The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-04 00:00:00

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I f in diffore o , t02,0 06 S ;") Lew:4re. as tnadoi iso ' .is last!: fr. BAT' iessre. a rule 1 1 eticaee verballP iroduceko of g r or the 0 01 utch was a r oll the ata°- it of O v p i Tido; 1 4 1 1, 51; 1 f Jo oB ' veraatiol4 in the ev ideo °° , rying tb o l ly for II" 1, Bar ° er anY al by th.° the e _ .: / ;) 1 to cr'o wiih ged a ba ,,, Et VOrj cl WO ge l ! ' 1 fully ' , P ) a the P f onsibl° ;he per t° o ol ar . 0 th° ie did. I le reee l ', I able to_.:11 ) thie cleric --- s hoo ld ■ tool , therefol,s) the Pr;,) red, be d lento to the.. 0 5 would Dent, ten ino tt those i the I'l t , w l which e a lso tb ° v arian ce A the P re i lend ; 1 les be d ill by ac ip akin b 0 afore be bat tn, gay,f o o, f 1, pr e f.- 0C 0; I wi tsi her P'P oo f th o 13 ", of!, ; ca oo l3 ;goo . , tY I Lse .t l2 ,40 0 e ) I biro • Ai this MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed quietly with a heavy feeling, and prices were without much alteration. The sales were es timated at 3,000 bales (500 of which were taken on speculation, and 500 for export), comprising 50 Pernam and Maranham at 7d. to 7/d., 100 Egyp tian at 61d. to 7id., 400 Surat at 3id. to 5/d., and 40 Sea Islands at Is. 2d. to is. sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market was dull, but at the Close was rather firmer. In describing the state of the piece-goods mar ket, Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Irving write from Manchester as follows : "Prices, we need not mention, have been and con• tinue to be exceedingly irregular. Up to the time we write positive offers constitute the only means of arriv ing at a real and practical knowledge. Where stocks are held producers are generally found to be willing sellers ; but, on the other hand, if fresh orders have to be placed, higher terms are demanded. "In regard to stocks they may be considered low, When compared with the quiescent and inanimate state of things which have existed. Although some increase is observable, yet it amounts to comparatively little:a fact attributable to the heavy contracts under perform ance at the date of our monthly circular. In the opi. nion of many, steadier and firmer prices will now pre vail both for cotton and the manufactured articles ; such at any rate has been the theme during the last three days. It were very desirable that some fixed point should be arrived at, in order to determine operations. Altogether, we conclude the month in its transac tions to have been more extensive than might have been expected, in the face of depression, gloom, and inactivity, more than has been observable during the present year at least. The position of spinners and ma nufacturers is, however, at the present time perhaps ge nerally less profitable, saying nothing of actual loss, than it has been for some time past. So far no short time has been adopted, although the principle is becoming gene rally discussed, and, in the opinion of many, considered imminent. While the presentproduction continues it were idle, in our opinion, to calculate upon any material reduc tion in the price of the raw material. A change in the weather as favourable as could possibly be desired, hasin spired great hopes as to the result of the coming bar !cst. Were they realised, the benefits to the commu nity and the commerce of the country would be incal culable. The demand for the country trade during the month bas been very limited." The Devonshire, from Swan River and the Cape of Good Hope, is off Folkestone. The Windermere, which left Geelong March 16, brings 4,500 ounces of gold. The annoyance of the new postage regulations upon newspapers, &c., is being grievously felt. At the Lombard-street office unstamped newspapers are refused for transmission to the colonies, although postage stamps or payment in money, is tendered, and brokers who have sent their circulars to their correspondents abroad, and offer to re gister the same under the new act, find their faci lities suddenly taken away. Letters from Singapore, of May 17, state that rather a large business in European goods had been done with the junks, although in some in stances at lower prices, owing to the heavy arri vals and the anxiety to realise. The produce market was active, but rice was in large supply and cheaper. Besides gold sent to Paris, the Sultan takes out to Alexandria, India, &c., this day, 548,0001., chiefly in silver to Bombay. The La Plata, for the West Indies, has on board 43,0001. The gold from New York has part been melted for expor tation to the Continent. There was a slight decline here yesterday after noon in the rate of exchange for bills on Paris. The Scinde Railway Bill received the Royal assent on Monday evening. After the usual or official hours of business yes terday, Consols were buoyant at the rather sudden advance to 91k but this morning there is less doing in them at 91k to. k. It is supposed that not much of the French loan will be obtained on English account, except through the special in tervention and management of Paris bankers. Exchequer Bills have been at 19s. to 225. premium, for those bearing interest at 2d. The New An nuity is at 16 15-16. Bank Stock has risen per cent., being 16 15-16. The New 3 per Cents. are 92i to /, and the Reduced Annuities 911 to 921. The business doing in Foreign Securities is so llmited that the quotations are merely nominal. Mexican Bonds have been dealt in at 211. Turkish Stock is firm, though exceedingly quiet, at 82. Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 631 ex dividend. The following are the nominal prices of foreign st ocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 to 7; Mexi can, 21a to 212. ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three ?sr Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., " to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; SPanish New Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 361 to 37f ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4f ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The Great Western of Canada Railway meeting Is in progress, and the chairman has made satisfac tory statements as to the progress of the company. There will be no more " calls" this year. In Railway Shares there is very little doing, but generally fuller rates than yesterday are cur rent. The foreign lines show much firmness, and Great Western of Canada are dearer. Paris and Lyons are to higher. The dealings in the Alining, Banking, and Mis cellaneous Shares are rather insignificant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (From the Official ) Beginf•is don , - kink. Stock • IPer Cent. Reduced Annuities. New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Tan., 18e0 Ditto 30 Years, Empire sth April, 1885 16 15-16 Consols ior Account, 10th July 9ll A Exchequer Bill; 24d. I 2d. 2,1000 500 — Small Ircheq uer B on d s 1858, .3i per Cent. lOl Ditto 1859, 11l PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOOK. Mexican 3 per Cent. rarkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account B2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Gull ! - HALF-PAST TWO. Consols LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 4.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N.W. ; light, pleasant breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, July 3.—Wind, W.S. W. Arrived— tLM.S. Himalaya, from Constantinople. FALMOUTH, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Cecilia, from Akyab. Off port—Tambola, from Santos, and sailed for Bremen ; Clarinda, Havannah. COWES, July 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Argo, from Callao ; Chas. F. Lea s i ng , f rom Ri o J ane i ro ; Sea Duck, Matatias. OPP THE WlGHT.—Windermere, from Geelong. S WANSTAA, June 3.—Wind, S.S. W. Sailed—Furst Louis, for Cape de Verds ; Scott, for Rio Janeiro ; Alice, Bahia. HULL, July 3 . —Wind, W. Sailed—Tinto, Bombay. SHIELDS Ju ly 3.