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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, 2114 r 96. 1,-rd DENMAN took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. i:e Marquis of Abercorn and Lord Barham took the oaths and their seats. L - ird TANKERVILLE presented petitions fiom North -11ml:el-land, complaining of Agricultural distress. The legis latu:•e must make up its mind to grapple with the distress pre vail ng among the agricultural classes very shortly. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented petitions from Hillsbo ?POI and Northampton, in favour of the Islington Market Bill. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from Mon mouth and other places, in favour of a legislative enactment for the better observance of the Lord's Day. Several Petitions were presented by the Earl of ROSEBERY, the Duke of I3ucci,Econ, and the Marquis of BUTE, praying for the further endowment of the Scotch Church. 'i he Earl of RADNOR begged to ask the Noble Duke, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, whether the re po: t respecting the convocation of that University was true. '1 he Duke of WELLINGTON, as we understood, replied in the affirmative. NEWSPAPER TAXES. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Jas. Chris tie and Benjamin Dignum, Proprietors of the Bath aiardian newspaper, praying for the repeal of taxes on newspapers. The petitioners stated, that the quan tity of unstamped weekly newspapers which were circu lated was incredible. One news agent in Bath received not ler, s• than eighty dozen weekly, differing_ in nothing from the re ular newspapers except that they paid no stamp-duty, and that they contained matter which no newspaper respectably con ducted would admit into its columns. He mentioned this as a re .aarkable confirmation of the fact which he had stated to their Lordships on a previous occasion, that the stamp duties operate against the diffusion of useful knowledge. EDUCATION COMMISSION—(IRELAND.) Lord DUNCANNON had a petition to present to their Lordships from two Gentlemen Commissioners of Public Irstruction, against whom certain charges had been brought by a Right Rev. Prelate about six weeks since. A n )tice had been given by the Right Rev. Prelate (the Eishop of Exeter) in the month of April last, which he had subsequently postponed till after the Easter balidays. The notice was a petition from the Rev. W. Baker .oney, incumbent of a parish in Mayo, complaining of the un f,ir and improper conduct of two Commissioners of Public In a ruction. The Commissioners in Dublin had sent circulars to the Clergy of every persuasion, requesting answers to certain que ries. The Rev. Mr. Stoney, instead of sending written an s, ers, had thought fit to print and circulate them through the e runty. The Noble Lord proceeded to read the questions of tl 0 Commissioners and the answers of the Rev. Mr. Stoney, in which he assailed the Roman Catholic religion, and the Clergy men of that persuasion officiating in his parish, in very strong tc -ms. The Commissioners, having received those answers, were obliged to attend in the parish ; knowing the temper of the gentlemen from the nature of the answers, they had been careful to take a minute of every thing that transpired while in the parish. He was sorry to take up the time of the I louse, but one or two of the circumstances were so particular that he felt it was necessary that be should detail them. After the Commission had been opened, the first discussion was as to ta.a, attendance of worshippers at the Church. The answers of Mr. Stoney were of so very violent a nature as to be in the opinion cf the Commissioners very exciting and offensive to-the Roman Catholics—the Commissioners were obliged to request that he would be more temperate on several occasions. Mr. Stoney gave in a census of those belonging to his con gregation, which be did not wish to have made public, as that would not be received. He furnished another ' which contained the name of a woman named Gordon. Mr. Hughes, the parish priest, stated upon oath that he had received her into the Catholic Church, and had *No administered the Sacrament to her. Mr. Stoney, s Lid she was one of his congregatidn, but dared not attend from the system of intimidation pursued in the parish. The Curate of the parish and two Magis trates denied that statement, and said that though they were Protestants they could safely proceed through any part of the parish without any other weapon than a stick. Some men in the Court were making a noise, and one of them was put out, which induced Mr. Stoney to protest against all the proceedings, in conse quence of his witness being excluded. Mr. O'Donnell, a magistrate, at the close of the proceedings, said he regretted that a respectable man had been turned out, but he also said that the Commissioners could not do otherwise. It appeared that Mr. Stoney could have had no difficulty at all in making a proper return, for it appeared that - the parish contained 497 Protestants, 1,213 Catholics, and two Presbyterians—a fact which was well-known to himself. Out of several thousand cases there were only five complaints against the Commissioners sent in to the Irish Government. lie had seen those complaints or charges : one of them was from a Noble Lord, and the other four from Protestant clergymen ; and in every instance the answers returned were said to be satisfactory.—( Hear.) He would not go into any explanation as to the character of this Gentleman, or of the proceedings that had taken place be tween him and his parishioners ; he would only beg the House to consider the situation in which the Commissioners were placed. They had a most arduous duty to perform, and charges, therefore, should not be lightly brought against them. He did not know why the Rev. Mr. Stoney had not thought proper to place his petition in the hands of his own diocesan (the Archbishop of Tuam) who was a Member of that House, who knew the character of Mr. Stoney, and might inquire into the circumstances attending this charge. lie, however, preferred sending it to the Right Rev. Prelate, who could know nothing of the circumstances of the case, of the character of Mr. Stoney, or of the litigation that occurred in Lis parish. Therefore he called upon their Lordships in the name of these petitioners to compel Mr. Stoney to make rood the charges that had been brought against them, or to relieve them from charges which every ono of their Lordships must consider the severest and the heaviest that could be put upon men in their situation. The Noble Lord concluded by presenting the petition. The Bishop of EXETER would not follow the Noble Viscount in his details, nor would he comment on the conduct either of Mr. Stoney, Mr. Hughes, or the Commissioners. lie simply wished to state his reason for presenting this petition. In the first place, he wished to set himself right respecting the terms of the motion of which he had given notice. The notice which he delivered was, not a charge against the Com missioners for persecuting Protestant Clergymen, but for their partial and unfair conduct, and also praying protection against the persecutions which Protestants were suffering i Ireland—not from the Commissioners, but from the Papists of that country. The Noble Viscount also stated it as a most extraordinary circumstance in this case, that the petitioner did not think fit to place his petition i i the hands of his own diocesan. The fact was simply this ; that Right Rev. Prelate, the Archbishop of Tuam, Lad not been in England since the first day of the session ; he (the Bishop of Exeter), however, communicated the circumstances to him, and enquired as to the character of Mr. Stoney, and it was only his duty to state that he received an answer, thanking him in the most handsome way, f )r undertaking the case of one of his clergy, of whom he spoke . is the highest terms, as one whose every statement might be received as true. The Right Rev. Prelate then explained the reason why he did not bring the matter forward sooner, by stating that he could not find Mr. Craig, the Commis.. loner's name, in the Commission upon their Lordship's table, rid also from the circumstance of the Easter recess, and the inquiries he had found it necessary to make, in order to bring the subject satisfactorily before the House. The return to that motion had not been made until that morn s ,g—it had been only just placed in their Lordships' hands. Ile should be ashamed to take advantage of any want of form ; ut there was one point to which he begged to direct their Lordships' attention. It appeared that Mr. Craig had required Mr. Stoney to attend him, but it turned out that he had no right t ) issue such orders, for the Commission made it im } ,rative on the Commissioners, that two or more should) Le connected in all their inquiries.