The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-04 00:00:00

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The sales amounted to 0 0 0 bales. Sales for the week, 34,860 bales. 'he Railway Sh are Market was dull, but prices were a shade better than on Thursday. T he opinion entertained by some of the Russian mer chants as to the reported opening of fresh nego act.atieas at Vienna under the influence of certain distinguished "ladies,"--quite as likely to be v,Pgorous, judging from the well-known energetic itineartaa„catleer of the Austrian Archduchess, as some of members of the recent conference—may w e , el , l ciled from the following remarks in the ee4lY from of Messrs. Smith and Charles : l e d :lhe d e li veries off on contracts on the Ist were not l e' and there is consequently very little tallow pres- Wg on th e market ; whilst at the same time the demand Lt d, a , is evidenced by the deliveries from the ware the ';', and the eagerness of the trade to purchase at aki - t il h et i" , . The stock of sorts is very much reduced, en band . e re is scarcely any fine Australian tallow no ,v d o .. All these favourable circumstances, . however, t i t , "°t prevent political events influencing prices, and t. lo v report that Empresses and Archduche,o,es are en er q l ,th rl e_ field of negociations, which was lately abandoned k oprea lu.ces and Courts, has produced an unfavourable to b e i s Te- We recommend our friends, however, ,lne not ite °I notes "'a3 , by these truly absurd ' notes. spite and n accepted at Vienna, in spite of Austrian . treaties we have'_;l.B'ian concessions of points of negociadtionasa—we opi nion along steadily and uniformly expresse it and lar ot , e , that peace cannot he made with honour. this effe o l "i', the Allies until Russia sues for it, and is totu,Wl'l not be produced until Russia is . to a very b 4 4 i tt tle ir ie : o b t le of ext en t exhausted, either by direct by or the y desir a lat .lneans, either by direct force of arms, or foilio:B4.°Sitawiaerin , th e trade which supplies her with the era from Mr. Joseph Whittaker, the k ei lvi ci llg axe given as the departures from Liver ringu the past month : .1. 0 P e •Ich iey Vessels. Tons. Passengers. 1,088 clokell,eurtie........ . 4 8.602 T o A udelaid e **** * ** 6 T o m°hart Town* 3 4 116 1 , * 1 '-',,°19, 18 55...12 10,336 14,629 (II; The r o ju il liti o in w Ye ' i ' L l lg g m t a - y l69 be quoted as the present rates IN ei et from the same port :—To Sydney, 35s to 601t,;:elhourne, 40s to 42s 6d, to the Bay, and CV" e s s to the Wharf; Geelong Wharf, 55s to ; Adel • T he ]ai de, 40s to 50s. Iteek Position of the Bank of England during the t eelit te the 2 8th ult. was affected by the specie l et iati ta ci l o ecs to France, the increased temporary Illik res '°r duty purposes, and " callsthe te °f different companies, and there was c . on . r eetal atly a reduction in the amount.of the precious ,Ned B. T he discount accommodation was en- It/ sl tl alid there was a large amount withdrawn N it me Private deposits. The very satisfactory Nla the in the public deposits arises both ki other large clearances of tea, sugar, and t oth d el. s taples in anticipation of some addition 1 ,„! to4 e i; liti es, and from the late instalment on the 4,4-15118 loan. It is not unlikely, should the 441 11 1 4)1. °f the Exchequer require temporary tli. 48 ) that .Reetii. they will begot from the Bank upon 4 , 141 4' ~I t 7 of deficiency bills or the new bonds, 14 take " asi atimated. at the period when the loan cfa "ee r, that power was reserved for an additi i. o .o n - N L teilli " I ls to the floating debt, although a p lib Was 4111,1 be t fret). that no more permanent stock arise o ~ c reated this year, no complaint ca n lvt k) t - L ' e t l head. Compared with the previous Active , ""Miges are as follow : t lolteNtion Z20,964,845 allio h . r ea se D e g''. 16,385,392 B eet ea. ee 258,760 I'll I••••.. bli e t licre a ,, 4,483 otheDosits 4,221.408 Oahe I nes b Iner Qtase . 1,043,375 eh _sit a 11,883,528 , T 1 ) "reo.b crease 1,720,671 ti tay and other Bills nh,, •cer ea „, 449,777 0 I'leat Securities 13,092,528 t iler Orease 20,550 k 0 f s ea r ities 12,913,262 - , 4 4 .. ocrease t h 8 ei nPloyed 207,154 ,781,145 rb e , "rease 426,800 t22oo.l67reulation of the United Kingdom was 44 , to l ess during the month to the 7th ult. t U ne 9 okettemthe previous month. 2,7114,4'ay afternoon there were previous rates i3O to f Or bills o f exc h ange upon Paris, viz. L ri1 14. 4 a 5 for 93 d ays ' paper, and Amster d am -'t Ile'knh to ii 18 and 11!, Frankfort was steady, Il i 1 2 kij 2 nrg dropped to 13 1 7?!. I, 1 . and Trieste to k li 101 l :1, Ori t ,,, ta of specie on board the Peninsular 0 4, , t. ' 4l Steam Navigation Company's vessel I lfo ..4i eh left for Egypt and India this day, is Th - 1 , los e hi th :og elellebts of specie direct from London ° -• p e N ~,i`e Week to Thursday last were 7,100 1 la,, •11 1, -Bi lver, and 2,395 of gold. ' ' ' ;,4o/ -1 , 4 e) from the West Indies, brings 1 k,,,, q1e ' ll gold. 4 - ;tillt t f e an/c Wattell has arrived with Sydney 1 I: l it, t tor a sl3 l : May 13, and Melbourne . of May 8, but th e . r _""ave yet been received. The Bomerang, 1 ICtcolie'4°lidon Mail of Feb. 5, had not arrived. kli4 o 4l4 tii a a r f e ,,less firm, the continued decline in at, ,Ilai, h --Ingland. bullion having some effect, 1 0 11 ,Nia t i e Preparations for settling the accoun i fi bl'ah f "e work. Consols have been 91 and 91, t i ; 4ll 4 4 v et b ' a nd 90i to 91 for time. Exchequer li tis l i per ," e ell 18s. to 21s. premium. The New -oilt-e‘",,cll,,ts. are 92i to 94-, and the Three darkish 91$ to I g • : 0 0 1) hea d w as are not so high as yesterday [it„\'' fig they rose to 911 and 92. They tog' - Ili • - 7 91n Mexican 11 4 b ° riling been 90- g to 45,`) and b ee 'l quoted 24 7 1. Peruvian has risen 1 1. &,'• '-'clqador to 41.4. Mexican are heavy Itikl le . foli o r) , all _ish Threes have receded to 37i i. t44 4 .--..c 4r wi ng are the nominal prices of foreign ht ) , 2 li t o e ,, ri ada Deferred Bonds, 7 to '7.- ; ; Mexi la L 'clit a : 2 ; Peruvian, 81 to 82 ; ditto Three tilt t ilt ' `15 . .' D 4 to 60 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 45 --lissian Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; ;4 11 t , 144 li t :L atic l - a-ftalf per Cents., 89 to 91. ; l it t ,7% 37," Deferred, 19 to In ; ditto 3 per 11. 1' 4;4:: 4 37 i ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 4 3 / 4 ; li "I D- 1 °l i ,'*ilw a ztAp e siV eat Y Share market has been weaker. V i tto ti q er n are k to -# lower, Great Northern % te °%r a cie'l slightly, Midland are firm, and Great *art%till ~.- °I l k), ito A ; Antwerp and Rotterdam h ''sfn • ALtra g ) Paris and Lyons are cheaper, but of ul l i - re -ranee steady. g a pt l l,l (111 1 1 er is 1/, bettor, and Santiago firmer. ~,.,„ tki vol ie Ni e c all have declined to i to I. k44-,r4l‘,ll4gricultural Shares have been flatter. `j44/144`elv Steam are not quite so buoyant ; g j ,, ° °Mpany are up 1/. to 30s. g I N _ - 7 1) a THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOs'i- . I. ' ts ' P rfts , the (*mai List. , 114 N , e llt'll ed ,i . Ru‘inesp, done t :* 3 ot, ee 'ice, Annuities 9la i :et tn..'',)ls Annuities 9l h 90i kje,Ptorwee'• Ahrmities it o t et' tt it . B th Augusi 9l 90& yr ClO O ****** 21d. 1 I n l eaii . . .............. .... ...... .. ........ .... 1 Nll, .................................. 21 I 2 1 22 2 J 99 bit t•o. ........ • ..... ... --- N 1 ,,,, t1 4cl a ,185 i, • 3 3 / 4 N . ; ...... iooa i ' t 4859 ':: 100 J ~t Olt ii , , P 1 ' II IQ 4 b - 11(311C1 `I4EIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ritt o a Por s t IN I ,. tor theeeti. . ..... ti R hon d a comfit •... „ bth e; 4pei Cent • 8,2 -k o „ -0 ,( 1 , --, ec , o.i,t • ..... ***•••' B2 "it: Bond ' '-' Per Ce '''' •... , i D ad -u t o ,. i l :, 6 Pei .n u t t .... ................. 371 1 g 1 :1 111 kik oed,,c,,onent ............................ 9 - 1-} 901 li t te pet it, 2 4 t pe he r tve t. c , ::l,le .in London. ell ‘' eortift 1:4 1111 ' eates .. „..,.. 113 it °8 .. TWO O'CLOCK. or ti:: : t ; . .i .. . e . . .0. i',., ° 1A..... 41' d -----___________ Lap,Lie 'tZ zil r 1 3 ' at 7 , 1 51 erdi ria ° , ll Tax Na T.