The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

..~-~►•' f nny - n o f St. array ill le draw' TtiS •cerg. i t 34:1 to de, ossal for ver sbal° that can along of similar the sh a ,' • barmle ß chart of shoal s ' must be will cer• scarcely of Wel. . nod Brovah re t a uth or "I 5 _bleu. 110 anl e seeds 9 to went. in ins a v a ce ; a'. ' h p reel ) , a ment to e ll lO ed. onceiv° :ord afld re D al)* On e )e vai ti the ta ° ad cre 0 0, T perso fe; ) tran s ,l qn to u i r d be re e f h e it of " t ",l the 15 °' . f 3 tran s" , 4 176 vagnlrov; o ar le Ile :es vo2" 'bt is d " and - b e : Le mu c t ,9 batlY to acilito ehei l ,ge extreP' e iflueo c A ialyee"' the ,t le buY,. aritho" a d t° 0 , trans Poi wag n t , 0 too Consols Prom the Onicial Lid.) MONEY MARKS T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed heavily, with a downward tendency in prices. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales (1,000 of Which w ere t a k en f or expor t , an d 5 00 on specula tion), comprising 200 Egyptian at 64d. to 91d., and 700 Surat at 3ld. to 51d. per lb. The Railway . Share Market opened quietly, but closed subse quently at an advance. According to a letter from Mr. Joseph Whitaker, of Liverpool, a moderate number of vessels is up at that port for Australia. The number sailed last month was nine, of 10,336 tons, with 1,601 passen gers. The rate of freight is 455. to 50s. to Sydney, 40s. to 455. to Melbourne Bay, and 50s. to 60s. to the wharf. Geelong wharf 555. to 605., and Ade laide 453. to 50s. The mails by the Queen from St. Helena were delivered this morning. The Gladiator has arrived in the Downes from New South Wales, and the Sarah Ann from Laun ceston is at Gravesend. The Devonshire brings 8,0561. A. copy has been received of the provision s i n the Moniteur regulating the new French loan. The Minister of Fi nance is auth o ris e d t o i nscr ib e in the great book of the debt the sum of rentes ne cessar to produce, at the contract prices, a capital of 750 millions of francs. The supply (supplement) necessary to facilitate, if it takes place, the liquidation of the subscrip !icals, and the expenses of the discount resulting froth the anicipation of payments, must not ex ceed the capital sum of 30 millions of francs. It is by some inferred from this that only 30 Millions of the total loan will be allowed to be paid up at one time, although at what intervals is i nvolved in doubt. If this sum were taken monthly it , Would spread the payments of the loan over more t han two years, a longer date, we apprehend, than t he French Government, with all its war expenses nPon it, could possibly give. The Money Market is fully supplied to-day, 1,864 17351. being returned to the South Sea Com ta„lirs proprietors. The remainder of the asse t s be distributed next January. With the di "'tends payable next Monday, and the weather go favourable for the crops, it is natural that the feelin g in the City should to-day be more hopeful as to the future. C hina Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Ina has issued its proposals for receiving the sub 7iPtions to the additional capital. The deposit is ZThere is great buoyancy again in the English Stock arket, and Consols have been pushed up to 91i This may perhaps be accounted for mainly by the al extraordin a ry fineness of the weather, but it is t: ° , 4 l part due to the large sum this day refunded phe roprietors of South Sea Stock. We are s C ir ,approaching towards the settling day, and p „, 11 ,d. there be a demand on the part of the for investment the speculators for a 4 3 , .be emboldened, while the Bears t o ,' naturally be anxious to close accounts. fi k i 3 / 44. , %0 1s opened at 01g but have since been rather 99,7" rat 911 The New 3 per Cents. are 921 to at 7;.; and the Reduced 92k Bank Stock has 22,'" I leed to 2124. Exchequer Bills are steady at Tcl„, 3 remium, and India Bonds at 325. to 355. New Annuity is 16 15.16. a ,,,, 11 Foreign Stocks there has been no large ' p upa of business done, and Turkish Bonds are Russian Bonds are 99 to 100, and the 95 Per Cents. 881 to 894, being firm. Dutch at 4 ‘-;ents • are dull at 632, and the 4 per Cents. at The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; 21i to 21:1 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three Per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Spanish Four-and-a-Half pe r C en t s ., 88 t o 90 ; zpanisb. New Deferred, 18 to 181 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 361 to 37i ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4/ ; ditto Passive, 4 to _4l. A company called the Departmental Railway Company of France is in course of formation, the objects of which are to execute the various sections 'which are necessary to complete the network of railways in France. The project is well spoken of, and the capital, 1,000,0001., it is thought, will soon be obtained, one-half being offered to English sub scribers. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as follow : 1855. 1854. Great Western iNorth-Westernlsmorjui dgtilibat::dvil e.a ter li £27,583 £24,156 58,569 57,833 17,737 18,508 17,678 16,134 south.Ea2t . 21,067 18,688 Caledonian e rn 12,206 11,521 Great Northern Naonrteha .D t h i a r s e t e a r n n d Yorkshire 22,306 20,361 35,524 32,188 , Railway Sh ares h ave b een b ene fitt e d b y th e t l asticity of the English Stock market, but the ifaallsaetions are not important. The Foreign lines e: been qu i e t genera lly. Great Western of th 'ada have not improved upon the meeting, but heav ier are held firmly. Since the funds became ' 4 vler shares also have been flatter, and do not Ei 11 1 ) Port the opening prices. at ,'lle Mining, Baiing, and Miscellaneous Shares 'e very quiet. Canada Land are lower. It. ti tITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0' 4 .114 = Bminess done si ink Stock ,• ' V w er Cent. Reduced Annuities. O - 3 per Cent. Annuities , g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., Isen 3 15-16 Di tto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16 15.16 India Ronda, £l000 ,„ bitto, under t 1000 ... 35 32 ‘;ousols ?or Account, 10th July 9la i i 4 lelaeqner Bills, 21d. 2d. 81 000 . .t5OO — E !'Araall .26 , = Chequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. lOO5 1 tntICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONLO (?K. it...,si.an Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99 100 Assian Bonds, 4i per Cent BBi 9?., x d b Dividends on the above payable in London. ilf th Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .—. 95 HALF-PAST TTVo. Oli g LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) QUARANTINE NOTICE. pLIgtO Jane 29.—The Board of Health has declared "ice infected with cholera from Ist inst., and suspected 411 the other ports of the Venetian States. L ONDON, July s.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; light, Pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. i ' O RTSUOUTII, July 4. —Wind, N. W. Arrived—Andrew, from,, Callao ; Lord Raglan (transport 89), from Scutari. b F ALMOUTH, July 4.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Alert, i;', 4l )goou ; Ingeburg, Rio Janeira • Freia, Buenos Ayres. 'Port—Christiana, from Buenos Ayres. A NVES, July 4.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Nepaulese i' an bassador, from Ceylon, and sailed for London e ; Mon r°c,se, Mauritius. 'WANBEA, June 4.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Sumatra, f or River Gambia; Augusta Setmeider, Cuba. A N. EWPORT, June 4.—Wind, N. Arrived—Adele, from "xosterd am, f or St. Thomas; H a mpde n , Lond o n, for Val itarais° ; Chase, Havre, for New York ; Inca, London, for -e n. Sailed— Sophia Elizabeth, for St. Thomas. Gibr OUTH A MPTON July 4.