The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

I.)tiy.) Brougham, 'onsleydale, mrt of Sea ,pellant, by payment of g Kelvin rty of Hill ed that the egally cou ld no notice h the rate Le Board of )tice of the ? adjourned 41 Wensley- th costs. amen of the to-morrow g, and there le certificate s, Great St. ato at great o being pre neeting was idend meet. pired. r 3 DAY.) iTLEMIX.-. harles Stop -street, was 1 sword and tion, polies , Grosvenor- he previous ound the de. he defendant p-post, with said he had •efused to go sere he lived, ed to let hint he told him to take him, Irpose, when Id seizing the 7 out a sword de a:thrust at He (Howes) it from him, int, and with ly. The de n his posses. it 2 feet long aagistrate for g thing. H. 1 very well is for a lawless n. He would Hs should it have killed a• him to find months. ao with the his umbrella, ution him to DI, and he WAS ial. raE TUESDAY. ; began to e seen them hich became ternoon, and Ae-book, we, a transacte d be taken as soon as tho Ussions are ial observer* iticipated. ap was the as currently expectation, ions firmly ; Curlew, an d [legging for Stakes, the I nominally ;upported at vested upon Id have bee* over out of the lion for 1 being the 'miens wOA to of 100 to aces against tat he would d have been ney was en• Bar been so dation, Rd/ apparently let to take and at that as long mmissioner, rupted, sue r, the lay era igh." Petro Co win a fevt vas taken as 25 to 1 be lie effect of cased Land; krsenal and £25 about ) on at that one friend, her sums at eainet Th. 0 fused about time or two to 1, when a. I offered) tared) lupled (taken 16 freely) CaptainlandvA— Luary, o d on the lot :t of the 24tb. at St. 'VII: Assengers ab urn to all • w ° Arm, result the g ged . b ,. r of pun 1,23 0 ; ; iostsl total ono martial, 784 ; )f lashes, 3. VOIV.EY 31.1RKET A'D'D CITY NEWS', CITY, Two o'CLocic. Notwithstanding the recent advance in the rate of discount and tho rise in the exchanges, the specie movement continues unfavourable. Exten sive remittances of gold are being made to the Con tinent, and the bullion dealers not only purchase the Australian and American consignments, but still have recourse to the Bank of England, and although the withdrawals during the last few days have been very limited, they are neverthe less indicative of a very active demand for exportation. As Indian Securities are still being imported, there is also reason to believe that silver will yet be transmitted to the East in large quan tities, and under these circumstances it is not sur prising that speculators and others should take an unfavourable view of the prospects of the money market. Indeed, the opinion is gaining ground that a further advance may have to be made in the minimum rate of discount, and a large amount of business is consequently reported in monetary circles. The withdrawal of gold from the Bank of Eng land yesterday was only £B,OOO. The remittance by the Donald M'Kay—viz., £l4B,ooo—has been taken for exportation. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a general advance. The directors of the London and Blackwell Rail way propose a dividend for the half year, ending 31st December last, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with increased dulness, and prices were depressed. The sales were only 6,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a very moderate business was transacted, and quotations exhibited a further decline: The first of the periodical public sales of indigo for the present year commenced yesterday. The quantity to be submitted for competition is small, and comprises only 7,321 chests of various qualities. The biddings were anything but animated, and prices were very irregular. Good and fine Bengals advanced 3d. to 6d., Kurpahs,"3d. to 4d., and Ma dioz, 2d. to 3d. per lb. on the rates realised in October last, while inferior and low qualities were quite neglected. During the sale, 1,446 chests passed the chair, of which 592 were sold, 493 bought in, and 361 were withdrawn. A meeting has just been held of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company; the chair man stated that the vessels had been sold, and the expected return of capital amounted to about ss. 6d. per share, but this would be made known at the next meeting. It was resolved to allow the directors £4OO as a remuneration for their services until the expiration of the company. There has been very little business in the market for English Securities, beyond the liquidation of the account, which has made favourable progress. A few sales, however, have taken place, Consols being 944,'1 buyers," for money, and 94f for the March account. The dealings in money stock have been very limited, and the public seem to prefer New Threes and Reduced to Consols, the former being relatively cheaper. The New 3 per Cents. are fiat at 94: 1, the Reduced at 94 5, India Stock is steady at 2191, ditto New Loan at 1021 103, ditto 5 per Cent. En faced Paper at 981, ditto 51 per Cent. ditto has re ceded to 1035 104, and the Debentures are heavy at 971. Exchequer Bills are firmer at 235. to 265. prem., and Bank Stock has improved to 229 and 230 f. In the Foreign Sto c k M ar k e t b us i ness con ti nues moderately active, and prices are well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 79 ; ditto New, 66 to 661; the 4 per Cents. have improved to 1021 ex. div. ; Brazilian 41 per Cents., to 931 ; Russian 41 per Cents., to 971 ; and Spanish 3 per Cents., to 44k. Peruvian 3 per Cents. remain at 71, but Dutch 4 per Cents. have receded to 1015. The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 2 to 21 prem.; the Universal ditto, I to 5 prem.; the Bank of Turkey is i die, to par ; and the Canadian Loan, 2 I pron. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been limited, and prices have not shown Much variation. North Western advanced Ss. ; and Caledonian, Great Western, South Eastern, and Vale of Neath, 10s.; Eastern Counties and Midland have declined Ss., and Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat—Lom bardo-Venetian are 14 d ; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined about £1 ; Great Western of Canada, 65.; East Indian, 10s. ; and Great Indian Penin sular improved ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are at slightly improved prices. Bank of Egypt have advanced 55.: Oriental Bank, ss. ; London Joint- Stock, 55.; Royal Mail Steam, 10s. to 15s. ; Van I:lb:mania Land declined 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Basil( Stock 3 per Coat. Reduced Annuities 94} 11 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 3 per Coat. Annuities Arms. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l 1 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per oent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 97/ Ditto, 1359 *We Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO ConsolF for Account (March) India Stock for Acounnt _ - - -- Ditto 6 per Cent F uhaquer Bills, £l,OOO, lkd 26 3 Ditto £5OO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1 3rassilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 4f per Cent. 1858 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. . — Ditto Deferred 22 Milo]. 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. ' B7 Bquador New Consolidated blexi@aa. 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 4i per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Perturuese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Small Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4} per cent., 1869 Sp uaish V per Cent Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent. 7Bl 1 1 Ditto Now Loan - - Ditto Account 'Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in Londox. Batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. B.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; very strong, but fine. The &disk, sailed from Havana, Oct. 16, for Falmouth, With sugar, and has not since been heard of. Ce..unme, Feb. 7.—Wind, W.S.W.—Sailed—Gentoo, zor Ceylon—Falcon, for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 7.--Wind, W.N.W. to W.—Ar tived—Gibloem, from London for Monte Video. ,Dovsn, Feb. 7.—Arrived—Stagshaw, from Shields for 41 evr York, supplied with jibboom. RAmsaATE, Feb. 7.—Tho Emilie (schr.), of Caen, foun dered last night off the North Foreland; crew drowned. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOTMIAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. ; rain. 1 , Arrived —Hannah, from Kinsale ; Charlott e , f rom Dub ; Havre, steamer, from Havre; Foylo, s t eamer , f r om bublin; La Poule, from Cherbourg Sailed—L'Etoile, for Carentan ; Dispatch, steamer, for Lisbon; • Foyle, steamer, for London ; Tagus, steamer, for LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. ; strong breeze. Arrived, Feb. 7.—Storm King, from Bombay; Ruthven, an d Rutland, from New Orleans ; Calhoun, from New Almira, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Agnes, Dantzic •, Pleiades; and James Nesmith, f r om New urleans ; J. R. Keoler, from Savannah ; Sh ari t on , f rom kaceio ; D ora , f rom M ' ogadore. f ArrivJameda, Feb. B—Benin, from Beni ; Maria Neham, ica ; John Bull, and Lizzie Ho n ward, from Charles ton ; Myrtle, from Harbourgrace ; Alabama, from Palermo. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TBLEGRAPM.) WindRAVESEND, Wednesday M orn i ng . WSW tide, first hour's flo9d ; weather fine. Arrived, Feb. W.S.W.. 7—Maherahee, from Calcutta ; Earl of nouthwark, from Shanghai; Sea Gull, from Landscrona ; N orma, from Partook ; Hero, from St. Michaels ; Sarah Scott, from Point do Gallo ; Excelsior, from St. Michaels. Sailed, Feb. B—P an th er, steamer, for Boulogne ; Bel tin.); steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. by N , moderate. ~Anchored—Cano'n from Shields, for Genoa ; Marion, ‘lary.,.from London, 'for St. Michael's. Slipped anchor and chain on the 6th, and has not been sup plied with others. red) S 7- 7 r A .7!1.',4 7? T TiflS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. losing Amines' Share' Railways. Paid. CPrice. 