The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-08 00:00:00

[ENT. his Day.) 'clock. 3t Lancashire nsidered and mportance of first tbat bad le of charges e conveyance RAILWAY BILL. . (22d March), nay Railway discharged ; ), signed by y of London, .gislation for the abolition WIFE'S 1 against the wife's eider.. ERAL OF ion from the aioing of the recall of the is proolaura- titions from repeal of the BILL. ding of this to read this rch bad any' d by the bill, e House of ild be made. 1 for a com• I everything is question. church-rates he opposed increased in he rioh man church-rate, benefits of irges which those which , the susten pr providing d. He was e moved the 1. the reason• !ma of the id the pro the bill, and to take care re could be the rate had rgument for abolition of 3 third read. re ehoald be rates and from pap• d istinction. re, he could the Church, the bill on nters, by the .ht to inter- Piers (there they ought ting dissen t, and also nd for the qo comps alcnlated to all parties. ;ree to Wasp ipt from the Churchmen E their own vied either s Day.) Id 'William to steal a , Coventry- street, said rearing the is evening. n he would !w minute.' • s treet, them and saw them till they attempt . to n into Pic- examining Jo to force th been is a hundred )oye ae VA bably noel E-lABL f d with at• park, and i; clovers' per load. 3 ; clover, per load. B; 0101er• per 1oad• a:motion/ In congoti ausactedf limited• Cuesdayl srket the previelli i a stead/ 'trowel/ e parcels ire go"' atelY rge lues. Mee still a spot is at three I.) , ; plot• La, frog in san• 01 Rl4ll. ms , for eitclalef d e , for :meliet ivenir► I fri IA fro l ,yr, for 014F,Y MARKET ) OItIME.IIC.ITAL INTELLIqENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. •N Foreign a nd C o l on i a l P ro d uce M ar k e t s t ur ing the l as t f ew d ays h ave exh ib ited little or .° I nirnation. The q ua liti es o f th e var i ous s t ap l es a nn ounced for public sale are very limited, and in 04. instances l ower ra t es are curren t. T ea , r has been ste a dy. S ugar h as been null, and a downward tendency has been ex 11lblted in va l ues , no t w ith s t an di ng th e l arge -A4 4trl es for home consumption. In the Refined a llot th ere i s very littl e d o i ng, an d pr i ces rema i n Stead y- A moderate business ha s b;:en reported in e Iteffee,and Plantation Ceylon has realised full values le e has been inactive, and the few sales reported bee n been at l ower va l ues . R um an d f ru it h ave in moderate demand at a b ou t l a t e ra t es , and i ' alt Petre continues at full values. Tallow continues at Steady rates. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 38 . ; July and September delivery, 51s. 6d. ; and lest three months, 50s. 9d. per cwt. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton lia llct yesterday closed firmly, and prices of all desc riptions ,; were without any material alteration. he sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. The Rail nay Share Market presented a quiet appearance, 444 quotations slightly declined. A further amount of 60,000/. was t a k en out of 4 Bank of E ng l an d y es t er d a y, an d th e movemen t t" il ig commenced so rapidly, some anxiety is felt k ° Rear of fre s h arr i va ls f r om Australia, in order 1; 14t.320 great deficiency may be cauzed in the bul -4°ll. at the Bank of England. An efflux always attracts the attention of the speculators at the B , t° elt Exchange, and, although the aggregate , the of sp ec i e ma y b e cons id ere d excess i ve , I le Withdra wa l o f a f ew h un d re d th ousan d poun d s a N's produces an adverse effect. If on the pre % t occasion there has been a departure from this t 4 1- and. the speculators have refrained from active d ealings, they have nevertheless adverted to the 'cvernent as one of the unfavourable influences W hich are likely to prevent any renewed buoyancy. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Rawson, °ll : 8 ) and Co., of London, Liverpool, and Man oster, c hi na merc h an t s, h as j us t b een h e ld , Mr .D urant in the chair. The statement of assets I nd liabilities w as as follows—total liabilities, 1 , 2 3 151 1. ; total assets, 457,393/. ; s h ow i ng a th at of 85,3421. It was s t a t e d b y th e accountant 'at the assets were such as would be realized, Athat every prospect existed that the creditor It °lll d be repaid in full, if time be fairly allowed. 4 4 ' 48 agreed after some di s cu ss i on th a t as th e eon et of the fi rm h a d b een honourable, and the kn ii 'clints in regular order, that inspectors should be I,ll:Muted for liquidating the affairs of the firm. sleeting then adjourned. th. h i e demand for money. in Lombard-street, at 4 11 ;; 4 ank, and in the Stock Exchange, is very it ed, and accommodation can be obtained on i r ! moderate terms. In some quarters there is t o b et ter enquiry for commercial purposes, owing Slight improvement in trade. „ 110 market for English Securities is quiet, but l% 1 48 1.e8 ellts a healthier appearance. Several small pur eB have been effected, and Bank brokers have tt , eta ted to a limited extent ; these have im -4,1'14 a better tone, and if the demand for Ipo we i Should increase, a recovery in values kt i r i llo doubt ensue. Considering the depression wieris, which seems to be increasing, and the d rawals of gold from the Bank, it must be trelitted that_ the quotations are indicative of e at firmne ss . C onso l s h ave b een transferred at at T 96 97. For the ac coun t ex di v i dend they ie been at 95/ and are 95f 96 . C New Three per Cents. are 951 96 ; the Re red, 951 96 ; the March Exchequer Bills, 325. dit~; the Bonds, 1001 ; India Debentures, 99i; i• 22 ° Bonds, 17s. to 21s. prem. ; and Bank Stock 1. fi to Th i s amount of business transacted in the Foreign t io e ic Market has not been extensive, but quota 111111continue steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 951; l ihn 5 per Cents., 1011 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per fi ti ' ql .) 834 ; Pe ru vi an 4i per C en t s. , 86i ; e t k Piab 3 per Cents., 451 ; and Belgian 41 per 14 . '48 ' , 98 1. The New Brazilian Loan is depressed, dis. to 1 prem. , T he following are the nominal prices of Foreign Bath°kA:---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi- Per Cents., 20± ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., p er 3 ditto 3 per Cents., 66 68 ; Portuguese 3 11 - 3. eeets., 46 47 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 o e , ditto 4i per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per T in e's 44i 454 ; and ditto Deferred, 27k. ktit. t he Railway Share Market, to-day rather less pro ve d prevailed, and prices generally have im kivaGcl• Most of the leading lines showing an tl oki ll°B of about to 1 per cent. on yesterday's 4 0 ,, t n i _g quotations. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 14.0'°-Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), im k:,ecl, s s. Caledonians, Eastern Countie', and 11 11 , 4 - "uitastern (York), 10s. Great Northern, 15s. 4- Great -Western, and Brighton, 11. Vale of at d~l h have declined 11. The Foreign lines were , Northern of France have receded 11. t he Colonial Market East Indian have V r eYed 10s. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 144144°itit Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 11 41 , c omparatively neglected. Oriental Bank X4ll ! reced e d 5 5., an d U nion o f L ondon s s. R oya l 411 Steam were dealt in at 59i. kb, --1 -I-SH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL OCK. t 4 ,,,_ 3, 4 . Rtock. (From the Official List:) l vt, n - '0 4 ,, ~,‘..'ut. icedueod annuities 9 si i 6 Ne '4ellt. Console Annuities Shut 963 7 61 I* 3 n 4(1 14 er Cent. Annuities 9si 6 14. Stock 222 14: Loan Debentures 994 b l f" 'nds, .ClOOO Oi tt . t t i °. nnd er £lOOO 2l 17 4,0, 4 , 4 ter Account cillsr Bills' 24d. March. June. 4 000 . 36 1 1 , R na11........ • - 37 1 jjf°lequer Ronda, 1858, 3i per Cont - 1, 4 tio. 55 9 100 i i i i li le s OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. I. lt , kp e „ Il an 5 per Cent. Rc h .Z° B Ayres Boucle, 6 per Cent. %blllan Bonds, 4i per Cent B6i i b 11, 511 Bonds, 3 per Cent. t.,tto Account 'LkiSh donde, 6 per cent — Di tto Account 9si i kW Dividends on the above payable in London. '!4/Itto 4. per Cent. Cent., ex. 25 francs 1) l __. 93A 1' WO (W 1,0( K. OLuqols for account FOREIGN TITLES. %i t TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. last R '' By Way of explanation of the statement in to f c ,' l leaday's Gazette, contained in y o ur paper, as to 4 " l ' s eign titles not being acknowledged in this t, i 4, , ry, it must have been forgotten that there are d ;ttti, l3e tsons as the Baron de Goldsmid, Baron e ti o ,,, a ehild, and Baron Ditusdale, who are both it e . ', ll , and acknowledged in this country, to some t,e4; s ;:i) as become their foreign title; and the Baron 41t u ' e l to in the Gazette of last uesday, being a N it allese title, it ranks higher than in any other the and consequently has an equal right with kttliW°l- ry. e -named Barons to use such title in this Your obedient servant, W. B. ti Vl le % I, r ' r aspec'us has been issued of the Eastern Conn -1114 butch Rhenish Union Transit Company, with a tt ., l f ' ( 1 ; cq 3 0,000/. in 11 . shares. The system is proposed log goods through from London and other par k t ne:„gtand to various continental cities free of all r;s ar , :41ehlte being by the Eastern Counties line to Worn hay :uence by steamers, to be provided by t e c 110 1111 ed to connect with the Dutch Rhenis 1 y. 14 bar silver hrought by the West India steamer T he s n e i t t i sold at 61id. per ounce, sho - ving no alteration. ~11( 1„ "al'a have not yet been disposed of. mII 1.21°W SCHOOL.