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

ping, I left antis p the )ught 11810 D . ), and T. ill to• ith all Fin and be con y's im. ood and tb info• at full 65. Dnd ay ■ Flout. 700 920 sir/. brls of hops follows: 4s 8d; k, 3s 2d g.; light rrimsby, —James, Sailed —Bezia, (s), from —Liffey, —Serena, Or Hong m traind nning. lhambra, le, Cher• ida, L'E• London. orning. •om Alex- Vises* itary, St. If.) orming. me, Bit!. Rouen ; Y le, from Ichiedaro, orning. ) Mediter• 6rd ; Ella, • Polyps. London ; 1 Palmer* 'ening, if t position lay upon e ameni• referred nteraint aving on appointod t. None oficiency. opetitorg, mbar war d his can , hag been earn that to Sierra jean mail . that the for those Medway. avigatiort or Rio de ) beg to r. Nichol• Dm Talon, evening. n, Bart., n, M.P., ... Nicoll, . Morley, friends of de Mar• .baesd by enormous of venni ) of these its, hand itunt dur to leave a coast. I that we Ir. John üblio as a I Co., the of 1851, ith touch I wife wad ough that otuntance y out the stances a raising a 1, and as le public. ich which during ga to regard port and are now jesty has Binning- with so ie in th• q is as ye will prc• Princ• our Lord iship, ail t on elvig b ability is ,he night the visit. , ards as 'rain th• after th• ,ical per. ton-park. from the it Queen, People's the royal 11 by the MONEY MARKET AN COMAERCTAL 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 route to England with 410,000/. in specie. This important consignment will probably reach Southampton about Saturday, and the Pera is also approaching our shores with 17,0001. in specie. These remittances in addition to those coming forward from Australia, are likely to cause a further augmenta tion of specie in the Bank vaults, for the shipments to the East have now become so much reduced that we shall be able to retain nearly the whole of this 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 improvemeit, 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 ♦ery limited. The terms, although presenting rather an upward tendency, still remain very easy, ranging from 2/ 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 fiat appearance, which may appear strange upon the face of such excellent advices from Lucknols; but the fact is that they were fully " discounted." The dulness of prices, together with the depression of the Paris Bourse, tends to impart a heavy tone to the various de partments of the Stock Exchange. Increased firm /ICS% however, is now perceptible, and the fact that the Government broker bas bought 22,0001. of itock se7ms to have altered the aspect of the market, which is rather buoyant. Consols have been quoted 965 4, 96 i 1, and are now 961 /. For the account they have been 960- 961 /. 'rue New 3 per Cents. are 95j 4 ; the Reduced, 951 ; Exchequer Bills, 355. to 395. premium ; the Bonds, 99i 100 for those of 1858, and 100 k 1011 for those due in 18 59. India Loan Debentures are marked 99i, and the Scrip is 99/. 100. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rasely active, but prices have tended downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 97 to 971 ex-dividend ; do. 4 per Cents. 104} ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431 ; do. Deferred, 264 ; do. Passive, 7/ ; Russian 45 per Cents., 1004 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 901 91 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 102 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 101 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 194 ; and Dutch 4 - per Cents., 98±. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign !hocks ;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi ean, 194 204 ; Peruvian 44 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 alight improvement may be noticed in quotations. Midland, North British, South Western, Linea_ shire and Yorkshire, Eastern Counties, Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow, have advanced about ss. ; and Brighton about 10s. ; Great Northern and Great Western have declined 11. ; and North Western about ss. The Foreign and Colonial under takings have been almost neglected, and but little variation has taken place in ♦alues. Great Luxem bourg have advanced ss. ; and Pernambuco, ss. to 108 ; Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada were about former rates. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shales have amen quiet, but steady. London Chartered of Australia have improved 10s. ; Oriental Bank declined ss. ; Australian Agricultural advanced 11. ; Royal Mail Steam, 10s. ; and Van Diemen's Land, 10s. to 15s. 131tITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLouis. (From the 011(cial Ltst:! Business dore Bitak Stock 220 14 pei t.;cnt. iteduced AuLuitioh 3 per uent. uonsios annuities New per Cent. An nu iti es 9 sd Aiga India Loan Debentures Ditto Seri? I• aia Bouae, .Lioun 99i ........ . ...... 20 Ditto, under £lOOO l7 p C4r.sols fer Account Exchequer Bills, 20. March. June. SILCO . 39 135 .. 36 Exchequer . Bonds, 1t 58, per Cent ~. 99i 100 1f15910 , 3i 14 I'ILICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK brat:nen Fi per Cent. Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent lOl Mexican 6 per Cent l 9 ti ftasslan Itouds. Ix 2 , i; SC, i - ") per Cent.... Ditto, 44 per C en t . lOO4 Sardinian Bonds, per Cent. . 90 1 Spr4l.lsb fAm..ds. :t per , 'era. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent, Ditto Account 964 Pitt, Passive 75 Turkish* Bonds, per cent Ditto Guaranteed, ; per Cent. .... 1044 g Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cenl., 12 Guilders Do, 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO 0'01,0( K. :364 96i Comolß, money ditto, ♦ieount JIE4LTH OF LONDON DURING TIE WEEK (From the Report of the Registrar General,) The deaths in London exhibit a decrease ; the total number registered last week (enclitic, on Satur day the 10th i nst. ) was 1 , 22 1. In the ten years 18 18 to 1857 th e average num b er o f deaths in the a corre s p on di ng with the last week, when it i we is raised for comparison with the deaths of last week is found to h e 1,2 42. 11° number now returned, therefore, show s a veryclose approxima4in to the result obtained bycalculation. The cases in which diseases of the fro respiratory ii organs were fatal have decreased m the previous week to 263 last week ; the corrected average for last week is 265. The 'mortality f rom still high, 58 children, nearly half of whom measl were esis under two years of age, having died of thi s com plaint last week. Dr. Balfour stat'Ai that the epidemic of measleq, which prevailed among t h, boys of the Royal Military As3lum, Chelsea, has entirely ceased, only one case, and that a very mild One, having occurred among them since the 23d ult. Last week the births of 852 boys and 790 girls, in all 1,642 children were regisered in L,in ti_estl. In the ten corr e sponding weeks of the years 1848 to 1857 the average number was 1525. THE SIAMESE PRESENTS.—The Queen has been plastd to rend the prteents of the Kir g of Siam for public ex hibition at the South Keneiugton Museum, and Lord lbelmerston has added to them the Siamese sword of NWe which was presented to himself. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT. —MANCHESTER, Tuec daY•—The mark.t has been immewbat flatter to-da3— ;Aithough spinners and manufacturtr3 profess to require !es bu t Tuesday's prices, the tendency is in favour of the Yer, who can obtain his requirements btlow the rates •f last Week. iy.) THE N, SHARE MAR, ETS (This Day). RAILWAYS. tAIL W AY Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June.... Belfast & Ballyuken- Birnang. Wolverh. 