—( Hear, bear, hear.) That had increased his (the Bishop of Exeter's) anxiety to see the Commission under which Mr. Craig had been appointed, r id that Commission had been placed in his hands only that day. 1 it was not the paper which he had moved for—it was not the document which the Noble Viscount had promised to lay upon their Lordships' table—it was merely a warrant under which a Commission was afterwards to be executed; and it was rather strange, that in a case where the production of the paper was t such importance, the proper one had not been produced. lie appealed to the Noble and Learned Lord (Brougham) v hether that was a Commission, for he believed his name vas appended to it.—( A laugh.) Lord BROUGHAM did not see how his name being men thned in it could make him answerable for its contents.— ( Cries of Order. ) The Bishop of EXETER resumed. The petition re quired of their Lordships to compel Mr. Stoney to bring fcrward his case while the gentlemen complained of were present, but Mr. Stoney was at present in Ire-. Irnd ;" and he (the Bishop of Exeter) was quite persuaded ti at the Reverend Gentleman would bring it forward whenever their Lordships wished it, and if Mr. Stoney did not do so, he (the Bishop of Exeter) would not bring the petition forward at all. In another week the Report of the Commissioners of Public Instruction would be upon their Lordships' table ; and under these circumstances he thought h' would be doing very wrong if he thrust the case forward. Lord BROUGHAM said that, being in a great degree an swerable for the validity of the Commission to which so much allusion had been made, he was very properly and regularly called upon by the Right Rev. Prelate to give some explana ti,r, as to its character. He did not blame Mr. Craig or the other gentleman who was joined with him in the petition that had just been presented to their Lordships for sending forward that petition. It was very natural that they should have smarted under the supposed charge, made against them by the Rev. Mr. Stozieir- But it turned out that they had no charge to meet. Them was only a notice of a charge. He did not blame his Noble friend ( Viscount Duncannon) for presenting the petition, but he not think that the grounds of the petitior were a fair subject 1 :7 complaint. The peti tioners complained that the petition of the Rev. Mr. Stoney was not presented. Now, surely the Right Prelate to whom Mr. Stoney's petition had been entrusted had a i 7 erfet right to postpone the presentation of that petition accordin: to his own discretion. It had been suggested that there was some discrepancy between the paper which the Right Rev. Erelte - _,Fead end the notice entered on the books : but on in spection the one turned out to be a literal transcript of the . other, even to the very letter. It had been said that what had. been printed and read was not a copy of what was handed in by the Right Rev. Prelate. Now he held in his hand the very original that had been delivered in at the table by the Right Rev. Prelate, and as he knew from his habits as when th! ) , had hv Bop, to T)oth a lawyer, that a copy ought never to be use.. the original—( A laugh)—he would proceed, step compare the original with the notice on the books, anti with the printed copy sent round to their Lordships. He found by this comparison that the original notice ran this : " Notice, by the Bishop of Exeter, to present a petitbn on Thursday next from the incumbent of the parish of Borithoole, in the county of Mayo, complaining of partial conduct sn the part of the Commissioners of Public Instruction, and of per secution carried on against the Protestant Churches of Eng land and Ireland." This was the Right Rev. Prelate's origi nal notice. He ( Lord Brougham) had also before hin the other two, but he could not read all three at once ; but 1 any Noble Lord who had learned to read and write wouh: take the copies in his hand, he might compare them word by word, as he ( Lord Brougham) read the original, and the whole three would be found to be precisely and literally the same. Indeed, so exact was the copy, entered on the books, that he must take that opportunity of lauding the remarkable accuracy and precision of his friend the clerk at the table, for he copied even the very abbreviations in the original. For instance, the letter P. was put for parish in the original, and so it was by the clerk in the copy.--( A laugh.) There could be no doubt, then, that all the notices were perfectly correct. The Bishop of EXETER said that perhaps he had not heard the Noble Viscount ( Duncannon) distinctly, but he certainly understood him to impute to the petition of Mr. Stoney that it charged the Commissioners with persecution of the Protestant Church, whereas the petition which had been entrusted to him (the Bishop of Exeter) complained of gene ral persecution. Lord BROUGHAM said that this explanation would not tally with the argument of the Right Rev. Prelate, because his argument was, that the notice was not accurately printed in the paper sent round to their Lordships, and this, therefore, except by a sort of second sight, which he supposed the Right Rev. Prelate was not gifted with, could have no reference to a speech delivered a week before by his Noble Friend. The Bishop of EXETER here made some slight inter ruption. Lord BROUGHAM would strongly recommend the Right Rev. Prelate for his own sake not to interrupt, or doubtless he would bring down on himself the censure of their Lord ships. It was but just now that he (Lord Brougham) ventured to utter only one word, which was immediately con strued into an interruption of the Right Rev. Prelate, and in an instant twenty throats were open against him.—( A laugh.) Now, of course, when he was thus censured for only looking as if he meant to interrupt—( A laugh)—the Right Reverend Prelate would have the same twenty throats open against him for a real interruption. He wished, therefore, to save the Right Rev. Prelate from his own undoing. He should now come to the more important matter involved in this discussion. He fully acquitted the Right Rev. Prelate of all blame for not presenting the petition that had been entrusted to him, for every Noble Lord in that House had a right to exercise his own judgment in such a matter, and would think it very odd, indeed, if he were called upon to present a petition contrary to his judgment. With respect to the petition that had been just presented by his Noble Friend ( Viscount Duncannon) he should be much surprised if his Noble Friend had any expec tation that the House would agree to the prayer of that peti tion. It was impossible that any one could comply with that prayer, which was nothing more nor less than that Mr. Stoney should be compelled to present his petition. The House had no power or right to enforce such a prayer as that any one should come forward to prefer a charge against another. He admitted, however, that, as a vehicle of self-defence, the pe tition was very properly presented by his N o ble F r i en d. The Right Rev. Prelate had asked if the Commission that had been laid upon their Lordship's table were really a Commission or not? It certainly was not the original Commission, but it was a copy ; and a copy of such a document was all that could be had access to. They never could have access to the original, because, from the very nature of a Gommission, the original must go forth, and the original Commission in this case was no doubt in Ireland, in the hands of the Com missioners or their clerk. It was not like a record, to which access might be had at all times; but, although the Commission was not forthcoming, there was the copy with the warrant attached to it. It ran in the usual form of all Royal Commissions, revoking the former Commissions, and substituting this ; and after naming the Commissioners and directing the powers and authority they were to exercise, it s 7 .includes, " And for so doing this shall be your warrant." This document, when drawn up at the Secretary of State's Office, is sent to the Attorney-General and Solicitor-Ge neral to report upon, and after these reports it goes to the Privy Seal, and then to the Great Seal. There was not, therefore the slightest difference between the document now before their Lordships and the original Commission, except the warrant, and the words "To the Attorney and Solicitor.. General." Now as to the case of these two Commissioners, against whom Mr. Stoney was about to complain, or had ex pressed an intention to complain, he, for one, thought they had fully vindicated themselves, and fairly met the charges in sinuated against them—not by any general denial either, but by telling in detail what really did take place. As to the complaint that a Protestant had been turned out of Court, was it not the uniform practice of all Courts and Com missions, and Committees, after giving notice to that effect, to turn out all persons who disturbed the proceedings ? In this case notice was given both to Protestants and Ca tholics, but the Protestant happened to be the first who vio lated the order and decorum of the Court, and was accordingly the first to be turned out, He had every respect for the cha racter of Mr. Stoney, and he was not at all disposed to say anything to his discredit. They had been told by the Arch bishop of Tuarn that Mr. Stoney was incapable of telling an untruth; but he (Lord Brougham) would take leave to say that there was a very material difference between a man's not telling