The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-08 00:00:00

M ON' Titito AN D 001111IEROTAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators and 1,000 by the exporters. The Railway Share Market manifested a very quiet appearance, and quotations slightly declined. From the 3Qth ult. to yesterday, the period that will be embraced in the next Bank of England re turn, as much as 275,0001. or 300,0001. in gold has been drawn from the Bank for remittance to the Continent. That balance-sheet, so far as the item of bullion is concerned, is, therefore, likely to ex hibit an unfavourable movement ; although, perhaps, not to the extent of the sum men tioned as having been sent away, because it is very possible that a small quantity of gold coin may have arrived from the provinces. The delay in the receipt of Australian supplies has necessi tated the bullion dealers to obtain from the Bank the means required for, commercial purposes or the purchase of silver on Eastern account. As the steamers now take out a very limited quantity of specie to India, and scarcely any to China, it is obvious that there is very little necessity for buying the metal abroad, the amounts received from the West Indies being almost sufficient. The presumption therefoie is that the consignments were prin cipally in liquidation of mercantile engage ments. They will no doubt continue, but some portion of the remittance 3 from Victoria must soon arrive, and as upwards of a million sterling altogether is advised as being en route, the b ulk of which will be due in the next six weeks or two months, there is every reason to expect that with such a large importation the bullion at the Bank will not suffer any serious de clension, provided no new demand for gold should arise. In the first six months of the present year the amount of gold and silver exported from this Country was 11,037,2001, against 12,906,3901. in the tune period of 1857, showing a falling off of 1 ,869,1901. This is owing to the diminished exports of silver to the East. The Money Market has again resumed an easy and quiet appearance. After a brief period of ex citement, resulting from the simultaneous payment of a variety of engagements, the demand has re laxed, and the value of accommodation has descended to 2/ per cent. The transactions in the market for English Secu rities are chiefly connected with the settlement, And the late advance in prices is not fully supported. SYmptoms of reaction set in 3 esterday afternoon, and the market now appears rather uncertain. The Bank broker has made a purchase of 30,0001. Re duced Annuities, but this had little effect upon quotations. Consols have been 951 / for money, rd 95al for the August account ; they are now 5 9-16 ths, 11-16ths for the latter. The New e per Cents, are 95i ; and the Reduced Annuities, 95 1 i •; Bank Stock, 220 to 222 ; Long Annuities, 182 ; India Debentures, 99g. The March Exche quer Bills are marked 345. prem., and the June Bills 20s. to 21s, prem. :' ,°r eig,rl Securities are moderately active, but prices have, in some instances, declined. Turkish n - p e r Cents., 96 96i ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 - ; S p a nish 3 per Cents., 44 ; Dr , forred, ; per b 9 90 ; Portuguese 3 per 'd e nts., 45t ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1121 ; and Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 72i 73i. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. 1857. Great Western North-Western I Sonth-Western Brighton 19,130 16,967 lidland Bonth-Eastern Great Northern 20,732 21,550 Lancashire and Yorkshire 25,923 26,694 LBristol and Exeter 6,962 6,979 ancaster and Carlisle unchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 10,022 11.443 No rth• Eastern Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver.... 4,291 4,659 _West liartleol Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... 5,291 5,580 G1a5g 0 w6,975 7,387 and Sou h-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada.... 7,722 9,131 Northern of France A v ery moderate business has been transacted 41 the Railway Share Market this morning, and 11 , ri ces in most i ns ta nces h ave ex hibit e d a further aught decline notwithstanding the improvement exhibited in the traffic, returns of some of the lead leg lines. Great Western, Lancashire and York- Ilhire, North-Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), declined Ss. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; North British, 11., and South Wales, 21. ; Cale donian have advanced ss. ; and Lancashire nid Carlisle, 1/. 10s. The Foreign lines tee almost neglected. Northern of France have declined about ss. In the Colonial Market only a limited business has been done. East Indian have improved 10s. ; Great Western of Canada, 68 . ; Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula are at previous values. For Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares there has been very little inquiry. Bank of Of Australasia have improved 10s., and Oriental Rank declined ss. Electric Telegraph have ad 'Panced to 107, and Peninsular and Oriental Steam declined to 782. PRICES —THIS DA Y 11 RI I'ISEI FUNDS' —CLOSING (From the Officio/ Ltst:) 114 k Stock T hree per C en t. R e d uce d Annuities 4 i IP, .... :,-. . Annintio4 9,% 1' i -," e w Three p er C en t . A nnu iti es ll 95 .4oug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 , D itto 3n Years, expire sth Apl • , 1885 44 dia Loa n D e b entures A ()ou sels for A ccoun t (A ugus t) - £l q ooo Bills— March. June. £5OO tscheuer 3/ 120 22 20 Small ' ___ i 18 22 22 FOREIGN FUNDS.—THIS DAY. trasilian ' per Cent Ditt o 4 per Cent 96A A ~.bito strip, 1853 . 1 i d %Ma, ~ per lent 1) Ditto Ac count.. . 19k eravia n Bonds, 4 i,:::Cent B9' D itto Account 2 Ditto 3 pe r C ent.. 90 . 70 . P ortugues e 3 per Cent ... 1853 .5 per Cent ll2 kt0,,ni.,1, ,5.,..u5, ::i per ( Ditto Account ... '". 27i .1 i DM,. Passive . . . . ........... Tallish Bonds, 6— p . e .. r .. C . e . nt. ~. Ditto and 4 per Cent. v'auezuela Bonds,sper Cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the ab ove paya bl e I n Lon d on . Pitch vian xml , nge, 2i per Omit., 12 Guilders 651,, erll Dollar Bonds, 4i per Cent 7 ; .3, 2?- 2 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money 9sa Ditto August account ......._.___ DEATH OF ASSISTANT SURGEON DIIMBRECIT, 97TH REGIIMSIST —Many will observe with regret in to-day's obituary the decease, at Lu c k now, of this promising you n g townsman. Although only twenty-four years of ag e , be had served through the whole Critnean campaign, and latterly accompanied General Franks through the Indian war, and Wit ,, present at the fall of Luckpow. His professional zeal and hie many persourd good qualities procured hi m , i n no ordinary ❑ degree, the esteem and affee:ion of his brother officera, and the a nnouncement of his career having been so early cut short will be received with great pain by many friends in S coiland.—Seoisman. SCIILLERS' RACE FOB 10/.