6 Stour Valky Birkenhd. Lance . 6 Cheshiro Rata Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter i Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. B. Do. New A,........... East Kant ..„ East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness .. Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &We st. (Irs) Great Western. 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., Wet. Riding Un • Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Do. New, ifs. 51. 10s. Lond. Bright. & S. Cs t. London &N. Wester • Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. !of.anch.Shef. &Lincln. I Motropolitan -Midland .... Do. Birming. & Derb Midland G. West.(lr ; Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt. A berg.&llrfd. Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor Norfolk. •••• Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail & Dock 5t0ck........ .... Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock N. Eastern— Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n...... .. N.& S. Wstn., Hamp• stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N E. Abrdn St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer 'South Dev0n....... South Eastern ...... South Wales..... 'S. Yorksh. River Du , IDo . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale IDo. Pref., No. 1. I Thames Liam. D. &3 ;Vale of Neath. ..... 'Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class 3RITISH PO Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 P.C. Do. 18 20i .00 LOO .00 20 20 20 17 all all • all lOU 1100 12s6d 20e 20 100 100 100 100 Do. Additional A Buffalo dr Lake Hui.. Buff., Brnt. & Godch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s9 Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Doben i Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 1 Gt. Wostn. of Canada Do. New Do. Do. Do. Do. 461 211 19& i Bde., payable '57 do., '76, p. '60... do., '73, do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten.l Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Onde (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do FOREIGN. 10 all :autwrp & Rotterdam 6 61 20 all Ardennes • ••• 20 3 Bahia & 31 5 all Belgian East. Junet. r 11 20 all Be ziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 3/ 31 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 271 28 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 7i 8 1.6 6 Italian Junction .. ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venotian 41 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 251 264 33 t all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New • ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref — 211 16 all Northern of France 37 37/ 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTruk.Pret 81 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 321 321 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 5O 52 20 9 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c —1 d 20 11 Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Rome and Frucati.,. 20 all Royal Danish l5 17 5 all Royal Swedish 4 1 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 2C all Sambre and Meuse , 81 10 all Do. 51 per cent. prof. 81 9 20 all Southern of Franco 2ll —21 i 8i all West Flanders 4i 5 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof . 9 91 20 all W.&/4.W. of France 241 251 20 6 Western of Austria — 20 all Wtht. of Switzerland 6 all Wtestaden 6 all 110. Bp. cent. pre ••• 20 , alt Zealand ••• .441 ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Sem 40 all Australasia. B4 85 25 all Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 46 48 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Lu. Co — •• 50 all , British N. American 20 10 IC.Bk.of Ind.Au o &Ch 31 2i 100 50 'City 2 2 0 0 1 58 60 100 25 Colonial \ CE •SCO . t . • & I A f U e nen Chit 0 ana a a Cli d t. 174 (X) 20 Commercial. of Loud. ,London. and . County —•• 50 20 •• a ••. 18 171 20 all ,L oo Bk • of A..tt. 18 19 ' 19 ' 50 10 'London Joint Stock • 00 20 Lond .andWestu' • 00 35 Nati ona l Pro. ofE n t. t. 45 20 10 Do. No w. '" 50 25 National Ba •20 all New South Wales 4"3 45 Now, ••• ** '. ": 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 374 384 20 all Ottoman Bank c o 25 Provincial of Ireland 61 03 10 all Do. New 25 all South A astralia 25 121 Do. New •• ••• ••• 25 all Union o f A us t rali a. ,, 46 ,-48 15 Do. Now 1 30 32 6:I 10 Union of London 221 241 I 00 50 Unity Mutual ,••• •.• Wotrul3k of Loud !.! ~,d ' l nm - g yesterday, 5i - 6 7i - 8i 69 - 71 9 - 10 26 - 27 88 - 90 844 - 85 36 - 38 - 84 1 166 - 17 57i -58 i 44 - 46 , 29 - 31 ••• - - 14 - 18 86 - 88 62i -- 63) 27i - 28 89 - 91 9i - 10 101 - 1024 87 - 89 125 - 127 98 - 100 561 -56 i 56 - 53 83 85 10 12 p 10 12 p 87i 88 1 id 11 lAd ••• .• i 6 - 6 105 - 106 94 - 946 - 91} - 94 36 --- ii 9n - 92 i 63 - 65 12 - 13 59 - 61 52 - 52 i 9071 91i' 2 I d 46i —47 i 73 74 92 94 4i - 4B 8 - 9 8 - 9 30 - 32 7 3d 106 - 108 1 26i - 27 78 - 80 45 - 47 2 i - li 35- 364 69 - 694 -83 i 13 - 15 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - 36 lion =- I.& 2] - 3} 6h - 61 ISSESSIONS. i ap 4 - I[ 3 . 9 - 10 185 - 90 79 - 82 7: - 80 ~~ - i~ lioi 4 i4P 20 —20 i 46 48 81 83 21i 211 1r) 19i 20 1 d 106 - 111 106 - 111 105 108 19i 20 20 21 Ad par AP - IP! i - Ip, Paid I 1 110 St. St. 12 i St. 25 St. 10 St. St. 50 St. St. St. St. St, 25 St. 20 20 L 0 Business done this day. 101 i xd 6k 105 913 k LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid RanwAn. j m e p uing es. Cl;Ll'arral.ces Besiness.ay . I Bt. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 . 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 100 - 102 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 13 15 lit. 100 E.Lm. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 139 141 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. Bt. 100 Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn ... ... 50 all Hull dg Selby. Y. k N.M lOB 110 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 124 all Do. i Shares. Do 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 124 13 20 1 all Do. Preference Do 24 2 St. 1 100 Lon. Til., 45; Peto &Co 94 96 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do .• ••• 5i all Manch.Baton. Ln•IsN.W and Matlock 4 Midld 2i 21 St. 100 Mdld. Bradtd. Midland 94 96 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count. p - I P 60 all NALEst.S p.c. Do 57 9 50 all De. 6 per ct.. Do ... 50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo ••• ••• 25 1 all Prest. di Wyre L. &Is. W ... ... 1241 all Do. 4 Shrs. A Do •• -- ••• St. 100 Roystu.es Hit. Gt.Northn 135 138 10 1 all i Shrews.4 Her T. Braesey 8 9 8f 12 ' all ,S.Staffordsh.. IL MClean 10 104 50 all iWearVal.g6pc Stk.4Dar. ... ... 25 all Do Do 32 33 I St. 100 Wilts4Somrst Gt.Westn. 88 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 , all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 94 96 941 51 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares ... ... St. 100 Caledn..£lo 41 p. c. 99 101 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... ... St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent ... ... 6/ all Cork&Bandons4p.c. . . ... 6/ all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. .6 —6/ St. 100 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 108 --• 112 St. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c. 105 110 St. 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 112 117 St. 100 Do. No. 2 ...... llO 115 St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St 127 132 20 all East Un. , G. 6p. c ... ... 5 all Do. 5 /., 10 per cent ... ... 10 all Do. 101. Debeatr.Sh ... ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... ... St. 100 East Lancash.6p.cts ... ... 5 all IE.&W, York. J. sthr• ... ... 10 9 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... . . St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 72 7 . 4 St. 100 Furness, sp, c..... - ... St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. ••• ••• St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 117 119 St. 100 Do. 5 p. C. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem 110 112 St. 100 Do. 41 per cent lO2 104 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. 10 all Gt.N.ofSeot.lst Pr( 20 all Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... ... 20 all Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. . . 50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc .5i ~i St. 100 Do. con. rel. 41 p. c. 9 2 94 St. 100 Do. con. re 3. 4p. c. 87 ^ 8. , St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per want. 87 89 St. 100 Do. SP. c. red. pref. 99 101 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 9l 10 10 all Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S l6 17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 101 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gas. Stk 72 74 26i all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh l9 20 13 all Do. do. do. .......•••• 94 10 20 all Do. do. do. .. . .... - . 14 15 St. 100 Lan.& York.fipc.St. 1 .38 - 140 St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l ... ... St. 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 ... ... St. 100 Do. New Guar. 613. a, ... ... St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 ... ... St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton s r . ct ... - ..• St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares - 155 165 121 all Londy.dt Color. ISh ... ... 121 all Londy.&Ennis. ISh St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent ll9 121 6 41 10. do. do. L 6 ... . St. 100 , 0 o. do. 3.} per cont 65 63 12/ all Marypt. Si Carl. 4 p.c ... ... 121 all Do. 41 per cent •• ... 124 104 Do. do. St. 100 Hid. Conaol. 6 p.c. St ... .. St. 1100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 137 139 St. 'lOO Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St 99 101 991 St. 100 Do. L. &H„ Pref. St 9O 92 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm ... ... 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct l4 - 114 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh ... ... St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... ... St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... ... St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 ... ••• St. 100 North British lO7 109 1071 7 31 Do. 71. Preference ... ... St. 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 95 97 17 8i Do. do. do l/ 1 d 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pa. No 1 ... ... 121 9 Do. do. Ws., 1848... , . 25 10 Do. York 11. &S. Pur. 6 . I psr 20 all North Staffordshire.. 224 23 St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar....... 116 120 St. 1 100 Do. 6 13. c. 2d guar... 105 107 St, 1 100 Do. do. Debentr. St. 98 100 85 all Scot. Ceut.New Pref. ... ... St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 118 120 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 125 127 St. 1.00 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 74 76 25 all South Devon lO 10, 1 , 10 all Do. fixed 4i pr cent ... ... g 24 244 241 I.sot..6imall Do. 44 is l te po rn ferE Lß no eFl 6d in St. 100 Do, Fixed 4i P.c. Sh. 1 1 01 -- 1 1 0 9 2 3 St. 100 Do. New 41 pr. cent ... ... St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. St. 100 Do. do. 44 p. a icio 103 20 all S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar 11 . . 25 all ck. &Dar., sp.c 27 2 8 28 st,o 25 119 Do. do. do. ..- .,— ._ St. 100 Waterfd4Kilk . 6pc 46 - 51 BRITISH MINES. 2112'Alfred Cons. (Milk) 94 104 1 20 14 British Iron — ... 20 Condurow (Cambruj i 80 90 10 1 I Dev.Gt. Oasis. (Tay.)46o 480 30 East Basset (Illogan) y 0 100 ... 17s , Great South Tolgus 144 154 176 Prt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 5 54 7 5 'Grt.W. Vor (Heist%) 14 -- 2 17s Lady Bertha 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 74 8 „, N.W.Basset (Illogan) 11 13 ... 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 17 18 171 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ..• ... Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1 ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Clear) 375 390 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 44 54 .. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 21 0 -- 220 5 44 Jam. S. St L. Min. Co, 14 10 9 Tin Croft 34 4 ... 40 Un.Mincs (Gwennap) • ••• 1256 V. of Towcy (Camar.) 14 ... 14 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 6 4 1170Vh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11. 12 .._ 8 Wh.Ma..A.nn (Meuht.) 43 45 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 16 !25 FOREIGN 20 74 Australian 1 lOs. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) P 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes do Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 124 1.34 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica ...d 40 all Cobro Copper 39 41 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop• per Mining Co. id 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 94 9} 6 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada I I all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.Ldlll.6; Smlt 54 64 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 161 Santiago do Cnba 2 24 all United Mexican 3l 4 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) „„ 25 19 ' Australian Agricult. 23 30 29 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 1 14 10 I all Berlin Water Works.. 34 44 10 2 'Do. New iss. at 5/. d 50 40 : Brit. American Land .• 100 324 Canada 135 145 St. 100 ,Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1131 1 4 4 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all 'Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 26 28 5 all ICrystal Palace ig 14 5 all IDo. Preference 4 all 'Crystal Pal. of France 20 all ,Eastern Steam . 4,4 St. 100 EleetrieTolegraph ... 102 104 1 all lElectric Tel. of Irel. 5 all lEu.clzAust.Cop.SniCo 10 103.'Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. 9 all Eur.&Am•Stin.(lini.) 4 —44 20 all Gen. Ir • Sc.Col.(lim.) 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. „, 20 5 London Discount 14 1 d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 3t 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all ,Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 8 10 all I ' Do. Extension Teleg. 10 all !Mexican& S.Americn 25 5 I Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 10 6 Netherlands Land.... 1.0 all Do. Do. 6 all Do. 8 p.c.Pf.iss.at 1 d l4 24 2 5 3 Do. 100 80 New B. StN, S. Land 16 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 97 93 98 74 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.ofEnropoStoaro 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do Now Shares tl / ap 5 all ?coati% Ld. (St Miurl 2 2 50 , all Peninsular es Oriental 78 80 79 84 50 10 Do. New —74 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 1 60 Royal Mail Steam 6l 63 624 3 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 14 St. 100 S. Au% Gov.6p.c.bds lO6 108 25 all South Austral. Land 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus, Ln. Co. Up. Can. 1.00) 284, Van Dienlon'o Land l3 -- 15 14 [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] TYRO STAKES. Roquelare Marseilaia King of Sardinia LONDESBORO' CUP. Duneany Rita Ronconi Twelve ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 30 agst Clydesdala (offered) 5 to 1 agst The Peer (offered) 7 to 1 agst Toxopholite (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Adatnas (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Toxopholite (taken) YORK RACES.