12.10 Antberg., Notting—Myst. and Eastern Junction 10 el 61 5 0 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 8 Be Stock B irk.,L a., and Ch. June 100 75 76 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun all 6} 7 Stock Bristol and Exeter 100 104 105 Stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon 9 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 6} 7 A roves. no div until6p.c.peran 10 Do. A 10 Do. B • 1 all hasbeen pd.toß. ' 50 Dublin andßelf ast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June all 7 4 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 134 14} 14} P, took Eastern Counties lOO 56 57 55 1 Stook eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 80} 814 stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 29 291 29} 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn lOO 100 102 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO 107} 1071 107} }7 4 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 96 98 8 7 et ;took Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 stock Gt. South.& Watn.(lreld) 100 112 114 stock Great Western ltockDo.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 (Irish South Eastern..., all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 100} 1001 100 } took London and Blackwall. 100 66 67 5 4 took Lon.,Brighton SiS.Coast 100 111 112 111 1 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all 12 13 Rock London & North Westn' 100 98 1 08 4 98 1 I 121 Do. Eighths took London& South-Westn lOO 95 1 054 95 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 8 10 took Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 374 381 88 50 Maryport and Carlisle 121 Do. do. } Shares all 10 Metropolitan 3 d loci Midland lOO 1091 110 110 lock Do. Birming. & Derby.; 100 86 88 57 50 Mid. Gt. Weet.(lreland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all DO Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd; all 9} 101 10 Newry & Armagh (let.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all ock Norfolk lOO 57 59 64 SO North. Counties Union 3l 34 1 d ock North British lOO 61 611 64 ock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO ock I)o.A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdll 100 ock Do. B Stock ock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 95 951 95} 6 } 5 Do. do. G.N.E.Purohase 1813 4 1} 1 d ock Do. Leeds lOO 48 48f 484 )ck Do. York lOO 754 79} 7114 ock North London lOO 107 109 0 North Staffordshire l7j 34 31 d 14 0 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 91 iek Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 35 37 0 Peebles all 71 8} 0 Portsmouth Rhymney lO Ick ;Scottish Central lOO 113 115 ck I Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 271 181 , ck!Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 ick'Shropshire Union lOO 48 48 ISittingbourne & Sheer ell 4 3 d ck South - Devon lOO 43 45 43 ck ;South-Eastern lOO 841 66 MI 544 ck!South Wales cklSouthYorks..kßiv.Dun lOO 70 72 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 i Stockton & Darlington all 371 38} i Do. do. - Stockton & llartlepool 184 ck Taff Vale lOO ck Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesllayenDk&Rail 22 Ulster Do. 2O 21 3 6 1 10 Do. l} d p ski Vale of Neath lOB 60 60} 1 Victoria Station & Pim DI 101 11 * Waterford & Kilkenny 100 !Waterford & Limerick all We3t Cornwall West London Do. Ist Clas's I all Do. 2d Class . PREFERENCE gIiARES. ram. I Closing li.o e luitaes I a Share Railways. 111101244 N 97 1102 104 51 8 99 101 112 116 105 107 114 118 113 115 127 129 82 84 111 113 90 02 77} 784 116 118 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 89 98 100 97 99 89 90 89 91 100 102 10 101 17 18 let 10f 75 77 20 21 10 106 15 156 139 141 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 153 157 133 136 86 68 21 22 1117 119 j 124 127 I r R I 6B I 13£1 141 104 105 1 IP 9 97 Stock 10 I 10 101 12 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock 111. 121 par i p 11l 113 109 111 Stock Stock Stock Sk Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock M 93 971 I i 98i d Id 23 24 124 126 125 130 1117 120 76 78 122 124 125 130 11 111 24 103 105 103 105 92 94 101 103 85 88 284 29ê 334. 341 32i 33 50 55 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Leasing Closing Business Railways: Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and 111etentey all Ln &N. V/ Buckinfrhamshire.... 1t:79 Ln& N.W Chester & Holyhead..l 100 •Do. Do. do. 5} p. et__ 100 'Do. Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdale Junction J 100 Caledoninj Colchester, Stour Val all E.I.L&E C' E.Lineolr shire,g.gp.c lOO G t.North. l E Union,HArwiehShs all E.Counto.l Do. Wood3lliigW:::, 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret., 100 ,Caledonin Do. New 1100 Do. Gloster° , Dean Forest, all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rallri all 'Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selo all 'Yk.N.Md. Do. Shares all I Do. Do. 1 Shares e all Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.a. 100 iLn&N 4 W London&Greenwich 1041 IS. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO ;Petri &Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et lOO Nortolk . Do. 6 per cent lOO all LN W&M 3 3 r i c a l d n n c e ß e " r ß a s u d t x o f o c t i n ; & P e r a f e t 100 ,Midland . Newmarkt.,BuryEx 5 5. 6. E.Counts guarantee .1 5 p. c. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all 'Do. Do. do. 6 per cent.... all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all Midland 'L&N W . ) Preston and Wyro. all & L. rk . Do. Shares A. all Do. Roystn,ititch.,&Shep, 100 ;Gt.North. Shrowsbry& Hereford 100 'T Brassoy Do. Do. , 1 .... South Staffordshire..! all M'Clean .1 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 ,Gt. West Wimbledon/1i Croydn., all IL.&Brirtn DOCKS. _ _ 99 101 i 50i 31 127 129 1114 116 103 105 16 17 140 142 1 41 4i Share Doak') 1 raid C rri lo T guipoiniesie. Stoek Commercial .1 100 Stock I Do 4 per Cent .Pref . Min.' 1 0 0 StockiEast and West India.., VA Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine IC4 —. S :ock ' Southampton lOO S t ock, Victor ta ...........,,,,.., lOO 102 104 110_11D0 New •......amm° 2 1 117 1* Stock gtock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ; Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock 1.2 f look 12} 10 Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stocki 10 Stock Blythe and Tyne 1C per o. pref. (issued at £5O; Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stook Do. do. do. Shares Caledon .elO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E. Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 po . E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. ;Do. do .. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ot. Edin.&Glas. 5 po shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.' Edin.P".rth,& Dun. 4 pc.' Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. (z a. 5 pc. I 'Great Northern, 5 p. et. Do. 5 peßedm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pt jGt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock rest West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. • 'Do. Redeemable, 44 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do, Birmin a. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3610dpc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) .. Lon.&Brig.spc. go No.l Do. , 5 p. 0 No. 2 Do. gun., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. C. No. 4 Do. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 41 per c. shares Do. 7 per cent. Pref. St. D 0.6 p.c. do.(IV. E. &C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.def.til'6s) Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, Londondy & Cole, 1 she. Londondy.& Ennis 1 611. & Lin., 6 p. ot. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. naryrt & Car., 4 p.c.' Do. 41 po per cent .. Do. Con. 6 p. c. Stock .1 Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lela. & Hit.pref. st. Newport.Aber,dic.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 1). c. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869 Norlik 5 p. c. Ex. 5tk,1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. 5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gas. 5 per cent , Nth.Dev.rtall.St Dsk.Co. N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c., Do. Berwick, 4 p. o. Pref. I Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 filo. York, IL& S. Purch North Staffordshire ... • Ox. wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gun— 'Do. Trredeem., 24 gua. Rhymney Guaranteed. 'Scottish Central, new pt ;Scottish North-Eastern 34 perc. pref. stock 15o'.AbeMeeu.gya : 6p . o. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 percent, South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent De. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, I 1 1 I 101 90 92 71_1_31 Btock 12.10 Stook' 60 Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock 26" 13i 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 12 Stock Stock 124 124 { Stock Stock Stock 1141 all 1100 111 ns '207 212 8t 88 ,115 120 i 93 05 21 3 08 100 I ir 57 50 146 15 438 140 106 108 Share! Railways. Paid. Cplice. sing !avidness done 1 r 1 THIII D EDITION. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent I IBom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd 1 , gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital Al Do. De. B 1: 'Buffalo and Lake Huron al Do. New a' Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 11 6 p. ct. bda. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 101 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 101 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3 Cape, E a stn . Prov. (Lim. ) Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. Central Oude (Limited) 32. Od. Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7 I Demerara Eastern Fiengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. sp. c lO Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4# p. c. Debentre al Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 lO G eelong& Melbourne al Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 36# Do. 6 per cent. Fret all 94 96 Do. 6 percent. Debentr all 74 76 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 all 76 78 Do. do. 1872 all 76 77 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 98 984 Do. New, gua.s per cent 6 d d Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— 10 1 td guaranteed 5 per cent ) Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 12# I 2& I Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 98 102 opt. till 'GO Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 102 Do. 5# p. c. do. '77 do 'Madras, guar., 4# p. c lOO 87 90 Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 96# 97t ;Do. 4, p. c. Extension lOO 90 9 ,Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c lOO IDo. Fourth do. Do. do. al Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 10( Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc a Class ACapitl.share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do. j Oude (Limited) Scinde q al Do. New g 11 Do. Punjaub t? 5 Do. Indus. St. Flo. Et 1 / 4 .; a St. Andrews & Quebec A 1: Trin Id ad(Limi ted) Scrip 88 90 SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. !00 1961 971 96e 7 id i d 41 qd, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Ti 6 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tms DAY.) The SPNAnnn. took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the case of several bills. The following bills were read a second time :—Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway ; Calie Railway ; Cardiff Water; Land Loan and Improvement Company; London and Blackwell Railway; London and North-Western (No. 1) ; Oxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, and Worcester and Hereford Railways ; St. Helen's Canal and Railway and London and North-Western Railway Companies ; Sudbury, Mel ford and Clare, and Bury St. Edmund's Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from various parts of the country against the unconditional abolition of church rates; which proceeding occupied the house 40 minutes. 0.1 par I p 111 Id l 5 id d )O 11 1011 [0 par ip [ ip 11 0 100 par 1004 )0 100 f 101 11 20 22 .00 INCOME TAX. Mr. FORSTER moved for a return showing the number of persons charged to the income tax for the year ending the sth day of April, 1859, under Schedule D, distinguish ing the number charged in each of the following classes, viz., under £lOO a year, £lOO and under £l5O a year, £l5O and under £2OO a year, and other incomes to £50,000 and upwards; also a similar return under Schedule E, showing. the net amount of property and income tax for the same year, classed under the several Schedules (in continuation of the Parliamentary Paper of Session 11859). And similar return for Ireland. Ordered. PRISON ASSESSMENTS (SCOTLAND). Mr. CAIRD moved for an address for a return for the year 1859 of the apportionment of prison assessments be tween burghs and the landward parts of counties in Scot land, showing the rate per pound levied for such assess ment on property situated in each such burgh, and the rate per pound levied for the same assessment in which such burghs are respectively situated. Ordered. D lid 6 d 11 - - Lll 10} Di 15 SUGAR. Mr. C. FORSTER moved the following returns, which were ordered :—Tabular return showing the quantities of sugar of the several sorts imported into the United King • dom, and the quantities retained for home consumption ; together with the rates of duty charged thereon, and the net revenue accruing therefrom in each year, from 1800 to 1859 inclusive ; followed by a comparative statement of the ave rage prices of British plantation and foreign sugar (ordinary yellow Havannah) for the same series of years : Account •f the imports into the United Kingdom of sugar, molasses, rum, coffee, cocoa, and cotton, from the West Indies, Bri tish Guiana, the Mauritius, and British possessions in India, for the years 1831 to 1859 inclusive ; distinguishing thequan titles from each colony and each possession in each year : Smiler account of the quantities of foreign sugar imported, stating from whence, and the quantities from each place or country : And account of the quantity of refined sugar and sugar candy imported into the United Kingdom in the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1803, 1854, 1855, 1866, 1857. 1868, and 1859 respectively, stating the quantity retained for home consumption, the rates of duty paid, and the quantity exported : Return of the qu an ti ty o f f ore i gn sugar entered for home consumption during each year, from 1831 to 1869 inclusive, distinguishing refined from unrefined ; and also the several places from whence such sugar was imported. A til d i id 174 MILITARY ORGANISATION COMMITTEE. In reply to Colonel DuNNE, Mr. S. HERBERT said he would give notice of the intention of Government with regard to the reappointment of this committee. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. LAING writs were ordered for Hereford in the room of Mr. Cowper, vacant by his accept ance of the office of Chief Commissioner of the Board of Works ; and for Gateshead, vacant by the appointment of Mr. Butt as Vice President of the Board of Trade. CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. HENLEY . presented a petition signed by seventy archdeacons of the United kingdom against the abolition of church-rates, which he moved should be read before pro ceeding with the orders of the day. This motion was agreed to, and the petition was accord ingly read at the table of the house. SLOUGH F B.—(7hisDay) THE StrN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY Majority The announcement was received with loud cheers by the Opposition, as it exhibited a considerable reduction on the majority of last year. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BILL. On the motion of Mr. SLINEY, this bill was read a se cond time and ordered to be committed. ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS BILL. Mr. J. LOCKE moved the second reading of this bill. He stated that the object of the measure was to afford facilities to articled clerks to enter the profession, and to en able clerks who have served for ten years without being articled to have the same privileges, on condition of their serving three years as articled clerks. The learned gentleman explained some of the provisions of the bill, which he had done at its previous stage. Mr. BOVILL asked the house to postpone the measure, in order that the profession generally might have time to consider its details. The discassion was interrupted at a quarter to 6 o'clock. WAKEFIELD AND GLOUCESTER ELECTION. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion on the sub ject till to-morrow night. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to six o'clock. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MILITARY HUNT STEEPLECHASE. Gannamede . Heads and Tails 2 Johnny Raw 3 AMATEUR STEEPLECHASE. Old Man 1 Piccadilly for in the event of the abolition of the impost, which he traced to a spurious sentiment, the right hon. gentleman then contended that there was no point of analogy inregard to the question of church rates, in which compensation had been granted for the abolition of certain offices, or sources of emolument. In regard to such compensations the house proceeded on the principle that they were dealing with vested rights as in the case of the ecclesiastical court, where the proctors were entitled to compensation, because they possessed certain professional emoluments, of which they were deprived by the altera tions that it had been deemed expedient to make in the con stitution of that court. There was no analogy in the pre sent case ; but although he did not consider that compensa tion should be g iven for the aboliti on o f c h urc h rates, he had no objection to the substitution of some equivalent which would be less objectionable in principle and more just in its incidents than the present impost. In his opinion the sub stitution of a pew rent would meet the circumstances of the case, as in rural districts, and be entirely free fro m th e ob jections that e x i s t e d t o the present rate. He concluded by calling on the house to settle this long-agitated question, and adopting the bill now su b m itt e d to thm. (Hear.) Mr. K. SEYMER supported the amendment, and com plained of the course adopted by successive governments since Sir R. Peel's Administration to the present time, in not bringing fsrward a statesmanlike measure, instead of leav ing it to private individuals to deal with this question, who were animated by a desire to abolish church rates alto gether. He believed such a sweeping and one-sided bill would not satisfactorily effect the object contended for by the hon. member who had supported it on the present oc casion, and previously when the question was debated in that house. He contended that it was clear this bill origi nated, as had been stated by a preceding speaker, with those who had a desire to do away with the Church Establishment. Those pe , sons, he thought, should, through their representatives in this house, have openly declared their views. However, that party preferred to proceed by sapping. and mining until they succeeded i n bl ow i ng up t h e Established Curch, which was exactly what he wanted them not to accomplish. (Laughter.) He hoped that all who were favourable to the connection between Church and State would vote against the bill. Mr. BRISTOWE supported the motion as a Churchman, and said that a large number of his co-religionists were opposed to a compulsory rate, while the number of those in favour of their continuance had been diminishing con siderably of late years. Mr. DISRAELI opposed the bill in consequence of its 1 centralising character, which would int er f ere w i t h t h e pa rochial constitution olthis country, which was not less im portant than even its political constitution. They were called on to sanction a measure which proposed to alter a system which, for centuries, had worked beneficially, which was approved by the majority, and not complaffied of by the minority. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) It was to be regretted, no doubt, that the custom which prevailed in one part of this country for the preservation of the fabric of the Church should have fallen into disuetude in another. However, that was not ground sufficient to justify their adopting the plan proposed by this bill, which was founded on a mere speculative theory, and not calculated to effect a satisfactory settlement of the question. It should be remembered that when the subject on former occasions was discussed the argument was chiefly that the existing system was felt to be a grievance to Dissenters, but there was no such argument in the Present instance. There was no agitation forcing this question on their consideration, and if they adopted the bill they would be introducing a principle vrhich would probably extend to further alterations in reference to the State establishment of a character which they never contemplated. The effect of the bill would be to revolu • tionise the parochial constitution of the country, and he called on the house to reject a measure so uncalled for and so dangerous. (Opposition cheers.) Lord FERMOY supported the bill, and alluded to the beneficial results that had attended the abolition of a simi lar rate in Ireland. After a few words from Mr. Packe and Mr. Hubbard against, and Mr. Thompson in favour of the bill, Sir J. TR ELAWNLY replied briefly. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the econd reading 2d3 Against 100 fitk 2: 0 1 io no I 100 ioo 17i 20 Stook 100 Stock 20 Sto. Stook 100 100 100 100 100 Stock FOREIGN RAIL' Antwerp & Rotterdam a. Ardennes al Bah.&S.Fran.,Lini.7p.e Belgian East. Junction al Beziersi to Graissessac al ICarmeaux Mine & Rail, al ICopiabo Ditto Extension a] Dutch Rhenish ,Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c , Great Central of France al Gt. Luxem., Con. ells al Italian Juntion al Lake Constance & Dale al Lierre and Turnhout al Lombardo Venetian ll Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia al ! Do. do. New Namur and Liege al Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. al Northern of France._ al Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref al Paris,Lyons, and Medit al Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 1 Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati al Royal Danish al Royal Swedish , al Do. 7 per cent. Pref al Sambre and Meuse ! al Do. 54 per cent. Pref. 'al Southern of France West Flanders a] Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France al Western of _Austria... Western of Switzerland' al Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref a] Zealand a] COLONIAL GOVERNME: 13an.Gov.tip.e Ja.& July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Nr. & Sep. 1( Do. 6 per cent. 1679 1( Do. 6 per ceat. 1882 1( N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 1( Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. I( N. S.W. Gov. 6p. C. Deb. 1C D0.6p.cen.187 , 1 to 1976 16 Do.sP.cen. 1888 and up 1 NovaSeoNaGov.B p. c. 8:4 Deb. redeemable, 187& 11 S.Aus.Gt. 6 pc. Jan &July 11 Viot•Gov.6p.c.Jan&.7uly 11 Do. do. April do Oct. 14 MISCELL. - AYS. i 4i 4 i t s 11 i d I i 11 Lli i n t Lll - - ill lf I d [5 5 6 d ,11 25 26 v. p 6f 61 11 .;) lfp - - 11 8 11 19 11 3,5 al 9 tll 3.5 al 53 81 19, 36 —p to 3.5 i ill 13 15 al al Xll 5 6 ill 8/ 94 11 19 20 Lll 5 64 Xll 94 91 11 22 23 6 - - SECUE. 'll3 116 109 111 112 114 100 110 99 100 99 100 99 100 [OB 110 [OO 111 'no ini ./4 ROUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Ro- al Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works , 50 British American Landl . 50 Brit. & MaK.TeI.A. all 38 40 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all t2O 22 20 I Do. C 100 'Canada Land. 321 117 122 10 :Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) all 8 Stook Cop. 3lin.ot E ng. &Smltg all - 25 :Do. Preference 71 por et a 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference a] Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb IOC Stook Electric Telegraph lO 25 Do. New 5 English ic Aust. Copper al 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 , 1 !Great Ship (Limited) a] 20 (Indian & Aust. Teleg.;r 2s 5 London District Telegr 20 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co a] 30 Madras Irr. and Canal I 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. a] 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) a] 25 National Discount Co 1 10 Netherlands Land a] 5 o 8 p.c. Pref.,iss. at ldis a] 100 1 .Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 1 .B.Australaisian (Lim ) a] 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares l5 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A I 10 Ditto B 1 10 Ditto C Stock Peel River Land & Min l, 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam a] 50 Do. New l] 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telogr ll 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 101 'outh Australian Land a] Submarine Teleg. Scrip al Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can `an DiemQn's Land di 231 241 al 5 61 0 101 103 107 109 5 par 2 ill 2} 2i 4 11 I I , 1 1 d 1 1 d al 16 lf 1 1} 2 al al 2 3 5 11 d 11 !1 1 4 1 al 1 1 ill 1 58. d par 6 iOO 50 52 ill 78 80 '5 12 14 f fp ill 22 23 Stook 25 1 1 20 100 I 6 7 52 54 10 1 120 130 al I 35 30 1.11 1 1 1 11 12 BRITIS: Share Mines. 5 1 tfL2.BI 'Alfred Consols (Phil aok) 2.1 : British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illop - ,au) East Caradon E. WI Itussl (Tavietk ) 7 , Gam& St. Aubyn(Gwen.) I Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Alf&(Phillack) 12 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Grenville Herod's - Foot Hingston Downs 4.: Lady Bertha l. Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs North Frances 'Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty 7. Par Consols (St. Blkzy) Providence (Uny Lelia) 10. i Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18. Stray Park lB.l Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12 West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1. Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) Trelawney (Usk.) FOREIGN JOINT-STOOK Share 1 Joint-Stock Banks. Australian ....• • • Bbn A cc ordCopper,Lim l, B ra zil. Imp. (is. at .£ 5 p ' Do.St.,Toland el Rey,Lim 1; Do. Land and Mimeo al Clarendon Cons. Min Co Cobro Copper Copiapo IDunMoun.CoP.Miug.Co a Fortuna, General a t. N. Cop. of S. Austr Linares a Lusitani au Mariquita N. RluneCop.of S.A us.L 1( Pontglbaud Silver, Lead Minim and Arndt a Port Philip Scottish Austrian. (L.)... 1 1(e. United Mexican 100 A gra&UnitedServiceßk 40 ' A ustral nolo 25 Bank of Egypt 100 'Sank of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo , 50 British North American) 20 'Chtd. Bank of India. &o 25 Cll.ller.of In. Lon.&Ch I 100 City 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of Landon 20 Eng, Scot., At Aus. Cll 1 20 'Gen Ilk, of Switzerland' 20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral.l 50 London and County r 50 ,London Joint Stock 100 itoo:ion Westminster 100 Nat. Prot , . of England 20 [Do. new 50 !National Bank 20 'New South Wales 25 ,Orient Corporation 20 Ottoman TWO; 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 , Do. New 25 .South Australia 25Valon of Australia 50 !Union of 14 0 Pdon 100 Unity 114tuai.....„,/, MINES. [(I. Closing Price. 1.10 4 44 18 1; 2; 330 340 1 440 450 80 120 125 7.0 5/ 6/ '.4.0 111 12 541- 55 57 17s 14 141 !.4.2 1 11 C 5 4 18 27 2 9 3.6 41 41 6.8. 1 11 9; 49 61 51 10 6 4 8 61 5 61 6j '.9.4 8; 94 11 12 13 6.7 48 50 108 11 250 260 2 21 24 .18.9 175 185 18.0 25 26 41 21 S 9 5 51 ts 6d f 100 14 1 S 9 20 82f 47f 410 420 4 180 190 3 100 105 6 11 14 .7.2 14 15 8 31 32 4 4 29 31 INKS 72' i i 156 i d par 15 } _ 21 22 01 46 48d 6 7 8 tll tll 3 01 241 2h 1 d 1p tll 101 11i 2 ld ar tll Os. d P 4 6 1 1d p' 21 21 BANKS. Closing Price. 73 75 79 81 24 25 51 52 201 20} 30 32 65 (15 3) 40 lA 20i 16 22 22i 33 35 40 41 19 77 79 27i 286 G all 14 15 all 159 190 19 32i Vitt all all 4l 51 Sir J. TR ELAWNY then rose to move the second reading of the bill. Tho lion. baronet, after some intro ductory observations, said that there was universal autho rity ir. favour of the settlement of this question, and that circumstances had recently arisen which rendered such a settlement extremely desirable. It was more than twenty years ago that Sir Robert Peel said that six months should not be permitted to elapse before the question was finally arranged, and about the same period, he believed, Lord Derby said that the Dissenters had a serious and substantial grievance to complain of in the existence of church rates. The commissioners ap pointed in 1859 said that the law in regard to church rates was in a most inconsistent and unsatisfactory condition, and Dr. Lushington, as well as other high legal autho rities, had expressed themselves to the same effect. In fact, he had the whole authority of the house, including avery member of the opposition, as to the necessity of a settlement of the question. Moreover, the late Govern. mont had introduced a measure abolishing Ministers' money, thereby affirming the principle for which he con • tended, and adopting in Ireland the system which he was desirous of establishing in England. (Hear, hear.) Ho was not desirous of introducing any disagreeable element into the present discussion, and he would merely