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Vibtrb Mbrition PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT• (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS; Their Lordships assembled at Twelve o'clock, Lord REDESDALE presiding►. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL-, The standing orders havin g b een suspended With re. ference to this Bill, it received a second and th i r d read ing, and was passed. Metropolis Water Supply; Bishopric of Christchurch, New Zealand. Improvement of Jurisdiction in Equity. Patent Law Amendment. The Royal train &pulled in the same order es that in which It had arrived, and thus ended the session el 1852 and the Parliament of 1847. TIOIUSE OF COMMONS. Tbe SPEAKER took the Chair in his state robes at Half-past Ova o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from Sunderland in favour of the ocean penuy postage. Mr. G. THOMPSON prese nted a petition from the , Tower Hamlets, praying that preaching might be allowed to take pla ce in Bohaer's- field ; also a petition from Pem broke Dock, praying for the separation of Church and State. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Birming ham, pra yi ng for the repeal of the Maynooth grant. THE RIOT AT STOCKPORT. Mr. AN STFX, seeing the Right Honorable the Sec retary of State for the Home Department in his plac e , wiebed to put to him a question with reference to the unhappy affray that had token place at Stockport. He wished to ask, in the first place, whether he had any further information on the subject of the affray than that which wan already before the country? In the second place, he wished to ask whether it was tree, or whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had any reason fur believing, that roligioua processions of the IL)man Ca tholics was the original cause of the disturbance? and, thirdly, whether it was the intention of Government, from this time forth, to take Effectual measures to pre vent religious precessions of that kind taking place in this country, where the current of feeling was eminently calculated to produce disastrous consequences?—(Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE had to state, in answer to the first question, that be was in possession of no further in formation than that which was contained in the ordinary channels of communication to the House and the public. With regard to the second question, he begged to state that he had received a letter from the Mayor of Stock port, in which it was stated that it was supposed the riot arose out of religious differences between the English and the Irish, but the mayor and his brother magistrates had been so much occupied in taking measures to secure the public peace that they had found no time yet to inquire into the immediate cause of the affray, and without a statement before him the House'could not ex pect him to pronounce any opinion upon the matter. With regard to the third question, he had only to state that both in England and Ireland the Government had given every possible caution to discourage pro cessions which were of such a character as could On any way give rise to religious differ ences, and he could assure the House that the Go- ' yernment were anxious that all processions which could lead to religious disputes should be discouraged, and he hoped the country would support them in preventing their eceurrence.—(Hear, hear.) VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. Lord SEYMOUR wished to ask the Noble Lord the First Commissioner of Works what measures were in tended to be taken during the recess to improve the ven tilation of the Rouse? Lord JOHN MANNERS said it was intended to adopt the recommendation of the Committee which had sat upon this subject, and it was hoped the Board of Wurks, with the assistance of those gentlemen who had paid. attention to the ventilation and lighting of the House, would render the chamber far more agreeable next session than it had b2en this.—(Hear.) PRINTED PAPERS. Mr. HUME said a number of valuable papers relating to the colonies, and other matters, had been laid on the table today, but he was told that they could not bq de livered to Members, as the Parliament would be at an end after to-day. The SPEAKER said his authority ceased after the dissolution, and the delivery of the papers would en tirely rest with the Government. M. HUME—Under these circumstances he de h li the I &overnmeut would consent to ordering the o r P e r e y d of the papers. Ttte CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER doubted whether the Government had power to make such a order, but there was yet time enough b e f ore the Parr n su meat expired to mo ve an addr ess t o t h e Crown on bject Hear, hear.)the Mr. lIIIME accordingly moved that an humblethat hade dreiis be presented to her Majesty, praying Majesty would be graciously pleased to order the deli! . very of such papers as had not yet been sent out. :Übe motion was agreed to. THE PROROGATION. The ballot for places in the train of the Speaker while attending her Majesty in the House of Peers was taken, and 'the name of Mr. Hume was amongst the earliest 'eri.fsztretimllte box. At the close of the ballot, tion that vt, expressed a hope that the same regula oipai Brunimarrieuerjaed last year in reference to the prin and that th e chmicellltenee would be followed to-day, Hon. Colleagues won't; retie Exchequer and his Right of all o thor Member s .— all "fed to - take precedence tax The Yeoman - Usher of the ! RIX: at the table, and stated that 14,7,._Red here appeared the immediate attendance of thi s Ir.,Aftty commanded the bar of the House of Peers." —K,ueable House at , left the The SPEAKER, in obedience to the sutuazi: House, attended by the Sergeant -at-Arras, Ministers, and the other Hon. Members pres eat abieet order in which their names had been drawn fro- th e the ballot -box. After an absence of a qua r t er o f an hour the l SPEAKER. returned to the table and read a copy of the Royal Speech from the Throne (for which see another column), The Ministers and Members then took leave of the Speaker, warmly shaking him by the hand, and the Rouse broke up at a Quarter to Three o'clock. SCO"ZTL4FI CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending June 27, 1852 : Passengers (10,107), parcels, horses, and carriages ... ..• £l,lOO 16 11 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 918 14 7 Total .. 2,019 11 6 p Corresponding week in last year... 1,781 1 10 641 ; June 30, 1852. BLAGRoves evening this yo ously and concert at these in f ornA which was most numer fashionably attended? --- fh' e act of Rossini's oper a k., .... r • ide, and a miscellaneous selec programme consisted of the first tape. The respectiv e Partis an' f Semiramide, Arsace, and Assur, were su.ltainecl and Mr. Le Jeune, very ex,elien iv and elicited much ap bY Mia o s Rutland, Miss L. Watson, plause. The celebrated a liei R, D . a . t -•,'„,, w as given very beau tifully by Miss Rutland, as a1.,,,,Z,; - s the duetto "Serbami ognor," by the same young lady a t ,, i mi ss L. Watson. Mr. G. Le Jeune conducted the concert. il pipe Carnarvon and Bangor Railway, a ,,,, , near the former .7 z :::: _ . - • , about two yards below the surface, , A Welsh P3Per says—" In s3L of the cuttings of ...... - . rdl, was recently discovered by a . , of p r taervation. '— We hope ths - w "kman in a good ito• so. London penny of poor ttuow will long . 5 ..FI -- . fAta,v Each annual repetition of the ceremony of the proro gation of Parliament presents so little diversity from its predecessors, that there is now little left to be said of it. Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace about two o'clock in the State carriage, pre ceded by the Officers of the Household and Ladies in Waiting. The cortege took the usual route and arrived at the Victoria Tower, by which her Majesty entered the House, at about a quarter past two. After the eeremony, her Majesty returned to Bucking ham Palace in the same manner. About one o'clock the Peers began to a rrive in con siderable numbers. Th e D u k e of Wel li n gton was, as usual, one of the first. The Duke of Earl of Derby, and th e D u k e of Nor C a mbridge, the t h u mberland were among the earliest arrivals. The attendance of Peeresses was unusually great, a nd the whole appear ance of the spa ce i n the body of the House and the galleries r eserve d for the ladies was more bril- Haat than wo remember having seen for some time. The corps diplomatique mustered strong, and the space allotted to them was crowded. Among the strangers present in the gallery was the ex-Raja of Coorg and his daughter the Princess Gauromma, who was baptised English ladies Engyesterday, at B uc kii3g ladies. Palace, and who appeared to be in char ge o f s ome e At a quarter-past two, outs sonnet or tne guns, and the cheering of the crowd ontside, announced the arrival of and in a few moments her Majesty the Royal e orteg e '. ns followed by the Great Officers of entered th I,l ° --e ' her seat on the Throne, Prince Albert State, and took being' seated on a chair of state on her left. The Duke carrying the Sword of State, stood en her of Wellingto n, majesty's le.ntenan ft, and the on Marqui ri s of Westminster, with the Maiee the gh Ca ,ll e f Earl of Derby, as leader of the Upper House, bore the Crown. _ti e r Majesty being seated, the Deputy Usher of the Dlack Rod left the House to summon the Commons, and in a few moments they appeared at the bar of the House, headed by the Speaker, who was closely fol lowed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wal pole, and other members of the Government. The SPEAKER then delivered his usual speech, ac quainting her Majesty with the course of business during the session, and praying her consent to the Con solidated Filed Appropriation Bill, which he brought up. The Royal assent was then given to the following Bills : Consolidated Fund Appropriation. Suitors to Chancery Relief. Her Majesty then read the Royal Speech, which was handed to her on bendel knee by the Lard Chancellor, and which will be found in another part of our columns. At the conclusion of th speech the Lord Chancellor, by command of her Majesty, proclaimed the Parliament prorogued until Friday, 'he 20!h of Auf;ust. Railways. Nominal Prices. Aberdeen 1004:paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. Bir. Wolv., and Steur Valley . . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jct., late 331. 68.8 d, 26/. pcl• Ditto, Chest. & Birk 50/.8: 25/. Cals., all Pi. 1 Ditto, ditto ~, 1.7 1 .4 Brist. & Exet.,lOO l . pd. i j Caledonian n Chest & 130137"" all pd. d C or k & g i vadon, 1 4 . Dab. Belf. Jct. 4o pd . Dundlk & E nn is., all pd. D un dee,Perth , & Aber deen June. D itto, New pd. Anglian (254L p . & E. and L. & D.)1001. p Do (184 E.& H.)allpd. East. Counties 204 pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire, all pd Do. New Quar., all pd E. & W. India Docks and Bir. June., all pd E. & W. Yk. Jnc., all p Edinb.'& Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West., 1004 Great Northn., 100/. pd D 0.% s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. B Stock, 100/. pd Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 100/. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 100/. pd Do., Quarters ...all pd Do., Fifths 14/. pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 y l p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Load. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,loo/. p Do. Quarters-25/. pd Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 1001. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Buz. & Mat. all p Man. Shef. & Lin.,loo/p Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4/. 2s. pd I Midland 100/. pd , Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Do. Quarter Sh. all pd Newmarket all pd Newport, Abergaven.,l and Hereford _l2/ pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 / pi Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 20/. S. 15/. pi North. Coun.Un. 3 1 /pd North British ...251. pdl Nth. Devoe, N0.1,134p, Do., No. 2 . ... 51. pd Do., % A, pd Do., % B, gua r . 51 . p d North Stafford. 17% p N orth - Western...all pd N. & S.-W. June. 6/. p Oxf.,lVor., B,w6L, all p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrew. & Bir. A, all pd Do. B Shrew. & Her. Old 8/. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6 % pd Do. A, B, C, & D fully pd. up at per cent. . . South Devon all id South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd StirL & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Hat 16/28.3d. Taff Vale 1264 pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...191. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Ber. 1004 p Do. & New. Ex. 201. p Do. G.N.E. pure. 9/. p. York & N. Mid.loo/.pd prazrz Aberdeen all pd; Do. No. 2, 7 pe r c t. 3% Caledonian, 104 100/p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Dundee, Per., & A.berd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(3/ 10 s )6 p c. all Do. (5/.) 7 per ct. all p Do. ( 7 / 1 7s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. 10 Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. &Dun. 5% per cent.. ... - .all Glas. & S.W. Con. 100/. pd Gt. North. 5 c. all pd Do. 5 pc. red. sc, all D i Great South. & wee:. i (Ireland) Btha all pd Gt. West. (Be r k, & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) 6 pd GLW. fixed 4 1 4 jou , Do. Do. „Ay. pd Lancashire and York. shire, F. 201. ..6/ . d Do. 6 p. C. Stk: 1004 - p L eeds Northern, 6 - cent. No. 1.. ... 131.dp 2 Do. Do. No. . la pd Do. Do. No. 3 , 54 pd Do. Qrs., v01d.„91, D d mid D na N• Gr. London & Brig. 5 per cent. -1004 pd Do. Con. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. pd ).. 11 ' 5 P p.c c: 1 1 3 8 % 52 1 : Lon. & Lincra P Qr. Sh., Na pd Do. Naw Do. 64 . - ........ .31. pd Mid. Con. 6 • P St 1004 Do. Con. Bris. & Bk., 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Preference _U. p 0_0:1 3 Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5 1 4 pct. all p Do. Wavny. Val. 2/. p North British 1004 pd North Stafford....all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent.... 12 % pd Ditto ditto ... 3/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd South Devon all pd Do. New I%pdl St.-Est. 4 4 p c. 101. pd stn. York. 4p c gd. all, Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p until July 14656, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. N. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland LL 16% % P and 8. Purch. 10L pdi LINES LEALI THE SHARE MARKETS• BRITISH RATIAUVINS. 10% % liEN'Tdin. THE SUN, Business done to-day. 28% t o 28% 64 -7 1.0 7 /1s 11% 10% —lO d. 18% - 18% 98 100 443 i 44% 22 —23 17 —lB x.n 10 8 d. 6 1 ,4 -7% 4 1 4- 4% 3;4- 3% 10% -10% 7%- 8% 5 3 / 4 - 6 19% - 19% 58 -62 64 -66 23% - 24 Ci'4 - WA 52 -54 127 - 129 44 -45 97% - 98 84 -86 10 1 ,6 - 11% p 82% - 83 4% —3% di& 3 —2% di& 17% 17% BY a —8% 107 108 ,130 —130% 7 p 5 p 2 5 / 8 p 96% 97 2% —1% dia. 2 —l% dis. 12% 13% 3 —3% 34 —35 3 -2% 73% -.73% 39 -41 48 ..7F6 4 dis. 2 39 -- - 41 10 9 di s. 3% 2 7 / 8 1di s . 3 5 —36 7 dis. 7 iii dis. ... ••• 1 1 4 - 2 p. 22 3 / 4 - 25 71% -- 72% 8% $ 3; 6 % 6 Nt 2 1 ,i 2 dis. 19 —2O 9% 10 14% 14 3 / 4 3 2 3 / 4 d. 50 —46 dis. 19 —2O 73 —74 35% 35% par 1 p iEi iis 2% —2% x.n 13 —l4 6% —6% 21% 22% 10 10% 74 —75 63 /i s dis.; 2 3 i's die.l sly s 52% FENCE SRAM 99 - 101 18 3 / L - 19 % 5% 6% 3 -3% PA - 1 7 A 3 p 1 % - 1 % p 14 -14%4 17 -17% 16 - 1 - 6% 2 -. 2%p 8 5 4 -8% %13(p- • --- - ••• .• % di& -- par .• '''' ••• '• ..". .. '. """ ••• • ''." ••• • •••• ••• ''''' ••• ..... • •• ''' ••• 4 p 13 -11% -13% - 1 ;ip 49 - 150 par — 23 P 6 110 1% -- ••-. 2 112% 2 - 2 - 10% - 17% 15% %dis. 1 2 14 1 " P ••• - ••• 2f) -21 % % dig; 101 103 4% —5% 14 - %13 22% 5% 111% 14% 534 AT TIZZD 17% % 23 102% ; .°llT.Wolv. & Dud., 3014 31% -ear.. ...... all pd; Do. Railwa y s ' Companies Nominal P ri ces. D L o e . asing N • a Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ... ... Bir.& Oxf.,gua.all'Gt. Westia. 31 —32 D o . • ~ without, all p B °. without, all p Do. . Buck all pi,un &N.W 19% 19% 19% ) Clydsda ala t • . 51 — 53 cent. . . ar r a ri Gloucest. ... D P- " 4, - Northn. 148 Forest... 22% Pd Gt.w 150 Businesa to-day. ) E. Lin., g „ ., 4t 11 1 1 ; aledoman i Hartlepl. Dk. & i y k.Ne e 3 iv tam• 31% 32% Railw....all pd 1 &Bar . Hull & Selby, all p Yk. B,x: } w •.. ••• Do. Halves., all p Do. . M.lll 113 Do. Quarts., all p Do. -- — 5 , 76 1 A L eeds & Brdf., ail p Midl a nd ;108 ''. Lon. & Grenw., all S. Ea s t ern. ." ~, Lowestoft., gua. -- 110 109 Do. Pref....all p 4 d Do. - 1314 25 % 26% per cent...all pd Norfolk . Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. 1 ••• Middlesbr' & Red- i car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar' ... —. . I N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 63 —65 Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Prestn. & Wyre, f L.