—Arrived—Tagus (s.), from alta r , &c. I)° vER, July 4.—The Helene, of and for Aalsund, has in leaky, having struck on the ground between Bou °gne and Cape Grinez. ,Stritrops July 4 1 W . nd N E Sailed—Amelia, for Janeiro. i a l lAvicii, July 2.—A vessel waterlogged, with bul .trallcs and stanchions carried away, was fallen in with 120 miles 5 . E. from the Shetlands, but there being a heavy 'ea could not be boarded. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPooL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S.W. for Newfoundland ; Idun, Amsterdam Neptune, New York; David G. Fleming, Melbourne; Har 1111° nY, Alexandria. Wind, S. i t Arrive c l—Marchioness of Dougla s , f rom M a lt a ; D e li c i a , . LaZa gall •, Timandria, Constantinople ; St am b ou l, Al e x• ah,, iria • Gnlielmo New York ; Prospero, Delitti, Mira ee e l r li. and E nr i ec h e tta, Leghorn ; Mystery, Smyrna ; Prin ss Victoria, Alexandria ; Jane, Tail. Sa iled —Cheviot, for Amsterdam. KINGSTOWN, July 4. QUEENSTOWN, July 3. Wind, N.W.A rrived—Queen Victoria and Trial, from Barbadoes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.28 a.m. rued tide, four hours' ebb ; fine. S ydney, iyed July4.—Mary Ann, from Hamburg ; Gladiator, AnAtr.riyed, July 5. Dolphin,Pfrom St. Kitt's; P alestine ; Sir J. Raed Reid, St. Kitt's ; Gem, Guernsey; pru dent,' Caen • Burlington, Sagua. le Grande • James iPePlierd, from ' Jamaica ; Cumberland, Calloa ; Philip delaide ; Moultan, Barbadoes ; Windermere, Port Sailed .I`l-Empress, Co --- '-‘ngget for Port Philip; Tildea, Nykoping ; ntest Naplec DEAL, Thursday, 9.43 a.m. mind DEAL, •; moderate. nehored- M from Callao, for Loudon ; t eor, _ Eliza Moore, e Pool, i k ,''° ll (ton, Cape of Good Hope , Ann Milne, Hartle. Govern,s'rt Wakefield ; Chaucer, Demerara, London; don , Kitt'., London ; Alison, Barbadoes, ,aneY, Porto Rico London. "`4"-Atonsoon, from East, for Westward ; William and Aram r• Calo n tt a - : — c " ,l . on, Constantinople . ; British Lion, London, lipid°, Austrian brig, North, W . s estw f ar t d he ; k ucePlialu a , liartl 1 Po rt Wakefield ; Bride o ea, Lud o, c 04,. oep o , ;)i SqIARE MARKETS (THIS LAY.) RAILWAYS. St. li 1214 it0rd0en......„ 8: kmbg. Nottng. Bost 10 Itl 13i al and Eastn. Xll Bel fast Ballymena ail liirming, Stour s Valley ..... 29 Birk.,and. Lancal— , Chealtire Junet .11 Do. Chesh. & Birk.. £5O and £25 Cons. 9 Do., £20...—........ 11 i tlyth & Tyns origins £25 (issd. £4:i._ . e 2 1 25 a St. 110 St. I'lo 10 61 Bristol s and Exeter.. )O cal edonian Ls. Carmarthen and Ca, digan ii.iCheater dz Holyhea•; ►i I Cork and Bandon Ll Cork, Black, & Pas. 16 Cornwall 1} Cl , ff Junction 45 Du olin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth dab , .r Been Junction all Do. N -^? ...... 00 East Al:glian all Eastern Counties..... St, 1100 Eastern Union, A St. I I, St. li Stock .. .00 De., B. Sthe2 8 Do., New A . ..... 10 East Lancashire 1G Edinburgh Glasgov St. 1 St. 11 St. IF dl Edinb. and Peebles.. 10 Edin.Pril Z.; Dundee 9 Forth & Clyde Ju' Xll Furness II 1)o. Extension 10 Glasgow &S. Wester' , 10 treat Northern 50 a: 20 a] St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 1 ( St. 1) St. 101 Do., A. Stock Do.; B. Stock qt. Sth. 4 kWest.(lre. ) Ireat Wdttern D. Stour Val Rai' Gua. Stk 1 Irish South-Easterr I rAneaster & Carlisle 4, Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds )0 I.l.sneash.andVorks' 01. Wst. Riding Un it Liv. Crsby. & Southpt .11 London & Blaekwal 12 I al t6i 1 St. 10 rand. Bright & S.Csi Loud, and N. West . , .6 Do. Fifths 5i 00.10/. 5h.,14&8 0 2s Do. Eighths .00 London and% Westn ,7i Do., .£5O 8 Do., £4O . Lndndrrydi Coleraine ai Lndndrry. & Ennlsk. anch.Shef.& Limb.; 611 Do. Shares, No. 2s. Do.,Man. & Lin. Un K) Midland 00 bo. Birmng.SZlDerb 11 liidld, Gl. West.(lra.) Il i)o. Half Shares .11 Newcastle & Carlisle 3 Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrffi 8 Newry & Enniskillen 11 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor z.t. It( )0 Norfolk 36 gorthn.Connties Un fO North British 11 North Devon, No. 1 it. RI )0., No. 2 1) i so., A Deferred al Do., B Gut rants,ed 10 N. Eastern—Berwick 5120 8 I NI 9t. 25 1: 50 3 .1 St. 101 50 Ai )o. do. Extension 3 Do.do. Purch 31 Do. Lee& 10 Do. York !North London ~ n Do. Now £lO . &S. Wstrn.,fiamT. ID 13 0 al 10 al stead, and City Jn. or th Staffordshire. (North Western \T. ST, S. Westrn. June INnueaton, Hinckley Ii laaci Leicester Oxford, Worcester,Sz Wolverhampton 8 oortsmonth -3,...615h Central,. .3eottishMidland 00 St. 1 , Ij, St. U 'JO a qt . I t . al 1;0 :0 11 15 a it. It: ❑ropshire Union ioutli Devon ;loath Eastern 11 south Wales Yrksh. dt Riv. Dur, qaines, Wok. &Wolz Stockton Darlin L ;-; A(.,•!kton &II rtlepl St. p l l 2' 20 I .. .;0 I al l'aff Vale .. 9 'Th. £lO shares 7 - 11) 10. Pref., No. 1 riv-tracs Haven Dock And TLailway iTlverstone & Lanes ,11 Vale of Neath 11 Waterfd. & Kilkenny It , vaterford&Limor 11 I West Cornwall. 5 Vest End of Londoi And Crystal Palace.. 0 West London Ls. Wimbledn &Croydon 39 - 41 • ” ..".° 4t - 51 20 20i 32 4.4 21 - 23 7 - 8 9 - 91 2a 2 3- 2 • 21 - 2h - 4(1 353 - 353 251 - 26 31- 4 pi 6 - 51(1' 17} = 18i 65 - 67 94 - 96 31 - 4i 5k - 6Q p - - 5 13P - 6 4 - 3i - 3 g 211 -22 i 100 - 102 106 -- 109 1.12 - 114 104 • 106 22i - 23 111 -- 113 - 5i - 6 p - ... 2 - 1 . - 210 2i 3 iP 5 7 2 - 3 6i - 6i 36 - gi 12i `="; 13 8- 9 1 433 - 4931)1 45 47 45 47 pm 24i 25? 21 22 Isct 9t 10 2i -,2ip ... - pm 3/ - 4 9 3 / 4 - 10 pl ••• ---• •• 18 - 19 K BANKS. 84 - 85 65 - 67 }d-ip -- .d 5? 6 p 174 -18 i 19 -- 20 d 36 -- 38 49 •••• ..." 6, • ••• --- ••• 35 - 36 38 - 39 50 - 51 • • • IF.* ••• - ... 38 - 40 74 - 75 8 - 9 ••• a 5 2i 64 'l4 10 10 St. 20 50 St. 16 - - 5 St. 20 12i 25 20 Bt. 20 25 25 l 2 I I allloo 1 1 100 all 1t1: r 100 100 100 100 100 10; ,100 rioo 5 all all all 100 all all all all FOREIGN. .11 &ntwerpaiiott !rdan, 4 Belgian Eadn. June 0 Beziers to GraiSSCEIBR., /i, Bombay, Barod.a, and Central ndia,Scrii al Demerara .0 Dutch Rhenish .11 Eastern of France LO Do. New ,11 East Indian, g. sp. c LO Do. EY . .,ension 11 Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, do .7A Gd.Tk of CanadaA is 11' Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. '0 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 11 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of Fran, , dl Gt. Inaima Peninsula' guar. 5 per cent 1 Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions.... al Do. d 0... 3 Great Luxemboury Constituted Shares ll Do. Obligations '1 Gt.WestornofCanad Shares ... 11 Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 11 Do. do., '62, p. '56 1 1 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. 11 Dn. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto dl Do. 6 per cent. .4 Lake Const. & Basle .11 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof .0 Lyons and Geneva 4 Lyons & Mediterran Madras 10 Do. New Maria Antonia ..„, 1 Do. do. New all Namur do Liege (with l 'nterest) 11 Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France. .11 Do .20L Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines gear. 3R p. C. & red. at 2211, dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 al Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs., 11 NorwegianTrunkPre 16 Paris and Lyons Xll Ditto Bonds ...... al Paris and Orleans Al Paris and Rouen... 