has caused the Thames to assume an appearance and to undergo a change which has never before been witne sod. I have been engaged for the last fortnight in making daily examinations of Thames water at different points between Teddington lock and Greenwich, and the results of those exa oina tions are, that the river is unusually charged with sea salt and organic matter. The oceanic tide in the river has risen as high as Wandswort i, and has thus contami nated the water with saline and other impurities of the sea. As a rule, the soluble inorganic constituents of the river do not exceed 45 grains in the gallon at high tido at London-bridge, and the organic impul it is not more than 4 grains to the gallon ; but during the last fortnight the saline elements have amounted to 1 i grains in the gallon, and the organic to 12. Even at Westminster-bridge they have reached to 69 grains per gallon, and the organic mat ter to 5-6. The proportions at other places at high and low tides are given in the fifth table of the Appendix, and they show that the sea v ater has risen to a great height in the bad of the liver. Now, all experience proves that when ever Ruch a mixture as this occurs at high temperature, putrefaction of a most, offensive character is sot up. The sewage and the organic matters and sulphates of the sea water have acted on each other, and have produced the state of things with which for the last fortnight we have been so familiar. The inky appearance of the rivet has been caused by the fixaticn of the sulphuretted hydrogen by the iran of the clay. This has been the salvation of our lives, for, offensive as has been the vapour evolved from the river, it is as nothing in comparison with what it would have been if ,the much-aoused clay front the lower shores of the river had not fixed the miasue in a solid in volatile form. "As it is, however, the gases evolved from the water amount to about 15 cubic inches per gallon. They con sist chiefly of carbonic acid with ammonia, nitrogen, and a trace of oxygen. They do not contain sulphuretted hydrogen, but they contain a stinking vapour, which is in the highest degree offen•ive, and which inhaled pro duces slight headache, giddiness, and nausea. The water at midstream is charged with the higher forms of animal and vegetable infusorial life, but that at the shore is so lethal in its qualities that nothing exists in it but the lowest forms of fungi and the simplest of living creatures. " With all this condition of the Thames, however, the health of the metropolis has been remarkably good, and the fact is illustrated not merely by the mortality returns, but also by the still more insignificant returns of sickness. In the corresponding period of last year the cases of fever, diarrheel, and dysentery attended iu the city by the medi cal officers of the union amounted to 293 of the former and 181 of the latter ; but during the past quarter they were only 202 of the former and 91 of the latter. It may be thought, perhaps, that as the city is only a small section of the metropolis, it does not represent the condition of the whole ; but returns have been collected by the medical officers of health throughout ho capital, and these, like the last, show a great falling off in the proportion of zymo tic disease. "In the 12 months of last year there wero nearly 80,0U0 cases of sickness returned, and during the present period returns have been more fully obtained, and they embrace as many as 114,000 cases of sickness. Of the former the proportion of fever cases amounted to 22'4 per 1,000, and of diarrhea% and dysentery to 40'5, but of the latter the proportions are 16'2 a nd 25'1. lam not in a condition to account for these remarkable facts. It may be that the prevailing winds of the season have diluted the mirsm, and have wafted it quickly away from the mere densely populated parts of the city ; or it may bo that the unusual amount of ozone in the air has exerted its benefi• cial influence by oxydising the organic peison ; or it may be that the streugtb of the human system after the bracing influence of winter has been sufficient to resist the morbific action of the malaria ; or it may ba, a , some have said, that offensive as is the stink of the vapour, it has no lethal action on the aeiwal system, for to tree the words of a reviewer in one of the medical journals,'there is no necessary connec tiou between bait odours and poisonous miasma, fcr we find that some of the most pestilential places in the world, such as th - mouths of certain African rivers, the Sunder bonus of the Ganges, the Pontine Marshes, and our own fens, give no evidence of a poison by their odour, while, copversely, we may have an atmo s ph e re charged with the most horrid stinks without it being chne ero us to health, or at any rate, productive of fev e r, &c. ' lll9 "n