& .N.W / all paid 1 & La. &Yf "" ••• Do. Hives, A, all p Do. Read., Guildf., and Reigate .. . all pd S. Eastern.. 26% 26% 26% 3 4 Roy. & Hit., 6% p Gt.Northn. 148 152 Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks ... ... S. Staffdsh., 9% p MriVi•Clean 1 34 dis. Wear Val. 6 p c., all i Stckt& Dar ... ... Do. do. ... all pdj Do. Do. do. ... till pdi Do. ... Wilts & Som. all plGt.Wea -... orri, 144 6 3% 12% 10% 13 LONDON = T;IIURSDA Y E V E. ( ING, J UL Y FOREIGN. Railviays. I Nomint 1 Prices. Brain et s done to. 4 ay. Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s Ocl to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RoarpoßD, JUNE 30.—Our market is depressed, and the quotations are 2d per Sibs lower.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3a 10d; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs; Sulkling Calves, 18s to 21s; and quarter-old Store Pigs, 163 to 19s ach. HAILSHAN, JUNE 30.—Most kinds of stock were very dull, as follows:—Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3a to 3s 8d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, JUNE 29.—The genaral demand was in a dull state, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d; Veal, 38 to 33 6d per 81bs. - CHICHESTER ) JUNE 30.—Our market is heavy, but no material change has taken place in prices. —Beef, from 38 to 38 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; Lamb, 4s to 4s 8d; Veal, 30 2d to 3s 8d per 8 lbs. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended June 22, 1852, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tewns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. RLEY. ' OATS. I. BEANS. . PRICE s 1 1400 d ' BA 27s 6d 20s Od 31s "E Od I 32s 4d I 31s PEAS 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. is 01 12 Od, is Od is Od is Od is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 104,174; Barley, 2,616; Oats, 11,930; Eye, 113; Beans, 3,275 ; Peas, 411 quarters. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, June 30. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord!LYNDHURST took a brief review of the busi ness of the session, and thanked the Governm en t f or t h e firmness with whichl they had resisted the clamour that - •vas raised out of doors for a dissolution of Parliament soon after they came into office. The delay which had taken place before the prorogation had turned out to be of the greatest benefit to the country, for measures of a far more valuable and important character had been Passed in the present session than had been passed for many Previous years. He therefore thought the present Government were entitled to the grateful thanks of the country. Lord BEAUMONT denied that the credit of p as sing he Bills referred to was mainly due to the present Government. The credit should rather be given to the moderation of the majority of the other House, and to the assistance afforded by the Opposition in that and the oth•ar House to the 'Government in enabling them to ge,t through the business that was brought forward. He t:nought that in consequence of the haste with which some of the measures had been passed they would be found to be very imperfect when put into operation. After a few words from Lord Brougham, Lord Beau mont, Lord Lyndhurst, and Earl Grey, The Earl of DERBY expressed his grateful thanks to the Noble and Learned Lord for the testimony which he had borne to the course of proceeding adopted by the Government during the present ses sion. He should, however, be exceedingly ungrateful to their Lordships and the other House if he accepted the compliment which had been paid to himself and the other members of the Government without admitting in the fgankest and most unequivocal manner that, for the success which had attended the determina tion to which they had thought it their duty to come, they were in a great measure indebted to that absence of party feeling, both in this and the other House, which had eminently characterised the discussions in the present session, and also to the fair ness with which their propositions had been re seived. Had that not been so, the period of time said have rendered it exceedingly difficult t carry into effect those measures which they conceived to be of vital importance. If the Government were entitled to any thanks, it was for hav ing resisted the importunity from various quarters with which it was urged upon them to dissolve Parliament at p a eprseorinoadllwyhtiochthwemonsledlvenso,tbountlywobualvde havebeen useful inconve nient the eofluhvl honour nd o tuhnre country in great inconvenience , p j a a n f d te p r r a o s b s a u b m ly . have led dtouttyhetapporsotppoonseemtoenrta, Parliament. fianmotenthte viloshse,nofhemaheayi mea sures which they deemed it their absolute and bound° and tvldhich they con the Governm ent assuming office, deemed fie f nas first peeda i a off d fe d dp r e aa s re s ar i mt n a g ai theirnu param o unt measures importance, L po e r r ss whicheie be fore an appeal should be made to thoeupoubnetrpya. s a i n d d er f e a d re it ra w m a t s aambsoonlguttehlyesne ewceasssatrhyesmh in creasing the national defences of the pa ssed dirstcame the measures for legal reformill,ctiwoauhßnictirlhi;WfoerrNeenxo dotilat recommended by the Commi ss i on t h at was ap pointedw h which _by p re d ecessors , but the ma c hi ner y o f h was mainly owing to the zeal and knowledge which was brought t o b ear on the subject by the present Lord Ch ance ll or. In addition to these, they t hough t it important no longer to delay effect carrying into a measure for giving representative institutions to New Zealand. They were also anxious to contribute to the'health of the metropolis by promoting a system of extramural interment, and improving and increasing the supply of water. If, there fore, they deserved credit for anything, it was for having justly estimated the degree of public spirit which they believed prevailed in this and the other House. principleTls i public of spirit ahanch ) had permitted d all mea a measures e t a la them which h o to controversy, and had obtained for them their support, regardless of all party c onsiderations, for carrying these measures which were ice manigthotnlethade peratively required for the good of the country.—(Hear.) It was a source of great gratification to hear that that short session had been marked with as great an advance of session, or with a stronger Government at affairs. He confessed that the opposition which had meeffnetn effe cted t i h n e a headln lon g er g e o r f been offered to her Majesty's .. public business as had ever been Government had not proof that with re gard that there was no beyond the fair limits, and he be lievedgreat measures which had been intro ducedcarried by her Majesty's Ministers, they :and . • . . . in a minority in this or the other House of had been been to isa t r h r og ied e Parliament. Upon one question, certainly, his colleagues ja t h e other House had been left in a minority, but the reasons which led to it were not so much based on the nature of : the measure itself, as it being considered a departure from the understand ing which was laid down at the commencement of the session, that no measure should be introduced which was not of an absolutely necessary character. At the same time, he gratefully acknowledged that while the Government had acted on this understanding to the best of their ability, they had not been met with any factious opposition and had en countered none but perfectly fair and honest opposition. To their Lordships h e owe d spec i a l t h anks for the Hind nests which they had shown him in carrying on the necessary business of the Government in that House. He thought if they had followed the advice that had been recommended by some gen tleman, and dissolved the Parliament on first taking office, and have summoned a new one, which would probably have met about this time, he was per suaded that time would have been wanting for carrying out those great sad important measures which had lately passed through both Houses, and he thought, too, that if they had been introduced at the commencement of a new Parliament the public attention would have been addressed to them less with a reference to their intrinsic merits than to party feeling. He him self thought that they ought to be considered without any reference to party feeling, ho„did not wish that party feelings