—A very exciting scu l lery ' race for th e a b ove amount ( 5/ . side) cawsticff ei,,eyaetigr,i ay Morning, from P u t ney -b r id ge to th e New e The c ompet i tors were M. Thornton an d J. Campbell,e tivo amateur rowers of the class denominated " trades tcen." A referee having been a toss. Tb oint( the .e men got to their stations, winningCa mpbelhe to evenly togethe r a t r. clipping pace, andw 3 : i' re l‘ .:" " 0 scull to th e F eathers, when Campbell took the lead, which he maintained to the Old Swat), when Thort.tcn took it f rom him, and, af:er a most exciting contest, , ta by about th ree or four feet. The - Union Bank of Aus' raliallhave agreed with the Treasury for the loan of 500,000/., guaranteed by the Imperial Government under an Act of the last session, for the service of New Zealand, and a considerable por tion of the amount is in course of transmission to the colony. It is understood the directors intend shortly to offer a large portion of these bonds for public subscrip tion, and that they will probably invest their reserve fund ira the remainder. Both principal and interest being Z!poured on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kitig ip) the bond s w ill constitute a very desirable security r Per manent investment. T hey base 30 years to run from the date of issue, and bear interest at 4 per cent., Principal and interest being payable at the Bank of %land, SI-I ", 1114.41.-Jsi's (This Day). RAILWAYS. g•ILWASS. ' Atnbd. Nottno. Bus'. Eastn. June-- I Belfast & Rally umr., ,'B•rmtig. WolveT h. 4 IBSir'tokurenhVda.llkanley. csh..; Cheshire Jnnct I Blackburn ' Myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Ca1ed0nian............ ,Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon 'Cork, Black. & Pass • Cornwall Ds. A H Do. B DublindsßelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber Juno. East Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do. Do. ' New A East Kent East Lancashire . East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&DundAe Forth and ClydeJunc. 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.R. gua.St 'lrish South-Eastern. I Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds.... ... I Do. New Thirds iLancash. &Yorkshirt. 'Do. ' do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wet. Riding Uu Do. Southport. London & Blackwal' Do. New, iss. 5/. 10s. Lond. }aright. gl .&S. Cs t !London & N. Wester liDo. Eighths London & S. Weatvrn .Lndudrry.&Coler.inc I Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Wan ch . She f. &Li ne t n . Metropolitan Midland , . ...... . Do. Birming. & Der Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. Shares ......... !New casti e & Carl i . Newpt. berg. &Hr y Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoi: , & Restrevor Nortolk.. ......... Northn. Counties T_)l North British North Devon, Rail. Dock 5t0ck............ Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ..... N. Eastern— Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. IDo. Leeds Do. York North London IN. & S. Wetn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester Wolverhampton... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Union all 'Sitingboarne &Sheer. 100 ,South Dev0n........... 100 'South Eastern........ !OD 3outh Wa1e5...... ..... all 5. Yorksh. River Dun 18 Do.. all ,Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all ;Stockton & Darling 20 ' Do. do., 1854 7 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton do Hartlepl 100 'Taff Vale 100 ;Do. Pref., No. 22 ' Lames Hay. D. &R. 1100 Vale of Neath 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny ] all Waterford&Limerick all West Cornwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace all ; Do. A all , Do. B all .West London Do. First Class all I Do, Second Class.., BRITISH PO: •jinflirg yoster lay 51. - 6i 7 - 8 i 67 - 69 11, 264 - 274 87 -8) - 74 33 - 35 1 ... 4 . --5 • •• ..." ... ...al 8 i! 16 - 1 7 I 59k - 60 45 - 47 30 - 32 141 -15 i 90 - 92 60 - 62 24 - 25 X9O - 92 9i - 10 981. -99 j, 77 - 79 128 - 132 102 - 104 49A - 50 56 - - 58 E 6 89 11 —l2 n 11 —l2 p NA 91 I.f id 1k if a ••• - ..• 5,1 - 611 107 - 108 89} - 89/ - 1a 93 - 94 36i 2 id 90i —91 i 63 65 ••• ••• 12 - 13 59 - 61 47 - 48 ••• • 90 - 91 2 45 - 46 70 - 71 95 - 98 5j Lid 8 9 27 - 29 ... ... 7 4 d 108 110 254 264' 81 83 4 424 434 24 1 34 CG 67?, 78 79 13 15 7 5c 9 11 34 36 ••„ - •.• 97 - 99 • • ••• •• 21 - 34 64 - 63 ... ... ••• ISSESSIONS. Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen. Ind, guar. 5 p. e. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Him Brnt. & Godeh. 6 p. 1 Ang..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '72 Do. do., 1 June '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Undo (Lim. Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal I East Indian Do. C Shares De. E. dn. D 0.4 1) p.c. Bnds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent GO.. Trunk. of Canada' Do. 6 p. c. Doben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per e Do. Nevi. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westni of Canada Do. Now D. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without, option Nladras, guar. 4 p. c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton., Do. 3d Ex., g. 51).0. 1 Do. 4th Ex., do. ' Onde (Limited) Sciude, guar. 5 per c Do i d psi 6 - 7 180 - 85 75 - 80 74 - 78 ••• '''' ••• ''.... t ..." ". d 104 i -- 105 1 . iP 113 i 40 42 74 2131 - 211 id p 17 4 301 105 - 108 1105 - 108 1 104 106 19 19 20 203 }d id }d— par d par ••• .... :• i i • P FOREIGN. 10 all Autwrp &Rotterdain 51 5$ 20 all Ardennes 20 3 Bahia & Francisco ld 2 Par 3 5 all Belgian East. Janet 20 all Beziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 21 —2/ 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 25t 25 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i 71 71 1G (i Italian Junction .. ••• 20 all L...ce Censt. & Bale ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3 319 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 23 24 1! 33 all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2U 22 16 all Northern of France 361 36A` 361 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Prof 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 3O - 30/ 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 5O 52 20 9 Recife & San Fraa , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c — d 20 11 Riga and Dnnaburg 10 all Rome and Frsaciati, — 20 all Royal Daniell 5 all Royal Swedish ... ••• 4 all Do. 7 per cent. , 2C all Sambre and Meuse... 711 10 all Do. 51 per cent. prof. 8$ 9 20 all Southern of France.. 20 ! 201 I 8i all West Flanders 4/ 5 10 all Do. 5A per c. Pr.if 20 all W.&g.lV. of France 23 24 20 6 Western of Austria_ 20 all Wept, of Switzerland 6 all W ies • aden 6 all Do.B p. cent. prof. 20 ah Zealand .• • ••• ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Serv.r.... 40 all Austral asia 181 83 821 1 2) all, Bank of Egypt I 214 22 100 50 !Bank of London 145 47 40 all Uri. Col. Bk .dz Lu. Co ' •• 1050 120 1 dA.Amtier.4tiecaloo 50 Cit ) ;2 . 9 04 211gruereial of bond •-• 1,2000, all OcConomn:niiearl cialof Canada; ••• 100 20 e c h o . titAns•Cnt.' 171 18 20 all and Count y ' 184 19 20 all Lon'. rio 20 ILoadon 50 10 London JointSt o ock t ... Yl 100 20 ,Lond.andWe a t* 30 100 35 !National Pro. of Eng. 20 , 10 ' Do. New, ." 50 125 INationatßank ... ••••• 20 1 all ;New Sout h Wa les• 43 —7 25 all Oriental Bank Corp- 34 -- 38 341 5 20 all ( Ottoman Bank 100 25 !Provincial of Ireland 61 —... 63 10 all ; Do. New 25 all !South A otralia 25 15 Do. New 25 all Union of Australia 49 51 49i ... 15 Do. New 4O 41 50 10 Union of London 231 241 231 100 50 Unity Mutual 100 60 , Westrußk of Loud 19 174 8 1 011111311 done this day. 12„ St. St. St. 50 jlOO 100 100 all St. St. St, 25 St. 100 I 100 100 16i 10!) 