—(This Day.) CHELTENHAM RACES—(Tuesday.) [BY ELECTRIC' TELEGRAPH.] GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Comet Banjo Three ran. Won in a canter. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Longford 1 SELLING STAKES. Cheltnington THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR. TRIAL OF SIMON BERNARD—(THIRD DAY). The trial of Simon Bernard was resumed this morning at ten o'clock. Louis Reghensi examined by Mr. Welsby—l am proprietor of the Cafe Suisse at Brussels. I know Joseph Georgi. I remember him coming to Brussels in December last. Amongst the packages he brought with biro was one I noticed particularly, it was very heavy. I took out one of the articles it contained to look at it and afterwards put it on the mantelshelf in a back room in the cafe. I don't recollect whether it was in two pieces. It was is the shape of a pear, large at the top and small at the bottom. I gave a drawing of the article the first time I was examined in this country. In the small or lower part there was a large hole, and in the upper part there were other small holes. I cannot speak positively as to the number. There were holes, but my recollection does not serve me sufficiently to say it resembles this article (the grenade). All I can say ie it was exactly the shape of a pear. There was a hole where the screw now is. I recollect soon after Georgi's arrival a gentleman came. He spoke to Geer:4i and said, "You must put those gas irons aide, as they were a new invention." I asked him what new invention it was, and be said it was a new inventionin which there were great improvements in gas. A conversation then ensued with respect to an introduction to a person connected with the gas works at Brussels. The gentleman said he came from London but should return the same evening. He spoke very good Italian.. Some days afterwards Georgi made a communica ton about eendieg a horse to Paris. He asked me if I knew any person who would take a horse to Paris. Zegheirs, the waiter, took the horse. I think he left on the Friday, and returned to Brussels on the Sunday Examined by Mr. James—l am a Swiss. I don't understand much English. The drawing now shown to me I believe is be a correct representation of the iostru went I raw in Brussels. I do not call the grenade I now hold in my hand the shape of a pear. Looking at this ball, I can no t swear it is the same that I saw. I have always said I took no particular attention of the balls. The drawing in my hand was made while the subject was fresh it, my mind ; but I cannot swear that the ball I now hold corresponded with the one of which I made the drawing. The Attorney-General—Do you remember, or do you forget, that you ever had the ball in yonr hand with the two parts screwed together? Mr. James—l submit that is not a proper question. It leads the witness to say, I forget. The Attorney General—Well, I will put it in another form. Do you remember, or do you not remember. whether you ever saw the two parts screwed together? Witness—l screwed the two halves together, and I know they fitted exactly. I only saw one ball. It was five days before Zegheirs went to Paris that I raw the ball. I made the drawing, that has been referred to, on the 25th of December. The ball I hold bears some resemblance to the one I saw in Brussels, but it is not so round. Cassimir Zegheirs, examined by the Attorney-General —I was employed at the Cali Suisse, as waiter, in Dec. last. I was engaged to accompany a gentleman to Paris in that month with a horse. I saw him the day before I quitted Brussels. He did not say what countryman . he was, hut I was told he was an Englishman. Georgi made the engagement for me. I took same articles that had been put inLo a carpet-bag. I bad seen them on the smoking room table before they were put into the bag. They resembled the ball now shown to me. I was told they were to be used as an improvement for gas. I took the balls from the cafe to the Hotel de'l Europe. I think there were about eight or ten halves. They resembled the halves in my hand, but I did not observe any holes. I did not place them in the carpet-bag. The bag was given tome ready filled by Georgi. I saw the balls in Brussels a few days before I left. They were uncovered. It was Friday, the 11th of December, when I left Brussels for Paris. When I arrived at the Hoteli de l'Europe I was given a brush and currycomb. I opened the bag and put them in. They were given to me by the gentleman. I did not know his name. We, that is, the English gentleman, and a person named Jordan shortly atter left the Hotel de l'Europe for the railway station. I had charge of the carpet bag the whole of the way. At the Custom House the bag was submitted to the Custom House officers. I was asked what was the use of them, and I said they were to be used in a new gas invention. They were passed w ithoutthe slightest objection We arrived in Paris between five and six iii the morning. The English gentleman and myself went separately to a hotel, although we travelled in the same train to Paris. He went t o t h e Hotel Lille et Albion, and I followed with the horse and carpetbag. I left the contents of the carpetbag on a bench in the passage of the hotel. All the balls were in halves. I told the people at the hotel to giv e th em to the English gentleman. He ar rived before I did at the hotel, and as I was told he had gone to b e d , I said th ey were not to disturb him, but when h e got up the articles were to be given to him. A day after I saw the gentleman he paid me, and I re turned to Brussels the same evening. I saw Bernard on toy return to Brussels, and told him the horse and gentleman had arrived in Paris safely. He said " I know it." This was a t the Cali, Suisse. Examined by Mr. James—l had the balls in my hand once before carrying them from Brussels. At the fron tier the contents of the bag were closely inspected and afterwards returned to the bag. Mr. William Meteyard, examined by Mr. Welsher — lam manager of the Hotel de l'Europe. A gentleman came on the 29Lh cf Nov He gave the name of A llsop. He also gav e toe his passport. He remained about 12 days. The passport produced is the one the gentleman gave me. I have not teen the gentleman since, but the bearer of the p assport was the person with whom the witness Caninair went to Paris. Henry Joseph Jordan, examined by Mr. Welsby—l am commissionaire at the Hotel de l'Europe. I remember a gentleman coming there in December, named Alisop. It was on the llth I went with him to the railway station inn cab. I sa w Ansoo and Zegheirs start for Paris. I have since seen the person I call Allsop in a prison in Paris. William Henry Polland said—l served a notice on the prisoner to produce his passport en the sth of April last. Examined by Mr. James, Q.C.