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franchise all who received half-crown tickets, which tickets they got exchanged in the public shops for goods. No practices could be more demoralising; and be (Mr. Clay) would confidently ask the house, were persons so miscon ducting themselves the, individuals whom the committee should have further intrusted with the elective franchise ? The places to be added to the borough were of great respectability, and their junction would not injure that which he considered the overwhelming interest of the house—the agricultural interest. The elective franchise was not a privilege, but a duty--(Hear, hear)...-therefore, when the house considered it was not fairly used, they were bound to remove it.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord G. SOMERSET, which did not reach the gallery, Sir HENRY HARDINGE rose to protest against the position taken up by the hon. member, that a borough was to he disfracchis-d from expediency. He combated such a conclusion, and would contend there were no pre mises to justify it. He knew not how they could allow Newry to escape, and yet persevere to punish Hertford. Another consideration should weigh with the house—Hert ford had not been heard by counsel.—(Hear.) Counsel bad been only engaged for the members, but the burgesses' cause had not been pleaded; he, therefore, strongly pro tested against proceeding to disfranchise a borough with out due, proper, and legal evidence of its corruption having been given. Mr. ROEBUCK denounced treating in any instance; and in reply to the right bon. baronet's (Peel) remark, upon giving suppers to poor men, said five shillings were five shillings—(Laughter)—and if he (Mr. Roebuck) was opposed to the rich being treated, he was also adverse to the poor being made drunk. A voter had a solemn duty to perform, and his acceptance cf any, even the smallest favour, lessened his attitude of inde pendence, and was calculated to be productive of the greatest mischief. The right honourable baronet had spoken " of innocent festivities." He (Mr- Roebuck) knew not what such festivities were for, except for cor ruption, and he would reform them altogether. If the house wished effectually to put down bribery, they should resort to the ballot, a mode of taking votes in upholding, which he might not have many to agree with him in that house. The hon. and gallant member below him bad said that a borough should not he disfranchised except evidence was given of its corruption. What did the Re. form Bill do ? It proceeded to disfranchise numbers of boroughs without one tittle of evidence being beard. In fact, schedule A was filled with whole lists of them.— (Hear.) Difference in number made no difference in principle, and therefore the proceedings were not without precedent. For his own part, he should be happy to see the entire powers of the committee referred to a single judge, because he considered the house, cons.ituted as it was, not altogether adequate to adjudicate upon such matters. A judge, having the eyes of the country upon him, would proceed to decide, uninfluenced by any consideration but of his public duty. Sir HENRY HARDINGE explained. Sir J. SCARLETT was strongly opposed to the doctrine laid down by the hen. member of the necessity of suc cumbing to political expediency. Such a doctrine, if carried into execution, would be found destructive of poli tical rights, and calculated to strike at the root of every principle then venerated and esteemed. In legislating upon the rights of whole masses, such as the 40s. free holders of Ireland, expediency might be for a moment deferred to, but in the case of a single individual, if ex pediency was permitted to govern and direct them, he would pronounce such expediency the rankest and the grossest tyranny. He could not see that the mere act of giving a half-crown dinner should be considered bribery and corruption. The, time of a general election was generally not a time for fasting, but fi r festivity, and he could not conceive why the candidate, if he joined in that festivity, even at the expense of half-a-crown, should be considered guilty of a crime. Mr. HARDY said, the only case in point was one which came on before the Court of Common Pleas, and the judges of that court did not hold the doctrines pro pounded by the on. and learned member. The doctrine they held was, that it was unlawful to treat between the period of the testing of the writ and the return. He was astonished to hear the noble lord and the hon. and gallant member draw a difference between bribery and treating. By the statute of William 111. there was no such distinction drawn. Bribery and treating were all put together in one clause, and the election was declared void if any of them took place between the testing of the writ and the return. The argument of the noble lord and the honourable and gallant mem ber appeared to him to be, that insomuch as no treating was proved between the testing of the writ and the return, they might be permitted to treat as much as they chose before the testing of the writ, and after the return was made. But was that the doctrine held by committees of the house? In the case of Hallyburton, the election was set aside by the committee which sat upon it, on account of treating before the issuing of the writ.— (ilear, hear.) But when he heard the noble lord and the gallant officer say that treating was allowable, he would beg to ask how it happened that it was carried on at all times with so much secrecy and discretion—with every precaution to avoid detection—but that it was considered an off nce ? If the hon. anti learned member still doubted corruption, he hoped he would call the noble lord who stated in his evidence before the committee that his ex penses with '760 voters was 9,0001. He (Mr. Hardy) was an satisfied of the necessity of checking treating, before and after, as well as between the issuing of the writ and the return, that he would, in the bill which be should have the honour of bringing before the house, make a provision to prevent any thing like tinting, bribery, or any thing else which might influence a vote, either before the testing of the writ or after the return. He concluded by saying be should feel it his duty to support the second reading of the bill. Sir JAMES SCARLETT explained. l'llr. SHAW said, this was the first time that a borough was attempted to be disfranchisnd merely for treating. Mr. BERNAL rose to reply—He should be ashamed of himself if he were to bring forward a measure for the disfranchisement of a borough on such trifling grounds of treating as the hon. and learned member for Norwich had supposed. But be appealed to the members of the com mittee who sat on the Hertford election, to say if they had ever heard ofsuch gross corruption and falsehood, as that which came out on the evidence brought before them ? It plainly appeared from that evidence, that I/. was the ge neral price given for a plumper, and 10s. for a split vote ; with the additional douceur, occasionally, of a white bat. Sir JAMES SCARLETT said, that no one was more averse to corruption and treating than he was himself ; and if any hon. member would bring in a bill to prohibit all treating on occasions of elections, he (Sir J. Scarlett) would support such a bill. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be c ommitted on Wednesday next. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. Mr. JOHN A. MURRAY moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. A. JOHNSTONE thonght it would be better to postpone this measure until after the Dissenters' Marriages Rill had pipsed. lie hoped ton that the hon. and learned member who introduced the bill would make it more com prehensive in its provisions, or, at least, alter its causes so as to give satisfaction to the people of Scotland, which he was sure it would not do in its present form. He (Mr. A. Johnstone) was willing to vote for the bill, if all the hon. and learned member meant to do was to repel the penalties to which Roman Catholic clergymen were liable for celebrating marriages ; but if his intention was to put the Catholic clergyman on the same footing with those of the Established Church, he (Mr. Johnstone) would give the bill his most decided opposition. Mr. MURRAY thought his hon. and learned friend puitit not to oppose the second reading of the bill. Even ;base, he conceived, who were most jealous of the Roman Cdtholice possessing privileges in England must be anxious, when they knew what the low of Scotland was relative to the marriages of Roman Catholics, to give every facility to their marriage by clergymen of their own persuasion. As the law of Scotland now stood, a tinker or blacksmith, residing in a certain locality, could marry two parties coming before him and saying they wished to be married, and such marriage would be held valid.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) There was another instance which might ioe given of the absurdity of the law of Scotland respect ing marriages, and that was, that if two persons ex changed letters to the effect that they were married, and aould prove they had been bedded together, the circum stance would be held a perfectly valid marriage.—(Loud laughter.) His hon. and learned friend had said, that the present bill was not necessary, as the penalties to which Roman Catholic priests were liable when they performed the marriage ceremony were not enforced. His hon. and learned friend was, to a certain extent, mis taken. He (Mr. Murray) recollected the case of a Hunan Catholic clergyman, who, in the year 1815, was tried before the justiciary court at Inverness; and one of the charges for which he was indicted was, that he had been guilty of celebrating marriages. It was true that this charge was afterwards departed from, but that did not affect his argument. It was with a view to remove these anomalies and hardships, that he conceived it his duty to bring in the bill. Major CUMMING BRUCE would most willingly agree to any measure wnic.:l had for it, ob;ect t.) do away with whatever penal enactments existed against the Roman Ca tholic priests performing the marriage ceremony, but he protested against ti,e passing of any law which would have the tffect of conferring on Roman Catholics in Scotland greater privileges than were enjoyed by other Dissenters in that part of the country. He (Major Bruce) knew that a strong feeling existed among the Protestants in Scot- land against extending further privileges to Roman Ca tholics, in addition to those conferred on them by the measure of Catholic emancipation. An HoN. MEMBER, whose name we did not learn, said that the law of Scotland was most absurd and anomalous as regarded the marriages of Roman Gallolies. Accord. ing to that law, if two parties waited on two Roman Ca tholic priests, and said they bad formed a marriage con tract together, the circumstance would be held as a valid marriage, and neither of the clergymen would expose him self to any penalty ; but if two persons went to one 11 , ,man Catholic priest, expressing their wish to be married, and he pronounced the nuptial benediction, the priest who did so would render himself liable to a heavy penalty. After a fe•.v words from another HON. MEMBER, whose name was also unknown in the gallery, the bill was read a second time. To be commived on Wednesday next. The house then went into committee on the Equitable Apportionments Bill. The bill went through committee. LIVERPOOL FREEMEN BILL. On the moti,n that the house go into committee on the Liverpool Freemen Bill, Mr. HODGSON rose to move an amendment to the bill, but was interrupted by The SPEAKER, who said that the mode of proceeding by moving an amendment, would be informal. The proper mode of procedure for the hon. member would be, to put his motion in the form of an instruction to the committee. Mr. HODGSON then rose and said, that the objects of the instruction to the committee he was about to move were threefold. The first was, that punishment should be extended to ell those persons who had been proved to b. guilty of giving bribes, as well as to those who had been guilty of receiving them. The second was to limit the punishment to such of the electors as had accepted of bribes, or were proved to have participated in the bribery practised on the occasion. The third object was to pre vent such persons as had been convicted of bribery at Liverpool, from coming in as electors in any other consti tuency. It was the intention of the hon. member (Mr. Benett) who introduced the bill, to make it conformable to Lord John Russell's hill. He did not go so far as that bill. He conceived it a bard case that a whole consti tuency should be punished for the crimes committed by a part of their number. Of the constituency of Liverpool at the time of the election, at which bribery had been proved to have been practised, there were 840, against whom not even a charge of corruption had been pre ferred, far less proved. Since then the number of pure voters who had been added would make the number of the uncorrupted constituency at that place about 1,000. He thought that such constituents ought not to be disfran chised for the offences committed by others of the electors. There were no fewer than 550 voters who had a right to exercise the elective franchise as householders, who would be deprived by this bill of that right as freemen. The bon. gentleman concluded by moving, as an instruction to the committee, " That they have power to limit the operations of the bill to those persons whose guilt has been proved before committees of this house; and to make provision that all persons who have been proved before such com mittees to have been guilty of giving or receiving bribes at the elections of members of parliament for the borough of Liverpool, shall be rendered incapable of voting at any future election for that borough." Mr. BENETT said that the motion of the hon. member would, if carried, make his (Mr. Benett's) bill an ex post facto measure. It would have a retrospective effect. The course which that house had invariably adopted in all cases of a similar kind was, that if a majority of the electors were proved guilty of bribery, the whole should be deprived of the elective franchise. If the hon. member's proposed instruction to the committee should be agreed to, the object of his (Mr. Benett's) bill would be totally defeated. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY would support the motion. He thought the Reform Bill bad been meant as an act of amnesty. As the great majority of the electors bad exercised the franchise purely, be conceived that they ought not to be punished with those who had been found guilty of bribery. Colonel WILLIAMS was understood to vote against the proposed instructions, as he considered they would have an unjust operation. Lord SANDON would oppose the suggested modifica tion as strenuously as the bill itself, as be felt that both the one and the other were unjust. Dr. NICHOLL thought the motion of the hon. mem. her for Newcastle an improvement on the bill, and he should therefore support it. Mr. GLADSTONE also supported the motion. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the Motion Against it Majority 92 On re-entering the gallery, we found Lord GEORGE BENTINCK addressing the house. His lord,hip had a motion to make on the present subject, by which he in tended to include in iLe proposed punishment many individuals who would otherwise escape, and at the same . - time to rescue from unmerited punishment a number of individuals who could by no possibility have been guilty of the crimes to be punished. The latter parties consisted of the 870 freemen, who had become such since the pe icy! of the commission of the ..cis of hi ihery now to be punished. Those whom he wished to include in the pu nishment were in number '756, mostly rich individuals, and who but for this motion would be screened from the consequences of the bill. These consisted of the 166 persons calling themselves captains-lieutenant, or canvas sers at the election in 1830 ; the forty individuals who had compos.d the committees on both sides at the same election; and the 550 ten pound householders who had been guilty of bribery and corruption on that occasion, at which it was proved by the evidence of one Joseph Myers that a sum of not less than forty-three thousand pounds (as we understood) was expended in bribery. The evidence of Mr. Pennington clearly showed that corruption pre prevailed among the higher classes to a very considerable extent. The noble lord then referred to the case of Sef ton, of which mention bad been made before, and asked whether persons so conscien'ious as he were to be disfran chised, while the captains-lieutenant and canvassers were to go unscathed ?—(Hear, heir.) The displeasure of that house should visit the splendid palace and gilded mansion as well as the bumble roof of the poorer class of offen• dere, and if one were stamped with disgrace, let the others also he visited with the stigma of corruption.—(Cheers.) The result of the clause which he proposed would be to spare the franchise to 1,195 electors. The bill would dis franchise 4,627, while the clause he proposed would have the effect of reducing the disfranchisement to 3,432. He would move that the clause, as it now stood, be omitted, and that the committee he instructed to provide, f' That uo rerson who shall have become a burgess or freeman of the said borough of Liverpool prior to the Ist of Dec. m • ber, 1830, shall, either as such burgess, or such freeman, or in right of any other franchise whatever, vote, or be entitled to vote, in the election of a member or members to serve in the present, or any future parliament for the said borough." Mr. HODGSON made some observations which we could net collect. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL had intended to propose a similar motion, but it had been shown to him that there was a lik-lihood the pressing of this clause would endanger the bill in the other house. With this conviction he would request the noble lord to withdraw the instruction. Mr. BENETT regretted that the noble lord, in moving his instruction, (lid not go higher, and try and reach the source from whence the money came, which caused the corruption. He wished the noble lord had reached the head. An HoN. MEMBER. tweed with the noble lord, that there should not be one law for the rich and another for the pour, and yet some hard cases would occur under the instruction moved by the noble lord. There was'one fact stated, amid the corruption of the Liverpool election, in the conduct of Mr. Gates, which in a great measure re deemed the open bribery. That gentleman thought it his duty, in the face of the people and the candidates, to state that, where such open and unblushing corruption was practised, he should not vote on either side. It would he hard on him, and others similarly circumstanced, to be excluded from the franchise. Lord SANDON observed, that 854 persons, who had not been bribed, were passed over. Mr. R. MASON said there was no evidence that 854 persons had not been bribed. Lord SANDON replied, that as this was a question of facts, be would leave it to the experience of the house to judge who was likely to be most cautious in snaking as sertions, he or the hon. member. Mr. WASON—I will ask the noble lord to point to that page in the evidence which states that 851. freemen were not bribed ; and if the noble lord cannot point to it I must say that the insinuation is such as no honourable man should have made. The V SPEAKER—I am sure the hon. member does not mean to express what his language implies; and I call upon him to explain what he meant by the term in sinuation. Mr. WASON.—I throw myself on the tome. The in. sinuation was, that I was not so worthy of belief as the noble lord. That insinuation, in deference to you, Sir, and your position, I must treat as you direct ; but out of this home the noble lord knows how I should treat it. The SPEAKER—The hon. gentleman speaks in lan guage quite parliamentary when he defers to me because of my position, and in the exercise of the duty pertaining to it, I call upon the hon. member to explain what he meant when he first used language most unparliamentary, and then threw out an ambiguous threat, which he must be aware this house will not suffer to pass unnoticed. Mr. WASON—I shall state what I did say. I did not say, Sir, that I objected personally to you; I never made that statement, and I am sure you attribute it to me ans takingly. The SPEAKER—The hon. member must go further. He must express what he did say, and explain what he meant by the ambiguous phrases which he uttered. Mr. WASON—Thst is not the point which I—(Cries of " Older, order; Chair, chair.") The SPEAKER—I call the hon. member to older._ —..—.