—Wi n d, N . S a il e d —Fairy, for Ceylon ; Nem, Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC TELECIRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.W. Sailed—Theodore, for Adelaiee ; Hants, Africa; Ceres, Q uebec ; Triumph a nt, Saloni ca ; Caros, Gibraltar ; Cri rion, R N.N.W. Q I IEENESTOWN, July 2. Arrived—Lisle Alexander, from Bilbo a ; Vertu, Trieste ; l ialca, Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 .3 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide, low water ; cloudy. Ar rived—Denmark, from Kingston; Nancy Dawson, Eleuthera ; Stirlingshire, Launceston ; Zwee Zusters, atsmeer ; Maiditone, C a l cu tt a; O r i en t, Jersey ; A nna kargretta, Groningen. Sailed, 3 d—William and Mary for Constantinople. Sailed, 4th —Edwin Forrest for Calcutta ; Royal Charlie, M a l ta ; Meteor, Cape of 'Good Hope. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.22 a.m. W ind, S.S.W. • cloudy. Pass ed — Aquilla', from Jamaica ; John Bright, Pernam buco Comet, Constantinople ; British Empire, Antigua ; liannah and Eleanor, Charente—all for London ; Abbott, t-4."doll, for M on t e Vi deo ; Southampton, London, for bulalcutta ; A.M.S. Rhadamanthns, Woolwich, for Ports b,"th"'s ; Empress Adelaide for London ; Moo Bar "', for London ; Enchantress, Trinidad, for ltan, London. Lord Raglan PORT3IIOIITEI Wednesday Morning. —The transport has arrived from the East, with 151 mili tary invalids from various regiments at the seat of war. Six deaths occurred on the passage. Lieut. Biddle, of the 2 8th, in charge ; Captain Main, of the tat Royals ; field {in Dr. Clark, Of t 95th ; and Assistant-Surgeon Bloom nuodic4 cha r % him come home by this vessel. 20A 100 20 SiIARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Posing Prices yesterday. 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N- , w East Alglian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock . Ds., B. Stogy Do.; New A Fast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth (Si Dntdee Forth & Clyde Ju .! Furness Do. Extension.. Glasgow & S. Western 'treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk [rich South-Eastern riancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Imtneash.andYorksl Wst. Riding Tin ' Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst•. Lond. and N. Westr Do, Fifths Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrrydt Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ItTanch.Shef. k Limb, Do. j Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. ,k. Lin. Un Midland )o. Birmng. & Derby siidld. G. West. (Im) Do. Half Shares All Newcastle & Carlisle, 23 , Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillet , all Newry Warrenpoint snd Rostrevor. 00 Norfolk Northn. Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 3 Do., No. 2 -A A Deferred Do., B Gnarant,ff,d N.Eafitern—Berwiel, Do. do. Extension .., Do.do. G.N.E. Porch, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New Lit) N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire, North Western..., N. & S. Westrn, June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 13t 17A al! . all Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth So...Lish Central Seottish/didland Shropshiro Union:, South Devon Slath Eastern__ South Wales S. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dar Do staines,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlilt Stv..,kton nr.rtlepl Tp.ff Vale Do. £lO Rharee. Do. Prof No. 1 i Thames Haven Dock and Railway illyerstone do Lancs Vale of Neath Watern & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick, West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. IWimbledn & Croydon FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June, Beziera to Craissessat Bombay, Baroda, Central I ndia,Serii , Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. New Fast Indian, g. 5 p.c Do. Extension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '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 France Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent r!o. Extensions.....: Do. d 0... Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations_ Gt. Western of Cana& 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.l - prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do .201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3# p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Mo (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrtmkPre, Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 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Hammond's Estate Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. ( Front the Times of this day.) The tribute paid last night in both Houses of Parlia ment to the memory of Lord Raglan was at once the ex pression of personal regard and of national respect. The character of the late Commander of the Forces in the Crimea was too well known to all ranks of men in the political society of this country to require any elaborate panegyric, and his services in the East are too recent and too conspicuous to stand in need of any official chronicler. The name of Lord Raglan is indis solubly connected with one of the most glorious, but also with one of the most difficult, periods in the career of the British army, and history will name with respect a general whose whole life was devoted to the public service. One duty, however, remained to be performed. The disinterested character of Lord Raglan had allowed him to add nothing to the slender portion of a younger son, and he leaves behind him a family whose chief in heritance is the name which he has bequeathed to them. The protracted operations of the campaign have post poned the distribution of those honours and rewards which are due to men who risk their lives in the service Sir J. TROLLOPE presented two petitions from South Lincolnshire, praying for reform of the Univer sity of Cambridge. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from Kilburn, praying for a reform of the Metropolitan Burials Act ; also pc;itions from Basingstoke, Chelsea, and other places, praying the house to pass a law to prevent all Sunday trading except works of charity or works of necessity. LORD RAGLAN. The resolutions agreed to yesterday in committee of the whole house for granting a pension of 1,0001. a-year to Lady Raglan, and 2,0001. a-year to the present Lord Raglan, were reported. The resolutions were adopted, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded on them. On the motion of Mr. CRAUFURD, The Truck Act amendment Bill, which stood for second reading, was, owing to the lateness of the session, withdrawn. of their country, and many, alas ! of those who deserve them most are no longer among us to bear off the prizes which they so dearly earned. The Field- Marshal's baton conferred on Lord Raglan after the Battle of Inkerman was due to the rank he held in the command of the allied armies, and can hardly be con sidered as a recompence for his recent services in the field. According to precedent, therefore, and to a usage which is sanctioned by the highest authority, Parliament is called upon by her Majesty's gracious message to make provision for the surviving members of the family of the late Commander, and the spirit in which this proposition was last night received in both houses is an additional testimony of sym pathy and respect to those whose private grief is com mingled with the general sorrow of the nation and the army. Having performed this duty to the memory of the de parted, our attention is next called to the immediate necessity of providing in the most efficient manner for the command of the troops and the conduct of the war. In selecting General Simpson for the important post of Chief of the Staff, at a time when the want of such an officer had been very strongly felt in the British army, the Government were probably not only influenced by the desire to supply this deficiency, but they also perceived the necessity of placing by the side of Lord Raglan an officer who should share his councils, and be able, in the event of sickness or of any sudden casualty, to supply his place. The fatal accidents of war and the trying influence of • a foreign