The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-16 00:00:00

rsAY 1 eonipli• bliged by polo*" 43 1 A ° bI 'orw - er DO t i oo te ' tbel ',carters le r DO ° sl ed alb e 7 for o „for°, 4 ° , n.tilo"to — OB f t ° tbo ro'''' A 1 r 7 4 f T T4l ( O - L. c. L CITY, Two o'CLocK. Cotton The 1„_ ,O Lyon Market at Liverpool yesterday "u.,ect with a very b uoyan t a pp ea rance, and prices ta'l4lnerieati. are nearly id. per lb. dearer. The It ." w ere estimated at 12,000, (6,000 of which liri ` t e . take n f or export and on specu l at i on ) , com 7itising 30 0 Pern am an d M a ranham, at 60. to 84r.:4; 300 Egyptian, 6id. to M. ; and 1,000 at nd. to 4id. p er lb. The Railway Share a, Ket was firm. The na; i -- 4 , g0 auctions are still going off satisfac ,Aceon nts from M a d r id state that the Treasury was still in a state of great penury. 4 1 1 /13 1 ,_ ° English Stock market has been firm again, fer muugh business is inactive except for real trans lo ,!! the 22d in s tant two millions of the new lin e be be in scr ib e d an d b ecome ava il a bl e f or de r3', otherwise there would probably be a further niarement in th e quo t a ti ons , as money is worth 2 Per cent• upon stock. There seems to be an Itih reBB t i ° ll that a good deal of the new loan tbehe pouretioialbsorbed for investment, and that intended for delivery has already ko ell disposed of. Consols have been 89 to 89k for q t n il ,,, e3 ') and 89 to for account. Bank Stock is th e '" a t 208. The Omnium is at to prem. Ex guer $s are Bs. pm. To rk ': B is t iow stated, i n ex pl ana tion of the rise in tliel,„,, ulB , l3 °tlds, that the 2,000,0001. additional of ti sh 10011 Will not be issued, but that the Bri- N u a , 44 Fre nc h Governments will lend the amount bY the Ott oman P or t e , as in the case of °l' 6 We apprehend that to be of service 4 In — , lli °r l s will b e wan ti ng , rather than two. reil e „"" Foreign Market Turkish Bonds are in I.p t ; ee4t'' fa vour, and at a further advance of to hei ng .) the p r i ces h av i ng reac h e d 77 t o 78, and now Proof 77 • Mexican Bonds have rather im -84, a :,, v12 ., to 20i an d 21. Sardinian Bonds are heib,, 4 butch T wo - an d- a -H a lf per C en t s . 631 I, Ti 7 4 Per Cent. b e t ter. • st ock : following are the nominal prices of foreign es t ' s— Grenad a D e f erre d B on d s 6 to 7 ; Mex . - Per ' o e 2Ga t° 21 ; Peruvi an , 67 to 69 ; ditto Three 4 1 t o 4 11 , ta. ) 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 4 41, 0 ;-); Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; 1) 103: 17 our- and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; ee ilt : 4 New Deferred, 18k to 18g ; Ditto 3 per Ditto 36 1 to 37i; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4 4 ; Att e ,, a4 ,, siv e) 31 to 4. e iPall ' l ' l°4 in the Railway Share market is prin- Ithiell3r,absorbed in the settlement of the account, takelBrogressing satisfactorily. Prices gen- No ni ,, a higher range than yesterday. The Pre and Foreign lines are quiet, but support In ;1, quotations. Suited Lnes ther e i s scarce l y any thi ng d o i ng , but auk s 4jje lican are about ös. higher. Joint Stock Aal are nominally steady, and the Crystal Tile sh ares 'area firmer. Urieu t .l4. a slight advance in Peninsular and "` Steam shares. 111. tis FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. 1 1 / 4 11 k ( Prom th e Ouicial List. ) - Pet S 2 Ru , iness done 1...... ..••• ..... .. o ncl o et i. Itedu ced Annuities,.,.,,... per Co nsole Annnities hi h t tt 3 0 Vel, Expire sth Jan., 1860 • 3 15 1 g —tt. -, Expireloth Oct., 1859 3 11- 4 4 3 0 t 4 : 4 lo hoi l d, r, Expire sth April, 1885 1 2 6 0 5 1 , 7 t1144 / 1 1 1 1 r , I lk I°l ' i •ecohn ° l, 30th May 894 9 ' 44 01 .... Pm 400 1 0 /er 2icl. 8 4.3 n„ ......................... ............ 8 5 ............................................. 8 elll T et r ,„ li°l4l ; ..... . ... . &." t. OF FOREIGN FUNDS li ett4l : 4 3 per cent.B2ol )A Y to t* Nn tt's, 4i per Cent. .09, 8 11 111 1 804 lids, 5 p er Cent. 1'4 1 , 1 , 14 • 4 t o 4 .3 per Cent ... • Dit r the Account ....................... -for I i londs the'2 per cent 77 8 7aiiii KA I,l 4%l4 pag e : u tile above payable in London. 3 —44l An ge, 24 per Cent. 12 THREE CL CH . 89k May Account flpa r u Th ett —4 7 1 NEWS—(THIS DAY.) botlat of Z 4 ItIT EXUHANGE. ill t ein egisb et ate b b i g l itit wheat on sale in to-day's market s f - " e t "ip eta e , '":! the demand for all descriptaons wa cL ,Whi c e i ) "48 4 ‘,Aionda 's advance in the quotations. w I °4 B go l' A ,7 sale Y for foreign wheat, the sl i i ,e o d. n; r4e Y Yet previous rates were well supported. was Th e -"ostz was steady, at full prices, and there '34 ra P cf e l°ei tlquiry malt, at late currenc aes . in 4 411; tte rttl ed dull, but no change took place 48' an d sour were quite as dear as on Monday. wheat artarrALs THIS WEEK. 2,23 0 " 4 Barley. Malt. 1,050 ) 3,960 trieh S A " Niiii... 6,0 20 Oats. 440 1,900 11,710 Flour, 1,640 123605 ks 11,,,,.4'1es °°OROITGH HOP. "wr (.1 demand for all kinds of hops, vttcy.at fully _ ......___ .46 'nd l IIPPI W BITECHAPEL. P L. th e YOf . -. .mtkf, '494 !neat 10 to-day's market was moderate, 41h.44 to 3s .id toe ruled steady , at full quotations : ""811 ) 60 6d ; 4B 4 (1 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4. by th e veal, 3s 8:1 to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ...Le carcase. N t a -hiiI PPING—{.THIS DAY.) a s 111( 8. „ Ao„ 'o.—Wind and weather this day at noon, tatil TskotT, moderate breeze and dull, cloudy weather. fro May 15.—Wind, N.E. Arrived- 30 Na fiL, 44 Ma ~„ 7, 41 ta. Sze. Sailed—Arab, for Balaklava. "NC ° tjai le l r N.E. Arrived —Flensburg , tAt;,l l vith lor Copenhagen; Malona, Laguna, for i I3 TR, r ago._ k Ay r ,°_nte -v ia _a_Y 10 —Wind, N.E. Arrived.—Oriental, ,Z. , 444"ntrTr i, x „° ; Dante, Buenos Ayres "-aY 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—H.M.S. A • opithead; do. Falcon, do., both with pri -41144T0w, 4101+41°4 sh e ,. Y 15.—The Ne w Jane, of St. Ives, was to u .fely „ 0 4 ? at the back of the South Pier, and will i t ztr4 r :tPieces. ‘ 4 (l, : 41 1 L on liay 15 . —The Reubens, of and for Bl&Ke t a1p 4, 14 be e , '`'n, which drove on shore near Kissing or eoklit, May off and assisted i n here leaky. ikkital t tl inabo. a). 15 . — Wind, N.E. Sailed—Araby Maid, ‘vD4 , z4 nde ue 1 , Ma y 14. —Th e wrec k o f a large American /1 . ,st s 0Y the crew, was seen on the 26th April, W. re . .aY 10 •--The British Queen of Goole, was e a ItZ tA TII crew saved—the vessel is apparently Peb. 28.—(P er El ec. T e l . f rom T r ieste, at p or ilary Queen of Scots has been totally regory, (`14.4 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. pNir" V, r , r i, carte, from Bombay; Custos, Old Cala -4"; Savannah. . 44 11 Pownes, for Arica ; Palatine, Calcutta ; \tin, stop -No j .„-,4---1,1; w • QUEENSTOWN, May 14. C54 iX, from M an ill a ; Willi am , B er muda ; Barbadoes ; Sea, Lagos. A ' 1 WATERFORD, May 14. 04..... 4141 Liner ▪ • „thiiner, from Marseilles. (ty 8 8t ie, and L an F orres t a l , f or Q ue b ec . 'ARINE AND BRI TISH TELEGR APH.) 11 11(1 14 i 0 . 1 4 1 „ , tai• GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.2 a.m. ApAr t i" - c 4 . ; tide, hours' flood ; weather fresh e qii l ; e d, k an j 15—Edith, from the Cape of Good Hope ; v ed, ‘l4tltlibera .I,,XlG—Gesina, from Amsterdam ; Isis, from 1 1.0 4 1 44 p m, Il l argaret and Elizabeth, Rotterdam ; Deo ' kay l i n s a and Amphion, Christiania. kled Queen, f or L eg h orn ; J o h n Jaques, 'May din l6--Sherwood Ranger, for Alexandria. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.38 a.m. o,l th (Lil l _ ;fresh and hazy. -,!;J:.acket from London, for Naples ; Eliza .cion, for Barbadoes • G. Ports oxen, Lon 'Tleh.-1"14, her Majesty's ship Dee, mouth, for 4 to ll e4erai Lamar h,; 41. C r : 4.44 Mare, whose name will be familiar tnoll.ueentiend ti‘' t it ° G..' el.B as the colonel of engineers :1:-‘' t 4 '4ce ° I I.ladAa'oz has just died at who c e Fontainebleau, ng. . P eti o ll g a , g o e tt ° :: o : p r e w' as one of the most eminent i iLttll,7or:ltitel:ciliaointaue;tlAel. Tutus. The weekly reviews stlte ieo4tibkhlthonah c m per a a n t d i R ' oAtterdam produce ll t .,• -14 d to b markets prices. In sugar, ono liad not been extensive, with firmness. It o , .ce the e supported h -' Itt, re had been increased activity. tea 4vitik ci7eLl rnenti , on that, the demand for 4 c 11n i...811 d ' re accumulatmg. s ma T n h u e fa l c e t t u t r e e rs s if % W b., e , stocks we has be en Iled of qtPDING 001,„Ny.