opinion is, that the effects of the Thames' vapours have been warded off by the healthy and vigorous condition of the body at this season of the year, and that if the putrid miasma comes to operate upon ns during the autumn, when the vital power.; are exhausted and the animal frame relaxed by the heat of summer, the effects may be very serious. We shall do well, therefore to take the matter into serious consideration, and to provide, as far a s pos siLle, for the danger that may arise out of it. " The last point to which I have to refer is that which relates to the sanitary work of the question. You will perceive by the sixth table that your inspectors have visited 2,128 houses, and that 617 orders have been issued for works of a sanitary character. The Inspector of Com mon Lodging-honses has made 670 visite during the quarter, and has furnished certificates of the overerowdieg of 43 houses. In these there were 65 rooms occupied by 293 persons, —namely, h 4 men, 119 women, and b 0 children. I have had occasion to remark that some of these houses were complained of on a former accasion, but that out of regard to the landlord, and with a promise from him that they should not be occupied by him in an indecent or un wholesome manner, you did not enforce the order for re gistration, and this leniency has been productive of much I may instance hose-alley,mischief.in Bishopsgate-street, as a case in which your clemency has been abused, and it indicates very clearly the necessity for enforcing the regis tration of such places whenever they are found to be im properly and unwholeserg e l y overcrowded, d' Guildhall, July 6.", LIU FE aA L PA II eS,3I AMB; HOUSE OF LORDS'.—(irEA7RDAY.) TEs LORD CHANCELLOR tC)Ok WS seat on the woolsack at fiva o ' Vtos k. MARMAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER, Earl ST. GERMANS prePented petitions . from Exeter, Liicester, and other places, in faroor of the bill which legalised the 'marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Lord CAXPBELL presented a petition against the bill, to whicia be said be should give his strenuous and everlasting upposicion. Lord REDESDALE asked when it was intended to bring forward the second reading of the bill ? but no an ewer was gifien to the noble lord's question. BANKR UPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Lord TRURO asked the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, whether there was any prospect of this bill being brought on during the present session ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said in the course of a f e w days ke should be able to lay the bill on the table, but he did not think there was any probability of its posing this session, and it was only in conse quence of the extreme difficulty with which the subject was sw:rouuded that it had not been brought in bef ,re. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Windsor New Road Bill and the Birkenhead Improvement Bill were read a second time. The Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. SALE OF POISONS. We bill, on the motion of Earl DEBBY, was read a third time and pasged. THE JEWS BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Lord 'LYNDHURST said be supposed when this bill was read a third time both bills on this subject would be sent down to the other house, where he felt confident both bills would be accepted. (Hear, hear, from Earl Derby.) He felt perfectly satisfied with this ar rangement, and he also felt confident that the advocates of this measure would feel a similar satisfac tion at tee result which had been arrived at. From the passing of the measures the new oath would be adminis tered instead of the three oaths now taken by members of Parliament, viz., the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration. The oath differed materiallyfrom those he had mentioned. as it omitted all that relating to the Pretender, and the objectionable words, "on the true faith of a Christian," could also ,be left out if required. The' bdl at eieueut before:o34e lerdships-entitled per sons of the Jewish persuasiOn to er.joyed by oilier subjects of her Majesty, viz., to sit, as it were, by license, in both this and the other house.. They also became en ti led to held certain high offices in the State, except those specially mentioned in the last two clauses. He felt perfectly satisfied, as all the otjecte be intended by his bill bad been obtained by the two bills, which be now hoped would finally settle the question, which for y tare Lad oceseioned en much discussion. rice noble and learned lord havieg ad. vert d to the ainendmint to be, proposed by a noble duke, which, he said, had been taken from the Ca tholc.Relief Act, contended that the Jews and Roman .Catbolice stood in a very different position with respect to the presentation r f clergymen