an untruth, and our believing every word he said,parti cularly if he be a man giving an account of a transaction in a country distracted by religious discord, and in the midst of which he himself resided. He would not believe such a man under such circumstances, influenced by his passions, on his word, no, nor on his oath. Mr. Stoney was, moreover, a pub lic accuser. He charged the Commissioners with gross and infamous partiality; and was his bare, unsupported allegation of facts to be believed? This was a mode which Mr. Stoney had adopted to stab the Commissioners through the Right Rev. Prelate's notice to present a petition. When he said that Mr. Stoney was so entirely under the guidance of passion that he would not believe him, he said so because he read the answer he had given to the Commissioners, and which had been circulated and printed by Mr. Stoney himself. He would ask if any Noble Lord could give credence to any witness in such a frame of mind as Mr. Stoney must be in when he gave those answers ? Answers, indeed, they could not be called, for, in the whole of his replies, there was not an answer to a single question that had been put to him. He talks of the Papists worshipping stocks, and stones, and wafers, and he gives them texts from Scripture, but not an answer does he give to a single question. He tells the Commissioners that the Rev. Mr. Hughes, the Priest, whips his parishioners into the river, and that the state of the Irish peasantry is worse than African slavery ; but no question does he answer. For his (Lord Brougham's) part he doubted very much if Mr. Sloney's mind was perfectly sound, for he never knew in any case of inquiry as to a man's sanity that he had been present at, stronger indications of a paroxysm than Mr. Stoney exhibited on the occasion re ferred to. The idea of convicting a cat, much less two Commis sioners —(A laugh )—on such evidence, was ridiculous, for, to say the least of Mr. Stoney, his mind was evidently a mind without calmness. But the Commissioners were not the only persons of whom Mr. Stoney complained. He complained of an Hon. Baronet in the county, who had accused him (Mr. Stoney) of being a scandalous, litigious, troublesome, dis graceful Clergyman. These are the terms used by Mr. Stoney himself in his letter of complaint. Now, as the Arch bishop of Tuam had vouched for the veracity of Mr. Stoney, he (Lord Brougham) was under Archiepiscopal dominion in this matter, and was therefore bound to believe that wha Mr. Stoney said in his letter was true.—( A laugh.) In ano. ther letter written by Mr. Stoney, in March, 1833, he also complained that he had been told that he was a scandal to the Church, and more fit to be an attorney than a Clergyman. —( Laughter.) Now he (Lord Brougham) did not at all join in the implied censure here cast upon attorneys—( A laugh)—but it was certainly a general, although doubtless an erroneous, mode of imputing unworthiness to compare a mar, to an attorney. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, too, not the present Lord Lieutenant, entertained no very favourable opinion of Mr. Stoney, for in one of his communicationi he says—" The decision appears to be a correct one, and from what I know of the Rev. Mr. Stoney, I believe it to be so." This referred to a decision of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of which Mr. Stoney had complained. He thought, therefore, he was justified in saying that, on controversial - - points, he would not believe Mr. Stoney, although, in an: other respect, he did not wish to say any thing disrespect. ful of him. The Bishop of EXETER was anxious to set himself right upon one point. He misunderstood what the Noble Viscount had said. He thought the Noble Viscount had represented the petition that had been confided to him as charging the Commissioners with persecution. Labouring under this mis understanding it was, that he had said that there had been a mistake of the clerk in entering the notice. If he had been right the clerks would have altered the notice, but he wished it to be borne in mind that he distinctly said in his notice, persecutions carried on in Ireland, but not by the Commis sioners. It was clear he misunderstood the Noble Viscount, and, therefore, the whole matter fell to the ground. Viscount DUNC A NNON said a few words in explanation, which were quite inaudible in the Gallery. Lord FARNHAM denied that he had ever said one word against the Commissioners. On the contrary, he always said, and thought, that nothing could be better than their conduct. When the Commissioners first came down to the part of the country was situated, he wrote to Dub lin to state that no person should be Admitted to the schools under his controul and direction in that part of the country without an authority from him, but that the Commis sioners should have every facility afforded them in this and every other respect to forward the object of their inquiry, which, in fact, was the case. He took this precaution to prevent the access of strangers, of whom he knew nothing, and who might come there for other purposes than those of the Commission. Viscount DUNCA NNON said that what he had stated was, that four charges had been made by Clergymen, and one by a Noble Lord, against the Commissioners, but he did not say 4hat the Noble Lord (Farnham) had made any. The Earl of RODEN said Mr. Stoney had been charged L - 7 the Noble and Learned Lord opposite with unsoundness of Mind. :1" (Earl Roden) wished th a t th e N o bl e an d L earne d Lord, with a ll hi s .nts, had half the soundness of mind of Mr. Stoney.--(A laugh.) Aid not rise to vindicate the language that had been read as used by Stoney answers to the Commi ss i oners ; on the contrary, he cons:,- his L7 d such language most improper. He had, however, the pleasure of knowing Mr. Stoney personally, and he knew him to be deserving of the character which his diocesan had given of him. He knew also that he had been subject to great perse cution in Ireland, not only from Catholics, but from Protes tants, and chiefly on account of his zeal in propagating - the true principles and doctrines of the Gospel. He lamented -- Indiscreti on M r . S toney h a d f allen into in giving such the ._ those which the N o bl e Vi scount h a d rea d, an d h e answers a - toped that the present discussion would be a (Earl Roden) .. • care that in future he did not fall into a lesson to him to Mkt. similar error. The petition was then laid Oil the fable, The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to postpone until Tuesday next the presentation of the petition signed by 50,000 Protestants in Ireland, of which he had given notice for that day. He was not only desirous of affording every Noble Lord an opportunity of expressing his sentiments at length upon this petition, but also of doing so himself, and as he thought Tuesday next would be a more favourable day for that object, he should alter his notice for that day. The Bishop of EXETER wished to know from the Noble Viscount if there were any instructions given to the Commis sioners of Public Education in Ireland beyond what appeared in the Commission itself ? Viscount DUNCANNON replied that there were none ex cept in some private matters, connected with particular parishes. Lord RED E SDA LE presented a petition against the Islington Market Bill. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MAY 26. The SPEAKER took the chair at a Quarter to Four o'clock, but there being two Ballots for Committees to try the validity of the returns for the Borough of Horsham and the County of Cork, the gallery was not opened till half-past four. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. O'CONNELL gate notice that to-morrow he would bring before the notice of the House a case of a breach of pri vilege in relation to Garrett Standish Barry, Esq., M.P. for the county of Cork. The order for entering into recognizances to proceed with the petition against his ( Mr. B.'s) return was this day discharged, and one of the petitioners has distinctly stated that his object was in signing that petition to prevent that Hon. Member from sitting on Eleetion Committees. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. MILES, in further considering the report on this Bill, begged to state that he intended to introduce a clause to pre vent travelling on the rail-road on the Sabbath. He was the more induced to do this, because he had a petition in his possession containing a prayer to that effect, signed by the Lord Bishop of the diocese to which he (Mr. M.) belonged, and by many of the most respectable and influential inhabitants of that district. Whatever opinions might be entertained by Hon. Gentlemen within the walls of this House, he begged to assure them that there was a growing desire in the country to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath by strict and stringent legislation. He was desirous to introduce a clause to pre vent travelling on the railroad between the hours of eleven and one o'clock on the Sabbath day, but he now thought it would be better to introduce one general legislative enactment for that purpose. The clause which the Hon. Gentlemen proposed to introduce was to the following effect :—" Pro vided also, and be it enacted that no engine or carriage shall be permitted to travel on the Lord's Day, and that should the Company or its successors be guilty of a violation of this provision, they shall be liable to a penalty of 201. for each offence." On the question being put that this clause stand part of the Bill, there was a general cry of " No, no, no." Mr. POTTER regretted the absence of the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, who he (Mr. Potter) had hoped would have been in attendance this evening. The Honourable Gentleman had candidly declared that his object in proposing this clause was to prevent tra velling altogether on the Sunday. He (Mr. Potter) was of opinion, that by confining people to the large towns on the Sabbath, he would injure, rather than promote, the true interests of religion.