—I was not present at the examination of the prisoner at the police court. I am clerk in the Treasury. I cannot say what the nature of the charge was. I don't know whether it was for conspiracy or murder. The Attorney-General—(To Mr E. James)—Do you produce the passpo rt ? Mr. James — Yo u cann ot be serious. Jean Jacques Lacroix examined by Mr. Bodkin—l am proprietor of the Hotel de Monnace at Brussels. A g entleman (the pris oner ) ar rived on the 25th of Decem ber. He produced a passp.he ort. The passport was on ly neces nary - to fix the time of . the person e dep ar t ure. A s it can - T Attorney .General—E not be produced I will proceed with examination. Mr. r Hollis, cross-examined by th e Att or ney- Gala manufacturer of revolving fire-arms in e 1 Birmingham. On the 29th of October two gentlemen came and purc hased a brace of revolvi ng pistols. I have since seen Orsini and Pierri in the prison of La Rocquette. They were the persons who bought the fire-arms. The pistols produced are the same. I identified them by th e numbers o n each. W hen I saw Orsini he bad shaved his beard off. Pierri bad made no alteration in his personal appearance, Cross-examined by Mr. J a mes — Revolving pistols are commonly used by every officer in th e army. R evo l ving pistols are not an American invention. I cannot say of revolvi ng p i sto l s are menu how many hundreds factured at our establ is hment during a year. M. Theodore La-alle, examined by the Attorney- Gerieral—l am director of the prison of La Roquette. Four persons were in custody after th e i r condemna tion for the attempt to assassinate the Emperor Na poleon. Their names were Orsi ni, Pierri, Gomez, and Rudio. I was present when Orsini and Pi err i were p a i n t e d outto Mr. Ilollesand his so n. I pointed out O rs i n i t o o th er persons who saw the other prisoners, including Madame uinegt' M. Granger, and M. !d with the handwriting o ß a ri t e r n e , q ll , a l m ..Es l tie b n e , ca l‘ m l . o D a d e v ri l ua s of Orsini. The documents put into my hands are in the handwriting of Orsini. Cros eexamined by Mr. JarneE.....T ue prison of La Roquette is the place where all prisoners condemned to death are taken. It is opposite the place of execution. Orsini and Pierri were executed :ea the 13th o f March' Radios at seven in the morning. warrant. Tim Monday alter, Rudio we- called before the authoritme to receive lefties tie grace. ' Tue prefec -1 ture of police is the proper person to receive state ments from persons condemned to death. The APRIL 14, 1858. principle officer of police has had interviews with Rudio. He wrote to the prefecture of police. None of the police, to my knowledge, have ,een him sine' his conderonatimi. To the best of my Ru do ►s still a pri4oner in France. He was ,viwn I left. I have received no orders from the English Government to bring him to London. I saw Orsini write hie will. It was forwarded to the Procureur of Folic!. It was written before the day of his execution. On the lOch (three days before his death) he also wrote a letter to the Emperor. Oa the Thursday before hie death, only one letter was written. I have not seen the letter since. The Attorney-General—You have been asked if ordera were given by the English Government for any of the French to come to London. Did you receive any such orders ? Witness—l did not. The prefect of the police would be the person to whom such orders would be sent. I received my orders to attend from the prefect. George Stephe❑ King, exsmined by Mr. Welsby— I am a clerk to the South-Eastern Railway Gmnpany. I am s!ationed in Regent-circus. On the 2d of January the prisoner came to the office and brought a package covered with canvass. It was addressed "M. Outre quin, 277, Rue St. Denis, Paris." Ho was asked what it contained, and he said a pair of revolvers, valued at 121. I asked him to sign the usual de claration, but he said "I think I had better not do that, my name is known as a proscrit, and it might cause the detention of tie parcel. I made an entry of the parcel in a book. He said the money for the car riage was quite safe, as the person to whom the packet was addressed was highly respectable. He then asked ose what time the trains left on the following day fur Paris, and I gave him the particulars, and I said, " Monsieur Bernard, are you going to Paris ?" Ho said, "No, I shall go there when the other m e comes back." At the same time he pointed over his shoulder. I said I hoped that would be a long time Brat, and he then said, " Wait a little time and you'll see." He then pointed to a tricolour flag which was fly- ' ing outside one of the houses in the Circus, and said, " Votre bonne alle," your good ally. The oilcloth covering produced by M. Estieu is the same as was o❑ the parcel. It bore the company's seal. Cross examined by Mr. James. I knew the prisoner very well. I frequently had conversations with the prisoner on matters of business. I never talked politics with him. I did not see the prisoner before he brought the box to the office. When he came to the office he placed the box on the counter, and said it contained a pair of revolvers, valued at 121. He gave his true name and address. I might have said there bad been difficulty in the office in send ing a parcel of books to a refugee in Switzerland through Paris. I will not swear I did not say so. The difficulty arose owing to two books having been taken out of the parcel. I don't recollect the name of the party who sent the books. I cannot say that I told Dr. Bernard that the difficulty was caused by the French police. I understand by the term, " when the other comes back," tbat the prisoner referred to the Empere r. I don't know where the tricolour was when Dr. Bernard alluded to it. It might have been in a Hampton Court pleasure van, even though it was is January, for all I know to the contrary. The Court here adjourned for a short time. (To be continued in our last edition.) IMPERIAL PAR LIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time—Aberdare Water; Liverpool Ex change ; Merthyr Tydfil Water. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented from various places in Ire land in favour of the Tenant Right Bill, and fur legalis ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. MAGUIRE moved the second reading of this bill. The question was one of the greatest magnitude and im portance, involving not only the welfare and prosperity of the people of Ireland, but of the whole empire, because the condition of the people of Ireland greatly affected the manufacturing districts of England and through them the transactions of the Stock Exchange and the Bank of England. Ireland was an agricultural country, and when anything occurred to distress the egricultural population similar to the failure of the potato crop, bankruptcy and run followed, the effects of Nhiell were greatly felt in England. When that calamity occurred in 1847 the social fabric of Ireland was shaken. It was insecure at the present moment, and if a similar et Tin to that which desolated that country in 1847 were to sweep over it again, it would be found there was neither strength nor stability in that country to resist its fury. (Hear.) It was therefore wise for the Legislature to consider how to avoid, if possible, a repetition of that calamity, now that they were in a state of quiet. Land was held in Ireland not by lease, but by will ; and it had been asserted that the evils complained of in Ireland were not owing to the tenure of land in that country, but to over population and thesmallness of the farms. He considered such views imaginary—he held that at no time was the population of Ireland unequal to the resources of that country. Supposing the population of Ireland were not fully employed, it would have been mush better for that country if the persons who advocated the quack nostrum of draining the country of its population had provided the real want—that of employment for developing the resources of the country ; and he contended that if the land had been properly cultivated there would not have been enough labourer& in Ireland. The hon. member quoted from various works in proof of his assertion ; and in reference to the smallness of the holdings in Ire land, he said that in Ulster in 1841 there were over 234,000 farms with an acreage of 3,460,000 arable land ; and in Munster 162,000 farms, and an acreage of 3,874,000 arable land. In Ulster farms from one to three acres were one-third of the entire country, and from 5 to 15 acres 100,000, and in Munster 61,000, which he thought showed the miteri,s of Ireland were not to be attributed to the smallness of the farms, and Mr. Bluckler had said that a farmer in Ireland could live on three acres of land, and pay high rent for it, provided he followed a certain system of agricultural treatment. In 1541 the entire number of farms in Ireland was 685,000 ; but in 1851 there were only 570,000, showing a decrease of 115,000 farms. Farms from ono to three acre- , had been reduced from 310,000 is 1841, to 88,000 in 1851 ; from 5 to 15 acres, from 252,000 in 1841, to f 1 , 0 0 1 ,11 ,00 1 0 5 in t 0183501, acres,show considered farms large in Ireland, had increased from 79,000 in 1841, to 141,000 in 1851 ; and from 30 'acres and upwards, showing i r c e h duc were tiln of 6 from 43,000 in 1841, to 149,000 in 1851. 