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irtirb SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. HEREFORD R..4.CES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CITY CUP. Nathan Ida Lucy Lockit Six ran; LICENSED VICTUALLERS' HANDICAP. Nathan Redemption Ida Twelve ran. Won by a neck IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT• HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening•) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. or d DERBY presented a petition from Woolwich against the contemplated system of sewerage. The Duke of BUCCLEUCEI presented several peti tions against the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the grand jury of the county of Kerry, stating that perfect tranquillity prevailed in Ireland, and against any coer cive measures being passed for the preservation of the peace of the country. POSTAL SERVICE. Lord DUNGANNON called the attention of the house to the present inconvenient and inadequate state of the steam-packet communication between Holy head and Kingstown, and inquired whether any . arrangement had been come to by her Majesty's Government and the company relative to the establishment on the Hear line of larger vesseThe noble ls, with lord s aid that large expenses bah been incurred by the railway companies interested in this communication to increase the facilities of transit between the two coun- tries. Although it was admitted that this question was ormuch importance, great complaicts were made as to the impediments thrown in the way of a speedy transit. The present, class of steamers, under the most favourable ciicumstances, conld not make the passage between the two ports in much less time than 4i bourA. Now, he was told, on the best authority, that by the establish ment of larger steamers, with greater horse power, the passage could be easily made in three hours. The Marquis of CLA.NRICAIt , E urged the impor tance of having an improved cla,ss of veesels not only fur the convenience cf the puiblic, but also for the accelera- Lion cf the mails. The Duke of ARGYLL expressed a hope that there was a prospect of a satisfactory understanding being come to with these public companies is reepect to the acceleration of the mare. The Legetiations were not however concluded. There was no doubt difficulties in the way of increasing the speed of the vessels. It was no eou)t - , his duty to see that the communication between the two ports should be such as would give great advantage to the public generally, and as would accelerate as much as possible the transit of the mails. It was also the duty of his department to seo that the rest of Ireland should not be sacri ficed to the metropolis. It was one of the essential cenditiors with the Government that the mails should arrive in Dublin in sufficient time as to allow the departure of the provincial rams to take place at no later hour than they ie!t Dublin at preeent. He did not hesitate to affirm that any late departure of the mails from Dublin to the provinces would involve serious loss and inconvenience in the distant p . erts of Ireland. Ile, was afraid that the msil train from tendon could not start much later than hait-past seven O'clock, and .indeed he did not consider that could be an incoevenient or unreas9easle hour for pas3eng.-,rs travelling to Ireland. INTESTATES PERSONAL ESTATES BILL. On the motion of Lord FORTESCUE this bill was read a third time and passed. DRAINAGE AC I` AMENDMENT. This bill was withdrawn. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Lard WROTTESLEY asked whether her Ma jesty's Government had returned any answer to a Memorial - addresced to the First Lord of the Treasury on the subject of a further Arctic expedition ? The noble lord took the opportunity of entering at some length into the proceedings of pact expeditions, and stated that a i uit3ber of places bad been left um searched, and that it would be desirable that that ano t'aer ship should be fitted out and -iespatched as speedily As possible, as there yet remained time for the ship to reach the Arctic Regior s to commence operations. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY sai 1 nothing could be more natural than that all the documents . should - be recovered. But thero were other circumstances to be emisidered. At the present Moment he thought the season was too far advanced for another expedition to be orga nised with any chance of success. During the recess the subject would be taken into serious coneidera . ion by the Admiralty as to the desirability of sending out another expedition. (Hear, hear.) It was certainly matter for grave consideration whether it would he proper to risk the lives of many brave men in a nibt, hazardous expe dition, the only object of which could he to possess fur ther scientific information and further evidence as to the fate of the gallant but unfortunate Sir John Franklin and his brave companions. [LEFT SITTIN G }IOUSt OF COMMONS.—(TiIIs Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock. PRI VATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to India Rsilway Com pany, Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway, London and North-Western B iilway, Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway, Mid Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray), and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway (Additional Capital, &c). INCOME AND LAND TAXES BILL. On the motion for the third rea din g of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. SPOONER .put questions to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER with reference to the operation of the 2d clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that, by the operation of the second clause, col lectors in receipt of large incomes would be affected considerably, as for instance the income of the collector for the London district, which at present amounted to between 6,0001. and 7,0001. per annum, would be reduced to about one-halt, out of which he would have certain expenses to pay. He would still be in receipt of a considerable salary, though not an exces sive one. It was not intended by the clause to in crease the salaries of any person now paid 1001. or 1501. per annum. The provision referred to had been introduced to prevent the operation of the new pound age producing a larger amount of salary than was deemed sufficient for the services rendered. Salaries of 5001. per annum would not be affected by the bill. With re - Bard to the question of the hon. member for Warwick . shire, as to what would happen when the reduction of . the income-tax took place, it was one that reached so far into the future that he (the Chancellor of the Exche quer) could hardly at that time answer the question. It would be easy hereafter to meet the contingency re • ferred to. Mr. MACKINNON said that , the land•tax produced 1,400,0001. a-year. He thought some scheme might be devised by which the land-tax might be redeemed at 25 _ years' purchase, and the capital realised, amounting to 24,000,0001., go towards the reduction of the national debt. The adoption of such a scheme would relieve the general tax-payer, - and he suggested that early next session a conimittee should be appointed to consider this subject and report thereon. The bill was then read a third time and passed. The following bills, alter a short discussion and ver !bal amendments, were read a third time and passed : Stamp Duties ; Racehorse Duty ; Coast Guard Service ; Corrupt Practices Prevention ; General Board of Health Continuance ; Militia P a y ; Cursitor Baron of the Ex chequer ; Lunatic Asylums Act Amendment ; and the - Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending. MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to I be read a third time on Monday. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Mr. BRGTHERTON moved for a return containing a c opy of every account registered by assurance companies conformably with the provisions of the act 7 and Vic. c. 110, up to the day of making such return, and not in cluded in the Parliamentary paper No. 178 of the present session.—Ordered. The house, having disposed of the whole of the busi ness on the paper, suspended its sittings at 5 minutes to 2 o'clock ; but the Speaker remained in attendance till half-past 3 o'clock, to attend the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills. Sir G. Grey stated in the course of the sitting that the house would sit to-morrow, to receive bills, Ste., from the House of Lords. The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was [LEFT SITTING.] 'LONDON GAZETTE —{This Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis St e vens, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Trebizonde, to be her Majesty's Consul at Trebizonde. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Herman Lo rentz, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Wiborg. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to app o i n t General the Earl of Westmorland, G.C.8., to bear her Majesty's congratulations to the King of the Belgians on the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Throne of Bel gium. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 18. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Casimir Louie Alfred Bruant, as Consul at Edinburgh, and of Mr. Jules Joseph Fleury, as Consul at Liverpool, for his Ma. jetty the Emperor of the French. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 15. The Queen has been pleased to erect the district of Natal, in South Africa, into a separate colony, to I).J called I : The THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY Ili/ENING; JULY 18. 1856. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, July 14. Notice is herchy given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel Ot tawa, captured on the 2 . :./th Sept., 1!.55, by her Majesty's ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat ; the Mag pie gun-boat, temler to her Maj , sty's ship Orion ; and the Ruby gnu-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Majestic. Agents or other persons having any just and legal do mandomliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and pail nudes the sanction of the judge of the said court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assi„;uments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the sharehe longing to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Priza Branch of the Department of the " A c countant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer set-house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London (meet e, of the data proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Small Pack, grocer, liusbauls Bosworth, Lc: costershire. BANKRUPTS. Henry Grant, licensed victualler, Southampton, to sur render, July 31, at cloven, and August 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; West, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ; Looser, Southampton. William Wheeler, corn dealer, Broadway, near Evesham, Aug. 1 and 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Simeon Partridge, latch manufacturer, Darlastcn, Staf fordshire, July 31, at ten, and August 21, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, offi cial assignee, Birmingham; Motterarn and Knight, Bir mingham. John Crotch, innkeeper, Okehampton, July 31 and Aug. 20, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Burd, Okehampton ; Terrell, Exeter. George Augustus Hamilton Chichester, commission agent, York-buildings, Adelphi, July 29, at half-past one, and Aug. 27, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Chidley, Gresham street, City. William Wood, dealer in German yeast. Aldersgato street, July 31, at two, and Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Hancock and Sharp, Tokenhouse-yard. William Gaskin, builder, Croydon, July 29, at half past one, and August 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Peddoll, Cheapside. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Thomas Foord, grain dealer, A.irth„ Stirlingshire. Armstrong and Aitchison, drapers, Hawick. Alexander Barns, jeweller, Falkirk. John Bell and Co., tea-merchants, Glasgow. BANK OF / An Account pursuant to the Act 1 the Week ending on Saturda: INGL AND. th and Bth Victoria. cap. 33, Ib' r the 12th day of July, 1856. ATXENT. 138 V E DEP Notes issued .4 •• '26,273,603 Government debt.... 11,015;10 r Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,793,605 Silver bu11i0n........ - 426,273,605 £26,273,605 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of July, 185 i BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 13,553,000 Rest ...... .......... 3,320,.532 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ;r.ULTMENT. Government securities (inclndg.Dead Weight Annuity) 14,208,464 Other securities 13,773,626 Notes . • .. .......... 5,43i,720 Gold and saver coin.. 579,721 ing's Banks,. and Dividend Accounts) 2,547,500, Other deposits ...... 12,698,812 sicven Day and other 81113•• •• •• •• • .. 873,690 433,996,534 £33.99G,534 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of July, 185, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in theweek ending July 15, 1856. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Groat Britain. From the British Possessions in America 32s. Od. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of the three foregoing descriptions 32s. sid. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 1 83 Gibraltar .. •••••• • • • • • • Ditto, three months .. 12 0 I Leghorn .. •• • .•• 30 5 Rotterdam .. 12 0 1 4 , Genoa ......... • ...... 25 75 Antwerp . Brussels•••• •••••••• • • • • • • 25 57%1 Venice •••••• • • • • •• ••• Hanaburgh ..... ....... 13 9 Altona•••••••••• •••••• Paris•••••••• ...•••••••• 25 3234 Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Marseilles 25 65 Naples •• • .. 444 Palermo ...... 133 Messina ... ... 133 1 4 Lisbon ...... •• • • 53 1(a Oporto .. .••• • • •• 53 Bourdeattic .. • • •• • • • • •• Rio Janeiro ..... . • • • • •• ----- Frankfort-on-Maine • ... 120% Berlin Buenos Ayres.... • ..... New or 60 days' eight •• •• • •• • • .••••• Vienna••••• • ••••••• •• •• 10 20 Trieste"— .• •• •• •• •••• 10 21 Petersburg •• •• •.•••• •• 37 3 i Madrid ••• •• •• •••,. •• •• 4244 Cadiz 405, Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• ye - Philadelphia PRICES 07 RUMEN, PER OZ. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars .... 0 0 0 Sliver in bars ...... 0 5 11,4 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market manifested a better feeling to-day, and prices wore an improved aspect, closing at their best point. Aberdeen, 11.13.9.—Midlands, 834—East Lancashire, 21 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97/ B—London and North-Westerns, 107$ i—Ditto, Eighths, new, 4 d.—Sheffields, 33i—South Eastern, 224 / —North Eastern, Berwick, 22 i — Dutch Rhenish, 2.18.9. prem.—Great Western of Canada, new, 3.6.3. prem. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a number of petitions from various places in Scotland against the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill. COATHAM MARRIAGES VALIDITY BILL. Oa the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR this bill was read a second time. The object of this bill was to legalise certain marriages that had taken place in a certain chapel that had been built for private purposes. FORMATION OF PARISHES BILL, The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of this bill. The Bishop of OXFORD supported the bill. The Earl of DERBY hoped that this bill would be referred to a select committee. He did not wish to throw any obstacle in the way of this bill passing, but he thought there were certain details which ought to be fully considered before their lordships as sented to the second reading. After a short 'discussion the bill was read a second ime pro forma, and referred to a committee up stairs. NUISANCES REMOVAL BILL. This bill was read a second time. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR MATES BILL, This bill was also read a second time. CUSTOMS BILL. This bill was read a second time. RAILWAYS ACT (IRELAND) 1851 BILL. This bill was read a second time. TURNPIKE ACTS CONTINUANCE BILL. This bill was read a second time. REGISTRATION OF LEASES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of ARGYLL, this bil was withdrawn. BISHOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM RETIREMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill, Lord REDESDA LE expressed his objection to this bill, which he considered involved a simoniacal contract, and said he considered their lordships ought to have the whole of the correspondence that had taken place between the rev. prelates and the Govern ment before they proceeded with the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said there would be no objection to the production of the whole of the corres pondence, but he did not see why the present bill should not be proceeded with. The Bishop of OXFORD hoped their lordships would have some regard to the grave consequences of the act they were about to pass. They ought to have the cor respondence. How did the house know the bishops un• derstood the bill in the same light as themselves ? He did not think the bishops knew the private character of this bill. It encouraged simony, and was open to the charge of desecrating what was holy. Lord CAMPBELL said that nothing could be consi dered as simony which was in accordance with the law of the land. The present bill was one to provide for an exigency which in general law could not be met. It merely legalised an agreement made by the consent of all the parties concerned. The Bishop of OXFORD admitted that nothing was sin - lonia:al which was sanctioned by law, but contended that the present bill only made an act legal which, if committed the day after by any one else, would amount to simony. The Earl of CHICHESTER gave some details of the communication between himself and the confiden tial adviser of the bishop. The bishop himself had seen the bill, and expressed his general approval of it. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY adverted to the neces sity of providing for the wants of the great metropolitan dioc: se. He illuArated the necessity of appointing a suc cessor at once to a bishop in a state of incapacity, by the confusion and jobbery which bad taken place in the dio cese of Bath and Wells when two bishops in succession .vere rrovented from doing their duty—the one by men tal, and the other by physical incapacity, The Earl of DERBY said that all were agreed on the inconvenience of the present state of things, but the ques tion was whether the inconvenience created by the bill was not greater. He thought that a general measure should be introduced; but if the Government would pledge themselves that the money saved under the pre sent arrangement should be devoted to a fund for the 'uture reiirement of bishops, he would not oppose going into committee. The Earl of HARROWBY would not pledge the Go vernment further than this, that the money should 1:0' at present be devoted to other purposes. The house then went into committee on the bill. Vise !out DUNGANNON thougLt the retiring allow antes too great; 3,000/. per annum would have been sufficient. Why should the Bishop of London have 6,000/. a year and the Bishop of Durham only 4,000/. ; in fact why should retired bishops have 1,5001. a year mcre than the Ecclesiastical Commission had decided to be sufficient f r working bishops. Lord W YNFORD said, if the Bishop of London had nut spent so ranch in charity, he would have wanted much lee for his retiring pension. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Bishop of London had expended 15,0001. per annum in charity. How then could he withdraw upon a small income ? The clause was then agreed to. The Bishop of OXFORD gave notice that at a future stage he should move a clause providing that whatever sum might be received by the ecclo , ia•3tical commission ers from the sets of London and Durham should be car• tied to a separate account, to be called the London and Durham bishopric account, and that the same should be invested until Parliament had decided whether any pro vision should be made for the retirement from office of all bishops disqualified from the performance of the duties of their office. The bill was then reportsd. The report of amendments on the Metropolis Local ManagementlAmendment Act was received and agreed to. The Sherborne Hospital Bill was reported with amendments. The Oxford College Estates Bill was reported with amendments. The Revenue Transfer of Charges Bill was read a third time and passed. The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Receivers:Bill passed through committee. The Marriage and Registration Acts Amendment Bill passed through committee. The Commons Enclosure Bill (No. 2) passed through committee. The Prisons (Ireland) Bill passed through committee. THP SEES OF LONDON AND DURHAM. The Bishop of OXFORD moved for copies of the cor respondence which bad passed on the subject of the re signation of the bishoprics of London and Durham between her Majesty's Government and the bishops of tho=e sees. The motion was then agreed to, and The house adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HO USE OF COMMON S. --(YESTERDAY SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, return of the number of days on which the House of Commons sat in the present session, stating, for each day, the date of the month and the day of the week, the hour of meeting and the hour of adjournment ; and the total number of hours occupied in the sittings of the house, and the average time; and showing the number of hours on which the house sat each day, and the number of hours after mid. night; and the number of entries in each day's votes and proceedings (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 438 of session 1854-5). DIVISIONS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, return of the number of divisions of the House of Commons in the present session, stating the subject of the division, and the number of members in the majority and minority, tellers included; also the aggregate number in the house on each division, distinguishing the divisions on public business from private, and also the number of divisions before and after midnight (in continuation of Parliamen tary paper No. 492 of session 1854-5). PUBLIC BILLS. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, alphabetical list of the public bills which have been introduced into the House of Commons during the present session, stat ing by whom introduced, or which have been brought from the House of Lords ; the dates of their several stages in this house, and distinguishing those which have since become law (in continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 487 of session 1854-5). GENERALS BEATSON AND VIVIAN. Mr. ROEBUCK said by some mistake a motion of his had been pat on the paper for to-night instead of for Tuesday next. It was as follows : That the Under Secre tary for War having admitted that, upon anonymous in formation, a secret inquiry had been ordered into the conduct of a general officer, this house feels itself bound to express its reprobation of such a proceeding. Mr. PEEL wished to offer some explanation on the subject. Mr. ROEBUCK—Had you not better defer it until I have made the motion ? Mr. PEEL—No ; it is pressing. As regards the con duct of General Vivian-- Mr. ROEBUCK—I rise to order. How can I an swer the statement of the hon. gentleman when there is no motion before the house ? The SPEAKER—The hon. genleman can only make his explanation under the indulgence of the house. Mr. PEEL—The point, sir, is simply this. Certain charges have been made against Gen. Beatson in connec tion with transferring the command of the Turkish Con tingent, and they came to the knowledge of the War office through —.— Mr. HAMILTON here interposed, and said the hon. member was clearly out of order. Mr. LA BOUCHERE—My hon. friend simply intends to offer a personal explanation. Colonel FRENCH—I rise to order, sir. This discus sion is quite irregular, and ought not to be continued. Mr. PEEL—I only wish to say— Mr. ROEBUCK—Order, order. Sir, I insist the hon. member is quite out of order. (Hear.) The SPEAKER ruled that the hon. member was out of order, and the matter dropped. DECIMAL COINAGE. Mr. HAMILTON asked the Csancellor of the Exche quer when it was likely the report of the commissioners on the decimal coinage question would be presented ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER eaid the commissioners had taken various steps for the purpose of obtaining information on the subject referred to them, but they would not be in a position to make a report in sufficient time to admit of its being laid on the table in the course of the present session. CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES. Mr. HAMILTON wished also to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to extend the principle of competitive examination fur civil offices, what means it was intended to take to make known to the public the vacancies which from time to time might arise in the several public departments, or the steps which it might be requisite to be taken by candidates, in order to their selection by the heads of departments, for competitive examination ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that there were always a large number of applications addressed to members of the Government when vacan cies occurred, and it was not necessary to adopt any steps to give further information on the subject. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether measures would he adopted for further mitigating the laws imposing capital punish ment in the colonies, in conformity with the laws im posing capital punishment in Great Britain ? Mr. LABOUC HERE said the law in the colonies did not materially differ from that established in the United Kingdom. The principal exceptions to the rule were in Ceylon, where the old Roman Dutch law was retained, and some of the West India islands, where there was an obsolete law in existence on the subject ; but it was chiefly in the West Australian colonies that capital punishments were carried to a greater extent than they were here. All he could say, then, was that he was quite ready to consider whether in the two former cases it might not be advisable to make some change ; but, considering that the West Australian colonies had their own local legislatures, they of course must be the best judges of the extent to which capital,punishments ought to be carried on, and ho should decline to interfere with them. THE CAPE. In reply to questions from Mr. CHEETHAM and Mr. HINDLEY, Mr. LABOUCHERE repeated that the last accounts from the Cape,.which were to the Ist May, stated it to be the confident opinion of the governor that no serious out break on the part of the natives would take place. At the same time the Government, under the circumstances, bad thought it advisable to send out considerable reinforce ments. In the event of war breaking out, unquestion ably the greater part of the expense would have to be borne by the mother country. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Mr. HADFIELD again adverted to the large amoun , of public business on the paper at this period of the session, and asked the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment whether he could state which bills would be proceeded with, and which abandoned. There were four bills with regard to which he was particularly anxious to that information, and they were the Vice-President of Committee of Council on Education Bill, the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill,and the Lords' Amendments to the Cambridge University Bill. • Lord PALIIERSTON said in former sessions there had usually been one general slaughtering of bills, but this session they had preferred rather to do execution upon them one by one. (A. laugh.) That couree he should propose to continue, and the intentions of the Govern ment would be stated upon each bill as each came on. With regard to the first of the four bills mentioned by the hon. gentleman, it was intended certainly to proceed with the first, and the last, and the Attorney-General would on an early day, perhaps to-morrow, state what he pro posed to do with the second. As for the Divorce Bill, it was a measure of great importance, involv ing questione of great magnitude, in which considerable difference of opinion must necessarily exist, and at this late period of the session he did not think it would be desirable to press the house to come to any decision upon it. It was the intention of the Government, however, to revive the measure in that house at the very beginning of the next session, but it would not contain the 24th clause of the present bill, which prohibited the future marriages of persons who had been divorced for adul tery. Such a provision, it was thought, would be quite in opposition to public morale, or rather it would have a direct tendency to encourage and promdte immorality. Mr. ROEBUCK—AIIow ms to ask what course the Government intend to take with reference to the Civil Service Superannuation Bill? The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—To pro ceed with it. I shall move the order when it comes on. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Mr. H. BERKELEY rose to move as an amendment that it be committed that day three months, as the bill proposed to continue a law that was not only useless in its operation, but intended from the very flint to dupe and delude John Bull. (A laugh.) He should endeavour to avoid the question of the ballot, which had been pooh phooed by the noble lord opposite. (Hear.) When it was found that something roust be done, the usual safety valve Was opened—a select committee. They sent down the bill, which wag after wards cut and mutilated and shorn of all its best parts. It was sent thus emasculated to the House of Lords, who, glad of the pretence of doing something which looked like reform, passed a measure that was conservative of corruption. In this form the bill received the royal assent. The press pronounced it to be a pompous profession, meant to be inoperative. The bill, as tested throughout the country, had proved to be inoperative ; and no one could deny that it was a pompous profession, as it undertook to suppress bribery and undue initience at elections. The house ought not to stultify itself by continuing such an enactment. In those boroughs where elections had taken place since it passed, the press was almost unanimous in stating that it had been inoperative. Such being the case, the bill ought to have been referred to a committee, and not re introduced in the same form. At Deptford it was stated that bribery was still suspected to a very great de g ree. At Barnstaple, it was admitted that " the screw" had been used. At Froine, many electors had been told they might vote for whom they pleased, at the risk of losing their employment. At Malden and Norwich it was stated that no difference had taken place in the mode of election. At Portsmouth, the Government screw had been used, and it was raid to make no difference which party was in power. At Sunderland and Wigan, they spoke of the screw being used, and that there were the outward signs of bribery. At Bath, sixteen distinct cases of intimida tion bad been reported. At Wells—Wells I --(laughter) —they had spoken of bribery, treating, and the screw ; and it was said that the act 'was nothing more than waste paper. At Boston, despite all Mr. Ingram might say in favour of that "tight little borough," a frightful state of venality was said to prevail. The case was the sae - eat Rochester and other places. Such was the ef fect of an act they were now called upon to renew. In stead of doing this the Government ought to have lis tened-te the petitions of the electors and have referred the bill to a committee. All they could do now was eithe r to pass a bad bill, or leave the country without any pro vision against bribery. Wherever there was a good clause in the bill, it had been neutralised by some other, or by the decisions of the courts. It had been held that an elector might have his expenses paid, if there was no proof of corrupt intent, either on his part or that of the person paying. But how was it possible to prove a corrupt intent ? (Hear, hear.) Candidates were required to return to the election auditors the names of their ac knowledged agents, whose expenditure must be made public. The only effect of this was to destroy the old law of agency. The acknowledged agent was knowo ; but what of the unacknowledged agents ? Such a pro vision only opened the dour more wide for brit ery. Any stranger might descend from the Reform or the Carlton Club, upon any borough, or from the Moon, as at Aylesbury and Carlisle—(laughter)—and might bribe in all directions, so long as they were not acknowledged or appointed agents. Again, the bill contained no provi sion against granting loans to electors—a most fertile source of corruption. A more serious part of the question was intimidation ; it was the great disease of our electo ral system; it pervaded every class of society, and made the electors mere serfs. The landlord controlled the tenant—the customer the tradesman—the manufacturer the operative; and so on all through society. The sth clause of the bill, even if it could be carried into effect, was unconstitutional. Could the house dictate to a land lord what tenant he should accept, or to a customer what tradesman he should employ! The very attempt was an absurdity. On this subject Mr. Macaulay had declared his conviction that intimidation could not be reached by penal laws, and the only way of putting it down was by the ballot. The late Sir R. Peel had also expressed the same opinion as to the inutility of penal laws. Land lords did not tell tenants that they were ejected on ac count of their votes. The Whig Controller of the Royal household who, a few years ago, dismissed a number of the Royal tradesmen because they had voted against a Whig Minister, did not tell them why they were dis missed. What, then, was the use of 501. penalty against intimidation ? The payment for chairing, flags, and bands of music was declared illegal ; but no penalty was attached. Any charge against a member must be made within 14 days ; but the accounts were not required to be sent into the auditor for 3 months. The provision for appointing agents was a most cunning device for shielding the candidate from responsibility. He called on the house to pause before again committing themselves to such a measure. He had torn the bill to rags, and it would puzzle any hon. gentleman to put it together again. It was neither more nor less than a snare and delusion to the people, a mockery on legislation, and an insult to common sense. It did nothing but render illegal banners, bands, and cockades ; but that object was provided for by another bill, which had been rejected by the house. It had been opposed by Sir James Graham, then First Lord of the Admiralty, who could not march to an election unless " Rule Britannia" was played before him. (Laughter.) Yet those very provisions had been passed in the present act, as a kind of saving clauses. Mr. CRAUFURD seconded the motion. He had voted for the bill when it contained the clause which required a declaration from the member that he had riot been guilty of bribery. But when that clause was thrown out, he knew that its efficacy was destroyed. The last election for the county of Ayr under this bill, although the election was confined to one day, cost more money than when the election lasted two days. He complained that no member could reach that house without paying toll to the election auditor. He put it to the Govern ment and the house whether, after the authentic con demnation of the act by the decision of the Court of Ex , chequer Chamber, it was desirable to pass the measure without meeting the objections which were patent to all. Mr. INGRAM said he was surprised that the mem ber for Bristol opposed the continuance of the act, and also that he brought fel- ward accusations against the borough which he (Mr. Ingrain) represented which were wholly unsupported. His election was a proof to him that the act had been of great use as compared with elections which took place before it passed. Before the act passed a great deal of money had been spent in treat ing, and also under the disguise of music and flags ; but on his honour he did not spend a single shilling in treat in 7or in music at the last election. (Hear.) He hoped the house would support the bill, which he was certain was a great benefit, and he trusted the observations of the hon gentleman wouldheot induce the house to throw out the bill, Mr. TITE agreed iu much that had heon said by the hon. member for Bristol, and his experience led him to the conclusion that the best mode of putting an end to intimidation, as far as it could be put an end to, was the ballot. He believed, however, there