The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMKERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton market yesterday closed quietly and prices were unaltered. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators, and 500 by the exporters. The Railway Share Market manifested a quiet appearance, and quo tations were fully maintained. About 6,5001. in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, and it is expected that the greater por tion of the supply by the Copenhagen will follow in a few days. Advices were received yesterday of the arrival at Lisbon of the Medway from the Brazils en routs to England with 410,0001. in specie. This important consignment will probably reach Southampton about Saturday, and the Pera is also approaching our shores with 17,000/. in specie. These remittances in addit on to those coming forward from Australis, are likely to cause a further augmenta tion of specie in the Bank vaults, for the shipments TO' die East have now become so much reduced that we shall be able to retain nearly the whole of the imports. It is expected that the Medway will bring a remittance for the Buenos Ayrean Bondholders. A further small amount is required, to place at the command of Messrs. Baring Brothers, sufficient to pay the dividends in July next. As soon as they are in that position even greater confi dence will be felt in the sincerity of the Republic in offering the recent terms for the settlement of the English debt, although there is ample time between this and the period when the interest becomes due for the receipt of the required amount. We are sorry to hear a doubt expressed in some quarters respecting a strict adherence to the conditions of the arrangement, but this most probably emanates from those who had sold-before the recent improvement, and who must feel an noyed at having relinquished a security which now promises to take a high rank among foreign in vestments. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon underwent little variation, but the tendency is still rather upward. There is a very moderate demand for money to day, and the applications in Lombard-street, as well as at the Bank of England, are stated to be very limited. The terms, although presenting rather an upward tendency, still remain very easy, ranging from 24 and upwards, according to the date and quality of the paper offered for negotiation. The market for English Securities has not un dergone any change of importance, but it opened with rather a flat appearance, which may appear strange upon the face of such excellent advices from Lucknow, but the fact is that they were fully "discounted." The dulness of prices, together with the depression of the Pads Bourse, tends to impart a heavy tone to the various de partments of the Stock Exchange. Increased firm ness, however, is now perceptibl-, and the fact that the Government broker has bought 22,0001. of stock se ms to have altered the aspec t of the market, which is rather buoyant. Consols have been quoted 96 ,96 I, and are now 96i 3. For the account they have been 96 a 961 Tne New 3 per Cents. are 95t1 ; the Reduced, 954 ; Exchequer Bills, 355. to 395. premium ; the Bonds, 99/ 100 for those of 1858, and 100/ 1015 for those due in 1859. India Loan Debentures are marked 992 ) and the Scrip is 99i 100. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rasely active, but prices have tended downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 97 to 974 ex-dividend ; do. 4 per Cents. 1045 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431.; do. Deferred, 26i A do. Passive, 75 ; Russian .45 per Cents., 1004 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 905 91; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 102 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 101 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 191 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 98k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign IStocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 6 ; Mexi can, 195 205 ; Peruvian 45 per Cents., 81 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 45 per Cents., 99 101; Spanish 3 per Cents., 435 444; ditto New Deferred, 264. There has been a very limited business transacted to-day in the Railway Share Market, and with the exception of two or three of the leading lines a slight improvement may be noticed in quotations. Midland, North British, South Western, Lanca_ shire and Yorkshire, Eistern Counties, Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow, have advanced about 6s. ; and Brighton about 10s. ; Great .Northern and Great Western have declined 1/. ; and North Western about ss. The Foreign and Colonial under takings have been almost neglected, and but little variation has taken place in values. Great Luxem bourg have advanced ss. ; and Pernambuco, ss. to 10s ; Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada were about former rates. Mines, Banks, and Mii-cellaneous Shares have been quiet, but steady. London Chartered of Australia have improved 10s. ; Oriental Bank declined ss. ; Australian Agricultural advanced 1/. ; Royal Mail Steam, 10s. ; and Van Diemen's Land, 10s. to 151. BRITISH FUNDS. .CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Official Luta sank St oc k . 22N- 2 3 per in. ' , educed Anouitiet ........ 95$ 6 : h 3 per Cent (Amsots xnn-Altie s New par Cent. Annuities O4 6 Lona Annuities. expire stl Jan. 1860... 1 11-16 India Loan Debentures 99i Ditto Scrip India :.1 ......... itto. under .ElO6O l7 p Consols for AccointEs , Ow i tter 13111 s, 26d. March. June. LIC(0 I 35 7 39 I 35 36 8 Exchequer Bonds, 'O5B, :•4 per Cent.... 99g 10'J Oitto, 1659 101 k 1 FitICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brastnan 5 per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per C ent Danish Bond s , 3 pet Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent M ex i can per 'ent Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent tortuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 ...... 45i Russian Bonds, 122, E St., 5 per Cent._ Ditto, 46 per Cent. Pardiniat Bons, per Cent. ... 1 30 Sp. ,, ich Bowls, 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Ceti'. Ditto Account Ditty, Passive 7a ?u~kieh node, t, pr cent Ditto Account . Ditto Guaranteed, ; par C en t, Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2, per Cent., 12 Guilders Do, 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto 4 per Cent 97 x d tnt E.E (YOLOCR. 6 964 Console, money Consols account (May 6) ... HEALTH OP LONDON DURING TBE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registra r G ' The deaths in London exlta decrease enela • tI3 t o t a l number registered inst.) (ending last week on Satur day tulr day the 10th w as 1,2 21. In the ten years 1848 to 1857 the average numb er o f deaths in the weeks corresponding with ‘ the la s t week, when it is raised for comparison with ,, the d ea th s of last week is found to he 1,242. the number now returned, therefore, shows a very close approxi mat i on to the re su lt o bt a i n ed by calculation. The cases in which diseases of the respiratory organs were i fatal h ave d ecrease d f rom 284 n the previous week to 263 last week ; the corrected average for last week is 265. The I{nortality from measles is still high, 58 children, neatly half of whom were under two years of af, , e, having died of this com plaint last week. Dr. Balfour stags that the epidemic of measles, which prevailed among the boy s of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, has entirely ceaPed, only one case, and that a very mild one, having occurred among them since the 23d ult. Last week th e bi rt h s o f 852 b oys an d 790 girls, in all 1,642 children were registered in Lon don. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848 to 1857 the average number was 1525. THE SIAMESE PRESENTS.—The Queen has been plea vd to send the prEsent ,, of the Ki, g of Sia m f or pubic ez hibitiaL th, volt \l'ueutL, Palmerst on h as added to them the Siamese sword of S tate which was presented to himself. Dun• ar de rown- t Her a the man at my , COB: rating d laid , and roung pro doing of the toyer a last Ipme- E td , ,by from vas at ob kept iraat, rn. I d left p the ought ission. ~ and /. ill to• th all ►n and lo con r's im• xl and info. it full aday i Flour. 