The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-22 00:00:00

f, .MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS'. CITY, Two o'CLocu. A steady business has been done during the last few days in most descriptions of foreign and colo nial produce. For tea, however, the inquiries were only to a moderate extent at abcut former rates. The better descriptions of sug ars have been in more st; demand, and in some instances have realised ad vanced values. st In the Refined Market prices have generally se tended upwards. Good and fine qualities of coffee have been much inquired for, and have risen 6d. to ls. per cwt. Rice has been in moderate favour at full prices ; and in spices and saltpetre about an average amount of business has been transacted at former quotations. Tallow has been in better de- l st( mand, particularly for present delivery, owing to sty the smallness of stocks in the hands of dealers, and St; values have tended upwards. P.Y.C. on the spot 525. 6d. to 525. 9d., and last three months 525. 9d. se' stc per cwt. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of st( England yesterday. At the forthcoming meeting of the South Aus- sstf(, st, tralian Banking Company, a divid end at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum will be proposed free of :l, etc income tax. Notice has been given that interest at the rate of se 6 per cent. per annum will be paid on and after the sty Ist proximo on the shares of the Ottoman Railway. The Glasgow has been announced from New York with £82,000. The transactions in the Liverpool Cotton Mar ket, yesterday, were of rather an extensive charac ter, but prices remained without alteration. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. In the Railway st st Share Market business was tolerably act ive, and quotations tended upwards. An active demand for money is still experienced, and the rates continue firm. The prospect of new 1 loans still exercise some influence, but the commer cial classes can obtain ample accommodation at the st current quotations. et' Continued quietude is apparent in the market for st public securities, but the Funds are tolerably steady, the few dealings re corded havin g taken 11, place at the rates previously current. Sales of Rt ' stock for transfer are still effected, and they s e tend to increase the prevailing depression. Consols have been 931 a, and they are now 931, being flatter. The New 3 per Cents. are firm at s t, 931 4 ; the Reduced are steady at 93 1; India Loan Debentures are 961 ; and Exchequer Bills, et par to 2s. prem., being depressed. st A fair amount of business is recorded in Foreign At Securities, and prices are tolerably firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. 771 to 78 ; ditto New, 601 to 61 ; sstt,° Spanish Deferred have impro ved to 391 ; ditto :t t : Passive to 18 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. (1858) 881 ; Russian 41 per Cents. are heavy at 961 97 ; ditto 3 per Cents. at 64 ; Sardinian at 811; and st, Dutch 21 per Cents. at 66. The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 1 prem.; the Thames and Mersey to 1 prem. ; 12 and the Universal, par to 1 prem. The Labuan Coal shares are 11 prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have not been extensive, prices, however, have shown more firmness. Caledonians, North Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), have improved ss. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Midland, and South Eastern 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Markets have shown little variation of importance. Great Luxembourg realize 6i; East Indian 102 ; Great Indian Penin sular 991 100; and Great Western of Canada have improved to 11/ 119. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown less firmness. Bank of Australasia have de clined 10s. to 15s. ; and Union of London, ss. ; Crystal Palace realised 31 to 311 ; Great Ship Com pany, } ; and Peninsular and Oriental New Shares, 32}. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 3 por Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 1 [money 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l i India Stock .. ...... Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO .. l2 7 d India Stock, 5 per cent. •- Ditto Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lld D i , ,, £5OO par 2 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brasilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 B7 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. - Ditto 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent •••• Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent 65 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div. 931 I THE GREAT EASTERN STEA3I-SHIP• Captain Hutchinson, of the American brigantine Flying Eagle, reports that the steam-shi p Great 1 Eastern passed him at 3.30 a.m. on the 18th inst., 15 Scilly Islands bearing north, distant 14 miles. The i captain states—" She was going ahead majestically, 'et and very fast." The vessel Flying Eagle came Bt. into Falmouth yesterday, having had light variable st , winds with calm on the 17th and 18 th , so that the St' Great Eastern must have had a fine time away. st TBIS DAY'S SHIPPLVG. LONDON, Juno 22.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy at times. St, PORTSMOUTH, June 21.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrived , t , Strathfieldsaye, from Moulmein. Sailed—Her Majesty's e t steamer South America. NEWPORT, June 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mary, Ist from Hamburg ; and J. H. Haye, from London — both fur St. Thomas. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. 1. Wind S.W. Arrived—NV-alford, Harris, British Lady, and Danube, s+,,l sti from Newport. st Sailed —Georges, for Cherbourg ; Disp9.teh, steamer, for si Jersey. st (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb; weather fine. DEAL, Friday Morning, Wind W., moderate. Sailed--Frances and Asia, for Demerara. ----.. TILE MAILS. MAILS DUE. July 10. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South . : ampton) .. ... • • • • m • • li es ) July 4. (via arse' Do. Bahama s an d H avana ( v i a New York) .. June 20. Canada, &c. (via Londonderry) .. • • Cape of Good Hope, & c . .. • • • • • • July China, P enang, and S i ngapore ( v i a S'ampton) July 2. _,., Do. (via Marseilles) June June 26. '2l • Gibraltar ( v i a S outhampton) • • • • l. India (Calc u tt a ) , Ceylon, &c. (via . 'S ou thampton) July 2. J uno 26. Do. (via Marseilles) une 27. India (Bombay), ( v i a S outhampton) . Do. ( v i a M arseilles) • .. June 20. Lisbon, Brazils, B uenos Ayres, &c. • • .. July 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Op or t o • • .. J u ne 21. .. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton)June 26. .. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 20. United States, California, &c. ( % i a Cork) .. June 21. 'Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffo .. July 10 'West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. June 29. I qtre (Poona Observer) are informed that it Ia i been intimated to Lord Clyde, by command ofthe ls highest p e rsonage in the realm, that he will b e presented with the baton of a Field Marshal shortly after his return to Eng land. THE O'CONNELL FAMILY.—Mr. Daniel O'Con nell, of Derrynaae Abbey, grandson of " the Liberator," a ft e r having completed his course of study under Mr. Han som, the eminent British architect, and improved his ob - servation by inspecting the best specimens of church archi tecture in classic lands, has determined to commence his profession in Dublin as an architect. No one will dissent from the opinion that it is most creditable to the good sense of the young gentleman th at he desires to devote his active and intelligent mind to practically useful objects, although possessing an independent patrimony. Mr. O'Connell fills this year the office of High Sheriff of his native county f Kerry. THE HEIGHT OF MODESTY.—NapIes, desiring to be free, asks a Constitution "like that of France !" tunch. ARE MARKET -(TBIS DAY.) onymmit SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Bnsinese Price. Done. 8 81 74 76 111 121 71 101 106 92/ 931 93 A 4 31 61 7 16 5415 1 41 8 9 16 17 54 55 36 38 25 27 775 785 30 31 103 105 114 115 114 115 130 13? 113 114 691 69i 60 65 1011 1051 704 714 114 a 115 i li 12 - 101 i IC2 d ip 93 94 10 11 41 411 3 2 d 1171 1181 96 08 10 11 7 6dl 54 56 3i 3 d 634 4 3 961 6 i d 524 I 63 61 96 054 11 d 511 521 81 814 101 106 4 31 d 91 91 61 61 41 45 114 116 321 331 87 89 49 51 4 3d 44 45 851 86 67 0 79 81 6 8 381 391 84 9 p 551 561 2. 