100 100 31.1 17A all all 1100 all 19 10 1100 100 100 20 20 10 St. 130 129 491 1 i I 874 7 90 i i i 893 j i i I 9 1 90 i 1k 1 63 47i 7 91 9O 43 71i 70i THR S-UN, INTDO it; LINES LEASED AT FIXF4D RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Bushier Shr . Paidl RAILWATB' Companies. this day this day.. St. 100 I 1 Buckghs.msh.lLn.&N.W. 99 101 St. 1 100 Clydesdal e Jc.loaledon 101 -- 103 25 all !Col.Stour Vy.,E.U.dsE.O 13 15 'lOO lE.L , n. g. 6 p Gt.Northn 138 140 5 all E. U. H. Sh E. Count. 4 5 St. ,100 Glas. Barr. & Caidonian. j k Neils. Direct. St. ,100 ;Do. New Do ••• SOO 25 all ! ,Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn — 50 all 'Hull & Selby. V. & N.M 1110 1 12 25 j all !Do. 6 Shares. Do — ••• 126 , all I Do. Shares. ;Do • ••• 12i all ,Lon.diGreenwiS.Eastern 126 —13 A 20 all Do.PreforenceiDo 236 246 St. 100 ;Lon. Til., &S.jPeto &Co 9B 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh.'Do •• ••• 5i all Ma' nch.Baton. and Matlock & Midld. 26 2 St. , 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 96 9 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count I - ip 50 all NotEst.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all De. 6 per ct.. Do 50 , all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 i all Prest. & Wyre L. &/a. W — 124 all !Do. Shrs. o St: 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 137 140 10 1 all Shrows..St Her T. Emmy 8j 12 j all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 104 50 j all ,WearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. ••• 25 all iDo Do 326 334 , 32i St. 100 ,Wilts&SomrstlGt.Weata 9O 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) , Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares ICaledn. £lO 4 i p. C ,Ches. & Ho. 5 p.c IDo. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandonkp.c Dun.Perth.&Aber,J E. Anglian Cle. A Sh Do. do. Cle. B Op. c iDo. do. Cl 5. 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. 5/., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.., East Lane ash. 6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth Ed in. & GI. 5 p. c. Sh Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c...,., Glee. & 5.W.G.5 p.c IGreat Northn. 5 p. e Do. 5 p. c. Rede..m at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at n t p. C. prem. Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pr( !Gt. S & W. (Ireland) 'Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W.(B.&H.Ex.spc !Do. con. - red. 4i p.c. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. po. irred. 4 per lent. )o. 5 p. c, rod. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh , .o. Chester Sp. c. P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Jo. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Gon. &B. G. 5 pc, No.l D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct Lon, & 5.1 ,1 7. 7 per ct 48 - 50 95 - 97 1100 - 102 ••• -- ••• 6 - 6i 112 • 115 107 - 110 115 - 118 113 - 116 132 - 134 79 - 81 lie =la !112 114 64 -- 66 10i -- 114 ri 91 -- 93 83 -- 85 84 -- 86 99 -101 ' 9i -- 10 16 -- 17 9i -- 10} 71 -- 73 18A -- 194 13 / i -14 t 4 1138 -- 142 late 3d Shares Londy. & Color. Sh Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p, Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cont. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. do. 1160 - 185 122 - 124 i - I 66 - 68 (" , ) , 1. 0 : SL. Do, Con. Br. B ir, 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. & 11. Prof. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. tlorfk.Deb.4p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 D0.Wv.V,5p..,1847 North British Do. 71. ?reference N.B. Bent'. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York IL & S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do, do, Debentr. St I Scot, Cent. N a w Pre t I Sc.N.E. Aber.g.6p.c Do, do. 7 p.c. pt. St Do. d 0,31 p.c. pf. St ISouth Devon 138 140 102 - 104 92 - 94 - 111 8i - 9} liiii 7 109 97 - 99 ... 23 - 24 OS - 120 1101 - 103 118 -- 120 125 -- 130 73 -- 75 101 -- Do. fixed 44 pr cent.' S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. To. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4. p.c. Sh Do. New 4. pr. cent S. Wales Qua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 44 p.c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. a Do. do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc 100 100 100 100 100 all all 23 - 24 101 - 193 101 - 103 100 - 102 15 - 17 28 - 29 43 - 48 BRITISH MINES. 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l 9 10 21) 14 "British Iron 10 2 1 0 IDCoenvc.lGuitrown(sCisa.mccbarn.v.);467o3s 475504 30 East Basset (Illogan) 85 90 17s1Great South Tolgus 14 15 *** 11 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 54 6 si ••• 7g,Grt.W. Vor (HeLstn.) 2 1 17siLady Bertha *** 8 I N. Frances (Illogan) 7 8 t 8 4 IN.W.l3asset (Illogan) 8A —9, 8 1 / 4 15 , P iN ar or . th co N n V s h . e ( a s l t. C ß r i o axy fty ) l 1454 19 *** ▪ 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.)' 6s. Sort, Cons. Min. 4 1 11 . Co 395 . 24 S. Caradon (St. Clear) 390 — • ** 2 S. Carla Brea (Illogn.) 2 34 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 230 240 5 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. 00.1 4 10 9 Tin Croft 34 3 i ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) 70 9U ... 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar.) 1. 14 ... 16 W. Bas.et (Illogan) 24 25 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 95 105 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 180 200 ... ▪ 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 2.6 240 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 54 ... 117 e Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 8 9 8 WI:. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 45 48 464 I 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 26 FOSEItiN 31.1. N ice. 20 74 'Australian 1 108. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 6 p 35 27 Brazilianhap.(issued at S 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes tir Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ray 114 124 114 1 4 Cla.rendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica •• .40 all Cobra Copper 4l 43 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1/ Lusitanian 1 all Siariquita 1 all New Granada ••••• 1 all Noveau Monde ••• 20 all Pont.Sil•LdM.4Smlt 5 7 5 1 Port Philip — I 30 i 161 Santiago do Cuba I all United Mexican 3 4 3i MISCELLANEOUS. 10001000' Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 25 19 Australian Agricult. 29 31 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 1 10 all ißerliri Water Works. 34 44 10 2 'Do. New iss. at Si. d 50 40 init. American Land 100 324 Canada 117 122 St. 100 .I C ) o.Go.6pc..Tanlauly 113 114 1'34 44 4 d St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cont.! 25 27 5 all - prystal Palace l4 1g 11 5 all 'Do. Preference 44 4t 4 all ; Crystal Pal. of France 20 all ;Eastern Steam .21 St. 100 Electriclulegraph 1 all :Electric Tel. of Irel. . 6 all 'En.4;Aust.Cop.SmCo . 10 Loe.l Eur. & ind.Jetn. Tel. 9 all , Eur.ScAm.Stm.(linL) 3 34 3 20 tll , Gen. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 25 4 20 5 London Discount d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 21 2i 24 20 10 Magdalena St. N 10 all Mediu:rho. Bloc. ('el. 7,4 8 10 all !IN). Extension Telog. 10 all Mexicali& S.Amorien 25 5 Nat. Discount Co.._ j 10 6 'Netherlands Land 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.PLisi.at 1 d l4 24 5 3 'Do. Do. 100 80 !New B. &N. S. Land 14 17 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p. c.D. 9.;4 100 1 all N. B. Australasian... 