The Sun. — London, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

--- , THE SUN, LO. -......____ ....... __ ._ ~...........-______ ., MONEY MARKET AND CITY .NEWS. ' SHARE MARKET,—(THIS DAY.) ____:_____--. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. - Paid. Closing Frith. -S- ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Business done CITY, Two O'CLOCK.-- - share Closing i Business 1000 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 845 855 85 Although the specie movement continues fa- Railways. Paid. Price. Done. Bom Baroda&Cent hid i lOO 94 95 - stk Gat ' : 5 per cent. N:nimble, the exportation is likely to be augmented . 18 Do, Do. 816 11 1 d by the demand for China, and the proportionate 50 Belfast and Ballymena all __ _ 20i Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4 1 51d 5 1 Buffalo, 13.14 'Bin, Wol , and Str. V a l. all 8 81 2 0 i Do. New - - inc rease which will, no doubt, take place in the stock i iiirk., La., and Ch Junc. 100 76 78 10 Do. Prefßranerence t&Godrich all 65 64 25 Blackburn purchases of silver on the Continent. At the same 25 'Blyth and Tyne all - - 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ti me; however, it is satisfactory to notice that the 10 Bost. Sleet: and Mid.Co all 61 74 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 stock Bristol and Exeter ..: lOO 105 107 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 suPplieS from Australia and America are well stock Caledonian lOO 9 4 1 95 5 94 1 4 5 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 1 dlp m aintained, and hence it is imagined that the bul- 5 1 0 0 Cork and Bandon • all - - (7armartlien & Cardigan all - ____ 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s: 21 11 d lion in the Bank of England will remain without 20 l 'ork, I elrock., &Passage ail 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. e. 75 1 4d 61 ail 61 7 20 Cornwall 10 Da A ( 174 Demerara. - - any serious diminution. • { all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 5 lf 14 d , until 6pc pe ran. a ll - - stock East Indian, gu. sp. C. 100 994 100 100 A gets no div. Although a large discount business is still to Do B ( hasbeen pd. toB 20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 / d par 144 transacted, the inquiry in some quarters is rather 50 Dublin & B all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d par 14i all _8 9 100 Do. 4* pc. Debentrs all 985 994 less active. The rates, however, remain unchanged , 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 1015 101 100 56 57 664 . sto 2 C 3 k st k rn Counties lOO 16 165 . 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all 21 22 and a relaxe.tion is scarcely expected, so much en couragement being given to new joint stock enter- do Bdo 100 25 27 stock oc E E a a s st te ern - Union, A stock 100 36 38 A, late EU3ds. 84 - - sto. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds .... . 100 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canfda 100 28 281 stock " D Suffolk N - - prise, 'Which in some cases may lead to an increased 20 East D Ea u ps n oot ., AN P a e g rt i b i :L as b t .. Jmannoc: all - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 90 92 91 4 10 Do exportation of specie. stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 77 78 78 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 60 65 A. call of £2 10s. per share, amounting t o stock Edin. Perth , & Dundee 1,0 30 31 5 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 50 6 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 50 55 £125,000, is due to-morrow on the Eastern Bengal stock Furness . - - • took GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 97 98 stock Man - . and S. Western 10 1 10 1 1 0 6 20 Do. New g,ua. sp. c... 6 4d 5 d Railway, and of 5 dols. per share on the Illinois 10 Great Icahn. of Scotland all - - y. stock Do do A stock 100 1141 1154 2 7 G t g . u S a o r u a t n h t e . o e f d l n 5 d p f e a r ( cent. ) 13 14 15d Railwa stock Great Northern lOO 115 205 Gt W. of Canada Shares all 114 11 1 11 * I The New York has been announced from Americ a stock D o d o B do stock at: S. &W. of Ireland 100 113 114 Do Bonds pay. '76, with a ll 96 98 'with £53,140 in sp ec i e. stock Great Western opt, till '6O .... . '..... In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi - stock Do Str V al gin. stock 100 60 65 1 00 Do. do. ' 73 till '60..... ' all 96 98 12 Trish South-eastern - - 100 Do. do. '7 3 without opt. all 95 97 Bess continued moderately active, and prices were stock Lancashire & Yorkshir , 100 1071 108 108 74 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 02 steadily supported. The sales were e stimated at stock London and Blackwell 100 69 71 1144 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 86 86 stock Lon., Bright. & S Coast ' 1 00 114 4 1151 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 96 061 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover all 115 125 stock l24 Lo D n o d. ei & g. N ht t h h ; Western 100 101 4 I ° 3 l la n i stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 90 92 20 Do. Fourth do.. - .... 10 11 1 d with a fair degree of animation, and quotations - .... all - - stock Lond. & th.. Western lOO 955 961 96 s toc k Melb.Cor p . 6 p . c. Buds. 100 tended upwards. - - 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - Newßrunswick & Canda At the meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank, 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.).•,.,.6pc all 5 7 held this day, a dividend at the rate of 12} per cent. stock Man. Shef. & Lin^oln .. Do. do. Land do ; 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - as also the report, was unanimously agreed to. 125 Do do 4 shares.... all - - 20 Do. do. B Capital do . .• all 5 7 10 Metropolitan 4 3 2 d .. Do. do. Land do. .. There is a very heavy market for Public stock Midland - - • per cent. having taken stock Do 'Airming. & Derby 100 96 98 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - stock Scinde .• Securities, a decline of .1 20 Do. Punjaub .... Ls gi, 7 If d 11,1 si place in consequence of a few speculative sales. 25 Do 4 shares all -- - 20 Do. Do. ........ as 0 , all - - d Consols are 93} 1 for money, and 931 3 for thestook Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,". 100 94 95 1025 MDidoli, (ray Line :1 1 l __- _.- 20 S t. Andrews &Quebec A 18 - - 100 '7ewcaatle and Carlisle all -'- 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d account. Very little business, however, ha s b een Warnpt. & Ros. all - - gotiated, speculation being very dull, while the 10 Newry & Armagh, del' 9 7 6 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ne 20 Newry, stock Norfolk . 100 55 57 operations for investments are also circumscribed. so N• hit ' Counties; '' ii - nio . ;:. 1 1 3 1 3 d 10 Antwerp & Rotterdain all 45 41 • 20 Ardennes .... ......... all - The New 3 per Cents, are steady, at 93 7 I; the stock North British 5 Belgian East. Junction all / 1 stock Nor•Dev.Rail&Dk.stozb 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - Reduced, at 934 I ; India Loan is firm, at 1044 A ; stock D• A stk ; A recs nod. s until snob as beenpd.B 100 - - ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 97-1 -7,-; ditto stock Do B stock .. . .... . 100 - - 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 25 21 100 Copiabo ......&...... all - - 5/ per Cent, ditto, at 103 •,and • the Debentures are stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 981 0 95 4 99 84 d 10 Ditto Extension .... all 21 134 at 97. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 2s. prem. stock no Leeds ... ...... ..... 100 531 53/ 25 Dodo ,-G.N.E. purchase'l6l34 1 / f 100 831 84 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 41 43-d 20 Eastern of France .. .. all 234 244 104 stock Do York' - - Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues sroe. North London 20 Do. do. all - - quiet, and prices are barely maintained. Turkish 19. 1 16.4 North Staffordshire. ... 17 4 3 ! 3 r, d 20 Great Central of France all - - 6 per Cents. are 771 to 771 ; ditto New, 601 61 1 ; 12 ° them Rail.. 'lO 61 65 N N o . t a . n & cl G S r . a W n . Junction.. all 9 10 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all I 10 Peebles . alI - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all - Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are firmer at 22 ex div. •; - Portsmouth - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - Sardinian, at 831 ; Spanish Deferred remain at 3911 ; In Rhymney..... .-•• • • • • all - - 100 115 117 20 Lierre & Turnhout - - all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all .