34p .._ dip 53 - 58 10 11 51 61 2 1 d R always . !Paid, i 0 !Belfast and Ballymena Wol , and Str. Val. - ,ek Birk., La.., and Ch June ?5 Blackburn ?r , Birth and Tyne 10 I Bost. Shef. and Mid. Co )0{ Bristol and Exeter ick :Caledonian In I Carinartlion . Cardigan ICork and Bander, 'ork, hlrcek., &Passaget 20 i ti D° A ornwall (A gets no div 10 Do B I° until Cipc perin. • hasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin ,t Belfast June 2 5 Dun., Perth, &A b. June. rick East Anglian 30k Eastern Counties :)ek Eastern Union, A stock ,ek Do do B do 25 Po NW A. late EU3ds 20 East Suffolk 10 Do ick Edinburil , k Glasgow ,ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction ::ek Furness .......... 30k Glasg. and S. Western 10 Great Ntlm. of Scotland 3011 Great Northern 30k Do do A stock )0k Po do B do )ek Gt. S. & W. of Ireland )ck Great Western ,e,k Do Str Val Ml 9. stock 12 Trish South-cistern )ck T,aneashire k Yorkshir • 70k T,ondon and Blackwall l ick Lon.. Bright.. & S Coast t 5 Lond., Chat., and Dover, )ck Loud. &Nth. Western 12A Do eighths ick Lond. & nth. Western ! i 5 L'derry it Coleraine ' i 5 T.'derry & Ennisat ick Man. Shef. & Litroln i 0 lllaryport and Carlisle [2i Do do i shares 10 Metropolitan ick Midland ick Do ' , inning,. & Derby' i3O liid. G>. W. of Ireland 25 Do I shares 5 ifid Kent......... 10 stoe , Do, Cray Line . _ Newcastle and C trlisle 15 New., Aber. & Heretd.. 0 Newry Sr Armagh, def.. !O Newry, Warnpt. Ros. ick Norfolk I 0 N hn. Counties Union .. ick North British ick vor.DE ock D A stk ; A rees TH2 d. until rpchas beenpd.B )ek Do B stock . Eastern—Berwick, !r, Dodo G.N.E. purchase ,ck Do Leeds ..... ,ek Do Yor , = )cR North London . 9 'orth Staffordshire 0 NT. and S. W. Junction 2 Not. & Grantham Rail Eck Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn aPeebles ...... • • • .•• • • • 9 Portsmouth a Rhvniney •••• • • • • ek Scottish Central )ck Scot. N. E., Aber. stock, )ek Do Scot. Mid. stock 1 iek Shropshire Union 0 Si ttin ebourne & Sheer. , ck South Devon .. )ck. South Eastern .. • • .... )ek South Wales .... • )ck S. York. and River Dun 1 9 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 15 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do do • - iStc,ckton Hartlepool McTaff Vale I ock Do Pref. No 1 25 iTharnesHaven7 50 ILlster 25 Do .................. 10 I Do. • ock of Nes th 13 'Victoria Sta. and Pim ock 'Waterford k, Kilkenny 50 jWaterfo , d Limerick 20 West C 'rnwall 20 West L0nd0n...... 10 Do Ist class ... 20 Do 2nd class 12N Worcesttr Hereford all all 100 all all all 100 100 100 all all 100 all all 100 100 100 10 13 4 100 100 100 17A all 11 100 all 100 all all all all all 111 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyre 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all I:tk I Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 IDo. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO,ll per cent 10 0 12.10 Do. ()flan Shares, No. 2. all 01 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perfh&Aber.,Tun. all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 Szsp.c. 100 stock IDo. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO stock 'E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 100 stock IDo. do. No. 2 10 0 stock Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. 100 stock I Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 stock , 1)o. 5 per c , nt. guar._ 100 stock :Edin.ArGlas. sp.c. shares 100 stock I Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. 100 stock Fdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock 'Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock '',Furness, S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stork IGreo, Northern, sp. ct. 100 stock IDo.sp.c.Reclrn., 10 p.c.pm 100 stock Do. 41 p. c do. do. 100 Do. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 8 0 10 Ct. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 41 10 p. et. pref. stock 50,Great West. (Berks and Molts) Ext. 5 p. ct. dock Do. Redeemable,4l p.ct. 100 (topic Do. ltedremablc, 4p. ct. 100 ;took 'Do. Trrecleenvible, do lOO stock 'Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 R IDo. Tlirrn. Pref. Shares. all 10 j‘ -It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 10 I)o d(5 p. ct. prof all took IDo Btrmg.guar. stork 10( 261 I Do. Chester gua. shares all 131 Do. do. do. 20 'Do. do. (10. lock T.arazYork 6p. c. stock 10( tock Do.Barnslst.£s3s 10d pc 10( toca Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 10( tock f.on.& Brig 5 pc.gu. No.l 101 tock Dn. sp. c. No. 2 101 took Do. gua. 6p. C. Cork Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 10 1 took Do. do. 44 per cen'. 101 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares took Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock lO Lock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 1 0 took Do.4p.e.S.(div.(lettil '65) 10 25 Lon. Chat. and Dover AI tock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct. lO ock Lon. & S.W, 7n. ct. stock IC 121 Londondy. Az Cole. / sh. a' 121 Lon deny. & Ennis. 1 al). a ock Van. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 1( 6 Do. .£6 cc' , Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 12 Vary ort & Car., 4p. c a 124 Do. 41 per cent ock Mid. Con. 6p. G stock 1( ock Do.Con.Bris. &Bin 6 p.c. 1( ock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock ll 6 Do. with option till 1860 ock Do. Leic. & Tilt. pref. st. 10 Newport, Aber.&c.pref. 5 ( p.c.redeem.at 5 p.c.pm. 10 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. with option till 1 8 66 210 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 121 Do. do. 2d is., ock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846' 1 ock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1 ock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47l 1 ock North British, sp. c. I ock Do. New, trim.. sp. c.... 1 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. pl. shs tO f Do. do. do.! ock Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. ock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. ock Do. Berwidk, 4 p.c. Pre 17 Do. do. do 10 Do. Leeds, 6p. s. No. 1 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 15 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. !() North Staffordshire t;ek Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. )ck Do. Redeem. 2d gun. )ck Do. Irredeem. 2d gnu (0 Ithytnnev Guaranteed. 8/ Scottish 'Central, new pf ck Scottish North-Eastern p. e. pref. stock.... 31c Do. Aberdeen,cua.6p.c. ck Do. 7p. c. pref. stock Os. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. 9.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) w 1( Do. 41 per cent. ick Do. Fixed Ip.c. Ist is. )ek 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Ick Do. 1 1 per cent. ock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c stoe stocl all 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all I Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. 96 OS 101 t 9212 1101 103 51 51 101 103 112 115 109 112 110 112 109 111 125 127 81 83 110 112 90 92 i 75 76 118 120 117 119 111 112 105 107 85 87 97 99 100 102 90 92 92 01 [O3 105 91 101 17 18 101 101 74 70 191 2 0 1 91 101 141 15 139 141 16 118 116 1;18 140 145 110 118 103 105 154 157 [32 136 6.4 70 20 22 1(1 118 524 157. 12 124 126 128 4 iP 68 70 4 IP [4O 142 103 105 t 1 la 94 96 9/ 10 111 121 I i li p - -P 110 112 _ - i tP 01 93 96 97 1 I d P 23 24 1123 127 120 123 73 75 10 11 231 241 101 103 101 103 89 91 99 101 86 88 28 29 33} 341 33 34 46 50 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N .W .. .. Buckinghamshire ... . 100 Ln &N.W 96 98 Chester & Holyhead., 100 Do. Imi 52 Do. do. 5/ per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C, •16 17 E.7incolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt.'North. 138 140 E.lTnion,ilarwich Shs all E.Counts.l 41 41 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 Gl s .Barr.&Neils,Dra. 100 Caledonin - Do. New „ ..... 100 Do. . Gl os ter& Dean Forest all Gt. West. ITartlpool.Dek.& Rail. all Ylc.N.&Br ull and Selby , ...... all Yk.N. Md. 111 113 112 hDo. 1 Shares ... • ... all Do. Do. 1 Shares .. . .... all Do Lanc.& Carl. gna.s p.c. 100 Ln.& N.W 208 211 London & Greenwich 100 S. East. I 115 65 65 D o. Preference ...... 100 IDo. Lon.,Tilby.t Soutend. 100 Peto ,rfo & C o.' 94 97 Low estoft, glla , 4 p.ct . 100 N lk . _ c r oa.n6c.f?Beruxcetnn.ttt.. 3..ta..tk... laolol L , Do N . w Atm. 2} 34 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ..... .... 100 (Midland 96 98 97 "Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guara nteed sp. c. 5. 5. 