-- ... Mr. WASON—I throw myself on the house. The hon. member for Northampton may in tbat cheer cry " Chair." If called to order, what am Ito do? I was about to explain and repeat as closely as I can, the words I uttered, and the hon. member calls " Chair, chair." The SPEAKER—That is not the question ; I have called upon the hon. member to repeat and explain ; I am sure he will not resist the call. If he do, I shall feel my se!f bound to name him to the house, and the hon. mem• ber is aware of the course the house will then feel it its duty to pursue. The hoc. member says lie throws himself on the house. It is through no personal motive, but in the fulfilment of a duty, that I interfere. 1 he hon. member has undertaken to interpret the language of another hon. member, and states himself convinced that an insinuation against his honour was intended by that language. That interpretation has been contradicted.—(" No, no ; Order, order.") lam glad to see the hon. member (Mr. Wason) prepared to rise. I heard the noble lord express the ne gative. The hon. member has repeated the same thing again, and concluded in ambiguoua terms, by alluding to the course he would take out of the house. I call upon the hon. member to explain in both cases. Mr. WASON—I now understand the position in which lam placed. I did not understand it before. I did not hear the noble lord deny that he intended to make the im putation ; but if he rises in his place, and as a gentleman says he did not mean the imputation, I shall apologise. Lord SANDON being appealed to, would use the words he used before, and leave the matter to the opinion of the house, whether or not they would bear the construction put on them. To the best of his recollection what he said was, that he would leaveit to the house to decide which of the two, from experience, would be likely to be most can. tioua in making assertions.—( , \o. no.) These were the words to the best of his recollection. He alluded in them to the observations made by the hon. gentleman on a for mer occasion, in reference to the mayor and town clerk, and thought the insufficiency of proof on that occasion was not such as should induce the house to believe the hon. member's statement in preference to his (Lord Sandon's). WASON—The noble lord has not yet said to the house that he did not mean to convey the insinuation. Every word of what I said on the occasion alluded to, 1 am ready to repeat whenever and wherever called upon. Mr. BULLER explained the noble lord's meaning to be such, as that whatever c, her interpretation may be put upon his words, they were not meant to convey t:.e insult imputed to them; with which Mr. Wason appearing satis fied, the matter dropped. Strangers were ordered to with draw; hut we understood there was no d►vision, and on our return to the gallery, we found the house in committee on the bill. Lord SANDON objected to the statement in the pre amble, that bribery and corruption had existed in Liverpool for a long period, and moved the omission of the word " long." The declaration was inconsistent with the state ments of the report itself. Mr. BENETT opposed the amendment, and referred to the report and the presentment of the grand jury in 1827, to prove the truth of the statement. After a few words from . Dr. Nichol!, Mr. M. Phillips, and Mr. Aglionby, Mr. ROTCH insisted that the long standing corruption of Liverpool wls perfectly notorious in his own recolle:.. tion. He remembered when placards were stuck upon the walls naming the price which would be given for votes, and every low fellow whom you met in the town would at once name the current price. Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE challenged the hon. and learned gentleman to name any time when such a circum stance took place. He never recollected nor heard of it. lie believed systematic corruption existed in Liverpool be fore 1830. Several persons who had supported the present Lord Chancellor bad certainly come forward to prove that there was great corruption amongst his party ; but he denied that either the Canning or Huskisson party had practised anything like systematic bribery. As for the presentment of the Grand Jury, it had a very imposing sound ; but the Grand Jury was composed of inhabitants of Liverpool who were subj,et to strong political feelings; and the last Grand Jury had made a presentment, which ought to be equally imposing, deprecating this measure. After some further discussion, the amendment was ne gatived without a division. Dr. NICHOLL moved, as an amendment in the pre amble, to omit the words " or hereafter," for the purpose ,f inserting the words " save such freemen as have been admitted subsequently to the let January, 1831." After a discussion, in which Mr. Mark Phillips, Sir H. Willoughby, Mr. 13tnett, Mr. Jamts, Mr. H. Hughes, Lord Molyneux, Mr. 0 Dwyer, Mr. Hodgson, and Lord Sandon participated, the amendment was negatived with out a division. The preamble was then agreed to, the Speaker resumed the chair amidst loud cheers, and the report was ordered to be received this day. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. The report of the Juries (Ireland) Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time this day. EARL OF WARWICK. Mr. PETER postponed his motion for an address to his Majesty, praying for the removal of the Earl of Warwick from the Lord Lieutenancy of Warwickshire, to Wednes day the 16th of April. FINES AND RECOVERIES IN IRELAND. Mr. LYNCH obtained leave to bring in a bill for the abolition of fines and recoveries in Ireland, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance. LABOURING POOR IN IRELAND. Mr. LYNCH postponed his motion for leave to bring in a bill or bills for the better employment of the labour ing poor in Ireland. SEWERS. On the motion of Mr. WARD, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the existing laws respecting sewers, and suggest such changes in these laws, as well as in the Board of Commissioners of Sewers, as the public conveniences may require. LEAMINGTON SPA. Mr. TANCRED moved that counsel or agents be ad mitted to be heard in support of the petition presented by certain inhabitants of Leamington Spa, en the 11th of March, 1834. Mr. H. HUGHES seconded the motion. The SPEAKER described to the house the difficulty which had arisen from the circumstance of two petitions hiving been presented from the inhabitants of Leamington Priors, the one complaining of the forgery of their names to a petition presented on the 25th of June last, the other stating that their names were properly subscribed to the said petition. Mr. ABERCROMBIE, as a member of the committee to which the subje ct of the alleged forgeries had been re ferred, observed, that when upon aski ng i n the committee who was the accuser, he was told by the Chairman (the lion. member for Dover) that he was the accuser. It ap peared there actually was no petition, and unless the com mittee were assisted by parties who knew the facts of the case, it would he impossible for them to make a satisfac tory report. The house having heard the accusation of