climate and a winter cam paign had already thinned, with terrible rapidity, the list of those superior officers who but a year ago com mandei the British army in the East. Cathcart, Adams, Strangways, Torrens, Bentinck, and many others had either fallen in battle or been compelled by their wounds to return to England. Sir De Lacy Evans, the Duke of Cambridge, and Sir John Burgoyne had been driven home by failing health. Lord Lucan and Lord Cardigan have ceased to holecommands. Of the Generals commanding divisions at the outset of the war, Sir George Brown and Sir R. England alone remain, and of these the former has been wounded. It is undoubtedly desirable that the promotion arising from these casualties should, as far as possible, be re served to the officers who have served with distinction through the campaign ; but with reference to the highest and most responsible posts of all the Govern ment are bound to exercise an unfettered choice. NiORTMAIN BILL. The house then went into committee on the above bill. All the clauses (seven in number) having been agreed to. Mr. MOWBRAY moved to add a clause after clause 6, as follows :—" And whereas it has been held, on the construction of the first recited act, that a pecuniary bequest to or in trust for any charitable use is void under the provisions of the said act, to the extent of the pro portion which the assets of the testator, consisting of personalty savouring of realty, bear to the assets of the testator consisting of pure personalty ; and if the assets of the testator consist en tirely of personalty savouring of realty, then that such bequest is wholly void, and by the rules of courts of equity the assets are not marshalled in favour of such bequest, whereby the lawful intentions of testa ,tors are often disappointed; be it enacted, that no pe cuniary bequest to or in trust for any charitable use contained in any will or codicil made after the passing of this act shall fail or abate by reason only that the assets of the testator shall consist wholly or in part of personalty savouring of realty, but every such be quest shall be payable as well by and out of such as sets as last aforesaid, as by and out of any assets con sisting of pure personalty, in the same manner in all respects as a pecuniary bequest of like amount made by the same will or codicil to a purpose not charitable would have been payable if the same had been substi tuted therein for such charitable bequest, anything in the said recited acts, and any rule or practice of equity to the contrary notwithstanding." Sir G. GREY said, in the absence of the Solicitor- General, he should not at present offer any opposition to the clause. Any objection that the Solicitor-General might have to it could be made at a future stage of the bill. The clause was then added to the bill. Mr. G. BUTT then moved the addition of the follow ing clause to clause 6 :—" And whereas by the herein before recited act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second, it was also enacted, that from and after the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, no sum or sums of money, goods, chattels, stocks in the public funds, securities for money, or any other personal estate whatsoever to be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of any lands, tene ments, or hereditaments, should be given, appointed, or any ways settled in trust or for the benefit of any chari table uses whatsoever, unless such gift, appointment, or settlement of any such sum or sums of money or personal estate (other than stocks in the public funds) were made in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as are by the now reciting act enacted and prescri bed in reference to corporeal or incorporeal hereditaments, and unless s uc h stocks were transferred in th e manner and sabject to the conditions in the same recited Act also enacted and pre scribed in reference to such stocks : and whereas doubts have been entertained as to the meaning of the last here inbefore recited enactment, be it enacted, that no be quest contained in any will heretofore or hereafter to be made for any charitable uses whatsoever, which bequest is or shall be valid in all other respects, shall be deemed to be null and void within the meaning of the last hereinbefore recited enactment, unless by the will containing such bequest it shall be imperatively re quired that the subject matter of such bequest shall be laid out or disposed of in the purchase of lands, tene ments, or hereditaments." General Simpson owes the very high confidence which has thus been placed in him to the respect entertained for his character, to a knowledge of his long services, and, more especially, to the very high opinion which was expressed of him by the late General Sir Charles Napier. Lord Ellenborough stated the other day in the House of Lords that, is the last Indian campaign in which Sir Charles Napier was engaged, that eminent commander placed the greatest reliance on General Simpson, and considered him the fittest man of the whole army then serving in India to exercise a hi g h command. It cannot be said that in the selection of General Simpson the Government have been affected by aristocratic influence or by any political predilections. The new Commander of the Forces in the Crimea owes everything to his own gallant services and to his attach ment to his profession, and we sincerely hope that in the arduous position in which he is now placed he will tarn out to be " the right man." In supplying the other vacancies which have recently occurred, the appointment of Chief of the Staff will be conferred on General Knollys, who is promoted from the easy and innocuous duties of the camp at Alder shott to the far more anxious administration of the Staff in the Crimea. Of this officer too little is known to enable us to form any opinion of his merits. His experience of active warfare was confined, we believe, to the last year of the Peninsular campaign ; but we confess that we distrust the vigour of men who graduated at so early a period in the present century. The remaining appointments we have to announce are of a more satisfactory character. Colonel Markham, who was recalled from India by the Duke of Newcastle, is believed to have already arrived in Egypt on his way to Europe, and he will be immediately ordered to pro ceed to the Crimea to assume the command of a division. This officer has acquired a high reputation in India, and especially at the siege of Mooltan, where he greatly dis tinguished himself • ,he is known to be a daring, ener getic soldier, and of an age to support the toils of active warfare. Colonel Pakenham succeeds General Estcourt ' as Adjutant-General of the forces of the Crimea, and he has had the good fortune to be nominated to this important post at the comparatively early age of 36. In our .eyes his age is not only no drawback, but the greatest recommendation. A man of superior mili tary talents will show them, if he has an opportunity, between 30 and 40, or not at all ; and one of the causes of the success of the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula from 1807 to 1814 was that the Army List was from that time relieved from the old general officers, and that the Duke's lieutenants were, like him self, and like the French Marshals to whom they were opposed, men in the pima of life. Colonel Pakenham's own uncle was Adjutant-General in the Peninsula at 34, and was killed at New Orleans at 36. The race of those men is not extinct. The British army is full of rising talent and ability, and the first duty of the Government and the Commander-in-Chief is to find these men out, and to place them in positions in which they can per form the services they are best fitted to discharge. The question is not what did a man do 40 years ago, but what can he do now ; and. the services already rendered by officers in the Crimea, or by men lately serving in India, afford the best answer to that question. The clause was added to the bill, and the bill as amended was ordered to be considered on Friday next. DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Mr. DUNLOP moved the insertion of a clause to enable labouring men to acquire houses under the Act by a cheap, easy, and secure method of transfer, in lieu of the present vexatious system prevailing in Scotland. Mr. G. BUTT seconeel the motion, which was also supported by Mr. WzmuNsoN. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug gested the postponement of the third reading of the bill till to-morrow, in order that he might have an oppor tunity of consulting the Commissioners of Inland revenue on the operation of the proposed clause on the revenue. The further consideration of the bill was postponed accordingly. The Stock in Trade Bill was read a third time and passed. St. 10 St. 1O 25 2, st. is st. is st. 501 a] 12 sl 12?,' al 20 al 10 al St. 1.0 St. LI 5i ; st. i t 50 1 al 50 I a] 25 1 a] 123 a] St. : 0 25 t 25 I 1 St. jb St. 111 st. lb Bt. ii 20 st. ►ii 9 a 24 . a: st. II 20 i al 10 i al st. lii St. lii St. Ili St. F 12A 5 Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. At 5 p. c. pm... 0 all Gt.N. of Scot. lstPn. St. 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Prof. 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Borks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) St. 100 Do, con. red. 46 p.c. St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. St. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 10 all Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S. 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 20 all Do, Ches. Gua. Sh 13 ` all Do. do. do 20 all Do. do. do 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2 0 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. St. 100 Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. St. 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent St. 1100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5 Lon. &S. W. Con. 3d r , 11 Londy. & Coler. Sh. 11 Londy. &Ennis.4Sh. 11 Nan., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO 6 4A Do. .£6 121, all Nl4l7pt.&Carl.4p 0 126 all Do. 46 per cent 124, 10i Do St. 100 Ilid.Consol.6p.c St St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol S. Birm. 6 por cent... 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 11j Do. Pref. 46 per cei, all Do. 5/. Pref. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto Leicester and Hitchen Pref. St... all Norfolk Detenture 100 Do.Prsf. 4p. c. Stoc , - .00 Do. 5 p.c. Eat 00 po. 56 per ct . pref... .00 , Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c, 00 North British St. St. St. 1k 17 20 1, 12} ' 25 11 20 a Bt. 1( , IN. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 5 Do. do. do .3 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Da. do. Quarters 4f. LO Do. York &S. Pur. 11 North Staffordshire.. 00 Oxford, Worcester, /1 Wolverh.4ls.6p.e ' 7 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. al Scot. Cent. ,New Pre: 11 South Devon Do. fixed, 44 per cent .11 S. Eastern (Readinv Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. )0 Do. 4i per cent al S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ill Do. (10.4 p. c.... al S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 1,11 Stock & Dar., sp. c. .5 Do. do. do al Stock. & Hard. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 4 W.sterfd.. & Kilk. 6p c 10 • ' 8i al 25 al 10 1 ; 1.0.6 al St. ' 1 20 : 20 a 20 al 25 al 25 11 126 a] London 811 N. West. L.&N.W. CaWon_ E. Un. k E. C...... Ut.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do 4 1rt. Chau Yk. New & Berw Y. &NM Do S. Easton Peto & Po. Norfolk Do L. & N. W & Midld, Stckton & Darlingt. Midland En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do I Gt Northn Lancaeh k Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stoat. & Darlingt !atWestn. 98 - 100 100 - 102 135 - 137 27 - 29 107 - 109 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 11i -- 12 2/ - 2f a -ss - iP 58 - 60 133 - 135 8} 9 2t -- 2id 32 - 33 93 - 95 COAL MINES INSPECTION BILL. The house went into committee on the above bill. The various clauses were, after some amendments being added, agreed to. [LEFT SITTING.I , The National Gazette of Berlin quoteti a letter from St. Petersburg, stating that a penal law Jas been published there relating to offences committed.by the aid of the telegraph, the destruction or interruption of telegraphic lines, &c. The punishments compriso all those used in Rassia, from fines to the knout, and to working in the mines for 20 years. The punishment of death is reserved for the crime of high treason committed by the aid of the telegraph. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfoe, in alluding to an Austrian despatch of the 10th ult., said to have been communicated to the Court of St. Petersburg, in which Austria was believed to have announced an intention of repelling any attack against the Turkish territory, both in the Principalities, and along the line of the Danube, says that this despatch was less explcit than was stated, and only intimated that serious difficulties might arise between the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg if an attack were made on the Dobrudocha. This despatch, according to the above journal, has been communicated to the Cabinets of Paris and London. The last Government_ despatches from the Crimea must have reached the War-office late on Monday after noon, and, with the exception, perhaps, of Lord Pan mure and Lord Palmerston, had tot been seen by the other members of the Cabinet before going to press. A proof-sheet of the Gazette was forwarded to Lord Pal merston in the House of Commons shortly before six in the evening, and his lordship handed it to Lord John Russell, who had considerable difficulty in detaining it from those of his colleagues who sat near him. The noble lord read it with some attention, and then passed it to Sir C. Wood, who in his turn hurriedly glanced over it, and then handed it to Sir G. Grey. In this way it went the round of the Treasury bench. The one hundred and first anniversary dinner of the Society for the Enco urageme nt of Art., Manufact ures , an a d lac C e, om sy m d e e r n e hni e,ato.okAbpoiaucte3syo gentlemen were presentesterday, at the C r y s t a l Palace, on the occasion. The chair was occupied by his Grace the Duke of Argyll, F.R.S., who was supported by Earl Granville, Lieut.-General Sir Charles Pasley, K.C.8., Colonel Sykes, F.R.S. ; Messrs. W. Brown, M.P., J. Kershaw M.P., A. Hastie, MY., Eliot Lockhart, M.p., J. Malcolmson, M.P., G. Moffatt, M.P., B. Oliveira, M.P., J. Pilkington, M.P. • Dr. Chambers, Dr. Cum ming, Dr. Lee, LL.D., Dr. Nairne, Dr.Wa4di love, Dr. Watson, Captain T. B. Collinson, R.E., Capt. Leopold Paget, R.A., (tc. OPENING OF THE ASYLUM FOR IDlOTS.—Yesterd , ay Prince Alb er t p res id e d a t the inauguration ceremony of the new buildings at Earlswood, near Reigate, intended as an asylum for idiots. The new structure will accom modate about 400 children, and has been built at a cost of about 35,0001. His Royal Highness arrived at three o'clock, and was received at the station by the Bishop of Oxford, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and the stewards and patrons of the institution. After the ceremony of inauguration had been gone through, the Rev. Mr. Champney read an address to his Royal Highness, thanking him for the interest he had shown in the asylum. His Royal Highness, in reply, said--I beg to return you my best thanks for the address which you have just now presented to me, and to express the satisfaction which I feel at the success which has attended your undertaking. lam rejoiced to perceive that the building is so nearly completed, and I trust that it may yet contribute to the happiness of those afflicted beings who are the objects of your care. The proceedings were closed by a dejeuner, given by the Vice-Presidents, after which his Royal Highness left the building, escorted in the same manner as when he entered it. - AFFRAY WITH CHINAMEN.