700 BO ski. brls f hops )1lows: 4a f3d; Sa 2d ; ligh4 [nimbi, Tames, Sailed Kezia, ), from Liffay, ;arena, Hong trials- ling. E4mbrit, Cher• 3, L'E' ondon. ling. 1 Alai., iscatss r y, St. , Ba,t• ,ouen ; I, from iedan3, editer' ; Elle, ' o iyne• Eldon ; pg, if 'salon upon mend• fey red ement ug oc mated None ;iency titorSt er wag i 2 can' a been n that Sierra i mail It the those d way'. ratios Rio do p g to niongo :Ding. Bart., 1)1.B, Ticol4 orley. ado of .8 ! all .8 1 all 20i' all .00 100 .00 ,100 )0 100 ?,0 2s. !O 1 2stld 2 74, all ;t. 1100 all 3t. 'lOO )0 all !0 aL Oi' all Oi l 13 )0 all )0 all )0 all )0 all !O 1 5 !O 1 58. O all a/ all :0 3 5 all ;0 al 6 all ',O I all SHARD Shr. Paid 1111•••••• •••••••••• 12i 10 50 all in all 1 RAILWAYS. losdr , g rri 0 this day; RAILWATt. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Rasta. June Belfast & Ba. Blrmng. Wolverh, t Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junot Mac k burn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. 'Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D.. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJnno Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian ...... . Eastern Counties BasternUnion,A.etk Do., do. 8..... ..... IDo. New A East Kent East Ganeathire I East Suffolk Do. !Edinburgh di Glasgow lEdinb.Prth.&Dunde ,, Forth and ClydeJtmc. Furness .. Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock IGt. Sth. &West. (Ire) I GreatWestern. Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds 'Do. New Thirds .., Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 ... Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport.... London & Blackwell Do. New, iEs. 57.109. I Lond.Bright& &Cs t London & N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln Metropolitan ......... Midland Do. Birming. & Dori , Midland G. West. (Ir. Do. i Shares .. ..... Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.A berg.&llrfd Newry & Armagh , Ni ewry, Warrenpoh , & Restrevor Norfolk- Northn. Counties Co North British ...... North Devon, Rail. ~ Dock Stock Do., A Stock ....... Do. B Stock ... .... . N. Eastern Berwiok Do do. G.N.E.Purch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London . . .. N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western...—. N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton. Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central 100 I Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Uniou 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 South Dev0n....... . [oo;South Eastern...... South Wales S. Yorksh. RiverDu, I Do . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18N5 Stockton ds Hartlepl Taff Vale... Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R Vale of Neath ...... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Col nwall IWest End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. iDo. Additional A Buffalo dt Lake Hui% But}:, Brut. Godch, 6p. ds. , 1 Aug. , '72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 Juno '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares 5 Do. E. do. Do./ti p.c. Bnds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 perc Do. Now. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 90. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 P.C Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Extol. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.a. Do. 4th Ex., do. Onde (Limited) S'einde, guar, 5 per c Do a t wrp ,SE, Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Fra tielgian East. Junet. Beziors to Graissessac Carnmaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lime and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva.. Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New NorwegianTrnk. Prof Paris and Lyons Ditto Now . Paris and Orleans Recife di San Frail,' (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. Riga and Dunaburg Rom., and Frsscati— Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Prof W. & N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland N test aden Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zealand .......... JOINT-STOP Agra & United Sorv Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co I British N. American C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch City (Colonial Comrnorcialof Canada Coolmorelal of Lond. Eng. Scot.&Aus. C Lon. Ch. Bk.of A London and County London Joint Stock. Lond.and Westminst., National P ro. of Eng.! 1)o. New National Bank New South Wales iOriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Ireland lo P so r op o u. v toNh i . n e ei :e a aw l st e ra f Unity tjt w rln loo:IfukAti;a01:11taral 5 - 6 ••• ."' 7 - 69 - 71 9 - 10 26 - 27 88 - 90 84i - 36 - 38 ••• ... ••• . • • .... - 164 - 1 8 7 57 - 58 44 - 46 29 - 31 14 - 16 86 - 88 62i - 63 27i - 28 ••• .'" 89 - 91 9i - 10 10ii -102 h 87 - 8 9 125 - 127 98 - 100 56 -58 h 56 - 58 83 85 10 —l2 p 10 12 r 87i 1 i d li lid ••• • •• 6 - 6. 105 - 106 93k- 941 1i - 91} - 92 36 - ii 911 - 91, 63 - 65 i• fa 59 - 61 3i 51 52 ~. ..-- 90i - 91 2 - 4ti - 47! 73 - 74 93 - 95 4i - 4R 8 - 9 8 - 9 30 - 31 7 3d 06 108 26i 27 78 80 45 46 2} 35 364 69 69rs 82i —83 i 13 15 7 —5( 9 11 35 36 100 - 102 •• ••• - 3A 6i ►SSESSIONS, ap I - 9 - 10 }B5- 90 79 - 82 77 - 80 ii = ii - llOl --1111 lfi - li 26.} 20; 46 48 81 83 21r1 —21 i 4 li, 19i 20 li 1 c 106 - 111 106 - 111 105 108 1— 2-01 ? 2? part - 1 p! IIGN. 6 - 6 i la 3i - 4 - .1i 274 -27 i ii - 8 il -- ii, = 26, 1; 20i -21 i 37 : 37 8 8i - 32} - 321 .•• - ... 50 - 52 I id 15 - 17 i - A 8k- - lii 8k - 9 21i -21 i 4i - 5 9 - 9k 21 - 25 ..c '''"' • • • BANKS. 84 - 86 203 - 21 46 - 48 57 - 59 17; -- 18 10 -- 20 43 : 45 37 4 -- 38 -1 7 i 01 -- 63 45 -- 47 . l:! ti - '241 16 .-- lid 100 100 100 100 all 100 all all 100 100 St. St. St. St. 1141 all 1141 23 St. 100 St. 100 123' 5 St. iO9 ; all 25 an St. 100 10! St. i.(x) St. : 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 ' all 10 9 20 , all it. 100 50 3 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St, 100 25 14-1 St. 100 St too St. LOO 10 31.1 20 20 all to all it. 100 5 all 5 all !O all all !O all 5 I all .0 all !O all 0 all 6 all 1.0 all !O all ?,0 all !O all '.O li LO all TH E SIT N, ,This Day). Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Ci-jgc,Priap Easiness St. 10U Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon ... 100 - 102 25 all Col•Stour Vy E.U.4E.0 13 15 St. 100 E.Lln. g. 6 p Gt.Northn 139 141 5 all E. Un. H. 8h E. Count. 4 4t St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. St. 100 Do. N.w Do 25 all Gletr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn .. _ 1:1 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lOB 110 25 all Do. t Shares . Do 12i all Do. 1 Shares. Do • • ••• 1,21 all LondleGreenw S.Eastorn l2t —13 t 20 all o.Preference Do 24 2 St. 100 Lon. Til., diS; Peto &Co 94 96 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 5i all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2l ?1 St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 94 96 61 5.1 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count p - in 50 all NoSzEst.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo 25 I all Prost. & Wyre L. &N. W ... ••• 12tI all I Do. t Shre.4 Do .' . • • St. 100 illoystn. & Hit. Gt.Northn 135 133 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 9 81 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 10 10} 50 all IWearVal.g6pc Stk.&Dar. . . .., 25 ! all iDo Do 32 33 St. ,100 IWilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 1 88 90 L 0 ND ON WEDNESDAY - YORK [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TYRO STAKES. Business dose this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. - 96 1 - 101 ••• • ••• '"" . ••• .... • 6 -6 , 117 - 115 132 Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501.: Brio. &Ex. 4 p.c. St, Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO 4i p. c, Ches. & Ho. 5 p.c, Do. do. 5 per cent Cork & Bandons p.c ,Dun.Perth.&Aber.J, IE. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. sp. e. Sh 'Ed.Prth.&Dnn.4p.e, Furness, 5 p. c..... ., Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c, Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem. 'lOB - 105 - 112 - 110 127 - ... .. .I • •• ..... •, ... - '' ... ''"' dr ••• - •• 72 - 74 iii --119 at 10:p. c. prem.. 110 - 112 102 - 101 Do. 41per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5, p. c. prem. Gt.N . ofScot. let Prr Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St., Gt. W. (B. &H. Ex.spe Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per ient. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh , Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S 1 Do. do. sp. c. d 0..., Do. Birm. Gus. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gna. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do., P., 5 p. c. St. N 0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & 62 - 64 10i - - 92 - 94 8 7 - 8 ► 87 - 89 99 - 101 16 1 - 1 - 10 7 10 - 10, 72 - 74' 1 9 - 20 9 i - 10 14 - 15 138 - 140 Nuneaton sr. ct... Lon. dt S.W. perct. D late 3d Shares ... Londy. & Color. i Sh. Londy.&Ennis. i Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 I). Cent. o. do. do. £6 ... .. - 165 • • .... • •• 119 - 121 66 - 68 Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. ik Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4A per cent o. dO. Hid. Consol. 6p. c. St I Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4A p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &11. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ot Nod k . D eb. 4 p. 0. Sh Do. 5 /3. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5A p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv.V.sp. 1.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N.B. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf Do. do. do 1 - 139 - 101 iiii -: ill .97 - 109 95 97 d "Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York IL &S. Par North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St 1 Scot. Cent. New Pref 1 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.3A p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent sit,o S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh Do. New 4A pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar ck. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. par 23 , 0I all It. 100 St. 100 St. 100 8i all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 10 all .0.6 all - 120 - 106 - 100 118 120 125 127 74 76 10 10 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 !O all ',5 all l 5 19 it. 100 -24 i - 103 - 102 211 4 - ... - 102 - 28 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 46 BRITISH MINES. '2ll2Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 94 104 94 20 14 British Iron ... 20 iCondurow (Cambrn.) 80 `. l O 10 1 :Dev.Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 460 480 ... 30 Basset (Iltogan)1 90 --100 ... 17s ! Great South Tolgus 14A 154 17t5 Alfrd. (Philk.) 41 -- 64 ••• 7R (Grt.W. Vor (11elstn.) - 2 ... 17s ILady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 74 N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10 12 114 ... ▪ 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 17 18 171 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.); ••• 6s. Sort Cons Min Co. lf 1 A ••• • • ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 375 390 ... 2S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 44 44 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 210 !20 5 4 3 Tani. S. &L. Min. Go.l 4 —1/ 10 9 Tin Croft 34 4 ... 40 Un.Miues (Gwennap) ••• ... 1256 V. of Towcy (Camay.) 14 11 16 W. Basset (Illogan) 23 24 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. ) 10) 110 54 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 220 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 - 300 ... 54 Wh, Edward(Calstck) 6 64 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 10 11 .., 8 I Wll.3.la.Ann (Menlit.) 43 45 46 I Wh. Trelawncy (14,5.) 24 :6 25 FOREIGN 11LN tr.• 20 74 !Australian 1 10s. I Bon Accord Cop. (li,) t 4 35 27 Brazilianliap.(Mued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada ••• 20 15 Do. St. John Del Bey 12 4 134 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica — ...d 40 all Cobre Copper 39 41 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co. 1 4d 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 11 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Noveau Monde ••• 20 all Pont.Sil.LclM.& Smlt 51 61 5 1 Port Philip .• ••• 30 164 Santiago do Cuba i all United Mexican 13A 4 MISCELLANEOUS. ina.n Royal Agr cn Maill t 291 i 1430 29 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Li m . ) Al 9 Auussttrr:ll 2510 all 10 all ,Berlin Water Works 34 44 10 2 ,Do. New iss. at Si. d 50 40 IBrit. American Land ••• 100 324 Canada 135 145 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1131 St. all 'Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all ;Do. Pref. 7 1 p. cent. 26 28 5 all ,Crystal Palace I 5 all'Do. Preference 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France 20 all Eastern Steam 44 5 St. 100 ,EleetrieTelegraph 102 1 04 1 all ' Electric Tel. of Irel • 5 all 'En.dtAust.Cop.SmCo 13 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jotn. Tel. ..„ 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(link) 4 —4l 20 all ;Gen. Ir • Se.Col.(lim.) 15 L 4 IGen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 'London Discount 4 all ILond. Gen. Omnibus 34 34 34 20 10 ;Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec, Tel. 7 8 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all Mexican & S.Amcrion 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 1 10 6 INetherlands H 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do. 8 p.c.Pf. iss. at 1 d l6 26 2 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 2U St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p. c. D. 971 986 98 rh 1 all N. B. Australasian... t 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 4 1 10s. Do Now Shares 4d ep 5 all Peel/tr. Ld. & Minrl 2 21 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 —BO 50 10 Do. New 50 ' all Rhymney Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , 61 63 624 3 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 If St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds lO6 -- 108 1074 25 all South Austral. Land 1 all Submarine Tel. Serp i --- 1 1 all , Do. Rego tered 20 iTruti.Ln.Co. tip. Can - 100 28 4 j Van Lotemen'a Land l4 14 57 i 105 A 941 i 4i 111} 11 8f Ili 17i 19iIii 1 45 20 It. 100 0 60 [0 I all !O all ;0 all t. !100 10 all LO all 3t. 100 >I. 100 3t. 100 it. 100 7 3i it. 100 .7 81 I 13 Ii 9 10 SELLING STAKES. 103} 62j 3 Chelmington ft Mr. S. Williams's Penalty, fiat 31b (F(A.ldoroordbam) 1 ) 2 Mr. J. Bates's The Dutchman's Daughter, Bet 51b (including 2lb extra) (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Marseollaise, Sir Walter I 07; Scott, Queen Charlotte, Paul Jones, and Bin g of Sar dinia. 1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY. The Knaveemire Plate of 50 soya in specie ; for two year olds, let ; and three, Bst 121 b ; allowances and penalties. Half a mile. Mr. W. King's Massacre, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wilberforce) 1 Mr. G. Forster's The Bat, 2 yrs, 6st 11Ib (Little) 2 Lord Zetland's Rita, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (J. Osborne) 3 The following also ran :—Vegetarian, Harraton, Wootton, Hesperithusa, Moorcock, Greenwich Fair, Scturdale, Miss Partridge, fby Vatican, and f by Annandale. Betting-5 to 2 agst Massacre, 7to 1 agst any other. Won by three quarters of a length ; a head between the second and third. Harraton, who was a bad fourth, headed the next lot. The Spring. St. Leger, of 10 sovs each with 50 added, for three-year olds ; colts lig 71b ; fi llies, B s t 21b ; cer tain penalties an d al lowances ; one mile and a half. 10 Auks. Mr-. Wilkinson's Physician, B , t 7lb (Bumby) 1 Mr. T. P arr ' s K elpie, Bst 710 (J. Osborne) t Lord Derby's Antiquary, Bst 7lb (Flatman) Betting -6 to 4on Kelpie, sto 2 Antiquary, 3to 1 agg Physician. Physician made play throughout and won by a length ; a dead heat with Kelpie and Antiquary. After the race 20 to 1 and 1000 to 60 were taken about the winner for the Chester Cup. heee; fillies, B s t 31b. Allow cond to save his st a k e . The Zstland Stakes of 5 soy a . eaob, with 50 added, for tw nc o e l s e a a n r d - 0 p l d e s n a ; l t co ie l s t . s , 8 ti T tib Half a mile. 22 subs. Mr. Merry's Meg Merrilies, by Ch ant i c l eer, B st 31 b a 10 11 Won by a neck, the same between the second and bird. Great Northern Handicap. Two miles. of whom declared. 57 subs., 17 Tunstall Maid M. Dobler Bashi Bazouk Warlock Won by a head ; a length and a-half between second and third ; a head between third and fourtb. The Dupe was a badfifth. 14 ran. The Selling Stake.. Early Bud Four ran. -.3.......