—Yesterday a number to. t ve . (l k tot, 6 eat:Lien, , 4 ,„,,, 2 t he t0 , ,, _ 0 ree who volunteered for the r annk, and other northern ports, th e el inti i ; g agiat ely fo n and North-Wostern Railway, and Nt Y w et of the South rarded by omnibus to the Waterloo 41 h e eonw est 4, : i,. n e ,,, vey ed ~ ern Railway, from whence v i 'Fie la g$ • '`) - LThr tamouth. 35 volunteers for ti s 'Ph lads lee 111 the 4 - 41'.°ere d and l and , navy, and a large . number of 4, 4 . r atted f r • Men, for limited periods of . ser- NI; t 'l at A ro 1 " 4 . 1 tic'. Majesty's ship Crocodile to va s. ° w iela• and the depot guard-ship at S LI ARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) RAILWLM3. Cawing Moe' 3 esterda Business done this day. 23 - '5 4 - 4i ••• ... •• • 8 -- 8? 13i -- 13 15i -- 16 Si -- 7i 91 - 93 63 - 63 13 - 14 8 - 10 ••• 3 2d 14 - 15 11i -11 i 71 - 76 56 - 53, 9 - 91, 19 - 20 1 ••• """ , 70 - 72 90 - 91 67i -68 A vzs - 1.7 101 -- 103 64 65 73 - 7i- 8. 74 - 81 - 81 7 -- 98 - 100 98i —99 i id $ - 86 87 7 ,;.1 6d 25 - 25 . 71 ,- 84 70 - 70 41 - 43 •.1 • • 10 - 8 1 - li ••• ...... ••• 49 - 51 30 . - 31 72i 73 7 6 3 3 ISt 131 48i 496 48 5G d par 64 —61 d, 61 1 d sr 25 - 27 166 - 107 1 70 71 44 46 1 f3l 601 611, 31 3 4 3 2d par EArLwAYm. k.ber(ken.. Smbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena I3irming. Wolf )11:1 Stour Valley Birk und. Lancsl.. dt Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. ez Birk , £5O and 225 Coin, Do., £2O Myth Tyn 5o ri gina £25 (issd. at £45, 13ristol and Exeter... Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan CJllester dr. Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dt Pass Cornwall is •ff Junction Du, pl &Bel fast Jun c Dundee PerthdtAh.. , teen Junction.,, Do. N East AL glian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Fite ck Ds.., B, Stetr' , Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburg'n & Glaszov ➢;dini). and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dur north & Clyde J Furness. )o. Extension Glasgow & S. Wester , . treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. S tja. &West.are. Iflreat Western D). Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern.' Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Ltneash.andYorksh. f)o., Wst. Riding Un. liiv.Crsby.&Southpt London & 131ackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&D...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndudrrydr Col erain , Lndndrry. & Vlanch.Shef.k Liner Do. Shares, No. ) Do., Man. & Lin. Un, Xidland ! }o. Rirmng. & Derb) ND did. G. West. (Ire, ) 1)o. Half Shares ewcagtle & Carlisle, Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevo^ Norfolk 100 474 38 all North n.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 no., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwiel , 1)o. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch I l Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..,., Do. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp . stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford., Woreester.R , Wolverhs.mpton Portsmouth .ck,..i;ish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. 6c Riv. Dui, Do. Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton Darli Stu *ton tirstlepi Taff VP I e . Do. £lO sbareo.... Do. Pref., No. 1.. Thames Haven Doe', and ETlvcrstone & Lancs Vale of Ncath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limenek West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon 39 - 41 ••• .."'"' 5 - 20 21 3 - A 20 - 22 5 - 7 ... `' ... FOREIGN. Antwerpattott . rth in Belgian Eastia. Jura, Bezi ors to Graissessa , Bombay,Baroda,ant; Centralludia,Seri; Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. New East Indian, g: 5 p. e Do. Er'..;ension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pa '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanarlaA is Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben eon. into Stk. till'6:11 Po. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran:. Ut. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent I Extensions Do. do Great Lnxembourw Constituted Share , Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares 11 Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55 11 Do. do., '62, p.'56 11 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 11 Do. do., '73, without option 11 Hamilton & Toronto 11 Do. 6 per cent: 4 Lake Const. & Basle 11 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref 0 Lyons and Geneva 1 4 Lyons & Mediterran 611 Madras .0 Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (witi interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D o .20/. Slis.late Char leroi and Erqueline , guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from I.Jan. 1854 Do. 20i. 3 p. c BdP (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havro Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref Schick , Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Wert. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S' i , tustralasib. ;3ritish Colonial Ban and Loan Company 'sritish N. American 'Thartd. Bank of Asia tlrtd. Br,k. of India, Australia, & Chi= City Colonial Commercial of Loud inglish Scottish and Australian Chart Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock !fond. & Westminster National Provincial, of England ---- Do. New National of Ireland I New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union a Australia Do. New Vain of lioodon 0 1 9! - 10 2i --, 2 2i - 28 if - 2i - ( 1 36 -37 10 - 11 24} - 244 3 - 7! 7 d 16i 17 61 66 91 3 / 4 - 95 5 1 r $ g - BP al 35 3 3i 22i - 23 100 - 102 110 - 1 12 113 - 115 107 108 22i - 23} 113 - 115 - 1..61 - 201 p 2 Zip 7 9 2 - 3 51 - 61 i6i -- 8G 12i -12 i - 491 - 50ip 49 - 51 48 - 50 - pm 26 27 20 - 21. 11 - 141 96 - 91 2 -- -- Ina 3/ 4 d ii 122 I, ••• - ••.. 18i - 19§ BANKS. 88 -- 90 64 66 id— par 11. - - 12 p ... ''''' ... 174 -18 i 191 -- 200 d 36 -- 38 es. ... ... •,. ..". ••• • 4 1 - 43 51 - 52 ... "" . ... .'" .. 70i -71 i 71 - moo a Pit 2 St. St. 28 St. 10 t. 25 to 5 . . 7 f) 18 1 2 all 13 10 22 all all all all 21 A 9 TEAK SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVE' I / 4 'lVll, AUGUTSF 4, 1855. LINES UPASED AT FIXED agNTALIi., IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, FdPEMMA PAULI i.IHN T. L,,tsiko Cu:rpan~ Oiosim yesterday. isu.oitess this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. EXCHEQUER BILLS (7,000,0001.) BILL. On the motion of Mr. FITZROY, this bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Monday. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented several petitions in favour of the alteration of the Sale of Beer Bill. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This bill was also read a second time. MILITIA PAY BILL. - - The Earl of HARDWICKE presented several peti tions against Church rates ; and also petitions from in dividuals, praying that certain clauses in the Metropo litan Railway Bill 'night he struck out. The Earl of FORTESOUE presented a petition, signed by upwards of 7,000 individuals, from Bristol, in favour of a repeal of the Beer Bill of last session. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN. _ _ This bill was also read a second time. ORDNANCE BOARD BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LUNATICS ASYLUM (IRELAND) ADVANCES The LORD CHANCELLOR communicated to the house a mcsmge from the Queen, in which her Majesty referred to the expediency of adopting further measures to meet the expenses of the war, and expressed a hope that such measures would receive their lordships' con currence. THE REPORTED DEATH OF GENERAL BEATSON. Tho Earl of ELLENBOROUGH begged to ask the noble lord the Minister of War whether there was any truth in the reported death of General Beatson. Lord PANMURE said he had no reason to believe there was any truth in the rumo•ir. There had been disturbaLces in General Beatson's force, but they had been suppressed. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked whether it was true, as was repored, that owing to some difficulty that had arisen the commissariat in the East was pre vented from receiving its usual supplies ? Lard PANMURE said that the report bad arisen in consequence of an accident which happened to the Queen transport ship. He hoped, however, that on her arrival in two or three days afterwards, the difficulty had been alt,gether overcome. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then asked for some information respecting the Turkish contingent, and ex pressed his regret that means were not taken to secure assistance at the seat of war of the Irregular Cavalry of India. Loru PANMURE was happy to report most favour ably as to the organisation of the Turkish Contingent. The success which had attended it had exceeded the expectation of everybody, and too much praise could not be given to General Vivian and the British officers under him for the ability, prudence, and discretion ex hibited by them. The body consisted at the present moment of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. London t N. Wf.,,t, L. tr,N.W. E. lin. t E. C . (3t..Nrtub. Caldonian. Do at. Wesra Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM Do Do S. Easton I Do Peto Sc Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld Stckton & D~rlingt. En. Coun. CounL. D 0......... L. & N. W. &Ln&Vl Gt North , Lancash Ar Yorksh, T. Brassey M. MCI can Stockt. & Darlingt ltWestn. 99 - 101 101 103 1:35-I:>7 28 - 30 107 = 166 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 114 -11 i 21 - 2i - 96 - iP 58 - 60 131 - 136 2 i - 311 - 32?, 93 - 94 BILL. This bill, as attended, was considered, and the third reading fixed for Monday. PUBLIC HEALTH (1854) CONTIUUANCE AND AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. DISEASES PREVENTION BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered, and the third reading axed for Monday. DWELLINGS FOR LABOURING CLASSES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BURIALS BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and the various clauses having been agreed to, with some verbal amendments, the bill passed through committee, and the house adjourned at one o'clock till Monday. LA W INTELLIGENCE. -- (THIS RAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor 1-at to-day at Lincoln's-inn. DESBOROUGH V. HARBIS.-JUDGMENT. His Lordship gave judgment this morning in this case, which was argued before him on Wednesday last. The case came before his lordship upon appeal from the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Wood. The suit in court below was one of interpleading. The plaintiff is the secretary of the Atlas Insurance Company, with whom, in the year 1825, the defendant Harris effected a policy of insurance on the life of a lady, hearing the pleasing cognomen of Judith Grubb, for a sum of 3,0001. In the year 1829 Harris assigned the policy to bankers at Exeter, carrying on their business under the firm of Sandars and Barnes. In 1834 Harris became insolvent, and took the benefit of the act, and all his, present and future property be came vested in the provisional assignee of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. In 1853 Judith Grubb died, and the policy therefore became payable. In consequence of bonuses and accumulations the policy at the death of Grubb was of the value of 4,5261. Sandars and Barnes, the bankers, of Exeter, claimed the sum due on the policy ; but that claim being disputed by the defendant Harris, and Sturgess, the provi sional assignee, they brought an action against the Atlas Insurance Company to recover the amount. Upon these proceedings taking place the plaintiffs filed their bill for the purpose of having the direction of the court as to whom they ought to pay the amount of the policy, and also for an injunction to restrain the pro ceedings. On the action bill the right had been settled by the court. Upon the ease coming on before the Vice- Chancellor Wood, he held that the bankers at Exeter, Messrs. Sandars and Barnes, were the parties entitled to the benefit of the policy, and ordered the provisional assignees of the Insolvent Debtors' Court (Sturgess) to pay the costs, on the ground that he had not acted with that quickness and decision which was required of the court in giving a discharge to the company. The Lord Chancellor, after reviewing at considerable length the facts of the case, and the authorities upon the sub ject, stated his clear opinion to be that the bill ought, in the first instance, to have been dismissed with costa against Sturgess and the bankers, and without costs as against Harris. The decree was, therefore, ordered to bo varied in that respect. WALTERS V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY AND MINING COMPANY. His Lordship intimated that he should give judgment in this case, which was argued before him: two or three mouths since, in about a fortnight ; the only reason for delaying it was the immense mass of paper connected with the case. CLANERS V. BM:TX. His Lordship also stated that he would, at the same time, give judgment in this singular case, in which the fund in question had been in court for no less than a century and a half. His Lordship is the only judge sitting at the present ime in open court, all the other judges having adjourned or the tong vacation. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. To-day's market was very extensively supplied with both fruit and vegetables, which sold steadily; as follcssys:— FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s to 6s per lb; eelouial do., is to 3s each 1 • hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 6 s Od p er lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os 00 ; melons, 23 Ott to 5s each; peaches, Gs Od to 18s ; nectarines, 5s Od to 12s per dozen ; apples, is Pd to 2s Gil per half sieve ; pears, is Pd to 2s 6d per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Oil per punnet; ditto, Os to Os Oil, and common plums, Os 0 to Os per half sieve ; cherries, 2d to 8d per pound; lemons, 4s to 880 d per 100 ; oranges ; 8s to lls per 100; fil berts, Os pet :00 lbs ; cobnuts, Os to Os ; almonds. Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 6d to is per 100; figs, is Oil to 2s Gd per lb. ; strawberries, 2d to Gd per pottle ; goose berries, is 9d to 38 Od per half si ev e ; currants, 2a Gd t o 5s Od per half seive ; raspberries, 2d to Gd per pottle. VEGETABLES. —Whit° cabbages, 6,1 to 10d per dozen; red ditto, Os to Os Od per dozen ; Freneh beans, 3s o.i to 4s per half sieve ; brecoli, Od to Os Od per bundle ; potatoes, —s to -s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ; peas, is Od to 3s 6d per sieve ; broad beans, is 3d to 2s per half sieve ; turnips, ::d to id per bunch ; carrots; td to 8d per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 20 to 03 Gd each ; garlic, Gil to Os Bsl per pt mid ' • spinach, is Od to 2s 00 per sieve ; old onions, Os Oil to Os Od per bushel ; Spring ditto, ld to 40 per bunch; leeks, 00 to Od per bunch ; shallots, 4d to Gd : horse-raddish, is Od to 4s o,i per bundle ; parsley, 2d to Cd per bunch ; celery, Os 8d to is Gil per bunch ; endive, is ;id to 23 3d per score ; beet, is to is (id per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6(1 to is Od per dozen - small salad, 2d to 00 per pu nne t ; mushrooms, 80 t o 100 per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Gd to 8.1 per • score ; sorre l , 6d to i s per half sieve ; radishes 4d to Od per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s 00 to 4s 00 per half sieve • chillies, i s t o i s 6d per 1•11; Brussels sprouts, is Od to is Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 2d to Gd per bundle ; sea kail, 6d to is 00 per punnet ; asparagus, is 9d to 4s 00 per bundle ; new potatoes, 4s to Os per ea-. ; cau liflowers, is to 3s per dozen; walnuts for pickling, 61 to is per 1•11. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to 3s Od ' Coslinist 5s Od to 6s 6d each; Duck; 28 6d to 3s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do , ls to is 3d each ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od t o O s Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od • Chickens, is Oct. to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3 s 6 d to 4s 6:1; Hares 3s Oct to 4s Od ; Grouse, Os Od.to Os Od each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s Gd to 380 d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls Gd to 12s 6d, and English lls Gd to 14s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 8s Od to Os Od. ; French ditto, 5s 04 to 7s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Oct to 4s Gd per 81bs. WHITECHA_PEL. Beef, 3s 6cl to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8:1 ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; veal, 3s 8:1 to 4s 8:1; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6:1 per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, Os Od to 0;;iii 1 / 2 11821; Od to 5s each ; Salmon, Is to is 4d per lb ; Cod Fish, 18 to 58 Od each ; Soles, 3d to is Od per pair; Eels, 8d to is 03 per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s fid ; Whitings, 3s Od to 128 per doz. ; Common Oysters, 158 to 20s ; Natives, —s to —s per bsh; Mackerel, 30s to fIYB per 100 ; Smelts, is 6d to Os per doz. ; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, is dto2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to Is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Cd to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, I s Od to lOs each ; Haddocks, 5s to ris per doz. ; Pike 6d. ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s 0,1 to 7s; Mullets, 6d to 18 Gd ; Plaice, 4d to 18 each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 10Ad ; of household ditto, 8?,;(1 to 90 per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 36d ; 641 b to 721 b, to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to Ofd ; 881 b to 961 b, 4 4 1 d to (lid ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s !id to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 6s Od to 6s 6d ; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; Keats, Os Od to Os Od ; Half-breds, Os Od. to Os Od ; Downs ' Os 0(1 to Os Od ; Lambs, 2s 3d to 3s Cd ; Shearlings, is 5d to la 10d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 10s to 6! 15s ; new ditto, 415 s to 5/ 1.5 s ; old eiovit, 4/ 103 to 6/ 183 : new ditto 4/ 5s to 51 153 ; and straw, 1/ 53 Od to 1/ 10s Od per load A limited supply and a steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 41 153 to 61 183 ; new ditto 41 lOs to 5/ 10s ; old elovei , 4 / lOs to 6/ 15s ; and new ditto, 41 lOs to 5l 12s ; and straw , 1/ 6s to I/ 10 $ Der t ß h o e t h f r h m a and y er. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay , 4 / 103 to 6/ 15s; new straw sold steadily, at very high r a tes for ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ lOs; old clover, 5/ Os to 71 Os; new ditto, 4/ 153 to 6' Os; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. THE LATE lIITEIHAL VISIT TO LONDON.—It will be recollected that on the above interesting occasion there was no portion of the welcome accorded to our illustrious visicors that was deemed more worthy of it than the mu nificent hospitality of the metropolitan municipality. To the Messrs. Staples, of the Albion, were entrusted the arrangements of the banquet at the Guildhall, and a pleasing proof of the Emperor's appreciation of the manner in which they performed their useful task has just been afforded. Messrs. Staples having respectfully presented to their Imperial Majesties a case containing specimens of the dessert service that had been specially manufactured for the occasion, their appropriate gift has lust been acknowledged in a very handsome letter from M. de Dalnias, sous-chef du cabinet de l'empire, accom panied by two valuable jewelled breast pins, presented en temoignage of the Emperor's recognition of the effici ency with which Messrs. Staples' portion of the -civic ceremonial was carried out• THIRD READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway (No. 2; Bill was read a third time and passed. NEW RIVER COMPANY BILL. This bill was real a third time and passed. NUISANCES REMOVAL BILL. Thg report of the committee on this hill was received. The Metropolis Local Management Bill, with amend ment, was reported. The Chinese Passenger Ships Bill was read a third time and passed. The Dissenters' Marriages Bill, with amendments, was reported. The Lunatic Asylums and Regulations Acts Amend ment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Excise Duties Bill passed through committee. The Court of Judicature (Prince of Wales' Island) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Office of Speaksr Bill was read a third time and pass ed. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. Lord WODEHOUSE, having moved the suspension of ,he standing order, moved that this bill be read a second ;ime.— Agreed to. The Customs Tariff Acts Amendment and Consolida ion Bili was read a second time. CUSTOMS LAWS CONSOLIDATION BILL. This bill was read a Second time. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY moved that the standing order be suspended, and that the bill be read a second time. Agreed to. • TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE (No. 2) BILL. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY made a similar !notion with respect to this bill, and it was also read a sacond time. TURKISH LOAN BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second read ing of this bill, with the understanding that any debate on its merits might be taken at a future stage. Their lordships w ere aware that the measure had given rise to innch discussion elsewhere, to objections which he must take the liberty to characterise as unfounded, and to alarms which appeared to him to be greatly exaggerated. He hoped, however, in a few words to show that it had not been unnecessary, and that her Majesty's Govern ment, in agreeing - to the convention, had only acted in accordance with the general feeling of the country, which had been so faithfully rerresented in their lordship's house, namely, that the hostilities should be carried on with the utmost possible vigour and effect. (Hear.) England aiel France had made great efforts arid great sacrifices in rdrr to conduct a war which they considered to be just and necessary, and which had been forced upon them by the ambitious policy and the aggressive de signs of Russia. Turkey, on her part, had not only made a gallant stand, but had given proof of air ability and a devoted patriotism which had astonished even those who had placed the greatest reliance upon her powers of resistance. These efforts, by which she had been abie to equip and to maintain in the field an army of 180,000, had however been attended with unavoid able results. Turkey, like England and France—but net sooner than Evgland and France—had found her ordinary revenues insufficient for the great struggle iii which she was engaged. She hail therefore determine I to do, what she had never done before except in a single instance, t) make a loan. In giving effect to that de termination the Turkish Government acted in a marlin r which did them great credit. They did not appeal to the generosities of their allies ; they asked neither for loan nor subsidy. Ali that they did ask for was merely a certificate thatthe agents of the Sultan were really autho rised to negotiate the loan. The loan was five millions, hot the sum realised on the first instalment of 3,000,000/. was only 2,400,0001., without deducting expenses or commission, and the net sum that actually found its way into the treasury of the Porte was only 1,800,0001. When that money was expended her Majesty's Govern ment found, on inquiry, that it would be impassible for Turkey to raise from the remaining two millions a sum sufficient to enable her t ) become an effective ally to the Western Powers. That was the consideration which weigh ed with her Majesty's Government and with the Empera r of France—it was not sympathy or admiration for the efforts which she was so gallantly makiug—it was solely because her cause was our cause ; but while England and France were fighting the. battle of Turkey, it was absolutely necessary that Turkey should herself take a part in the struggle. (Hear, hear ) Ile felt almost ashamed to allude to the quibbles put forth by the op ponents of the bill, and he felt that, especially in their lordships' house, where they had been accustomed to hear on all sides such well-merited encomiums upon our ally, there would be ample security for the repayment of the loan. The French had a high sense of honour whether as regarded their international engagements or their commercial arrangements, and there could be no fear as to their bein g ready to fulfil their part of the treaty. (Cheers ) The Turkish Government had no foreign debt, except the loan of 3,000,0001., which they had recently made. When he reminded the house that the Turkish Government were ready to accept the aid of French and English experience in the expenditure of the money, so that it might really be applied to the purposes of the war, he trusted that their lordships would consent to the arrangement, and give the bill a second reading. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that this was the first time ho had heard that any of the persons who objected to the bill had impugned the good faith and honour of the Turkish Government. The Earl of CLARENDON had merely wished to say that the objection to former guarantees had appeared to rest mainly on that argument. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH believed there were very few of those who had opposed the bid that objected to give assistance to Turkey for the purpose of carrying on this war. There might have been some, but there were, he repeated, very few such amongst those who had voted against the measure in the other house. For his own part, he hal no such,feeling. It was now six teen months since he had privately suggested to the Duke of Newcastle the propriety of giving pecuniary aid to Turkey, to enable her to concentrate her army on Erzerouiu. Nor was he at all hostile to the principle of subsidies: It was only to the occasional misapplication of that principle that objections had been taken. For what was that principle ? It was this, namely, that it was expedient to put in motion, by giving pecuniary as sistance, a very much larger force of natives of the coun try with which we were allied than we could produce of our own. It was by a system of subsidies alone that that great measure, the emancipation of Europe, had been achieved. It would be specially expedient to resort to such a system at the present moment, when we were placed by the defection of Austria in a position inferior to that which we occupied at the commencement of the war. It was of the greatest possible importance that • we should enable Turkey to provide herself with a large and disciplined army, and that we should fortify the Bosphorus and Constantinople. If we were to make Constantinople another Sebastopol we should have a much better security fcr the indepen dence of Turkey than we were likely to obtain by any settlement on the basis of the third point. It was not simply with the present French government that we should be concerned. The loan must remain, even if the sinking fund were regularly paid, for 40 years to come ; and during the last 40 years there had been in France four dynasties and tone republic. In the last 28 years there had also been 13 governments in this country ; and he did not know how many more there might be in the next three. No doubt a certain degree of stability had been given to 10 of those 13, by the fact that Lord Pal merston had belonged to them all, but the difficulty of en tering into an arrangement like the one proposed was much increased by the want of a fixed and settled policy not only in France but in our own country. (Hear.) If he wished to divide two friends, be could not take a more likely mode of doing it than by making them joint guarantees for a man who was not likely to pay. The defection of Austria had been the cause of the necessity of assisting Turkey at the present moment. It was very remarkable that, from the commencement of the differ ences between Russia and Turkey, there was a eoesr, tendency to the approximation of Austria to he .. Wes tern Powers up to December 2 , but from a period shortly bubsequed to that there bad bee n a s t t tendency to divergence on her part from the policy of the allies. So great a change must have had some cause. Previous to the 2d of December, Austria well knew the difficulties that beset the English and French armies in the Crimea ; she knew of the fatal field of Ealaklavn, of the destructive conquest at Inkerman, of the hurricane of the 14th of Nov., of the absolute necessity of remain• ing for, the winter in the Crimea. Our military affairs were then at the worst. He did not think that that di vergence could have arisen from any discovery of her own financial state. Count Buol was then the Foreign Mi nister of Austria, and he was so still. He did not think Austria had attained all she could desire by the first and second points. Ile was satisfied that until the Princi palities were, by a treaty with all the great powers of Europe, made a central State, Germany had not all the security she could attain, nor would she have security until she got a scrap of territory on the left of the Danube. Could they not see that it was the third point which secured the other two, and that so long as they gave to Russia power in the Black Sea, it was idle to expect from Russia an adherence to the first and se cond points. He trusted that these gentlemen would recover the understanding that German statesmen had in former times, that the nation would recover the mi litary spirit it had in former times, and that it would not allow itself to be surrendered and destroyed like a fly in the toil of a spider. There was another point, and that was our military position as compared with what it was on the 2d of December. There had been a pulling down and a subsequent reconstruction of the war department. He had before taken objection to the manner in which that operation had been per formed. He thought it would have been wiser to have confined themselves to giving the Secretary-at-War ab solute authority over the inferior departments, and not in a hurry to have made material alterations in the great departments. The Secretary for War had now on his shoulders all the duties of tie Secretary. at War, of the Commissary-General, and of_ the Master-General of the Ordnance. The noble lord had left hirnkelf without the military instrments with which alone the war depait manta could be conducted, and which it was per fectly impossible for civilians to Control with understand. ing. Except the Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary of State for War, the noble lord had no military man whatever with whom he could have official communica tion. Then, what had the noble lord done with regard to the regular army ? He came down suddenly one day, and told the house that he had de termined to give a prospective shilling to each man, which was to be put into th e sav i ngs b an k an d paid when the man left the service. In about a week the noble lord threw over altogether the prospective shilling, arid, instead, he gave a present sixpence ; that was, he said he would give it, but to this hour there had been no proclamation to that effect, and he knew that the paymaster would not pay sixpence on a speech of the noble lord's. (Laughter.) Therefore he appre hended that at the present moment the addition of six pence had not taken effect. It was a serious matter to trifle in this way with the army. The army in front of Sebastopol at the present moment, if it were in the field, and had the means of moving, would beat any army which Russia, or he believed all the states of Europe, could bring against it. There was nothing that could resist an army of 170,000 men, composed as it was, and capable, when once in the field, of obtain ing the assistance of 35,000 Turks. There were 200,000 men, a larger army than had ever engaged in any battle, not only in the memory of man, but, unless they believed in the exazgerattons of historians, had ever engaged in times of antiquity. There was the finest army in the world, utterly lost, unable to move. From six weeks to six weeks there was a bombardment, and then there was some fatal assault, and the progress made was very little. There was no one at the present mo meat who could reasonably look forward to anything but the continuance of that army in the Crimea during another winter. He looked with very serious apprehen sion upon this state of things, not merely as affecting , our military