The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-15 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster ;TLess; and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle; Mrs. Stirlinz, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss Fanny Maskell. After which, the Farce of BOX and COX, MARRIED and SETTLED, by Messrs. Bnckstone and Keeley. To conclude with the WOMAN I ADOBE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ' Under the Management of . Madame VestrlS, THIS EVENING Will be performed A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. After which, a new Comic Drama, called LITTLE TODDLE• BINS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, Butler, Miss Matthews, Miss Oliver, and Miss Ellis. To be followed by (3d time) a new Comic Drama, called a PHE MENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Ma thews, F. Matthews, and Honacastle ; Miss Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. To which will be added the BALLET from the Chain of Events in which Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with IHE JENKENSES. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Kr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress. Madame Celeste. The successful new Dr THIS EVENING,ama of SLAVE LI r, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, 0. Smit h ,and Cullenford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. To conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR PANTALON. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WIN H DSR. Principa character by essrs Charles Kean, _Bartley. H ar l ey, Meadows, I J. Vining, s Ryder M , and . H. Saker ; Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which, A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Principal cha racters by Messrs. Lacy, Meadows, Addison, and Everett; Misses J. Manton, Vivash, and Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING Will be produced MY WII!•E'S DAUGHTER. After which, GO TO BED, TOM. To be followed by THE LADIES' CLUB. To eonclude with WANTED ONE THOUSAND SPIRITED YOUNG MILLINERS FOR THE GOLD DIGGINGS. Supported by Messrs. Parrett, Compton, Hoskins, G. Cooke, Shalders, Kinloch, and Mesdames H. Gordon, A. Phillips, Lucy Rafter, Bartlett, &c. 'boa-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The greatest novelty of the present day is Uncle Tom's Cabin. To be witnessed nightly at this House. THIS EVENING, Dec. 14, the performances will commence with the superior Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. To be followed by unparalleled Equestrian and Dramatic Achieve ments in the Arena, by the most talented Artistes of the age—in cluding M. and Mdlle. Latitude, and the Brothers Seigrist, from the Cirque Olympie, Paris. To conclude with the highly amusing Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. In consequence of the crowded state of the Theatre, Mr. Batty begs to inform his Friends, that Seats cannot be kept after the con clusion of the First Act. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDI lON BRIDGE, Tni DAY —Morning 34 min. after 4 Evening 57 min.aft. 4 To - Moaaow—Morning 20 min. I after 5 Evening 45 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.. SUN OFFICE, Dec. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'12. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, and much rain in the morning. Afternoon, fine. THE WELLINGTON SUN. ON THURSDAY THE Ma ULTIMO, AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING A SPLENDID PORTRAIT OP THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH, AND A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL FUNERAL, AND IS NOW ON SALE. ORDERS RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS AGENTS, AND AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1852, The debate on the Budget has again been ad journed. It is impossible to deny the propriety of such a course, when, at the termination of the evening's discussion, some doubt appeared to have been entertained as to the real question before the House—a doubt which to this moment has not been altogether removed. The desire of Ministers, and the general intention of all parties, has, un questionably, been to deliberate on the principle of the entire financial scheme, without being in any degree committed to the details. The re solution on which the decision of the House is to be taken, however, applies to only one portion, and that by far the most ob jectionable of the whole project—the intended al teration in the House-tax. It is, however, so worded, so vague and uncertain in itself, that it requires ad ditional explanations as to its objects. The strongest opponent of the House-tax might freely vote in favour of a proposition which would com mit, or bind him to nothing—which is just as consistent with the reduction as with the increase of the impost,—which merely determines that the House 'Duties payable under the 14th and 15th Victoria, c. 36, wall cease, and determine that, in lieu thereof, there shall be granted and made payable upon all such dwelling houses " certain other duties." These substituted duties might as well be 3d. and 2d. in the pound, or an uniform rate of ld., as 18d., and Is. Nor is there anything to show that the exemptions are to be diminished, or in any degree varied. It merely authorises a deal ing with the tax. What, then, is really meant by the resolution We are obliged to accept the issue tendered by the CHANCELLOR, and that has been variously stated. In the first instance, in answer to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Westminster, he declared that all he asked was, that the House would allow the Government "to bring forward measures of financial reform (not merely with reference to the particu lar plans proposed), which depend upon the coun try being agreed to bear a certain quantity of di rect taxation." The Right Hon. Gentleman added—" I do not ask any gentleman to be in the least pledged, by the vote he may come to to night, to any details of this resolution. I only ask you to agree to this—that the area of direct taxation should be extended." If this were the only point in dispute, it would 'be carried by acclamation, at least by an over whelming majority. Every fiscal reformer is Pledged on the subject, which has been strenuously advocated for many years, and the opposition to which by Sir CHARLES WOOD led to the overthrow of the Whig Government. We cannot, indeed, conceive how any person who voted in favour ei ther of Mr. VILLIERs's resolution, or Lord PAL -10.121.5T °X 13 amendment, could refuse his sanction to a , Propositi on essential to the further e x t ens i on t be wise and judicious policy which, wheth er den ominated est: inated " unrestricted competition," or by its cer t a i nly ob l- ta. °ll i " appellative, " Free Trade," has i n o e ri d . the sanction and adhesion of the • great of the community, as well within a s witholl tY t Westminster. the walls of the Palace at But another question xation then arises as to theparticu lar form of direct tan do this resolution• is applicable. We are aiu Y desirous of the ti inJudiciousth. substitution of an equitable mat e : system of . impostei direct taxation for many o f that now fetter the industry and, teriorate the prosperity of the country ri a l l ) ly t de are strongly opposed to anything that w in u pr w ess unequally on different descriptions property, The , - rop erty. The House-tax appears to be unjust i n Principle, and unfair in practice. If it were simpl y a tax on occupiers, it might possibly be defended ; but it practically falls upon the proprietors, not per haps of the ground-rents, but of the houses erected thereon, which are, generally speaking, held for limited terms by those who have invested their ca pital in creating additional house accom modation for the middle classes. It is notorious that persons about to select a dwelling, inquire, not merely the amount of rent, but also of rates, taxes, and other outgoings incident to the occu- We want an inquiry into all these points, and we should regret any course that would pre vent or retard that inquiry. At present, we are only at the very commencement of fiscal reforms. A revision of the