- - stock Scottish Central .... ... - - Mexican are flat at 21k ; and Portuguese at 44.1 stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 363 315 335 Maria Antonia 4 • stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 10 Do. New .... •. • ....... all all - - The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 21 1 stock Shropshire Union lOO 50 52 501 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 84 81 20 Do. 6p. c. Pr0f......... all 19 195 prem. ; the Thames:and Mersey, -1 li prem. ; and thel6 Northern of France - - all 37 38 10 Sittingbourne & S h eer. __all 4 : 4 3 6 d stock South Devon ...... •• . Illy Universal, I. 1 prem. . stock South Eastern ' 100 B5 855 8 55 i 20 Do. New Shares . - ... 15 -- p 100 67 69 68 5 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 stock South Wales The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up stock S. York. and River Dun 100 79 82 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 344 354 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 20 Paris & Orleans all 53 55 531 to this day, are in round figures as under : 25 Stoekton & Darlington all 40 41 20 Recife &S. Fran. ( Fern.) 1860. 1859. 25 Do do ll 910 p gua. 7•p. et lim ...... 13 2 15d 'Great Western ..£35,877 £ 38 , 593 - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - - 20 Riga & Dunaburg, • ...... 14 - - North-Western 8 6 ,438 82 , 1 7 9 stock Taff Tale .............. p,g - - 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all - - South-Western - - 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 25 ThaniesHavent k&Rail 22 - - 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - - 13righton. 19,859 17,836 50 Ulster •. • • - - Midland • 20 Sambre & Meuse South. Eastern - af Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 7,401 7,303 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - i 8,566 37,337 5020 West Water4ord & Limerick l all - - 20 Southern of France.... all IJI 204 North-EasternB4 West Flanders ........ all 54 6 North British 6,930 6,876 20 West L0nd0n......... . all - - 10 Do. 5/ p. c. Preference.. all 91 9 $ 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 West Midland - - 23 Western of Austria.... 6 - - Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,115 6,715 20 Do 2nd class - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - Glasgow and South-Western 9,018 7 , 913 stock West Midland-Oxford 100 45 47 461 6 Wiesbaden .. .. . . .... all - - Grand Trunk of C ana d a - all - - Great Virouttarn ne f" , -- a _ & 001 ~ ~,,, stock Do. Hereford 100 - - - - Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 7,401 7,303 North-Eastern 28,566 37,337 North British 6,930 6,876 West Midland Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,115 6,715 Glasgow and South-Western 9,018 7,913 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada The above returns, with one or two exceptions, show a continued improvement. On the North- Western the increase amounts to £4,259 ; the South Western, £1,523; the Brighton, £2,023 ; the Midland, £4,109; the South-Eastern, £6,058; the Great Northern, £1,890; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £5.493 ; the North-Eastern £1,229 ; and the Grand Trunk of Canada £2,978. The Great Western, owing to the Royal Agricultural Society's Meeting being held at Swindon, in 1859, shows a decrease of £2,716, and the Great Western of Canada has fallen off £279. !E SHARES. Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. Done. A limited business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and notwithstanding the favourable character of the traffic returns prices have shown less firmness. London and Brighton, North-Weatern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have receded ss. ; and Great Western, 10s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North British improved ss. The. Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been in very limited request, and prices have shown little variation. Dutch-Rhenish have declined 55.; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue very inactive, at barely previous quotations. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 97 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 5 6 d Ditto under £l,OOO .. 2 Consols for Account, 9th Aug. 931 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent 2l * Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 44} Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 5 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificaths, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, August 93,1 a THE SUN, LO:NDON, THURSDAY EVErVNG, JULY 19, 1860. IMPERIAL PARLI 04 ENT. HOUSE OF OOMMONS.—pas DAY.) The SPEAKER was in attendance atl2 o'clock, but the sufficient number of members not being present, no busi ness was transacted before half-past 12o'clock. PRIVATE BIaSINES. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Bradford, Ncakefield, and Leeds Railway ; Great Northern and Metropolitan Junction Railway ; Land Loan and Improvement Company ; and Scottish Drainage and Improvement Company. The Monkland Railway Bill was read a third time, and Lord De Freyne's Estate Bill a secord time. GALWAY PE ARBOUR (10. 2) BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. TWISTER, the following motion was agreed to :—" That statding orders Nos. 199 and 203 be suspended in the case of the Galway Harbour (No. 2) bill, and that the• bill be read a second time to morrow. LANDLORD AND TENANT IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee 'la this bill,•which was introduced by the Attorney-General for Ireland. On clause 1, Mr. M'MAHON moved that the Chairman do leave the chair. This was a bill which was entirely for the benefit of the landlord, as far as it could be gathered from a careful study of its provisions, for the Govt•mnient had not stated what its real objects were. He thosght before they pro ceeded further in the consideration of the bill that it should be reprinted. The bill contained 10; sections and repealed 57 acts of Parliament, while it charged altogether the re lation between landlord and tenant. Every one who wished well to Ireland must desire that the laws of Eng land should be extended to that country, but this bill had the contrary effect, for instead of the usual contract be tween the landlord and tenant in regard to land, it substi tuted a parliamentary contrac:. By the 31st section it was provided that any tenant having less than a perpetual interest in the land was prohibited from cutting down trees, and for cutting a kedge, or even a gooseberry bush, he was subject to a pentay of £5. The hon. and learned member here quoted the authority of some practical writers on this subject, to ahoy . the injurious objection of this provision. It was further provided by the bill that if a tenant violated his covenant in regard to cropping, accord ing to his landlord's view, ho migt be taken before a jus tice of peace and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Certainly there was an appeal to the courts of law, but in the meantime he might be undergoing imprisonment, and the justice of the peace was subject to no penalty under the act for anything he did, however unjust it might subse quently demonstrated to have been. What he asked was that the landlord and tenant should n be interfered with, or if the legislature did meddle with them, at least it should be for giving Ireland the same law as prevailed in this country. Again, with regard to eviction, the powers given to land lords were very arbitrary, for it enabled him to eject a tenant in opposition to an expressed or modified contract, in the ease of the land being overheld. The hoe. and learned gentleman contended that in regard to distressing a tenant the law was also most unfair in the power it gave the land lord, and read some of the acts which the bill proposed to repeal without any substitution. He concluded by appeal ing to the house not to proceed with the bill at this ad vanced period of the session, when there was such a thin attendance, and when they had no chance of passing it through the House of Lords. Mr. WHITESIDE seconded the amendment, and con tended that the bill was a failure as it did not deal with the law of fixture and distress. In the bill which he had in troduced on this subject provisions were made in reference to these points, and he recommended to the Attorney-Ge neral for Ireland to postpone, any measure on this subject until next session. After a few words from Mi. COOPER, Mr. DEASY said he did not think tile conduct of the hon. andlearned member for,Wexford (Mr. M'Mahon) was fair to him or to the house, considering that the bills had been: discussed and the principle affirmed on the second reading. The hon. and learned member was not present on that occasion, and it was unjust