—(Hear.) It was well known that the road between Manchester and Liverpool, since the opening of the railway had been almost deserted. The population of Manchester amounted to 300,000, while that of Liverpool was 200,000. It was well known that a great connection subsisted between the inhabitants of these two places. The effect, therefore, of the Hon. Gentleman's Bill would be to prevent the working classes from visiting their friends, or taking any recreation on the only day permitted to them.—( Hear, hear.) It was well known that this road passed through Bath, and, of course, if this clause passed, there could be no intercourse be tween lath and Bristol on the Sunday. He hoped that the decision of the House upon this question would put an end to such attempts at legislation.--( Cheers.) How would it be possible that this great city could obtain provisions upon Mon days, unless they were put in motion on the railways on the Sundays? He called upon the gentlemen connected with the landed interest, and who were anxious to support that interest, to come forward and vote against this clause.--( Cheers.) He would give his most decided opposition to it. HORSHAM ELECTION COMMITTEE. The discussion was here interrupted by the appearance of Mr. Dyson, the Committee Clerk, at the bar of the House, with the reduced list of this Committee, consisting of the fol lowing members, who being sworn, withdrew to elect a Chair man Ragshaw, John Jones, Wilson Miles, W. Baillie, H. D. Knox, Hon. J• Pelham, John C. D'Albiac, Sir C. Law, Hon. G. Russell, Charles Fremantle, Sir T. Turner, 'l'. F. WESTERN RAILWAY RESUMED. Mr. CURTEIS was not very fond of intruding upon the House_. but on the present occasion he must call the attention of the House to this (as we understood) most vexatious clause, proposed bx_the Hon^ blemhar. If they inserted this clause in the Bill, the House would be under the necessity of never hereafter allowing any Turnpike Act to pass with out prohibiting traffic on the Sabbath.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member himself admitted that some persons con sidered this clause preposterous; undoubtedly he would not hesitate to say that he considered it one of the most preposterous clauses that had ever been attempted to be in serted in a Bill. If the House were determined to carry for ward any Bill before Parliament for the purpose of restricting the enjoyments of the humbler classes of society on the Sabbath, let them do so by a regular Bill, and not in this manner by a side wind. He believed that he would on this occasion have the support of many who had never committed themselves deeply in legislating on this subject ; but if he were the only person who'opposed it he would divide the House.— (Cheers.) He wished especially to call the attention of the country gentlemen to this subject—he put it to them whether the Sabbath, and more particularly in the rural districts, was not better observed at this moment than ever they recollected it before.—( Hear, hear.) He there fore called upon the country gentlemen and those who resided in the country, to oppose this measure, the result of which would be that the House would be forced, upon the introduction of every road bill, to in sert clauses of a like nature. He had stated his opinion, and he hoped and trusted that the House would show what their opinion was upon this attempt to insert such a clause in an Act of Parliament, which established a most essential principle in all future legislation. Mr. ROBINSON--Whatever difference of opinion there might be in the House upon the subject of Sabbath legisla tion, he was sure there could be no difference of opinion as to the impropriety of the present course of proceeding. He thought the admission of a clause like the one proposed by the Hon. Member for Somersetshire would be the height of absurdity, as at present there was no Railway Bill containing such a clause. He trusted, therefore, the House would wait till some general measure was brought forward on the subject, before it ventured to allow the introduction of such -a clause into any Railway Bill. Sir ROBERT INGLIS supported the motion, believing that it would have the effect of furthering the progress of re ligion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause, feel ing confident that instead of furthering the interests of religion, it would be detrimental to them, as it would prevent many from attending religious worship who were anxious, and would be enabled to do so by means of the Railway. CORK COUNTY ELECTION. Mr. DYSON here brought up the following reduced list of ,he Members ballotted to serve on the Committee upon this Election, the Members on which were sworn : Barneby, John Houlclsworth, T. Maher, John Campbell, Sir H. Lewis, NV Parker, J. Don, O'Connor M*Namara, W. Whitmore, T. C. Fergus, John Wilbraham, R. B. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL RESUMED. Mr. ROEBUCK thought if Honourable Members were anxious to further the ends of religion by preventing per sons going out on Sunday, the best course would be to shut up turnpikes, and the first that he should recommend to be shut was Hyde-park turnpike..--(A laugh.) Hon. Members knew well what turnpike he meant.—( Laughter. ) He (Mr. Roebuck) took a ride last Sunday in that direction, and the first person that he saw was the Duke of Wellington, on horseback.—( Laughter and cheers.) Upon going a little further he saw several persons watering Hyde-Park for the purpose of making it commodious for the rank and fashion that resorted there on a Sunday afternoon.—(Laughter.) When he got as far as Hammersmith, he there saw the Lord Chief Justice on horseback.—( Cheers.) He then went to Hampton Court, and there he saw the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Tamworth.—( Cheers and laughter.) Now these were all persons who, from their station in life, were enabled to go from place to place in their own carriages, or upon their own horses, but the persons who would go upon the railroad, occupied a very different station in life. The consequence of shutting up the railway would be this, that persons, instead of going by the rail-road, would have to go the other road, which would take them twice as long. Such being the case, he thought the Honourable Member for Somerset in introducing the present clause had laid his finger upon the wrong point.—( Hear, hear.) It was altogether a pharisaical extravagance on the part of those persons who got up these petitions to persuade the House to pass such a Bill as this. Why could they not leave every man to manage his own conscience, and to take into his own hands his own spiritual concerns ?—( Hear.) It was not the business of any legislature to command men how to conduct their religious duties. The truth was, that they meddle too much with each other in these matters; but if they would allow every man to take care of himself, they would have much better people than they had now.—( Hear.) Mr. BUCKINGHAM could not but condemn the fallacy of attempting to make people religious by act of Parliament. As a believer in the Gospel, he must confess that he saw nothing in it which could call for the observance of the Sabbath with the rigidity of the Jewish law,--(Hear.) Indeed he was not di s p ose d to argue the point up on religious grounds ; he consi : dered the Sabbath rather as a civil regulation, and believed that the non-observance of it was a great injury to the - • i..ses who were too much overworked._ The expe labouring - that rest upon one day in seven was rience of mankind had 5ne...,. not alle ea upon t 9 beneficial, while he held th a t th e State wW " - legislate upon matters of 'conscience and religious duties, it was bound to enforce the civil ordinance of the Sabbath as a matter of civil right and privilege.—( Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the introduction of such clauses into a common railroad bill—( Hear, hear)—and the waste of the time of the House in being called" upon to legislate in this way. Why should this railroad be shut up when it would enable the religious man to visit so many more Churches ?