The Sun. — London, England, 1861-07-27 00:00:00

lIN;N'I' • g sittin g lered for ered and ERVES Y. eed to at ced some .elative to 1. had 0 4 ies in re o denied. as under ,t of the ition of fourteen f was the ) national on, that ed that a be CO n" would re -7 X 2,5, 000, Mans, and ary. He ) the nest . member ad left so ions as to a implied lof which k of some D imirate" ctioa be- here W 9 I to bring CE RIAL n aning th e Its of Sir Ireland, onsidored if these )efore the L bent hee• heir eon. 3 ; and tho ad a third nittee. amenctedf 1 time and ad a tLircl vas read a ContiXU' L (No. 2) bring ill a the Local a of PIY" a bill to offices for ,o suspend he United 'ARLIA.- tO somo 3 the fres 3co of Cor- r was in a rice to :the Le face of be an had e subject SILL. le by this ies of the which the lor). On not con- Gage) of Bran- E. Shef- (E.l.ong - f Gar] les Lilo way) Bletgo Vat er- :Tell4er) D. (IJOrd a 312 d (Earl ugh) 3rd Sin- Selo Alderley (Duke of 'a novel at Berck, .e of sea- ins tances diseases• of salt- diseases Publique hospital eds, and • otti•ce' ieve, I J 1 >Mgr de? /MONEY 11A2KET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Tw.o O'CLOCK. There is a moderate inquiry for money to-day, and the rates show no change of importance. A further large supply of gold, amounting to about £140,000, was sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited no variation of importance. The report of the Bank of Egypt has been issued prior to the meeting, which recommends a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. At the forthcoming meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company a dividend of 15s. per share Will be proposed. Since Monday last the import of specie have been about £55,000, and the exports £175,000. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a large amount of business was transacted, and the late advance was well supported. The sales were 18,000 bales. There has been no alteration of importance in the market for Public Securities to-day, but the tendency has been favourable, and rather more firmness has prevailed, Consols being 89i 90 for money, and 90 901 for account. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 98:1; Exchequer Bills, March, are flat at 12s. dis. ; ditto June, 3 dis. ; India 5 per Cent. Stock is 991 4. A fair amount of business has been recorded in the Foreign Market, but prices show less firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 781 ; ditto, 1858, 67 1; d itto, £lOO, are steady at 691; and Grenada are firth at 15; Brazilian have receded to 98/ e ; Chilian 3 per Cents. to 70, Russian 41 per Cents. to 89, and Spanish to 482. The following memorandum from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders shows that the country is relapsing into its old anarchy, and that the present Government have returned to the system of rob bery instituted by their predecessors, but that the British Minister is likely at length to take measures to force them to limit their attempts at plunder to the property of their own citizens : " The committee ha . ve received a letter from Mr. White head, via the United States, dated Mexico the 14th ult. The Vera Cruz agents had advised receipts of 47,777 dols. duty bills for the dividend fund a day or two before the 29th of May, on whieb:day the Congre,ss decreed the suspension of all payments for one year, with the exception of what was owing on'account of the conducts robbery, and what was payable under the foreign conventions. At the Treasury they at first seemed to agree with Mr. Whitehead in think ing that arrangements made with Captain Dunlop and Cap tain Aldham would place the payments on account of the British debt on the same footing as though arranged by diplomatic convention ; but on the 11th ultimo Mr. White head, to his great surprise, received advices from the Vera Cruz agents of the collector having informed them that under the decree of the 29th of May he should give them no more b ins. This the Minister of Finance, on being applied to, avowed to have been done by his order. Mr. Whitehead told him that these things were not ' suspension of pay ments,' but violent appropriations of funds which do not belong to them, having been made over to the bondholders,' a nd immediately referred the -matter to Sir Charles Wyke, Who has taken it up in a way which has not been witnessed of late years. and which promises to restore her Majesty's legation i n Mexico to the high position it occupied in the d ays of Sir R. Pakenham, if Sir Charles's health be spared. The result at the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter :—The Mexican Goveinment had answered Sir Charles Wyke's a pplication for the payment of 660,000d01 in a very equivocal manner. Ihe amount of the conducts robbery at Laguna- S eca was due on the 11th June, but up to the 14th nothing bad been paid. The Congress had at last declared Senor J uarez constitutional President by the small majority of 6 (61 to 55). ~‘ ! ,Marquez and Zuloaga are still marching about with iluoo or 2,000 cavalry, distracting the atttention of their eoppo ne o n ca ts impo T , They had lately kidnapped and carried off rrorJuarez's former Chief Minister, living at his rm With his family, and after exposing him to all sorts of from from the soldiery, shot him at Tepiji, 15 leagues " I n the capital. Other outrages are also recounted. The bonds of the Domestic Debt had fallen to 6 per cent." The agents of the Government of Victor is have suc ceeded in placing the whole of their £1,000,000 of Debentures. The balance, amounting to £768,500, `was tendered for yesterday on terms ranging from £ l O5 ss. to £lO5 10s., but owing to the excessive applications subscribers, at the minimum of £ lO 5 55., were entirely excluded, and those offer ing £lO5 ss. 6d. will only obtain 1-sth of the °mount they required. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have teen of a very restricted character, and in some la stances a further slight decline took place in prices. North-Westerns, and Midlands receded 4s. ; Great Westerns, and North-Eastern (York), 10s. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), £l. South-Eastern, h owever, improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertaking were Id, 'without any change of importance in values.- Northern of France brought 371 ; Grand Trunk of C anada, 182; Great Western of Canada , 10 1; 'cast Indian, 991; and Great Indian Peninsula, 961 1 4. 1 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con inne at about former prices. London and West- I ninster realise 68i 39 ; Ottoman Bank, 181 ; Union Australia, 371; Union of London, 25; ; and • C rystal Palace Stock, 31,-1. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEs per Cent. Red u ced Annuities B9a I , a per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9i 1 New 2i per Cent. Annuities ....... t 731 iodia stock .. - — 99 i i Ditto 6 per Cent. limo Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto 1859..... Ditto Bonds £l,OOO . . 'Consols for Account, Aug. 7 ....... . 90 2d Mar p. day 1 June 31 p. ct %thequor Bills, £l,OOO, 2d D +to L5OO l2 dis 1 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent 984 I Chili= 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent tcluador New Consolidated :., ew Grenada,, Active, .31 per Cent. ri•i issian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .• Ditto 41 per Cent. Spanish, 3 p er C en t. 4Bl I.ll thish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan uit to Account .67k 7 . Ditto £ lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. 131 . 1 tcli 2i per Cent., Exchangel2 Gull 63k TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B4 90 Ditto Account THE IFEA METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 1 1411 Da andet W een 8 B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. l i , a- - . 