4 3 20 all Nrth.ofEuropoSteaxu 21 si 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares gd. 5 all Peelttr. Id. & Minrl 2 24 p 50 , all Peninsular 4 Oriental 78 79 mg 50 10 Do. New 74 8 p 17 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 52 • 61 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 1 St. 100 S.Ans. Gov.6p.e.bds lO 100 26 all South Austral. Land 36 37 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 all Do. Registered . 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. 100 284, Van Diemen'', Land. % 104 —■ U 4, 73i 3 4 26i 13 20 St. St. 12 3' 12t' St. 12i 12. 12t 12i 25 20 St. St: St. St. 25 1.0.61 61 i 1 7 1041 51 ti 5 411 1 t 75. 5 171 4 THURSDAY JENA? 8, Ina STATE OF THE THAMES. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (THIS DAY). Tnec.murnittee appointed to inquire into the etnte the Tliame:i re-abstnblcdiu room Nf.;. 11---Mr. in the chair. The members pr, , e,tiit were Sir B. 'Rail, Mr. Aekriiyd, Mr. The, Mr. Roupell, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. Locke, Lon', John _Manners, Sir J. V. Sheikh and Mr. R. Stephenion. Tie first witness examined this morning was Mr. Maugham, a consultation chemist, and lately lecturer at Charing-cross Hospital—l know a part of Mr. Gurney's scheme is to burn the noxious gases arising from the sewage. I have made experiments in this house. I yesterday ermined the air of the sewers, and p:evious to burning the gas I placed a slip of paper which had been subjected to a chemical process in the sewer shaft, which clearly proved the presence of sul phuretted hydrogen, by colouring the paper. After the gas had been burnt according to Mr. Gurney's plan, I placed a piece of paper similarly prepared, and the result was that the paper came out perfectly white, clearly showing that the gas had been destroyed. The foul air rushed out of the shaft at the rate of 10,000 cubic feet per minute, and I was surprised to find that sewage gas contained 21 per cent, of hydrogen. I think it possible to construct chimneys sufficient to consume the whole of the noxious gases that,arise:from the sewers of the metro polis. I do not think that noxious gases would be gene rated in the river if mud banks in the Thames were pre vented from forming. Mr. Tite—To what do you attribute the smell that arises from the Thames at high water when the mud banks are covered I Mr. Maugham—The odour arises from such a number of gases that I think it would puzzle all the chemists in the world to decide from what it arose. Mr. Tite—What in your judgment causes this noxious gas to arise 1 Mr. Maugham--I think it is caused by the stirring of the mud banks, which is all brought hick by the flood tide. The Chairman—Does the gas burn freely in the fur nace I Witnesq—.The gases burn at a low rad heat in the furnace, and after cornbu4tion the resulting air I found to contain 20 per cent. of oxygen. Sir B. Hall—After the gas has been burnt, do you think the whole of the filth remainii , g might go into the Thames without causing annoyance? Witness—The filth goiruA into the Thames undoubtedly would. calm soma annoyance, but it must be decomposed somewhere. The Chairman—ln which would the sewage undergo decomposition the quickest—the sewer or the river ? Witness—lt would not undergo decomposition so ra pidly in the Thames as in the sewer, owing to the great dilution. The Chairman—What is the offensive sour smell ? Witness—Tne offensive sour smell arises from forma tion of acetic acid, arising from decomposition of vege table wa.ter. The Witness, in answer to further questions, said—l consider the sulphurous acid produced by the combustion is a great amelioration of the atmosphere of London. The application of steam is necessary to facilitate the coin bustion of gases. The steam forms a sort of flux to the gases by arresting the passages of the gases and giving the flame of the furnace time to o ,nsurne them. There is no fear of explosion either with or without steam. Mr. Hayward—l have been for 13 years engineer t the City Sewers Commission. I have heard of the plan of burning the gas that arises from the sewage. I have made no experiments on the anki.ol., hilt it is my impression that there will he gr,at (lath:kitty in doing it, if 1 , p.;3sible to do it all. The difficulty to be over come would be gigantic, and the cost would be enormous. I cannot give the committee any idea of the cost of such a proceeding—there is no statistics on the subject. The shafts would cost a great sum, but the main expense would be caused in extracting the foul air from the sewers. I think it impossible to ventilate the sewers on the same principle as coal mines, because there are be tween forty and fifty thousand inlets to the sewers o the metropolis, each of which would have to be her. metically sealed in order to accomplish the ob ect. The cost of such a plan would also be enormous. If it was possible to discharge the foul air arisiug from the sewers at a sufficient height above the ordinary a' mos phere, I should think it would be advisable to do so, but a chemist would be the beat person to inform the committee on that point. I don't think it possible to burn the gas arising from the sea era entirely. In al these plans a little is accomplished ; but then the thing to discover is if it can be done effectually, and, if not, whether it is worth while to incur the expense of doing the thing only partially. Mr. Tite—Can you enter the City sewers without danger to human lie? Mr. Hay ward—l never found any inoonvenierce in entering the sewers in the City of London. The danger is not from the gas arising from the sewage, but from the leakage of the gas pipes. Mr. Tite—Suppose this plan of burn!cg the gas was carried out, how many of these venti!ating shafts would be required for the City of London Mr. Hayward—l have made no calculation; but I should think eight at least. Mr. Tite—What is the internal temperature of the City sewers I Mr. Hayward—With an external temperature of 60 the internal temperature of the City sewers would be 62. Mr. Tite—Supposing this plan of burning is carried out, do you think the state of the Toames would be improved I Mr. Hayward—The state of the streets might be im proved, but there does not seem to me to be the slightest probability that the river would ba at all beurfitted by such a proceeding. [At this point a steamer was heard to pass, and in a few minutes the room was filled with ouch a disagree able stench that, on the suggestion of Lord Palmereton, the windows of the room were ordered to be closed.] By Mr. Tite—The sewers of Paris are not so offensive as those of London because the feculent matter is carted away from the houses in the night. By Mr. Stephenson—lf the burning system were carried out great alterations would have to be made in the present system of sewers. lam aware of a plan to ventilate sewers by mums of the rein water pipes of homes. I have made experiments to test the value of the idea. The result of those experiments was that you got the stink from the sewers at the house tops instead of in the streets, and I dont think it was any improve ment. (Laughter.) By Lord Palmerston —The gases disengaged from the sewers are lighter and sometimes heavier than the at. mospberic air, and they rise in obedience to the laws of diffusion. It has been discovered by Professor Graham that if two Phials were filled, one with light gas and the other with heavy, that in time they would mix and become diffused. Supposing the furnaces of Mr. Gurney improved the streets it would be of advantage, but I am of opinion the expense would not compensate for the advantage. Chemists would be better able to speak to that part tban myself. By Sir J. Shelley—l estimate the working expenses of Mr. Gurney's plan, after all the works have been.com pleted at 50,000/. or:60,000/. a year, but I should not be surprised if it amounted to 100,000/. I d n't think, supposing the sewers could be ventilated, according to Mr. Gurney's plan, it would be worth the expenditure of 60,000/. per annum. After a few unimportant questions' the committee adjourned. SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN GLASGOW.