—... CLOSE OF THE ROOMS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. M ETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 7to 1 aget Wrestler (taken freely) 10 to 1 eget Monarque (taken) 10 to 1 apt Borderer (taken) 10 to 1 aget Telegram (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 aget Blue Jacket (taken) 11 to 1 agst any other TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 apt Clydesdale (taken) 9 to 2 agst The Peer (taken) 12 to 1 apt Happy Land (taken) 13 to 1 aget Cotswold (taken) CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 aget Blink Thinly (taken) 20 to 1 agat Sweet William (t freely) 20 to 1 aget Physician (taken) 24 to 1 aget General Bosquet (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gammon (taken) 28 to 1 agat Kelpie (taken) 23 to 1 agst Vanity (taken) 28 to 1 aget Itiseber (akee) 33 to 1 aget Blackthorn (taken) 33 to 1 aget The Peer (taken) THE DERBY. 12 to 1 aget Toxophilite (t freely) 12 to 1 agst Sedbury 12 to 1 aget Clydesdale (offered) 30 to 1 agst Phy-ician (taken) 30 to 1 aget Ditto (taken) 60 to 1 aget F itzßoland (taken) AQUATICS. SCULLERS' MaTC3.--The long announced millers match between Gdorg e Wade and Thomas Cannon, for 601., came off yesterday afternoon, and for the time of year and weather, was very numerously attended. Both among the Eait-enders, who generally Oempettters are below-bridge waterman, of merit as scul lersdand the event created considerable speculation rites very back their fermi.- . f r eely. At first the men were considered so level in their pretensions that money was laid out at even, but subsequently Wade became the favourite, and as it turned out, not without good cause, for it would be diffi cult to conceive a more runaway race, after the first 100 yards. The course was from Putney-bridge to Mortlake. Cannot , jumped off with a good lead, which he lost ere his arrival at the London Rowing Club boat-house, and then Wade went away from him like a shot, and won as he liked by an enormous distance. EAST INDIA COM NT.RA gerteohonfee Trcaeolpnoctori cot ntinuing oaw e n h db a chair was taken at 12 o'clock by Mr. parliament relative to the govern haesppueerpiaols aet Court heldur considerationao at the t p h e Directors I d o o i r India H Y ou i s g e t , er f d or aY t MANGLES, the thereon.uNt two Gof Els bills The India, M.P. The report of the Court of Directors, granting to the eldest son of the late Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence an annuity of 1,0001. with reveraion to his younger brother in the event of the death of the elder without heirs male, was confirmed. The CHAIRMAN having intimated that the discussion on the India bills would now be resumed. Mr. M. CLARKE said that the Chancellor of the Exche quer having signified his readiness to adopt alterations, he did not see how the debate could be usefully proceeded with. The CHAIRMAN observed that Colonel Wilkinson having given a notice of motion, ho was in possession of the chair. Colonel WileriNsoN then proceeded to re-open the dis• cuseion. There were, ho said, two bills before parliament, and the object of both was to deprive the East India Com pany of all participation in the government of India ; and at the last meeting there was read a report of the directors in which were forcibly and clearly stated the main objec tions to those bills. After having fully weighed the matter, and consulted with other proprietors, he was of opinion that the object which they h a d in view, namely, the good government of India, would be best attained by their empowering the directors to act for them. He had there fore, modified the motion of which he gave notice at the last meeting, and he would now propose it in the following form': " That this court concurs in the opinion of the Court of Directors that neither of the bills now before Parliament is calculated to secure the good government of India, and they accordingly authorise and request the Court of Dire,- tore to take such measures as may appear to themaivi sable for resisting the passage of either bill through Par liament, and introducing into any bill for altering theoon stitution of the government of India such conditions as may promise a system of a (ministration calculated to pro mote the interests of the people of India, and to prove conducive to the general welfare." Mr. BORROWDALE seconded the resolution. Mr. LEwie moved the following amendment :—" That the bill introduced by the Ministry establishes a despotism, and, under the pretence of fixing r esponsibility, vests un trolled authority in the Secretary of State, whose acts are screened by a body called a council, but which really pos sesses no attribute of independence beyond that of clerks, and 'deprives the government of India of all those checks which have heretofore existed, if they had not b een d u l y exercised by the East India Company,” Mr. JOHN JONES seconded the amendment. After a long oiseaiEion Mr. Lewin withdrew his amend ment, and Colonel Wilkinson'e resolution was carried unanimously. This terminated the proceedings, 115 104 98 EVENING, Day.) Roquelare..... 1 Marsellais ..... King of Sardinia • Sir Walter Scott 4 LONDESBORO' CUP. Duneany Rita Ronconi Twelve ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Penalty Meg Merrilies Dutchman's Daughter SCRAMBLE HANDICAP. Greenwich Fair . Lizzie Seven ran. FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP Rosa Bonheur M. Dobler Fisherman Eleven ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Clydesdale (offered) sto 1 agst The Peer (offered) 7to 1 agst Toxopholite (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agat Toxopholite (taken) CHELTENHAM RACES—(Tuesday.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Comet . Banjo Three ran. Won in a canter. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Longford APRIL 14, 1858. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, TuzsDlY. The steamship Alhambra, Capt. Babot, arrived this evening, at five o'clock, with the Peninsular mail, 2.: passengers, 18 packages of specie (8,5021.), 48 boxes of eggs, 1 cask of wine, 563 half-chests of oranges, 11 boxes of tangerines, 294 boxes of dates, 52 serons of almonds, 6 baskets of potatoes, and 14 packages of sundries. The dates of sailing were--Gibraltar, April 5 ; Cadiz, 6 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Vigo, 10. At Gibraltar were H.M.S. Curlew, the Portu guese brig of war Pedro Nunez, and the Swedish corvette Orines. At Cadiz was the Swedish corvette Najades. At Vigo were several vessels from the bar of Oporto, in consequence of the prevailing strong westerly winds. On the 9th, ten miles north of the Burling, spoke the English ship showing third distinguish ing pendant No. 2,486, steerin g north by west. EQUALISATION OF POOR-RATES IN THE METROPOLIS. The bill of Mr. A. S. Ayrton, M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, " To Provide a Remedy for the Inequality in the Rates for the Relief of the Poor in the Metropolis," was yesterday issued in a minted form. The preamble assumes the inequa lity in question, and declares the expediency of providing a remedy for the evil. At the first quar ter sessions after the passing of the bill, and at every future quarter sessions to be held in October in each year subsequent to the year 1859, for the several counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, and the City of London, the assembled justices of the peace will appoint from the resident metro politan justices a certain number to form a body called "the Metropolitan Rating Sessions," four for Middlesex, three for Surrey, two for Kent, and two for the City of London. The Court is empowered to require returns, and to proceed as a committee for preparing a basis or standard for assessing the county rates, and the overseers of th e poor mus t make annual returns to the sessions under a penalty of 2011. The sessions may cause new valuations to be made, and after Lady Day in every year they will prepare a basis and estimate the net annual value and the expenditure of parishes, and the excess or deficiency paid by each. The basis or standard of estimates or amount of excess or deficiency will, when allowed and con firmed by the sessions, after mature considera tion and the bearing of objectiens, ctc. ' be valid, legal, and effe c t ua l t o a ll i n t en t s and purposes, and upon this basis or standarl the assessments to tk3 poor-rates will thenceforth be made and continuo to be made under the act. The guardians will be required to pay the deficiency of their expenditure by a precept from the sessions, and if the guardians disobey the p ecept warrants will ba issued to the overseers of the parishes to pay the amount. Should the overseers prove equally disobedient, the sessions may levy the amount by distress and sale on the goods of the offender, and, in default, commit the overseer to the common gaol or house of correction. All orders of the sessions will be final, and subject to no appeal whatever. The bill awaits its second reading. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Major Teesdale, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Aide-do. Camp to the Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, on Monday received his nomination as Equerry to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Col. Bloomfield, Aide-de Camp to the Queen, commanding the Royal Horse Artillery, has taken up the temporary com mand of Woolwich Garrison in the absence of Major-General Sir W. F Williams, who has returned to his Parliamentary duties in London. The committee ordered by the Commander-in-Chief to re port upon the cooking apparatus invented and erected by Capt. Grant, late Royal Artillery, at the Royal Artillery Bar racks, Woolwich, composed of the following officers, viz.,— Col. Bloomfield, It )yal Horse Artillery, President; Colonel Hamilton, C.B Grenadier Guards; Col. Hodge, C. 8., 4th Dragoon Guards; Colonel Lysons, C 8., Assistant-Adjutant- General ; Surgeon Major Bostock, Scots Fusilier Guards; and Major Ewalt, Royal Engineers, assembled at Woolwich on Monday, and visited the cook-house, in which the dinners for 1,05 , 1 men were being prepared in different ways, such as boiling, stewing, baking, dre, Tho committeo were pre sent during tho "serving up," and noticed with much satis faction that, although the huge stewing cauldrons, baking dishes, &c., emitted each a heavy cloud of steam, the atmo sphere was not oppressive, and at no time exceeded 65 dogs. of Fahrenheit, the temperature being controlled by a succes sion of well-adapted ventilators throughout the roof of the building. To accommodate the baking branch of the establisi f ment, so as to meet the wishes of so large a body of men, the messes cuter into mutual arrangements for the use of the oven during alternate days, and by this means each mess is provided with a baked dish of meat twice a-week. Detachments of Royal Artillery, consisting of 137 and 150 rank and file, are about to embark in the steam transports Asia and Golden Fleece, to fill up the vacancies in the Ist, 2d, 3d, 13th, and 14th battalions on service in India. The steam-transport Gibraltar has commenced s'aipping war stores, &c., from Woolwich for Gibraltar. The squadron at Spithead, comprising the Renown, 91, Captain Forbes; the Diadem, 31, Captain Moorsom, C B. ; the Curacoa, 31, Captain Mason ; and the Racoon, 21, Capt. Painter, are filling up wit i prov sions and coals for seagoing service. It is presumed Viey wi Ibe despatched on a cruise towards Lisbon, where they will rendezvous in time to do honour to the marriage ceremonies at endaut upon the union of the King of Portugal with the Princess Stephanie ef Hohen zollern at the end of Vie p - esent month. Her Highness wilt visit her Majesty at Osborne, and the Victoria and Albert is being prepared for special service in connection with that visit The Di:+dem has been trying her machinery after the repairs of her boilers by cruising about Spithead the last two days, and the Renown will steam about to-day to prove hers. She is still in want of hands to complete her complement. The Victory, Captain G. 11. Seymour, C. 8., .D.C. to the Queen, &c., flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C.8.. was unlocked yesterday at Portsmouth, after a most elaborate refit extending to nearly three-quarters of a year, which has made her as fit as ever for the duties she has to perform. The Blenheim, 60, Captain Francis Scott, C. 8., is so far refitted as to be ready to bend her sails. The Vulcan troop-frigate, Commander John Seccombo, is again ready to embark troops, whom she will take in ou the 16th, as before reported. The Echo stcamtug embarked a detachment of the 4th Foot from Portsmouth dockyard yesterday for the depot of the Isle of Wight. The intention to commission e. Channel fleet forthwith, as announced by the First Lord of the Admiralty in the House of Commons on Monday night, has created the most lively feelings of satisfaction in naval circles and among the trades men of Portsmouth, where the fleet will rendezvous. Rear- Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., is mentioned as the lrobable Commander-in-Chief of this fleet. On Saturday her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent arrived at Queenstown, with detachments of the 80th and 2d from Malta. She will take out detachments or reinforcements for the 14th an other regiments now serving in the Mediterra nean or in India. uncLl • Shortly after daybreak on Sy the fine screw steamship Abeona, Smith master, arrived off Kingstown harbour, hav ing on board 700 men under orders for I n di a . SLo had the yellow flag at the fore topmast head, indicating that there was contagious sickness on board, but she remained out side the harbour until the officers went on board to in spect her and have her placed at proper moorings under the regulations of the quarantine laws. Out of the whole crew and the troops on board, it was ascertained that only ono man was affected with smallpox, which disease made its first appearance on board the ship on Wed nesday week, when she i ad embarked her complement of troops at Gravesend for Calcutta. When the Abeona had her full number of men embarked this virulent disease made its appearance. The satire body of troops were immediately dis embarked, and, after a minute medical inspection, such of the troops as were found to have been affected, numbered 70, wore with the greatest promptitude despatched to the mili tary hospital at Chatham. The remainder of the troops who were pronounced from the epidemic were, after precautionary measures were adoptod, re-embarked, and the vessel put to sea ; but it would appear that when off tho coast the disease reappeared in one man, and the captain of the ship decided on bearing up for the nearest port, which was Kingstown. The undermentioned officers have been appointed Inspect ing Commanders in the Coastguard service : Commander T. Heard; Commander A. W. W. Fletcher, rice Commander T. Lysaght, period of service expired ; and Commander H. W. Comber, Tito Commander Gennys, de ceesed. Tho following appointments hayo been made at the Admi ralty Lient. J. H. M. Martin, to command the Pluto, Tice Swin burn, promoted ; Lieut. R. Gibson, to the Agamemnon ; J. Gregory, mate, to the Marlborough. A Berlin letter in the Hamburg News says : " The medical advisers of the king have ordered a change of residence in the course of the summer. His Majesty is to proceed to Zapport, near Dant sick, for sea bathing." Another letter from Berlin of the 9th says : " In the Chamber of Representatives yest:.rdly, the chapter of receipts of the penitentiary establish ments coming under consideration, M. Wentzel proposed to c'eclare that the cellular system, which had been tried in several of the State prisons, should be regulated by a legislative vote, and that until such had taken place the plan should be no longer carried into practice. After M. Wentzel had developed his proposition, M. Roichensperger, of the Catholic party, said that if the State applied that system, the prisoners ought to be separated according to their religious creeds. The Minister of the Interior observed that after 1848 the ques tion of the cellular system was most carefully examined by the Government, at the express wish of the King. Nothing, however, was done until 1856, when Dr. Wicheren of Hamburg was called on to direct its introduction, and the result of the first experiments was most favourable. Before, however, a bill should be presented on the subject, the Government wished to have a further examina tion into the matter. He should consequently oppose the amendment of M. Wentzel, as_ being a vote of mistrust, and ca l cu lated to impede the h execution of the measures contempla'ed b y e _cro vernment. The discussion afterwards turned on matters of religion, which was checked by the Pre sident, Count Schwerin, who said that honourable members appeared to have forgotten that the sub ject wider discussion was not ieligiou, but the cel lular system. The amendment of M. Wentzel was ultimately put to the rote mad rejected," IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS. —(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack as five o'clock. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions in favour of the promotio❑ of Christianity in India. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented a peti tion from Witney to a similar effect, and from Sitting bourne against the abolition of church -rates. VAGRANT ACT, JAMAICA. The Earl of CARNARVON laid upon the table a copy of the Vagrant Act passed by the Assembly o f Jamaica which had been moved for by Lord Brougham. The bill contained some good provisions, but some of the clauees which affected emigrants were most objection able. PROBATE ACT. Lord LYNDHURST, referring to the Probate Act of last session, said one of its clauses gave an appeal to the House of L or d s , w hi c h m i g h t h ave t h e e ff ec t o f keeping creditors and legatees for some time out of their money. He thought it would be advisable that Glances of the kind he had referred to might be kept separate. The LORD CHANCELLOR thanked the noble lord for the suggestion, but he thought it was one that ought to be made to the late Lord Chancellor, who had now a bill in preparation to amend the Act referred to. CUSTOMS' ACTS. The Earl of DERBY laid upon the table the second report of the Commissioner of her Majesty's Ca,toras. LIBEL BILL. Lori CAMPBELL said that, in asking their lord ships to give this measure a second reading, he would occupy but a small portion of their time, for it seemed to him that he ought rather to apologise for not going further with the proposed alteration of the law than to combat the objections that bad been urged against mov ing in this matter. The law of libel was by no means in a perfect state. Recent legislation had, however, effected a great improvement in it. Above ail, the enactment which upon an indictment for libel allowed the truth of the allegations to be proved by evidence, if the publica tion had been made bona fide with a view to the public good, had operated most beneficially in discouraeitig slander, notwithstanding the predictions which bad at tended its passage through Parliament. Still, much re mained to be done to place the law of libel in a satisfac tory state. The distinction between verbal and written slander could not easily be defended. As the law now stood, to say at a public meeting that a man was a coward, a liar, and a scoundrel afforded no cause of ac tion unless some special damage had been sustained. So a , so a woman, if assailed by the coarsest language that could be used, could obtain no redress unless she could prove that she had suffered some special injury. He had himself tried most strenuously in the year 1843 to re deem our law from that reproach, but he bad failed ; and he did not now feel encouraged to renew his attempt. He feared that the present bill would cause great disap pointment to those who had petitioned in its favour. They had asked for a great deal more than he proposed to grant. This movement owed its origin to the action of "Davidson and Duncan," which had been brought in the Court of Qieen'er Bench against the proprietor of a respectable journal in the county of Durham, because he err published an account of what took place at a public meeting held under a local act appointing com missioners with large powers arid authority to impose taxes for public objects. It was pleaded in that action that a true and faithful report had been given of what occurred at the public meeting, but on the case being argued on demurrer this was held to be an insuffi cient justification. Great sensation was produced by the ultimate result of the action, for the demurrer being overruled, the parties went to trial, and the jury found that it was a good and true representation of what was spoken in public, and that it bad been published without any malice. The jury, however, were told, and very properly, by the judge, that they must find a verdict for the plaintiff. They accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff, with one farthing damages. The defendant bad not to pay the costs of both sides, but his own costs in the action amounted to about 4001. Upon this peti tions came in from various parts of the country, praying that there might be complete immunity to the proprietor and publisher of every public journal for everything which they could show to have been spoken at a public meeting, that the only remedy should lie against the person by whom the words at which offence was taken had been uttered at such meeting, and that if it were proved that the party had spoken anything however ca lumnious, the individual injured should have no redress whatever against the publisher. Teat appeared to Lim to be an excessive and unreasonable demand and it pur ported to be based on a misconception of what was called Lord Northampton's case, which was supposed to have established the rule that one might say or write anything respecting any man, woman, or child, provided one gave the name of the author of the slander. Teat was certainly a very alarming doctrine ; but it had no foundation in law. In the discharge of his duty he had last session moved for a select committee to consider whether the same immunity might not be given to reports of the proceedings of both houses of Parliament which was now given to reports of the proceedings in courts of justice, and whether it might not also be extended to other public meetings. A select committee was appointed, composed of some of the most distinguished members of their lordships' house, chosen from all shades of politics. Some most eminent members of the committee thought that nothing ought to be done ; that there was no grievance to be complained of, and that the law was perfect. But a considerable majority were of a different opinion ; and they recommended that the same immunity should be granted to reports of the proceed ings of both Houses of Parliament as was now granted to reports of the proceedings of the courts of law. And they further recommend that there should be a certain concession made to those who complained of the present law respecting reports of pubic meetings—viz., that in the case of reports of public meetings called by lawful authority, where there was every reason to suppose that nothing but what was lawful would take place, and where the report was published for the public good, The publisher of the report should not enjoy an immurity; but if the jury should be of opinion that no injury what ever had been suffered by the party complaining, so that they would only give, if required according to the pre sent law, one farthing damages, they should be at liberty to find a verdict for the defendant, which would relieve him from any damage arising from the action, and throw all the costs upon the pettifogger who got up the pro ceedings. The bill consisted only of three clauses—two of them referring to repot ts of proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament, and the third to reports of pub lie meetings called by public authorities, by the publi• cation of which no damage could be proves to have been occasioned to any person. It would not give any immu nity whatever to the reports of any other proceedings. He could not understand on what ground a difference was made between the reports of the proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament and the reports of public meetings sanctioned by public authorities. It had been solemnly determined that a fair and faithful report of what took place in a court of justice afforded no ground whatever for an action of libel. In the case of " Carrie v. Walter," decided more than 70 years ago, it was so lemnly declared that such was the law of England. That had been called judge-made law. It was true there was no act of Parliament for it, but he thought the Court was well authorised in coming to that decision. Why, then, should not the reports of the proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament be put upon a sirnilarfooting? Was, it not for the advantage of the public that they should be done Some of the witnesses e xamined before the select committee upon this subject went so far as to claim even