advert to certain disturbances which had taken place in the metropo lis in reference to the mode of peforming the Church service. Those disturbances formed a ground for the settlement of the question, for as there was no efficient synodical action, or ether means of putting an end to the dissensions between congregations and their ministers, he thought the laity should be armed with additional powers. It was also proved that the existence of the rate formed a ground of great in cone enience to the magistrates throughout the country. The principle of taxation without representation was op posed to the constitution of the country, and to the feelings of the community. (Hear, hear.) He alluded to the re cent disturbances in Edinburgh to show that the people of that city were determined to resist the payment of these rates. As a further proof of the feelings of hostility enter tained towards the impost, he would draw the :attention of the house to the fact that very lately there were no less than 500 summonses issued in that city against defaulters wtth respect to this rate, all of which were dismissed before the magistrate before whom they were heard. He eon tended also that the amount raised by these rates was too limited to justify the house in perpetuating them in the face of the difficulties and opposition with which their collection was attended. That amount was £263,709 14s. 2d., which was subject to reductions that reduced it considerably. In the first place, there was the debt with which it was encum bered, amounting to £ 3 18,200, the interest on which was no less than £15,000 a-year ; and, if they got rid of the illegal items in these rates, the sum total would be further diminished. The opposition to the bill, so far as the Dissenters were concerned, was, he understood, to be abandoned by hon. merabers on the other side of the house, and the conduct of Dissenters in those cases where the rate was net imposed was such as to justify the members of the Church of England in feeling confidence that they would not suffer from the adop• ion of the voluntary principle. He alluded to his own borough (Tavistock), in which the church rate had been abolished, and where the Dissenters had subsequently come forward and contributed towards the building and decoration of a church for the use of the members of a State establishment. The Dissenters in Leeds had also proved that there was no ground of appre hension from the operation of the voluntary principle, for they had come forward nobly and liberally to support the Church since its adoption in this neighbourhood. (Hear, hear.) Ho contended also that the great excite ment which the imposition and collection of this rate produced was, in itself, a very powerful argument against its continuance. The hon. baronet concluded ley urging briefly, but effectively, the ordinary arguments in support of his motion, and calling on the house to adopt a measure that would terminate an impost which was obnoxi ous, and therefore impolitic. (Hear hoar.) Sir C. DOUGLAS seconded the motion. He had been a member of the committee of 1851, and the evidence he had heard on that occasion convinced him that the only means of settling this question was by the adoption of the volun tary principle. With respect to the petitions that had been presented against the bill, it was well known how these could be got up, and numerous as they were in the present instance they did not average more than 29 sig natures each. The hon. member then adverted in de tail to the attempts that had been made by Governments and individuals in Parliament to show that all attempts to legislate on this subject on the principle of compro• mise had failed, and therefore it could only be dealt with efficiently by abolishing the impost altogether. Lord MONTAGUE moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. H. said that the subject had been so frequently and fully discussed, that he would not trespass on the attention of the house at any considerable length. He coat ended that the question had passed into a new phase since the committee of 1851, for it was now regarded as a political and not a religious subject. It was a fact that 'more than half of the Dissenters of the United Kingdom were in favour of the continuance of church rates. With re spect to accommodation for persons desirous of frequent ing a place of worship it was not provided for, so far as the poor were concerns li by Dissenters, in whose chapels the seats were paid for. It was also found that Dissenters flourished only in rich districts, for when a neighbourhood became poor, Dissenters deserted and their chapels were put up to sale. As regarded the annuity tax question in Edinburgh, they had it on rec ord that the agitation was not to cease with the abolition of that tax, and indeed agita tion was net terminated by victory. The opposition to church rates originated with those: whose exponent was the Church Liberation Society, and who desired to sever the connection between Church and State, and made the pre sent question merely a stalking horse to accomplish that object. (Hear, hear, from the Opp os iti on benches.) He quoted largely from the evidence before the com mittee of the House of Lords last year to support his state ments, and in support of his views asserted that in several cases where a church rate was not collected, the parish church had to be closed up from want of funds. Mr. R. LONG seconded the amendment in a maiden speech, in the course of which he said that the party who concurred with him in opinion were de termined to offer the present bill all constitutional opposition in their power. lie alluded to the number of the petitions against, and the smallness of the number in favour of the bill, to show that the feeling of the country was adverse to the change which it proposed. Those who advocated the measure were not acting equitably, or on that principle which regulated the country, namely, compensating those whom they deprived of incomes which they derived from legitimate sources , for, in the present in stance, they proposed to deprive the clergy of an amount which, if capitalised, would realise no lees than £9,000,000, without any equivalent whatever. The hon. member then followed in the footsteps of the noble lord who had preceded him. Sir G. LEWIS said that he was not one of those who considered that the fabric of the Church throughout the kingdom would be suffered to fall into decay by the aboli tion of this rate, and he had arrived at the oonclusion that a compromise could not settle the quebisn ; so that he was prepared to vote for the bill of the:hon. baronet as the only satisfactory adjustment at which they could arrive. The fact was, that clergymen in towns were sup ported, not out of tithes, but virtually by the operation of the voluntary principle, so that the arguments of hon. members opposite were fallacious, so far as that point was concerned• Havifig :argued that there was no ground for supposing that the poor would be unprovided ~--~ Four ran. SLOUGH PLATE. Nicholas 1 Slasher Nine ran. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Report of the Registrar-General.) The deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,389, being nearly the same as the number returned in the previous week. In the 10 years 1850-59 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,205 ; but, as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population that has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in pro portion to the increase—namely, with 1,326. This comparison shows that the number of persons who died last week was greater by 63 than the number that would have died if the average rate of morta lity for the beginning of February had prevailed. The deaths from smallpox again rose last week ; the number was 44, of which 15 occurred to per sons who were 15 years old and upwards. Four were reported in the sub-district of the Borough road ; 3 in that of Lambeth Church, first part. There were 39 deaths from scarlatina, and 4 from diphtheria. Pulmonary diseases, exclusive of phthisis and whooping•cough, were fatal in 389 cases, the corrected average for corresponding weeks being 293. The 389 deaths were chiefly the result in various proportions of bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, which were fatal respectively in 217, 136, and 23 cases, the corrected averages of each being 159, 91, and 23. From these figures it appears that this class of diseases is at present considerably more fatal than usual. Nine children died from syphilitic disease, 11 from want of breast-milk and inanition, 16 having been born prematurely, 7 from suffocation, apparently accidental, and 6 from murder, manslaughter, or criminal neglect. The deaths of eight nonagenarians are recorded, the two oldest of whom died at the ages of 97 and 99 years. Last week the births of 1,003 boys and 940 girls, in all 1,943 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-9 the average number was 1,693. At tie Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.65 in. The mean daily reading was below 29 in. on Monday and above 30 in. on Friday and Saturday. The baro meter rose from 28.78 in. on Monday, the lowest reading in the week, to 30.21 in. on Friday, the highest reading. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 36.3 deg., which is P 1 deg. below the ave rage of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on the last five days. The ther mometer in the shade attained its highest point, 45.7 dog., on Monday, and reached its lowest, 25.5 deg., on Wednesday. Its range in the week was therefore 20.2 deg. The man daily range was 10.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.0 deg., re presenting the dryness of the air. The mean de gree of humidity of the air was 85, complete satu ration being represented by 100. The man temps: a ture of the water of the Thames in the last four days was 37 deg. On the first two days of the week the wind was in the south-west; it then blew from the north on Saturday, when it again turned to the south-west. The rain-tall in the week was 0•3 l inch, the greater part of which was measured on Monday. Snow fell on Thursday. FEARFUL STORMS IN THE ATLANTIC.