entire system of taxation is essential, and before we reject the Minister—who, however mistaken in some portion of his project, has yet shown the ingenuity to plan, and the boldness to propose, extensive al terations—we should desire to know to what extent his opponents would be prepared to go ; we should not be desirous of supplanting the bril liant and efficient DISRAELI by the dull and im practicable Sir CHARLES WOOD. A grievance of considerable magnitude, as affecting the civil servants of the Crown, was re cently pointed out in these columns ; and on - its more careful consideration we feel ourselves called upon, as among the independent organs of public opinion, to force the matter with increased ear nestness upon the attention of Her MAJESTY'S Government. We feel that an enormous injury is being hourly inflicted upon a large and deserv ing class of the population, and that the removal of that injury is very readily - within reach of the Administration. The nature of the evil com plained of, we have in these columns already clearly enough indicated. We have shown that a need less reduction of the restricted salaries of the clerks and other officials in our Government esta blishments, has—ever since the 27th section of the enactment 4 And 5, WILL. IV., cap. 24, came into operation—painfully crippled the means of those civilians, and this merely to swell the amount of a fund nominally applied to purposes of relief in the way of systematic superannuNdon. It must be remembered that the. number of the servants of the Crown claiming release from the pressure of this intolerable and bootless burthen, reaches an aggregate of no less than 16,353 indi viduals. Upon their exertions are dependent up wards of 70,000 altogether—those 70,00(kinclud ing, of course, aged parents, womeot and.ebildren. According to a comprehensive estimate formed as to the average of the salaries and emoluments upon which the above-mentioned 16,353 civi lians have to provide for the support of their 70,000 dependent relatives —while with two-thirds it does not exceed 861. per annum, with regard to the whole body of officials collec tively it does not exceed 1411. per annum__ surely no such very exorbitant expenditure as to require the interposition of the economic pruning knife by way of retrenchment. Recollect what was said only the other evening by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Recollect the eulogistic men tion made by the Right Hon. Gentleman in re ference to the unflagging energy and indefatigable application of those Civil Servants of the Crown, without whose aid the toils of the Statesman would be ineffectual in carrying on the labours of Go vernment. The tribute was one eminently well deserved. It came gracefully, too, from the lips of one who must have experienced some solace in his severe and laborious researches, from the as sistance cheerfully accorded, under every emer gency, to the rulers of the British Empire by these obscure but important, and sometimes, and that not unfrequently, highly-gifted movers of the grand and complicated machinery Qf administra tion. We listened to no portion of the Financial Statement of Mr. DISRAELI - with more interest than to the sentences in which he pronounced this merited panegyric on the Civil Servants in the offices of the Government. And our interest in the eulogium was not the less earnest from our re collection of the very bitter injustice of which those same hard-working and inestimable, but abused and neglected, officials have been recently, with so much reason, complaining to the Members of the Imperial Legislature. It ought particularly to be borne in mind that the Civil Servants of the Crown are asking for no boon or bounty —they are merely demanding their own—they are merely beseeching the Parliament and the Government that the money they earn by their laborious and valuable services may not be diminished yet further, with a view to swell this useless, and worse than useless, fund of superannua tion. In brief, they are seeking justice and not benevolence. Let it be considered, in proof of this, that their salaries are decreased by a deduc tion, made under section 27 of Act 4 and 5 WILL. IV., cap. 24, of 21. 10s. per cent. from dries not exceeding 1001. per annum, and of 51. per cent. from salaries exceeding 1001. per annum, and that these deductions are made for she purpose of " reducing, prospectively, he charge incurred in providing super- annuation allowances." Supposing, for an instant, that the amount thus annually collected by means of these provident deductions from the salaries of civilians in the offices of the Government--proved effectually in securing the benefit kept in view by the enactment already particularised, there could scarcely, we admit, be any cause for complaint against either the fact or manner of these regulations. Provi sion would only be thereby assured in anticipation of ' any casualties to the Civil Servants of the Crown, by the interposition of the Crown itself in their behalf. But such as we have explained with all necessary minuteness upon a previous occasion, is very far indeed from being the case. The result f that unfortunate Act, 4 and 5 WILL. IV., cap. 4, has been directly the reverse of what, we pre-: K.-. ~• pancy. They inquire the aggregate amount of sume, was intended. A fund, known generally the various liabilities they will be called upon to as the Superannuation Fund, has been accumu liquidate before they enter into arrangements ; dated since that Act came into operation ; hut, as and the necessary result of any increase of taxa- , far as any advantage derived from it is concerned, tion, is .a corresponding diminution of rent. The ! only to the positive detriment of the contributors. tax, therefore, falls on the proprietor who has the The maimed or bed-ridden have been enabled to house to let, and with increased severity, inas- obtain a paltry pittance from it, upon certain much as he is not suffered to make any conditions, but the orphans and widows of men deduction from the chief rents on account who have spent the best years of their life in the thereof ; and without even that grievance being service of their country have looked in vain for taken as an element into the calculation, he is, as relief from a source of nominal assistance, to we proved in our impression of Saturday, taxed which their parents or husbands have directly, seven times as much in proportion to the actual year after year, paid in their contributions. value of his property, as the more fortunate pro- There is a cruelty in all this that cries out to the prietor of green fields. Now, a judicious and Legislature for mitigation. There is not only a well-devised tax on every description of accumu- cruelty, but a positive folly, in the existing ar lated property, real or personal, which would rangements, such as, we believe, in our conscience, compel every man to contribute to the mainten- must extort sympathy from the most phlegmatic, ance of the national establishments and the liqui- and necessitate its complete revision and re-or dation of the national liabilities, secundton, status ganisation by order of Parliament. We regard et facultates, according to his position and means, this as inevitable. As inevitable as that a rotten would be free from these grave and weighty apple must fall from the bough, in obedience to objections, and such we would gladly sup- the law of gravitation. Being so—it were assur port ; and so we have no doubt would edly well and wise to hasten the reform of this the great body of the people, and that to an intolerable system, the amelioration of so much ' extent sufficient to enable the Right Honour- consequent suffering,—in fact, the total removal of able Gentleman to bring forward these various the grievance insisted upon—so that a source of measures of financial reform referred to in his ex- great blame may be removed from the Legislature, planation. and of great shame from the Governmen' But for the very same reason that we oppose the impost—viz., that it is practically a tax not on the occupier, but on the owner of houses, an unequal and oppressive Property-tax--we would, if it must indeed be retained, not only extend its area, but even remove every exemption. What possible reason can be assigned why the owner of one house worth 1001. per annum should be charged 71.105., while his neighbour, who possesses 10 cottages worth 101. per annum each, or 20 worth 5/. each should be exempted? The effect is to hold out a premium to persons erecting an inferior class of buildings. It is thus directly opposed to pub lic policy. We have repeatedly seen, since the passing of 14 and 15 Vic., c. 36, houses built for the very purpose of evading the duty, the rent of which was fixed at 191. 