The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-22 00:00:00

, • THE SUN, .LONDON, PRIDAY.EVENING REBItUARY . 22. ' 1 8 5 6- . , . ____ Plliel I s 0 F SHARES . the report of a commission. The two if he had any objection to lay on the table of the house 1 the Judaical observance of the Sunday is greater than in whi c h would gather it the privilege wore conceded. Snati that the hundreds of thousands of people who inhabited i ' London, the vice and criminality prevalent On that day then they would find the warehousemen ddmpelled by sor- Shoreditch and Bethnal-green should be deprived of these 'IN ASSUP~ANCE, oe Country Markets. . • eotai membersnea are also relatively greater than i n th a t m e trop o li s .. O ne did masters to work oil the Sabbath-day. (Hear, hear.) the only means they had of obtaining fresh air on the only ' .I.` BA NKS, - • ' f ' Lord PALMERSTON said that part of the papers of in the coMmission were men of honour and the papers relating to the fall ;of Kars ? Ate could from actua l case he respectability; and I could not adopt any measure or this opinion. Who had witnessed the strict observance of reaction would follow such as was now going on in Franc©, would not take into account the cry about there being r one eeieSURANCE, AND. OTHER COM . DERBY SMITHFIELD.-FEB. 19. quality. Au o a f ve b ra e g a e st s s u n p o p t ly la o r f ge sh to ee .d p 7 a , n b d uk ih mo b s e t t i t y er g god ro. calling in question their accuracy. Whatever may be my were at present in the hands of the printers, and the re their religious duties by the people of the Swiss cantons- nrd as bad already secured a rigid observ e nee of the Sabbath law for the rich and another for the poor, but ho would say -___ ,_ private opinion in reference to that re oat, I felt that I than to agree with my mainder - would be ready to-morrow. The whole would be in the hands of hon. inembera in a few days.. At the same he referred them specially to the Protestant cantons- is the United States. He wa s at a loss to know either how that the' spirit of legislation which the opponents of this Front the Official List. . a q u u d es d t. ear Fat pigs also a good supply. Fat calves scarce Lad no other course open to me mention, in reference to Sir J. IVl‘Neil's • time he would with their joyous and innocent relaxation on the a ft ernoon museums or collections of pictures could be looked upon as motion advocated was calculated to raise that cry, and had noble ,friend the Secretary for War in referring it to a court of Sunday-(hear)-would be prepared to say that such moral agents. That they might refine the taste he was already done so. (Hear.) With regard to the suggestion of . PUBLISHED EasEitY TUFADA.Y AND FRIDAY EVENING of inquiry. With respect to the question th raised by my report, that a board of officers had been appointed to investigate the charges that bad be en mad e against cer- relaxation, sanctioned by the presence of their pastors, r ea dy .t o admit, but those who had spent any time in such LONDON . , TUE:3I..)A.Y, FEB. 19, 1856. The Wowing were the quotations :-Beef, 6d to 6p; noble friend (the Earl of Darby) as to the relations between the injustice of requiring certain persons to work on the tam, officers, and to receive their explanations, and to tended to lower either the moral or the religious character cities as Munich, Florence, o r Rom e miht fairl be ox- Sunday that others might be amused, he referred to the GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. mutton, 6id to 7ti'; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d tc 74 , 1 par the Commander-in-Chief and the Secretary for War,l , nave to state that I aim not aware that the duties of the uom of that people? Ia fact, the aseatic interpretation was cased for doubting the influence of art in p romoti n g social fact that policemen, Post-office officials, and many other - . mender-in-Chief have been in any way restricted . by my duties have i n ans wer to several *Wong from hon. members, Placed hY some on the observance of the Sabbath wa.s not happiness or the domestic virtues. (Heer.) Let tliem ask persons in the service of the Government, were required to Dividend , Amotuit , per 141 b. • ; hides, dI to 4ed per lb% calf-skins, 3id re. 51 noble friend. behind me. On the contrary, my report thereon. sanctioned by many pious divines, both of church 'and the City Mission or the police whether they believed in this labour on the Sabbath for the benefit of the rest of the Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. I Price. per lb. Annum. I Share. I been greatly enlarged since the abolition of the office of Lord PALMERSTON added that the board would ()Red entirely of officers. When their report chapel. He (Sir J. Walmsley) had, when this subject was movement ; or even the publicans themselves, whether community, ' but recommended, in order to meet the objet- r ----- r a os c e en in sid eo e n ra s b eg le h d eh e e m e a , n w d it f h or g a u l i i c k k in sa d l s es o . f grain - EDINBURGH GRAIN.-Fln. 20. Master General of the Ordnance. The names of my two be comp last before the house referred to the opinion of Dr. Ar- they thought it would be for their advantage. (Hear.) It Oen, that persons employed in. the national institutions X s. d. X s. d. and before Sir R . was made, and it was presented to the house, it would nold, and he would then quote from one whose piety and was said that the Museum and the National Gallery were who were conscientiously avers® to Sunday labour shouldßritish ••• •• •• •• ' -1- - - - noble friends (Lords Lucan and Cardigan) contain with it the instructions that would be given to -thevirtue that good man had always spoken with enthusiasm supported by the people, and that the people had a right be excused, and that th ose only who cl• 1 - t• b• t should 11 the top, 6s down, and on the average 3a 7d Airey have been brought in a special manner then Archbishop of Dublin-who said, " The Lord's of access on Suuday. As well might it be said that, hay- be employed on that day, receiving ie no o jec Ditto ..-rovinc.ia .... public in consequence of certain statements in the report, them with reference to the discharge of their functions. for Brighton •• •• • y, receiving extra remuner ation .. •• .. , - 50 0 0 20 .0 0 - up. Barley, on t he top, '-d up-and on the average, is . 41 Os. ;100 0 0 150 0 0 - and in consequence of appointments which the No o ffi cer who had served in the Crimea would be a Da • Day is to be held purely as a religious festival. Jud a i sm in g e l e ct e d that house, they had a right to command the their serviette. He did not consider' that such a measure city of London .. •• •• cently received. My two noble friends can defend member of the board. Continental 4th Cap.). being abolished, all it s rit ua l ob s ervances must, of Course , serv i ce o f its members on Sunday. He believed that the as that proposed would at all interfere with religious wor- ( Oats the top 2s 8d up-on the average is lid u Beans on the top 2s up-the average, ls 8d up. respect to Equitable. , •• •• .. •• ey., 4 6 0 0 0 all , 3. ., up. on selves in their places in Parliament ; but, with . to be a SHAVING ON SUNDAY. be wholly at an end ; so that we are no more compelled to country did not wish to have these exhibitions open on ship. A. large majority of the working classes were not in , p .. 7 5 1 1 . . i 20 20 0 0 0 0 • 2 2 0 0 , .00 0 2 15 4 % to There i d a h y prices i c o n e n s g they habit of attending religious worship, and if they were Imperial .. •• ........ 10..6: bonus.AVERAGES rEn IMPERIAL QUARTER. Sir R. Airey, I must observe that I considered him man of very great ta l ent, an d as h e h a d ably performed Mr. ROEBUCK asked the Secretary of State if his k eep the fourth commandment than we are to keep the Sunday, and that they l oo k e d t o th e i r represen t a ti ves t o •• 81. 21 Cr I c O e g n . t. ' 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 all :' 11 Independent ......... • W. 40 0 0 - all 85 % p• been called o a recent decision attention had be t t of a magi- worship of the temple or the daily sacrifice." Wea r .) giv e a strenuous opposition to this motion. He should there was not su ffi cient accommodation for that purpose. Great Central ....... Wheat e . £3 8 6 9-12ths. his duties, as far as I was then informed, And again, Paley, whose opinion'most hon. memb ers , h av e b e en best pleased to meet it with a direct negative, Under these circumstances, therefore, he thought it L0nd0n•............. - :50 0 0 ~ , - • secure his services to her Majesty at home, Ituffl =elotroe stra,te at Oldham, who had fined a man 5.3. for Shaving would honour, had said-" Cessation from lab our on b u t as he was an advocate for the Saturday half holiday, rather hard that the present generation of working Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ~ I - Do. new 0 0 0 0-12 the. on a Sunday. the Sunday beyond the time of attendance on public wor- be felt gratified in supporting the amendment. men should be compelled. to . pass their Sundays in Barley appointed become vacant. In a him to the office of quartermaster - general thast e actin ..... - - ' o 0 0 16 0 0 16 51. 10 Oats • . 19 1 8-12ths. soon as I found that it had ship is not intimated in any passage of the New Testa- Mr. aIURROUGH. supported the original motion, and pot-houses because there were no places provideu reas-1 2 1i •:, ...... 4/ per cent. 60 00•52 0 0 - . Sir G. GREY said be was not aware of such a deci- U g nited General . :::: :. - . ~. 0 0 55 - Beans Secretary for War con - sign. ment, nor did Christ or his apostles deliver any command- observed that if they want d arguments in its support they their.amusement • t t* But •f th • e He, 1•1: myself , had not been at that time mon. If notice of the question had been given him he carted. i a men to their disciples for a discontinuance on that day of might turn to the Monday's police-sheet, with its half-in- were church accommodation su ffi cient, an entire day Ditto, New ........ - 50 9 e to 0 io el. Ws• 5J 0 0 all 19°4 . ' aware of the allegations which had been put forward would have made inquiry respecting it. the common o ffi ces of their profeSsion. The restin g on th a t toxicated ru ffi ans and bleeding victims of Sunday leota- - passed in religious observances and mental effort was im- an th op e inion f of OPENING THE MUSEUM, Fec. day from our employment longer than we are detained lit y His object in supporti n g it was to serve the workmen possible-there.would be ample time for religious worship WATER-WORKs., The wheat trade ruled inactive. Oats 6cl to la dearer. • against Sir R. Airey. I entertain so hieh h Sir J. WALMSLEY moved the following resolution : from it by attendance on public worship, i s t o Ch r i s ti ans o f the metropolis, aid therefore he was lot to be influenced before or after the time spent in these institutions. By con- - Barley as before. Beans and peas is to 2s cheaper. that gallant officer, that I feel confident whiegn explanation la i n m a e tio o n r • I Dividend Amount desire fo detain " That, in the opinion of this house, e t wou ld promo t e the an or d nance o f h uma n . institution." (Hear.) This meta- by the petitions of Sunday-school teachers from distant tiuuing to legislate in the spirit of ascetic observance of the explaining his conduct shallihrvecoitinoe oe Paid, Price. Prices :-Wheat, red, 5Rs Od to 70s Od; White, 70 i Oil to , . l • e , only mora l and i n tellectual improvement of the working classes tution, however, be (Sir J. Walmsley) regarded as one of villages. He was anxi o us to h a ve sot only the Museum Sunday they might succeed in making religion unpopular Name of Company. ' per ' Annum. Share. 72s Od extra, 74s Od. Barley, 34s Oil to 38s Od. Oats will be found satisfactory. o f t hi s me t ro polis if the Collections of National History the greatest blessings conferred ou man, and as such he and National Gallery thrown open, but a lso the portals of -they might succeed iu throwing back the cause of educe- --- your lordships any further, am:: mus f ige lh e h w a l:I llg -17 s to 275. Beans, 378 Od to 45s .od. Peas, 36 to 38s Od• repeat that the duties o y , . an d o f A r t in the British Museum and the National Gal- desired to see as much freedom from labour on that day es our metropolitan cethed ia l s . It was a degrading fact that tion, the people would gain nothing in religion or morality, . £ a. d. £ s. d. too 104 Per qr• late been diminished, have un d ergone a considerable-in- levy were open to the public inspection after Morning was consistent with the necessities of the people. But he that assembly, which arr o g a t e d t o its e lf so much of Chris- the clergy would lose much, bat the pockets would be filled East London . 1 61, per ant. Stock. Grand Junction .... - I 4'. per cot. 50 0 0 al l 70 --- . • thought that experience had iihown that penal enactments . tianitY• should Permit national churches like St. Petal's, and the hearts would be gladdened of all the the7B4 NEWARK - FEB. 20. crease. (Hear, hear.) Kent.... •• .......... ' 4'. per cot. I g( 0 ) 0 () 0 - Earl GREY said he did not quite concur with his noble The hon. member said was due to the memory of his re- and restrictive measures, far from elevating the moral or Westminster, and St. Paul's Cathedral, to be kept with distillers, the publicans, and the beershop-keopers brewers, in the Lambeth ............ - - A full attendance, but you little business done, excePt Service on Sundays." friend the Secretary for War in that part of his speech verod friend the late Mr. Joseph Hume, to say that the the religions tone of the people, and filling our churches closed doors through the week, in order that they might country. (Cheers.) . New River Company... 21.105. - - ; 94 in dry samples of wheat, which were fully la to 2s dearer. and chapels with devout. worshippers, had unfortunately be used as an exhibition to put money into the pockets of Mr. NAPIER admitted that there ought to be no Southwark & Vauxhall Si.per cnt. 100 0 0 - w hich had reference to an alteration of the existing motion now proposed was a part of those labours - which 8914 01 , 1 beans Sie to 4s dearer. begot an antagonism greatly detrimental to both. Nor did a grasping and sor iid priesthood'. relations between the Commander-in-Chief and the m - for a long series of years he (Mr. Hume) had endeavoured the exclusion of the working classes from the sources of in- Mr. F. CROSSLEY opposed tho moron• compulsion in matters of religion ; but so much the West Middlesex ...... 51. per cent. 61 0 0 • - more ought they to use the moral and persuasive Wheat, white 78s to 82a , red 75s to 775; barley, menial Secretary -for War ; but he felt that there was not a con- t o carry out, and which ha was convinced was essential to struction and enjoyment, egbra - ed by the motion intrusted • Lord STANLEY, who w a e v er y indistin ct] heard com- influences of example and education. (Hoer.) He con- BBIndEs. 38s to 40s, grinding 33s to 375; eats, 24st. 3ls to 375, 22 5 t, __ . venient opportunity for dismissing so large a question. He the elevation of that class whose interests he hail specially' to him, on the afternoon of Sunday -during the only few menced by stating that he still held the op in i onshe had tended that the success of this motion would lead to • - . Dividend . Amount 2ss to 32s ; beans, 4•2 s to 50s ; malt, 72s to 76e; peas, 4 0 i had been glad to hear his noble friend (Lord Panmnre) ad at heart. In the remarks he desired to submit he should, hoursthopoor man couldcall hisnwn-com ew ith a e oo d graeo f ormer ly expressed upon this subject, notwithstanding vote exhibitions, from those to theat , ical acuusements, and Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. Price. to 445; tares, -3 to -•-s per qr. mit the responsibility of the Government for every act o fthemse lves having from those who, as heretofore, avoid as mach as possible disputed theologi- on every day of th e . week, yet op ene d th e i r c l u b s an d news did no t d e ny that some public opinion had been called forth through the Legislature setting the example. If Parliatneut . . military administration. He thought that the noble earl . cal subjects and every observation of a personal chaoacter • rooms , enjoyed their pictures, their statues, their parks, upon this question. Admitting that 1 5 0,000 Persons had made Sunday a day of pleasure, it ceased to be a day of £ s. d. £ s. d. SBA BORNA MA ILB. 12 - - • - .....___,.........-- opposite had fallen into considerable misapprehension upon discus- and gardens, and oven in some ease s h e ld th e i r S un d ay mu . s i gne d petitions against the present proposition, what was rest He then entered ant') a theological argument in fa- Zu n trZ r x d ::;::::::: - rio 0 0 - - He did not, however. wish to avoid any necessary (N signifies that the mails are do at trom the General Post off - c 4 that subject. If we meant to preserve our constitution , it . . a i m ' so i rees and reunions. Surely this was strainin at that compared with the demonstrations - which had taken ' your . of a strict observance of the day. ' sion calculated to elicit the truth, nor did he yield to any,Ditto New err% p.c. 1/. per cent. 10 0 0 - - 100 0 0 - - - Sy the night-and M by the morning-lespatch.) was obsoletely necessary that her Majesty's Government the gnat and swallowing the camel. It was at least h old- place upon the great constittitional and administrative 31r• HEY WOOD contended that men of science had Waterloo ..... .... - - . .. Ditto Old Ann. of Si. 11. 14, . Bd. 60 0 0 - there or elsewhere, in an earnest desire to preserve the ing out one law for the rich and another for the poor. H e questions by which the public mind had at one time or an- shown no disposition to keep the Museum or the National 2., - should be held completely responsible for ' our whole mill- Sunday as free from l a bour as was cons i s t en t w ith the ne- (Sir J. Walmsley ) regarded this motion as purely au. edu- other been excited ?In 1837, when the Church-rate ques- Gallery shut on Sundays. He would support the motion, Day sown Mk, ~1 kirw,. , g w tare . administration ; and if they were to have responsibi 00UNTRDN. in General Post- Pot du, t devotion, rest and cational one, and he should indeed rejo' cessities of the people, and as a daY of , ice could he induce tion was much agitated, there were no less than 600,000 because he thought modern science had disproved the lite- ... . 965. 70 10 3 - 20% v itt h o i N i w ditto of 71. I/. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - ' - OfEce, London.* Dispatch Endan 4 . lity they should have the power of control. No man had, held that doctrine more distinctly than the late Duke of innocent enjoyment ; and he might add, that all those others to look upon it in that light. It was educational signatures to the petitions sent in from various parts of the rid meaning of the Book of Genesis. He admitted that DOCKS. -- 'n the most comprehensive sense, and would extend that country, praying for relief. Again, how had these 150,000 Sunday was a Christian institution, but be thought it was - Liverpoe Mar. 14 Wellington. When he (Earl Grey) had been in o ffi ce the who were acting with him entertained similar opinions. i . Dividend Amount blessing to tens of 'thousands whom the millions spent on signatures, be they more or less, been obtained ? (Cheers.) sufficiently observed by attending divine observance in the America , . iby United Sts. noble duke frequently addressed to him such language as Theyobelieved that the measures they proposed would not a church establishment had not yet reached. If hon. There could be no doubt that a large majority of the clergy morning, and going to a museum or a gallery in the after- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. packet) ..........N .. • Liverpoo Feb. 37 the following • -" I think so and so • the G overnmen t only conduce that end, but would elevate the moral and members would look at the question in this light he should of all denominations entertained a very strong .opinion coon. - Annum. Share. America (by U. States - packet) ..........N •••' • • • 40uthatn, t• Feb. 21 must decide, they • are responsible, and whatever they order £ s. d. X s. d. mast be done H e b e li eved th a t nopractice there wan not religoons character of those portions of the pe o pl e o f th e , ne ett l i et i i i t i lgt e le s f p e e tr k f e o r r s tx.., o( }l l l7V2) which he had upon this question. There were in orders in this country Mr. CAIRNS opposed the motion. No ono denied kestrels (via South the least di ffi culty in uniting a complete control on the metropolis which, from whatever cause, had not hitherto 30,000 ministers of religion, and sapposing ono-half of these that there was a divine law on this subject, and Commercial • - • - • ......• pt. pr cent. Stock. Stock. • - ••••• • - • • Aouthampi.e..l Sir J. T. SHELLEY said that if he were to consult his to have come forward to exercise their influence upon their though some gentlemen on the other side argued thatoitto (via Marseilles) N; ••• • • - • Dever part of the Government with the absence of any irritating been brought within the influence of those whose duty it own convenien ce ho should give a silent v o t e on th a t respective congregations, that would - the steictness of the observance was relaxed under the r ! E o aa n sstt da ' n n ' d “ ..°lt . Vr . e Y . s" 1 :7 1 . 1 . a ..... 26°8-* pr per r'' esnht: s th-ck. - - 99 Ditto (via Cape of Good, stieeitiatihinorzitti•:' i mar. 16. interference with the duties of the Coe-Allender-in-Chief • had been to teach and improve them. The immediate ob- 51 , pr i cent. Stock. - it7ncertsi occasi n, btete i ndaeltaining ► as he did a strong opinion on the tures to every. petition. Remember that it was in the pull- Christian dispensation, that was not a. view which had Ditto •80nd5........ 4c, per cent, - 1 - ; 9 4 xi lA ' - ~,:a r im a P st : w n ' ) ;,, l t .: c . l o l a s li t i ) . ; I 2a d of the mon th . Plymouth Mar. 6 Upon all questions of peculiar importance the Commander- ject of the motion of which he had given notice, and which matter, and feeling, as one of the represent a ti ves o f the pit that this question was chiefly agitated ; and both in ever been recognised by the constitution or the Legislature, - in-Chief consulted the Secretary of State or the Prime Mi- he now submitted, was to enable the working men of the e e ces.ndria.......... NB, 9, 'l4, &20 01 • Dover .. 1 ulster • and up to as recent a periodas the year 1835 he metropolis, or such of them as had no other opportunity of metro olis that his constituents were a me . p . , amongst those the pulpit and'at public meetings, he regretted to say that or, what was more, by the people of this country. He onthampton -,...... i 31. Os per c. 50 0 0; lr n e 36 ,, Alexandria ..........M,4th & 211th of men. Southarepto.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 , 0 0 0 , 18 4 /4,9 th of the month.. believed thet even such a piece of petronage as the coin- doing so, to visit the works of art in the British Museum mainly interested, be thought it his duty to second the . the agitation had been prompted. by misrepresenting the' conteode.d further, that if this step were once taken, it Victoria ••-•• - - ''' St. Katharine • ........ 4 per cent. Stock. mend of a reeiment was not given away without the con- and in the National Gallery on the afternoon of Sunday, motion. He felt that in so doing he was taking au unpo- objects and motives of those who supported this motion. would be impossible to check the opening of other exhibi- al .. a . t . ' . over .... !Matti currents of the Prime Minister. With regard to appoint- and to this object alone was the proposition confined. pular part in that house-he was no t sure th a t, to a cer- There were not tens, but hundreds, in every congregation tions of places of atnusement, and finally of trade, where Buenos Ayres - .... - M .9th of the montl... Southatnyton Mar. 16 manta abroad, ha could state that while he had been Co- (Hear.) In the petitions which these men had from time tam extent, it was not an unpopular one out of doors; but who were at all times ready to sign any petition their the working men would be compelled by the strong infl a- Dividend Amount . of Paid. Price. Cape of Good Hope -NI. Various port i11t,...,ri iii lonial Minister the Duke of Wellington had never made an to time presented to the Legislature they had fully set 't was onl ri ht that - having a decided opinion, 1, y g he should minister recommended, and in this. case the appeal for once of competition, to give seven days' labour fur six Name of Company . per , ~ Brazil Annum. ;share. Cape of Good Hope ..N - Zi g a h m un as ..................1 V ily o . f .. tb .. e . important military appointment in any of the colonies forth the grounds on which they based their claim to such express it. He was anxious that no matters not prOperly signatures, he was told, had been . made frem the pulpit - days' wages. • The working classes had found this out, with the subject ef the motion should be brought itself. On the one side, therefore, they had an organised and he believed the majority of them were a-einst this --*--__ e - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ' m0i1... Cane do Verdi ......N! 9th Of the mon... Southampto , F e b 26 without having first taken his opinion upon the subject ; admission, and it was not to much to say that hitherto connec ted . into question. It was with regret- that he had heard the movement conducted by a most powerful and influential motion. • b - Z s. d. A s. d. Ceylon (see India) and he was quite sere the same course had been taken by no valid reason had been assigned for the refusal of their australasia........... 201. per cent. 4 0 .0 - Cey10n......... ..... NI hon member for Perth Mr. Kinnaird upon a folic; • the noble duke in reference to important military appoint- prayer. They stated that the necessities of existence do- . • ( • • ) . er oeca- body, and upon the other there was merely the voluntary Lord EBRINGTON yielded to no ono in respect for the - 11 ...e t ea al7th of moor , iSoutharnpv. . men at home. The fact was that he had even consulted mended six days labour out of seven, that Sunday was their aion represent that the working men ought to look to this and spontaneous efforts of some few individuals. In ' Sabbath, but he could oot help fecling that at present the Commercial of London. 