—RETURN OF ANOTHER Snip TO LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday afternoon the Guy Mannering, one of the most magnificent American ships sailing from the Mersey, returned t o Li verpoo l a f ter being 32 days in the Atlantic Ocean, in a vain attempt to reach New York. The Guy Mannering sailed from Liver pool, under the command of Captain Dollard, for New York on the 6th January last, with a general cargo. On the 21th day out the ship had only reached lon. 26/ W. lat. 68 N. Captain Dollard states that for 18 days he encountered the most fearful gales and hoavy seas he had ever witnessed. So great was the strain of the seas on the quarter of the ship that the rudder was broken off at the trunk, and the ship at the Caine time was making much water. Several of the crew were injured, and the sails were blown from their bolts into ribbons. One man was killed by the sea washing a boat on the top of him ; another is now at the point of death, having fallen from the main-topsail yard, a height of nearly one hundred feet. Nino of the crew aro also laid up in the forecastle thoroughly disabled, aid of the rest of the crow of 24, not one man is' free from boils and sores caused by the constant action of the salt water and the injuries they received. All the skylights and loose articles were washed from the deck, and the cabins filled with water. In spite of these fearful troubles and disasters, Captain Dollard (the beau ideal of a cool clever seaman) brought his vessel to port again without the aid of a steam-tug, though the rud der bad to be worlred from the sides of the vessel with chains and tackle. The gales generally commenced S S.W., and veered round to N.N.W., the seas being the worst Captain Dollard ever saw. Tho Guy Mannering is consigned to Messrs. Bird, Gillillan, and Co., of Liverpool. LONDON AND BLACKWALL.—It appears the directors of this company have decided on recommending the payment of a dividend for the half-year, ending the 31st of December last, at the rate of 4 per cent. per am am. NICE AND SAVOY. The Marquis of NO RMANBY, who was very indistinctly heard, rose to move an address to the crown respecting the rumoured annexation of Savoy and Nice to France. He was understood to express his expectation that the house would be surprised at his so soon recurring to this subject—(hear) - -but on reading the answer of Lord J. Russell, in another place, to a question similar to his (Lord Normanby's), it had struck him that the explanation had been given before, and referred not to recent interviews with Count Walewski, but to others of a previous period. He had referred to " Hai card" and found his recollection confirmed, whereas on the other hand the French papers, which dared not publish a word without imperial permission, were daily discussing the annexation question. and roundly lecturing its opponents. He believed that everything M. Grandguillot said might be regarded as semi-official; and although he (Lord Norman by) could not understand it, he did not consider it the less formidable on that account. There was a general belief that a treaty existed between France and Sardinia respect. ing this subject; and this was not completely destroyed even by Lord Cowley's communications. „ Lord Cowley believed that the Emperor was sincrely desirous of peace, that he was not ready for war, and that he had no engagement with Sardinia except to defend her in case she should be attacked by Austria. That might be true, but still it would be satisfactory to his Imperial Majesty's faithful allies to know that neither at that time nor since had any engage ments respecting annexation been entered into. There was great difficulty in ascertaining the actual state of opinion in Sardinia. He had taken great pains to ascertain it, but he must confess that he had been unable to do so. There were some facts, however, which were obvious. A great change had taken place in the feelings of Savoy towards Sardinia since 1814. Up to that time the Savoyard& were devoted to the ancient dynasty, but since then, great increase of taxa tion, and the necessity of crossing the Alps either for legis lative purposes or to fight in a cause in which they took no interest, had very much altered their feelings. He trusted that the justice which the King of Sardinia ex pected from the Emperor of the French, he would himself extend to others, and that in any country with which he was temporarily connected, the popular voice would be allowed to be raised in a free and independent mannrr. He was not inclined to enter into a consideration of the consequences of such a magnificent harbour as that of Villafranca passing into the hands of the Emperor of the French, but he thought nothing could be alleged in favour of such an act of spolia tion. At the same time he was one of those who wished to do complete justice to the Emperor of the French, and he wished with all his heart that we should stand on the best possible terms with the French nation ; but ho must say he thought that when questions were raised which directly affected the balance of power in Europe, it was our duty to take care that we understood to what extent other powers were interested in regulating that settlement. He trusted he had shown that it was not his intention to bring this sub ject forward in a spirit of faction against the Government. He had a sincere conviction of the importance of the ques tion, and he now left it to their lordships, as it was consis tent with their wisdom and their conscience, to discharge whatever they might consider to be their duty with regard to it. The noble earl concluded by moving that an humble address be presented to her Majesty, to represent to her Majesty that this house had been informed that her Ma jesty's Government had made known to the Government of France the objections entertained by her Majesty's Govern ment to the annexation of Savoy and Nice, which had been reported to be in contemplation, and to thank her Majesty for having conveyed that opinion to the Government of France, and to pray that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct her Government to use their best endea vours to avert the transfer of the abovenamed territories to France. Earl GRA.NVILLE—The noble marquis at the com mencement of his speech seemed to complain of the answer which I gave to his question last week on the subject of Savoy That answer was perfectly correct, and, although my noble friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs gave some fur ther explanations on a subsequent occasion in the other house, his statement was not at variance with, though going rather beyond, the answer which I returned in the first instance to the noble marquis. Ido not know that I can communicate to your lordships any new information upon the subject to which the motion of the noble marquis relates. You are aware that during the Administration of the noble earl opposite some intelligence was received respect ing a treaty between France and Sardinia which contained a clause affecting Savoy. Lord Cowley was requested to ascertain whether or not the report which had reached our Government was accurate, and ho was assured by Count Walewski that no treaty between France and Sardinia was in existence, though it might be considered necessary to make an offensive and defensive one. Count Walewski, however, did not seem to attach any importance to the rumour respecting Savoy. Lord Cowley concluded it was incorrect, and the subject was dropped. I may state to your lordships that the present Government of her Majesty have continued making friendly communications to the Governments of France and Sardinia with respect to the reports of a proposed annexation of Savoy to the French empire. We have been told by the Imperial Government that there is no question at present of the annexation of Savoy; that one of a great many points discussed before the war was the annexatioi of savoy, under certain con tingencies, but that those contingencies not having occur red, there is at this mAnent no question of annexat ion. The French Government adds, at the "same time, th at, in the event of Sardinia, with th e a ddition of Lom b ardy and State, they other provinces, becoming a powerful Italian they will feel themselves at libe r ty tc. consider w ha t giveto condi tions they should attach to the sanction they might such an arrangement. From Turin the auravteervNevre between eereen ceived is that there is no engagemen t w France and Sardinia respecting the anno n f e s xa n t r i d o i n ni o a f to Sa y v ie o l y d ! that it is not the intention of the sell, or exchange Savoy; that i t f h K e th n e b Savoyards have constitutional right of grie vances to allege, they p ossess Parliament ; that their petitions petitioning the SardiniauParli will be respectfully considered, and their just complaints will be removed by appropria te hleeagrillatiiviemamgeianseuerNe,serysanc timed by the Crown. ( H ear, one of your lordships must admit that it is undoubtedlythe duty of the Government of the country, on all judici ous occasions, t o s peak to other Government s i n a perfectly open manner upon all subjects which concern its interests. Even if this wore not so, there are at this moment circum stances arising from the coincidence of our policy upon the I ta li an question, and the endeavours which we have been making to bring the two countries into more constant inter communication, which would greatly facilitate such com munications with the Government of France. What would render them still more easy in regard to this question of Savoy is that it does not make any great difference to this country, as England, whether or not France acquires upon her southern frontier territory giving her certain strategical advantages. What is of paramount importance Stock 401 i 30 20} 451 01 awytos4PrWil 41_ 1001 1 1014 101 i •41 4 96 1 i Si 9 12& 1 4 I 4} 191 6 i I ,ITIES. 