forgery from one of its members, adopted it, and referred it to the consideration of the committee. Under the cir cumstances of the case, however, it might be expedient to consider whether the proceeding did not tend to establish a dangerous precedent, and whether the proceedings of the committee, although they must necessarily be very labo rious, could by any possibility lead to a satisfactory result ? The SPEAKER restated the difficulty of the case, which was, whether a petition, signed by nine or ten per sons, was a sufficient justification for going into an inquiry whether nearly 300 names to another petition had been forged or not? Mr. ABERCROMBIE again dwelt upon the difficulty which must attend the proceedings of the committee, not founded on a petition, supported by counsel or agents, but solely on the speech of a member of that house. The SPEAKER, under all the circumstance, put it to the house whether it would not be better to defer any fur ther discussion on the point till their next evening sitting (this day). After a few words from Mr. S. Rice, Sir R. Inglis, Lcrd Eastnor, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. O'Dwyer, the question was adjourned accordingly. , Mr. HORTON moved that the order for the second reading of the bills for the better observance of the Sat)- , bath in England and Wale' ) Which stood in the order by LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1834. In the House of Commons last night, Mr. BERNAL moved the second reading of the Hertford Borough Bill, which was met by an amendment, on the part of Lord G. SOMERSET, whose professed object was to get rid of the bill altogether. It wag, however, not pressed to a division. The Liverpool Freemen Bill went through a committee, after which Mr. PETER postponed his motion for an Address to the Crown for the removal of the Earl of WAR WICK, from the Lord Lieutenantcy of War wickshire. The night's debates were, on the whole, remarkably dull, being chiefly confined to common-place matters of business. We can hardly conceive any thing more absurdly impolitic, than for a Roman Catholic to come forward, at the present time, and call for the repeal of the oaths administered to members of that persuasion previous to taking their seats. It has long been urged by the high Church party, that Catholics are not to be trusted—that their oaths and promises and engagements, of every kind, are vain ; and, whenever they interfere with their interests, and more particularly the interests of the Catholic Church, they are sure to be eluded. That, however, is not the only charge against Catholics. It is also said, " Let them get in the little finger, and, in a short time they will get in the whole body, they are so persevering in their plans, so bent on restoring the supremacy of their religion, so little influ enced by scruples and so armed with jesuitical reasons, that if once they obtain footing on the vantage ground, they are sure to forget by what means they gained it, and think only of improving it, for the aggrandisement of their political and re ligious interests." These are not our opinions, but they certainly were the opinions of a great portion of the people of England, and strongly expressed too at the time the Catholic Relief Bill agitated the country. In order to satisfy the public mind, therefore, it was specially enacted that Catholic members should disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the church establish ment, and solemnly swear that they would not exercise any privilege to which they were entitled as members of parliament, to weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant govern ment within the realm. This was considered by the great body of Protestants as a security against any attempts on the part of the Catholics. The Catholics willingly acceded to the pledge, and it was accepted as a set off against the Re lief Bill. Yet, five years have not elapsed before the Hon. Member for Dublin comes forward with a proposition to annul the engagements by which lie and his party are bound, and do away with oaths altogether. New light, it appeared, had broke in upon his mind. Doubts had been e xcited by a Catholic magazine as to the mean ingmeaning a and extent of the oath ; and he had eve n 10 ' !"ing Could o a rtl t i l e y attempt wo rds ,pu rb otst be more mischievous to the Catholics themselves, tse as an t t o the Government. n o r any . better schem e d ev i se d f or g i v i ng t h e anti . Catholic party grounds o f com pl a i nt f or conces sions granted, and proving that their worst pre dictions were beginning to be verified ? It will throw obstacles in the way of further relief, and a tco ff al o et r rh d aotlio t i h cn e s, Orange party the best excuse for per severing i n th e exc l us i ve s y ste m. It w ill a l so damp the en d eavours o f t h e f r i en d s o f re li g i ous a w tt h em en pt t i h n e g y t fi o n t d iu t o h w e g d r o ea w t n le t a n d a etrb rriel of the which they established as a peace offering to Yh oe int the ,p tr P oo Protestant us st peace, e c a h s u t, rc i hnLah indiscreet d h y ts r hc e re b e y oe t rdnegs involving tsltss. ll exclaim, and you promised security to the Church ; but, instead of peace, we have only agitation and coercion bills, and we are now threatened with a removal of the only obstacles to the Catholics in pulling down the Church. We willingly acquit the more respectable Catho lics of any such design, and are sure they will concur in reprobating any rash, insidious attempts to revive ancient feuds and awake former sus picions. It is certainly singular, but equally true, that the Catholic leaders have ever b een more anxious to obtain the sort of relief which would more immediately be of advantage to themselves than to the great body of the people. They have obtained a measure by which they can have seats in Parliament—seats on the Judicial Bench—seats in the Cabinet, but what have they done for the relief of the lower classes? Have they not, on the contrary, opposed mea sures which more than any other would benefit the Catholic population of Ireland—namely Poor Laws, and provision for the Catholic clergy ? These would afford relief, but then discontent would be diminished, and agitation would fail. The Paris Papers of Tuesday contain no news of a domestic nature worthy of any remark. With respect to Spai❑ the intelligence is very unsatisfactory, if we may believe the following abstract from the second edition of a Morning Contemporary : " The intelligence from Madrid comes down to the 4th instant inclusive. It is important, and goes far to justify the gloomy anticipations which our late communications were calculated to suggest. It appears by them that con fusion reigned in the councils of the Queen; that anarchy prevailed in the capital ; and that the civil war, which al ready existed in many of the provinces, threatened to burst forth in the remainder. The ordonnance calling out the Urban Guard, and which had so