30/.per . eent. 100 0 , i ( ) ) r 5 g 0 _ C1ie11n . 5 ... : ..... „ .... Once a 0100211.... 'Mar. 4 the Government upon important points of discipline, such only day of relaxation from toil, and, consequently, the subject, for the Sunday opening movement would speedily estimating the for ce of public opinion on the one side condition o f the working classes was not what it ought to Colonial..., ...• • ..... 1 . i .: per cent. 100 0 25 0 0 25 0' 0 :.-- Constantin - o • ple .... .. :.•• 8,13, iB•23,&!zm 0' , - Dover .. British NorthAnierican• 61. per cent. 60 0 0 „ - e namel wee- •• • .. N' Moil.,P7ed.,&Frlf .itt,outhampte , T n Te. -1 as the question which had been raised some years ago only day on which they could avail themselves of theseiu- lead to an attempt to obtain eeven days ' work for six days' and the other, as represented by petitions, all this must be. He " Was anxious to improve their state by every eith eS 20th of mni..,5,,, t h, 0ni ,:., • di ar. Bk. c. nos: l , ••-.1ali Stich an argument was b es id e the matter •and, eo 0 0 - cont. of Europe M* N 'F‘vier,,claily .- - Dover .. iTwi whether soldiers off duty in the streets should wear their stitutions • end they asked why establishments of so na pay% e b that it '. ' - , . even be taken into account. Now what was the social plea meins in his power, and lookine upon th e object of this r a n ndo •C U n and County - 110. per cent. 50 0 3 side arms. He entirely differed from the noble earl oppo- tional and educational a character should be closed to those pastim e y_ .., _ was not o ared on fact. He would point upon which this motion was resisted ?It was said on ' motion as one raeans to that end: he was inclined to slap- Lentil - . end Westminstr 14 1 . per cent. 100 0 121 20 0 0 47 Egypt (see India) , laity 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 France ........ M& N Twice - - Dove , .. I i, , • too l site on the subject of the amount of military, duty which most in need of instruction, at a time when alone they out th eto v free that the promoters of this movement were will offend the scruples of many holiest and conssientious port it. ' London •Toint•Stock .•. 12!. per cent. - I 5' Per ce 20 0 0 a 0 - Constantinople f red tbe movement for oar closing totem; e ... - the Colonial Secretor had formerly to perform, even in could participate in such teaching. (Hear.) Their admix- Saturday half-holiday- Meer.) When this subject some seemed disposed to give it, the world" would have phyeical advantoges of a weekly rest, remarking that meGreece (seo Ir • icili;) those N h You early and fur persons. If that Plea were allowed the full - weight wh i ch M r - RMINDE LL PALMER' reminded the house of the Frevincial of Ireland.. 1 8/. per cent. 100 00250 0 - 3 Gibraltar .. .. .... M 4,7,17.20.27 .far, Seuthan3ton' cent. 10 0 0 all Ditto, N ew.•• • • • • • • 22 10 0 -- ilreytown .......... m 2nd &Pith of iron. South Inapt r., the time of peace, and he could state from his own know- sion to these nurseries of science was stated by the artisans was last before the house, themoble lord at the head of the stood still lone ago. But the question was, not whether wan could say how much of the greatness of this country gh .......... lc . Tuesday- ii, FritlaylLondon ... ledge that it bed been his business to decide the amount of the metropolis; to be essential to the proper cultivation and. deecription of force to be employed in every colony, the of their taste and ruechanical.sleill, and to enable them to Government (Lod Palmerston) made some remarks so ex- offence would be but *bother the offence Was well was owing to the supply of strength derived from it. r ... he N tt i t ' o r l l e i N e v a ... :.. g .. ,s !. per cent. 20 0 0 la 0 0 - ilavannah .. .• ...... m '2O . of the wont! , 18outliarrip , • Feb 96. removal of regiments, and the honours to be awarded for meet the yearly increasing competition of other bations. actly expressing his (Sir J. V. Shelley's) views, that he founded ? And this appeared te him to bethefundamental moral and spit ituel objects of the day were more inip3r- Orientuill anti. Corpora. B'. p. e tAbs. 25 0 0 all 40 golland . • ... .•e.• • • • m . 1 1 1TI . Y •!e•:• • • •• ;7 1 Dover .. . it , :f . ,r , : , 9 1., 4 Honduras ..........m; ‘[. ~ (.. tac mont... z s oot h a t,,p. . iethot thought it right 'to call the attention of the o military services. On every,.qieestion of that sort the Se- That it Would advance the social condition of their families u ble lord arid difference between permissive and compulsory legislation. taut still. An I all this rested up e a the feeling of the south Australia •••• .. i v p.a.& bs. 25 8. 0 o 35 0 0 - tlsmhur 7 1 India (yiaSouthampt.)M 4th , /Otli of aloe. plymontli . 4 It, 20 112 of the h to th em, U nfortunate) cretary of State, as the organ of the Government, was and themselves, would draw numbers from other and less which :MI; 1 I eak niti y, on tbe occasion to Th e y h a d heard something about leg , ' eV:Acta:tents for turn- PeoPlo that there was a Ilighe'r dew than auylaw o f t h i s U ni on a l: ° A r n i s ir tr el a l : 1 i nfl a ' .. n i 3 83 i :.. .. Pll :i eee e rrr r ec c ee e in : ti t. I °5 2: _ g o g o .is l il( t na h l a i i t l. ,, lo s t i. 1 1. 73 . 1 . 1 . ti v= b!e_ i o lt s ,i i i e e l y cl ) i s n ta g n t=a t tth m i : a r t i o s : p d o a o y 4 - e ol a i r t u 6 se h m e e tt n ri t. a l , - c l: f euld under- house comniandiug it. If, then, the observance of the 2 M . 0 supremo, and the Commander-in-Chief invariably carried desirable pursuits to the improvement of their minds and :ta . ne views_ , o ' fl e tA t t ,. e:7d o t_ with 30 i' per cent so 0 0 10 0 0 - 8 - Initia) 7, 17, &27 or moo D0ver...... Ireland •• •• •• •• hi & N.Twice da : ily_.. .• - , Hot- he. 1.1 . iT,,,,1e._ l'' l i o n n d l i a a n (v is ia les M ( a s r e s e elltes; At 9th&2stb of ruoorl Dover .... out his wishes , the development of their natural talents, and tint it couldiii.nietv to tiny ravi-pri noon +A. rAlirrinlia ,nnvieh.innq ~f th. itrmntrv. I 40 El 0 all .20 . percent., Union of London ..... WATER-WORKS., Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---• £ s. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction Kent.... • • Lambeth New River Company 21.105. --- Southwark k Vauxhall Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 894 West Middlesex .. • • BR.IDGEs. . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ S. d. Eitingerford.... • • Southwark .. i — )10 0 0 Ditto New of 74 p.c. IL per cent. SO 0 0 Waterloo ..... .... • • • • 100 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of V. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 — Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. 108. 4d. 40 0 0 2i Vauxhall ............ 965. 70 10 3 20% DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial • • • • • pt. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. 6.. pr tent. Stock. 119 1 4 East C.antry.• 2os. per sh. -- London .• • . Ditty, Bonds•• •• St. Katharine •• onthampton .• .. Victoria ....... 1 51. per cent. 20 0 0 . 10 0 0 , 1814 packet) ........N kustralia (via South ampton) ..........M ; :Atto (via Marseilles) N• Ditto (via Cape V Good Hope) ............N1 Africa (West Coast) .. N1,23d of the montt , 9 , 2 4, & 30 of . Alexandria .......... M 4th & 20th of mot,. Bahamas of the Belgium ......... ~N Imi;)" • • • • Brazil ..n2th of the month .. Suenos Ayres th of the monti, Cape of Good Hope ...Ni Cape of Good Hope N! Cape do Verde .„ „„ ..N! 9th of nit mouth Ceylon (see India) Ceylon.. .. Channel Isles N' moTt giVad..lkFrll • ,V 34;17th of roonti• Chins . Once a month....) Constantinople 3,13,16.23,t2 , oi •- Censtantinople ,„ ~14th 20th of rn , i . Cont. of Europe M tir N Twieti daily Egypt (see India) France ........ M es N Twic daily .„ illibraltar Al 4,7, 17,20.27 '-tf Treece (seo India) 4revtown .......... 141 2nd &17tti cf rain. lin2hurgh ,„ „, ~/.;; T uesd ay - a Fdle,3 tlavannah ..........11 2nd of the (hwy. Honduras :17t : the indin(viaSouthampt.)M ; th ' 2 010 of India (via ilth&Viith of month lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, Pa 27 0, Inc.., Ireland ........M & N.Twice daily .„ Li5b0n..............M, 7 . 9 , l7,d 27 o'l . Madeira •ol the moats Madeira N:23 ,1 of month ... Malta (see India) 1 Malta „ NjB, & 28 ot mon. bows,- 4 & 20 In Mauritius (see India) ! Mauritius P. 1 , 140 et ti , 101 , .. Mexico •-••••••••....M.21/1 of the moot, • !Boritham,•! . . ••• Feb 26 .........N!ithisthW,thofrior, 'Dover . • New Granada 2•1 & I 7th of nion: Southamptoi•; erivate sl,to Varions po , ' flew Zealand 'l l7 Papal States , ..N',stttl l th2sthofmowr. Dover „ I ula Penins ilthl 7 th27thohnonic3oitthaikipton! Peru 27th of rnoq. l :lnuthamptort! Port Natal ........ titivate ship... VAriotts ports Sicily 5.............N! 5 th1 5 iti 2 hth01m0!i, Dover .... Tuscany 025 thefinot Dover . venezuei , .......... m1 2.1 17th oframr. , tloatbarriot,,,;cl &16 in° van Dlemon's Land (NO Australia) • West Indies . . ' 71, “ 1 rinr ;Southatnntor, t l & 16 co' lonian ..: - • .... I Ea. per cent. .. ti 4, ~. t. .., Lontl.Char. Bk. cf Aus; 1 ,- . 20 .0 0 all 0 London and County 110'. per cent. 50 0 3 20 0 0 _ Lontin and Westminstr !1 , 11. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47 London 4foint • Stock . • . 'l2i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 30 Frovincial of Ireland— ! 81. per cent. 'lOO 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, N ew.• • .. • ... , 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all _— Nationh; of Ireland.... 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat: Provincial of 17.ng. 8% per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New .. •• .... • B'. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Orientui Bank Corpora. B'. p. ct.&i)s. 25 0 0 all 40 South Australia • • • • .. 11! 11.ct.3::bs. 25 0 0 ~ :49] Union of Australia..— 30'. per cent. 23 0. 0 , . 71 Ditto .............. 301. per cent. 2 10 0 Union of London ..... ,20 , . per. cent. 50 • 0 0 10 0 0 '4B Union of Madrid • .• ' I 4O 0 0 all most in need of instruction, at a time when alone they could participate in such teaching. (Hear.) Their admis sion to these nurseries of science was stated by the artisans of the metropolis to be essential to the proper cultivation of their taste and mechanical.skill, and to enable them to meet the yearly increasing competition of other nations. That it would advance the social condition of their families and themselves. would draw numbers from other and less desirable pursuits to the improvement of their minds and the development of their natural talents, and tlurt it could not in any way interfere with the religions rights or the devotional exercises of those who entertain more severe views of the purposes and application of the Sunday. It had been well asked, are our working mon, with all their skill and industry, socially inferior to, or less capable of good impression than, the same class in other countries, that they should be debarred from those privileges? It would be edmitted that they were not; that there was as much intelligence, as much real piety, and as earnest a de sire to held fast by the blessings of one day of rest in seven, arconst our own as could he found amongst any other people ; and far from desiring to see tho Sunday emplcyed other wise than as a day of devotion, rest, and innocent jSotith'impl 'London ISoutliitrap , Dover lAouttuinip, I. l lyrnmitti Dover Dover.. 1101.! tleaj .Feb 2 6 Sonthßmoto..; Liverpool ... j Dividend CANALS. 4,* , Name 3 of 0 Dividend , Price Names of °; Companies. 4 P er Price. ri., ' Agin. i i . , erd . - I ! • • Companies'. Ashtn SzOldh! 93 71. p. ct. 145 - Macclesfield. 100 21. 101. it harnstry • ..• •1160 Neath • • • • • • 100 161. BrknksG Abrg' 150' 41. Oxford.... •• 109' Birmingham 40, 41. 91% Peak Forest. 78 51. Os. 76 Coventry.... 100 251. Regent's.. • • 30! 11 1451 D er by ..... 100 6 1 . 15s. 84 Rochdale.... - 80! 11. 10s. 76 ElisinrekChs, 69 2 3 4 p. ct. Somrset Coal 140 , Grand./ in etnlloo 3 - . pr.ct. 36 Do. Lk Fd!_st 12 Do., 6 pr.Ct.l 10.61. pr. ct. 115¢13111rd &Wort; 140 281. 420 Grand !'urrey 100, 41. ;Shrewsbury,. 125 Grand ;.Trion, 100 11.0 s. igtoarbridgQ.. 1 40 121. 290 Kennt & Avn 39 65. Od. 616; Severn and 1 o y Lancaster ...100. --- 1 Wye Ran. j 26 ''• —• Leeds &L;v: p,loo' 25/. 470 jWarwick & I 2 1 . 25 Leicester.... ' 100 61. 49%1 Birmiug. 100 Leicstr 3:, Nth 83 , tWarwick & . 21. 