111. -a i . .._ _ As h - ........ 29116 58 55 W. 5 Ib. 1 I ., ee n 2918 67 53 S.S. E. 2 6 C. 2 " ... . 2911 58 55 W. 1 4 c. 1 -er .4,4 ve lek 29*59 58 64 W.S.W. 2 4 b. 1 3 kliterl°Bsall"" 29 60 595 gl W.S.W. :1 4 c. O. 2 i t i,„ c la iS t "ay ... .. . 2915 61 GO S.W. 4 6 c. 2 tt aa torough 2918 57 56 W. 2 4 c. 1 V I :7001 29/4 60 56 W.S.W. 1 8 c. 1 cl, li tia • 2 9 .67 60 t 8 S.W. 1 6C. 2 %eel:lab:mi 2914 62 60 •W. 4 4 b. 3 T. b rin a oufb 29 78 59 88 W.N.W. 3 4 0. 2 •tt c v - e 'orl .. :: • : 29'80 61 55 W. 2 4 b. ol i=r .1 4 o,raouth 1 1 a ild . 29 87 61 57 S.W. 2 3 C. 3 l' t , -- oilfh ---.. 1 1: _ice tx;to LANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced ta 2 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise du i n,g* about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 'Z',., ao ov't 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. tveWl thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for totParation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true— tottgl,gnatic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud ti 4 v)• I. Initials.:—b blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; 4 elL , ; °g. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., hpa t st (dull) ; r., rain ; s ., snow ; t., thunder. A letter till-led augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb• (1 to 9). G ALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICES.— LOWESTOFT, 11 11 Night.— This morning, about 11 o'clock, when it 5t:,,,,,r /ty wing a gale of wind from the S S.W., a brig The in for L owes toft roads ran on the Holm Sand. e Lowestoft lifeboat, which is in connection with the atin z d -11 al Lifeboat I ns titution, was immediately launched gProceeded to the rescue of the shipwrecked crew. hf g succeeded in closing with the wreck, the - ," ° at afterwards saved the whole of the men— tolt4t ill number, and brought them safely to Lowes tin,' The sea broke heavily over the brig during the ft i i e occupied in saving the crew; but the boat being Ail l'f managed , there was fortunately no loss of life. The A l ) 4. o at lost her anchor and incurred slight damages. The Proved to be French—the St. Michael, with a cargo sh e bel eals fr om Christiana to M ara ns, b which latter place th e °Ti god• The Pak v fi e ld lif e b oa t had also put off about taket ame time, b ut o b serving that the Lowesto ft b oa t had u per e a favourable position for rescuing the wreck's she returned to the harbour. The Lowestoft and the lifeboat stations are the most complete on coact,tseo r an: both lif e b oa t s h ave often been the means o f ot shipwrecked sailors. &lIARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. 1 rai& l Cllroliellels Business Belfast and Ballymena► Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch Juna Blyth and Tyne Bost Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen 4; Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, lilrock., &Passage ICornwall A gets no div. Do A t C until6 pc peran. D° B }hasbeenl d.toß Dublin do Belfast June Dun., Perth, dzAb..l imo East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh 4; Glasgow Edin. Perth; & Dundee Forth Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. do W. of Ireland Great Western . . Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern.... Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackvvall Lou., Bright.. & S Coast I Lond., Chat, and Dover Loud. & Nth. Western I & th. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & EnnisKillen Men. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do 1 shares Metropolitan Midland Do new Do virming. dt Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do 3 shares Mid Kent Do, Cray Line ...... Newcastle and C Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry. Warnpt. & Ros. Norfolk ....... ........ North British . Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoa , itk ; A recs no d., until Elpelilts beenpd.Bl Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York .. North London .. Do new north taffordshi re N and S. W. Junction Not. &Grantham Rail r zebl es Portsmouth Rhymney.....• Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union . . Sittin ebourne tt Sheer. South' Devon ~.... I ii. -Durham & 1 . ano. Un. §,mth Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and lok Stockton & Darlington Do do Do New (1860) Taff Vale ! Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&ltail lllater . Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim , • - (Waterford & Kilkenny) iWaterford & Limerick 'West Cornwall . ... West L0nd0n.......... all Do Ist class ........ all Do 2d class .. .... all WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail .l 100 West Midland—Oxford! 100 Do. Newport; 100 Do. Herefordl 100 8 84 84 85 6 7 92 94 991 100 42 43 84 9 174 15 49 5) 39 41 28 30 87 0 28 29 107 109 132 134 103 IC9 99 100 129 131 104 106 70} 70} 58 62 111 1111 50 b 2 [l7 119 48 48 931 031 95i 061 10 11 46 17 4 F d 1214 122 1 lip 95 97 8 tid 1111 } i 93 1 1 1 57 CO 521 63i 105/ 106} 6 1 ,) 625 63 93} 931 98 98 4 441 10 Ali 87 88 115 117 35 36 88 90 46 48 39 41 804 801 64 66 95 97 4 7 394 401 94 1(6).1 556 564 23ip d kr) lit Ili 46 48 43 45 86 88 PREFERENCE SHARES. ing Business Railways. Paid Clos p r i oe. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per, e. pref. (issued at LT , fsris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, a p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... E din. &Grim sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edln. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, Great Northern, 5 p. ct no.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nb. of Scotld. Ist pf at. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks aru, s Hants) Ext 5 p. ct to. Redeemable, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Da Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. sp. et pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 44 p c. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stook Do.BarnststXs 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No. , Do. 5 p. C. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. a Do. do 5( c. No. 4 Do. do. 4. per cm'. Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pref . Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til6 pcispd on )o. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B ion. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. it S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent. Do. (Prtsrp. perpl anna. of 2s. 6d . ... Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh Loncleiny. & Ennis. 1 sh Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per of Do. ..£6 Do. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 7fiaryport & Car., 4 p. C D0."41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p o. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. 41 per cent Do. Leis. & Hit. pref. st Norfik sp. c. Ex. 8t.1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. a Do. New, gna. 3 p. 0. Do. Bor. ITn. g. pf. she Do. do. do & Dck.Co. N-EastCons.Pret 4 p. Do. 45 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per a pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, IL & S. Purch North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, newpi Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,grua.6p.c Do. 7 p. o. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed iip.c. Ist is. 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent. Po. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 Ic. Stock. & Dar. A P S p. c Do. B 6 percent Do. C 6 pe Watrfd k lUlkny, 6 p.c. W,M D id -Oxt lat do Gua stk . 2d Do. Newport u p.c.ptred. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pi 1866 Do. till 180, let is. 101 103 20 21 5 1 ei 99 101 108 112 105 108 107 109 106 103 122 124 78 80 109 111 90 92 75 77 115 117 110 112 102 104 106 IGB 97 99 98 98 87 90 88 90 100 102 94 10 164 17i lei 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 154 114 116 114 116 137 140 114 116 101 103 150 1r , 5 127 1:;0 1 71. 74 92 94 13 14 125 127 i 610 1 65 70 4 ir, 134 130 102 103 91 93 110 112 108 110 1 11p 91 93 101 103 102 104 I $P i d ap 22 23 132 134 10 10} 23 231 99 100 99 100 98 100 85 90 264 274 314 324 314 324 45 48 124 126 118 120 100 103 120 123 115 117 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Railways. Paid. Co.'seasin Price. Bedford and Bletchley, all !Ln &N.W • • • • Bwkinghamshire ....I 100 IDo 94 96 Chester Holyhead...! 100 Do !I 524 634 Do. 61 percent 100 ;Do l2l 123 Do. 5 100 IDo. 1 11 212 Clydesdale June lOO ICaledon... 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val all jE.U.&13.0 151 181 E. Lincolnsh. g 6 p.r c ICO Gt. North. 132 134 E.Union,HarwiclaShs ali E.Connts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge lOO Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct lOO Caledon... Do. new ......I 100 D 0.. ..... Gloster & Dean Forest all West. Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all !Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. Yk.N.Md. Do. halves. Do. quarters.. ..... all ;Do. Lama &Carl. Rua- sp. e. 100 !Lni . N.W. London & Greenwich. 100 !S.F.:astern Do. Preference 100 Do Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Peto &Co Lowestoft gua. 4 p e.. 100 ;Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO 'Do. Mnc., 13xtn.,& Ma tl oek all IL NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock lOO Midland.. Newmarkt,BuryEx. 5. 5 8. E.Counts. gua. 5 percent.— Northn.&Eastn. 6p. c. all Do. Do. 6p. c. ........ all , Do. Do. Fixed p. all ;Do. North Western......, all !Midland Preston and Wyre. all IL& NW & L.Yk. Do. 1 Shares A. all Do. Bnystn.llitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 IT.Brassey Do. do. 1 I Do. S.-Staffordshire all M'Clean... Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. ' Wiabledou dicroyda ali IL. & Birtl Si 31 93 95 65 57 1! tel 131 133 118 122 1 lip 88 90 bi 211, ai i Business Done. 121 f f f 1051 f 5 P 61} 80; 93} 3 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 100 0111 100 1112 114 il9B 202 59 (31 112 117 83 86 THE SULptHLONDON, SATURDAT'7EVENING, JULY 27, 1861. CITY BETTING.—This Day. THE GOOD - WOOD STAKES. 4to 1 agst Elcho (taken) 9to 2 agst Starke (take 5) • 7to 1 agst Schism (taken) 9to 1 agst Canary (take 10) 12 to 1 agst Balham 12 to 1 agst Shipwreck 12 to 1 agst Brownie 25 to 1 agst Voltella (taken) 30 to 1 agst Umpire 40 to 1 agst Fisherman 40 to 1 agst Guilder 40 to 1 agst Calpe THE GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agst Optimist (offered) 4to 1 agst Mon Etoile (offered) 4to 1 agst Thormanby (offered) 9to 2 agst Wizard (5 to 1 taken freely) 12 to 1 age, Doefoot 10 to 1 agst Diophantus 15 to 1 agst Pretendant 20 to 1 agst Royalieu 25 to 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) LAW IIV TELLIGBNCE.—( This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) FOWLES V. THE NATIONAL GUARDIAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice. Chancellor Sir John Stuart in favour of the plaintiffs. The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of guarantee of insur ance and transfer of a life policy of assurance to the Manchester Commissioners of Assessed Taxes for the faithful discharge of the duties of their late collector, Mr. John Roberts, and to recover his defalcations in that office. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were of opinion that the guarantee was void by the misre presentations and false answers made and returned to the written inquiries and questions put relative to the duties of the office of collector; and that the life policy was also void, in respect that the premium was not regularly paid. Their lordships reversed the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor, and dismissed the appeal and bill, without costs. POLICE iNTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH. STREET. ASSAULTS.—Two young men of respectable appearance, George and Charles Crook, of 6, Carnaby-street, were charged with committing unprovoked assaults on two young men named George Bull and john Cordy, the for mer a varnish maker, of 15, Paris-street, Lambeth, and the latter a greengrocer, of Ship-lane, Kennington. The case having been proved against the defendant Charles, he was fined 30s. or 14 days. THE PESTS OP KENSINGTON -GARDENS AND THE PARKS.—Thomas Saunders, a low-looking fellow, was charged with disgraceful conduct in Kensington-gardens. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought it a good opportunity of letting such fellows know what the magistrates meant to do in such cases. Heaven only knew on what principle th es e fellows went to such places, but th ey did go t h ere. H e should send the prisoner for six months—namely, three months for each offence. Many complaints are made of fellows of prisoner's descrip tion lurking in the parks. THAMES. TIIE SAILOR AND HIS NUGGET OP GOLD.—Mary Ann Clark and Sarah Vickers, two women of the town, and dwelling in that very notorious place, Glesshouse•street, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, where sailors have been "taken in and done for" many years, were brought beforo Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a nugget of Austra lian gold, value £l4, from the person of a sailor named John Welch. It appeared that the sailor, who is dwelling at Green's Sailors' Home, Poplar, had lately arrived, and he was met by the prisoners who were on the look-out for homeward bounders. The sailor, who admitted he was three sheets in the wind when he met " them ere ladies," treated them with lots of grog, and at a late hour on the previous night took him to a well-known den of infamy in Glasshouse-street. He had money, and Vickers soon left him. He turned into bed, and was soon fast asleep. On awaking he found himself alone in a dark and dirty room, and missed his trousers. He found another pair had been substituted for them. In the pocket of his own trousers there was a nugget of gold wrapped up in a bit of rag and some paper. It was in his pocket when he entered the house. The sailor made a good deal of noise about the loss of his nugget, and called upon the police to interfere. A constable of the H division, named Billings, entered the house, and recovered the trousers, which were given to him by the prisoner Clarke, who took them from under her bed. The nugget was gone. From inquiries made by Billings it appeared that the prisoners had paid a visit to a Jew dealer in the neighbourhood, and it was supposed he had bought the nugget, though on being questioned he denied all knowledge of it. In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych, the sailor said that Clarke came to his bedside and awoke him and told him to turn out, because he had no money. He thenmisesd his trousers and nugget. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a foolish fellow to get into bad company with a nugget of gold in his posses sion. He remanded the prisoners for a week, and said he would accept bail. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The report of the existence of considerable agita, Lion in the Principalities is confirmed. A disturb ance has taken place at Bucharest among the sol diers of the artillery. The palace of Prince Couza was set fire to several times, but on each occasion the flames were extinguished before they had made any progress, but the incendiaries have not yet been arrested. These disturbances appear to be connected with those which broke out at Ismail and at Bolgrade, and not Belgrade, as erroneously given by the telegram. Prince Couza has returned to Bucharest to be present at the approaching close of the Chambers. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. Do, Do. Buffalo and Laice Huron Do. New 44 • •• Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.E a stn. (Lim', Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Est Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c, Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 4& p. C... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. Newßrunswick& Caudal Ry.&Land(Lim.)Er.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 Soinde ...... .. 4. .... t i 4 Do. Punjaub .. g Do. Do. ........ g 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. 51,p ) . Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN {lOO 15 all 100 1 AIL 1 Closing Paid. Price. 57 61 94 95 41 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 4 1 Ci f i id f i d 14 191 d 98i 99a 96 98 99 100 99 100 18 19 59 62 50 55 33 35 40 44 31 33 31 33 95 96 lid 19 92 94 10 10} 10& 10* V 4 96 83 92 83 85 93 94 85 87 -. , i 5 7 4 6 98 100 lad la f 90 92 $ d WAYS. !Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Nair Copiapo Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France I Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 8 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans ReCife & S. Fran. 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(litn.) i 1 d 4 pr 100 Van Dlemen's Land 284 8 94 5 61 - 1 - 1!! I 10 11i 3f 3} n 2i 22 23 7 8 7i 81 10 20 87 AS 8i Ri 38 7',9 53 55 6 511 5i PI ^i pr 22i 234 6 1 9t 91 19} 206 4 If 1 t 150 170 355 565 85 90 231 2& 3* 4} 12 14 1 " 4 5 i 1 2 34 36 1/ 2* 6 I 43 45 4} 5 34 4 3f 4 64 7f 8 9 33 36 300 310 2i 3 110 120 31 34 111 1k 5 _ 54 17 1 18 1 43 45 290 310 75 85 95 105 11 2 6 8 8% 10i 13 14 :neiness done THIS DAY'S SKIPPING. LONDON, July 27.—Wind this day at noon, South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with some rain. There was a thunder storm in the morning. SHIELDS, July 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—George Marsden, from New York. COWES, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hammonia, screyv steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Ham burg. CLYDE, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wands worth, from Quebec. Sailed—Annie Grieve, for New foundland. DEAL, July 26.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Lothian, from Monte Video; Iris, from the River, and sailed for Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, July 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived-- Marietta, from Porto Rico. GALWAY, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ellengill, from Quebec. Sailed—Boreas, for Quebec. , - DARTMOU T H, July 26.—Wind gam; for Quebec. HULL, July 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Au-ora, from Richibucto ; Lucy from Miramichi ; Independent, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, June 26,—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Birch Grove, for Port Phillip and Geelong; George Merchant, for New York. (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES). PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. His Imperial Russian M a j esty ' s corvettes Boyarin, 11, anda, Hong e Voywoda, Kong,ll a n gun vessel D g i gn i te, 3 , f rom Shang hae, thed Cape of Good Hope, and the Azores, arrived in the Sound this morning; also yesterday, the barque Tropic, Captain Hughes, from Richibucto, for Lon don, leaky; and to-day, the ship Jane Ewing, Captain Cor- Ink, from Akyab, with rice, for Falmouth, having overshot t h a t port. SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived —Harbinger, from Montreal ; Anne, from Sea ham ; George., from Cherbourg ; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed —Argyll, steamer, for Carentan ; Light and Sign, John Clements, and Edward, for Sunderland. (By mu/JUNE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. - _,, Arrived, July 26— M a g net, frets Amsterdam ; Lothian, from Porto Rico. ; Bolan, from New bet A h r , r f iv ro e m d, Jjaulmyai2c7a.--; Bacchante , from Adelaide; St. Eliza- from Shanghai ; Electra, from Montreal ; Amazon, from New Y or k ; C onc ord, from 'Trinidad ; Edith M oore, from Calcutta -,Glendower, from Mauritius ; Suniun, from Alexandria ; N orga , f rom for Hamburg. Banks, steamer, ; Sir E. Demerara; Orle Montreal ans;A ; g r S A t ay . , a o flra r monmeo hczim n e d, of fromrobmo Colombo ;31 tiaocnihaiia ; Colling woo d, f rom m b e a u , from Quebec; William Thornborough, from G uernse y . Sailed for —E - DEAL, Saturday M orn i ng. Anehored—Saffa, from Hull , for Tri este ; Salma, from St. Mary's, for London. B C k a ' la s i t s e ; a 'Caucus,m er' forsteamer , Guernsey Passed in tow—Regent, from Saguenay, for London; Morayshire, from Foo Chow Too, for London. _ Passed—Tirgah of Aberystwith , from north, for west. Sailed—Nearly all the outward bound. m Grey, R. It is now stated that the iron used screw steam h Hon. of steam ship Warrior will be ready to le ave the Victoria Docks on Lord, Vice-Admiral the he G t C. B , accompanied by the Comptroller of the Na v y , Rear -Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson, went down o n, Tuesday, aucl paid a Sir lengthened visit to the Warrior.—Army and Navy Gazette. August.Fede rick The 1 VillFis.i First Sea " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DR. R. WILLIAms. — The first formal proceedings in the suit promoted against Dr. Rowland Willi ams , by the Bishop of Salisbury, were taken in the Court of Arches yesterday. The suit is instituted against th e rev . gen tl e . man as the writer of the article in the 4‘ Essays and Re views," entitled "Bunsen's Biblical Researches," and it is alleged in the citathn with which he has been served, and the articles which will be filed, that lie has thrown con tempt upon the prophetical books of the Old Testa ment, and otherwise depraved the Scriptures. Mr. Toiler exhibited a proxy, under the hand and seal of the Bishop of Salisbury, constituting him his proctor in the case ; an l Mr. Dubois was duly constituted proxy for Dr. Williams. It was announced that the arti cles had been laid before counsel, and that a day would in dlie course be appointed for the hearing. It is generally understood th xt the defence of Dr. Williams will be, that in the article complained of he has merely set forth in de tail the leading views of Baron Bunsen, as expressed in his leading theological writings-, especially in his "Egypt's Place in Universal History," and his " Gott in der Ges chichte " and that in his own commentiries upon these he has not laid himself open to any charge which will subject him to ecclesiastical punishment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS -YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY said he hoped their lordships would give him their indulgence when he referred to the state of the business of the house. Before 'Whitsuntide 68 bills were introduced into the House of Commons, and since that time SO more had been brought in, making no less than 148 bills. Of these 78 had been passed and 5 rejected by the Com mons; 23 were withdrawn, and there now remained 44 bills awaiting the consideration of the lower house. In their lordships' house there were 43 bills still awaiting attention, for 18 of which this day had been men tioned. He had not taken any notice of the bills which had been amended by their lordships, and con cerning which it would be necessary to hold con ferences with the Commons. There were a very large number of bills which there appeared no likelihood of forivarding—he meant the five bills for consolidating the criminal law. They were on the paper for consideration, and no day had been named. He felt certain public business suffered from the haste in which many bills had to be passed at the conclusion of the session. The Courts of Justice Bill had bEen hurriedly disposed of in the House of Commons at two o'clock in the morning. He must protest against such treatment of important busi ness. There were yesterday 26 bills on their lordships' paper, and to-day 23 for consideration. He would like to know whether the noble earl was ready to state whether he was prepared to act on the resolutions of the noble lord (Redesdale), and not press measures which it was impos sible could be fully considered, and whether he would com municate with his colleagues with a view of preventing in jurious haste in the other house? Earl GRANVILLE said he hoped their lordships would not be alarmed by the number of bills the noble earl had referred to. The Irremovable Poor Bill, he thought, was a very good bill, and the Government were not to blame for the course that had been adopted last night when it was passed through committee. Five minutes before the house went into committee there were no less than 100 members present. With respect to bills now awaiting con sideration, no time would be lost in determining when they would be proceeded with. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble earl spoke as if this was the first time that the state of public business had been complained of at this period of the session. He recollected a very important bill containing 100 clauses, which had been brought up quite as late as the present time during the Government of the noble earl opposite. He thought the object of the noble lord opposite was quite apparent with respect to the Irremovable Poor Bill. It was, in fact, an attempt to defeat and not to amend the measure, because one of the amendments was quite in op position to the wishes of the House of Commons. The subject then dropped. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Upon the order for the consideration of the Commons' reasons for disagreeing to certain amendments made by tho Lords, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to recommend to their lordships that they should agree with the decision of the I Commons. Their lordships had inserted in the bill amend ments for which he had no doubt sound reasons could be given, but the House of Commons had disagreed with all those amendments, with. one or two unimportant exceptions, and he now trusted, seeing that the bill in the shape it bad been sent up had met with the unanimous approval of the other house, that their lordships would consent to pass it in that shape. Provisions which had met with the sanction of the Conseivative party in the House of Commons had met, why he knew not, with the condemnation of the Con servative party in their lordships' house, and when the bill had gone back to the other house with their lordships' amend ments the House of Commons had determined rather to risk the loss of the measure altogether than accept the amend ments. The measure had been spoken of as one of urgent necessity, and as such it had been regarded by the House of Commons. And let it be remembered that it was no idea of his—the bill had been introduced as a necessary alteration of the law by the late Government, and they it was who de served all the credit of the proposition. the language which had been uniformly used heretofore in reference to the ap pointment of a supreme judge, was that it would be advan tageous, but now it was sought to'postpone the decision tili next session. He had in the first instance come to the con clusion that there should be a head to this tribunal, but he disclaimed being influenced in this opinion by anythink but a desire for the due administration of the law. This part of the bill had been objected to on the ground that it was an unnecessary expense. The administration of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency was carried on by a number of commissioners. The five commissioners of bankruptcy received an income of £lO,OOO a year, and there were, independent of these commissioners, commissioners of insolvent debtors, whose offices would be abolished by this bill ; and there were eight official assignees in London, of whom threewere proposed to be at once abo lished, and machinery was provided to do away in course of time with the whole number. Therefore the saving by the bill of official salaries would be £12,000 or £13,000, and the whole additional charge that would be thrown by it upon the consolidated funl would be £5,000. From a very early period of time the complaint in connexion with bankruptcy was against the mode of administering justice, and not against the rules of administration themselves. The rules were simple, but the mode of administering justice had al ways been found difficult, and had met with much reproach and a great deal of complaint. The difficulty arose from the administrative and judicial duties having been conferred upon the same individual. There had been no separation of the duties, and the result had been that the judicial func tions had been performed in an unsatisfactory manner, and the administrative functions had been performed with a less amount of prudence than ordinary commercial intelligence, if applied to the subject, would have secured. In the earliest times in the history of the bankruptcy law, the administra tion of justice was carried on by 70 commissioners,w,ho were the Lord Chancellor's secretaries. A great and cumbrous court was the consequence, which was limited to a species of appellate jurisdiction and the power of administering jus tice in the first instance, and performing the ordinary duties of administration were denied to it, and in a short time it died of inanition. Afterwards commissioners were ap pointed throughout the country, but they had no control ling head—no superintending power ; each pronounced his own orders, had his own rule of administration, and held within himself the administrative and judicial functions. This was one of the first evils which it was desirable to remedy, and therefore it had been proposed that the ap pointment of this judge should be made. And he begged their lordships to observe that the duties of the judge would be of a threefold character ; he would have the superintendence of the whole of the administra tive part of the business, and he would exercise a jurisdic tion partly original and partly judicial. A great portion of the business of the judges was now accomplished in cham bers. It might well be imagined that throughout the coun try many questions might arise which would not bo satis• factorily settled by commissioners, and could not be finally decided without the aid of a chief judge. The jurisdiction in bankruptcy was only a jurisdiction amongst the creditors themselves. The judge had no power of acting against a stranger, of trying a question before a jury, or of deciding questions of equity ; and many points arose which he was obliged to send to be decided by courts of law and equity ; so that suitors in bankruptcy were compelled to have recourse to other tribunals. This evil he (the Lord Chancellor) had endeavoured to remedy. The court had been made self sufficient, and had been armed with adequate powers. But this could not be obtained without putting at the head of one court a judge of dignity, experience, and education. In this country they laboured under the evil of numerous juris dictions, many of the operations of which were antagonistic to others. These evils existed to a certain extent also in bankruptcy, and he (the Lord Chancellor) could not hope to remedy them without the appointment of a chief judge. Then as to the appellate jurisdiction. Scattered over the country were a number of small tribunals entrusted with powers of administering justice. How necessary was it for these courts to have a central head, which should regulate, control, and give order to the rest. He had been told that in the committee