—At the Thames Police court yesterday three Chinamen, named kgen, A-pai, Aluk, were brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Tih.Kwei, better known as Tuck Guy, and his wife. Mr. Thom, printer, of Warwick-square, who was for upwards of twenty years in China, attended as interpreter. Tih-Kwei, who lies dangerously wounded in the London Hospital, has realised a handsome competency by his performances as a juggler, and was on the eve of returning to his native country. When he was brought to the London Hospi tal on Sunday night he wore a belt round his waist, con taining upwards of 2001. in gold, and it was delivered into the care of the hospital authorities. Tih-Kwei's wife was sworn to speak the trath, and broke a saucer. Her evidence as interpreted, was as follows :—On Sunday night about ten o'clock a good many men c a me i n t o th e house where she was saying with her husband, at No. 2, Serle-place, Blue Anchor-yard, Rosemary-lane. They asked her husband Tih-Kwei for some money. Her husband said he was a native of Nankin and they were from Canton, and he wanted nothing to say to them. Finding they could get no money, they. _attacked her husband, and beat him and cut hini with their knives, and then attacked her afterwards. She was sure the prisoners were among the persons who attacked her and her husband. There were four other Chinese who made their escape. After some further evidence, the magistrate proceeded to the London Hospital to take the deposition of the wounded Chinaman, who was in a very low state, but conscious. Mr. Thom having translated the deposi tion into the Chinese language, and read 'it over to Tih- Kwei ' he eigned it, and Mr. Inghara remanded A-pai, A-fuh, and A-shen, to the Clerkenwell House of Deten• tion fora week. SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the 31st of May have been issued, and exhibit an unexpected increase in the employment of tonnage. This increase has been in British and United States' vessels, especially the latter. Those of the conti nental States continue to show a decrease. Subjoined are the comparative totals : Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MONTE( ENDING JUNE 5. 1853. 1854. British vessels 351,166 407,416 United States'' vessels Other countries 243,218 259,463 1855. 403,071 105,262 257,056 613,614 716,90-1 765,389 • The clearances outward were :- 1853. 1854. 1855. British vessels United Stal,es' vessels Other countries 186,000 241,114 192,918 666,416 76.3,626 799,070 With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,149,239 in the month ending June 5, 1853 ; 1,126,388 in 1854 ; and in the present return it is 1,078,467, including 15 foreign vessels, of an aggregate burden of 1,923 tons. The clearances outward were 1,141,877 tons in June, 1853 ; 1,269,233 in 1854 ; and 1,176,022 (including 2,463 tons of foreign) in 1855. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham Palace at 25 minutes before 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon, from Ostend, on a visit to the Queen. His Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Char lotte of Belgium and the Count de Flanders. In attendance on the King and the Princess were Madame la Mariuise d'Yve de Bavay, Madame de Bovee, Col. de Moerkkere, Capt. Burnell, and Sir R. Carswell. His Majesty was handed from his carriage by the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse, and was re ceived at the grand entrance by the Queen, who was ac companied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and the Duchess of Kent, and was attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. The Earl of Listowel, Lord in Waiting ; Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting to the Queen ; and Major-General the Eon. Sir Edward Cost, Comptroller of the King's Household in this country, attended his Majesty to Buckingham Palace. The King quitted Ostend at 6 o'clock yesterday morn ng, crossed to Dover, travelled by a special train on the South Eastern Railway to London, and on arriving, soon after 2 o'clock p.m., at the Bricklayers' Arms Station, was there met by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Majesty and suite entered four of the Queen's car riages, and proceeded from the station to Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Major-General the Hun. Charles Grey, and Colonel Seymour, went to Earlsweod, Red-hill, to open the Asylum for Idiots. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen and the King of the Belgians in the afternoon. The Queen and Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians took a drive in an open landau and four in the afternoon. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel Seymour were in attendance on horseback. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. The company included the King of the Belgians, the Count de Flanders, the Duchess of Bent, Lady A. M. Dawson, Baroness de Speth, the Duke of Wellington, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Spencer, Sir G. Couper, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Burnell, and Sir Robert Carswell. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended, and per formed in the palace during dinner. The Duchess of Atholl has succeeded Lady Churchill as Lady iu Waiting to the Queen. The Earl of Listowel and the Hon. Mortimer Sack ville West have relieved Lord Byron and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood in their dirties :as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on he`r Majesty. Colonel Seymour has relieved Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros as Equerry in Waiting to Priam Albert, ld.l RAILWAYS; Bedford and Bletrlley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. I E. Lin. g. 6 pc, 1 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 19 Do. New .11 Glstr.4 Dn. Fr ill Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ill Hull & Selby dl Do. $ Shares. dl Do. I Shares. dl Lon. & Greenw dl Do. Preference dl Lon., Til., &S. 10 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. D Do: 6 per ct. a Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock 11 Middlesbrot & Redcar 10 Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Eaten 11 N.&Est.sp.e al Do. 6 per et: 11 Do. Fizeds p c 11 Prest. & Wyro 11 Do. Shrs. A )0 Roystn.&Hit. .8i Shef.Rothand pooleg,s p. c . Shrewi&lier 5/, S. Staffordsh. 611 WearValleygr 6 per cent ►ll Do fO Wilts&r;omrst PREFERENCE SHARES. ••• ...... ••• 98 - 100 95 -: si o. ioi 3 - 4 6 - 6i 1 - 11 i - 1* 134 - 14 E - 6.4 lii - 120 - 112 .04 106 g in 9 9i 6 -- 60 99 -- 101 90 -- 92 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10 -- 104 74 -- 76 19i -20 f 9i -10 f 14 -- 15 f d f 137 139 ... ... ••• ...... k. ••• •.. 21 - '1?1 - 14 0 - iP 29 - 141 97 - 99 41- 4i 102 - 104 95 -97 3i - 4 •• ..• par 105 - 107 -14 i id -- par 23k -23 i 99 - 101 16 = 18* 2 -- 3p 2g - 20 MINES. 1 all Agaa Fria .... .... . . 1 ... 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold .•• •• •• • 108. all Anglo Californian * 1 20 6 Australian l4 —1/ 1 all Australian Cordillerr 1 all Ave Maria — 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of, # 1 50 all BlEonarvon Iron and Coal . , 20 14 British Iron 5 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp. (issue.; at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 2/ 34 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 28 —3U 1 * Carson's eveek 4 — a 1 * Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4 40 all Cobre Copper 59 61 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 1 St. all Copper Min. of Etw 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent le Copiapo l9 21 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 11 2 1 Fortuna la 20 all General l5 —l7 1 all Gt • NuggetVeinßeg $ $ 44 all Great Polgooth 2 1 all Liberty 7 3 all Linares 7 7i . . 34 Do. B . 2 2 . 5 1 Lusitanian. 1 all Mariquita ll 1 all New Granada I I 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde • ••• 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt . . 158 15 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 4 50 all Rhymney Iron ,19 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 12/ Santiago de Cuba 54 6 1 all South Australian 4 1 10 7* Tin Croft . • ••• 284 all United Mexican 3i 4 31 1 all Waller 1 1 1 all West Mariposa 4 1. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia — 11•• 1 all Yuba ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 30 31 10 all AusLraln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 2 d 50 40 Brit, American Land 57 60 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co — - • • 100 324 Canada 120 125 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 114 115 5 all Crystal Palace. 5 5 Do. Preference 5B 54 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 $ Duston Iron 0r0.., — ••• 20 84 Eastern Steam ... 25 23 Electric Telegraph 174 184 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig, 10 all Meditera.n. Elec. Tel. , 10 9 11exicau&S.Americn. 64 64 10 24 De. New ••• ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . 10 5 Netherlands Land , 14 2 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co 1 all N. B. Australasian t 20 15 Nrth. olEuropoSt•zana 1 all Oriental Gas ll 11 5 all Peel Rr. Ld.& Minrl 2B 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental •.. 50 10 Do. New...... . .. — 2 all Portland Iron C 0..,., 11 . 14 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 4 73 75 74 1 a ll Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 2 1 4 Ditto New — 25 all South Austral. Land 361 371 - 1 all Samar. Tel. Scrip._ - _ 1 all Do. Registered s 1.. • - ; 5 - Trtist&L.Co.U.Can. adi, nu Diemen 44ndt Itt aC #t• Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Myth and Tyne lOpei e. pref. (issd. at 50/) 0 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares )0 Caledonian £lO 111 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent al Do. do. Pref. No. 2 al Do. do, Pref. No. 2 111 Cork &Bandonsb.c 6 1 / Dun.Prth .& Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. )0 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. )0 Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. al Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Lll Do. No. 2 dl Do. New 6 p. c. St. al East Un., G. 6p. c. Lll Do. 51., 10 nor cent. dl Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. dl Do. do. 4 per cent... )0 East Lancash. 6 p.cts. tll E. &W. York. J. sths DO Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c all Furness 01) Gias. & S.W. G. 5 p.c 00 Great Northn. sp. c 00 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. C. prem... 00 Do. 4i p. c.... 50 124 124 10 St. 16' 5 St. !~o:. 1111 1064 108 f IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAy.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Da en_ ham Docks and Hancock's Estate Bills were read A second time. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were severally read a thi r d time and passed :—Hartlepool Pier and Port ; Bray's Estate; Fife and Kinross Railway ; Halifax Gaslight and Coke Company ; Gateshead Quay; Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar. and Cairnwell Road. The Earl of HARDWICKE gave notice, that on Thursday next he should call the attention of their lordships to the state of education on board. her Ma jesty's navy. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said, on the motion for the third reading of this bill, which had been referred to a select committee, he should move that the bill be read a third time that day three months. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from the tenant farmers of the county of Dorset, complaining of the large expenditure of county rates. The Earl of HARDWICKE was understood to say that the large expenditure was unavoidable. THE LATE LORD RAGLAN. The clerk at the table having read her Majesty's most gracious message, Lord PANMURE, in rising to meve that her Majesty's most gracious message be now taken into consideration, said he trusted the house would bear with him while he discharged his most painful duty. It was not only the loss of those that had fallen in the field, but also of those who had fallen victims to disease, that the country had to lament. They were now called upon to record the national feeling of sorrow at learning that an illustrious individual had been taken from them, in whom the army had the greatest confidence. It had pleased God to remove by disease Lord Raglan from the head of the army in the Crimea ; and it was a singular fact that the same calamity should have fallen upon both of those commanders who had been placed at the head of the French and English armies. France I had to lament St. Arnaud, and England to mourn for her Raglan. It was scarcely necessary for him to remind their lordships of the great services Lord Raglan had rendered to his country. At an early age he embraced the profession of arms. In 1807 he was selected and associated with the late Duke of Wellington, and was placed on the staff of that great commander upon the occasion of the expedition to Portugal. The Duke of Wellington selected Lord Fitzroy Somerset to be attached to his staff, and an intimacy continued from 1807 to 1852, to the termination of the Duke of Wellington's life, during which the noble duke reposed the greatest confidence in Lord Raglan. There was not one great engagement in which the Duke of Wellington had been engaged, in which Lord Raglan had not to bear a con spicuous part. At Waterloo, Lord Raglan lost his arm, and at the close of the war Lord Raglan, instead of retiring into private life, still continued his services to his country. From the close of the last war until the very moment of his la mented death his unceasing exertions were still given to the cause of his country. If there was one point more conspicuous in the services of Lord Raglan than another, it was that he had established the alliance and the most friendly relations between the armies of the two countries —an alliance which it was hoped would never be shaken. Of his amiability he could himselfspeak, for it had been his hap piness to have been associated with him for six years. The noble lord having observed that Lord Raglan had been called upon to take the command of that army at a time when there was not a man that could do it better, delivered into the hands of the Lord Chancellor the re ply to her Majesty's most gracious message. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the reply, which was an echo of the royal message. The Earl of DERBY passed a brilliant euloginm on the deceased commander, dwelling in most forcible language upon the more prominent features in the career of the noble lord. He observed that the military services of Lord Raglan, his long connection with the most illus trious captain of our day, whose confidence and friend ship he possessed to an extraordinary degree, the services which he performed in the civil administration of the army—above all, the disinterested and noble manner in which, at the call of duty, he again girded on his sword, and the manner in which, at the head of his army, he has performed the most arduous and the most important duties, entitle him, hardly less than his great master and chief, to the respect and veneration of the country at large. Lord HARDINGE, after expressing his deep regret at the loss of'his noble friend, with whom he had been connected nearly fifty years in the service of his country, said, whilst regretting the misfortune which the country had sustained in the loss of Lord Raglan, he hoped that a worthy successor would be found, and that the operations of the campaign would be conducted to a successful issue. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, having been associated with his noble and illustrious friend, trusted their lord ships would permit him, as a humble member of the army which Lord Raglan so ably commanded, to say that he cordially agreed with what had fallen from his noble friend the Minister at War, and did not think that, in the whole army or in this country, there could be found one individual who could have conducted him self in a manner so well calculated to combine the pro ceedings of the allied armies, and to insure that intimate association which was so absolutely necessary to success. The Earl of CARDIGAN also paid a brief tribute to the memory of his deceased commander. After a few observations from the Earl of GALLOWAY and the Duke of BEAUFORT, Earl GRANVILLE said that her Majesty's Govern ment rejoiced at the unanimity of feeling which had been shown by their lordships on this most sad occasion—a feeling which he believed to be a faithful echo of the regret experienced by every class of the community. In Lord Raglan's confidential letters to the day of his death there was not one angry word against the persons who made charges against him, and in one of his last letters he expressed a strong belief that of all who had thought it their duty to complain of his conduct, there was not one single person who was actuated by any feeling of ill-will towards him. Now, there did not exist in the War-office one tingle despatch bringing the slightest ac cusation of any sort or kind against our brave and gal lant allies, or describing a single transaction which could give colour to any imputation against them. There was not a man who did not feel regret that Lord Raglan, who had not only an English but a European character, as being the bravest an d gentlest, ono of the most chivalrous and one of the best men that ever sacrificed his life in his country's cause, should be taken from us at this moment of difficulty. The Earl of ELLESUENE and Lord BROUGHAM having expressed their cordial concurrence, The motion was unanimously agreed to, and their lordships adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendment to the Leek Improvemen. Bill was considered and agreed to. Livesey's Blackburn Estate Bill was read a second time. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. The house then went into committee on the above bill, resuming at clause A, relative to the qualifications of vestrymen, adjourned from 28th June. On the clause relative to the mode of voting being put, Lord EBRINGTON suggested that the mode of voting should be by polling instead of by voting paper. It was a system that had been adopted with success in the election of guardians throughout the kingdom. It had also been successfully tried in St. Pancits. Ho con• tended there would be less fraud by voting as he pro posed than by the present mode of voting, and moved an amendment accordingly. Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the amendment. The house, by agreeing to it, would commit a great error, for a worse system could not be adopted than placing the electoral franchise in the hands of the police. _ _ Lord EBRINGTON considered the votes would be taken better by the course he proposed than the present mode. He cared not who it was done by, and if the police was an objectionable body to perform the duty, let a certain number of men be engaged for the purpose eV 2s. per day. Mr. WILKINSON supported the amendment of the noble lord, and presented a petition in its favour. Sir B. HALL said this was not a new mode of voting prescribed by the bill. He proposed eight places instead of one, for the borough of Lambeth for taking the votes, which was approved of by the rate-payers, though not by the guardians. To make a great measure palatable to the rate-payers it should contain provisions in ac cordance with the public feeling, but were he to adopt the course proposed by the noble lord it would be dis tasteful to the public, and insure its rejection. Mr. A. PELLAIT agreed with Lord Ebrington. The course he suggested for taking the votes would be the means of preventing popular excitement and a great sav ing of expense. Sir W. CLAY was so fullyietthheh Sir J. SHELLEY supported the original clause.. He was The was not aware parochial elections were so expensive as some honourable members appeared to think. f w 3 i Y th ir the of va t l h u e in habitants of the metropolis were for rsstihone ehleectsiheenulodi mode adopted in the bill. irnP b r y ea t is he d . bill, that bade rested to the noble tohilselord had done of the mode of voting adopted by h a av re e fo a r s iu ked bil t l members of Parliament. h beene house introduced lord it would be better for him tow•wasithmdarakwinghisa amendment than divide the house upon it. g noble th e Pl i ee— police a k to Ne c , V i. n often Cmr . i Ax gifYne this i l 1 thong i itlll cl l . , os ou , ueuhgsopttlfil question making mistake appear they y t i a r i f n or e e the house. so important. He. said no doubt irregularities had occurred in the delivery of the voting pap right in G. b G r u in E en y n papers at the voters houses and calling for them again. He could easily understand that this was a convenient mode for those who would not take the trouble to go to the poll, but that was likely to be got over by the -present bill, eight polling places having been appointed instead of one for taking the votes. He thought this question ought to be decided on the general feeling and wish of the ratepayers, and from all he had heard it appeared the system proposed by the bill met, with the sanction and approval of the majority of them. Lord EBRINGTON -then withdrew his amendment. Sir B. HALL brought up a clause for compensation o persons holding any office which by the passing o this bill should be abolished, The perms so deprirecl of ... ••••••• • his office shall apply for compensation at the district board, and they, under the powers of the Palace Act of 1849, shall take such application into consideration, and decide whether the compensation shall be by an annuity or the payment of a fixed sum. Any per son feeling himself aggrieved by such decision to have an appeal to the metropolitan beard of works, whose die cision shall be final. If an annuity be graced, and t parson so receiving it be appointed to atother office of equal or greater value, such annuity shall cease ; and if the salary be of less amount the compensation shall be reduced the amount of his income from his new office. 111 r. T. DUNCOMBE said he did net consider the clause went far enough. There were persons holding relation s in connection with others affected by the act, who would not be removed from office, although their incomes would be diminished, and he wished to know how they were to be compensated. Sir B. HALL admitted the difficulty of the case, and promised to direct his attention to the circumstances, and consult further with the hon. member for Lambeth, before the clause again came before the house. He thought it might be got over by introducing the words " wholly or in pert " shall have lost his situation. Lord EBRINGTON was delighted to find the hon. baronet, the President of the Board of Health, had re cognised the principle of compensation. Cases of com pensation should be decided in as judicial and impartial a manner, and the tribunal as much removed from per sonal contact with the persons so affected as possible. He thought it would be better to place the power of determining the amount of compensation in the Metro politan Board of Works, and the appeal from that body to the Treasury. Lord SEYMOUR, in order to insure a uniformity of allowance, suggested that before the compensation wee granted it should be forwarded to the central board, and their sanction obtained. Sir B. HALL concurred in the suggestion of the noble lord, and promised to alter the clause so as to pro vide for that uniformity of principle in granting compen sation so necessary. Sir W. CLAY thought the right of appeal ought to be given to the vestry as well as the person claiming compensation, so as to protect the vestry against too large an amount of compensation being granted. Sir F. BARING said he thought the naming of a proper Court of Appeal a very important question. It should be as independent a tribunal as possible ; he knew none more fitting for the discharge of the duty than the Treasury. Mr. WILLIAMS was in favour of the Treasury being appointed a Court of Appeal. Sir B. HALL could not but consider it rather singu lar that the metropolitan members should be so anxious to take the right of granting compensation out of the hands of those to whom great powers would be given by this bill. He considered the commissioners who would be the guardians of the ratepayers the best per• sons to grant this compensation rather than leave it to the Treasury, who might grant larger sums than were necessary. If the house wished it to be place I in the hands of the Lords of the Treasury he would alter the clause accordingly. After a few remarks from Sir J. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. WILKINSON, the clause was added to the bill. CROSSING SWEEPERS. Sir J. SHELLEY said that at the request of several vestries he moved a clause to the effect that the various district boards should have the power of appointing the industrious poor to the crossings to keep them clean. The plan had been tried and found successful in Gros. venor•place district, where the persons were distin. guished by a badge. Mr. WILKINSON asked if provision bad been mad• for compensating the present crossing sweepers I (Laughter.) Sir J. SHELLEY said they all knew the way in which crossings were at present swept, and the conduct of the persons stationed at them, to prevent which, and improve the former, was the reason why he brought for. ward this clause. The clause, after some amendment, was agreed to. Mr. MASTERMAN moved as an amendment a clause permitting the city of London to construct the sewers through the city. Sir B. HALL opposed it on the ground that it would be an act of injustice. The real object the City had in view in making this proposition was to be relieved of itu just share of taxation in carrying out the works contem plated by this bill. Mr. CIIBITT was of opinion this was not an unrea sonable request on the part of the city of London to be permitted to construct their own sewers. From the great staff of surveyors, and other appliances they pc3- sessed for carrying out such a work no difficulties could arise. Mr. MASTERMAN disclaimed any intention on the part of the city of London to shrink from bearing their share of the expense attending the carrying out of the provisions of this bill. Mr. A. PELLATT supported the amendment. The amendment was ultimately negatived without a division. On the motion of Mr. B. BARING, that the Metropo litan Board should be reduced from its present number, 42 members, and that they be paid the same as railway boards, Sir B. HALL said that when they found that the duties to be discharged by this board were greater than was ever contemplated by the bill, he did not believe the house would say the numbers were too large. They would form a court of appeal from all other boards, make bye-laws for those local boards, leave the general supervision of them, and the drainage of the metropolis, the supervision of the main sewers, and to see that the intercepting sewers prevented the flow of the sewage into the Thames, which would embrace an outlay of from three to five millions sterling ; and the improvement of the metropolis in roads, thoroughfares, and squares, ■ub. jest to the Chief Commissioners of Works when the estimate exceeded 30,0001., and Parliament when it exceeded 100,0001. The committee then divided, when the numbers were For the amendment 1 Against B2 —Bl The amendment was accordingly lost amidst loud laughter. Sir W. CLAY then submitted a proposition to the effect that the Poplar district should have a separate board—in fact, that it should be included in schedule A. Sir 13. HALL resisted the motion on the ground that there were other parishes larger in area, and containing a larger population, in the metropolis, which had not a district board. After a few words from Lord r. GROSVENOR, in fa vour of the motion, The committee divided, when the numbers were : For the motion Against it Majority against —39 The motion was consequently lost. Schedules A, D, F, were afterwards ordered to stand part of the bill. Sir B. HALL said as the bill was about to be re ported be felt it to be his duty to thank the house for the forbearance it had shown, as well as the assistance it had given during the progress of the measure. The bill was then reported, and the house resumed. PASSENGERS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The house afterwards werkt into committee on this bill, The preamble was postponed, but clauses 1 to 14 were agreed to without opposition, and the house adjourned. at ten minutes to four o'clock until six. The SPEAKER took the cl-a'r at six o'clock. OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDAY. Sir J. V. SHELLEY gave notice that, early next session, he should bring in a bill to legalise the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. (Hear.) THE DECORATION OF THE BATH. Admiral WALCOTT asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it was intended to recommend the issue of the existing decorations of the Bath, without refer ence to the projected order of merit, contemporaneously with the eminent services which deserved them, espe cially at a time when gallant officers, some, indeed, already formally recommended for distinction, were in hourly exposure to loss of life ; and, therefore, in the case of death, whether it would not be proper to date back the Ga:ctte which rewards the survivors, in order to include the names of the fallen, as a national acknowledgment of the merit of these who died nobly for their country, and a sacred heirloom of their fa milies. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said that the Order of the Bath would be issued without reference to the Order of Merit ; and with regard to t hose officers who had been recommended to receive the order, but who had b een pre vented by death from receiving the honour, their names would be published in duo course, in order that the pub- lication might grace their memory. (Hear.) TH E HYDE -PARK DEMONSTRATION.In reply to Mr. ROEBUC K , who called th e the fact that the pri soners in con nec ti on w ith Secretaryapprehended this affair ha d been confi ned in prison for some time attention who of d b e fore being brought up for exami na ti on , the Home e to in Sir G. GREY said an inquiry should be instituted into the matter, but it was thought desirable, as the prisoners were to be d e f en d e d b y counse l , t h at t h e I Crown should T I hod be represented i n a s i m il ar manner . OF LORD RAGLAN. MESSAGE FROM THE CROWN. The house then went into committee of the whole house, for the purpose of taking into consideration her Majesty's gracious message on the subject of making provision for the widow and heirs of the late Lord Raglan. Mr. FITZROY read the message from her Majesty— " VICTORIA RBGINA—Her Majesty, taking into consi deration the groat and brilliant services performed by the late Fitzroy James Henry Lord Raglan, Field-Marshal in her M a jesty's army, and Commander-in-Chief of her Ma jesty's forces at the seat of war in the East, in the course of the hostilities which have taken place in the Crimea, and being desirous, in recognition of these and his other distinguished merits, to confer some mark of her favour upon his widow, Emily Harriet Lady Raglan, upon hie son and successor to the title, Richard Henry Lord Rag• lan, and the next surviving heir male of the body of the said Richard Henry Lord Raglan, recommends the House of Commons to concur in such measures as may be neces sary for the accomplishment of this purpose. V.R." Lord PALMERSTON then rose, amid the profound silence of the house, and said—l rise to perform one of the most painful duties which can devolve upon a Mi nister of the Crown, but which, at the same time, is one not devoid of feelings of consolation, and it is one which I am sure, will at all times secure the sympathy of the house, and will be certain to be accompanied by th e s anction and approbation of the country. (Cheers.) t is, sir, the great privilege of the people of a free c ountry to share with their Sovereign in the manifestation of those feelings of gratitude and the award of those ac knowledgments which are due to those heroic men who devote themselves to the military and naval service of distant 'the country, and who in : foreign fields ,n* .nte. seas sustain the honour and dignity and ma int ain rests of their Sovereign and their country. (Cheers.) 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