—Tbe Harrow speeches for this year ar t .'" place on Thursday, the 24. h instant, and_tke . 4dinnr at the Freemasons' Tavern on the Wed f olios% in . Ekb`o4l‘AL BO AT g AIeIDENT AT WESTMINSTEH-BBIDGE. hi % ti t ten o , tlif clock oa Sunday night a man named Rea, i t e e . and her brother , Michael Kelly, who bad been ; 44 st - t v e , in. a small boat, were attempting to pass t - as of es trninater-brid g e e when the boat r an against Kiff) '"" piles o f the bridge and capsized. Rea and his elly ere rescued by a waterman named Phelps, but Oki; W as drowned. His body was not found for some (This Day). RAILWAYS. r.AiLwAY•s. eilostrg rria., yesterday St/stress done this day. Noting. Bost. dr Eastn. June.— Belfast & Ballymem , Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley , Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Amer Blaci;burn Blytlt & Tyne original £25 (iss. at. £45) Bristol & Caledonian.... Chester do Holyiteafl 'Cork and Bandon—. Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall 5 - 6 7 - 8i G 9 - 71 - 10: 26 - 27 89 - 91 - 81 34 - 36 4i - 5 A Do. B ,'Dublin&BelfastJuw Dun. P. di/Air]: June. East Anglian !Eastern Counties..... EasteruUnion, A. stk, IDo., do. ..... Do. Now A East Kant East TAneashire East 81121'01k ...... 8 - Bt, 16; - 17 594 - 604 46 --- 48 - 31 - 33 14i - i. - 86 88 - 90 D 0.... F.dinbnrgh dr Glasgow Edinb.Prth.diDundft, Forth and ClydeJnne. Furness .. 64 --• 65 27 - 28 Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern 91 - 95 - 10 1019 -102 A ug - 90 - , 128 - 130 102 - 104 50j - 51 56 - 58 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock IGt. Sth. &West. (Iro) Great Western. ... i Do. Str. V. R gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds 86 89 ' 11 12 p 11 12 p; 89i 90 .1i a . -- Laneash. &Yorkshm. Do., do. F £l6 ... Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un . Do. Southport. . London di Blackwal IDo. New, i 51. 10s. ILond.Bright. & S. est London & N. Wester! Do. Eighths ..6 2 4 107 109 9 a li 92 l 92. London & S. Weatern Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Sher. &Linein.' Metropolitan Midland .......... 37 - ld 91i - 92 63 •- 65 Do. Binning. & Derb Midland Gi. West. (Ir. Do. A Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle. Newpt.A berg. &Hrfd Newry & Armagh , N ewry, Warrenpoini & Restrovor Norfolk ••• ...... •• • 12 - 13 Northn. Counties Un North British ...... 61 - 63 3 2 1 - 3 49i - 514 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern— Berwick Do do. G. N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn . June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth ... ... 81i - 901 2- I . 45 - 46 69i - TN 95 - 98 i 5 i - 58. 1 74- 8 - 9 30 - 32 ... ~ 7 4 . d Rhy mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdu. St !Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer. (South Devon !South Eastern !South Wales 10i —]ll 27 28 81 83 44 46 2$ 11 35$ 361 67 —68 i 811 821 13 15 7 5 e 8 10 35 36 S. Yorksh. River Dun IDo. . . Stainee,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 185° Stockton di Hartlepl Taff Vale. Do. Pref., No. 1...... ,Thames Hay. D. &R. IVale of Neath ... 98 - 100 Waterfd. d; Kilkenny WaterforddiLimerick ' West C0inwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace ) ' Do. A Do. B . • .• - •• 2/ - 31 6} - 61 West London Do, First Class , Do. Second Class_ BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Bardda, and Con.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Ilur Buff., Brat. di Godch 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug..'7`2 Do. do., 1 July, '7: - ; Do. do., 1 June, '74, Calcutta 'and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. , .... p.e.Buds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada! Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wrostn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do IssESSIONS. id # d PI § d par 183 88 75 80 74 78 ••• ••• i .... li id par 102 i IC3i —P k - 13i -- 19i' 46 48 81 82i: 0i -- 21 i ti 1 8i -- 181 2i - 2aa 1 107 Z 116 107 - 110 106 -- 108 176 -- 18? 20 -- 206 1 lid -- id d par, d par pa►r - § p 1 FOREIGN. 10 all intwrp&Rotterdam 5 - 51 20 all Ardennes *se *es 20 3 Bahia & Francisco,., ps.r 4p 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 11 20 all Beziersto Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2$ 21 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 231 •••• 241 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 75 7i 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all L.Ke Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 28 - 2 i2 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 22 23. 33, all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 214 211 16 all Northern of France— 351 35/ 351 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 81 20 all Paris and Lyons 2Bi —28 i 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 9 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c 5 •—• d 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Rome and Frascati — ..• 20 all Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish — 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 20 all Sambre and Meuse 74 71 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref Bk 94 20 all Southern of France lBl —18 i 8i all West Flanders 4i 5 10 all Do. 51 per C. Prslf 20 all W.&N.W. of France 211 221 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all Wort, of Switzerland 6 all Ai :es; aden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof • "ip e. 20 ah Zealand .... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 5U Agra & United Serv. 40 all Australasi a • 79 81 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 47 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... 50 all British N. American 20 10 C.Bk.of Incl.Au.&Ch 31 —. 100 50 City 56 --- 58 100 25 Colonial 201 all Commercialof Canada 100 20 I Commercial of Loud. 20 all I Eng.Seot.&Aus.Cat 18 1 5 ---1; 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 195 20 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock. 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, 451 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 4 5 2 0 0 2 10 5 D oNew ... 23 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 43 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 36 37 315 20 all Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 63 65 10 all Do. New 25 all South Australia 25 15 Do. New.. 25 all Union of Australia 46 47 ... 15 Do. New 131 33 50 10 Union of London 23 24 235 1 . 00 50 Unity Mutual 1 09 50 Westrußk ot liond 119 17d 7 1 80 St. 50 St. St. St. at. St, 25 St. 20 10 St. 18 204 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 too 100 all tj 100 100 100 all all 100 100 all all all 1 all 'lOO 1 3i 100 100 1100 1100 'lOO 163 100 too 100 31.1 16i 100 100 1100 100 all all all all all all all 100 1100 2s6Ll 8O li 1021 2 f 90 129 30 51 50i 11 i 89f i 1031 91 i II 3a 93 91i i lj 451 70 69} 99 8 104 i : THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE4NING, JUNE 8, fB5B. LINES LEIS S!: IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T. examination had taken place to the fullest extent, the conduct of Rajah Brooke, in the judgment of every im partial person, was perfectly justified. (Cheers.) The charge ought to be brought forward in a definite manner or entirely withdrawn. HOUSE OF LORDS. —( rESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord KINGSTON made a remark which did not reach the gallery, (Loud cries of " Withdraw, withdraw.") Lord REDESDALE said the questions had in point of fact been answered by the noble lord at the head of the government, and if Lord Kingston intended to bring forward any charge, he ought to do so in a proptr man ner. The Earl of HARD WICK presented a petition from Sheffield, signed by upwards of 3,000 persons, praying for the reiteration of the royal family of Oede. Lord PANNIURE said as the nohlti lord the Under- Secretary of War was present he . begged to put a question to him. I-, would be recollected that during the mutiny in India, a considerable outbreak took place at a station (Jelindhur, as we understood), which was under the command of Col. Johnston,.of the 87th Regi ment. This offie2er Lad been :wound of a great derelic lion of duty. In the first place, he bad been accused of not having in proper time disarmed the mutineers ; and, secondly, of great remissness in not following them up after they hail mutinied and murdered several