to vacant livings. The Earl of WICKLOW complained that by this bill Hemet] Catholici were placed in a worse peeition than the Jews. Loid CAMPBELL Paid his own opinion was, the Oaths Bill should be dropped altogether, and that a bill should be brought in to repeal the oath of avjo;ntior. Considering' the present period f the sf,s,ion, however, he was no, prepir, d i. t,uer any opposition to the mode iu a Lion it was proposed to settle the question. The Earl of DERBY observed that the oath of abju• ration affirmed the continued adhesion of the existing Parliament to the reigning family, and any propolition to alter it would meet with very great opposition. The house then went into committee on the bill. The whole of the clauses, with verbal amendments, were agreed to, as was an amendment, moved by the Duke of Marlborough, prohibiting persons of the Jewish per suasion advising her Majesty on mastery connected with the Established Church. The house then resumed. COMMISSIONERS OF EXE{IBITION (1851) BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, The Duke of NEWCASTLE suggested that the com missioners should haVe power to lease or sell a portion of their property for sites of the new barracks which would have to be erected in lieu cf the present barracks at Knightsbridge, the lease of which was nearly out. Lord DONOUGHMORE said that the proposal made by the noble duke would be. in opposition to the agree ment entered into with the commissioners in 1852. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The Churches, &c. (Ireland), Bill passed throngh committee. The Marriages (Moscow, Tahiti, and Ningpn) Bill was read a third time. COUNTY COURTS DISTRICTS BILL On the motinn that the bill be read a third time, The LORD CHANCELLOR, is moving the omission of the sth clause, said he was in error in stating on a former evening that in oue case a judge only sat forty five limes in the course of one year. It turned out, however, that this gentlethan had sat 115 days, but this was not very oppressive labour for a judge. The till was then read a third time. The Railways Act (Ireland) Bill passed through com mittee. The Portendic and Albreda Dill also passed through committee. TUE TINTATRIZRUrIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the tnofinn that this hill be read a fiat time, Lord CAMPBELL expressed his apprJval of the bil, and took that opportunity of saying how gratified he was at the circumstance his right hoe. friend the Lord Advocate having been raisNl to the dignity of the bench of Scotland, as Lord Justics Clerk. Their lordships then adjourned at twenty-five minutes past six o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS—( YESTERDAY.) The SPRAYER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' Amendments to the Llaudaff and Canton District Markets Bill were agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Darley's Estate anal Viscount ii:•ith's E,tate. LOCAL GOVERNAIENT BILL. The house went into committee (by adjournment from June 22 , 3) on this bi 1 , commencing with clause 30. Mr. ADDERLEY proposed the following amend ment on clause 30 :—" Provided always, that all sanc tons fur be mortgage of rates given by the General Boar; of Health before the passing of Ms ac, shall con tinue in full force and effect until all monies', the nar rowing of which is thereby sanctioned, have been bor rowed."—Agreed to, Mr. M‘M:AFION proposed the f,llowing addition to the clause :—" Where part of any township or place, at the tithe of the applica•ion of this act to any district, shad he liable to eontiioute and psy to the high say rates lmiable or akessible within such district, although It shall nut be included. in the limits of such district, such part of the said township or place shall, for all pm poses connected with the repairs of the highways, and the payment of highway ray, but for no other pur poses', be considered to he and be treated as if fortning, part of such district ,and compri, , ed within the limits thereof : Provided always, that no such district rate shall be leviable within such part."—Agreed to Mr.ADDERLEY also proposed the following addition to the clause :—The act of the thirteenth Victoria, chapter thirty-five "for requiring annual returns of the expenditure on highways in England and Wales to be transmitted to the Secretary of State, and afterwards laid before Parliament," shall apply to the clerk to every such local board as aforesaid in like manner as to the clerk to any such trustee or commissioner as in such act mentioned.