the only function of the cbieljudge which was considered was his appellate jurisdiction. But he (the Lord Chancellor) was not afraid of putting the importance and necessity of the chief judge's office on this single issue: The bill for the first time threw down the wall of partition between the law of insolvency as applied to traders and non-traders. Now, both Houses of Parliament had de‘ i ded that this distinction should no longer exist. The prac tical result of an unequal administration of justice had been to drive the Queen's subjects out of her courts and induce them to have recourse to other modes of obtaining those advantages which they could not derive from the courts. Tho number of private arrangements had averaged 10,000 or 11,000 a year, and had outnumbered ten times the regalar commissions in bankruptcy. But private arrange ments were very injurious things. Under a trust deed re course must be had to the Court of Chancery, where the ex pense was heavy, though no doubt less than it had been years ego. The bill aec')rdingly empowered persona to go with these trust deeds before the Court of Banktuptcy, armed with the same powers, and entitled to the same ad vantages, as might formerly be obtained from the Court of Chancery. The probable result of this would be that they would have, instead of a deserted court, a jurisdiction crammed with business. lie trusted he had conveyed to those of their lordships who had done him the honour to listen to him the conviction that it would be the most fal lacious thing in the world to draw conclusions from the limited area of the present court, and apply them to the ex tended area of the new jurisdiction. Their lordships had been petitioned by a body of merchants, praying them to adopt the suggestions of the committee. But he must ob- serve that matters of the administration of justice belonged not to merchants but to legislators: Their lordships would not allow to merchants the same experience in this as they would in commercial affairs. He had omitted one feature of great importance. For a long time there had been no greater reproach to the administration of justice than the rules attending the discharge of bankrupts. During the last few years instances of laxity of morality had been witnessed which were a disgrace to the commercial community. (Hear, hear.) Many of these delinquencies had been dis- covered, but there was a difference in the views of the bank ruptcy courts as to the mode in which they should be dealt with. Some years ago this subject had been brought before their lordships' consideration, and a system of certificates had been established indicative of the degree of censure which attached to the conduct of each particular bankrupt. After they had laid down the rule it depended for its utility entirely upon the way in which it was carried into effect. It was of very little value what laws they - laid down, unless they provided also a corresponding machinery. Indeed he might almost adopt the old line, and say, " Whate'er is best administered is best." But the commissioners differed so much in their decisions that in 100 cases one would give 13 first-class certificates, while another would give 50 or 60. In fact the certificates had become a mere absurdity and delusion. But he would restore the scheme by giving the administration into one hand ; for he proposed that in all such cases there should be an immediate resort to the chief judge, who would thu s e be enabled to apply an equal stigma to the same degree of de linquency. Again, it was proposed to give to the court a dis cretionarypower in discharging an insolvent, to say whether any property that he might hereafter acquire should remain liable to his past debts. But surely a great power like that required a directing hand. He hoped the bill would be found a considerable improvement on the existing law, but that hope would be completely strangled if their lordships re fused to adopt the only machinery by which it could be effi ciently carried into effect. It was said that the Lords Jus tices were quite competent to carry on the business of ap peals. He agreed that there were no judges in the land by whom justice was more efficiently or more economically ad ministered ; but they were already so fully occupied that they could not with propriety be asked to accept any addi tional duties. Besides, the business transacted by the Privy Council was every year increasing, and was thus making every year a greater demand upon their time. He proposed, however, that the great mass of appeals and the control of the other judges in bankruptcy should be handed over to the chief judge. The whole of the immense business of the Pro bate Court was now carried on by a single judge with the assistance of his registrars, and the simplicity of the present jurisdiction could hardly be exceeded ; while the cost of the court, he was happy to say, was not above a fifteenth or a sixteenth of that of the old testamentary jurisdiction. It was his hope to introduce a similar system into bankruptcy, and accordingly, by a clause in the bill power was taken not to fill up the vacancies which might occur in the 4ommis sionerships. All the results he contemplated could only be accomplished if their lordships would place this great court of debtor a7_d creditor in a position of equality with the other superior courts of justice. There were other topi, s on which he might enlarge, but he would not now trespass upon the patience of their lordships, as he should have an opportunity of saying a few words in reply. He was satis fied that no one could read the bill without seeing the ne cessity of a chief judge, and therefore with an earnest desire to promote the sacred interests of truth and justice he ear nestly implored their lordships to agree with , the House of Commons so far as the point now before them was con cerned. (Loud cheers.) Lord CIIANWORTH said there was one part of the able speech of the noble lord in which he fully concurred, namely, that this was the first time the question had been discussed in their lordships' house; but he could not agree that that was attributable to those who did not consider the chief judge requisite. He had from the first warned his late noble and learned friend (Lord Campbell) that the chief judgeship would be unnecessary and mischievous. No doubt the discussion on the question had taken place in a select committee; but why was that? He (Lord Cran worth) had pointed out to his late noble friend that there were so many little points that would require amendment, that the bill could not be considered in a committee of the whole house; and his noble friend admitted that such was the cue. But it was distinctly understood that it would be open to any noble lord to revive any question in the com mittee ; and his noble friend had not attempted to raise this point of the chief judge. If therefore the question was now discussed in the present inconvenient form, the fault was with those who had not condescended to state their reasons at a more legitimate stage of the bill. (Hear, hear.) No body would complain that his noble friend on the woolsack had spoken too long. On the contrary, he had stopped far too short. He had stated a great many truths, which no body wished to deny, such as the importance of an uniform administration of justice; but he had given the go-by to the real question at issue, namely, whether there was any necessity for this chief judge ? For what was bankruptcy ? A bankrupt was a person who had committed an overt act of insolvency and the object of the law was to take pos -1 session of his property and distribute it rateably amongst his creditors. Formerly bankruptcy was regarded as a crime ; but a different feeling now prevailed, and a man might petition himself to be made bankrupt. In nine cases out of ten the proceedings