The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN_I4, I SDAY :141AVENINCir , r E.BII.UARY 6, iari 6, ______., ...-.....___ oct.j . That commission had recommended a scheme 1 With rogaid to the certificates which which were to justify the 1 Wellington, and the noble duke appointed 7 o'clock in the Naval and Military Intelligence. PRICES OF SHARES IMPERIALPARLIAMENT. which might, indeed, theoretically be the best, hut which ' advance of one-fourth by the _treasury there would, he be morning at the Horse Guards. The friends of my noble was not likely to find favour with the country on ac- lies-ed, he no difficulty in obtaining them, ofrniend.asked appointment.hi IT i w N h ot e h ls o •o g ul i t o l h th e o ab w l o e r t la o e m a a s n ie a r g ,, e , so early Captain Codrington's division of gun-boats, enuiner. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM - --40.--- count of its interfering with the local authorities, whe- Lord LOVAINE considered the bill, on the whole, sa - PANIES' STOCK. tiler in the counties or the boroughs. The ob j ect was tisfactory, and had no doubt it would receive due censide- " I will do it the last thing before Igo to bed. (Latighter.)• ated yesterday as - at Portsmouth, went out of harbour ' to the Motherbank yesterday. The let and 2d divi- -------e -, HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). simply to provide as efficient a police force as was con- ration from county members. You cann o t by an y rule you m a k e i n thi s home alter the sisteut with the existing system. Ho did not propose to M r . ROBERT PALMER said, w h en it wP as proposed in i habits of the people. With to the proposal for sions of the whole gun-boat flotilla will,we are ' informed, From, the Official List. The LORD CHANCELLOR teak his seat on the woolsack occupy the time of the house by entering into the facts his own county ( B erke) , on a recent occasion, to adopt the I having earlier sittings, I would regar d refer illy hon. friend to rendezvous at Portland-the 3d and 4th in Stokes Bey. , t five o'clock. which showed the necessit y for a police, or th e resu l ts rura l po li ce sy s t e m, a memor i a l was a dd resse d to t h e ma- I the experience which we have of day sitti ngs a t th e end The Colossus, 81, Captain the Hon. 11. Koppel, will ruIILISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINo. The E ar l o f sHAETEsBuRY presented a petition which had followed the establishment of Police in counties. gistrates in q uar ter sessions , in opposition to the proposal, 'of th e sess i on . Th a t experi ence l ea d s me t o t h e conc l us i on also go to Portland. The Rodney, 92, one of the depot LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 1856. from HintenParva against opening t he Bri t ish Museum The evidence upon that subject had been collected by the which had the . signatare s o f about one-half of th e rate- th a t such sittings are not beneficial to the public service. ships for this effective force, is in hand, and will be OAS-LICIT . ADNi,Didecrodioe:. ::::7 22 1: 00 :• a0iod. 00 II pri ic:e. committee of 1453, which had agree d t o reso l ut i ons, the payers . Notwithstanding that memorial, the magistrates, Very many persons holding public offices were then unable adapted with all despatch. She will embark this day eand Crystal Palace on Sundays, committee of which was-first, that the failure of the Rural after fully considering th e subj ec t, ad o pt e d th e provisions to attend to the duties of those offices from the necessity of Captain Pickard, Second Lieutenant Holloway, 2 ser- LEASES AND SETTLED ESTATES BILL. p o li ce A c t s was owing to their permissive character ; se- of the act ; and it would now be a great satisfaction to the their being present in this house The house has already jeants, 2 corpo ra l s 1 fifer, and 63 privates of Royal ----- The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second \ condly, that the evidence showed moral and social benefits disappointed m emor i a li s t s th at a por ti on o f th e expense abolished many useless forms which stood in the way of_____. ___ reading of this bill. Th e noble lord said , the present to have been derived by those districts which had adopted was to be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund. Ho public business • if there are any others, for Heaven's - Marino Light , Infa:ntry, from the divisional head-quar. ein i z_ ' ilti r m. 52 73 00 h 0 a 00 Ce. 00 zeeae , re was somew h a t similar to that of last year, with the rural police; thirdly, that notwithstanding the useful - had always boon of opinion that if the rural police system sake let us ge t r id of them ; ac ce l era t e th e b us i ness , bat tern at (smisoft. The Caesar, 91, Captain Robb, left , Name of Company. Portsmouth leiraour for Spithead, after refit, yesterday. - the exception of some alterations which were calculate d ness_o f the superintending constables appointed un d e r th e was t o b e carr i e d out i t should be par tl y a t th e expense impose no fetters on the conduct of members, for they will The Flying Fish, 6-eun despatch-boat, was taken into I £ s. d. £ s. d. eo render the bill much mor e e f fectual in its operation. act 0 Vic., an i n effi c i en t s y s t em.o f s ' uperintending consta- of the national treas ury . For many years past th e Govern- only work to the injury of the public service. My hon.- I - \ bias to fulfil the duties of a pol i c e f o r c e was an inefficient talent of the country had very properly defrayed the ex- friend has s a id that after a certain time this house becomes the steam-basin a eeterc a,y, to be expedited for commis •• * I British ••••••..•• •• .. - i - - Lord CAMPBELL complained of some of the details_, Ditto I-rovlnelal.. •• 71. 120 0 0 20 0 0 substitute ler a reaily efficient police force ; fourthly, that Pens° of maintaining prisoners, on the ground that crime a sc e n e o f repose , an d h e d rew a very a bl e p i c t ure o f th e sion• The new steam gun-beat Princess, lately launch's. Brighton ...... •• ..., 5/. of the hill: there should be a consolidation of the police of smaller bo- was a national affair; and the same reason which justified e ff ec t s o f l a t e sittings. B u t l am b oun d t o say th a t env at Pembroke, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday in charge City of London .. •• •• 41. Os. ; 100 0 0 IA 0 0 - Lord BROUGHAM ex premed his approval of tbe roughs with the police for counties, and that the police for that applied to the present case. The right hon. gentle- experience ' does not coincide with th a t o f la y hO n , f r i en d. of the Lucifer tender. The st e am transport Bahiana, Continental ( 41 h Cap.) • - bill. larger towns should be placed under the same system as the man proposed to enact that it should be compulsory to There have been occasionally scenes of acrimonious debate No. 160, left Spithead yesterday afternoon for tk-, Equitable ........... 