The Sun. — London, England, 1860-06-13 00:00:00

! T. S UN, LON I _ MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SIIARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • ---• CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARI SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Closing 100 c A tl antic l3o m o a r & oo S a t & L c a e w n r t e i n n c d e Paid.all B5 8; Frice. The increased demand for money is fully main- 1 I i Closing i Businessßusiness d '=mere; R ilways Paid. tained, and no diminution is anticipated until the , Price. I Done. stk 100 964 971 t Gu. 5 per cent .. ...... I early part of next month, when the available sup- I 18 Do, Do. 13; 131 4d 4 d plies will be largely augmented by the payment of , Belfa•4 and Ballymena all - - 13 5 . 0 14 Bir 1 - 1 qtr. all 881 ~ . o ,and Val.(, 2O) Buffalo and Lake Huron I all 44 5 d Buffalo.Brant&Godrich ' 201 Do. New - stock Birk., La.. and Ch Junc.l 100 71 73 - the half-yearly dividends. Owing to the recent 10 Do. Preference ' all 61 64 25 Blackburn advance in the terms current in Lombard-street, 25 111, th and Tyne all - - stock . I P ir o i .t. Stiff. arid Mid. Co all fll 7 4 100 ( • 6p. ct. gds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 75 80 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75 &c., the inquiries at the Bank of England have be - 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 come very numerous, and a temporary increase in stol and Exeter stock ; Caledonian 10 (Carmarthen & Cardigan' 9 - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - the other securities will, no doubt, be exhibited. 50 Cork and Bandon I all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 24 14 d 90 t 'ork, itlrock., &Passage' all - -7 The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon2o Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 11 4ci all 64 7 20 Cornwall I 171 Demerara all - - exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Paris, 10 Do A ( A vets no div. 1 D a g a ll - - 20 Eastn. Bengal 'u. sp. c 5 1 1 d Vienna, and Trieste. 10 oB , it until 6 perm .alt per. hasbeen pd. toB all - - stock Ea s t Indian, u. sp. c. 100 1 0 2 102 5 102 f 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par 4 p Tha Indus, from Alexandria, has arrived this 50 Dublin & Belfast J une . all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 4 p 25 Dun.. Perth, &Ab. June. all 8 9 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 99 991 morning with £2,441 in specie. stock East Anglian lOO 155 161 stock Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. all 101 1014' 1014 1 stock Eastern Counties , 100 54 55 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all 21 22 The Stock Exchange committee have adopted stock Eastern' Union, A stock) 100 36 38 Geelong Corporation 6 100 - - the following resolution :-" That the committee stock Do do Bdo 1 100 25 27 sto. percent. Bonds ...... 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 85 - - stock -Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 314 1 1 decline to make any resolution to enforce a scale of 20 East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 91 93 10 Do - - 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 60 62 601 brokerage; but they will be ready to consider, and, stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 78 79 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 78 80 if approved, to recommend for general adoption, a stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 1(0 29 1 30 5 30 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 65 70 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 63 7 0 scale of brokerage that may be proposed by the stock Furness - - stock Gt. Indiarenin.gua.sp.e. 100 904 1001 994 stock Glasg. and S. Western 101 103 105 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 6 Idl d" written assent not of a committee, but of the 10 Great Ntlm. of Scotland all - - 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 10 la 14d, general body of brokers, members of the Stock stock Great Northern stock Po do A stock Exchange." stock Do do P. do stock Gt.S.& W. of Ireland 100 112 113 Do. Bonds pay. '76 with It appears by the report issued by the directors stock Great Western 100 Do. do. '73 till '60...... all 98 100 of the Crystal Palace Company that the number of stock Do Str Val gua. stock 1 100 60 65 614 12 Irish South-eastern I all - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 98 100 • visitors from Ist November, 1857, to 31st May, stock Lancashire & Yorkshire) 100 1011 105 104 i 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 92 94 stock London and Blackwall 100 701 711 71 1 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 88 1858, was 506,398 ; from the same period in 1858 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 98 99 99 3 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast ; 100 114 115 11 12 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 92 93 1 to 1859, 522,365 ; and from 1859 to 1860, 588,672. 25 Lond., Chat., and Dover, all stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1014 1014 1011 i 1 20 Do. Fourth d. 0........ 10 11 1 d i The proprietors are assured that no effort shall be 124 Do eighths - - ✓ stock Lend. & , th. Western lOO 93 94 9 . 3 9 . § stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 - - -. spared to diminish the expenses, or to render the 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - Newßruns wick & Cando. necessary outlay thoroughly efficient in all the 25 L'aerry & Enniski all 10 11 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share departments of the undertaking. stock Man. Stmt. & T.in-oln - 100 41 414 41 50 Ma ryport and Carlisle all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 121 Do do 4 shares all - - 20 Do. do. B Cital do. .. t Although very little alteration has taken place 10 Metropolitan d in the Market for Public Securities, rather more stock Midland - - stock Do 'firming. & Derby 100 94 96 stock Scinde 6 -ez 100 100 101 101 g firmness is apparent, Consols being 93 I ex. div. 50 Mitt G. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do 4 shares 2O Do. Pnnjaub .... ct g all 14 d 1 d - all - - 20 Do. Do. ....... til 9 5 - - d e Speculation continues very dull, and the dealings 25 Mid Kent all - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. _ g t ,-. 100 95 95 95 a in money stock are too limited to create activity. 10 Do, Cray Line - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - I, The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced re- 25 New., Aber. & Hereld all 10 11 10 I Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 1 d d --- . 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. i- main at 93! - 1 - India 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 2. 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all - - 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 46 44 y . has receded to 1021, but the Debentures are firmer stock Norfolk.. tr 20 'Ardennes.. .... - .... - all - -p 50 N hn. Counties Union 35 34 3 d le at 96,1; ditto Bonds are flat at 10s. dis. ; and Ex- stock kortft - Pt..ritish - 100 61 614 20 Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. 7; 4 4cl 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 L- chequer Bills at ss. to Bs. prem. stock or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoe.; 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - ly stock D A stk ; A recs nod. 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 - - p 9/ 9 1 10 A moderate amount of business is recorded in until 6pcli as beenpd.B 100 - 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 21 h Foreign Securities, and prices, in some instances, stock Do B stoc k - - 100 Copiabo ........& all - - 10 Ditto Extension of stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick, 100 954 964 96 51 d are firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 77 • 25 Do do . G.N.E. purchase 16134 15 I d ~, 20 Dutch Rhenish ad ' stock no Leeds .........„. ~ 100 511 521 as , 20 Eastern of France ditto New, 591 to 60:1 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. have stock Do York ......... ..... 100 804 811 81 II 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c t 6 - - n stock North London - - improved to 1011 1•; Granada Deferred to 41 •; 20 North Staffordshire l7l 134 1.34 16 Z 20 Great Central of France all - - as 3 10 N. and S. IV. Junction all 91 94 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 of I s Sardinian remain at 82 ; Peruvian per Cents. at 12 Not. &Grantham Rail lO 6g 20 Italian Junction .. ... all - - ed 691 ; and Brazilian 41- per Cents., 1860, at Kt ; stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 44 46 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - at 10 Peebles ... .. - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - ditto, 1858, are flat at 88! 1 ; and Spanish 3 per ey 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva .... - all - - m Cents. at 48. 10 Rhvmney..... ........ all - - 33 k Maria Antonia .... ... all - - stock Scottish Central - - ny The Ocean Marine Insurance shares are 11 1 pm. ; stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock' 100 34 35 M 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 84 he stock Do Scot. Mid. stock. .. 100 87 89 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref... all the Thames and Mersey ditto, 11 t prem.; and the st l oc o k ItiiirtoinpgshbiornernUenittonsiwe.i..l6 Northern of France.... all 384 ,194 I rll 20 Do. New Shares ...... 12 - Universal ditto, 1 1 prem. it stock South Devon .......... 100 42 44 49 4 51 3 d 49 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 - 9 P ch There has been rather more animation in •the stock Routh Eastern ........ 100 841 85 85 41 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 314 341 stock South Wales .......... 100 67 69 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 52 54 of Railway Share Market, although the transactions 20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) nd stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 ( gua. 7p. ct. lim ...... 13 2 11c1 )s- have not been extensive. For several of the prin- 20 Staines. 25 Stockton & Darlington all am, 39} 20 Riga & Dunaburg _ _ 10 cipal lines a slight advance has been exhibited. 25 Do do Wok,. and Wok al. ' _.% A 3 , 5 84 .. .. 9 81 9 p - - 10 Rome & Frascati •...•... all - - - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - its Great Western, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, North- stock Taff Vale . ........... 100 - - 20 Royal Dani5h... : ...... all 13 15 2010 Do. Sambresl pertt 11 c I e e u u t s . e n:e . f ...... : a stock Do Pref. . 