The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET A';TD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Daring the last few days the Foreign and Colo nial Produce Markets have been rather firmer. A moderate amount cf business has been done for home consumption in most of the principal articles. -Lea has slightly declined, but coffee of the better description have advanced about is. per cwt., more particularly some parcels of the new crop of Plan tion Ceylon. West India sugar of the better qualities has been firm, owing to the rather small Slip / Ay. Stocks of foreign, however, being rather large a slight decline may be reported in the common qualities. Rum has been exceedingly firm, at advanced quotations, and cocoa has met a fair currency, at fully late rates. Rice remains dull, as also saltpetre and cochineal. There is not much doing in foreign and colonial wool, but the public sales of this article are announced for the 25th instant, when about 2?,800 bales will be offered for public competition, the greater Portion of which is from the Cape of Good Hope. Prices, it is generally expected, will rule a shade higher than those current at the close of the last sales in December. For tallow there has been a very limited inquiry, and the market is dull. P. r. C. on the spot, and for March delivery, is now quoted 535. ; April to June, 535. ; and for last three months, 51s. Gd. per cwt. Letters from Liverpool mention that the cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices of all descriptions advanced. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market manifested a very quiet appearance and quotations were un altered. A. report has bean issued by the English and Australian Copper Company, stating that since the Meeting in August last the assets have increased to the extent of 9,0002., and a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share is recommended free of income tax. The steamer Colombo, for India and China, will take out the following remittances, chiefly in silver. Ceylon (gold) l3 000 Madras (gold) Calcutta (silver) Penang (aliver) Singapore (silver) 1.250 Hong Kong (silver) 77,345 20,220 sbanghai (silver) Total £217,468 About 20,000/. in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. Monetary affairs in Paris continue to present an improving appearance, and the increased facilities Worded the commercial communitywill, it is hoped, soon produce some revival in trade. The Bank of Prance has made a further reduction in the mini- rant; viz., to 4 per cent. There was a meeting of the Newport, Aberga !may, dtc., Railway Company to-day, at which a report was read showing the gross receipts of the half-year to be 28,1401., and the net balance, 1 6,418/. Se. 5d., from which is to be paid the guaranteed interest and debenture debt, leaving 8861. to be carried forward The market for English Securities continues buoyant, and a limited business has been transacted at an advance of to g per cent. A large pur chase for investment has bean made of the New 3 per Cents., which, together with the reduc tion in the Bank of France rate of discount, has imparted increased firmness to the market. ° Douai for money and the 4th proximo have been 87 }its and they are now 971 The New Three Per Cents. have risen to 97-k 98k, and the Reduced 97 1 98. Exchequer Bills are fiat, and the 5001. tenrities ar e marked 30s. to 355. prem. The °llds are 1001, and India ditto, 30s. to 325. 1.013 :1. Bank Stock is 226 to 227. In Foreign Securities a rather limited business L 144 been transacted, but prices are steady. - 1 : 11 -rkish 6 per Cents. are 102} to 103, and the 4 Cents., 104 f. Portuguese 3 per Cents. have I. "ded to 46 ; R uss i an 44 per C e nts., 991 ; and 13 111211 ' 411 5 per Cents. to 103. Spanish 5 per Cents. t r• 441 ; di tto Deferre d , 26i ; M ex i can 3 per 201 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 83 ; ditto ' Per Cents., •57e Venezuela 42 per Cents., 3 4 i ; bald Dutch 2i per Cents., 66. ne following are the nominal prices of Foreilii ;hocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexican, 204 201 ; Peruvian per Cants., 82i 83i ; ditto 3 poi. Cents., 56i 574 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 113 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 99 101; Spanish 3 per OWN; 44i 451 ; ditto New Deferred, 26i D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the follow all the prices of American Securities GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. tr idtsd States 6 tr per Cents. 1867-1868...101 103 l dted States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...101 103 STATE SECURITIES. tlab lima 5 per Cent 7B i t i ta tnelrY 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-1872... 91 93 I,4ryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... 88 90 Z si achnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...101 105 uissippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. finds Ries • rlteippi 5 per Cent. 'Union Bk. Bonds ... 20 2 enns ylvania 5 per Cent. Stock T e ' o nsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 82i •v r l nessee 6 per Cent. Bonds L lr ginis. 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 85 44 & j uju. 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 84 LOANS OF CITIES. 310 don 44 p er C en t. B on ds 1883... 88 90 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock - RAILROAD BONDS Illinois Central 7 per Cent. let Mortgage, 1875... 86 87 not Conveile Illinois Central 6 per Cent... 1875... 85 87 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Aonds 1860... 85 87 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 6 d 4 a Michigan Central Bp. C en t., C onver t 1860... Do. do. d o . 186 9... 90 92 Now New -York Central 7p. Cent., C on v er t 1864... 92 94 York ConvertibleCentral 6 p er C en t. , no t . 1883... 81 86 Mew York and .. *** * ** * eke ........................... 1883 80 82 X. ork and Erie 7p. eent. .0 ""••. 50 55 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund. Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortge ...... ........ 1 1 wasylvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist M0rt.1880... 87 89 In the Railway Share Market this morning the transactions have been unimportant, and the varia tions in prices have not exceeded about to 4 per cent. A few of the leading lines were dealt in. pastern Counties, Brighton, North Western, Mid land, Scottish, North Eastern, advanced 55., and Norfolk, 10s. ; Caledonians, and Lancashire and Yorkshire declined 55., and North-Eastern, Leeds, and Stockton and Darlington, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines are very inactive, East India have improved 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; and Eastern Bengals realise i f 1 prem. ; Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada are at previous rates. In Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Share 3 aoarcely any business was done, Union of Australia inaprovod about 10s., and Eastern Steam Naviga tion, sa. ; Canada Land Shares declined about 5 pet cent. 6.1.1T1311 FUNDS Tlll6 DAY AT ONIS 'cLu (From the 07tecal Ltst:l _ - Business done. iank Stook 2251 7 b pit, t;ent. Reduced Aunutti BB 3 per Cent console Annxitllos 974 aiii New' • per Cont. Annuities. 97/ 8h India Bonds, £lOOO .. 30 32 p ........... .... •-• litto, under 21000 ..• . ........ 2 OoLsOls for Aceonat ...... . .... .. .. .. .. ......... . . 97i • i Ext. .. i •t•er iiills, 2 ,11 goo. .................... ... Small ... .................... 35 30 37 p Ex c hequer Bonds, 1858, 31 j per Cent.... Ditto, 1559 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON ii CYOLOCK Bramdan 5 per Cert. /Lexicon 3 per Cent .. bktto Account 2O; Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account B3 Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent... Itussiuu Bonds, 162.2, t• St., 5 per Cont ,-- Ditto, , 4 per C ent. 3 Eisianish Bods, 'i per Cent. 1);tto Account . a itto 2 R b New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . 10 1 I Turkish B onds, 6 per cent D itto Account 3 Dit to Guaranteed, i per Cent. . Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent D itto Account Dutok Excha u n ,v g iooi 2a per Ce nt . , 12 Guilders 66 enu. cu tilt .bove payable in London. T WO O'CLUU is. Console, mo ney ...... Accouut ~ .. ' 97 i 206 100 100 St. 20 100 100 ?,0 St. St. St. 50 (East Anglian . St. St. St. 25 Eastern Counties-- EasternUnion,A•stk, Do., do. Do. New A ,•, East Kant ...... East Lancashire !East Suffolk !Do. Edinburgh& Glasgow ,Edinb. and Peebles Edmb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness . Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do• A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Sth. &West. (Ire). Great Western. St. 'lOO Do. Str.V.R. gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C r all iLancaster &Carlisle. 161, 144rD0., Thirds 16i 15 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 3 ; Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 all Do. Southport.... 11i all London & Blackwall St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst St, 100 London &N. West=. 20 all Do. Fifths 10' all 121 5 St. 100 c 5 , all 25 all St. 100 10 1 10 1 100 100 all St. 60 St. St. 20 20 10 :mot. 16i 100 1100 Do. Eighths London dx S. Western Lndndrry.dgeoleraine Lndndrry. JL Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lineln. Metropolitan . ..... Do. J. L. Rie.arclo's arrangement Nfidland .......... Do. Birming. & Derby 'Midland O. West.(lr. Do. Shares . . Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt..A berg. &Heil Newry & Enniskillen wv.ewry, Warrenpoint d; Restrevor Norfolk_ ...... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock. ..... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock .. N. Eastern - • Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E. Purch Do Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n........ N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Wcstrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union . Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon South Ea5tern...... ... Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. River Due ?Do Staines,Wok.,&Wok.l 'Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton & Hartlepl !Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenny Water ford&Limeri ck West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class I Do. Second Class Wnabledon &Croydon j BRITISH P !Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen. I nd,guar. 5 p. c. rßuffalo & Lake Hur. IBuff., Brut, & Godeh.l 6 p.c. bds., 1 Aug„'72 Do, do., 1 July, '73: Do, do 1 June '74! 'Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. ~...., Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p.c.13nd5.,'57 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. IGc: . Trunk. of Canada; Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c Westn. of Canada Do. New Bds., 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 c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, Oude (Limited) ,Seinde, guar. 5 per e Do FOREIGN. 10 I all ' Antwrp & Rotterdam' 6 613 20 all Ardennes — ••• 5 all Belgian East. Junct I 20 al l Beziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. - 4 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 28 281 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg Bl 8i 16 6 Italian Junction ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...dk 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 sip 5 all Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.l,. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons & Mediterran — 33i all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New • 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6 P. c . P re f 2l 16 all Northern of France 3Bl —39 i 10 all NorwegianTruk•Pref 9 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 348 - 3411 20 all Paris and Orleans 56 58 20 9 Reeife la San Fran , (Perham.) g. 7p. c. IP 10 all Rome and Frascati.. ••• 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all, Royal Swedish 23 all Sambre and Meuse Bi 8 1 10 all ')o. 5i per cent. pref B/ 8i 20 all Southern of France 221 —22 i 8i all West Flanders 4 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prof 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 28 20 6 ,Western of Ausl4 ••• 20 all iWeA. of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all Wiesladen ••• 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. 20 all Zealand JOIN sia B6 t d:dp. AN. T o. un. n S . .4T American. c. c O . 0. 1( 28:28 8 .; 112 4 42500 0 050000 a aa50151 : 8100 i ll A Bankßccßt k t kic. r sioh a ,1 0001 :f.f a 100 25 Colonial 61 160 20 'Commercial of Lond *** 20 all Eng.Seot.&Aus.Cut lB - 18 3 / 4 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Ax.t lB —18 A 20 all Ditto New 50 20 London and County 50 ILnd.&E.Bukng.Col 150 10 London Joint Stock. •.,▪ , • 100 20 I Lond.andWestminst. * 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 44 46 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 38 40 20 20 Ottoman Bank - 20f 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.l3.&G.Im.Co — 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia._ 44 46 464 22 Do. New 26 28 60 10 Union of London 23 25 100 150 'Unity Mutua1,,,,,,,,. • " 1 00 iii r outrußk of Loud! ,„ SHARP.. MAVAST.S—(This Day). RAILWAYS. HALLWAYd. niosin trio yesterday. Business done this day. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno.... [Belfast & Ballymen ißirmng. Wolverh. 1 St rouh. Leach. Valley 6 ir Cheshire Sumt Blackburn lyth k Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter , ledonian ester & Holyhead ,Cork and Bandon 5i - 6 8# - 8i 72 - 73 • .• 9,f -9, 95 - 96 96i - 97, 31 - 39 Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - .. 4 - .5 D Cornwall D. A Do. B nblin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. &Aber. Juno. ••• """. •. 8 - 9 18i - 19. 63 - 64 49 - 51 33 - 35 15 - 17 94 - 95 tr• -- re 6i 6 - .•• '''' .., - 96 9i - 104 107 - 103 94 - 931 131 - 133 103 - 105 62 - U 2 61 - 63 84 - 87 10 -12 p 10 - 12 ;: 951 - - 6i - 107 109 1102 - 102; , • ''''' • • • •• ••• d —lOO • ...... It. 41. : iih 100 - 1001 72 - 74 ••• - ••• 13 - 14 66 - 68 34 53i 541 98} : 9911 - 52i - 53:3 834 - 84 95 -- 971 ..• --- ••• 3i - 3 8 - 32. - 334 9 - 5 109 - 111 27 - 28 49 - 51 - 37 - 39 76 - 77 83i - 84 13 - 15 7 - 5 (-• 9 - 11 Zit - 39 100 - 103 8 9 31 3 i 6t - 6i IPCd , oSSESSIONS. i - 3 1 13 14 1 188 92 84 88 80 84 I par ip fi -- lip - 1 'll2 - 113 2 -24 p; 19i 52 54 84 86 I 21i —22 i liPl 21_ 211 1 i par 'llO - 115 11.0 - 115 105 110 19 1 , 20 21i 22 id— AP - lip l 41,1 - - 2 p 1 100 1100 100 83 TRE SUN , LONDON, FR/DAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 19, 1858 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (This Day). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat as 5 o'clock. NEW PEER. The Earl of Fins took the oaths and his seat as a peer of the United Kingdom. The Es.rl of HARD WICKE presented a petition from Manchester, praying for a change in the Government of India. Earl DUCIE presented a petition from Woodchester, in the county of Gloucester, praying for increased facilities for the extension of the Christian religion in India. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. ' Companies yesterday this day St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 98 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc , Ca' .11 don 100 - 102 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.diE.O 13 5 St. 100 E.Ln. g. 6 p.v Gt.Northu 138 140 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Glas. Barr. do Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 1100 !Do. New I Do • ••• all iGlstr.&Du.Fr. Gt.Wcstn 50 all illull & Selby. V. & N.M llO 111 25 f all Do. A Shares. o 12A all Do. Shares. Do . . ••• 12 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern I .2A 13. 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 97 99 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 5i • all Manch.Baton. and Matlock di Midld. 2} St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 9B 10.) 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count - A p 50 all N • diEst.s p.c. Do 56 58 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do. Fixed 5p .c Do • ..