for the reports of public meetings in Hyde Park on a Sunday for seditious and mischievous pur poses the same immunity as was given to the reports of proceedings in a court of justice. He had authority in favour of his proposition, but he would only trouble their lordships with the opinions of two distinguished men. Mr. Justice Lawrence, one of the greatest judges that had ever adopned the bench in this country, in the case of " Currie v. Walter," said : " Though the publication of such proceedings may be to the disadvantage of the particular individuals concerned, it is of vast importance to the public that the proceedings in courts of justice should be made universally known. The general advantage to the country of having those proceedings made public more than tlouuterbalances any inconvenience to private persons whose conduct may be the subject of inves tigation. The same reason also applies to the proceedings of Parliament. It is of advantage to the public, and even to the Legislative body, that due accounts of their proceedin g s should be generally e i rcu ' a t e d ; an d th ey wou ld b e d eprived of that advantage if no person cou!el publish them without being punished as a libeller." His distinguished predecessor, Lord Denman, when ex amined kijore a select committee on the la,w of libel, said,— " The result of my consideration of the subject generally is, that a faithful report of all proceedings in a court of jus tice ought not in any case to be considered libellous, unless it tends to corruption of manners; I extend this even to ex parte applications with a view to ultericr proceedings, be.auec I think that on the balance of evils that evil is much less, and that it is upon the whole the more desirable course even for parties publicly questioned. I have no doubt that the publication of police reports is extremely useful for the de tection of guilt, by making facts notorious, and for bring ing those facts more correctly to the knowledge of all parties I.t.sct.a::octrim interested in unravelling tile truth. The public, I think, are perfectly aware that those proceedings arc cx they become morn and more aware of it iu prop growing intelligence; they ,know that such 0 Pr their opinion till only in course of trial, and they do not form tlheiroceedings is the trial is had, Perfect publicity of judiciaofPiiew, but iu of the highest importance in other • Ptets. The statemet t its effects on character I think it desiirt: wa y to the ears of made in open court will probably find assailed feels an all - all in whose good opinion the party _ , 0 r t i P m d i a :flitgoe'st haerier both these evils are am, the imputation m y tercet,of often restprobably o on n t the exaggerated raPt i ce i, r,da i x i r i n e g ' a r d to the help entertaining a strong of debates in Parliament , prevented by correct rep criminal proceeding. This ort of a debate ought to expose holly and therefore one of great the publisher to a_ring privilege, as the debates are practically public, iuconsi)tent with public is a question 01 opinion that no f t a t i a th et f tt u ao l nu r a v o p tw subject their promulgation to punishment." freedom to SU , h e (Lord Campbell) was a member of the other When House of Parliament, he on all fitting occasions resc idteslieceags ; t to ü b ti e nays UlV l°. : i if lady defended its privileges, and if the privileges of their lordships should ever be invaded he should defend t h e m with equal zeal. This bill would not in the re naotest degree interfere with the privileges of either House of Parliament. Time was when there was an order in both houses that the proceedings should not be published by their own members or by public journals. He would show that if this bill passed it would not be necessary for either house to alter one single syllable of its ex . sting standing orders. He would give their lord ships a history of the origin of the supposed privileges of Parliament with reference to publication of their pro ceedings. On investigating the subject he was unable to discover any reae94 for the executive Government sup posing that a publication of the proceedings in Parliaa ment was a grievance that ought not to be tolerated. knew very well that some of the greatest orators and lawyers of antiquity—Cicero, for example—published with great applause and effect their speeches before Se nates and courts of justice immediately after their deli very. Why should not we in England enjoy the same privilege f During the progress of the struggle between the Crown and the two Houses of Par liament every effort was made by the two houses to prevent the Crown from exercising the illegal power which it had usurped of punishing members for what they spoke in Parliament, and it was then that these reoinlreddedprosaorrwliaeanrmedemn summon Secrecy wa s th en o f great conse quence, b ecause w h en the Crown heard that proceedings which it di sapprove d were going on in the House of t C _ o mmons next m orn i ng th e Bl ac k R o d would knock at was prorogued. theC o m osnosmt Sometimes i the e sUpper matters House,went further than this. Members were summoned before the Privy Council and examined as to their speeches, and if t r h og ey at c i o o n u . l d I n t o t vv g a i g v e t o a s p a r t e i s v f e a t c , t tor t y h e explanation o m t they t w ti e n r g notice of what wa s go i n e sent to the To wer, eh • ere to pass their time until the pro on in P ar li ament that these g orders were made, and they were chiefly directed against the publication by memb ers of their own speeches Oa the 13th July, 1640—not to go further back —the Com mons ordered that "No member shall either give a copy or publish iu print anything that he shall speak here, without leave of the Hou,e;" and on the 22d of March in the same year " that all mem bers of the house shall deliver copies or not,s of anything brought forward or accepted in this house." Oa March 28, 1642, the Commons ordered that " what person soever shall print or sell any act or proceedings of this house, under the name of a journal or otherwise, without the license of this house, shall be reputed a high contemner of the privileges of Parliament, and shall be punished accordingly." Their lordships followed the ex ample of the Commons, and made similar orders ; and they summoned persons before them for publishing their proceedings. But, as their proceedings were more mode rate and discreet than those of the Commons, they had not the same dread of punishment, and their orders were not so frequent. On March 13, 1647, a message came up from the Commons with a vote for inhibiting the publication of Parliamentary proceedings, in which the Lords were desired to concur. They did not, how ever, immediately conc ur , b ut rep li e d that they wou ld send an answer by a messenger of their own. After the Revolution, when a constitutional government was esta blished, it might have been expected, as ate reason for the rule had ceased, the rule also would have ceased ; but this was not the only instance in our history of old ens toms and laws remaining in force long after the cause for them had ceased. It was just at this period that their lordships made the standing order which was now the only one remaining on their books with reference to this subject. In 1698 there was published by one Churchill a book which called in question the very jurisdiction r f their lordships, whereupon it was resolved that " it is high breach of the privileges of this house for any per son whatever to print an account or to publish anything relating to the proceedings of this house without the leave of this house." Until the year 1771 both houses see their faces against any publication of any part of their proceedings ; but the rule was violated by re. ports under fictitious names. There were reports, for instance, of the proceedings of the Parliaments of Lilliput and of Utopia, in which the epeeohee of Bolingbroke and other great speakers of the reigns of Anne and the first two Georges were given under ficti• tious names. But there was great apprehension that the publisher of these might at any time be sent to prison. In 1771 there was a memorable crisis, of which an excellent account was given in Lord Mahon's history, when the House of Commons tried to enforce their order to pre vent the publication of debates ; but though they arreeted a publisher and sent him to Gdtspur-street Compter, they were in the end disgracefully