6 E.Counts 1 1 p N p o o r . tdholpEearset:lits.p...c.. I all D p o o. . ...... _55 _57 Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. •..• .. North Western ...... all Midland 141 15 L.. =\• W 1 Preston and Wyre. t all & L.Y k. ) Do. 1 Stares ....•. . A. all Do. .... . 135 138 .. - Boy s tn.nitch., &Shep 100 Gt. North s sey 103 106 Shr ew sbry& Hereford 100 T.Bra Do. Do. 1 .. , ... Iloi i P South Staffordshire . all brClean.. 111 Wilts and Somerset... lOO Gt. West. 95 95 Wimbledon & Croydn. l all L.& Broin 71 Ell . —__--- 1 DOCKS. ---Closing Thlsinesi Share Docks. raid. p r i m Done. : IL L sto-k Commercial ----_ stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.3lin 1 1 °° 00 stock East and West Indies 10A stock London lOO r stock St. Katharine 100 stock Southampton lOO ~stock Victoria 1) 100 1100 102 SO Do New 2 I id 11J 115 14i 15 1141 f 105 I 71 115 144 102 4 li 104 04 4 118 171 181 84 6 1 51 :T -L SUN," LONDON, FRIDAY EVIZNIKG, JUNE 22, iB6O. show the difficulty that was experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of labour in that department of industry. Mr. ADDERLEY considered that the hon. member (Mr. Paget) should be content with one day in the week appropriated to educational purposes for each boy, and he would support the amendment if it were limited to that extent. Mr. INGHAM coincided with the suggestion of the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Adderley). Mr. JACKSON said that in Derbyshire several thou sands were expended in the erection and mainte nance of schools, and every opportunity was afforded to children employed in mines in that district to obtain education. He believed that the hours of labour in mines were not on an average more than eight a day, and he believed also that for their own interest the coalowners were in favour of the education of those in their employ ment. Sir G. C. LEWIS said that, in order to meet the views of hon. members, he would consent to modify the clause to the extent that for every subsequent week to that in which the boy was employed any such boy must produce a certi ficate of attendance at school for five hours in one day during such week, irrespective of attendance at schools on Sundays. Mr. PAGET, on that understanding, withdrew his amendment. Some discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. :MONSELL moved the omission of certain portions of the clause having reference to the educational tests required of children before their admission to work in mines. Mr. NEWDEGATE considered that compulsory enact ments would not promote education, and the clause would be practically inoperative so far as education was concerned. In many cases parents were unable to provide education for their children, and it was most arbitrary and unjust to re quire an educational test in order to enable children to get employment. If they imposed that test they should pro vide free education, otherwise they would be depriving the boy of the means not only of livelihood, but actually of ob taining education. The house then divided and there appeared — For the amendment .. 69 Against Majority -62 _ _ •. On the motion that the amendment of Sir G. C. Lewis stand part of the bill, Mr. BRUCE moved that the worde "in one day" should be omitted, so that the school hours might be spread over five days. The house again divided and the numbers were— For the amendment of Sir G. C. Lewis 106 Against Majority The clause, as amended, was then agreed to. Some other clauses were also agreed to, and the chairman re ported progress. The house suspended its sitting shortly before 4 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. MINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL. Mr. MASSEY laid on the table the report of the com mittee on this bill. (LEFT SITTING). LONDON GAZETTE--(THIS.EVENINa.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 20. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel William Lockyer Freestun, Com mander of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles the Third, Knight of the First Class of the National awl Military Order of San Fernando, and Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, of Spain. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon James Ranald Martin, C. 8., F.R.S., Physician to the Secretary of State for India in Council, and Surgeon in the Bengal Army, retired. WHITEHALL, JUNE 21, 1860. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Vaughan, Esq., Thomas Unwin Barstow, Esq., and Franklin Lush ington, Esq., to be Commission9rs for the purpose of mak ing inquiry into the existence of bribery at the last election for the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Mark Cooper, M.A., to the Rectory of Saint Mary, in the town and county of Southampton, and diocese of Winchester, void by the promotion of the Rev. Joseph Cotton Wigram, D.D., to the Bishopric of Rochester. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 22. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guard s —G enera l Lord Clyde, G.C.8., from the 93d Highlanders, to be Colonel, vice Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford, G.C.8., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 22. sth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain t harles Edwyn Wyatt, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Hillier, who retires upon half-pay, receiving the former difference between Infantry and Cavalry. 6th Dragoons—Ensign Hamilton John Wallace, from the 12th Foot, to be Carnet, vice Orde, promoted. 7th Light Drageons—The transfer of Lieutenant and Ad jutant James Giles, from the 14th Light Dragoons, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 20th December, 1859, has been cancelled. 13th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Robert Carew Anderson, M.D., havinc , completed a period of twenty years' full pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal War rant of Ist October, 1858. Royal Artilley—Lieutenant Henry John Foquett Ellis Hickes to be Second Captain, vice Tucker, placed upon half-pay ; Lieutenant Frederick George Bayley to be Second Captain, vice Noble, placed on the Supernume rary List; Acting Veterinary-Surgeon John .Alills H t e o ny b r e Veterinary-Surgeon; Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Dunsford to be Veterinary-Surgeon; Sergeant-Major Richard Stoyell to be Riding Master; Sergeant-Major George Hadcock 'o be Ridingplaster ; Surgeon William Henry Mackintosh, M.D., having completed a period of twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. Military Train—Brevet-Major Charles Edward Johns, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Atkinson, who exchanges ; Lieut. John Murphy, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Hall, who exchanges ; Lieut. Wentworth Dawes to be Adjutant, vice Witchell, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 11th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Owen Campobello Robin son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davies, who retires. 15th Foot—Ensit,n. Francis Henry Garnett to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Horsfall, who retires. 16th Foot—Lieut. Albert Andrew Pinson to bo Instructor of Musketry, vice Gibson, promoted. 17th Foot—Captain Thomas George Brutton Atkinson, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Johns, who exchangea , James Henry de Itobeck Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elgin, promoted ; Arthur Vesey Nugent, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Deane, promoted ; Serjeant-Major illiam Walsh Monk to be Quartermaster, vice Falkner, removed to the 75th Foot. 22d Foot—William Brooks Butlin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oliver, p romo t e d . 25th Foot—Surgeon William Boyd, from the 32d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Carr, who exchanges. 32d Foot—Surgeon Jonas King Carr, M.D., from the 25th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Boyd, who exchanges. 34th Foot — As:istant-Surgeon David Chambers McFall, from the 87th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ha ward, who exchanges. 37th Foot—Ensign John Reilly to be Quartermaster, vice Crutchley, deceased. 40th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Frederick Fitz-Simons to by Captain, by purchase, vice Eagar, promoted, by pur chase, in a depot battalion ; Ensign and Adjutant Thomas Ormsby Johnston to have the rank of Lieute nant ; Ensign Robert Brooks Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice FitzSimons. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Guy Eaton Glover to be Instructor of Mu s k e t ry, vice Sargent, who resigns that appointment. 