2/. 10s. 150 0 0 an 3314 After a short conversation, in which Lord Colchester, counties; fifthly, that aid should be afforded by the Go- divide counties into districts. and of excitement when the authority of the chair has Thames. reat Central ....... 87. per cnt. 10 0 0 all lig the Earl of Derby, and Lord Campbell took part, the bill vernment towards defraying the costs of an improved and Sir G. GREY-Not in all cases. been needed to maintain order, and I think that, with By the peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Imperial ......., .... 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all ,ss Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 e - was read a second time. extended system of police without interfering with local Mr. R. PALLIER sa i d i n hi s own county it would be hardly an exception, such scenes have occurred in the small Sultan, which arrived at Southampton yesterday morn- London• • ............ - 125 LAW OF SETTLEMENT. management; and finally, that it was expedient as soon as most injust to make the wester* division pay equally with hours of the morning. (Hear.) Up to 12 o'clock our Do., • Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 0 0 , inn- with the Peninsular mails we have the following, p hmn i a , .... „„ „ .. 4 ,. per cant. 60 0 0 52 o 0 ....- If . items * of naval and military Intelligence from Gibral u • Lord BERNERS inquired if it was the intention of possible to introduce a bill for the establishment of amore the eastern, which being the nearest to the metropolis was debates have always been extremely well conducted, and ker Majesty's Government to bring in any, or ,if so what improved and extended police force. He would now the most subject to crime. when anything has occurred to change their character it tar :-Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Perseverance, Ratcliff ••• • • ~.... 51. 1 100 0 l6 00 16 UnitedG etreral ...... 21. 10s. 50 0 0 0 all is% and shortly state the law as to the police of counties or bo- Mr. STACEY said that, residing in a county (Norfolk measures for the abolition of the laws of settlement) has happened after that time. I certainly think that my Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 600 _ _ 9 t ; 0 , b il l roughs. The result of the act of 1839 had been the pass- in which the rural police system had been established for h on . f r i en d i s m i s taken in supposing th a t the liveliness or which left the bay on the 15th ult., conveyed detach- Ditto, New ........ - ,50 o o 10 removal of the poor in England, Scotland, or Ireland, ing of an act o f the 2d Victoria, which made it optional many years, he felt much satisfaction at the introduction an i ma l sp i r it s o f hon. members were ex hausted by a late ments of the 19th, 23d, 31st, 38th, 44th, and 46th or for any alteration of the present system of local taxa with the jestices to adopt a county constabulary, and of this measure. He trusted that the aid of the Treasury s itti ng (Hear.) Believing, therefore, sir, that the mo- Regiments, and Ist and 2d •battalions of the Rifle WATER-WORKS, left it to them, if they adopted it, to determine the num- would no t b e g i ven in a niggardly spi r it, b a t th a t the tion of my hon. friend is not conducive to the public Brigade, to Malta, where they are to join the reserved 'lion ? The noble lord. proceeded at some length to cora depots stationed in that island for the purpose of filling N ame of Company, her of policemen to be appointed, subject to a proviso that minimum of one-fourth would at least be afforded in every ben e fit, I ca nnot give it my support. (Hear.) meat upon the course that had been pursued by the Go- Div p id er end Amount anent Paid. Price. vernment with respect to this measure. the number should not exceed one for every 1,000 of the case. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the livel speech of the up vacancies whenever required by their respective corps doing duty at the seat of wet. in the Crimea. Her Ma- - 1 Annum. spar©. Lord STA NLEY of ALDERLEY said it was not population. The Secretary of State had the power to take Mr. PALK having expressed his general concurrence in noble l or d l e ft him unconvi nce d. (Diside.) He certainly the intention of the Government to introduce any men- measures for the due equipment and pay of the police. the measure, said he should be glad if the right hos , gen- thought that the house ought not to hurry to a division on , jests 's steam troo -ship Transit, Commander which put into 4, Gibr altar during the night of the 14th Johnson, I I £ s . d. £ s. d. ewe for t h e a b o lition of the English laws of settlement ;A. chief constable was to be appointed by the justices, sub- tleman would state whether or not towns having a pope. an i m p or t an t matter like thi s . Th roug h th e s ystem of late *li • -. 6l.per c a t. Stock. 100 - j ee t t o the approval of the Secretary of State. The chief lotion not exceeding 5,000 were to..be Placed on the sam e s itti n es, coupled with the practice of giving a large rintn- .•• 4 ,. per cn .. t SO 0 0 all but it was their intention to carry oat the recommends- Grand ... . Portsmouth, to coal, took her departure on the Kent 4l. per cat. 100 0 0 - 7/1% Lions of the committee that had oat on the subject with constable had the power of appointing constables placed under his control. The result of this act, which had alluded ? to be footing as the boroughs and municipal tow ns t o which h e bar of notices of motion upon going into supply, millions of f ro m Lambeth ...... ...