—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") It would also enable people to enjoy the fresh air with greater facility. Would it not be monstrous to shut up this railroad, by which a delay of twenty-four hours would be occasioned in the remittance of the produce of Ireland, such as meat, butter, and eggs, which would become tainted, and provision, instead of being rendered cheaper to the poor, made still dearer ? He hoped the House would not entertain this motion, but if they were to legislate upon this question, let it be fairly brought forward and man fully met; but let them not indulge in this kind of legislation, which was unfair and unfounded in principle. Mr. A. TREVOR supported the clause of his Hon. Friend, because he thought that Sunday travelling ought to be pre vented, although he was against interfering with the reasonable recreation of the poor on that day. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE begged to advise the Hon. Gen tleman to withdraw the clause, for it was impossible to establish a different principle, with respect to rail-roads, from what re gulates all other roads. Sir A. AGNEW rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, di vide." He supported the clause of his Hon. Friend.—(The cries of " Divide" were again renewed.) An Hon. MEMBER, who stated that he had represented Scotch constituencies for the last 20 years, during which time he had frequently remarked the total inability of the poor people of large towns to provide for themselves any recreation, while the middling classes, such as shopkeepers, were able to hire carriages, and with their families drive into the country on the Sabbath, said he hoped the clause would be negatived. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared for the introduction of The Clause ... 34 Against it .... 212 Majority against the Clause ..... ...-178 The announcement that the clause was lost was received with loud cheering. CANTERBURY ELECTION. Mr. WALTER brought up the report of the Committee on the Canterbury Election, delaring that Mr. Lushington, the sitting Member; had been duly elected, that the petition of Mr. Villiers was not frivolous or vexatious, and that the oppo sition to the petition was neither frivolous nor vexatious. HULL ELECTION. Mr. HANDLEY presented a petition from a person named White. a voter for Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the House would declare the election of David Carruthers, Esq. null and void. The petition was founded upon the re solution which was agreed to by the House sometime since, by which voters who could prove bribery at an election might, within 28 days, petition the House to declare the election of the Member at whose instance the bribery had taken place void. Lord JOHN RUSSELL doubted whether the petition was in time, but as the present was the first instance of a petition being presented in consequence of the Resolution, and as there might some doubts arise, perhaps the best way would be to receive the petition at the present moment, in order that it might be printed, deferring its consideration till to-morrow. Sir R. PE EL was of opinion that provided the petition con tained allegations of bribery and corruption, and was presented before the expiring of the fourteen days, the House was not in tha , ease pledged to adopt any specific measure in relation to it, but had merely to rcc,ive it as an election petition. The SPEAKER thought that in looking at this case the House had two facts to consider as to the propriety of receiving or rejecting this petition--the first was whether the time of payment was alleged in the petition, and secondly whether the petition has been presented within 28 days from the time of such alleged payment.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. HANDLE Y stated the payment, as we understood him, was alleged to have taken place the 13th of April, and the House it would be recollected, was not sitting from the 20th of April till the 12th of May, so that the petitioner was excluded from availing himself of that interval. Lord JOHN RUSSELL read the rule of the House in re lation to this point--it required that a petition alleging bribery or corruption against any member, by himself or his agents, must be presented within 28 days after the alleged payment, bribery, or corruption. And in case the House should not be sitting, the petition must be presented within 14 days after its next meeting. The question is, was the House sitting dur ing the 28 days o f th e a ll ege d b r ib ery , an d if i t were not , h a d the 14 days since the meeting of Parliament expired. Mr. Goulburn, the Attorney-General, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Handley, explained their interpretation of the rule referred to by the Noble Secretary of State for the Home Department. Mr. F. KELLY referred to the terms of the resolution, which limited the time of petitioning to 28 days, after the day of the alleged act of bribery, which in this case was committed on the 13th of April, or if the House was not sitting at the time, within 14 days after the meeting of the House.--( Hear.) After a few words from Sir G. CLERK, Lor JOHN RUSSELL said he was of opinion that it was a petition which should not be received. Sir ROBERT PEEL was of the same opinion, because 28 days had expired, and the parties had not embraced the opportunity, which they might have done. The SPEAKER suggested that the rule of the House ought to be strictly adhered to on all occasions, to secure the proper regulation of the public business. Mr. HANDLEY said he had not had the petition more than ten minutes or a quarter of an hour in his possession. The petition was then withdrawn. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY. Mr. ROBINSON rose to propose his motion relative to the right of British subjects to a concurrent fishery on that part of the coast of Newfoundland, commonly called the French Shore. The Hon. Member contended that this was not merely a question of local control, but one affecting the general interests of the country, and therefore one which deserved the attention of the House, and especially his Majesty's Government. Though twenty-one years had elapsed since the treaty was signed, yet no one was able to read it aright. Therefore it was that he thought he was entitled to bring the subject under the notice of the House and Government, in order that the people of Newfoundland might know whether they had a right to fish upon their own shores. He had frequently brought the ques tion on before, but had yielded to the Government upon one ground or another. On the accession of his Grace the Duke of Wellington to office he ( Mr. Robinson) received from New foundland a strong memorial, complaining of the long delay in giving an answer, and almost insisting that the Government must say whether the memorialists had a right of fishing on that part of the coast alluded to. On the 25th of February he wrote to the Duke of Wellington, enclosing the memorial, and in the letter he stated it to be his opinion that the English had a concurrent right with the French of fishing on the coast in question, and that the Government ought to tell them so, or tell them if, and why, the right was taken away. He was told soon after by the Under Secretary for the Colonies, that the reason the Duke of Wellington had returned no an swer to his communication was, that the negociations with France were still pending. It was for these reasons that he placed a notice of motion on the subject on the books for that day, and which made him feel it his duty to advert once more to the matter. He protested against any fur ther delay in adjusting this question. The French had an interest in having the settlement of the question indefi nitely postponed, because, whilst it was so, they arrogated to themselves the right of interrupting all others fishing on the coast. Unless the Government could satisfy him by co gent reasons that the question could not as yet have been settled, he would persevere in his motion. This right of fish ing was given so far back as 1730, and so important was it thought to be that it formed a separate article in all treaties between this country and France ever since that time. France had no other right of fishing than that given by the treaty of Utrecht, and that was nothing more than a permissive right to fish. He remembered having written a letter to a former Se cretary for the Colonies, the Right Hon. Sir George Murray, pressing him to tell those people if they had a right of fishing on what was called the French shore or not, and, strange to say, the Right Hon. Gentleman, (able minister as every one knew him to be) answered his letter by saying that the Go vernment did not know. In the year 1831 a vessel was fitted out in this country for the purpose of trying the disputed right. On the approach of this vessel to the French coast, the French assembled, and warned the Captain of the vessel, telling him he had no right to fish there, and that they would prevent it. The captain answered that he was sent to try the right, and that he would not withdraw unless he was compelled to do so by force. A French ship of war then appeared, and told the English captain that he had orders from his Government to prevent the Britith from fishing upon those shores, and that he would do so. Upon this