—Agreed to. Clauses 31 to 41 inclusive were agreed to, with amend. meats, Mr. PALK proposed the omission of clause 42. After some discussion, Mr. ADDEULEY consented to its postponement, in order to meet the objections raised to it. Claus€s 43, 44, and 45 were agreed to, with amend ments. Clauses up to 64 were agreed to, with amendments. On clause 65, relative to the appointment of offimrs ut:der the bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved au amendment for the appointment of a medical officer. Tlie committee then divided. The Lumbers were—.. For the amendment 3O Again:l it Majority llB The amendment was consequently negatived, and the clause agreed to with amendments. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and some new ones added to the bi :l. The house resumed. Tne alpr orders were disposed cf, and the house sus pended its sittings at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. THE CAGLIARI. Mr. HORSMAN gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Un der - Secretary for the Foreign Depart. ment whether any further communications had taken place between the Cr , veruhtent of Sardinia and that of Naple, to which the Government of brr Majesty had been a patty. CO MPENSATION TO PROCTORS. In answer 1 , . Mr. HADFIELD, Mr. MO WI3RA.Y raid the labours of the commiesit , l would not terminate for many mouths to c,,me, but his bon. friend the Secretary of the Treasury would, when the proper time arrived, give the hon. gentleman every information. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Sir G. C. LEWIS wi beo to kuake a snort rxrlaca• Lou, as the question he was about to put would not be understood. The commission appointed under the act : for regulating the University of Oxford, and which was now about to expire, nistrie an or iinance declarir g that out of 18 fellowships Line should be open and nine close. St. John's College put their veto on that ordinance, and the consequence was that it would be of no effect whatever. Ile wished then to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it was his intention to repose to the house any measure for confirming the ordinance of the Oxford commissioners for regulating St. John's College ? Mr. WALPOLE was sure the right hon. gentleman would agree with him when he said that it was inexpedi ent to bring in any measure to foroe the ordinance on the college, contrary to the wishes of two-thirds of its mem bers. For his own part, he should prefer waiting until be saw the result of the commission now sitting in Cam bridge, before legislating on the difference between the commissioners at Oxford and St. John's College. The commissioners are of opinion there should be nine close and nine open fellowships, . _ while the eAlego thought ten . . . . d :11f; open :preferable., and it certainly w att un., fel tU,:a.e t.L..y could net eome to some agreement. When ho wevcr, 21e:1r:hours of the Cambridge Commission closed they vv cold then have the whole matter b?fore them, and see if inythirg could be clan% ProbLttly, it would he better to refer tke' matter to the Privy Council, in order to see what statutes might be necessary. THE GUN FOUNDRY AT WOOLWICH. S;r H. VIVIAN asked the Secretary of State for War whether it was a fact that the new Gan Foundry at Woolwich, for casting iron ordnance, har,.np to this time, proved a failure, and from what cause Is and _whe ther any servicealle guns have as yet been prodUced there ; and if so, how many 7 Gen PEEL said the foundry was not a -failure, tharli to the care and super v i s i on cf Col. Wilesot. It was 'quite true, that the number of guns promised to be manufactured had not been done, but there were four vary heavy guns, and twelve 68-pounders of 95 Cwt.. each; now ready, and would be tested on Monday nev. At present they were able to turn out four or five hiaiy guns a-week. THE 92n REGIMENT IN BOMBAY. Gen. CODRINOTON asked the Secretary of State for War, whether it was true that on the arrival of the 92d neviment in Bombay in May . 44, it was quartered in the Colaba Barracks, whieli had long been pronounced unfit for European troops; whether the regiment:had not had many cases of fever in those barracks ; and why the usual Indian clo:bing was not given to that regiment till six weeks after its arrival ? Lord STANLEY replied that he caused inquiries to be made both at the Board of Control and the East In dia House on the sul ject, but be regretted to say be' bad not received any official information, or indeed informa tion of any kind, as to the 92J Regiment. He could not, therefore, g i ve t h e hon. and gallant of fi cer any answer as to the alleged cause of the fever, or why the clothing was not provided. He would bear the question in mind, and cause every inquiry to be made. New barracks were built in Bombay, but they were not as . yet in condition to receive troope. • ARMY MEDICAL OFFICERS. Colonel NORTH wished to put a question to his hon. and gallant friend the Secretary for War, and he did so in consequence of a statement made the other evening by the right hon, gentleman the member for Wilts, that several regiments had recently