The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

Df de; old i 3weis t. On Ls fol- „. THE SUN, LONDON, !MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1860. ters that he is as ignorant of life amidst India.' jungles as he is of engineering and other matters. Young ladies do not ride out in the jungles by themselves—tigers do not gallop after them, and the charge of shot intended to bring down a bus tard is not calculated to knock over a full-grown tiger and leave him dead on the spot ; and, in con clusion, Sir Cresswell Cresswell did not dissolve the matrimonial ties at the period of the Crimean war. We think that Mr.Ouida had better in future confine himself to subjects of a simpler nature, or else put on a little more steam and try and write a burlesque. He need not doubt his abilities. Let him but give free vent to his natural feelings, and express his opinions candidly, with passing comments on engi neering and wild sports, and his success will be certain. Colburn's United Fervice Magazine. The United service of this month contains a very sensible article entitled "Revelations of Dockyard Extravagance," which the members of the Royal Commission for investigating the subject, sanctioned byParliament a short time ago,would do well to study. The mismanagement and devil-may-care system in which the affairs of our dockyards are conducted call loudly for reform. The unaccountable way in which £5,000,000 sterling have disappeared, with out any return, no one knows how, and for the loss of which no one is to blame, and no one is responsible, is enough to rouse a heavily taxed people to re monstrance, especially when they consider that this £5,000,000 is equivalent to sd. in the pound in come-tax. People grumble and are dissatisfied at Mr. Gladstone's imposition of an extra penny, while five times that amount is squandered away owing to the absurd forms and ceremonies in fashion in our naval yards, and the irresponsibility of the officials. There is a brief sketch of the " Spanish War in Morocco." " The Army Medical Department" is continued, as is also " The Russian Account of the Crimean Campaign," which is really written in a fair spirit, and goes into minute details. The narrative of a " Trip to the Himalayas" is in teresting, the author availing himself of a month's leave of absence to visit these lofty mountains. His account of his expedition is straightforward .and simply written, and his extenuation of the superstitions and prejudices of the natives, as the following extract will show, proves that he is a man possessed of very tolerant and sensible opinions— prepared on a small scale. He will buy bone, with his meat which he cannot turn to account, and his wife is often so bad a cook that she would spoil the best food. We have not space to discuss the wri ter's project for establishing kitchens, but we cotn- mend it to the readers' attention, and fully agree with him in saying that the best way to stop the rage for liquor in this country would be to " restore the balance between meat and drink," to make the edibles more nutritious and inviting. The best cure for the excessive drink- ingorthe lower classes, he observes, " is not a Maine Liquor Law, but soup and sausages, pud dings and pies." There are two poetical contribu. tions, neither deserving especial encomium. ?he Constaututional Press Magazine ; a Review of Politics, Literature, the Church, the .Drama, and Fine rts. Saunders and Ottley. " About two p.m., being provided with an intelligent guide, I set off for the foot of the mountains ; after an hour's gradual ascent over a wet mossy sward, we came to a chain of rocky hills, from which the feeders of the great Ganges rush out in great numbers, all of which uniting within the distance of a mile or two, expand into an unfordable river. To bathe in it is esteemed an act of great devotion, and though the temperature was about the freezing point, the Hindoos of my party plunged into the sacred stream over head and ears, though most of them caught severe colds in conse quence of their bath. " On a near approach to the above chain of hills they were found to be an enormous boulder, or moraine—an ac cumulation of immense stones brought down from the over looking mountains by avalanches, every year adding to their numbers, and thousands of y ears enlarging the deris to the magnitude of the mountain range. " Treading along to the right, the guide brought us to a sort of tarpeian rock, called Byrovajamp, from the summit of which pilgrims were wont to throw themselves as living sacrifices, thus ending their days by being dashed to pieces. Such living sacrifices were considered acts of supreme de votion, insuring the victim the highest rewards in a future state of existence. " From this rock the no less celebrated Valley of the Sha dow of Death, called Mahapunt, takes its rise, a long ascend ing- slope between two rocky precipices, that ends in perpe tual snow. According to Hindoo mythology, this Maha punt is believed to be the most direct road to the world of spirits. With the assurance of the most favoured reception after the journey of this life is over, pilgrims bent upon self. sacrifice took leave of ther relations, as before an exe cution ; with the resolution of never returning, and the conviction that if they only persevered long enough, and far enough, they would be rewarded with a blessed immor tality, they entered the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and eventually perished in the snow. This periodical is conducted with great skill, and the tone has been moderated in some of the poli tical articles, which is a great advantage, as zeal without discretion occasions more mischief to the cause it advocates than a mere lukewarm support. In this number there is no lack of articles on every subject, from" grave to gay, from lively to severe: First comes the very interesting story of " Hopes and Fears," which has nearly reached a crisis, and which improves greatly as it proceeds. This authoress is remarkably felicitous in her domestic descriptions, and Lucilla is a very life-like portraiture. One of the most noticeable points in this chanter is the fact of the well-inters • tioned curate becoming a veritable marplot, and totally undermining all the scheme which promised so well of Lucilla going to visit Honor. The last chance seems now gone, and one can fancy her good angel bidding her farewell as, restless and wilful, she starts for Paris without owning her fault or seeing her friends. "A Minute Ago" is con cluded, and it is a very readable composition, writ ten with spirit and vivacity, The first Edition of the "Battle of Copenhagen" is most interesting to study, and it will be found very edifying to com pare it with the "Battle of the Baltic," into which splendid poem it was afterwards merged. In perusing the inimitable stanzas which abound in the works of Campbell, one is re minded of the admirable reply made by Punch to the peace champion, who derided them, ex claiming that the " Mariners of England " and many such odes were written. " We beg thy par don, friend Bright, many such odes were not written." " The Horn Book of Phycology" is a psper that is very applicable to the wants of the present day, when such subjects are so prevalent in society. This chapter is on sea-weed, which has recently much engaged the attention of various classes of travellers. " The Royal Academy " is a criticism of some of the best pic tures there exhibited. The writer does not enter on the ungracious task of fault finding, but points out the beauties and excellencies of the chef d'ceurres, therefore there is nothing to cavil at in these pleasing pages. The religious articles are very carefully written, and the one on the Oriental Churches is