10 Loughborogh 142 701 550 1 Napton. .. i 100 Monmoutlish 100 worcstr & I - 1 78 21 , 1 21 M n tgmerysh 100 !firming. MeltnMwbry 100! ;Wilts & Brks 100. Od. When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails ,:ill ;patched on the following day, with the excepti.n of the In' C r ;`, E!outhampton),and the Malta. both of which will be lesysteb''' '— preceding day. The Earl of DERBY replied. He said he had 'not meant to impute any blame to. his noble friend the Com mander-in-Chief for not having defended the officers whose conduct had been impugned in the report of the commis sioners. On the contrary, his noble friend had himself confirmed everything he (the Earl of Darby) had said upon the subject, because he had told their lordships that as soon as the report had been brought under his notice, he had thought that an opportunity' should be afforded to those officers of exculpating themselves. What he (the Earl of Derby) complained of was that the report had not bean communicated to his noble friend until the time had come for laying it before Parliament. He was ready to confess that in enumerating the duties of the Secretary of State he had omitted to mention that that minister was responsible for the Upantint of the forces to be maintained ; hat he still contended that the military duties attwhed to the ioffice had been inconsiderable. He could not sit down without expressing the satisfaction with which he had heard the statement of the noble earl opposite in re ference to the continuance of the office of Commander-in- Chief. (Hear.) It appeared to him that the noble lord had made the case between himself and the Commander in-Chief as clear as the nature of the subject would admit; and he believed the language of the noble lord would re move much misunderstanding and misconception. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced at having obtained a formal declara tion on the part of the noble lord, and, of course, on the part of her Majesty's Government, of their determination to maintain inviolate in the hands of the Commander-in- Chief the control of the discipline, of the organisation, and of the patronage of her Majesty's forces. (Hear, beer.) The conversation then dropped, and their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. — ( YESTERDAY.) The SPBAKEN took the chair nt the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. HARDY took the oaths and his seat for Leomin ster. An immense quantity of petitions against the opening of the British Museum, National Gallery, and Crystal Palace on Sundays. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented several petitions in favour of opening the Crystal Palace and British Mn'eum on Sundays. Ode was front Leicester, signed by the Mayor, on the part of a numerously attended meeting , ; another was from the working men of Lei: cester with their addresses in full ; another from Dauer similarly signed ; another from St. Paul's COurchyard, and another from the printers of the metropolis. Mr. BROCKLEIiURST presented three petitions from Macclesfield against opening the Musesim, &c., ors Suudar, viz., from the inhabitants, the Sunday school teachs.rs, and the Independents ; also one from the Wesleyan body at Ktmtsford. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD 'presented a petition frm* the corporation of B:rminghani against the Police Bill. The presentation of petitions this afternoon occupied one hour and five minutes. NEW WHIT. On the Motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ wai ordered for the liorough of Sligo in the room of the late Mr. T. Sadler. EDUCATION. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on that day fart nizlit he would submit a resolution with reference to education. EX ETE R COLLEGE STATUTES. Mr. IT'Elr WOOD I,tive notice that he would move for an address to' her Majesty, praying that ehe wmild he gratinu4y pleased to withhold her consent from certain statutes of Eieter . College, Oxford, recently sanctioned . by the Oxford 'University Commissioners, and which impose new religions taste on the scholarships and fel• lowships of Exeter Collette. GRAND JURIES. Mr. L. KING gAVe notice for a motion declaring the uselessness of grand inrieg. POLICE BILL. Sir G. GREY said he would more the second reading of this bill on Friday, the 29th inst. If anything occurred to prevent it he would give further notice to the house. TUE SUGAR, TRADE. - Mr. MOFFATT moved for tabular returns showing th e quantities of sugar of the several sorts imported into the United Kingdom; and the quantity retained for home consumption ; together with the rates of duty charged thereon, and the net revenue accruing therefrom in each year, from 1800 to 1855 inc!usive. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. In reply to a quegtion from Mr. DUNLOP, Mr. LOWE said it was intended to apply the Joint Stack Act to Scotland. On Monday he proposed to proceed with this bill pro forma, and also with the Limited Liabilities Bill, and the Local Dues on Ship ping Bill. CAVALRY SUPPLIES. Slr J. FERGUA.SON asked the Under-Secretary for' War whether it was tru e th at the saddles recently j sup plied to the 2d Regim ent of German Cavalry were so - -bad that the commanding officer refused to receive them, as they would • have injured the backs of the horses ; that a Board, of which Cofonel ' Baldares from Maidstone W as a member , Condemned every one of them ; that, General Stutt er h e i m inspected this charging ten bits, broke in two in the horses' mouthq that, from the cloth of the overalls being so bad, or from its not having been fibrunk before being wrought up, in many cases it had been complained that, whe n wet, the leather with which they were strapped had come away-from it? Mr. MONSELL said that the saddles were con• deuined . bx a board, of which Colonel Baldares was a Th e y were made on a new construction,. by one — 6( tha beit h0u304 in 'London, Which arose Tani the demand for saddles being;so'great that dry „wood could not be obtained fur then. Officer's in the. East had made similar corn plairdi of the manufacture of-their harness. The cotn• plaints with *ieferenoc to the bits and the cloths were alsd true, bat'arrangemorits hal been made to prevent the oectirrenre of such thins in future. Col, buNN - 1 . asked who inspected the clothing ? Ate MONSELL Paid the cloths had been inspected . , by ille'pro'per'inipeetors itt Tower. • 4 Ikt‘Nti I.'S Caorel NORTH asked the. Under Secretary for \liar whetlutr ,gutire report. and evidence 'of Sir M'lshil and Cqlonel Tuiloch had been laid upon the table.of that.liottae; and, if not, whether the whole of the reppyt would tQpri al ? Mr. F. PEEI. sa.id the raport3 of Cie commissioners were identical with thoqo laid before the house. Some re turns had beta prepared by one of the commissioners will). reference to the severity of the disease andsuffer iog of the army in the East, which bad been disap proved of bythe other commissioner. It was not prop er , under such circumstances, to prsent those returns: FALL OR gAr ts. Mr. WHITE: IPS Atha the noble lord (Palmerston) ens eyment, they believe the opening of these institutions weals' increase the reverence for that day, nail - ultimately augment the attendance upon public worship. No one would question the wisdom of encouraging the working men to vieit thesEeplaces, an ; to mix with those calculated to improve their tastes and habits ; and it was morally certain that were these institutions opened on the after noon of Sunday, thousands, if not tens of thousands, who themselves seldom left their crowded courts and alleys on that day, save for the public-house, would be found with their wives and families at those sources and instruc tion, and would return to their homes better and wiser, encouraged by their association with intellect and science. They . were told by some that these were mere theoretical opinions—that a certain trAning was ne cessary before the mind could profit by such teach ing ; but it could not be denied that sufficient time and ample means had been appropriated to such a training had the proper application been used by those whose duty it was to attend to it. It had been said that such privileges would be abused ; but the conduct of the workieg men, wherever it had been tested, hnd simply re futed this opinion, and the theory so called had received prac4ical illustration in the sober and orderly conduct of the thouseuds who weekly availed themselves of the oppor tunities to visit the public institutions already opened on the Sundays, and the success of these experiments ought to have removed much pFejudice. The sum of the matter in the words of en able divine was—" That to the good and industrious such opportunities would afford innocent and useful recreation withoit doing harm. and to the bad and idle would hold out inducements to forsake vicious habits which might result in good." Several objections had been raised against this boon to the working men, to which he (Sir J. Walinsley) would refer. It had been said that the working men had not sufficiently shown their anxiety for admiseroa to these institutions. For his part he thanked them for the moderate and constitutional course they had adopte I, and he should greatly regret to see more striking demonstrations than those which had recently oc cu rre d.' He would ask han. i, members, who, rejoicing in affluence, would very likely forget the fact, to bear in mind that the expel. s.ss incidental to the getting up of petitions fell heavily on the means of working men. Another objection was that the adoption of the measure would engage the labour f a few of during the afternoon of Sunday. How far that scruple was allowed, by those who advanced it, to affect their actions in the case of that large class of the community, domestic servants, he would leave for th,emfelves to determine. - The conduct, of this class of op ponents had, le confesses, always appeared to him to be a striking monument of inconsistency.. Bat in tenth the labour required in proportion te the instruction to be ob tainer would bealmost infinitesimal, and no individual 1 would he p:erented from attending divine service at least "once on , Sunday.- The evidence of Dr. Grey, the c i -ator of the British Museum, before the Fine Arts Committee_ in 1841, was so pointed on this part of the sub le A, that ho would ven tura to read a feW brief extracts. It ' should be remembered that that evidence was taken by a committee not unfavonrable to the cause which he was ad vocating. Drs. Grey said—" I do not anticipate any difficulty in making arrangements for opening on - Sunday afternoe e e . The same assistance by the police as on great holidays.A ghe be adopted., If the British Museum were open on 1"-; . . ze after uoen of Sunday, many man who now go alone !let pleasure to the country would accompany their wiver e and children to the 'British Museum, and I see no objec i sion to ilea admis sion of children with their parents. J edging frem the at tention on holidays, when the husbend and wife visit the elueeum together, there is evidereeee a great desire • to avail themselves of the instruction % vnich the place affords. The behaviour Of the peopl e is veh e good. I am delighted to see the manner in which they examine the collections on hell days. Thelneehanics e.ppear much interested in the speci mens, and, frequeetey, one who knows more than others Will demonstrate Pei the rest of party. Great advantages are rierived from-the. perusal of the collection. It gives the mass of the people a, general taste for the study °feature, which must be hig', l 4ly advantageous to their morals. -I consider the Museum o.ne of the greateeteducational iustitutions in the country, and one of those places where people may, gain - seal sqund knewledge. Galleries of - rorks of art r regard in tete same light, and I thing they ought to be as free as - prusible. Having formerly practised as a medical man in one of the largest districts of Spitalfields, I am well aware there is a mass of people who have no opportunity of visit ing the Museum or any gallery of art save on the Sunday, and many of whom would rather spend their Sunday afternoon in that manlier than as they have been accustomed hither to." Such wasthe evidence of a man of practical experience and great knowledge, and lie had reason to believe that these opinions were unaltered. Another plea adverse to this Motion said urged by no less apersonage than the first minister of the erown, was, that it would offend the religious feelings of a certain portion of the community : what portion the eoble lord had not said. (A laugh.) No one knew better than did the noble lord that such pleas carried to their legitimate results had, in times past, lighted the fires of Smithfield,-and kept, at the present time, a large portion of our fellow-Christians under the ban of pains and penal ties. It ..was such a plea which at that moment withheld their political rights from one sect among our fellow-coma , trymen—which stile suffered for conscience' sake, and that, although one of its members had been raised by his fellow ' citizens to the highest dignity they could confer. It was a plea at variance with the right of private judgment and adverse to the principles of the Protestant faith. Some again, for lack of better argument; had been pleased to im prate motives and to assert that there was a covert desire 'on the part of employers to encourage Sunday labour, in order to obtain seven days' work for six days' pay. ' He (Sir J. Wellesley) thought the assertion conveyed a very sorry compliment to the intelligence of the working men. It carried, however, its Own refutation. It was simply as absurd aa it was untrue; and it .was a source of regret to him to find those who professed so much more than their neighbours wanting in the great attributes,of Christianity ---charity and truth." (Hear.) No one would accuse the working men of a desire to add to the hours of toil ; they, at least, were anxiou s to reduce them ; they were not only . the promoters but the chief supporters of the motion, satis fied-that.its success would facilitate that objeate--that it would at least furnish another opportunity for rational en jo.vmeutt• on the afternoon of Sunday, end cast a gleam of sunehine to cheer the hours spent an the factory and the workshop. .Much had been said and written on what was celled the continental desecratio n of the Sunday, and an at ,tempt had been made to mix up the two questions. It was Lot for him to draw a comparison on that poiut between onr hatienality and that of one. neighbour ; but he would say that he could not see any connexion between a visit to -the :British Museum on theeafternomi of Sunday and the aleseeratien of that day. .Upon ills point he eveuld venture ' to trouble the house by reading an extract of a letter from one who, was snore qualified than himself—perlitT s i r id ted bettqr (pealed than any other man in Europe —to give an opinion upon this subject. Ho had not the authority of but he (Sir J.Wahnsley) could a s - s t d lio writerrethehto o us e h is m t hnf,athe, he had by no means overrated that writer's capacity for riving judgment upon such a ques in Lon-- tied:. The extract was as follows : _Jr I am of pinion that .vice and immorality are relatively m ore prevalent don than ia the groat continental capitals, and especially that the relative proportion of immor a lit y w hi c h p reva il s oh the. Sunday, compared with any o th er dayeof the week, . is far larger in London than in the contiuental - capitals-- that in Edinburgh and Ghtegovr, where wh a t may b o a w e d , the Judaical observance of the Sunday is greater than in Leaden, the vice and criminality prevalent On that day are also relatively greater than in that metropolis." One case he could from actual knowledge refer to iu support of this opinion. Who had witnessed the strict observance of their religions duties by the people of the Swiss cantons— he referred them specially to the Protestant cantons— with their joyous and innocent relaxation on the afternocn of Sunday—(hear)—would be prepared to say that such relaxation, sanctioned by the presence of their pastors, tended to lower either the moral or the religious character of that people? Ia fact, the aseatic interpretation was placed by some on the observance of the Sabbath was not sanctioned by many pious divines, both of church and chapel. He (Sir J. Walmsley) had, when this subject was last before the house, referred to the opinion of Dr. Ar nold, and he would then quote from one whose piety and virtue that good man had always spoken with enthusiasm —the then Archbishop of Dublin—who said, " The Lord's Day is to be held purely as a religious festival. Judaism being abolished, all its ritual observances must, of course, be wholly at an end ; so that we are no more compelled to keep the fourth commandment than we are to keep the worship of the temple or the daily sacrifice." (Hear.) And again, Paley, whose opinion'most hon. members, would honour, had-said—" Cessation from labour on the Sunday beyond the time of attendance on public wor ship is not intimated in any passage of the New Testa ment, nor did Christ or his apostles deliver any command men to their disciples for a discontinuance on that day of the common offices of their profession. Tho resting on that day from our employment longer than we are detained from it by attendance on public worship, is to Christians an ordnance of human institution." (Hear.) This insti tution, however, he (Sir J. Walmsley) regarded as one of the greatest blessings conferred ou man, and as such he desired to see as much freedom from labour on that day es was consistent with the necessities of the people. Bat he thought that experience had shown that penal enactments and restrictive measures, far from elevating the moral or the religious tone of the people, and filling our churches and chapels with devout worshippers, had unfortunately begot an antagonism greatly detrimental to both. Nor did the exclusion of the working classes f rom th e sources o f in struction and enjoyment, em bra-ed by the motion intrusted to him, on the afternoon of Sunday —during the only few hours the poor man could call hisowu—comewith a g ood grace from those who, themselves having all thi ngs ri chly to enjoy on every day of the week, yet opened their clubs and news rooms, enjoyed their pictures, their statues, their parks, and gardens, and oven in some cases held their Sunday mu sical soirees and reunions. Surely this was straining at the gnat and swallowing the camel. It was at least hold ing out one law for the rich and another for the poor. He (Sir J. Walmsley) regarded this motion as purely as edu cational one, and ho should indeed rej o i ce cou ld h e i n d uce others to loo k upon it in that light. It was educational in the most comprehensive sense, and would extend that blessing to tens of thousands whom the millions spent on a church establishment had not yet reached. If hon. members would look at the question in this light he should have but little fear for the fate of the motion which he had placed in the Speaker's hands. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. T. SHELLEY said that if he were to consult his own convenience he should give a silent vote on that occasi n, but ante: taining as he did a strong opinion on the matter, and feeling, as one of the representatives of the metropolis, that his constituents were amongst those mainly interested, be thought it his duty to second the motion. He felt that in so doing he was taking au unpo pular part in that house—ho was not sure that, to a cer tain extent, it was not an unpopular one out of doors; but having a decided opinion, it was only right that he should express it. He was anxious that no matters not properly connected with the subject of the motion should be brought into question. It was with regret. that he had heard the hon. member for Perth (Mr. Kinnaird) upon a former occa sion represent that the working men ought to look to this subject, for the Sunday opening movement would speedily lead to an attempt to obtain seven days' work for six days' pay. Stich an argument was beside the matter ; and, even passing by that, it was not based on f ac t. H e wou ld po i n t out to the house that the promoters of this movement were those who favoured the movement for early closing and fur the Saturday half-holiday_ (Elwin) When this subject was last before the house, themoble lord at the head of the Government (Lo d Palmerston) made some remarks so ex actly expressing his (Sir J. V. Shelley's) views, that he thought it right to call the attention.of the noble lord and of the house to them. Unfortunately, on the occasion to which he allude i, the noble lord had not been able to y ield to the views of thbse with whom he (Sir J. V. Shelley) acted. He trusted that upon the motion it might besother wise. The noble lord admitted that Sunday ought to be a day of ianccant and healthful recreation, bet that Par liament ought not to attempt by law to draw any lino be tween different classes of amusements. If the noble lord thought so, why did he tolerate a system under which ex cursion trains were allowed to ply between London and Sydenham without let or hindrance? and yet. when the working man arrived et the Crystal Palace there an arbi trary line was,drawn, and he was told it would bo impious to unbolt the doors in order to admit him to that which could only end iu profitable instruction and amusement to him. Again, when the noble lord said the matter must, ire left to the conscience of every individual, he (Sir J. V. Shelley) was at one with him. But the present state of the law did not leave it a private matter of conscience, but imposed a rule binding on everybody. With re gar d t o th e feelings of those chiely interested iu this question, he would remind the house that an association, called " The Sunday League," had boon formed. Of course this had been followed by an oppusition association at Exeter Hall, con sistiag, no doubt, of those who were conscientiously opposed to the movement. The prospectus of the League would be a fair test of the views of the working men upon the question. This document, signed by working men, stated that, in the - belief of thoee sending it forth, the intellectual and moral progress of the working class would be greatly promoted by giving them an opportunity of rational and intellectual enjoyment ; that, instead of increasing labour on the Sunday, it would lessen it, for, 'under the present system, men frequently worked on the Sunday in order to be able to afford to take a holiday on those days upon which places of amusement were open to them. It was hardly possible that the law could remain in its present anomalous shape. Were further restraints to he put upon the people ? Seine of the petitions preeented—and he might incidentally remark that he believed letters had been sent to every clergyman in the country, requesting him to get up petitions. Some of these petitions stated that it was unjust that the gatekeetiers and others engaged in the pub lic parks should be so employed on Sunday, and asked that the parks might be closed on th•lt day. Itecoat experience in Hyde-park would be a warning to the Legislature en that subject. He would ask the attention of the house, while upon the subject of restraints upon the people in this respect, to a case which was mentioned in a Manchester journal. It appeared that one John Woolloncroft, a barber, was summoned before the magistrates, charged under the 29 Chas. 11., c. 1, with exer c i s i ng hi s ca lli ng on a Sunday. The judge efore whom the matter came called a police. man, who said he saw him shaving a man. Mr. Cobbett de fended the case, and said the ,question for the magistrates to decide was, whether the defen cant had been carrying on his lawful occupation, or was doing a work of necessity or charity. Mr. Cobbett urged that shaving was performed on the person, and should be classed with the operatiol ea of the surgeon or the dentist, adding that it had bee: d de cided that bakers when cooking dinners on Sunil ay were not following their lawful occupation. The 'enagiatrates decided that they had no discretion , _ and fin e d th e man ss. and costs. He mentioned this t o show thte length to which matters were sometimes driven. He asked the house to pause before they refused the petit'.or r of the working men of London as represented by 'etas Sunday League, and trusted that they w ere not e" .., e;leg to uphold one law for the rich and anothe r f or th e 0 . , them whether it was r eesible that any working man could ; (Hear, hear.) He asked afford to give up a . day the motion. N o. prig , trie ,,. !Pf out for the purpose contempl a t e d by one who was acquainted with th e ac t ua l workmen would assert th a t an y o f th em could auvr d to give up Monday for a visit to the M useum cot at; .onal Gallery. To those instituti o ns h e c o nt r ib u t e d , I) ,Y tr ee payment of his taxes, and ther e fo re it- was on ly f a i r t"st they :should bo made accessible to him on the only day upon which he was able to visit.them. (Hear, hear.) On the question being put , Mr. A. PELLA-TT moved the following amendment : "That, in the opinion of this house, more frequent oppor tunities should be afforded for week-day inspection of the National Gallery, Government museums, and works of art; also, that the . British Museum 'should be open five days he the week, and especially on Mondays and Saturdays, those days being most convenient to the working classes." Ho denied that the working classes were in favour of the hoc. member for Leices' er's motion, and was ready to take issue on that point in so far as the labourers of London were concerned. If they doubted the state of public feeling, let them look at the number of petitions that had been pre sented, at the ferment in the public mine, and the number of letters that had been addressed to hon. members. As to the Sunday opening of these buildines being instructive he believed that mechanics held quite a contrary ofiiniou and believed that it would lead them into expense which might otherwise be avoided, While it would completely deprive them of all the benefit to be derived from the Sunday schools. He might hero mention it as a curious fact, that Sunday schools were worse attended in London than in any other part of the kingdom. Then the clergy were unani mously against any alteration and earnestly deprecated any interference with the Sabbath as a step in a downward direction. With respect to the Sunday school teachers who had petitioned be would quote some statistics furnished by Mr. Baines of Leeds. According to Mr. Baines, these teachers, who had the control of the children for an average period of 8 years and 4 months, were )0 in number. We might have some 25,000 ministers of various denoinina- Cone, 