reputation, but as affecting at no great dis tance of time the state of public feeling in this country, and the position of all men engaged in the management of public affairs. When they met again in November, the noble lord opposite and his colleagues might still have retained their position, but unless there was a very material change in their military prospects they might depend upon it the first operation of the House of Com mons would be to put them out as it put out Lord Aber deen. Lord PANMIIRE said he concurred in many of the remarks of the noble earl, but from some of them he must take the liberty to differ, and particularly, that in discussing this matter in another place, doubts had been thrown on the good faith of the French government. The noble lord had stated, that although some improvement had taken place in the condition of our :Leroy since last December, our affairs were not in as satisfactory a con ditien as he could wish, and he also alluded to the state of the militia. It was quite true, that owing to the un fortunate wording of the act of Parliament, many regi ments were not now in the service of the country, but these men were not discharged, but were bbund when called upon to perform their 5(3 days' service. But with regard to recruiting, he must say that, consideting the state of trade the spirit of the youth of this (tout:try was beyond praise. At this moment they were recruiting' at the rate of not less than GO,OOO ayear, a number tar exceeding any that was attained during the last war, and it was attained without auycotnpulsoryettlistment whatever, the ballot for the militia never having been put in force. lie had the strongest objections to the ballot, and be thought that instead of' adding to the desire of the young men to engage in the service of the Queen, it would have a con trary effect. He would rather encourage volantaty efforts than have recourse to the compul cry method of enlisting men either for the army or the navy. With reference to the position of affairs in Asia, he regrettea them as much as the noble earl did, but he shoul,f have some hesitation, considering the difficulties to which it would expose her Majesty's troops, in placing them in that part of Asia. The polite earl had threatened her Majesty's Government in the month of Novernder with a visitation of public opinion. When that visitation came upon them, he, for ono, would endeavour to meet it, confident that he bad done Wane lay within biro to protect the forces of her Majesty in their present arduous ervice, by looking forwam d to secure fur them io case they remained another winter in the Crimea the means of I escaping of many of the difficulties which were un avoidable last winter. By having ollected together all the supplies that any army could require, whether in ' the shape of food for men or forage for the horses, or in the provision of any kind whatever, he should be pre pared to meet that vaitation of public opinion with the fell consciousness of having done in this matter all that was possible for him to do at present. The defalcations in the military stores of this country would have been somewhat alarming, had he not been able to find in the department of the Ordnance men by whose energy all difficulty had been cleared away. In the departments of the Ordnance he had men on whose skill and ability he could rely, and thought that from their experience he could derive all the information he re quired. When he said that in all matters regarding the fortifications of the country he could refer to Sir John Burgoyne, that in matters relating to the army ho could refer to Gen. Cater, and that in the manufacture of munitions he could refer to Col. We:ford, Col. Tower (as was understood) and Capt. Boxer, he was perfectly justified in carrying on the operations of that depart• went, in full reliance on the officers and©r him. There was one matter of detail referred to by the noble earl which he (Lord Panmure) must not forget to speak of, and that was the extra field allowance about to be granted to the army. He would state with regard to that field allowance, that it did not require any proclamation t a carry it into effect ; but it would have to be done simply by means of a royal warrant issued to the proper officers. That warrant would be submitted to her Ma jesty for signature within a day or two, and it would take effect from the Ist of July. It would of course be announced to the army, but not before her Majesty should have signed it. The Earl of HARDWICKE complained that her Majesty's Government were disposed, in both houses of Parliament, to throw back upon some party opposed to them the blame of having made imputations against the honour and good faith of our great ally. He would repudiate in the strongest manner, on the part of his friends, any such intention ; they felt only the most earnest and thorough confidence in the honour of the French nation and Emperor; but such sentiments were always to be left out of sight in pecuniary transactions, where securities and documents were required. As for the general conduct of the war, he concurred with *hat had been said by his noble friend the (the Earl of Ellen borough.) Why had not Odessa been attacked, and Ni colaielf, where the Russians had their great shipbuilding yards ? Why was not a reconnaissance attempted there ? The siege of Sebastopol would be much assisted if our fleet were to shell the town from time to time ; or even if some of our colliers and small vessels had a few 13 inch mortars placed on board, they might approach near enough at night to throw shells into Sebastopol. In the Baltic, he had never thought that against the Russian stone fortresses any great maritime operation could be successfully performed, but we did not even hear of such common guerilla operations as might have been performed by our gun-boats. The dismissal of our late admirals, and the extensive preparations, had led the public to expect improperly s ome grea t achievements in the Baltic this year, but hitherto they bad been disap pointed. What had come of those prodigious inventions which were to grind the enemy's walls to powder ? Where were the ironsided ships of which we had heard so much ? He believed they were still at Sheerness ; they had turned out, as he thought they would, unsafe and useless, and so far from being taken into the Black Sea or the Baltic, it was doubtful whether they could e be safely taken round the North Foreland. Now, he wished the Government to adapt their means to a they proposed. If it was a blockade which they intended within to keep up, so as to shut up the Russian e fleets their ports, and to be able to fight the Russians money be R u ssians when they came out, then let not the Pe ex pended in a set of armaments utterly useless of money. In and ridicu lous, and which cost an enormous m the Baltic, he thought a war of blockade would be the soundest policy ; but in the Black Sea the case was dif ferent, and there be would collainst Nicol all. the aeff and in force the ec i flo tilla that could be spared, to act Ag Putrid Sea, and Sea of Azoff, and not to leave a town stones mig h s t t a l n e d l inn y puopnoint t o h n ea e etrsif anothert theyhee or a bridge, or two there. The government would not under put the means into the hands of our naval officers, was nothing our fleets) and gunboats take, and scarcely- anything which they would fail to perform. Earl GRANVILLE said he did not think much good was derived from discussing our present military opera tions in that house, and it was impossible for any mem ber of the government to go into the questions which had now been raised. The noble earl had asked why certain things had not been done. To some of his questions he . (Earl Granville) had a perfectthat answer, but answer he could not give. (Hear, hear.) To other questions he had not the slightest idea what the answer was? but he had a perfect conviction that good reasons did exist for the course which had been followed, and that it was not any want of energy, foresight, or courage, that pre vented Admiral Dundas and Sir EclmundLyons from doing - what the noble earl suggested. But when the noble earl mysteriously and darkly alluded to some im pediments which prevented those