195., when an addi tional shilling of rent would have rendered them liable to 15s. duty. This is neither just nor rea sonable. Every exemption on " property" is ob jectionable. If, therefore, the House Duty is to be retained, in any form, we do not object to an " extension of the area of taxation," by rendering it applicable to all houses of every value and every description. " Exemptions" are very different things when we come to deal with industrial incomes. Then, in deed, they become not only proper, but necessary. It is, we believe, conceded that there cannot be levied a charge on weekly wages, and perhaps the burden may fall with equal, if not greater, severity on those struggling to maintain a respectable ap pearance, which is essential to their very existence —among the class in which, as SIR JAMES GRAHAM happily remarked, "the fustian jacket ceases to be worn, and broad cloth becomes the clothing of the people." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1852. TILE SHARE MARKETS. Paid' RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen.. ..-..... 81 Ambg. Notig. Bost. & Eastn. June all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct.._ all Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £2O 1.00 Bristol & Exeter 1100 Caledonian. all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New .. . ... - all East Anglian (.£25 . L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (XlB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties..... all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... 6 Do., d 0...... all Do., B. & C. .09 East Lancashire ._ all East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 1100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. B. Stock all Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 100 Great Western 2 11 Irieh South-Ea s tern " all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds .... . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths . .... _ 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt. all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright. dr S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,101.5h.,M&8...0 100 London & S. Western, 421 Do., £50........ 34 Do., all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. dr%Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 48 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 47i Midland G. West.(ln; 17 Do. 1 Shares .......... all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket 14 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 71 Newry & Enniskillea all Newry Warrenpoint, & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. ..... ...... all Do., New .... 31 Northn. Cou n ties 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.l 6.1. Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 5 Do., 1 B Guaranteed 172 North Staffordshire., all North Wester kg N. & S.Westrn. unc 1 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & F. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chested (Nor. W. Min.)...... all Do. Halves, do. ...... 20 Do. Oswestry ...... 61 Shropshire Union ... Do., A.B.C.&D.fully paid up at p. c. all South Dev0n.......... 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 D 0... .. . 161 Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limenek 13 West Cornwall all West London. 1 Woodford .09 York Newctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions 10 Do. G.N.E. Purcase 100 York &N. Midland 50 50 50 25 20 14 50 20 41 - 81 - 3 - 53 - 94 - 67 -- 66 - 78 - li - 241 - 79A - - 14 - 4 - 23 13 9.4 27t 73 - 60 - BRITISH RAILWAYS. 31i - 32 6a ._ 6i 10i - 11 63 d 21 24 2 d 107 109 107. 68 - 693 68 23 24 23 181 19 3 2 d 9 - 10 64 -- 6 4 4g 13 8 -- 134 138 13 11 - 13 I 1: 77 - 78 5 8 60 78 - 80 30 - 32 60 - 62 83 - 84 83 45 - 47 122 - 124 107 -- 108 96 -- 96} 95i 88 -- 90 111 12ip 84A -- 85 84i 4 3# -- 33 d 2/ -- 24 d 17/ -- 181 18 17i 9 14— 2p 109 110 1094 1261 1261 1254 4, 4 44 p 1 1 . 2i 1 3 93 94 92 3 3 —24 d 24 2 d 126 13 20 2 1 214 314 32 80 3 80x4 79 47 49 - ... 54 I 52 —3 d 2 d 40 4 4 40 d 2g 1 . $ di 3 cl , 13i 9i 4i p 3 p, 54 98 93 69 64i 68 19 i -- 201 9i -- 104 14t -15 t 3 -- 21 d, 49 - 39i 15 13R 2 i 10 284 10 .•. 74 74 6d 13i 24d 61 59} i Closing Prices Bits ness dour Yesterday. this Day. 50 all Bedford am' Blotchley... 30j all Birm. & Oxfd, guarantee . , 30j all Do.with ou t g . ;l 30J; all Birm.Woly. & Dudley guar. 30,1 all Do.wthtguar. St. 100 Buekghamsh. 50 all Clydesdale Jc. St. 100 E.Lineolu. gr. 6 p. cent .. . 25 all Glstr.&Du.Fr 25 all Glas. Barr. & Neilsu.Direet 25 all Do. New 100 all Hrtlpl. Dl:. & Railway 50 all Hull & Selby 95 all Do. Shares 12 all Do. f Shares 12i all Lon.&Greenw 20 all Do. Preference 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent.. 20 all Do. 6 per et.. 51 all Slatiell.Bxton and Matlock 50 all I Middlesbro' dr Redcar 100 all Hidld.Bradfd 50 all Northern and' , Eastern sp. c. 50 all Do. 6 per ct 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c 25 all Prest. & Wyre 121 14 Do. Shares. St. 100 Roystn.&llit. St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. 25 18,i Shef.Roth. Goole p.c 12 94 S. Staffordsh 1 50 all WearValleygrl 6 per cent 25 all Do.. St. 100 Wilts &Somrst Shr.l Pahl' RAILWAY! 5 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. 20 all Central of France(Or leans & Vierzon 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 17z all Demerara 20 6 Dijon and Besanpn 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsulz 20 4 Gd. Junct. of France 201 1 O Gt. Western of Canada Shares . Do.Eds.(lst i55.)18571 •.. ... Do. Bds. (2d i55.)18621 20 14 Luxembourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) 5 1 Do. 5 2.3 Do. (Canal) 20 5 Lyons & Mediterran 20 4i Madras 334 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 20 all Do. (ea - interest) 16 all Norriern of France 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams. Shs. 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre. 20 11 Orleans& Bordeaux 20 10 Paris and Lyons 40 28 Do. Bonds. 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris rud Strasbourz; 20 4 ParisCaln &Cherbrg, 104 2;,', Quebec &P'..chmoT... 20 all Rouen and Hai -20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 20 4 Southern o: France. 20 4 St. And. &Quebec(P., 20 17 Tours and Nantes._ 20 2s. Upper India ScriT?.. 8i all West Flanders ..... 10 4 Do. 5l per c. Pref... 20 9 Western of France 1 all Agua Fria.........,. 10s. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 1 all British Austrin. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 35 214 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 1 all Carsons's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 5 1 Colonial Gold ••• 14 Copiapo 5 all English and Austin all Copper Smeltg. Co. 20 General.. 1 all Golden Mountain 3 all Great Polgooth. 1 all Lal-e Bathurst........ 1 all Liberty 1 all Lonth&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co._ 1 all Mariq u it a.. ..... 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde - 1 all Port Phili p 1 all Quartz Rock . ....... 50 all Rhymm e 1r0n... )0 lin Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian LO 7 Tin Croft ........ all United Mexican 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba PREFERENI 100 Aberdeen ..... ..... all Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... 109 Bristol & Exeter 4p. cent. Stock ....... 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 100 Caled on i an £lO ...... all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... 