60,000 teacher a, and perhaps 30,000 local teachers, but here was a body more numerous than all put together the most powerful moral agents in the country, and there was not one who would suppoit the mover of this question. He (Mr. Pellatt) could vouch for the excitement the agitation of the question had caused in Southwark, where every one whom he had had the opportunity of consulting looked upon the motion as dangerous to religion and morality. Paley, who had been quoted on the other side, had written strong opinions in favour of Sunday being set apart as a day of leisure. Mr. Polk, a magistrate of Soutnampton warmly opposed the threatened. desecration ; and Mr. Kingieill, the chaplain of a model prison, stated that the usual steps in crime of 100,000 criminals were impatience of parental restraiut, violation of the Sabbath, awl neglect of religious ordinances. (Hear.) They had an example of how the Sabbath might be kept in the face of strong tempta tion, in the case of the Great Exhibition of 1851. On that occasion all the foreigners who visited the Palace cons plimented our coantrymen on the respect they paid to Sunday, and when a deputation of the peace party sub sequently visited Paris, the Emperor gave them an oppor tunity of seeing the waters of Versailles awl St, Cloud on Monday, out of deference to their religious opinions. He trusted that nothing would now be done to lose a charac ter so honourable to the country. (Cheers.) Having quoted an eneclote of Dr. JObuson and Six Joshua Reynolds, in which the former is made to obtain from the latter a pledge to observe the Sabba th , th e h on. member con cluded by moving his amendment. Mr. BAXT R. said this was no party question, a ques tion between rich andpoor, or between chu r chmen and die seet Jr. It was a matter which, in his opinion, intimately concerned the well-being of this country, and its civil and religions liberties, and therefore he hoped it was one upon which a British House of Commons would net come to an ambiguous or uncertain decision. That which we looked upon as the great bulwark of our Christianity Wai as sailed, and it wassought by legislative enactment to over turn that which the great majority of the people of this country bold to to he sacred. The advocetes of the' &im posed change restricted their motion to the British Mu seum and the National Gallery ; but could they stop there ? M If those places were opened, why n o t the Panopticon, or Tussaud's, or Miss Horto n ' s Gallery of Illestra tion, all of which entertainments were considered highly instructive as well as amusing. Next would come a de mand for the theatres. There were a great many men in this country who held that theatres conduced very much to the moral and intellectual advancement of society. Were they to be pleaded for, and if not -, wh y ? Ho asked the house to consider also what a vast amount of daily toil would be created by the Sunday opening of these exhibi tions. Omnibuses, cabs, shops for refreshment would all be called into requisition to accommodate -the crowds which would gather if the privilege were eonceded. seen then they would find the vvarehoueemtin der:welled by sor did masters to work oh the Sabbath-day. (Hear, hear.) If this resolution passed, the house might, depend upon it a retectioh would follow such as was now going on in France, and as had already secured a rigid observance of the Sabbath in - the United States. He was at a loss to know either how museums or collections of pictures could be looked upon as moral agents. That they might refine the taste he was ready.to admit, but those who bad spent nay time in such cities as Munich, Florence, or Rome, might fairly be ex cused for doubting the influence of art in promoting social happiness or the domestic virtues. (bleer.) Let them ask the City Mission or the police whether they believed in this movement ; or even the publicans themselves, whether they thought it would be for their advantage. (Hear.) It was said that the Museum and the National Gallery were supported by the people, and that the people had a right of access on Sunday. As well might it be said that, hav ing elected that house, they had a right to command the service of its members on Sunday. Ho believed that the country did not wish to have these exhibitions open on Sunday, and that they looked to their representatives to give a strenuous opposition to this motion. He should have been best pleased to meet it with a direct negative, but as ho was an advocate for the Saturday half holiday, be felt gratified in supporting the amendment. Mr. MURROUGa supported the original motion, and observed that if they wanted arguments in its support they might turn to the Monday's police-sheet, with its half-in toxicated ruffians and bleeding victims of Sunday bruta lity. His object in supporting it was to serve the workmen of the metropolis, and therefore he wasiet to be influenced by the petitions of Sunday-school teachers from distant villages. He was anxious to have hot only the Museum and National Gallery thrown open, but also the portals of our metropolitan cathedrals. It was a degrading fact that that assembly, which arrogated to itself so much of Chris tianity, should permit national churches like St. Petal's, Westminster, and St. Paul's Cathedral, to be kept with closed doors through the week, in order that they might be used as an exhibition to put money into the poekets of a grasping and soreid priesthood'. Mr. F. CROSSLEY opposed the motion. • Lord STANLEY, who was very indistinctly heard, com menced by stating that he still held the opinions he had formerly expressed upon this subject; notwithstanding their unpopularity with a large portion of the house. He did not deny that some public opinion had been called forth upon this question. Admitting that 150,000 persons had signed petitions against the present proposition, what was that compared with the demonstrations which had taken place upon the great constittitional and administrative questions by which the public mind had at one time or an other been excited ? In 1837, when the Church-rate ques tion was much agitated, there were cc lase than 600,003 signatures to the petitions sent in from various parts of the country, praying for relief. Again, how had these 150,000 signatures, he they more or less, been obtained ? (Cheers.) There could be no doubt that a large majority of the clergy of all denominations entertained a very strong . opinion upon this question. There were iu orders in this country 30,000 ministers of religion, and s apposing one-half of these to have come forward to exercise their influence upon their respective congregations, that would only give ten signa tures to every. petition. Remember that it was in the pul pit that this question was chiefly agitated ; and both in the pulpit and 'at public meetings, he regretted to say that the agitation had been prompted by misrepresenting the objects and motives of those who supported this motion. There were not tens, but hundreds, in every congregation' Who were at all times ready to sign any petition their minister recommended, and in this. ease the appeal for signatures, he was told, had been . made them the pulpit itself. On the one side, therefore, they had an organised movement conducted by a most powerful and influential body, and upon the other there was merely the voluntary and spontaneous efforts of some few individuals. In estimating the force of public opinion on the one side and the ether, as represented by petitions, all this must be taken into account. Now what was the social plea upon which this motion was resisted ? It was said, yon will offend the scruples of many honest and conscientious persons. If that plea were allowed the full.weight which some seemed disposed to give it, the world' would have stood still long ago. But the question was, not w hether offence would be'given, but - *bother the offence was well founded ? And this appeared to him to betheiundamental difference between permissive and compulsory legislation. They had heard something about legal epactinents for turn ing the Sabbath into a day - of ammiemeht. He could under stand that if a man suppoked it to be an act of impiety to enter a museum or gallery 'of art on the Sunday, a•nd any attempt - were made by legislation to compel bins to. do so, he would be justified in offering all the resietance to such a measure in his power. But that was not the point. The op ponentehof this resolution did not ask for freedam forthena selves to stay away from the British Museum and National Gallery--they asked to have the power put into theirhands to compel all others to keep away also, and to observe the Sabbath as they themselves desired to observe it. They might consider that it was a religious duty imposed up 'n them to press for a legislative obligation to keep the Sabbath, and that they were to a certain extent responsible for the acts of the community. In dealing between nation and nation no doubt every man was responsible for the acts of the community- England being at war wills Russia, every Englishman was at war with Russia, whether he approved of the war or not, but the pOnciple of making every indi vidual responsible for the acts of the whole community was not to extend to the relations between man and the Su preme Being. In religion every man must act for himself ; 'religious duty was a question of morality, dependent upon the conscience of each individual man, and for one man to attempt to enforce his religious views and observances upon :another was tyranny of the worst kind. He believed that fully one-half of the social injustice which had been done amongst oleo—fully one-half of the misery endured on the earth—had arisen from the manner in which all men and all governments had endeavoured to enforce their own par ticular religious views upon the couscie Ices of others. They had proceeded upon this principle : "Though 1 know I cannot make any .gighbour adopt my creed, I will com pel him to act iu his outward observances as though he did.' That was the principle upon which a large portion of mankind had at all times acted, and the result had been an amount of hypocrisy and persecution which had gone far to bring the very name of religion into contempt. • He denied that thaf was the principle upon wild' the Legis ' latureeaught to proceed in this matter. He denied the right of that house, or of the Government, or Of an y legis lative tribun a l, t o ay down aud'enforce the duty which man owed to his Maker. (Hear.) They might have laws as many as they pleased to define and enforce the duty of man to man, but the (laity of man to the Supreme Being was not a matter of law, but of individual conscience. There wore some who contended that the commands of the decalogue were all of them still literally binding upou all oneo—(hear)—but if they accepted the obligation of tho commandments in their literal sense, why not follow them out literally in all things ? (Hear.) But, by the foul th commandment, if taken literally, they were bound not one day in seven merely, but the seventh day. Very much might be said as to the degree of sanctity to lie given to the Sabbath, but he felt that the House of Commons was not the place for a discussion upon that point. It, would he easy enough to show that the rigid observance of the Sun day was never insisted upon in the early days of Chrie tianity, and that until about two ceuturies ago it, was un known. Neither the early fathers of the Christian churches nor the great Protestant authorities ever contended for the ascetic observance of that day. He might be allowed to quote ono aUthority, which every ireligious Protestant; of whatever deanornination, would, he was sere, readily ad mit—viz., Luther. Luther tiaye- -" If anywhere the day is made holy for the mere day's sake—if any where any one sets up its observance upon a Jewish foundation— then I order you to work on it, to ride on it, te dance on „it, to feast on it, to do anything that shall re prove thiS encroachment on the Christian spirit' and liberty." That was the, opinion of the greetest religions reformer of fOrmer times. Among modern authorities Paley said-- " Cessation upon Sunday from labour beyond the time of attendance upon public worship is not into. mated in any passage of the New Testament, nor (a IChrist or his apostles deliver any command to their disciples for a diecontinuance upon that day of the common offices of their professions." Again—" The resting on that day from our employments, longer than we are detained from them by :attendance upon public. worship, is to Christians an ordi nance of human institution."