well worthy of perusal. The " Koolah, or Snow Storm, at Erzeroom," is a very interesting account of the "dreadful visitant," as this is truly called. It is thus caused—" A great circulation of wind follows upon the withdrawal of the clouds, and rushing in draughts from all sides through the clefts of the mountains it sweeps the snow out of every crevice and corner, and forming a kind of whirlwind it carries up the frozen snow from the ground in a column, which falls and buries every thing beneath." It is said that it is far more dan gerous than all the simooms that ever swept the Desert, for the traveller may protect himself from these by lying down, but not so with the fatal Koolagh. Death rushes on the traveller in an overpowering cold, like to that which destroyed 500,000 men in Russia. Well may the narrator exclaim at the conclusion, " Traveller, remember and be on your guard at Sultaniah ; ner venture to travel there, as I did, during December and January, lest you hear the shriek, the fatal shriek, Koolagh." " The Political " Such sacrifices conferred a solemn celebrity upon the surviving relations of the deceased, perhaps equal in their own little circle to that of Marcus Curtius himself in the proud days of ancient Rome. Of late years these human sacrifices were prohibited by the Company's Government, under the heaviest penalties to the accomplices; this ordi nance has become as obselete as that of Suttee, but tradition records an incredible destruction of human life in times long gone by. " The world will cry out, What an infamous Govern ment was that of the old East India Company, that tolera • ted such enormities so long I How very horrible, indeed : !cream o u t our very good Christian people. What benighted ignoranc e I howls out Exeter Hall ; send out more mis sionaries —more Bibles ; drag those heathens from the error of their ways and convert them by fair moans, or by any means I Every good Christian must congratulate huma nity on the suppression of such barbarous rites ; but how ever much he may reprobate them, they convey a moral lesson that may have a good effect on our own more en lightened soc i ety. Have we, good people, no Byrovajamp am ongst ourselves over which our victims of society are daily precipitating themselves, to get rid of a life ;rendered too intolerable to be endured ? Have we no Mahapunt up which our religious devotees clamber in convent chains till they r erish in the freezing cloisters of monastic life ? Have we no funeral piles on which our broken-hearted widows offer themselves up as victims to their deceased husbands' mal - administration? Have we no Juggernauth cars be fore whose wheels our idolatrous daughters prostrate them selves and get crushed to death ? Let our fashionable ladies answer. Is infanticid3 less known amongst us than it for merly was amongst the Rajpoots ? Let our match-making fathers and mothers answer. " Let us consult the records of the Coroner's Courts. the Divorce Courts, the Insolvent Courts, our Courts of inquest and our Courts of fashion, and we shall find that for one primitive llindoo, that sacrificed his life for what he con sidered the good of his soul, a hundred of our fellow countrymen —aye, and of our fellow -countrywomen, have fallen victims to their own acts and their own hands." There are likewise articles on " Our Naval Strength," " Modern Artillery and Naval Ports," " The Coast guard Service," " Victualling of the Army," and other subjects. Colburn's _New Monthly Magazine. The chances of invasion are discussed at length in the opening paper of this number. The writer arrives at the satisfactory conclusion that our Im perial ally is a riddle whom ho would gladly credit with honourable sentiments, but whose hereditary mission is to avenge Waterloo, and who can scarcely be expected to resign his throne in order to keep his plighted word to us. We must hope that he will not be called upon to decide between these alternatives by the impetuosity and prejudice of his army. The singular tale of " Little Grand and the Marchioness" is continued, and another tale of colonial life, " The Belles of the Island," by Mrs. Bushby, proceeds with interest. Neither of the fair heroines appear to be very happily situated in their domestic affairs, and, despite Mrs. Temple's enthusiasm, the picture of West Indian life is not very inviting. Sir Nathaniel contributes a second instalment of his " Nightingale Notes," which like the first is full- of poetical allusion and citation. For heavier subjects we have an article on Mr. Trollope's work on " Filippo Strozzi ; a history of the last days of the old Italian Liberty '." an ac count of the P ro t estant Church at Metz, and a paper on Prince Dolgorouski's Russia. The interesting story of " East Lynne" is continued, and in it Bar bara Hare forfeits our respect and her own by a confession of her love to Mr. Carlyle. The story of the murder is again narrated, and we suspect that Lady IsabePs former lover, Captain Levison, will prove to have been concerned in it. Numerous poetical contributions appear in this number, among them a m e l o di ous b allad from the pen of J. Car penter, and a spirited adaptation of a love song from Horace by W. C. Kent. Horizon" is the last article, which takes rather a gloomy view of affairs, and passes some severe strictures on the management at home, but it is argued that "no vigorous course could be expected from a Government that regulates its home policy at the diction of a Quaker, and employs a com mercial traveller on what are called ambassadorial duties." The paper contains some smart sayings, mingled with some very wise reflections. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufact&res, and 111ines, This serial has reached its eighth part, and the letter I. We have before this drawn attention to this useful work, in which information on all sub jects connected with commerce and industry can be obtained. We find under the head of hair that it can be employed for the most out-of-the•way purposes, in proof of which—" In the Great Exhi bition of 1851, T. Bardoffsk F exhibited a collection of bowls, dishes, plates, &c., &c., formed of the hair of the rabbit, hare, and other animals, which were felted and afterwards varnished. They had the appearance of papier mache, and were very light. In 1857 we imported— Computed Cwts. Of cow, ox, bull, or elk hair 5,913 £27,425 Goats' hair Horse hair and of manufactures of hair or goats' wool not made up, and wholly or in part mr,de up, £233,200 as entered at computed real value." Russia has long been our principal purveyor of hemp and flax, but it is to be hoped, and, indeed, there is every proba bility, that India, under a more efficient Govern ment, will in a great measure take the trade out of her hands. We find that during the year 1857 the Russian exports to this country was 545,266 cwts., while that from India of jute or native hemp was 536,438 cwts. Iron is the last subject noticed in this number, and under this head explanations of the mode of procuring the ore, smelting fur naces, and other matter connected with this useful metal, are given at length. Macmillan's Magazine. A lengthened paper on " The Suffrage" discusses the vexed question of the Reform Bill in reference to its probable effect on the working and profes sional classes. It is from the pen of the Rev. F. D. Maurice, whose writings always deserve attention, although his views are sometimes peculiar. " Shelley, in Pall•mall," adds another to the numer ous essays and articles on the poet's life, which have only one point in common—each asserting that the other's facts are incorrect, and conclusions deceptive. The writer of the paper before ng restricts himself to a narrative of Shelley's publishing transactions