• 25 all Prest. &Wyly L. &N. W — 12A all Do. A Shrs. A Do St. 100 I Roystn.di Hit. Gt•Northn 138 140 10 all 1 1 Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 8 12 all iS. Staffordsh.. M. Naomi 10A 11 50 all 1 W earVaL g6pc Stk. &Dar. 25 all l:1)t) Do 33 33 St. 100 ,WiltsdiSomrst Gt.Westn 9l 93 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, GUILDHALL. (Sitting at Nisi Prius, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. BROWN AND OTHERS. SIXTH DAY. The trial of the infermation againet the directors and manager of the Royal British Bank for conspiring by false pretences to defraud the shareholders and cus tomera and the public, was this day resumed. The same counsel appeared as before. The further inquiry into Mr. Cameron's debt to the bank was proceeded with. Mr. Anderson, examined by Mr. Welsby, said that in Cameron's account in the green ledger there was a dis count of a note for 5001. in the bill register ; it was entered as a promissory note of Esdaile's, endorsed by Cameron. It was continued on as a continuing security in the register of the 6th of February. On the 16th of January, 1854, there was entered in the register an advance on convertible securities, a sum of 3,4781. 2s. lld , which continued until the end of 1855. It was tale -n out after the first balance that was struck on 31st December, 1855. On that day Cameron gave a bill drawn on the National Bank of Scotland in favour of the R iyal British Bank for 3,5001., 21 dap' date. It was discounted and the amount placed to the credit of his drawing account, which would appear as an asset. He received the bill from the accountant of the bank, with instructions not to present it. It was not entered in the past-due bills book, but it remained on the list of country current bills till the close of the bank, and to the debit of Cameron's discount account. On the 31st December, 1854, Cameron's discount account amounted to 15,3961. 14s. 63. due from him to the bank. On the 31st December, 1855, the amount was 19,1461. 14s. 6d. Nothing had been received on it from that time up to the stoppage of the bank. Mr. Anderson, cross-examined by Mr. E. James—The bills produced of Cameron's were not initialled in the ' proper manner by the directors, to indicate they had passed the directors, nor had they been entered in the past due bills book. Up to the time Mr. Esdaile became a director, the could only trace on the books the payment of the money but not the order for its payment. The 50C/. bill of Mr. Esdaile's was paid without renewal. By the system of book keeping adopted by the bank, they showed the payment of 1,5001. for the 5001., which the witness explained, but it was of so complicated a nature that few only could understand it. The principal object appeared to be to give the bank an advantage of interest and the saving of the stamp. By Mr. D. Seymour—Mr. Cameron's account was kept in the usual manner as others of the same class ; there was no mystery about it. The bill for 10,0001. odd had reference to the purchase of some of the bank shares. THE INDIAN LOAN. Lord MONTEAGLE said that as a bill for raisins" a loan for Indian purposes was about to be introduced, he thought it would be desirable that certain returns connected with the expenditure of a number of the Indian Presidencies for the last ten years should he in cluded. The returns were ordered. Earl GREY presented a petition from Newcastle upon-Tyne, praying that in any now arrangement in Indian affairs, no encouragement might be given to idolatry. The Eirl of CARNARVON rose to move for a return of the est aLlishroent of militia regiments now embodied, and their actual strength on the let Jan. The noble earl said he found by a return lately printed by order of the Rouse of Commons that 150,0001. was asked for the embed el militia. Estimating the cost at 301. per man, that sum would only secure the services of 5,000 wen. Now considering that we were involved in a very serious war, he thought that number would be totally insuffi cient to meet the emergency. Lord PANMURE said there could be no objection to the returns asked for. In reply to the noble lord, he said the Government had fully considered the estimates, and had in their opinion proposed a sufficient land force, namely, 130,0001. for the present year. He had only taken a vote of 150.0001. for the embodied militia, because recruits were flocking in, and he way encouraged in the hope that the sum would secure the services of 10,000 men, which would be amply sufficient for the present year. Ho was happy to inform the house that recruiting was going on most favourably. (Hear, hear.) Since the let of January no less than 8,500 recruits ; bad entered the army, and during the last week the number of recruits that had enlisted amounted to 2,059. The state of affairs in India were now so favour able that in the opinion of eminent military authorities there would be no necessity for sending out further reinforcements to India. But when the hot and rainy season commenced there would be great mortality which would hare to be met. It was not yet determined whether the troops that would in -that event have to be sent month by month, that would of course depend on the emergency. To obviate the danger to the troops travelling in the unhealthy season, it was proposed that they should be sent to the island of C-ylon, and there await orders to proceed, which they would do in perfect health. The Earl of HARD WICKE thought it the duty of c A juryman asked if the "green-book" referred to was a ledger or a memorandum-book f r the use of the directors ; because there might be a difference as to the actual state of the account in the ledger and in the green-book. I - Witness said that the "green-ledger" contained the accounts that were more frequently referred to, and that it answered all the purposes of a ledger. Mr. Crawford, the accountant, said he remembered finding, in 1853, seven promissory notes of Cameron's, amounting to 10.6001. He charged interest on them, as be understood they represented original shares of the bank, aid the dividends would go against them. There was a cash and drawing account. In 1854 the debtor balance of Cameron's drawings showed 2071. 15s. ; the balance of the cash credit account at the end of 1854 was 3,1731. 12 , . Bd. agaitot Cameron. During Cameron's absence from illness, in 1855, Mr. Esdaile examined the share register, and took a good deal of trouble with it. Mr. Esdaile on on e occasion said, "Surely Cameron's bill■ represent a great many more slims than are standing in his name. The amount would represent 212 shares, but there were only 51 shares registered in Cameron's name. In June, 1855, Cameron said to witness the directors were pressing him to give back 1,0001. of his salary, but that he would take care to recompense himself. Cameron afterwards gave a promi s sory note for 1,000/ , which was placed to the " profit" of the bank. During Cameron's illness witness furnished Mr. Esdaile with a list of convertible securities. It contained Cameron's for 3,478/.28.11d., and he called Mr. Esdaile's particular attention to it by placing his finger on it ; 115/.• ls. 2d. was charged for interest at the rate of 5 per cent. This occurred in March, 1855. The witness was examined at considerable length with reference to the details of Mr. Cameron's account, tracing the items through the books of the bank. Cameron's debt at the stoppage of the bank was over 26,000/. Cross.examined by Mr. E. James—He was unable to pay whether Mr. Esdaile nad seen the bills before Cameron's illness. There was a diary keptshowing the bills as -they became due, but as Cameron's bills were never intended to become due, they were not entered as such in tho diary, though a list of them were entered at the end of the hook. The jury examined the book, and said the entries showed that that was the case. the Government to be prepared for any emergency by having at home a sufficient number of trained men for any contingency. Earl GREY thought it highly incorrect to discuss important questions in an ipoidental manner. fie thought it absolutely necessary that a second battalion of every regiment in India ought to be kept in this country, from which it could be recruited. That was the only way in which the losses could be met. After a few words from the Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH, the motion was agreed to. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY REFORM. Lord BROUGHAM said, he rose to lay on the table a Bill for amending the distribution of the Courts of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and for effecting great and important improvements in the law of bankruptcy and insolvency. The bill that stood on the paper in his name for a second reading to-morrow was a partial mea ' sure, relating to imprisonment for debt, but which, if no further improvement were effected in that respect, would be a great improvement of the law. But the bill the nature of which he was now about to state went to the root of the evil as it existed at the present time, and which had been so long and generally admitted. During the last autumn a great Congress was held at Birming ham of the Association for Promoting Social Reform and Social Progress, in which there were different depart ments, at the head of one of which was his noble friend Lord John Russell. The department over which hie noble friend so ably and usefully presided was that to which were referred matters connected with the juris prudence of the country, to which his noble friend had before given great attention, and it was clear from the manner in which he performed the duties of his office that he had not thrown away his time in bestowing that attention upon it, but that he had great knowledge of the subject, arid entertained sound and judicious views in reference to it. It was on the suggestion of his noble friend that a committee was appointed, after a length- , ened discussion, for the purpose of examining the whole subject of the bankruptcy and ineolveney laws, for there was no ono thing more manifest throughout that discus sion than the universal and deep interest which the state of those laws excited among the whole mercan tile community. That there was nothing which so much occupied their attention as the state of those laws was evident from the various plans that were proposed by various interests,—some of them in the in terest of the debtor, others in that of the creditor, and others, again, in that of the trading part of the commu nity. The variety and in some respects the opposition of those proposals were as remarkable as the interest whinh all of them Excited among their several supporters. He (Lord Brougham) would take leave to repeat what he had said on a limner occasion in reference to the great mercantile law conference which was held about 13 months ago, that when they saw the whole mercantile community coming before them with complaints of grievance under which they were suffering, anti of the state of the law which led to that suffering, though there might be great contrariety of opinion among themselves which rendered them less deserving of being implicitly relied on, yet, if they were agreed as to the existence of the subs. antial nature of the grievance, their authority was supreme and without appeal, because they were the parties for whom and to protect whose interests, the law existed. Therefore, it was that he urged the universality of the complaints of the present state of the bankrupt and insolvent laws upon their lordships' attention as demonstrating that there was ground for thoee complaint., although their lordships might notagree with the complain ants in adopting the remedies which they thought neces sary. As president of the Mercantile Law Conference to which he had alluded be turned his attention to this subject, which, however, was one that he had more than once before brought under their lordships' notice, and for which he had sought to apply a remedy. But since the discussion which took place at that conference he bad certainly made material changes in the measures which he propounded is 1849 and 1852, and the bill he was about to lay on the table was the result of that fur ther consideration and further experience of the system. He would fain hope, when the evils complained of and the remedies he sought to apply to them were taken into consideration, that this measure would be held by their lordships as likely to be effectual in affording the requisite protection. The first great evil complained of was the erpense of the Court of Bankruptcy. His noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor) knew that the ground of that complaint was the large amount of fees exacted from the suitors ; to their extreme vexation. For example, those suitors considered it an intolerable griev ance that in this year of 1858 they were compelled to pay large sums of money as compensation to officers who had ceased to exist as officers of the court for a quarter of A century. Tbry were paying no less than from 24,0001. to 25,0001. a-year to those most learned and respectable gentlemen whose official existence he was the means of terminating by the Act of 1831 and 1832, when the new system was substituted for the Septuagint, as the 70 commissioners then in existence were called. There were other expenses which came out of the pockets of the creditors, o 'nstituting in the aggregate a great ' ground of complaint. Besides ' there was another seri ous grievance. The Court of Bankruptcy in London exercised jurisdiction over upwards of 3 000,000 of her Majesty's subjects ; but there were 29 counties in England in which there was no Court of Bankruptcy at al', and of those 29 counties some were far distant from the Central Court, and yet the inhabitants of them must come there to transact their business. Of those 29 important counties, omitting Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, &e., is the immediate neighbourhood of the me tropolis, there were seven countries with a population of more than 1,800,000, besides four other counties and parts of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire ' containing a total population of more than 2,000,000, the inhabitants of which had to conduct their bankruptcy business in Lon don, there being no local tribunal for that purpose. This was the ease now after the principle of local bankruptcy tribunate had been adopted by the act of his noble and learned friend Lord Lyndbufet. Of the places the inha bitants of which had to come to London to transact their bankruptcy affairs be would mention four important towns—Norwich, distant 108 miles ; Great Yarmouth, 124 miles ; Southampton, 77 miles ; and Brighton, 58 miles. A great complaint was now made of the inequality of the business in the district courts. In some of the bankruptcy courts the judges were overworked, while in other courts the judges were underworked. The learned judge of the County Court at Liverpool had far snore work than any man ought to be Witness continued—The - bill of 500/. was gives by Mr. Esdaile for the legitimate purchase of shares of Cameron, for the purpose of doubling bis qualification at the board, in accordance with a resolution passed at the board for that purpose. Mr. Esdaile paid the amount with interest. That was the only accommoda- tion he received from the bank, Mr. E4dalle and his firm banked at the London Joint-Stock Bank. By Mr. D. Seymour—The price of R'val British Bank shares in 1855 rarged from 431. to 50/, He was unable to say whether Mr. Cameron considered his debt of 3,5001. bad been liquidated by the sale of 70 shares which he had given the bank authority to dispose of. A. sum of 1751. had been received from Cameron's estate since he left the bank which had not been placed to his credit. The balances of the Royal British Batik at the Bank of England sometimes fell short. By the Jury—There was a debtor-book kept, but ke wa4 unable to state if it went before the jury, Sir F. Thesiger said he should call witnesses to prove what books went before the weekly meetings of the directors. Mr. John Finlayson was called. He said he went into Mr. Cameron's service as clerk at Dingwall, in 1842. Mr. Cameron farmed some land there with a Mr. Ewer, but the latter got into difficulties, and Mr. Cameron took the farm liabilities on himself. In conse quence of M r . E wer ' s di ffi culties, a cas h cre dit account was opened at t_ie National Bank of Scotland. Mr. A. Mattheson became security for 5,0001. but that was not sufficient to pay off the ebts on the farm. Lord Campbell —g ave —H ave t h ese matters come to the knowledge o f th e defendants I Mr. Weleby—N o, it oaly refers to Cameron. Lord Catnpbeil s uggeste d t h a t th e learned counsel should not co n ti nue this part of the case. up on as a eace of Dingwall, Mr. Wehby—Then I will proceed with the case of Empson. By Mr. D. Seymour—Mr. Cameron held many highly responsible o ffi ces in Scotl a nd in conneetion with the Crown, a n d was looked man of good repute. He still w as C lerk of the P and also Clerk of S u p p l y and Chamberlain or factor of Crown rents. H e was also a very large sheep farmer. The Court th en adjourned for a