The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLooK. " The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very heavily, and compared with Friday's rates all kinds were much the same. The sales were estimated at 2,000 bales, comprising 100 Bahia at 7d., 100 Surat at 41d., and 60 Sea Islandsat is. 3d. to Is. 7d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed with a firmer appearance. Letters from Birmingham advise several failures in the iron trade, and some for large amounts. Two Make up a sum of 100,0001. Accounts from Spain state that the mail of the 10th to Bayonne was burnt by brigands or Carlists at St. Marie del Cubo. Even the English and French Government despatches were destroyed. From Riga and Revel it is stated that there was not a single Russian ship of war at either place. .All left last winter immediately before the naviga tion closed, and got to Cronstadt and Helsingfors. The meeting of a portion of M essrs. Strahan's creditors, held yesterday afternoon, has revealed a few more facts that will afford food for inquiry at the Bankruptcy Court. It would appear that a run upon the firm existed during Friday and Satur day last, and that between 20,0001. and 30,000/. was in consequence withdrawn, the Crown putting in extents also and seizing 2,0001. in cash. The question which excites much interest is, how did the parties who drew their balances out of the Bank get the information ? Was there collusion, or that sudden panic engendered by comparatively trifling circumstances, which soon developes itself into a " run ?" For six years, according to the statements made at the meeting, the partners have known themselves to be insolvent, and yet even on Saturday they persisted in parting with the property of their customers on the Plea that they expected assistance. Tie credi tors, who include a large number of the legal profession, are not disposed to allow of any Packed appointments as assignees, and their meet ing together has already elicited the fact that the attempt was to be made to get relations of the Partners appointed. Although this attempt has been abandoned, it is sufficient to show that the creditors are not holding preliminary meetings Without a cause. With regard to the assets no thing favourable has yet transpired. There is an interest in some foreign railway conces sions, and debts due from c ontractors, but of the value of these not even an approximate calculation can be made. This afternoon another Section of Messrs. Strahan's creditors are holding a meeting in Essex-street, but the proceedings are still going on. The Union Bank of London will commence busi ness at their new branch in Fleet-street on the 2d Of July. The accounts from Scinde respecting the interest' taken in the railway for that province give the most substantial proofs of the gen eral a pp reciation. When the undertaking was formed, a portion of the !`t ital was reserved for the locality, and this is lbeing taken up with the gre atest avidity, and in j'rge amounts by parties of the highest considera on, anxious at on ce to pay up their " calls" in full, and secure the 5 per cent. interest from the Jaonourable East India Company. Yesterday the ?,eturnittee of the House of Peers passed the Scinde through standing orders, and it is expected to ee read a second time on Monday. It has already Passed the Commons. The South Australian Banking Company, at its fleeting yesterday afternoon, declared a dividend at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum. There is a firmer market for English Stocks, as We have no confirmation of the many sinister ru mours current at Paris, but, on the contrary, a de nial that the Emperor of the French is ill. Con sols have been 911 /- for account. Exchequer Bills are exceedingly firm, the 2d. at 18s. to 215., and 4 d. at 14s. to 17s. premium. East India Bonds have been 275. to 28s. premium. Bank Stock is well supported at 210 to 211. The 30 Years' An nuity is at 16 15-16ths. The New 3 per Cents. are 921 The Foreign Securities have been merely nomi nal. Turkis, however, have been in demand at further advanced rates, being up to 821 Rus sian 5 per Cents. have been at 99k. Belgian 4i Per Cents. bring 94. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stock s :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7; Mexi can, 21 to 211 ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three Per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 44 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 181- ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 39i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 42 ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The Railway Share market is rather looking ZA, but there is not a great deal doing. The i l nsactions have been principally in Brighton, th °rth-Western, Midland, and Caledonian. Among at .? foreign shares Antwerp and Rotterdam are 2 1 l at very full rates. Grand Trunk of Canada "uout the same. Great Luxemburg Constituted tt'e firm. Great Western of Canada are wea ker. 'amur and Liege are buoyant, and Sambre and 4 1[euse are in demand at fuller rates. In the foreign and colonial mines there is not Much doing. The Clarendon of Jamaica are at steady rates. British North American Bank are firm, the City Bank has touched 51 premium, and the London 21 to 3 premium. Union of Australia are steady. Crystal Palace shares are flat at 2 discount. South Australian Land are rather higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OVV): , (From the Official List. ) Buciness done link Stock .. . . 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92s a i New 3 per Cent. Annuities ~ 92i i i L ong Amnuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16 15.16 India Bonds, £l000 Ditto, under £lOOO 27 Consols ?or Account, 10th July 9li i Exchequer Bills, 20. 2d. 1.000 £5OO 2l 18 14 17 x Small ze - b equer Bonds 1859, 3a per Cent i tRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT O NE O ' CLOCK. T urkish Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99. Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account... la , Nvidendx on the above pay able in London. Oat' Bonds, 2} per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 4a per Cent. Ex. 25 fr 94 THREE O'CLOCK. . 9113 i Consols LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) t IT -,, °I `TDoN, June 20.—Wind this day ut noon, N. to ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. LIMOUTH, June 19 —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Cyg e°t, fro m New Zealand. Sailed — Ge rmania (trans p ort), I;..the Crimea ; Arthur Purdow, do. ; Shootin g Star, do. Is(" L E , June 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Juno, for ev rfoundland. 1, 43 1 . a 7 SClLLY.—Circassian, from Porto Cabello, for Ham- Ili v i , t-NBEA, June 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Lad y ° ll a. from the Clyde, and sailed for Buenos Ayr es. Sail ed —Alderman Pirie, for Cuba. k the Cape June 19.—Wind, S. Sailed — Wood lark, for of Good Hope ; Garland, Rio Janeiro. iy" I TEr, June 19.—Arrived—West Lothian, Matanzas. bn2oGintDA June 18.—The Mona, of and from Mary ,:4„. for this' port, which went on shore on the South ' 4 l on the 13 th inst., has floated off, making water. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. wind, N.W. "rtived.—Lady Westmoreland, from New Orleans. e Bail e d.— Tonawanda f o r Philadelphia ; Emperor , Cal -11:t ; Princ e t on , New Yolk • John William , Dantzie ; Buenos Ayres ; Jean Baptiste' Marie, Bordeaux. WARBENPOINT, June 18. .Iq.ind northerly. 4 moved.—Anais, from Requijada. KINGSTOWN, June 19. 14 nnd N , W .6..rri v • • arri ved.—George Andrews, from Stettin. QUEENSTOWN, Junel9. ind, S.W. 4 , P rived.