was a great deal of good in the bill. Ile thoug ht it desirable to have election auditors, and useful to have the accounts sent in ; but he considered the mode of payment to be ab surd. There were 912 candidates at the last (general election, and 40 members lost their seats. If there was the same number of candidates at the next election, they would have to pay 9,5001. in the first instance. He thought that if the town clerk or the clerk of the peace were made the auditor, he being a public o ffi cer , there would be less cause of complaint against the auditors. He had given notice of an amendment on this subject. He had also given notice of an amendment that the de claration of the agent should be made before the return ing officers, and kept by the auditor. He was of opinion, in order to remove doubts, that words should be intro duced permitting the candidate to pay or cause to be paid the actual and reasonable expense of bringing voters to the poll. But the most important provision would be to com pel the petitioner and sitting member, on inquiry before any select committee of the House of Commons to declare whether he bribed or not. He would take away the pe nalty which attached to the act, and if the member re fused to answer, he thought he should lose his seat. With regard to the accusation of bribery in Bath, he be lieved there was no foundation for such a charge. He be lieved there was no bribery, and he knew that none of his money was spent in such a way. If the bill was to be a merely continuance bill for one year, and a promise given that a committee would be appointed next session, he would not propose his amendments. Sir G. GREY said the Government merely asked the house to pass the hill for one year, and he hoped they would do so without making any amendments, as it was the intention of the Government to propose a committee next session to inquire into the operation of the act in all those cases which had taken place since it had passed. It was quite evident from what had been said that there was a difference of opinion as to the operation of the act, which showed the necessity of inquiry. Mr. W. MARTIN bore testimony to the value of the act in suppressing bribery in the borough he represented. There was no foundation for the charge of bribery or treating which was made against the borough of Ro chester. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said he thought the bill might be made better, but it contained good, because it put an end to treating and the display 'of music and flags. He should therefore vote for the continuance of the act, but would heartily support a motion for the addition of the ballot thereto. Sir S. BIGNOLD trusted the Government would persevere with the bill. It had worked extremely well in the important borough he had the honour to represent. Mr. BERKELEY would withdraw his amendment, if the noble lord at the head of the Government gave a pledge that a committee should be appointed early next s ession. Lord PALMERSTON had no difficulty in repeating that it was the decided intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to refer the bill to a select committee at the earliest possible period next session. The amen Intent was then withdrawn, and the bill passed through committee. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COMMIT TEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION BILL. Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which is to authorise the appointment of a vice-president of the committee of council on education having a seat in the House of Common,, who shall be the responsible Minister in the house for all matters con nected with education, so far as the Government are concerned. Mr. HADFIELD objected to the bill, and complained that the authority of the vice-president was not to extend to Ireland. Besides, neither the duties nor the salary to be given to the new officer were mentioned in the bill. The measure was not a well-considered one, and he trusted the Government would withdraw it. If they would not consent to do so, he would move an amendment thatthe bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. INGHAIA did not think any measure so likely to promote education as the bill now before the house, and therefore gave it his cordial support. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the bill was read a second time. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH CONTINU ANCE BILL. The house then resolved itself into c3niniittee on this on►. Dr. MICIIELL complained of the expense caused by the Board of Health, which had done no good whatever, and expressed a hops that it would not be continued more than another year. Mr. COWPER defended the board, and said be was firmly convinced that its operations had been highly be neficial to the health of the public. After a short conversation the clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. COUNTY COURTS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the Lords' amendments to this bill be considered and agreed to, Mr. HENLEY complained of the course proposed. He understood the bill was to have been recommitted to give hon. members an opportunity of reconsidering the important amendments agreed to in committee. Sir J. GRAHAM concurred in the remarks of the last speaker. He hoped the Government would have the bill reprinted, and not fix the third reading earlier than Monday. Sir G. GREY said the bill should be reprinted, and the third reading fixed for Tuesday next. Sir J. GRAHAM hoped the Government would with draw the ❑inth clause, which allowed the registrar of the court to reside out of the district of the judge. Mr. WILSON consented to the omission of the clause. The clause was accordingly struck out. After some further discussion on the clauses of the bill, iu one of which the maximum salary of the clerks was fixed at 700/. per annum, the remaining amendments were agreed to, and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday next. The Evidence in Foreign Suits Bill was read a second time. The Divorce and Matrimonial Clauses Bill was with. drawn for the present session. MARRIAGE LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLA.ND) BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were also consi dered and agreed to. COAST•GUARD SERVICE BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. On clause 4 being proposed, Sir G. PECHELL said that he cordially approvel of the principle of the bill, but that a better system of pro motion and higher rates of remuneration should be ap plied to the officers of the Coast-Guard service. Sir C. WOOD stated the bill before the committee had been carefully considered by the Board of Admiralty, and it was thought that sufficient inducements were held out by it 4 provisions to secure the services of a younger and more efficient class of men in the Coast Guard. In reply to Sir G. PECHELL, Sir C. WOOD said the Coast Guard would be entered on the books of the navy in future as seamen. Some few of the old Coast Guard were not so entered, and in their cases no alteration would be made. Mr. HENLEY complained that the compulsory powers to taco land were too extensive. It might lead to much inconvenience to place an arbitrary power in the hands of the Admiralty to take five acres of land at a time. There never would be any difficulty in getting land for barracks and other purposes if it could be shown that it was really wanted. After a few words from Lord H. VANE and Sir W. HEATECOTE, Sir C. WOOD agreed to reduce the limit to three acres. The other clauses were then agreed to. THE MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Clause 1 was struck out. Upon clause 2. Mr. HENLEY moved that this clause be struck out. Mr. LOWE said the clause was inserted upon the recommendation of the Mercantile Law Commissioners contained in their report. Mr. ROEBUCK said that the clause was intended to alter the long-established law with respect to the rights of persons buying goods in market overt, and he had heard no sufficient reason for the alteration. . Mr. MALINS also objected to the clause. Mr. LOWE felt that no could not successfully sup port the clause, and it was withdrawn. Upon clause 3, Mr. MULLINGS proposed that this clause be struck out. After a few words from Mr. HADFIELD it was agreed to. Clause 4 was agreed to. Upon clause 5, Mr. MALINS expressed his satisfaction with this clause, by which it was proposed to alter that portion of the Statute of Frauds which declared all guarantees void where no consideration was mentioned Mr. VANCE said, as a e )mmercial man, he hoped the old law would be allowed to stand as it was. It was con sidered a great proteCtion to the public. Mr. HADFIELD supported the clause, which was then agreed to. Upon clause 6, Mr. MULLINGS objected to the clause as making a very serious change in the law of partnership, and would make a retired partner always liable for the debts of a firm, although the remaining partners might become bankrupt. A discussion followed, in which Mr. MalMs, Mr. Vance, and Mr. Muntz opposed the clause ; while Mr. Lowe explained away what he considered the objection, Mr Mullings persisting in his opposition. The committee divided, when there appeared— For the clause 95 Against it l3 Majority —B2 The clause was then agreed to. Clause 7 was agreed to after some discussion. Clause 8 was withdrawn. Clause 9, with some amendments, was agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. CURSITOR BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in mov ing the second reading of this bill, said it consisted only of one clause, and the clause was a very short one. As Tuesday was the last day on which bills could be sent d up to the Lords, he hoped the house w ould let him procee with another stage of the bill that night. Mr. S. WORTLEY said the only duty the Cursitor Caron had to perform was to listen to a ridiculous speech from the Recorder of London once a year on the intro duction of th- s ,-r:er.,% That ceromony performed in September before several ladies, nobody else being in town, and consisted of cutting pieces of stick and count! MANCHESTER, JULY 17. STOOK EXCHANGE.