5 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. .11 Bonen and Havre all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish 11 Sambre and Meuse_ 11 Do. 5, p. cent. Pref ; Scindo 11 Southern of France 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders al Do 54 per c. Prof l 6 Western of France Wept. of Switzerland All Wiesbaden all Zealand JOINT-STni Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company al British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City ;a Colonial !O Commercial of Lond I English Scottish and Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. Now 22. National of Ireland a n New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 I"roviucial of Irel.;.n . ci ,li Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co dl ;oath Australia dl Union of Australia 2 00. Now ............ LO Cr4ion of LO 402 Business done this day. 81i 2 7i 101 1011 i 731 3 i 2f 281 4 62 li 30# 30 9 i 22 xd xn 1061 5,.1 NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £7O HANDICAP PLATE. Spicaway. Georgey Freckle CHESTERFIELD STASES. Flyaway Fairy Filly Lawn Eight ran. Won by half a length. NIPERIAL PARLI AMEN T. ROUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway ; Grand Surrey Canal (No. 2) ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Capital) ; Stock port, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway ; Sunderland Dock ; Weymouth Water. The Wem and Bronygarth Roads Bill was read a third time and passed. NUISANCES REMOVAL BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Clause 8 having reference to the removal of anything " offensive or injurious to health" caused some discus sion, it being proposed to omit the words " offensive or," Dr. Mitchell remarking that the sanitary condition of the people depended more upon care in their eating and drinkitg than the inhaling noxious effluvia. The districts around estuaries pro duced a greater amount of mortality than inland dis tricts, which the hon. member illustrated by showing the rate of mortality in the estuary of the Avon being greater than at Bristol and the Medway than that of Liverpool. The omission was agreed to. Clause 9 provides that local authorities shall appoint an inspector. Mr. STANFORD moved that the word "may " be substituted for " shall," so as to make it optional to ap point such an officer, because in many districts persons might be found ready and willing to discharge the duties without remuneration. Lerd LOVAINE objected to the amendment. It was of great importonce such an officer should be ap pointed, and be made a compulsory appointment. After some discussion, the amendment was negatived. Lord LOVAINE objected to the relieving officer being appointed the inspector, because he was not a sufficiently independent person. Lord EBRINGTON considered him a very inde- pendent officer, and more likely to do his duty than any other person, because his removal from office did not depend upon the Board of Guardians. [LEFT SPEAKING.] The Earl of Derby leaves town early in the ensuing week for Knowsley, near Prescott, to entertain a large circle of sporting friends during the Liverpool race meet ing. A marriage will shortly take place between the Lord Muncaster and the Lady Jane Grosvenor, daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —The marriage of the Hon. Edward Stuart Wortley, eldest son of Lord Wharncliffe, and Lady Susan Lascelles, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Marewood, was solemnised yes terday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. C. N. NEWDEGATE, ESQ., M.P.---The Birmingham Gazette states that hopes are entertained that C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.P., will shortly be enabled to resume his Parliamentary duties. The hon. gentleman is now at Brussels, and we are gratified to learn that his health has materially improved. A letter from Rome says that the sentence of death passed by the Consulta on De Felice, for having at tempted to assassinate Cardinal Antonelli, had been formally communicated to the Pope, and that, as it had' been agreed to unanimously, De Felice had no right of appeal. NEW PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—This society's sixth and last concert of the season took place last night at Exeter-hall. The vocal pieces were very well sung by Mdlle. Falconi and Madame Arnedei. The hall was well filled, but a large portion of the audience took their departure before the end of the concert. CANADIAN BONDS.—The Canadian Government are now paying off 400,0001. of their 5 per cent. bonds issued 20 years back. This tends to increase the ease of the money market, the only issue in their place being 200,0001.6 per cent bonds to companies for public works. THE CRICKET MATCH AT ENVILLE.—We understand that the annual match between the Eleven of all England and the Earl of Stamford's Twenty-two will be played on his lordship's cricket ground, at Enville, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th instant. CRICKET.—THE UNITED ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST SIXTEEN OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY.—This match, commenced at Lord's on Monday, terminated yesterday in favour of the University by 6 wickets. Score :—England, first innings, 120 ; second innings, 106. Oxford, first innings, 151 ; second innings, 76. DUBLIN, July 4.—His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle has made the following appointments in his household : —Frederick Howard, Esq., to be Private Secretary, vice Major Henry Ponsonby, who has resigned • George Begot, Esq., to be Chamberlain, vice Howard ; Everard, to be Gentleman of the Bedchamber, vice Begot. SINKING OF A VESSEL AT SEA.,—PENZANCE, July 2. —The Vrede, of Groningen, Potjewyd, from Newcastle to Seville, with coal and brick, sank 12 miles S.W. and by S. of this place this afternoon. Crew picked up by her Majesty's revenue cruiser, Badger, and landed here. A letter from St. Petersburg mentions a curious whim of the present Czar. The marine artist, Evazowskey, haS received directions to revive on canvass, from memory, the Russian vessels which were destroyed for the purpose of obstructing the progress of the enemy. A PRESENT FOR THE CRIMEA.—The Fort Augustus or Glentarff Distillery bas been in full operation for some time, and on Friday last a sixty gallon cask of their excellent whisky was forwarded by Messrs. Tolmie and Johnstone, by the Maid of Lorn steamer , for ship ment for the Crimea. It is intended as a present to Sir Colin Campbell and the officers of the Highland Bri gade.—lnverness Courier. LES VEPRES SICILIENNES.—This new opera by Verdi continues to draw an unprecedented crowd every even ing at the Grand Opera in Paris. On Monday, the 25th ult., the receipts were 10,400 f. ; Tuesday, 10,600 f. ; and Wednesday, 10,258'. There are several encores every evening, and the principal artistes are generally recalled two or three times. SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—At a half-yearly meeting of this company, held yesterday—Mr. C. Franks, the sub governor, presiding—a dividend of ll'per cent., free of income tax, was declared, and the accounts were unani mously adopted. It was explained that the employment of the assets has enabled the directors to make this dis tribution, which is a quarter per cent , under former pay ments' when an allowance from Government was re ceived. With regard to the financial statement, it was mentioned that it varies little from that presented in May last. The company, it is anticipated, will be finally wound up in January, and 115 per cent of the assets re alised is to be returned, according to arrangement, to the proprietors to-day. At the close of the proceedings a vote of thanks to the Court was passed, for their judi cious management of the property. PENINSULAR MAILS.—The Oriental Company's steam packet Tagus, Captain. J. K. Joy; Admiralty agent, Lieut. Hay, R.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday. Her dates are—Gibraltar, 26 ; Cadiz, 2 7 ; Lisboh, 2 9 ; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 30. The Tagus brought 95 passen gers, amongst whom are— Sir H. Oglender, Col. Minchin, Lieut.