intimation the captain of the English vessel withdrew. He contended that, according to the fair con struction of all the treaties existing between the two countries on the subject, the right which France exercised was a permissive, and not an exclusive right. France had always pursued in reference to other nations a course of selfish policy, and he must, therefore, say that if this question were suffered to remain much longer unsettled the dignity of the British Crown would be compromised. Mr. POTTER (interrupting)—l move, Sir, that the House be counted. The House was then cleared of strangers for the purpose, but there being, as we suppose, forty Members present, the de bate was proceeded with, although strangers were not re-ad mitted until Mr. Robinson had concluded, and Mr. P. Thom son's reply was drawing to a close. On our return to the Gallery we found M r . P. THOMSON saying that the question arising out of the treaties on this subject was now under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown, and the instant their opi nion was obtained is was the intention of the Government to adopt such steps as, in their judgment, would be the best cal culated to lead to the final adjustment of the difference exist ing between the two countries. The Right Hon. Gentleman assured the Hon. Member for Worcester that all authority was opposed to the views wick he entertained in reference to the question arising out of the treaty of Utretcht, and was proceeding to point out the inexpedience of sending out armed vessels to enforce 4 disputed right, when Mr. JERVIS moved that the House be counted. The Gallery was again cleared for the purpose, and forty Members not being present, the House adjourned at Seven o' Clock. Nary Venal) les Wa4 yostuday committed from this office, for having occasioned the death of her infant through intoxication, by suffering it to fall on the pavement of the street, in consequence of which its skull was fractured, and it died immediately on its removal to the Meath 119spital- Dublin Resister. PRICES 5F CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. - - . . LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 16. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,700 64 per cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. ISs. sh. 157 1,482 01. • Ashby de.le-Zoucli Average 113/. sh. 05 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl sh. 54 1,005 5/. Brecknock A nd Ab ergavenny 150 .. sh. 85 4,00045 h. 12/. 10s. Birmingham, 4 share 17/. 10s. 241 4,oth) Ditto and Liverpool Junct....14.6/. sh. all pd 600 Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. OE all pd 64 4 ,- ;11 Si. Clicliner and Blackwater Md. sh. 103 500 421. Coventry .... 100/. sh. 4,546 Croydon A verage 31/. 2s. 102. sh. 21 2,0601 31. 10s. Dudley 600. 6/. Derby 'O(11 sh. 120 3,5754 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 884 231 43'. Erewaeh 'Ott!. sh. 515 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4004 16s. sh. 6,l 11,50) 12/. Grand Junction lOO/. sh. 237 2,8494 Grand Union 1001. sh. 23 1,521 Grand Surrey 4 01. sh. 120,000/. 4!. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. 73 3,006 - Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Bd. Glamnrganshire, Average cost 172/. 13s. 4d. 280 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 10.2. sh. 15 740 10s. Grantham 150/. sh. 202 6,238 11. 10s. Huddersfield Average 57/, 6s. 6d, sh. 33 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 10 25,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. Ss. 10d. sh. 204 2,8974 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 10(2. sh. 533 515 12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 149 907 44 Leicester and Northampton-Aver, Ml. 10s. SO 550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and l.ooe Union 25/. sh. all pd. 25 70 1441. Loughborough Average 142/, 17s. sh. 1,600 2,409 Pl. Monmouthshire lOO/. sh. ISO 250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/ sh. lOU 500 251. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 563 3,000 Macclesfield 1110/. sh all pd. 52 217 15/. Neath 10('/. sh. 100 Nene Navigation Bonds -1001. 50. 1 , 41. pd. 100 1,786 321. Oxford . 1001. sh. 615 522 .21. Oakham 1104 sh. 58 2,44)0 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 104 21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. ea. sh. 11(4 5,609 5/. per cent. nochdale Average 851. sh. 123 500 81. Shropshire 125/. sh. 140 800 10/. Somerset Coal l5Ol, sh. 163 45,000/. 64 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 12, 700 36/. Statlbrd and Worcester 14.1. sh. 690 500 11/. Shrewsbury 125/ sh. 2424 300 81. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Av. n ...Average 79/. 9s. Sd. sh. 38.1 533 13!. Swansea 100/ sh. 205 3,762 11. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 35/. sh. 19 1,600 4sh. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 4 share 100/. sh. 625 8,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Sd. sh. 2 1,1:00 sh. 1 , c ,. Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 280 1,000 ish. j ''''' 980 l'2l. Warwick and Naptnn lOO/. sh. 218 6,000 3/ 10s. Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 781.85. sh 874 2.,000 hs. Wilts and Berks .. Average 161. 17s. Bd. sh. 800 6/. Wyrley and Essington 1254 sh 75 ISO .. ..... Wis b ea ch lO5/. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun 110!, sh. .224 DOCKS. 2 ' 6°°& 3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. 61 1,06515 h. - • 498,6674/. ... ...... East India Stock .50 3,236,3104 21.55. p. ct. London Ditto Bonds lO3 1,380,0004 5/. per et. West India 2,501 3/. Os. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. 19s. sh. 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6 1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 69 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 1044 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 yea is 1024 Shoreham Harbour 2574 ------ BRIDGES. 1,600 It Hammersmith 5Ol. sh. 214 7,231 So u th war k, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. '2l 1,700 IL 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5Ol. sh. 15 5,000 .. ... Waterloo l O O l. sh. 31 5,000 1 . /. ... Ditto ' Old Annuities of Si. 6O/. pd 251 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 22 , ;0,0001. 51. per cent. Ditt o B on d s ll B' 6,000 11. Vauxhall Average '7Ol. 10s. 3d. bh. 22 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 Si lOs Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 761 '°'-- / a " O ' er r 5 per cent} 'nd ss. Alliance, British & Foreign 1001 . s h . 10/ . p d 11/ 50,000 6 per cent s Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. Si. pd 51 24,000 10s. per sh. Atlas 1,200 Ish. 41. Birmingham Fire 20,600 41. per cent. British Fire 2501. sh. 501. pd 40 12, , ;,',1 '1 pct. rent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6; 5 ,000 51. per ce.it. Cla:cal, Medical, &c. Life...loo/. sh. 2/10s pd 31 4,000 21 10i County '4 Ol. all. 101. 1 ;d 42 6,000 ss. Eagle 50/. sh. 54 pd 5i ,00 I's Per 30/ bs. cent.] Economic Life lOOO l. sh. 250/. pd 315 '"' /and 2,271 514 percent. European Life 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 'Xi/. sh. 2/. pd l 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe 'i toc k 1551 20,000 1/. Guardian 1001. sh. 201. pd 33i (Fire 5 pct., 4°A° Fire 8 pct. 3 Ho p e 50/. sh. Si. pd 6 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 117 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 91 54 per cent. Indemnity Marine 1101. sh. 81. pd 12 2,020 31. Kent Fire 501. sh, all pd 85 10,"00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101, pd 26 3,900 11. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd 23i 31,000 11. London, Ship 25/. sh. 1•2/. 10s. pd 231 30,000 U. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 21. pd 215 s 2511,001 Is. 6d. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 119 s 6d 2,500 11 . Provident Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 191 100,000 Sr. Rock Life 201. sh. 21. pd 51 10 ,- , 639,220/. Si. per cent. Sun Royal Exchange Stock... 1:2 50,000 4 per cent. U n i te d Kingdom Life 21 210 ,61 . P'f, 212 s 6d JOINT STOCK BANKS. 5,000 ... ...... Au‘trala , ia 4O/. sh. 26/. pd 29 10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5ll. at). 101. pd 121 10,000 10 p er cent. Bi rm i ng h am Bank 501. sh. Si. pd 12 18,000 :2 per cent. London and Westmi ns ter..loo2 sh. 15/. pd 3,000 L ancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd 30 . 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool - 1001. sh. 101. I,tl 15 20,00 7 per cent. Provinci a l B a nk o f I re l and 1001. sh. 25/. pd 48 ,000 0 National Provincial Eng. IOW. sh. 25/. pd 6 10,000 10 p er cen t . Gloucestershire 501. sh. 5/. pd 11 ,000 Hampshire GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11123 Bath .204 sh. 16/. pd 26 5,000 61. per cent. British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 23 5/.percent. 5,000 [ and Bs. 55. 1 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19/. pd 24 844 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 100 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 1.500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 14 750 Ditto, New 201. sh. 18/. pd 12 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/. Continental Cansolidated .lOO/. 