gone out to India twee cianpani, dby medical officers. As a member of the committee that sat two years ago, he begged do ask his hon. and gallant li•iend why the recommendations of the ! , elect committee on the medical department of the ai my, which reportecton the 3d J 1;: y, 1856, relative to the pay and posit►on dthe,nledical'ottioata-of tise aixiy, had not beta a telded to? General PEEL replied that when the report of the committee of 1856 was presented, Lord Panmure sent it to the Treasury in order to have a warrant prepared in conformity with its recommendations, but the authorities there refused to comply. Lord Paawure regretted it very rnucb, but no apiAcation had since been wade. The report, however, would again be submitted to the Trea ,.ury, and he hoped with a bitter result. THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. In answer to Mr. WISE Mr. S. FITZGERALD said that last year represen• Whim; were made by the European Governments to the Egyptian Government, that complaints were made by the British inhabitants resident at Cairo, that the new policy regulations issued by the Viceroy of Egypt. had militated against the important privileges which they previously enjoyed; and it was represented to the Egyptian Government that tho,a up , pre.isive and c•rtfrary iv t",tue.tot tad usage. The Britibis CuLibi.lia...tied that thole regulations alight be modified, and in some pages that they might be aurogated, repie seating at the saine time that they were considered op pressive. He had no objection to lay the papers on the subject on the table of the house. THE COUNCIL OF INDIA. Mr. CRAWFORD asked the President of the Board of C.)ntr,l whether it was intended that the Council of India 61aouid act by one of its officers as theofficial agent to the Aduninistrators-Genru•al in India. Lord STANLEY, in reply, said that in such matters it had been hiihertn the custom of the East India Com pany to administer the affairs of India, and henceforth the Secretary of Stilts for India and the new council would continue to administer those matters ; but if they found inconvenience to arise, then the Government would considerthe propriety of transferring those powers else where. - -~-- THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. Lord DUNCAN, seeing the hon. member for Gates• head in his place, wished to put a question to him. He saw that the boo. gentl man bad a motion on the paper referring to the discontinuance of the "right of search," and he was desirous to know from him whether it • was his intention to bring that question forward to-morrow (this day), and if so, whether be would bring it forward at the morning or the evening sitting ? Mr.. HUTT, in reply, sa.d it was his intention to bring the question forward to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, if it would be equally convenient to the hon. member to postpone his question till Monday, he hoped be would have no objection to do so. The Government were in ex pectation that, between this day and Monday, they would receive some information on the subject from the Government of the United States. He therefore hoped the hon.member would postpone his question to that.day. Mr. HUTT, under those circumstances, could nut hesi tate iu acceding.to the request of the tight hon. gentle. man, but he trusted the right boo. gentleman would afford him an opportunity of bringing forward his ques tion on Monday eve! lag. DOCKYARD SERVANTS. Mr. -WILSON wished to ask the right bon. gentle• man the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether dockyard servants would be brought in for the benefit.; to which others would be entitled under the Royal Warrant in reference to the Superannuation Act The C HANC E LLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, said if the bon gentleman would refer to toe Superannua tion Act which he had brought in the other day, he would find by the second olause that it did not apply to them by act of Parliament, by Order of Council, or by Royal Warrant. The dockyard labourers held their appoint ments by an Order in Council, and of course it would not apply to them, and the act which he brought in did not apply. With regard to the general question, whether they were brought out of the Superannuation Act, it was the desire of her Mfijesty'sGoveinment that they should continue in the service, but of course that would depend upon the Board of Admiralty. But it wa., he Might repeat, the wish of the Treasury that they should b. minden, d in the service, and that the act should be ex tended to them. The right hon. gentleman then stated it tvils not his intention to propose the second reading of the hill that night. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. Oa the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. 