The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-02 00:00:00

- .... . - TNE SUN, _..........-............ MONEY MARKET Siiii RE MARKETS --(This Day). —.do.-- Leasing Closing Prices Business Ali D RAIL W A YS . Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies yesterday this day. . " C OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, closing rre i Balinese done .---. 4 .--._ Shr. Paid Raltwairm. yesterday this day. — St — . 10 0 — B — uck — gham — sh. Ln -- .& - N.W. 99 101 • St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caledon... 102 - 104 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. _-- --------- 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.diE.O 13 _ 4 lg 124 10 Ambg. Noting . Boat. gt. 100 LL g. 6p, e Gt:Northn 138 1 Market from Liverpool report that the Cotton & Eastn. June.— 5 /1 —ei 5 all E. Un. IL Sh. E. Count. 4 4t Atirket yesterday closed heavily, and prices were 50 all Belfast & Ballymen , ... ... St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian, u naltered. The sales were estimated at 3,000 in all sirmng. Wolveth. a Neils. Direct. ba , 8.1 Stour Va11ey......... 7l St. 100 Do. New Do l ee, 500 of which were taken by the exporters. St. 10) llrkenhd. Lamesh. a 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. ... .. The • 70 72 Railway Share Market presented a very firm Cheshire Junct 5O all Hull di Selby. Y.& N.M. 109 111 25 all Blackburn .... ...... aPPearance, and quotations slightly advanced. 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 25 all Blyth & Tyne original 12i: all Do. i Shares. Do • ••• In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon £25 (iss. at £45).... 26 27 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3 —l4 Do. Preference Do 24 25 g the ; ll re Was scarcely any chane, but in one or two St. 100 B r i s tol & Exeter...-. 90 92 20 all St. 100 Caledonian. ..... ...... 824 -- 83 824 i St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co. 98 100 instances the tendency was slightly on the decline. St. 100 Chester dt Holyheaa 34 36 10 1 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do • ••• 0014 ' Is still rather dearer in Paris than in London, 50 all Cork and Bandon.... •.. ... 54 all 'Manch.Bxton. Lu.&N.W. but not to such an extent as to warrant the im- 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ... ... 4.i. 5 1 and Matlock di Mid d . 24 —2 i 2 20 all St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 97 99 Pression that remittances will be made from this 10 all Dcr. A Cornwall ••• ••• 64 54 Newmarket 10 all Do. B ,BuryE.G.spc. E. Count . p - ip Bi de. It is noticed, however, that some of the 50 all ' thablin&BelfastJuna ... ...,, 50 all IN.&Est.5 p.c. Do 57 —59 atuPplies recently obtained from St. Petersburg 25 all 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... I ndian been purchased for the Continent. The St. 100 ,East A nglian ...... ... 16 —l7 I Dun. P. &Aber Juno. 8• 8! 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do St. 100 Easte rn Counties..... 604 —61 a all Prest. di Wyre L. di h. W ... ... a dian exchanges, according to the last ac- St. 100 ißasterntrnion,A.stk. 45 47 124 ' all , Do. 4 Shrs. ADo - ••• e "nt 4 , were rather less favourable, and it St. 100 Do. 25 84 Do. ' do. B. .3l— 33 New A... .. • • 16 - - •.• 10 alt : l al oo l , K h o r y e s w til s .& .k l..l H i e t r . i Gl i. t. B N r o a rt ss hn ey 13 9 8 4 —,... 140 9 18 t hought that the consignments by the next 25 au East 1 . 5 Kent ...,........ 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9.1 104 two or three steamers may be rather larger than st.'loo (East Lancashire ....- 88 90 50 , all ,WearVal.g6pe Stk.&Dar. ... ... th ose recently forwarded, but at the same time 20 all East Suffolk ••• ••• 10 ;all Do. ... . ...... . 25 all Do. sl, .St. 100 :Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westu 1 90 92 Account s f rom Li ver p oo l re p o rt that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices were an altered. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales,_ 500 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market presented a very firm aPPearance, and quotations slightly advanced. In the f ore i gn exc h anges y es terd a y afternoon there was scarcely any change, but in one or two 'llstances the tendency was slightly on the decline. Gold is still rather dearer in Paris than in London, b ut not to such an extent as to warrant the im pression that remittances will be made from this ik de• It is noticed, however, that some of the auPplies recently obtained from St. Petersburg h ave been purchased for the Continent. The Indian exchanges, according to the last ac runt', were rather less favourable, and it 48 thought that the consignments by the next "Pe or three steamers may be rather larger than " 11080 recently forwarded, but at the same time there is no immediate probability of the efflux be e"aing very extensive. During the last two or three days there has been increased activity in the ailver market, owing to the preparations made for t he steam er I n d us , w hi c h l ea ve s for the East on Friday The particulars of the shipments by that 'vessel will not be published until to-morrow. The following particulars of the number and to nnage of vess e ls now on the berth in the port of London are extracted from the usual monthly state 'llea published by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house Do. B Dnblin&BelfastJuno 1 Dun. P. &Aber June. East Anglian ...... Eastern Counties..... I Easternljnion,A. stk. Do., do. B. .•• Do. New A East Kent _ lEast Lancashire East Suffolk . ...... . Do. ... Edinburgh dr Glasgow Edinb.Prth. &Dunda , Forth and Clyde Juno. 64 - 65 27 - 28 PREFERENCE SHARES. Furness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. Do. Str. V. It . gna. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds. ..... 'Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Do. New, ifs. W. 10s. Loud. Bright. dr S. Cst. London & N. Wester , Do. Eighths London & S.Weati•rn Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan .. Midland .......... . Do. Birming. & Derb Midland G. West.(lr. Do. Shares ......... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Armagh ewry, Warrenpoini & Restrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British ...... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ....... Do. B Stock ......... N. Eastern— Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Pnrch. 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 Rhymney 94 - 95 9i - 10 102 - 103 88 - 90 128 - 13( 102 - 104 530 - 514 56 - 53 103 - 102 3 54 3i 41 ••• 87 90 U —l2 p 11 12 r 90 90 1— 4 d 1 a For Launceston 4 vessels Hobart Town... 3 „ Sydney Mel bent ne ..,. Gee10ng......., 22 ~ Portland Bay. • Adelaide ..... ... 12 „ Swan River New Zealand... 15 „ 6 - 61 108 - 109 92 - 92 1$ - lh 94 - 95 Total The Vandorbelt has arrived from the United States with 87,700/., and owing to the state of the •change at New York further remittances will no doubt be received. Trade is improving in America, and orders are being received here and in France for various kinds of manufactures. The principal business attended to at the Stock tarchange is the liquidation of the account in Con 'Pls. Scarcely any change has taken place in values to -day, b u t th ey are fi rm, w ith a s li g ht u p war d ten dency. The arrivals of specie, the continued easiness of money, and the slight improvement Which has taken place in the Rentes, have a bene ficial influence, but business is too dull to admit of ~, - "ell improvement. Consols for money and the 2d inst. are about 97 t I, and for the July account 971 98. The New rfts are 961 ; the Reduced, 96: ; Exchequer 1118 9 355. prem. ; and ditto Advertised, 13s. to 2 8 ' prem. ; Bank Stock is 2191 221 ; India ditto, 2 ; ditto Bonds are 21s. prem. ; and ditto Loan De bentures, 99i The number of transactions recorded in the Foreign Stock Market is not large, but quotations . an upward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 961; Ditto 4 per Cents., 104 ; Buenos Ayres New Cents., 83; Ditto Deferred, 18i 19 ; Equador Consolidated, 14i ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 2 "1 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46/ ; Dutch 2i Per tents., 66i ; and Ditto 4 per Cents., 100. The New Brazilian Loan is quoted prem. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5/ 6i ; Mexi can 3 per Cents., 20i 21 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 86 88 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 66 68 ; Portuguese 3 Der Cents., 45 47 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44i 45/ ; and ditto Deferred, 27±. In the railway share market to-day the dealings have been very circumscribed. In one or two of the leading undertakings, however a slight improve /4°14 may be reported. Great Northerns have d vanced about 11. ; Great Westerns, 15s. ; and L ancashire i and Yorkshire, North Westerns, and South Eastern, ss. ; North Eastern (Berwick) 11Wer e flat, and declined 10s. ; and Cale 'l/1141111 realised ss. In the other lines scar cely any business was done, and prices f A er e unaltered. Business in the Foreign and Co -1:4141 Markets exhibited little animation. Pernam - I n e° declined about 55., and Bahia and San Fran et4eo Were a shade firmer. Grand Trunk of Canada improved 15•.; and Great Western of Canada, 55.; "-East Indian declined 10s. to 15s. J oint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are Y ell quiet, but quotations are well supported. 37 34 3 ld 92 —92 J 64 66' 12 -- 13 61 - 63 3i - 3 501 - 51. 61 94 2 I oi 461 47, 71 72 1 95 981 5 4/d 73 83 8 9 30 - 32 ••• ••• 7 4 d 1100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union all 'Sitingbounie &Sheer 1.00 South Devon 100 South Eastern 109 111 27 28 81 83 44 46 2$ lA 35. —36 A 68,t 6S 81 82 2 13 15 7 5d 8 10 35 36 ,South Wa1e5...........' S. Yorksh. RivirDun .......... ....... Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale.. Do. Pref., No. ,Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath.......„ Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriok West Coinwall , 99 7- 101 West End of London' and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B ..West London • Do. First Class Do. Second Class 1 61 - IiItITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Stock ( From the Official List.) 2191 21 ttaak a , Per Cent. R e d uced Annsitles 964 j Rdl ,1 1 . )_ i per Ce n t. C onso l s A nnu i t i es 97i i 6 . 3 per Cent. Annuities 96 Indi Stock ;Milk Loan Debentures 99j 4 tidia :sonde. £lOOO ~. 'iitto, under £ lOOO 2l ‘io twig fer Account a fitzhiquer Bills, 24d. March. . June. 1000. 35 I COO 35 I El T.,11 . Ditto Advertised 1.I,d 'rtlCEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. mu silos A yros Bonds, 6 per Cent. B3 ~. b itto Deferred. l9 18i Zi e tador New Consolidated l4l ' 6. !ican 3 per C ent — uitto Account 2oi 1 i4lll47lles° Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 cirkitii Bonds, 6 per cent... Di tto Guaranteed, 4 per. Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. btlt n e - Exchange, 2. per Cent., 12 Guilders 66 A -0, 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Console, money.... 97i I C °3:usols for account Consols for Account, (July) 97i 8 TH'E SUN, LO - NDON, WEDNESDAY ASCOT RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CORONATION STAKES. Sunbeam Maledetta Target Three ran. ROYAL HUNT CUP. Herperithusa. Ke trel Scribbler Twenty-eight ran. Arrived—Warlock and Star of the East. LATEST BETTING. ASCOT cur. 7 to 4 agzt Warlock (taken) 4to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) 6 to 1 aget Gildermire (taken) 8 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 100 to 3 aget Sedbury (offered) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPZAKKIt took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bilis were further considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—North British RAilway (Consolidation, &c.) ; West End of London and Clapham and Norwood Junction Railway (Abandon ment). HOVE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the Hove Improve menb Bill be rd-committed to the former committee, with leave to sit and proceed on Friday next, if they think fit—Three to be the quorum.—Agreed to. RAILWAY BILLS (GROUP 9). Colonel W. PAT PEN moved that Sir Edward Cole brooke be discharged from further attendance' on the committee on group 9 ofl'railway bills :—That S'r John Yarde Buller be added to the committee.—Agreed to. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) l '° ll DoN, June 2.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light "Neu at4l fine. ft. CLY DE, May 29.—ind S.—Arived—Muntaineer ° l 4 Cardenas.• Sailed— W Zambia , for r Bombay ; Sunbeam , Nueb ee. PORTSMOUTH, June I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alex. Gibson, from Callao. CARDIFF, June I.—Wind W. N. W.—Sailed—Eleaner, ' 4 Panama. DARTMOUTM, May 31. —Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Regina. from Leon Island. PLYMOUTH, June I.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived—Pedes trian' from London for Bombay, leaky; Rosario, from Car diff for Monte Video. QUEENSTOWN, May 31.—Wind W.S.W—Arrived J ohn Harley, from Barbadoes. COwEs, June 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Vander belt (s), from New York. 1 . M3NDICRLAND June I.—Wind W.—Sailed—John Wil 'Lk; for Quebec. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.S.E. pi k triv e t d h -Ernest, from Swanage ; Lord Hawkesbury, Ytnou . b e e r-Foyle, steamer, for London; Carolinida, Cher . t LIVERPO3L, Wednesday Morning. I Vi nd pulpe d, J u ne 1-13 remains, from Dunkirk; William, (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Ab ly' E. ; tide, fifth hours' ebb ; fine. I'lo4 lyed, June I—The Vesta (s), from Oporto ; Hen a, Meml. Wind S.S. W. light. 14 4ri red June I—Paris and London, screw steamer, for to %i led—Kirkman Mary Ann, Lady Bute, with others , the westward. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Tax „MIDDLE TEMPLE.—A g rand dinner is to be given re Magnificent ball of this society, on the 9th inst., • l i d `Re occasion of Mr. Hugh Hill's promotion to a - ,!, 68 , 11 iP. This learned gentleman will quit the Middle 14. 3 4 , — ,Ties of which he has long been a distinguished th, -- k u.r, With the esteem and regret of every member of tl 3 ;, w 4 r• The last festive occasion of this kind was on a scension cf Sir Alex, Cockburn, the present Chief i t Uat ice of the Common Pleas, whose memory still lives, nd moat ever live, in the heart of every true Templar. MGOLAIt CASE OF CHILD POISONING —A female, 4ned, Mary J ones , w h o h a d ev idently once moved in a 2Peri orposition, and who it is believed was recently a IC . veraess in Ireland, was committed a few weeks ago hf r t ,h,e Liv er p oo l mag i strates for attemp ti ng to poison k„,t il egiticaate child by giving it ink with its food. The the'ivas an inmate of the Liverpool Workhouse at b ee .` 6 , e• On S un d ay l ast the child di e d, an d the core ethinkJur9 held an inquiry into the matter yesterday, "" resulted in a verdict of murder. ~~ BRITISH POSSESSIONS, id iP d i d iP 7i iq 183 88 75 80 74 78 i - 1h id -- par 1051 -- 106 i -- i 19 46 48 82 83 21 —21 i • 18 —18 i 2 2kd 'lOB - 11 2 108 - 112 ,106 108 18 19 201 - 20 i 1 d l d rar P par p - i"tian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo dz Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt. di Go d ch. 6p. ds., 1 Aug. „'72 Do. do., 1 July, 'Ti Do. do., 1 Juno '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central (hide (Lien.; Ceylon A Blares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. ......_. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wostn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bde.4 payable '57 Do. do., '76, p.'6o Do. do., '73, do Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do., 5 per e. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. l Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Francisco Belgian East. Juliet. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction L.se Const. & Bale Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca 45 Pist. sp. c. p . Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege 'Do, do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New NorwegianTrak. Pref Paris and Lyons Ditto New Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran , (Perham.) g. 7 p. c Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati, Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5. per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5. per C. Prof W.& N.W. of France Western of Austria._ West. of Switzerland 4 teal aden Do.B p. cent. pref. Zealand . •• 5a 5i par 4p I 14 2 1 1 - 38 5 - 5 241. - 25 ..