to re-open subjects whiei had already been decided ; and with reference to his state ment, as to no explanation havinc , been offered by Govern ment, he reminded the house that b on the occasion of the second reading he explained the main provisions of the measure, though he thought it necessary to enter into details as the bill had virtually been before the house for the last four or five years. It would have been fairer to him (Mr. Deasy) if the hon. and learned member had given him notice of amendments to any particular clauses, and on the second reading of the bill, he invited the co-operation of legal gentlemen and the criticism of the house ; his only object was to pass a bill that would improve the law between landlord and tenant. He denied that the bill was unjust to the tenant because it provided for facilitating the law in the enforce ment of contracts between landlord and tenent Nothing was so injurious to the tenant as the existing state of the law, as it afforded temptations to litigation, and induced him to expend his money in law instead of on improving the land or paying his rent. He adverted to two cases illustrating his opinion, which had recently come under his experience. When the chilises came before the Committee he would be prepared to rec nsider, amend, or expunge if it was shown to him to be desirable. (Hear, hear.) The bill was some time before the house. It was brought in im mediately after his resolution, and read a second time. [LEFT SITTING.] lAJPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock, but not more than about a dozen members being present, no business was transacted until 20 minutes after. CORONERS' (No. 3) BILL. Mr. COBBETT, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that he hoped hon. members would accede to his proposition, and also allow the bill 'to be committed pro forma, when he would move some amendments. The com mittee who had sat on this question recommended that coroners should be paid by salary instead of fees, for which his bill provid:l. The chief circumstance which had prompted him to bring forward this question was the great increase of the crime of infanticide, which he considered the inquisition of a coroner was calculated to arrest. He had seen a great deal of the effects produced by the coroners' court in checking other descriptions of murder. He considered that a coroner and his jury were the best possible courts from their knowledge of the loca lity where a murder was committed ; and he believed their abolition would be a great injury, and that would be the result if other counties followed the practice of Durham and other places. The magistrates in these latter counties had refused coroners their fees on the ground of the in crease in the number of inquests of late years. But this increase did not arise from malversation of funds or any misconduct on the part of coroners, but entirely to acts of legislation. In 1836 an act was passed giving coroners power to hold post-mortem examinations, which had been the means of bringing to light some of the foulest murders that had ever been committed. The Legislature had also passed the Inquisition Act, and the coroner was obliged to pay the surgeon who inspected a dead body £2 2s. ; a sur geon who attended as witness, £1 Is. ; and consequently his expenses were increased. Having mentioned several cases of death of a suspicious character in which coroners refused to hold inquests because they had no security of receiving their fees, he concluded by again appealing to the house to read the bill a second time. _ _ Mr. DEEDES seconded the motion, but expected that there would be some amendments agreed to in committee. Sir G. LEWIS said that all persons were agreed that the disputes between magistrates and coroners in reference to the question should receive a satisfactory solution. Having adverted to his own bill on the subject by which he proposed that matters of differences should be adjudi cated on by the Court of Queen's Bench, he said the pre sent bill was in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee to whom the question had been referred. He did certainly entertain some doubts as to the advantages that would accrue from the payment of coroners by salaries. Hoivever, he had no objection to the bill being passed provided it was made harmonious with the whole system, and he thought some power should be given to the Crown to discharge a coroner when unfitted for, or neglectful of, his duties. He considered also that the election of coroners should be transferred from the free holders to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties. Lord H. VANE supprted the bill, but objected to the change in the parties electing coroners. Mr: E. JAMES entertained the same opinion as the noble lord, but had no objection to the Lord Chancellor having power to remove an incompetent coroner. Mr PHILIPS and Mr. FARRER expressed themselves to the same effect. Mr. W. SMITH also objected to the transfer of authority in the election of coroners, but he admitted that the present system required amendment, as it enabled many fictitious votes to be recorded, and the election could only be set aside by a quo warranto of the Court of Queen's Bench. They would have a very large constituency if they authorised freeholders on the Parliamentary register to elect a coroner, which would only exclude the 40s. free holders. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAT. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, AN IMPUDENT TlllEF.—Louisa Lyons, a dissipated looking woman, was charged with the following robbery in a dwelling house. . _ _ After a few words from Mr. J. Locke, Dr. Brady, Sir W. Miles, Captain Stewart, Mr. Ridley, and Mr. Humber stone, the bill was read a second time, and committed pro forma. The house then resumed. COUNTY RATES EXPENDITURE BILL. The order for the second reading of this bill was dis charged. Mr. James Parkhurst, china and glass dealer, corner of Cambridge-street and Broad-street, Golden-square, said that on the previous day he had been into Regent-street, and on his return he entered the house by the private door, and as he was doing so he saw the prisoner coming out of the shop door with two of his coats, of the value of about 3 on her amL.--( 113 —t 21 "8 . - 1,4 w—tho.-eaOs -were his. and_ that she had no business there, she replied, "Then lock me up," in a very im2udent =goer, and ho then gave her into custody. Mary Ann Skeat, a young woman, living with her mother in Tyler's-court, Regent-street, said she detected the pri soner yesterday afternoon going up the stairs of her mother's house. On asking her who she wanted, she replied, "My husband," and then said her mother was lying dead in a court in Windmill-street. She had taken the key of one of the rooms away with her. AGRICULTURAL SERVANTS BILL. The order for the second reading of the bill was also dis charged. DUCHY OF CORNWALL (LIMITATION OF ACTIONS) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT (No. 2) BILL. The adjourned debate on the motion for going into com mittee on this bill, to which an amendment had been pro posed, to the effect that this house should resolve itself into committee upon this day three months, was resumed by Mr. STANILAND, who said that he objected to the bill having a retrospective effect, and its enabling vestries to appear in support or opposition of any bill brought before this house affecting local interests. He contended that if vestries possessed the power provided for by this bill it would lead to expense and endless contests before committees of the house, to the protraction of the session and the detriment of public business. He con cluded by supporting the amendment. Mr. E. JAMES supported the bill, and contended that the opposition to it emanated from the gas companies of the metropolis. He thought it most unjust to prevent the local authorities who were the popular representatives, from resisting any attempt on the part of gas companies to pass bills through Parliament deeply affecting their local interests. Sir F. GOLDSMID opposed the bill on the ground of its retrospective operation, as well as from other causes. Mr. J. LOCKE supported the bill, and could not see why parishioners should not have a right to defend themselves against the monopoly of gas companies who had large sums of money at their disposal. He thought this was a very simple question, and was limited to the metropolis, and did not affect any other town or district in the kingdom. What the supporters of the measure required was to prevent their being taxed heavily against their wish in regard to gas com panies, who, as was the case during the present session, by protracted proceedings before a Parliamentary committee, could incur heavy