should pervade all their discussions. It was his aim and that of the Government to reconcile the different classes of the country, and to obtain the confidence of the country at large by doing what they believed to be for the benefit of all. Earl GREY allowed that many important measures had been passed. bat he did not think the Government were entitled to take as much credit for them as they seemed to take. Their passing was rather to be attri buted to the political interregnum which had taken place, and to the fact of the Government having adopted the measures of their predecessors —measures which they h a d. in some instances, opposed when in opposition. Lord BEAUMONT could not admit the correctness of the Noble Lord's (Derby) statement, that he had carried out his policy—he had merely carried out that of the former Government. The Royal assent wa s then given by Commission I the following Bills: Industrial and Provident Societies. Turnpike Trusts Arrangements. &mach Flax (Ireland) Mills. Burghs (Scotland). General Board of Health. Disabilities Repeal. Representative Peers (Scotland) Act Amendment. Passengers' Act Amendment. Bishopric of Poor-law Commission Continuance (Ireland). Differential Dues. Militia. Trustees Act Extension. Hereditary Copyhold Enfranchiscuont. Property of Lunatics. School Sites Act Extension. Colonial Bishops. C° untY Courts Further Extension. Navy Pay . Turnpike Appointment of Overseers. Quebec. Corrupt Practices at Elections. Protestant Dissenters. Woods, Fores ts Pharmacy. y Casual Revenues in the Colonies. New Zealand Government. Poor.laW Board Continuance. Acts Continuance. Inland Revenue-office. Savings Banks (Ireland). Excise Summary Proceedings. Metropolitan Sewers. Friendly Societies (No. 2.) ts, and Lands Revenue Valuation (Ireland). Crime and Outrage (Ireland). Incumbered Est ates (Ireland). Distressed Uni ons (Ireland). Common Law Procedure Amendment. Secre tary of Bankrupts Office Abolition. Militian Ballot s Suspension. Mflitia Pay, Nisi Prius Officers. General Board of Health (No. 2). County Ittres, Commons Enclosure Acts Extension. Muster in Chancery Abolition. Huddersfield Burial Ground. Sunk Island Roads. Thames Embankment. Holloway HOllBO of Corvection. Pimlico Improvement. Leeds, Bradford. and Halifax Junction Railway. Blcckburn and Preston Road and Bridge, Preston and Garstug Road. Blyth and Tyne Railway. Kingston and Sheetbridge Roads. Belfast Harbour. Monmouthshire Railviay aad Canal. Kingston-upon-Hull Dues and Docks. Clanssen's Patent Flax Company. Great Western Railway (No. 1.) Frome, Yeovil, and Weymouth Railway (No. 1). Liskeard Roads. Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire Railway (No. 2), Stockton and Hartlepool and Clarence Railway, a n d Hartlepool West Harbour and Dock Companies. Cork Improvement. Asthall and Buckland Road. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway. Cambridge to Ely and other Roads. York and North Midland Railway. North British Flax Company (Claussen's Patent). Great Western Railway (No. 2). North-Western Raiway. Eastern Union Railway. W ao mbe Railway. edmore Road. Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Improvement. London Necropolis and National Mausoleum. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Humber Conservancy and Kingston-upon-Hull Docks. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 1). Torquay Extra—mural Cemetery. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Torquay Market and Slaughter-houses. Exeter Roads. Commercial Gas Company and British Gas Light Company. South Yorkshire Railway aad River Dun Compan y (Sale or Lease, &o.) New River Company (to improve the S u p p l y of Water, &c.) Chelsea Waterworks. Southwark and Vauxhall Water company. Wexford Harbour Improvement (No. 1). Wexford Harbour Improvement (No. 2). Tees Conservancy. West Middlesex Waterworks. Grand Janction Waterworks Company. East London Waterworks (Amendment of Acts, &c.) Swansea Local Board of Health. Wirksworth Mining Customs and Mineral Courts. Leith Exchange Buildings. Magdalen College (Oxford) Estate. Aberdeen Hammermen Incorporation. Gedling's Estate. Earl of Portarlington's Estate. Elwes' Estate. Fleming's Estate. Howell's Charity. Adams's Estate. Jarvis's Charity Estate. Mill's Estate. Spalding's Estate. Thornhilrs Estate. Aberdeen Boys' and Girls' Hospitals. Hawkins's Divorce. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, and Lord Monte,agle. The Speaker having retired, the Lord Chancellor took his scat on the Woolsack. CONSOLIDATED FUND APPROPRIATION BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Lord BROUGHAM took occasion to point out tho inquiries which he thought the Committee appointed to investigate the working of the county courts ought to pursue. The Noble Lord repeated the eulogium which he had passed last night on the system, and also ad verted to the efforts which have been made for a revision of the criminal code. He suggested the Commission to inquire should be based on the Chancery Commission. After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY, the Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. The House resumed at a Quarter to Four, and a mes sage was received from the House of Commons, inform ing their Lordships that the Commons disagreed to the Lords' amendment on the Improvement of the Jurisdic tion in Equity Bill. Lord COLCHESTER moved that their Lordships do not persist in their amendment, which was agreed to. Several other eae‘ , sages were received, and their Lord ships adjourned at Four o'clock. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dutch Rhenish-81. pd East Indian 18/. pd Do. Do 20/. pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p D. Louv. a la Sambre 7% Gmd o . junc. D of o Fr . 4 a. % 4 pd d Luxembourg l3l. pd Do. o (Railway) 10/. pd Do. 1/. pd Do. (Canal) pd Maria Antonia 27i pd Do. New 8% pd Namur & Liege all pd North. of France,l6Lpd Do. 20/. 3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons ...61. pd Paris & Orleans all pd l Paris & Rouen pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Rouen & Havre...all pd Sambre &Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4L pd l Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders...B% pd West. of France 6/. pd 24 -25 14 -16 3% 2% 8 dia 5% 6 p ••• ••• 1% - 1 3 4 p ... -.„ p 4% 4 3 / 4 3% 4 3 % 8 9 sy, 6 3 4 24% 24% 13% 14 5 3 / 4 6 5 / 8 p 49 —5l 34 1 4 35 23/ 23 % 13 5 % 13 7 / 8 5j —5/ 4 3 / 4 —4%dis. 3 —3% 2 2% p MINES. Agna Fria all pod' Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd, Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd, Blaenarvon I. & C. all p Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. 15s. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 1 ,E Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 15/. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 1/ pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. &Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Great Polgeoth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ~ allpd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Maxi. & S. Amer. 9/. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip l7 pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, 1 pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd par -- % p % p 3 / 4 —1% p 3 4 di& •• ... %I 3 die. ••• .-.-• ••• 1% --• 1% par — — n 88 —39 IA- -- %F• M 5 At dis. i i 4 p 3.1 dis., 2 2% p % y 8 dix 4 4 % —1 4 die.% % p % %, p . % clis. 11 .. —l2 % dis -- ;at. 11 —lll4 2 2X % X dis •STOCS BAN, 5'2 53% 59% 61 14% 15 25 —26% - Australasia ZOINT all pd Brit. Nth. Amer all pd Colonial 25/. pd Corn. of London 20/. pd Lon. & County 201. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 204 pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 1 , p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Union of Austral all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 104 p Union of Madrid all pd ... 18 -18% 29% - 31% 43 -44% •.• 1 834 - 20 36 - 373/ 46 -47 % 16/ 8 - 17% 44 4 1 45 5 3 / 4 - 15 3 / 4 -16 IA MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 2 pi Canada 32% pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . 251. pd Da. do. lO/. pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pcli Gen. Screw Steam Ship-1 ping Company...soL p' Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration! and Colonization, 2L p CETAIi.LLNEOZTI 2 - 50 -51 iiiA=ii 2 234, 85 86% x.d 36% 37% 7 7% 78% 86 8414 MONEY and COMMERCIAL isanvs, CITY, QUARTER TO TERRE. The Funds have been rather heavy again. Consols 1009 , and New Three -and-a-Quarter per. Cents. I 1049 • Bank Stock is at 225, being firm. Exaequer. bills of Jane are 695. to 725. premium. There is a very thin attendance in the Stock Exchange today, owing to the prorogation of Parliament. Foreign Sto c k s , th oug h qu i et, are very firm. Mrj. can Three per C en t s . are 279 , a further a d vance. Buenos Ayres Stock is up to 78 and 79. Peruvian Deferred Bonds, after being 67i, have rallied to 69. Spanish Three per Cents. are 48 to I ex-dividend, and the Deferred 219 g. Portuguese Four per Ceuta. have been 39 to Railway Shares have nearly all been at higher rates, with a fair business doing. French Shares are queiter. Gold Mine Shares have been more in demand at steady prices. Favourable accounts have been received from the Barra Burrs Mines, South Australia, up to Feb. 23. Although a good many labourers had left their employ ment, a great many miners continued at work. The English and Australian Copper Company had 5,000 tons of ore at Port Wakefield for shipment to England, and about 5,300 more at the works and on the road to the port. There was a sufficient supply of coal for the winter months. The circulation of gold bars with. the Government assay u p on th em h a d a ff or d e d m uch re li e f to the mercantile community. Consols for Opening 0/TE HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 30. The SPEAYER took the Chair at Half-past One o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from cer tain individuals complaining of the conduct of Russia in reference to its interference with the affairs of Sicily. The Hon. Member also presented two petitions from the City of London, praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Salisbury, praying that that City might be excluded from the Public Health Act. PATENT LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were considered and agreed to. IMPROVEMENT OF THE JURISDICTION OF EQUITY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were considered. Mr. WALPOLE moved that the House do disagree with the Lords' amendment which proposed to strike out clause E. Mr. BETLIELL seconded the motion. ' Sir W. P. WOOD took the opportunity of this dis cussion to complain of the conduct of the Lord Chan cellor in imputing to his Right Hon. Friend the Master of the Rolls sinister motives with reference to the Relief of Suitors in Chancery Bill. There was no foundation and he was sorr y t h ey whatever for such imputation s , had ever been made. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod here appeared at the table and summoned the Llouse to attend at the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal assent given by Commission to several public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report.) On his return the SpßexEit announced the titles of the Acts. IMPROVEMENT OF THE JURISDICTION OF EQUITY BILL. The consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Bill were then resumed. Sir W. P. WOOD added to what he had already stated in reference to the Master of the Rolls, that the Bill was prepared by the late Lord Chancellor upon the recom mendation of the report of a Committee, and the Master of the Roll s h a d no thi ng to do with the ' preparation of its provisions. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he was convinced the House would feel perfectly satisfied with this expla nation ; and he was equally convinced with his Noble Friend in another place that no stigma whatever could be attached to the untarnished reputation of the Master of the Rolls in reference to this or any other subject. It was quite evident that the statement complained of was made under a misapprehension, which perhaps was excusable when it was remembered that his Noble and Learned Friend who made it had been so much taken up with such extensive and valuable law reforms as those which had just been brought about. H e w ould take the liberty of mention ing, in conclusion, that those improvements were only the precursors of others of a far more important cha racter, which would be proposed to future Parliaments. After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, The Lords' amendment was disagreed to, and a Committee appointed to hold a conference with the Lords on the subject. SUITORS IN CHANCERY RELIEF BILL. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were considered and agreed to. RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY wished to ask whether the Act in force to prevent Roman Catholic processions cannot restrain processions by clergymen of the Church of England in imitation of Roman Catholic processions; and, if it cannot, whether her Majesty's Government have any intention to frame such an Act as may put a stop to such practices. Sir F. KELLY said in answer to the question of his Hon. Friend he had to state, in the first place, that the Act of Parliament which was now in force had no rela tion whatever to religious processions —if such had ever existed—in which clergymen of the Church of England performed a part. The Act of Parliament applied entirely to processions composed of Roman Catholic priests or Roman Catholic persons.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the remaining part of the question, he had only to state that the Government were not at all aware that the law had been violated in the manner represented in any part of the kingdom ; and therefore it was scarcely ne cessary for him to st a t e th at the Gorernmehnt. had no intention w h a t ever o f proposing, either in this or any I other Parliament, a Bill o f t h e nature suggested by the question.—(Hear.) LEOPOLD DE ROSE. Lord DUDLEY STUART would move for a copy of the depositions taken at Gosport on the case of Leopold _de Rose, wh o was sentenced to imprisonment, with hard labour, 00 t h e 13th day of November, 1851. ' The Noble Lord recapitulated the circumstances of the case which he had detailed on the previous day. He a dd e d also that Captain Hamilton, ' who had given De Rose into custody, h a d a l so insulted him by telling him that, as a Pole, he belonged to the most rascally set of s coundrels that ever were let loose on this coun try. The Noble Lord then proceeded to point out the injustice of the case, remarking that even if the poor Pole had solicited alms it would have been harsh treatment to give him into custody. It was only a few days since an Austrian officer, who had been engaged in the war against Hungary, applied to him for relief, and although he had been opposed to the prin. ciples of that affair, he should have disgraced himself had he given that man into custody.—(Hear, hear.) And yet Captain Hamilton bad thought it not unbecoming in a British officer to bo instrumental in imprisoning a poor Pole for fourteen days. The conduct of the magistrate was, however, equally repre hensible, for there could have been no necessity for visiting so slight an offence with such great severity. A case of this sort was a disgrace to a country which boasted of affording protection to foreigners. Mr. H. BERKELEY said that he had great pleasure in seconding the motion of his Noble Friend. He, from personal acquaintance, could state that Captain De Rose was a gentleman of the greatest delicacy. He hoped there would be no opposition to the motion. Sir W. JOLLIFFE regretted that the subject had been brought on at this period of the session. Time ought to have been afforded for procuring information on the subject. . 4 1t was most unusual in such a state of things that no representation had been made to the Home-office. All he could promise was that he would inquire into the matter. Mr. ANSTEY did not think that application to the Home-cffice was a very satisfactory remedy; in similar cases application bad had been made to the Home-office, and without the leas' success. Lord PALMERSTON said this ivt.a a cese deserv ing ?. minute and accurate investgation, and he hoped the Government would take care that such an iuvestiga- 1, 1852. Lion Was had. The Noble Lord who had introduced this subjact was entitled to the thanks of the country for having done so, since it would convince the world that even the wrongs of a poor foreigner could not be over looked by Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord DUDLEY STUART, the motion was withdrawn. MOSQUI CO TERRITORIES. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask, on behalf of British subjects having trading establishments in the Mosquit o terr i tory, whether the policy of the British Government regarding that territory, and the support hitherto given to the Chief or so-called King of Mos quito, is intended to be changed, and, if so, in what respects? Sir W. JOLLIFFE said negotiations were still pi-nd ing on this subject, but it was not considered prudent to lay the papers on the table. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Rouse adjourned at Four o'clock till Half-past One to-morrow. A GOLD DIGGER'S STORY. SYDNEY, FEBRUARY 28, 1852.-1 received your letters dated September 6th and October 19:h, to gether with half a dozen newspapers, last Friday, just a week after my arrival in Sydney from the " Diggin gs " where I h ave b een s i nce I last wrote to you. I walked both up and down a distance of 180 miles each way. I have had plenty of hardship and hard work, without making a fortune • however, I made what w ou ld b e called in England good wages -21. a week clear of rations and all expenses— but, oh what labour and discomfort to make that ! But I will endeavour to give you a slight sketch of my expedition. I started from Mr. S--'s house on a Thursday morning —I for get the exact date—with a chart of the road, made for me by a friend who had travelled it be fore. Fifty miles from Sydney I crossed " Razor Back," a particularly high and steep mountain. After I got over, I had, for the rest of the road, a distance of 130 miles to travel over mountains and through the bush, with few houses in the way, and some of them 50 miles apart, and going without seeing a human being for a couple of days together. Plenty of kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, parrots of all species and colours, and cockatoos, both black and white. They were new to me, and their novelty lightened the tedium of a long and wearisome journey. I arrived in Braidwood, a small village, 14 miles from the scene of my future labours, on the night of the eighth day from th e ti me I left Sydney, an d next morning wended my way to the diggings, situated in a gully or creek between the mountains, and with mountains all round. There I joined a party of three rough kind of charac ters, but honest hardworking men. The first week or ten days was a hard trial to me, handling the heavy tools. I assure you that for the first fortnight I never lay down in the tent at night without every bone in my body aching as if:it were broken, but I persevered and soon became hardy and strong. The Government is regulation and s y s t em o f working at the " diggings " this—you pay t o th e commissioner appointed by fact Go vernment 30s. for a mont h' s l i cence, and get 20 t ground measured out to you. Thus, a party of four, by paying 61., gets 80 f eet o f groun d i n length, the breadth of the gu ll y or creek,tow aarnbd, spade into the ground without payi ng hi s and no man is all owe d t o p u t a a month licence e money. The g o ld i s found feet ; e o t: b a e r l i a o w us i d t. ept l h v s e fr d o i m d the surface down t o 30 o r 40 not get any until we had down about 10 feet the water to keep constantly b a li ng. wa feet, to large rocks called bgtsoorun down from 15 t o 20 ldcearms.a in n n n w n e g, were and two out of the fourbe morning till dusk in th e even ingatly worked up to my m i ddle in Fromhave daylightffrequently w ater, and that been knocked o ff i n the slightest here the skin has na t e d with minera l matter, that if it t ouch any place eicla w uet ater fairly poisono us , so impreg degree, you are very safe to have a festered wound there,and one that you will not ge t we l l in a hurry b It also affects th e eyes ; no one a either. It sore eyes; mine are very much weak ened,eeescapes but much better than I expected they would be at one time, from the state they were i n ; but I must hole about 12 feet go b on with the di gg i ng. W e open a y 7 or 8 broad, and go down through the top soil, red sandstone, blue and white clay, and some stuff like rotten granite, till we come upon these boulders —we move them with crowbars, and underneath lies the vein, a bluish kind of gravel, containing the gold in greater or smaller quantities. Through our claims the vein runs very thin—in some places not three inches deep, and very poor, only a few pennyweights of gold in 30 or 40 bucketsfull of stuff; but as yet we have only worked the bank, but expect the bed of the creek will yield a rich harvest. We shall not be able . to work it till the winter sets in ; there is too much water now, caused by the snow melting on the mountains. I think, however, when the water goes down I shall have a chance of making an odd hundred or two. A party, about 200 yard higher up the creek, h ave , by the aid of pumps, suc s - ceeded in worki ng the bed, and with great success, making from 30 to 40 ounces a man per week, and they say the vein runs right down the creek into our claims, so I suppose when the water goes down we shall have our turn at making a trifle. But I will tell you how we procure the gold. When we get down to what we suppose workable stuff, one takes a large round tin dish, called a " Prospecting pan," puts a shovelful of the stuff into it, and washes it in the stream running through the creek ; the gold, if any, falls to the bottom, and you wash the rest of the stuff away-100 specks in a dish is a very fair " pros• pect." The stuff is then passed up in buckets and washed in the cradle—that I need not describe ; you will have seen plans of them in Liverpool. Their construction is exceedingly simple. You have no idea what labour and hardship there is connected with gold digging. The whole time I was up there Ido not think I worked dry two days together. Your fare is coarse, and you eat your meat cooked al mos t an y way. You sleep at night on the ground, rolled in a blanket, with a calico sheet to keep the dew off. With daylight in the morning your labours commence, and close at dusk in the evening. The work is hard, the life is a rough one, and the characters you have to associate with rougher still, but as long as money is madetob a e mau is I can bear all the discomforts. A s l ong as there,fortu and h chance Willie be can aaalwoatyhesresaornf makinga living a there the er hay sine e ne,and a he been very many nice little fortunes made since the diggings commenced. Of the many thousands who will be drawn out here by the news of the gold, those who come here with the fallacious notion that when they get to the dig gings they will have nothing to do but stoop and pick the gold up will be most wofully mistaken. They will have to work bard and endure privations and hardships that no one in England can imagine. While I was up, I saw many parties who came out from Sydney bent on making their fortunes ; they came down to the creek, looked down in the boles, saw men work ing up to their middles in water, then, thoroughly disgusted, turned away and returned to Sydney without eve r p utt i ng a spade in the ground. I have come down t o b uy a f ew t hi ngs ready for the wi nter campaign. I o n ly arr i ve d here yesterd ay wee k and am off again to join my mates the day - MOTTOR. On the hill, about a hundred yards from where our tent is pitched, is a favourite tree; in the evenings, when it got dusk, I used to retire and sit under this tree to smoke ray pipe and think. My reflections, I must confess, are sometimes sad and lonely ones, f when I think how far distant I am from all that are dear to me in this world. I have no kindred spirit here —nay mates are men of no education, quite common men, but good workmen and steady. Of course, we are all on an equality as long as we work together, but they, under any other circumstances, would be no company for me—we agree very well, and I would rather have for mates in gold diggings rough-spun characters, ac customed to hard work all their lives, than fine gentle men from behind the counter or out of offices, who never handled pick or shovel, and with whose con stitutions a day's work in a waterhole would be very likely to disagree. It is more profitable I assure , you, and I think myself fortunate in getting such mates. You talk about me sending you a consignment of dust; if I have any luck and make a hundred or two the coming winter, I do not think I shall send it home. The great influx of people we expect will make a property in a couple of years double the value it now is • therefore, if I am a bl e to ma k e something I think bricks and mortar will be the in vestment. You can purchase land and build a com fortable house here for 3001. or 4001. The gold market is fluctuating, it has been up to 31. 