511/. pd 76 1,000 10/. City of London - 100/. sh. all pd 1921 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. Equitabl e ... `35/. 1:1 6,000 6pd 3 /. per cent. East London Si.sh. 4/. pd 41 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 43 800 51. per cent. Isle of Thanet '251. sh. 201. pd 211 2.350 61. per cent. ' ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 50 9,000 4/. per cent. Phoenix 501. sit. 39/. pd 24 1,000 44 per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 604 pd 4,000 South Metropolitan 5l. sh. 131. pd 111. 8,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 141. !xi 40 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 50/. sh. 50 400 . 115 s Wakefield '2sl. sh. 221 !2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 47 6,000 I2s. Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 9ex d 600 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 25/. sh. 251 pd 27 4,433 5/. East London lOOl. sh. 131 4,500 2/ lOs Or nd Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 58 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 46a47 3'48 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 300 1,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 I/. Manohester and Salford .100/. sh. 47 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 85 8, 00 3/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. I2s. Ild. sh. 79 1,360 I/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. 350 Cheltenham 100/. sh. 78 2,000 Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pd 4" 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5Ol. pd 2 Grand Junction 100/ . sh. :10/. p i 2,0 - .0 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100/. pd ' 2,100 Leeds and Selby 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....W. sh all pd 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/. sh. 1001. pd Ditto Quarter Shares '2s/. pd 20,000 Lond on an d G reenwich " 0/, sh. 131. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham -1001. sh. 35/ pd 2,500 Preston and Wigan 204 pa 800 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper .....51. sh. 21. pd 4,000 Alten 19. sh. 10/. 10s. pd 10,000 Anglo Mexican, iss, 5?.. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 25/. lxi 2,000 .. 150/. sh all Pd 10,000 3/. t's. Brazi:lar, Imp. iss. 51. pm 351. sh. 201. pd 6,04:0 Mnailbas ek Cocaes United 25/. sh. 20/. pd Ditto St. John Del Rey '2Ol. sh. 711. pd 11,000 Cata Branca 44/. rid Candonga 51. pd 9,009 B o li var C opper Company. 20/. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 Ditto Scril, 'IL pd T.:0,000 British Copper 5/. s h. 3 1 /. pd 6,000 Columbian, iss, 5/. pm. 55/. sh. 541/. pd 1,500 11. English 2,•:.(1 General Mining Association...2o/ s h. 15/. pd 10,000 ... ...... Mexican'Company 1001. sh 4914 pd 20,000 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 1 ,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 40/. A. all pd Ditto Subscription ‘,/ I'd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd Union Gold, iss. '2l. ss. pm.... 223/. sh. 4 1 1. pd 5,4.00 West Cork 904 sh. 25/. pd • LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 20 1,500 Loud n University ItY 1. sh. all pd 24 700 King's College 1001. pd 44 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh. 2t' 1. ph 34 1,030 I/. Auction Mart 50/. sh. 6,000 British American Land Company Pl. pd 61 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 101/. sh. 201. pd !00,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lO.l City Bonds, 4 per cent lO2 15,000 I/. percent, Cleneral Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd 14. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 260 2,000 1/. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 18 2,754 4/. per eent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/ sh. 100/. pd 134 2,633 41. per cent. Ditto New 10 , /. sh. 4td. pd 76 4,000 10,000 Van Diemen's Land 1001. sh. 16/. pd LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MAY 11, 1835. • BANKS. . _ _ 1,N00,0001. Al. p. ct. Batik of Scotland ST. 6s. S.l. sh. all pd 170 p. et. 2,000,000/. 5.1 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1701. 500,0001. iii p. rt. British Linen Company 100/. sh. 11 pd 2101. 3,000,0004 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001 pd 1701. 5,000,000/. 5 p. ct National ~,,1001. sh. 101. pd 14/ lOs 2,00 ,000/. nl. p. ct. Glasgow Union 25( 1 1. sh. 501. pd 60/. 4,000,0001. 6p. et. Western of Scotland. 2001. sh 30/. pd 30/. INSURANCE COMPANIES :50,0005h. sp. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/. pd 19s. 7,500 sp. et. Hercules 100/. sh. 101. ixl 11/. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh. all pd 7/ Os 50,000 6p. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 151. 1,000 sp. et. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 131. 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/. 100,000 4p. ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 9/. MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 8/10s Ditto Allocated 9 61. :.h. all pd 601. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water :251. sh. all pd 331. Carroll Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 4501. 2,00)-h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founaery 50/. sh. 3'l. pd 181. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. ! 61. pd r/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 651. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas '2sl. sh. all pd 604 730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dilkeith liailway...so/. sh. 754 3,000 5 per cent. Equit.ible Loan Company...2sl. sh. 10/. pd W. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 5t4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2 U. 12 5' NGE, YESTERDAY. Leghorn l 7 lO Genoa 25 PO !Milan—, . Venice 4734 !Naples 4 O Palermo per oz. 141 ''Lisbon s'7ls Oporto Rto Janeiro 37 ißahia 25% !Buenos Ayres —.. Dublin, 21 days' pig!) r `Cork. ..... .•' 134 Antwerp l2 44 Hamburg M.B. 13 14 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 23 60 Ditto 2 Us. 25 90 Bordeaux - .?..90 F-auk orton Maine, Ex. M. MN reterslintgh, ruble 3 Us. 10IA 9erliii Vienna, effective ft 2M. 10 4 Trieste ditto lO 5 Madrid 17 ,, Cadiz • • A Gilboa 17% 17 varcelona • 37 Seville 37 Gibraltar 4B (PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. 'Portugal Gold, coin «ZO 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver, bars, standard. 0 4 1174 5,000 30,000 LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of this evening.) SUGAR.—The supplies of New Sugars at Market last week, were better than what we have lately been accustomed to, bu t they were by no moans abundant ; there was a steady market, the sales of West India Muscovades were about 3,500 hhds. and trs. at full market prices. The landings of. New WI India Sugar last w ee k were a b out 3,000 h ogs heads an tierces ; the Market i s better supplied, but n ot so fully anticipated, but there h as b een less eagerness in bar, ing this morning. At the close o f th e d a y the estimate sales were 700 Mid s . an d trs . i nc l u di ng t h e pu bli c sa l e of Bar: badoes 153 hhd s ., th e w h o l e so ld at f ull mar k et pr i ce s. be; without the pre v i ous b r i s k ness. Th e stock o f W est India 15 now 14,001 hhds. and t rs ., b e i ng 60 7 8 l ess t h an l a st yea r ' The stock of M aur iti us 121, 917 b ags, b e i ng 26,093 mo re than last year. Th e d e li very o f W est I n di a 2,409 hh d s. an d trsl being 37 less th a n l as t y ear . Th e d e li very of M aur i t i u s 7,9 5 , bags, being 316 more t h an t h e correspond i ng wee k o f 183' The stocks of Refined goods were again last week quite ill' adequate to the d eman d, an d i n consequence h i g h er prices were obtained for the few parcels offering, and higher rat also paid for for war d d e li very , goo d s at t h e long pr i ce 750. an, 755. 6d., and the short p r i ce 34 5 . 6d . an d 355. Th e re jel alteration to notice in Refined this afternoon, few or no go.- are offering for sale. MAURITIUS.— xif uri - The public sales of F r id ay 6 , 600 b a gs Ma u i' Sugar went off briskly at full prices, and in some i 1 , 1; stances 6d. per cwt. high er . B y public sales this day 6. 14 ; bags went off at full prices, but without the former brisk° in the biddings, low grey to fine 525. a 585., low yellow ° fine 525. 6d. a 585., brown 495. a 525. EAST INDIA.—The sales of East India Sugars were chi& Manilla and Java, at the late prices. FOREIGN.—The sales last week were 1,000 boxes ye?: Havannah, at 28s. 6d. a 29 5 . ; anot h er cargo afloat f o r ita' werp, at the latter; a cargo of Brazil (Paraiba) for 'Friel; whites at 28s. 6d., b rown at 2 25. ; also a small p ar cel of 1 4 , Parnams here, at 27 5 . A verage pr i ce of Sugar, IL 119.2 per cwt. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—The late sales are of ord. V III 21s. a 225. COFFEE.