much disappointed the na tion, and produced disorder in many places, has been an nulled, in fact, by a new decree, dated the Ist instant, which recognizes and legalises the various armed volun teer bodies already associated and organised in the pro. vinces. The Carlists had become perfectly audacious in Madrid, patrolling the streets, and otherwise assuming the attitude of the regular militia force. A conflict between them and the troops and liberal citizens took place on the night of the 2d inst., in which some lives were lost ; and at the date of the last accounts (seven o'clock p.m. of the 4th inst.) firing was heard in the quarter of Arapies. The two Castiles were said to be on the point of raising the standard of revolt. Dun Carlos was beginning to evince activity, and an intention to re-enter Spain, and was believed to be amply supplied with money. The coolness that had arisen between the Queen-Regent and the other members of the Royal family continued to be a sub ject of observation. . " Our Tolosa letter estimates the Carlist force in Biscay, Alava, Guipuzcoa, and Navarre, at 20,000 men, and calculates on their being double that amount within another month. The Queen's troops in those provinces did not exceed 12,000 men. The Carlist Junta had " decreed" that a monthly contribution be paid by the towns and villages into the " Royal" treasury. The head-quarters of General Butron were removed, on the sth instant, from St. Sebastian to Tolosa. Our Bayonne corre spondent had learnt from a courier, who had left Madrid on the sth inst., that at that date that capital was tranquil, and the Ministry unchanged, and that the conflict above alluded to had not been of a political character. " The Spanish Funds maintained themselves in Paris, in spite of the sombre aspect of affairs in Spain—a circumstance attributed to the certainty that the money necessary to pay the dividends had been supplied to the Queen." The basis of a decree for the convocation of the Cortes was handed about among certain parties, but as its genuineness is at best doubt ful it is idle to enter into particulars. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 11. Five per Cents., 104 f. 20c. 45e. Three per Cents., 78f. 77c. 25c. Bank Actions, 17801 Rente de Naples, 941. 15c. Roman Five per Cents., 93%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 123 1 ,( i Rente d'Espa g ne, Three per Cents., 40%. Royal Spanish Lo an, 73% Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., €27 6 . Belgian Loan, 1531, Five per Cents , 100. Hay tian Loan, 275 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251 22 uc. ; money, 25f. 29.6. c. —C'onrs Authentique. The German Papers of the 7th instant con tain some news from Constantinople of the 11th of February, to the effect that groat confusion prevails in the Turkish Councils, in consequence of a demand by England that the SULTAN shall renounce the Russian treaty. The arrival of an English courier from Constantinople at Vienna, on the 28th of February, is said to have caused a sensation on 'Change there, but the affair was expected to blow over. Brussels papers of the 12th inst. have been received. It appears that there have been some hostile indications shown by the Dutch gun boats :on the Scheldt, but the affair went off amicably. The following extracts will be read with interest, for there is a great deal of_ plausi bility in them : BRUSSELS, MARCH 9.—ln the debate in the Chamber of Representatives on the 7th, on the motion of M. Hoffsmidt, respecting the conduct of the ministry in an affair of Luxem burg, and which motion was withdrawn after the reply of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Pirson made the following speeeh, as reported in the Moniteur Beige. (The other papers give only some short extracts of it) : " M. Pirson.—The affairs of Luxemburg are certainly very serious ; they give me an opp ortunit y to relate to you a con versation which I have hitherto ke p t secret, and th e witnesses to which I can name. " If the Minister for Foreign Affairs has nothing to tell you, if, generally speaking, he thinks himself authorised to be silent, and this is possible, since with respect to the claims to be made in Holland, he may say that negocia tions are not sufficiently advanced ; I, gentlemen, have other things to tell you. To ente r on thediscussion, I will place you on:ground where ther e will be matter for the Chamber to make ser i o us reflections, and where, under th e p r e t e x t of replying to state ie the Minister for Foreign Affairs, you will have to explain your w i s hes with respect to our foreign policy. :—France was republicans—of in a friends nds to of " As soon as I saw the events in Luxemburg, I was per. suaded (and since what has passed I am fully convinced), that these events were connected with a project fora restoration, an d o combustion at all points. Insurrection was eve r y w h ere orga nized. Do you believe that these troubles, theseinsu rrec ti ons, :vperroevteheit as work f patriots—of true v their country ? No ! Now, as at all times, they are wretches bearing the name of Frenchmen, or agents paid by foreigners, who alone endeavour to sow trouble and anarchy in France. And what was the object of these agitators ? It was no other, you may be assured, than the re-establishment of the ancient dynasty and a new restoration. Do you not think—do you not see it proved by the accounts of all the journals—do you not see that the events in Luxemburg, were but a fire-ship launched by way of prelude? If France had been thrown into combustion, as there was rea son to think, by the troubles which broke out simultaneously at Paris, Lyons, and Marseilles ; and if, on the other hand, the attempts made against this country had increased, this fact would have remained. Louis Philip, employed with his troops in restoring order in France, would not have been able to come to our assistance—the restoration would have been ac complished in Belgium. Then the Powers would have said to France, It is an accomplished fact, which cannot now be changed.' What prevents my feeling any doubt of the reality of this project, is the conversation which I have mentioned, and which I am going to have the honour to relate to you. " I had this conversation with Marshal Gerard. The persons who were witnesses to it were the Marquis de Chasteler, the Abbe Bouqueau and Pweleine, the Count de Baillet. " Marshal Gerard told us that he knew, and that he had the proofsthe King _A two parts ; the one to excite troubles in France, the other t° objecti in his of hands, Holland,th that several sovereigns , edajoint r:dri,gdiwvihdo:l; get rid of Louis Philip. (Pour se defaire de.) 500,000 He fi m o e r ti s of v ed iz., t 3 h o e o, 7 o m o t p o r e o x p e o i s t e: tr b o y ubl H e, t a X l o ; o rid of Louis Philip. m ade ~ This fact appeared to us so extraordinary that we was well inclined to pay for exciting troubles in France, h . 