—The prospectus c ef' l,l6 t6 0.,4 -A-nglo-Frencsh Company, to •40 -,tl4rale . rs Francais,with a u tf th / 0 00/ ., fe, . des, Ch offleet a_ l l_e a d p i t t h a e l I: l l ol , e P , ,Pe r , of I.rottie constl ' 7 , u P c e t'on or purchase a e em. n_ 1 1 4 tk _l ul 1 ,000 ~o 2 1 ,000 tons each, to b te54,/t4;e general purposes of French commerce. has been issued . the L ,00P ANT.--..Th e prospectus b)‘ illilatioln"11 and Great Western Railway The itilia;raij'WtsithwrotrZpi.of.6o 000/. in 1/. andshares. to NY,Y2ll4l'eholder mine, d in , th b e y the rail opntheea n Forest, aid of the flum e i t o illth 4 eertai 8 in ua L li c t il: t , °ll in proportion to 4114 Ileld:::ii coat pYrice. " A - RR MARN i 6 B.AILWAYS. RAILITATIO. olosins Prices this day. Business dons this day. therdeen ..... ..... kmbg. Nottng. Bos and Eastn. Junet.. Bo fa,st & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenlid. Lancsh Cheshire Junct Do. Cheeh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20............ • • Myth & Tyn 3 origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Jalodonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall Crieff Junction e)liblin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth drAh - ieen Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties... Eastern Union, A Stock W Do., B 5t00k...... Do., New A..... P',ast Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgc , Edinb. and Peebles. 1 Min. Prth & Dundo -'orth & Clyde Jun I Furness I Do. Extension I Glasgow &S. Wester I Great Northern I Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lo/. C Do. Eighths ) London and S. Westn Do., £56 . Do., £4O Lndndrrydr Coleraine lalndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Slief. k Limit) Do. j Shares, No. Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle , Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Conntios Un North 8riti5h..,...., North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Pnrch Do. Leads ......... Do. York North London Do. New .ZlO N. &S. Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dan Do Staines, Wok. &Woll Stockton & Darlin StGAton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Doel , and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeri , k West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon 19i - 2O 4f - 4f 84 - 81 14 - 13 14i - 15, 9 - 8 87 - 8i 614 - 61 13 14 - 7 - 9 ... - .. 5 - 4 5i - 6i 14 - 15 11 - 31 -33 21 - 23 73 74 54 56 2d par 18 19 67 - 69 91 - 92 77 - 79 L 23 - 175 93 - 64 -65 i 53 - 60 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 - 7 77i - 78 98 100 99 994 id id 1 81 82 10 9 9 8d 213 25 7 4 i 8 . dl 70 704' 10 42 i 11 - 9 li - 2 ii = 50 2 . 44 294 72 73 6 1 4#— 31 13 —13 A 48 49 48 50 d par Ad 5i 6t4i I.d ar 26 - 28 45 - 47 124 i 3 60 61 274 - 284 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 -- 38 3 - F 1 i' g -- 6.4- FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdaro Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Ba.ro da , and Central India. Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. EY trension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Ca.nadaA. 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. Po. Extensions...•.•. Great Luxembour , Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto ' Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c. prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201.3 p. o Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish......- Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Sciud Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5.i per c. Pref Western of France Wept. of Switzerland WiJsbaden Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Anstral. , sia 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1d d 44 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China / d 100 25 Colonial ................ 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart.... 17 —lB 171 20 all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia ............. 20 -- 21 20 20 5 Ditto New ............. d —1) 50 20 London and County.. ... ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... ••• 10(1 20 Lond. & Westminster ••• 100 35 National Provincial of England a ••• 20 10 Do. New 50 22i National of Ireland ... ••• 20 all New South W a l e s 32 34 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ••• 10 all Do. Now ••• 5 1 Royal A.ustraln.fflig & Gold Imp C o , 25 all South Australi a 4l 25 all Union of Australi a ._ 7 . 6 -_ 72 71 ... 24 Do. New .. ........... 7 9 5 0 10 Union of 1491/ 411 4.“, O vp, 2a • : 7$ - i 7 2 - 26 4 - 3 : - I P ••• •• 2 lid 34/ 35 6i 74' 24/ 241 2 - 3 PI SO ••• Ei - 7i 16 - 17 50 -52 i 90 - 92 - 2 r 0 iP * -- 4P IP -- 2 21 -- 3 201 -21 i 99 -- 101 104 -106 107 -- 109 100 102 21i - 22? 107 109 _ -- di, 3 —3. p - p p 5 7 2 - 3 5i - 6j iii :ig 12i - 25hpl 45 47 39 41 pip 22 23 a iP 2 lid 8 8i 'ii - 2if) ••• - Pm ii 4 d ii 6 p ii = ii 25 St. 20 St. all all .00 .00 41 2sl 20 20 10 10 10 St. 25 10 5 20 20 20 20 33).i •10 20 20 6 20 1.00 1.00 [OO 'OO THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1855. , No. 4., f x , illyth and Tyne 1 0 pC3 c. pref. (issd. at 50/, Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhee Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork & Bandous ip. e Dun.Prth .& Aber. J "4. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. C. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex• tension,s p. c. No. ) Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... Plant Lancash. 6 p. ets PJ.&W. York. J. sths Prth. SzDun.4 p.c. Fu rne.s . 'Ras. Sz S. W. 0.5 p. c . great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... )o. 44 p. c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. let Pre - Gt. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4 per c. Praf. St Gt. Westn. (Berke Si Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p c Do. con. red. 4 p. e _ Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Onester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do ...... ....• Lan. & York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. & Brie). G. 5 p. c . Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lou. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. Con.3ch Londy. &Co.er. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. si,. Wan., Shef., & Lin New, £lO Do. £6 Nfarypt.&Carl.4 p Du. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol firm. 6 per cent.... Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. ►o. Pref. 4A per cen Do. 5/. Pref. 4 p. c.. Ditto Leicester and Hitehen Pref. 5t.... Norfolk Debenture . Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stoel 'Do. 5 p. c. Eat i 10. 5i per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c NTorth British Y. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Dc. do. Quarters 4f. Do. York U,& Pur. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, /s. Wolverla. Xl5, 6 p.c Scot. Cent. ,New Pre! South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cant_ S Wales Gua.. 4p. c. Do. do. 4a p. c.... S. Yorksh. - 4p - .c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Harti. g. p. a. till July 1, '56 Watel fd. & Kilk.6 p c 100 7;,2 91 - 93 98 =6 2i - 3 5f -6, - 1 - P 13 -13 i 58 = 6, .. .. .. , 115 -- *ii 109 - 110 101 - 104 i - ip 6 - 6tt 96 - 98 88 - 90 90 - 92 10 - 11 17 -17 i 10 10$ 72 - 74 191 -19 i 9/3 - 1.41 - 14 1 - .34 -- 136 • •• ... ... .•• "'". .. 2i - 3 r 131 -- 13 iP 136 - 138 96 - 98 1 - Al 4 - 4A 85 - 87 103 - 105 98 - 100 90 - 92 31 - 3i " ..• id 102 - 104 13} -- 14 id -- par 221 - 23 97 - 99 in = 1 -2 p ... - ... 2/ - 2.0 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 11 11 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Bla3narvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iron 5 7 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issuod at E 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab, 2. 