47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeen William Stewart, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice White, ap pointed to the Staff. 50th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Johnston Ferguson, from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Joseph John ston, appointed to th e S taff. 54th Foot—Ensign William Patrick Hodnett to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Parker, who resigns that appointment. 60th Foot—Cornet and Adjutant Latham C. Brownrigg to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Treeve, whose pro motion on 9th March, 1860, has been cancelled. 69th Foot—Ensign Peter Shuttlewoith to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice St. George, deceased. 71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Hopkins, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur geon, the Staff. vies Wilson, appointed to 80th Foot—Lieut. William 'Whitehead to be Captain, without purchase, vice the Hon. John Howe Montague Browne, deceased; Ensign Henry James Brown to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitehead. 87th Foot—Richard lay Kirkbride S au l, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Von Beverhoudt, pro moted ; Assittant• Surgeon Wallace Reward, from the 34th Foot; to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Fall, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Charles B. Wynne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herford, who retires. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Robert M. B. Maurice to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Moore, who exchanges ; Ensign Leonard Knipe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maurice. 100th Foot—Lieutenant John Lee to be Captain, without purchase, vice Coulson, drowned; Ensign John Gibbs Ridout to be Lieutenant, 'without purchase, vice Lee ; Lieutenant Frederick Morris to be Adjutant, vice Lee, promoted • Cape Mounted Rifleme n — Veterinary-Surgeon Thomas Paton, from the Military T ra i n, to be Veterinary-Sur geon, vice Kingsley, who retires upon half-pay. CAVALRY DEPOT (MAIDSTONE).—Staff Veterinary Sur geon James George Philips to be First Class Veterinary Surgeon, vice Brett, who retires upon half-pay, under the Royal Warrant of lit July, 1859. CAVALRY DEPOT (CANTERBURY).--Cornet Arthur Brett, 2d p r egpon Guards, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Cornet Pulleyne, Bth Light Dragoons, about to proceed to India. DEPOT BATTA moN.—Captain Edward Hungerford Eagar, from the 40th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice WarYk‘ivitu:cA who retires. ROYAL ScnooL.—James Lewis, late Ser- Quartermaster. s TgAepa Ser geant-Major st .t D i o r o nel E n s d , m t n b d e Haythorne, of the Ist Foot, to be Adjutant-General to her Majesty's Forces servingou,in East Indies, vice B reve t - C o l one l Willi am L Earl of Longford, C. 8., who res i gns that a; y g pointment. HOSPITAL STAFF. The appointment of Inspector-General of Hospitals James Brown Gibson, M.D., C. 8., to be Director-General of the Army, Medical Department, to be antedated to the 7th March, 1860. Surgeon John Summers, M.D., having completed a period of 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon •Major under the Royal Warrant of Ist Octob3r, 1868. TO BE ASSISTANT - SURGEONS TO THE FORCER. Assistant -Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D., from the 47th Foot, vice Stewart, appointed to the 47th Foot. Assistant -Surgeon Joseph Johnston, M.D., from the 50th Foot, vice Ferguson, appointed to the 50th Foot. Assistant -Surgeon Edwin Wilson, from the 71st Foot, vice Hopkins, appointed to the 71st Foot. VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, TO EE ACTING VETERINARY ErRGEONS. George Abert Oliphant, Gent. Frederick Fitzhugh Marshall, Gent. BREVET. Captain Edward Lawes Pym, Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army. I'HIR t.) EDITION . r'~r>=A. SUN OFFICE, Seven. o'clock. TPINCHESIER RACES.—(TdIS DAJ). [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] STEWARDS' PLATE. Twilight Doeskin ... Watersprite _ 1 2 Twelve ran. HAMPSHIRE STAKES. Crater Dreadnought Tame Deer SWEEPSTAKES. Quarantine , .. SWEEPSTAKES. Annan Watersprite 2 Four ran. GRANGE PARK STAKES. Copernicus Blisworth .. Matilda colt Six ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Predictor .. Gaspard .. Clydesdale Eight ran. Dead heat between Predictor and Gaspard. Predictor walked over, and the stakes were divided. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LDRDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Milford Haven Railway and Docks, the Maccles field Gas, the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail way (deviations and new lines) Bills were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : The Edgbaston Road ; Bolton and St. Helen's Road ; Leeds Township ; Stockport, Disley, end Whal ey Bridge ; Newcastle-upon .Tyne and Carlisle Railway; Port Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Docks ; and Mid Wales Railway. LAW OF EQUITY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the time had now arrived when their lordships would have to determine what course was to bo adopted with regard to this bill. It was a mea-nre of the greatest importance, and had been read a second time without a division. His own opinion was that the best course to adopt was that the bill should be consi dered by the law lords more particularly ; but he should be highly delighted if the lay lords would give the bill their earnest attention. The object of the bill was to give the julges in the Court of Common Law power to dispose of points of equity that incidentally arose during the progress of a cause. He thought it would tend to greatly lessen the expense of suitors, who, as the law at present stood, were compelled to employ two distinct sets of legal advisers before the mat ter in dispute could be finally brought to a conclusion. The noble and learned lord cited at great length a number of cases to show the hardships and inconvenience that at present existed, and concluded by moving that the bill be referred to a select committee. Lord LYNDHURST advised their lordships to accede ;0 the motion of the noble and learned lord. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The North British and Peebles and Jedburgh Rail way Companies Bill and the Sovereign Lifo Assurance Company Bill were considered and ordered for third read ing. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Auchterarder Common Muir; North British Insurance Company; Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway; Symington, Biggar, and Broughton Railway; Hayling Railways; Mid Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway Deviation ; and Petersfield Railway. MINES REGULATION AND INSPECTION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill, and resumed at clause 2. _ _ Mr. KINNAIRD said that on the last occasion the bill was discussed he proposed an amendment to reduce the labour of children to eight hours, but from some statements ho had heard, he was induced not to adhere to that term of employment. He would therefore alter his amendment, and move that in page 2, line 10, after " colliery," that there be inserted " for any hours not exceeding 10 hours per diem." Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the principle of a limitation of the hours of labour for children employed in mines had been already affirmed, though the number of hours of em- Floyment had not been determined. There were 12 inspec tors of mines, whose mission was to protect the public and to regard with favourable eyes what related to the condition of those employed in mines, and 11 out of these had re ported against an alteration in the present hours of labour. Mr. LIDDELL considered that it would be impossible to regulate the labour of boys in mines without affecting injuriously the labour of adults. Juvenile labour in mines was neither uninterrupted nor severe, and any interference with it would be most prejudicial. Mr. AYRTON said it had not been shown that the alteration in the hours of labour was practically impossible, and that term meant no more than that it might affect coal owners, for it was a mere question of money. The same objections that had been advanced with reference to the question had been fully discussed when the subject of labour in factories was before the house. The same threats and warnings that were then made were identical with those now used, but experience had shown that these were the idle fears arising out of the prejudices of mill owners, who had