—P rem i er , f rom C a ll ao . " I t — Delta, from Callao ; Cluney, Honduras. (Bt SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wednesday, 9.48 a.m. r i . P ia N.E ; tide G fo ll u A r v h E o s u E rs' bb . Biel. iced, June:W.—Union, from Stettin ; Eneigheden, Ntikr rived, June 20.—Eden, from Soderkopin ; Stalanta, nt zic • Gerchwester, Hamburg ; Tatonia , Dantzie ; 144 Bremen ; Sarah, Farewell, Agnes, and Carle August Txt Dantzic. Sall Qed—Thames, for Geelong ; Victoria, Adelaide; ""1 Marga re t, New Zealand. DEAL, Wednesday, 0.7.6 a.m. qua d, N.E., fresh. he ata.r.d, 19th—Perseverance, screw-steamer, from Sheer pa for Crimea. as ed--E1 Dorado, for Kurrachee ; Thames , Geelong ; ' 44 l).eth and J aco b a , Hobart Town ; Tweedside, Gib altn.t. — a ll f rom London. v ta lil rd a lr is Elizabeth, from Bombay, reported to the west - bI F Sr t c. H. Bracebridge has sent home from nder date of the 7th, a brief narrative of Miss tn ig c, h t ingale's labours at Balaklava, and her return itari in Lord Ward's yacht. At the date men -1:11e(1 she was extremely weak, but " has no re trns of fever and no danger is apprehended." She Vi'L B to be soon able to return to Balaklava. a 46 . 8 1 8, was visited while sick by Lord Raglan e e ""e t., and again on biiard the yacht, and was re ztived o n landing at Scutari by Lord W. Paulet, Corn /44V4 ot, Dr. Cumming, Inspector-General, and Dr. lai„ —N .gor, Deputy Inspector. The house of the chap th; 18 1 0 /aced at her disposal, and she has been offered /a t " 118 e of the British Palace at Pera by Lord and Lady r atfor d de Redcliffe, 8 . 0 m A in fTS (THIS DAY.) RAILWLYS. Closing Prices yesterday• 24 - 6 43 - 4i 81 -- 8i 134 -12 i 15i -16 i 86 -- 7i 90 - 92 63f - 634 14 - 15 9 - 11 15i - 16.! 12 -12 i 32 - 36 23 - 25 58 --60 782 8 - 10 19 - 20 • •• ^ . 70 - 72 92 - 93 75 - 77 26 - R 8 0l - 103 67i 68# 59 61 75 •- 80 8 - 10 8 - 10 81i -- 82 74 - 8 02i - 103?,. .034 - 103, 84 - 8 7 0 7 - 6 a 27 - 8f 741 - 75 41 - 46 9 - 7 li - 2 Ei = Ei 31 ... 32 75 76 Gi 3 3i 14 1 44 514 52i 48 50 d par Nd 6i 7 1 d l ar 28 - 30 [O2 104 68 70 , 47 49 13i 14. 62 63 29 30 3 1 2d par 39 41 • •• ~. -• • 00 .'..... 20 21 34 - 4i - 21 7 - 8 RAILWAY , . Aberdeen.. ...... Ambg. Tiottng Bot,t and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolff '.rl3 Stour Valley Birkeuhd. LancsL. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Rlyth &Tyntorigina' .£25 (issd. at £45; Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester tt Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas, Cornwall Ci`'ff Junction nu.,l iii &BelfastJunc Dundee Perthdab, Teen Junction.....•. Do. N w ... East Al glian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock .. De., B Stogy Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh dr Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth &DurieL Forth & Clyde Ju Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Westai Great Northern Do., A. Stock ...... Do., B. Stock ....... . Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. !Great Western...... ,. D). Stour Val Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Easteru Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lsncash. andYorksh Da., Wst. Riding lin Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Black wai Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn . Do. Fifths ....... D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths I London and S. Westn Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shec.& Lin& Do. Shares, No. Do., Man. & Lin. Un, Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West. (I ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. . Norfolk , Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 r) O ., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. . Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamr , stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western Y. & S. Westrn. June • Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Si Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central 1 Scottish Midland uhropshire Union _ south Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton It Darli , Stolkton & Hugely Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Do& and . Ulverstone & Lanes. Vale of' Neath..... .... Watertl. & Kilkenn ,, Waterford&LZmer,,,i West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. IWimbledn & Croydon FOREIGN. Antwerp&RoWrdaru Belgian Eastn. June Reziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, Central India,,Scrii , Demerara Dntcb Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Ex Do. 4} p. e. Bds., pa y '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Frau,— Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent. Do. Extensions Do. d 0... Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations ...... . Gt. Western of Canad Shares... Do. Bds., payable's7,' with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva 1 Lyons dt Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France. Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3R p. c. & red. at 22y. dur. 58 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c BdF (fmy. B. di Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPre r Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and R0uen...... ParisCaen dr Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Menec... Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scinde Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , West Flanders.. Do 51j per c. Prof Western of France_ Wept. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-8! Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish aryl Australian Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminsterl National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales oriental Bank of Corp;Tation erovincial of Ireland Nf! , i'47 !loyal Australn,Bkg & Gold Imp South Australia ... Union of Australia:: , Do. New I Union of London 9i - 9 4 2i - 28 - 2h, d --361 9A -10 i , 24 - 254, 3 -- 3i n 1 b 19A —20 A 66 -- 68 95 -- 97 41 -- 4A. 51— 6p -- RP —in 53 -- 5¢ 4i -- 4$ 3 1 3 11 22A -- 23 100 102 109 111 113 -- 116 104 - 106 23 -23 i 112 - 115 Ate 5 —6;., - lip 3 p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - 6i f 36 13 -13. - S- 9 i 29 -291 A 47 49 44 —45 i ply 24 2 5 21 22 lad 10 loi 2} Pin I - 4 4 9 - 9iP fa --- Igi BANKS. 84 -- 86 65 67xd f d par d 4i - sip 18 -• 18i 20 - 21 id-iP 35 ia 38 -- 39 52 - 53 ... -- ... .42 74 - 75 3 8 -- 9 Business dons this day. 25 St. St. 10() 8; 100 100 100 100 100 100 131 IE 17?:. all all ,•• - t J UNE; 20, 1858. TIE LONDON, WEDNES ' I 4IAIIE N LUPE RIAL pt 1,1t,031tn vrgitu taI:NTALS.. THE "JOl7. ?NAL DE ST. PETERSDOWitr ON THE VIENNA CONFERENCE& HAILIVAYS. Compans eh:mint Price: yesterday. Brqiress this day. 110[JSE OF COMMONS-(THIS y The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 12th con tains an article in reply to Count Walewski's cir cular, noticed in a telegraphic despatch given by. The Sun of Monday. The article iu question occu pies six columns. From the opening observations of Count Wa l„ -ski's circular, the inference is drawn by the St. Peter sburg journal, that throughout the period in which the late Emperor Nicholas was striving to ar rive at a general peace, the Allied governments were intent ,only upon the more vigorous prosecution of the war,. and it is suggested that this fact explains the delay until. March in the opening of the Con ferences, And the hesitation—not to say extreme repugnance — with which Baron de Bourqueuey and Lord Westmoreland gave ear to the preliminary negotiations. The Journal proceeds to examine the reference, in Count Walewski's circular, to the independence of the Principalities, contrasting the deplorable situa tion of thoseprovincesprevious to the treatyofAdria nople with their condition under the provisional ad ministration of CountKisseletf. Russia's object is de