744 uns. We said that we did not doubt that Hollandu. Louis Philipassassinated (pour faire assassiner Louis P fi r sisted, and said that he was certain of the fact. ances are this appeared to us too much (trap fort). Marshal Gerard per' " You see by this, Gentlemen, that the circurnst e ma __ serious. If the troubles in France should becom morr: alarming—France would not then be able serious—if the troubles in France should We must therefore be ourselves in a condition as hinder O it teg :t ° reduce a restoration. It is, therefore, not the moment .0 robable our army, we ought rather to increase it. It i x s en i a)burg in that the intention was to send all our forces to Lus e . ~ c reure . order to advance hy another road to Brussels. Th' -1 , eet w (n h o i t eh n , ot o i n cin t g he th s e n stances may return. France is in a volcano--we must e'P nothing from it. diset . ' " If difficulties should increase, and our army should be 'T. Must ganized, as in 1831, what would become of us ? N''' „ m e not make savings by reducing the army. At the sarne_,l,4l we must declare and this will have a good effect for the PPu_ t e t. Loan money), that we will deduct from our share of the d o' the expenses that we shall be obliged to bear in order to pla ce °Mesist us. ourselves in a state of defence." The Minister for Foreign ffairs said a few words in replY conversation ggeon o f lq w . h f b. ize of a forcible entry at night and robbing withdrew his motion. • staAntmsTErtnam, MARC,, 10. The Handelsblad Con says —" 0 A.s polari, alias Carrara, was to-day found guilty by the Court a ited house, and ' scaffold at the condemned to stand on a Hague for hal f an hour ; to be confined for twelve years in t , house of correction ; to the payment of the costs ; with orders for an extract and of the sentence to be posted up at the Hague at Brussels; and *0 the hands of r en al , G m e . ratil o),fainaftidtr that the articles, as many of them as are 1 justice, shall be restored to the owners. In the course of yesterday, Polari narrated all the circunt ilGheill'idiaebr stances that preceded , of the diamond • accompanied, and followed the robber/ s ; he repeated his previous declaration, that he was the sole person co d that it was suggested to him ncerned in the robbery ; and by the gold ornaments, which he thought he could distinguish from the street in the palace of the Prince; that he never had any communication with any person I►s the palace." in an un BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, MARCH 11. Actual Debt, 2 % per Cent. 5l Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 971 Loan of the City, 1834, 4 per Cent 94 DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 8. Actual Debt, 2!4 per Cent. 5O Ainort Syndic, 4y.i per cent. —Brussels Papers, March 12. We are happy to perceive that the SOLI' CITOR-GENERAL last night gave notice that he would to-morrow move for a Select Cony, mittee to consider the present state of the Law of Libel, and to report their opinion to the house. It is high time that the government should take up tn's most oppressive, because the most u ncertain and anomalous of any law, a ncient or The new SOLICITOR-GENERAL has be g un well, and will do himself eternal honour by reducing the libel law to the standard of o n ' i ; mon sense and common justice, from b°t which it has hitherto been as far removed . the polesasunder. modern. mistake for the 17th of March, be entered for the 16th of April. The house adjourned at a quarter past one. PRICES O: STOCKS T 11:: wank Stceg. 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 90% 9 I.i 1 % it, pee Cent, shut O to Red shut New 3% per Cent. 98 % 14% 1 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... -- 1 per Cent. 1826 hank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, IRIP shut Oct. 10, 1559 shut Jan. 5, 1860 l7►% Jan. 5, MO ---- April 5, 180 -- San. 5, 1870 - S DAY AT ONS O'Cl.t)(l4. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 29 31 pm. , South Sea Stock MN Old Annuities. . ,... ...... New Ditto ............ 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, 11,000 4B 50 pm. Ditto.... 500 49 50 pm. ; . Ditto Small — 50 pm. , Ditto Commercial ....... pm. IDitto Advertised — pm. • 'Bank for Account — • I India for Account ... 256 5'4 6 • Cons. for Account 91 q 90i 114 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds lO2 ; Peruvian Bonds .ON, Belgian Bonds Bonds op / 4 Ditto Account 66 Braziliati Bonds 9 9 9' 44 1 .1 Portuguese iitto A ce ß ° 72% 3 , Ditto Account..., 66 Ditto Account 73 Ditto New Bonds 65 1 4 % 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds 5% ( Ditto.Acconnt 65% 4% '25 1 / 4 i Prussian Bonds lOl Chilian Bonds 26 , Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Ditto Account 26 i Russian Bonds, 1822...... 104% Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 25 Ditto 11 l 10414 Danish( 4 I:eDDDDexei Ditto Dittoiil i t kttt e t tt o a :l I n ßßo A AAßA ß noo l eccdn o n c neces n o derde in ni ; :t 9 58154 9 5 34;5p a n i s h Bonds, 1821 2914 8% 9 Ditto Accour ' 27 ! Ditto Acc. 0 0% 8% 3 4 9 75 ' Ditto Bonds, 1823 ......... 75; Ditto Account 27 :French Rentes, sp. c. —I —c. °9 3 4 ,---- Exchange ...... —f —c• per cent.3l% — 7.—......-73ExPecrhacenngte....... 7 f f —c. Dutch, 24 p. c............. 49n 50 , tt• o, 6 per cent 38N Ditto Account 5O Ditto Account 39 Ditto, 5 p c .............96% 7% Neapolitan so Ditto Account 97 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'cr...ocir. Paid. Per Share. Alton Mining Company £7 1134% 8 i 4 Alio° Mex. Min. LA). (tss. at 51. pm.) £IM) Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 130 234 Brazilian Mining Company £s 15 61 60 Brazilian Imp. 51in. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 2936 nitto Macatihas Cocaes _2234 734 Ditto St. John Del Rev Cata Branca Mining Company : 3 i4 British British Iron Mintnv Comoanv .£so 32!, 9 1 4 Columbian MininA Co. 'Ass at Si. pm.) 5234 Bnglish mi,ing Company 1234 25 •leneral Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co £4B deal del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) nited Mex Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 ilia° New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company lB -leneral Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce i rovincial Batik of Ireland ........ 39 7 40 856 :1 £1 7 0 49 15 13N 211, 41% I PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 10. B ink Stock 215 St. Patrick Insur.(per Share Consols, 3 tier cent G•vi. Stock, 3% per cent. 96% i gational Ditto Ditto, New 96% !Patriotic Ditto t per Cent — Hibernian Bank 23% G - iv. Deb. 3% percent.... 89% Provincial Ditto ... ......... — Rayal lanai Stocx 40% Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Sto , l: — Imperial 'Vine — ,• ~.ity Deb. 4 per cent, - Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 40. c. Commercial Buildings HAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. l 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica. 