108. and down to 3/. ; 31.45. and 31. 6s. are the pre sent prices given. Fruit is very plentiful and cheap; beautiful peaches id. a dozen; grapes, apples, and pears equally cheap. I have lost six or seven pounds in weight while up at the diggings, taken out in pers piration, I suppose, but am exceedingly w e ll i n health, with face, neck, arms, and hands almost as dark as a black fellow's, from exposure to the sun. I shall have rather a different complexion on my return to England to what I had when I left. If I can make arrangements I will write to you from the " Diggings," and send the letter down to Mr. S. here to post. I have rather a rough prospect before me. They say it is as cold, or colder, in winter up among the mountains, where I have been, and am returning to, than it is in England in the winter time ; and I can believe it, too ; for, though the commencement of the winter was still a good way off, there was a white frost on the ground every morning for some weeks before I left, and the prospect of working up to one's middle in half-frozen water is certainly not a very bright one. The value of the farming stock in England in.. eared in the various fire-offices throughout the kingdom in the year ending the 25th December, 1851, was 54,935,053/. T h e amount insured is Scotland the yea; WAS 469,3481. 100 44% 1 ,4 22% 28% X.ll 4 3 A 3% 10 5 4 % % 5% 6 19% 20 19% 20 60 67 66 24% 24 DO% 91% 98 yed9% 99 Pm 84 887 8 84% 84 [ 3 / 4 10% % 17y 8 % 18% li 8% 3% 107% 108 130%34 31 131% 32 17% 97 % 3 % 34% Yi, 35 34% 74 73% 74% 7fi 40 % 35% 86 35 36 [35 23% '4 23 72% 72 55 56 55 8 5 i 5i 6% 19% 20 73 %74 733/s 11% 75 74 1 / 1 75% I ,¢ 13% 7AI 52 3 A 53% 53 1 9 1/4 174 163 i 14% 6 6 ... 100/ k x.d PRICES OF BEITI6II FUNDS O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Anne. New 3!‘ per Cent. Anne....... IO4N, lA r.ong Ann& to expire 1860 6/6 v E , 154 6 Icdia Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under 1,0004.. B9 P Console for Account Exchequer Bills. I%cl. March. 1, 0001 . .. 5001. Small, .............. CLOSIVG TRICICS. 225 101 104 1 4 6 15-16 89 p 89 p 100% June. 69 p 69 72 p 69 72 p CLOSING PRICES. 101783 A 76 p 76 p ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. P.razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOl% Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 79 78 Grenada Bonds, 1% per_Cent. — Ditto, Deferred Mexican, 5 per Cent., 1846 Ditto, 3 per Cent........ .........•• 27%54 Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cent 105% Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent , 67% 69 Portuguese 5 per Cents. 27 105%% 67% Ditto, 4 per‘Cent. Ditto Account 39 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 -- Ditto. 3 per Cent Ditto. New Deferred 2134 Spanish Com. Cert. Coup. not funded 3 Venezuela Bonds, 3% per Cent Dividends on the above payable in L on d on. French Rentes, 3 per Cent ......... . —. 7of 25c Exchange Belgian, 4% per Cent. - —25 f 95 Dutch 2% per Cent. 12 Guild 63 63 ex d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 38% 38% 21% e x d 2% per cent. 44 IA LLOYD'S SHIPPING —(THIS DAY.) LONDON, JULY I.—Wind at noon 5.W., mode rate breeze and cloudy. D ARTMOUTH, JUNE 30.—Wi n d TIT. - yr •--- Sld . Arabian, Quebec. •L-, -- z ALMOITTE, JUNE 30.—Wind W.—Acrd. Souvenir, Rio Janeiro; Charlotte, Maroum ; Adler, Porto Rico; FrY, Rio Grande. Off port, Belle Creole, Calcutta, and sailed for Havre. Thomas Hughes, Port Philip; Balder, Sonrab a y a , an d sa il e d f or Gothenburg; Sierra Nevada, Matanzas. Orr LlVERPO O L.—Swiftsure, B onn y ; Ashburton, New York; Panope, —; and Livingstone, —. A brig, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed 21st ult., lat. 45, lon. 20. PILL,JUNE 30.- - W.N.W.—Pat b a ck, Columbine, for Quebec. CZPENIIAGEN, JU NE 26 . —Th e Margare th a Wilhel. t aina, Scotland to Adense, was abandoned and sank off the coast, 12th ult., crew saved. Connives, JUNE 23.—The hull of a derelict barque, l pine built and l um b er laden and 154," marked o the stern " Pr ov i— , " on the spars "Y . an and cedar), supp osed to b e an Americas, came on shore on Cobas s. Beach, off Cape Prior, 19 th ult., and has gone to piece OFF DARTMOUTIL—Rothesay, Aden. BRISTOL, JUNE 30.—Wi nd (mahoy g Arrd. James Daly, Africa; Mohawk, ditto; Mountain Lass, Wil mington; Louisa, Quebec. CARDIFF, JUNE 30.—Wind W.—Sld, Elizabeth Bruce, Mobile; Prince Albert, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, JUNE 29.—Wind S.W. to s.s.w., blowing hard.—Arrd. Flora Mure, Moulmein; Cosmo polite, Valparaiso; Charles Jones, ditto ; Santiago, Buenos Ayres; Zerezano, Rio Grande; Rio Packet, Per nambuco; Lorene!, Bunin. Off port, Mischief, Barbadoes, for Dublin. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEI:VW:LTD AND ZNIADZINUAZZ. A very limited business has been doing in these markets to-day, yet prices are mostly supported.—Beef, from .2s 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 35 10d to 4s 10d; Veal, 2s 10d to 35 10d; Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. HAY MAILHETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, 31 5s Od to 4/ Os Od; load. Clover Trad ditto, 3/ 103 to 4/ 15s; a dull, at late ratesnd Straw, 1/ 4 a to 1/ lOs per e . CUMBERLAND.—Meadow flay, 31 5s Od to 4 12 s Od; Clover ditto, 3183 to 41125; and Straw, 115 s toll lls per load. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow flay, 3/ 33 Od to 41 03 Od; Clover ditto, 3110 3 t o o/ 15 s; and Straw, 1/5s to 1110 a per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARICHTS. SOUTHALL, JUNE 30.—The demand for each kind of stock was very inactive and prices were not supported.— Beef, from 22 8d to 3s 10d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 10d; 13% 5 1 4 5 26 1614 12% 13 1% d 23 % r. % 1414 123 3 4 , 14 % 39 41 1% lii 4% 'A 3 3 / 4 iNg 1/i 11% - 51 533 i 54 26 3 1 , 37 1 A Y 8 I A, pm. THE ROMANCE OF SWINDLING; At the Dover Quarter Sessions oiz Friday, he Hon. William O'Brien Fitzgerald, alias William Bennett Sothers, underwent his trial ter obtaining various sums of money to the extent of 8701. from a gentleman named Payne, a solicitor at Dover, under fraudulent pretences. The case excited very great interest, and among those on the bench was the Earl of Carlisle. The prisoner had the appearance of a foreigner, and was well dressed. His wife claimed the title of Lady Emily Fitzgerald, and represented that she was the widow of Count Eliz, that her mother was related to the ninth Duke of Narfolla, and her name w as Lady Alin Isabella Howard, and that her father wa s ral William O'Brien Fitzgerald, of the Guard.. Such statements were talse. The prisoner was formerly a member of the Stuck Exchange. Some four or five years ago the prosecutor was residing with his children at Eyethorne, and while there he became acquainted with the priaener and his aside. In the course of last August he received a letter from them. Bath were confined in a prison at Pau, in the south of France, at the haaa of the Pyrenees. The letter stated that they had fallen into an awful predicament, from the neg ligence of their agent, who had failed to remit them 3,0001.; that they had tfre misfortune to lose 1,8001. on their journey ; and that about 4001. would set them Halm The prosecutor proceeded to the Con tinent and found them prisoners, as they had de' scribed, in the prison of Pau. He took instructions from them there as to their family connexions. They stated that Lady Emily was the daughter of Lieute" nant-General Sir William O'Brien Fitzgerald, for merly of the Guards, &c., and that they were known to the Earl of Carlisle and the Duke of Sutherland. The Sutherland children, she said, visited her mother's, but, in consequence of their marriage not being sanctioned by Lady Emily's parents, the friendly' in tercourse with the Sutherland family had fallen off. " Lady" Emily added that her husband's mother was the Princess Casteglioni. Th ey h a d b een confined 10 prison more than 12 months, having been denounced as swindlers. Finding they were euefering great misery, prosecutor paid 4501. for their debts, and 2401. as security t° the Court of App ea l f or t h e i r appearance when re' quired. He pleaded for them at the Court of Appeals and