short time. [ro be continued in oar last edition.] asked to do, but the two bankruptcy commiisionners of Liverpool were, as he was informed, exceedingly under worked, and had much time upon their hands, which could be applied most usefully to the public service. He should propose in that case to make the two bankruptcy commissioners and the County Couit judge of Liverpool form one court, and to transfer to the County Court, of which they should be judges, the bankruptcy jurisdiction now possessed by two of them alone. He also proposed to apply th e principle generally, and to localise bank ruptcy just as insolvency was now localised. That was the main foundation of the bill which he proposed to introduce—that the bankruptcy jurisdiction should be transferred to the County Courts, together with the whole staff of officials now engaged in the district bank ruptcy courts. The bill also gave parties an option to go before the district Pidge or to apply to the central court in London as might be most convenient or expedient, which would depend upon whether most of the creditors resided in London or in the neighbourhood of the bank rupt's place of business. The bill also gave t for debts incurred by fraud or mipoonduct. It was most unfortu nate that they had not hitherto possessed that p ower, as ' the insolvency commissioners had long done. In the bands of the latter it had been found to be ineffectual as a security to the public, as far as tat security was to be obtained by putisbusent of the wrong-doing debtor. He had already stated to their lordships the remarkable facts that not above one-eleventhof those who were now ,imprisoned for debt, And yvho took the benefit of the Insolvent Act, ought ever to have been in prison et all, and that in seven-tenths of the ca ,,, es in the Insolvency Court there was no inquiry and no opposition. In many instances, no doubt, the absence of opposition arose from the di-inclination of the creditor who had lost bis debt to incur more expense and trouble in performing a public duty. If the bill relating to insolvency which he bad introduced should be passed into law the creditor who could ❑ow oily arrest his debtor, would have the power of summoning him, and of suddenly laying hold of any property he might possess; just as the Bankruptcy Court could do at present. He tad added to the bill abolisting the distinction which now existed between the trader and the non trader a clause to the effect that an officer, to be called an official examiner, should be appointed, whose duty it would be to examine on behalf of the creditor—in the event of the latter not choosing to undertake the task of examination—and to sift and scrutinise the case of every trader or non-trader who should be brought before the Court. One of the gloat defects of our laws—one, however, which had in a great degree, he was happy to say, been removed—was that no adequate punishment had been awarded in those instances in which breaches of trust had been committed. The experience of his noble friend the Lord Chief Justice would, he felt assured, tend te confirm that statement. The manner, too, in which the commissioners acted in the granting of the various classes of certificates was in itself extremely inconsis tent, and he should therefore propose that the power should be rested in the commissioners of either abso lutely panting or refusing a certificate, giving them in the latter case authority to punish by imprisonment. It might be objected to that proposal that the punishment of imprisonment ought not to be inflicted without trial by jury, but his answer to that objection was that the insolvency oemmissieners had always ex.rcised that power which he proposed to confer upon the judges in bankruptcy, and to a still greater extent. There were alto some provisions in the bill in reference to the remu reration of official assignees, between the maximum and minimum amount of whose incomes a very considerable difference existed, that amount being in some instances 5,0001. or 6,0001., while in others it was considerably , less. Those provisions would, he trusted, be produc tive of a considerable improvement in the case of that class of officers. There were many persons engaged in trade who were of opinion that a measure of a somewhat wider scope than that •which he bad submitted to the house should le introduced. Now, so far from proposing his bill as a substitute for any more liberal scheme, he should ask their lordships to regard it dim ply as a natural introduction to a still greater reform. There was a materiel difference betweea the measure which he was now introducing and that which he had in a former session laid before their lordship, and he hoped it would be found to embody the experience of late years, and better adapted in many. ways to. s effect the object in view, It was sometimes said in the City to men engaged in trade " Your name is on too many bills," and he was afraid that the same remark would apply to biro. tA. laugh.) In extenuation of the offence, however, and in order that his bills might not be die honoured, he was bound to add that he was pursuing on the present occasion the same course which he had taken on another important question, that relating to the patent law. He bad introduced a bill for the amendment of the law on this subject when at the same time it happened to be under the consideration of the Government. The Ministerial measure was afterwards introduced, mad both were referred to a select commit tee, which examined them in detail, and Permed out of them a bill which effected a treat improvement in the patent law, and was still in force. Following that pre cedent, he was now introducing the present bill in the expectation that his noble and learned friend on the weoaack would shortly propound another, and then both would be fairly and impartially considered by a select committee e and that out of the two measures one might be framed deserving the sanction of the house and of the Legislature. He hoped his noble and learned friend would give his careful attention to this subject, in which case he was sure that the commercial and trading interests of the country, as well as the character and the moral: of the country. would profit greatly by the result of his labours. He would now conclude by laying the bill on the table- The LORD CHANCELLOR said, it was elways a part of the courtesy of that house to allow a bill to be laid on the table and be read a first time without oppo sition. That was a most useful practice, but his noble and learned friend could hardly expect any discussion to arise with regard to complicated details only now announced for the first time, and of which none of their lordships had any previous knowledge, nor must be be thought guilty of,discourtesy if be now made only the most cursory allusion to his noble and learn ed friend's obrervatione. In many of the proposals now submitted to their lordships he entirely concurred. In the Brat place, he believed it absolutely necessary to provide some different mode of remunerating the official assignees. At the same time, ha thought his noble and learned friend rather overstated the case when he spoke of thesegentlemen sometimes making as much as 5,000/. er 6,0001. a-year. The official assignee in the British Bank case certainly did during the past year make more 6,0001. of clear income. On the other hand, he might mention that soon after he took the Great Seal he was beset with applications from official assignees, who complained that they actually made hardly enough to pay the expenses of their office. That was a very grievous state of things, and in communication with some of these gentlemen he proposed a scheme, appa rently very similar to that of his noble an learned friend —namely, that there should be always a maximum sum beyond which their remuneration should not rise, and a minimum sum, below which it should not fall. He agreed also very much in the remarks of his noble and learned friend as to the different classes of certificates given in bankruptcy. It certainly was the case that, whereas some commissioners made it a rule to give first-class certificates unless there had been disreputable conduct on the part of the bankrupts, others, on the contrary, always awarded certific a t es o f thelowest class unless some thing very meritorious appeared in the conduct of the bank rupts. • Considering the number