clared to be achieved when the free regime of the Principalities obtains the sanctionofpublic European law, by the collective guarantee of all the great powers. " Such is the result in which our pleni potentiaries had an honourable share. In approv ing the acts which they have signed, the Imperial Cabinet regards this question as terminated." On the second point, the navigation of the Danube, the Russian Plenipotentiaries were also at one with the representatives of the Allied Powers. It was the Russian administration, says the Journal, which opened to the freedom of com merce one of the most magnificent markets in the world and it then proceeds to contend that the facts show that Russia did not abuse her privilege —at any rate, It was not necessary to spill the blood of France and England to overcome the few exist ing obstacles. The Journal, passing to the consideration of the Fourth Point, expresses regret that the Third— which possessed such a grave interest to all Chris tians—was postponed, because " we longed to sa tisfy ourselves that the intentions of the Russian Cabinet coincided with those of France and Eng land." It is then remarked : " If we are to judge by the remarks contained in the circular of May 23 (Count Walewski's) there existed a oertain divergence of view between the French Cabinet aL d ours. At Paris the political question predominates;. i n 0 t..her words, the fourth guarantee is specially con siderol in relation to the influence which the great Powers' exercise in the East. At St. P e t ers b urg th e religious sentiment, the national sentim en t o f th e coun treyli,giOuutsw, sighs the considerations belonging only to the domain of , 00litics. Under the influence of this con viction, the principal object which the R u s s i an plenipo tentiaries we, - e directed to keep in view, was to ar rive at a peace by which the liberty of worship, and the amelioration of the condition of the Christian popula tions, subject to t lie domination of the 0 ttuniao Empire, should be placed fo r the future under the safeguard of a collective Act, sanct:oned by European law. "If the efforts of al! the Powers tended towards the same end, nothin4 woulti be more easy than to clothe this act with the forms deeine 1 necessary to secure for the Sultan the spontaneous merit of a Sovereign will mani fested in favour of his Christian subjects. In this respect we wish as much as France and England to arrange for the Sultan the opportunity of giving himself up, to use the words of the circular of May 23, to the most generous inspirations.' The intention of the Rus sian Cabinet assuredly is not 'to arrest in Turkey all useful reforms, or to estrange the populations against their sovereign.' It is with earnestness that we repro duce this expression from Count Walewski's despatch, conscious of the importance which all Governments at tach to making this doctrine respected not only in Turkey, but everywhere else. " We arrive at the revision of the treaty of 1841. That which surprises us at first is, that the French Cabinet has completely passed over in silence the results already obtained in determining this amicably. In our opinion the most useful guarantee for assuring the repose of the Levant is not to be sought. It is found. The Pleni potentiaries, reunited in conference on April 19, esta- The S'PEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Dearr ess V a ll e y R a il wa y Bill, and the T0.V.,7 District Churches Bill were read a third time and pass, The Gateshead and Hexham Roads Bill, and the Dun dalk Harbour and Port Bill were considered and ordered to be read a third time. Petitions were presented from various places in Kent against the exceptional clauses in the Sunday Trading Bill ; from places in favour and against the Marriage Bill ; and in favour of Mr. M. Gibson's Education Bill, from South Wales. blished it unanimously under the form of an engagement, conceived in these terms If a conflict arises between the Sublime Porte and one of the high contracting par ties, the two States, before resorting to the employment of force, shall put the other Powers in the way of pre venting such an extremity by pacific means.' "This stipulation, to tell the truth, ought to put an end to ail further discussion. The foresight of the Ca binets would be unable to go beyond the pledges of se curity contained in this engagement. The principle of perfect reciprocity characterising this stipulation renders it equally reassuring and honourable for all the contract ing powers. After this guarantee given to the preserva tion of the European equilibrium, is it necessary to prolong the calamities of war, in order to seek for ampler material precautions ? It is upon this rock that he negotiations at Vienna split. We feel more regret than surprise. The human mind cannot create impossibilities. It risks failure in its enterprises when it attempts to go beyond. This truth applies to the material guarantees with which it has been sought, more than once at other periods, to surround political transactions." In a similar spirit the St. Petersburg Journal alludes to the circumstances under which the Fourth Point was rejected, expressing the sentiment that it is neither to the interest of Russia nor of the Allies that hostilities should continue, and that this is a safer guarantee for peace than any question of num bers in the Black Sea. It is urged that Russia has a direct interest in the maintenance of peace in the Levant, and the riso of hostilities is attributed to the existence of " a predominant influence at Constantinople, which judized the moment favour able for regenerating the Ottoman Empire by a: warlike start." The Russian plenipotentiaries went as far as they could when, at the Conference, they proposed, alternately, the opening or the closing of the Black Sea. The limitation of the . _ _ number of Russian vessels is declared to be inad missible ; but the Journal says that the time is not come for discussing that point with proper calm- After again putting the question, whether upon the conditions already agreed to peace might not at once be concluded, the article closes as follows : " Thus the blame of the rupture falls upon the West ern Powers. Their unwillingness has put an end to the negotiations. It is not the Russian Cabinet which is responsible. If on one side it has opposed to France and England the firm resolution not to agree to demands exceeding the limit laid down from the open ing of the Conferences, on the other, it has offered to friendly powers the proof of its sincere desire to con tribute loyally to a peace conformed to the sentiment of the dignity of Russia. Constant in these principles, it will leave the way open to an honourable reconcilia- tion, when the desire of peace shall be more generally felt in France and in England—when experience shall have enlightened the two countries upon the mistakes of a war without object and a hatred without cause. It will be permitted then to resume, with the hope of suc- cess, negotiations for assuring to Europe the benefit, too long overlooked, of general repose." I 4onitin L. &N. W. ilaird.ot , E. Un. 4+' Gt. ii rtrw. Caldonian. ijg - 100 100 - 102 i*34 - 136 ii - 29 Gt. Wes:x . Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM Do Do S. Easter Do Peto & Ca ER : 1.6 .12i - 13 23 - 24 lli - 121 Norfolk... Do. L. & N. W & Midld. Stckton & Darlingi. Midland.. 2i - 2j 24 - 96 58 - 60 En. Coun. E. Count , Do Do L. Sz N.W Aan&Yk Do I'3 - fii Gt North n Laneash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stoat. & Darlingt Do S' 9 2i 2id ii - 33 92 - 94 IGtWestn. PREFERENCE SHARES. 4berdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne lOpei c. pref. (isscl. 50/' Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyliesi Guar. 53 per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons3p.e. Dun.Prth .