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta I France 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Guernse, &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-moimicovv. Morning ...17 minutes after 4.1 Evening... 33 minutes after 4. MISS EDGEWORTH'S NEW WORK. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., Fi E L E N. By MARIA EDGEWORTH. _. . _ Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. (Successor to Henry Colburn.) Agents for 'Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edin burgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. To be obtained also of all respectable Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom. . 4 a NJ/‘',442 1.4 410 COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS 0 CLIFTON by 7i irr c . o e K ii s a i u G a H N T . on . This case was discussed Sir E. SUDDEN on the other at Considerable length this morning, on the subject of costs, but nothing transpired in the course 01, the arguments, except that which was of interest and of inlP° Tt ance only to the parties in the cause. the LORD r consider its -lIANCELLOR stated that he would rt• the costs were very great, and therefore of considerable inn)" ance. He would dispose of it before the recess. the one side a nd -------------- SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS D. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 12.—Wind S.S.E. to S.E.---A the river and sailed the Orwell, Dalrymple, for 4rdivedr2 C 'f : 4 :0 :1.: and Margaret Hall, Dawson, for Demerara. Sailed the . ces, Demkin, from Rio Janeiro to Amsterdam. . OUTH, MARCH 12.—Wind S.S.E., rived p , f , T v T London a th eil l Dl . u —n 7 v g i a n n d K Castle , . t Laws,s.E li g ht PORTSM 7 astle, Murray, from Consta for goAras Bengal. Rus c o C 31r : 4 ,1 a t:: ALIO' ut , ~le d the ° ntinople. '-'"" ward bound. ile a the I Monticello, from Savannah America,. la F k A e l i : y o , lJ Tn , M A R C f u 11.—Wind a ti lc . to t E., lig n sr-- , b ß ay ; and J a cks o n , i i O n T g, LIVERPOOL, MARCH 11. B C l a r k A e, t f r o i C , r ed ß e u t n i f ta it i, :::::l3l f a o k r e ,:::_i ansFindhorn, Wood fr Galipoli. ,• a bet'', DUBLIN, MARCH 11.—A '' orn he George and Ell i , ji t, Churchill, from New yerk rriv o e ir d t ort the Br►tish igere.'3 d frors from St. John's, New Brunswick. P CORK, MARCH 10.—Arrived the Martha, Druror a°" ' Laguna. Ali"'' DARTMOUTH, MARCH 11. —Arrived Off port the Purvis, from Demerara. -..."—---------- Y THE MARKETS. -(THIS DA Hillman , from Ne‘ °r A moderate supply, ___., TOWS') HAY MARKETS.—cAt per Load of 36 .. last quotsedi 15 prices 73 J 0 to ••'0 0 Coarse heavy Lowiand Meadow Hay ..... , ........ .'0 0 4 4 CanUdMaßdEultilLtrAadNeD; New Meadow Hay .................... 4 0 410 Useful Old Ditto. ................................ 4 6 0 . ...... ...................... . __ Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay .••••"" 4 O IID Clover Hay ~,, ............................... „ ..... 1 N Oat 5traw.......C1 10 to El 12 1 Wheat .......... ~,, uotew 0 SMITHFIELD. sas Last 4.53 I Supply I:mited, trade very dull, and price ..,3 ,3 5 c 0 0 Coarse nea, y Loci/Cana Meadow Hay ............. 0 0 31: New Meadow Hay ..................... . ....... ......... 310 4., Useful Old Ditto "" 4 0 4 6 Fne Upland Meadow and It ye-grass Hay...." 4 0 1 1 CI ever Hay (extra fine). .X 5 o... Generally •••• , . 14 Oct Straw ....Z1 10 to £.l 12 1 Wheat Straw.... HUNERFORD. _ _cs 15 A short supply,G and a sluggish trao,.., 10 to ''o 0 0 Coarse Meadow Hay .................... . ................ xi; 0 4 8 New Meadow Hay .......................................... „15 4 , Useful Old Ditto ........ .. .. ............................ ,i 4 4 1 Fine Upland Meadow and .Rye grass Hay ••• .... 4 0 1 1 Clover Hay .... .......... ~ ......... . ..................... il2 Straw.... Oat Straw X/ Sto.f I ... 1 Whe!.±..........t. ------- THE FUNDS.-(THIS --.4.-- --- ..-iv CITY, TWEL v A-• Demerara Papers to the 25th JanuarY the North and South American Coffee -house but their :coil. We have received files of Barbadoes Papers' tents are uninteresting. THF, FUND S s fro o, express e We have no arrivals with the exception of the in 0 Paris. The news it brings from Spain is contradictor,' isatol, s t first place it confirms the recent disturbances at at gr e in which some lives have been lost, likewise stating 1. 11 r eaS, agitation still prevailed, and that the Carlists Wer e " i -e h ' in force and becoming more daring every day T hen -t en pO r6 stating that all was tranquil at Madrid. Don. Carlos, it 3 P sp o. wasl t ens the alert, and preparing for an expedition int have°be' not bring any other news of consequence. . c oil° . Consols, which left off yesterday at 911 for the 4 . _ De o opened at the same price, since which the market may De heavy, and Consols receded to 91. At present th eY h ause s ' quoted he at 91 to I. Money very scarce in both the done $ t (I:received a' 1 Foreign Market is also heavy. Spanish bas bee 281. Portuguese at 641 to 65. gT 00 HALF -P A - te r, or As yet we have no fresh arrivals from guar, reports to communicate. the morning 11' Consols, which were in the early part of uotv- --A at presen t 9 at 901 to 91 for the Account, m ay be q buyers. heavy in the The Foreign Market, which was also verY _ ~.h v7l part of the day, has since somewhat improved. SPeatu:ch receded to 281, is at present Portugues ~217. tha t done at 641, is 641 ; Brazil Stock has receded to t 7 at ! t The private letters from Madrid this morning s v ing of are hourly in expectation of the decree for con 0 . Cortes. TE.REE o'ooo Consols for the Account, 91 . ,rILOC K. CLOSING PRICES.--FOUB, 0 sank Stock India Stock ................. Indio Bonds.: . l, .......... 3 per Cent. Red 3 pet Cane. Cons —9llno .... 3i per Cent. ......... ..., _ . <: o , W A"`" 3i per Cent. Red 9r Ditto Ne ~ ......... V, roil, New i• ly.r Cent '; - 982- Ex. Bills, 1 1 . 4 o osi ......... Z,Ol. 4 per Ce nt Ditto a il ........ ,----. Lon;. Ann. to expire Ditto Sa l A cc , ... ot Ja'ii. 1860 Bank S. fur g ...... .••• - Oct 1859.. 1.., Consols for Epn,...... Austrian, S per centFOREIGN SouthDit. —5e;...5..;;;;„ . ..... _ _ Jan. 1860 l7; India St. ler Belgian, 5 per cent — 99 Ditto, g e l , per ee n • cent. Brazilian Bonds —73 i Prussian, d_ ro ,, Seer .. .. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 25j Russian 1 31 ,',. i iic ........ ..... Chilian, 6 per cent. 2st Ditto, ge.`e„.ent... ~. Columbian, 6 per cent. 231 Spanish, 5 1' ........... 1 . 4 Ditto, 18 - 24 25 Ditto, 15 23 ... 'c e nt,* a. 5. 102 pForUtliogl;:el3sonyedri ct.e.t.i.t.......... Danish 75 French 5 Per ....... 71. Mexican 5 per Ce . n 1 t 3 11 . 8 . 2 . 5 .. 3 34 I French :4 Greek, 5 per cent 2Bl Exchange .... i::,,L,... ... ~ Ditto 6 per Cent. ,24 pe r _42 1 . -i....., , 0 . Peruvian 6 par Cent, Pc __rit. ..... _.., 5. c 011 1 0 0 9 14 cor e ab' co f i° c beY fo e ri r • I Pr ° CO ; I ' i; ow i„ , ow f:- ) 1 60 , 1 1 1A 9 6 f - OP : oc• : ~.c. ' 5 0 9 1 1 , - , , '.