- And if he might quote the opinion of a man whose authority would be received with respect by many hon. members of. that house, as those of ono whose piety and learning was known to them perso nally, he would, refer to Dr. Arnold, the late head master of Rugby. Dr. Arnold said—" That Sunday should be a day of greater leisure than other days, and of the suspen sion, as far as may be, of the common business of life, I quite allow ; but then I should have much greater indul gence for recreation on a Sunday. than you might have ; and if the rail Way enables the people in the great towns to get out into the country on a Sunday, I should think it a very great good." (Cheers.) He had heard it used us an argument out of doers thateteitopen places of public amuse ment on time Sunday was a Popish practice ; but was it not Popish to strain conscience ? (Cheers.) Ho had alluded so far to the religious question, because everything that hid been said on social grounds against Sunday opening had been put forward to cover anal conceal the religious ground, which was the real question upon which - the motion Taos resisted. (Cheers ) It was said that to open these institu tions on the Sunday was the first step towards making the Sunday a working day. To that proposition he had to answer that there was a wido,differeuce, and one that it was scarcely possible to overlook, between the opening of places of amusement on the Sunday aud,the giving a legis lative sanction to tie - non-observance of that day as a day 'of rest. The experience of all countries and of all people was in favour of the maintenance of one day of rest is the seven, and public opinion was unanimous for it. He knew no reason why, therefore, the State should not take upon itself to protect the proper observance of that day— (hear)—but he contended that in the resolution al it stood there was nothing to give, either directly or in directly, the slightest sanction to Sunday desecration in any form. (Hear.) But apart from the question of legis lation, was it true that the working roan was so entirely in the power of the employer that if he could not be restrained from going to places of amusement on the Sunday, his employer would call upon him to work on that day ? The taeueber for Halifax (Hr. Crossley) had expressed a very decided opinion ou this point. The hon. gentleman was an employer, and must necessarily understand the rela tions between employers and employed, but when the hon. • gootlernan wanted an illustration to prove his argument that if the Museum were opened on the Sunday, the work- i ing man's Sabbath would be taken from him altogether, he referred not to what he had observed in France, but to what he saw in the southern states of the American Union. Where was the parallel between the two eases ? '(Hear.) He (Lord Stanley) thought that, what had occurred of late years might have shown the hon. gentleman, on the oee , hand, that the employed were not so utterly the slaves of the employers as be wished it to be inferred ; and on the other, that the employers were not so regardless of the wants and comforts of the employed. There . was no reli gious requirements or obligation of law to compel the em ployers to close early, yet the good sense and humanity of the employers had responded to the demand for early doe .ing and - for the Saturday half-holiday in most parts of the country, The hen, member for Southwark had said that if you (evened these places of puhlic anausemeat on the Sim day, 'the Sanday schools would be empty—that was, tha the children who attended, them would find _more attrace thee in •the Miteeum, the National Gallery, and other insti tutions of that kind. He fully admitted the great endue of .Sunday achoele, but he thought that when young children under ten years old were kept four or five hours on the' Sunday at school, and were compelled, as he' had known done, to attend Divine worship in the church or chapel be .sideee it *as far too great a strain upon, the mind, and if the effect of the success of this motion were only to relieve young children from this excessive teaching, 'which he believed to bo injurious both mentally and physically, it would not, in his opinion, be altogether useless. (Hear.) Then it was said the agitatiOn on this subject would tend to disturb the public mind and lead to further demands: - But this was not a question of obtaining new privileges, but of continuing the law whiCh the public now posteseed. There was no single argument that applied against the opening of the British Museum which did not go to the stopping of every Sunday 'excursion train and every steam boat that plied upon the Sunday. Aid they mead to aay I Lord EBRINGTON yielded to no one in respect for the "Sabbath, but he could not help feeling that at present the condition of the working classes Was not what it ought to be. He ' Wail anxious to improve their state by every means in his power, and lookitie upon the object of this motion as one means to that end, he was inclined to sup port it- . ' Mr. ROUNDELL PALMER remindei the house of the physical advantoges of a weekly rest, remarking that no man could say how much of the greatness of this country was owing to the supply of strength derived from it. The moral and spiritual objects of the day were more iniper tant still. An i all this rested upon the feeling of the people that, there was A, higher 'law than any law of this house •cominanding it. ' If, then, the obServance of the day rested upon the religious convictions of the country, they Ought to appeal to the religious portion of the people as to the best means of observing it. It was said by Lord Stanley that there was no chance of masters compelling their labourtrs to' work ou Sundays. But the noble lord forgot that one or two mesters could force all other mas ters to follow their example, and the labourers would be compelled by the pressure of competition to continue their employments on oundays as on otter days. He admitted that it was impossible to defend all the Sunday practices that were allowed, •but the great principle was, whether the Government *hen it interfered at all, interfered to secularise or to keep holy the day; at the same time that it would not interfere with private action or with works that might positively conduce to acts of necessity or mercy. Mr. EDWARD BALL opposed the motion. Mr. WIGRAM alSo opposed the resolution, and com- plained'thit no member of the Government had taken part in the debate; . . Lord PALMERSTON—I can assure the hon. and learned gentleman that if I have abstained from presenting Myself at an earlier moment, it has not arisen in any degree from my undervaluing the importance of the subject ; but I thought it more respectful to the house, and to those who wished to express their opinions, that they should do so before any member of her Majesty's Government took part in the debate. (near, hear.) It is not my intention to support the motion of my lion. friend, but I sin afraid that the way in which I look at the motion will not satisfy those with whom I vote, and certainly it will not satisfy those against whom I vote. (A. laugh.) I attach as much value as any hen. member to the observance of the Sun day. I will not go into and repeat the arguments so eloquently expressed by the bon, and learned gent:eman at my right (Mr. Palmer), why it is desirable on every account, both with regard to intellectual and moral, and, indeed, physical considerations, that the Sunday should be kept a sacred day; on the oth,r hand, I cannot myself think that the mere opening of these two places of resort would . in itself morally affect the observance of the Sunday. I mean that I cannot go so far as those who object to this motion, in thinking that the mere admission to the Na tional Gallery and British 2,luseurn would be that sort of . infringement of the sanctity of the Sunday which should excite the alarm—which should justify the alarm— which has been expressed, or proince those evil consequences which have been attributed to it. But those who object to the motion,: object to it not so much for the effect which the particular thing required might produce, as because . they consider it the first stop tower. s something else. Un doubtedly that is a consideretion well deserving the atten tion of the house. When, however, we are arguing on this question, and when hon, members consider the alter native to be, whether the bulk of the population of this great metropolis shall attend divine service, or shall resort to these places of amusement, we ought not to forget that, unfortunately, the places of public worship in this metro polis, us I fear, do not afford accommodation to more than a very small portion of the population, the continued clos ing of these places, therefore, would not be securing the object they seek. Concurring with the majority of this house in thinking that it is not expedient to take the step proposed,,not a very important one in itself, I cannot help thinking that great exaggeration has been resorted to in arguing this question, in representing it as a great moral and intellectual object to bo attained in opening the British Museeta and the National Gallery. It certainly would be a very innocent amusement for those who resorted to it, but as to its being likely to produce great intellectual im provement in those who went there, I think undue stress has been laid upon that point. Considering oa the one hand that tile advantages.whieh, even in the view of those who make this motion, could be derived from the opening of these placeS could be attained ; on the other hand, con sidering the great amount of feeling expressed from all parts of the country,--a feeling that is entitled to the utmost respect and deference by this house—considering that, I thiuk it would have a very bad effect on th e moral feeling of the.country if it were thought this house would set itself in opposition to the opinions proceeding from, such a vast number of persons, whose opinions are entitled to respect — considering that nothing could be worse than Parliament should appear to be less careful upon the moral and religious feelings of the country than the people of the country them selves. I undoubtedly shall without any hesitation give my vote against the motion of my hon. friend. With regard to the course of our proceedings, I would suggest one conside ration. An amendment had been announced which, in its form, tends to prescribe a certain course to the trustees of the British Museum. Now, it is not unusual, I think, for this hens() to interfere by directing the conduct of the in stitution. The trustees have given additional facilities on ' the Saturday afternoon. The amendment proposes to direct the Museum shall be open on the Monday. I humbly sub mit to the house that it would be the better course simply to negative the motion of my hen. friend, because the feel ing of the house is so clearly ascertained, that it would be quite sufficient to say " Aye," or " No" on the question rather than to vote on the amendment, which would have the effect of interfering with the management of an insti tution which, I think, this house has hitherto not inter fered with. The trustees are perfectly ready to make any arrangement consistent with the order of the institution for the purpose of giving facilities to the pahlic to view it, and I think the house will do well to leave the matter in the hands of the trustees, rather thin interfere as proposed, well-intended as I know it to be. I would propose to my hon, friend to vote " Aye" or " No" on the question. Mr. MUNTZ said that few men had sacrificed more than he had done for the working classes, and it was for that very reason, and on their belidf, that he should vote against the motion. There was a strong disposition to too the working classes of their Sunday. If once a concession were made, whore would they stop? He knew of the greatest manufacturers in this country who never would engage a workman unless he would consent to work on the Sunday, if required: The noble lord the member for King's Lyur had alluded. to the easy manner in which early closing was obtained. But that was yielded when the country was in great prosperity. What would be the state of things when months anc, years of adversity came ? Mr. A. PELLATT—I will take the hint of the worthy Premier—Vloud laughter)—and I consent to withdraw the amendment. _ . WALMSLEY replied —This was not the first step, nor the second, nor the third. They had opened Kew gardens, the Painted Hall at Greenwich, and other places, and now they were asked to open the British Museum and the National Gallery, He referred to the openino . of Hampton Court Palace, -Kew Gardens, and the Painted Hall, Greenwich, on Sundays. The former had been visited. , by 52,000, and Kew Gardens by 160,000 person's, whose praiseworthy and orderlyconduct had elicited the approl3ation of all. He next referred to the beneficial results; from opening one of the libraries at Oxford on Su adayr afternoons, and,which had been approved of by the B ishop of Oxford. The time would soon co the when much of that prejudice and misconception tha t existed with regard to this question would be removed,. Many lt honorle.members who would to-night vote aga inst his .motion would by doing so vote against their coast ienees. If they voted iu that house by ballot he felt certain he should have _been in n majority. (Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) • The house then divided, when the numhPrs - • For the motion ... 48 Against it ................................. 376 .; .3dajority against the moti on ... .... ...... POST OFFICE (DUBLIN AND EDINBUR.GI3:). Mr. VANCE moved for a copy of correspondence be tween the Postmaster-General. and the Treasury, relating to an inquiry into the administration of the Dahlia a xd. Edinburgh Post•offrces.