•i - 7 - ..i 7 .~ 2i - 31; 2 . - 24 9 - 9i 211 - 21/ 361 - 361 ••• - ••• 84 - 94 294 - 294 48 - 50 par . 4d I - i i si 9 19A - 20 4i - 5 9 - 91 22 - 23 ... •• • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 DO Agra & United Serv. 40 all smstralasia 79 81 80i 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 45 47 40 all I Bri, Col. Bk.& Ln. Co — 50 all (British N. American . . 20 10 I C.Bk.of Ind. Au. &eh - 100 50 City 56 58 57. 100 25 colonial 212 q all i Commercialof Canada 00 20 , Commercial of Lond. 20 all ; Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cot. 171 is 20 all 'Lon.Ch. Bk.of A.nt. 19. 20 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock. 1 00 20 Lond.andWestminst. ..• 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all Now South Wales Z4S 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 36. 37,1 20 all Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 62 64 10 all Do. New • ••• 25 all South astralia — ••• 25 15 Do. New • • ••• 25 all Union of Australia (46 47 15 Do. New 1 31 33 50 10 Union of London 23 —23 i 100 50 Unity Mutual 10 0 1 50 Westrnßk of t and 19 17d Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.& Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 'Caledn. £lO 44 p c. Ches. 6t Ho. 54 p c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork & Bandon 5 ip.c. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. FE. Anglian Cls. A Sh. }Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do, New 6 pr. c. St. ,East Un., G. 6 p. c. ' Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101, Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.cts RAW. York, J. sths Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. iEd.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 'Furness, 5 p. c ! Mae. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 'Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. C. prem Do, 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pff Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con, red. 4i p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua, Stk Do. Chesh. Gua, Sh Do, do. do Do, do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. "Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. _ _ late 3d Shares Londy.dt Color. Sh Londy.&Ennis. k Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. Az Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 46 p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. op. c. red. sp. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norfk Deb. 4p. e. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5} p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. North British Do. 71. Preference N.E. Beres. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. & S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Do. do. ache - dr. St. Scot. Ccut.New Pref. Sc.N. E. Aber .g. 6p .c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon fixed 44 pr cent. :astern (Reading __ _ _ Ann.) of Ei Os. 6d. 1 o. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4 p.c. Sh Do. Now 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c 'Do. do. do. l Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc BRITISH MINES. . . 2112 Alfred Cons. (Pb.ilk.) 10 - 111, 20 14 British Iron .. . 3 - 4 1 ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.)• 80 .- 4 .0 10 1 Dev.Gt.Cnsls. (Tay.) 460 - 480 - 30 East Basset (Mogan) 90 95 . 17s ,Great South Tolgus 14 / - 15 1 ::. 111 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 5/ - 51 ••• 4 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 11 --2 **. 17s Lady Bertha - it, 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 'l t - 8 ;1 ** . . N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10 - 11 *:: 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 51 - 6 1 ... 11 Par. Cons. (5t.1.113.xy) 20 - 21 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) . . - ... ... Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 11 - 11 ... 21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 395 -• 405 ... 2S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 31 - 41 19 S.W. Frances(llloom.) 240 -- 250 ••• 5 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. / - 11 10 9 Tin Croft i :3 - 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap)' ... - ... ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar.) 1 -1/ ... 11 W. Basset (Illogan) 241 - 251 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 100 - 110 ... 5a Wh. Basset (Illogan). 220 - 230 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdrtith). 293 - 300 , ... 51 Wh. Edward(Calstcl 4/ - 41 1 ... 117 s Wh. K T i r t e t i y awn (U e . y L ( l L 7 s t .) 10 23 -- - 25 11 ... 8 Wh.Ma.Anu (Menht. 47 - 49 4 Wh. FOREIGN MINES. zu 11 Australian - i 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) - i p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .C 5 pm) - 21 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada ... - ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 - 14 1 4 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica...-. . .. - ...d 40 all Cobre Copper 46 - 49 . . 16 Copiapo - 13 1 all Dun Mountain Cop• per Mining Co. - 1 2 all Fortuna - 24 20 all General - 191 3 all Linares - 9 - - 91 5 11 Lusitanian - 1 d 1 all Mariquita - 1 1 all Now Granada a - i 1 all Noveau Monde - ..• 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM. & Smlt 6 - 7 5 1 Port Philip •• - ••• 30 16i Santiago de Cuba - 21 all United Mexican 31 - 34 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... -- ... 25 19 ;Australian Agricult. 29 - 30 291 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 1/ 11 10 all Berlin Water Works. 31 - 41 10 1 2 ,Do. Now iss. at Si. 0 ... - ... 50 ' 40 IBrit. American Land ... - ... 100 321 Canada 133 - 138 St. 100 Do.Go.6pe.Jan.lauly 1161 - 117 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 - 30 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 25 - 27 5 all , Crystal Palace ll - 11 5 all Do. Preference - 4/ 4 all Crystal Pal, of France '. . 20 all Eastern Steam i 3 l -..... a i . St. 100 Electrielelegraph - 1105 -.- 107 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel .., _ 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 - li 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind•Jetn. Tel. . - .. 9 all Eur.SEAtn.Stin.(lim.) 34 - 4 . 20 (ill Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... _ .. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. .* _ ... 20 5 London Discount ii - I * d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibue 21 - 21 21 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - . 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 7 - g 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. ... - ... 10 all Mexicali& S.Americn ... - . 25: 5 Nat. Discount Co 1 - i i 10 6 'Netherlands Land / -11 10 all Do. Do. - 21 5 all IDo.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id l/ - 2 5 3 Do. Do. - 1 . d 100 80 Now B. &N. S. Land 16 - 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 101* - icr2l 1 all N. B. Australasian... $ i 20 all, Nrth.ofEnropeSteam 21 - 3 1 all Oriental Gas - 11 1 10s. Do New Shares id 5 all Peel Er. lA. di Minrl ll q 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 80 - 82 50 10 Do. New - 8 p 50 all Rhymney Iron - 23 100 60 ttoyal Mail Steam 59 • 60 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l/ - 11 St. 100 S.Ans.Gov.6p.c.bels llO - 112 1111 25 all South Austral. Laud 35 - 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i - 1 1 all Do. Registered - 1 20 5 Trruan.Co.UP.Can. .., .- ... 100) 28 1 , Van Diemelem Laud , 131 - 141' 95 - 97 1100 - 102 ••• -- •.. 6 --6 i 110 -- 115 107 -- 112 111 -- 117 112 -- 115 130 -- 133 79 -, 81 72 - T 3 iO -- iii 112 - 114 104 - 106 64 e 6 lot Ili 92 - 91 87 -8, 88 -- 90 100 -- 1(2 91 -- 16 --1 0 91 -- 101 73 -- 74 181 -19 i 91 -- 91 131 -- 138 -- 142 160 - 165 121 - 123 i - 1 66 - 68 137 -- 139 101 7 - 103 -- 94 iii ---- iis 1164 =164 97 - 99 1 - i - 22 - 23 119 - 121. 106 - 108 99 - 101 120 - 122 125 - 130 73 - 75 10 - 23 - 24 101 - 193 100 - 102 100 - 102 15 - 17 1 27i -28. i 45 7 50 COUNTY FRANCHISE BILL. Mr. L. KING postponed' the second reading of the County Franchise Bill from to-morrow until Thursday, Jane the 10th. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE-RELEASE OF MR. W. WILKES. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, the order of the day was read for the consideration of Mr. W. Wilkes's petition, Mr. M. GIBSON moved Mr. Wilkes's discharge from the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms in the usual form, and on payment of the fees. Mr. CLIVE regretted the retractati in had not been so ample as the charge made. He had been informed that the learned counsel on both sides, engaged in reference to the railway scheme under the consideration of the committee, had stated that his conduct, as chairman of committee, was such that it was impossible for them to form any opinion, up to the last moment, bow be would vote, and they one and all declared that such a charge as had been made against him was perfectly absurd. After some remarks from Mr. ELLIOTT, Mr. WALPOLE said there was a complete exonera tion of Mr. C ive's conduct in the petition of Mr. Wilkes now before the house. He thought the hon. member might now rest satisfied that with the petition before the house coupled with the statement be had made rela tive to the opinion of the learned counsel engaged in the case, his conduct bad been entirely exonerated in that hous•., and would be so with. the country. He thought the authority and dignity of the house, the character of the hoc, member, and the conduct of the petitioner in making his retractation bad put the house in a position to allow Mr. Wilkes to be discharged in the ordinary way. He only hoped the house would not have the necessity of repeating such se :nes, which could only occur when persons made imputations they could net sustain, at,d which ought never to be made. (Elem..) The motion for Mr. Wilkes's discharge was then agreed to. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS BILL. Mr. COWPER moved the second reading of this bill. The object of the bill was three fold, viz., to esta tl:sh or.e unitoi m standard of education and qualification —secondly, to establish a registry of all duly qualified practitioners, and thirdly to abolish all local restrictions and place all duly qualified practitioners upon an equal footing throughout the country. The examination would be made by the existing medical bodies; but the new council, elected by the dif erent examining bodies, to be created by the bill would have the power of determining whether such an exami nation would be sufficient to justify the issue of a licence to practice, or whether there should be a second exami nation before themselves. The bill in no way interfered with the privileges cf the College of Physicians. Mr. BLACK opposed the bill on aceount of its com plicated nature. During the last three years five bills had been introduced into the house, neither of which provided for the wants of the people. The present legis lation that had taken place on the subject ought to be re pealed, and the members of the medical profession allowed freedom of practice, and to make their way with the public the same as the members of other professions. The motion for the second reacting was then put, and declared tc be carried. Mr. BLACK objected to the decicion, as he had said " no" to the second reading. After some remark: from Mr. WALPOLE and the SPEAKER to the effect that the hon. gentleman did not say " no" at the right time, The motion for tile second readicg was declared to be carried. Mr. COWPER then moved the committal of the bill on the Bth June. Mr. BLACK moved its committal this day six months. Mr. BRADY urged that a change was required, and that the question of medical reform demanded the most serious consideration of the house. The provisions of the bill had been discussed by all the medical sicieties in the country, and were approved of by them.' Mr. WALPOLE said the question of medical reform had been some time before the house, but they had been unable to see their way clear as t ) the best proposition to be stippited by ttem. The three bills before the house contained some points worthy of adoption, and some the house ought not to sanction. Legislation ou this subject was neeestary, but the difficulties they had to encounter Were very great. The right bon. gentleman referred to the anothales that ( xisted with reference to the regulation of the itedical profession. [LEFT SPEAKING I METsfOIRS OF 1-1 1 , 0Etr , —This work, which has just appeared, is lik e y t - o ezette unusual and general interest; It is not only io , atic and artistic circles that the memoirs of mad er uo m avidity, for the . Rachel will be perused with byidity, so foil and whole vorld of readers must be attracted particular an account who achieved such extraordinary of the career of one raordinary fame, and under such extraordinary fame, and under such exceptional circum stances, as the great French tragedienne. The book is full of amusing and clirracteristic anecdotes, not only of Rachel ber-elf and ter family, but of the many re markable and disti nguished sh persons will whom during her cheq uered life e came in contact, from King Louis Philippe and the E TRINITY COLLEGE, of Russia downward.. Fell sw is Mr. John Leslie, DUBLIN.—The newly-elected whose name, with Leslie, son of the Rev. E. Leslie those ( f the scholars elected, was declared on Mond. t the chapels. THE CHAIRMAN ' S Y R HUNDRED or SALF01011; OF THE SESSIONS Ton THE (LANoisalEE.)—The recent and lamented death of years the able , hi l Fred. Foster, Esq., for man chairman of the Salford sessions, has been y marked this week th e adoption of a suitable tribute from the magistrates ability. Mr. of the county to his virtues Fost er and ed from the Northern bar, and discharged th:duties of the office with uni versal satisfaction. lye was a Moravian and son of a distinguished minister that denomination. At the o Salford sessions, on I has for some time be en enday, Mr. Eiward Ovens, who attached to the Northern bar, qualified as a count magistrate, was subsequently e l ec ted as a chairman EY,I the sessions. The salary is fixsd at 6001 a-year. THE PRINCE CONSORT.— A letter from Coblentz of the 29th ult , in the Cologn e 6az rte, says—" Yesterday evening Prince Albert, aeceom palsied by the Princess of Prussia, who w ent to meet hun at Remagen, arrived here on board the Her man: steamer. The Prince only stopped for the time nece::ary to receive the authorities of the town, who had hoi :enibled on the banks of the Rhine, and in half an a f terwards continued his journey, with the Princess tor Ltolzsbfels." Henri Herz, the cerebrate d pianist, is at present in Brussels, where, at the last conceit of theCon,ervatuire, his p l ay i n g was attended witoi; tars most brilliant success. The St Hele na Heral d „,. !the 4 h of March con tains an ordinance of the o f the Freneh'l° G overnor granting to the Emperor petuity, the lands forming and his heirs in per and the tomb of Napoleon /. e sites of Longwood , Leon's Vale, where the tomb The lands in otiose o f is situated, comprise a bout 23 acres , while t Lon 3 acres, They recentl y belo nged to g wood comprise about rivate owners, and have been pu rchased by th e er , wn p for the purpose of the present tra nsfer, at a co st of ' 1600/. for the tomb and 3,5001. for the Louse. THE SHAH OF PERSIA AND THE 1 We mentione d, some weeks a, NOTANRELIEF FUND 0 had forward ed a donation co thethat th e Shah of Per s ia We now learn , from a st ate teer Indian Relief Fund. Standard, that immediately aft in the Bombay ter the remittance bad been despatched, an article appeared Gazette, expre ssive of regret that in the T e he ran their English allies had been beaten e ver y where b y t he insurgents in India. We had la . ti rly , it was said, `'been reduced to such extreme s t ra its in matters of mone y , that we cot were begging from foreign nation s an y little -Aunts wid corild , raise, to enable us to pay the pension of our' The Shah, it was added, had, "in compassion, ow'. ' We cannot ; given his mite in the way of charity." ouch for the truth of this story, but there is something irresistibly ludicrous in the idea of P ersia bestowing 1t a charity upon Great Britain.—Homeward Mail. SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER.—.. A retired military officer in good circumstances, named I/anielib t of 15, Rue St. Charles, at Vaugi rard, not h aving be a seen for some time, and a strong smell coining from his apartment, his door was on Saturday forced open, His dead body, in an I advanced state of putrefaction, was found floor with a gun by h is side . nia lying on the skull was shattered to pieces, and fragments of it were l ying about. From letters left on the table it appeared that he bad (Joni ma • ted suicide owing to his being afflicted with some complaiLt whlch caused hint inter as WW2* It is supposed that he bad been dead at lea ,t, Uwe weeks. 100 3 100 100 St. 'lOO St. 100 St, 100 25 16, St. l loo St I[oo St. [OO 10 31.1 20 17 20 all 10 all St. 100 25 St. St. 50 all I all all 100 1100 12s6d! all 2s. 100 all 20i 100 100 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 103/ 92} f 92i 3 i 91 1 001 4fli 71d St. 12 12. 12! St. 36+ 686 I St. 8i St. St. st. 25 10 1.0.6, St. St. St. St. 20 25 25 St. 105 1 5a 3 i i all 100 100 100 100 34 100 'lOO !100 1100 1 100 ,1100 all 1, all 1113 i EVENTINTG, JUNE 2, 1E558. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A. OciLLIERY PROPRIETOR AT LEEDS. Mr. Blackburn, coroner for Leeds, held an in quest yesterday at the White Horse Inn, Low road, Hunslet, on view of the body of Mr. Joseph Longbottom. Deceased, who was the proprietor of the Pepper-lane Colliery, and 67 years of age, had been much depressed iri spirits for some months, partly in consequence of the unsatisfactory nature of his operations at the pit, and partly from other causes. On Sunday evening, after supper, h e proceeded, in company with his sons Edward and James to the colliery for the purpose of seeing a horse that was ill. After looking into the stable, Edward Longbottom left his father standing at the door of the engine -house while he took a can of water into the house of his brother Jame, distant a' - out 70 yards. When he returned to the engine house door, however, he could not see the old man, and supposing that he had proceeded on his homeward way, he was about to follow him, when heheard the signal from the pit. Tne signal was "A man has fallen down the pit." Assistance was im mediately available, and Geo. Clark, the banksman, descended the shaft, in company with his son. On arriving at the bottom of the pit, which is 90 yards deep, they found the remains of the deceased, a ' shapeless mass, and blackened from head to foot. There was scarcely a singla bone in the body that was not fractured, and the head and face so horribly disfigured as to be perfectly unrecognisable. The top of the pit was properly secured by the "cages" and corves, but deceased appears to have got to the brink of the pit by climbing over the f nce that bounds the airway, and from thence taken the rash step. From the appearances at the extreme edge of the pit, and the fraying of the wood and bricks in the immediate vicinage of the summit, it is sup posed that the unforiuna 4 e man let himself down into the shaft, so as to avoid the conducting rods, and then dropped to the bottom. There are some sharp scratches and indentations upon the brick work, as if there had been a slight struggle or a re pentant movement. Further down the marks of the boots of the suicide are apparent. and towards the bottom his walking-stick caught one of the con ducting rods, and snapped it altogether. The rash act was marked by a wonderful degree of delibera tion and determination, and the event has created considerable excitement in the neighbourhood. It was shown in evidence that the deceased had been freqnently depressed of late, and that in conversa tion with Joseph Brookshank, the steward of the pit, he had frequently said, "he felt as if he could not get over it (i.e., his trouble with the pit.) His labours had been pecuniarly unprofitable, in conse quence of the awkwardness of the level he had se leeed, an arrangement by which his pumps not only had to do the pumping of his own mine, but also for half-a-dozen others situate in the same level or basin. The jury found the deceased had thrown himself into the pit while in a fit of temporary in sanity. Mr. Longbottom has left a widow and a large family. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 29. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Ward, to be Consul at Bristol for the United States of America. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the Count de Melano as Consul-General in London for the Republic of Nicaragua. FOREIGN•OFFICE, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George R. West as Consul at the Bay of Islands for the United States of America. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of ➢lr. Albert G. Catlin, as Consul at Prince Edward's Island for the United States of Amer•ca. The Qt.i.en has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Dickson as Consul at Colombo for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WHITEHALL, MAY 31. The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute, and appoint Harry Maxwell Inglis, Esq., to be one of tho Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, in the room of John Russell, Esq , resigned. CROWN OFFICE, MAY 26. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. James Spaight, of George-street, in the City of Limerick, Esq., iu the room of George Gavin, Esq., whose election has been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 1. 32nd Regiment of Foot—To be Lieutenants —Lieut. A. R. W. Thistlethwayte, from 33d Foot, vice Cook, promoted in the 100th Foot • Lieut. G. Walker. from 88th Foot, vice Clery, promoted in the 100th Foot ; Lieut. S. B. Noble, from GSth Foot, vice Browne, promoted in the 100th Foot. . 100th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Captain and Brevet-Major T. M. L. Woguelin, from half-pay sGth Foot ; Captain R. B. Ingram, from 97th Foot ; Captain P. G. Lake, from 2d West India Regiment; Lient. Henry Cook, from 32d Foot ; Lient. James Clery, from 32d Foot, vice do Rottenburg, promoted ; Lieut. H. G. Browne, from 32d Foot, vice Robertson, promoted ; To be Lieutenants— Lieutenants G. B. Coulson, from 49th Foot; John Lee, from 17th Foot, and to be Adju tant; James Lamb, from 50th Foot; F. W. Benwell, from 33d Foot ; H. L. Nicholls, from 39th Foot ; Joseph Dooley, from 77th Foot ' • R. L. Baylilf, from, 33d Foot ; G. F. Grant, from 62d Foot ; C. J. Hamp ton, from 56th Foot. BREVET. Captain Joseph Maycock, 53d Foot, to be Major in the Army. Lieut.-Colonel Frank Turner, Bengal Artillery, to be Colonel in the Army. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Major Henry A. Olpherts, Bengal Artillery. Major James Metcalfe, Bengal Infantry. Major Charles Harris Blunt, Bengal Artillery. TO BE MAJORS. Captain It. C. Lawrence, 73d 8ang , ..1 N.I. Captain H. Nicoll, 50th Bengal N.I. Captain S. Graville, lit Bengal European Fusiliers. Captain A. Light, Bengal Artillery. Captain G. C. Hatch, 57th Bengal N.I. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT County of Pembroke— James William Bowen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign William Lewis Kulback to be Lieut., vice Strong, retired. The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry —Captain Lee Porcher Townshend to be Major, vice Brooke, resigned; Lieut. Shalleross Fitzherbert Widdring ton to be Captain, vice Townshend, promoted ; Cornet the Hon. John Byrne Leicester Warren to be Lieutenant, vice Widdrington, promoted. Royal Sherwood Forresters or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—Robert Felix Bower Sr. Clair, Gent., to be Ensign; Edwin Robert Ives, Gent., to be Ensign; Leonard Jaques, Gent., to be Ensign. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Augustus Frederick Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Chisholm , p romoted ; Clement Wolseley Featherstonhaugh, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Leatbaw, promoted. Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Ensign Percival Richards to be Lieutenant, vice John Blackeley, resieme , i, 2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia — Ensign William Benja min Wilkin to be Lieutenant, vice Waidell. Leicester Militia—Robert Curzon, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bull, grocer, Hambledon, Southamptonshire, to surrender June 14, at one, and July 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Flynn, cheesemonger, Farringdon-street, City, June 11, at half-past twelve, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Cheetham Bayley and James Bayley, cotton spinners, Staleybridge, Cheshire, Juno 17 and July 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Robinson, juo., jeweller, Sheffield, June 19, and July 10, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. John. Jones, beerhouse-keeper, Aberavon, Glqmorgan shire, Jun e 14, an d J u ly 13, a t eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Benjamin Berresford, stonemason, Belper, Derbyshire, June 17, and July 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Thomas Thornicraft, coal merchant, Leicester, June 22, and July 13, at half-past ten, at the-Birmingham District Court. James Way, grocer, Oxrord-street, June 11 and July 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Cotton, beer retailer, Bear-street, Leicester square, June 15 at half-past one, and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Msrtin, fustian merchant, Manchester, June 12 sad July 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Kay, writer, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Andrew Spence, jun., shipowner, Broughty Ferry, near Dundee. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. --- YESTERD AY. tr05terdant...........• 11 1 , % Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• .• Ditto, throe months .. 11 17% Leghorn .. • • •• r 26 0 Rotterdam ............ 11 17% • Genoa ......... ••• 16 Antwerp •••••••• •• • ••• '25 35 Milan •••••••••• •• •• •• Brussels •• •• •••••••••• 25 35 Venice•• •• •• •••• •• .• -- aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 7 1 4 Napiee -• •• •••. •••••• •• 4 1 5 % Altona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo •••• ...... •• •• Paris. ••••• •• . 0.1•• •• •• •41 25 7% Messina .. 125% Do. three months .. .. 25 32 Lisbon .......... .• •• 51% Marseilles •• •• •• •• •• •• 25 32% Oporto •• •• •• •• • ...... • 5138 Bourdeaux •• •• •• •• •• •• Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ••.• Frankfort-on-Maine .. •• 118( Buenos Alres•• •••••• •• Berlin .• •• .• .• .• .• ••• •• New York,6o days' sight Vienna .• •• •• •• •• •• •• »10 27 Philadelphia •• Trieste•• •• •••• •• •• •••• 10 29 ?WES OF BULLION, PER OR Petersburg ............ 3546 F o reign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49 1 4 Portugal Gold Coin -. 0 0 0 Cadiz 494 i ;Mexican Dollars 0 5 0 Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• on • • New Dollars •• •• •• 0 0 Seville Silver in bars ...... 0 5 14 NEW STEAMSHIP FOR THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY.--This powerful company have added another fine ship to their fleet, named the Salsette, which ar rived at Southampton yesterday from the Clyde, under the command of Captain Brown, having accom plished the passage in forty-aix hours. She is a sis ter ship to the Benares, of the same size, tonnage, and power. There are now lying in the Southampton Docks three new ships belonging to this company, viz., the Benares, Northam, and Salsette. The former ship has been a voyage to Alexandria, and has proved herself a good sea boat of first-class speed. She willshortly leave for India. The Northam, which was built by Messrs. Summers and Day, of Northam, near Southampton , is just being finished, and will take her trial trip on Mon day next. Sbe is a beautiful model of a ship, and it is expected will attain a high rate of speed. The Salsette will go a voyage or two to Alexandria pre vious to and departure for India. She was built by . Me ssrs. M'Gregor, of Glasgow. MILITARY DEPARTMEANTS, (From the Times ) If the best institutions are not made, but grow, then is England certainly a f , rtuoate c , .:untry. The British Constitution is founded on the negation of abstract rights. It has been decided many a time that, apart from custom or positive enactment, no principle or doctrine has a claim on the acquiescence of the country. People seem determined . to resist the intolerable domination of logic. We have a Chancellor of the Exchequer who is in some way connected with the Court of that namo, who is sworn in, takei his seat, and calls on - cciunsel , to move,. but whose real duties would cause him to be styled in any other c untry the Minister of Pinang. We have the leading states men of the Cabinet merely invested with the dignity of one of the Commissioners for executing tie diAuFed office of Lord High Treasurer, and fir lower in nominal rank then many of his own sub ordinates. The office of Lord High Admiral, hke that of Treasurer, is always in c )rumision. In fact, as the power of tie Crown has become inert, and that of the Lords spasmodic, while the Common., with their humble addressee, are the strong, steady, and resolute governors of the coun try, so the administrative world has been revo!u tionised and authority has gradually fallen away from ancient and lordly officers to men who in for mer days exercised functions little more important than those of a clerk or accountant. Well ! High Treasurer and High Admiral are gone ; Lord Chancellor has been sadly pared of Lis dignity ; their Graces the Archbishops have been made stipendiaries. Why should not Commander in-Chief undergo the common fate ? Captain Vivian's resolution, that, t 3 promote greater effi ctency in the military departments, " the Horse Guards and War-office sh .uld be placed under the control of one responsible Minister," has been carried against the Government, and, indeed, against Principalities and Powers, and the rulers of this world generally, by a majority of two. Independent Liberalism gave the aristocratic and military circles a heavy blow in the matter of the admission to Woolwich, but that was noViieg to the portentous decision of last night. It has been affirmed by the House of Commons that it is desirable the administration of any miliet - tarty affairs by a great officer responsible to' the Crown alone, and not immediately amenable to Parliament, shall cease. It is impossible to over rate the importance of this decision. It strikes at the heart of usages which havegrown upend become so entwined with our military system as to seem to most men absolutely inseparable from it. In the array, and perhapsin higher qu utters, we shall hear of no little alarm, indignation, and complaint. The diatribes against popular clamour, civilian inter f - ranee, and Parliamentary usurpation, will echo in clubs and drawing-rooms as loudly as when the break down at Sebastopol was asserted to be the invention of " a ribald press." Surprise, vexation, and offended pride will be the feeling excited in a still higher and narrower circle. That every at tempt will be made to neutralise the resolution of the house and defeat its consequences need not be said. such a fabric as the irresponsible and extra-Parliamentary direction of 130,000 men, and the disposal of the most valued and coveted social distinctions, will not be over thrown without a struggle. The House of Cora mons, if it wishes to gain any solid advantage, must follow up its hard-won victory. Our own opinions on thin important question may be easily anticipated. Bath the service we have criticised, and the !Albite in whose name we have spoken, will, we presume, do us the jus ice to say that in these matters we have uttered no un certain sound. Long since, and not once, but re peatedly, we have urged the House of Commons to assume to itself that authority over the defences of the country which it has a mor d right to exercise. From no short or cursory observation we have been confirmed in the belief that only by such a course can the evils which still infest the system be driven out, and that unity, strengtl9, and activity induced which the critical state of Europe demands. Now, what at present is the relati on o f the house to the two servicss ? The House of Commons is asked yearly to vote a sum exceeding 30,009,000/. sterling for the maintenance of the army and navy. Over both these great divisions of the national force it is needless to sty that a proper control should be exeicised. To support them taxes all the energies of this indomitable people, and there are not wanting those who assert, and with no little show of truth, that already the pressure is more than can be safely borne. But an efficient army and navy the country w,ll have, at any sacrifice, and it is the duty of those who are intrusted wi .11 power to promote that efficiency by every means. But what authority is there in the country fit to take the matter in hand ? The services