—This market was not active to-day, prices steady, and there was more business transacted than yesterday. The following were the quotations :—Leeds 97a—Midlands, 82/ 3 —Sheffields, 331 —Dovers, 22 Eastern Comities, 10h j—Londons, 103—North British, 91—Bast Lancashire, 21 1516. BIRMINGHAM, .JULY 17. STOCK EXCHAZIGE.—The market has been doing a very active business to-day, and prices were firm. Great Western Stour Valleys, guaranteed stock, 62. LEEDS, JULY 17. STOOK EXCHANGE. North Western, 6}—Midlands, 821 —Groat Northern, 21—North Beeteru, Leeds, 181. .0111 Colony of Natal," and to appoint John Scutt, Esq., to bo Lieutenant-Governor of the said colony. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 1,6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Eawa:rd Kenny, Esq., to be the Senior Member of the LegisVati e D ve Council of the Provinco of Nova Scotia, ; Georg Wel - tb Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Ne vis ; and Richard Pine, Esq.. to be Queen's Advocate and Police Magistrate fur her Majesty's Set; lements in the River Gambia. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENAT. Radnorshire—Thomas !!Walsh,i Esq., to be De puty Lieutenant ; Arthur Esq., Uo be Deputy Lieutenant. Glamorganshire—Lewis Llewelyn Diliwy n, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—William Capel Clarke Thornhill, Esq., late Captain 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to be Lieutenant, vice Hammersley, resigned!. let Devon Regiment of Militia—Major F. B. Drewe, late 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Col one l Commandant, vice Hon. J. W. Fortescue, resigned. 2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Augustus W. Rood to be Lieutenant, vice Briggs, appointed to 68th Regiment; Henry Swete Archer to be Lieutenant, vice llodgkinson, appointed to 72d Highlanders. City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia — George Roland, jun., Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Alexander Tait, promoted. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONET.. Department of the Accountant-Genera/ of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House, July 17. Notice is hereby given to the officers, se; amen ' and ma rines, and to all persons interested the rein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from salvage services rendered to the Washington, by her Majesty's ship. :Star, between the 18th and 21st of September, 1354. will commence on Thursday, the 31st of ,Tuly, 1.56, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-Ge neral of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, pia) orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitle 1 to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named .ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person , who ma y desire to receive his hare from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lou don," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collec tor of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to all individual in the several classes : Commander Third class Fourth class Fifth class 6 7 4 Tenth 0 12 9 Sixth class 5 14 G NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. De?artment of xlie Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, July 14. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel Victoria, captured on the 20th September, 1855, by her Ma jesty's ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat; the Magpie g un-boat, tender to her Majesty's R . nip Orion; and the Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship Majestic. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated o iagainst the said proceeds, aro re quired to transmit the particulars of any sueda, demand to the Registrar of the High Court of A dmiralt y , in order that th same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor. are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual d o cuments, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of • the Navy, Admiralty, Somer set-house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London arzzdte, of the data proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. ing horse-shoe nails. He hoped some other form of in troducing the sheriffs might be adopted. (Hear.) The bill was real a s,- , cono time, and imniediat4v afterwards pa-mid thr , inh committe , , without discussion. JUDGMENTS EXECUTION, &c., BILL. On the order f r g.iing into committee on this bill, Mr. WHITESIDE objected to proceeting with the bill at that late hour of the night (half-past 12), and moved that the house go into committee on the bill that day three months. Mr. P. O'BRIEN thought that if the principle of the bill was good it ought to be introduced as a Govern ment measure. He seconded the amendment. The house divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment Against it.. 5l Majority .......... The amendment was lost. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair. Mr. WHITESIDE moved the adjournment of the debate. He had frequently stated his objections to the measure, and had not had them answered. He believed it would open the door to innumerable frauds. It was an impolitic bill ; there was no ground for pushing it at this period of this session. Mr. MURROUGH supported the principle of the bill. The LORD ADVOCATE said that the bill was in troduced on the 4th of Feb., and he thought it was not therefore fair to complain of his hon. friend for pressing it at this period of the session. He would, however, re- commend him not to press it now. Mr. CRA.UFURD assented to the suggestion, and The order was discharged. THE LORDS' AMENDMENTS TO THE REFOR MATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS BILL. Sir G. GREY moved that the Lords' amendments to this bill should be divagreed to. The other house had introduced a clause which was at variance with the rest of the bill ; and this inconsistency would practically render the bill inoperative. Mr. A. GORDON contended that there was no incon sistency between the clause introduced elsewhere and the rest of the bill, and contended that it was desirable to retain a provision which ve,ted in the magistrates salutary discretion to send juvenile offenders at once to a reformatory school instead of to prison in the first in- stance. After a brief conversation the house divided. The numbers were — For the Lords' amendments .— 31 Against Maj orit y The Lords' amendments were therefore disaczreed t). JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES WINDING-UP ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion that the house resolve itself into com mittee on this bill. Mr. WHITESIDE opposed the motion, and moved that the hou. - e go into committee that day three months. Mr. MALINS defended the bill, the object of which was to protect creditors against fraud. Mr. HENLEY said the bill gave no protection to ore ditors, at:d he should support the motion of his hon. and learned friend the member for Enniskillen. The house divided on the question that the house re solve itself in to committee. The numbers were— For the motion 3l Against it Majority —9 The announcement of the numbers was received with .oud cheers. BURIAL GROUNDS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. At a Quartei before three o'clock an hon. member moved that the house be counted, and there being only 30 members present the house adjourned. TEE EXPENSE OF WAIL -~-__-_ LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The budget recently laid beforethe British Parliament by Sir G. C. Lewis, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, enables the public to form a pretty accurate estimate of the pecuniary cost to the united kingdom of the late war with Russia. According to this statement (which has been received with general approbation by all classes of the community in England, because they are agreeably dis appointed at the smallness of the amount,) it appears that the actual cost of the war for the two years of its duratio❑ and the expense which it has occasioned within the current year, to the people of England, amounted in round num bers to 80,000,0001., or $400,000,000. What the war has cost France during the same period has not been made public. nor is it possible to form any accurate estimate of its amount, but if it does not considerably . excecd the sum expended by England, considering