—Agreed to. The Delaniere Forest Bill was read a second time. The Commons Enclosure Bill passed through com.-nittee.. The Charitable Uses Bill, as amended, was consi dereo. 4 and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. DRAINAGE ADVANCES ACTS AMENDXSN'T ---, BILL. • This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered, for third reading to-morrow (Friday): The bowie adjourned at ten minutes before twolye. o -! _,. Name of Company. at. lOs. .71. Its 6(1. bs 61. p.c. & 1)3. 6 per cent. 15s Od. 41. per cent. 74. 10s, pr cf. & bs. 41. - 17 s. Od ss. 4 1 4 per cent. 6/. per cent. s'. per cent 121. per cent. 12s. 1 ..3s k 3/. 2s, & 2s. Ns 1/ 10s. 'OB.& bs IBs.per share 4►4 J. per et. 5 p. ct. & bs. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. 7s. 101. per cent. 61 10s. I/ 14s. 41,p. et. .k bs. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend AmGlint per of Annum. Share. s. 4. ,500 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 0 50 0 a 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 • 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 0 ►OO 0 0 5 3 0 Stock. X2O" 0 0 1100 0 0 Alhion•• • • •• •• •• •• Alliancs ar.d Fcr. Ditto Marine ....... Atlas .. •irgus Life Gritish Commercial .. ClericLaied.& Gen. Life jounty Eagle Equity and Law European Life General Globe luardian Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life indemnity Marine.... Law Fire . Law Lite. • .• • •.• • •• • • Legal and General Life London ~...... London Ship.... Marine......... •• • • Med. I & Gen. Life Minerva •• •• •• •• •• •• Monarch National Loan Fund.. Palladium Life ... Pelican .• •• •• •• •• •• •• PhceniA -• Prol'ess;enal Life...... Provident Life .... Rock Life.... •• •• Royal Exchange .... San Fire •••••• Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life .•• ..... Victoria Life Name of Company. Assam Tea .......... cti-r, Mart •••• • • .• Australian Agriculturl tustralian Trust .... kustraf tan Royal Mail Anglo-Mexican British American Land Canada Do. 5 per cent Bonds Ditto, 6 per cent. .. `,7lity Navigation Bonds Electric Telegraph .. Ditto ...:..:..• .• Cquitable Reversiorzy Ditty, New ....., Ten. Revers. & Invest. Gen . S team Navigation Hudson's 8ay...... •• cluncorford .......... London Institution London Reversionary Russell Institution.... Price's Patent (land. Co Reversionary Tnt. Soc. Royal Mail Steam.... South Australian Land Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend - Amo Name of Company. ' per of PAW Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Rank of Scotland 7‘. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1827 1: Caledonianßi. t IshL in e ß n a C n o k ro Company 81. 081/ per rr cent.ce n t 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 10 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 . 0/ 1 04 City of Glasgow Bitak 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 il/14, Clydesdale Bank •• •• 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 15: C •mmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1 00 0 0 223/0s Eastern Bank.. •• .. 61. per cent. .25 0 0 10 0 .0 1 lOs Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3161. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41.18 s 6% per cent. 100 0 0 ill 0 0 170/0s N o rth of ,cotland Bank 51. percent 0 0 210 0 17. 168 R o yal Bank of cleotl. 1/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132/10 Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/. per cen t. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 5 s Western. Bank.. il. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 75/ os Alliance Fire and Lice.. iIY4/.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 10/15s British Guarantee . 41. per cent. lO 0 0 2 0 0 1/. 10s Caledonian Fire in.ne . 10 < . per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Cs City of Glasgow Life 44. per cent. 0 0 2 0 0 U. 8. Co cilia] Lt 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/. 7s Edinburgia Life Insur. 4/. oar cent, 100 0 0 15 0 0 .6/ICis Eng. & Scot, Las Life 51,0 tr cont. 50 0 0 3 5 0 1/. 8s Life Ass's.Scsi,and 6/.percent. 10 0 0 110 061 los NNl i o 'a n n a g l Nattenai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os North Uritish Insur... 71 per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 '3/ Os Scottish Union Punic. 7y41. prccnt. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 108 Standard Life . United Pep Assurance 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Fifty Pounds Reward has been offered for the appre hension of. the thieves who robbed Mr. Edwards, the jeweller, in the High-street, Southampton, on Monday night. {ADVERTISEMENT.] —We have read with ranch pleasure Du Barry's report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatu lency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver' Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medi chic, by Du Barry's Food, The following are a few extracts which appear to. merit the attention of many :—Cure No. 47,121.—" Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Wal tham-cross, Hefts ; a 'cure of extreme nervousness, indiges tion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314. —" Miss Elizabeth-Yeoman, Cateacre, near Liverpool; a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure 51, 415. —Oystermouth, Swansea, 24th August, 1853.—Bilious headaches of frequent occurrence, which my wife bad been subject to for many years, have been removed by Du Barry's salutary Revalenta Arabica Food.— E. J. BUTLER., Cure 51,416. Cower, n e ar Swansea, August 21, 1853. Thi rt y y ears ' dreadful suffering from 17bcumatism has been removed by Du Barry's delicious Reva lce'ta Arabica Food, in five weeks' time.—WILLIAM In canisters, •51bs. 115..; .121b5., 225. The 121hs. carnage free, on receipt of• pest-officn srder. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Re.gent-street, London',; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty,. Piccadilly ; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 31J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-"08¢; if/ upper Ila,kaltrot; 63 wad 160, OLferd-italfiti :ISCELLAN. Dividend per An - num. 2' per cent. 11. 18. 8/. pet cent 51. 11. 105. 15s. fil. percent. 51. per cent. it. per cent. 6 per cent. TI pr. cent. p. c. & bs, 10 p ct. 21. ss. 51 per cent. 10'. per cent. 4%1. pr cent. 41. p. share. 6/. per cent. EQUS. Paid. Z a. d. 50 0 0 11 1 0 25 0 0 1 0 0 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 10 0 '0 20 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 28 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 210 0 2 10 0 o 10 0 10 0 ,) o 10 0 all 4 ii o 10 0 0 4 12 6 Amount of Paid: Share. s. d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Boa o 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 o 20 0 0 X s. d. 20 0 0 • 17 10 0 25 0 0 40 0 0 32 10 0 24 0 0 too o n „1710 0 100 0 0 14 0 0 1 - • 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 10 ,100 0 60 0 0 5 0 0 SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21 STACK EXCEIANGE.—The tone of the marke' has be° quiet to-day, and the prices slightly lower. Caledonia n, 28 7,3 B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81i 2 2i—Midlan a• 70—London end North Westerns, 1014 R- North E•istorp f . Berwick Extension, No. 1 an d 2,d 6—South Eastern, 19" Bs. 9d. fs. 9d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 215; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheater (late Chester end Birkenhead 27g.), 14. MANCHESTER, FEB. 21. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Tb.e market to-day has been doing a moderate :business, and prices were firmer. Leeds, 52 i —Eastern Counties, 10—Dovers, 19 9.l6—Midlands, —London and North Westerns, 1011—Berwick, 19 (treat Western, 5'.. BIRMINGHAM, FED. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was 0 , 0 01 to-day, and prices generally about the same as Testerd% . Great Westerns were done a t 581—S ou th Stffords, A 1 is. 9d. dis. LEEDS, FEB. 21. 'East STOCK EXOHANGE.—Midlandg, 70—Thirsk, Au-- Lancashire, 18--Crystal Palaco Pref., 5,1 8s 9ti. DUBLIN, F. 20. i STOOK EXCHANGE.--Threo per Cent. C onso l s . 9 1 4 Ditto for Account, 7th March, 9N. I—New Three 11r Cent. Stock. !n—Ditto, for Account, 7th March. Saci Grand Canal Co., for account, 88r—Great Southern rs° ol Western, 53;1--Ditto, for account, 53 Bank Stock, 22 ,1 —Dublin and Wicklow, iisMidl.and Great Western Royal Canal, 50—Ditto, halves, 14.;. JENNY LIND AT NORWICH.—an Wednesday M. Gold schmidt prieweiy th e 14;rejl Hospital fortree; and inspected minutely every part of the establishmen t ' and on Friday morning early, the ceneem. of or, without giving notice, Madam; Golelsehmidt went t' the institution, and examined with great intere'-t eve/ department, conversing freely with the matron, SP; Stannard, as to its management, and earnestly nrgies the nurses to take great care of their little charges, P l n s : ing with the children, and express l eg the greatest pl e asor" that the funds she had contributed had been so 1 : 18 : voted. After staying some time, Madame G. Idschmi • chi wrote before she left, in her own. hand, her opinion i ll the minute-book. These are copies of the entries " Otto Goldschmidt, of Hare, urg, is very please"' with what he has seen in this most beneficial instittr tion. This he expresses not only for himself b u t veo , tures to do so also for his wife, kno w i ng that the late ly tion with which she contribut e d a s ha re to a philan thropic institution, could only have b een me t bl such beneficial. results as ha ve b een d er i ved by Ini4nl hundreds of sick and p oor c hild ren i n this m elte' tion." "Jenny G e ld sc h m idt (h orn Lind), bav ie f f succeeded in insp ec ti ng t h e i' act i tst i on herself, fetl, happy to confirm th e wor d s o f satisfaction tshic her hu,band ex p resse d f or her, in regard to this loved institution, two days ago." On quittieg Norwich Madan° arid M. Goldschmidt left a cheque of 501. each for the Lind Hoepital, and a stun of 3541. 15 . sd. half been added to its funds as its rhnre of the p r em.. ede 0 the late concerts. On the same morning early 14,1adaw e Gieldischrnidt was accompanied by the Rev. Pr.,feeg (4 Sedgwick to the cathedral, to the grave of Bieh ^ Stanley. Over this sacred scene we draw th e veil. It is sufficient to record the fact that this gift e d l a dy PI", that debt which was due to proofs of friendship, tiln, nut have had no little influence on her happiness el' the moment, and cannot fail to be of pleaSurthle reco lection during her entire existence.—Norwich MercurY• BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 21st inst., at 29, Norland-square, Notting-hil l ' of Lincoln's-in n , b arr ister' the wife of George Wiley, Esq., at-law. On the 21st inst., at 10, Victoria-road, Kensington, the wife of George Silvester Board. OF A DAM:init. On the 20th inst., at 24, Finsbury-place, Mrs. Nola Solomon. On the 20th inst., at t 9 A, Curzon-street, Mrs. ])rnitt. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., at Clapton Chapel, Joseph Sing' Esq., of Liverpool, to Phoebe, second daughter of Jain.. Powell, Esq., the Limes, Upper Clapton. On the 20th inst., Henry, eldest son of Admiral Sir Robert Hoare Bromley, Bart., of Stoke Hall, toGeorgis" Ellen, youngest daughter of Vero Fane, Esq., Little Ponto Hall, Lincolnshire. D I E D. On the 19th inst., at Sherborne House, Warwickshir e ' John Drinkwater, Esq., aged 79. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Lydia Howe, of Westminste r, aged 72. On the. 2011 in:t., at Pimlico, Miss Judaea ' aged , On the 28th ult., at Carthagena, Spain, Charles . Ww" singlumn Turner, Esq.,.British Consul at that city, eldest sou of the late Edmund Turner, Esq., M.P., of Truro , Corn wall, ag,4l .;7. On the Pith inst., at Henley•on-Thames, Oxon, Zscberf Allnutt, late solicitor, and connected with the Thames: o ' yigation for :upwards of 50 years,.aged 83. On the 19th inst , at 10, Compton-terrace, IslingtoUr Job Hunter; Esq., aged 75. On the 18th inst., Thomas Reynolds Bertram, Esq., ° f Kennett Lodge, Northfteet, Kent, and - Upper Thause3" street, L , ndon. On the 16th inst., Mr. James Cookes, of Lavenderbi ll, Wandsworth, and Fonchurch-street, city, aged 44. LONDON: Printed and Published by ICITILDO YOUge of No. 112, strand, Printer, at Th e Su* °flee. No. 112 ' strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Q °i Mabee; Friday, February 22,110 * ~w- 3,4 4614 178 gl4 , 8 228 248 Price Ea( whole Metro to sea board Coro The Ulna kultdr by MI tolobr Roan. • .macr Qiiel 10 01 oe Price. 1 1 1 )1° gl LU, A a pis Luar Berl° demo Zngl m and Caint and s graph It soli! him *bid On Ldp AN Old I Thl tiOn ; Xfarc Orel ?on] Lucy boor, To. Ur. / , The ta I EC( Earn will n The ro !flu rrival be see then. +nom Ikon Ands Pro &7I I Par o f got op S' Poll FOUR liceott The are 10, 4 r• fu pdttl. erei 1) ;c71 LOllda SHIR bk The y due im RE rlaini can Not !Coy that. '4 4 tek ii Oho clitto 0.4,1 3 1 41 u • ti trro 441ifi ItoY teei vi er Is coot each tee WIN tru ' hitt 111 tt Xl* . cult 10, . ~