with the Stockdales of Pall-mall, and quotes many letters which passed between them. He remarks that the progress of public opinion respecting Shelley has resembled the famous variations of the Monitear on the occasion of Napoleon's return from Elba :—" The tiger has broken loose, the monster has landed, the traitor is at Grenoble, the enemy at Lyons , Napoleon is at Fontainebleau, the Em peror is in Paris." Stockdale, it is said, flourished in the tigrino era, which accounts for the depre catory and defensive tone of his writings on the subject. " Th e Ramsgate Lifeboat" is th title of a very interesting account of a gallant rescue by some of our brave life-boatmen, written by one who was then in the locality, and received the details of the rescue from the men who were engaged in it. The singular and lengthened poem of " The Sleep of the Hyacinth" terminates abruptly, the lamented author having left the manuscript incomplete. "Poet's Corner, or an English - Writer's Touch" is descrip tive of the last resting-place of L awrence St erne , who seems likely t o r 'be a favourite subject for periodical writers. " Tom Brown at Oxford " pro ceeds with spirit, though with a greater admixture of sentiment than is common in the lives of Uni versity men. A criticism on the Royal Academy Exhibition posses an opinion on most of the prin cipal paintings, and a brief paper on the late affair between Sir Charles Trevelyan and Mr. Wilson brings the number to a termination. Beily's Sporting Illagazine This magazine has a portrait of Mr. George Pa y ne for a frontispiece . from Abd-el-K der continued. ontispiece. " From Oxford to St. George" is There on the interesting General letter Dumas, in answer t a is Al a u n b e to questions put by that officer concerning the cu iarities of •the horses of the desert. We are p so to miss Admiral Ro u s' s contributio n this m on r t r?: His articles on the Eng lish race-horse were extremely interesting. "The Experiences of Sydneyeve Godolphin Yahoo" advances, inasmuch as that the seventh nthchapter is completed in this number, but the reader experiences little farther insight into the story , inasmuch that the greater part of the chapter istaken i up in the re lation by Miss Cameron to Mr. Yahoo, dently smitten by her eharms a Dao, who is evi storyr about smugglers, and the accompanyinga wild neces saries of love and murder. The biography of old John Day will interest all, but morea i . pour ulatrly those who remember the doings l u ,h r f before railways altered the face of nature. the racing register, which is conveniently appended on fly-leaves, and other sporting intelligence, complete the number. ilfaiora : A Quarterly Review of Social Science. Partridge and Co. The articles in this periodical are written with care and ability. We would call sp ecial attention to those on "*Macaulay and his - Writings," " The Treatment of Lunatics," and "Slavery in the United States." In the latter, a sketch of the origin of the slave-trade, how the improvement in machinery enhanced the value of slaves, and the influence of the Southern planters, the following extract will show : The Cornhill Magazine. The first half-year and the first volume of the Condit*ll Magazine have come to a prosperous con clusion. The success of the new periodical has been brilliant and unquestioned, and the able editor, in one of his delightful roundabout papers takes occasion to discuss "Some late Great Victories," ." We h ave already remarked that it was the general opi nion that the existence of slavery depended upon the un portation of neg-roes from Africa, and that as soon as such importation cease d t h e i nst i tut i on wou ld gra d ua ll y di e out; for it w as supposed that such a scarcity of the `article' would foll ow upon pro hibi t i on as wou ld so en h anc e its price as to compel planters to resort to free labour as the ' beginning, of course, at Farnborough and ending t cheaper method of cultivating their crops; subsequent at Cornhill. Nevertheless able and successful as events have proved ( w h a t might have been demonstrated a 2 0 .niio l ri) the fallacy of the supposition. In 1790 the number the magazine has been hitlerto, and wonderful as , si e v op e l s re i s n eton th tt e itiie S m t e a , te 4. s ,dl w 6s 7 o 6 o 9 o 7 : B97 ; in 1820, 1,538,064; and is the moderation of its price, we should like to see a t a little more variety in its style and character—a perroof the convention of 1789 the plan few new pens among its contributors. One of the ters of the southern States bad boen engaged principally in , the cultivation of rice and indigo, thn the best payingchief features in this sixth part is the conclusion :growths ; but the profits of the trade were lessening yearly tom toenfseelr The of the competition of of Mr. Thackeray's story of " Lover the Widower," India, then beginning a fact which is scarcely to be regretted, for cotton te plant, l now the great star le of southern the family history of the circle at Shrublands agricultu . re, w e as ,otnh#33, fibre being to o a slow limited and extent; is totally unworthy of the author of " Vanity ' the process of cleani n n o sive as to render the production of l ' he B plant, on a ex l P a e r% Fair." We have a half promise of the reappear scale, impossible • for notwithstanding the increased de but of " Lovel the Widower," as Lovel married ; mand for cotton from England, consequent upon the then but we have no desire to nenew his acquaintance, thei recent e exportsn t great im pw e eT j ents ( l ; in the machinery for spinning, and we should deeply regret to see Mr. Thackeray to 187,000 lbs. from,• whilst the e imparts in 1793 amounted trifle with his fame. The papers on natural his-into England e l n an ly d a f m ro mm tory are continued, and are as usual replete with West Indies, Turkey, India, e , during the g previous m year, Par- reached upwards of 30,000,000 lbs. The invention of the -cared and curious knowledge. " Framley t s r aw d -gin by Eli Whitney, however, in the year named, in sonage" bids fair to be one of Mr. Trollope's most order of l things. By the primitive rollers, carefully written novels. The love affair between one a hand e e c a eo n :171:1 on g y in a ttrvJ3otuondfsonorf hundred daily ; but Lord Lufton and Lucy Robarts comes to a crisis. by means of the new t .s t v ld hi b t e ne t y u , r s ned out in the same space of time. r ' e rhere u ff n eet s Poor Mark's troubles are not likely to terminate, we of fear, even through the "new Minister's patronage," ingenuity was instantaneous : the exports of cotton during 1794—that is, one year after the invention— as the last chapter is entitled. The series of papers 18 e 0 m o g ti l e ,6 s O h l i 760 lbs. t against' only 187,000 lbs. in 17931 In on William Hogarth proceed with all their accus tomed variety and spirit, as usual doing full honour one-half of the e e n o cotton o wereim imported e B9 d Great'l.otOolls., aila t 10G newly to our great English moralist in colours. A paper Produce of the United States. No wonder, ther a lr w e as tha n t e on " The Poor Man's Kitchen "is well worth peru- the slave trade increased in activity, and that the ;lave hplders grew more unmanageable, and sought with such sal, and forcibly exhibits some of the losses and b vigourincrease e t a o se the weight augment e i T t extent of h of their territory, and there drawbacks which attend the poor man's outlay ofinfluence aots on wi I t t h e Congressenablet These his scanty income. In the first place, it is said he and Senate of the Union. t reader the better to understand the course whic events has to buy from the retail dealer, and consequently pays more for every article he requires. Secondly, took subsequently to tho passage