gallant admirals from doing what they might have done, he (Earl Granville) would ask the noble earl whether he could venture to say that, in his belief, anything which came from her Majesty's Government—any views of theirs, or any in structions they gave—had thrown any such imp e di men t in the way of the admirals doing what they might have thought it advisable to do ? To quit the subject of naval and military operations, he (Earl Granville) had cer tainly heard with heartfelt satisfaction the noble earls both disclaim the idea that the arguments used by any party against this bill could convey a reflection upon the honour of the French empire. He accepted that dis claimer with much pleasure, and he had only been led to think such a reflection might be cast, by some of the ar guments used in another place, where an apprehension was expressed of the possibility of the French nation, in consequence of a change of government, or of other cir cumstances, refusing to fulfil its engagements. The bill was then read a second time, and their lord• ships adjourned at a quarter before eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' Amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—The Great Western and Brentford Railway, Stokes Bay Railway and Pier, and Westminster Improvements. RAILWAIB. Fledford and Biel: :Noy Buckghamsh. Olydesdal e .Te. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. B. Lin. 6pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr. di; Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Sharoc. Do. Shares. Lou. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Aidld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury I , 7octeu N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp, Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& SI ief. Roth an , .i Goole g. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Statiordsll Wear Vail eygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&c.;ouirst PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen.. ii - fOi Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 313rth and Tyne 10 p c. prof. (isscl. 50/' Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares laledonian £lO 'pester & Flol7bead, Guar. gi per cent Do. do. Pref. No: 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork /SE Bando n 5 p. c Dun.Prth .dt Aber. J. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. e. Do. do Cis. C 7p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. ' 'Do. No. 2 93 99 - 101 • •• ...... ... 3 - 4 6 - 64 1 - ip 1 -14 p 13 - 14 Do. New 6 p. c. at. • Un., G. 6p. c 'Do. 51., 10 Der cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent Ear Lancash.6D.ets &• .W. York. J. sths 4kl Pith. &Dun.4p.c Furne,s 61 63 illas. &S. W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 43 . p.e Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red , st 5 p. c. pm... _ = 121 :1.1 - 113 .04 - 106 - iP 9.1 - 9,3 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pr& Gt. S. &`T. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Prat St Gt. Westn. (Barks St }ants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do, irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Po. do. 5 p. c. d 0.,. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gm. Sh Do. do. do 6 -- CA 96 -- 98 87 -8) 87 -- 83 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10i - 108 -74 -- 76 20 9i -- 10 1 14/ -- 151 - .136 '- 138 Do. do. do ....... Lan. &York, F. £ti( Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do, New Guar.6 p. e Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. d Nuneaton 5 p. et.. Lon. & S. W. Con. 3 , 1 Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis;} 5: Van., Shef,, & Lin. t•Tew, £lO Do. £6 • • • •.. - - 2i - Si 13. -13 i - Warypt & Carl. 4 p c ;le. 43 per cent 1)o qid.Consol.6 1)0. Consol. Bristol . Birm. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. Do. Pref. 4 1 -,per co- Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4 p. c Ditto Leic..ster at ( Hit& en Pr 4. St.. 'Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p.c. Sto Do. 5 p.c. 'Est In°. 51 per ct. pref ;Do. Way. Val. S p. North British .•111 ... S !PG 138 97 — 9, is par 4A NT. E. Beryl, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.) M. do. Quarters 4> Do. York , & r North Stafforclshirt•. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.£ls, 6p Do R. Pre'. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent.,New Prr South Dovon 104 - 106 9,5 -97 31 - 4 ----- id 102 - IC4 13i - 14} id - pai Do. fixed, 4i per cen S. Eastern (Readi , 4 kiln.) of .E.l Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cant S. Wales Gull. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. S'tock. & Dar., 5 p c. Do. do. d , ‘ stock. & Marti. g. p. e. till July 1, '56 W.Aarfd. & Bilk. 6 p c 231 - 241 101 - 103 i:6 -18 2ip 3 - MINES. 1 au Aqua Fria .... ...... ••• 1 all Anglo Austria'. Gold . 10s. all Anglo Californian R 20 6 Australian. — 14 1 all Australian Cord Wars 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 50 all Blranarvou Iron and Coal , 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazil ianlrap.(issusc at £5 pin.) 30 , all Do. Comes & Culab 3 44 20 15 Do, St. John Dellte. 27 —29 27 1 4 Carson's Ci•eak 4 - 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica — $P 40 all Cobro Copper 5B 60 60 ad 5 1 Colonial Gold $ St. all Copper Min. of Eug. 32 35 25 all Do. Pref. p. cent 2d par ... 1C Copiapo.... l9 20 194 2 0 5 all English and Austin Copper Smoltg r 14 2 2 1 Fortuna 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt. Nun etVeinßeg I 44 all Great P01g00th..... 2 —24 1 all Liberty A - $ 3 all Linares h 8 84 ... 34 Da. B 3 i 3 tl , 5 1 Lusitanian 1 •14p 24 1 all Mariquita ........ ...•• g - 4 1 all New Granada l. all Now Linares Minim and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 all Pontgibaud Lead Min. & Smelt, 134 14 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock :i0 all Rhymney Iron . 19 21 15 all Do. Now 5 --- 6 30 12i Santiago de Cuba..., 44 54 5 1 all South Australian... 4 - 10 :71:11 United Mexican 31i 3 3 31 '2B l t, West j all Waller 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia, •.. 1 I all Yuba., ...... MISUELLAN EMI . 25 17. 1 . Australian Agrinit. 284 294, 284 le all Ans: - ,raln. Royal Mail . . 44 ij 7 Berlin Water Works 11 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co., 100 324 Canada 126 128 128 3t. 100 Canada Gov. , 6p. et Jan. and July 114 1144 1144 5 all Crystal Palace.... 24 24 2i 5 5 Do. Preference 54 54 54 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 11 Eastern Steam .... . 25 23 Electric Telegraph 18 19 18 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 274 20 all General Screw S t eam • 184 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Arnerien• 64 6▪ i 10 24 Do. New .... ••• ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 20 15 NAIL of EuropeStaana 121 13 1 all Oriental Gas • 14 11 b all Peel Rr. Ld. & Miml. 24 2 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... 66 50 10 Do. New — 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 14 1 Ditto New ........... 25 all South Austral.Lan•.l 364 374 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 1 1 all Do. RegiAtPred. ... . 