• . • ! - 100 0 0 - - after 12 o'clock, and when no attention evening of the 16th, with the 2d Light Infantry Regi respect to the Irish and Scotch poor. money were voted New River Company 2l. 10s. - - -- CRIMINAL JURISDICTION BILL. had. now been 16 Years in operation, was th a t i n 24 Air. BARROW deprecated the extensi on o f a iemi-mi- could be given to them. This had only been the case during meat of the B r it i sh German Legation on board, bound S ou th war k &Vauxhall 5/. per ant. 100 0 0 - 89% co unties the justices had established a rural police under litary system of police, and said he hoped hon. gentlemen th e l as t f e w sessions of Parliament. In the time of the for Scutari. The steam•transport Cleopatra put into West Middlesex - 891.4 The LORD CHANCELLOR moved for leave to its provisions, and in districts of seven other counties. connected with counties would consider well before they Government of iir R. Peel, and of the noble lord the Gibraltar Bay on the afternoon of the 20th ult., being b r i ng in a bill to permit the Court of Queen's Bench to B a t there were still 21 counties, including two ridings of consented to part with the management of their own local mem ber for London (Lord J. Russell), a different practice d f • Cork, d h • board 17 seven d ays from an riving or.officers BRIDGES. order certain offences to be tried i n th e Central Criminal Yorkshire, in which no such force had been established. affairs. prevailed. If the noble lord (Palmerston) really desired and 540 men (detachments of various regiments) Dividend Amount C o urt. By thisbill important trials affecting life and death Then, with respect to the numbers of the police , the Sir. G. GREY said he was much obliged to the house for t o save the public time, he would abstain from intro- D • for M alt a. D urin g the voyage the Cleopatra exile- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. may be removed from any cou n ty t o th e a bove court. greatest diversity existed. The proportion which they the spirit in which they had received this measure, and during measures which were not i n tended to be per- .Annum. Share. The bill had the entire sanction of the Lord Chief bore to the numbers of the population was worthy of would attend to any suggestions which might b e made for severed in when the session drew to its close. Ho would cod very bad weather and lost two boats, besides nen . . . ______ !ustice. consideration, and the highest was lin 1128, the lowest 1 its amendment. With regard to the formation of districts, suggest that, in lieu of taking motions upon going into having another stove in. A man also died of sea-sick- £ s. d. £ s. d. in 5350 Such was era . he did notpropose thatevery county should be divided into the state and such had been the op .. , - - - 12 After some remarks from Lord DERBY, the bill was - ' Southwark ...... •• .. 100 0 0 - - tins of the law in counties. H e wou ld now s t a t e th e l aw districts as a ma tt er o f c our se . b u t th a t i n eases i n . which &M r . BASS thought that the argument raised. by the in the evening. The British steamer Brandon, 9 days Ditto New of 714 p.c. la per cent. ,50 0 0 - brought In and read a first time. as to police in beronghs. Th e l a w l e ft no o pti on t o magistrates f a il e d t o exercise "th e o pti on gi ven to them in noble lord (Palmerston) upon the Wednesday sittings was from London, with Government stores for Balaklava _, Waterloo ... - 1100 0 0 - - The house adjourned at 6 o'clock. boroughs, but the Municipal Corporations A c t requ i re d that re sp ec t, th e Q ueen i n counc il s h ou ld h ave power to not a correct one. He would rather refer to the sittings arrived out at Gibraltar on the 22d ult. The British Ditto Old Ann. of at. 11. 145. Sd. '6O 0 0 - - the town council t o a pp o i n t a sufficient number of con- require magistrates to create district.. Such apower would a t the en d o f th e session, a t w hi c h a vast amount of real steam-transport Madagascar, Capt. Rennie, shipped at Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1 /. 10 s. 40 . 40 0 0 - 25 stables to protect the inhabitants. In the larger boroughs o f course o n ly be exercised in special cases. He could not business was done. Barcelona 170 mules for the use of the Land Transport Vauxhall ...........; 965. 70 10 3 - 20% frOrTSE OF COMMONS.+(YERTF.RDA.Y.) an efficient police was maintained, and it WAS doubtful assent to the suggestion of the right hon. gentleman the The house divided- Service, and left for the Dardanelles; and the Assistance whether in such towns as Liverpool and Birmingham im- member for Droitwich (Sir J. Pakington) that the mini- For the motion .... 50 DOCKS. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter before four steamer, Capt. Blois, took in at Valeucia, on the sth be effected,as the town councils had an mum of one-fourth should b e given in all oases absolutely, . provement could - o'clock. interest in maintaining the efficiency of the Police force. instead of being made contingent on the report of the in- The motion was therefore lost, inst., about 260 mules for the same service, and de- Dividend Amount FIRST READINGS. Nor did he believe that in any case where an effi - specter ;for the effect of that would be to afford aid out of CHURCH tinum. are. RATES. parted for Gallipoli. The East Anglian steamer, Capt. Name of Company. per of A Share. Paid. Moe. The following bills were severally read a first time : clout police had been established was there a desire the ConselidatedFund in cases in which the police provision mr. PACKS would detain. the house but fora f ew taro Joy, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th inst., with -Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway; Cheltenham Gas ; that it should be diminished. (Hear, hear.) But while was wholly inadequate to the wants of the locality. The ments in asking leave to bring in a bill to abolish church gunpowder for Malta, having discharged her cargo, £ s. d. £ s. d. Renfrewshire Roads; Eastern Counties Railway; North in some of the large boroughs an efficient police was kept fixing of the minimum of assistance was a very f a ir subject ra t e , f or o th er th an the purposes th ere i n me ntioned ;to coaled at the New Mole, and left for Shithead on the Commercial -••- - - 57. Pr cent. Stock. cloak. - Staffordshire Railway ; Shrewsbury and Welshpool u p, i n others, he was sorry to say, the result was very for consideration in committee. The objection to any ma k e p r ovision for th e m a i n tenance of the fabric and De - 24th ult. East arid %Vest India.. Si. pr cent. Stock. - 117)4 Railway ; Ulster Railway ;Edinburgh Municipalities ; different , notwithstanding the repeated admonitions ail. standard was that what might be sufficient" one case , , in emery fittings of parish churches in certain cases, and to The Lancashire Witch sailing-transport arrived at East Country.. - London .