expenses,. which they would take out of ockets trf the , , • • • ir . at that the question involved in this bill arose from the peculiar state of the metropolis with re spect to municipal institutions. He had been reproached with not having brought on the Corporation Reform Bill, and it was much against his inclinations that he was compelled to postpone that measure. During the debate that had taken place it had been proposed that the whole metropolis should be embraced in one municipal corporation. Since then a question had been raised as to whether it would not be desirable to abolish the Corpora tion of London altogether—(hear, hear)—and distribute its revenues over the whole metropolis. Ho maintained the opinion that had been expressed by the committee on the London Corporation Bill, that the metropolis could not be made into one municipality. He believed that opinion to be correct, for considering the magnitude and the different interests of the respective districts of the metropolis, it would be quite impossible they could be adequately repre sented in one towncouncil. He certainly thought the present system required alteration. The towns in the country,under their municipal powers, had authority to appear before Par liament to resist any bill affecting their local interests, and to obtain the money for that purpose out of the borough funds. Now, he did not see why a parish of such extent Wright, 90 C, said that on going to the court where the prisioner said her mother was lying dead, he found there was a person lying dead there, but the prisoner was not in the remotest degree related to her. He also knew she had been in custody before. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded her for a few days. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. iMt ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 57s 7d ; barley, 33s 5d ; oats, 25s 8d ; rye, 41s 3d ; beans, 46s 6d ; and peas, 43s 7d. , as Marylebone, or other parishes of the metropolis., should not have the same privilege. He would therefore support the motion for going into committee, but he thought the bill required some amendment, After some further discussion the house diyiqoa, whoa there appeared— For g oin g o•c , into committee 78 Against Majority —IQ The house then went into committee. Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. On clause 3, THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, Ns 7d barley, 31s 2d ; oats, 26s 7d ; rye, 398 3d ; beaus, 46s 4d peas, 41s 6d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 63,098, barley, 839 ; o a t s , 3,964 ; rye, 11G ; 190 quarters. beans, 1,849 , peas, METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with beasts. Prime breeds sold steadily, at quite Monday's currency. Otherwise, the beef trade trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. The show of sheep was seasonably good. Downs and half-breds were in request, at full quotations ; but other kinds were a slow inquiry on former terms. We s had a fair sale for l am b s, t h e supply of which was moderate, at previous rates. C a l ves were firm in price; with a steady inquiry. in pigs and mikh cows very little was doing, at late currencies. Sir G. LEWIS said that this clause required amend • ment, as the powers it proposed to confer on vestries were too extensive, and drew the attention of the house to it in order that some member whe was opposed to the provisions of the bill might propose an amendment. Mr. T. MILLER suggested that the clause should be postponed. Mr. SPOONER proposed the insertion of the words " with consent of the ratepayers in public meeting as sembled," which he thought would have the effeot of im posing the necessary restriction on vestries. Sir G. LEWIS considered that it would be advisable to makt the consent of the Metropolitan Board of Works in dispensable in regard either to promoting or opposing local bills, Ile had a communication with the chairman of that board who thought that this veto should be sufficient in securing the necessary restraint. He (Sir G. Lewis) considered also that no expenses should be paid without the consent of the Metropolitan Board, or a certificate from the Parliamentary committee before.whom the bill was heard, that the expenses were properly incurred. After soma discussion, Mr. AYRTON moved the insertion of the words " with the sanction of the Metropolitan Board of Works," which be stated would meet the views of the right hon. bart. (Sir G. Lewis) and other members who agreed with him. Mr. CHILMRS opposed the amendment on the ground that it would„lead to an antagonism between the Metropo litan Iloard of Works and the local board, and he thought that the local authorities should be reimbursed only when there was a certificate from the committee that they were justly incurred. Sir G. C. LEWIS and Sir J. SHELLEY supported the amendment. The resolution, as amended, was agreed to, as well as clause 4, On clause 5, Mr. CLAY moved the omission of certain words, and the substitution of others to the effect that a spetial rate be levied to defray the expenses of parliamentary proceedings. The house divided. Motion that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the bill— Ayes Noes. Majority • — 5 Mr. CHILDERS moved the addition of words, to the effect that no expenses shoal 4 be allowed unless when the chairman of the Parliamentary committee certified to the reasonableness of such expenses. Sir G. C. LEWIS had no objection to the introduction of the words, but he considered them unnecessary, as the committee would decide in Mani whether a party had a locus standi, which would be equivalent to determining whether they were entitled to appear for or against a bill. Per 81be to sink the offal. s. d. s. d.' s. d. s. d. Crse. It inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 2 Second qualitydo. 4 2 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo. 5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 2 Large one. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 10 4 2 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 44 4 8 Small porkers Lambs, 5s 8d to 6s Bd. Suckling calves, 21s to 23s ; and quarter •eld store pig , , 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs 11,300 i ' Sheep Calves Pigs ---- Mr. CHILDERS said that the decision as to the mere locus slandi of parties was purely technical. After some discussion the clause was agreed to, and the bill passed through committee. ADULTERATION OP FOOD OR DRINK BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were agreed to. TENURE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRE- LAND) BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. The bill was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. PREFEP,ENI Sharel Railwayg. ttk ) 20 stock stock AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The North German Lloyd's screw steamer, New York, Captain H. Ivan Sautern, with New York dates to the 7th inst., has arrived off Cowes. The New York brings 182 passengers, and 265,720 dols. in specie, of which 204,000 dollars are for England. The P arana, f rom G a l way, t h e Pers i a, f rom Liverpool, and the Fulton, from Southampton, had arrived out. Captain Hall, and the officers of the Great Eastern, had been entertained at a banquet by the proprietors of the Nero York illustrated Hews. The visitors to the Great Eastern had been very few, in consequence of the high price charged for admission. The news from Havana was unimportant. The Sugar stock was 350,000 boxes. Exchanges on London, 60 days' sight, 12i to 13 prem. Accounts from Buenos Ayres state that the yel low fever prevailed in all the Brazilian ports. Prices Of all kinds unusually high. - NEW YORK, 6TH, EVENING. Stock Market animated. Prices advancing. Galena has risen to 65/. Rock Island to 71, a similar:advance in Toledo, Michigan, Southern, and Illinois Central. _First class short paper is quoted 6 1 per cent. ; same quality, six per cent.months to run, 6 Loans on ca to 11 5 er cent. Foreign Excha nge Market dull. ' Banke p rs are asking 109Z for 60 awe bi a s on London, and 5 13t, for bills on Paris. Cotton Market quiet, quest, and and prices unchanged. Pork in good re Sales were effected in new prices firm. steady; sales, 1,000 hhclaess at 19 dole. Sugar s. to Coff ee fi rm .'