the much larger num ber of troops she employed in the Crimea, it certainly cannot fall short of it. Neither has any statement been made of how much Turkey has expended in fighting her own battles, nor how much the Sardinian expedition has cost that enterprising little kingdom ; and last, though not least, how many millions the Czar has lavished in his obstinate though disastrous defence of his Crimean stronghold. It has been roughly estimated that the total sum expended by all the belligerents during the war cannot fall far short of $2,000,000,000. If to this sum be added the value of property sacrificed in consequence of the war, of the fleets destroyed, the towns burnt, the fortresses, harbours, bridges demolished—all of which cost millions upon millions in their construction—if ac• count be taken of the property of private individuals utterly devastated in the course of the struggle, and of the untold losses occasioned by the withdrawal of hun dreds of thousands of men from the ordinary industrial and productive employments of peace, some idea may then be formed of the deplorable expenditure of the war. But all these are insignificant in comparison with the loss of human life by the bullet, the sword, want, fatigue, and pestilence—the dread concomitants of war —even if those lives be only regarded for their mate rial value to the rest of the world, as producers of food, raiment, and shelter. During the two short years of the war it is estimated that upwards of three quarters of a million perished on the field, in fight, on the way side, from cold or want, or in the hospital, from disease, who, had they been left to pursue their ordinary avocations, might have enriched their country and benefitted their fellow-men. But apart from the material considerations of pecuniary profit or loss, considering the question as one affecting the cause and interests of humanity, who can compute the anguish, the misery, the despair which war br►ngs in its train I Who can eetimate the blighted hopes, the desolate hearth., the crushed fortunes, and countless domestic miseries which war occasions They are not remembered when the triumph of the hero is celebrated ; they are not noted by the chronicler ; they are not taken into account by those who engage or pro voke the contest to satisfy ambition, lust for power, or some other unworthy passion ; and yet, they are the saddest, because irremediable, consequences of war. — New York Journal of Commerce. The following are the principal features in the report of the directors of this company, to be submitted to the meeting of the proprietors, to be held at the Bridge-house Hotel, Southwark, on Thursday next : The accounts for the halflear ending June 30, 1856, are subjoined, and show the following results : CAPITAL ACCOUNT. The amount of capital raised to the 30th June, 1856, is 7,751,0151., consisting of— Mortgage debt ....... . £1,897,735 Preference capital Consolidated stock £7,751,015 The total capital outlay during the half-year has been 7,8821. 10s. 4(1., which has been expended in completing the Thames Junction Diversion and other works referred to in previous reports, and in increasing the platform accommodation at London -bridge. In consequence of the high rite of interest which has prevailed until a very recent period, the company's gua ranteed five per cent. stock has not reached such a price as to enable the directors to issue the remaining portion with due advantage: looking, however, to the favourable change in the money market, the directors believe that it will soon attain such a value as to enable them to dis• pose of the unissued balance. In the meantime they have the satisfaction of reporting that, during the recent monetary pressure, no part of this company's mortgage debt has been renewed or replaced at the rate of interest exceeding 41 per cent. Indeed, the present average rate of interest on the whole debt is not more than 41. 24. per cent. By the company's acts of Parliament, passed in 1353 and 1851, powers were obtained to convert the whole or any portion of the mortgage debt of the company either into ordinary stock or into a debenture stock, ' such last-mentio ned stock bearin g a fixed and perpetual I dividend not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, having priority of payment over all other dividends on any other stock or shares of the company. Resolution , will be submitted to the meeting authorising the exercise of these powers, and the directors recommend the pro prietors to leave in the hands of the board the option of converting the mortgage debt either into ordinary stock, or into a debenture stock, bearing a rate of interest not exceeding 4 per cent. per annum, as may from time to time appear preferable. Should the directors, acting under such authority, convert any portion of the debt into ordinary stock, such stock will have to be offered to the proprietors in proportion to their holdings. As compared with the corresponding hall-year of 1855 there has been an increase of 4,9261. in the ordinary ex penses, and of 10,556/. in renewals. The former is caused almost entirely by the extension of the mileage worked. The excess under the head of renewals arises from extra expenditure in repairs of the permanent way, no less than 36,681 sleepers having been replaced during the past half-year. The proprietors will observe that the balance of 4,7831. 2s. sd. which remained at the credit of the reserve fund has been applied tiwards meeting the expense incurred during the last half- y ear in relaying and improving the permanent way ; and that a further sum of 3,019/. 12s. 3d. has been placed to the deldt of revenue. It will be very satisfactary to the proprietors to learn that, wtli the exception of 16 miles, the entire main line (including the four lines between the Bricklayers' Arms Junctien and Croydon) has now been relaid and fish-jointed. The revenue ace count fur the past ha f-year has Ceen dehitsd with its full proportion of expenditure on this account, and the residue, together with the cost of improving the remaining 16 miles, will be spread over the future revenue of the company. When this has been completed, the di rectors do not anticipate any further expenditure under this head for some time to come. The directors have the satisfaction of reporting that the permanent way, buildings, and rolling stock are in a much better condition than at aeiv Orevious period. Dering the present session of Parliament bills have been introduced by the Winabiedon and Creyden, and ill by the West end of Loudon and Crystal Palace Rail. way Companies, for the purpose of carrying into tog effect the areements entered into with those compa Gies. These bing have passed through the committee of the Hou-40 of Lords, and ths latter has already received , the R , ) , , al asAent. The most amicable relations continue to be maint tined with both the neighbouring railway companies, at td in order further to cement the friendly connection wit 13 the South-Western Company the directors have, as an nounced at the recent special general meeting, cons( toted to that company participating in the lease of the \ Vun bledon and Croydon line. Intimation has been received from the West-end of Lon don and Crystal Palace Railway Company that they will shortly be prepared to open the first portion of their line, between the Crystal Palace and Wandsworth-coma ion ; and it is expected that by Midsummer, 1857, th a re maining portion, from Wandsworth-common to the Sloane-street terminus, will be ready for traffic, and ‘, the new Battersea-bridge and approaches completed. The directors much regret to report the lame: %tea death of one of their colleagues, Edward Crowley, 1 The board are unanimously of opinion that it is not ,de sirable to fill up the vacancy thus caused in the dit 43C tion, and accordingly they have convened a special in. tot ing of the proprietors, at which they will submit are e lution authorising the exercise of the powers contair t..ed in the Company's Act, 10th and 11th Victoria, c. 2, 76, reducing the number of directors to eight. The net amount at the credit of the revenue for t be half year is 115,6831. out of which the directors reco en• mend the payment of a dividend of 21. 10s. per cent. i for the half-year, amounting to 115,4641., leaving a balan rre to the credit of the current half-year of 2191. The directors take this opportunity of reminding tl proprietors, as usual, that the following directors are tl next in rotation to retire at the first half•yearly meetin in 1857, namely, Beaumont Hankey, Esq., and Cap J. M. Laws, R.N. LEO SCHUSTER, Chairman. London Terminus, July 16, 1856. Country Markets. BOSTON-JULY 16. We had a short supply of wheat, which met a slow con• sumptive demand, at prices about equal to those realised last week, and in some few instances the beet selected samples sold to needy millers at a trifling advance. No change in the value of spring corn. Prices :—Wheat, red, 66s Od to 79s Od; white, 80s Od to 83s Od extra, 85s Od. Barley, —s Od to —a Od. Oats, 223 to 30s. Beans, 41s Od to 48s Od. Peas, to —s Od. per gr. NEWAIIZI—JULY 16. There was a thin attendance to-day, and wheat was Is to 24 per quarter dearer. Other grain sold at last week's prices. Wheat, white 84s to 88s, red 79s to 81s; barley, maltin% —s to —s, grinding 408 to 425; oats, 12st. 34s to V,6s, list, 30s to 32s ; beans, 48s to 503 ; malt, 74s to 80s ; peas, 48s , to —s ; tares, —s to —s per qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—JULY 15. Our market to-day was thinly supplied with fat beasts , demand good, and mostly disposed of. Sheep and lamb; I an average supply, and prices unaltered. Fat and atom 0 calves plentiful. Pigs not so numerous. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 60 to 7( ; mutton, 7d to 7 ; lamb, lid to 8(.1 ; veal, 6d t•c —d pe lb. ; pigs, 'Os6dtol is Od per score ; rough fat, 4s 6 to 0 'per 141 b. ; hides, 3id to 4d per lb ; calf-skins, 3-; 1 . (1 to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JULY 16. A fair supply of grain in the market to•day. Sales quick, with a rise on last week's qutotations. Wheat, on the top, 3s Od up, and on the average is 10a , up. Barley, Os 6d up on the top, and 2s 81 up on the average. Oats on the top is 4d up—on the average. Od up. Beans on the top 2s up—on the average, 13 61 up. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 15 3 9-12ths. Beans Eli BORNE MAILS. 4y ( thenitc N ggre ht—l and es , that the mails are sent from the ) General Post•Offie M b Day em en made up from wha When cox:titivate.. in General Post- Por; I due 13 Office, London.* Dispatehe . E. Ana. _.....- ---...-- , _...............M.11. every Friday .... Liverpool ... 'Weekly t u rn: i r i t c o p a . ( ( b b y y ll u r i n t i p t 0 7 . t e g , _ _ _ _ „N. Every Tuesday .. Southampton Weekly oum pa e e r k ic e n t) (by packet) .... •• - . ••N U. Btato .. ... . Liverpool .. australla (via Liver pool) __ _ ....., td 4th and 19th .... Li Doververpool .. Twice MO . - .. -tilts (via Marseilles) N .._,- .. Mit° (via Cape of Goo,' ID 19 th Elope) ............N .. ..... •• •• _ .. Uncertain tf r i c s(Weat Coast)..N ' 4 2 ,1 Of tin' 1 4 011 tt . rtyrnowt. • • ,6th o' mo. alexandria.... •......N 10th 26th of 00. Dover ...... t.cl tlexandria.... - .....ai t: : , & 2ott, of mo Southarnp; 4sc2lcu in 4 Oahamas ....• ...... al 17th of the month Southompt • f. 16th Belgium ...........N imity Dover..., .), y Brazil .............. at 9th of the month Southorns, ,,, July 16. Buenos Ayres..."... l H q'" ,h. moot Sontliflt.,.., J u ly 16 Various porn. 0 .....e-t.• Cape of Good Hope ..N . Uncertain Cape of Good Hope •.;' 16th of tr. • Co•ao do Vords ...... t- ..•-•-•oA, Southanvcr. Ceylon (see India) I 10th and 26th 15 ft ‘, 9th Ceylon.... • .........N '4th and 20th 4 & 26th 0.. i'D Channel Mei .... , ..._ ' ..,• • •.. , ~ Q ••, , z rci • • 3outhamplon t u.'Ph al .1ifi1i.................. M ''' i^i• lift ('' ro,ntt. Southamp 01 1 and 16 china .... . !4th and 10th .... 4 and 29 Cionstantinople .... „.t i l , Oth and 26th .... I . l '''V' ,., :- • • 2 and .9 li. n. Soathampl to , and 24 ~ .nstantinople ~.... - 14i'd 20t1. ot Cont. of Europe If et N Twice daily _ .., .. Dover ....•• Mice da r Egypt (sae India) France ..•... - Hi In 1 i twice daily ...... Dover ...... rwieedal V ` (librauar __ _ _ „.bi 1,7,17, 20,27 ,fm. Southamplo . 4,7, 24,2 e• Greece (see India) 2z..134 , 1701 of mon. S:.uthampt. 11 load 16 Greytown ..........M. aamburgla .. .••... • . N - IDalli , . London ...- ...). . a „,,,, in e, ...... „ ~ r,i 211,1 of the monti. ziotattart , p..7 2d of mo Holland .......... ~ al D ail y .. . ..... .... Dover ...., .. Daily Honduras .... - —.54 17:1 of the month. Southompl el 16th India (viaSouthamPt.)s! WI "-i 20th of moo. Plymouth .. 4 and 21 0 India (via stfarseillec 1 1 .1H0.1i8t26th of troth Dover ...... lb IS ' 49 0 lonian Is' es (see in. , ,•• • • •• - • Dover.. ...• Ire'„and .:......M St N! i'...•ice oady .. „ _ Holyhe,/.1 Lisbon.. - • ...... -.. t.... , i2d ... e.. llt4.leira .......... ~„!)1,..!: Cl in, rid,o • S)utNampto, l 4, 16 MO a Hodelra ~.....„. . t.;1231 of month Halts. (see India) Malta .............. 5 4, 10, 20, and 26- Dover.. .... 4, 21,15. ,2 0 Rauritius.(see India) Maraltius ......., , i , . 20.. of the moR, I 15. 29 Matzo .... ~,, ..... se •• M l l, CI of the moat . s on thampt, 32 ist Naples . . • .. .. iv Dail.r Dover ..... New Granada ......;t+ 21&17thof month iouthampto; July 16 New Zea1and..,....... Taite a month . Various port Papal titates .... - ..2.. Daily .....• •• •• .. Dover ...... 1 weekli Peninsula ...........Y aouthampo i Porn .• ............Y 1.1 & 27th of mon. louthampt; t Ist &16 4 1 Pent Natal ..........N ily nrivate ship Various porn 8 city ..............N Every Saturday.. Dover ...urn.. Weekly. Tuscany ~,,,„ „„ „„ „...14 Daily.. ....., .. • • Dover ..... Voneznetv - ........M Id at 47th ofmonth Southamplez I tic lo 4 31 a: Van Dlemen's Land (!er I Australia) ...... ith of mon. .. .. 'monthly We.t. Tntife7 . ..•' • : ~• ' :c• • : iOntht.llo , .. 11 and 1( ; , .... I'vriC4dgi . V 6,7, 24,2 aa• 12d of mo Daily 16th ii i s an a d .4 2 9 l 1310 4, 21,15. ,09 ,I st At IC All 1 tic lux An 'monthly • 1 and 1( 1.... [ADVERTISEMENT.] SMUT AND HEARING SPECTACLE 0, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPEETT rs GLASSES,—Messrs.. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, All )0' marle-street, Piccadilly. Obsezve—opposite the York Hot el- By 14er Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable a 01 extraordinary improvements in the most powerful a nu brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and P er• spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects view through them—of great importance to the army, nal 1, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinr ry powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra e: re* piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distal fit, and an object from 10 to 20 miles. They are of larger and I 1 sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their van ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than t 1110 above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—Theßo; r al Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very suer Jl• powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by whi a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they antra A al every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera hens a gm country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at 8 to 10 mill They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting , 1 0 sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opens It race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wondert sl power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the gres est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive . 4 : 1 from this invention is, that vision becoming i m p aired preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute sea pation- can see with these lenses of a much less mogull y. ing power—and they do not require the frequent ehang ea to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistant a)- Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an e traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpsM r iy thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever ;an 'be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not p coptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at chair ch and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all t b• assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemeri C' street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York liebal, BIRTHS. OF A NON. -- On the 17th inst., at 27, Skinner street, Snowhill, wife of Mr. Charles Cullingham. On the 15th inst., at 76, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde - par k ' the wife of James Cockle, of the Middle Temple, barrisq.ar OF A DAUGHTER. On the 16th inst , at 16, Wilton-place, Belgrave-sqg are, th 4 wife of Julius Talbot Airey, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Albion-road, Finchley-road, the wife of Alfred Cox, Esq. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squares Captain Charles Wyndham, late of the Turkish Congo gent, to Georgina Fanula Maxlay, daughter of the late Mnjor Malay, of the Royal Regiment, and formerly A.D. C. to H.R H. the late Duke of Kent. On the 16th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-squares Frederick A. Rischmann, Esq., of 6, High-street, Ec cleston-square west, to Maria Margaret, youngest clan& ter of Francis Read , E s q. , o f Upper Belgrave.place, Pimlico. DIED. On the 16th inst., at Leighton Buzzard, John Richards 17 . q , of Charter-house square, London. On the 1 th inst., Alexander Wight, Esq., o f 3, I . fol L in d-park-terrace, Notting - hill, Manager of the C haring cross Branch of the Union Bank of London, aged 69. On the 16th inst., at Writtle, near Chelmsford, Mrs. M. Evans, wife of George Evans, Esq., aged 84. On the 16th inst., at Oxford, Hugh, last surviving scS of Edward R. Owen, Esq. On the 16th inst., Clara de la Garde, daughter of br Henry Grissell, of the Five Houses, Clapton. Printed and Publiched by MIIRDO YOUNG `strand, P , iutor, at The S*44 thifixe 7 :-'•etity. , •, of tbo Savoy, Tay Ixllo eowili of Middlexas, Friday, JulylB, 1606. PATE WHEW has t JAMES RICIIMONI of BURTON'S self as the Orig CHARLES. Ittsurecrusra vaprincipled an Look for " C 162, Regent- A RG YLL No w riaton, R. Bon R. 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