'No 1 lO5 - - 5 Royal Swedish .. all - - iy. Western and South-Eastern have improved 53. ; 25 ThamesHavent ktßall 22 - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - du- and London and Blackwall, South-Western, and 50 Ulster • • 8 5 8 4 1 be Midland, 10s. ; North-Eastern (Ber wick) de- 25 Do 20 24 35p 12 10 Do .... : ..... on. 20 S.Aust&Lomb Venetin 12 1d pr ; h t clined s s. stock Vale of Neath Lem 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11 The Foreign lines are quiet. Buenos Ayres and stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - _ 84 West Flanders - lye 10 Do. 61 p. c. Preference.. all 9t 91 San Fernando improved to 91 91 ; East Indian are 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 no 20 West C , rnwall ........ all 51 61 23 Western of Austria.... 6 - - steady, at 102 1024 ; Grand Trunk of Canada 20 West London .......... I all - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - have improved to 311 311 10 Do let class ........ all , - - 6 Wiesbaden ; and Scinde to 101. 1 - - 20 Do 2nd class ........ all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all - - Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 121 Worcester &Hereford.. 111 2 1 d 2O Zealand . . all - - in moderate demand, at about former prices. PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. Ottoman Bank have improved ss. ; Union of Lon- 1 (Paid. Closing Business ? o f don, ss. ; and Crystal Palace, 15 s. Share Railways. I ' Price. Done. Share Mines. I aid.„ I Closing Business -'- Price. Done. lit- -- 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 'ate , BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. _ -A 1 tre.l Cons ols (Philack):2.ll.lo 444 f , e. pref. (issued at £5O all - - 20 British Iron Ito 3er Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 1 r vtk Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 96 98 - Clifford - 270 280 P , p 1 )20 IDo. do. do. Shares - - - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 445 455 on New 3per Cent. Annuities - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 1121 1171 ar- India Stock .. . - 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all - - - East Caradon . - ... .... 2.14.5 8 81 nor Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. - sl Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 111 11f Ditto ser Cent. - - - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 38 40 ince6l Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun.. all 54 61 Ditto Debentures, 1858 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 12 121 to Ditto Bonds £l,OO - stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e. 100 101 103 stock Do. do. Class 11 6 p,c__ 100 112 115 - IG.Wheal Alfd.(Philack)jl2.l3.9 15 11 -._ 111 Grenville uerod 8-r - G. Wheal Vor (Holston) 1 94 00t....... ~. 8.12 29 4 31 4 not Ditto under £I,OOO .. :on- 1 Consols for Account, 10th July 931 1 stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. C. No. i 100 110 112 India Stoek, 5 per cent. - stock , Do. do. No. 2 100 127 109 111 - iHingston Downs 4.7:0 3/ 41 ran- Ditto Account - - - ,Lady Bertha , 1.8.6 31 34 the stock l Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 81 83 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid - Margaret (Uny Lelant); 94 42 44 ma- stock , Do. 5 per c. - ^_t. guar._ 100 - - - North Downs 2. 5 51 FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. stock l Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 110 112 osi- Brasilian 5 per Centstock , Do. 4p. c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 - North Frances (Mogan) 11 4 5 , of Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 - 881 4 stock 'F.din Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 75 76 - :N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) 5s 5 6 20 I 1 1 pss Par oor ruo t: C rii iidodeen,zansere ,Providence d s o( 0, (Uny ys3 l tLl 3 .l l cen T nec e te y or. ))). - North Wheal Crofty .. 9.18.9 84 91 few Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 rt stock I Furn'ess, 5 per cent .... 100 - - stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.e, 100 118 12010 1 11. 1- 2565. 7 24 1 9 2 515 1 34 1 0 3 1700 it'll- Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. - stock 'Great. Northern, sp. et, 100 117 119 46 54 r to Ditto Deferred Peruvian 45 per Cent .. - stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. )11th -S. Cam Brea (Illog,an).. 3 31 3.1 Ditto 3 per Cent. z 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 86 88 :hey Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St .• • - 10 ,Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf. all - - 1 'S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 411 . - S.Wheal Fran. (Illo,gan)118.1 , .9 1671 1724 re- Ditto 41 per Cent 974 stock I f Gt. Sn. &IV (Ireland) 4 1 10 0 97 99 - Stray Park 126.18.0 60 63 ixty Sardinian 5 per Cent. 50 'Great West. (Berke and 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 24 24 arty Spanish 3 per Cent .. .. 48 I Hants) Ext. sp. ct. . 0 - - 10 Tin Crott 9 44 5 men Turkish 6 per Cent - stock I Do. Redeemnbie,4l p.et . . 100 10') 102 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 13s ed 4 1 - ,West Basset (Illogan).. 2.4 18 19 Ditto New Loan the stock IDo. Trrcdecmable, d 0... 100 91 93 - 'W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 67 70 68 4 Dividends on the above payable in London.- ( W est Seaton At Dutch Exchange, 12 Gun. 25 per Cent... - stock Do.l 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 103 105 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 91 101 - ;Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 150 160 oats Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. - Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 90 100 Wheal Edward (Gala,) 64 21 24 no TWO O'CLOCK. 10 no dcs p. cf. pref all 10 1 10 1 - - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 14: 15 yto Consols for Account, ex div. 9 33 934 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 2q no. Chester gua. shares all 194 201 --Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 22 23 - 135 Do. do. do. - Wheal_ Trelawney_ (Lis.) 51 27 28 a in _ _ shit- SAVE ME PROM MY FRIENDS.-The Pope IS • 20 Do. do. do. stoek Lan.&York 6n. c. stock lOO 139 141 FOREIGN MINES. tder - calling out to Lamoriciere to save him from his f riends- sto ck Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 - - 20 Australian Dili, non tali auxilio. The Irish are c arr y in g their p u g nacious stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - - 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 15s id 1 p stock Lon .& Brirr. 5 pc.o . u. No.l 100 116 118 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ i p.) 271 - )ole ; propensities to Rome, and have been fighting amongst _ 5 , 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 39 301 30 • stock Do. p. c '-' No. 2 100 116 118 'hole themselves, and so disturbinc , the Holy City with their stock Do. gua. 6p. c. - brawls, as well as Ancona, that the Pope resolves to take No. 4 100 116 118 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. I - dis. Lved, stock Do. do. 5 p.c 4O Cobre Copper all 42 44 no more recruits from that part of the world.-Letter from stock Do. do. 41 per cen'. .... 100 103 105 mate Rome. 5 Do, do. 41 p . c. shares.. 21 - - - Copiapo l6 1 1 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.Co all 1 1 boat ANCIENT PLATE, &c., of CITY COMPANIES.-At stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 154 157 2 Fortuna. outh a meeting of the Antiquarian Society, at Somerset House, stock Do. 6p.c. , . . . .• . do. (W E&C P ) 100 132 136 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.clettil '65) 100 68 70 20 General all 23 25 , 235 1 1 into on Thursday evening, the 21st inst., there will be an exhi - 25 Lon. Chat. and Dover.. ill 21 222 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 5 d par 1 1% Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 5 1 4 p g - stock bition of ancient plate and other objects of interest belon • re- Lon. and N.W. Cov. and 3 Linares all 1 0 1 11 1 ing to the Ironmongers, Carpenters, and other compasies. Nuneaton, sp. ct..... 100 116 118 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d p more The collection of the Armourers' Company is very splendid, st o ck Lon. & S .W , 7 me t . stock 100 1521 1571 all 1 1 The and of great interest, while the curious garlands and cups 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all - - 1 iMariquita 1 'N RhineCopotS..b_us.L los. 1d p I • abort of the Carpenters' Company will be exhibited on the occa- 121 Londonv. & Ennis. 4 sh. all 12 125 20 Pontg,lbaud Silver,Lead al of sion. Mr. Octavius Morgan M.P., F.S.A., Mr. Nichols, stock Man. Sli. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 126 128 6 Do. £6 F.S.A., and the Master of ' the Ironmono•ers' Co 5 Port Philip 1 1 i nice, inPany) stoc': Do. 31 per cent i 100 68 70 will offer some remarks on the plate, &e. 2 (.lity Press. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 1 5 1 1 p 1 Scottish Austrlu. (L.).. 10s, 1d p and PRICE OF GOLD.-The quotation of gold at 125 Mary , ort & Car., 4p. c all - - 28.2 - 84 United Mexican ....... atl 1 1 2 d re- Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 121 Do. 41 per cent. all - - 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 1 i stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. stock 100 - - 1 Do over 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the stock Do.Con.Bris nd a English Mint price of £3 17s. 105 d. per ounce for standard stock Do. 45 P. c. pref. stock..l 100 102 101 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. . gold, it appears that gold is about 2-lOths per cent. dearer a Do. with option till 1860' 3 /1p 34 ' ; un'loo Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 - - in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. at. 100 94 96 all - - 65% 6 !fore New Aber &c ref .5 the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short 10 / • • ' 1) • 1 all 94 105 10 . 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt. all 215 221 a the exchange on London is 13.35 per il. sterling. Standard p.c.redeem.l t 5 p.c.pm. 10 Do. Perpet. Gp. c. with 100 Bank of London )eing gold at the English Mint pri ce is therefore about op tion till 1866 .. ..... all 111 121 20 Bank of Turkey 3 -- - 50 British North American all - - 1 She 1-10th dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course 12 10 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 9 411 p 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 20 20 itself of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 125 Do. do. 2(1 I , =. 24 - - p 25 Ch. 3ler. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 30 32 - try of stock Norflk spc.Ex st 1R46 100 - - days' sight is about 109 t per cent., which, when , • • • stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - 100 City - - compared with the Mint par between the two countries, 100 Colonial ........ .... .... 25 - - stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 - - 20 . 11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; stock North British, sp. c... 100 110 112 100 Compercial of London . 20 19 21 20 ;•, the and, after making allowance for charges of transport and stock Do. New, gua. sp. c.... 100 - - 20 Eng., Scot., & A us. Ch.. all 161 164 ,very difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 1 1 p 20 Gen. Bk .ot Switzerland all I - - 'fully p rofit on the im p ortation of g old from the United States. 10 , Do. do. do. all - - 20 Lou. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 23 1 stock Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. 100 - - 60 London and County .. 20 - - 351 1 rOVal Music in Nature.- What a power of music stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - - 331 )64 there is in the soul of that. clever old lady, Dame stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 96 97 100 London & Westminsterl 20 - - 61 Nature I What a glorious ./Eolian harp she ma- 17 Do. do. do 8. 1 3 . 4. 1 1 d 100 Nat. Prov. o f En g land . 35 - - rie of, 5 slimes to make between the strings of the mountain 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 - - 20 Do. new ..... ........... 10 -- - wl tO pine. stems and the storm-gusts of the north wind. How 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 - - 50 National Bank ........ 25 - - Lando admirably . she ma , ks the forte and diminuendo passages; 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch lO p ip 10 20 New South Wales._ all . - - 20 North Staffordshire all 23 24 20 Do. new - - hollte . how judiciously she softens the "breves" of bass, and how stock Ox.Wr.Wol. 6p. c. Ist g. 100 123 125 25 Orient. B. Corporation - - 421 / atiell rreeem. 2d ems tenderly she arranges the rapid chromatics in the treble, s t oc k D o . Redeem. 2d gua.... 100 - - 20 Ottoman Bank all 1 74 18 , let 1 while the dark-plumed dancers bend t o the notes in perfect stock Do. I d - - i and stately measure. No w she indulges n a plaintive wail, to Rhymney Guaranteed. all - - 10 Do. new - - d, 01l and anon she bursts on the ear • h • with a triumphant march. 85 Scottish Central, new pf all ' - - 25 South Australia - - `'What lesso n s stock Scottish North-Eastern ses of we may learn from this grand wind-harp 125 Union of Australia - - 431 Take up that fair-ski 34 p. e, pref. stock.... 100 73 75 Dwes' fair-shinned sea-shell, with its I' - 50 Union 01 London l2 - - 24% 1 1 cutely rouged, and hear what stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 - - 100 Unity Mutual.. .. 60 - - Moo t those lies are giving. We i a sweet murmuring ditty s tock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 - - Tho ll3 which it learned in the magina it is some native echo 10s. South Devon. Ann. 10s. all 101 11 crystal chambers of the • Do. Fixed 44 per cent, all - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT ,f;;ECURITIES. sirens, 10 , , • f th e while it rested there once on a coral ottoman. There, put 1.0.6 ' , oath Eastern (Reading I - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 114 116 _will it gently back again between the orstarfish - Ann., 1.0.6) orange and all 1 235 24 - Do. 6p. cent. 1881; 100 - • bright blue mussel; they may •miss their dainty ' ' stock • Do. 44 per cent, lOO 'lOl 103 - Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 rep t ' ballad- - k -I) F• - (I' stock o. ixe 5 p.c. Ist is. 100 101 103 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 - - singer, for aught we' know, and make a complaint to th e leelr , great orchestral director, touching our wanton d stock ' oath Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 89 91 derangement stock Do. -I1 per cent. lOO 99 101 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 'llO 112 roac P of his band. See yonder in the ea -st that thickening, leaden stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 8(1 88 - i Do. 5 per cent lOO 102 1025 1021 1 I port , cloud. It is nothing but a swelling scroll of music arranged 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c.. all 28 29 - t Do. Scrip 4 2 in th e for the clever old lady's double drum; and all the " boys" in 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 331 344 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 108 109 fit t ° the crack regiments put together cannot handle the sticks 25 per cent 1 all 33 34 - Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - stock Watrfd & I Ulkny, op. c ' 100 44 48 , ' - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 100 101 can. Let the electric message be once sent, and Ira i as s he - Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 100 101 " roll" she will execute. See how the listen to the grand _LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds, 100 100 101 !S OPwi l l lay down their arms, and the wild kings of the forest - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c ' inere' marauders of the jungle hold their peace, before the I sterling, 1875 Leasing (Closing Business 1 100 108 i 109 • battle-music in Nature's soul. Let Railways. Paid. ' - S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up.l 100 1110 112 [ I Co.'s. ' Price. Done. simple but sublime wto cif t.airia the wimpling stream as it takes its lonely I R e df o rd -------- - Vic. , Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I - _ ____, _,„s, - I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 100 1061 1075 ; 107 south' Entiniot eforiof Indsh rySei* vane° , Ling. from riS. ker, f °r ler, f (it irc i, for ling• L. iris, Sy , s, fro-- 9t.re! P. ilways Closing Business Paid. Price. I Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena j all 13.14 :P,ir., Wol , and Str. Val.! all 8 81 stock Birk., La.. and Ch Junc I 100 71 73 25 Blackburn 25 lllvth and Tyne all 10 110.:t. Shell and Mid. Co all 6 1 7 4 stock :Bristol and Exeter 100 103 105 stock !Caledonian • 100 905 91 10 (Carmarthen & Cardigan 9 50 Cork and Bandon 1 all 20 t 'nrk, itlrock., &Passacre all 20 Cornwall 10 Do A (A vets no div ' all 10 D o B until 6pc peril" all hasbeen pd. toB 50 Dublin & - Belfast June. all 25 Dun.. Perth, &Ab. June all 8 9 stock East Awrlian lOO 151 161 stock Eastern Counties lOO 54 55 stock Eastern - Union, A stocky 100 36 38 stock Do do Bdo 100 25 27 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 85 20 East Suffolk 10 Do stock Edinburgh ,t Glasgow 100 78 79 stock Edit'. Perth, &Dundee 1 ( 0 291 305 30 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glas ,, . and S. Western 101 103 105 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Groat Northern stock Do do A stock stock Do do P do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 113 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gll9. stock i 100 60 65 611 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshires) 100 104 105 104 stock London and Blackwalli 100 701 711 71 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 114 115 25 Loncl., Chat., and Dover, all 11 12 stock Lend. ,Nth. Western 100 1015 1015 1015 123 Do eighths . lO 56 ip stock Lend. & , th. Western lOO 93 94 934 3 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'tierry & EnnisKi all 10 11 stock Man. Shot. ct Lin-oln 100 41 414 41 50 Ma ryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan stock Midland stock Do 'Airmimr. & Derby 100 94 96 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares all 25 Mid Kent............., all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber. & Hereld., all 10 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def., 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk.. 50 N. hn. Counties Union .. 35 31 3 d stock North British lOO 61 615 stock N'or.Dcv.Thail&Dk.stoer 100 stock D A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pcli as beenpd.B 100 stock Do TI stock stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, 100 955 961 96 51 25 Do do G.N.E. purchase'l6l34 15 1 d stock no Leeds 100 511 521 52 stock no York ......... stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 174 13 4 1.35 la 10 N. and S. IV. Junction all 95 95 12 Not. &Grantham Rail lO 61 65 stock Oxf. Wor. & Wolverptn 100 44 46 10 Peebles .... 20 Portsmouth 10 all stock Scottish Central stock Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 .3.5 34 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union 100 49 51 49 10 Si tt in gbourne & Sheer. all 4 3 d stock South Devon 100 42 44 stock South Eastern 100 845 85 85 41 stock South Wales stock S. - York. and River Dun 100 78 80 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 351 391 391 85 25 Do do 9 85 9 p Stockton & Hartlepool 161 stock TafT Vale . 100 stock Do Prof. .No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHaveni k&Rall 22 50 Ulster • • 25 Do 20 21 31p 12 10 Do .... ..... ...... li Kd 1p stock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 10 11 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West C , rnwall 20 West London ! all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2nd class 121 Worcester &Hereford lll 2 1 d PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation Of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3/ per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 1-10th dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about bon per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Music in Nature.