-- About three weeks ago a person residing in Cadrgan street Glasgow, threw a pennypiece out of a third storey window to a band of musicians playing below. Th e co i n unfortunately fell on the head of a little boy, son of Mr. Geo. Crawford, W.S., inflicting an injury which proved fatal on Friday last. IRISH MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS — We have the plea sure of anncut.cing that her Majesty the Queen, upon the recommendation of his Excellency the Lord-Liente- Dant, has been pracioudy pleased to appoint James W. Cusack, M D., President of the Royal C :fleets of Sur geons in Ireland, and University Professor of Surgery in Trinity College, to the office of surgeon in ordinary in Ireland to Ler Msjes v, in the room of Sir P. Crampton. deceased ; an honour which, wv fuel assured, will g i ve general satisfaction to the prtfes , ion in thi s country, as no one enjoys more of unlimited confidence and general respect.—Saunders's News Lette. EAST INDIA Housz.—Yesterday afternoon a Special Court of Directors was held at the Mist India House, Leadenball-street, to approve and confirm the resolu tions of the 29th ultimo, granting a pension of 2,000/. per annum to Gen. Sir Colin Oampbe . l, and 1 0001. per annum to Sir James Outram, for their gallant services in India; and, furthermore, to consider a motion which had beon placed on the notice paper by Dr. Beattie, to the effect that the pension to Sir James Outram be con tinued to his eldest son. After considerable discussion, during which several amendments were moved and negatived, the motion for the confirmation of the resolu tions was put and carried. Dr. Beattie's motion was also carried, on a division, by 25 votes against 7. The special business being concluded, the meeting resolved itself into a General Court of Proprietors to proceed with the consideration of the India 8 , 11. The Chairman stated that it was intended to take the opinion of coun sel as to what would be the exact status of th e E as t India Company—its powers, privileges, and liabilities— after the bill became law. The Court was "counted oat," And, only 17 members being present, adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sitt;ngs at Nisi Prius at (Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Wigarna,e arcl. Giattn,:. Jnry,) DANIELS V. LOWDEN. -EXTRAORDIN AKY Th. s was au action for the recovery of the ill'rekteS of an atm uity granted by the defendant, formerly a person of property, to Miss Edlin, daughter of Mr. Edlin, formerly of the Pheasant Inn, Charford, Essex, with whom be bad. lived. The defendant was sued by the trustee, wad he pleaded, first, that he had paid the annuity by defraying the ex penses of Miss Edlia and, her children up to the time of his leaving her ; socondly, that it was given for an immoral consideration. The amount claimed was about 3001. Mr. Sergeant Ballan tine and Mr. Garth were counsel for the defendant ; Mr. Huddlesten, Q. C., and Mr. Russell were ccnneel for the plaintiff. - The onus of proof of the pleas rested with the de feniant to prove his case first. Mr. Sergeant Ballaritine having stated the facts he should rely on, called the following witnesses : Mr. John Edlin deponed he now lived at Pin ner. He formerly kept the Pheasant Inn at Char ford. The defendant Lowden came to reside in the neighbourhood in 1850, and lodged with him occa sionally. Witness had a daughter called Martha. The defendant afterwards took a house near. He did not know then of any improper intimacybet weeu them, nor did he threaten the defendant or to kick his daughter out of doors. The defendant and his daughter left Charford and remained away some months ; on their return he believed they took a public-house at Uxbridge, and lived there several years. He frequently saw the defendant after their return, and on one occasion the defendant wriggled himself into his house with a friend and bad a drop of gin, when he proposed to provide for his daugh ter. He had previously threatened to give the defendant in custody for robbing witness's house and running away with his daughter. The de fendant's mother was alarmed, and said his d Augh ter would come to no harm, and would be well provided f; r. He was very angry about the de fendant's conduct. After the defendant re:urnt•d witness drew up a paper, which was signed by both of them. The paper was a deed of gift for 50/. a-year from that ' date. The defen dant, in the document, detcribed himself as the son of the late Mr. John Lowden, of Loudon, who was buried in St. Catherine Crees, Loudtn. The defendant and his daughter afterwards resided in a public•house at Uxbridge, and afterwards they went to London to reside. He afterwards saw them occasionally driving through Charford in a carriage and pair. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston His daughter was 17 years of age, and the youngest of the family. When she ran away with the defend ant his daughter knew nothing of the memorandum at the time it was drawn up. Mr. Lowden was called—He deposed he was the defendant in this action. In 1850 he went to Char ford to reside. He took a cottage there, and during the repairs he lodged with Edlin. Defendant formed an intimacy with the daughter, and < ft..r lie went to his house she caaw to see him. The father knc;v of it, but he said nothing about it. Defendant left with Miss Edlin, and went to Brighton with her, where they remained some months. He went away with her because her father had struck her several times. On their return he saw the father, who said nothing to him about their going away. The agreement produced was entered into by him. About the time of his giving the agree ment he was introduced to the plaintiff, who said the agreement was not a proper one, and he said be would draw up a proper deed between them ; and the deed upon which the action was brought was drawn up and executed about a year after the first agreement was entered into. After he returned from Brighton, Edlin asked him to settle something upon his daughter in the event of his death or leaving, which he (witness) readily consented to do. The first child was not born before the first agreement was entered in:o. He however was not certain of it. Edliu's daughter lived at Uxbridge two years ; then they went to Southampton to reside, and afterwards in Keppel-street, Russell-square. They then lived in Coleshill-street, where they separated, he going in the spring of the year to France. His affairs at that time were embarrassed. She fol lowed him to Calais. He remained in France about eight months. She found him iu France two months after he was there. Ho had no idea of her