11 . e thought these figures showed that the complaint of the smallness of far ms in Ireland had been done presumed no gentleman would, in the away with, and be face of those facts, assert that the csu , e of the misery existing in Ireland was owing to surplus population and small holdings. (Hear, hear.) The effect of the ex isting system in Ireland was to perpetuate persecution and tyranny. Tenants were made dependent that land lords might demand their services on the day of election and have complete control over them. Numberless acts of wrong had been done under this system to tenants from religious motives, or by those who prostitut e d reli gion for their own miserable objects. (Hear, hear.) This was a state of things that ought not to exist. Tee persons on whom the prosperity of the c Juntry rested ought to have the fruits of their industry protected, as well as from the tyranny and avarice of the landlords. The hon. member quoted several cases of persecution under the present system, which be said called for pro tection. If changes he proposed were made, Ireland would bloom like a garden, for there would not be a single square foot of land that would not be reclaimed, if it were possible to do so by the magic of human in dustry. (Hear, hear.) He brought forward this ques tion as a private member, because her Majesty's Government had abdicated their functions. They bad played, toyed, and thattlecocked with the question till a feeling had arisen in Ireland that would ultimately com pel her Majesty's Government to take it up and carry it successfully through every stage. The people of Ireland were sickened with the treachery of the Government and the blind obstinacy of those who could not see that their own prosperity was bound up with that of the people. The O'DONOGHOE seconded the motion. Ho said that all classes in Ireland were agreed on legislation on this subject, and it was but right that the feeling of the people should be respected. He had never heard the principle of the bill condemned in Ireland. It was ru moured they were to have, iu a few months, a dissolu tion, and if it took place before the passing of this bill, he ventured to predict, from the feelings of the people of Ireland, that every gentleman who offered himself to the county constituencies, would declare himself in favour of tenant right. In former times the owners of the soil prided themselves on the number of persons on their estates ; but now the country was tenant less and man was considered by many an inconve nient and unprofitable animal. (LEFT SPEAKING.) M. Gautier de Rougement, who, as has been stated, lately left Pau i 4 to proceed to St. Helena to act as keeper of the tomb of Napoleon, sailed from Southampton a few days ago, with his family, for his destination. The French Government intends to construct a grand monu ment on the spot on which the first Emperor was in terred, and to repair completely the house in which he resided. THE PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. —Yesterday morning was issued an account of the gross public income and expenditute for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1858, together with the balance in the Exchequer at the commencement and at the termination of the year, and the amount of funded or unfunded debt created or redeemed in the said year. The gross publ c income for the year was 67,181,5131. 3). 3d., and of the expenditure 70,378,859/. Is. Bd. '['ho excess of expen diture, including bonds, &c., oa income in the year was 2,497,345/. 18s, sd. The balances of the public money i❑ the exchequer on the 31st March, 1857, amounted to 8,668,870/. 14,x. 7d. On the 31st March, 1858, the balances were 6,657,8021. 4s. 2d. The Hampshire pap3rs aunounce the death, at Lymington, in Hants, of Mrs. Mara Story, aged 82, the last surviving representative in England of that family who assisted the celebrated William Penn in all bis undertakings in the United Stat. s of America. SIIICIDE.—We are inform.d that Lieut. DA3glag, cf her Majtoty't• 82:1 Foot, committed suicide the o ther day. HN wa. ordered to attend adp.tant's dr ill of an evening, and having tried, but failed, to escap e the disagreeable task, he shot himself through the head with A revolver. March, 2. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE ON, LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The Lor.D CHANCELLOR tcok his Seat ou the woul sack at [iv- , o'cioch. Tne E-ol of SHA.FTESBURY presented petitions in favour of the promotion of Christianity in India. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH pre-rated a peti tion from Witney to a sirn.lar effect, and from Sitting bourne against the abolition of church -rates. VAGRANT ACT, JANIAICA. The Earl of CARNAL VON laid upon the table e copy of the Vagrant Act passed by the Assembly f Jamaica which had been moved for by Lord B roug h am. The bill contained some good provisions, but some ti the clauses which affected emigrants were moat objection able. PROBATE ACT. Lord LYNDHURST, referring t) the Probate Act of last session, said one of its clauses gave an appeAl to the House cf Lords, which might have the effect of keeping creditors and legatees for some time out of their money. He thought it would be advisable that clauses of the kind he had referrA to might be kept separate. The LORD CHANCELLOR thanked the uo' is lord for the suggestion, but he thought it was one that ought to be made to the late L Ord C3ancellor, who hal now a bill in preparation to amend the Act rehrred to. CUSTOMS' ACTS. The Earl of DERBY laid upon the table the second report of the Commissioner of her Majesty's Ca ttom,. LIBEL BILL. Lord 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, fir 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 had been urged against mov ing in this matter. The law of libel was by no means in a perfect state. Recent legislation had, however, eff cted a great improvement in it. Above all, 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 Lona ficle with a view to the public good, bad operated most beneficially in discoura_ing slander, notwithstanding the predictions which had 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 arid 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 eustained. Si st , so a woman, if assailed by the coarsest language that could be used, could obtaiu no redre-s 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 had 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 propesed to grant. This movement owed its origin to the action of "Davidson and Duncan," which had been brought in the