of their officen. He had heard that a fell inquiry into all the circurnstanee3 had been taken, first, by the De puty Judge Advocate-General, then by the Judge Advocate-General himself, and, laetly, by the Com mander-in• Chief, Sir C. Campbell. His reason for asking the question was because he found there was no means in this country of officially promulgating the decision that had been arrived at. To a mdit-try man he need not say nothing was dearer than his reputation ; and, under those circumstanc?s, he begged to ask whether it was true that Col. Johnstone had been acquitted of all the charges brought against him ? Lord ILA tWINGE said be had great pleasure in answering the question put to him by the noble lord. A most searching investigati on had been made into the charges, attended by the Commander-in• Chief, Sir Colin Campbell, and the result was that Cd. Johnston,: had been hay and honouraliy acquitted of the charges brought against him. He had great pleasure in making this announcement, because he believed Col. Johnstone was a gallant and energetic officer, and hack been most unjustly attacked. Lord PANMURE thanked the noble lord for the answer. Lord CAMPBELL augzested that the clerk should be directed to omit the notices from the votes. (Cheers.) The Eirl of WICKLOW said that was the fourth time the notices had appeared on the paper, zed it wool reffict, great discredit on the house if it should be in the power cif any individual to place libels on the notice paper, and then refuse t bring the matters forward. After a few words from Lord ROME and Lord DUN GANNON, The Dake of BUCCLEUCH thought the suggestion of the noble and learned lord (Lord Campbell) a very proper one in the present case, but said their lordships ought to be very careful before they formed such a precedent. Would it not be better to move a standing order of the house, _ in order to prevent such a course being taken in future. Lord CAMPBELL did not think that would bo neces sary, as be hoped it would be many years before such an occasion as this recurred. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY hoped the noble earl would h.el that it was the sense of the house that if he had any charge tl make ar.raiost Sir James Brooke it was competent to him to bring it forward specifically by a motion ; but I.e was sure the noble earl would also feel that it was not desirable to persevere in the °nurse be bad taken, of giving notice of questions which in ferentially brought charges against an individual. The Earl of KINGSTON addressed a few sentences to the house, which were quite inaudible. Lord PORTMAN said it could not but be obvious to the noble earl that it was not the wish of the house that be should proceed in the course he had adopted, and knowing the wish of his brother peers, he was sure he would defer to it, and at least for the present altogether withdraw his notice. THE CASE OF MR. WDERNIOTT. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE laid on the table the articles of charge against W. wDermott, Esq., as sistant barrister, of the county of Kerry, and moved that they be printed and a copy of them be furnished to Mr. e 1 Termott. Also that they be referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday the 21st of June. That the said committee have power to ex amine witnesses and to report thereon to the house, and that Mr. M'Oermott have leave to appear per sonally or by counsel barna Me said aorntritttee. The painful charges brought against Mr. M'Dermott were that he hal been an insolvent debtor, that he had been in the constant of borrowing money of all officers and practitioners in his cutlet, and there was scarcely one of them to wkom he was not indebted. Oa the causes coming on f r trial the result, invariably, was in favour of the person to whom he was indebted. That in 1856 the interpreter of his court died, and it was ascertained that. he had appoiLtel a successor, from whom he had received the sum of 371. The Earl of KINGSTON again made some observa tion!, not a word of which was audible. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that with re gard to not printing any notices given by one t•f their lordships, it might be remembered that the grandfather of a noble lord actually laid a caricature on the table in the shape of a bill, which he moved should be printed, bat which was not printed, so that it was competent to the bows to refns, to print improper matter. Lord REDESDALE said it was the duty of the clerk to have all notices printed, and it was not desirable to proceed in the manner suggested of not having tLe notice printed. He did not see that the notice• continu ing on the order book was any reflection on Sir James Brooke, and if they did, the blame rested on the noble earl, and not with Sir James Brooke, Lord LYNDIIURST—I beg to move that in the opinion of this house the questions of the noble earl have been sufficiently answered, and_ought not to be renewed. The question was put in that form, and agreed to amidst cheers and laughter. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Earl of HARDWICKE the motion wa3 agreed to. THE RIOTS AT BELFAST, Lord DUNGANNON said their lordships were aware that Belfast had again become the scene of riot and dis order, which had continued for two or th ree d ays. The evil had originated at the funeral of a Roman Catholic, who had been secretary to a political society. The fune ral was attended by a large number of Roman Catholics who carried green boughs, a party symbol, in their hands, and thrust thew into the faces of some Protes tants. During the riots one of the magistrates received a severe blow from a stone ; and the property which had been injured belonged exclusively to Protestants, with tone single exception, and in that case the person had married a Protestant. The police, it appeared, had not discharged their duty efficiently ; and Lord Naas had given notice of his intention to introduce a measure, the object of which was to provide a better police for large towns. He wished to know whether the Government had received any information as to the causes which had led to these disgraceful riots? (Hear.) Tee Earl of DERBY had received from the Lord-Lieu tenant and the authorities in Ireland such information as they were able to afford regarding the causes of the riots in Belfast; hut in truth the only cause that could be as signed was that lamentable state of religious rancour and animosity between the two parties which was equally to be attributed to the lower classes cf Roman catholics and protestants, and had long made Belfast notorious for disgraceful scenes of violence. There existed a species of civil war between these parties, The slightest provocation, the slightest insult by one party or the other, was immediately taken up by the partisans of the other side and made the subject of most disgraceful riots ; and it did not reflect much credit either upon the inhabitants or the local authorities of the most wealthy and most thriving town in Ireland to let such proceed ings go unchecked. (Hear.) For several days and nights the town had been in a state of confusion and disturbance. The Lord-Lieutenan had used every means in his power to restore peace, and a large force of police and m:litary, both cavalry and infant,y, had been sent into the town, n hich had been divide.' into four districts, each of which was placed under the control of 'a magi , ['trate, and regularly patrolled by night. About an hour ago he had received accounts stating that peace had been for the time restored ; but looking at the time of year and the cause of disturbance, the Lord Lieutenant wouid keep in the district a considerable force—at all events until the end of the next month. Of course the people of Belfast would have to pay pecuniarily for the injury which had been caused and' for the additional number of the constabulary. (,sear.) He was afraid there was considerable truth in the statement respect ing the inefficiency of the police, and it was the intention of his noble friend the Secretary for Ireland to take the earliest opportunity of introducing a bill, which had al ready received g' neral approval in Leland, for the pur pose of improvieg the character and constitution of the police in great towns and incorporating +hem with the constabulary. (Hear, hear.) However the government might succeed in putting down disturbances front time to time, it was for the respectable inhabitants of Belfast to:prevent a recurrence of these disturbances. (Hear.) The Earl of CARLISLE said, as the subject had been mooted, he wished to make one or two remarks. The unhappy and disgraceful riots in Belfast only served to strengthen his conviction that the Irish government last year acted in consonance with their duty and with strict policy and prudence in taking the only step in their power to show their disapproval cf exclusive religious societies and organisation s , b y preventing any fresh ap pointments of members of the Orange Society to the office of magistrate, (Hear.) T ea t was th e course adopted in 1826, and received the approval of the House of Commons and of his Majesty William the