The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-09 00:00:00

10Y. ov.) he Lords Jtts- H. Mena, the this morning, street. ill, Q.C., and J erd and Lady Smijth, Q•C•t awyer Swij th wney-General, Les, Q.C., and yesterday, it =mission wag ux executed a ' last year, he lanagement of lupposed to be La such a pro 'parties con k) fix the date determine the mongat whom e time he saw 1857, he eon ) of managing press. is Day.) CANAL COX' d during the company filed Lament a con -38 of land at r 2461., being t of the land. acted to the the lands in rent only, bridge over Chancellor, nd elaborate to the conclu eir claim to a missed their melon of the .ompany were of the county their Act of ) apply to the tinue the in• the injury of y to him lord )urte. i Romilly.) in delivering d for his cos• nr the will of w, the second it in the ■um nsidered that id interest in age, 21, and not bound to F's claims or his Day.) aes, 17, wail ....w a ,oney of ffre irket. seoutor, said tor as porter, p was closed deliver theta eday last he containing lb Instead of lone, he left r , and wel, Br, who ba d lad only been mind up at admit taking 9 not in the 3d. At the roepeots be. ould for ever LND A thief, vrag h stealing kntonio Cor' 'as delivered Idols, an in' Lapel. noon he WO ady in NIP' part of tho ere fighting's tt his watch, tantly seised ground...A . it from 11 10 d never loot ;inked sp is ;h and jad.l aer had bit aatched Oil A saw the one running ed the pri' I a man bed ere proved. UN. ard, whe n I tion wit h r, on the have anecdote its truth, name of? This is ur resl343c e public). e living ; members 3 Temple, coundlega ridicule I were to Feting ap; 'as sake, ry ceaseg .—Young 'LEY. ig on offer, n d s rule d the fines, mge t°°'` 8, at 16" r priceg. forwards rata. soar Lao 90 sk ° ' _ brio hop's 4a 4d; 3. Oa i° moo ) , two. we • clow" unde r raw° ,Ave to wbich The led to ONEY MARKET AN II COMM' CIAL INTELT,TGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, although wcll BuPplied, and prices of all descriptions were un altered. The sales were estimated at 3,000 bales. The Railway Share Market exhibited rather more al uruation, and values were a shade higher. The accounts from the Continent speak in a m ost despondi ng t one respec ti ng th e p os iti on o f il tancial and commercial affairs. Although the quotations for discount accommodation are low, the greatest mistrust prevails. At Paris the Funds are ( I!Pressed and business is almost suspended, while at Vienna the letters received this morn ing report that a Panic of a violent characterhad taken place. French Journalists who have hitherto attempted to encour age the public and promised a speedy dispersion of `e prevailing gloom are now predicting its con 'nuance for some time to come, and it is evident 1114 political considerations are operating ad versely, and add to the complexity produced by other causes. The committee, which is appointed to inquire into the desirability of establishing tribunals of ecmunercein this country, is making a very careful investigation into the subject, and several of the Witnesses have been examined at great length. kong others the evidence of M. Corr. Van de 44 . a ren has been listened to with considerable Interest, and the report at the close of the in quirY Will no doubt be replete with valuable infer- Illation. The institutions, if established, would confer great boon upon the commercial c ommu n ity, b u t he Promoters must be prepared f or so m e opposi „"on on the part of the legal profession, notwith 'Landing the project is highly approved and recom kended by Lord Brougham. At the annual meeting of the Bank of British N orth America, the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared, free of income-tax, and 4,7061. was car tied to the next account. The Brazilian mail steamer will take out specie to the amount of 81,770/. There is no perceptible increase in the inquiry for discount accommodation, and the applications la all directions are limited. The terms conse- Il u ently are kept d own , an d if th e e ffl ux o f go ld ',Nu the Bank i s no t renewe d , th ere w i ll, no doubt, " some expectation of increased ease. There was a meet i ng of the Submarine Telegraph companythe to-day, Sir James C arm i c h ae l, B ar t ., i n t le chair, f or th e purpose o f con fi rm i ng the resolu :a of the p as t mee ti ng f or i ssu i ng the remainder the capital, and raising newcapital (to the extent °L 150 ,000/.) for making the extended lines of tele tragh to Denm . irk and Hanover. The resolutions Wa g agreed to unanimously. The market opened with a firmer appeara nce , 4 " 11 . the funds were at one time per cent. t e ll er, but a few sales have since been effec ted, and a fractional decline has ensued. ,better feeling still prevails, and the ? eo ulators. are anticipating an improvement at ar ia• Consols ha v e b e e n 951 96, since then 95f 7 but they are now at the former quotations ; sa nk Stock is 221, and India ditto 222 ; The New I Draes and Reduced Annuities are 951 96 ; India l?entures are 994, and Exchequer Bills, 365. pm. I Iu the Foreign Stock Market business is rather' 3 1 :1 °re buoy an t. T ur ki s h 6 per C ents. are 951 ; s ouenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 831 ; Mexican 3 per 2 e ats, 201 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents., 66i ; Russian per C en t s ., 11 2 ; ditto 45 per Cents., 1024 ; 2, D utch 41 per C en t s ., 38 ; ditto Deferred, 141 ; uutch 21 per Cents., 66 # ; and ditto 4 per Cents. 49 1 100. 81 The followi n g are the nomi na l p r i ces o f Foreign Tf S t oaks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 55 6 ; Mexi- si R P R P 3 per Cents., 90/ ; Peruvian 45 per Cents., It 88 ) ; ditto 3 per Cents., 66 68 ; Portuguese 3 20 Per Cents., 4G 47 ; R uss i an 5 per C en t s ., 111 10 6 13 ; ditt o 4i per Cents., 101 103 ; Spanish 3 per 5 t eats., 44i 455 ; an d ditt o D e f erre d , 27k. 5 : he dealing s i n th e R a il way Sh are M ar k et to- d ay ig 'al'e been limited, but a slight improvement has 20 h a h kell Place in the values of most of the leading -- 14 ." 8 . Lancashire and Yorkshire improved ss. 6 ° ,,, r th-Eastern (Berwick), 53. Manchester, Shef- too ,"; and Lincoln, 10s. South Western 10s. and 18 11 41 edonian 15s. North Western and North 18 Theis declined 55., and Great Northern 10s. J i g, Foreign and Colonial lines are also at advanced 100 1 quotations. Paris and Lyons have improved ss. ; 100 °l thern of France, 58. ; and East Indian, 10s. too sing shares are quite neglected. 20 "": Joint Stock Bank shares there is a very E te lni ted Inquiry. London and Westminster have n i 1. 7 4 4 d ss. ; Ott oman B an k , s s. ; an d U n i on of 11t. 0 7,.. 11(10 11, ss. o li scellaneous Shares are very quiet, and exhibit 20 20 1 e alteration from previous rates. Canada Land ItV ) '8 12 7 to 130, an d A us t ra li an A gr i cu l tura l 29 5 292. t4IIITISH FONDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl OCK. )1 a tkit Stock (Prom the Official lAst.) 221 "t (-% t Reduced Annuities 9si 6 3 1 , en . 4 e s t Cent. Consols Annuities Shut 97 I W 3 Por Cent. Annuities 9 6 25b 22 i i t l l. l4 Stock o`ne. Loan Debentures 99i k.:4104 for Account —448 /Usr Bills 2id. March. June. E 5 010 00...... 1:: 36 t.-. Ihc.equer Bends, 1858, 3i per Cent.... I , ''itto. 1 5 5 g litit.4ll.oßilS 5 0 p F er FOREIGN eent.— kl:' e FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. i, Itto gcrip ~4 , ei Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — It e '''tto Account tl t' atk 3 per C en t — I•erto Account 2O Plan Bonds, 4i per Cent — lit e 3 b it per Cent. i la. to Account .-. 66i --- h 3 jan Bonds, 1622, i: St., 5 per Cent ll2 —itt T rirki °• 44 per Cent. lo2i ` 413 Bonds 6 per cent 951 i i kitt o a , uaran ' teed, 4 per Cent. vQ"•.‘o Account ,tsezuela Bond 41 per Cent Ditto De ferre d , 2 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. bil telz E xchange, 2 i per Cent., 12 Guilders 664 6 Ditt o B e • 4 Der Cent. Certificates Account „ Coasols f or account TWO O'CLOCK.9Si 6 a d A COURSE OF EXCHANGE. 1' EsTHRDAr. LI 15% Gibraltar »•• •• •••••• Oitte, three months .. 11 17% !Leghorn ..•••• 29 57% Zterdam ............ 11 18 Genoa l .25 45 25 35 3,111 an 44a01s .• •• • ..• •• •• .• 29 35 !Venice•• •• •• •••• •• • bur •• •• •• •••• 13 7 1 ,t Naples -• •• •• •• o ••• 41% tki, / ...•••• ............ • • Palermo .... 1 2 5% Do •• •• .• 25 734 Messina ... ... 125% tbreo months .. •• 25 32% Lisbon .. .......... ..•• 51 Ai ••Fr~deau2s 32% Oporto ••• 52% Otato„." ea ux •• •• .. • .. Rio Janeiro. 118% Buenos Ayres.. •• •••• .• ••••••••••••. •• ,New York,6o days' sight 1 `tf —. ...... •• .• •• 10 25 Philadelphia •• . ... (* to ••• .• •• 10 26 PRICES OP BULLION , oz: 4led--"urg .......... 35% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 11,1 ••• •• • 49% Portugal Gold Coin OO 0 ••••••• •• 49% Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 11:,re e sdla ~ New D o ll ars 0 0 •••••••• .• .. .. .. .. ... .. Silver in bars 00 0 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Th e SOUTH-EASTERN. pa re , to total receipts on thi s li ne for passengers, F,b e ' 3 l mails, goods, and so forth, amo u n ted from ti tid May 22 (15 weeks and 6 day) to 258,0361.; e expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, lls,ov„ to rv . e4elzeut duty, and expenses of steampacket Th, le es to 142,9261., leaving a balance of 115,1101. 22 - gross receipts for the four weeks ending May 44 3 2 °tinted to 68,2701., less 2,0311. for collecting a Zelivering goods, being 66,239/. To this sum 1,7541. rents and sundries, and 3,3521. for FO -41 Packet servi ce , making together 71,345/. tcltaB this is deducted' the expenditure, amounting It $ ' 7 34?., including rates, taxes, tolls, Govern g, a d n expenses of steamboats, leaving 32,611/. "your of the company. bg,„, N i t O N A VERY OLD MAN,—The Registrar•Gene tN return for the past week mentions the death of a Too 14 01 4 .,, w h0 was 103 years of age. He bad been fr,rmerly 100 Wal e l e ant in the Foot Guards, and had served in the 20 Wee e.n expedition and Peninsular campaigns, and 50 Do o Pe n eloned previously to the battle of Waterloo. He 20 4 4 111 E44 d remarkable physical strength, and retained 25 t he :" 41 faculties to the last. Latterly he followed 2 0 8 t ° , - ; ,TlPatio n of a tailor ; and he died on the 25th ult., 1 dapCgefield-lace, Wandsworth. His medical atten s - _lO leap ~Who B Uppiio9 most of the above particulars, has hie a"ue certificate of his birth now in the possession o letaughter, which runs thus John Ewing, born 84Itii t 'etcher, 17 54, at Carron-shore, parish of Larbert, :1 tirling. Ext rac t e d f rom t h e record John 100 5 e lerk." 100 SHARE MARKETS (This Day). RAILWAYS. THE r. Paid 241 101 all 1i all ;t. 1100 15 all 15 all >t. 100 3t. 100 ;t. ,100 lio all RAiLWAY6. I Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Belfast & Ballymeme Blrmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkcnhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Ca1ed0nian............ Chester & Holyheae Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJun Dun. P. &Aber June. lEast Anglian Eastern Counties EasternUnion,A. stk Do., do. B. Do. New A East Kent ' East Lancashire East Suffolk D 0.... Edinburgh & Glasgow I I Edinb. Prth. diDundfle Forth and Clyde June Furness Glasgow & S. Western' Great N. of Scotland Great Northern _ Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock i Gt. Sth.&West.(lre) Great Western. Do. Str. V. R. gna. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. I Do. , Thirds Do. New Thirds 'Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 Do. Do., £9 Do.. Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport London & Blackwell Do. New, iss. 5/. 10s. Lond.Bright. & S. est. London & N. Wester/ I Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. , Manch.Sher. &Lineln. I Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derbi Midland G. West. (Ir ; Do. Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor Norfolk.-- ..... Northu. Counties MI North British ...... . North Devon, Rail. do Dock Stock... Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ..... N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. G. N.B. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..... ... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. Juno. Oxford.. Worcester & Wolverhampton.... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St !Do. Scot. Mid. Stock !Shropshire Union ... Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern iSouth Wales Yorksh. River Dun 'Do. •.• •.• IStainee,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton $t Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton di Hartlepl Taff Vale. Do. Pref., !Thames gay. D. &R ;Vale of Neath .. Waterfd. di Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek, West Col nwall West End of London I and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do, First Class__ Do. Second Class. BRITISH all Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Con Ind guar. 5 p.c. all I Do. all Do. Additional A all Buffalo di Lake Hur. 100 Buff., Brut. Godch. 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) 2 Ceylon A Blares all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian all Do. C Shares_ 5 Do. E. do all Do .4 ip. c. Bads. ,'59 all Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 103 Gd. Prank. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In, Pen, g. 5 pert 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wostn. of Canada 13 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p.'6o ', all Do. do., '73, do all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4i P.C all Do. do., 5 per c 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex.., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do Closing trice yesterday 51 - 6 7 -8i 69 - 71 --- 10, 26 - 27 88 - 90 81 - 8L 34 - 36' 4i - 5 ••• .... .., 8 - S. 16 - 17 59i - 60. 46 - 48 . 31 - 33 14i -15 i 88 - 90' 64 - 65 26 - 28 94 - 95 9i - 10 102 - 103 89 - 91 128 - 13( 102 - 104 51 - 51 56 - 58 86 - 89 11. -12 p 11 - 12 p; 89i - 90 1 - - 6 - 64 107 - 109 91i - 911 lil - 1k 92, -93 i, 37 3 - 4 2 ld 914 92 63 65 12 - 13 60 - 62 31 - 3 49 - 50 ... ''' .., 89 - 90 2 - 45 - 46 69 - TO 95 - 98, 51 - 74 - 84 8 - 9 30 - 32 7 4d, 10% ill 26 28 81 83 44 46 2i 35 —36 i 67§ 68. 80 82 13 15 7 5 d 8 10 35 36 o'i -1 - loii ••• .•• i - 3i 61 - 61 ISSESSIONS. id t d parl 4 d par 74 8 183 88 75 80 74 78 ••• '''' ••• ..••• ••• i ...... lip Ad part 1031 16111 BF I • lgi —. 194 46 -- 48 81A -82 i 20A -- 21A 1 i par 18$ -181 i 2i 2ilc( 107 - 110 107 - 110 14 1 01 108 7 20 -- 204 lid -- Id d d par', ••• ..... ... par I p 1041 I • 20j 14 i FOREIGN. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam - 51 20 all Ardennes •• ••• 20 3 Bahia & Francisco par 1p 5 all Belgian East. Janet — 11 20 all Beziersto Graissessac 6 all Carmcaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 2i 2 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 5 10 20 all Eastern of France 231 —•• 241 241 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7j 7i 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all L....ce Const. & Bale ~. 20 all Lierre and Turnhout . ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 2 1 , 5 all Lucca 6i Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 33( all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New • • 20 all Namur &Liege 9i 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof 2l 21 . ; 16 all Northern of France 35/ 35 f 34 20 8 Do. New ••• 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8i 91 20 all Pyxis and Lyons 2B 29 291 20 all Ditto New — ••• 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 9 Recife 4 San Frau., (Perham.) g. 7p. c. 1 1 d 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg ••• 10 all Rome and Frascati, — 20 all Royal Danish .• ••• 5 all Royal Swedish 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 20 all Sambre a n d M euse 7l 7i 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref Bif 9 4 20 all Southern of France lBl 181 8i all West Flanders 4l 5 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prd 20 all W. di /4.W. of France 211 2'4 20 6 Western of Austria._ 20 all West. of Switzerland ... 6 all W lest aden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. p rof. 20 all Zealand ••• ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Serv. 40 all &nstralasia 79 8 25 all Bank of Egypt 21 100 50 Bank of Lo n d on 45 47 40 all Bri.Col.Bk.&L n. Co 50 all British N. American 574 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.dtCh 31 2 100 50 City 56 58 100 25 /Colonial ............. 201 all iCommercialofCanada 100 20 Commercial of Loud. ▪ .* 20 all I Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cnt. 18 181 20 all fLon.Ch. Bk.ofAast. 194 20 50 20 London and County 50 10 j London Joint Stock. 100 20 Lond.andWestminst, 5 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ' l Ol 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank • 20 all New South Wales , 43 45 43 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 36 37 1 2 01 0 ) all •25 P O r t o t T op n an cial ßa a nk lreland 63 17 6 17 5: i 17 10 all Do. New.. 25 all South A astralia — 25 15 Do. New ••• ••• 25 all Union of Australia 46 47 15 Do. Now 3l 33 50 10 Union of London 23 24 234 100 50 Unity Mutual ..... 