of the Louisiana Bill." after he has got his articles of food together, there is much waste because things are One of Them. By Charles Lever. This work in its continuation becomes more in tricate. There is not much to interest the reader in the present number. The whole of it, with the exception of the last two pages, is devoted to the history of a cold-blooded murder, supposed to be perpetrated in Jersey. Mr. Lever will doubtless unravel the complexity of the tale hereafter, but for the present the reader is kept completely in the dark. We cannot say much for the work as far as it has gone, although it is enlivened by occasional flashes of genius and truth worthy of its author. However, we will not pre-judge, and trust for better things as the tale advances. The following extract, although written as fiction, bears the stamp of truth : " He had heard much of Clara Hawke—to give her her true name—of her personal attractions and abilities, and he wished Stocm.ar to see and pronounce upon her. Although he possessed no pretension to dispose of her whatever, he held certain letters of her supposed mother in his keeping which gave him a degree of power he believed irresistible. Now, there is a sort of limited liability slavery at this moment recognised in Europe, by which theatrical managers obtain a lease of human ability, for a certain period, under nonage, and of whick Paten desired to derive profit by letting out Clara as dancer, singer, comedian, or figurante,' according to her gifts; and this, too, was a purpose of the present journey. " The painter or the sculptor, in search of his model, has no higher requirements than those of form and symmetry ; he deals solely with externals, while the impresario must carry his investigations far beyond the category of personal attractions, and soar into the lofty atmosphere i f intellectual gifts and graces, bearing along with him, at the same time, a full knowledge of that public for whom he is proceeding ; that fickle, changeful, fanciful public, who sometimes, out of pure satiety with what is best, begin to long for what is second-rate. What consummate skill must be his who thus feels the pulse of fashion, recognising in its beat.the indi cations of this or that tendency, whether society' soars to the classic Norma,' or descends to the tawdry vulgarisms of the Traviata.' No man ever accepted more implicitly than Mr. Stocmar the adage of ' Whatever is, is best.' The judgment of the day with him was absolute. The world' a toujours raison, was his creed. When that world pro nounced for music, he cried, Long live Verdi !' when it decided for the Ballet, his toast was, Legs against the field I' Now, at this precise moment, this same world had taken a turn for mere good looks—if it be not heresy to say mere' to such a thing as beauty—and had actually grown a little wearied of roulades and pirouettes ; and so 'Stocmar had come abroad, to see what the great slave market of Europe could offer him." The Comprehensive .History of England. Blackie and Son. Parts 29 and 30 of this correctly styled com prehensive work, extend from 1791 to 1802 in elusive. The latter period of which being re plete with important incidents, a considerable amount of space is devoted to it. The engraving& and woodcuts are executed with the same skill aid taste as heretofore. Cassel's Popular .Aratural history. Part XV. This part treats of the wolf, the fox, and the cat. The habits of the different varieties of each species are carefully described, and some interesting anec dotes are related, some of whi c h, ho wever , border rather on the marvellous and romantic, but never theless are quite within the pale of possibility. The engravings are numerous, and the descriptive por tion well written. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts mention that business generally has been partially suspended owing to the Whitsun holidays. There has been no feature of importance in the woollen trade of Leeds. At Bradford the transactions in wools and yarns have been restricted; fancy piece goods, however, suitable to the season, have been fairly dealt in. Business at Manchester has been very inactive, and prices of both cloths and yarns have given way. At Leicester and Nottingham the holidays have caused a partial cessation of trade ; while the transactions in hardware goods at Sheffield, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton have been on a very moderate scale. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, a moderate amount of business was transacted, and prices were steadily maintained. The sales were 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, but quotations were firmer. A sum of about £19,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England on Saturday. The Asia has been announced this morning from New York, with £24,102 in specie. There is a slightly increased demand for money, owing to the commercial engagements due to-day, the 4th of the month, and the market is firmer in consequence. The actual alteration in the rates, however, is unimportant, no difficulty being expe rienced in getting choice bills negotiated at the Bank minimum, or a fraction lower. Renewed quietude is expected as soon as the present liabili ties, consisting of mercantile bills, railway calls, and Stock Exchange settlements, shall have been completed. The market for public securities remains in a quiet position, speculation being very dull in con sequence of the proximity of settling day. Upon the whole, however, the Funds are well maintained, some support being given to the market by the favourable tendency of the Rentes. Consols are 95 to 95- for money, and 95 1 1 for July. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady, at 93/ ; India Stock has receded to 2221; ditto New Loan remains at 106,1 4 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper has improved to 98 ; and Exchequer Bills are Bs. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been almost suspended, and prices show little alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 74/ to 741- ; ditto New, 572 to 581; Brazilian Scrip remains at dis. ; and Dutch 2 per Cents, are heavy, at GGI. The Ocean Marino Insurance Shares are 2 prem.; the Thames and Mersey ditto, 12- I prem. ; and the Universal ditto, I s prem. The Imperial Thessalian Mining shares are firmer, at L., - 4 -, prom. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and prices have shown a slight upward tendency. Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, and South-Eastern have improved ss. ; and Eastern Counties and North British, ss. to 10s.; London and Brighton have receded about ss. In the Foreign and Colonial markets the trans actions have been limited. Lombardo-Venetian are at about previous quotations. Buenos Ayres and San Fernando have improved 55.; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined 55., and East Indian, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are stoady, at about previous:quotaticins. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. ___ __ 2281 9 Bank Stock ___ _ _ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 31 i 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es 6/ 5 / New - 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock OO JO 2221 241 Ditto 5 per Cent. . Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. 9B Ditto 51 per Cent lO2l / Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO litto under t'1,099 Consols for Account .. Exchequer Dill s , .1.:1,000, LW Ditto Small POR,EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 BBl Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 Ditto Scrip .. 1 d Mexican 3 p e r C en t Ditto Account Russian 5 per C en t. 1822 , 1 St .. 