Fourth. The subsequent abatement of religious animosities had led to the suspension of that prohibition, but the events which occurred last year made it quite plain that it trust be immediately re -adopted. He was happy to find that the present government had not made any objectionable ap pointments to the magistracy, and he trusted the scenes now going on in Belfast would serve to confirm them in that wise abstinence. (Hear) It was an undoubted fact that last summer, at the very moment when reinforce ments were required for India, the movement of the regiments was interfered with and delayed because one set of persons in Belfast were keeping it in a chronic state (of alarm, th e one shouting " To hell with the Pope l" and the other "To hell with King William the Third !" (Laughter.) The utter childishness and folly and anachronism of this proceeding—(laughter) —would be simply ridiculous if it did not lead to such serious and respeote to b e the moat civilised and best dark in results , inany (Hear, h ear. ) The town of Belfast ought organised place in Ireland, Whereas it was at present the least so, and he believed the blame might be equally divided between both parties, (Hear.) He very much feared that the allaying o f these ebullitions of religious hatred could not be achieved by any government ; but he thought a material partial improvement might be made by establishing the polic e upon a fair footing. • He was glad that such a course Was in contemplation. An alteration was contemplated by the late government, lied he bad no doubt tha present government would use every effort to soften that religious • lry which was the source of such serious mischief. (Hear, hear.) Lord DUNGANNON doubted the assertion that the recent proceedings in .Belfast was a proof that the late government had acted co rrectly in refusing to appo i nt Orange magistrates, becau se i t remained to b e prove d that Orangemen had anything to do with the recent di s turbances in Belfast. The Earl of CLANCARTY did not at all approve of the course which bad been a dopted by th e l a t e govern ment in the exelu - ion of O r ange magi s t ra t es. PORTUMNA BRIDGE (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CHANCERY AMENDNIENT BILL. On the inolion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this bill 2 L h E co o rn F mi P tt O ee l . SONS , & c ~ BILL. mittee. STA passed through SSPOR,Ts BILL. This ippaospedu tThyrouogNh committee This bill also passed through ooro„,ittee. NON-PAROCHIALREGISTERS BILL. Tliii bill was read a third lim e and LORD KINGSTON'S passed. made NOTICES. Lord KINGSTON having a remark which did not reach the gallery, but which . aPparently related to a further po-tponeinent of his questi on , Earl STANHOPE rose, and p . rotoat e d az,ainst the iun measured language in which Rajah Brooke's n a me was mentioned in the questions placed on the paper by the noble lord. (Caeers.) It was moat unbecoming and improper to keep s uch notices longer on the minutes, and he, therefore, c.il ed upon the noble lord to with. draw them at once, or to p rocee d with them. (Cheery.) Earl GREY was confident that the more the conduct of Rajah Broike was .. discussed th e more proper would it appear to have bee n. The inquiry respecting the treatment of pirates had end ed tinl,; .3 triumphant ac quittal, and 10.1 was fully convinced that his conduct in the Chinese affair would be foun d equally satisfictory. The hou-e was perfectly ready t ) discuss any charges which might be brought forward ; but it was most im ps. , per to place charges on the votes, and keep them there day by day with out afford ing an opportunity of discussing the subject. (Cheers. The Earl cf DERBY expressed a hope that Lord Kingston would either at once brin, forward his charges or abandon them. (Cheers.) The noble lord had placed on the paper a most e xtraordinary string of questions, and some of those rel ating to Rajah Brooke, it was quite impossible fir the Government to answer. For instance, how could they tell " the a mou nt of his; f )rtune when he first went out l" (Laughter.) With respect to the last two questions, whether the oppres-, sons and exaclona of Rajah Brooke did not lead to the outrage committed by the Chinese , and whether his whole course and conduct 10 the East bad nit been such as to desecrate the name of England for justice and humanity, he could only say that, after inquiry and RAILWAYS Buckghannh 'Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 p., E. Un. H. 311. Gls.% Barr. it Noils.Direct. Do. NGW Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby • 25 50 25 12i 1241 20 100 IDo. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S., Do. Bark. Sh. Manch. Bxton. and Matlock ! Mdld.Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE spc IN.diEst.s 50 all IDo. 6 per'ct 50 all ;Do.Fixedsp.c 25 all Prest. Wyre, 12i' all !Do. Shrs. A St. 100 ; Roystn.dt Hit. 10 all Shrews.St ller 12 j all S. Staffordsh 50 I all Wearlral.gßpe 25 all Do St. 100 Wilts&Soinrst TEE OATHS BILL. The Earl of LUCAN said that according to a promise be had given to the house, he begged leave to bring in a bill to enable both houses of Parliament to arrange the oaths to be taken by members of the Jewish faith. A short conversation followed with reference to Lard Lyndhurst having brought in a bill to the same effect. The bill was then read a first time. The Earl of LUCAN said he understood the noble and learned lord intended to bring on the second reading of his bill on Thursday next, which he thought was rather too soon. The Eail of DERBY said that on a question of such great importance opportunity should be given for the fullest consideration, and it was not asking too much to ask ten days' notice. Lord LYNDEIURST had no objection to postpone the second reading , to Friday week. Earl STANHOPE said he had a notice of motion for that day. It was ultimately arranged that the second reading should be taken on Friday week, Earl Stanhope haring postponed his motion to the following Monday. The house adjourned at 20 minutes to 7. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Lord STANLEY took the oaths and his reat for King's Lynn, on his re-election after accepting the office of President of the Board oiControl. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The lorc:s' areendmentg to the following I rivate bills were considered and agreed to :—Brentf9rd Gas ; Stoke Fenton and Longton Gas; and Sufferance Wharves, Port of London. The following bills were read a third time and passed: —Halifax Park and Improvements, North British Rail way (Consolidation, &c.), West End of London an.l Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway (Abandon ment). The following bills were further considered, and or dered to be road a third time : —East Suffolk, Yarmouth and Haddiscoe, and Beceles Railway Companies Amal gamation. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AND EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. Mr. MACAULAY moved the postponement of the further cossideration of this bill for a F , rtnight. After some discussion, in which Mr.Noi tb, Mr. Cross, Mr. Card?‘ ell, Mr. F. Crossley, Mr. Ridley, Mr. Fi'z roy, Mr. Henley, Mr. Powtll, Mr. John Bright, Mr. Sinollett, Mr. E.tcourt, and several other honourable members spoke upon the motion for delay, which was to give an opportunity of reconsidering amalgama tion and the substitution of a working arrangement for a certain number of years, as being more beneficial for the public interest, and also for the reconsideration of the tolls to be taken throughout the di-tract, the amendment was withdrawn, and the further con sideration of the bill was postponed till to-morrow, to give the promoters an opportunity of conferring with the Board of Trade on the suject. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN SHIRE AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. Mr. SPOONEE moved that in consequenc9 of the printer r f the house being unable to complete the print ing of the evidence taken before the committee on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire and Great Northern Railway CompaLies Bill, in group 8 of Rail way and Canal Bills, the consideration of the bill be further adjourned until Monday, 14th June, Mr. M. GIBSON objected to any further delay. The amendment for which the bill was on a former occasion adjourned had boen made in it, and no case bad been made out for a further adjournment. He hoped the house woull support the committee, whose revrt was based on the Parliamentary policy of 1853 rela- tive to railways. He thought honourable mem bers might place confidence in the la: ours of the committee, without waiting to receive and read 21 days' evidei ce taken before them. Sir J. HANMER, chairman of the committee, said the members of the committee were nuanioncus en the bill, with the exception of one point, which, by the de lay, ba I been agreod to by the parties interested. He had no objection to the postponement'of the bill, that he might have an opportunity of reading the evi dence. Mr. YOIING urged the house to pass the bill. Mr. HENLEY said be bad now nothing to object to in the bill, but others had. If the promoters of the bill would fix its third reading for Friday next there would be no time lost, and bon. members would have an op portunity of reading the evidence in the meantime. Mr. SPOONER assented to the suggestion and with drew his motion. The amendments were then agreed to. GREAT SOUTHERN OF INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY BILL. This bill was read a second time. The private business occupied the attention of the house the extraordinary period of upwards of one hour and a half. ENDOWED SCHOOLS (IRELAND). Mr. KIRK gave notice that en the 29th he should e%ll the attention of the house to the report on Endowed Schools (Ireland). THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND THE MACKEREL FISHERIES. Lord A. PAGET gave notice that he should to mor row ask a question of the First Lord of the Admiralty, relative to the laying down of buoys by the Atlantic Telegraph Company off the east coast of Bent, which interfered with the mackerel ffiheries, and if it was his intention to sanction their continuance. THE MILITIA. In answer to Colonel SMYTH, General PEEL said that with regard to the first part of the question the sulject would be referred to a c Nmmittee sitting relAtive to the army, and that with regard to the second part of the question it was the in tention of her Majesty's Government to call out the regiment of militia which had not been recently em bodied. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS (IRELAND.) In answer to Mr. 6REER, Lord NAAS said it was the intention of the Govern ment to introduce a measure for the registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Ireland. In answer to Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. S. FITZGERALD said her Majesty's Govern ment had given instructions to prevent atrocities by the Chinese authorities in Canton while under the protec tion of the English and French tan and if necessary, by force. PAPER DUTY. Mr. DILLWYN asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether there was any difference between the case of the waste cuttings of envelopes an d th ose of writing paper, which made it right that a drawback should be given to the former and not to the latter, and, if so, what was that difference Mr. HAMILTON said the difference arose from the cuttings from envelopes being of a character easy of de• tection, and could not be brought into consumption like the waste cuttings of writing paper. - • • MANNING THE NAVY. Admiral DUNCOMBE asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he had any objection to state the names of the Royal Commissioners on the Manning of the Navy ; and also, if he would lay on the table of the house a copy of the instructions issued for their guidance ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was unusual to state the names of a Royal Commission until they were published in the Gazette. That would eoon be done. The instruc tions for the commissioners would be the resolution on AT FIXED RENTALS. I Leasing* 'Companies Closinz Prices yesterJa y I Ln.&N.W. ICalodon E.U. Gt.Nortlin E. Count. ' Caldonian. Gt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do S.Fahtern Do Peto Co Do dtli. W E. Count Do Do ... ..... Do LA;A.Vir Do (.4 t.Northn T. Britssoy M. MCI oft% Stk.&Dar. Do Gt.Weetn Do. , 99 - 101 101 - 103 13 - 15 138 - 140 4 - A - di 13 - 14 24 - 25 98 - 100 97 - 99 57 - 59 - 140 8i - 9 92- - 101, 32 - 33 1 90 - 92 1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) ... „. St. 100 Brig. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 95 97 20 9 ( Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... ... St. 100 'Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 100 102 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... ... St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... -- ... 61 all Cork& Bandonslp.c. ... . , 64 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 di St. 1.00 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. ... -- St. 100 ,Do, do. Cls. B 6p, c. 110 115 St. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7P. c. 107 112 116 St. 100 Eas.Co•Ex,sp.cNo.l 115 118 114 St. 100 Do. No. 2 ...... ll3 116 St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 132 134 20 all East Mi. G. 6p. c. 79 81 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. ... ... 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. ... ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... ... ... St. 100 East Lane ash. 6 p.ets. ... ... 138 5 all - E.&W, York. J. sth• ... ... 10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... ~. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. ... ... St. 100 Furness, sp. c ... ... St. 100 Glas, & 5.W.G.5 p.c . • -- . . St. 100 Groat Northn. 5 p.e 120 123 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 112 114 St. 100 Do. 41 per cent lO4 106 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 6 p. c. prem. 10 all Gt.N.ofSeot.lstPrc lOl 114 20 all Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... ... 20 all Do, 4 per c. Prof. St. ... .. 6 1 50 lGt.W.(B.&ll.Ex,spe 51 e 4 St. 100 , Do. con, red. 44 p.c. 91 93 St. 100 jDo, con. rod. 4p. c. 85 87 St. 100 Do, irred. 4 per lent. 85 87 St. 100 Do. sp. c, red. prof. 100 102 8 all Do. Birm, Pref. S'i 9l 10.} 10 all Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S l6 17 10 all Do, do, sp.c. do 9l 1 0 1 St. 100 Do. Birm, Gua. Stk 73 74 26t all Do, Chesil. Gua.iSh lBl 191 134 all Do. do. do 9 91 20 all Do, do, do. 134 14§ St. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. 138 142 139 St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l ... ... St. 100 D0.,1 3 .,5 p.c.St.No.2 ... ... St, 100 Do. New Guar. 6p,c. ... ... St. 100* Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 ... ... St. .100 Lon. & N.W., Coy, & Nuneaton s r . ct ... ... St. 100 Lon. di S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares . 121 all ,Londy.& Color. 1 81.1 ... ... 121 all Londy. &Ennis. I Sh. ... .. 2 • St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 121 123 6 44 Do. do. do. £6 ..„ . 1 1 St. 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. * 66 68 121 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ... ... 121 all Do, 41 per cent •• ..• 124 101 Do. do, St. 100 Nlid.Consol.6 p.c. St ... ... St. 100 Do•Con • Br.Bir.6p.c 137 139 139 St. 100 Do, 41 p. c. Pref. St lO2 104 St. 100 Do. L. .. , .1.1. Pref. St 92 94 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr sp.c.red.sp.c.pm . . . ... 10 all Do, Perpet. 6 pr. ct ll 11; 10 all Norfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh ... ... St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... ... St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... ... St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. t.,1847 ... . . St. 100 North British 106 108 1071 7 1 7 31 Do. 71. Preference _I St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4p. c. Prf. 197 99 98 17 91 Do. do. do 1 1 d 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 ... ... 121 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 ... 25 10 Do. York 11. &S. Pur 4 1 i p 20 all North Staffordshire., 221 234 ' St. 100 i Ox., Wor. & Woly, 6 p.c., let guar.., llB 120 St. 100 Do, 6p.c. 2d guar lO5 107 St. 1100 II Do. do. Debentr. St l.OO 102 84' all 'Scot. Cent. New Pre: St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 120 122 St. 100 Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 125 130 St. 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 73 75 25 all South Dovon lO 10,i 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent ... „. .0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading St. 100 Ann.) per r 2 c l en O t s. 6d 23 24 St. 100 Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh ll O O Ol -- 1 1 0 9 2 3 gt. 100 Do. New 41 pr. cent ... ... St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p c. ... ... St. 100 Do, do. 41 p. c 113 * 20 all S.Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar l5 17 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 271 2FI 25 19 Do. do. do. - St. 100 I Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc 43 --• 48 BRITISH MINES. . . 2112'Alfred Cons. (Philk.)' 10 11 20 14 British Iron .. . . 3 4 . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.)l 80 . 90 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.)'46o 480 ... 30 East Basset (Illogan) 90 - 95 ... 17s Great South Tolgus 143 156 ... 11 i G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 51 5 ... 711 Grt. W. Vor (Helstn.) 16 --2 1a ••• 17s I Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 7 8 N.W.Basset (Mogan) 91 10. „. 6115 1 North Wheal Crofty 56 66 ... 11 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy)l 20 21 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) . . ... ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1 . 6 1i ... 26 S. Caradon (St. Clear) 395 405 ... 2S. earn Brea (Illogn.) 36 46 . . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.)i23s -- 24 i 5 46 •Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. I i 1 10 9 Tin Croft 36 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) . . ... ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camay,) . 1 11 ... 16 W. Basset (Illogan) 246 256 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 100 110 ... 56 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 215 220 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) 29 : -) - 300 ... 116 All. Edward (Calstck) Si 41 ... 1175 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 11 .._ 8 I Wh.Ma. AIM (Menht.) 47 49 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 28 25 FOREIGN MINES. 41,1, - zu iA Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) i —i P 35 27 Brazilianltnp.(issued at ..C5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes dr Cuiada ... . . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 126 1 . 36 1 A Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 44 47 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop ! per Mining Co 1 6 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - - 91 5 li Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 4 g 1 all Novean Monde ••• 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.dt Smlt 6 7 5 1 Port Philip t 30 16/ Santiago de Cuba 1 % 21 all United Mexican !31— 31 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... -- ... 25 19 !Australian Agrioult. 29 30 10 all I Australn. Royal Mail 11 lA 10 1 all ! Berlin W a t er Wo r k s. 3 1 41 10 ' 2 Do. New iss. at 51. d ... 50 40 IBrit. A m .. erican Land, ... • 100 326 Canada 1130 135 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&Jul .) 116 117 116/ i St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Prof. 7 6 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll li 5 all IDo. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 all 'Eastern Steam .36 i • i St. 100 Electriclelegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... _ 5 all En.daust.Cop.SmCo li fi 10 10s. Eur. & Ind..lctn. Tel. . ... 9 all Eur.&Arn.Stm.(lira.) ii 7. 4 20 .Lll Gon. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim•Y ... ... 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. _ 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lend. Gen. Omnibus 21 26 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig . ... _ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 8 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. ... ..... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americb ... _ ... 23 5 Nat. Discount Co i _..., B j 10 6 !Netherlands Land f —ll 10 all Do. Do. 5 all !Do. 8 p.e.Pf. iss. at 1d lf 21 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 'New B. &N. S. Land 14 17 st. 100 IN.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 1011 1021 1021 a 1 1 all N. B. Australasian... B ..... 20 all; Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 21 3 . i l 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares i 1 d P 5 all Peellir. Ld. do Miurl. 1i 26 50 all Peninsular dc Oriental 80 82 50 10 Do. New 50 all hymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 586 - 596 591 1 all scot. Austral. Invest. 1 14 St. 100 S.Aus.Gov.6p.c.bds. 110 112 25 all South Austral. Land 366 371 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus, Ln. Co. Up. Can. ... -- ... 10G 281 Van DIONIOII'B Land , 13 1.7 14 Business this day. 123 25 20 St. St. St. 8i st. st. 25 10 1.0.6; St. St. St. St. 20 25 25 St. 1191 which it was issued. He was not aware there was any intention to give them fresh in.tructions. THE 78Til HIGHLANDERS. Mr. CAMPBELL wished to ask the — Secretary of State for War, in reference to the recent distinguished mark of her Majesty's favour corferred on the 321F,0t • for tkeir gallant dkLrice of Luctinow, whether or not it was his intention to recommend to the gracious consi deration cf the Sovereign the claims of the 78'.11 lenders, to redeem the pledge given to the regirneLt - hy Sir Henry Havelock and Sir James OuLram. General PEEL said this was one of those questions which be thought tni4lat with propriety be put eff. (Hear, bear.) It was no part of his duty to recommend any particular re4iments to the favourable notice of the G own. With regard to the question he naght 2 I ow ever, say ghat no despatch bad been received which re com'uended any particular honours to be paid to the 78th, but there was no record of any pledge given either by General Havelock or General Outram with regard to it. On the contrary, the only record he found was in a letter of the Tim es , Si r J . • Outeam in that letter was made to say that, glorious as was the conduct of the 7Sh, it was nobly emulated by all the troops, and the 90t,ii and 64.11 were particularly mentioned. If any re- F:irutnmclation reached him he should feel great pleasure in laying it before the Commander-in-Chief. SUPPLY. Mr. FITZROY brought up the report on the F.' upp 7 Y which was agreed to. EDUCATION COMMISSION. In reply to Lord J. RossELL, Mr. WALPOLE said tbat the cornmi4sion cn educa tion moved for by his right hon. friend (Sir J. Pakii•g ton) was almost ready. THE INDIAN RESOLUTIONS. The house went into committee on the Indian resolu tions, Mr. FITZROY in the chair. On the third resolution, which refers to the councl, and declares that it should not consist of less than 12 or mcre than 18 members. Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. ROEBUCK rose together—the calls of the committee being for Mr. GlVatone. Mr. ROEBUCK—I rise to order. I proposed a m(1- tion that there should be no council at all for the go vernment of India, and it was considered by the home on the last occasion that it would be the most logical mode of proceeding to take that proposition first. I now sir, ]cave it to yours, As a logical head, to decide whether lam not logically first before the house. (Laughter.) The Ch AIRMAN _decided that the &Meiaimenta of the right hon. gentletoan (Mr. Gladstone) had precedence and called on the right bon. gentleman to pronged. Mr. ROEBUCK (amidst calls for Mr. Glad,tone) said—l rise again to order. lam sure, sir, you will re collect what took place on the last occasion, and that the committee then decided that my propo,,ition, as being logically first in order, should be first di, , cussed. Lord J. MANNERS—I rise to order, and wish to ask whether, after you, sir, have ruled, it is canipttfrnt for the hon. and learned gentleman to proceed I Mr. AYRTON wished to know whether, as the hr.n. and learned member for Sheffield was in possession of the committee when the question was last before them, and as this was an ttdj , urnment of the proceedings, it was competent fcr any other hon. member to cut in with a new amendment! Tne CHAIRMAN said it had been decided in Mr. Duffy's case that a member who had been addressing a committee was not in possession of the committee after an adjournment. He therefore called on the right hon. gentleman to proceed, Mr. GLADSTONE then rose, and Paid he could as sure the hon. and learned gentleman that nothing was further from his intention than to avail himself of any technical firms for the purpose of interfering with that logical order of the proceedings on which the hon. and learned gentleman so stroagiy insisted. But he did agree with the hon. and learned gentleman in his view of logi cal order. If it had been determined that the present Court of Directors should be abolished it might then be proper to consider the question whether there should be a new council at all before discussing what the new coun cil should be. (Hear, hear.) But as the character of his proposition was to keep the Court ef Directors in e xii-t -euce fora limited time, subject to rouse modifications, he submitted that the more proper and orderly mode of pro ceeding was to decide that proposition first. They were now, on the 7:h of June, about to resume, or he should rather say to recommence, the work ef legislation on the affairs of India. He did not lay much stress on the period orthe year at which they began this work, be cause if public considerations required that they should , proceed to definite and conducive legislation on this subject, it was the duty of the house to disregard alto gether every consideration connected with personal con venience and arrangements ; but on the other hand, the house must be aware that in that case the session must be protracted for an indefinite period, or they must dis turb the ordinary arrangements and die ribution of the business of the house. The motion made by his right hon. friend the member for Oxford, and the discussion to which it gave rise, were sufficient, he though! . ., to show that the settlement of India wa ; a matter of greater difficulty that some of them had supposed, and breueht home to them in a practical way that in setting; about a reform of the Indian government, they sheuli proceed with the utmost circurnspecti In. (Hem-, hear.) Bet the eneatinuance of the war iu Irdia was anetter circum stance which must weigh with the houso in considering this question. (Hear.) Uehapply the c intinuance of the war in India did not mean any longer its coetieu ance from mall to mail, because since they last dis cussed the question they were landed in the