— What a power of music there is in the soul of that clever old lady, Dame Nature 1 What a glorious Eolian harp she ma nages to make between the strings of the mountain pine-stems and the storm-gusts of the north wind. How admirably she make the forte and diminuendo passages; how judiciously she softens the "breves" of bass, and how tenderly she arranges the rapid chromatics in the treble, while the dark-plumed dancers bend to the notes in perfect and stately measure. Now she indulges in a plaintive wail, and anon she bursts on the ear with a triumphant I march. What lessons w e ma y l earn from this grand wind-harp Take up that fair-skinned and hear wh'aeta- ai s u la s e ,,., ll te , e. w t it t h nu i r ts m l u ip ri s ng so deli catelyditty those lit,s are giving. , so s me f native echo We hill which it learned in the crystal chambers n i t 4 b while it rested there once on a coral (Mo l t:lan ° There, sirens, it gently back again between the orange starfishrnuti bright blue mussel; they may miss their dainty ballad singer, for aught we know, and make a complaint to the great orchestral director, touching our wanton derangement of his band. See yonder m the east—that thickenin g , leaden e t cloud. It is noth in g but a swellingsc;nrosnoltldh s a " h a bo e ys sticks o f r ra ne i n d for the clever old lady'ustdtoougbetlehder an ni c m the crack regiments p as she can. Let the electric message be once sent, and listen to the grand " roll" she will execute. ee ~ ef Se b eh e o re w the e simple but su blime kings of the fores t will lay down their arms, and th e w ild marau ders of the jungle hold their pea battle mu sic in as s it u take ture s soul. lone L l et o t r m its y ea - us sit beside the wimpling way through the briery woo d, an d mark what delici oush harmony it makes wit h the hel p of pe bbles, rus es, and lily-leaves, gentle and sweet, ever like an old-fashioned madrigal or one of the quain t love-strains mine by a melan choly ill-used Strophon in praise of a cruel Amaranths in ather boldly as it the days of Dryads and shepierds' crooks. What an un dying cadence it keeps ; now singing r tumbles headlong over the rugged fragments of stone flung herevand there ; then murmuring with a persu . are g urgle ms; as it creeps along under the blackberry's tra ilin g and a sort of and whispering still more softly as it glides beside ilg the lips of the convolvulus. Now it breaks out w ith plashing chorus over a fallen alder-trunk, its if the broken bubbles were each uttering a lady-like and tuneful scream at the sudden shock received by their crystal system. Then off it hurri es roun d t h at se d gy, w ill ow •shadowed corner, as merry and melodious as a laughing child. Sing on, sweet brooklet ; there is precious music in thy soul to soothe the sorrowful, andwcharm the glad. Now listen to the Hullah society of feathered pupils in the orchards and valleys. There is not a tuning-f'rk among them; every note is in a different " pitch," every measure is unequal ; and yet the harmony is unbroken. Th e rook keeps "cawing" in most brazen and Billingsgate like style; the robin w hi s tl es w i th a sort of conceited, melancholy air ; the wood pigeon is quietly trying one little t un e over and over again; th e cuc k oo i s doing t he same; the family of finches are all gabbling at once, like ladies over a tea-table or gentlemen after dinner ; the lark is play ing his pipe as hard and fast as he can ; the black-cap and the swift are doing their utmost to swell the melodious up roar ; and myriads of self4,aught musicians are each "prac tising" nobody knows how many "hours a day;" yet the concord is perfect ; no out-of-tune jar is heard, no confu sion disturbs the dreamy listener. Fitt, sharp, and natu ral are all singing at once; but the swell of music falls aroun d us without a f .Ise accentuation, or a grating tone. How different is the human arrangement of Costa's band. Let Signor A.'s fiddle-string ba a thought lower than Sig nor B.'s flute, and tho consequences are serious. Let the large trumpet be a degree flatter than the small fife, ur th o triangle a point sharper than the °rubel, and the pit and grand -tier would go in to convulsions. Costa is a fine leafr, unquestionably, but he will never be able to keep his instrumentation as complete as the dear old lady Nature does.—jfifsa 0010 ".AttinpfrOn Atiritoi," Ln NAV Ln,,ILN.W 96 98 Do. 514 52 Do. 125 127 no 113 115 Caledonin C. 16 17 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Couhts.i 4i 44 C I i D o ester . do. 0 & . H 5 o p l e y r h e c ti e d n . t " i Redford and Bletehley, all Buckinghamshire .. ; 100 Do. do. 5/ p er cen t ' 100 1 1 0 00 C l ydesdale Junction 100 Colchester, Stour Val all E.Line,olnshire,z.6p.e,l 100 E.Union,Harwieli Shs" all Do. Woodbrid,ze "IN Gls.Barr.&Nells,Dret 1 100 Do. New.... , llOO Gloster& Dean Forest' all Hartlpool.Dek.& IlaiLl all Hull and Selby I al! Do. 4 Shares " all Do. / Shares " all Lane.t Carl. ,c.,rua.s p.c 1 100 London & Greenwich; 100 Do. Preference „ ; 100 Lon.,TilhyA Soutend. 100 L owe stoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Do. 6 per cent lO3 Mane.,lluxtn. & Matk." all Mid. Bradford Prefer-, en ee Stock .... • lOO I Midland 5. 5.6 E.Counts, NOrthn.k Eastn. S p.c. ; all Do. Il d t s fry p l . : a x I Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. I.C D ' o g'‘ . l 7 a f a , n : t r e :e e r cent .. .. all Do. all Midland North Western Lia ".`0 Preston and V ' all k Lyk. Do. 4 Stares Hoystn.ilitch..k Shep 100 Gt. North. Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey Do. Do, " 1 ...... South StatTordshire . all 31`Clean.. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. Wimbledon & Croydn. l all L.& Brgill_ DOCKS. lbaledonin Do. 'Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N. Ma. l Do. Do, Ln.A3 N.W S. East Do. Pete de Co. Nqrfolk . Do. ,L NW &AI Sharel Docks. r 131'1- 21 31 96 98 F.' 55 57 141 14.11 aing• Crete , e st, Or stork stock stock stock stock stock Stock Share Railways. Paid. Closing Business don Frice. 100 c A Bo t m lan m tic ar & od S a t&a e w n r t e i n n c d e l all 85 8 7 stk Gu. 5 psr cent........ 100 964 974 18 Do, Do. B' 131 4d 4 d 20/ Buffalo and Lake Huron I all 44 5 d 20/ Do. New Buffalo.Brant&Godrich } 10 Do. Preference all 61 64 100 ( 100 75 80 6 p. ct. bd July s. Aug. 1872 100 Do. do. 1, 1873 100 70 75 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 4 d 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Um.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 21 14 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 1 4 d 174 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal 9 - ,u. sp. c 5 1 4 d stock East Indian, em. sp. c. 100 102 1024 102 20 Do. F Shares Ext lO par 4 p 20 Do. Jubbulpore lO par 6 p 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 99 994 stock Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 1014' 1014 1 20 Geelong & Melbourne all 21 22 Geelong Corporation 6 sto. 100 per cent. Bonds stock -Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 314 1 1 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 91 93 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 60 62 604 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 904 1004 994 20 Do. New p,:tia. sp. c 6 4 d 4d" Gt. South.of India (Lim) 20 10 la 11d, guaranteed 5 per cent. 204 G W. of Canada Shares all 12 124 201 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 100 all 98 100 opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '60...... all 98 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 98 100 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 92 04 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 88 90 88 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 98 99 99 stock Do. 4.1 p. c. Extension 100 92 93 20 Do. Fourth d. 0........ 10 14 4 d 20 Do. d 0..... ...... all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100 Newßruns mck & Can da 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share an 5 7 • Do. do. Land d 0........ 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... • Do. do. Land do. ...... all 5 7 20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. stock Scinde -ez 100 100 101 101 20 Do. Pnnjaub e, all It d 1 d 20 Do. Do. ........ Q 5 d stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. lOO 95 95 95 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 I Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 46 44 20 'Ardennes .............. all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. 7 id 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 10 Buen.Ayres &S. Ferndo 24 p 94 9 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c t 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 64 64 20 Italian Junction .. 20 Lake Constance & =ale all 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva 334 Maria Antonia .... 10 Do. New .. all 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref... 16 Northern of France.... all 384 394 20 Do. New Shares ...... 12 p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 311 341 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 52 54 20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) ( gua. 7p. ct. lim ...... 13 2 14d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 10 10 Rome & Frascati ...... all 2 0 Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15 5 Royal Swedish all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... ad 54 5 4 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref.._ all 8 84 20 San Paulo, lim, tr.. 7p. c. 2 4 4d 11 20 S.Aust&Lomb Venetin 12 4d pr 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2t 84 West Flanders . all 51 6 10 Do. 64p. c. Preference.. all 9 4 91 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13/ 14/ 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 'all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 31/ 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4 5 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 37 39 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 324 Canada Land all 120 125 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all 6 8 stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 22 27 st 2 oc s k Crystal Pa a n lace per cent. stock Do. Preference stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deben. 100 103 106 105/ stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 p 1 p 5 English & Aug. Copper all 21 21 21 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 1 Do. 171 p. et. Preference 1 /d. # p 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. 5 Lou. District Tel. (Li m. ) 2 11 id 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 1 Od 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Li m. ) a l l 11 1 4 20. Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2/ 31 p 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 2 3 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 / Old 20 .Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 11 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.e.Prefliss.atl dis. all / 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all / ; 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. Ipr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 6 10 Ditto C. stock Peelß.Lnd.&lllin.(Lim ) 100 45 48 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 2O 19 14 p 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c 174 id p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5/ 6 100 Royal Mail St eam 6O 501 511 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130 25 South Australian Land all 341 31 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 20 Tr. & Ln. Qo.ofUpr.Can 5 100 Van Diemen's Laud 135 138 102 104 1011 11P 9! 94 7i 8i Paid. ----- Closing I Business Price. Done. 