34 Cork &PIA , don 53 p.c. all Dundoe:?er;:,h&Aber deen Junction .. ..... all EastA nglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent....., all Do. (.?5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (0;,'7178) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Countie s Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2. all Do., New 6 p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., £lO Deben. Sh. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all Erst&l'VestYorkshire Junction, all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent. 100 Great Northn. sp. c.. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) E'ghths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Belts & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 100 Great Western, fixed 43 per cent..... ...... 6 Lancash. & Yozkeh., F. 20....••• ...... 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock... 13 !Leeds Northern, 6 p. I cent., No. 1 17 Do., No. 2.. ..... . ... ........ 5 Do., No. 3............. 9 Do. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c.., 100 no. Pref., 5 p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . ...... .....,.. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 100 Lon. &N. West. Coy. & Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Third 5........ 10 Londonderry& Color. 6 Shares all Londndry. & Ennisk. 5hare5.......... ..... all Manch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1....,. all Do. New, 3 Do., ........... all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. all Do. 43 per cent..... .. 8 3 Do ........ ............ 100 rEcl.Consol. 6p. c. St. ND Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. .13 per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 53 per ct.. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 109 North British ......... all North Staffordshire.. 103 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do.. ..................... all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed.... all S'Jrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent .. ... ... all South D evon . 14 Do. New ........................ all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. ICO Do. 43 per cent....... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.&Hartl. Guar. sp.c.till 1 July, 1856 3 Waterfd. &Rilk. 6p . c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 De.. .............. 10 York& .N. Midland H. & S. Purch.... JOINT-STO all Aust r . a b --- all British N. A ***** : **** 25 Colonial.. merican .............. 20 Commercial of Lon. don ___ . 4 English Scottish and Australian..,, 2. Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 Natioualprov. of Eng. 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Importing Company all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of L0nd0n..,., all Union of Madrid PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had re ceived Reports from the Examiner of Recognisances, stating that the recognisance to the election petitions respecting the following places were unobjectionable, viz..- 1 Clonrael. Carlow. Youghal (1). Youghal (2). Kildare. Bolton. Down. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and the Prince of Leiningen, drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Colonel Bouverie. Lord Raglan arrived on a visit yesterday, and had the honour of joining the royal dinner party. Sir Charles Young (Garter King of Arms) had an in terview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir James Cochrane had an interview yesterday with Sir J. Pakington, at the Colonial -office. Lord Mark Kerr had also an interview with the right hon. baronet. Colonel Conyers had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole, yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Dispatches were also received from the Governors of the Falkland Islands, the Mauritius, and Gibraltar. Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of the Australian colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, Mau ritius, and New Zealand. DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE-(THIS DAY. The committee re-assembled at half-past eleven o'clock this morning, after arranging with counsel as to the course they intended to pursue with the witnesses about to be examined. The CHAIRMAN asked if the witnesses ordered to attend were in readiness ? Counsel for the petitioners replied in the affirmative. Mr. COPPOCK then left the room, and brought in Mr. Frail, who it will be remembered, was stated to have been too ill to attend during the earlier periods of the inquiry. The witness who walked with assistance of crutches, appeared as if he had been suffering not only for some time, but, indeed, at that moment. Mr. FRAIL having been accommodated with a chair, in reply to a preliminary question from the Chairman, observed that he had nothing to fear from speaking the whole truth, as his acts had been governed by the purest motives. The committee here observed a stranger in the room, and, upon questioning the party, it appeared that the Mayor of Derby, who was in conversation with one of the committee, had had no intention of remaining. The gentleman accordingly withdrew; but, upon gaining the corridor, le informed the three messengers having charge of the doors that some one would be found behind the screens in rear of the committee table. An immediate search was made, but no such obtruder having been discovered, the room was again cleared, and after a few minutes' consultation on the part of the committee, counsel and agents were called in, and the inquiry proceeded under a surveillance that fully equals the closeness of the Spanish Inquisition. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—Yesterday, at the Mary iebone Police Court, John Hoskins, clerk to Mes srs . Chap lin and Home, the well-know n carri ers, who have extensive premises at the Camden station of the London and North- Western Railway, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Broughton, for re-examination, charged with having car ried on a system of plunder to a considerable extent. Five charges of robbery were clearly substantiated against the prisoner, who thereupon was fully committed for trial at the Middlesex sessions. SUDDEN DEATH OF A GIANT DRAYMAN.—Yesterday, Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Crown, Old Saint Pan cras-road, touching the death of John Sheppard Hardy, a drayman, late in the employ of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, and Co., the well-known brewers, of Brick-lane. The de ceased was a remarkably fine man, standing six feet seven inches, and weighing 17 stone. The evidence of Mr. Smellie, the surgeon, 'who p er f orme d th e autopsy, went to prove that deceased died ofapoplexy, brought on by effusion of blood on the brain. The liver was of an un usual size ; the heart perfectly bloodless. The jury re turned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. ACCIDENT AT JULLIEN'S BAL MASQUE.—Yesterday morning, towards one o'clock, when the excitement of Jullien's masked ball was at its height, considerable alarm was caused by the falling of what was supposed to be the body of a lady from the upper tier of boxes into the pit. It was soon discovered that a hoax had been played, and that the supposed lady was only a " dummy," but of such a weight as to cause considerable injury to a gentleman upon whom it fell, and to render him insensible for some time. Medical aid was obtained, and he was removed in a cab to his residence. The perpetrator of this silly and mischievous joke escaped - undetected. FALSE IMPRISONMENT.