100 50 Westrullk of Loud 19 = 17d Bathers done this day. 3 1 * all 11 all 11# t 4 St. 100 St. jlOO 12i 5 it. 100 e 5 I all t 5 1 all k. l lOO 0 14 It. ,100 - It.lloo i 0 I all $ ! all all 15 , all LO 9 It. gt. lioo 3t. 1100 3t, ,100 15 161 it. 100 3t 1100 - A. too .0 131.1 !,(? I V. i LO 1 all ;t. 100 81i 2i 51i i 26 90 89i 901 891 45f 69i S UN, Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. I Leasing Closing Prices Business Companies yesterday this day. , - St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 99 101 100 St. 100 ClydesdaleJo Caledon... 101 103 103 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 15 s.t. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northn 138 140 5 all E. tin. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 —4! St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• --- ••• St. 100 IDo. New Do •• ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn. ... . 50 all Hull le Selby. Y. & N.M. 109 111 25 all Do. i Shares. Do 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do •• ••• 121 all Lou.diGreenw S. Eastern l3 14 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co 9B 100 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do ... ••• 5i all Ma.nch.Bxton. Ln.dxN.W and Matlock & Midld 2i 2i St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 97 9 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count p - ip 50 all N.& E st. 5 p.c. Do 57 59 50 j all De. 6 per ct.. Do ... .... ... ... 50 all Do. Fixed sp.c Do • ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N . W ... ... 12i all Do. i Shrs. :I Do St. 100 Roystn.dtHit. Gt.Northr 138 140 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassel 8i 9 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClea. 91 104 50 all iWearVal.g6pe Stk.&Dar. ~. ... 25 all Do Do 32 33 St. 100 !Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 9O 92 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Rip Van Winkl© Rio Silvertail Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX. 4 to 1 agst Barbarity (taken freely) NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 1 agat - Underhand (offered) 10 to 1 apt Pensioner (taken freely) 10 to 1 any other (offered) PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Bris.& Ex. 4 p. c. St. 00. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4A p. c Ches. dx Ho. 51 P.C Do. do. 5 per cent Cork& Bandon 5 p. c Dnn.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St EastUn., G. 6 p. c. ••• ••• 95 - 97 fliz =_l6 ••• ... 6 - 6i 110 - 115 107 - 112 115 - 118 113 - 116 132 - 13-1 79 - 81 Do. 51., 10 per cent. 'Do, 10i. Del3entr.a. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sth, Min.& Gl. sp. c. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c, Do. 5 p. c. Redeem, at 10 p. c. prom._ Do. 4i per cent lio =-: iii 112 - 114 104 - 106 IDo. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 p. c. preen. Gt. N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S dt W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. IGt. W. (B. dal. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. e. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gna. iSh. Do. do. do Do. do. do. 64 -- e 6 10i -11 j - 91 - 93 85 - 87 85 - 87 100 - IC2 - 11 16 - 17 0 9 i - 101 73 - 74 18. -19 A 9 - 91 13. -14 i 138 - 142 Lan. dr York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 613. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r. ct... Lon. di S.W. 7 peret. late 3d Shares ... .60 - 10.5 ,Londy. di Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. V., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 121 - 123 66 -- 68 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Mid. Coneol.6 p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 42 p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. all. Pref. St. New.,Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Porpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk.Deb.4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p,c, pf , 1847 Do. Wv.V.sp. '.,1847 North British 137 - 139 ,102 - 104 1 92 - 94 ••• -- ••• 1 11 --. 11 ii igd - -7 108 Do. 71. Preference N. E. Beres. 4 p. e. Prf Do. do. do 97 99 1 - Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l Do. do. Qrs. l 1848... Do. York EL &S. Par. North Staffordshire.. Wor. & Wolv. 6 ••• - • - iP 224 234 , p.c., Ist guar. IDo. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Dobeutr. St IScot. Cout.Now Pref Sc.N.E.Abor.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon US - 120 1105 - 107 jlOO - 102 120 - 122 125 - 130 73 - 75 10 - 10:;' Do. fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. o. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gust. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c • S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar !Stock &Dar., sp. C 1 Do do do. iWaterfdliKilk. 6 pc 23 -- 24 101 -- 193 100 -- 102 100 - 102 15 - 17 27i - 28 ••• - 43 -; 48 L O NDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, HAMPTON RACES.—(This Day.) JUNE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. —(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Lord CRAN\VORTH presented a petition from Jersey, praying that the pleading of the Royal Court of that Wand might be in the English language. The Earl of CARNARVON presented a petition against the confiscation of Oude, from the Foreign Affairs Committees of Sheffield and Stockport, and pray ing for inquiry. Lord LIFFORD presented petitions from places in Ireland in favour of the propagation of the Christian religion in India. BRITISH SUBJECTS IN INDIA. The Earl of ALBEMARLE gave notice that on Monday the 21st instant, he should move, that the first report of the select committee of the other House of Parliament on the subject of coloniza tion in India, be laid on the table of the house, and be also gave notice that on that evening he should call the attention of their lordships to the im portanc • e of an extensive settlement o f B r i t i s h b arn sub- jpots in India, with a view to the promotion of the moral and material interests of that country. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE:ihe Exeter and Exmouth Railway, and the Staines, Wokinghatn, and Woking Railway Bills were read a second time ; the Seuelsleigh Road Bill, and the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Bill, were read a third time and passed. PORTUMNA BRIDGE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CHANCERY AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the report of the committee on this bill be received, Lord BROUGHAM approved of the bill generally, but he could not give his assent to a clause which en abled the Court of Chancery to assess damages without the assistance of a jury in cases of minor importance. He thought the assent of the parties concerned in the suit ought to be obtained beforehand. 0.1 the third reading he should move an amendment to that effect, and to make it compulsory to summon a jary, except in the cases he had mentioned. After a few observations from Lord Campbell, Lord St. Leonards, and the Lord Chancellor, the report was received. STAMP DUTY ON PASSPORTS BILL. On the motion of the Earl of MALMESBURY, this bill was read a third time and passed. THE CIVIL SERVICE. Lord LYTTLETON asked the Government whether they intended to carry further the system of competitive examinations for appointments in the civil service ? He contended that if it is intended to carry out the competitive system, which bad worked well, it ought to be done irrespective of any nomination being necessary to enable the candidate to appear before examiners; and that it ought to be, in fact, an open and unrestricted competi tion. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY said in answering the question he was not going to enter into the general merits of the subject. It was one that ought to be very narrowly watched. He had known cases in which candidates who bad passed the examination in the most satisfactory manner, proving utterly incompetent to the duties of the office to which they bad been appointed. He thought the subject ought to be carefully considered before it was extended. Ile was not opposed to the system ; he ap proved of it, because it gave an opportunity to persons entering the service of the country, without the necessity of obtaining the support of persons of influence. (Hear, hear.) He thought the attention of Parliament ought to be directed to this system of competitive examination, that it ought not to be abandoned, but that it ought to be looked upon as an experiment, in which all improvements as they arose ought to be in troduced, and that this and the other house would not place too much importance to a rigid adherence to it. He believed it was in contemplation to alter the system in some respect, so that a number of persons should not be restricted to the competition for one office, but should be allowed to compete for several; and he thought it wouli be touch better to put up three or four offices to the competition of three times that number of candi dates, than to put three persons in competition for only one office. (Hear.) The attention of Government woold be directed to the operation of the system, and such changes would be made as experience might prove to be desirable. (Hear.) Earl GRANVILLE said the late Government bad kept faith with the public in giving only a certain num ber of officers for competitive ,examinations. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said much care was required. He found the social position of young gentle men sent out from England to India was inferior to those who had preceded them. He now asked Lord Canning to report on the snbject. Earl GREY agreed that caution was necessary. Com petiti►e examination was requisite to some extent, but not altogether. Too much of this system would lead to that of " cramming►," so destructive to the vigorous growth and expansion of intellect. There was a point of ace and scholarship at which examinations must cease. Men could not be schoolboys all their lives, nor could they get competition and examination for the higher offices. People waild rather not serve than be in a course of perpetual catechisation. Lord iNiODELIOUSE agreed that it would be desir able to inquire int) the result of the present system, but did not think there was anything to hinder the coun try from looking forward to its extension. Lord REDESDALE Paid that in military matters almost as much was done by the body as by the head— (laughter)—and in order to judge wbethera man was able to ride, he did not think anytning would be better than a competitive examination act ors country. (Laughter.) After a few words from Lord LYTTLETON in reply, the tubject dropped. BRITISH 12112 Alfred Cons. (Phillo ißritish Iron ... 30 17s 1 11/ 7fi, 17s, 16115; 40 128 6 14 20 5i : Condurow (Cambrn.) De v. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. ) East Basset (Illogan) Great South Tolgus ,G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt. W. Vor (llelstn.) 'Lady 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. Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogn. S. W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un. Minas (Gwennap) V. of Towoy (Camay.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward (Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN MINES. •Lt) 71 Australian 1 lOs. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) i —1 p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .e 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaos di Cuiada . . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 121 1 . 31 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 43 46 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop ! per Mining Co. 1 1 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1/ Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Novean Monde - ••• 20 all Pont.SiLlAlM.di Sinn 6 7 5 1 Port Philip 30 1.6 i Santiago do Cuba I 6 21 all United Mexican 31 3 , MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) . . 25 19 'Australian Agricult. 29 34 291 / 10 all l Australn. Royal Mail 11 11 10 all Berlin W a t er W or k s 3l 41 10 2 Do. New iss. at Si. d 50 40 ;Brit. American Land . 100 321 Canad a . 130 27 St. 100 ,Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 116 117 1161 St. all ,Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all IDo. Pref. 74 p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Pal ace 5 all Do. Preferen ce 4 all I Crystal Pal, of France 20 all ,Eastern Steam 34 —4" j St. 100 Electricielegraph 101 107 1 all ,Electric Tel. of Irel. ••• 6 all 'En.d;Aust.Cop.StaCo 11 14 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel, 9 all Eur.&Am•Stin.(lim,) i 3 / 4 _,4 • •• 20 all Gen. Ir• Sc. Col.(lim.) 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 ,London Discount d • 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 21 20 21 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 g 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all ,Mexican& S.Amerien 25 5 iNat. Discount C 0.... 10 6 !Netherlands Land.... - 34 10 all ,Do. Do. 5 all Do.B iss.at 1 d — 2 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N, S. Land 14 17 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p. c.D. 1011 1021 1 all ,N. B. Australasian... 20 Nrth.ofEuropeStean3 2/ 34 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id ' 50 5 au all P P e e n eLlt ins r ui . L ar d 4. & Or S i i .e i n m• ta L l 80 14 8 21 50 10 Do. Now ~ 7 i B iP 1 5 00 0 all Bo R it h oy ymn ai m el ai l i r s on team 25 80 2 59 2 4 S. 1 1 1 i st. l l a o l o l A o t u . s A . a u s o t v r a .6 l . p I . n o v . b e e, s s t 111 25 all iouth Austral. Land 36A —37 i 1 all Submarine Tel. Scril 1 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 6 True, Ln.Co. Up. Can. 100 284 Aran themen's Land. , 13 F. it MINES. 10 - 11 3 - 4' 80 460 - 480 90 • 95 14i -15 i 5i - 5i - 2 1 - 7 - 8 9} - 10. 5 - 6. 20 - 21 ii - il 395 -• 405 3i - 4i 235 -24 i - 1 - 4 24i - 25 i 100 - 110 215 - 220 290 - 300 3i - 41 10 - 11 47 - 49 23 25 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the Brentford Gas Bill were conaiderel and agreed to. The following bills were further considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Chester and Holyhead Railway ; West-end cf London and Crystal Palace Rail way. MORTATAIN LAMS. Mr. HADFIELD asked Mr. Atherton whether he intended to apply this scssion for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Mortmain Laws, similar to the bills pre viously brought in by him and passed by that house ; and whether such previous bills bad had consideration in another place, and what difficulties existed to prevent the removal of the present obstructions to the settlement of property purchased for religious, educational, scien tific, and other charitable purposes, for full pecuniary and other considerations Mr. ATH:ERTON replied in the negative to the first part of the question. With regard to the other part of the question, he stated that, owing to a series of acci dents, the bills had not yet received the consideration of another place. He should, however, revive the subject next session, when he hoped to hays the support of her Majesty's Government. PUBLIC DEBT BILL. Mr. WILSON gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of the public debt bill, the object of which was to repeal the acts which provided for the repayment of a portion of the loans raised during the late war, he should move as an amendment the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this house the extraordinary expenditure in time of war beyond what can be provided for by the usual taxation ought to be raised in the form of terminable annuities." GRAND JURIES (IRELAND). The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND gave notice that he should, on Monday next, move for leave to introduce a bill relative to grand juries (Ireland). TENANTS' COMPENSATION ([RELAND) BILL. The adjourned debate on the second reading of this bill was resumed by Mr. Sergeant DEASY, who expressed his conviction that there was no probability of any effectual legislation taking place this session on the subject. He contended that the exceptional circumstance s of Ireland in regard to the relation between landlord and tenant demanded exceptional legislation. No class of society ought to be placed in that state of dependence which the tenants of Ireland were subjected to, but rather there ought to be that mutual confidence between th em on wh i ch each could rely. Political excitement was not the only oc:a sion of the abuse of the power of landlords in Ireland, for it frequently happened that a cha nge of proprietor was made the ground of the excuse for increasing the rents of those tenants who bad by their industry and capital improved the value of the lands in their occupation. Readmitted that only a few of the landlords of Ireland abused their power, but he thought, however, it was the duty of the house to protect the oppressed minority. The Devon Commissioner recommended such a measure as this, and several bills had been introduce) for giving com pensation, and, although this had received the support of successive Governments, the opponents of the measure had been strong enough to prevent them passing that house. The opinion of Irish members on this excep tional legislation ought to have received greater weight than it had hitherto received in that house. The house had sanctioned the principle of excep tional legislation for Ireland, in the establishment of the Encumbered Estates Court for the relief of landlords and he asked the house to extend that principle to the property of tenauts. He asked the house to give force by legal obligations to that which now