1111 114 1091 9si 10111 1101 I Bub.. 311 Done. Buainees Done. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CRANCRLLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. CRIMINAL LAW. Lord LYNDHURST called the attention of the noble and learned lord-on the woolsack to the bills he had intro duced, as he had been informed, for the coturolidatien of the criminal law. One of these bills was not confined to the consolidation, but extended to the amendment of the law. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, not amendment, but assimilation. Lord LYNDHURST said, at all events he inferred that a clause in one of them was at variance with the law. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the noble lord had been entirely misinformed, when he was told the bills were merely for consolidation. He had expressly said that the object was to assimilate the law of England and Ireland. He had spent hours in company with Mr. Greaves in ex amining them with a view of preventing any inaccuracies, but he intended to propose that a committee be appointed to examine them still further, and any assistance the noble and learned lord could afford would be of great value. Lord LYNDHURST referred to a certain clause which he thought bad. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not go into the subject, because he had not received any notice that he intended to do so from the noble and learned lord. CHURCH RATES. The Marquis of BATH presented petitions against the abolition of church rates. ST. GEORQE'S-IN -THE-EAST. The Earl of DERBY rose to put the question of which he had given notice relative to the proceedings that had for some time past been taking place in the pariah of St. George's-in-the-East. The noble lord took the opportu nity of alluding to the subject in order that his noble friend might contradict what he felt sure must be a mistake in the sp3ech made in another place by a right honourable colleague of his. Re had no sympathy with those persons who introduced into the simple services of the Church of England practices dis tasteful to the majority of the parishioners and worship pers, and which might eventually have the effect of driving them into dissenting chapels. This, however, would offer no palliation to the conduct which made St. George's-in the-East scandalously notorious. The proceedings that had taken place in that church were disgraceful to any Christian parish. Their lordships had, no doubt, seen the accounts in the papers of the slamming of doors and other proceed ings, a parallel to which could only be found in a penny theatre. He could not dwell any further upon the scenes that had taken place, further than to say that a rev. gen tleman had that day informed him that the reports of the proceedings were in no way exaggerated, as he had himself been struck in the face by peas and other substances. The question he wished answered was, whether the Government had had their attention called to the proceedings that had taken place in St. Georg e ' s -i n -th e -E as t , an d w h at steps they had taken to suppress a repetition of them, and whether they had examined the laws on the question with a view of ascertaining whether they were sufficient to check such scenes. If the law had been found insuffi cient to check those outrages, whether they were prepared to introduce a measure to remedy this scandalous -state of things ? Earl GRANVILLE said the words that had fallen from the noble earl would no doubt have very great effect. He perfectly agreed with him that the matter was a great scan dal to all parties concerned. With regard to the police, there was some difficulty. Orders, as he had stated the other evening, had been given to do all they could to repress the disturbance as vigorously as possible, but they could not legally interfere further than they had done. He could not at that moment take upon himself to state what the law was, but the magistrat e in the district had inf orme d parties ho had waited upon him that if they could point any individual who had created a disturbance there he could be taken into custody, but that he had no power to interfere. On Sunday last the church wardens informed the police that there was no necessity for their entering the church. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his disgust at the scenes that had been reported. The noble earl talked of the power of the police to interfere. Why, his noble friend (Earl of Derby) had distinctly stated an instance of palpable as sault. The police ought not to have remained outside, notwithstanding the direction of the churchwarden. He thought the disturbances could most speedily be put an end to by closing the church. The Bishop of LONDON said there were in existence two laws quite sufficient to meet the evil. The noble earl had said there was some difficulty on the point, but he must say he could not discover any to the carrying dti:of the law. Ho was certain that if any of the rioters were taken before the magistrates they would be punished. Witt respect to closing the church, that had been tried, but he was quite certain that if all parties concerned in the painful proceedings were to agree to place the whole subject in his hands, he would, he felt assured, restore that peace which was so much desired by all parties. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. SaiMallat , ................. 11 to England is her interest in the state of Europe—(hear, hear)—her interest in doing everything she can to promote peace, to maintain the b a l ance o f powe r —(hear, hear)— and to prevent the commission of acts by any nation, particularly by any o f th e great Powers, which may create alarm and shake the public confidence in the maintenance of peace. (Hear, hear.) Therefore I think it would have been most unfriendly of her Miejesty's Govern ment if they had not laid before that of France all the ob jections which, in an European sense, would arise to the aggrandisement of the French territory which it was ru moured was in contemplation. It is hardly necessary to dwell upon those objections to your lordships. No doubt France, occupying so magnificent a geographical position as she does, and having so gallant a people, who have lately shown how able they are to defend themselves upon all oc casions, cannot pretend to be jealous of a country like Pied mont, even though her power should be increased by the addition of a certain number of Italian subjects. On the other hand, there is no doubt that this question goes beyond the extension to the Alps, and that if you g o to the Alps there is no good reason w h y you s h ou ld not at a subsequent period go beyond the Rhine. Were this not so, however, it is clear that the annexation of Savoy to France would give rise to great European difficulty. Among the most noble words ever uttered by a great Sovereign at the head of a victorious army were those used by the Emperor a the French at Milan, when he told the It a li ans th a t th ere friends were hi s friends, and their enemies his enemies ; that he had undertaken the war for their advantage, and not for the aggrandisement of France; that, although there might be some persons who were ignorant of the public opinion of Europe, he was not one of them, and that moral influence was of more advantage to a great nation than were barren conquests. These were noble words ; but if Savoy were annexed to France it would enable the enemies to say that his policy was not consistent with this declaration, and would excite doubts which would be most injurious to the peace of Europe. In our communes tions with the French Government we have gone into the question more fully than it is necessary to discuss it to your lordships, and we have done so in the confidence that our observations would be received with a feeling as friendly as that by which they were dictated. I beg your lordships clearly to understand that our policy is not that of nation alities, alluded to by the noble marquis—(hear) —nor is it to separate ourselves from other European Powers. Upon the Italian question we are at this moment in communica tion. with France, Sardinia, and Austria, and we shall be happy to communicate with any other nations who feel an interest in the settlement of thatqueationas affectingeither Italy or Europe. Further than this we do not intend to ad vocate or insist upon any particular mode of carving out Italy; we do not say that the central provinces must be joined to Sardinia ; we do not assert that there may not be a central monarchy in Italy. We do not say or deny that the great majority of the people of Tuscany are in favour of the grand dukes. If that is so, lot them show and assert their opi nions and it will not be f or E ng l an d t o o bj ect to t h e re storation of their old sovereign. Our simple policy—that which we have been urg ing upon other Pow ers , an d i n re gard to which we h ave been met very cordially by France, and as cordially as we could expect by Austria—is to avoid any armed interference in the affairs of the peninsula, and to secure that the Italians shall be left to judge what is good for themselves, and in what mode their ideas of liberty and independence can best be carried out. (Hear, hear.) This motion itself has been framed in very courteous terms, and, as stated by the noble marquis, is intended to co operate with and strengthen her Maj sty's Government. I am of opinion that it would not have that effect. Your lordships are perfectly well aware that at this moment the enemies of the Government of France are trying to raise a cry that the religion and commerce of that country are being sacrificed to English interests, and under these cir cumstances I do not think that it