—In the Queen's Bench yes terday, the case of Isaacs v. Cook was tried. The action was brought for false imprisonment under these circum stances :—On the 27th of July the defendant had an annual sale of goods, and the plaintiff purchased several lots at the sale, among which were two oil-stones, or hones, for setting razors on. He paid for them, and removed them on the morning of the 28th of July. When he got them home he exhibited them outside his door for sale. They continued there about a fortnight. He had written upon them, " Mr. Cook, Old-street." He did so because he did not keep any books. On the 13th of August the defendant stopped at the plaintiff's shop about eleven o'clock in the day. The plaintiff asked him what he was looking at. Cook replied he had reason to look. The plaintiff went into his shop, and in a few minutes a policeman came, and Mr. Cook stated to the po liceman that those two stones had been stolen from his premises by Isaacs, and he insisted on the policeman taking him into custody. Isaacs said they had been bought at his sale, but if he had a better right to them he might take them away, rather than have a row round the door. Cook, however, insisted on preferring the charge, and the plain tiff' was taken to the police station at Smithfield, and thence to Guildhall, where ho was discharged, the alderman directing the policeman to give the stones to the rightful owner, Mr. Isaacs. Since that time a person with whom Isaacs had previously had large dealings had refused to deal with him. He had the name " Diggins " over the door, which was a nickname his father and grandfather had gone by. The defendant had put a plea on the record that the plaintiff had stolen the articles. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages 301. LYCEUM THEATRE.—A comic drama from the French was successfully produced here on Monday night, entitled A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock ; Mr. Charles Mathews as John Buttercup, the plain-spoken milkman, presented an amusing bit of personation, his rustic gait and provin cial dialect being perfect. The cynical and acrimonious Sowerberry met with a genial representative in Mr. Frank Matthews, who fulminated his tirades against the truth lessness of society with a good savage relish, quite in keeping with the bitter irritability of the monomaniac. The applause at the close was universal. Both the above named performers were cordially called" for, and greeted ; and on the author being called for, the lessee declared the piece to be by Mr. W. Brough. ADELAIDE STEAMER.—The departure of the Adelaide Australian steamer, which was to have taken place to-day from Plymouth, has been delayed by order of the Admi ralty until Thursday the 16th, for the purpose, it is pre. sumed, of enabling dispatches to be sent to the Cape. in eceive e d v . eni L n e g tte m rs ail N o v t ill w be edn i e n sda t y im . e if forwarded t ar Lt os d h by e just the Londonr MELBOURNE STEAMER.—The intelligence received by the Cape mail regarding the Melbourne Australian steamer is satisfactory. She left the Tagus on the 21st November, and arrived, it appears, at St. Vincent on the 29th. The s sailing distance between the two places miles a day. It is is 1,597 miles, and her average speed, therefore, was 20 stated also that the passengers had expressed the satisfaction that crew had behaved well. Sufficient coal would be taken in at St. Vincent for the run to the Cape. SINKING OF A RAILWAY ARCH IN THE WESTMINSTER ROAD.—It has been discovered that the arch of the South Western Rail wa y, s p ann i ng th e W es tminster-road near the Marsh-gate, has sunk, owing to the continued and unusual rain which has fallen for these last ten or twelve weeks. Men were employed yesterday afternoon in placing strong girders under. the immense arches on each side, to prevent any serious accident from occurring while the repairs are being carried out. MEETING OF JAMAICA PROPRIETORS.—A meeting of proprietors and merchants connected with the island of Jamaica, was held yesterday afternoon at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, for the purpose of resolving what steps should be taken with respect to that portion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement bearing reference to this once flourishing colony. A memorial to the Earl of Derby on the subject of the present di s t ress was agree d to, praying for relief. BETHLEHEM HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, Alderman Fare brother announced, in the Court of Aldermen, that at the next court of the governors of the Bethlehem Hospital, he should move the following resolution :—" That the court do appoint a day to discuss the accusation made against the management of the poor insane persons in Bethlehem Hospital, and to invite the Lunacy Commis sioners to attend, that all the medical officers be required to be present, and that upon that occasion the reporters of the press be invited to be present." MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-(THIS DA Y. Mr. Serjeant Adams, Assistant-Judge, and a full bench of magistrates, sat this morning at the Sessions house, Clerkenwell-green, to hear bail and appeal cases, of which there were seven set down in the paper for hearing. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY AN ENGINEER. William Bolton, who was found guilty yesterday of stealing 16 working tools, and other articles, of the value of 101., the property of Mr. Joseph Boulton, his em ployer, the particulars of which were reported in The Sun of yesterday, was this morning brought up for judgment. The learned Assistant-Judge, in passing sentence, said that he had given this case the greatest consideration, for the purpose of finding something slight, so that he might pass a lighter sentence than it was now his inten tion to do. He had no doubt but that he had been carrying on a wholesale system of robbery, and, not content with that, had the wickedness to charge the son of the prosecutor with the theft. Not satisfied with that, he had brought witnesses into that court, who had com mittedand he (the learned j u d ge ) h a d considercaobrrlielpdtopuebluLther Culter was not an accom plice. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was that the prisoner be transported for the term of seven years. Samuel Natter and George Matson were indicted with stealing a quantity of mutton and beef, the property of Philip Sharp, his master. Mr. Byerly Thomson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Rebton for the defence. On the 2d December the prosecutor was in his parlour at the back of his shop, and saw Slatter take down some mutton, and take it to the slaughter : house. He went there, and saw Slatter and Matson together, and found in a tub the mutton, so me b ee f , some pork, and other articles. The prosecutor stated that he kept two shops, and had been robbed to a very large amount.. Mr. Rebton and Mr. Metcalfe having addressed the jury for their respective clients, the learned judge summed up, and the ju r y returne d a ver di c t o f gu i lty against Slatter, and not gu il ty aga i nst M a t son. The Assistant-Judge s en t enced Sl atter t o n i ne ca l en d ar months' imprisonment, with hard labour. !wit health, continuos N, we much r eg ret to say, to be con , who usually enjoys such excel , his rerLooMmEß::::Nit is stated, gout. His lordship did not appear either at his own dinner party, or Lady Pal merston's reception on Saturday evening ; and as time elapses, considerable a nx i ety and cur i os i ty are expressed as to whether the noble viscount will have recovered so far as to be enabled to take part in the discussion of, or to vote in, the division on the budget. Gout is a complaint with which many of our most eminent statesmen have been afflicted—none more so than the great Earl of Chatham. With him, gout was, however, sometimes assumed to relieve himself from royal or parliamentary embarrass ments.—DailY News. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GREAT NORTHERN TER- MlNUS.—Yesterday, as the four o'clock p.m. passenger train, consisting of an engine and six carriages was on the eve of starting from the King's.eross terminus, and while it was gently movi ng into the station, the buffer struck John Caten, who Was clearing the road between the rails of bricks and other impediments. The poor fellow, who was more stunned than injured by the blow, cried "mur der, and endeavoured to make his escape, but becoming confused, instead of getting out of the way ran under the carriages, the Wheels of which passed over him, nearly severing his head from his body, smashing it, and also severing his hand, and otherwise dreadfully mutilating him. His mangled corpse was instantly conveyed to the dead house. Deceased, who was 45 years of age, has left a widow and several children. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —On Monday afternoon a fatal accident took place during the progress of the' three o'clock down train on the South- Western Rail way. As the down train, which leaves the Waterloo station at three o'clock, was proceeding at its usual puce, between Basingstoke and Andover-road sta tions, when it had reached near Oakley-park Bridge a man was observed on the up line. The engine - driver instantly blew the whi s tl e, and made every effort to shut off the steam ; but it was, unfortunately, out of his power to pre vent the fatal accident. The engine and train passed over the body of the unfortunate man, which was cut to pieces. His name is Thompson, and it appears that he was in the employment of the Telegraph Company, and resided al Basingstoke. 1 AgAULI AND BATTERY.—Yesterday the case of Dillon v. Brown was tried in the Queen's Bench. The plain tiffand wife sued as paupers and Mr. Berjeant Thomas stated their case. He said it was an action for damages for an alleged assault and battery. The plaintiff was a female who carried on the business of a mender of glass and china articles. The defendant was the keeper of a public-house, near Gray's-inn-lan e . Th e wom an having heard that h er husband was at the public-house, went to fetch him home. , The defendent there u p on se i z ed upon her and was very I violent, and thereby injured her very much ; he hurt her thumb, and having thrown her down on the steps, kicked her when she was there. She was taken to the Free Hos pital, and two days afterwards she miscarried, and was an o ut-patient for a l ong per i o d, an d up to within a short time since. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins called witnesses to shew that the case was a gross issue of falsehoods from beginning to end, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—.(THIS DAY.) o'cTloche k. SPEAKER took the c h a i r a few minutes to 12 PETITIONS. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to mechanics' in stitutes. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Mr. COLLIER from Plymouth, and by Lord BROOKE from Warwick. Mr. J. UTT presented a petition from Youghal, praying fora elief from the Irish Consolidated Funds Act. Mr. HATFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield against the financial propositions of the Government. ORDER OF THE POOR-LAW BOARD. In reply to Mr. COBBETT, Sir J. TROLLOPE said the order of the Poor-Law Board, of the 25th of April, had been rescinded, and a modified one would be substituted. That order was to day in the possession of the printers, and would be transmitted to the boards of guardians to whom it re lated in the course of the present week. In reply to an HON. MEMBER, Lord NAAS said he hoped after the recess to intro duce some measure for the improvement of the health of towns in Ireland, but he would not bring it forward unless he saw some reasonable hope of passing it. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. WISE asked the President of the Poor-faw Board whether there was any intention of altering the law of settlement, or of proposing any change in the mode of charging the rates for the relief of the poor. Sir J. TROLLOPE said he had given his attention to the important question of the law of settlement, but it required so much consideration that he was not now pre pared to introduce a measure on the subject. As, how ever, no measure co u ld b e passed without first receiving the assent of the Government, he had placed before them all the information he possessed on the subject, and he believed they had devoted their anxious consideration to the question. (Hear.) LAND OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS. Mr. WISE asked the President of the Poor -Law Board whether there was any information in the poor law office as to the quantity of laud which had been hired or purchased by boards of guardians for the pur pose of cultivation by the inmates of union workhouses ; and whether any statements had been transmitted to the Poor-Law Board showing the result of the employ ment of the inmates of workhouses on the land so hired or purchased ; and if any such information and state ments had been given or exist, whether the President would place a copy of the same on the table of the house. Sir J. TROLLOPE said he could furnish the hon. member with a return of the quantity of land either pur chased or hired for the employment of the poor, but the guardians were not in the habit of furnishing informa tion as regarded either the financial or moral results of the plan. All the board were in possession of on those points was obtained incidentally through the reports of I inspectors. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 400 Egyptian were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, with but little alteration in prices. The sales comprised 70 Pernam and Maranhara at eid. to 6id., 110 Bahia at Gid. to 61., 500 Egyptian a t 6d ., 250 Surat at 3,R1. to 4 €1 0., and the remainder American. Railwa Shares were dull, at rath er l ower quotations. y The advices from the Continent represent the Money Markets generally as being very easy. The Second Chamber in Holland has sanctioned the project for a conversion, and gives power to the Gcvernment to convert the present 4 per Cent. debt into n per Cent. stock at 99 or into 3 at 97 . . The Conversion of the 5 per Cent. Transferable . Loan of the Honourable East India Company to the amount of 3,500,0001., is to be into a 4 per Cent. Stock, without any bonus, or the existing bonds may be paid off 2s. Id. per Sicca rupee, or by bills having one, two, or three years to run, with ih terest at 5 per cent. Yesterday afternoon there was a decline in the rates of exchange upon the principal continental cities. English Securities are heavy, and the doubts about the passing of the financial scheme have rather increased. It is not, perhaps, that the scheme as a whol e i s approved, for it, would be better liked in the City, if sensibly modified • but a change of Mini s t r y i s not a contingency at' any time in favour of public securities. Consols have been 1001- to f for the opening. The New 3 per Cents. have been 104 to 104. Bank Stock is worth 223 to 223 g. Exchequer Bills of March are worth (Us. to 625., and India Bonds 78s. premium. Foreign Securities have been heavy generally. premium ; and the S we di s h L Th oan rkislt Scrip is discount. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been 23i to Portuguese, F our p er C en t s. 40* to Mexican havebeen 21# to Four per C ents, are at 99 toEquador Daruet worthe h Stocki• Brazilian Old Bonds a re 103±. Railt at 5 aysare nearly all flat, and the settlement of the account shows a decline in the principal lines of about per cent. At the present moment, how ever, there is a rally in several of them, and it ap pears that th ey are rather scarce. This is most conspicuous in Caledonian, the week's traffic being 1,7001. more than in the corresponding period of 1851; and North Western, South Wester n , Midl an d and Northe rn Counties Union are better than they . were Et the opening of the market this morn ing. The « Contangos " have been rather heavy, arising from the extensive dealings. French shares are flat, and rather lower, in some instances by as much as 10s. per share. Upper Indic keep s steady, the additi ona l capital of 3,0(0,0001. being about to be raised, which will be represented by 150,000 new shares, to be given in the proportion of three new for every two of the old shares, fifty thousand being reserved for India. This is done to enable the company to tender for the entire line from Allahabad to Delhi, and to present the scheme in such a form for the decision of the Hon. East India Company and of the Board of Control as mast insure a favourable result. The proprietary, already considered very stinng, will be reinforced no doubt by influential pa:iies connected with the East Indies ; and we believe th e resent arrangements are undertaken at the suggestion of persons high in authority and of great experience. Gold mine shares are firm, and Agua Fria have toached premium. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY, (From the Official List.) _ Business done. Bank Stock 223 i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOOl 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 31 per Cent. Annuities lO3l 4 New s!per Cent. Annuities shut • Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 shut India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO 7B Consols for Opening 18th Jan lOOl i ex d Exchequer Bills lid. March. June. £lOOO 6l 2 62 £5OO — 62 Small 59 62 59 62 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent. Equador Bonds s BGrenada Bonds, I} i per Cent — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 22 12i. i Mexican 3 per Cent Portuguese 4 periCent. ' Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4i per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 95 x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 5O) 1 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account . 23 Swedish Loan'. li d 4/ Turkish Loan; 6 per Cent., 1852. l4 i p Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent.......... • BO Dutch Exchange 2h per Cent 67i Ditto 4 per Cent. C er tifi ca t es 99j 9 i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 18th January ...... 1008 i ex div. TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. On the order of the day being read for resuming the debate on the second reading of this bill, Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said, though he dissented from the principle introduced into the Tenants' Compen sation Bill, he would not oppose the second reading. His chief object in rising was to call the attention of the Attorney-General for Ireland to what had taken place in the other House of Parliament, He was surprised to find that the noble earl at the head of the Government had stigmatised the bill brought forward by Mr. Ser geant Shee, as calculated to subvert the rights of pro perty, and as being a communistic measure, and added that the second reading had not passed with his sanction, and that he believed it would never be agreed to by the house, even though the committee to which it was referred might report in its favour. This course he (Mr. Fitzgerald) felt compelled to denounce as unprecedented, seeing that the Home Secretary had supported the second reading, with the view to its undergoing a fair investigation be fore the select committee, to whom the Government bills on the subject were to be referred. Strange as was that proceeding, it was followed by another still more singular on the part of the Irish Attorney-General, who had written a letter to the Dublin Evening Mail, in which he said that the assumption that he had assented to the second reading of Mr. Sergeant Shee's bill, was utterly unfounded and untrue. As to the bill of the Attorney-General, he (Mr. Fitz gerald), as he had already intended, would not object to the second reading, being of opinion that the preamble was wide enough to enable the true principle to be de veloped. He thought that no measure would be satis factory unless it clearly asserted theprinciple of a tenant having property in improvements. (Hear.) That was plainly asserted in Mr. Sergeant Shee's bill, but he ad mitted that some of its details were open to objection. He called on the house to pass an Imperial not an Irish measure on this important subject --not commu nistic in principle, or calculated to subvert the rights of property, but dealing justly with the relations between landlord and tenant, which, in his view, was of far greater consequence than the principles of the budget which they had been discussing for the last three nights. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NAPIER declared that ever since 1848 he had been labouring incessantly to complete an equitable ad justment of the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland, which he had always looked upon as a subject of the deepest importance, but it unfortunately happened that when that question was brought before the house it invariably degenerated into personal abuse and recri mination. (Hear, hear.) The present discussion had divided itself, as others generally did on most subjects, into the real and the personal. (A laugh.) In regard to the l a tt er , hi s exp l anation was, that seeing by accident in the newspapers a statement of his having assented to the bill of Mr. Sergeant Shee, he wrote to the journal in question denying its accuracy. When the debate on that bill came on, he was then prepared to state his objections to it in detail, but an adjournment of the debate was moved for, and a division took place on the question. It was then suggested by some hon. member, that on the whole it would be better to let the bill go before a select committee, along with the Government measures, and that when the house was in possession of the whole subject, the question might be at once and for ever settled. (Hear, hear.) Thereupon the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, who was a gentleman of the highest honour and unimpeachable integrity, and for whom he had always entertained the highest esteem, assented to the second reading of the bill, with the view to its being sent to the committee. He was, however, in doing so, actuated by the best of motives, and honest and bona-fide anxiety to facilitate the passing of an useful and perfect measure. (Hear, hear.) Though he (Mr. Napier) would have dissented from that course, he believed that his right hon. friend had adOpted it in a spirit of conciliation. As to himself, he had no feeling towards any particular class or kindred, being only anxious to pass a good code for Ireland. (Hear, hear.) And he appealed confidently to the country whether the step he had taken was not the best, under the circumstances, to obtain, as soon as possible, a good code to settle finally all the regula tions between landlord and tenant in Ireland. (Hear.) The bill of the right hon. and learned member for Kil kenny was precisely the same as that which was intro duced by Mr. Sharman Crawford, and which was rejected last session by all sections of - the house. There was hardly any necessity under these circumstances that he was opposed to the principle and details of the hon. and learned member's bill. So much then with regard to the bill. All that he contended for in favour of his bill was that it was less cumbersome in details, but since they could arrive at a satisfactory conclusion if they took the two bills into committee, he entreated the represen tatives of Ireland, for the sake of their country, to aban don personalities or recrimination, and endeavour to see if they could) not arrive at such a result as would meet the views of all parties. With regard to the principle of tenant right itself, he certainly was far from being opposed to the tenant right of Ulster, but he had yet to learn that his own bill in any way interfered with or destroyed the tenant right of Ulster. (Hear.) He was one of Ulster, and had passed most of his years of pro fessional life in that county, and he should therefore be supposed to know something of its tenant right. Well, then, being conversant with it, both in principle and de tail, he had no hesitation in saying that his own bill could by any possibility have the effect of destroy ing that right. He must, however, object to the shifting meaning that was constantly being applied to the term tenant right. For his own part, all that he recognised in the term was tenants' improvements, and all that they could legislate for was to secure the tenant a fair compensation for his legitimate improvements. • That was the object of his bill ; and he hoped the legis lature would ultimately experience no difficulty in adopt -10 ing it, without interfering with the tenant right of Ulster, which was entirely beyond the scope and power 10 of legislation. The right hon. gentleman then pro- 25 ceeded to recapitulate and defend the details of his own 10 bill, and concluded this part of his observations by 1.0.1 urging the house to allow the bill to go before a select committee to be simplified and improved in its provi- St. sions, if it was possible to do either. (Hear.) 20 12. [LEFT SITTING.] BANK OF IRELAND.