depended on the force of moral sanction. The measure was not proposed only for the interest of the tenants. He had presented a petition in support of such a measure from landlords who believed their interests would be advanced by it. Many landlords in Ireland were willing to give compensation but they were afraid to accede to such claims, fro.n the fear of exaggerated claim!, and there being no legal trib una l b y w hi c h th e c l aim might be fairly invehtigated seed equitably settled. This bill em bodied the principle of the bill introduced by the hon. member for Stroud, which received the assent of the house ; and he asked those who voted for that bill to support the measure now before the house. Any thing objectionable in the phraseology of the clauses could elsily be remedied in cemmittee. The bill pro vi led for retrospective improvements. He felt that was open to objection, but the present Lord Chancellor of Ireland was of opinion every measure.of this kind ought to contain a provision for retrospe c ti ve im provements. The other objection to the mea sure was that it would encroach upon the property cf the landlords, but he denied it would touch their property injuriously. The present law of tenant compensation had driven large numbers of the tenants of Ireland and the labouring population across the Atlantic. It was from the hills and valleys of Ire land they drew their supplies for maintaining their late struggle against the power of Russia, and should an European war break out they might find those sup , plies had been cut off or greatly diminished and regret they had taken no measures to prevent it. Mr. DOBBS objected to the principle of the bill. It would interfere with the rights of property, and put land lord and tenant in a worse position than they had ever occupied. It would l ea d to increase bad feeling where it existed between landlord and tenant in Ireland. " Tenant right" was a misnomer, and since its in troduction twenty-five years ago into Ireland it had been productive of great injury to Ireland. There was no tenant rights, but only customary rights. Mr. MONSELL supported the bill. In England the landlords made the permanent improvements on their lands ; whereas in Ireland they were made by the tenant, who ought not to be dispossessed without first being compensated for them. [EAPT SITTING ] From the London — Gazette of Last Night. MEMORANDUM.—The class of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, which Lieuten ant-Colonel the Hon. St. Geo. G. Foley, C. 8., and Lieut enant-Colonel Edward Stopford Claremont, C. 8., received her Majesty's licence and per mission to accept and wear, was the Fourth Class, and not t of he March 2, 185 Fifth Class, B.s a stated i n th e supp l ement to the Gieette WHITEHALL, JUNE 5. The Queen has been Pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal appointing the Right Hon. Edward Henry Stanleyr„ (commonly called Lord Stanley) to be her Majesty's Commissioner for the Affairs of India. WHITER The Queen has been ALL, JUNE 7. pleaded to present the Rev. Robert Stephen to the church and bytery of Paisley, vacant b Parish of Renfrew, in the pros y the transportation of the Rev. George Alexander to the parish .f Stirling. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Fawcus as Vico-Consul at North .t . thields for his Royal Highness the Grand D uke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. CRO WN OFFICE, JUNE 7. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PA RLIAMENT. Borough of King's Lynn —The Right Hon. Edward Henry Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley, President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India. COMMISSIONS SIGNED By LORDS-LIEUTENANT. The Hon. Florance Ge orge Henry Irby, to be Deputy Lieutenant. Light Infantry Battalion of th e Royal Sussex Militia — Joseph Bonham Clay, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wetherell, resigned. First 'dine Re ire Forfar an Lieutenant d Kincal g ent of Militi a A r till er y— John Barclay to be C aptain, vice Ogilvy, resigned. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Frederick Bridger, Gent, d. , to be E ns i gn , v i c e Bridger, resigne M EMO RANDUAL -4 t l !, or Roy a l South Middlesex Regi ment of Militia — n a uom mission of E ns i gn John Francis Le love Waite is cancelleA from the 22d May, 1858. SPLneicester Militia— Htm.exuatiesty has been pleased to Ilerenles Akerman, of the ac cept the resignation heof Li in the Leioestershire Regiment Commission which holds ' of Militia. BANKRUPTk John Jamieson sail cloth dealer, Bishopsgate-street Without, City. George Eltoft, draper, Bradford. John Armstrong , earthenware Manufacturer, South Shields. Nathan Mitchell, cloth manufacturer, Leeds. Edward Wilman, currier, DewEbury. tlepool. George Robinson, builder? .West Hal Henry James Crutchett , shipowner, Stonehouse, Devon shire. Robert Trim, confectioner, Weymouth and Melcombe Dorsetshire. Philip Abram hire. Barnes and . John B aynes, woolstaplers Blandford Forum, Dorsetre. Thomas Fullbrook, harness make r, p angbourne, Berk shire. Benjamin Potts, v i c tualler, CiFter-gate, Nottingham. Joseph Skertchly, e ngineer, Middlesex, Alexander Ogg, iron manufacturer, Primrose street, Bishopsgate, City, Schofield Crowther Sheard, engine er, Smethwick, Staf fordshire. SCOTCH SEQ UES TRATION - s. John Young, power-loom manufacturer, Burnside Fac tory, Rutherglen. Thomas Forgan, builder, Glasgow. Robert Campbell, merchant, Oban. George Martin, civil engineer, Glasgow. Thomas King, coalmaster and q uarryman, Glasgow, THE STATE PRESS PROSECUTION.—Tne trials of Mr. Truelove and W. Tcherwiski, for alleged libels on the Emperor of the French, are fixed for Friday, the 18th inst., before Lord Campbell, and a Sp fo i a l J ury , in the Court of Queen's Bench. The Attorney-G e neral, the Solicitor , General, and Mr. VielebY, will conduct the prosecution for the Crown ; Mr. E. James, Q C., Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Simon, are re tained for the defence. THE SLAVE TRADE. The Bishop of OXFORD gave notice that on Thurs day he proposed to present a petition from Jamaica touching the Spanish slave trade, and intended to call the attention of their lordships to the subjec`. Lord BROUGHAM rejoiced that his right rev. friend had taken up the question, and trusted that her Ma jesty's Government would by all possible means urge on the Spanish government the duty of effecting what by treaty it was bound to effect, as well by every principle of honour as of policy—the extirpation of the slave trade —by prohibiting, and effectually prohibiting, the cor ruption of the government and functionaries under whose corruption the slave trade flourished. (Hear, hear.) THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. The Earl cf CLARENDON wished to ask his noble friend opposite whether ho could give any in formation which would tend to allay the excitement which bad existed during the last few days with re ference to certain alleged proceedings on the part c f our cruise's, and the preparations which were said to have been taken by the United States to put an end to acts which they looked upon as equivalent to the right of search, which had never been conceded by the United States, and was looked upon by that country as au insult. He believed nothing was generally known beyond certain ex parte statements and the abstract cf some correspondence which had been laid before Con gress by the President, and therefore we had no means of judging how far our cruisers had exceeded their in • structions. He had no doubt, if his noble friend had received any information, that he would lay it on the table—and would state whether any more stringent in structions bad been sent out than those under which our cruisers had been acting. He did not think they were authorised in doing what they were reported to have done, and if they had exceeded their instructions, and exhibited an over amount of zeal, there would be no difficulty in explaining the matter. This was a question on which great forbearance must be exercised by both go vernments. (Hear.) He was convinced that the United States governmenthad no desire to extend the slave trade. But it could not be concealed that the United States flag bad, in the last two years, been used as a cover for the slave trade, and that the trade had been carried on, on the coast of Africa, by vessels under the American Sag ; and that being so, he did not see how the character of vessels was to be ascertained unless means were taken by which it could be known whether they were really sailing under a national flag. That right had been conceded by all maritime nations, and unless it was so conceded all kinds of piratical transactions might be carried on, and those who bad been designated "bumani