of these commissioners throughout the country, it was, perhaps, impo,eible but that there should be discrepancies in their decisions ; still, as things were, the obtaining of a first or third class certificate was quite a chance, depending entirely upon the commissioner before whom a bankrupt was obliged to go. Any change of system which removed these inconsistencies would be a great improvement. His ueble and learned friend, if ho collected what bad fallen from him aright, thought the district bank. uptcy courts should be abolished, and their jurisdiction in the couuiry given to the County Court judges. Now, there appeared to him to be grave difficulties in the way of such a change. Four or five years ago this matter was considered with the greatest attention by Mr. Glyn, Mr. Walpole, and others, both lawyers and non-lawyers, who came to the conclusion that, ht,wever useful the county court judges might be, and however meritorious in the discharge of their duties, they were eminently ill calculated for the administrative business in bankruptcy. In insolvency cases there was no such busi ness, but not so in bankruptcy. As his noble and learned friend had lately correctly stated, the charge of proceed ings in bankruptcy was from $3 to 36 per cent. upon the assets realised—an enormous percentage, and one which it must be the great ol jest of legislation to reduce. Still, however, upwards of 60 per cent. remained to be distri buted. Now, an ambulatory judge, who came to a town once a month or so for the trensaction of business, would experience great difficulty in discharging that portion of his duties which would consist in investing, securing, and ultimately distributing the earns of money which were from time to time realised. He would not say that the proposal of his noble and learned friend.on this sub ject did not point to the best resource which was open to them; but it was not one to which he thought they could look with anything like satisfaction ; and he confessed that, along with the commissioners of 1853, he considered it one which would entail the greatest possible difficulty. There would be delay, there would be the chance of hav ing assets purloined, it would be impossible to keep them together as you could wish, and there would not be that stability and fixity of place which was essential to the administration of a bankrupt estate. His noble and learned friend suggested that the bankruptcy judges should have in certain cases the power of imprisoeing. Such a power might perhaps be safely intrusted to the judges who sat in London, where a vigilant public eye watched over their proceedings. Even there it was a mater of great difficulty to allow a number ofjudges not acting in common to imprison those brought before them at their discretion fur any considerable time, more par ticularly when the point to be determined was whether the persons in question had or had not acted honestly and fairly as traders. The opinions which one man formed on such a subject differed so widely from those which would be formed by another man that he should look with great apprehension to the exercise of such a power. [Lord Brougham—" The insolvent judges are intrusted with it."] Yes ; but if such a provision were coupled with an extension of jurisdiction all over the kingdom, if all the County Court judges were empowered to imprison at their discretion for any considerable length of time persons whom they might consider to have acted with outei due caution or improperly in the conduct of their affairs, he thought serious danger would arise. believed that the bill which had been so long under e the letely consideration of the Board of Trade was e a c l prepared, and would receive the final NV few days, n yoPsf and Majesty's Government in the course of a t the liameut without delay. In t it would be laid before that o h r e but his noble and not take it for meantime o er il h o e u w ge o uulfd Par-gy p hi r l e le pa o re f d h to is e n n o d b o l r e se an o d r the subject his very B7 b u e g st ha a m tt ) en na ti u o s n t , his name was on the back of many grantedleurued friendth at ( because rd ( e L e3 o . r d ( laug h Ch ancellor).) The e s albeuialuiresnpettdheftrhiendmight be very good and us eful measures, a nd if so be woul d be happy to give them his cordial support ' • but all be could promise was that h e would give careful attention to his noble friend's proposi tions. He would suggest that his noble and learned friend's bill, and the other bill relating to the same subject which was already before their lordships, should ' stand fur a second reading on the same day, Earl POWIS wished to remind the noble and learned lords who were dealing with this question of the t great inconvenience occas i one d i n the country from the distance which creditors and ohthader frequentlyperso persons con cerned in bankrupt c y proceed i ng travel from thei r own res i dences to the district courts. courts. The inhabitants of the large county of Salop, containing a population of 250,000, were compelled to go to Birmingham in cases of bankruptcy, and the larger portion of the inhabitants of North Wales were obliged to resort to the dietriot courts of Liverpool and Chester. It was, therefore, in many cases not worth the while of small tradesmen to incur the expenses of the journey and the other inconveniences consequent upon the prosecution of cases of bankruptcy. The same incon venience was experienced by solicitors and other persons who might be connected with cases of this nature. Bankrupts were sensible of their advantage in this Blyth and TynotO p. c.prof. (issd.at 501.), Brie. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. Po. 4 per c. Shares.. ; Caledn. £lO 4i p. C. iChes, 4 Ho. 5 P.C. 1D0...d0,5 per Cent_ Cork&Bandonsip.e ,Dun.Perth.&Aber.J, E. Anglian Cls. A Sh, Do. do. Cis. B 6p. c, Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas. Co. Ex, bp • c No.l ,Do. No. 2 )Do. New 6 pr. c. St, East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent, Do. 101. Debentr.Sh, [Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.cts E.&W. York. J.sths Min.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. 'Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p. c Gist!. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N.of Scot.lst Gt. S dt 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. 6 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh De. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gus. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc Lon. &B. G. 6 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do, do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. Lon. & S.W. 7 porct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. iSh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. L M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do". di). do. Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Coneol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpot. 6 pr. et. Norf k Dob. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1346 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv.V.sp. 1847 North British 6 -. 64 108 - 112 110 - 114 115 - 120 112 - 117 130 - 135 i - ii Do. 71. Preference N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do 119 - .21 113 - 116 105 - 107 Do. Leeds 6 pe. 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. Debeutr. St r D ' cot. Ceut.Now Pref. Sc. N. E. Aber. g.6p . c. o. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon 64 -- 66 10i -- 11 1160 - 165 121 - 123 2 - i 66 - 70 137 - 139 102 - 101 93 - 95 ••• - ••• 11.1 1108 - 110 98 100 i— i c ••• 22 - 110 - 122 107 - 109 96 - 98 Do. fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Heading Ann.) of 21 Us. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 44 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do, do. 4 j p. 119 -- 121 104 -- 112 71 -- 73 10i -- 1c S.Yorksh. 7 lp - .c.Guar. stock. &Dar., sp. 0. Do. do. do. 28 - 29 IWaterfd(k Kilk. 6 pc. PREFERENCE SHARES. ••• - ••• 90 - 95 102 - 104 51 -- 6 92 -- 94 86 -- 88 87 -- 89 99 -- 101 10; - lb i - 16 -- 17 10 -10 h 74 -- 76 19 -- 20 9i-- 10 14 -- 15 1138 140 25 -25 i 99 - 101 98 - 100 MINES. 12 - 13 3 - 5 80 - 460 - 480 100 105 16 - 17 4 - 5 - 1 1 - it 10 - 11 16 - 17 5 - 6 204 - 214 5 - 6 11 - 11 360 - 370 5 - 54 240 - 265 1 - 1 4i - 4 - II - 14 24A -25 i 105 . - 115 230 - 250 320 - 350 7i - 8i 1 13i - 14 1 47 - 49 21 - 'l3 hiINEI3. pP 1.