obtained their liberty. He then brought them to Dover and supported them. They then askall prosecutor for 401. to go to the north of England 1 11 see some relations, when they would soon get some money from them to repay him. The money wa advanced, they went away, and nothing more we heard about them. Their representations about being connected with high families and their agents were discovered to be untrue, and in the course of swain seven or eight months they were apprehended at Bi ir nard Castle, near Durham. In the prisoner's hO% was a letter dated July, 1850, from the Earl Powis t° Lam, re li d e y f.. Ei h l y e Ewhich tie their yr of faew hd i pnc a ertraeeersdlei contained pnswel:airtftheigocatnt vhlsyeeolfOfpaobri evidencee / si .iseno.s being n erT t ret hithaooeatretit related te f t w a h r e t wife, and f e o r l e k that u f a t n m la a found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner said he w 5 .4 innocent of the charge. He was sentenced to trams portation for seven years. INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. A spcial general meeting of this institution WOr's lgst night held at the rooms of the Society of Art i• Mr. M'Connell, engineer of the North-Western Rail' way, in the absence of Mr. Robert Stephenson, M. r ., presided. The following papers were read and di s' cussed : Mr. 2,lmisn ALr„ the secretary of the society, reed a paper on the principles of the centrifugal pun 3 I furnished by Mr. Scott, of London. These pumps, 1 may be rem em b ere d , excited considerable interest t the late Great Exhibition, and a controversy the originated, which has been continued to the presenA time with considerable warmth with respect t o tb e merits of Appold's, Gwynne's, and Bessimer's arrang" - went of the r a di a l arms and other points connected wit , the carrying out of the principle. As it was expecte d that the pap er t o b e read on this occasion, and Viet discussion that wou ld ensue, would throw some •ligh't on the subj ec t, th ere was a considerable attendaece of engineers and scientific penons. Unfortunately . ; however, the paper dealt only with the principles the centrifugal pump, and did not profess to give aer practical result Whatever. The opinion of the w riter of the paper, that practically considerably less that 50 per cent. could be obtained by the centrifugs' power, was combatted by the friends of Messrs. Bp" pold and Gsvynne en the one hand, and by the ou t vocates of the old system on the other. On the O r a of the f ormer i t was contended by Mr. Crawl:44 and others th a t th e resu l t of the trials made at ,t" Great Exhibiti on b y M r. Hensnian showed a elet t., it result of 75 p er cent ., and that pumps since constructe d by Mr. Appold had given from 69 to 70 per cent. A gentleman fr om M r . G wynne ' s also gave e°l:l3a facts connected with the working of a pump CO 13 ; strutted upon his plan ; b u t i n neither case was 513,, sufficient data give n f or arr i v i ng at a satisfacte... result. Mr. VIGNOLES stated that the whole question of th e ' value of this class of pumps resolved itself into tbo profitable conversion of speed into power, and 85 9°' evidence had been given on the point they were un able to come to any conclusion on the subject. The further discussion of the paper was then ad journed to the next meeting. The remaining papers read were :—On the ExPe: sive A c ti on of Steam in Locomotive Engines, by Daniel K. Clark, of Edinburgh ; on the Expansic' a of Isol a t e d Steam and the Total Heat of Steam, b I Mr. Ch ar l es W. Siemens, of London; on Bourdon '6 Metallic Barometer, Indicator, and other a pplica• tions of the same principle, by Mr. Charles Cowper' of London ; on an Improved Screw Propeller, by Mr. Georg e B ov ill, o f London • and on a N ew Direct Acting Steam P ump , b y Mr. iN r in. K. Whyteheadt of London. The meeting then adjourned. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JUNE 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was an improved feeling eV hibited in the share market to-day, and a good busineall has been done at higher prices. The transactions were 0 follow :—Bristol and Exeter, 100—Greet Western, 973 i ". Caledonian, 441/2—York and North Midland, 52. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 30. , STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market presented an proved appearance t o -d ay, and prices generally had a ten" dency upwards. Th e transactions were as follow :—Blr kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 221. Shares, 5 dis• -• Chester and Holyhead, 23/—East Lancashire, 19% e . " -- L Dittoitto p hire a ort nd Yorkshire, 82—Ditto, Fifths, 3 13-16 dig. -- , N and South OVelevstQßuairdtie.gs, 6 Th y : .-A ion), 2:A dis.—Liverpool, crosbP D , 20 %a London and North-Western, 13014"- P —Midland, 721/2—South-Eastern and Dover, 2 . .ey, —York and North Midland, 25M. - BIR6IIIvt3HANI, JUNE 30, STOOK EXCSANGE.—The business to-day was rather lll' !tilted, but prices were firm. Th e on l y transactions reporte d were—Birmingham , Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 10/9 —Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), a nd [ ADVERTISFMF,NT.] -- Holloway's Ointment --, Pills have cured a Bad Leg, after Thirteen Years of Siafrer/ 0 1: —Mrs. Anne Smith, of Hemel Hempstead, suffered w i t !, wounds in her leg for thirteen years, during which p e riod s '.'" was under some of the cleverest surgeons of the age, b o th 01 town and country, and, notwithstanding all their eaperienhe' none of them could heal this dreadful bad leg. Airs, Sul„, t ' l : finding all their remedies useless, was persuaded to give 11 . ° ,,a loway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and these medicines eu, r " her in an incredibly short space of time, and she now fe e ' s ! ' pleasure in boasting of the wonderful efficacy of HollowaY„:. Ointment and Pill s .—S o ld b y all druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. HOUSE OF Lon ns. —A report on the Parliswe fr office, and on th e o ffi ce of the Gentleman Usher efse t O be of Black Rod, has lat e ly been confirmed by th e Ho'l that Lords, in referen ce to the new Parli a m en t. I t apptsrs a fee of five guineas is paid by eac h D u k e to the 111es.,f. s e n m g e r o n o s f the f Seal p G e ' e r r e s a t t op 6 1 o a r m t e h n e t ,conveyance f of tw o t h g e u w i n r e i a t s s ,: ,y 0 . , s e u ach m other Peer, which emolument has produced on ti,' [. average of four years, including one new Parliament, ' " 11 p e r annum. The Lords' C omm i ttee resolved, that as a other fees paid by Peers of the House of Lords, and also by Members of the House of Commons, have been abolished, ill: : fees paid by Peers on recei v i ng t h e i r writs of summons “ also discontinued, a n d t h at in lieu thereof there be paid o the messenger, d ur i ng bi s life, 2001. a year, from the Ist of June, and that th e messenger in the Crown-office be Paid 45/. a year f or o b ta i ning in future the writs of summons, and,,„ attending during th e s i tt i ng of the House to deliver the" '" the Peers. This new arrangement is now in force. ST. IVES, JUNE 29 .—The Hope sloop, of Salconibe , struck en the stones in this ILy yesterday, and inll3lB - sunk; crew saved. BIRTHS. OF A SON. At Sands, in the county of Durham, on the 28th ult., g be wife of Mark Ord, Esq. On the 28th ult., at Devonshire. place, the lady of Matther Richard Scott, Esq. F d.IIGHTER. On the 29th ult., a t Chap A D el - street, Belgrave.square, the wife of D. S canne ll, E q. On the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev. W. Thornton, 0f Dodford, Northamptonshire. 111.1 , On the 29th ult., at St. Voysey, 8.A., second son of the late Annesley Voysey, E s q: of of College, near Hull, to Augusta Pancras Church and Principal the Rev. Richar d daughter of Captain Henry Curtis, Royal Artillery. _____— On the 27th ult DIED Lady Elizabeth C., ourtenay, aged 73. at the Palace of Hampton-court, t he On the 28th ult., aged 71, John Tweedale, 111.1)., S. B -N. Fructo z On u the 28th ult., at Great Portland -street, J o h n Antoni o n E. I. At Bath, on the 27th ult., John 11. Forster, Esq , of Tog' gall-hall, _Northumberland. Westminster, On th e 28th u lt., Mr. George M. R us h , of Bridge - s treet, W aged 66. 66. On the 2teBrt,ha Catherine, wife of G eorge R ea d, Esq. ' of Northumberland place, Commercial -road East. 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