1081 Ditto 41 per Cent, Spanish Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4a. Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 64 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 95 95/ Ditto Account .. 95 95/ Share' stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 stock 124 12k stock stock stock stock .2 101 12} stock stock stock stock stock 101 10 , stock stock stock stock stock stock 8i stock stock stock 10s. stock stock stock stock stock stock SHARE MAREET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railw a y s . Psid.l Closing I B usin p r ice. Done.ess 6 50 Belfast and Ballymena all —.7 Y 13.14 Bir., W o l , and Str. Val. a ll 8 of I g stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 70 72 a 25 Blackburn ; 25 Blyth and Tyne all —-- . 10 Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co all 6# ‘, 7 e lO4 stock Bristol and Ex e t er _ . 100 1, - , . .. stock Caledonian ' 100 9 0 1 9 11 99 5 1 5 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 1 50 Cork and Bandon all , 20 Fork, lilrock., &Pa ssage all 20 Cornwall 10 Do A all 0 7 (A gets no div. ( all , io D , , , until 6pc perm. t all s - rhasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 8 9 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 531 545 54 lit stock Eastern Union, A stock 1 00 36 38 stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27 25 Do Nw A. late ELT3ds. 85 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh & Glasg ow 100 77 72 784 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1 , 0 30 31 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock ,Glasg. and S. Western 101 101 103 10 great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 116 1161 1161 5 stock Do do A stock stock Po do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 111 4 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gue. stock 100 6 0 65 12 Irish South-eastern stock Lancashire & Y or k s hi r? 100 1011 105 I.l k 5 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 70 71 stock Lon., Biright.. & S Coast ' 100 1141 1151 115 4 25 Lond., Chat. and Dover all 105 111 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 101 1011 101 4 1 121 Do eighths t stock Lond. & Fn. Western,. 100 93 94 94 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Ennista all 1 0 11 stock Man. Shet. & Lin^oln . • 100 411 421 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 121 Do do 3 shares all 10 Metropolitan 3 25 2 d stock Midland stock Do Hrming. & Derby 100 94 96 50 Mid. G. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares all 25 llid Kent. ... ..... 10 Do, Cray Line .. . . 100 Newcastle and C irlisle all — 25 New., Aber. & Herefd all 10 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk.... ........... 200 54 50 50 N. hn. Counties Union.. 3) 31 3 d stock North British lOO 614 62 61 1 5 stock Vor.DEv.TtaihtDk.stNV, 100 stock D• A stk ; A recs no d. • until apchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick. 100 96 961 96 4 6 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 11 5 d stock Do Leeds lOO 52 525 5 2 stock Do York stocs North London 20 North Staffordshire..., 171 131 131 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9f 95 12 Not. &Grantham R a il lO 6f 61 6 1 stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 44 46 10 Peebles ... .. ...... - 2 0 Portsmouth 10 Rhvmn ey. all stock Scottish Central stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 341 351 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union lOO 48 50 50 10 Sittingbonrne & Sheer. all 4 3 d stock South Devon .. ... . 100 42 44 stock South Eastern stock South Wales . stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 381 394 25 Do do 9 8 9 p Stockton & Hartlepool 163 stock Taff Vale .. ............ 109 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 Thames Haven! k&Rail 22 . 50 Ulster . • • 25 Do 20 2} 31p 12 10 Do ,:••• • • • • stock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Ste. and Pim all 10 11 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 , West C Tnwall . ... all 51 6 20 West London .......... I all .. I all —lO Do let class ...... 20 Do 2nd class ........ all 121 Worcester & Hereford.. 111 2 1 d PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O & Exet.4 mctstock 'Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent... Dun. Per h&Aber.,Tun. . E.AngmClass A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 8 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. dn. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Urnon,-4 per ct. Do. 5 per ce ^ t. Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. Qua. S. & D. din. 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. fip.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotia. Ist pf. G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and rrautal Ext. 5 p. ct. Do. Redeemable, p.r t. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemnble, do Do. .5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do d r sp. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock M. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3B 104 pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. Sz Brig. 5 pc.go. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. V.IUL 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 4/ per cen'. Do. do. 4/ p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.t4C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Lop. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. %Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 ! raid I Closing Business • ' Price. Done. all 1100 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per ctont Mary cort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Newport, Aber.dtc.pret 5 p.c.redeem.at 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is Do. do. 2d Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val. Ex. 5t.1847 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848„ Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox.Wr.Wol. 6 p. c. Ist g Do. Redeem. 2d gua Do. Irredeem. 2d 7,1111 Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. e. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. l Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon. Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed l/p.c. Ist is. =oath Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 96 9S 4 113 91 93 96 97 1 d 23 * d 24pi 123 125 102 f 1031 4 3 10 1031 4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. losing . Share' Railways. Paid. C Fee , Businesadone 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all --- g — ir -- 56 stk IBom.,Barodadr.Cent Ind 100 96 9 7 97 Gu. 5 psr cent........ 18 Do, Do. B 131 Id 4 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 5 d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .. . all 64 64 100 1 Bu ff alo,Brant,&Godrich 100 75 80 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug 1, 1872 100 Do. do. J u ly . 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 4 d 4p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 35. 2 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 11 4 d 171 Demerara.. all 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 5 1 1 d stock East Indian, gu. sp. e. 100 102 1024 102 4 12 4 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... 10 par 1 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 5 p 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 985 99f stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1014 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 : 21 4 1 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 311 32 311 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 924 2 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 62 61 63 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 65 70 100 Do. do. 1872 all 63 70 09 stock Gt. In diaPenin.gua. sp.c lOO 991 1001 11001 20 Do. New v,na. sp. c... 6 4d5 d 51 4 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 15 15d 0 guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 121 121 201 Do. New .. .. .. .. ... 