would assist her Majesty's Government that a motion made by the noble marquis, who has to-night spoken of the Emperor with very great respect, but who at the same time holds very peculiar and very strong opinions upon continental politics, should be forced upon them ; especially when they declare their intention upon all suitable occasions to give their advice and exert their influence to prevent that which the noble marquis deprecates. I quite acquit the noble marquis of havins , in tended that the G overnment or your l ordships should pledge themselves to war or menaces of any description. (Hear, hear.) But, even in its more limited sense, I think the motion would rather weaken than strengthen the Govern ment, and therefore I hope that the noble marquis will not think it necessary to press it to a division. Earl GREY—I think that the house is much obliged to the noble marquis for bringing this subject forward. It seems to me to be impossible to over estimate its import ance, and I confess that I should have heard with great pleasure a different conclusion to the speech of my noble friend who has just sat down. I should like to have heard him state that her Majesty's Government would agree to the address proposed. The statement which he has just made affords the clearest proof of the necessity for this mo tion, because I think your lordships will agree with me that it is difficult to conceive anything more alarming than some of the language which fell from my noble friend. Nothing can well be more unsatisfactory than that which he describes to have been the language of the French Go vernment on this subject, coupled with that which has been used in the semi-official newspapers of France. It is, in deed, difficult to conceive that this scheme of the annexa tion of Savofto France has not gone further than we could wish. That annexation would be so pregnant with evil to this country and to Europe that it becomes her Majesty's Government to use their best endeavours to avert it. I quite agree with my noble friend that, as far as we are at present informed of the facts, no man in this house can wish that war should be resorted to to prevent such an arrangement being effected; but there is a great deal short of war which may be done by a nation to prevent the adoption of mea sures which are injurious to its interests and to those of the world ; -and I can conceive no case which calls for more energetic remonstrance than the annexation which is supposed to be in contemplation. Ido not pretend to say that the annexation of Savoy to France would materially altee the balance of power in Europe. Whatever may be the obvious objections to this ex tension of the frontiers of France, still, when we look at what the power of that great empire is at present, I cannot think that the addition of Savoy of itself would throw so great a weight into the scale as to be of any very serious importance. Nor do I believe that the honour of this coun try is involved in preventing the arrangement if the two parties more immediately interested should agree to it. But, although it may not in its direct consequences be so injuri ous as to induce this country to resist it by an appeal to force, still I think if we look at the subject closely we shall be convinced that few events would be more injurious both to this country and to Europe than the proposed annexation, as well from its indirect effects as from the principle which it would tend to establish if it were to be carried out on the grounds that have been put forward in support of it. My lords, in considering this question we cannot lose sight of the reasons that have been urged in its favour by journals in. France, which have an importance that does not usually be long to newspapers unless they have the oountenance of the Government. Now, what are those reasons ? My noble friend has already referred to that most extraordinary article which appeared in the Pattie a few days ago, and which I venture to say must have astounded every one of your lordships who read it. That article states that two measures cannot bo applied to Savoy and to Italy; and that it is in tolerable that the Government of Sardinia should interfere with the manifestation of the wishes of the Savoyards. (Hear, hear.) I think that every one of your lordships coneetrs in the principle that no nation ought to bo com pelled by foreign force to submit to a Government to which it is averse. The passage in the Queen's Speech in which that principle was enunciated with regard to Italy received, I believe, the unanimous approval of your lordships. But, my lords, it would indeed 130 to push that principle to new and somewhat dangerous lengths if it is to be assumed, not only that a nation, which is de facto in the enjoy ment of self-government, is not to be coerced by the arms of a foreign Power, but that you are to go beyond that plain and simple rule, and to say that even where a settled and long established Government exists—where a people are living contentedly and peaceably under the rulers who have for centuries reigned over them, a few agitators are to be permitted to declare that the opinion of the country is the other way ; that it wishes to shake off the authority to which it is by law subject ; and that it is intolerable in the Government to adopt any means of counteracting the efforts of those who seek to subvert it. Why, if this rule of inter national right and wrong is to be recognised, we must be supposed to have acted most unwarrantsbly in 1848, when we would not suffer persons to put the question to the peo ple of Ireland whether or not the dominion of England over that country should be continued. (Cheers.) Is it to be held as an indication that the people of Savoy are hostile to the existing rule, that a few individuals get up demonstra tions against the Government ; and is it to be maintained that the Government, instead of putting these persons down by the strong hand, must allow them to have their own way, and then have the question of the continuance of the exist ing authority submitted to the vote? I venture to say, if that principle is to be established, that no Government in Europe is safe for a day. (Cheers.) Would that principle be allowed by France itself ? How would the present Em peror receive the proposal that it should be again submitted to the people of France whether they would have an Empire, a Red Republic, or an Orleanist or Legitimist dynasty ? I am sure thet anybody putting forward such a proposal against the settled Government in France would meet withyeg prompt repression. (Hear.) We are further told that the Alps are the natural boundary of France, andcommuni t ytit the Savoyards are united to theFrenchpeople as My lords, of language. w e Do eas di mi n i cannot thes e helpp seeing i whith er these lead. Do not the majority of the people of Belgium speak French as well as the inhabitan ts of Si eor the desire of unjust n ah su t hee by h a d angerprinciples ? M grounds as these are to be assig • territorial acquisition on the part of France, kw_ ind may not hat security has Europe that other aggression s of the same pp a ppears to me, therefore, that be attempted ? (Cheers. a country has a right t o v i ew circumstances, is one which thi s the proposal for joining)s It t oy a to e France, under pre sen t at this house might bo ind uce d to should have hoped t with the greatest apprehens ion and alarm, and I ce r t a i n l y nes* t agree by a unanimous vote to the address which the noble s apes that marquis has move d. lam the last person to t . he . mo t t i o n should be pressed contrary to the desi re o f her :Majesty's , e's Government. Tam persuaded that if it were so - pressed, a even though it wore carried, it would do more harm t h an good—(cheers)—and for this simple reason —that it would make it appear that there exists a difference of opinion oe schemeliNeN.veereN It' to come which are com all e it so u s au n pi divisiontpe o d s i d n t o c oobnned the hn m ea n cig i it I n t ea g st it a n ioonn a . in England, where I believe no such diff erence really exists. le en n d u e i d u — be i r t aNlrvefhfy (Cheers.) i r tec o l rhi b yee a rve t: o n , r, n g r se l wi, t da h w b ey e r aended—it onf,oyuoludr m lo a r k d e sh it ips a dissen th tea t ppear a from what I think is our general opinion. But it would be a very different matter, if her Majesty's Govern ment could be induced to concur in this motion. I cannot help feeling that at this moment a unanimous expression of the sentiments of this . house would have great influence on the opinion of France and of the world. Powerful as France may be, I do not believe that she would despise such a manifestation, backed as it would be by the views of every other country in Europe. (Hear.) I would therefore ear nestly entreat my noble friend who spoke last seriously to consider this subject. I would especially ask him what motive ha can have for resisting this motion. My noble friend who brought it forward stated most distinctly that he did so without in any way implying the most distant censure on the Government. On the contrary, his first words were those of thanks to the Government for the course which they have taken. The only object of the mo tion is to strengthen their hands in pursuing the same line of pcOicy which, if I understood my noble friend aright, it is their intention, of their own accord, to follow. The sin gle objection, which, as I gathered from my noble friend, they have to this motion, is the fear that it mi gh t be mis interpreted in France. My lords, I cannot believe that there is any ground for such a fear ; I cannot suppose that the Emperor of the French would see anything unfriendly towards himself in our expressing our opinion against the measuro which he is supposed to contemplate. On the con trary, I think if the opinion of this house and the country r ~~ 905 1915 all all all 20 10 221 I it 11 1 lit I 141 791 241 1 65} 5