hot period of the year, and the most sanguine moan amongst teem did not now expect, did not now believe it—he might almost say— possible that that war, which unfortunately had assumed so much a more formidable character since the time when they were accu-tomed to describe it as a mere military mutiny, could be terminated in the pre sent session of Parliament. (Hear.) There was no man who would not probably feel thankful if complete train quillity was restored to India by the time they met again in the next session of Parliament. He leoked upon the question of the continuance of the war, both on general and on more particular grounds, as ore having an im portant and even a vital bearing on the question whe ther we should continue the attempt definitively and completely to legislate for India in the present se , eien. (Beer.) He would venture to ask the noble lord (Pal merston) and his colleagues in the late Government whether, if they imagined the war would have been pro tracted to the present period, with a prospect of at lea t aix months' further hostilities before them, they would have introduced their bill in February 1 He doubted whether they would have done so. But the house having twice determined, the first time by a large and the see, nil time by an overwhelming majority, not to postpone le gislation this session, he wished to testify his respect for that decision, and to affirm by a bill in the present ses sion the principle adopted by the house, that the govern ment of India should bo transferred to the Crown, and that the power acquired by the Crown should be exer cised by a responsible Minister. As one connected with the mercantile class of this country he must say that those who sought to find grounds to disparage that class for government should not lock for materials for their arguments in the admieidration of India. (Hear, hear.) But it was admitted on all hands that there was much in the objection of the cumbrousness of form under which tae business was conducted. On the other hand, let it not be supposed that they were going to conduct the Government of India with railway rapidity. (Hear.) He was very much struck with the pregnant declaration which he saw in one of these able documents which emanated from the East India Com pany since these discussions began—" That the forms for transacting Indian business were practically and in fact the constitution of India." But it was admitted that these forms were unnecessary and inconvenient. He would remedy that inconvenience by proposing that the minister for the Crown who was to be responsible fur the Government of India should be placed in direct connec tion and jextaposition with the Court of Directors by presiding as their chairman whenever he thought proper to do so. That was the first part of his preposition ; and the second was that the President of the Board of Control should take into his hands and exercise the power of tne chairman of the Board of Directors over and above the power of presiding at the deliberations of the court. This proposition was made with a view of meeting the objec tion derived from what was known as the initiative of the company. At present the initiative was in the hands of the chairman and deputy-chairman of the company. Therefore the effect of what he proposed would be to enable the responsible minister to assume, as far as he found it necessary, th e i n i t i at i ve in the ansaction of Indian business. It would be a mistake to suppose that his proposition was simply one for the Altus quo, or that it was a mere nominal transfer of power from the hands of the company to the Crown, for whilst the change was one which would introduce no great diqtrrangetnent, either in the proceedings of the president i f the beard or of the company, it would satisfy the spirit of the re solution to which the house had arrived, whilst it would aisnost entirely meet the practical objection made by s he noble lord on the present coestEut ion of the Home Go vernment, for India, and which he stated as the reason for the bill which he introduced into the House cf Commons. He was rf opinion that they should give effect to the judgment at which the house arrived ; but on the other hand he had a strong opinion, which he believed was shared by many in the house, that it was not practicalele, during the present session of Parliament, to dispose Indian Government and conclusively of the question of th e Government in such a manner as befitted that question. He laid stress on the words "as befitted the question," because he admitted it was in their power to legislate. io The bill might be a very simple one, if thepropos n of the hon, and learned member for Sheffield was adopted, But he did not think they could pass such is bill as would be worthy of the subject. The problem of the Indian Government which was presented to them was only the most formidable that ever came before them, not b u eese greatest and most formidable problem that was ever presented to any nation in the while his tory of the world, because it was the first time when a people at one extremity of the globe had attempted to hold within their rule 200,000,000 at the other ex tremity of the globe—and to hold them within their . rule on what conditions ? Not on the condition on which great conquerors proceeded great conquests had been made by races of superior energy which in the coarse of time amalgamated with the conquered race and incorporated themselves with them co as to become one consistent and homogeneous body. But that was not their position in India. They went to India, not to become Indian, or to incorporate themselves with the people, They went there not only as strangers but to remain strangers, not as a race, but as T ere was no Euglishutan who went to India who did nee, remain in India as much ao Engliduan . as before e left his native shore. (Cheers.) This constituted but one of the difficulties at this great problem, hut as hetweeu delay and precipitation in leg,islaion, it was enough to influence him in preferzieg delay because the evils that could arise from aelay word', be insignificant compared with the ens s arising from precipitation. With re, are' to the political position cf the natives of bad they made up their ? There were s ~ m e very bign authorities v.ho theught that their proper function in India was to educate the natives fin tegber Yociat and political duties. Mr. Kaye, who pos. sweet greet praatieal knowledge of India, says' " the Itnis,ion ef the native=s of India to the highest eifices of the state is situely a question of time ;" nod Mr. lialiday ear, "I believe that our mission in India is to qualify the natives for governing themselves." A full consideration el this ought to enter into any measure that peeled the House of Cornrnone ; but he could not conceive a more nefortunlite ti meh , rhe e n n o g iTi g g cd th it a i t a q w ti: r s ; ton than the present, when they were when any concession might be attributed , not to their deliberate convictioee, but to fear. (Req..) Then, with regard to the civil service. Of the fernier be would not on that occasion eay anything. Bet how to deal with the military set vice was no email question. (13f-ar:) W as i t a email matter to destroy altogether tho relatien w hi c h niveitstect between the great army cf India and those to whom they were accustomed to look upon as their nett*. •al protectors ? No revere: ce was made te that army in the resolutions of the Government, and thou Ii reference bad baste niede to it is tit bill of the late Government, teat reference weal made in such a way that tie thought it, had been better omitted: (llt ar.) The t fatale , . of that army would occupy a kind of secTatortry position, for trey would net be Qutea'S (facers, but a kind of local force, wanting that true military spirit which was fos tered by belouging to a disitiect service, and partaking more af the 01a: teeter of a cees'abulvy or police force in some county (f Eoglend. He must confess that for his own part, he had always thought it a very great misfor tune that the Indian army should be awed in any situa tion of relative inferiority at all. (Hear.) What was India ? What was the Indian army It was the finest military school in the world. With regard to the Queen's army, such was the general tranquillity of her dominions that in time of peace it was with the utmost difficulty the military character of the Queen's army could be deve loped. With regard to the native army in India, were they ti place it, commanded as it was by British officers, in a secondary position? He wished to know whether they cola deal with leti various sutj-cts connected with Indian h.gia!:Aion at this iti-tnent ? In *hat position were they g,ing topics tbefo:c.,i The ,whject was one ofgreat difficulty; it ir velved the entire question ofreorganisatioa and could not be exelurieci from consideration in a final ychetne of Iretian I -e-lation. He would again refer to another subject of very greet importance, and one abso lutely rtqu,iiiig review when they were dealing with the question of Indtau government, but to which there was not the sligateet reference