-The good to fine ord. Jamaica description! , w ere _ a last week again 2 s . p er cwt. hi g h er, 90s. a 100 s., t he IDs' 100 s. 6d. a 1055., were Is. higher, the other British Plantsl . at former price s , goo d to fi ne or d . D emerara 91s. a 965., m id. 9 _, A a 100 s., good m id. B er bi ce 106 s. a 109 s. The East I n dia 4 _,, Foreign Coffee con ti nue d i n d eman d at pr i ces about ls . pets 7;,, higher. About 1,000 bags Ceylon sold 58s. 6d. a 59s• s ; o i the good ord., and 62 5 . a 63 5 . f or fi ne qua li ty ; 400 bags st ord. Brazil sold at 53 5 . ; a sma ll parce l fi ne or d . H a vanns_ ..4 625. 6d. By publi c sa l e t hi s d ay, 98 cas k s 12 b ags Ja° l;-a Coffee : good to fi ne or d. so ld 955. a 995. ; mid. 1005. , 102 s. heavy, and a shade lower ; 35 bags mid. Batavia 545 4 0 545. 6d. By private con t ract the demand for East India Com continues, but there are few sales. of RUM, BRANDY,..AND HoLLANDs..--Th ere are f e w sa l„- 1 0. Rum to report, the prices remain nominally the same 89 week, the small imports appear to disappoint the buyers. Brandy or Geneva there is little alteration. TALLOW-The Russian houses here continue firm liolde r. of Tallow, and the market prices appear steadily advancil s , The speculators in Tallow here who have sold so largt o 375., cannot now imp or t under 445., as th e a dvices "" Petersburgh quote the prices a shade higher. COTTON.-There has been little business done in C° ti l t , the buyers waiting th e event o f t h e pu bli c sales on rkal, il i "" next. The sales at Li ver p oo l l ast wee k a b out 23,000 %If the prices of Americ an a s h a d e l ower, Brazils rather lig" but generally this market is steady. 6( 1 . RICE.-There is more dem an d f or Ri ce, t h e prices Srw. to ls. higher, conside ra bl e p urc h ases are reported at the ' provement. !RIM PROVISIONS.--Ns improveme n t can t hi s week be quoted in th e pu c e o f B acon, s hi ppers still looking for higho t prices on board than their innumerr.:ole agents here can °b w landed. A small quantity of Crjrk arrived here on Sa m o last, which, by g rea t exertio-.1, was landed in sufficient ,;,l ai for the country ho uses t o execute their orders for tha t dap s conveyances, and, rate of 82s. for first quality, and 6s. diff erences ; in eP;asequence, the agent o bt a ined afte ao r e at the time Dutch old - ~brought 70s. to 725. p er cw t. Our otv and Deliverirs are as follows BUTTER. Bacox. Stock. Delivery. Stocks. Delive r 1834 . 19,900 firks 1,590 fi r k s 18,400 b a l es 2,087 b% 18. 9 ,5 5,200 1,100 19,500 3, 090 .641 The Imports of Butter are I r i s h 1,2 35 fi r k s. F ore ign °, cks ; Bacon 5,420 bales. 00 8 This day's public s a l e 213 b ags C argo Ri ce, goo n sold 9s. a 9s. 6d. SALTPETRE.-There is no alteration in the prices of Age petre ;no public sales of Rough. The Refined has to 295. and 295. 6d. INDIoo.-The en qu i r i es a f ter I n di go have subsided; there are no sales to report. HOPS.-There is a ge nera l spr i n kli ng o f fly throughout Hop plantations, but at present they are not in sufficient n bers to attract mu c h a tt ent i on . Th e accounts are wo rst fro Worcestershire. In the me an ti me pr i ces are very firmly s re tained at our last quotations, and most of the Hops on Ins B withdrawn from sale, watching the event. WooL.-There is little alteration in Wool, prices Are fir° owing to the stock being so very low. SiLx.-Nothinff worty of notice in the Silk market. TURPENTINR.- 6 The last arrivals of rough Turpentine A ir sold at lls. 6d., w hi c h pr i ce has been offered and refused I' about 1,000 - barrels in this week for sale • 12s. Is demandeto, OiLs.-The Oil market remains as fast week, with s e rate business doing ; there is great firmness evinced by e holders to maintain prices. Little business doing in Oil at advanced rates. SPICES.-There is little alteration to notice in Spices' fi p. day's sale, 34 boxes C ass i a Li gnea, coarse to fine 589 . 8 former prices. 61 • An ewe, (M r . J o h n B ar k er ' s o f Terry) ea" bo th lamb, and on th e e i g h t h d ay f ollowing yeaned another: lambs are alive and doing well. BIRTHS. i 0 On the 22d inst., a t E as t-hill , W andsworth, the la d y 0. , Saunders, Esq., jun., of a son. a ryl On the 17th inst., at Bath, the lady of Major C. Graham , Bengal Horse Artillery, of a son. ut t d On the 20th inst., M rs . H. M . Walton, Bishopsgate-wit— m a daughter. Egg" On the 21st inst., at Paris, the lady of William Plowden, of a daughter. roll* On the 24th inst., in Co nnaug ht- square, M rs. F re d er i c k of Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, of a daughter. ___.......'"' MARRIED. 9/4 On the 16th inst., according to the rites of the E s tablish dott s the Catholi c Ch urc h, J osep h M . Gerothwohl, E s q., to Ch e et io. Claudine Clementi ne , d aug ht er o f t h e, M arquis de Croy CI l a de Hongrie. On the 26th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, WillialLll• Esq., eldest son of John Egan, Esq., of Guilford-street, B 1; ori, square, to Elizabeth H e d ges , e ld est d aughter of William Manly, Esq., of Great Coram-street. + AO' On the 23d inst., at Ch es h unt, M r. J. W. Williams, second daughter of Ri c h. St u bb s , E sq., of Clock Lodge, 7,064 F On the 23d inst., Ch as . Ri c ha r d son, E sq., Tulse-h ill, Nor to Mrs. Daniel Terry. Joel On the 21st inst., a t St. C at h er i ne ' s Church, Liverpool' of the Wright, Esq., of B om b ay , to Ch r i st i na, youngest daughter late William Nicol, Esq., of Badentoy, Kincardineshire. E sq. , On the 23d inst., at Clapha m Ch urc h, P eter W ac hs, 0 0 4 Frankfort-on-the- Maine, to Frances Sarah Henrietta, (laughter of Henry Mylius, Esq., of Clapham-common. wo oer , On the 20th inst., a t Ch ec kl ey, S taffordsh i re, Thomas bst' of Montagu-street, Russell-square, and of Lincoln's Inn, ginfol rister-at-law, and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 004 Anne, second daught er o f th e R ev. Charles Benjamin Ma rley ' . of Oakwood, Staffordshire. 1611. On the 20th inst., at West Rainham, Norfolk, the Rey. Fsik , chant, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late Richard PhaYr e ' of Shrewsbury. DIED. On the 24th i ns t., the Lady Henry Howard, relict of th e ate Lord Henry Howard Molyneux Howard. de , r a n , On the Bth inst., a t P arn h am, Dorsetshire, Lieut. Ogi the Scots Fusile er G uar d s , youngest son of Sir Will i am en' Maria Oglander. • f ' On the 23d inst , age d 32 , A nna C athar i ne the w if e ofl Mr. W. Howard, o f H ea th cote - street, Mecklenburg-square. 00 On the 23d inst., on Clapham-common, Mary, the widow late Ebenezer Maitand, Esq., aged 83. On the 20th inst. l , aged 80, Mr. Thomas Moore, of I'Ll mi riessil• street, Euston- square , many years confidential cler k to ' Goding and Broadwood, ale-brewers. On the 23d inst., at Ramsgate, Mrs. Pratt, relict of the le t° Charles Pratt, Esq., of Tottenham, aged 73. ~„ On the 22d i ns t., t h e i n f ant son of W. J. Woodwar d, Surrey-square. in On the 23d inst., at Plaistow, Essex, Mr. George TureeY' his 21st year. On the 24th inst., at Eltham, in her 21st year, Georsgontfriall. second daughter o f M r. J ames Southey, of Tooley. street, wark. Rib ol On the 24th inst., H aygarth, youngest child of Mr. Hodgson, of P a ll- ma ll , aged 2. On the 23d inst., at Fulmer House, Bucks, Mrs. Frances vwsi On the 25th inst., in Addington-place Camberwell, Id Sarah, relict of th e l a t e Mr. John Riehards, formerly of t he of Jamaica. On the 20th inst., in High-stre e t, D e ptf or d, Mr. Robert W' solicitor, in hi s 37th year, leaving a widow and six children. Dav i t ! On the 25th inst., Susanna Catherine, relict of the late Guilloneau, of Pope's Head-alley, Cornhill, in her 77th Y, ear a iryti• On the sth in s t. aged 90, Mr. Richard Owen, of arear e moor, near Worsl e y. He had issue seven sons (six of V ir""'' Ne now living) and six daughters (three of whom are now living,: / ire) , has left b e hi n d 45 grand-ch i ldren and 67 great-gran d -en making a total of 121 surviving descendants. HO" On the 16th inst., at Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, pie* man, aged 95. There are now living in the same parish, f°_ ur s o. all in good h ea l t h , one of whom is aged 88, two 84, and one,. j. On the 12th i ns t., at Little S:Aukely, Huntingdonshire, Au How, aged 89. On the 12th i ns t., S ara h , infant (laughter of Mr. Josep h W orr saddler and harness-maker, Loughborough. On the 15th i ns t., at Cheltenham, Mr. William Sanderson,,,o, 31, late coa c h man on t h e M anchester ma il , f rom K e gworth to ." borough. On the 7th ult., at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in her 79th years 14 _ William Ingle, widow of the late Mr. William Ingle, surgeon that place. On the 12th inst., at Whatton, Miss Marriott, aged 40. On the Bth in aged 41, Mr. " J. Simkin, of Little Glens,- '" ~ cestershira. ..41 the 14th inst., at Long Clawson Mr. Thot.lllnroess • r On the 12th i ns t., a t Winchmore-hill, William Chorks' of Esq., aged 28, only son of the late William Haynes; r-eq's • m r ,", worth Harcourt, Leicestershire. o a folga ib ! On the 10th i nst ., at M e l ton M ow b ra y, Mr. Jac , - London •. 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