•• • - -- _ the f e ca l le • • • • • dressed to ant oreties-notwithstandine that in would not be so in others. The class of towns referred tochurch • enable certain persona to redeem their liability to Gibraltar from the Crimea and Malta on the 231 ult., Ditto Bonds ea per cent. - - - Lands Improvement (Scotland) ; Banbridge Railway ; t ime o f Ith b o rou g hs h adapp lied f * b the h • time o n ee d oast or m il i t ar y sue- y e on. member for South Devon, having no separa t e rates and otherwise t mend the law respecting the mak- Gastonbury and Bouton Railway ; Severn Valley Rail-and sailed for Soithead on the following day in tow of St o . il li th a a t i n li ar t i o n: :: ...: ..: a e l. p ( ? B r cent. Jto i: c i le. o 1 50 --- 0 - • -_- cour, which ought to have been afforded by a police on the existence, would be included in counties. As regarded the i ' • c llect ? a and liability tochurch rates in ng, assessin i g, o ing , the steam-transport Hope, but shortly afterwards put Victoria P .. •..:: : N. pel ' e r ent. 20 00i10 0 0 - way ; Broadstairs Harbour and Pier ; and the London spot. At the risk of drawing down the animadversion of further progr sof this 1,11 he h d the house would e s Eneland am ales. Before proceedine epee the back. The t e clean ransport Berussia, 7 dart from 1 3 ;3-- and North-Western Railway. some hen. marabou, he would state how the case stood allow him to fix the second reading fornext Monday, which me * ,sure itself, he wished to state to the house the posi- Mr. HORSFA.I,I, presen ted a pe titi on against the with regard to some of these boroughs. At One time Stock- was a comparatively open day. He would then consent tion in which he stood with regard to the matter, In the mouth, with detachments of different regiments for JOINT-STOCK BANKS. op en i ng o f th e British Museum and Crystal Palace on port had only 15 constables-the force was at this moment that any reasonable time should be allowed to elapse be. year 1854 ho had brought in a bill on the subject, having Malta, arrived out on the 27th ult. The Earl of Aber- ___-__ - the Lord's-day. only 24 to a population of 54,000. In Wigan there were fore the bill went into committee. for its object the division of the rate iat ) two portione,eiz., deep steam-transport, 8 days from London, with de- Dividend Amount Mr. lIADFIELD gave notice, on the part of Mr. only 11 out of a population of 32,000, n od i n Ashton-under- Leave was then given to bring in the bill. a rate for the fabric of the church, and a rate for the ex- taebusents for the Crimea, arrived out at Gibraltar on Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. F f his intention to bring in a bill to abolish the Lyne only 17 constables in a population of about 30,000. So Annum. Share. Fagan, o BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. pauses incident to Divine worship and containing a de- the following day. During the voyage she experienced - --, - that, although the Municipal Act had been conformed to tax of miuistera' money in Ireland. claration that Dissenters should not be rated to very had weather ; wind, S.W. to W.S.W., with a tre- I 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. Mr. BROTHERTON rose to move " That on those days Sir J. WALMSLEY gave notice that on an early the letter it had been evaded in a large the spirit. There were n which o the house shall sit in the evening, the debate on the latter. In the autumn of that year he put a mendous sea, which carried away a portion of the bul- Australasia.... ...... . 1 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 92 day he would bring , in a that they could not maintain an efficient police. There an y . business under discussion at twelve o'clock (midnight) question to the Government ns to what they warks, figure bead, and some of the erections on deck would do and uon their answer he did not press for- , o . Commercl British NorthArnerican , 61. per cent. 50 0 0 Pt 66 al of London. 10/.per cent. 1100 0 0 20 0 0 and National Gallery on Sundays. were 64 boroughs with less than 5,000 inhabitants, and shall stand eeljoarned to the next day on which the house for the convenience of troops. The Earl spoke the Colonial .............. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Sir DE L. EVANS gave notice that on that day fort- which, under the Municipal Act, had a jurisdiction shall sit; after which no opposed business shall be proceeded and ward his bill. . Soon after the noble . lord opposite (Pal- Reporter, bound south, in long. 9.49, lat. 4.20 north. lonian „............. ,61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 h 1 the c station of church rates moisten came into office, an 4 20 0 0 all 0 17 • ht he would bring in a bill to abolish the system of night separate from the counties. In this state of things it with. And that whenever the house shall be in committee After the arrival of the vessel at Gibraltar 2 horses died Lond. Char. Bk. also' - brought the ine at midni lat the chairman was forgotten. During last year he had not - purchase in the army. was the object of the Government to provide a suffi- en anye and Mr. s g , do report pro matter before the house, as is bill was to be brought forward from the effects of the severity of the weather which the Londn And westminstr 14/. percent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47 Mr. KINNAIRD asked the hon. member (Mr. V. dent pollee force in the counties and boroughs, and in a gro r s a s ter said he eaker do resume the chair." The hon. elsewhere b the Archbishop of Canterbury. It having Earl encountered. The steam-transport Eglinton, 9 London ocuntestoca .•• ;12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 sui, Scully), who had a notice of motion on the paper for manner consistent with the present system of local manage- member on the att en tionshould not have obtruded this subject been decided that the nt asure bein is money bill, ought days from Malta, with shot and marble for Gibraltar and e , g Frovincial of Ireland.. 