18 85 81d t 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 98 100 r i opt, till '6O .... ...... 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 98 100 ' c 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 100 I. 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 94 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 88 90 stock Do. do. 5 per cent stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 91 93 r 20 Do. Fourth do lO 1 1 d 20 Do. d 0..... stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO f Newßrunswick & Canda ( 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share t .. 150. do. Land do.. 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. 20 Oude (Limited) stock Scinde ... ...... ,A 4; 100 995 1001 1001 20 Do. Pnnjaub .... Es g all 14 d 1 d 20 Do. D. . stork Do. Indus. St. Flo. _ a,"., 100 941 951 951 f 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 , 1 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I I d : FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 44 1 20 Ardennes .............. all —p 'I 20 Bak&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 7 1 4d 6 / i 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 1 ( 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 21 p 61 7 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 25 100 Copiabo — &...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 14 11d 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 54 54d 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 21 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. e. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., ('on. shs... all 61 61 20 Italian Junction . . all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 331 Maria Antonia .... ... all 10 Do. New ............ all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 81 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France.... all 33 39 20 Do. New Shares ...... 12 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 3 1 341 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... - all 52 54 20 1 Recife & p S. Fran. (Pere.) gua. 7 11d 20 R iga & Dunabur . i.Y, 2 ...... 10 10 Rome & Frasc a t i ...... all 20 Royal Danish.. 5 Royal Swedish ........ all -- 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse . .... a a 51 51 • 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... a ll 81 81 81 20 San Paulo, lim, a. 7p. c. 2 4 id 11 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venctin 12 1d pr 12 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2l 81 West Flanders ...... .. ail . 55 Si 10 Do. 61 p. C. Preference.. all 91 91 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 20 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden ...• ... .... . all 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Zealand 43i IR 31 4 'MENT ECU 1000 Business Done. 100 100 100 100 100 100 102 14 116 110 112 110 112 1011 102 11071 1081 MISCELLANE , Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land; B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smlig Do. Pref'. 7 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 5 p. c. Perpet. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship (Limited) Do. 17i p. et. Preference Indian & Aust. Telegr. Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Nlediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim , National Dis. Co. (Lim Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.at I die N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) • Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A stock stock stock stock stock stook Ditto B. 99}99 10001 1001 99, 10 14 151 Ditto C Peelit.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 'Pen. & Oriental steam Do. New Red Sea& Ind.TeLg.4ip.c ahymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do Registered • Pr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. Van Diemen'a .and 100 stook 301 311 41 6 37 39 19 21 13 15 120 125 6 8 2 2 27 241 25} 31 34 98 100 103 106 105 107 n 21 - - -4 1 Op 11 1k 2f 31 p 6 6 1 6 3 4 1 °id 11 1 d 10 tit ; - 1 1 i is 95 48 77 79 14 16 p I id 20 22 RITIES. 106 f I 4 : i 5 6 49i 50i 120 130 100 all all all 5 28i THIRD EDITION. motion he thought the house would be in possession of the report of the Committee on Precedents on Thursday, but as it was not likely thst would be the case, he would postpone his motion. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the President of the Board of Trade if he could state the day on which he would intro duce his promised bill to carry out the recommendations of the Harbour of Refuge Commissioners, so far as they re lated to g iving facilities for the improvement of existing harbours Mr. M. GIBSON said he was unable to appoint a day for bringing forward the bill in question, as it was neces sary to have the opinion of a committee that was then sitting, and would incidentally consider this subject. How everthe bill was already produced, and would be introduced at as early a period as possible. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. HUNT rose to move the following instruction, of which he had given notice :—" That it be an instruction to the committee, that they have power to provide increased facilities for polling at elections." The SPEAKER considered that the hon. member was out of order in moving in instruction to a committee to do what was proposed by him with any such Instruction. Mr. lIUNT proposed to add to the last word, " in the United Kingdom," which he considered would put him in order. TATIERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING). ASCOT STAKES. 4to 1 agst Newcastle (offered) 6to 1 agst Flitch (taken) 10 to 1 agst Farmer's Daughter colt (taken) 12 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (offered) ROYAL HUNT CUP. 9to 1 agst Old Robert (offered) 100 to 8 agst Woodburn (offered) 14 to 1 agst Tyrant (taken) 100 to 6 agst Narcissus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Catawba (taken) 100 to 6 agst Crater (taken) 20 to 1 agst General Hess (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ambush (offered) 25 to 1 agst "White Rose (offered) GOLD CUP. 3to 1 agst Butterfly (offered) sto 1 agst Thormanby (taken): CITY BETTING.—TIIIS DAY. The Racing:Times says :—There was not a str,ng muster this morning. The chief topic of conversation was about Thormanby and Promised Land, and it was a long time currently reported that both had been scratched for the Cup, but we could not trace any good foundation for the report —that is, officially. Both were backed afterwards, although considerable excitement was caused. Butterfly, when Thor manby and Promised Land went back, came to the position of first favourite, and Gamester was in strong force. 