.' ; Freights Liverpool fi rmer ; 1,050 bales of cotton at 5-32 d. to 3-16 d. Oswego flour unchanged and quiet. Buffalo flour steady for demand. Advices from Charleston state that the weather was intensely hot in South Carolina and Georgia. The crops had be en i n j ure d . Cotton sales of the week 1,500 bales. Prices irregular. Advices from Savannah state that the cotton receipts of June w ere 8,250 b ales. Stock, 5 , 050 • bales, against 22,000 bales l as t year. Sterli ng ex change, 109. The number of boys at Saint Paul's School was fixed by the founder at 153, in allusion to the miraculous draught of fishes taken by Saint Peter. The school is ex. ceeding rich, and the scholars, as I have before mentioned, have constantly attained high honours at the University of Cambridge. Amongst our most eminent Paulines may be mentioned Sir Anthony Denny; Leland. the antiquary; Milton, Samuel Pepys, Strype, Doctor Calamy, the great Duke of Marlborough, Elliston, the late Lord Truro, and many other English worthies of great repute.—Once a TVeek, ---~~~ - _,~ Plythe and Tyne 10 per I c. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. 0. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B I p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union,4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. rua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nit of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt.Sn.. 4 z W(lreland)4 p. ct. pref. stook.. , . Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. re. Redeemable,l4 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. no d c sp. ct. Pref Do 131rmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York R p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s3s 10d pc' Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) . • Lon. & Brig. 5 page. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 0 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cen'. Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. Cp.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus . of 2m. Rd. Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. T.ondony. & Ennis. 1 Mi. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £5 Do. 3 per cent ' 11 Do. redeem. 8 per cent Maryoort & Car., 4p. c a Do. 41 per cent. a Mid. Con. 6p. G stock. , 11 Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 61).e. 1 , Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 1 , Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leie,. & Hit. pref. at. 1 Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1848 1 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 1 North British, sp. c... I Do. New, gua. sp. c.... 1 Do. 80r.17n. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co. I N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. I Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 1 Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. Do. York, H. & S. Parch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do,Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stoc. South Devon. Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4-1 per cent. Do. Fixed , Ip.c. lst is. south Wales, gala. 4 p. c. Do, 44. per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6per cent Watrfd & Killmy, 6 p. c. W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.fred. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d 14. Do. Hereford 41 p.c. pf. 94 96 103 105 51 61 101 10 114 116 105 110 111 113 110 112 126 128 79 81 llt 113 90 92 76 77i 118 120 117 119 112 111 105 107 86 88 98 100 99 101 S 9 91 91 93 102 104 9/ 10/ 17 18 101 11 75 77 201 20/ 101 104 11F 151 139 141 17 119 .17 119 .40 145 17 119 104 106 55 158 [32 136 68 70 20i 21i [l6 118 [524 1574 12% 121 126 128 iF 0 71 I f-, 140 142 101 105 94 96 111 113 108 110 1p 92 94 ! 98 99 1 1d d Hp 21 231 73 75 122 124 130 135 10 11 231 211 103 105 103 105 89 91 99 101 643 88 28 29 331 344 33 34 45 50 126 128 122 124 10 101 111 p 1i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent.l Do. do. 5 per cent.l Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. E.Union,Harwich Shs; Ln&N.W 97 98 Do 514 524' Do. 127 129 Do 113 115 Caledonin 104 106 E.U./ZE C 16 17 Gt.North.l3B 140 E.Cdunts• ' ik 4 Do. Woodbridge . . ' Gls.Barr.& Neils Dra Do. New ...• ~ 1 Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rall. Hull and Selby , Do. 4 Shares ... Do. 4 Shares Lanc.& Carl. gus•s p. m , London & Greenwich Do. Preference .. • • , Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, . 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent a ... • • • • • Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock .. •• • Prefer ! 100 Midland Nearmarkt,BuryEx 1 5. 5 6 E.Couittal guara nteed 5 p• c. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. , all Do. ..... • Do. do. 6 per cent .. •. all Do Do, Fixed 5 per cent. all D 0..... N or th Western ...... all Midland Lk• IN W 1 P r eston and Wyre. all & /A sk . i Do. 4 Stares .. .. .. A., all D Gto ........1 Roystn.Hitch.. .. Slicpl 100 .IThrth Sh rews b r y& Hereford 100 T.Brassay South Staffordshire . • all ISl‘Clean.. Wilts and Somerset,. 100 Gt. West. Wimbledon& Croydn. A _ ll L.& Brgtn _____ ___—_ DOCKS. -1 —------ Share - Docks. raiel. _ 100 ICAledonin 100 136.,, , all Gt. Weat, all Yk.N.Srlir all Yk.N. Dial all Do. all Do. 100 Lndlz 100 IS. East. 100 Do. 100 iPeto do Co , 100 , Norfolk 100 all LNW&MI 2} 96 98 66 4t3 14i 15 1136 139 104 106 I 10 1 f 91 93 . 7 Si losing price. 210 i stock Commercial lOO — i stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.:llin lOO __ stock East and West Indies 1:;? 1 s tock London lOO -- ,04 stock St. Katharine lOO t stock Sonthampton lOO stock {Victoria 20 D 9 b1ew...... 2 id p Pam! Leasing Closing Businesi Co.'s. Price Done. Business Done. BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Altre i Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) - Great South Tolgus - G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack), - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's- Foot. Hingston Downs Lady Bertha IMargaret (Uny Lelant) (North Downs North France (Mogan) N.'Wh'l Basset (1110 an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. J Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 2.11.10 i 1 16 3_ 34 1 i 235 245 430 440 135 140 - it 13 13} 37} 34 12 13 I 4 2 1 29 30 17i ,12.13.9 91 5.14.6 8.12 4.8.6 1.8.6 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park 5 ana,,r Silv.k Lead Min 3.0 !Tin Croit ;Vale of Towcy (farm.) --=--- lovan).. W. Caradon (Llskeard) We st Seton --Wheal Basset ( Illogan) --Wheal Buller ( Red ruth) Wheat Edward (Cals.) Wheal Ki tty (U.L elant) 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) !Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 9.18.9 1* [0.6.7 12s all 18.1 4 .9 1 22.18.01 4' - 113 s 6d 81 91 12 13 45 47_ 1§ 2924 2974, 2 0 . Si _l_ IsB 165 56 58 .411_44,1_ 18i 19 i 67 89 305 315 140 150 874 D2k 1k 2k 14 141 22 23 27 28 Si I FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim l5B 1 d pr 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £i p ) 271 11 11 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 26 27 5 Do. Land and Mining - Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. I dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 45 47 461 Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 1 2 Fortuna. a ll 21 21 20 General all 22 28 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 d p ar 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 4 3 Linares all 101 11 5 Lusitanian, 2 4d p all 1 Mariquita 4 1 N.RhineCoPofS.Aus.L 128.6d. 4 4 d 20 Pontgr,ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 f f 1 Scottish , Austrln. (L.) los. 1; d 251•81;United Mexican . 1 ( Worthing (Limited ).... all 1 ; 1 I Do l9s. 1 t COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Ctin.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja, &July 100 112 115 Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 1111 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 , - - Do, 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113 Do. 6p. c, Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113 i Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 101 1001 11 t Do. Scrip 6O I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 105 106 1051 6 . Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 .... N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 981 991 Do. sp. C.. 1871 to 1876 100 98 29 Do, 5 px.,lBBB&upwds 100 . 971 981 98 1 Ctiu.Gov. 6 p.c,Ja. & July Do. 6p. cent. 1881 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do, 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. 6, Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p. C. Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. a. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p,c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 ' 100 106 107 S.Aus.G t 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 107 109 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I Do, do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1071 1081 , JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 98 1 1061 1081 n . _ 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 - • 40 Australasia all 68 70 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 - - 50 British North American all - - 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 100 City 100 Colonial ... ...