belong nominally to the Crown, but. we know that the Crown is but another name for the irresponsible action of a few professional chiefs, and Will be used to cover every delinquency of the barrack and every intrigue of the Palace. The House of Lords is, from its want of sympathy with re form, and its general unearnestness and Mat tention to business, unfitted for the exercise of a beneficial control. There remains but the House of Commons, which must evidently le-come more and more the practical supervisor of the nati anal forces. Now, at present one branch—the Navy —is administered by a Cabinet Minister who is generally a member of the House of Commons. Tee advantages to the service from this arrange ment have been great and numerous. The control of the Cabinet has been more complete, and, as a Government is for the most part composed of independent and high-spirited wen, the navy has been rescued from improper interferences, which a more courtier-like rule, without the fear of Parlia ment before its eyes, might have alloweA to op ' rate. On the other hand, the navy has always ob tained its full share of financial support from having for its chief a colleague of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and from being losked on with a more favourable eye by the economisn of Parlia ment. What has been done for the navy it is but fair to demand for the army. At present the Secretary for War is only partially iu authority. No one can define his power or his responsibility. The former may be arrogated when there is a point to carry ; the letter may be denied when there is a blunder to escape from. Indeed, the sys em has all the disadvantages without any of the ben fits of a double government. Ech department may hind r the other, or quarrel with the other, or shift responsibility on the other; but there is hardly a point where it can operate as an efficient check. General Peel stated that be knew his duties, and where they ended ; and then he went on to say that "the coo mind, discipline, avid patronage of the army were controlled by the Crown through the Commauder-in-Ch'ef." So that with regard to the command, discipline, and patronage of the vast fore.) which we are creating in these islands, we are told on authority that tl ey are totally withdrawn from the c )ntrol of Parliament or of her Majesty's Ministers ; that they are vested in an officer whom the Court may appoint and continue at his post through all changes of Administration, and who is not bound to recog nize the authority of the Secretary for War at all. Is Parliament, are the public, prepa.ed to accept this doctrine ? Every other depart ment of the State has been subordinated to those advisers whom the Queen selects as represent ing most closely the opinions of Parliameat. The Premier recommends Bishops and Deans for appointment ; the Chancellor advises the Crown as to who shall have a vacant seat in Westminster ball ; the Colonial Secretary is intrusted with the selection of Governors for our dependencies, and so on. Furthermore, in analogy wi h this rule, the First Lord of the Admiralty dispen. es the patronage and watches over the discipline of the Navy. All these personages are memhers of the Cabinet, and directly responsible to the Parliament in which they have seats. They may be called on at any time to defend an act of questionable pro priety. But if the theory of General Peel be accepted,—if it be true that the Crown may appoint a Prince of the Blosd, and give him the " command, patronage, and discipline of the Army, with complete immunity from all Parliamentary interference, it is difficult to say in what respect this country differs from the military monarchies of the Continent. In old times, when there wasp() standing army, or a very small one, the bounds of prerogative might be less strictly defined, arid the Crown be intrusted with the power which is now arrogated. But now that the British army is a very large and powerful force, it seems to us the duty of the Legislature to determine more accu rately the position of its Chief, and to bring him under that constitutional control to whichte _every other functionary has in his thrnsubmit t d o lt may be thought that we are ° alluding s tatesmen have to im probable eventualities, but still provide for improbable eventualities. The ques tion whether the army shall be sll a force constitu tionally governed is one lindi ependnot withent of indithe vi duals, and we ought. to egslate, c h arac ter of any particular personage before our eyes, but with a view to the permanent settlement of a great questi on. True, then, to our p rinci p le, I that the House of Commmins should assert a more immediate and active control over the national I forces, we cannot but rejoice that the resolution of Capt. Vivian last night met with its approval. THE LATE CAPT. SIR W. PEEL.-012 Monday muffled peals were rung at the parish church of Bury, on the tidings reaching that town of the death of Capt. Sir W. Peel, who died on the 27th April at CawLpore, of small- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took Lis seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. LORD CANNING. Earl GRANVILLE said it would no doubt be in recollection that in the debate on the Oude pro clamation, the noble earl at the head of her Ma jesty's Government expressed with great warmth his respect for Lord Canning. Their lordships were doubtless aware that, at the end of a protracted debate in another place, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, amidst loud cheers, made the announcement that a t e l egra phic de spate!: had been sent to L rrd Conning expres ing that, in the present state of difficulties, he would receive the support of the Government. Language bad also been used during the debate by other members of the Govern ment, though not members tot the dabrnet, which created the impression that Lord Canning would not receive much support. He might corn) lain of the language cf the Chancellor of the Ex c h equer in apost-prandial s p eec h, which would form the subject of discussion that evening; but he congratulated the noble earl on the choice he had wade in the successor to the noble earl who had lately retired horn the Board of Control. (Hear, hear.) He (Earl Grauvlih) thought it but air, if such promise of support to Lord Canning bad been despatched it should at least be made public. It would be of the greatest importance that such an intimation was made known in India. The question which he wished to ark way, whether there woulrilhe any objection to produce the communication alluded to by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and also whether there would be any °Ejec tion to produce at the same tulle copies of the votes of c infidence agreed to by the Court cf Directors of the East Tndia CompAnv on the policy of Lord Canning ? The Earl of DERBY said, with regard to the tendered support of the Government to Lord Canning, it had not been offered for the first time on the occasion spoken to by the noble earl. It the noble earl would refer to the despatch sent to India on the 24th March, he would find it laid down distinctly that in the event of Lord Can ning pursuing the course of policy then entered upon, he should receive the support of her Majesty's Govern m• ht. (hear, hear, hear.) The proclamation of Lord Canning was disapproved of Eby the Government because it was thought to be in opposition to his f ironer pot cy. The only communication which had taken place with r, ference to the promised support of the Gover ment was contained in a telegraphic mes sage which be (Lord Derby) had- despatched as a per sonal communication, on the resignation cf the noble earl (E trl of Eilenborough), which was sent off on the 12th, to overtake the mail of the ' 10th of last month.. As the—communication wax of a privat- charactei., he did not think it would be pos sible to lay it before their lordships, but with respect to the production of the votes of confidence of the Court of Directors to Lord Canning he had not the slightest objictiot', and that document had been laid on the table of the other house last night. SECOND READINGS. On the moti in of Lord REDESDALE the following bills were read a second time :—Stearnes Charities, Hailstone Gas ; E irl of Fife's Estate Manchester, Hyde, and Motteraw Roads; Metropolitan Board of Works; Liverpool Approache-, ; Besselsleigh