joining him there. They lived in France together, but he returned without her. It was at the time of his bank ruptcy in November last. On his return to Eng land he determined to leave her in consequence of information he received from his servants relative to Miss E 11in's conduct. He then communicated with his solicitor, and negotiations were entered into for a separation. During the time she lived with him she lived in luxury. He provided every thing she required in France as well as in England. She remained for some time in France with It.r children. It cost him inure than 1,0001. &year ou an average. She had servants to wait upon her, and everything she required. He had given her from 201. to 100/. at a time. Cross-examined by Mr. Huddleston He did not seduce Miss Edlin. He might put it stie se duced 11 m. (Laughter.) He was about 26 years of age at the t.me. He was a married man a' the time with two children, One six, the other four or five years of age. He did not :know what ago Miss Eau was. He could not judge her age. She looked more a woman than 17 years of age. It was in consequence of Ler father striking her she asked him to take her away, and he went with her to Brighton. He had had five children by her. The improper intimacy commenced in her father's house. She did not kr,ow where he was going when he left her. He lia , l not made up his mind whore he was going till he got into the train. She found out afterwards where he was gone. Be did not desert her, because he !etc her with every thing. He did write to her to inform her where lie was. Ho did not know if be deserted his wife, or she left him. Be left her in France, and that was about all he knew of her. He left his eldest son by his wife with Miss Edlin in France. She had her children there with her. Miss Edlin had a tox of jewels. He told Mr. Thompson, his solicitor, to write to his son John by his wife, to get Miss Edlin's box of jewels and return with it to Eng land. He instructed him to write to his son to return with all his property. He could not say for certainty what was in the letter, or what he told Mr. Thompson to write. He only wanted his clothes. The jewels were his own. Miss Edliu might have worn them. Some of them were his mother's. He had seen Miss Edlin in the streets siiste he hal 1,-f, her, but he had had nothing to do with her. He was now 33 yesirs of age. He left his wile for the same cause he had left Miss Edlin. Re examined—He was obliged to go to France to avoid arrest. His solicitor advised him to go there, or he would be put into the Queen's Bench. There were several executions against him at the time. His brother was ariested and put in prison for one of witness's debts the day after he (witness) left London. He gave instructions that all the jewellery belonging to him should be brought to him, and Miss Edlin's were to be given up to him. They might all be worth 101. or 201. He did not know if she bad worn his mother's jewels. Evidence was then given to show that attempts had been made to amicably settle the ma ttr by giving Miss Edlin GO/. a-year fur the maintenance of horself and two children—the other deed to be cancelled ; or he would give her 50/. and take the youngest child himself to maintain. She wished to have the three daughters to maintain, and be paid extra for them. Mr. Lowden objected, because he wished to put the girls to school at Southampton. Mr. 11, ,wdr n would discharge all debts and claims then due. She afterwards consented to accept the 601. a-year, but the negotiation went off, as she said she hail consulted an eminent lawyer, who had told her there was more than 3001. due to her, and that he would carry it through ff.r k_r for nothing. Anne Newman, servant to Mr. Lowden, deposed that she had lived in his and Mis Edlin's service five or six years. They lived very , comfottably, and when at Southampton they kept six servants. This was the defendant's case. Mr. Haddlesten contended the defendant h a d not made out his case on the pleadings: Mr. Garth argued there was a case to go to the jury, ( specially on the fourth plea, that the deed was given for an immoral c onsideration. His Lordship ruled there was no case to go to the jury, and a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for 2751. with stay of execution, to allow an arrangement being made for the future. THE CHARGE AGAINST ME. .H. V. T u ARDINE.—Mr. H. V. Jardine, late agent" of the Commercial Bank in Lockerbie, has been indicted for trial before the High Court of Justiciary in E dinburgh o n th e 2 1st i nst. T he only charge in the indictment is one of theft by house breaking, and has reference to the sum of 8401. alleged to have betn st olen from the b an k by Mr . Jatdiue.-- DUMfriel Cour i er 4 44 k t btr O.PPICE, Sev 0' NE WIVIARK - 2a rt:lCES.—ains Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Cantina .. King at Arms Bastion Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS Olympus Badsworth . Five ran - - 2 £5O. PLATE. HA.LF-A-MILE Elgesock Fancy Boy Seven ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. Esperance Poacher .. Eight ran. MATCHES. Mimosa beat BAdsworth. Qaeen Lily beat Melibosus Leontes received forfeit from Baby'on and Humming Bird LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL GDP. 4to 1 agst Piaysician (offered) 7to 1 agst lheswax Cult (taken) GOODWOOD STAKr R. 6to 1 agst Lifeboat (offered) Bto 1 ag: nos:ILI (effsred) 14 to 1 agst Vanity (taken) 20 to 1 eget Fright (taken) 25 to 1 agst ScriblAr (taken) 50 to 1 agat The Brewer (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Esperance (taken) DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Muqid (uffi!reil) 1000 to 25 agat Ticket of Leave (taken) WORCESTER RACES.—(This Day.) ----- -~ Little Cob .. Sobieiki (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. 2 Two ran, TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Joey Grimaldi Indifference 2 Growlda 3 Sa ran. WORCESTERSHIRE STAKES Misty Morn Princess Royal Underhand Seven ran. PLYING STAKES (Run To-morrow).—Ancient Briton, Raven, Unexpected, Fractious, and HuntingcLu, are struck out of thiß IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LOUD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Earl ST. GERMANS preiented petitions from Exeter, Leicester, and other places, in favour of the bill which legalised the marriage with a deceased wile's sister. Lora CAMPBELL presented a petition against the bill, to which he said he should give his strenuous and everlasting opposi.ion. Lord REDESDALE asked when it was intended to bring forward the second reading of the bill t but no an swer was given to the noble lord's question. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Lord TRURO asked the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, whether there was any prospect of this bill being brought on during the present session ! The LORD - CHANCELLOR said in the course of a few days he should be able to lay the bill on the table, hut be did not thick there was any probability of its passing this session, and it was only in conse quence of the extreme difficulty with which the subject was surrounded that it had not been brought in before. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WATCH ROBBERY.