3 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —33 32 1 Carson's Creek 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 54 56 51 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper MM. of Eng 30 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 2d yar ... 16 Copiapo ....... 21 23 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg 11 2 1 Fortuna par —ip 20 all General 144 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. $ 41 all Great Polgooth —_ll 1 all Liberty 4 - 3 all Linares. 6l 74 5 1 Lusitanian IP 1 all Mariquita 1 all Now Granada ; 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co . 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 14/ 151 6 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 12'4 Santiago de Cuba 5l 6 1 1 1 all South Australian a i in 10 71 Tin Croft ...... ..... M a ll United Mexican 5l 61 61 1 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa — I 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba. MISCELLANEOUS. 171 Australian A g,ricult. 29 31 10 all Aus';raln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 34 3 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. -and Reduction Co — 1.00 321 Canada 111 114 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 1091 - 1104 . 091 10 5 all Crystal Pa1ace.......• Sa -- 3 1 3 1 5 4 Do. Preference — P 4 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 1 81 Eastern Steam 25 22 Electric Telegraph l6l 174 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Geu. Steam Navigat - -2 5i 20 all General Screw Steam 14/ 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..„ 10 all lilediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 61 7 10 21 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 11 1/ 1 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 - 1 20 15 Nall, EuropeSt ram 5 5 r , ..11 Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 2i 24 50 all Peninsular& O riental 60 62 611 1 53 10 Do. New ll4 12 1114 2 all Portland Iron Co la 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 71 _ 73 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 1 1 1 Ditto New - 25 all South Austral. Land .39 381 P 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 - 1 all iio. 20 5 Trust &L. Co .U. Can. 100 2SA Van Diemen's Land 13 131 BEALTII OF LONDON DURIN WEEK. ( From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The returns of mortality continue to show the effect produced on the public health by an ungenial spring. The number of deaths recorded in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,183, almost the same as that of the preceding week. If the deaths had been the same in proportion to population as, taking the average, they were at the beginning of May in the ten years 1845-1854, they would not have been more than 1071. During the last fortnight the excess of deaths has been about 15 in a day above the estimated number. The mean temperature has been, more or less, below the average every day, except two, since the 20th of April, and last Saturday it was 9 deg. less than the average. The total number of deaths referred last week to dis eases of the respiratory organs was 225 ; the average number in corresponding weeks of previous years, cor rected for increase of population, 176. Of those 225 cases 94 were caused by bronchitis, and 95 by pneu monia, and the close coincidence which appears in the results of the last two weeks deserves to be noticed, for each of these diseases was in the previous week fatal in 94 cases. In the colder weeks of winter bronchitis always had a large majority. 28 persons died last week of small pox, 8 of whom were above 20 years of age. Scarlatina carried off 35 children, hooping-cough 47, croup 10, measles only 9. The mortality from phthisis was great, 182 having sunk under that malady. Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in Islington East, and a man died of "English cholera," after a short illness, in Bethnal-green. Last week the births of 909 boys and 769 girls, in all 1,678 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1,472. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean read ing of the barometer was 29.636 in. The mean tempe rature of the week was 47.6 deg., which is 4.4 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean temperature was below the average on every day, ex cept Thursday, on which day it was the same as the average. The highest temperature in the week occurred on Thursday, when it was 65.8 deg. ; the lowest was 31.5 peg., on Wednesday. $47 17' - . SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. BATII RACES. (Tills DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Bordeaux Sauve que peut WESTON STAKES. Ceres Sugarcane. Thirteen ran. CITY CUP. Rataplan Triton ... Four ran. DYRHAAI PARK HANDICAP. LeJuif ........................... ................... . Vingt-un Fourteen ran. ARISTOCRATIC HANDICAP Royalist . Waterfall Six ran. SHORTS STAKES. Novice... Fearless . Twelve ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst De Clare (taken) 11 to 2 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 13 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 13 to 2 agst Rifleman (offered) 10 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Kingstown (taken) 25 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rylstone (taken) No betting at Tattersall's this evening. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. _ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—The Abingdon Railways', and the Limerick and Castleconnel Railway. The following bills were read a second time :—The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway (Capital), the Thames Einb nkment and Railway, the Alford and Boston Road, and the East Kent Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented by hon. members from places in various parts of the kingdom against the Maynooth grant and in favour of the abolition of church rates. One of the latter, presented by Mr. Hadfield, from Sheffield, contained the signatures of up wards of 4,000 inhabitants, and another by Mr. Watson, from Hull, with the same purport, the signatures of a like number of the inhabitants. Petitions, with the same object, were laid on the table by Sir G. B. Pechell, from the inhabitants of Brighton ; also by Viscount Go derich, from Huddersfield ; and by Mr. Brocklehurst (three), from Dissenting congregations in Sheffield, against Church rates. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CRIMEAN MEDALS BY THE QUEEN. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said he wished to put a question to her Majesty's Government, but as there was no probability of his being able to obtain an answer to day he would give notice that he should ask it to-mor row. He wished to know whether there was any inten tion on the occasion of the interesting ceremony of the distribution of the Crimean medals by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, of setting apart a space for the ac commodation of members of that house who might wish to attend—(hear, hear)— and he was further desirous that some information should be afforded to the public as to how persons who might have relatives amongst those who were to receive the medal, or who might be anxious to witness the ceremony, could have an oppor tunity of doing so. (Hear, hear.) . Mr. R. PHILLIMORE presented a petition from certain Episcopalian Dissenters from the Established Church of Scotland, praying that any measure for re• lieving the property of English Dissenters from assess ments to the maintenance of the fabric of the Established Church in England, may be extended to the property of Scotch Dissenters from the Established Church in Scot land. CHURCH RATES. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from All Saints, Poplar, complaining of church rates, that if the church rate is not sufficient to pay the ministers stipend the church, however, is liable for it, and praying that some clause might be inserted in the bill now before the house on church rates, that may take away the lia bility of the churchwardens. Sir J. SHELLEY presented several petitions from Westminster for the abolition of church rates. EDUCATION OF PAUPER CHILDREN. On the motion of Mr. E. DENISON, this bill was read a second time. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. their having a feeling of pride in being connected with the building of some great monument in the country, •,..,ist there was Lone in keeping it in repair afterwards. (Hear.) Having made it necessary that the clergy of the Established Church should be an educated body of men it was also necessary the people should contribute towards providing proper fabrics wherein their ministra tions might be heard. (Hear.) They had given their sanction to one, but by the bill before the house would refuse their sanction to the other, so that the temples in whiah they performed those duties would go to ruin. An objection had been raised to the continuance of church rates, that it was not fair to call on persons who never went inside a church to pay towards its support. If that was to be a criterion for the nonpayment of money, he should be glad to know why persons should be called on pay highway rates and county rates for the keeping in repair of parish roads and county bridges who used neither the one nor the other. There had been lstely much agitation created out of doors on this subject, but the petitions presented to the house had not been so numerous as probably hon. members imagined, for he found that up to the 9th of this month there had only been 1,128 petitions, containing 59,238 signatures, which was but a small number in comparison with the popula tion of the country, which amounted to 18,000,000, and could not be taken as a criterion of the general feeling of the country, and he for one did not regard the number of petitions presented as of very great weight with reference to the feeling of the country. The case was very different with reference to the, Sunday Beer Bill, for on that questi on th e number of signatures amounted to 225,000, the one giving the feeling of the people in comparison strongly, whilst the other was weak. A Royal Commission had sat on this question, but they recommended not the abolition of church rates, but their being put on the same footing as the poor rates ; and in 1851 he found the house granted a commission of inquiry on the subject, which was presided over by Mr. Tre lawney, and on which was the hon. member for Man chester, and a number of the Society of Friends (the late member for Leicester), and who, after hear ing evidence from all parts of the country, did not recommend a measure similar to that of the hon. baronet's, but compromised the matter by making no report at all. (Hear.) The hon. gentle man said he had to make the same complaint at that stage of his address the hon. baronet had made—that there was not one Cabinet Minister in the house—(bear) —and he could not refrain from remarking, that on a question of that nature, upon which the maintenance of Church and State was based, the house ought to have their opinion whether they would say aye or no to the measure. (Hear, bear.) The hon. gentleman then stated the outline of a bill be intended to have brought in, until be heard that the Archbishop of Canter bury had given notice of a bill in the other house, and he remarked, in continuation, that he could not abandon the principle that every person in this coun try was bound to assist in keeping the Church of England in repair. (Hear.) They appeared to be arguing the question, not as if they belonged to our country, but as if from their belonging to different denominations they were of different nations. The Church of England was not the Church of a party, but the Church of the country, and he did not consider the Church could be in better hands than that of the bishops, and, as a layman, he had no wish to take the cause out of their hands. The 4th and sth sections of the present bill would have the effect of causing Dissenters to pay church rates in the shape of pew rents, the churchwardens having power by those clauses of apportioning seats to whom they thought proper, and of proceeding against them for the recovery of the rents. The hon. gentleman then took a review of the different petitions that had been presented on this subject, and drew from them generally the inference that they were adverse to the bill of the hon. bart., and in favour of the measu re th a t h a d l ate l y been introduced in another place by the Archbishop of Canterbury. If the bill of the hon. bart. passed he be lieved the best day of England would have passed away, and her name as a religious nation would be among the things that were forgotten. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman sat down by proposing his amend ment. Mr. L. DAYIS seconded the amendment. No less than 857 of all the parishes in the kingdom had given in their adhesion to the Church of England, and against the bill of the hon. baronet. (Hear, hear.) He believed if the bill of the hon. baronet passed, it would make the members of the Church of England feel the same senti ments of dislike to the Dissenters that it was said the Dissenters at present felt to them. (Hear, hear.) He thought, before the hoc. baronet attempted to put an end to the machinery on this subject at present exist ing, he had better study the sentiments supposed to have been expressed by Mrs. Glass —namely, first to catch your hare, and then to cook it (laughter) because he firmly believed the whole tenour of the honourable baronet's bill was founded in pure de lusion, and never could be carried into effect. (Hear.) But should its enactments be carried into effect—which God forbid—that Church which they had been in the habit of entering with reverence would become a ruin, because it would be found impossible to relieve it from the disgrace caused by this measure, or raise the neces sary funds for its future support. (Hear.) He objected to the mode of worship both by Christians and Catholics being brought into this question, as it had been by the hon. baronet. Another objection he had to the hon. baronet's bill was that, instead of its giving increased accommodation in churches to the poor, it would limit that accommodation. (Hear.) He thought that, know ing the diversity of feeling that existed upon this subject throughout the country, the Ministers of the Crown ought to have come forward and brought in a public measure on the subject. (Hear.) He would venture to sty that if that course had been adopted by the Government under the direction of the noble viscount at the head of affairs, he would have secured for himself a reputation that would not easily have been tarnished or passed away. (Hear, bear.) The principal parties interested in the bill of the hon. baronet were the landed proprie tors, because, should this measure pass, the result would be that they would one and all raise their rents. In conclusion, he deprecated this species of legislation, be cause it was calculated for a time to unsettle in stitutions that had existed for ages ; but that it could ever be permanent he had great doubt. (Hear.) The hon. member looked with great satisfaction upon the amendment of his hon. friend, and most col dial lyseconded it. Sir W. CLAY rose to move the second reading of the above bill. He was relieved from going fully into details on this subject, partly from the frequent discus sions it had undergone, and partly from the universal conviction now prevailing in the public mind that some rates (Hear.) e ( w H a e s ar.) nece T ss h a e ry bi i i n l h th e e h p a r d es n e o n w t condition honour r f to church sub mit to the house for a second reading, provided, first, for the entire abolition of church rates. Secondly, it continued church rates for a time, inasmuch as it was necessaryf aithh u foe r e r h t r h at e l i s q o u n i d t a h t i e o n a n o t f h o d r e i t b y t o contracted a o e n t the s of Parliament. Thirdly, it provided that to the church wardens shall be confided, as heretofore, the entire charge of providing for the repairs and maintenance of the fabric, and defraying the charges incident to the per formance of divine service. He felt it his duty to make one incidental remark on the absence of any one member of her Majesty's Government at the discussion of such an important bill. (Hear, hear.) He had the impres sion that the assent of the Government, as a Govern ment, depended upon a satisfactory explanation of its c p r a o b v i Il i s e i o ot n nw s s ,eoraien his ire i e t sbe w inl a l t. s . n T( o f t bi ee h a i