—At the half-yearly meeting of SI the directors and proprietors of the Bank of Ireland, held yesterday, a dividend of 4 per cent, for the half-year was 17 declared ; and it was estimated that the payment of this 25 dividend would leave a sum of 2,5001. to be added to the rest fund. COURT OF ALDERMEN —Yesterday, at a court held for the dispatch of business, a discussion took place upon the subject of the directions recently given by the Court of 40 Common Council for the prosecution of non-freemen trad- 100 ing by retail within the city of London. A general feeling 100 was expressed that, if such prosecutions were ' under- 100 taken at all, the law officers of the corporation, besides taking care to produce such evidence as would lead to the determination of a model case on its merits, ought fur ther to guard against molesting the poor tradesman ; and 2 that the parties actually selected should be put to no unne cessary inconvenience. Alderman Sydney gave notice of a motion condemni ng th e pr i nc i ple of these prosecutions. ! MERTHYR TYDVIL ELECTION. —The election for this 7 borough, consequent on the decease of the late Sir J. J. Guest, Bart., of Dowlais, took place on Tuesday. At 11 o'clock the proceedings of the nomination commenced, and after the usual forms had been gone through, Mr. A. Hill put in nomination Mr. Henry Austin Bruce. Mr. D. Williams seconded the nomination; and there being no other candidate put in nomination, Mr. Bruce was declared duly elected. REWARD FOR SAVING LIFE PROD,. SHIPWRECK.— BROADSTAIRS, DEC. 9.—The thanks of the French go vernment and a reward of 121. were this day presented to the crew of the Tartar lugger, for their intrepidity, and at the imminent peril of their own lives, in rescuing six of the crew of the French brig Messenger, wrecked on the Long Sand, in the recent plea in October. 100 20 50 25 16.3 20 5 2 SHARES. 103 -- 110 1165 - 1071 119 —19 A 4.a 3$ - 3 - li - 2 p li - li p 14k -15 i 18 -• 18, •3 ~12? - 129 1 11 2 - 113 8 i - -i1 .09h 110 par i p 152 55 - •.. 4 p 3i -- 8/ -- 1 3i -- 14 94 , -- 111 _ - ... - . 'l5O - 4 231 - _ 6 -4„ - 2 102 - 104 25i - 26. 23 -21 p 11 - 11 17 -17 i 17 i 1 h 8 p par— p 25 1 26 19 - 20 par ip m 102 104 5 4 . 5i ~ PI BANKS, ••• -.-• ~ ...-. .• I - ill 1 4 p Li P Q i 5 LINES LEAS: Paid RAILWAYS. MARKET NEW 'fl • CORN EXCHANGE. 0 s O .O k t The supply of English wheat in to-day's marke t limited, and greatly out of condition. The IV IP'clel i ' by no means so active as on Monday, yet a stee' ra .it was doing, at fully that day's price s . For for te`o'o very several transactions took lace at extreme e e a,/ 0 Only 2,190 qrs. of foreign wheat having com e 0, , show of samples was very moderate. Most kill bel , ' fair request, and quite as dear as last week. f Floating cargoes of wh ea t an d b eans were ge n e ra tO° for enhanced quo t a ti ons. be There was rather more doing in barley and O at ' I change took placo in value. ti e° the P We had an imp rove d i nqu i ry for oats , , which wer e 6d. p er qr. hi gher. $ i„,:ito Beans and pea s were a s l ow sale, but flour vv request, and th e t op pr i ce of English was 46e• Pez .p of , O PO ARRIVALS THIS MIER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. °a". I 1,250 2,060 1,540 . 740 '0 ...., %,$ 70° 2,190 English Irish Foreign OOUGH HOP. For all kinds o f hoops, the demand is less l i t prices, how ever , very lit t l e change has taken Pl3c". WHITECHAPEL. o tiolo l Mutton sold rea dil y a t an a d vance in the gni. 00 2d per 81bs. Oth er ki n d s o f meat were stet' ' go from 2s 4d t o 3 s 6d ; mu tt on, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; s 3s 10d ; pork, 2s 6d to 4s per 81bs by the carcase' LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(7I:HS P-41;) .n et 21 LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind at Noon, W., wi 4'. f fiejtimes. 'yea" P r DEAL, Dec. 14 . —Wind, S.W. fresh. Arl2ailecV brig, Berbice ; Ocean Queen, N ew Y or k. , Grey, Melbourne ; London, New York. T , 10 , 1 4 ' 44 1 40 LIVERPOOL, Dec. 14.—A rr i ve d— John, St. csile Kerelaw, Wils on , Singapore lsabella Harnett , ~4 100 0A , 1 Anglesea, Morrison, Bombay;. Benjamin Boyd, I w o?, Sept. 27 and Fernando Po, Oct. 5 ; TYrn i Astiitof Colombo, New Orleans ; Mercury, Mobile l ge_ AI P Guy Mannering, and Montezuma, New York , Quebec ; Candidate, Newfoundland. Sailed ..„ -- 0 1 1, 1 P" Baltimore ; M an il a, V a l paraiso ; Waldeman, Woodstock and Familia, Charleston ; Saraviti" delphia. ta„,„ e " - f0 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.—. ° o P 0: of shareholder s o f thi s company was he ld in 11,61, Hotel, Ceester, y es t er d ay (T ues d ay ) , M r . W . Gor"-doP son in the ch a i r , w h en th e following resolution Was 7 g esti,e —" That, inasmueh as certain important legal to the affecting the position and interests of the shareh°'•i c ti still pending, the d a ily e xpected judgment s on 1 4. ill l , O committee are advised will be such as shall gro s ' for Ad cate their movements in endeavouring t o s eal! b y , proprietors 4/ per cent., which has bee n deferro 4 lo tY improper opposition of the directors, resolved meeting do adjourn to the Ist doy of February, lr o BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW.--This show . 1 - t ` hio fv:;„ been opened to the public. The numbe r o f pen?, „, 0 1,10 exceeds that of last by 200, and, in cre dibl e as pear, the sales yesterday in this department ani°' — rin g w t . 1;0001. Well might there be suc h crowing 3 ,T i iiou° be cocks. with a mania for the p urc h ase of them a s if each of them was the fowl in the fable that as jewel in the dunghill. Some pairs brought as mu... a e ir o 4o and 501., and in the catalogue prices of 1 001 1. D ' o l ; c0 . , 1 10 1,0001., are puldown for special pens, thoug h of 'fot these sums are given practically to protect exhi'' •oa * do not wish to sell. It seems strange that this pa s t ia i fi st e poultry should have slumbered so long to find 1 ' of fe d useful development as one of the minor bleseingesa b y t e trade. Cheap and abundant supplies of grain aid d t competition at Birmingham at Baker-street , an_ i ll 0 0° , annual shows of the Royal A gricultural Society, " Ao ctv: restore to the farmer a branch of productioniong nel tie hut neither the least profitable nor the least agree s , t braced within the proper scope of his occupatioine g re: i new Cochin China varieties of poultry continue 0ei.,10 demand, and the display of them at Binninghan e l id that of an y other kind. They certainly a re spl _ ov elv in size, a n d it i s not wonderful that this an d their considered they should be so much run after- theea DR EADFUL ASSAULT.—Yesterday, at ho kact. police court, John Gallavin, an Irishman, W lodging-house for seamen at No. 5, St. John' , " dorg cliff-highway, was brought before Mr. yardleY, oes with assaulting and wounding James MurPhYP c loth who got into the witness box divested of his uR1 , " 3 24 0 co ve J for the purpose of exhibiting his shirt, whicil re " h e ad, 7 0 - with blood. There was a large gash on hi s ..„a be a bruises and contusions on his head and fan_,; ( l. peared to have suffered much from loss of o +' defendant was /149c1 51. which he lid at °I/Qe. li i p.m. 14i AT F: Leasing Compans. Loudon & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W Caledon... Gt. Notrhr Gt. Westn. Caledon Do Yk. New & Berw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern Do (Norfolk Ln. &N. W. do Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. E. Count Do L. &I\ . W &Ln& Yk Do Gt. Northn Do Lancash. Yorksh MO/Clean Stoat. & Darling Do !Gt.Westn. 'OREIG. KE ~~ ~` I1~P: C 1 1 ,oetnegrdPari; es 3() '411) 31 30 - 3 0 i g ......- 151.1 5 53 15 1 149 33 [l3 lip 50, 2 8' 14 27 -14 J - 26 ] 25i 194 -- 2 2 5 23 -- 3 3 -1 iii i :: iii 65 64 _ 66 : f ie --- l ' i . 49 -- 151 i - i 323 L 054 - Closing Prices Yesterda7• 1 - ii = 15 3AP lf 291 ; i i -- 3 1 ° P P a 2 -21 P par 1 P - - 11 _ 1J 2i - 3IP Si 341 - 14i - 151 i-. :__ 1-53 p 65 - 37l - 32 - 4} - ---- 21 - 11A - 321 5P P 22 12 11 .. -- ip 6 d- iP 10 - 10,iP P P 4 —5 p 3 1 - 4 d d FIA P d 1, 1 ; - P 73 3i -- 4i , 30i -- 31 ' 9 l g p 41k —42 A 2i -- 3AP - 4 7 -- j a I 4,1 1 , ;(1 .--- p;r . .., li 13 p 4 d par i i 1p 11 d I P -- • 13 1i P Q , 1g - 14 p 21 —23 P 10 11 11 - 12 P 421 8t - P --___,_----___-- 'THIS DA I I