Court of Queen's Bench against the e.roprietor of a respectable journal in the county of Durham, because be Lad published an account of what took place at a public meeting held under a local act appointing com missioners with large powers and authority to impose taxes for public objects. It was pleaded iu 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 c f what was spoken in public, and that it had been published without any malice. Tee jury, however, were told, and eery properly, by the judge, that tbey must find a verdict for the plaintiff. They accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff, with one farthing damages. The defendant had riot 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 couutiy, 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 naeetiug, 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. That appeared to irn 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 mightsay 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 bad 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 c urts 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, cnoseu 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 pubdc 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 fur the public good, be publisher of the report should net euj )y an immunity; but if the fury should be of opinion that no injury what ever had been suffered by the party complaining, se that they would only give, if required according to the pre sent law, one farthing damages, they should beat liberty to find a verdict for the defendant, which would relieve him from any damagearising from the action, and throw all the costs upon the pettifogger who got up tile pro ceedings. The bill cansistel only of three clauses—two of them referring to reports of proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament, and the third to reports of pub• tic meetings called by public authorities, by the publi cation of which no damage could he proved to have been occasioned to any person. It would not give any immu nity whatever to the reports of any other proceedings. Ha could not understand on what ground a tlefference 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 around whatever for an action of libel. In the case of " Currie v. Walter," dec , cled 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 bethought the Court was well authorised in coming to that decision. Why, then, should riot the reports of the proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament be put upon a eireilarfooting? Was it not for the advantage of the public that they should be done ! Some of the witnesses examined 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 eroposition, but ho would only trouble their lordships with the opinions of two distinguished men. Mr. Justice Lawrence, one of the greatest judges that had ever adopued 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 iu mitts of justice should be made universally known. The general advantage to the country of having those proceedings made public more than :tounterbalances any inconvenience to private persons whose conduct may be the subject of inves tigation. The same reason elso applies to the proceedings of Parliament. It is of advantage to the public, and even to the Legislative body, that due accounts of their proceedings should be generally circa ate! ; and they would be deprived of that advantage if no persou cooed publish them without being punished as a libeller." His distinguished predecessor, Lord Denman, when ex• amined baore a select committee on the law 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 ulteri,r proceedings, be ause 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 interested in unravelling the truth. The public, I think, are perfectly aware that those proceedings are cx parte, and they become more and more aware of it iri proportion to their growing intelligence; they . know that such proceedings aro only in course of trial, and they do not form their opinion till the trial is had. Perfect publicity of judicial proceedings is of the highest importance in other points of view, but c r its effects on character I think it desirable. The state; made in open court will probably find its way to tl of all in whose good opinion the party assailed_o feels. an 1 O terest, probably in au exaggerated form, andtthliesou.F utation evils are may often rest ou the wrong person ; both t the prevented by correct rep,rts. With regaleert a ining a strong reporters of debates in Parliament, I cannot help b e a u to ought to expose opinion that no faithful report of a c • p d i„ a ; proceeding. This the publisher to an action or to a 1 . is a question involving privilege, lierefore One of great , a a c t i: : l : t are practically public, delicacy ; but as long as the debates ineonsi,tent with public it seems to be unjust and Promulgation to punishment." freedom to subject theiL; bea) was a mewber of the other When be (Lord Parliament,Campbell) e on all fitting occasions reso lutely House of dit p rivileges, and if the privileges of defended their lordships should aver be invaded he sho u i . d d e f en d t h e w with equal zeal. This bill would nogin the re tat degree interfere with the privileges of e ith er Souse o f r parliament. 'me was wh en t h ere was an both houses that th e procee di ngs should not be published by their own mem b ers or by public journal;. or d e r in H e would show that it this bill passed it would not be necessary for either house to alter one single syllable t f its existing standing orders. He would give their 1..,rd 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 CIiSC9TIr any ream for the executive Government sup 1 posing that a public.e!ioe of the proceediege iii Perlia ment was a grievance that ought net to be tolerated. He knew very well that sonic of the greatest orat -re and lawyers of antiquity—Cxero, ter example—published ith great epeleuse and effect their speeches befere Sc. Dates and , of justice imnawliately after their deli very. Why 11 nos we in England enjoy the same prieilego I Ding the progress of the struggle between the Cr, vn and the two Houses of Par itatnent every effect was made by the two houses to prevent the Crown from exercising the illeg a power which is had usurped of punishing elsewhere for what they spoke is Parliament, and it was then that Vies* orders were made. Sscrecy was then of great conse quence, because when the Crs wn heard that proceedings which it disapproved were going on in the House of Commons neat morning the Black Rod would knock at the door and summon the Commons to the Upper House, and Parliament was prorogued. Sometimes matters wett further than this. Members were sutnrnoned before the Privy Council and ex erniued as to their speeches, and if they could not give a satisfactory explanation they were sent to the Tower, there to pass their time until the pro rogation. It was to prevent the Crown from getting notice of what was going on in Parliament that these orders were made, and they were chiefly directed against thetbe plu3llliejeutily, onibcy4o rn_elleteriss go Gftfhuerirthe r a own s ck pelc t h h e e s . Oa Cutn mons ordered that "No m em b er shall either give a copy or publish in print anything that ha sh a a l l l l p sou -e;" s eak here, without leave of the ou-e;" arid on the d of March in the same year mem bers of the house shall deliver copies or notes of anything brought forward or accepted in this house." On March 23, 1642, the Commons ordered that " what pet son 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 cf 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 proceeeines were more mode rate