11 ANKEY rose to ask the President of the Board of Control what would be the position of the East India Chmp.by as a chartered body after this measure should have passed. He believed the company would still be pusseesed of the same charter under which they Lad always acted, and he uuderstood, also, that in hand log over the property of the company to the Crown the riobts of the proprietors of India stock had been spa re.sereed. What he wanted to know was, would the proprietary continue to have the power of electing a board of directors as they had hitherto done, and what would be their means of obtaining redress, should they le quire any as a chartered body ? He would suggest that when the bill went to the House of Lords a clause should be introduced putting an end • entirely to the charter of the company, and so avoiding all those diffi cult questions a hick might otherwise arise in future. It was not desirable that a great aerociation like the Ea.t India Comp.ny should drag on a nominal existence without any real power or vitality. Sir K PERRY could not allow the bill to pass with out saying a few words upon it. The first three clauses contained a pribciple of such importance, and one preg fleet with so much probable future advantage to India, that they bad ju,tly received the support of those who sat on his own side of the house. In six of the 12 .divi si,,ns which had taken place on the bill in committee the bulk of the Liberal party bad voted with the Govern ment. Such had not been the case, however, with regard to the constitution of the council, The President of the. Board of Cor.trol was entitled to every credit for the candour and ability he had displayed, but he had fore gone the noblest opportunity ever offered to se young a statesman E hicks the days of Pitt for coupling his 'tame with an important measure of legislation. The noble lord had undervalued the iefiuence be possessed in that house, as well as in the country at large, in failing to carry out what were, no doubt, his own deliberate opinions. (Hear, hear.) The Council of India should consist of the ablest and moat experienced men who could he found, but what the noble 1 rd proposed iia his bill was nothing more than a refacciamento of the old Court of Directors. * We were not able to form a'very good government for India, nor was India able to go vern herself; but it was our duty to do the beet we Could and he regretted that the noble lord had not surrounded himself with a more competent body of advisers. His firm persuasion was that the bill would not last more than tour or five years. It was singular that it did not contain a single allusion to the native interests of India, which he thought was an omission great'y to be deplored as in every previous act the people of India had been as sured that their religion would not be disturbed. Mr. GREGSON — entorced the prayer of a petition which he presented some time ago from Singapore, to the effect that that settlement should be placed in im mediate connection with the home Government of India, and expressed the hope that during the recess the Presi dent of the Board of Control would consider the point. He regarded it as a great advantage that the noble . lord wool,; be the first Indian Minister, inasmuch as be bad visited the c-,untry and seen the natives, and possessed other advantages which no other man enjoyed. He truted the noble lord would do everything in hie power promote commerce, civilisation, and Christianity in Itetia. He was glad to think that the noble lord, who knew something of India, would preside over this new goner: meet with the desire to improve the po,ition and prospects of India, both phyeically and socially. (I-f ear.) .L.rci PA LMERSTON said that it ha d fallen to his lot to obj'.ct to many parts of the bill re latin g to the arran ge . ments of the council, and be thoug ht it ri g ht to sa y t hat , though he maintained ,his object!oTi on those point s , yet as the bill embodied a gr eat principle of infi n it e va l ue and grudging i importance, n r u t u a t n ca or e c dial and hearty assent. , he gave to the third reading not a (Cheers.) Th e SOLICITOR•GENERAL, i n answer to the title/. tins put by the bon. member tor Peterborough (Mr. Haukey), observed that hitherto the E a st India Com pany bad bad t wo capac ities perfectly distinct. In one . 0 dividends guaranteed to th em, v , e w it was a company possessing a a n j d o i t 'n o t a st s o e c c k u , ri e t n y t f it u l n e d d for the payment of those dividends. It was also entitled, in certain contingencies, to require the redemption of the dividends. In its other character it was the governing body of India, subject, of course, to the control of the Indian Commissioners. The present bill . propoled to deal 20i 100 1.00 ilia all ail all 100 100 256 , 1 41 i 17i a • 151 I 12112 1 6/131 40 1286 81