5 Trust &L. Co.U. Can - DioMon's Lail,o, 12 .ar., 4.3 1 50 5c 25 68 7i 64 i 90 24 981 i 9 83 25i I 100 all 101 i 100 100 10 St. 20 50 50 12: l 2 t, 10 6 12- 12t 12 St. St. St. 16 5 St. 11 4 9 10k 61 i 361 9 4} 138 14i 15 10 Si 25 0 1.01 20 20 25 25 88i 9# 8i 9i 47 ad all all al I all Do.. 111 ii cm Pm ex div i d MERTON COLLEGE ESTATE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HADFIELD presented petitions from a total abstinence society in favour of the Beer Act of last session. Mr. BROTFIERTON presented a petition from Black• burn against the Accidents on Railways Bill. SUPPLY. Mr. FITZROY brought up the report of the com mittee of supply. Sir F. BARING objected to the proposition for re• tired allowances ' considering the m f ar t oo l arge , an d totally uncalled for. It was true that many officers had done great service, but he could not see the necessity of rewarding them so liberally. Sir D.NORREYS considered the proposition for re tired allowances totally uncalled for, and one which never ought to receive the sanction of Parliament. Mr. MACARTNEY deprecated the unjust way in which retiring allowances were made ; men that had performed perhaps some of the most important offices of the State were rewarded by the mere nominal allow ance, while others who had done little or nothing for the good of the country were rewarded far beyond their deserts. These were facts that gave great discontent to the country, and ryas calculated to bring any Ministry that supported them into contempt. He was in hopes that in another session the right hon. bart the member for Portsmouth would bring forward some specific measure on this important subject. Mr. WILSON defended the Treasury minute, believ ing that it had not been made without due considera tion as to the operation of the Superannuation Act. It only applied to persons who were incapacitated by age or ill health for performing their duty. All that had taken place had been done with the full authority of an Act of Parliament, with a large consideration for the public interest. By the payment to the parties of about £2,000, upwards of £ll,OOO would be ;eyed to the public. Mr. F. FRENCH contended that gross injustice had been done to many parties, which ought to be remedied. The proposition was then agreed to. Some other objections were made to the bringing up of the report, which, after some discussion, were with drawn. The report was then agreed to, and the house went into committee on THE LUNATICS ASYLUNI (IRELAND ADVANCES) BILL. On clause 1, Colonel DUNNE moved an amendment to the effect that a certified copy of the returns to the governors of such asylum shall be sent to the grand jury of each of the associated counties connected with the asylum, and if any difference arose as to the cost of the erection, enlargement, or construction, &c., of such buildings to be referred to the Lord-Lieutenant, who shall appoint a commission unconnected with the Board of Works to examine and report thereon. He complained of questions of this importance being brought forward at so late a period of the session that it could not be pro• perly discussed, and when most of the Irish members had left. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to the first portion of the amendment, but considered the latter uncalled for. MTARTNEY supported the amendment. Mr. F. FRENCH hoped the hon, and gallant gentle man would not press his amendment. He thought the words, " not connected with the Board of Works" tended to cast a slur on that department. Tho amendment was withdrawn, but ultimately the first portion of the amendment was agreed to, and the clue amended. On einuge 6, G)l.lael DUNNE moved another amendment, to the effect that the commissioners for this act should not be the Commis inners of the Thard of Works, but ulti tnelv withdrew it. T!-e. other c!auses of the bill were agreed to, and the biil through c NAVIGATION WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. _ . Tii.: bid, after a` short discusion, passed through conialittee, and vim ordered to be raported ; the premix hie, howeve : r = being postponed. PUBLIC nEALTII ACT (18541 CONTINUANCE, &c., BILL. This bill a'so pissed through committee. DISEASES PREVENTION BILL. This bill went through committee. ORDNANCE BOARD BILL. This bill a,!.:0 Went through ccmmittee — . The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and it being 10 mil.utes to four the house resumed. Sir B. HALL said he would bring on the third read ing of hii Public Hea,lth Bill to-morrow (Saturday), at one o'clock. The house afterwards a,tijlurnel until sl% o'clock. The liou..e remlnecl at, six o'clock. Mr. A. PELLA.TT presented a petition from South wark, praying fur an alteration in the Charitable Trusts A. Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from dairetit parts of Lancashire, complaining of spiritual destitution in those districts. QUESTIONS. Lord R. GROSVENOR asked the Under Secretary for War whetherthe distribution of the medals to the re latives of the soldiers who had fallen in the present war was to be delayed to some indefinite period ? Mr. PEEL said when the medals were obtained from the Mint they would be sent from the War Office to the panties. • Col. FREESTUN asked the Under Secretary for War whether it was the intention of the Government, in compliance with the report of the Arctic expedition com mittee, to recommend that her Majesty would be graci ously pleased to grant a decoration to the officers and men employed in that expedition ? Sir C. WOOD said he had not seen the report, though he believed it was printed, and he did not, therefore, know what was the recommendation of the committee. Lord R. ,GROSVEI\TOR asked the Solicitor-General whether it was his intention to go on with the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill this session ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was his inters tion, and lie hoped the bill would pass. Sir C. WOOD then explained, in reference to certain words attributed to him in connection with the subject brought forward by the hon. and gallant officer opposite (Admiral Walcott) the other night. Colonel DUNNE asked if there would be any objec tion to officers of marines being appointed to the Tur kish contingent ? Sir C. WOOD said there was a great objection to the appointment of officers already on active service. Mr. GIBSON had seen in the papers, that about the latter end of May or the beginning of June Admiral Dundas, in command in the Baltic, had issued a Pocia mation, stating that the instructions were to ca p ture merchant vessels, the property o f Russia, carrying on trade in the Gulf of Finland, and that when these vessels appeared to be of.small value the cruisers w er e to for de stroy them. He-wished to know, was t com petent a d m iral to decide the executive government to direct a n that decision, should not rather be left to a co urt of competent juria was,vehether any c_ o tn. upon the property of a ship, and whether the Government of the d m i n ct t i l o ica n t ? io . n Hi h s a s d eco b n e d en qu m es a t d io e n by , 'majesty s Government on th e tdeclaring that en United States to he r majesty 's of the Preside n t paragraph in the Mess a ge ods and whether a conventi o free ships made free g o property from seizure had bll mt c onsideration I b een mooted, Dundas h a d a di e . vessels,crelnreply ' tthoooetxer oPrtw'Pasriuvandte er Sir C. WOOD sald tha t large or small, in the Balti c . toe question from M r . B RIGHT, Lord PALME R STON said that the p a p ers connec t e d tionary po wer , to captture or dest roy a ll Russian with the recent unfortunate transactions on the coast of Africa were in the hands of the printer, but the Govern we nt had not as yet been able fully to examine them. admission Thu s da y to t w t o he soldiersstra strangers' Colonel NORTH ca ll e d attention to the fact that ma uniform had bien o reftleed e of g in gallery Commons. Lord PALMERSTON regretted the occurrence, and asked the Speaker if there was any standing order which excluded soldiers in uniform from the house. The SPEAKER said there was no such order, but a tacit understanding appeared to prevail that soldiers in uniform should not be admitted. He saw no reason why they shoull be excluded so long as they were unarmed. (Cheers.) Mr. STAFFORD hoped it was to be understood that henceforth they would be admitted unarmed. (Cheers.) WAYS AND MEANS.—AUSTRALIAN STEAM COMMUNICATION. On the question that the report of the committee of ways and means be brought up, Sir J. PAKINGTON rose to ask the Secretary of the Treasury whether any arrangements had yet been en tered into by her •Majesty's Government for renewing steam postal communication with the Australian colo nies • and whether any and what answer had been given by her Majesty's Government to the address from the Legislative Council of Victoria, in which they offered, on the part of that colony, to contribute 50,000/. per an num towards the cost of steam communication with England ? He had put a question as to these papers to _ the noble lord the member for London ; but tke noble L 5 5 20 20 16 20 5 100 100 100 20 100 all Q2s. 100 100 17 all all 20 20 6 20 20 50 20 25 17 i 36i I