defeated, and from that day any person could publish without fear the de bates el either house. Tile question was whether thei • was anything upon the records of either house to prevent this bill obtaining the approbation of the Legislature. Their lordships were governed by the order of 1698, which forbade the publication of any of their proceed ings without the leave of the House, and he maintained that their lordships had given this leave in the most ample and authentic manner. In 1849 a committee was appointed, at the iestant e of Lord Beaumont, to con sider the accommodation of the new House, to which were referred several petitions relative to the reporting of Parliamentary proceedings. That committee made the following report : " The committee have examined witnesses respecting the facility of hearing in the temporary gallery erected for the convenience of strangers connected with the public press, and in consequence of the evidence given by them the com mittee feel themselves justified in recommending a permanent structure on the plan submitted to them by Mr. Barry. Mr. Dod, the senior repor,er, and secretary to the reporters' committee, states that they hear in the present gallery of the House of Lords as well as in the House of Commons, or as well as they ever heard i n any House Parliament. Other witnesses corroborate Mr. Doris' evidence. But, notwith standing the success which has attended the experiment made by Mr. Barry, neither the strangers who are allowed to be iu the precincts of the house, nor even the members 'resent in the house itself, can expect to hoar distinctly unless strict order is preserved both below the bar and on the steps of the throne. Thu committee recomm rid that a portion of the space at the foot of the tiros() be railed off," Again, on the 30th of July, a resolution was carried for an address to the Crown, praying that a gallery ac• cording to the recommendation of the select committee, and upon the plan of Sir C. Barry, should be erected. The addries was presented, and upon that addles t' e gallery was erected which was now cccupied by the re porters. Until 1845 there were positive orders cf the House of Commons against the admission of strangers : " Ordered that the Sergeant-at-Arms attending this House do from time to time take into his custody any stranger whom he may see, or who may be reported to him to be, in auy part of the house or galleries." t was forbidden to any stranger to come into any part of the house or gallery belonging to the house. It was also ordered— " That no uiember of this house do presume to bring any stranger into any part of the house or ga levies," In consequence of a motion of his friend Mr. Christie those orders were reformed in 1845, and now stood in this shape— " That the Sergeant•at-Arms attending this house do from time to time take into his custody any stranger whom he may ree, or who tnay be reported to him to be, in any part of the house or gallery appropriated to the members of this house, " That no member of this House do presume to bring any stranger into any part of the House or gallery appropriated to th• members of this House while the House or a committee of the whole House is sitting," The smallest alteration in the standing orders of either house of parliament was not necessary. He agreed that the house might upon any occasion issue an order that strangers be not admitted, and if any person published an account of these proceedings he might then be justly puuishcd. Another objection was that there was no practical evil, because no one suffered, but as the law now stood no action might be brought or an indictment preferred for anything which appeared in the reports of their 1 rdships' proceedings disrespectful to private indi viduals, and in a very recent cave, "Sheddon v. Patrick," which was brought under their lordships' notice by a noble earl, and replied to by the then Secretary for Foreign Affairs, imputations of the gravest nature were cast upo❑ private characters. it would be seen whether it was true that no one suffered by the evidence given before the select committee, One of the first witnesses was Mr. Dobie, a very respectable s lici tor, who was the solicitor for the Times newspaper. Mr. D,,bie gave this evidence : • Will you be good enough to state any facts which have come within your exporienco bearing upon this subject ? I consider that this fact will arise from the experience which I have had in defending the proprietors of the limos newspaper from the consequences of actions for damages in reporting proceedings of the House of Commons and proceedings iu public meetings:--If the press had the same immunity for protection in publishing the reports of the proceedings of Parliament and public meetings as they enjoy with regard to courts of justice, it would be a great benefit to them and a great advontago to tho public. " Have you known any actions brought against the Times newspaper for reports of proceedings iu either House of Par liament 1-1 defended one action for a speech of Dr. Lushing ' ton's, and another for a speech of Lord Geo. Benti .ck's, and the proprietors of the Times were put to very considerable expense in justifying the truth of those two speeches, as wel l as proving that they were true reports." One of those instances was a speech of his learnedfrien u d f Dr. Lushingtou, who, in representing the m isconduct an individual said he had been suspendedad as a really only t th been suspended twice, but Dr. Lubsaht for ing t°n sa id three times, this inaccuracy an oc orree times. It turned out that the man h and was correctly reported ; the Times, the proprietors of they had to some costa. nby l: legal proceedings, an d In the other case of Lord s a sca ndalous informer who h a d thatact i o n ne was wsp a b p r a o r u g were ht against uats • a" V e G. Bentinck there was tt,3 Act of Parliament, an d h ad brought raked an immense a long forg i o ,,, n ber of qui tans actions upon an obsolete statute. ord G. Bentiuck very properly spok e scandalous use of an old Act of Par of bu -11:report Cf what Lord G. Bentinck said an d for brought against the Times. If it had oc iiatn strongly t, an action was currediin a cour t t of justice there would hav e b een corn . P l a te immunity, and why should there not b e th e same ;4.when y a matter was discussed in P ar li ament ? Mr.immunity d a name well known to their lordships, alter stating that he bad not had actions b roug ht, b ut had b e en in constant dread of them, gave this evid ence : "lour lordships are vary well aware th a t my publica - co tion is the only publication which professes to record the pro ceedings of Parliament in extenso, aud with very considerate fidelity, but that I am not in any way reo 4 gn i zed—that I have no protection whatever more than any other person who should publish in extenso or otherwise any reports of debates in your lordships' house or of debates in the other house. Now, the consequence of the present state of the law of libel is this ; that if matter is uttered in debate iu either house which would be libellous and would be unprotected if pub. lished out of the house, 1 am obliged to consider whether it would be safe for me to print that matter ;aud if I am clearly of opinion that it would not be safe for me do so, inasmuch as the publication is not of such a nature that I could stand the expenses of a prosecution, the result is that I strike the mat ter out without any attempt at modification or otherwise. " That apprehension induces you to suppress that which ought to appear if the report wero fully accurate I—That is advisedly and systematically so. " Earl Stanhope.—Am I to understand you to say those instances occur often 'I --Not often ; but they do thatcur with sufficient frequency to be, as I conceive, of material occur consequence." it had been said that if his bill were p ass ed into a law, and if immunity were given, persons public meetings and deliver libellous s speeches, which wouldlibelling their then be published with a view to Ktng tg hat vha Lord A bingdon." in li belling 114 steward, which s peech he afterwards published. For that offence don was very properly indi c ted, the convicted, aud punished ; and if parties followed Lori Abingdon's example .the tame result would occur, for - , 1 , 101M7IIM! lay) lin 11 ff, ing A lover it at a b king• which inic 3 !Ord And nolf ybaS seen? .oyal , the 20 all all 20 FOR: 1011 126 k 91 a 21i i 19i i