& Aber. J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex. tension, 5 p. c. N 0.3 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 19/. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts. E.&W. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness Was. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 43 p, c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prel Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per C. Prof. St Gt. Westn. (Barks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4. p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S, Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chea. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct. . Lon. & S. W. C0n.34 Londy. & Coler, Sh. Londy. & Ennis. S Wan., Shef., & Lin. Now, £lO Do. £6 Warypt.&Carl.4 p c I_)u. 43 per cent...... ••• - ••• 95 -v7 93 = 95 99 - 101 3 - 4 6 -6, - - 13i - 14 60 - 63 lii -- ii.; 110 - 112 103 105 9i - iP 9 - 6 -- A 3 S 9 101 90 -- 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10i - 10$ 74 -- 76 191 -20 i 91 -- 101 141 -15 f -- 137 - 139 ••• ''''' ~... ..• ••• 21 - 13 - 13, 3 - iP Do 100 Consol.6 p.c 9 100 Do. Consol. Bristol 6. Birm. 6 per cent.... 100 Do. 42 p. c. Pref. St. Ili Do. Pref. 4 per ce,l' all Do. 51. Pr f, 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto Leic , ster ant. Hitell en Pr, f. 5t.... all Norfolk De teature 100 ,Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stn,'. 100 ; Do. 5 p. c. Ext IDG. 52 per ct.pref... 100 ID°. Way. Val. 5 p. c. 100 North British 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P. 5 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c ;No ] 9 Do. do. Quarters 10 Do. York 11, & ti. Per. all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, P. Wolverh. X 15.6 p.c 7 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre: all South Devon 11 Do. fixed,4 per cent all S. Eastern (Readibr Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41 per cent all S. Wales Gna. 4p. c. all Do. do. 41 p. c.... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock. & Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. F p. c. till July 1, '56 4 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p c - 141 96 - 98 41 - 4i 101 - 103 93 - 95 3i - 4 i -- 7 la 106 - 108 14} id -- par, 23 - 234 99 - 101 i 6 = ii* ... _. ... 2 -- 3p 21 - - MINES. 1 all Agua Fria .... 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ... ... 10s. all Anglo Californian ... w 20 6 Australian i 11 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - ... 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) i $ 50 all BI33DarVOII Iron and Coal . • _ 5 7 20 14 British Iron 53 63 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab n 31 20 15 Do, St. John Del Rey 28 30xd 1 3 Carson's Creak i 1 0 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4 —IP i 40 all Cobra Coppor 57 59 5 1 Colonial Gold i -- St. all Copper Min. of Eng ... ... 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent ... ... ... 1C Copiapo. 2oi 213 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg . O' la —ll 2 1 Fortuna - $P 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßcg $ $ 44 all Great Polgooth ...., l3 —2A 1. all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 7 2 D). B 2 23 ..• 5 1 Lusitanian 4 ir , 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada — t 1 1 all New Linares Mini.n , and Smelting Co._ ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde • ." 20 all Pontgibaud Silva , Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 4 —. 4 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 12i Santiago de Cuba__ 51 64 1 all South Australian ... ... 10 73, Tin Croft . , . 28;1 all United Mexican 34 4 34 1 all Waller 4 i i 1 all West Mariposa A t l 12s. Worthing Mining 01 Australia ". ... 1 all Yuba MISCELL A N El) US. 25 I 173 Australian Agricult. 313 324 10 1 all Ans;raln. 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New .. ...p 13 2 all Portland Iron Co l3 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . 73 --75 .1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 2 1 4 Ditto New . 4 4 South 1 f 1 qg 25 a 1 ....nstm.....anG - w 39 3 8 1 1 all ;;;Ltbxnar. Tel. Scrip... 4 3 1 all Da. ;: c 7Tistered 4 -- 1 5 Trust &L. t7,;'..U. Can. .. .... ... 100 2N "Van Diemen's ‘ 4, 10 13 _ --• 13 4 .. THE HANG° MURDERS. The following letter, with its enclosure, has been ad dressed to a contemporary : Sir,—The enclosed letter from Captain Fanshawe, of her Majesty's ship Cossack, may p ro b a bl y be thought worthy of insertion in your paper. It was addressed to the mother of one of the officers killed by the Russians at Hango Head, and is very creditable to Captain Fan shawe, as well as consolatory to the friends of the young and promising officer, whose character is so highly spoken of.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, R. BECK. 58, High•street, Chatham, June 18, 1855. (Copy.) Her Majesty's ship Cossack, Gulf of Finland, June 8, 1855. Madame,—You will have heard of the great loss . you have sustained in the melancholy death of your son. I cannot hope to offer any words that can alleviate the distress you will suffer under the immediate pressure of FO heavy an affliction. 'out I yet trust that when the bitterness of grief has in some measure passed, it will be a consolation to know how much your son was esteemed on board this ship. His conduct, both in his duties and in private, was always most unexceptionable, and I am sure that we shall all retain feelings of the greatest respect for his memory. Pertilit me to add, that none will entertain these sentiments with more warmth than your very obedient servant, E. G. FANSTIAWE, Captain, her Majesty's ship Cossack. Mrs. Sullivan. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN . We had only a moderate supply EXCHANGE of English wheat on sale in to-day' s mar k e t , but nearly the whole of it was left over from Monday. There was a fair inquiry for most kinds at fall prices, but a total clearance was not effected. Foreign wheat, the show of which was tolerably good, changed hands slowly, but we have no change to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were held on former terms, but the inquiry for them was by no means active. Barley moved off slowly, and the quotations were well supported. In the value of malt no change took place. The oat trade was firm, at very full prices. In the value of beans, peas, and flour, no change took place. Wheat. 650 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 2,280 180 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. Flour. 1,020 1,170 2,410 11,590 950 Om 6 , 890 1 1,020 BOROUGH HOP. We have a moderate demand for most kinds of hops, at unaltered quotations. The bine is looking remarkably healthy. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 4d to 48 Gd ; mutton, 38 10d to 48 10d ; lamb, 5a 2d to G s 4d ; veal, 4a Od o 58 2d; pork, 38 6d to 4s id Per 81ba. by the careen. 