-Mary Ann Clark was charged before Mr. Ihadon with stealing a watch, the property of James Smith, 8, Grosvenor-street, Stepney. - - - • The prosecutor, Who is a respectable-looking, middy aged person, said he was a sea••faring man, and that at ten on the previous night he met the prisoner and accompanied her to a house in Earl'a-couit. After being there a few minutes he missed his watch and abide, and on searching the room he found the chain on the bed, but bad not been able to discover his watch. The chain bad been broken. He accused the prisoner of having taker, the watch, and tried to search her, but n good many people came into the room, and there was then an opportunity of passing it to one of thew. A constable said she had been charged before for felony. The prisoner, who it is bettered has been more than once committed, was remanded. The prosecutor applied for the restoration of the chain. Mr. Beadon refused the application, saying it would be required hereafter. THAMES. THE CONSERVANCY OF THE THANES. —A clerk from the office of the City Solicitor app l ied to Mr. Yardley for Eurnmon4c s against Wet+ men for throwing done int., the liver Thames from the pier-head, St. }lathe• r no's Dock. The clerk said he made the application under the Thames Conservancy Act, which imposed heavy penalties on persons throwing mud, filth, dung, or other refuse into the Tbames. The ding was not fully tbrowninto the Thames. Mr. Yardley—l wish nothing more than that went into the Thames. The clerk— I am instructed to ask for a summons. Mr. Yardlev—Yon are entitled to a summonsj but I consider it a most inconsistent proceeding. Under another Act of Parliament, thousands of tons of refuse are pouring into the Thames cl7dly ; while, under the Conservancy Act, a person is liable to a penalty for throwing mud or dung in small quantities. The eels pools of the houses are discharging their contents lama* unremitting stream i►,to the Thames, and now a sum mons is a3ked f r against parties who are said to hove thrown dung into the river, and they are liable to a . penalty of 301. It is a mcst inconsistent proceeding altogether. A summons was then granted. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Windsor New Road Bill and the Riikelibead Improvement Bill were read a second time. Tbe Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a third time and paused. SALE OF POISONS. This bill, on the motion of Earl DEBIT, was read a third time and pasted. THE JEWS BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Lord LYNDHURST ead.l he supposed when this bill was read a third time both bibs on this subject would be sent down to the other bowie, where he telt confident both bills would be accepted. (Hear. hear, from Eatl Derby.) lie felt perfectly satisfied with this ar rangement, and he also felt confident that the advocates of this measure would feel a similar satisfac tion at tlle result which had been arrived at. From the paq•ing of the measures the new oath would be adminis tered icstead ci the three oaths now taken by members of Parliament, viz., the oaths of allegiance, cunremacy, and ajuration. The oath differed mate riallyfrom those he had mentioned, as it omitted all that relating to the Prcterder, and the objectionable words., " on the true faith of a Civistiati," could also he 1.4 t .ut if required. The Lill at eresent before their lordship., entit!ed per sons of the Jewish persuaskn to rights enjoyed by °Ater subjects of ber Majesty, viz., to dt, asit were, by lice n , e, in both this and the other house. They also became wi lt le.; to hold certain high effices in the State, except those specially mentioned in the last two clauses. He felt perfectly satisfied, as all the ohject3 be intended by his bill had been obtained by the two bills, which he now hoped would finally settle, the question, which for years had occadoned so much discussion. The noble and learned lord having ad verted to the amendment to be proposed by a noble duke, which, he said, had been taken from the Ca tholic Relief Act, contended that the Jews and Roman Catholics stood in a very different position with respect to the presentation cf clergymen to vacant livings. The Earl of WICKLOW complained that by this bill Roman Cathoiice were placed in a worse position than the Jews. Lord CAMPBELL said his own opinion was, the Oaths Bill should be dropped altogether, and that a Lill ►hould be brought in to repeal the oath of abjuration. Consideriug the present period of the session, however, he was not prepared to offer any opposition to the mode in which it was proposed to settle the question. The Earl of DERBY observed that the oath of abju ration affirmed the continued adhesion of the existing Parliament to the reigning family, and any proposition to alter it would meet with very great opposition. The house then went into committee on the bill. The whole cf the clauses, with vet bid amendments, were agreed to, as was au amendment, moved by the Duke of Marlborough, prohibiting persons of the Jewish per' suasion advising her Majesty on maters connected with the Established Church. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' Amendments to the Llandaff and Canton District Markets Bill were agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and p asse d : —Parley's Estate atid Viscount , K e i th',, Estate. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL. The house went into c ommittee ( b y adjournment from J une 22d) on this bid. commencing Witt, clau se 30. Mr. ADDERLEY proposed the following amend ment on clAuse 30 :—"Provided always, that all sanc tions for the mortgage of rates given by the General Board of Health b ef o r e the pß.s,iu of this act s h a ll col , g tinue in full forts and effete until all m on i es , th e bor rowing of which is thereby sanctioned, have been bur rowed." —Agreed to. fr. 1V1`31.-AIION proposed the following addition to the clause :—" Where part of any township or place, at the time of the appiica; ion of this act to any district. shall be liable to contribute and pay to the highway rates levial.:lo or ascessibl e within such district, although shall not be included in the limits of such distrim, such part of the said township or place shall, for all pm poses connected with the repairs of the highways, ariii 410 payo.ent of highway rtes, but for nu other pttr p0,r.4:, be corrr!er o to be any?, be treated as if lorrufn?: part of such district and comprised within the limit" thereof : Provided always, that no Buell district rate shall be leviable within such part."—Agreed to. Mr.ADDEItLEY also proposed the following additioh to the clause :—The act of the thirteenth Viotorip, chapter thirty-tive "for requiring annual returns of the expenditure on highways in England and Wales to be transmitted to the Secret.aty of State, and afterwards !aid before Parliament," shall apply to theelerk to every uch local board as afor,said in like manner as to the clerk to any - such trustee or commissioner as in such act mentioned.—Agreed to. Clause 31 to 41 inclusive were agreed to, with amend ments. Mr. PALK proposed the omission of slam 42. After some dissuasion, Mr. ADDERLEY consented to its postponement, in order to meet the objections raiz d to it. Clauses 43, 44, and 45 were agreed t , , with amend ments. Clauses up to 64 were agreed to, with amendmen►s. . On clause 65, relative to the appointment of officio wider the bill, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved an amendment for ttet appointment of a medical officer. The cominittee thf,ii divided. The numbers were— For the arnaidrnent .Again:t it Majo.ri!y --118 The amendme nt was consequently negatived, and the ch.JK-.