'Commercial lOO Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO East and West Indies lf,'2 London lOO St. Katharine lOO Southampton lOO Victoria Do New.. 9 id' tp THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1860 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) • The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. non eurat lex," which he thought might, be freely transla. ted, "Do not legislate * for feather weights." (Hear.) The Earl of DERBY said that there certainly was some +ling in this subject which rendered it very dissimilar to those usually discussed by theix lordships. .Most of their lordships must have received great amusement from some of the speeches which had been delivered, and many of their lordships must have derived instruction also. But he hoped their lordships would net consider it ungra cious of him if he added, after that amount of amusement and instruction which they had received, that upon a sub • ject of this nature their lordships were hardly as a body competent to judge, even although they had such a large attendance from the right rev. bench. [This allusion to the large number of spiritual peers who were present was received with much laughter.] One of the objects which the noble lord stated that he had in view was to prevent deterioration in the breed of horses of highest weight and speed. Upon this point he (the Earl of Derby) thought he could show that his noble friend's bill did not tend to pro duce the effects he desired ; and unless he made out some very strong case of necessity, he agreed with the noble lord opposite (Granville) that it was very undesirable that their lordships should legislate on the subject. No doubt if a real grievance or abuse had to be put down, there would be an advantage in that and the other House of Parliament interfering even in matters of this description. The noble lord had spoken of the great amount of gambling, more especially produced by handicapping. He so far agreed with his noble friend that be very much regretted the great amount of handicapping which had taken place of late years. He regretted that; but at the same time he saw that in the present state of the turf, and certainly extended as it was throughout the country, it was quite impossible to carry on racing without an infusion of the handicap element, and a very large amount of harmless amusement would be lost if handicapping were done away with alto gether. On the other hand, he did not deny that handi caps did afford considerable facilities for malpractices and abuses. But he thought these abuses did not depend upon the greater or less amount of weight ; they depended on the principle of the handicap itself, the object of the handi cappers being to deceive others as to the quality of their horses and their power of carrying weight. The noble lord having referred to the statistics of the turf as show ing that horses were run upon much shorter training than they were years ago, it might interest the noble lord to hear the comparison which he (the Earl of Derby) had made between the different ages of horses which were run upon the turf in the years 1829 and 1859. The list he had consulted, it was true, contained only the number of horses which won in the former year, and the whole number which ran in the latter, but from these numbers a comparison might easily be made. In the year 1829, of two-year-olds the number which won was 55, the number of three-year old horses which won was 394, and of all ages above three years 179, making a total of 528. Thus the proportion of two-year-olds which won in 1829 to three-year-olds was as I 2 to 7 ; the proportion of two-year-olds to the whole num- ber above three years was as 1 to 9, and the proportion of three-year-olds to horses above three years was about 5 to 7. In 1859 the whole number of horses that ran was 1,666 of different ages ; of these 538 were two years old, 504 three years old, and there were 594 of all ages above three years. Thus the proportion of two-year-old horses to three-year-olds, which in 1829 was as 2 to 7, in 1859 was as 8 to 7 ; and the proportion of three. year-olds to older horses, which in 1829 was nearly as 5 to 7, in 1859 was less than Ito 3. He mentioned these facts to show that if horses were not kept to training for the purpose of being in a handicap, when handicaps were in a much less propor tion than they were now, there was a much larger propor tion of young horses formerly than there was at present. His noble friend objectM that these handicaps tended to discourage good horses and to give great advantages to bad and inferior horses ; and the very character of a handicap was that you must flame'your handicap so as to give a moderate three-year-old as fair a chance of winning as a superior four or six-year-old. For that purpose you must have a range of from 4i to 5 stone. If you began with an amount of 7 stone—though his noble friend had now re duced it to six—the consequence would be that in all han dicaps the superior old horses would have to carry 11 and 12 stone, and the handicap run would be left to inferior. horses, which would have the advantage of being ridden by jockeys instead of boys. The good horses would then be absolutely excluded from handicaps, whilst at present they had a fair chance. But when his noble friend said that horses that could not carry six stone ought not to be kept in training, and were good for nothing, he was mistaken, for he (the Earl of Derby) could mention horses that with six stone on their backs could not live at a racing pace for three minutes, but which were quite competent to carry his' noble friend across country for hours up to any hounds is England. It was impossible in all cases to have lasting qualities combined with enormous effort in point of speed. It did:not, however, follow in the slightest degree that because a horse could not carry six stone in a mile and-a-half race, and live, that he belonged to an inferior class, and that he was incapable of being useful for racing purposes. When the noble lord said it was more difficult to get hunters now than formerly, he must remember that hunting was a different thing to what it formerly was. Perhaps the noble lord would like to go out at six o'clock in the morning on a long slow dreary drag before he found big fox, and ride at six or seven miles an hour for the re • mainder of the day. Doubtless for that purpose our racing horses were not precisely the animals—(" hear, hear," and a laugh)—but he (the Earl of Derby) believed that if you wanted animals combining bone and blood, action and speed, sines and endurance—the character of the English horse never stood higher than it did at present in every part of the world. (Hear, hear.) If his noble friend wished to do away with light weights and gambling on the turf, he should also do away with light weights as they applied to steeplechasing. He (the Earl of Derby) never saw but one in his life, and he never wished to see one again. In that case there were heavy weights, long courses, and old horses. The lightest weight put up was Bst. 71b. ; yet he ventured to say that, with regard to the character of the race, the amount of gambling, and of danger to horses and men, and the number of serious accidents, there was no comparison between flat races and steeplechases. He did not mean to deny that there were evils inseparable from handicaps, but those evils did not depend upon light or heavy weights, but upon the character of the handicappers. He (the Earl of Derby) professed his belief that for the in terest of the turf he thought their lordships' intervention might be more advantageously used than in raising the weights as the noble lord proposed. What would be better would be the absolute prohibition of all two-year-old races. (Cheers.) There wqs one reason why he thought it desir- able that all weights should be somewhat higher than they were at present. It was not on account of the danger to the little boys, but on account of the great difficulty there was in procuring jockeys to ride old horses under the pre sent light weight system. As soon as a jockey arrived at Bst. 71b., he had comparatively few opportunities of rid ing, and the great amount of riding was monopolised by the boys, who ranged from 64. 51b. to 7st. 101 b. When a jockey got to Bst. Mb. or Bst. 71b., the labour he had in bringing himself down to the required racing weight had cost the life of many' a respectable man. He migh' here state that this subject was under the serious con sideration of the Jockey Club, and a notice had been given for the next meeting to consider the subject of raising the weights for the Derby and other races from Bst 71b to Bst 101 b, and a proposition was also under consi deration, and it had his cordial concurrence, for raising weights on handicaps from a minimum of sst 71b. There were many boys who could ride as well as any men, and who in the bustle of a race would be perfectly masters of their horses under circumstances where his :noble friend would find himself very considerably in a fix. (Hear.) Th• prevention of gambling and the improvement of horses were no doubt desirabl, but he did not think they could be. touched or promoted by this measure. He did not think the noble lord had established such a case as to induce their lordships to legislate on the subject when all legislation was a failure, lie tholaght that after the general opinion ex pressed by their lordships, the noble lord would do well to withdraw the bill without giving them the trouble to divide. Lord REDESDALE offered to their lordships a few words in reply before he followed the course which had been recommended by the noble earl. After what had fallen from the noble earl, and after the declarations which had been made by so many eminent members of the Jockey Club, he would not press the bill. But as the noble earl talked of the older jockeys growing nervous, he would only read a sentence from a letter which he had received from a prac tical man. The writer asked who had ever heard of a reder in the Derby being nervous? and the reason was that there were in that race no children employed as jockeys. (Hear.) The bill was then withdrawn. The Duchy of Cornwall Limitation of Actions Bill went through committee. The Union of Benefices Bill was re committed, and seve ral verbal alterations agreed on. The other orders of the day were .disposed of, and their lordships adjourned at ten o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Hay Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Caithness Roads Bill, and Manchester and Melford Railway Bills were considered, and ordered for third reading. ______ ___ PRIVATE BUSINESS, Brandon's Estate ; Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway ; Wexford Free Bridge Blyth Harbour and Dock ; Wat ford and Rickmanworth Railway, Dorset Central Railway (extension of time) Epping Railways (Dunmow Extension) bills were read a second time. The Consett District Water, and the London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway (Amendment) Bills were read a third time and passed. DOCK YARD LABOURERS. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on the 22d of June he should ask whether there was any truth in the report that on a recent occasion a number of dockyard la bourers presented themselves at the Thames Police-court, representing they could get better wages at Cherbourg than they could in this country, and therefore asking for passports to France with a view of obtaining employment there. MASTER AND OPERATIVES BILL. This bill was read a first time. LIGHT WEIGHT RACING BILL. Earl DERBY presented a petition from the Jockey Club disapproving of this bill. He would reserve to him self his objections to the bill, until he had heard on what grounds the noble lord introduced the measure. Lord REDESDALE then moved that the bill be read a second time. Having referred to the petition presented by the noble earl, he said he should like to know whether the objection of the Jockey Club was to the principle of the bill or to the minimum he had fixed, viz., 6 stone. He had waited for a long time to ascertain whether the Jockey Club would take the, subject up with a view of effecting some improve ment in the system, but that not having been done he felt it his duty to proceed with this bill. Its principle I was to raise the average weights carried. by race horses at the present time, and to prevent the gambling incidental to what were known as light weight handicaps. Its system was greatly on the increase, and ought to be immediately put a stop to. To illustrate this, he referred to the race for the Chester Cup. Twenty-five horses started for this race, of which only five carried more than seven stone. The highest weight carried was nine stone. Eight horses carried six, stone, " and the rest carried very light weights indeed, Many of their lordships familiar with horse-racing would see the evil of this, and he thought they would agree that some legis lative enactment was really necessary. He had received numerous letters expressing hopes that his bill would pass, and amongst these memorialists a number of trainers, who pointed out the dangers of the present system, many boys being put upon horses, by which their lives were endangered. He could not think that it was thought desirable that' such a system should longer exist, and he only asked their lordships for one moment to reflect upon the cruelty and danger of putting a mere child who, with bridle and saddle, weighed but 4st. 41b. on a powerful horse, what control could such &person have over such an animal. Another objection to the employment of boys, was the bad influences they were subjected to. The next point to which he would direct the attention of the house was, that the more the light weight handicap system came into practice there was a sensible deterioration in the breed of racehorses, and, added to this, the gambling that was permitted, he might really say encouraged, by the legislature, on the ground that racing improved the breed of horses. He could not agree with such opinions; on the con trary, he thought that which tended to create gambling was bad, and certainly could not be deemed worthy of support. The Jockey Club could have dealt with the subject if they chose, but as they had not done so he thought their lord ships would be of opinion that something must be done. The bill had been five months before the house, and as there had been meeting after meeting of the Jockey Club and no notice whatever had been taken of it, he was justified in proceeding with it, especially as it was approved of by such eminent trainers as John Scott, Rogers, Sly, Bartho lomew, Taylor, Boyde, and others. The Duke of BEAUFORT opposed the bill. He said it was nearly the unanimous opinion of the Jockey Club that the bill would act injuriously towards a great number of people, and do no good to racing. The Earl of WINCHILSEA was understood to oppose the bill, and to protest against the charges brought by Lord Redesdale against the supporters of the turf. He was con vinced that the breed of horses was improved by the use of light weights. The bill fixed a minimum, but not a maximum weight. If the bill were to pass, the same boys would ride as were now employed, merely carrying extra dead weight. (Laughter.) At present two horses would fetch £.8,000 or £9,0J0; was that a sign of the depreciation of the breed ? (Hear.) When all the world was looking to the sportsmen of England to give them lessons in the art, this bill would be the greatest rebuff they have ever received since the days of Charles I. He objected to the bill as interfering with the arrangements of private gentle men, and the sooner their lordships rejected it the better. The Marquis of CLANRIC ARDE thanked the noble lord for bringing this bill forward, and sincerely hoped that it would pass on grounds of humanity. He viewed with distrust any restrictions on the rights of labour, but in many cases they were necessary. The •children employed as light weights were subject to continual accidents, merely to mi nister to the pleasure of certain individuals. (Hear.) The great studs of the country did not belong to those who ran light handicap races ; our best horses were those that had plenty of bone and sinew. He objected to horses being run so young ; they ought to be reserved till they were stronger. The late Lord Jersey had never run his horses till they were old enough to run for the Derby. It would be a good thing to put an end to two-year-old races. He hoped that the bill would pass, on the grounds of humanity. A fearful accident had occurred to a child of sst, weight at the late Hampton races. Earl GRANVILLE said this was no question of party; the arguments of the different speakers had been rather in analogy with the different kinds of racing which they ad vocated. He thought that the measure which had been introduced into the house involved details which were scarcely a fit subject for the discussion of their lordships in Parliament. One of the arguments which had been adduced in its favour was that it would tend to improve the breed of racehorses. But he believed , that the Jockey Club were opposed to the principle of the bill. He under stood the Jockey Club had no legal power or right of legis lation on this subject. (Hear, hear.) They were the landlords of part of Newmarket Heath, and there, therefore, they were enabled to enforce certain regula - tions. At other races they had no power whatever, and it was only by consent that their regulations were adopted. But did they consist of so exclusive a class—were they a body of men so bound up in their particular amusements that they were unable to form an unbiassed judgment on this question ? He had examined the list of the Jockey Club and found that it consisted of 54 members. Some of them were members of agricultural societies; some were cavalry and yeomanry officers ; 10 of them were masters of* fox hounds ;20 of them were privy councillors—(a laugh)—and of these privy councillors, two had been Postmasters-Gene ral, two Viceroys of Ireland, seven had been Cabinet Mini sters, and two of them had been Prime Ministers twice in their respective lives. (Laughter.) The members who com posed this body were backed up in'their views by a large body of the owners of racehorses, and he thought their opi nions on this question were enti.led to great weight. There were, however, two grounds upon which he thought it would not be desirable for their lordships to take legislative action on this question. First, as to the argument of huma nity towards the boys employed in racing, he thought not much stress could be laid upon that. It was perfectly im possible to compare their ease with that of great masses of the population employed in mines and factories, in which boys of tender years were formerly engaged for many hours a day. Their lordships mighi s ad well legislate against boys going out birds' nesting—(a laugh)—or provide that no boy should be allowed to go into the river till ho had learned to sw im. (A laugh.) Their lordships might be amused, but he could assure them that upon one occasion when he (Earl Granville) wished to bathe in the river Danube, he found that he was obliged to exhibit himself in a small pool--(beat laughter)—in th e presence of two gentle men in uniform, before he was allowed to bathe in the river. Their lordships would not be prepared to adopt any such regulations as .that. Then it had been said that gambling and other great malpractices wore connected • with the present system. But did their lordships really suppose that this bill would prevent gambling ? The idea was perfectly futile. If a7oung men could not be pre vented from acquiring habits of gambling by an act of par • liament, it surely was far better not to attempt to pass a measure on the ground of its being directed against these possible frauds and nefarious practices. As to the breed of horses, he totally disbelieved in the alleged deterioration in the breed of horses in this country. (Hear, hear.) As:the noble duke had alluded to the subject, perhaps the house would not think it unbecoming inlim (Earl Granville) to allude to a conversation which he had had that day with a large dealer in horses and jobmaster. It was clearly the interest of a man in his position to make out that there was great difficulty in getting good horses. But according to the statements of this dealer, although there was an un usual demand for a certain class of showy horses with high stepp i n g action, yet he said, if he were asked his opinion whether he could find less horses than formerly of great strength and good breed for ordin ary purposes, h e cer t a i n l y thought, notwithstanding the drain from foreign countries that they were more abundant than ever. It was true that the foreman of this dealer, upon being asked a similar question, said that the complaints about the want of horses were universal ; but then, upon further questioning, he added that he never knew a time when the same remark was not made. (A laugh.) On e h un d re d an d t wen ty years ago the same fears seemed to have prevailed about the frightful deterioration of horses. But that rumour when examined, turned out to be without foUndation, and he thought that the present would be found to be equally un substantial. For these reasons he was not inclined to sup port the measure of the noble lord. He thought it desir able that the Jockey Club should examine this subject rather than their lordships. He thought that there was too great a desire to legislate upon every trivial question. , (Hear, hear.) There was an old maxim, 4 ' De minimis PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Metropolitan Local Management Act; against the Sunday Trading Bill; against the provision in the Census Bill, by which persons making returns should be required to state their religious profession, &c., &c. ANNUITY TAX ABOLITION (EDINBURGH) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, The LORD ADVOCATE suggested that five other Scotch bills on the paper should be referred to the same committee, who should report to the house at six o'clock. Mr. STIRLING wished to know when the learned Lord- Advocate intended to proceed with the Titles to Land (Scotland) Act, and whether he would give a week's notice before proceeding with it ? The LORD-ADVOCATE said he could not give any such notice as that required by the hon. member, and he proposed td,proceed with the bills as soon asp ossible. Mr, HADFIELD objected to the complaints which had been made in some places in reference to English members taking a part in the discussion of Scotch bills. (" No, no," from the Scotch members.) With respect to the bill, peti • Lions against the Annuity-Tam Bill had been signed by no less than 15,000 or 16,000 inhabitants of Edinburgh, and he unsidered the measure one of the worst that had ever been introduced on the subject. He objected to the bill that it partook of a political character, as well as being oppressive to the religious convictions of a large number. He was much surprised that the hon. member, and other hon. members, shoald have supported it in the face of such petitions as those to which he adverted. He contended that the effect of the bill- would be to create apathy and indifference in regard to religion in Edinburgh. The motion was then agreed to, and the house went into committee on the bill. Clause 1 was agreed to, with some amendments. On clause 5, Mr. BLACK BURN proposed an amendment, vesting the property of the local churches in Edinburgh as well as their administration. Mr. BLACK strongly objected to the amendment, on the ground that it would deprive the inhabitants of pro perty which they themselves acquired. The LORD ADVOCATE also opposed the amendment. 