been brought up under, and practised, a particular system. No person had yet demonstrated that the labour of children in mines could not be reduced to 10 hours, and he called on the house, in the name of humanity, to agree to the amendment. Mr. TAYLOR supported the amendment. Mr. PEASE followed on the same side, and accused the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets (Mr. A yrton) of not being practically acquainted with the subject, and not having paid attention to the facts developed in the course of the debate on this bill. Mr. CLIVE said, if he had been convinced by the argu ment of the hon. member (Mr. Ayrton), he would vote for the amendment, but he considered that the report of the inspectors of mines was conclusive on the subject, and it must be remembeied that these inspectors were the friends of the labouring class employed in mines. Mr. J. LOCKE considered that the question had been shirked by the opponents of the amendment, and contended that the testimony of mine inspectors was not sufficient to prove there was no inhumanity in compelling children of tender years to work under ground for an indefinite num ber of hours day after day. He supported the amendment. Sir H. VERNEY said that he felt bound to vote in favour of the amendment. Mr. CAYLEY said he was informed by a miner that in the mine where he first worked there 4 were 0 boys em ployed, not one of whom was now living, and in the second mine, out of 37 boys there were only three living. Mr. BRUCE asserted that the sanitary state of the sallies and these employed in them had been misrepresented, and opposed the amendment. Mr. KINNAIRD replied, and some further discussion ensued. The house then divided, and the numbers were — For the amendment 6l Against Majority.. —lB The amendment was accordingly negatived. Lord LOVAINE moved an amendment to the effect that for the first six mouths after the let of next year boys under ten years of age should be admitted to work in mines with out a certificate of their ability to read or write. After a few words from Sir G. C. LEWIS, the amend ment was withdrawn, with an understanding that the clause would be altered in accordance with the wishes of tie hon. member. Mr. PAGET moved the following amendment :—Leave out lines 11 to 19 inclusive, and insert " In the second and every subsequent week during which such boy is employed in such mine or colliery, the owner shall obtain a certificate under the hand of a competent schoolmaster that such boy has attended school for not less than five hours in each of two days (not being consecutive days, and on which he shall not have worked in the mine or colliery), during the week immediately preceding, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the evening, ex clusive of any attendance on Sundays." He trusted that the committee would assist him in establishing a rule that two days in the week boys alternately should not enter the mines under any circumstances. By his proposal the mine owners could have double the command of labour they would have under the provisions of the bill. Three boys could do what two boys would do provided the latter were continually employed. One boy could then have schooling, and rest on Monday and Thurs day, another on Tuesday and Friday, and the third on Wednesday and Saturday. ccpetedrdo bpoy proposed, ethd No coal a tg ownersrdo but ground, he trusted m d t t ,ar utw s s o fihtreesdn e t inconvenience nn m t wo i gfohuttlhdbe not alteration e it was calculated to confer so much benefit on the boys em ployed in mines. Mr. EVANS seconded the amendment. Mr. CLIVE could not accede to the amendment. The hour had already reduced the number of persons employed in mining, and they wanted now to reduce the amount of that labour. The hon. member (Mr. Paget) seemed to consider that the supply of labour for mines was indefinite, but that was not the case, and any further interference in diminish ing the amount of labour applied to mining operations might be productive of very serious consequences. The hon, member quoted a report in reference to factories to BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. ---- ---- - - William Bedford, baker, Middlesex-street, White chapel. Alfred Haslam, coach proprietor, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. John Faulkner, cap proprietor, Commercial-road, Surrey, to surrender July 5, at eleven, and Aug. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Revitt, cutler, Sheffield, July 7 and 28, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. John M , rgan, clay and mineral merchant, Manchester, July 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Walter Noak and John Noak, salt manufacturers, Droit wich, July 6, and Aug. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. James Young, draper, Highbridge, Somersetsbire, July 3, and 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. _ James Berry Bliickburn, currier, Norwich, July 4, at half-past two, and August 7, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Joseph Holland and Samuel Henry Holland, printers, Birmingham, July 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Hilliard, otherwise Hilliard Bevis, maltster, Burghclere, Southampton, July 5, at two, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Harrison, tailor and draper, Henley-upon - Thames, Oxfordshire, July 4, at half-past one, and August 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Curtis, licensed victualler, Landport, Hants, July 4, at twelve, and Aug. 7, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Tombs, builder, Church-street, Westminster, July 5, at eleven, and Aug. 3, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edward James Hopkins, draper, Fishponds, Gloucester shire, July 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, James Chilton, shoemaker, Stone, Staffordshire, July 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Arnott and Co., warehousmen, Glasgow. David Cormack, merchant, Wick. Alexander Milne, baker, Hilton, Dundee. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 20th day of June, 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Government Debt £11,C15,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,675,985 Silver Bullion .... - Notes Issued X30,150,9851 £30,150,985; X 30,150,035 Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- .EPARTMENT. Government Secu- ri ti es (including Dead Weig-htAn nuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 822,516 counts) 8,688,191 Other Deposits 12,115,000 Seven Day and other Bills 640,228 £39,236,500 M. 1 £39,238,500 .RSHA LL, Chief Cashier. Dated June 21, 1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 19th day of June, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 228 1/d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —B —d Average price of the foregoing 258 21d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DIY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16 11 17 Antwerp Brussels — 25 32/ 25 37/ Elamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 37/ 25 42} Frankfort on Maine — 1171 117 k Vi enna Trieste Petorsburgh — 351 6 35 22 Berlin 6 21 6 22 Madrid Cadiz — 49 1 49/ Leghorn 30 37k Milan 25 40 30 45 26 45 Genoa — 25 40 25 45 Naples Messina Ki . 521 52f 63 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .. .. Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 9 9 0 0 0 South American Doublons LAW INTELLIGENUE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justico Hill and a Special Jury.) STONE V. LORD LIANOVER..-LIBEL. The learned Judge said, before this painful case pro ceeded any further, he wished to ask Mr. James whether he entertained any hope that the jury would return a ver dict in his favour after the distinct denials made by the plaintiff and the witness Harrison. Mr. Edwin James said the case had had his and his learned friend's most earnest and careful consideration, and he felt it right to take the responsibility on himself, and he did so with the concurrence of tho noble defendant, of withdrawing the pleas of justification. There could be no doubt the plaintiff had been guilty of acts of indiscretion which thoroughly justified the defendant in the course he had taken. He would, therefore, withdraw the plea, and the jury would be relieved from delivering a verdict. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, on the part of the plaintiff, in assent ing to the course, said he feltbound to state that he and his friends who had been in consultation with the plaintiff be- ieve that he was entirely innocent of the charges preferred against him, at the same, time he must say he had been guilty of acts of such a grave character that justified many of the rumours that prevailed, and the noble defendant was not at all to be blamed, from his position in society, for pursuing the course he had done. Lord Llanover being sworn, entered into a long statement as to the circumstance that had brought him into this matter. His statement was to the effect that he lived at Llanover, in Monmouth, and had a married daughter, Mrs. Herbert, residing near them. In 1858 he had a letter from his brother in Bath, casually mentioning that there were some unpleasant rumours at Bath relative to Mr. Stone ; subsequent letters disclosed what those rumours were. In 1859 he found on his return from Germany that Mr. Stone had taken a place, Llangsdard, which was about midway between his residence and his daughter's, Mr. Stone being introduced to that part of the coun try by a lady and gentleman highly respected, Mr. and Mrs. Jones. His lordship again wrote to his brother recal ling to his mind the rumours as to Mr. Stone, and, in reply, his brother said that inquiries had been made as to them at Bath and the result was unsatisfactory. Mr. Stone attended the archery meeting, and on being introduced by Mr. Jones, his lordship mentioned what he had heard to Mr. Herbert and Capt. Stretton, and it was agreed Mr. Jones ought to be seen on the subject, and that was done ; his lordship on every occasion asserting he did not wish t, be Mr. Stone's accuser, for the matter was far too serious. Regarding it as such, he took the greatest care of the letters from his bro ther that they should fall into no other hands ; even the copy he sent of one to his son-in-law, He requested him to re turn it, which he did. His only object was to get the matter cleared up that they might know whether Mr. Stone, who had come to reside amongst them, was a person fit to be associated with or not. On the 6th of September Mr. Scroop saw Lord Llanover, and having had some conversation on the subject with his lordship said, as he had done on pre vious occasions, that Mr. Stone ought to have prosecuted the first parties who made the charge. In reply to Mr. James, his lordship added he had not the slightest ill .will towards Mr. Stone, and he had left him self in this matter entirely in the hands of his counsel. Sir Fitzroy Kelly said he would not ask the noble lord one question. He was convinced of the blamelessness of his client, but he did not hesitate to admit that his lordship was perfectly justified, nay more, called on to take the steps he did take when the rumours reached him, affecting, as they did, those by whom he was surrounded. Having stated that, he had only to say, in great sincerity, that if ho had stated anything in his address calculated to raise a ground of displeasure to his lordship, he now most gladly withdrew it. Lord Llanover assured the learned counsel he had said nothing which could be considered offensive to him in ad dressing the court. The learned Judge said he was happy that this inquiry was terminated. The pleas and the charges therein con tained were withdrawn, removing the imputation from Mr. Stone, and he thought the conduct of Lord Llanover in the matter was perfectly becoming his position, and he was en tirely blameless. The jury were then discharged without giving a verdict. The model of the statue of Handel, which has recently been erected at Halle, by Heidel, the scnlptor, of ' Berlin, was submitted to the inspection of the Prince Con sort yesterday morning, at Buckingham Palace, by Sir George Smart, the President, and Mr. Klingermann, the Secretary to the London Committee of the Handel Statute. THE WEATHER.—Reports from twenty-five Bri tish towns were received last night. There was rain at only two—Cowes and Falmouth. At Weymouth there was much wind ; at Berwick and Sunderland fog, From eight towns the report is " dull " or "cloudy," from the remaining twelve "Ime." IMPERIAL PA iILIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CIIA.NCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Th 11loy River Navigation and Aylesbury and Buck ingham Railway bills, were read a second time. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Daniel Stewart's Hospital Estate, Watford and Rickmans worth Railway, Scottish Drainage and Improvement Com pany, Dorset Central Railway (extensio ► of time), Build ings Improvement, Land Loan and Improvement CHURCH RATES. Lord PORTMAN presented two bundles of petitions prayiag for the abolition of church-rates. (A laugh.) They had only arrived by post that morning. Lord STANLEY of AL DERLEY (who was standing at the table)--They'll do for next year. (Li.ughter.) MASTER AND SERVANTS. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from journey men plasterers in favour of some tribunal to a. range diffe rences between master and servants. AFFAIRS IN NAPLES. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he wished to ask a question with respect to the demand made by Mr. Elliot to the Neapolitan Government with respect to the restora tion of the two ships seized freighted with armed men whose intention was to join the movement going on in Sicily. He should like to know whether Mr. Elliot had interfered at all, and, if so, on what grounds. Earl GRANVILLE said her Majesty's Government had no informatisn on the subject other than that conveyed in the telegram which had appeared in the newspapers. Lord BROUGHAM said he hoped the report that Austria had forwarded soldiers to assist the tyrant of Naples would also turn out to be fallacious. COUNCILLORS OF BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. CHURCH TEMPORALITIES (IRELAND) AMEND MENTS BILL. The report of the amendments on this bill was brought up and received. PLEA ON INDICTMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this bill, which was founded on the petition of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Societies, and it was approved by the re corders and chairmen of quarter sessions generally. The object of the bill was to substitute for the plea ofguility or not guilty the following question, which was to be put to the prisoner, namely, "Do you wish to be tried, or are you guilty ?" The LORD CHANCELLOR approved of the measure. The bill was read a second time. ADULTERATION OF FOOD BILL. This bill passed through consmittee. FISHERIES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The report on this bill was received and certain amend ments agreed to. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. following, bills were read a third time and passed : Caithness Roads, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, Egham and Woking Railway, Great Northern and Metropolitan Junction Railway, London Railway Depot and Storehouses, Morayshire Railway, North British Railway (Stations, &c.), and Waveney "alley Railway. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented againstthe provision in the Cen- sus Act relative to enforcing a declaration of religious pro fession; against Sunday trading, from Edinburgh and other places; against the alleged undue assumption of power by the House of Lords ih rejecting the bill for the repeal of the paper duty ; against the Highways Bill ; against the Metropolitan Local Amendment Act, &c. RESTORATION OF PARLIAMENT TO IRELAND. The O'DONOGHUE presented a petition from the in - - habitants of the borough and town of Youghal, praying for the restoration of a separate Parliament to Ireland. The hon. member read extracts from the petition, which set for h that the threatened famine in Ireland caused less in terest in the minds of the legislative rulers of the country than the condition of the most remote dependency of the Crown ; that £10,000,000 were extracted annually from Ireland, and that country was required to con tribute towards the prosecution of wars in which she had no interest; that £5,000,000 were spent out of the country by absentee landlords, and that the only chance for the recovery of the prosperity of Ireland was in a native. Parliament. THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE PAPER DUTY Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had to present a petition or rather remonstrance, from parties assembled at a public meeting held in the borough of Finsbury, against the course which the House of Commons had adopted in appointing a committee to search for precedents on the subject of taxa tion bills instead of taking a more direct step. The hon. member moved that the petition be read by the Clerk at the table. Sir W. MILES—What is the prayer? The CLE EIK then commenced reading the petition. "To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom in Parliament assembled ; the respectful remonstrance of the undersigned." (Order, order). Mr. DISRAELI—I rise to order, sir. I conclude it is against our order that, instead of a form of petition praying for anything, a remonstrance should be, addressed to this house. I believe that to be an irregular proceedihg. (Hear.) The SPEAKER—I understand that it concludes with a prayer. . . Mr. DISRAELI—Then, I put it to you, sir, whether a prayer can be received which comes in the shape of are monstrance ? (Hear.) The SPEAKER—I believe there are precedents for the cue now before the house, and that when a petition concludes with a prayer, properly and respectfully worded, the house does receive it. (Hear.) The Clerk then proceeded with the reading of the , , peti ion:— " Showeth— " That from time immemorial it has been the right of the British people to be taxed only with their own con sent, and by and through their own representatives. That the non-assent of the Lords to the abolition of a tax, which the Crown no longer required and the Commons had deter mined should no longer be imposed, is in direct contraven tion of that right, and is in effect a re-imposition of that tax by the sole authority of the House of Lords. That the impos tion of taxes on the sole authority of the Lords is a thing wholly without precedent in the history of this coun try—is in direct and flagrant violation of the laws of the ealm as inscribed on the rolls of Parliament for ages past, and tends to a total overthrow of the British constitution. "That, in circumstances of such gravii y—a revolution by the single vote of one estate of the realm, already an accom plished fact—prompt and determined action on the part of the House of Commons became au imperative necessity, and preliminary investigations into precedents and cases, a needless waste of time and a perilous postponement of a vital question, inasmuch as no precedents or cases, how ever numerous or authentic, can have any force or effect whatever as against positive laws and the fundamental principles of the constitution. " We, therefore, pray that your honourable house will no longer thus trifle with the just expectations of the people, but will forthwith assert and vindicate the law, and restore the constitution, by the immediate adoption of such measures as shall compel the Lords to withdraw their ille gal opposition to the abolition of the said tax, or enable your honourable house effectually to abolish_ it without their concurrence." MILITIA. Mr. ALCOCK moved an address for a return of the full quota of each regiment of militia ; the number of men en rolled in each regiment at the time it was called out for training this year; the number of men actually present at the training ; the number whose absence is accounted for by death, illness, or the expiring term of enlistment. The return was ordered. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) Mr. DAWSON moved for a return of the number of county inspectors, sub-inspectors, head and other consta bles, by their respective ranks ; of the relative num ber of the different religious denominations, classed into Protestants and Roman Catholics, at present in the force ; of tho salaries by the year of county inspectors, with their allowance of long service pay ; allowance of extra pay and mileage when out on duty ; allowance in lieu of forage for their horses; also the salaries paid to their private servants, and other details in connection with the force in question. DEFENCE OF PORTSMOUTH. Lord W. GRAHAM asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he could afford any explanation of the state ment he made, that no plan for the defence of Portsmouth, except the Duke of Richmond's, existed at the time the Government land at Portsmouth was sold for £B,OOO, see ing, that in the appendix to the report of the Defence Com • mission it is stated that a committee which sat on this sub ject in 1804, recommended a plan for the defence of Ports mouth, at an expense of £712,000, which included four bat teries at Stokes Bay. Mr. S. HERBERT said the fact was that plans had been laid before Government from time to time, but they were not officially adopted, and therefore could not be acted on. CONTRACTS FOR CANNON. Sit DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary of State for War what was the extent of the contract alleged to have been entered into by the War Department with the Low Moor Foundry Company for cannon of large calibre, which on trial had been found to burst in several instances ; and whether any questions of dispute existed between the Go vernment and the Low Moor Company in regard to this contract ? Mr. S. HERBERT said that the War Department had entered into a contract with the company alluded to for the supply of a certain quantity of iron for the manufacture of cannon. That iron had been supplied, and there was no ground for complaint against the company, who had exe cuted the contract in the most satisfactory manner. It was true that five of the cannons had burst, and it was consi dered advisable to suspend the construction of any more for the present. LICENSES IN SCOTLAND. Mr. FINLAY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he had any objections to lay upon the table of the house, with as little delay as rssible, that part of the report of the com missioners appointed to in qu i re i nto the Government i . Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the report to which the hon. member referred to had been laid on the ' able, and presented to both Houses of Parliament on the 11th of the presen month. FISHERIES IN IRELAND. Mr. CONOLLY gave notice that, in going into com mitte of supply, he would draw the attention of the house to the in`—rferLce b 7 the Ordnance with the fisheries in Ireland. IRISH BILLS. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Mr. CARDWELL said that if the adjourned debate u era over early, he proposed to proceed this evening with th• Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, and the County Prieons (Ire land) Bill. SAVOY AND NICE. Sir R. PEEL--I really must complain of the disgraceful way in which the Goveinment is shirking the responsibility attaching to them on foreign questions. The noble lord the ; - :ucretary for Foreign Alairs said the other evening that he would givo an answer respecting the despatch from M.- Thouvenel, but neither the Foreign Secretary nor yet the Prime Minister is in his place to answer the question of which the hon. baronet the member for Carlow gave notice. This is really a very lax and improper way to treat the House of Commons and the public on subjects of immense importance. (Hear, hear.) The Government seems to think that because the Emperor Louis Napoleon has chosen, in spite of the most solemn engagements, to annex the pro vinces of Nice and Savoy, the matter is at an end. But I wish to know from some member on the Treasury bench when we may expect to hear some expression of opinion from the Minister for Foreign Affairs or the noble lord at the head of the Government, because I happen to know that a despatch has been received, and the noble lord dis tinctly stated that he would to-night give some assurance respecting its contents. Sir G. C. LEWIS—What I understood my noble friend the Foreign Secretary to say was that when the despatch was received he would communicate its contents to the house. lam not aware that the despatch has been received, and therefore I do not see that he could have been expected to attend merely on the chance that my hon. friend, or some other person, would put a question, of which no notice what ever has been given, on a subject of such great importance. I really do think the severe censure which my hon. friend has bestowed on the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment and the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs has been quite undeserved. Sir It. PEEL—Allow me to explain. The noble lord said distinctly he was expecting an answer from M. Thou venel, and in this day's paper it is stated—(" Order 1") — Sir John Acton has given notice of a motion, and has been treated in the same way. It is really too bad ; the thing has occurred 20 times. Lord J. MANNERS—The right hon. gentleman is in error in supposing that no notice was given to the noble lord. (Hear.) The hon. member for Carlow placed on the paper a question which he wished to address to the Foreign Secretary. Sir G. G. LEWIS—What I said was that no notice of this question was given to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Sir R. PEEL—The other day I gave notice. Sir G. C. LEWIS—I am quite aware that notice