in either ;he bills or the re-o lutioes. He meant the question of the constitution of the local government of India. Some seemed to think that this was alt a matter of course, that they had a ma chine in motion, moving like clock werk, and that no teing inure was required than a few menthe considera tion of legislation for Indian government, and there was nothing demanding attention ie connection with the lo• cal goeerurnente. Such was not the opinion of Parlia ment in former times. He did not believe that even those bast acquainted with India had at the present moment arrived at a solution of all the leading questions con nected with the local governments. It was a matter of doubt whether it was desirable to constitute these go vernm.mts on the footing of an independent governing establishment in each presidency, or whether they should centralise the authority in the bands of the Governor- G etteral in Calcutta. At a former period the local go vernments w.re to a great degree independent, as was natural when et the early stage of our power Calcutta was not the head-quarters, but in 1853 the independence of the local governments was diminished. At present there were two systems in operation with regard to the local governments which were somewhat incongtuoua. The govereor in each presidency had a completeadvising council, as if be were independent ; but, on the other hand, his independence was reduced within the narrow est bounds. Generally speaking, he was a Bert of sub governor, holding h'e power subject to the discretion of the Governor-Gererai at Calcutta, whilst at the same time he had a council constitutel to a great extent as if he exercised independent power. When they were re vising the machinery of the lielian government, it was important they should consider to what degree they ought to centralise the power in the. hands of the Governor- General, of leave it with the governors ; if it was to be ceotialieed, whether the govey nore ought still to be euta rounded by acouncil, and whether the presidencies ought nut to berepresent•i in the councilat Calcutta, where thezr affairs were in the last resort to lee determined ! These were all questions of great importance, strictly relevant to the question of Indian government, and yet nu which neither the late nor present Government had given any judgment. Were riot thee.) questions on which they ought to have an opportunity of consulting those.distin guished men who were now a xsrcieing power in India, clethed with the authority of her Majesty ! Was it rational to proceed in such a manner ? If these ques tiens of local government deserved to he examined, would it not be Ivorth while to court the opinion of Lord ()Arming, Lord Harris, aid Lord Etpbinstone, who had practical experience I He wished to submit to the c)minittee, as they were about to attempt final and corn prelieneive legislation for India, a few words with re gard to Indian finance. He did not refer to the claims which might be made by persons who, being creditors of the Indian Government, may consider that Parlia ment has no right to alter their eecurity by removing the East India Company from the position of debtor without their consent. (Hear, bear.) This was a matter on which he b&ieved, that, before they were able to legislate, they would be called on to enter into a great deal of minute consideration. Thi•e however, else not what he wished now to direct attention to, He referred to the subject of finance in connection wi.h the war now going on. They were called on to adopt a new act for the government of India ; not a temporary, but a defi nite and comprehensive scheme ; and it was desirable that on the all-important subjects connected with the government they should make arrangements which would stand to a reasonable degree the wear and tear of time. How did tl e question of Indian finance now stand with iegard to the great question of liability fu r the Indian debt ? When they thought they had no- V.ing to deal with but a military mutiny, or when they believed the war would terminate with the taking of Delhi or the capture of Luc now, it was natural enough to suppose that they had in view the extreme limit of the financial liabilities they were ab ,ut to incur, so as to enable them to proceed with final legislation. That was not the case now. They should consider on what revenues or what exchequer the Indian debt was to be secured? The Indian revenues fnened but a limited fund; he did not moan to say they would not increase, but when lie looked to the nature of our tenure of that coun try and our present difficulties, he did not think they could calculate very ex ravagantly on. the elasticity of the revenue. They might mortgage the labear and capi tal of England to any extent so long as persons were ready te lend money, and whenever they found a geed reason to borrow; there could be no doubt as to the suf. fciency of the security; but owing to the present state of India and the probable length of the war, the receipts of revenue must be diminished from the present 25 cr 30 millions, whilst, en the other hand, they could not ex pect to carry on the war at an expense of less than 10 to 15 millions a-year, thus lessening the condition of Indian Iluance to the extent of some 15 millions. Did they mean to d. &are that the debt contracted on behalf of India should be charged only on the revenue of India? (hear, hear.) If they passed this act, they would lay down a new basis fur Indian finance; that basis ought to be sufficiently broad. There were ether relations hetween Indian debt and Indian fianance and the ultimate re sources of this enuntry. (Elear.) But at this moment tl revenue was diminishing, the debt and charges were in creasing; was it safe or prudent to choose such a mc merit for the purpose of altering and reconstituting the entice basis of Indian debt and Indian finance? Thee' were all points on which, it appeared to him, it was im possible for them to proceed or even profess to proceed to any deficits or comprehensive legislation. There was another qua: tion to which he would only refer ; it was not touched by the resolution, hut it was one which must be fully discussed in that house—he meant the tic constitutional peeition in which, from the occurrence of unforeseen circumstances, the prerogative of the Crown was placed as regarded the use of Indian finance and the Indian army for purposes not local, but Indian. theAt e present ro wn—t Crown—the h e ere Britishw er two a armiesrmy and at th thee Indiandisposalayor.f. The British army existed only by the de p c o la w r e ed o io be a liatnent. In the Bill of Rights it , ne wa s s ubject to keep on bi:gh violation of the liberties toot a standing army without th ba tet the t authority - of Paint men r, y tw ex e e lv rc e i m se o d n , there was no permanent he • and so much jealously was u e t t i h: c a e t au F tb r o t t; m it t welvetuontb anact declared the number every of the force, and annual f a mutiny rthingof the cost was separately d into effect by the British voted by tb , Louse; andif ever any measure involving his Pities were to be came a rmy, the Ministe r was obliged to info rm the house by message , at d request their concurrence in his policy. a, the position of the British army ; but there S Z I w anot h er army, of which the Parliament and people o f England knew little, over the management of whi c h they taduo control. Were they going to place in the hands of the Crown the whole management of this finance and this army ? (Hear.) Was it possible that at this time of day the House cf Commons could be so forgetful of the traditions of other times, so unworthy of the duties that had descended on theta, as to countenance so uneonstitutional an anomaly ? When the time oao3ll he would denounce in plain language so monstrous a doctrine, so dangerous to the maint enance of their power in India, and the maintenan ce o f t h e i r liberties at home, and the privileges of Parliament. Let them no t suppose that they had done th e i r duty as guardians of their liberties, if after allowing this they established pillowsbecause with they the h a nominal Parliamentary respons ib ility. Let them not d la i y sch t their i g r e heads i r o on their duties d i dea retainedthey had the power of calling the Minister to account. (Hear.) That was a shadowy power, and they would not discharge their duty if they surrendered into the bands of the Crown, or rather (~f those sitting on the Ministerial bench, the whole power the army and taxes of the cogs' try, end say, "It is all rigbt, they aro responsible to the He use of Commons." This question was not so im portant PO long as the Indian wars and Indian army were merely local; but they now ruled over two hun dred millions of men and were in contact with. a vast frontier. The jealousy of English statesmers now saw, or imagined they saw, British, European, and world-wide interest in Indian wars ; and felt it necessary to cross Asia and mount the Persian Gulf, for the purpose of using the regiments of the Indian army. It was time for the house to interfere, unless they wished 1 ing• ander S un' r (s), Aid, ~,