and discreet than those cf the Commons, they had nut 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 concur, but replied that they would send an answer by a meseerger of their own. After the Revolution, when a constitutional government was esta blished, it might have been expected, as the reason fur the rule had ceased, the rule also would haveceasod ; but this was not the only instance in our history of old cue tome and laws remaining in force long after the cause for them had ceased. It was just at this period that their lord-hips 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 cf their lordshi,le, whereupon it was resolved that " it is a 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 set 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 Lill;put and of Utopia, in which the speeches of Bolingbroke and other groat 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 wasa rnemorablectisis, of which an excellent account was given in Lord Mahou'a history, when tl House of Commons tried to enforce their order to pre vent the publication of debates ; but though they arrested a publisher and seat him to Gltspur-street Compter, they were in the end disgracefully defeated, and from that day any person could publish without fear the de bates of either house. The question was whether the 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 aed authentic manner. In 1849 a committee was appointed, at the instance of Lord Beaumont, to con sider the aecommodation 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 euemitted to them by Mr. Barry, Mr. Dod, the senior reporter, 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 in any House of Parliament. Other witnesses corroborate Mr. Dod's evidence. But, notwith standing the success which has attended the experiment made by Mr. Barry, neither the strangers who are allowed to be in the precincts of the house, nor even the members I resent in the house itself, can expect to hear distinctly unless strict order is preserved both below the bar and ou the steps of the throne. The committee recomm:ind that a portion of the space at the foot of the throne be railed off." Again, on the 30th of July, a resolution was carried f r 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. Batry, should be erected. The addre a was presented, and upon that address, gullet,' was erected which was now occupied by the re porters. Until 1845 there were positive orders of the House of Commons against the a , rni,sion of strangers : " Ordered that the Sergeant-et-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 any part of the house or galleries." It 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 member of this house do presume to bring any stranger into any part of the house or ga.lories." 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 see, or who may 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 the 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 parliameut was not necessary. He agreed that the house might upuu any occasion issue an order that strangers be nut admitted, and it any person published an account of these proceedings he might then be justly punished. Another objection was that there was no practical evil, because no one suffered, but as the law now stood uo action might be brought or an indictment preferred for anything which appeared in the reports of their 1 wdships' proceedings disrespectful to private indi viduals, and in a very recent ca:e, "Sheddon v. Patrick," which WAR brought under their 1 rdshipe' notice by a noble earl, and replied to by the then Secretary for Foreign Affairs, imputations of the gravest nature were cast upon private characters. It would be seen whether it way true that no one suffered by the evidence given before the select committee. Oue of the first witnesses was Mr. Dubie, a very respectable solicitor, who was the solicitor for the Times newspaper. Mr. Dobie gave this evidence : Will you he good enough to state any facts which have come within your experience bearing upon this subject ?—• I consider that this fact will arise from the experience which I have had in defending the proprietors of the limes newspaper from the consequences of actions for damages in reporting proceedings of the House of Commons and proceedings in 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 advoutage to the public. " Have you known any actions brought against the Times newspaper for reports of proceedings in either House of Par lianaeut?—l defended one action for a speech of Dr. Lashing ton's, and another for a speech of Lord Geo. Bentieck's, and the proprietors of the Times were put to very considerable expense iu justifying the truth of those two speeches, as well as proving that they were true reports." One of those instances was a speech of his learned friend Dr. Lushiugton, who, in representing the misconduct of an individual said he had been suspended as a. proctor three times. It turned out that the man had really only been suspended twice, but Dr. Lushicgtoo said three times, and was correctly reported ; but for this inaccuracy an action was brought against the Times, the proprietors of Lord that newspaper were harassedlbnytlheegaolthperrocoeaeßdeiwnoagfnhedo, hadhad they had to pay some ousts, tom actions upon an raked B e d e n u t p i n a c le l t n h g e re forgottenw a s a scandalous A ctf . finformer Parliament, brought an immense number n G. old e A n c ti t n o ok f q ua P sa a i r d - Benotieck very properly spoke obsolete statute. Lord G. strongly of Furth scandalous ,.f ocidoeepndl should 96 the Times. If it had oc h.t again there w h u a s t e L o o f r d a ld h b f . es sice ou ave een cum ibrraoaumrgeaptoferrt was discussed in Parliament I - and why h Id th b .w s ou ere not e the same plate immunity, gm e well known to their lordshi after c al i u na r Lu r a e ce d t"i ' n na a nwd c a o sf u rt o e _misfire, n t h d h bad no- a actions erought, but had i m m r mu n n ity w ea stating that o em, gave this evidence : " Your lordships ate voy well aware that my publica . th . on ly publication which professes to record the pro been constbaent dre , f , t . h t gs of Parliament in extenso, and with very considerate but that I am not in any wayrecogniaed—that I have r it o nsy tection whatever more than any other person who 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 consider ;auaif Iw am whether clearly r rl i y t which would be libellous an d would b e unprotected if pub lishedwould outbo safeof t for rhouse,lP t a ii m n t t obligedhat mattert 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 were fully accurate f—That is advisedly and systematically so. " Earl Stanhope.—Am I to understand you to say that those instances occur often f-- -Not often ; but they do occur with sufficient frequency to be, as I conceive, of material consequence." It had been said that if his bill were passed into a law, and if immunity were given, persons would come to public meetings and deliver libellous speeches, which would then be publiela d with a view to libelling their enemies. But no such thing could happen. There was a case in the books—" the King v. Lord Abinfd o u. i Load Abingdon made a s p e ech i n that libellin g house h■ steward, which speech he afterwards published. For that offence Lord Abingdon was very properly indicted convicted, and punished ; and if parties followed Lord Abingdon's example . the eafiee result would occur, for LY) )un. r de -3WI- ling, ng a aver over- last ome d by from as at d ob kept rant, n. it at di b 'lOO 100 100 all all 100 3 100 100 100 100 100 16i 100 100 100 31.1 17i an all 'lOO 16i 100 100 100 100 all all 57i i 91 i