• hgrtcd to ;vita atr.eridizieu: - .3. The rentaiuioo? chases were agreed to, and some new oths added to tre hi , l. Th, );ove rrs::ioW. a . 'Lie o',.litr order.; were disposed of, and the house ens. peuded its sittings at 4 o'clock. The haute resumes at 6 o'clock, an d was (LITT SITTING.) . . 1141 1181 THE SUBALPINS TUNNEL. An interesting communication on this important subject has just been received by the Academy of Sciences from M. Menabrea, one of the moat dis tinguished members of the Piedmontese Parlia ment. It was stated several months ago that the immense work of boring a tunnel under the Alps between Modane aud Bazdonece e ha.l coula,e: lt .;,d ; but. we have now to recetu some interesting facts - eicis night perhaps never have been discovered but for the peculiar methods employed in this colossal operation. Modane and Berdoneche are situated on opposite sides of the Alpine chain dividing Pied mont from France, precisely at a point where the valleys of the Arc and the Dora, which lie nearly on the same level, run parallel to each other, and the mountain is narrowest. The thickness of the intervening mountain is 13 kilometresin a straight line ; the actual tunnel will be 12i kilometres. It is designed in the same vertical plane, but, tofacili tate drainage, is somewhat higher in the middle than at the orifices, so as to form gentle slopes on both sides—one not exceeding an inclination of five per thousand, aril the other being twenty three per thousand, in consequence of a differ ence of level between the two• extremities, the numbers being Bardoneche (southern mitt :e) 1,324 metres ; culminating point, 1,335 metres ; Modane (northern orifice), 1,190 metres above the level of the sea. The crest of the mountairebe ng 1,600 metres higher than the culminating point, the sinking of shafts, which is the method gener ally employed in order to begin boring tunnels at several points at once, was out of the question ; hence the tunnel could only be worked at its ex tremities, so that the labour by the ordinary pro ces tes could not be accomplished in less than 36 years. Then, how was a depth of gallery of three or four kilometres, and having but one orifice e to be aired ? These were all serious obstacles. MM. Elie do Beaumont and Angelo Simonds having examined the mountain geologically, found it to contain micaceous sandstone, micaceous eehists, quartzite, gypsum, and limestone, all easy to blast, the quattaite alone excepted ; but the stratum of this is not likely to be very thick ; the other elifficulties alone therefore remained, and these were at length overcome by three Sardinian engineer., MM. Sommeiller, G:a,ttone, and Grandis, who proposed to turn the ahundance of water for which the locality was re nrirkable to account, by applying it to a peculiar system of perforation and ventilation, which we will now endeavour to explain. The first apparatus imagined by these gentlemen consists iu a hydraulic air -condenser, which is a syphon turned with its orifices upwards, and communicating by one ef them with a stream of water, by the other with a reservoir of air. The water, descending into the first branch, enters the se cond, and by the pressure it exercises con denses the air, which is then forced into the reser voir. This done, a valve is opened, by which the water contained in the syphon is let out, and the operation recommences. The emission and intro duction valves are regulated by a small machine operating by means of a column of water ; and the air in tee reservoir is maintained at a constant degree of pressure by a column of water communi cating with another reservoir above. Thus, with a waterfall 2U metres in height, the air is condensed to six atmospheres, equivalent to the pressure of 62 metres of water. This condensed air is used for two purposes ; first, as a motive power, and then for ventilation. Two kinds of perforators, worked by condensed air instead of steam, are employed, one invented by Mr. Bartlett, the other by M. Sommeiller ; and the manner in which these machines perform their duty affords the first practical demonstration of the possibility of employing compressed air as a motive power with advantage. By means of these perforators holes for blasting may be bored through the h a rd es t sienite in one-twelfth of the time which would be y means were employed. In the importan ce o f t h i s resu l t, infdoe understand r it may be stated that, in tunnelling, three-fourths roerqdeurirte od u of the time is employed in boring holes, and the remainder in charging and blasting ; hence, accele rating the former operation is an immense advan tage. The perforators have another advantage ; in a place where three couples of miners would hardly find room, eighteen perforators may be set to work, so that, by theta ingenious contrivances, as well as by others for clearing away the rubbish, the perforation of the tunnel may be effected in six years, instead of 36. The air that has been employed as a motive power is used to feed the gallery, but when the latter. shall have reached a considerable depth it will require 85,924 cubic metres of air per 24 hours to replace that which has been vitiated by respiration, torches, and gunpowder; and th is quautity, in the form of 14,320 cubic metres of air condensed to six atmospheres, the reservoir can furnish. A new and curious fact has been observed during these works—viz., that when the air condensed to the degree above mentioned is shot into the gallery from the machine, any.water happening to be near the latter suddenly congeals, although the ambient temperature be about 18 degrees centigrade (72 deg. Fahrenheit). Hence, when a large mass of compressed air is driven into a gallery situated at 1,600 metres below the outer surface of the earth, and where conse quently the temperature must be about 160 deg. Fahrenheit, the dilatation of the compressed air produces a diminution of temperature sufficient to counterbalance the excess alluded to. The pro gress now making per day in boring is three metres on each side of the mountain, or six metres per day 'a all. FATAL ACCIDENT.—As Major Hamilton, of the Sol:- net, Chichester, late of the 10th Foot, was rowing his children, a boy and gill, about Binstead, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday evening, the little boat in wsicb he was rowing was upset by the children climbing on the gun wale, and all were immersed in trio water. The major, we regret ret to add, e v wag t drowned, l la lit deceased ut the w a s s h . ch ildren et the • t were as waved. We believe b() ga a guest of Lore Downoß. STEAM BOILER ASSURANCE COMPANY.--A company under this title has been established at Manohoster, and tt is a singular fact that such a_ company Wan fi rst hug _ ;ested by the late Mr. ThoinasForsytb, whose d ea th by 'an explosion was announced las t week. M r . F orsyth is said to have atte nded a meeti ng of the company os.ly two days before hie death, when h e a d v ii ed an assur- In ce of lives against. boiler explo s i ons i n connection with ' t h e company. It is computed that within a radius of • boilers, g iving round a t Manchestertotal oi 1, 1,250,000 horse are ote re p t o h w an et . 54 re requent and heavy lo sses occurr i ng t h rough t he Vl ' plosion of boilers will, it is believed, induce manufac• - turera throughout the country to avail thetaseltes Qt such a means of insurance. I I all all all 100 1100 256(1 98 9 109 1