of a question on a different subject has been given ; but the com plaint made was that the noble lord is not here to answer the question put by the hon. member. EUROPEAN FORCES (INDIA). The adjourned debate on this question was resumed by Lord STANLEY, who said, in rising to speak on the subject of the Indian army, I would, in the first place, as sure the house, and it is certainly not necessary for me to assure my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for India, that nothing is further from my ideas, or, I hope, the habits of my political life, than to come forward in op position to a measure proposed by the Government simply because I happen to sit on this side of the house—(cheers) —or because the plan which he has introduced is different in many respects from that which I myself intended 12 months ago to propose. I know, probably bet ter than most members of this house, what are the difficulties of Indian administration in the present day; and I know also how great is the intricacy and perplexity of this particular ques tion, involving as it does a vast variety of considerations, both political and military. And I will readily ad mit, also, that, although the permanent interest affected and the principles involved are the same now as they were at the time when .I was responsible fur the conduct of Indian affairs, still, as far as the immediate facility of dealing with this question is concerned, the events of the last twelve months have made some difference. Hold ing that opinion, if I could! have agreed—if I could even have acquiesced in the principle of the bill which my right hon. friend has introduced, I certainly should not have been withheld from doing so by any wish to maintain appearance of consistency with the opi nions which I endeavoured to promote last year; the only consistency in such a case that I should value would be a consistent determination at every time to do that which, under the circumstances of the moment, was most for the interests of the empi.e. (Hear.) But, having been for some months responsible for the settlement of this question, hav ing been a member of the Indian Army Commission of 1858, having during the last two or three years ascertained either orally or from written documents what is the opinion of almost all those who are competent to form a judgment, I think it would be not merely showing a want of earnestness and candour, but it would be an act of political cowardice in me if I were now from any motive whatever to hesitate to express the opinions which I honestly entertain (Hear.) I do not think it is an unreasonable proceeding to support au opinion which I formed on taking cilice, and which in office I endeavoured to carry out, and I do not think it is unroa, sonable to endeavour at least to secure in this house a fair and full consideration for opinions which are entertained by the Governor-(lateral of India, and by men so conversant ith Indian affairs as Sir •J. Lawrence, and Sir J. Out rain, and which are shared in by the whole of the permanent In dian Administration in this country. (Hear.) Before I en deavour to state what this question is, perhaps the house will allow me to mention in a few words what it is not, and what it is popularly supposed to be. My right hon. friend, - while admitting for him the unpleasant fact that the members of his council were unanimous in their oppo sition to this plan, threw out a hint that it was not within. their department. Ido not quite understand the meaning of that phrase as applied to the Council for India, be cause they have no power in connection with military ad ministration, except that of giving advice to the Secre tary of State, which he may either take or reject. But, whatever may be the meaning of my right hon. friend, it is undoubtedly au idea commonly entertained out of doors as well as to some extent in this house, that the point at issue in dealing with this question is a contest be tween the Military Department and the Indian Adminis tration, in which the subject of patronage is involved. Now, this is, in my opinion, entirely a mistake. The question of patronage and that of organization are altogether distinct, and if the house should think it desirable that that which was recommended in the first instance by Sir J. Lawrence, and which subsequently received the sanction of the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in a debate in this house two years ago—namely, to open altogether to com petition first, appointments in those local India regiments —should be carried into effect, the proposition is one which it appears to me might just as easily be acted upon, even though no change in the organization of the Indian army took place ; as if the plan for amalgamation were realized. If, upon the other hand, the house should, upon grounds of general policy, deem it expedient that the two armies should be amalgamated, and should be of opinion that, considering the Indian Administration pays for the maintenance of the existing local troops, it ought to have some voice in the first instance, in the appointment of officers, it would be quite easy to retain the patronage of which I am speaking in the hands in which it is at present placed, while in all other respects the fusion of the local with the Queen's troops might be complete. I am not recommending that plan, although I believe it has been entertained. All I would add with reference to the question of patronage and amal gamation is that, whatever opinion may have been pro nounced with respect to it by the Indian authorities, that opinion is one which is wholly free from all suspicion of being dictated by personal motives. (Hear, hear.) I have alluded to one of the prejudices which exist on this subject, but there is a second—for I cannot call it anything else but a prejudice—which is sometimes openly put for ward, but which more frequently underlies men's thoughts than it appears upon the surface, and which is in favour of the maintenance of a single as opposed to a double army. We are repeatedly told that it is an " anomaly"—that is the word used—to keep up a separate military orga nization under the same power, and subject to the same authority, on the part of Parliament. We in England, however, are broken in to anomalies, whether we like them or not; but, if there be any anomaly in the case, it is not the maintenance in India of a specially Ind ian army, but our tenure of India itself. In the present instance, how ever, the house must bear in mind that we ht averea no prece yTofurgohmt dentthee and ofno a colony parallel to as guide us. decision lro a You ctan which ase to arrive ; for India is not a colony in the ordinary sense of the word ; it is not a settlement ; i t can hardly w b h a ow o h a u l calle d laws, province. It may more appropriately be designated an em pireawarine hasitself, been although_ the the appellation India possesses . son e ie her her own finances, and her own system oftivil administration. She maintains an armed force numbering no lees than 300,000 men, and of two anomalies it is surely the less that that force should stand apart than that it should be made a which is s e p ara t e d from it by a por tion of another force, distance of half the globe, and which in point of number is greatly inferior. Now, the plan which my right hon. friend proposes puts the is sue on th i s quest i on o f ama l gama ti on i n its simplest form, and so f ar , no doubt, it may be con veniently discussed by the house. This disadvantage, how ever, attends upon the proposal of my right hon. friend, that we have not before us—at least not in a shape which would enable us to come to any decision with respect to it—the scheme by which he proposes to carry his object into effect. (Hear, hear.) He asks us simply to declare that no further recruiting shall take place for the local army in India a proposition which is almost equivalent to an abstract resolution that the main tenance of such army is inexpedient. But, while my right hon. friend asks us to pledge ourselves to that extent, he does not call upon us to come to a decision as to what wo are to substitute for the existing system. (Hear, hear.) If wo take the plan of amalgamation proposed by Sir W. Mans• field, or any other person conversant with the subject, and endeavour to point out the difficulties inherent in it, my right hon. friend would very fairly tell us that that was a‘ n f ot hikscheme. Well, we ask you, what is your schem e you e f eaniright hon. friend answers, — " lam not upo ncalling decide ur on the details of any schelne;slille t inth* ye ' hands, is to a ffirm the principl e, that a local army 1