-Colonel Cobb, Surgeon Poulton (73d Regiment), Messrs. Arnold, Mosely, Turner, Sousa, Bannister, Uthoff, Townsend, York, Grant, Freitag ; Revs. M. Wiseman, Flinagan, Swift ; Lady Sartorious, and family, Miss Ramsbottom, ac., &c. .. . THE MAILS. —SOUTHAMPTON, July 4. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam-ship Sultan, Capt. Burney, left this afternoon with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, 47 passengers, 548,9931. in specie —Via., India, 513,2981. ; Alexandria, 35,6651., and a full cargo. The Alhambra, Captain Christian, will convey the Peninsular mails on the 7th inst. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Great Western, Captain Bevis, leeves on the 9th inst. with the Brazilian and River Plate Mails. The remains of the General Screw Com pany's steamship Mauritius , part i ally destroyed by fire in Southampton docks in February last, were put up for sale by auction to day The hull and mac h inery were bought by Messrs. Barkly and Co., o f Gl asgow, for k s; :,f.,8 which :—. "The Phlegeton is about to 9,3501., and the other rem ai ning portions of the vessel, including spars, chain, So. , were lisposed of in severale l lots, the whole realising something under 10,000/. G ENERAL W RA NGEL'S COLLECTDN oPVAsEs.—Aletter Wh hasin the takenSemaph oretoOdessa t 0 the v Marseillese re turn to France, a number of pictares and works of art taken at Kertch. These objects lave not been pillaged, but come from the country seat of General Wrangel, commander-in-chief of the Russian troops on the coasts of the Sea of Azoff. -a6 . , .-.8 a great amateur of the fine arts, and a good judge ' painting and sculp ture. He had succeeded in forrang a varied collection of works of art, and in it were some objects which could have occupied an honourabe place in the first museums of Europe. ile possssed, amongs t o th er ' things a choice collection of Et rucan vases, an d o f ex tremely rare antiquities of the ountry. At present these objects are destined for the Aouvre. At the mo ment at which the troops were abut to take possession of Kertch, everything that was nost precious in the house of the Russian general had ;een placed in a large barge which was taken in tow by i small steamer ; but the steamer being afraid of carding cast off the barge, and we took it, so that its content are a lawful prize." STATE OF TRADE. — Between sasons the lace trade necessarily retains its quiescent poture, and anything at all in motion is of a prospective chracter. The Ameri cans have up to this time certain]: not taken their ave rage amount of our produce, and say therefore be com pelled to operate more extensivey on that account on the resumption of business. Hoiery is this week ex tremely dull, the inexplicable ressnption of speculation in cotton and the refusal of spitaers to accept former rates having brought manufacturiig activity to a pause. The London houses having this reek concluded stock taking, are in process of sorting tbir goods ; and as spin -1 ners by their demands, and manuacturers by their can tion, have, b e t w i x t them, reduc e bn anu f ac t ur i ng s tock s extremely low a ctivity may possi4 be renewed on the resumption oebusiness, so that tb future still continues hopeful.—ATAPSWltAird qukicint. THE Slitir, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5 1855. 20 li 126 St 11 50 4' St. 25 al. ti 28 St. I St. 1 50 1.1 1 , )0 %1 ,offal 20 j 10 117: 20 1( 18 10 al 20 - 11 20 20 al 20 li .00 Al LOO ,11 25 1' 25 F' 1.00 I 71 100 a] 20 li 5 a, 20 1: 4 a] 20i a] 100 I 11,1 al 20 5 al 20 I 11 20 1 fe.l RAILWAYS. 33 i 1 31 to 19.11 20 I al 20 1., 40 al 20 al 20 al 20 11 20 al 20 20 2s 20 al 20 11 le a, 20 11 20 1 , 6 al 20 50 a 1 25 20 100 31 Lou 2; 100 21 20 al 20 50 20 25 Closing Prices yesterday. 23 - 25 4} - 43 81 - 8i 13 t i - 13 isi - 16 8 - 7i 90 - 92 64 - 63 13i - 14 9 - 11 ... - ...a 14i -15 i 12 - 124 32 - 36 23 - 25 76i -77 i 57 - 59 - 19 - 20 •.. - • 70 - 72 93 - 04 75 - 77 26 - 128 [OO - 102 67 - 674 73 - 78 8 - 9 8 - 9 81i 82 7 - 7i LOO -• 102 .01 1014 par ip Ad iP 83 81 8 • 7A4 7 641 - 26 8 - ,-- 72i -73 i 43 - 45 9 - 7 1 - 13 "• - ... 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(issd. at 50/) Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Hol;rhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do, Pref. No. 2 ' Cork &Bandons3p.c Dun.Prth Aber. J E. Anglian Cls . A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cis. C 7p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 5g., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Laneash. 6 pets F, &W. York. J. sths Prth. &Dun.4p.c. Furnes Glas. &S.W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. . Do. 41 p. c. Do, 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm... . Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre; Gt. S. & W. (Ireland) Do. 4per c. Prd. St Gt. Westn. (Perks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4 p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.e. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S 'Do. do. 5 p. C. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh , 'Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan, &York. F. EV' Do. 6 p. c. Lon.&Brigh. 0.513. e. Do, Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cont Lon.&N. W., Coy. St, Nuneaton 5 p. et .. Lou. & S. W. Con. 3d Londy. & Color. Sh., Londy. & Ennis. S. . Man., Shef., & Lin New, £lO Do. £0 Marypt • & Carl. 4 p c Du. 4? per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol, Bristol Birna. 6 per cent... Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. Pref. Vi per cen Do. Si. Pr , f. 4 p. c Ditto Leicester and Hitcli en Pref. St.. Norfolk Debenture . Do.Prcf. 4 p. c. Stoc. Do. 5 p.c. Eat IDo. 5i per ct.prof 'Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters Do.Yorkli.& Prr. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, J. , Violve , .h. Xl5. 6 p e Do R. Prep. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre: South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cell' S. Eastern (Readit,f :inn.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hard. g. F r. c. till July 1, 1 5‘; Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 p c MINES. 1 4il Agna Fria ..... a 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian l4 1$ 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden. (Gd. Duchy of) i 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal . , 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazil ianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 2$ 34 20 15 Do, St. John Del Re . , 28 —3O 1 Carson's Ct•aqk 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica A 5r 40 all Cobre Copper 6l 63 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of En,; 25 'al Do. Prof. 74 p. cent ... IC Copiapo . l9 21 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg 14 14 2 1 Fortuna p 1 4 20 all General. 1 all Gt.Nugi etVeinßeg $ 41 all Great Polgooth 1 —2a 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 74 34 Do. B 24 3 5 1 Lusitanian ls —24 p 1 all Mariquita .. .... - 1 all New Granada — I 1 all Now Linares Mining and Smelting C 0.... 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 1 5 1 5 alla Portp Quartz N li e h w ß i l o p e k — A ll 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 5 6 30 12$ Santiago de Cuba 5 6 1 all South Australian — 10 74 Tin Croft • 284 all United Mexican 3l 41 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa I 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ". 1 all Yuba.,, ". ". MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agric-ilt. 30 31 10 all Aus:,raln. Royal Mail ... 