er s e, c f au ho ne a l d t r .p i ) f r o no vT i so m i er e ne m : e b ar e et r lt o i oe f the ht ande provisi stated, would retain the churchwardens, and he had a twofold motive for retaining them. In the first place, he thought it most important to make as little change as possible in our existing laws and institutions, more i e n s t p e e r c e i s a t l s l y or wh th e e n h those a c i h i d a n t g e e e s a l i ng ff s e c o affectedthe e t h p e e o p p e l c o e . n i a s r e y . condly, the proceedings of churchwardens were guided by a long series of legal decisions, therefore there would their functions. nevediffi difficulty He had another in the way of t m he o ir tiv a e dm fo in r istering this. Churchwardens were among our oldest parochial and municipal officers ; they were really the ecclesiastical re presentatives of the parishes ; and it was their duty to look after any irregularity on the part of the incumbent, and to see that divine service was duly performed. He had next to allude to the provisions of the bill which affected the appointment of auditors. H e would leave the appointment of auditors to the vestry for two reasons—first, because there might not be a suf ficient number of subscribers resident in the parish, and, in the next place, he wished to have the wholesome control of popular feeling over the expenditure of large sums of the people's money for what might be perhaps f an tastic purposes. He did not propose to take funds from the capitular estates for the repairs of churches; he thought there was a growing disposition to a better management of the church estates, and he thought, therefore, that a portion of the surplus funds might be safely applied to this purpose, on the grounds that it would be prejudicial to the voluntary principle, and also because it would require too compli cated a machinery for any private momber to introduce. (Hear.) The members of the Church were in the aggre gate the richest portion of the country : did they mean to tell the world they would not pay for the support of that Church except upon compulsion ? (Hear, hear.) He would only refer to the returns of the Re gistrar-General, by which it appeared that, in the last half century more churches were built then in the previous 500 years—namely, between 2,000 and 3,000. In the first 30 years of the half century 500 churches were built, which cost 3 , , O p oeor n ,ocoeo/t. from .;o indivi duals. f that iv. sum i 1,150,000/. were supplied iastfro2mo y p ea u r b s li t c her f e un h d a s d , b a e n en d 1,850,000/. from private sources, orthieneoretheetion of rword whi s,3 6 s ti iol en r oul than large r hgte t o towns that, that h a v just of e been where supporters elpraschurch undermining r dtiofo l i rt Church a a this rates s abolishing measure church weremost re tat ands ur rc destroying other religions h r there i were dpr more o r arl es cent. th a Ti from 2 ,o 0 (Hear.) o the Fh state,uorrcthhees built, and 65 public funds contributed 500 , 000 /., and private funds 5,570,00 0 !. (hear , hear) or, in other words, public funds contributed 8A per cen t and private funds 91 i per cent. (Hear, hear.) The hon. ra rates s we baronet then referred to the case s o f Li verpoo l an d o th some celai country, church that ha t t bill - g sisted, to show the grea t efforts made by the voluntaries to build and endow churches, and he believed it was undeniable Church dbl any particular was best maintained. (H ear, h ear. ) Th e the heabolis hon. baronet concluded by moving the second reading of the bill. Mr. PACKE moved that the bill be read a s ec o n d time that day six months. In doing so, the hon, mem ber said, that, with all the respect he felt for th ose w h o consc i en ti ou sly differed from the Chu rc h o f E ngland, he s. By e this ligio bill a n s could not consider that body as a mere sect i n compari son with the other religious denominati ons . (H ear. ) scot altogether, Before a bill o or to give s brought e in preference to they were taking away one of those p rops b y which the (Hear.) National Church was supported, and d o i ng secretly rates, what they would n contri butions hadCthheuErch mightstablisliedbeCkhueprcthin repair by country. the ry. voluntary ofth i been stateidhoytdo openly, thep i n n proportion Established o the .the of those who attend it ; and it was further urged in proof of it the manner in which individuals came for ward and gave their money toward s th e erection of these edifices, and it was no doubt a praiseworthy object in such individuals thus doing .so —(h r h but he thought they would . _ ear h ear)— not find persons to I I come forward so readily with their money, to repair these edifices se they did to build them, for the reason of --- Mr. COWPER said he did not agree with his hon. friend (Mr. Davis) who had just sat down when he said that he considered church rates the essential foundation of the national church, and that before they were re pealed it would be expedient and proper to begin by abo lishing the national church. On the contrary, he (Mr. Cowper) thought that the present state of the law of church rates, instead of being a fundamental advantage, was a great disadvantage to the church, because it was a state of things which almost invited in every parish where any difference of opinion existed contests and strife—a state of things which induced enmity and hos tility towards the establishment on account of its own ope rations, and could not therefore be regarded otherwise than as an evil. At the same time it was not at all proper that a state of the law should exist in connection with the Church which could not be enforced, and which had now been clearly held to be without due and proper means of enforcement. But whilst he thought it would be desirable and conducive to the interest of the Church that such a change in the law as would bring it into accordance with the alteration of circumstances which had arisen since that law was made, he believed that since the memory of man it had been an obligation on the parishioners to maintainEand repair the fabrics of the Church. In early times, when parishioners were accus tomed to frequent their Church, nothing could be more rational—but the change which had occurred since that day, and the indifference which was mani fested towards the parish churches had rendered some modification desirable, as many of the parishes formed at that period in the districts so divided con sisted of parts of the country so thinly populated that the parishes so parcelled out were very large. Since then, increase of population had brought with it an in crease of parishes, whilst the p owers o f exten di ng churches had not been carried on by a fresh division and subdivision of parishes, but by building district churches within the mother parishes, such as were separate, eccle siastically speaking,. but nevertheless remained a portion of the original parish. Those people who attended the new churches in these parishes, objected, of course, to pay ing towards those old churches in addition to what they subscribed to their own places of worship. So that the obligation to support the parish church, which was so natural and obvious when first established, had become unnatural and inconvenient, and by no means in con sonance with the feelings of the public. (Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, if a measure was proposed which would still impose the obligation on those who fre quented parish churches to support those churches alone, and at the same tine would render it compulsory on others to support the churches they attended the ob jection would cease. But the question was one con fessedly of very great difficulty, and involved many complications, and be thought that his honourable friend deserved much credit for grappling with that difficulty. But he had been singularly unsuccessful, and had not yet solved the question. On the contrary, he had rather increased the difficulty, and he (Mr. Cow per) thought the measure proposed would have to be added to the number of those abortive measures which his hon. friend recapitulated with so much satisfaction in the course of his speech. (Laughter.) If, on the other hand, the house was disposed to adopt the measure by which church rates would