3.1 r. MURE considered it absurd to suppose that the commission in their management would deteriorate the value of property. The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment 4O Against it 7B Majority —3B The clause was agreed to. On clause 6, an amendment was proposed, the object of which was to have one• tenth of the sittings reserved as free sittings. After a short discussion, the amendment was agreed to. Alterations for the purpose of securing the rights of the Town Council in reference to their seats were also agreed On clause 8, Mr. BLACKURN moved an amendment to the effect that the sum proposed by the bill to be paid to clergymen should be raised from £4,200 to £5,000 a-year. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the amendment went so deeply to the root of the principle of the bill that he could not assent to it. It was originally proposed to make an allowance annually for thirteen ministers for 15 years, when it was to terminate. The Town Council, however, preferred the imposition of a permanent allowance, and it was in conformity with this view that the sum of £4,200 was inserted in the bill. Mr. MACKIE thought the proposed increase Ail too large, but that if the hon. member had asked for the allow ance to be raised to £1,500, he thought his proposition was entitled to approval. Mr. BLACK entertained a different opinion, and thought the allowance should be reduced to £4,000. If the amend ment were passed he certainly would take the sense of the house as to the reduction which he proposed. After some discusvion, Mr. BLACKBURN said he did not consider that £4,500 a year would be adequate to meet the expenses, including £3OO a year for collection. He would not, however, press his amendment in its original form, but would agree to the substitution of the £4,500 a year. Mr. HADFIELD said that the sum of £6OO a-year was considerably more than the clergymen of the Church of England received on an average, and he strongly objected to a sum of £3OO. There were 25,000 churches in England which did not cost the church estate a farthing, and he thought it was a proof of the luke-warm feeling that pre vailed towards the Established Church in Scotland that no person could be found to collect the tax without payment. The house then divided on the amendment as altered, and the numbers were= For the amendment Against it Majority —3l The amendment was accordingly lost, and the clause was agreed to. •On clause 10, Mr. MURE moved the following amendment :—To add " And provided further that the tenants or occupiers of any property liable in payment of the increased police assessment shall be entitled, and they are hereby autho rised, in making payment of the rent of the said property, to retain from such rent the amount of such increased assessment, except in the case where the said property shall, prior to the passing of this act, have been let for a term of years, in which case the said increased assess ment shall be borne by the occupier till the expiry of the period for which the said property was let." The hon. and learned member stated that the object of his amendment was to throw the burden of such assessment on the proprietor as a more equitable arrangement. A proprietor who purchased his property subject to a portion of this tax could in future not complain. Mr. BLACK opposed the amendment, which he thought would be most unjust to the proprietor. After some discussion the house divided, and the num bers were-- For the amendment Against it Maj ority —32 The clause was then agreed to. On clause 11, The LORD ADVOCATE moved to add "Provided that nothing in this act contained shall authorise the com missioners, or any other creditor in any of the said annui ties, to interfere in any way with the administration, disposal, or control of the property, funds, revenues, or income by this act assigned or disponed in security of the said annuities so long as the same shall be regularly paid ; but the rights in security hereby constituted shall only become operative and available in the event of failure in the payment of the said annuities." !HI 113 207 210 63 65 115 120 91 97 the whole. He did not think it necessary to make the alte rations which the noble lord had suggested. ELECTION COMMITTEES. Mr. WARNER asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was intended to introduce any measure for amend ing the constitution or procedure of election coromitt,3es ? Sir• G. C. LE WIS said he might state that the expediency of altering the constitution of election committees had been considered at sonic length by the committee appointed to in quire into the Corrupt Practices Act, and a great deal of evidence had been taken upon the subject, and which wns now upon the table of the house. The result was that they did not recommend any alteration in the constitution of such committees, and thsrefore he was not prepared to state that the Government had any intention to propose a bill to that effect. But it would be necessary to deal with the act to pre vent corrupt practices with a view of renewing it this ses sion. COLONIAL MILITARY EXPENDITURE. Mr. CHILDERS asked the Secretary of State for War whether Government would propose to refer to a select committee the subject of colonial military expenditure. Mr. S. HERBERT said he thought the Government would be able to deal with the question without referring it to a select committee of Qachouse. lIIGHLEIGH PREBENDAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Mr. FREELAND asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the retutn from the Rev. Thomas Brown with reference to the ilighleigh Prebendal Grammar School, for which an address was ordered on the 9th day of February last, would be presented. Sir G. C. LEWIS said, in consequence of the address to her Majesty for a return, a communication was addressed to Mr. Brown soon after the address was presented, but no notice had been taken by Mr. Brown of the letter of the Sec retary of State. No doubt there was an intentional omission to notice the letter, and therefore no further application would be made to the rev. gentleman. (Laughter.) MILITARY ATTACHES TO FOREIGN COURTS. Mr. 0. STANLEY asked whether it was true that Col. Hamilton had been appointed Military Attache to the Court of Prussia, and whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to appoint military attaches to the other Courts of Europe. Lord PALMERSTON said he would answer those ques- tions. The Government of France had appointed military attaches to all their missions at the principal Courts of Europe, and the British Government had long had a military officer at Paris. It had been thought expedient to appoint an officer to the mission at Berlin. But he could net state to what extent his noble friend at the head of the Foreign office intended to carry out these appointments. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask the noble lord whether the Government of France had lately attached a naval officer to its mi , sion in this country, and if so whether the British Government intended to send a naval officer to Paris. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government of France had recently attached a naval officer to its mission in this country, but he did not know whether his noble friend would appoint a naval officer to reside at Paris. THE CENSUS BILL. Sir C. DOUGLAS asked whether it was intended to go on with the Census Bill to-morrow, and whether the Go vernment were prepared to give up the clause so much oh- looted to. Sir G. C. LEWIS said as to going on with the bill to morrow, that would depend upon what time was previously occupied. He could not, therefore, state whether it would be in his power to bring on the bill, but his wish was to do so. With regard to the provisions of the bill to which .the hon. baronet had alluded, he had already stated his readiness to withdraw the penalty which he had proposed to introduce for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the religious profession of each individual. Ho would be ready to withdraw it in committee. Ho must take exception to one remark which had been made, that it was intended by the Government to ask for the religious opinions of each individual ; that was not proposed to be done, but to ask for the religious profession of each person. THE INDIAN ARMY. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he wished to repeat a ques tion put the other evening, viz., whether the question re specting the Indian army had been referred for the delibe ration of the whole Indian Council, and if so whether they had expressed any opinion upon the course proposed, and whether they dissented or approved of the course taken by the Government. Sir C. WOOD said he was glad his hon. friend had given him an opportunity of restating the answer which he gave on a former evening to an hon. and gallant member ; but amongst the numerous questions put and answers given he was not surprised that there had been some inaccuracy in the reports. He was desirous that his answer should be known, for the satisfaction of those who felt an interest in India. It was quite true that the reports of the commission ap pointed for the better organisation of the Indian army were refened to the Indian Council, and their report had been made, and was now upon the table of the house. He did not take the opinion of the Council of India collectively upon the report, but as he stated the other night he was in constant communication, during the autumn, with the members of the Indian Government upon the report respecting the or ganisation of the army. But while the question was pending b fore the Cabinet he did not think it desirable to take the • opinions, collectively or individually, of the Indian Council. No action could have been taken on that opinion had the opinion of the Government been different. He (Sir C. Wood) stated at the Indian Council what the decision of the Government had been in case they might wish to express any dissent, but the members thought it too late, and they declined. He still thought that they might fairly and pro perly have done so, and that he gave them the proper oppor tunity. They informed him that their opinion was against the amalgamation of the armies, but that nevertheless they would exercise all zeal in carrying eut the intentions of the Government. The amendment was not pressed, and the clause was agreed to. Some other clauses were agreed to, and the chairman was ordered to report progress. The house then suspended the sitting. The house resumed at six o'clock. BRITISH OCCUPATION OF PALERMO. NEAPOLITAN AFFAIRS,—BOMBARDMENT OF Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked whether it was the fact that PALERMO. the British admiral in the Mediterranean had sent marines Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN asked the First Lord of the on shore to occupy the fort of Castellamare at Palermo; and Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's if so, whether the occupation was to be merely temporary Government to increase our naval forces in the Sicilian and for the purpose of facilitating negociations ? waters, in order the better to afford aid and shelter to such Lord PALMERSTON said that an arrangement had been persons as might claim protection from the English flag ; agreed upon between the Neapolitan commander and Geri whether it was intended to communicate to the court of daldi to the effect that, pending their negotiating, Castella- Naples the abhorrence of her Majesty's Government of such mare should be occupied by the British admiral. Recent acts as the recent bombardment of Palermo ; whether it occurrences, howeNer, led the Government to believe that was intended to accompany such communication with a re- this occupation had not taken place. commendation to conduct the war in future upon the rules THE ADMIRALTY. recognised in civilised warfare ; and whether it was the in- Admiral DUNCOMBE rose to move for a select commit tention of her Majesty's Government to protest against, tee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of Admi and, if necessary, vigorously to endeavour to avert, the in- rally and the various duties devolving thereon. He had not, terfetenee of any non-Italian power in the struggle now he said, any intention of censuring any Board of Admi pending between the King of Naples and his subjects. ralty, past or present, in making this motion. He merely Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, in answer to the first of wished to, suggest certain alterations, with a view of these questions I have to state that my noble friend at, the strengthening the naval administration of the country. He believed that successive boards having so s h or t a t enure o f head of the foreign department has requested the Admi ralty to station one ship at Marsala, office had acted on the maxim that " N ew b rooms sweeparsala, one at Messina, and clean," and had all exerted themselves as much as possible. one at Palermo, and four ships of war are to be stationed in However, whether it was on account of our shortcomings in the Bay of Naples, and all for the purpose of affording shel- the Crimea, the failure of our transport system, or the rotten ter to such persons as may claim protection from the Bri- gunboats, every one was aware that the doings of the Ad - tish flag. I should hope that distribution will be sufficient miralty had recently been the object of severe censure in and satisfactory. (Hear.) With regard to the second goes- the public press. With regard to the transport system, as a committee had been granted he did not mean then to allude tion, we understand that the Government of Naples has to it, and the same remark would apply to the rotten sent diplomatic agents to Paris and London, who may very gunboats, which were also to be inquired into by a shortly—within two days—be expected to arrive here for committee. An hon. member had asked leave to the purpose of making some communications to the two bring in a bill to regulate piers and harbours, governments of France and England. I trust the house and the Secretary to the Admiralty had opposed it on the ground that the board was already overworked. This he will not for a moment doubt that in communications which th ught was prima facie evidence of the necessity of in may be made to that envoy we shall express those feelings creased strength. In 1832, when Sir James Graham was which her Majesty's Government, in common with every First Lord, he abolished the Navy Board, but that was one in this country, feel in regard to the barbarity corn- thirty years ago, and it must be admitted that within the mitted at Palermo—barbarities which are really disgraceful last six or eight years certain classes of our ships had so to the present age and civilisation of Europe. (Hear, amazingly increased, as had also the difficulty of pro hear.) With regard to any expectations that such repro- curing men for the navy, that there was a new necessity for sentations may have any beneficial effect upon the future increased supervision in every department of the Admiralty. conduct of the Government of Naples I cannot venture to What he would propose was in the first place that the First lead the house to entertain any sanguine hopes. The Go- Lord should be Minister of Marine, on the same footing as vernment is far more likely to follow the course adopted in the Minister for War, and should of course be a member the case of the sacking of Perugia and the massacres which of the cabinet. He thought that the Board of Admiralty there took place, viz., the promotion of the officers who should be entirely naval, in saying which he meant no dis committed the atrocities. Those officers, naval and mill- paragement to the civilian members ; but having been tary, who conducted the operations received promotion from himself in that position for several months, he could say the Papal Government, and it is far more likely that the that he should have had great difficulty in deciding many officers recently employed will not receive punishment, but of the questions that came before him had he not had some that they will receive tokens of reward from the royal Go- knowledge of naval matters. (Hear, hear.) He would give vernment of Naples. (Hear.) With regard to the last the controller a seat at the board. That functionary had question, we know that the Neapolitan Government has ap- in his department the greatest outlay of money for ship.. plied for assistance to its foreign allies—that is, to guaran - building, machinery, &c., and at present could order ships tee the possession of the Two Sicilies to the King of Naples. to be built without the board knowing anything about it, Austria has positively and peremptorily refused to interfere and the board might only know that the Algiers had been at all in the Affairs of Naples. (Cheers.) We have every launched and the Princess Royal had been laid down reason to believe that the determination of the French Go- through merely seeing the announcement in the papers. vernment is similar to that of Austria—(cheers)—and I (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") He belie ve d a l so th a t th e need not say what the feeling of the British Government s carcit y of timber had grown without their knowledge must be upon conduct of the kind. It is the fault and fo r- through the excessive building of ships of a particular tune of Governments like those of Rome and Naple s when, class, which used up all the timber of a large scantling. By by the atrocities they have committed, their subjects have his plan all the departments at present under the control revelled and have been driven into desperation, that they ler, ship-building, machinery, &c., would be brought have appealed to all friendly powers for assistance to re- directly under the cognisance of the board. He thought move and put an end to the authors and instigators of the that at present the controller was overworked, and that revolution. Those Governments forget that they them- he should have under him a board of construction, to be selves are really the original authors and instigators of these composed of three persons, the most competent that revolutionary elements—(hear) —and that if their prayer could be found. With such an institution they were granted and steps taken to accomplish what they de- would get rid of the present endless complaints about the sire, unless, what is ver y unlikely, they should alter their lengthening of ships—and this put him in mind of the own course, the first and most effectual step would be their Princess Royal. He should like to know what own removal. (Laughter and cheers.) had been the expenditure on that ship since the noble lord THE MILITIA. the Secretary of the Admiralty had hauled down his pen- Lord BURGHLEY asked the Secretary of State for War nant. The expenses of our screw fleet had been enormous, whether a militiaman absenting himself without leave especially through straining at sea. His opinion was that did, in addition to the loss of his day's pay, necessarily although steam must of course be used when expedition forfeit a portion of his bounty, and if such was the case, was required, yet that in such cases as the voyage to Lis whether it might not be advisable to modify this portion of bon, which was, in familiar language, merely a man-of-we) - the Militia Act, so that the interference with the bounty cruise, the ships might have gone under sail, and not hay e. should be left to the discretion of the commanding officers incurred the strain arising from the forcing such enormoe of the several regiments. masses through the water by means of the screw. Anothe r Mr. S. HERBERT said if a militiaman absented himself cause of complaint, and which required investigation, was s the whole of the time he lost the whole of his bounty, but the building of the steam rams, which he believed would if only for a portion of the time it was left to the discretion be of no more use than the old Trusty, which had jus t of a board of of4cers whether he should lose a portion or had a shot sent through her sides. He believed thq tt SAVINGS BANKS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER postponed until Friday week any proceedings respecting savings bank moneys.