- •.• - ••• 13 - 14 40 - 42 12 - 14 0 - i P 16 - id —16 i 8i 9i id 1 i ••• ..... • 5 - 6 •• - 3i 21 - 4* BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Phiß. [British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) De v. Gt. this's. (Tay. ) Est Basset ;Great(lllogan) South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. ( Philk. Grt.W. Vor (11elstn, ) ILady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Clear; S. Carn Brea (Ilion., S. W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Go, Tin Croft Un. Mines (Gwennap V. of Towcy (Carnal - . W. Basset (Illogan)., W. Caradon (Liskrd.)' Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llanl,) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) Brazilian Imp . (issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes di Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada Noveau LVlonde Pont. Si I. LdM. 41 &all Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) , Australian Agricult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do. New iss. at 5/. d Brit. AY.nerican Land Canada Do. Go. 6pc.JanSauly Copper Min. of Eng. iDo. Pref. 7§ p. cent Crystal Palace 'DO. Preference :Crystal Pal, of France lEastern Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. TeL Eur. &Ain. Stu'.(liw ) Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) IGen. 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Can Vall_Diamoeo LAW, •.. 26;- 27 2 - 24 4 - 35 - 40 165 - 175 114 - 115 27 - 32 25 - 27 14 - 113 4; - gi ••• - ... 101 h - - 10t 54 ••• •-• ... 1 4 •-... li • •• ..... 4i ... 41 - ••• ••• ••••• . 8 --- 9 1 lii i i - 3 3 i 3 i d 17 20 95} wo 1, 1 P, IP 2 20 79 ; - 80 7 - 8 22 -- 24 p 63 - 65 11 - lf 108 - no 38 - 40 I-1 •N --- ••• 10 -.. 12 100 7 100 100 100 G Mug Da " LLOYD'S stuppni LONDON, Feb. 1 9,Wi n d this day at noon, E.; strong breeze, and fine clear weather. fro S m uN m D a E u ß r L it A i N u D s froCnißoclll2)9; EFNa,irFye,bd.. 17.—Wind &E.—Arrived—Palma, S.S.E.--Arrived— Yacht, s E —Arrived— Yacht, from St. Michael's; Excelsior, ditto; Nonpareil, ditto. Sailed—Swan, for Greenland. PLYMOUTH, Feb.lB.—Wind E. -Arrived —John Phillip, St, ; ar Amsterdam. F L e o b n . don lB : —: . 18.—Wind -.,... . ida, from Batbadoes for (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGEAPI L ) Wind E. ; h ard frost.B"TuAmvoN, Friday Morning. Arrived—Argyll, stea mer front Carentan ; Donegal, Alfred, and Caledonia, .Sunderland; rland ; Atalanta, steamer, Jersey ; Ozema, Ch ri stianit: l ; Victoria, Gothenburg; Jenne Celestine, Rouen. Sailed—L'Etoile, for Oherbourg. Wind S.E. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 18 —Bolu s ( no t th e Salem, as reported), Messina ; Tasmani a, Bombay ; Arena, Pernam b uco ; Faith, Bonny ; Bra ganes, ;Alice Tainter, Mobile ; Emuloußres, e St. Michael' s ; Vtopia, London : Clara Wilhel mn. Pours, screw steamer, f or Lisbon, bas put back. I (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) mina, GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind E.; tide, fifth hou r ' s e b b; weather fine. Arrived, Feb. 18—Ruby, from Dunkirk. Koh-i-Noor, St. Vincent • Nottingham, Arrived, Feb. 19 - Alide, from Aarbaus. Bremen; -Volunteer (1.), Antwerp ; 'aPtaaAlcides,l;ecr'onstantinople ; Panther (a.), Boulogne. Sailed, Feb. 19—Berdianski, packet, for Syra ; Paris and Dri:AL, Friday Morning. BBotivirme London,nbionaydN S.E. by Passed, Feb. 18--Aoor, screw steamer, from Lohdon for Malta. Passed, Feb. 19—Adelaide, from Barbie° for London. A ship, towing for the Downs by the Daring and Chal lenge light. at 5 p.m. by the Aeor, passed yesterday labreast u thegs, was s ugue Lightship. Tne present Bombay mail brings advices of the safe wTashiConveyed th roug h ou t b y th e umoaerrntal Stearnynie Navigation Company arrival of her Majesty's 94trhegRimeegnizecnotnastisKtiougrraoctli3e2e t ooP i ffin a e act Ihe E nre g ws : y al l nat t drh , a jaB n n3a d dnl was only 37 days in transit from Ply mouth to Kurrachee. The report of the English and Australian Coal Com pany, preparatory to their meeting on the 23d, states that since the meeting in August the available assets have increased by about 9,000/., and recommends a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, free of income-tax. SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.—As was ex pected, the contest for so wide a constituency has been extremely close. The following figures represent the close of the poll, pending the official declaration :—Col. H. Cartwright (Conservative), 1,973 ; Lord Henley (Palmerstonian), 1,888 ; majority for Cartwright, 85. A St. Petersburg letter states that the concession of the railway from Dunabourg to Riga has been made to the body of merchants of the latter place. The govern ment guarantees an interest of 4i per cent. for 75 years. The line is to be opened to the public within three years. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ISLINGTON.--At an early hour yesterday morning a destructive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. J. Hawes, milliner and bonnet maker, Plslington, whfch was not d i st i ngu i s hed un ie ti r l Pcmt row, aco - nsierable amount of property was destroyed. The cause is unknown. Insured in the Sun. 63/ 31 1071 108 i 104 i 99 i i 9 i 414 1 1001 724 521 i 1021 6i i 100 100 100 100 100 261 lai 20 St. St. St. St. 12i 12 12t St. all all 100 100 100 100 3i 100 St. St. 7 St. L 0. 61 St. St. St. St. 20 25 25 St. 1.00 100 100 100 100 all all [61151 5i 11 76 all 1 all 900 19 ; all' all 1000 25 10 10 50 100 St. St. 25 10 25 10 10 50 50 50 100 1001 165 8 1144 1 ect, and ail ioan.:;er f in oroer to deby t ae pr•Jctedings. Lord BROUGHAM said it • was with the .view of rtirt•Aying the inc nvenience referred to by the noble earl that be 'prop ised to give jorldiction to County C•iti rts. Lord CAMPBELL expressed his hope that an Attempt would Oct be made eiinply to amend the law of ba:ike ruetcy. hut tha, that law weul'i be entirely recast. Ho believed this. a partial attempt to ret,rus the law by calling in the an a d s u i s n t i a eo n s fa c assistance bankruptcywt h h e o C le o s u y n ew t t e r eomu C l dou were r b t e judges resto io j i 4 advantage, in he , e i ,administration., did think any satisfactory ret.alt could be expected. Lord WENSLEYDALE cordially concurred with big noble and learned friend that this was a subject whiclt rest sired the most careful consideration in all its parts. Indeed, the law of bankruptcy and insolvetcy was in a more unsatisfactory state than any other branch of modern law, and he hoped his noble and learned frietd. who last spoke, and all others who were conversant with the suject, would endeavour to effect those Ines provements which were absolutely requisite. Nothing satisfactory could, however, be done without going iota a consideration of the whole subject. The bill just intro. duced by his noble and learned friend, and that which, was already upon the table, dealt with parts of the sub.. jest ; but he thought some method should be devised for carefully considering the whole question in all its bear ings. Toe present system was undoubtedly attended with. great inconveniences. Indeed, he had only been ins formed yesterday by an hon. member of the other house that it was a matter of serious complaint on the pare of tho inhabitants of Westmorland and Cumberland that they were compelled to travel from the remotest parts of those extensive counties to Newcastle-on-Tyne for the transaction of bankruptcy balms. It would, undoubtedly, be a much more convenient arrangement if the commissioners went about from place to place tiO, that meetings might be hold in the vicinity of the bank.. rupte' residences, without subjecting creditors to unna oessary expense. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said, the psblio owed a deep debt of gratitude to his noble and learned friend for his contribution towards the improvement of the law on this subject by the bill which he had just laid upon the table, He concurred with his noble andlearnied friend that there was scarcely any branch of law in which. the necessity of reform was universally admitted. The would not enter upon the different points which had been. noticed in the course of the discussion, but it seemed to him that the essence of his noble red learned friend's bill was to transfer the duties of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, as far as it could be done, to the County. Court judges. He thought that there was a broad dis tinction between the trader and the nen-trader. In bankruptcy there were generally more or less sweets 'to administer, but insolvency persons . frequerali name ' before the court s with o ut abr ramus-whatevor azicnlas same machinery was not necessary which was required in bankruptcy, With regard to the measure which wee being prepared in the department which he was con. netted it was in a very forward state, and he trusted it would soon be introduced either in that or the other House of Parliament. He hoped that the measure would meet some of the more obvious difficulties, and give fa. cilities for those arrangements which were now common by voluntary agreement among the creditors, whereby the funds of bankrupts would be administered with as little waste as possible. It would not interfere with the consideration of the general improvements of the laws on the extended basis which the noble and learned lord thought so necessary, but ho trtuted that as it would correct penny evEs it would meet with the 'assent of Parliament, with such alterations as might be deemed desirable. (Hear, hear.) The bill was then read a first time, and their lordships adjourned at a few minutes past 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 ()clock. NEW MENIBER. Major GAVIN took the oaths and his seat for Limerick. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented for an equalisation of poor rates in the metropoLtau districts ; for the restora tion of Oude ; for an inquiry into the causes of the Indian rebt Dion ; for Parl , amentary reform, comprising an extension of the franchise and vote by ballot. LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND. Mr. ROEBUCK postponed his motion relative to the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire land till this day fortnight. CHURCH RITES. Mr, PACKE gave notice that on going into corn• mittee on the Church Rate Bill he should move that it be committed that day six months. (Hear, hear.) LORD PRIVY SEAL. Mr. WISE gave notice, that on the 4th of March he should move a resolution that it was the opinion of the house that the recommendation of the Committee of 1850, on official salaries, recommending the discontinu ance of the office of Lord Privy Seal, and the transfer of the duties to some other dtpartmect, be carried into effect. (Hear, hear.) RAILWAYS IN INDIA. Mr. LIDDELL gave notice that on this day fort. night he should call the attention of the house to the cause that bad delayed the construction of railways in [ndia, with a view to inquiry. (Hear, bear.) THE DEFENCE OF CAWNPORE. General CODRINGTON sliced the First Lord of the Treasury whether any additional despatch had beets received by the Government from the Commander-in. Chief and from the Governor-General in India, referring to the operations of General Wi n dh am i n the defenoa of Cawnpore in November last Lord PALMERSTON said he rather thought a nom. mnnication bad been received at the India House, and also at the Board of Control, relative to the operations referred to ; but the gallant general must know that no communication txisted between the Governor-General of India and her Majesty's Government at home. Ho believed be might say that explanations bad been given that completely acquitted General Windham irons all blame connected with the engagement near Cawnporo, when part of the baggage and tents were lost. An inquiry was now going on in India respecting the conduct < f others supposed to have been in fault on that occasiox, He believed, however, he was justified in saying that General Windham displayed on that and other occasion■ in India those qualities for which he was ao mach di*. tinguished. (Hear, hear.) MEDICAL ARMY DEPARTMENT. Mr. GROGA.N asked the Under-Secretary for War when the warrant in reference to the medical department of the army, in accordance with the recommendations of the committee, would be issued Sir J. RA MSDEN said the recommendations of th• committee were so varied and important that they re. quired considerable consideration bed ire their final ado!). tion. It was impossible to say the precise time whoa they would be carried into effect. • CHARITY COMMISSIONERS. Mr. HOPWOOD asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of the Government to take any steps for enlarging the powers of the Charity Commissioners, with a view to simplifying the proceedings between them and the Court of Chan cery t Mr. BAINES said the Government did not deem it desirable to introduce such a measure this session. LORD LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. Lord PALMERSTON presented a petition from th• City of Dublin, against the abolition of the Office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. Mr. HADFIELD asked the following questions "Under what authority the Bishop of Manchester has appointed a chancellor of the diocese of Manchester Whether Dr. Bayford, recently appointed registrar of the Court of Probate, stills holds the office of chancellor of the diocese of Manchester ; and, if he does, whether he will be permitted to hold both offices 1 Whether Mr. John Border, recently appointed registrar for the city of Manchester and hundred of Salford, is to be per• witted to hold the office of secretary to the Bishop of Manchester, and the other offices held by him tinder the bishop, or in connection with the diocese or archdeacorry of Manchester ?" Sir G. GREY said the question of the hon. and learned gentleman referred to a subject with which the Government had nothing to do. He believed the Bishop of Manchester had made the appointment under hie general authority to do so. If he did not elect a chancellor within a given time the Archbishop had the power of doing so. (Hear, hear.) The other business on the paper having been dispoced of in some instances, and withdrawn in others, the adjourned debate on India was resumed. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. BILL. The debate on the introduction of this bill was resumed by Colonel SYKES, who said that before he proceeded with the debate he thought he must set himself right to the house. He had been often enough in minorities in the court of directors to lead to the idea that he belonged to the minorities, which had operated to his personal prejudice s and had delayed his obtaining the post of chairman. If. herefore, he had any prejudice, it would be against the Company. He might therefore be co ered rather as a witness of the truth than an apologist for the Court of Di• rectors. With regard to the question itself, the noble lord had admitted that the East India Company had donemuch for India, and said that it was not on account of any delia. quency on the part of the Company that he proposed their abolition, but on account of the inconvenience of their go. vernment. What did the Chancellor of the Exchequee say? Why, that the Company had done nothing at all, awl that the magnificent empire which Augustus might have envied, had been acquired by the insubordination of their servants. What did another member of the Government say ? He must go back to the noble lord. The noble lord had said that the system of check and countercheck WM carried too far, until it clogged and impeded the progress of the machine of administration. Now, what did the hon. member for Kidderminster say ? That the power of the di. rectors was nothing at all ; that they wore merely su.bordi• nate to the Board of Control ; and he then described the manner in which the business was carried on, without allowing any real power to the Court of Directors. Here were thrc• meml • s of the Government opposing each other, and so little agreement was there between them that they brought forward three opposing reasons for the . same measure ; and if a fourth member of the Goveryqen were to speak, he had no doubt that there would be fourth opposing reason. He fully agreed with lord that the Court of Directors was deservi ng that they had done much for the benefit 0 d Chancellor of the Exchequer said they baa u n i r not - t s. but his statements referred to past t would bring Court of Directors of the which ;At disprove the alleged the noble forward some statistics whicl . l Ex il c , .4- - quir. 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