- * ... ... 25 - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - 100 Commercial of London . 20 21 22,1 l 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. , all 161 161 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - 20 Lop. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231 50 Landon and County .. 20 - - 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - - SI 100 London dr Westminster 20 - -- 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - - 20 Do. new . ... - .... • .... 12, - - 50 National ltank ........ 25 - -- 20 New South Wales. all - - 351 1 20 Do. new . L , ~. - - 25 Orient. B, Corporation - - 20 Ottoman Bank ~, .. t ' 1.00 Provincial of Ireland - - 10 Do. new all - all - 25 South Australia - 25 Union of Australia - - , ' ._. 50 Union o London l2 - - "k. - ... 254; 100 'Unity Mutual . . 60 - - ....---------_,_ _______ MISCELLANEOUS. - _l3l I_4l 14 1 1 2 0 0 5 00 A A A n u tl g s a t i n r 6 a ti l c i re A te l.:( 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all ti 5 ri l e Mm ul li t uted u t r a i l aall 10 11 29 31 6 0 British American Land; 40 - - 32 50 BAcl,Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39 20 Do. 13,7p.c,t1111.852 (Lim.)l all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) ~,,,,,, all 13 15 3 Canada Land ~ . , ._,....1 all 116 118 10 Chanislands Tel. (Lim.) all 6 8 staff Gop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 22 27 25 DO. ppa. 7i per Rout... all 244 251 stock Crystal Palkog ,, r 100 :0 32 stock 'Do. Preference • • 1.00 9 7 99 lA , : 400 54 : IDxp:ooG.g.6.itip7a.6mtc.:Pe:Getrpuuepsec..rtege. Preference 1:0 1i 1 4 04 : 1 0 42pi 4V'' 6 01* ' Bliactric 'Telegraph .... 100 167 'O9 2 D.Q.. New Electric cr u ices t :t ( r L ie, i ii m rne...7 ) l 15 Gen. Steam Naviaki.tlM IA =_ - T - 1 2 2 ; 45 I.. Nn o .tet n tdi do ionte n : D E l D . 1 Great Ship I United), • • all a 1 1 55 i 2 1 1:: A 1-.404.. District Tel. (Lim.) 2 it iii . (141 m.) all 1 1 1 1 1 d 31 20 Madras Irr. and Canal. . 1 10 td.e4.l4Nien. Tel. (Linij all ! 'I - 1 20 10 N N e e r th bu er .C ia o l a id lB:l L r a q n n c if,kc 5 3, 1 d I t 2 lid 5 pe,B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dig. ; 1111 -- -- 100 N. Br.datwaScotiaL and 80 10 1 15 1 1 N.B.4.ustrq444n (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Lirutt,e4), 4 11 1 1 1 I po, New Shares (Lim.). 15s. i p r 10 Orint.l.ln,,Sigain(Lim.)A 6 - .__, 10 Ditto B - ____ 10 Ditto C 2 s. - - *oak Ppellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 45 48 46 7 go pen, 4 Oriental Steam 40 pp. New , r 25 12 13 p 20 RedSea&lnd. ' Tetg,4lP.6 all id p 50 Rh pulley Iron 15 100 R o p y o. al Newa Mail Steam a k Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 12 0 130 tolq Sfte*,, ih Australian Land all 34 35 1 100 SP9mEgine Tel. Scrip all 1 1 po.. kgegtOro ii,_14„,,A 0 :. •••••• • MI qF4 10 iTr. & - Lau. - -rwl ; pr,can. ' - . 0 Van Diemen's AZ.54 f a * 9. _,•,! MEAT MARKETS. NENVGA.TE AND LEADENHALL—The supplies of meat are on the increase, and the trade is heavy, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s Od to 55 2d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 4d • veal, 4s Od t o 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 18.—The supplies of stock are on the in derate. Generally speaking, the demand was inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 35 6d to 58 6d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; lamb, 5s 8d to 68 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 811)8 to sink the offal. ROMFORD, July 18. There was only a moderate business doing here to-day, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; lamb, 6s Od to. 6s 10d ; veal, 4s 4d to 58 4d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 5s Od per Blbs ; suckling calves, 158 to 19a ; quarter old store pigs, 23s to 30s each; and railoh oow6, £l4 06 to £l9 Os each. nAY MARKETS. SMITHVIELD.--Moadow hay, £3 Os to £5 53 Od ; new do., £2 15s to £4 4s ; old cloywr, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 108 to £4 18s; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £3 5s to £5 ss; new do., £2 15s to £4 4s; old clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; new do., £3 12s to £4 16s; and straw, £1 18s to £2 6s per leo& Trade steady. WHITECITAPIM.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £5 5s Od, w do., £3 15s to £t 4s; old £4 Os to £6 6s Od ; new do., £3 15s to £5 Os; and straw, £1 16s to f 2 5s per load. A slow sale. REFORM BILL or 1858.—Among the charges for " Civil Contingencies" in 1859 is a payment of £3,608 to Messrs. Baxter and Co., for services connected with the preparation of the Reform Bill of 1803. Mr. Craufurd has moved for particulars of these charges, and the bill has ac cordingly been laid before the House of Commons. It appears that a number of statistical papers were prepared for the Government by Dr. Guy from materials procured by Messrs. Baxter, who also obtained returns from various boroughs with a view to ascertain the general feeling as to the effect of a proposal for the transfer Lf the county fran chise. Statements were prepared of reasons for allotting to the coun ties a large proportion of the new members taken from the boroughs, and of facts bearing on the proposal to lower the franchise; estimates of the numbers of lodgers in London, with observations on the enfranchisement of lodgers; papers on the relation of r a ti ng t o va l ue , on the of anomalies disfranchisement. of our electoral " i n t e rests," and on the difficulty attendant on any acberoe bill as sent in the Treasury Prom system, the struck off 7i per cent. "in lieu of taxation." For business of this class the scale of ip,apileut billet be expected to, 1414! WAYS AND MEANS. In committee, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be charged and paid for and upon every promissory noto made in the United King dom for the payment of any sum of money exceeding Zl,OOO, now chargeable with the stamp duty of £ 2 5 5., the following rate of stamp duty in lieu of the said duty now chargeable thereou (that is to say) for every £l,OOO, or part of £l,OOO, of the money thereby made payable, the duty of 10s.--Agreed to. MEDICAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. TURNPIKE TRUSTS ARRANGEMENT BILL. Thia bill was read a third time and passed. HIGHWAY RATES ACT CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. OXFORD UNIVERSITY (No. 2) BILL. "ibis bill was read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at six o'clock. stock tock ftock stock stock stock 264 13h stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock stock 124 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 108. 10 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock all 1 100 100 100 100 all all 20 1 ,112 114 208 211 62 64 1,115 120 1 91 93 2.14.6 7.4.0 LITERATURE. Bond and Free. By the author of " Caste." Three vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a clever novel, which exemplifies some striking phases of the human character, and in which the, hero is very ably delineated. Wilfred is the exact impersonation of a weak character ; all his wise intentions were frustrated by his irre soluteness, and all his good endeavours marred, if not wholly neutralised, by the sin that did so easily beset him. His career was indeed an eventful one, and a more powerful mind than his might well have been staggered at the prospect before him. Of a far more attractive style is his friend Herbert Southern. Not much is told us of this youth's career, and he is cut off at an early age, but what is revealed bears the testimony of a superior life and the promise of a glorious future, had he been spared to do service in his generation. The ladies are well drawn in this novel ; they are not slurred over, faintly praised, or covertly blamed, leavirig one to infer that the author shares the conviction of the irrascible poet— " Most women have no character at all." Felicia is the least defined of any, but still we can clearly trace her conduct from the shadowy outline. She is a pure and gentle creature, far removed from the sordid and grovelling motives that ac tuated the world around her, and high above all selfish considerations. Such characters are rare, it is to be regretted for the sake of humanity, but for the glory of humanity they are sometimes existing among us ; they seem born to be the grace and glory of the spheres in which they move— " A boon in trust to mortals given, They come awhile to cheer our earth, Ere they shall seek their