50 25 124 123' 20 91/ 63g I al l all all all 100 110;: 1021 3 10313 5a 84b 271 i 10 St. 20 50 100 100 100 all 12i i 100 100 ilOO 1104 St. 161 5 St. 17 20 12i 25 20 St.l SA 25 10 1.0.6 1 1 i a 221 i MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. —--- The SPEAKER then left the — chair, and the house went into committee on this bill. On clause 1 being put to the house, Sir F. THESIUER said that any discussion on the principle of this bill would now be out of place. They were called on to consider this question ; and in proposing his amendments to this bill he trusted it would not be at all considered that he had waived any objections he had originally entertained to the bill, but, on the contrary, he begged to inform the house that those objections had been considerably strengthened by the arguments he listened to that were used by the sup porters of this bill on its second reading. (Hear, hear.) He might have left the details of the measure to those interested in it, if it were not that he found on reference to its provisions that there was an attempt to violate one of the most important principles of legislation by giving to the bill a retrospective opera tion. The committee would no doubt remember that from 1835 marriages of the description it was now sought to legalise were positively prohibited by law, and in express terms were de&.ared null and void to all intents and purposes, and the object of this bill was to legalise such marriages as had taken place between parties who have deliberately and knowingly violated that law. (Hear.) He confessed it appeared ,`o him that any more dan gerous and mischievous prinejole than that attempted to be established by this bill ceen'd hardly be imagined. (Hear.) He consid ere d it wou l t : be conceded on all hands,that laws ha v i ng a retrospec ti ve c epera.tion ought to be cautiously pa s s e d an d app li e d a l m ost to extreme cases, and that the condition of the person s who, havirg violated that law under particular circum stances , im posed on Parliament the almost moral necessi . tY to inter pose on their behalf. F rom ti me t o ti me , L 'eut very sparingly indeed, where parties had violatk'd the law through ignorance or inadvertence, the -.Legis lature had interposed for their relief ; but on no occasion had the Le g islature sanctioned or legalised the act. Th e y had shown their opposition to` passing retrospective laws, by making exceptions in cases where penalties had been incurred, as to suits which had been instituted even by common informers. Having said there was no one instance in which the Legislature had interposed to legalise an act that had been committed against the provisions of an act of Par liament, he did not suppose an act that had recently passed that house to protect two of its members would be cited as a precedent applicable to the present bill, that being one which could not in the least degree affect the consideration of the propriety of their passing such a bill as this. Many hon. members, entertaining the opinion that the marriage with a deceased wife's sister was neither prohibited by divine law nor that here was any moral or social objection to it, voted for the second reading of the bill, but those hou. members must concede to loin that supposing such to be the case, Parliament was entitled to pass a law prohibiting such marriages, and that such having been done it was the duty of every good citizen and subject to obey that law—(bear, hear)—and they would no doubt agree with him, that the wilful transgressors of the la .v of the land were such as were not entitled to the protection of Parliament—(hear) —and the persons who would be bane fitted by the retrospective operations of the bill were the persons who wore precisely iu the predicament he had just described. It was unnecessary for him to advert to the association formed many years since by persons of wealth, station, and influence for the purpose of procuring the repeal of the law prohibiting these marriages, and which they were entitled to do, pro vided they did it in a legitimate and proper manner ; but whether the means they resorted to were proper or not he would not stop to inquire. Whilst, however, it *as perfectly legitimate for those persons to inter fere to procure a repeal of the law to which they objected, so long as that law remained in operation it was their bounden duty to obey it. It was clear many of those persons—he might say the whole of them, in fact—had contracted their marriages, knowing the pre cise state of the law with regard to them. (Hear.) The marriage with a deceased's wife sister was always one of doubtful propriety, and no prudent man would have contracted such a marriage without first ascertaining the law on the subject, and knowing what it was. He (Sir F. Thesiger) should venture to think no moral man would have ventured to violate it, but have submitted to its provisions until that law was repealed. With regard to these marriages not being contrary to divine law, nor direct by moral or social obligation, no one ever ventured to say that they were ordered by the divine law, or directed by moral law ; but it being a matter which a human Legislature had a right to control or direct, the passing an act of the above description, prohibiting these marriages, clearly created and imposed a moral obligation. (Hear, hear ) That being so, here were some persons who, by their own confession, have contracted these mar riages, knowing they were prohibited by law, coining to Parliament and saying that although they have know ingly and deliberately violated the law, we ask you to interpose for our protection, and to make that legal which at the time we contracted these marriages was illegal, and continued to be so down to this time. It might be said that the legisla ture, in fact, on the former occasion passed a law respecting these marriages, having a retrospective operation, and he would endeavour to explain the real provisions of the act of 1835, which was not of that cha racter which the bon. member for North Warwickshire supposed it to be. Previous to that timemarriages within the prohibited degrees were absolutely void, but could only be declared so by a sentence of the Ecclesi astical Court, and that during the life of the parties, and therefore the children of such persons whose marriages had not been declared void were legitimate, and entitled to all the rights of children born under ordi nary circumstances. (LEFT SPEAKING.] LA W INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) HILTON V. ECKLESTON-JUDGMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant the sum of 5001. The defendant, with seventeen others, milkwners of Wigan, bound themselves by a bond in the penalty of 500/. each to close their mills for 12 months, in order to resist an illegal combination of the workmen to raise the price of wages. The ques tion for the consideration of the Court was whether a bond of that nature could be enforced at law. Mr. Justice Crompton considered the bond void as against public policy, and was an offence indictable at common law. Agreements of that kind tended rather to prolong than shorten the mischief it sought to cure, and was mischievous in the extreme. It was not to be endured that masters or men should legislate in a man ner to interfere with the happiness and comfort of the people, and the trade and commerce of the nation. Judgment must be for the defendant. Mr. Justice Erie said that this case was one in which the masters had contracted and combined for the protee tection of their interests against the injurious results of a combination of their workmen to raise the price of wages, and which it had been contended was an illegal act. The 6th Geo. IV., sec. 2, repealed all former acts re• lating to this subject; sec. 3, enumerating certain pro hibitions which were declared illegal and punishable, and unless tree act in question could be brought within that section the bond must be considered a valid one and re coverable at common law. His judgment was in favour of the plaintiff. Lord Campbell (whose judgrnent in consequence of his lordship being engaged at Nisi Prins was read by Mr. Justice Crompton). His lordship concurred with Mr. Justice Crompton in considering the judgment should be for the defendant, but at the same time he was not pre• pared to say this combination was such an illegal act as would render the parties liable for a conspiracy. This bond could not be enforced by action and WM void on principles of public polity. He was at the sarne time bound to say that the object of the masters to put down an illegal assodatiou of the workrnt n, and to protect their just rights and privileges, and prevent their being in fringed was a laudable one, but the means sought to be employed to effect it were such as the law could not sanction. The fanciful notion of a labour parliament to regulate wages was a thing that could not be tolerated. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) SKEEFE V. STANDON. This was an action to recover damages for excessive distraint by the plaintiff upon the goods of the de fendant. Mr. Keene and Mr. Powell were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hogging, Q.C., for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff was indebted for rent to the defendant to the amount of 61., and the latter, after allowing some time to elapse, put in a distress, and goods, as the plaintiff stated, to the amount of 251. were taken in execution. igtgniensgs' for the defend an t, es to prove that th e at 41. 25., and wa s pro ceedinggs aoi O odd n hse t t h aw e wkae o i sti t lh h p other espr h aae a rd n eodd d nr , lety.o l: s l ve r taa . ollu il l tehvid o e jury, When the foreman said that he and his fellow•jury men were of opinion that there was no case made out, and the court concurring, it was agreed that a juryman should be withdrawn. MATMAGES AT A DISCOUNT.-It is not a little singu lar that in the otherwise thriving and beautiful town of Tain, with a population of some four thousand souls, there has not been a single marriage for twelve months! This is not for lack of lovely damsels, but for want of spirit in th e bachelor tribe. 991 100 i di. ness. IMPERIAL' PA RiEs I.A. ME NT, HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord LYNDHURST gabe notice that he intended to respect tnteo thTheeConferenc e withg i r ef ven e r notice, enee to the po s iti on of Austria in her relat i on to the Allied Powers. i t ch V h ie e nn h a ad Lord MINTO inquired whether the noble lord post poned it indefinitely ? Lord LYNDHURST said he would give notice of the day on which he intended to proceed. Lord RAVENSWORTH presented several petitions against a proviso in the Friendly Societies Bill. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour of the establishment of a public prosecutor. The noble and learned lord at the same time expressed a hope that the law in respect of frauds would be amended. THE PEERAGE OF SOUTHESK. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that some time ago a petition had been p resented to the house from Bit. James Carneg ie in respect to the peerage of Southesk, and praying for the reversal of the attainder that stood against that title. He (the noble and learned lord) was happy pleased t to reverse say that that her a tta Mainje stder. y had bee n graciousrly He duced a bill for carrying out thi s object. therefore into- The bill was read a first time. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Friday next he should move the second reading of the bill, and on the same evening he should move the second reading of the Additional Sessions Bill. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Lord PORTMAN, in moving the second reading of this bill, entered into a statistical statement as to the number and extent of these societies. The adult male population of this kingdom was about 9,000,000. Of this amount there were 2,000,000 who did not belong to any of these societies. There were 20,000 registered societies, and according to the returns &here were on an average 143 members in each of the non-registered societies, and there were at least 1,500,000 of members. Consequently the bill now proposed to legislate for about 4,000,000 of the male population of the United Kingdom. The capital embarked in friendly societies amounted to about 6,000,0001., and the income amounted to about 4,250,0001. Their lord- ships would, therefore, see how important it was to place these societies under a proper re straint, in order to protect the interests of all those who had invested their money in them. He trusted that their lordships would give the bill their most attentive consideration, with the view of amending it in committee, if it were possible. The noble lord con cluded by moving that the bill be read a second time. Lord MONTEAGLE called the attention of their lordships to the many dreadful cases of child murder that were committed in this country for the sake of ob taining the burial fees, and he expressed a hope that every care would be taken to guard against the recur rence of such frightful crimes. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL and the Earl of Powis, the bill was read a second time. CHURCH PATRONAGE TRANSFER BILL. This bill was reported with amendments. INSURANCE OF LIVES ABATEMENT OF INCOME TAX CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord STANLEY of Al derley, passed through committee. CINQUE PORTS BILL. This bill also, on the motion o f th e same noble lor,l, passed through committee. - DUCHY - OF LANCASTER LANDS BILL. This bill was read a second time. MILITIA (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of Lurd PANMURE this bill was read a second time. Lord BERNERS presented a petition from the Me tropolitan Association for the Abolition of the Law of Settlement and Poor Removal, and for the equalisation of the poor rate, and inquired whether her Majesty's Government were prepared to introduce any measure on this subject ? Earl GRANVILLE said it was not the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measure on this subject during the present session, the more as the measure that was introduced last year met with so much opposition. After a few words from Lori STRADBROKE, Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the Lands Improvement Company Bill were considered. ENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COM- M UNICATION BILL On the third reading of this bill, Mr. WILSON moved to insert a clause reserving to the Government power to make such alterations in the bill, from time to time, as should secure the conveyance of the mails between England and Ireland. Mr. V. SCULLY moved an amendment to insert the words "passengers " or " luggage " in the clause. Mr. CORRY opposed the amendment. After a short discussion the amendment was with drawn. Mr. V. SCULLY then proposed an amendment limiting the term of the agreement between the Govern ment and the R,3ilway and Steam Packet Companies to two years, instead of five years, as proposed by the bill. Mr. VANCE opposed the amendment on the ground that two years would not be a fair time to test the working of the proposed arrangement. Mr. WILSON said he was sorry he could not accede, on the part of the Government, to the amendment, inas much as the contract already existing between the Government and the Steam-packet Company would not expire till 1860. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. — Mr. WILSON then explained that, this bill in passing now would pass without a single obligation on the part either of the Government or the com panies. The first object of the bill was to secure in the first instance the most rapid postal com munication between the two countries. (Hear, hear.) When that object was attained by the Postmaster-Ge neral, the Government could have no other end in view than to promote the passenger traffic between England and Ireland. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. HERBERT expressed his satisfaction at the statement just made by the Secretary to the Treasury, which he hoped would be carried out in a liberal spirit by the Government. Mr. V. SCTJLLY then moved another amendment to limit the time of contract to three years. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the bill read a third time. THIRD READINGS. The Hedon and Hull, &c. Road Bill, the Shrewsbury Improvement Bill, the Ipstones Mineral Branch Rail way Bill, the Dundalk Harbour and Port Bib, and the Wisbech Port Bill were read a third time and passed. PETITIONS. Lord EBRINGTON presented four petitions against the interference with the sale of ale and beer on the Lord's day, and two against the re commendation of the Commissioners of last ses session for the abolition of licences being carried into a law ; one by an Hon. Member in favour of the Tenants' Improvement (Ireland) Compensation Bill. TENANTS' IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) COM PENSATION BILL. On the order of the day for the house going into com mittee, Viscount GALWAY moved the adjournment of the consideration of this bill until after the disposal of the Metropolis Local Management Bill, Sir J. SHELLEY said that the motion for post poning the going into committee on this bill till that day three months would, in all probability, involve a discussion of its principle. He agreed with the right honourable member for Buckingham that these morning sittings ought to be appropriated to the consideration of such bills as were in such a state as pro g ress could be m a d e w i t h t h em, and he put i t to the house whether a day should be lost in this manner. Mr. MAGUIRE said this was a question that was looked to with great anxiety and interest by the people of Ireland, and he had heard of no sufficient rea son why the present course should be adopted. Mr. HORKVIAN said there were two principles in volved in this bill. One prospective and the other retro ' spective. On the retrospective clause there appeared to be a difference of opinion, but on tha prospective clause there was none. He proposed that as the 14th clause contained important provisions relative to the principle of the bill, the house should proceed with the clauses up to the 14th, when the further con sideration of that should be postponed to Thursday even ing, when the principle of the bill could then be fully discussed. After considerable discussion, in which the Irish mem bers took a prominent part, the house divided on the motion of Viscount Galway. For the motion Against it Majority against the m0ti0n...... -52 On the motion that the SPEAKER now leave the chair, Mr. PEACOCKE moved that the further c3nsidera tion of the bill in committee be deferred to that day three months. By the 14th clause of this act, which was called the retrospective clause, it was proposed to give tenants compensation for improvements before the passing of the act. He was opposed both to retrospective and prospective compensation, and he was surprised at the apathy with which English members viewed the application of this measure to Ire land. Was such a bill proposed for England they would view it with very different feelings. Ireland bad been made an exception by the manner in which she had been legislated for. After all they were not introducing into Ireland some grand original theory that had never been tried, for he could inform hon. members that the principle of compensation to outgoing tenants had been tried in a portion of Sussex and Surrey, and had signally failed. It was a principle disliked by both landlord and tenant, because it exhausted the capital of the incoming tenant, and caused inferior cultivation of the soil wher ever it was in operation. ‘lt had always been asserted, and with truth, that the greatest curse to Ireland was her middlemen, yet by this bill the Legislature would create a race of middlemen, and perpetuate them, and at the same time, by this absurd leg islation, th ey would encumber the property o f th e holdrs of land in a man ner they never anticipat e d, an d which it would be im possible for them to discharge. In that class would be included those who h a d purchased property ender r the Incumbered Estat es Bill, and who, b y introducing fresh capital an& energy into Ireland, were working out slowly , but surely, tk y. e regen era ti on of that country. Toe great desider a t um f or the regeneration of Ireland was the introduction of capital and energy, but he feared very much if this bill passed in its present Otikfa !iaoo Wotila tcfy YOA t 3 , P pitfo'f every speclee "of polities.l quaat•Leky it wa,s pos, sable to be devised had been tried on Ireland, and now, when the middlemen were looked upon as a curse to the country, they sought to establish a class 'of them. This new measure, which was a weakly one, had been assented to by a weak Government, but whist it was powerless ' for evil. (Hear.) The Government, therefore, to bene fit Ireland, must reverse their policy towards her, and rescue her from that reproach which had been truthfully addressed to her, that "she was, indeed, a member of the empire —but a withered and deteriorated memu ber—adding no strength to "the body politic, but re proachfully pointed at by all who envied the glory of England." (Hear. Sir G. GREY thought it would be far better to dis. cuss these clauses in committee than to prolong the dis cussion on the question that the Speaker do now leave the chair. Sir J. WALSH deprecated the course proposed by the right honourable gentleman the Secretary. for the Home Department, believing that it would have the effect of putting an end to the right "of a minority to assert its opinions. H o deprecated the important questions involved in the raft. , sure being discussed in morning sittings, and that was the only reason that induced him to vote for the ad journment of the debate. He thought that the right v h e o r n y . g w e r n o t n l e g m p a r n e ni t h i s e S e e Secretary supposing f for Ireland that had the p r gone prospective upon ti va clauses of the bill were without interest and importance. o 0 H n e a l i o d o e led r r ea upon that t t h h e e y m o o w i : h t ht notgr e ai t o t h n e t e d r e i s ti n t a a a n e d d n h e a r efe thin or house. He thought these clauses were a premium to a bad tenant to hold his landlord at bay, and to affor,l him en opportunity of defrauding. He thought that the propositions of the present bill set the l o a o n k d e l o d rd t o a t s h i d e e w , teol welfare en9of noticethe n o a f n li t. i s i ( n Er t e e r a e r s, h e a a n r d . ) only Mr. I. BUTT was anxious that the bill should go into committee, in order that the provisions of the bill might be considered there in its details, and if it contained any defects they might be altered The house ought to re collect that the bill had been introduced by the right hon. gentleman the member for Dublin (Mr. Napier). The hon. baronet who had snoken last haft deprecated gh the t t adoptedo r n i n. cile Ha o td % the bill on the ground that it and taadtehde provisions s o h n o unalfd the emierl therefore e p l eo r osc i nue n tafp c aosippiri support reenotdt? the o nhe f r w e h r o a s t p e c h t e v e had H em e eolteim considered ggoo t iol li into committee, and in that stage of the measure he would make any objection s be might have to its details. Mr. GEORGE had great objection s to the retrospeoe tive clauses of this bill, but felt every disposition to go into committee on the, bill for the purpos e of considering its prospective clauses, in order to render the measure as useful as possible. Col. DUNNE thought the bill one of most serious import for Ireland, and he believed that the Chief Secre tary for the country had little confidence in the measure. He believed that the bill bad been only introduced for the purpose of obtaining a momentary popularity—(hear, hear)—and be must therefore oppose the measure in its present state. Mr. MOWBRAY said that English members felt it to be their duty to ascertain what were the, principles of bills to which the assent of the house was asked. When the house recollected the speech of so highan authority as the right hon. and learned Solicitor-General, in which he enunciated the principles