be abolished, and their payment left to voluntary contributions, some machinery ought to be provided which would have enabled congregations to possess some legal means of ascertaining how the money they so contributed was disposed of. In this respect he thought the bill before the house entirely failed. His hon. friend had proposed that the churchwardens should be the persons who should administer these funds—but he appeared to have forgotten that these officers were not elected by the congregations exclusively. To render the measure successful the congregations ought to have the power of nominating and electing those entrusted with the disposal of the contributions. Having said a few words in opposition to the operation of pew rents as pro posed in rural parishes, and the unjust burden it would impose upon the poorer class of the co n munity, right hon. gentleman went on to recommend that lr the t f l o i r e people should wait until they saw their way 1 legislation. A number of schemes bad be l e_nprop e o e sed for removing the altering the present state of the law, d objections' of Dissenters, as well as r a e nderi h n e g rs i e t lf, m i o ,n re t cone ucive to the interests of the Church e (as the hon. member said) without e ffe He ivel s y he r n er d edy n i e n t g , the difficulty so strongly felt.. tial measure intro therefore, like to see a p duced which should relieve the re t Dissenters increase ntersand not the Church, as this would only striofet and animosity. He tho u g ht bef oreany v measure was forced upon the house that some understanding He s e h e o n u s l i d de b r e ed co t m he e t o m utually between both part ies. measure proposed by the hon. baronet would not attain the objects he had in view, and be the means of settling 4 any future disputes, and therefore house not to adopt it. He was not prepared to vote for I COUNTY AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTS, the second reading of the bill, although be was prepared IRELAND. agree t.I the that of the rieeeity of 04 Cie mot:on of &I'll. FERGUSON re in;; , the followin g re the present mode of levying church rates, and t rust - t urns were agreed to :—Return from the treasurer of ing more than they now did to the voluntary principle, - :h each county, County of a city, and county of a town in. Ireland, showing the receipts and payments on be half of each county in the year 1854 ; showing the receipts—lst. The balance, if any, on hand in county bank or exchequer bills on the Ist day of January 1854 ; 2d. Amount received . from county Cess ; 3d. Amount received from all other sources ; and, 4th, Balance, if any, due County Bank or Trea surer on the 31st day of December,- 1854 ;—and Pay ments-Ist. Balance, if any, due County Bank or Treasurer on the Ist day of January, 1854 ; 2d. Amount of all sums paid ; and, 3d, Balance, if any, in County Bank or Exchequer Bills on the 31st day of December, 1854 ; together with a statement of -Ist. The assets above liabilities ; and, 2d. The County cess due and uncollected on the 31st day of December, 1854 ; but not including therein any sum ordered to be levied at the Summer Assizes preceding, or the second half of the sum ordered to be levied off the county of Dublin in the spring preceding. Return from each Corporation, Town Council, Town or Water Commis sioners, or other public body, baying a right to levy rate off the inhabitants of towns in Ireland, being a statement of the receipts and payments of each in 1854, showing the ; in 2d tr . ea A s na ur o e n e n s t la r a e n o d e s iv o od n the e iipstts day — l s to. of Balance, ja nuary, if l a B n s y 4 , from rents ; 3d. Amount received from tolls, assess! ments, or rates 4th. Amount of money borrowed ; sth. Receipts from all other sources ; and 6th. Balance, if any, due to the treasurer on the 31st day to the ayofDe t c r . e , as lB n s r 44 e and payme n t s ; I s t. B a l ance , if a n y, due on the Ist day of January 1854 • 2d. Lighting, watch ing, and cleansi ng ex p enses ; id. Repairs ; 4th. Im provements ; sth. Salaries ; 6th. Law charges ; 7th. Interest on debts ; Bth. Annuities ; 9th. Debts paid off ; 10th. Incidental expenses ; and, 11th. Balance, if any, in Treasurer's hands on the 31st day of Dec., 1854; also the amount of debt due by each such body on the Ist day of January, 1854, and the 31st day of December, 1854, in classes, distinguishing —lst. The bonded debt ; 2d. The amount due to contractors ; 3d. To bank; 4th. To other parties ; sth. To treasurer; with the rate of interest on each class of debt, and the increas e or decrease of the debt during the year : And similar return from each port, harbour, or dock commissioners, or other similar body having power to levy tonnage or goods rates in any port in Ireland. VICTORIA STREET SEWER. retu On rn the motion of Sir J. SHELLEY, th e f o ll ow i n g was agreed to :—" Return of the total expendi ture relating to the Victoria -street sewer, stating the amount of the original contracts, the expense incurred in repairs, the expense of survey, and all extras in curred in relation to the said sewer, vin the names of the v ar i ous g surveyors employed, the items paid in compensation, with the names of the individuals to whom compensation has been paid for damage done in the construction and repair of the said sewer; together with an account of all moneys, and how raised, towards the expenditure of the said sewer ; to gether with the names of the members of the commis sion of sewers under whose orders the Victoria -street sewer was commenced. CANDIA TRANSPORT. Mr. BENTINCE moved for a copy of the report of the survey held at Woolwich on the Candia (iron) transport, and that of the pilot who took her out. Agreed to. The house then adjourned shortly before 6 o'clock. Mr. LUSHINGTON said he was glad to find some of the Government did not intend to admit the principle of the bill. The hon. member referred to the antiquity of this rate, in the course of which he said it was to be regretted that, when the non-conforming community were first recognised, this question•was not then settled, and adverted to the various measures introduced into the house of late years with a view to its final settlement. It was to be regretted, he said, Ministers had not brought in a bill on this question, because it was not likely to be settled if left in the hands of private members. Having beard a bill had been introduced into the other house, he (Mr. Lushington) thought the house might well pause before they came to a decision on the merits of this question, and see whether or not thereby they might not have an opportunity during the present session of arriving at a conclusion on it. (Hear.) He admitted the question had been a most fruitful source of heartburnings and discord, and it behoved them to look well to it, and come to some conclusion on it before long. He thought the present measure objectionable, b not but th only had the c h urch a legal rig h t , caul em e poor also and in abolishing them they committed an i n j ust i ce also on the poor,* because they should recollect th at b y the law of theland these churches were to be open f ree to the poor: (Hear.) In the meeting-houses of the Di ssenters no accom modation was made for the poor—(hear) —they being on the system of proprietary chapels, all who attended *hem had to pay for their sittings. (Hear.) And that was the system they now proposed to carry into the Church of England. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was surprised to find the hon. member for Hertford state to the house it was his intention to vote against the bill, because he did not approve of its machinery, whilst he did of its principle. He (Mr. Labouchere) thought the best course the house could adopt would be to go into committee on the bill, where they would be prepared to listen to any objections, and make such alterations as were nece ssar y. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the house would see the time was come, for the sake of peace amongst all classes, but more especially for the interest of the Church of England, that the subject should be dealt with satisfactorily. (Hear, hear.) He hoped they would declare by a majo r ity that this ques tion should not be trifled with any longer, but be dealt with in a practical manner, which would be the means of doing more than anything else towards facilitating its settlement. The hon. gentleman denied that this was a Dissenters' question, but that of a Churchman's, and was satisfied the voluntary system would be found to answer every purpose. Lord PALMERSTON said that he fully concurred with those who had expresied their opinions that it was most desirable the question should be settled, but it was one thing to express a feeling or wish that a great ques tion should be settled, and another either to form in one's own mind the mode by which a satisfactory settlement could be obtained, or to adopt at once any proposal pro fessing to settle the question. The statements made by hon. members, both in favour and against the bill, showed that this was a question surrounded with great difficulties, and that various attempts had been made for many years by individual members of the house and Government to settle it in a manner satisfactory to all parties concerned. They had been reminded that these various attempts had more or less failed, and that it was on that ground that the hon. baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets proposed the present measure. As a member of the Government, he (Lord Palmerston) could not think he would be performing his duty if he were to go headlong in support of a particular mode of arriving at a given ob ject unless his mind was satisfied it would accomplish the purpose for which it was intended, either by the pro bability of its passing into a law, and the likelihood if it did that it would accomplish the healing process it was intended to perform. Looking at the present bill, he must say he could not see in it either of these two fea tures. When talking of measures which deeply affected the great interests, and he might almost say the universal feeling, of the country, they must consider whether the measure brought under discussion was likely to pass into a law, and doing that he did not think the measure now proposed was one likely to receive the sanction of both houses, neither did he think it contained within itself those arrangements for providing for the support of the fabrics of the Church which would be sufficient for their maintenance in a proper manner. It had been asserted in the course of the debate that the religious feeling of the country might be relied on for the due support of the fabrics of the Church. That it would be so in many parishes he (Lord Palmerston) had no doubt, but he was also apprehensive that in many parishes it would not be the case. He could not altogether consider that these ancient fabrics which were portions of the na tional property, and had existed for centuries, could be placed in the same category with those places of reli gious worship which had sprung up in more recent times, and from the manner of their construction not only less expensive in their erection, but also more easily and cheaply kept in efficient repair, that it would be for the credit and honour of the country any more than for the advantage of religion that these fabrics should be allowed to go into decay. The ques tion resolved itself into two heads between which there was a marked distinction. Church rates were applicable to two purposes, one portion to be ap plied to the ministration of worship, and the other to the maintenance of the fabric, and he thought one of the defects of the present bill, and the many plans that had been suggested was, the not keeping a sufficient distinc tion between the two. He could quite understand, and make allowance for that religious feeling which rendered persons not belonging to the Church averse from con scientious feelings, to contribute to the ministration of a worship of which they did not partake. He thought that feeling ono requiring no explanation, and for which it would not be difficult to make a pro vision that should relieve them from that necessity. i He thought there was much force in th e argumen t that ' these churches were national property, and viewing them as national fabrics for the worship of God, he thought they ought to be maintained. (Hear.) At the same time, if it was possible to devise a scheme to provide for the churches of the country, and not offer violence to those who differed from the Church, he for one should not object to the introduction of such a measure. As 1 for the present measure, considering it did not I provide sufficiently for the purpose chalked out, 1 he could not give it his support. (Hear.) It was 1 said the Government ought to introduce some measure upon the subject. His reply to thatwas that Government in former years had undertaken that task, but their pro posals had failed to obtain the assent of Parliament or the great body of men who felt an interest in them. (Hear, hear.) He would say further that, upon the sub ject the Government had no proposals to make that would add any effect to the measure of the hon. baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets. Indeed he could not even propose a measure as a substitute for it, and such being the case, he was bound most reluctantly, as far as he was personally concerned, to say he could not support the bill, but must give it his opposition, thinking that - persons in his position ought not to give support to any measure unless they were clearly convinced that it was beneficial to the interests of the community at large. Mr. B ALL rose amid loud cries of divide—He was sorry to hear from the noble lord at the head of the Government that they had no measure to bring forward on the subject. He thought, considering the debt the Church owed the Dissenters, they ought to be met in a fair spirit, which the course now proposed to be pursued was totally at variance with. He did not support the bill because he thought it would be detrimental to the Church, but because he felt convinced it would benefit it. Lord SEYMOU R would net have addressed the house but for the statements made by the noble lord at the head of the Government. That speech, instead of ad vancing this question, was calculated to throw it back for years. (Hear.) Last year the noble lord at the head of the Colonial Department had stated that the Govern ment proposed to settle this question, but the noble lord at the head of the Government had stated that day that the present Government had no such intentions—(hear, hear)—and that the question must now be considered as an open one, all the members of the Government acting as they pleased. (Hear, hear.) All that might be very well, but it must not be forgotten that on the hustings the members of the Government had advocated such measures as the present for the sake of popularity, but within the house they had done all in their power to defeat them. (Hear, hear.) He thought that some member of the Government ought to state to the house what the real object and intention of the Go vernment were in a far more clear and defined way than had been adopted by the noble viscount. The house then divided when the numbers were : Ayes 217 Noes lB9 Majority in favour of the bill --28 This announcement was greeted with loud cheering. The bill was accordingly read a second time. CARLISLE CANONRIES BILL. Mr. FERGUSSON moved the second reading of this bill, and in doing so briefly explained the sources from which the income of these canonries were derived. He stated that these were from incumbents who were enti tled to a due and fair share in this property, and con tended that the Dean and Chapter who were only e stewards of that property, had no right to appropriate that to themselves which was left for their advantageror and the benefit of others. He proposed, therefore, to suspend one of the canonries, and divide the pro amongst the four incumbents. r very eg g Mr. COWPER hoped his hon. friend bill, as would his motion for the second reading of the subject had been by the order of the hou whseich committewas now not this P to the consideration of a commission, sitting, , sitting, and no doubt in its report t h a t commission would point out some mode of dealing with the subject raised by the hon. gentleman. Mr. R. PI{ILLIMORE n co nsidered it would be an act c bi this r b i had ll w i s t t i rte n d t lie was opposed to all of rashness in the house toAdonec decide on me t m h hearing further evidence. C an ous. That was not his feeling. H e was opposed to i di ecan onries and pluralist canonries, i but not those who attended to the ministration of their office, and assisted in the education of the poor. Mr. T. CHAMBERS denied that this bill was an at tack on cathedrals generally, and contended the mode of dealing with Carlisle was a fair one. Mr. MOWBRAY opposed the bill, and defended the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle from the imputations that had been cast on them of not att en di ng to the spiritual wants of the people. Mr. FERGUSSON supported' the bill, amidst cries of " Divide." THE FALL OF THE ATLAS IRON-WORKS. ADDITIONAL PARTIOULARS.—CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, Mr. Polgase, the proprietor of the Atlas Iron-works and Government shell manufacturer, whose premises in the Borough road fell and buried several of the workmen on Monday last, as previously announced, with the assistance of several practical surveyors, made a most searching in quiry for the purpose of, if possible, finding out the cause of such a lamentable occurrence. The result of the inquiries, and the inspection of the remaining por tions of the girders still adhering to the walls, at once showed the precise cause of the fall. Mr. Thomas Polgase stated that his brother, the pro prietor of the works, had been some time back pro ceeded against by the Crown for not complying with the recent act of Parliament, making it compulsory for furnaces to consume their own smoke. Having Go vernment work on band, such as the casting of bomb shells for the East, and knowing the importance to the country of getting the same finished as soon as possible, the proprietor made the necessary inquiries as to whether the alterations that were required to con form with the act of Parliament could be carried out with perfect safety, so as not to jeopardise either the several workmen or even the building. The advice he then received was to this effect, that a new and larger boiler was required, but that an iron pillar standing on a turned arch which covered the former boiler used would have to be removed ; but providing a temporary wooden column sufficiently strong was used during the removal of the iron one no danger need be apprehended. Consequently a timber plank of 12 inches square was placed on the old arch, and which ran as high as to support the main wooden girder that ran the ex treme length of the premises. The great heat of the ad joining furnace, or some other unexplained cause, made the timber shrink, and at the moment of the accident, Mr. Thomas Polgase, who was within a foot or so of the prop, saw it fall out of the perpendicular, and, as may be supposed, made a hasty retreat, giving, as he proceeded, a general alarm. Before, however, he had time to ac complish his object, the girder, which was 99 feet long, snapped short in the centre, which caused -Boor after floor to fall to the ground in rapid succession, making the walls on either side to swing precisely like a ship in a heavy sea. It appears a perfect miracle how so many of the nu merous workmen could have effected a safe retreat ; and it is gratifying to know that a vast number received not the least injury, and the proprietor's brother, who stood in so mach danger, got out of the premises'nnscathed. A workman named Joseph Brady, who was attending at the side of his lathe, on seeing the floor bending, at once made an attempt to get to the window, for the purpose of jumping out ; but not having sufficient time, he lay down at the side of the machine, which was ex ceedingly fortunate, as the girders and wheels fell in a slanting form, and resting on the lathe at one end, the man's life was p reserve d, a lth oug h th e millstones, of several hundred pounds weight each, kept rolling over the temporary covering of his head. The roll was yesterday morning called, and, with the exception of those in the two hospitals, it was ascertained that no persons were missing. Upon making inquiries last evening at the hospitals, it was ascertained that the man who it was at first ex pected was mortally wounded, and was carried to the hospital in such an insensible state that the authorities of the institution were afraid to even ask him his name, lest it might hasten his dissolution, in the course of a few hours recovered sufficiently from the shock he ex perienced to be taken home. The whole of the others, though suffering exceedingly from the injuries they sus tained, are likely to recover under the excellent treat ment they receive in the hospitals. It will no doubt be satisfactory to the country to know that the contract entered into by Mr. Polgase with the Government, for the manufacturing of a certain amount of shells for the Crimea, will not in the least degree be delayed, as the proprietor, having other large works at Stepney, &c., gave orders for carrying on the casting of the instruments of war at the last-named place, which was accordingly commenced yesterday morning at an early hour. It is the opinion of the firm that the ruins can be cleared, a temporary building erected, and the business resumed in the course of a week, or a few days later at the most. Although the loss of property will amount to several thousand pounds, it will not reach nea r as muc h as was at first anticipated, owing to the timber rafters shelter ing to a great extent some of the lathes and other vale-. able machinery. The millstones, with few exceptions, have not received much injury, but a large drilling ma chine of great value bas been completely knocked to een pieces, and several pap e r-folding machines have either destroyed or reduced to mis-shap A. vast crowd of persons flocked to the mass e& b a of t s u ce catastrophe during the whole of yesterday, the dangerous state of the remaining portion e the walls o e no one teoente. unconnectedr w ith the wo_.......rkswas allowed by the from New A w 7 it LAN h th n e c ir . New. —TheTicL New iP y. H loOlf,OM3f N e wf o undland,llNi CATiON AanTLsosnThdolgn Telegraph Companyoperations. Accordingb a p t r o o g o r e u s r in l g a s f t a v:;racbelsy York, Mr. C. W. Field, the managing director, had j es t fo h u a n r d b l o a u n r d, ~I T O ,_iic , contract Hailer m ca a b k le ing to a f avourablev c ery onn foundland with Cape Breton, This cable is to be returned for the seventy miles in length, and was to be shipped early this month. The company confidently ex ., pects to have telegraphic communication establishe d thebetween first w N e e e w k i Yo r knJ u July. an d St. All John the e necessary N wharf accommodations have been secured for the Collins steamers, which will call at St. John's trips between America and Europe. 1 there on their fore, every reason to believe that • Ire have, there two continents will be within six in three months the upon an average, for all purposes days of each other , commu nication, The enterprise • of telegraphic ' the neglected but is of the utmost importance extensive and important to Newfoundland. o PRICE OF GOLD.___Th e about at par (accord' quotation of gold at Paris is g to the last tariff), which, at the English Mi n t price in ard mild, give s an of 3/. 17s. 10(1. per ounce for stand at Pa r on L on d on nge of 25.17 ; and, the exchange gold i s a b out 0.19 at short being 25 20, it follows that per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. 13y a d v i ses 4241 per from Hamburg the price of gold i s __ . mark, which, at the English Mint pr ice of 3 t- l i_ s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 13.41 ; an d, the exchange at Ham bur g on London at short being 13 . 4, it follows that gold is 0'53 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent., and, the par of exclange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 . 67 per cent, in favour of England; and, after making allowance for charges of t ran sport and diffeence of interest, the present rate leaves a profit on the r importation of gold from the United States. Complaints are made that the overland Indian postag e via Marseille s is still maintained. at is. Bd ., n otwith standing the re duction whic h has take n place in the c h ar ge for the transit through France. 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