1 81, per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 52 Thursday next, for the opening of the British Museum meat. It was impossible to deny, he thought, that theof the house, had not several mem ahgers assured him that thesittings , me to have originated in that house, the matter drolnied• Had Spithead, arrived at the former port on the 29th ult. Ditto, New.• • .....• 1 St. per cent. 10 0 0 all - and Crystal Palace on Sundays, whether he would post. time had come when the adoption of the Police Act should late of last session had Nationr.l of Ireland.... 161 per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - it been otherwise he could not have supported the mea- The screw transport N orman , N 0 .15 3, wen t down to Nat. Provincial of Eng. 1 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - made many converts to his views,a n d that . a very strong pone bringing forward the motion till a future day ? be no longer optional, but compulsory; but it was not in- feeling prevailed in favour of his sure which the archbishop had brought forward. Under Woolwich yesterday morning from the docks, and is Ditte, New .. •• .•. • ( 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 motion. He was not - Mr. sur- V. SCULLY said he would comply with the re- tended to fix the number of the constables or the appoint prised at this change of opinion in the house for , oat of these circumstances he asked leave to introduce this bill, lying off the gen` harf waiting orders. Aa the Oriental Bank Corpora. 111 1 . p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 38% meat of the chief constable. It was proposed that asps - which he regarded as a compromise, and as su c h he trusted South Australia ••• • • ,__ . . Il4lp.ct.&bs. 25 0 0 „ 39% quest of the hon. member, as he found there was another doors, wherever the subject was mentioned, there was Norman has been gaged in trans •t* g cavalry poi in Union of Australia• •• • ,Zillf. per cell . J t 2" 0 0 „ 701 i rate Cs • should be created for the but districts that it would be taken in good part. he rip • and similar motion to his on the paper, and which would police ; in always an expression of surprise that late sittings should horses to the Crimea for some time and as her fittings '3Ol per cent. - 210 0 - a borouhs it was not proposed to take the management out Secretary of State for the Home Department had upon a 50 0 0 10 0 0 294 havecontinued 1 so ong. During two months of last ses- a . for that purpose still remain, it is probable that her Union of L0nd0n...... 20.% per cent have priority, of the hands of the watch committees and the justices, any •declined to anything of - 40 0 0 all - mon the house sat on the average two hours after midnight former occasion say on the part I.hhhh o f Aladin _____ DEATHS IN THE CRIMEA. more than it was intended to deprive the county ma is - „ . -•• ' ' th G t *). hh d th b'll Nothine would forthcoming cargo will be horses or other live stuck for and for the whole session the sittings after midnight ave. e Govern ment until e a seen th e i • e - In reply to Sir DE LACY EVANS, trates of their present power with regard te the county raged one hour. This must c t • r' be in i . OT-3111-y ,11T1011.11 to the give him (Mr. Parke) greater pleasure than to find that the troops in the East. CANALS. Lord PALMERSTON stated the commission had no constabulary. Bet it was proposed to invest the Secretary health f D • o members. D urin g the last recess they lost five upon learning its provisions the Government would take The despatch-boat Coquette, Commander Risk, hay- ___-_----_ power with regard to the pay and of State with the gam!, . .it into its own hand s . The first part of the bill had for ins; completed her fittings yesterday morning, bent sails. instructions to collect the information alluded te. Cel. the yby death, and if they continued in their present 1 • h Dividend' clothing of the polies in boroughs as was exercised in tie it object the abolitionthroughout the kin dom of the rate She is to o down to the Arsenal W ' 0 q. . . g harf to be vic- a ftme3 o f 0 Dividend pea Names of ... , e , Talloch, however, had collected statistics relative to the cas ; an as county cons eof counties dtables were disquah. course the insurance companies would certainly he justified ' r Companies. l ii 1 " mortality in the Crimea, which had been prepared for led from taking part in elections it was proposed that in demanding higher premiums for insuring their lives, so far as it was applicable to the purposes of divine service. This, he ' would relieve tof the scruples of . t i 11 d • nd receive her armament ia e a . Companies. I per g Annum. .e Annum. Price . es the benefit of the medical service, but he did not think th e game di ssi oalification should extend to the borough (Leughter.) Re had never heard any argument against the believed, dissenting r .oii must body. I h P d t nest lace he propose o re. The iron mo r t ar float No. 1, which sustained consi• __________ .....__a_____ . his proposal, except that it was impracticable, that noderable damage under the experiments at Shoeburynese, LI X that it should be made public. police. neve all occu iers of rateable ro may from the entire rate . 93 71. . et. 145 Macclesfield. 21. 10 51 Islitn &Oldh, P 100 s. Replying to a question from Mr. COBDEN, Lord LOVAINE-In what elections ? other legislature in the world had so much business to get P P I has with No. 2 of the same cerise, been repaired in , by enacting that it should ha deducted from the rent in a a5y ....,160 - - Neath ..•• •• 100, 161. Carus Lord PALMERSTON' said he apprehended that the Sir G. GREY-In Parliamentary elections. It was also , through, and that it was in fact inappssible for them to cur the manner similar to that practised with regard to pro- Woolwich dockyard, and they are again ready for sere Brknke•Abrg,lso, 4/. - 10xford.. •• • • 1001 - - posed to give the Crown power to appoint inspectors, tail their hours He 39 f ••• •ht w o opinion that the object might P tax loader Schedule A. Another portion of the bill vice. Some alterations have been considered necessary Birmingham i 40, 41, Olas Beak Forest. 781 51. Os. 76 correspondence with the United States was not quite Pro be secure d • who should periodically inquire into tie state and effici- by means of a rational economy of time. With 100 25 /. -- Regent's •• •• 30, 11 14 complete, but when it was there would. be no objectionwould enable the owner of rateable property to redeem in the rigging of these boats, which has been changed Coventry.. ••1 100 6/. 