native Heaven." Mrs. Southern is a delightful specimen of a gentle and gracious lady, one of those wives and mothers who are indigenous to this country, and who are the presiding geniuses and the good spirits of many of the free and blessed homes of England, where they labour in retirement at the good work whose seeds spring up to fructify the soil—whose pious counsels and loving cares send forth sons to be the pride of their country, and train up daughters to be the light of many a dwelling, till the blessing of Heaven seems to rest upon the home where the children grow up as the young plants, and shine as the polished corners of the temple. Of a totally different stamp is Mrs. Lister. Wild and ithpe tuous, she brooked not control, and seemed to say, with reckless defiance, "My heart may break, but never bend." Such a course ill befits a world whose best doctrine is humility, and where sorrow never has such sway as over haughty and rebellious natures. She was much to blame for her conduct towards her son, and she had to answer for many of his errors, for she forced him into a false position ; and besides, she had no right to think she could rule the decrees of fate, and avert the consequences of her unfortunate and wrong marriage. Eleanor Narpenth is again a contrast, and though of a most unpleasing class, she is finely sketched. She was naturally of most violent passions, and possessed of a headstrong will; hence same scenes, that appear at first sight rather strange and startling, are more likely when one considers the an tecedents of all parties, and the temper that agitated the spoiled Miss Narpenth. It is a great flaw in the character of Wilfred to have proposed to Eleanor, and the plea that honour bade him do so was perfectly absurd. It was a grand idea of the poet to make his hero say— "I could not lave thee half so much, Loved I not honour more ;" but it is a miserable perversion of the original sen timent for lovers to declare that the dictates of honour command any one to act contrary to their rational convictions, and to violate the strongest and deepest feelings of their natures. The false vows brought their own doom upon them:in a short time, and bitter were the sufferings that ensued therefrom. Mr. Ireton, the guardian of Wilfred, is a peculiar man ; he, too, made a serious mistake in harbouring those angry feelings that destroyed his better nature, and left but the dross behind ; they inflamed and tortured him, as the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched. On the whole this novel furnishes one with some noticeable features of human life, and though the story is not at all pleasing, yet it is skilfully narrated, and may be of great interest to those who seek to study the motives and manners of men. Certainly the reader will find an instance of the sin of deceit, as evidenced in the marriage of Verbane, the evil husband of Mrs. Lister, an example of the misery of indecision to which the whole of Wilfred's early career bore irrefrag able testimony; and the fatal extremes to which wild and un checked passions may lead us are displayed in the conduct of Eleanor. It is satisfactory to note how Wilfred afterwards betook himself to wiser courses, and although many like him would have fallen into worse ways, still there are bright exceptions. The useful existence he led when he was the secretary ..a... 1 14. 2 44 , -garther - is-a - postrtvn fella atter the wild and wayward style of his life in London, andit was a blessing to himself and his friends when he walked in the ways of reason after having so long wandered in the paths of fancy. There is no tyranny more severe than the thraldom which holds the victims like Wilfred in its hands, and no freedom more glorious than the release from it. He might have exclaimed "I am free ! as the bird that's eseaped from the snare," when he entered on his new and better course. These volumes will be found to contain great variety in their descriptions, and among their sketches, numerous and artistic, some must be found to call for admiration, except from the very captious and critical. Too much may have been made in some cases of Wilfred's peculiar style, but taking all things into considera tion, the story of " Bond and Free" has plenty of merit to redeem its faults, and abundance of inte resting incident to counteract any occasional tedium that may arise in the tenour of its nar rative. TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, July 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ' • moderate breeze, and cloudy we a ther, after a heavy fall of rain in the morning. PORTSMOUTH, July 18.—Wind NV.S.W.—Arrived— London, from Quebec. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Daunt less, for Portland. SOUTHAMPTON, July 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Saxonia, screw steamer, from Hamburg, and left for New York. BRISTOL, July 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Wesley, and Currant Oliva, from Matanzas; Charente, from Montreal. SWANSEA, July 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Golconda, •om Cuba. FALMOUTH, July i3.--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gender, from Havanna Expediont, from Galati; Mercury, from Marseilles. CLYDE, July 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Sylva, from New York ; John Bunyan, from Quebec. Sailed—Coro net, for Madras. liELFonp, July 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Columbus, 'roan Quebec. BERW I CR, July 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oberon ; 'rum Rio Grande. PILL, July 18.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Olive, from Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • - SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, July 19—Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed, July 18—Atalanta, and South-Western, steamers, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind South-West ; tide, two hours' flood ; weather cloudy. Arrived, July 19—Elizabeth, from Guernsey ; ton, from Miramichi. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Passed—Alice, from Toronto for Hull; Radcliffe, from Quebe3 for London; Prince Oscar, from Quebec for London. Anchored—Constantine, from London for Alicante; Vigilant, from London for Barbadoes, Sailed—Blackwall and Enmore Planet, with others, for the westward. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—We are happy to state there is a reasonable prospect of a settlement of the dissensions in the parish of St. George's-in-the-East. Mr. Bryan King is shortly about to retire from the charge of the parish fot a year, with the view of allowing time for the subsidence of the present excitement, as well as of re cruiting his health, which, as may well be supposed, has been severely tasked by the prolonged anxiety of the past months. His place will be taken by the Rev. Ssptimus Hansard, who has been long employed as a hard-working curate in one of the districts of Marylebone. His views are those of a sound and liberal churchman, unconnected with either of the two parties which have occasioned or fo mented the recent disturbances. We have every reason to hope that the result of this arrangement will be the resto rati,,n of peace and confidence in the parish. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The total immigration into South Australia in 1859 comprised 7,855 persons, of whom 4,826 were males, and 3,029 females ; the emigration to 3,609, of whom 2,499 were males, and 1,110 females ; show ing an excess of immigration over emigration of 4,246 souls, of whom 2,327 were males, and 1,919 females. Since 1855 there has been an annual diminution in the number of im migrants sent out by Government ; i n that year 39 shi p s were despatched, containing 11,871, being a greater number than were sent in the next three altogether; while last year only four ships were despatched, with 1,326 immigrants, of whom 629 were males, and 697 females. CAN TOADS LIVE WITHOUT AIR ?—This pro blem is now occupying the scientific. Mr. Teach contri butes his share of observation by remarking, that a party of officials, " highly placed at the Tuileries, travelled by rail last week from Boulogne to Paris, smoked, and kept the windows shut the Whole way. Whence it is clear that, whether toads can or can not live without air, those who eat them can.