Road, and Ware, Hadham, and Buntii ,rd Railway. THIRD READINGS. On the motion of the tame noble lord, the following Lolls were read a third time and passed :—Vamthall bridge Road, Staffard,hire Potteries Gas, Sufferance Wharves, St,ke Fenton and L'tngton Gas. THE EARLDONI OF SHREWSBURY. Lord REDESDALE brought up the report of the Committee of Privileges, who had come to the conclu sion :that Henry John Chetwill, Earl of Talbot, had trade out his title to the Earldom of Shrewsbury. (Hear, hear.) Lord CAMPBELL said he eneirely agreed with the result the committee had arrived at. (Hear, hear.) The report was ordered to be laid up n the table. MR. DISR,AELI'S SPEECH. The Earl of CLA.RENDON than rose, to call the at tenticn f their lordships to t! e speech recently delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Slough. He should not have felt cor.e rained to take notice of this speech if it merely c , ntained the opinions of the right hon. gentleman, expressed at a meeting for the amuse ment of some holiday friends ; but grave charges were contained in that speech, which ought to receive duoi dati n, and there were observations in it which ought to ho cleared up. He should confine himself to Mr. Disrae i's observations upon our foreign policy. The first remark of the right hon. gentleman had reference to the imminence of war when the late Government _went out o? office. Mire was not a particle of truth in the state tercet, and he (Lord Clarendon) in his place in Parlia ment gave it a flat contradiction. (Hear.) The right bon. gentleman was in possession of official documents wh.oh must have made him cognisant of the real facts of the case. It was due to his late colleague to deny the allegation of Mr. Disraeli ; it was equally duo to the Ernie:or cf the French to rebut them. (Hear, hear.) Up tr the moment when the late Government left office our relation., with France were of the most intimate and confidential kind. (Hear.) Oa le ,eing office, he:(Lord Clarendon) had placed every paper.itt his possession in the hand, of the Earl cf Malweebury. He was careless wnat the right Lon. gentleman might say in London, but bad certainly been curious to know what effect his observations in the country might have on the public mind. It appeared, however, that after his Speech at :_ , lough neither had prices risen, nor had there been a panic. (oe, and a laugh.) The Eirl of DERBY...You mean that prices had not fell n. (Hear, hear ) Tne Berl efaCLARENDON—Yes. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Oe Friday night Mr. Disraeli renewed his in siutratiou with regard to the imputed imminence of war, when be said that if Lord J. Russell had consulted Lord Palmerston and not Lord Clarendon, he would have had li g ht thrown apoe the sulject. (Hear) Mr. Dirsaeli also asserted that shortly before the late Government went out the French ambassador bad ominously left this coun try. (Hear) The fact was that M. Persigny had for some rinse had lesve of absence, but hart not availed himself of the covye until the last moment. But he (Lord Claren don) was not quite sure that when Count Persiguy did leave be Lad not receive 1 assurances from the new Gc vernment, which bad not subsequently been fulfilled. These statements of Mr. Disraeli were made in the ab sence of Lord Palmerston. Last night Lord Palmerston attendee in his place, when Mr. Disraeli admitted that when the late Government went out, war was not immi nent. (Hear, and a laugh.) The Chancellor of the Ex chequer spoke of the " base and truckling policy " of tne la .e Government with regard to France, audalthough he (Lerd Clarendot) was desirous to let bygones be by genes, he could not allow this aepersioia to go forth un coetraelieted. But be would first emphatically deny tha the Conspiracy Bid had been brought in in obedience to foreign dictation. (Hear ) On the very first night of the se. Ilion the Far: of Derby bad alluded to the neces sity of eume measure for checking the hatching of con spiracies to assassination. The bill brought in by the Government fell sh.,rt rather than exceeded the stria geriey of the measure suggested by the noble earl. (Hear.) It curbed no liberties, and in no way trenched upon the rigLts of asylum. Moreover, it receive) the support of Mr. Disraeli. Besides, the Emperor of the French had distiectly stated that no a ffsuce Was intended by Count ‘V ale w ski 's deep& te b,an and i t could Count not cv thereforeauur who lee said. had hat 'We acted under dictation. been ref, rred to by genie newspapers in this country sup porting th present Government, as a more liberal Minis ter that himself (Lord Clarencion`,`ook precisely the earns v i e w r f the necessity of replying to the despatch as the late Government, and had made a verbal reply to the circular sent to the Sardinian Government. (Hear.) The vote which had turned out the late Government might really have been charged upon a " cabal," but it was ac cepted by the late Government as the decision of the House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli had spoken in terms of exultation for the premptitude with which the present Government had procured the release of the two engi neers, Watt and Park. He (Lord Clarendou) did not wish at all to detract from the merits of the present Ad ministrat en in thee re lea, but it should t e remembered that the new Government had a status from which to remonstrate, which the late Administration had not, owing to the true facts of the case not having transpired before the change of Government. He entirely denied, however, that these men,. although not released, bad een neglected. (Hear.) Had the matter been so ate ranged that we could go with impunity into the Nesse p waters ? The Earl of M...ALMESBURY—With perfect safety. (Hear ) The Earl of CLARENDON—But the song of triumph of Mr. Disrat li ought to have b3en postponed, however,. nail it had been ascertained that the liing of Naples consented to the arbitration proposed. He had been uuable to find, from any source, who were those dark intriguers referred to in the:speech of the right hon. gen t:eman at Slough, and if that statement were not a romance like the rest of his speech, he (Lord Clarendon) exiled upon the noble lord opposite to state who those intri l 'tiers were that her Majesty's late Government had been and still were in league with to inconvenience her Majesty's present Government. (dear ) The most re pugnant to every Englishman aid that generous and gt ntlemaoly spirit that should animate every servaat of tht , Quern, was the manner in which therighthon.dge dn onee had spoken of Lord Canning's policy in loia_ ( „ 3 ,-)—as one always of massacre and confiscation, in opposition to discriminate amnesty, awl in which the right boo. gentleman led the people of England to sup pose that it was left to her Majesty's present Govern ment to propose and enforce a discriminating amnesty with reference to the people of and that within Commons. instanceca Clarendon) n d the four days after the receipt of Lord Canning's explana tory despatch, the right honourable gentleman expressed confidence in him in the House of owohmopleareanwniatlhs it. (Hear, (haisetoarry, hheaer.k)neHweof(Lioiord considered there was nothing more mischievous the pearsconstant 11 - publication a tnos re-publications, peace of India than theft' front going of • various eor e t despatch,edi tions and which,in a s o w o f r a e r e the unfortunate s as a message of peace and conaciltiatifon 000 could dut onlyto Indiahave the contrary effect in, every India. The noble lord then referred to thatpartofr verntnent had met with statedthe hon. gentleman whichthe speechofthe right that approvalthe policy of tho ofp people e G o o f England and the admiration of Europe ; and, in the course of his remarks, took occasion to dissent from the statement, and passed on to that part of the speech which stated that for the first time since the days of Cha lee I. there exised a c3.Eal which hadnootherobject but to upset her Majesty's Government, and to obtain their ends in a manner the most reckless and deter mined. (Hear, hear.) He (the Earl of Clarendon) con sidered it a most astounding statement, and lest it might be supposed to refer to him, he stated to the house that he had obtained his information by the most constitu tional means, and whenever he had received any letter* .~~..~ .\