10 7 Berlin Water Works 24 2 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 60 5 1 Brit. dr Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. wo 324 Canada 120 125 120 st. too Canada Gov, 6p. ct graphSt e e i a e m..... 1 . 7 . 4 Jan. and July lll4 1124 1124 5 all Crystal Palace 24 34 3 5 5 Do. Preferen ce 54 54 4 all Crystal Pal. of F rance 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 2 20 5 2 8 3 4 Electricl all Electric Teleg. of I r . 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar Ea s T 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 6i 64 10 24 Do. New ". 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.,,, 14 2 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian_ 20 15 NAIL EuropeStears 1 all Oriental Gas l4 11 14 b all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl 24 2 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 14 100 60 Royal Mail Steam • 74 76 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 2 1 4 Ditto New 25 all South Austral. Land 364 —37 i 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip." 4 1 1 all Do. Registered 4 1 5 Trust &L.Co X. Can. 1 " .4 01 i TO Dismal bancii Business this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-- (THIS DAY.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco.) The learned judges assembled this morning for the purpose of delivering judgments in cases standing over from last term. KENNETT V. THE WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENT COMMIS- SIONERS-THE VICTORIA STREET BONDS.-JUDGMENT. bAME T. SAME. HUNTER V. SAME. Mr. Baron Parke delivered judgment in these cases this morning. The learned Baron said the defen dants had obtained rules to set aside an order of Mr. Baron Alderson which was granted under the 61 sec. of the Common Law Procedure Act, which at tracted a debt due by one M'Kenzie, a builder to the fendants. The plaintiffs in these cases had obtained judgments against the defendants on several bonds issued by them under the Westminster Improvement Act for the erection of Victoria-street, in aid of which the Go vernment had granted 50,0001. on certain conditions, and which was to be applied to making the street in question. Under the act of Parliament, com missioners were appointed who were empowered to raise money on bonds redeemable within a certain time, and to carry interest at the rate of 51. per cent. The plaintiffs were bondholders, and sought to enforce their claims against the defendants. The grounds on which the rules had been obtained were that the defendants being merely acting as trustees for the discharge of a public duty, and bound to ad minister the funds entrusted to them in a particular manner, and to pay the different bonds issued by them equally among all the bondholders, the obligation by them to M'Kenzie was not a debt within the provisions of the section of the act in question, and also that on the true construction of the bond held by the plaintiffs, and in the acts and deed of settlement under which they were issued, the plaintiffs were not entitled to a preference which they would attain over the other bondholders if these attachments could be supported, but that they were only entitled to be paid pari passu with the rest of the bondholders. He was clearly of opinion, in which opinion the court fully concurred, that these debts could not be attached, as that would confer a preference on the plaintiffs over the rest of the bondholders. The rules obtained in these cases must be made absolute for discharging the order of the learned judge who had granted the attachments. Judgment accordingly. QUEEN'S BENCH.—GUILDHALL. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) WATERS AND ANOTHER V. THE MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, flour merchants and wharfingers, carrying on business in Holland-street, to recover of the defendants the sum of 1,8461., the value of 700 sacks of flour destroyed by fire on the night of the 16th Feb. last. The facts of the case were admitted subject to a deduction of 471., the value of a certain number of sacks of flour on the premises, the property of another person, and insured in this office, which amount had been paid, and a further number in sured in another office, the value and payment for which had not been ascertained. A verdict was accordingly taken for the plaintiffs, subject to the above deductions, a special case being made on his lordship's notes to argue the important and difficult point of law as regards the defendants' liability. HENDERSON V. AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendants the sum of 20,0001. for bringing home safely from Australia the steam-ship Adelaide, the pro perty of the company, and valued at 70,000/. It will be recollected that this ship, which was built on the Thames, and designed on a new principle which it was thought would be found superior to the old mode of ship building, proved to be a failure, and was with diffi culty kept afloat on her outward voyage to Sydney by the united exertions of the passengers and crew, arriving at her destination after a lengthened passage. The company wishing to get the ship home again ad vertised for a competent person to bring her home, offering to pay his passage to Sydney and all reasonable expenses, with a salary of 501. per month ) and a fair remuneration proportionate to his success. The plaintiff, a captain in the navy, and a retired master attendant of her Majesty's Dock-yard at Davenport, undertook the wc.rk, proceeded to Sydney and brought the ship home. The defendants having declined to pay the plaintiff what he considered a fair remuneration pro portionate to his success and the value of the ship, he had brought this action. The case came before the supe rior courts during last term, on a demurrer as to the defendants' liability under the agreement, it not being under their seal ; but the Court decided they were bound by it. The question for the jury today was to assess the amount of remuneration to which the plaintiff was entitled. The case had not concluded when our despatch left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron Alderson.) Henry Palmer, 33, was indicted for feloniously being at large before the expiration of the period to which he bad been sentenced to transportation. It appeared that the prisoner was tried at this court in October, 1847, for a street robbery, and, upon his conviction, he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. In pursuance of that sentence he was removed to the Warrior, hulk, at Woolwich, where he remained until September, 1849, when he and another convict, named Slater, made their escape. The latter has never since been heard of, and no clue was obtained to the whereabouts of the prisoner until the 9th of June, when Inspector Brennen met him in the Hackney-road. Im mediately upon the prisoner getting sight of the officer he ran off and attempted to make his escape, but was pursued, and, after a desperate struggle, taken into cus tody ; and before the officers could prevent him he put his finger into his mouth and forced off a signet ring, which he swallowed. Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prisoner, said he could not deny that the prisoner was the person who had been convicted in 1847 ; but he was instructed that since he had been at liberty he had got his livelihood by working at his trade as a carpenter ; and he called some witnesses, who stated that they had employed the pri soner upop several occasions during the last four years, and that he had conducted himself honestly. The jury found the prisoner guilty. In answer Aka question that was put by the Court, Mr. Cope, the governor of Newgate, stated that the three prisoners, Bell, Berry, and Brown, who escaped from Newgate some time back, informed him that they were assembled at the house of the prisoner. Mr. Baron Alderson sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Just as the court was about rising a TV. W. Berm?, late secretary of the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company, who was upon Monday convicted of stealing , a cheque, the property of the directors of the said corn paly, was brought up for sentence. The Recorder, in a brief address, sentenced the pri soner to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. This concluded the business of the session, and the courts sit again upon Monday, August 20. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. _ NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The business doing in to-day's market was limited, yet prices were well supported. 3eef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ' • lamb, is 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4 s 8 d; Pork, 3 s 4 d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July 4.—The supplies of fat stock on offer in to-day's market were seasonably good, and the general demand was in a sluggish state, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, July 4.—Prime beasts sold briskly, on rather higher terms. Most other kinds of stock ruled about stationary. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. HAY MARKETS. SlirrEOPTELD. — Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ 10s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 61 lOs ; and straw, 115 s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ :Is to 5/ 10s ; cloves ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 108 per load. A limited supply, and a firm demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 10s; cloves ditto, 31 Os to 6/ 10s; and straw, 11 5s to 1110 s per load. Trade firm. Sir Michael Dillon Bellew, Bart., of Mount Bellew, in the county of Galway, died yesterday at Rathmines. A few days ago he received the intelligence of the death of his fourth son, Lieutenant William Bellew, from the effects of wounds received at the taking of the Quarries before Sebastopol. The paragraph which has appeared in some of the newspapers, to the effect that her Majesty the Queen is about to present the Crimean medal to the wounded and invalid soldiers at Chatham, is entirely without foundation. We hasten to contradict this report, as it is calculated to excite expectations and consequent disap pointment in those brave men, whose feelings all are most amximio to gratify. IMPERIAL PARLIAIVIENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Hammond's Estate Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. Sir J. TROLLOPE presented two petitions from South Lincolnshire, praying for reform of the Univer sity of Cambridge. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from Kilburn, praying for a reform of the Metropolitan Burials Act ; also petitions from Basingstoke, Chelsea, and other places, praying the house to pass a law to prevent all Sunday trading except works of charity or works of necessity. Pro li pm 1401 40 LORD RAGLAN. The resolutions agreed to yesterday in committee of the whole house for granting a pension of 1,0001. a-year to Lady Raglan, and 2,0001. a-year to the present Lord Raglan, were reported. The resolutions were adopted, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded on them. On the motion of Mr. CRAUFURD, The Truck Act Amendment Bill, which stood for second reading, was, owing to the lateness of the session, withdrawn. MORTAIAIN BILL The house then went into committee on the above bill. All the clauses (seven in number) having been agreed to. Mr. MOWBRAY moved to add a clause after clause 6, as follows :—" And whereas it has been held, on the construction of the first recited act, that a pecuniary bequest to or in trust for any charitable use is void under the provisions of the said act, to the extent of the pro portion which the assets of the testator, consisting of personalty savouring of realty, bear to the assets of the testator consisting of pure • personalty ; and if the assets of the testator consist en tirely of personalty savouring of realty, then that such bequest is wholly void, and by the rules of courts of equity the assets are not marshalled in favour of such bequest, whereby the lawful intentions of testa tors are often disappointed ; be it enacted, that no pe cuniary bequest to or in trust for any charitable use contained in any will or codicil made after the passinc , of this act shall fail or abate by reason only that the assets of the testator shall consist wholly or in part of personalty savouring of realty, but every such be quest shall be payable as well by and out of such as sets as last aforesaid, as by and out of any assets con sisting of pure personalty, in the same manner in all respects as a pecuniary bequest of like amount made by the same will or codicil to a purpose not charitable would have been payable if the same bad been substi tuted therein for such charitable bequest, anything in the said recited acts, and any rule or practice of equity to the contrary notwithstanding." Sir G. GREY said, in the absence of the Solicitor- General, he should not at present offer any opposition to the clause. Any objection that the Solicitor-General might have to it could be made at a future stage of the bill. The clause was then added to the bill. Mr. G. BUTT then moved the addition of the follow ing clause to clause 6 :—" And whereas by the herein before recited act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, it was also enacted, that from and after the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, no sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tene ments, or hereditaments, should be given, appointed, or any ways settled in trust or for the benefit of any chari table uses whatsoever, unless such gift, appointment, or settlement of any such sum or sums of money or personal estate (other than stocks in the public funds) were made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as are by the now reciting act enacted and prescribed in reference to corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, and unless such stocks were transferred in the manner and subject to the conditions in the same recited Act also enacted and pre scribed in reference to such stocks : and whereas doubts have been entertained as to the meaning of the last here inbefore recited enactment, be it enacted, that no be quest contained in any will heretofore or hereafter to be made for any charitable uses whatsoever, which bequest is or shall be valid in all other respects, shall be deemed to be null and void within the meaning of the last hereinbefore recited enactment, unless by the will containing such bequest it shall be imperatively re quired that the subject matter of such bequest shall be laid Out or disposed of in the purchase of lands, tene ments, or hereditaments." The clause was added to the bill, and the bill as amended was ordered to be considered on Friday next. DWELLING-ROUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Oa the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Mr. DUNLOP moved the insertion of a clause to enable labouring men to acquire houses under the Act by a cheap, easy, and secure method of transfer, in lieu of the present vexatious system prevailing, in Scotland. Mr. G. BUTT seconded the motion, which was also supported by Mr. WILKINSON. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested the postponement of the third reading of the bill till to-morrow, in order that he might have an oppor tunity of consulting the Commissioners of Inland revenue on the operation of the proposed clause on the revenue. The further consideration of the bill was postponed accordingly. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a third time and passed. COAL MINES INSPECTION BILL. The house went into committee on the above bill. Clauses up to 17 were, after some amendments, agreed to. - On clause 18, which stated the act should not apply to Ireland, Captain SCOBELL moved that the clause be struck out. He could not see why acts applicable to Ireland and Scotland should not be extended to that country. Sir G. GREY said it would be impossible to apply this bill to Ireland without great alterations were made in it. If it was desirable the provisions of this bill should be extended to Ireland, it was very easy to pass a similar bill for that country. Captain SCOBELL saw no reason why the clauses passed could not be altered to meet the objection he bad raised. Instead of being one Parliament legislating for the whole kingdom, they were a Parliament legislating separately for England, Ireland, and Scotland. Re should divide the house on it. Sir G. GREY considered it would be unfair to Ire land to apply this act to that country without an oppor tunity of consulting the Irish members. Besides, there were frequent cases and instances in which it was ne cessary there should be special legislation for Ireland. Lord LOVAINE suggested the withdrawal of the amendment. The feeling of the house being against the amend ment, it was accordingly withdrawn. Sir G. GREY brought up a new clause with refer ence to the making and alteration of special rules neces sary for the safe working of the mines. A discussion ensued, in which Lord Lovaine, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Hutchings, Captain Scobell, and other members took part, the noble lord moving an amend ment, on which Sir G. Grey declared his intention to divide the committee. The clause was ultimately agreed to, without a divi• sion. Mr. DILLWYN then moved to add the following proviso to the clause :—" That prior to any application being made to such Secretary of State for his approval of such rules or amendments thereof, a legible copy of the same shall be hung up or affixed on some conspicu ous part of the principal office or place of business at the coal mine or colliery for at least seven clear days." Sir G. GREY opposed it. The committee divided — For the proviso Against it Majority . 33 . 103 ▪ -70 Mr. CROOK moved the following clause:—"That one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, on the report and recommendation of an inspector, may em power such inspector to direct one or more actions t') he brought in the name and on behalf of any person who shall be reported by such inspector to have received bodily injury in or from any mine or colliery, or the works or machinery belonging thereto, or in the name and on behalf of the representatives of any person who shall have been killed therein or thereby, for the re. covery of damages for or on behalf of such persons." Mr. G. BUTT considered this clause out of place. To make it applicable much that was left out of the bill ought to be inserted. Sir G. GREY opposed the clause on the ground that it was a difficult and dangerous thing to take cases out of the general application of the law. The same rea sons for making such a provision did not apply here as in the case of the Factory Act. After a few remarks from Mr. INGEIAM, the commit tee divided. For the clause 3 Against it Majority -122 The house then resumed, and the bill was reported and ordered to be printed. The Endowed Schools (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. The Copyhold, &c., Commissions Continuance Bill was read a third time and passed. _ DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES BILL. Mr. CIHEETHAM moved the omission of clause 3 relative to the publicity of marriages, which were con trary to the feelings of the great body of Dissenoteir:e The mode of publicity required was by affixing 6 chapel doors, ecaticoonmthmeor common of the same at the doors of the chapels, which that body thought an objectionable mode. Mr. W. COWPER could not see vr l llit w e as ki could be to this mode of publicity. practice to affix notices at church and such as the list of voters, &c. Pu blicitY f v :he bi l l, Mr. CHEETHAM proposed as aessubstitntion that the notice should be put in the registarsa office for 21 days. inserted to meet, at The original mode of the time of the introduction an objection of not t now required. ce t'crerned put in the registrar's the Government, oGv.erGnßmEenyt, bat it k was office could not be ceposoir. T he great great a publicity as if affixed at a church and , The question was not as between Dissenters,Ch ur chen had o be but for other pur poses..A.s no not ic e y pr th es e e h nt on s . t g o e o n d tl i e n m t a h n e he proposed th at the Clause a g s i V. l t e 1 l a b t bill should r emain, and the question be considered at h a stage nsidoefraitts progress. ioa of the clause was postponed. future e Clause 8, relative to the payment of fees on marriage by licence was Postponed , it being the feeling of the house that the fees fixed by the act should not be more, but as near as possibl e th ose pa id at the E sta bli s h e d Church. Claim 11 : providing for the payment of a fee to the .__ Registrar_, and ss. to the Supe r inte n dent R e gistrar, w as opposed by Mr. T. DIINCOMBE. Sir G. GREY thought it objectionable that a double fee should be paid. Mr. CHEETHAM said he found himself in a diffi culty in defending the extra fee, the clause having been forced on him by the Registrar-General. Mr. T. DUN - COMBE — thought it best to expunge this claws. Mr. W. COWPER said the Government had no ob t . jection to that being done. The clause was negatived without a division. Clause 15, providing a place for the solemnisation of marriage for persons who neither attended church nor chapel, the expense to be paid out of the poor rates, was expunged. Two new clauses were added to the bill relative t• the Jewish dissenters and Quakers. The other clauses of the bill were agreed to, and th bill ordered to be reported and printed. The house resumed. The Duchy of Lancaster Lands Bill was read a third time and passed. The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Continuance Bill wa read a second time. _ Leave was given for the introduction of the following bills. By the Attorney-General for Ireland. Bill to en able treasurers of counties in Ireland to receive pay ment of expenses, in certain cases. Mr. Cowper—Bill to authorise the inclosure of cer tain lands in pursuance of a special report of the Inclo sure Commissioners for England and Wales. Mr. Wilson—Bill to amend an act of the la s t sess i on of Parliament relating to the sale of spirits by unlicensed persons and illicit distillation in Ireland. The house adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. A special meeting of the Erglish proprietors of this company was convened by advertisement at the London Tavern, at noon yesterday ; Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., in the chair. The advertisement having been read by the Secretary (Mr. Blackstone Baker), and the usual preliminaries having been observed, The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been called to gether for a twofold purpose—firstly, of consulting the proprietors relative to raising 1,500,0001. of additional capital ; and secondly, of empowering the English shareholders, who held seven-tenths of the whole property of the undertaking, to vote by proxy at the Canadian Board, and also, at the same time, to afford the directors an opportunity of giving informa tion to the proprietors in regard to the position