15s. Ito 84 chdale.... ' 115 1 11. 10s. 76 ones of the county and borough police. These inspectors regard to private business, many new regulations had al- Derby ••• •• I 6 2 to lay it on the table of the house. that ro t f ever b th e meat of a reasonable and for a standing luand fore and aft sail, the cutter-rig wr y or er e Ellsmre&Chs, 9 li P. ct., - Somrset Coal 140, - - would visit tie different counties and boroughs, and report ready been made which had led to a great saving of time. g moderateproposedthe levy should follow • • •them from ' •the helm . They e sum. He that . t 1 2, - - ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. as to the numbers, discipline, and management of the po- By what had just been done with regard to the introduction the p oor Mr. R. PHILLIMORE asked whether it was the in- lice force, and transmit the reports t * the - poor rate. The bill conta , , again bent sails yesterday morning. These are to be mated to biing it in, he proposed to have it printed for speedily followed by 32 others of the same c )nstruction : Do., 6 onCt.' 10 61. pr. ct. 11% rtflrd &Wore 1 40 281. 420 Grand tirrey 100, 41. - Shrewsbury.. , 25 - - tentien of her Majesty's Government to introduce any State, who would lay them before Parliament. The seventh think that if a few simple rules were adopted, with the Grand Union' 100 11.0 s. - Stonrbridge.. ' 121. 290 the perusal of members. The hon. member concluded by -viz., 145 measure for the reform of the ecclesiastical courts during reseletion of the committee recommended that some assist- further aid of the good sense of the house, there would be • 9 0 f 11 S co t t I 11' 112 from ~ .., rom i M essrs. Lusso s, and }Celia Bc. Avn 3.), B. . 6.,,, Severn and 1 21• 28 moving for leave to bring in the bill. Mare's, the whole to be fitted out and manned at Wool- Lancaster .. 'loo' - - Wye Rail. 26 • the present session ? once should be given in aid of the establishment of police no necessity for continuing such late hours. If his motion Mr. WIGRAM seconded the motion. Leeds &Llvrp 100 251. 470 Warwiek 81 , „, Lord PA.LMERSTON said it was the intention of in counties ; the committee suggesting that one-fourth of were carried there could be no objection to members meet- S • W CLAY said he did not rise for the purpose of wich. IT W . LeiCester.". 100, 51. 4914 Binning. 5 1001 46. 25 The paddle-w h eel steamer Ardent, Commander H. Leicstr &Nth 83 - 550 ---- Wapviek & a the Government to bring in a bill for that purpose. the cost of maintaining the force should come out of the in g th • r' in committee at eleven in the morning and sitting till in the afternoon; and if ia . the house assembled at the raising a discussion either on the question of church rates Sea, morning 21. 10 (Hear, hear.) Consolidated Fund, and the remaining three-fourths be de latterree hour Loughl,orogli 142 701. w - .. , .: Dr a e pton..i 100 member proposed to introduce. That was not the proper warped into the outer basin at Woolwich, to be Monmouthsh 100, - _ . str &i 78 2/. 21 frayed out of the county rates. In addition to the general three and twelve. re ° lie believed that such Miitgmerysli 100 - - limning. THE BANK CHARTER. services of the police, which made this course advisable, would tend rather to facilitate the disposalan a rrangement- time for either. And as for the hon. member's bill it stripped, prior to commencing her repairs. of public busi- McitiiMwbry 100 ' - - Wilts & Brks. -10 s. Od. - Mr. GLYN inquired of the Chancellor of the Ex. came the fact that in the same year in transportation, teaeemm su t 'less than to retard it. - One good effect of it wouldibe would be time enough to discuss it when it came formally The Rhadamanthus, Master Commander Cole, sailed chequer whether any steps had been taken for giving tee reported its Parliament had . abolished . _ the g members would he led to evince their good sense by before the house. Mewever, it would hardly be expected yesterday morning from Woolwich, with boilers and INSURANCE COMPANIES. stituting in stead detention in this country, and that he (Sir W. Clay) houldex ress much satisfaction with steam machinery for Portsmouth and Plymouth. statutory notice, under the provisions of the Act 7 andshorteniag their speeches-(hearo hear)-and when one ticketeef-leeve system Avery laree expense had been in- tea s 1 P would h tendency t • measure, which he feared wou eve a o in- The gun-boat Grasshopper, Lieut.-Commander Lee 8 Victoria, c. 32, to the Governor and Company of the espied by this ' t . dheads ofpolice and l• come ryun er the crease the dissatisfaction which it was proposed to allay. Dividend 1 Amount Bank of England preparatory to the revision of theirlength, other members of that party would not indulge in left Woolwich basin, and steamed down to the Arsenal ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price the Australian colonies, and the abolition of transportationfind • this He was , however, so anxious to a solution for charter ; and whether it was the intention of Govern- useless repetitions. In America it had been found neces • ' ' had diminished that expanse; and this circumstance painful question, that he could not justify anent to institute any inquiry before a committee of that afforded an additional reason why a proportion of the nary to limit the speeches of members to an hour; and ho placing a difficulty in the way of any hon. member who C. E. H. Farrant has been appointed second master - £s.d.lX a. d, house, or otherwise, into the working and effect of the c h arge „ account, orponce should , ,„ trnefaci +lii in 4.1". oLoonoo of any- oilfloa rootriatiork ilmo LW borne uy the hetiel4l l'd h k• P J M • 'd b• man t t 1 suggested a remedy. There/ore, reserving to tumseit to the oaw ,P. . nil, dy, ail 6ip o the Albion ....•• .... -.. / 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 1 50 0 0 83 said act ? revenue of th® country. He proposed, therefore, not that good sense of the members of the House of Commons the right to oppose the bill at the proper stage, ho Rodney ; R. M‘Donuell, assistant-surgeon to the Alliance Brit. and For. -7/. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0: I 1 0 0 - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated any fixed proportion of the expense of any borough should would prevent debates from being protracted uuneces- should ' M • and W Shone ' Ditto Martne ....... 61. p.c. &ix% 100 00125 0 0 40% not offer any resistance to the present motion. At Chatham atones ; . one, assistant-surgeon to it. was not the intention of the Government to take an v be borne by the public revenue. but that bower should he sarily. Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 0 _ 0 j 1 0 0 - ject. That commission had recommended a scheme which might, indeed, theoretically be the best, but which was not likely to find favour with the country on ac count of its interfering with the local authorities, whe ther in the counties or the boroughs. The object was simply to provide as efficient a police force as was con sistent with the existing system. He did not propose to occupy the time of the house by entering into the facts which showed the necessity for a police, or the results which had followed the establishment of police in counties. The evidence upon that subject had been collected by the committee of Dis 3, which had agreed to resolutions, the effect of which was—first, that the failure of the Rural Police Acts was owing to their permissive character ; se condly, that the evidence showed moral and social benefits to have been derived by those districts which had adopted the rural police; thirdly, that notwithstanding the useful ness of the superintending constables appointed under the act 5 Vic. an ine ffi cient system of su p er i n t en di ng consta bles to fulfil the duties of a police force was an inefficient substitute for a really efficient police force ; fourthly, that there should be a consolidation of the police of smaller bo roughs with the police for counties, and that the police for larger towns should be placed under the same system as the counties; fifthly, that aid should be afforded by the Go vernment towards defraying the costs of an improved and extended system of police without interfering with local management ; and finally, that it was expedient as soon as possible to introduce a bill for the establishment of a more improved and extended police force. He would now shortly state the law as to the police of counties or bo roughs. The result of the act of 1839 had been the pass lag of an act of the 2d Victoria, which made it optional with the justices to adopt a county constabulary, and left it to them, if they adopted it, to determine the num ber of policemen to be appointed, subject to a proviso that the number should not exceed one for every 1,000 of the population. The Secretary of State had the power to take measures for the due equipment and pay of the police. A. chief constable was to be appointed by the justices, sub ject to the approval of the Secretary of State. The chief constable had the power of appointing constables to be placed under his control. The result of this act, which had now been 16 years in operation, was, that in 24 counties the justices had established a rural police under its provisions, and in districts of seven other counties. But there were still 21 counties, including two ridings of Yorkshire, in which no such force had been established. Then, with respect to the numbers of the police, the greatest diversity existed. The p r oportion which they bore to the numbers of the population was worthy of censideration, and the highest was 1 in 1128, the lowest I. in 5350. Such was the state and such had been the opera tion of the law in counties. He weald now state the law as to police in boroughs. The law left no option to boroughs, but the Municipal Corporations. Act required the town council to appoint a sufficient number of con stables to protect the inhabitants. In the larger boroughs an efficient police was maintained, and it was doubtful whether in such towns as Liverpool and Birmingham im provement could be effected, as the town councils had an interest in maintaining the efficiency of the police force. War did he believe that in any case where an effi cient police had been established was there a desire that it should be diminished. (Hear, hear.) But while in some of the large boroughs an efficient police was kept up, in others, he was sorry to say, the result was very different, notwithstanding the repeated admonitions ad dressed to the local authorities—notwithstanding that in, time of need those boroughs had applied for military suc cour, which ought to have been afforded by a police on the spot. At the risk of drawing down the animadversion of some hen. members, he would state how the case stood with regard to some of these boroughs. At one time Stock port had only 15 constables—the force was at this moment only 24—to a population of 54,000. In Wigan there were only 11 out of a population of 32,000, and in Ashton-under- Lyne only 17 constables in a population of about 30,000. So that, although the Municipal Act had been conformed to the letter, it had been evaded in the spirit. There were also a large number of boroughs with so small a population that they could not maintain an efficient police. There were 64 boroughs with less than 5,000 inhabitants, and which, under the Municipal Act, had a jurisdiction separate from the counties. In this state of things it was the object of the Government to provide a suffi cient poliee force in the counties and boroughs, and in a manner consistent with the present system of local manage ment. It was impossible to deny, he thought, that the time had come when the adoption of the Police Act should be no longer optional, but compulsory ; but it was not in tended to fix the number of the constables or the appoint ment of the chief constable. It was proposed that sepa rate districts should be created for the police ; but in boroughs it was not proposed to take the management out of the hands of the watch committees and the justices, any more than it was intended to deprive the county magis trates of their present power with regard to the county constabulary. Bit it was proposed to invest the Secretary of State with the same power with regard to the pay and clothing of the police in boroughs as was exercised in the case of counties; and as county constables were disquali fied from taking part in elections it was proposed that the same disqualification should extend to the borough police. Lord LOVAINE—In what elections ? Sir G. GREY—In Parliamentary