were of a mere formal character. Indeed that was the whole case of the noble lord, who said that the business might be carried on by registrars. Some times, it was true, a person denied that he had committed any act of bankruptcy at all, and there must of course in that case be a judge to determine the fact. Then came the question of who were tie creditors, but that did not depend upon the law of bankruptcy, but upon the law of the land. Then the money was got in and distributed in one or more dividends. It was in business of that kind that the com missioners were employed, and to say that they were not able to discharge such duties would be really practising upon the credulity of their lordships. (Hear, hear.) No doubt some of them enjoyed a higher reputation than others; but amongst them were gentlemen whose character, as regarded integrity, honour, and law, stood as high as that of any legal functionaries that could be named. Of course, they were liable to err ; and how were they to be set right? Lord Brougham had been taunted upon the consti tution of his Court of Review, which consisted of a chief judge and three pusines. But, if his noble friend had been present, he would have been able to show that he had had a right to expect that there would be a good deal of appeal business. A higher class of commissioners had, however, been appointed, and that with the amendments which were introduced into the law, had obviated three-fourths of the appeals which had formerly been made. The Court of Re view had, therefore,nolthiensguntoindstoe,raHndalalf.terAat llasitttleittfromlle to became a mere joke in v the ground, and in 1847 the whole of the business was tferre h So the matter stood i e businessVice-Chancellor. h o a fn thece lr l o Vice-Chancellor in Bank ruptcy was transferred to the Lords Justices of Appeal, and till ran 1851, s wde to n th the e from that time to the present the same system prevailed. Having stated what the present course of the administration of Bankruptcy was, he proceeded to state the grounds for his opinion in regard to the appointment of a supreme judge. Powers were given under the bill to review the taxation of the bills of costs; to frame, with the Lord Chan cellor, general rules to regulate the practice of the court; and to perform certain other fuuctions upon reference from the registrar, none of which required the services of a chief judge. A later clause gave power to try certain questions by a jury, but unless this clause was introduced to give colour to the appointment he could not understand what was the motive for its introduction, for they might depend that if the bill passed there would never be found issues to be tried by a jury. But that there might remain no doubt upon this point, he had written to Mr. Erskine, who pre sided over the court for seven years, to know how many cases of trial by a jury had occurred during that period, and his answer was that there were only three, and that of them only one had eventuated in a verdict. Clause 142 was by far the most important ; it provided that in case of any disputes between creditors and the assignees, or if there were no bankruptcy, between the creditors and trustees, the questions of dispute might be referred to the chief judge ; but that was not a new proposition. There was a similar provision by the 229th section of the old bank ruptcy law, though he admitted that this clause went further in this respect than the old act, and was so far an improve ment. The next provision to which he drew attention was that by which power was given to the chief judge to refuse or suspend the order of discharge, or in other words, the certificate; but this was a power which was quite unneces sary, seeing that it was held at present b y the commis sioners, ?g oners, though no doubt it was a very p ro p er power to trustlt was mon to the chief judge if it were concede d that . the appointment of a chief judge was necessary o r ex p edient. .qrous to say that a high leg al functionary ranking with the judges of the land w as necessar y for any of t he duties which he had yet pointed out. He was perfectly aware that this was not all. They were told that the chief judge was to be a much more accessible tribunal of appeal than the Lords Jus tices. Upon this point the noble and learned lord led their lordships to suppose that nothing would in future go to the Lords Justices but appeals from the chief judge. But many parties would prefer the decision of the Lords Justices still to that of the chief judge, and they would have the power to carry their cases to them. He contended that the appeal to the chief judge could not be either cheaper or more speedy than the present appeal to the Lords Justices of Appeal. A return had been made of the number of appeals which had been taken before the Lords Justices; and how man y days were so occupied ? Why, 215 days only during a period of from 13 to 14 years, that is to say, about 15 days a year - Now the Lords Justices always discharged their business in the course of a year; and why should these 15 days of bankruptcy business be transferred from them to the chief judge ? For these reasons he had been onvinced of the unnecessary character of this appoint- meat. But his noble and learned friend had stated that his object in truth was to get rid of the commissioners, and to establish this judge as a substitute for them. This he (Lord Cranworth) considered to be a most dangerous inno vation upon constitutional principles. He had always been consistent in the view that this functionary was both unne cessary and objectionable. He could assure hi 3 noble and learned friend that his only object was to actin this matter according to his honest convictions—(hear)—and in all law reforms he could honestly assure his noble and learned friend that he would find no more cordial supporter than himself. (Hear.) Lord CHELMSFORD said no one could doubt the sin cerity of his noble friend's views who had heard his speech, which of itself was sufficient to remove the insinuation that the committee had been improperly influenced. His noble and learned friend on the woolsack had stigma tised it as a secret committee. He believed that there was not a member , of the committee who did- not give his impartial and single-minded attention to the sub ject. His noble and learned friend had inquired for the reasons why the committee had come to the conclu sion they did. He hoped the unanswerable speech of his nobleand learned friend (Lord Cranworth) would gratify the wish of his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor). His noble and learned friend, in a tone to which the house wes unaccustomed—(hear, hear)—had insinuated that in consequence of the conclusion of the select committee votes in the other House of Parliament had been influenced, and that members of that house had been induced to change their opinions from political motives. He had further hinted that the principle of a chief judge had been originally suggested by the Attorney-General of his noble friend (Lord Derby's) Government. But his noble friend's Government was not answerable for the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly. Th e noble and learned lord had expressed great solicitude for his offspring, the result of long and painful labour, and he was displeased if any one detected in it any deformity or irregu larity. But as he had laid his offspring at the door of the house, he must not be surprised if their lordships examined it a little before they took it up and adopted it. He (Lord Chelmsford) was not satisfied of the validity of the reasons for appointing a chief judge and transferring to him the duties now so ably performed by the Lords Justices. A. nar now view, he thought, had always been taken on this subject. It was forgotten that there were such places as Birmingham