of the bill, it became the house to consider whether some further discussion of the mea sure was not necessary. Now, although objections had been urged to the bill, which had not been answered, the house seemed to be disposed to sanction the further progress of the bill. (Hear, hear.) He, as well as many hon. members, thought the objections to the bill were so great and its principles so dangerous that they would object to the further progress of the bill. (Hear.) Mr. RICE, as an English member, quite concurred in the objections urged by the hon. member for Durham (Mr. Mowbray), and could not give his vote in favour of the further progress of the bill. (Hear.) The house then divided on the motion that the Speaker do now leave the chair, when the numbers were— Ayes 129 Noes 46 Majority —B3 The SPEAKER accordingly left the chair, and the house went into committee. The preambleanciclauses 1 and 2 were agreed to. On clause 3. Mr. S. FITZGERALD moved as an amendment tint the tenant be entitled to compensation made without the consent of his landlord. After a short discussion, Mr. HORSH AN said that great inconvenience would arise if such amendment were proposed at that stage of the bill, as the principle of the amendment proposed was contained in the 14th clause. After a few words from Air. CAIRNS and Col. DUNN; Mr. FITZGERALD withdrew his amendment ; and Clause 3 was then agreed to. On clause 4, • Mr. P. URQUHART moved in line 3 to leave out the words " or the" and insert " in closing or." After a short discussion, in which Coionel Dunne, Mr. French, Mr. Cogan, Mr. Brady, and Mr. M`Mahon took part, _ _ • Mr. HORSIII..kN, in moving the omisssion of Ewe 6 and 7, said that a good deal might be said on the , iro. priety of giving compensation, but the question invo?red. was the right way in which that compensation was to be awarded. The improvements for which compensation was given ought to b e suc h as were tangible ar:d be. yond doubt. Bat with regard to the reclamation of waste land it was one of those improvements in which there. wag great difference of opinion, and as he had pre viously stated the house ought not to prevent compen• sation. It being now ten minutes to four o'clock, the discus sion was brought to a close, and the house adjourned until six o'clock. The House resumed its sittings at six o'clock. CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION BILL (No. 2.) On the motion of Sir W. CLAY the consideration of this bill in committee was postponed till the 11th July. PAYMENT OF ARREARS TO THE SICK AN]) WOUNDED. Mr. STAFFORD postponed the question he hal given notice of relative to what arrangements of any kind had been made for payment of the arrears duo t. those sick and wounded soldiers who have returned from the Crimea. REFORM OF CORPORATION OF LONDON. Sir J. SHELLLY asked when the Government in tended to introduce the promised measure for the reform of the corporation of the city of London, and whether such bill would be founded upon the recommendation of the commissioners appointed to inquire into that corpo ration Sir G. GREY said the bill for the reform of the Cor. poration of London was founded, in its main fea tures, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of inquiry, subject to a modification of the details to a cer tain extent. It would not be possible to introduce that bill to enable it to meet with the necessary alteration it would require this session (owing to the pressure of business), and he proposed to bring it in at an early period of the next session. WOOLWICH ACADEMY. In answer to questions from hon. members relating to the opening of appointments by commission to the prac tical class at Woolwich, and the general arrangements of this institution, Mr. MONSELL stated the whole system was tiLder revision. Mr. EWART postponed his notice of motion for an address to her Majesty for a committee to substitute an open examination on the principle of competition in the place of that now adopted. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Mr. MACKINNON, pursuant to notice, moved for a select committee to inquire into the circumstances of the expedition to the Arctic Seas, commanded by Capt. M'Clure, of the Royal Navy, with a view to ascertain whether any and what reward may be due for the ser• vices rendered on that occasion. He said his only ob• ject in making that motion was to do that justice to Capt. M'Clure to which he was so eminently entitled. It might have been supposed that the persons in au thority at the Admiralty would have taken up this mat• ter, and not l e ft i t t o b e d ea l t w i th b y an humble indi vidual like himself. He did not make this motion with. out precedent, for he found that after Capt. Ross had. discovered Boothia, in 1834, on his return to this coun try it became a question whether he was entitled to any reward. The result was, that a select committee was ap pointed to report upon the subject, and after devotingsome time to its consideration, theycame to a resolution recom mending that her Majesty's Government should confer on Captain Ross a reward of 5,0001. He (Mr. Mackinnon), therefore, thought he was justified in sn a ki ng th e motion on bebalfof Captain M'Clure, considering the great pub. lie service he had rendered in determining, once for all, the practicability of a north-west passage, which had, been a subject of speculation and anxiety to navigators for several hundred years. The hon. member proceeded to relate in some detail the measures and expeditions centurypoundertaken oo th i st ol C a bote sless andih demons adpnor t w r el a eo9 t w e deai the expeditions de. centuries,xitiisot In t h e ce s f lf erado fro m seventeentho f r omtr north-west e - wt this e t country with that view ; in the eighteenth century a 2 c 2 oo e m xp p e li d s i h ti e o d ns on w e e -h re alf fitt w ed e out had fhoradthneo eaxn?dedinitiothoes nfiitnteeateoenutthfo-cretnhtautry, ob ject,fwhich f a e ra w ee e r than -- 31 ascertain ing the fate of ocf S ol i u r i fres. J ohn oTfb atFranklin. e loss i asl and for w 131111 drP( ;s: tddhioseuembasleleidandniodbeietenhsseattended with a consid a e l : v u o nt abl v ee ery aemo One of of these expeditions had failed—(hear) d e y ne of I\i'Clure had not been able to dt ' sco fo v ft e hl r iefe th gni e at e lil i t i n s h t t e a n Cy c ae e pbt o e : a i north-west passage, (Hear.) Putting aside every other consideration that might result from the discovery, on the score of humanity it had been one of very great im portance. (Hear.) He could not say what amount of expenditure was incurred in prosecuting the search:n the byurretha those sent in search of him, what did the house suppose it 15th, 16th, 17th, or 18th centuries, because no records looking this century were kept o f it , and i t cou ld no t no w be ascertained. But dnklin been aninde th bye expenditurethe expedition w h i o c f h amounted to ? Why, taking it from the votes, it amounted altogether, from 1818 to the present time, to 837,000 j. (Hear.) That being so, see what Capt. M'Clure had done. He bad saved an immense loss of human life, anti an enormous amount of money. (Hear.) Now that the north-west passage had been discovered, we foundt:J at it world be perfectly useless. (Hear, hear.) But Capt. M'Clure had achieved his object, and he had immor• talised himself by so doing. (War, hear.) Mr. JACKSON seconded the motion., Admiral WALCOTT said the discovery of the north west passage had been attempted fifty-eight times, and he was proud to think that it had at last been achieved 812 s St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 15 all 1.715. 10 5 20 18 5 5 5 20 1 2 all 13 20i 100 20 20 20 20 20 33i 100 100 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 30 25 20 all 20 10 20 35 all all 24 10 91 i 12i i 20 64i 21i 10i I