3to 1 was taken about Butterfly, and sto 1 about Gamester. Thormanby was nominally at 6to 1. Towards the close Promised Land was backed at 6 to 1 for some money. For the Gold Vase they backed Horror against the field. For the Ascot Stakes New Cross was first favourite, 6 to 1 being taken rather freely. Flitch and Farmer's Daughter colt were the only other two animals inquired after. For the Queen's Stand Plate 6 to 4 was taken about Lady Clifden, 6 to 1-,about Mentmore, and 10 to 1 could have been had bar those. Lord J. RUSSELL said he must appeal to the Speaker whether there was not an additional objection to the in struction of the hon. member with the proposed addition The bill was meant to apply only to the representation o the people in England and Wales. There were special bills for Scotland and Ireland. Mr. HUNT considered that there was no chance of the two last bills being carried this session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in reference to the following in struction of which he has given notice—" That it be an in struction to the committee to give greater facility, and render more frequent, the registration of voters," :made a few observations. Sir 11. CAIRNS maintained that the hon. members were out of order in bringing forward these instructions. The SPEAKER said that he did not consider that these instructions could be moved according to the forms of the house. For the Royal Hunt Cup Old Robert was a strong fa vourite, 8 to 1 being the longest price that could be obtained. Tyrant was the next favourite at 100 to 8. Ancient Briton, Crater, and Woodburn were the only others mentioned. For the St. Leger 4 to 1 was offered on the field. The following were the latest prices : G OLD VASE. Even on Horror 4to 1 agst Magnum 4to 1 agst Avalanche ASCOT STAKES. 6to 1 agst Newcastle 7to 1 agst Flitch Bto 1 agst Farmer's Daughter colt 10 to 1 agst Any other STAND PLATE. 6to 4 agst Lady Clifden 6to 1 agst Mentmore 8 to 1 agst Any other ROYAL HUNT CUP. Bto 1 agst Old Robert 100 to 7 agst Tyrant (taken) 100 to 7 agst Woodburn 100 to 6 agst Crater 100 to 6 agst Ancient Briton 20 to 1 agst Fitzroland (offered) 20 to 1 agst General Mess GOLD CUP. 3to 1 aga Butterfly sto 1 agst Gamester 6to 1 agst Promised Land (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Thormanby (offered) 10 to 1 agst any other ARRIVALS AT ASCOT. Rose Middleton, Neoptolemus, Barabbas, Little Nat, , Wamba, Oliver Twist, Jason, Bastion, Magnum, Mounte bank, Butterfly, May Morning, Mouravicff, Tousle, Ticket of-Leave, Doefaot, Gift, Suburban, Restes, Agnes filly, Mentmore,Wing, Evening Star,Lucknow,Rose of Cashmere colt (2 yrs), Feodorowna, Rose of Cashmere colt (3 yrs), Concertina colt (2 yrs), Concertina colt (3 yrs), Newcastle, Nun, Appleton filly, Wood bufb, Cock-a-Hoop, Satellite, Optimist, Maggiore, Pomona, Little Lady, Tyrant, Emily, Neophyte,Donna Carman, Deophantus, Indifference, Lupus, Gaspard, Eccola, Avalanche, Leontos, M. Phillippe, Ingestre, Baron Munchausen, Tightfit, Tocher, Delu sion, Lady Evelyn,_ Speculation, Promised Land, Queen Bee, Pitman, Golden Pippin, Man at-Arms, General Hess, Morella, Thunderbolt, Forager, Clovernook, Sneer filly, Precurs r, Parmesan, Cynricus, Roseit : and colt by Wind hound. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(Tm EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Oswestry and Newtown Railway, the Wimborne Minister and Blandford Forum-road, and the London and North-Western Railway (No. 2) Bills were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : The Forest of Dean Central Railway; Horsham and Steyning and Beeding Roads; London and South-Western (new line to Bristol and Exeter) ; Wellington (Salop) Water; Hinckley and Leicester Railway; Manchester Cor poration Water; Stourbridge Railway; Cheshire Midland Railway; London and South-Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies ; Salisbury and Yeovil Rail way; Disley and Hayfield Railway; Buckley's and Con nah's Onay (Flintshire) Railway. THE SLAVE TRADE. Lord STRATHEDEN postponed his motion with re spect to the appointment of a consul at Mozambique,which stood on the paper for this evening until the 14th of June. CHURCH RA - TES. A number of petitions were presented against the aboli on of church rates. THE MILITARY DEFENCES. Lord MONTEAGLE asked the Under Secretary for War when the ,report of Committee upon Military De fences of the country would be laid upon the table. Earl De GREY and RIPON said when the Secretary of War laid the report on the table of the house, he should do the same in their lordships' house. The reason that it had not already been presented was that after the report had been sent nito the Government, it became necessary:to fully consider the subject. He assured the noble lord there would be no unnecessary delay. BANK OF IRELAND. Earl ST. GERMANS moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to repeal the restriction under which the bank laboured, namely, the lending money on real property. Lord MONTEAGLE said, although he would not op nose the bill, he could not but think that the measure was a very unwise one. Earl DONO UGHMORE supported the bill. He thought everything that was possible ought to be done to enable the banking interest in Ireland to lend money for the improve ment of agriculture, because it was the best way to carry on the great improvements that were at present taking place in Ireland. The bill was read a second time. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BILL. This bill, on the motion of the Earl of SHAFTES BURY, was read a third time and passed. TRUSTEES AND MORTGAGES, &c. BILL. This Bill passed through committee. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS JURISDICTION BILL. The report cf amendments to this bill was brought up and received. THE WINE LICENSES BILL. This bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(Tuns EVENING-) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Border Counties and North British Railway Companies ; Dover Gas; Dumfries, Lochmaben, and Lockerby Junction Railway ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, and Port Carlisle Dock and Railway, and Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Companies; Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Railway. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway; Caledo nian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches, &c.) ; and Eau Brink Drainage. PETITIONS. Several petitons were presented in favour of the Reform Bill, in favour of legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, for the speedy passing. of the Reform Bill, against the Registration Bill, for County C our t Judges being entitled to adjudicate in bankruptcy cases, &c. REFORM BILL—CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE. Mr. A. STEUART said that it was his intention to move on going into committee on the Reform Bill that for the chairman of committee another hon. member should be substituted, in order that the house might have the benefit of the services of the former in the committee. He asked the right hon. gentleman the Speaker what was the proper time for making such a mo tion ? The SPEAKER said if the hon member had done him the honour of intimating his intention to ask him this question, he would have been able to have answered with more certainty than he could possibly do at present. His opinion was that the proper time for making the motion would be when the house was in committee. THE CLOCK AT WESTMINSTER PALACE. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Commissioner of Works whether there was any objection to giving orders for means to be used for causing the clock to strike the hours up on the largest quarter bell (the chimes being silent) until a new great bell shall have been cast and fully approved. Mr. CO WPER said that he had been so happy as to secure the advice and counsel of some of the persons most eminent for their knowledge in matters relating to b e ll s , and distinguished for their scientific attainments. These inquiries were not yet completed, and therefo re h e was not in a position to furnish information as to what course would be pursued until these gentlemen had made their re port. The large bell had been the cause of gre a t annoy once to the house, and the course which he suggested for the present would be to have the quart er -h our large bell purposes by a used, which would answer - - THE PAPER DITTY, The O'DONOGHUE asked Mr. Ayrton whether it was his intention to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice for Thursday next, hating reference to the Paper Duty, Mr, AYRTON said that when he gave notice of the Mr. HUNT wished to know whether, supposing there were no bills for Scotland and Ireland, it would have been competent for him to have moved this instruction. The SPEAKER said it was not his duty to give answers to anticipatory matters. Mr. GRIFFITH moved that it be an instruction to the committee that no borough shall be deprived of one mem ber until it had been ascertained, by an actual census of the population of such borough, whether or not the present number of its population falls below the limit of 7,000 in habitants. The SPEAKER decided that the hon. member was not in order in his motion, on the same ground that he assigned in regard to other hon. members who had moved instrue . ions. • Mr. BENTINCK moved the following :—That it be an instruction to the committee not to proceed further with the bill till provision had been made for giving to the counties in England that share in the represeniati• n to which they may be shown to be entitled by population and by property. After some discussion it was decided that the instruction could not be moved. The hon. member then moved the adjournment of the house, in order to enable him to address the house. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the hon. member was quite out of order in the course he was pursuing. He was moving the adjournment of the house, and then proceeded to make an address to the house. The SPE AKER. considered that the hon. member (Mr. Beutiack) was irregular. Mr. BENTINCK then moved—" That it be an instruc tion to the committee that they have power to make provi sion for the better prevention•of bribery and corruption at elections." He contended that the effect of the proposed Re form Bill would be to promote bribery and corruption at elections. He concluded by moving an instruction. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had no objection whatever to the introduction of any clauses that would tend to re strain and diminish corruption and bribery at elections. He denied, however, that there was anything in the bill which he had introduced calculated to promote bribery and corruption, and that the instruction of the hon. mem ber would not have the effect he proposed. Mr. WHITESIDE supported the instruction, and ad vised the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) to withdraw the bill, in order that another and more satisfactory measure might be introduced. Sir G. C. LEWIS considered that the question of bribery and corruption was not involved in this bill, and that the course suggested by the hon. and learned member (Mr. Whiteside), namely of introducing the bill would be nugatory. (LEFT SPEAKING.) IREL.4vD. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. THE lIIBERNO ROMAN BRIGADE. The papers of this day—metropolitan and pro vincial—teem with accounts of the progress of the Papal enlistment in Ireland. And first, with regard to the wholesale flocking of the Irish constabulary to the Pope's standard, as alleged by several of the country journals, the Evening Mail of last night says there is good reason for believing that the statements are, to say the least, gross exaggera tions. It is quite true that there have been some simultaneous resignations from the force, profes sedly with a view of emigrating to Australia, but those do not in the whole amount to more than 20. Whether the object of the men was to join the Papal army or to proceed to the Antipodes is not known, nor, indeed, is it a matter of the least im portance. On the other hand, the Daily Express of this morning contains the following announce ment : "The Pope's Irish Brigade has, we believe, re ceived some fresh recruits this week from the Ro man Catholic ranks of the Dublin Metropolitan Police, who have ever been distinguished for their steadfast loyalty to His Holiness.' Nine members of the force obtained their discharge on Thursday with the intention, it is understood, of joining their countrymen of the constabulary who have gone to support the Government of the Papal States in their efforts to extinguish the political conflagra tion which their own tyranny has excited." A letter dated Ihurles, - ,Tune 1, in the Freeman's Journal, supplies the annexed information " The desire to emigrate to Rome and take a part in defending the rights of the Holy See is spreading rapidly and generally among the Catholic young men of this country. Hundreds are anxious and willing to go, but do not know how to effect their purpose, and the clergy are beset with applications, written and personal, requesting advice or refer ences. To my own knowledge, a clergyman in this county was waited on last Sunday evening by up wards of 20 young men —many of them holding re spectable positions—who expressed their anxiety to leave Ireland, and regretted that their private means would not allow them to accomplish it for themselves. Notwithstanding, several of them are finding their way out. A sort of defection, if I may so term it, is spreading among the police. From the rural districts resignations are pouring in on the authorities. In Clonmel alone six of the police have resigned, and there is no question about their ulterior destination. I have learnt that a me dical gentleman who recently established himself in Clonmel has received a commission as tegimental doctor in the Irish Papal Brigade." THE MANCHESTER VOLUNTEERS IN IRELAND. The northern papers give gratifying accounts of the arrival and 'reception of a detachment of the Manchester Volunteer Rifles, which arrived at War renpoint on Friday morning in the steamer Inde pendence, from Liverpool. After a short stay there the volunteers proceeded by train to Newry, and on alighting at the terminus were greeted with aburst of cheering from those who assembled to witness the novel spectacle. The Newry Telegraph thus describes the scene : " They were courteously met at the station by Col. Forde and the officers, accompanied by th e band of Southdown Militia Regiment, wh o es corted them to the Newry Barracks. In the course of their march through the town the agy black band ra ,h with i played, t in excellent style , several appropriatelaze airs. belts The a o n f d? uniform worn by the corps— dark _str p ip re e s s e o n f te r d ed a o g n ay th a e n f d acings, and g handsome appe arance. Th e f o o a l p lo t w s. in r g er a t r e e ns th ( e in n e a o m m e m s and Scott ; Lieuts. Gray, Farnace, and the Percival,offi cer s present : Walsh. After performing Dale; and Surgeon g several evolutions in the barrack -yard, th town ; and, en again marched th roug h left for Dundalk, havinghad lunch, they im me di a t e ly having d again at the railway sta tion been loudl‘r r heartily cheered. We we re assured that of n she men in the ranks, marchi ng should er t o shoulder with operatives, are not a few gallant young fellows possessing thousands a year —a corporal being p ointed t o ' us who has no less than £lO,OOO a year. All honour to the loyal and patriotic Britons." From Cork, the head-quarters of the Pope's re cruiting staff, comes the announcement that 15 young patriots left yesterday morning in the Sabrina for Bristol, en route for Italy, to join the Irish bri gade. They were all active, handsome-looking young fellows, none of them apparently belonging to what is called the humble class of life, nor did they ap pear to be persons who entered the profession of arms through necessity. Several of their feiends ac companied them to Queenstown. 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