and prospects of the company. Having alluded to the re port of a previous year with a view to show the money which had been required to meet the expenses of th• line, the lease of the Toronto line and the construction of new buildings, and the manner in which that money had been raised, the chairman went on to call the atten tion of the shareholders to two objects which the di rectors now had in contemplation namely, the doubling of the line between Hamilton and London, and the completion of the Sarnia branch. He then went on to say that the sum raised by the present call would be sufficient to meet all expenses for the present year ; but if it should be decided upon to carry out the two objects he bad mentioned additional money would be required. Adverting to the traffic over the line he said that last year's report had estimated the traffic from July last year to July in the presentyear at 7,0001. (currency)per week. That was the case up to the 21st January last, during which period the traffic averaged 7,4901. per week, but since then the traffic had increased to an average of 9,0001. per week. Whilst the ordinary traffic, as com pared with the last year, bad increased fully 50 per cent. the goods traffic had increased by 150 per cent., thus showing that the goods traffic would continue to increase if they maintained sufficient rolling stock for its conveyance. Some difficulty had been experienced in this respect; but the want had been supplied and the rolling stock was now adequate to the amount of traffic over the line. The Chairman concluded, amidst ap plause, by calling upon the late vice-president of the Canadian board (Mr. Lingston) to state to the meeting the results of his personal inspection of the undertaking. Mr. LINGSTON, accordingly, at some length, and with much detail, went into a statement of the,actual working and position of the line, which was in all respects highly gratifying. •:, Some discussion, originated by Mr. Brooksbank, afterwards took place as to the propriety of the share holders having some control over the money confided to the Canadian Board, and also of their being con sulted previous to any further call being made for the purposes to which it was intended to be applied. The CHAIRMAN said the proprietors might place impli cit confidence in the discretion and care of the Canadian board, who were most anxious to have the co-operation of the English proprietors in whatever they undertook ; and also stated that the board would be willing to meet the wishes of the proprietors in the respect pointed out. A resolution approving of the course hitherto adopted by the board was afterwards moved by Mr. Harris (of Darlington), and was carried unanimously; and after a vote of thanks to Mr. Lingston and to the chairman, The meeting broke up, the proceedings having occu pied upwards of two hours. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending July 1,1555 1:22,306 16 2 Corresponding week last year 20,361 17 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 1, 1855 £5,639 1 4 Corresponding week last year 5,624 16 10 Increase in 1855.... Xli 4 6 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending June 30, 1855 ,E6,287 0 4 corresponding week last year 5,952 0 8 Increase in 1855 £334 19 8 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending June 30, 1854 £229 17 8 Corresponding week last year 241 3 2 THE MOORS. For many years we do not recollect such a fine ap pearance of game at this early season of the year. The grouse are both numerous and strong on the wing, and should other 14 days of good weather continue the young will be able to take care of themselves ; and those southern friends who may visit us this season may depend on good sport in all districts of the county, from Thurso to Ord.—North. British Daily Mail. Is it true that disease is among the grouse this season ? Have the birds bred well or not this year ? Will the young broods be strong on the 12th of August ? These aro questions we have heard asked so often that we propose answering them, for the information of a large number of gentlemen who annually throw off the dust of official life for a time on the heath clad mountains of Scotland. We are enabled to answer the more readily from a great number of reports which have been kindly brought under our notice, from gamekeepers and others whose business it is about this period to examine the state of the young coveys. The first question, as to the prevalence of disease, is easily disposed of. The tapeworm scourge, which about every seventh year decimates the grouse, is not the disease of this year. Wherever dead birds have been found the cause has been owiug to their feeding too freely on the frost-bitten heather—thus filling their crops with food as indigestible as rotten wood. Since the spring of 1838 no frosts have occurred to cause such destruction to the heath, whips, and brooms as last spring ; consequently, wherever the heather was not covered with snow, it perished as effectually as if burned. Regarding the second question there is generally but one opinion, viz., that the number of eggs in the nest have been fewer than usual, and that young broods now mus ter from five to seven out of every nest. On the lower grounds they will be proportionally more plentiful than on the high grounds, as the snow remaining long on the higher grounds prevented the birds nesting there. But many of those best versed in the habits of grouse maintain that before the shooting season many broods will find their way to the mountain tops. Of the third point, which regards the prospect of sport in the ensuing season, we can assure sportsmen, as the re sult of the extended inquiries, All who were equal to the average of seasons. All their sport will the e and wildness of the birds nothing like the quantities northern hills last year are aware thaotffrcohmeetrithheuerss earliness evihasn g From this and, like a true morewere b o a a g n ged a t e hat us o u u a g i ht br t e o ed h in a g ve s b i e o e e n k ,. will b e few disappointments. we infer that there the as he knows Black tails will be plentiful enou g h on and if the sportsman 12th day of August, Courier. now and then encounters a brood grouseo sportsman,n l yto d ta o k f i e yw h aw i i s th g te i u nl_ n fsu f u r ne o g rh m obwr his r to 0. sidhseiulcilavdirr:ltines3:: PRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS. The Banker 's Magazine f urnishes the returns of circu lation of th e p rivate and joint - stock banks in England and Wales for the four w ee k s ending the 9th of June, 18 55 ' and g ives the f o ll ow i ng as the average weekly th cir culation of me banks duri ng th e p as t mon th, v i z . priv , te banks 3,830,725 Joint-stock banks Average weekly circulation £6,902,045 On comparing the above with the returns for the cedingpre month, ending the 12th of May last, it shows— A decrease in the circulation of the private banks of £106,876 A. decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 80,558 Decrease on the month And, as compared with the return for the correspond ing period of last year—viz., June 10, 1854, it shows— An increase in the circulation of the private banks of ................... .. £70,605 An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock banksof Increase on the year . £118,706 On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues, the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : The private banks are below their fixed issues 2769,993 The joint-stock banks are below their fixed issues Total below their fixed issues ...... .. £1,024,530 Mr. Willes, of the Home Circuit, was yesterday sworn in as onelof her Majesty's Judges before the Lord Clan. et the Souse of Lords.