—Puneh. MORTALITY IN GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION._ In the seven years that have elapsed since the Ist of Jan., 1853, the mortality. in 624 emigrant ships sent out by the Emigration Commissioners, carrying 172,233 souls, has • amounted to only 2,226 —equal to 1.31 per cent. r THE NAVY. ♦ The Perseverance screw troopship, Corn. E R. Power, was taken out of the steam basin at Ports mouth yesterday, arid steamed outside the harbour to test her boilers and machinery. On reaching St. Helen's road the piston of her after engine gave out., and a steam tug was despatched to her assist ance, by which she was towed agiin into harbour in the evening. The Dauntless, screw, 31, Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 8., arrived at Spithead, on Tuesday evening, from Southampton water. On coming to anchor she saluted the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Adnii rai W. H. Bruce, which was duly returned by the. Victory. She,wcighed her anchor again early yes_ terday morning, and left by the Western Channel.. The Sirius has been uudocked from No. 1 dock at Portsmouth and berthed alongside the sheer jetty, where she will be completed in her preparations and fitment as a target ship. The Sprightly, paddle, Master Commander Allen,, has been placed in dock at Portsmouth to clean. copper, &c. The Prince of Wales, 131, screw three-decker nt Portsmouth, is nearly complete in the fitting of her valves and coppering, in No. 7 dock. In N. S dock the Cygnet, 5, screw, having passed her sur vey by the master builder and his staff, has been taken in hand for the fitment of her valves and. for coppering. The pay-books of the screw steam sloop (-dill hound, 17, Commander Sullivan, at Devonport, have arrived there, and it is probable thr.t the crew will be paid wages to-day (Thursday), Sir William Snow Harris, F.R.S. i a member of the Royal Western Yacht Club, was on the 14th inst. elected an honorary merober of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The nobi,emen and gentlemen of the squadron consider Vaat Sir William has by his scientific exertions rendered important services to the naval interests of the country. In the twcount of the launch of the after part of ~.the frigate Constance, 50, at Devonport, which ap per.red in The Sun of Monday it should have been stated that the entire operation was under the supervision of Mr. James Peake, the master builder of that establishment. The artisans at Keyham steamyard are cutting off the fore corners of the propeller of the screw steam frigate Emerald, 50, Captain A. Cumming, now in No. 1 dock. The building of the screw steam sloop Paqtaloon, 11, at Devonport, is nearly completed; and the ways are being laid down for launching her. The screw steamship Orion, 91, Captain J. 8.,E. Frere, in Plymouth Sound, took on board her pow der yesterday. Her Majesty's sailing corvette Havannah, 19, re cently given to the Ragged School Committee, at Cardiff, is to be furnished by the Government with two guns-18-pounders, and gear, complete. The third annual 'visitation of the Marine So ciety's Benevolent Institution, the Earl of Romney president, took place yesterday on board the so ciet3's ship Venus, moored off Woolwich dockyard, Lieut.-Commander T. D. Sulivan, R.N., superin tendent. The great advantages accruing to the pub lic from this society in every view of its policy, humanity, and charity, and its importance to the country at large, as well as to the forlorn destitute boys who are the objects for whole the institution was promoted, have obtained for it a considerable degree of public sympathy and support. A large assembly of ladies and gentlemen yesterday accom panied his lordship and the committee on board, and a number of visitors interested in the institu tion attended the examination, and were extremely gratified with the aptitude and proficiency of the boys, 140 in number, about 50 of whom were called upon to give proof of the progress which they had made since the last visitation, which was exces sively gratifying. They were also put through a course of exercise in the rigging, working the great guns, small arms exercise, rowing in the boats, acc. and acquitted themselves with perfect satisfaction. Five of the lads, after having passed through the necessary course of instruction, are transferred weekly to the flagship Fisgard, and are enrolled in the service of the Royal Navy ; ethers are apprenticed to the Mercantile Marine, .and are thus rendered capable of becoming useful members of society, and are removed from the scenes of - vice and penury in which they were found. The officers of the steam reserve and. the factory dep4rtment at Woolwich yesterday proceeded to G►eenhithe, and went on board her Majesty's ship Bloodhound, after the adjustment of her compasses, and accompanied her down the measured mile on a trial of her engines. She subSequently continued her voyage for the West Coast of Africa, calling at Portsmouth and Plymouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—J. R. Anderson. assist.-surg., ad ditional, to the Fisgard ; J. Colwell, promoted to the rank of paymaster-in-chief ; S. Lewis, paymas -1 ter, additional, to the Britannia ; W. H. Hills, pay master, additional, to the Impregnable ; H. H. Burmiston, paymaster, additional, to the Cam bridge ; A. P. Freeman, clerk to the Sanspareil ; T. W. Thorne, assist.-clerk, to the Emerald. TILE ARMY. The Committee of Military Organisation, of which Sir James Graham is the president, have re commended the reappointment of a Director-Gene ral of Artillery, formerly held by General Cater, the duties of which have recently been carried out by Colonel Tulloh, at Woolwich, in the capacity of Inspector of Artillery, simply. The committee have also recommended the appointment of a Direc tor-General of the manufacturing departments of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. It is at present undecided whether the new Director-General will be a civil or military officer. _ _ _ The whole of the available force of Chatham Garrison, consisting of the East India depots of the line, the Royal and Indian Engineers, the bat talion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, the em bodied Pensioners, and the 9th (Chatham) and 19th (City of Rochester) companies of Rifle Volunteers, assembled on Chatham Lines at 4 p.m. yesterday, under the command of Major-General Eyre, Com mandant of the Garrison, for the parpose of going through a rehearsal of the grand siege operations and sham fight which will shortly take place at Chatham. This being the first instance of any body of Volunteers being under arms with, and taking part in any movements in connexion with the regular forces, considerable interest was mani fested, and a large number of spectators assembled on the Lines to witness the mimic attack and manceuvres of the two bodies; the 9th and 19th companies of Kent Volunteers, however, being among the best drilled and disciplined Volunteer corps in the kingdom, General Eyre had not the least hesitation in selecting them to take part in the operations. A plan of the operations in tended to be carried out was furnished to t each of the commanding officers, the manaourres being on a very extended scale, and the opera tions extending over the entire surface of Chatham Lines. The manner in which both troops and Vo lunteers acquitted themselves on this, the prelimi nary rehearsal, was exceeding satisfactory. was opened by the ch • OPENING OF THE EXETER AND YEOVIL RAIL wAy.___ExsTER, W e dnesday.—The line from this city to . The ling from Exeter to Yeovil is 49 Yeovil, which is an extension of the London and South airman and direc- Ra l ft e a n eilr g wrL th oaoy , n' and . the . terminus is in Queen-strt,et, E ntWo i les e es t stt e he r rii , snn from Nhence . it is intended to carry on the line to the St. David's . station of the Bristol and Exeter R•ail way, and ultimately a mixed gauge will be laid down from this station to Orediton and on to Bideford. An unbroken gauge f rom L on d on t o E xe t er an d th e North of Devon will thu s b e l a id d own. Th e c iti zens o f E xe ter cele brated the ope n i ng by pullic rejoicings. Bands of music paraded the streets, tradesmen closed their shops, and dis played flags an d b un ti ng of a varied character. A similar festive _spirit prevailed • in the various towns along the line , and at Yeovil, Axminster, Colyton, and Honiton, congratu latory addresses were presented to the chairman and directors of the line as they passed by the sta'cions. At Exeter, the mayor, Mr. Drake, presented an address to the directors, in which they were heartily congratulated on the opening of a line which would be the means of re-opening to the citizens the communication with the metr:opolis by a 'direct road through a populous district for many years pad almost un approachable, and which led to the connexion of our great national arsenals, by which a great public ben , eft was con ferred. On the arrival of the directors at the I 2ueen-street station, early in the afternoon, the Mayor invited them, in the name of his fellow citizens, to a grand bit; aquet, which took place on Northernhay. '711121 4 I