generis hostel" would carry on their operations with im punity. But the mode of exercising the right of aecer taining whether a vessel was really sailing under the national flag was a very different thing, and no officer commanding a cruiser could exercise the right of search, whatever his suspicions might be, till he had ascertained theta vessel was really an A inerican. We in this country were as proud as the Americans of the honour of our flag, and as determined to protect it wherever protection could be lawfully claimed and legitimately given. But we should consider the honour of our flag tarnished, if it was used to cover nefarious transactions ; and so far from objecting to any friendly power ascertaining if any ♦easel carrying the Brit,sh flag was engaged in such transactions, we should be obliged to that power, in cases of suspicion, to ascertain whether it was properly assumed. He did not think that the American govern. ment would differ from us on that point, and he could not but hope that if the matter was considered by both governments in a friendly spirit some understanding would be come to on the subject. He begged to ask his noble friend if there had been lately any communication on the subject between her Majesty's government and the government of the United States, and whether there was anything to justify the apprehensions which were entertained ? The Earl of MALMESBURY—I am extremely glad that my noble friend has put this question, and that he has prefaced it with the very judicious language which he has used. It is a very great advantage that an emitent member of the opposition, at a moment of difficulty between this and any other country, should rise in his place and utter sentiments such as have just been delivered by my noble friend opposite. lam not in a position to give to the house any ascertained information on this subject. Up to the present time I am only in possession of ex parte statements put forward by the American Govern ment. If the circumstances are correctiy reported, and have really taken place as they have been described by the American Government, certainly her Majesty's Go vernment will not be prepared to defend or to justify the acts in question, Although there has no doubt been a great deal of exaggeration, I confess that some of the acts committed are not such as can be justified by inter national law, or by any treaty between this country and America. lam informed that on one occasion a body of men was landed on the coast of Cuba, from one of our ships of war. Of course, however, this is a Spanish question, and can only be mentioned incidentally in reference to the American question. There has been also considerable annoyance given to American traders at the Havana by a system of watch fulness-on the part of our cruisers, which watch the car goes that are taken out and taken in, and exercise a sys. 20 50 St. St. 26i 13 20 . St. St. St. 100 1 100 all all 100 100 100 100 34 ,1001 20 126 25 20 - 856 k .. 1 .. 2 ... 3 9, 1 S 5 8. tem of surveillance and espiona ge pou those vessels, and there could he no compromise of the question. Its and when they quit the port are in the habit of following nature did not admit of it. them and chasing them at sea. A- great many American Mr. GLADSTONE said difficulties bad increased in ships in the Gulf have also been brought to and searched. the settlement of this question from there being a dispo- I have not the least idea if the facts as stated are cor- sition more entertained than avowed, but explicitly foond rect, but such statements have been made ; and your in the evidence of important personages before a committee hardships know that snch acts neither international law of that house to fight the question of a church establish nor the treaty of 1842 can justify. But I agree with ment on the ground of church-rates. (Hear, hear.) He flag my noble f iend ns iend thatta ntly it is also tru e t chat cover t the Ahemerican denied th ere was any d esire in that house to tax Die hasprostitutedslave senters for the benefit of the Church. He was most trade and other agreement should b illegae comel acts ; an to d itbetween is detiratheble two that coon- some anxious t o g i ve th em re l ief from church-rates, and if they were not re them, it not arise so tries, with a view to a distinct understanding A 3 to the much from the lieved acts fro ofthose who were friendly proceedings to be taken by officers in both services re- to the maintenance of church-rates as from spcctively, in order to ascertain the real nationality of the acts of those who were determined not to ac vessels,lwhile at the same time they shoul I not be offen- cept any measure of relief, He had no desire to widen sive to honest traders. To that point I have directed the differences between Churchmen and Dissenters, but the attention of the American Government, and in a he was at a loss to understand how they branded or conversation which I had with the Minister of that coun- stigmatised a man by describing him to be that try this morning, there w as no gre atdifference of opinion which be is. (Hear.) The present law was fixed on a between us. After that conversa tion, and after the de- popular basis, and was required more for the rural popn spateh w r itt en t o L or d N ap i er an d th e instructions lation than the urban population. It was a popular which hav e b een sen t out t o th e officers belonging to law, because it left to the majority the enforcin of its the squad ron i n th ose seas, no acts o f t h e ki n d state d, provisions. It was an ancient law, and enforced g super if tbey are true, are lik e ly to be repeated. Trusting and vision in a form most agreeable to the Engli s h f ee l ing, hoping, in the meanwhile, that no such acts will he corn- and looking to the rural parishes the law worked mated, I believe that as soon as the conversation which well, and was one, in the main, both gen erous has taken place goes over to America, this country need and jest, because it imposed an hereditary and tradl. be under no apprehension that there will be any breek- tional burt-hen on the owner of property, the principal leg off of the allia nce wh ic h h as so long h a ppily existed benefit of which was reaped by the poor rural population between the two countries. (Hear, hear) of the country. It was a just and fair proposal to relax The Earl of HARD WicKE sa id, in reference to the the law of mortmain fer the support of the fabric of the naval part of the subject, th a t the mode operations of Church on the abolition of church-rates, but he Wati inquiring into the nationality of a ves se l h a d been clearly afraid it would be found not to work effectually when 'lid down, and if there had bee n a n y excess o f those in.- put in practice. The bill would certainly destroy the structions it was against the directio n that no offence incomes of many clergymen. The stipend for the living was to be given to any nation in conducting the opera - of Poplar, on the abolition of all the usual p aroc hi al tions in those seas. The house then adjourned. • obligations in the parish for producing an i ncome for the clergyman was fix.el at 4501. a-year, payable usually from the church late, and ho asked the right hon. baronet how that income was to be de rived if church-rates were abolished. He agreed the time had come when such a measure should be submitted to the greatest landowners in the kingdom, and that house should know bow the membirs of the Rouse of Lards proposed to deal with a measure that affected their property. Sir J. TRELAWNEY baying addressed the house in reply, The house divided, when the numbers were— Fix the third reading Against it Majority for the- third reading 63 The bill was then read a third time and passed. The house suspended its aitttng at a quarter to four o'clock, and resumed at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAy.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lancashire and Yorkshire and Esst Lancashire Railway Companies Bill was further confudered and agreed to, after a short discussion on the impoitance of the amalgamation of parallel lines (the first that had ever taken place), and the exmpti , nal finale of charges relative to the terminal charges, and on the conveyaoce of goods to the town of Bolton. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY (POWER OF PURCHASE, he.) BILL. Mr. C. FORSTER moved that the order (221 Mara), for committing the Waterford and Kilkenny RAilway (Power of Purchase, &c.) Bill be read, and discharged ; and that the bill be withdrawn.—Agreed. to. INDIAN LEGISLATION. Mr. W. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the merchants, bankere, and traders of the city of London, (leen-eating for the present all legislation on the suLject of India, and praying the house to suspend the further consideration of the question until a future session. LAW OF LUNATICS. Mr. TITE gave notice to move, on the 22i, the ap• potntment of a select committee to inquire into the law of lunatics under the care of the Court of Chancery. MR. HOWARD AT FLORENCE. In reply to Mr. WISE, Mr. J. FITZGERALD said that it was on account of ill heal h that Mr Howard did not present his letters f credence to the Court of Tu , cany. Their was no in tention of discontinuing their mission in accordance with the recommendation of the committee (1 1850. Many diplomatic reductions had been made in conse quence of that report, but it was not thought advisable to include the mission to Florence amongst them. iTHE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH'. Lord C. PAGE r asked the First Lard of the Admi ralty whether be had sera a petition signed by a great number of owners of fishing boats at Deal and Widmer, and on the east coast of Kent, complaining that the Submarine Telegraph Company had laid down 'buoys which greatly interfered with the use of their nets, and whether it was the intention of the Government to order those buoys to be removed I Sir J. PAKINGTON said the petition referred to had been received on Monday, and it appeared that the li , hermen on the Kent coast tad suffered very serious injury from the buoys of the Telegraph Company. The course which the Admiralty bad adopted was to commu 'nicate with the company, and call upon them to explain the circumstance. They had also caused a representa tion to be made to the Trinity Board, inquiring whether any steps had been taken is the matter. A memoran dum from the company had just been placed in his hands, stating that the buoys had been put down to m irk the spots where damage had been caused by ships to the telegraph ; and when the repairs were completed they would be taken up again. (Hear, hear.) THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY said be rose pursuant to notice to move for leave to bring in a bill to cause the votes of Parliamentary electors of Great Britain and Ireland to be taken by way of ballot. This was the anni versary of Mr. Grote's last motion on the question of the ballot in that house --exactly 20 years ago—(hear, hear)—for which belied the honour of voting. It was 16 years since Mr. Warburton brought forward his motion which be (Ur. Berkeley) seconded ; and it was exactly 10 years since he was lucky enough to persuade the House of Commons to pass a resolution in its favour. Since that time he had met with varied success. He contrived during one session to persuade the house to permit him to bring in a bill ; but it was so late in the session that he was unable, after the second read ing, to carry it through. He now proposed to bring in a Lill, which might be strictly called a Corrupt Practices Prevention Bill. (blear, bear.) And as the Attorney- General ha i promised to consider a certain other Cor rupt Practices Prevention Act, which bad been a com plete ure, although his bill would be very much digs honoured, in his opinion, in such company, yet he wall perfectly prepared, if the Government would give him Lave to bring in bill, to place it in the bad company of the A.terney-General's bill. (Hear, hear.) But he knew they would not do so ' • there was not a dance of 1,188 of influe nce was the imaginary spectre which they raised, and which glared upon the lords and squires ; and his bill was a terror to their souls. Consequently they would keep the measure out of the house as long as they possibly could. He was persuaded that nothing but the opinion of the people, strongly expressed, would cause Parliament to pass the measure ; and it would eventually be passed. He founded his advocacy of the ballot on one single axiom—he might call it an immu table principle—that they had no right to create a func tionary without giving that functionary adequate pra te ction in the discharge of the functions of his office. Now, though the Parliamentary elector could be proved to be within the category, they refused to apply that principle to him. He was not astonished at that re fisal. It was no wonder that they should deny that right to the elector while so large a proportion of the members of that house were perfectly independent of the electors who sent them there, and whale the electors —who by a strange fiction, were imagined to elect mem bers freely and without influeno;—were actually under the control of the members whom they elected, their blends or fawn e 4. While the House of Commons con tinued to he a sop t l reperat, ry academy fur the sons of the nobility, who by fenely interest commanded seats there, waiting for that event which was to remove them elsewhere, and who voted in that house just as their fathers voted in the House of Lords—while the re. presentation of boroughs and counties went by descent and not by election—and while the electors were not independent men, but were voting machines—so long might the people of England expect that the legislation emanating from so corrupt a source must be impure-- that legislating arising from so confined a source would be directed to anything but the interests of the electors. What he would venture to say on this important phase of the ballot question had been so much better said by a leading member of that house ten years ago, not speak ing on the ballot question, but on Mr. Hurne's motion for a reform in the representation, that he would take the liberty of quoting from that speech. He he'd in his hand au extract from the speech of Mr. B. o.borne, at that time member for Middlesex. He addressed the House of Commons and the Whig Ministry ; his speech was principally in reply to Lord J. Russell, and thus be spoke —" I &r,d, according to Dodd, that there are 42 boroughs still subject to local influence; 33 are under the direct influence s.f peers. 18 members its tbis house represent 11 Whig peers, and 33 represent 22 Tory peers. And these 42 boroughs have as n.O h influence in the house as the cities of Londoe, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liver pool, and Glasgow. B u t when the noble lord says t h at Government ' is not carried on for the benefit of the arm toracy,'6 here m airsqumisyesainuetwheisrhaoguasein, 8 again, according 25 v t in oD oi od a d ts . There are toued with peers There are peers and th e a a 3 l 6 to l g or e t t l hor lords, p aronets, a nd 12 ne i B r ( is f t o the c r a navy, y a v i y n , t e h x - e u e l h r u s o s o i u v n s e s e , o c f b a e n t s h i d ; s e 4 w. 4 h 0 0 f fi a c r e e r s o of the ui al l y ar u m ut y,. • berg who are under nected with Gove d r e n r me th n e t, m di a r k ,u ni t g iu m ßu th e e ne w e h c o l le t 3 uo 34 a m rie s t eu u: cracy. Let it notabuekisuugpptue system, osedlam no t attao thek attacking moo ngth ; d ein a d u ivi i duals. lam attacking say that the p ower of the aristocracy has increased, i s increasing, an d ought to be diminished. We have heard somewhat of family petite ne in this house. Wby, what is the whole foundation (f tie present Government in this country ? I.s foundation rests upon family arrange ments. Nearly the whole Cabinet are related to each other by ties of birth or marriage. They form a snug fa mily party. Aod they so far differ from another exhibition called the Happy Family,' that, whereas in the one case all the animals are distiect in species, in the other, whilst admitting the great knowledge and talents in indi viduals, you can only account for their ricketty offspring in legi-lation by knowing that the parents are related. So much for the constitution of the Cabinet. The same aristocratic element is visible in the subordinate officers; look rut the treasury bench in this house—it is occupied by either the scions or attaches of the great Whig fami lies, chequered here andth a er p e o w pu i t l h ar ac t i o m n e e s t t o at t i h st e ical corn m p all o. of the people, just to give siiion ; and if you find the representat V! tf a large libe ral constitaency in such company, you may be sure that his former principles have become sickly, and that his present associates gave treated him as gipsies are re ported to treat stolen children—' disfigured him to wake him pass for their own.' In short, turn where you will, whether in colonial management or diplomacy, it will be found that for the most part Government 'has been carried on for the benefit of the aristocracy :' but the noble lord says, the 'Howards and; Stanleys are not to be precluded from holding situations ;' allow me to sug gest that the Howards and Stanley? have as go id a right (and Ito snore) as others to hold places, and it is somewhat singular that few of the H r o ot hers ow thereor of the why Stauleys are in public places. There a have not such good claims, and who make a good thing of them. We do not complain that men of the name of the name of Howard and Stanley hay, play% but we INDIA. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition, signed by inerchantß, bankers, and traders of the City of London. deprecating any further proceeding with legislation for India at the present moment. CH.LTRCII RATES. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of Church-rates. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. Various petitions were presented for and against the bill for permitting marriage with a deceased wife's si,ter. RECALL OF TELE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. General THOMPSON presented a petition from the Sheffield Foreign Affairs Committee, cornp!aining of the Oude proclamation, and praying for the recall of the Governor• General aed the withdrawal of his proclama tion. PAPER DUTY. General THOMPSON presented four petitions from printers in the metropolis praying for the repeal of the paper duty. CHURCH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. The adjourned debate on the third reading of this bill was resumed. Sir J. TR EL A WNEY a-dced the house to read this bill a third time. He insisted that if the Church had any rights in the matter that ought to be reserved by the bill, it should be left to the judicial mind of the House of Lords to determine in what manner it shod i be made. He therefore declined to accept any proposal for a com promise and should press the third reaoing. Sir BROOK BRIDGES said he believed everything had been said that could be said on this questi , ,n. (Hear, hear.) Be contended the origin of church-rates was neither unreasonable or unjust, and he opposed the landed properly of the country being increased in value at the expense of the Church. It the rich man was not bound to support the Church by a church-rate, the poor wan would be deprived of the benefits of church accommodation. The only charges which should be defrayed by Church-rates were those which the honour and glory of God regardee—viz,, the susten tation of the fabric of the Church, and for providing the decent requisites for the worship of God, He was anxious every abuse diould be rectified. He moved the third reading of the hill this day six months. Mr. PACKE expressed his regret that the reason able compromises offered by the opponents of the bill had not been accepted. it appeared the pro moters of the bill would have nothing but the bill, and it was the duty of the opponents of the bill to take care that a substitute should be provided. There could be no doubt there were many instances where the rate had been improperly applied, but that was no argument fur the entire eb•,lition of the rate. Mr. ACKROVD was opposed to the abolition of Church rates, and he should vote against the third read ing of the measure. He thought Dissenters should be exempted from the payment of the rates :led be believed they could be relieved from pay. ing them without any offensive distinction. Whilst he wished to do justice to Dissenters, he could nut do it by perpetrating an injustice on the Church, which this bill would inflict. He objected to the bill on hat ground, and also oe the ground that Dissenters, by the abolition of the ;nil would still retain the right to inter fere in the election of churchwardens. Where there was a majority in favour of a church-rate, they ought to have the power of taxing themselves, omitting dissen ters. Pew rents he thought objectionable, and also voluntary contributions for raising a fund for the sustenance of the fabric of the Church. No compro mise had as yet been provided which was calculated to settle this question in a spirit of justice to all parties. The compromise he should be prepared to agree to was, this—first, that all Dissenters should be exempt from the payment of church rates; secondly, that Churchmen should be left to determine by a majority of their own body whether a church rate should be lev ed either voluntarily, compulsory, or not at all. Sir J. GRAHAM, as an attached friend of the Church, would have been glad to have seen a compromise of thin matter, though compromises rarely effected their of ject. The practical working of the present law he thought un• objectionable, because in populous and large districts church-rates had fallen into disuse, but it was in rural parishes the rate was most needed. He obj-?eted to pew-rates, as it would give the poor a disinclination to attend the church. He had the gravest objection to branding Dissenters as such, to exempt them from the rate, because it would perpetuate those feelings it was so desirable to get rid of as speedily as possible. He was, as he had said, deiroas of a reason able compromise, but he regretted to say he saw no chance of their arriving at a satisfactory compromise on the question. There were charges on the rate that were disgusting to Churchmen, and ought not to be con tinued. The dignitaries of the Church had certain eili• cers paid out of church-rates which they ought to pay themselves out cf their ample funds ; and he thought the luxuries of worship, such as singers, organist, &c., ought not to be paid out of church-rates. All that was required was the maintenance of the fabric, and the remedy he proposed was to relax the statute of mart main to a limited extent, and enable landowners, whether holding in fee or tenants for life, with proper precautions to charge their estates a ithin the maintenance of the parish church within certain limits and safeguards. The luxuries of religion should be die charged through the voluntary contributions of the mem bers of the Church. If the Church of &Tilted was to become a missionary church, and descend into he arena of contentie et with Dissenters, the latter ought not to be taxed for the support of the fabric of the Church. The right hon. hart. referred to the course now pursued by the dignitaries of the Church in preaching in uneoue crated places, to the Spurgeonite meetings at Exeter hall, and an evangelical alliance heir g held at Lam beth-palace, and said it was not for Line to say the course pursued by them was a wrong one, but he looked upon it as a departure from the strict principle of an Established Church—(hear, hear)—and was at vari ance with all the doctrines that had hitherto been con sidered and recognised as belonging to an Established Church. He was against their carrying on long er a war to the knife w ith Dissenters. Toe time bad arrived when it was not politic for the Church of En laud to fight this de s p erate b attle to the last extremity,g but to make timely concession in the hope of obtaining 'mace. (Llear, hear.) He could not sanction the contirmarice of the contest longer, and he should give his vote in favour of the third reading of the bill. Mr. E. BALL snpported the bill. Mr. WALPOLE considered there was an inconsist ency in the arguments of the right hon. baronet (Sir J. Graham) that ought to have led him to a different con clusion on this subject. The righ hon. gentleman then referred to the proposition made by Lord Althorp to pay for the sustaining of the fabric out of the land tax — to that of Lord Monteagle, for its payment out of the surplus funds in the hands o f the ecclesiastical commis • sinners, and lastly, to the late Sir Robert Peel's propo sition for its paym e nt o u t o f the consolidatedofund. all The of next proposition was to ex e mpt dissenters, b them there were grave objections—more to the three first than to the last, which would have been just to the dissenters—it was an equitable arrangement and freely offered by the Church. There was, then, no remed y li but to abolish the tax altogether , an d rel i eve eve property to the extent of 300,0001. alear,withou dissenters in e thanany w by a h y tbee lieving the consciences o f proposition to exempt the dissenters from the tax. He found, however , that the dissenters did not simply seek relief of conscience, but an ulterior object—that of lead ing, step by step, to the parochial system and the break ing up of the co nnection between the State and Church, and the adoption of the voluntary system throughout the country. In saying that, he wished it to be under stood that he was desirous of settling the question by a relief from church-rates. The voluntary system was an admirable ally to the Establishment, but it never could be made an adequate substitute for it. R e was for maintaining the Establishment and encouraging the voluntary principle by which they would be able to supply the necessary requisites for the celebration of re ligion in which their poorer brethren could take part. He considered the present bill would not effect the set tlement desired. Mr, AYRTON said there wus to be no compromise, all all all all all 102# 894 9 3a 913 93i 37i 9111 11