and Manchester, as well as London. From a return it had been shown that 85 per cent. of the bankruptcies were below £l,OOO, and a great majority of these were under £3OO. So that this great judge would have to perform his duties with respect to 15 per cent. only of "the bankrupts. Both an ap pellate and an original jurisdiet'on was to be conferred on this new functionary. Now, as to the number of appeals brought before the Lords Justices, it appeared that during last year there were 42. There had been no delay, no com plaint of delay, and no suggestion of delay, until it became necessary to establish some ground for depriving the Lords Justices of this jurisdiction. Then the costliness of the appeals had been spoken of. The average cost, it appeared, was about £5O to £3O, a sum which at first sight did not appear startling ; but he had strong reasons for thinking that the cost of appeals before the new judge would be even greater than thdy were at present. It was not likely that the chief judge would in doubtful cases refuse a further ap peal to the Lords Justices, and the expense would thus be doubled. But then his noble friend suggested that the amalgamation of the law of bankruptcy and of insolvency would lead to a great increase in the amount of business. That argument was an entirely imaginary one; because' it rarely happened that an insolvent's estate wag a large one, and there was not much to encourage appeals where the funds ran short. (Laughter.) But suppose the present num ber were doubled, and they required 30 days instead of 15. Well, was that a sufficient case for the new judge? His noble friend very well knew, that to confine his new func tionary to the duty of hearing appeals would be absurd ; and he had therefore cast about for other duties which he might give him. He (Lord Chelmsford) remembered that when liis noble friend opposite pressed the late Lord Chan cellor to state in the committee what the duties of the new judge were to be, the noble lord's reply was not very satis factory ; for he merely observed that the chief judge would be the keystone of the arch. He (Lor4 Chelmsford) recol lected remarking on that to a noble lord near him that "£5,000 a-year was a large sum to pay for a metaphor. (Laughter, and cheers.) As to the supposed contrariety of the commissioners' decisions, he altogether denied that such contrariety really existed. There was no difference whatever in their decisions upon the principle of bankruptcy law, though no doubt one of them might take a sterner view tha another of lapses from what was called "commercial mortali ty." But would the appointment of a chief judge cure that The circumstances under which a bankrupt might be dis charged were stated in the 146th sec. so clearly, that those that ran might read ; and he could not see why the commis sioners, men second to none in point of experience, might not be entrusted with the enforcement of those simple rules. Besides, how would the appointment of a chief judge in London cure discrepancies in the decisions ef the seven or eight country commissioners and the 60 county court judges ? It was really trifling with their lordships to put before them such a recipe for uniformity of decision. (Cheers.) The questions which arose in bankruptcy had generally respect to persons over whom the court itself had no jurisdiction—questions, namely, of fraudulent preference and reputed ownership, which must be settled in the courts of law. Then, his noble friend said that there would be an enormous influx of business arising out of the numerous deeds of arrangement; and his noble friend proceeded to argue that the number of those deeds was a proof that the present bankruptcy law was un popular. He (Lord Chelmsford) considered that those deeds constituted the very best mode of arrangement in the first instance. But how could these deeds add to the business of the court ? Next, his noble friend said, "only think of the advantage of having a judge sitting in chambers." Well, his noble friend opposite to him would no doubt agree that business in chambers was not always very satisfactorily conducted ; but however that might be, it so happened that the same power of sitting in chambers was given to the com missioners. (Hear, hear.) As to the question of appeals, Lord Justice Knight , Bruce had never doubted for one mo ment that he and his learned colleague would not be per fectly able to discharge the small additional labour that might be thrown upon them. The original jurisdiction of the new judge was merely a pretence for finding him some thing to do, and there being still less reason for his appel late function, he (the noble lord) did hope that their lord ships would insist upon their amendments—amendments which had been agreed to without a division in the select committee, and which had been properly made for the pur pose of preventing a most useless waste of public money. (Cheers.) Lord WENSLEYDALE entirely agreed with the views which had been expressed by his noble friends. Tho law of bankruptcy required no great amount of legal learning; and he really did not see therefore what necessity there was for a judge of the rank and with the salary proposed by the original bill. The amendment had been unanimously agreed to in a committee comprising noble lords of great expe rience, and belonging to all political parties. N o one argu ment had been adduced in favour of the new judgeship, and he trusted, therefore, that their lordships would adhere to their decision. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied, observing that with the knowledge of bankruptcy displayed by his two noble and learned friends who spoke after him, he was not surprised at their opposition to this measure. (Laughter.) There were many important questions which would neces sarily come before the chief judge under the provisions of this bill, and there would not be left any reference to the Lords Justices. The act repealed was the act that created the jurisdiction of the Lords Justices transferred as described, and than was therefore nothing left for the transfer to operate upon, and the arguments upon this point only showed the want of information of the noble and learned lords who had employed them. The jurisdiction of the court would be by this bill enlarged ten fold, and the duties that would devolve upon the chief judge would necessarily be increased in the same Lords proportion. The effect of the measure would be to establish in the place of a costly appeal to t he which Justices a more•simple and expeditiousmachinery ro suggest to a settlement of the question at issue might JD arrived at at a cost of a few shillings. wou ld He this question first their lordships the propriety of puttinngththeiirb b. a v bly be amendments —whether they would still insist u relating to the offices, must for a few me • Lord CRANWORTH said that he . explanation. His nobleP°:rscohfatrhgeedehiefjudg. o a l n sa d ek had him with h h ue e t i i lordships rews: ments trouble the house with an ac customed dati t o o nAet attempting d em le p arn tin ed g t f o ri m en i d sle o a n d t d t look to the woolsack 'dons of the law. (Hear, hear.) Now for accurate darn friend had been constituting the . noble and learned .correct in stating bankruptcy had been repealed, he would from correct in have been farstating that there would have been nothing for the transfer by the jurisdiction to act if f h h a he t i is the lordships clauses upon; hut although his noble and learned friend had assailed him in no very courteous language —(cheers from the jurisdiction in oppo sition benches)—he begged to say that the 12th and 13th. sections of the Consolidation Act, by which the jurisdiction was constituted, were not included in the schedule of the present act. (Hear, hear.) 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