elections. It was also proposed to give the Crown power to appoint inspectors, who should periodically inquire into the state and effici ency of the county and borough police. These inspectors would visit the different counties and boroughs, and report as to the numbers, discipline, and management of the po lies force, and transmit the reports to the Secretary of State, who would lay them before Parliament. The seventh reselntion of the committee recommended that some assist ance should be given in aid of the establishment of police in counties; the committee suggesting that one-fourth of the cost of maintaining the force should come out of the Consolidated Fund, and the remaining three-fourths be de frayed out of the county rates. In addition to the general services of the police, which made this course advisable, came the fact that in the same year in which the commit tee reported Parliament had abolished transportation, sub stitutmg in its stead_detention in this country, and the ticket-of-leave system. A. very large expense had been in cured by this country under the heads of police and gaolsin the Australian colonies, and the abolition of transportation had diminished that expense; and this circumstance ' afforded an additional reason why a proportion of the ' charge en account, of police should be borne by the general revenue of the country. He proposed, therefore, not that any fixed proportion of the expense of any borough should be borne by the public revenue, but that power should be given to the Treasury, under the authority of the Secre tary of State, on a report of a deficiency in the police force, to issue a sum (either to the authorities of the county or borough, as the case might be) not exceeeding one-fourth of the amount required, for the pay and clothing of the police. This would be a sum annually voted by Parlia ment, and would, therefore, be open to criticism ; while, on the other hand, if the exercise of this discretionary power succeeded he thought it would act as a stimulus to the local authorities to raise their respective police force to an efficient standard. Wit)i regard to the recom mendation of the committee as to the consolidation of the smaller boroughs, he admitted that this was a most difficult subject with which to deal. In the case of a great number of boroughs there was reason why they should be consolidated with counties—(hear)—but on the whole it was thought best in the first instance not to require such consolidation by compulsory enactment. How ever, it was not proposed by the bill to extend any grant to boroughs whose population at the last census was below 1 , 5,000 ; and thus no inducement would be held out to them to continue separate from the counties. It was also proposed by the bill that, on the representation of any town council that they had applied to the justices of counties for the purpose of consolidation, bnt that it had not been e ffected from any cause, then that it should be in the power of the Government by an order in council to settle the terms of such consolidation. From the best information he had been enabled to obtain he believed that theuost to the public of these arrangements would not ,exc'end 200,0001. a year. If the house agreed to this bill a similar bill would be submitted to Parliament to deal with the county and borough police of Scotland; and he believed that 220,0001. or 230,000/. a year would cover the whole expenditure for the two kingdoms. With regard to the present measure he was quite aware that it would not satisfy those gentle men who desired a system of police under central manage ment ; but he trusted the bill would be fairly considered by the house, and that it would tend to the improvement of the county and borough police of this country. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON had heard with great pleasure the statement of the hon. baronet, and must express his great satisfaction that Government had determined to deal with this question, and meet the general wish felt both in the house and in the country that the important question of police should no longer remain in its present unsettled and unsatisfactory state. He was also glad that the Government were about to accede to the recommendation of the commis sion of 1839, and throw a part of the expense of an efficient police on the general revenue. He was only afraid that the terms on which this aid was held out was too indefinite to stimulate corporations to establish an efficient police. He thought it would have been better if it had been pro vided that in the first instance a fixed proportion of the expense should be paid which should be liable to be with drawn en the unfavourable report of one of the Govern ment inspectors, whose appointment he viewed with much satisfaction. He was much gratified with that part of the measure which would render it imperative en all counties to establish a rural police, and he believed that if this bill were passed no county w ould attempt to resist or defeat the establishment of such a police. He was glad also to see the provisions which the right hon. baronet had intro duced into the bill with a view to bring about the amal gamation of the smaller boroughs with the counties. All that he regretted was that such an amalgam-at/on had not been rendered compulsory. He quite agreed that it was wise not to attempt to have a police bearing an uniform proportion to the population in all parts of the country, but at the same time he did think that it was desirable to lay down a minimum force, as compared with popu lation, below which the police should not be allowed to fall. Otherwise he was afraid that when there Was any disposition to resist the application of the law, there would be the means of evading it. The right hon. gentle man concluded by expressing his satisfaction that the Go vernment had directed their attention to the subject, and by stating that he was quite prepared to support its gene ral features, which he hoped would be discussed without reference to party considerations. Mr. M. NISBET would not find fault with the bill, although he had before opposed the introdaction of a .risuntaraatteleapot of leaving He thought it would have been more desir able if the right hen, baronet had axed a certain proper tiositiorfath.efalcexhaayzneegamittootuobnetthborne by the Consolidated Fund, amount in every ex plained the pay and ale= be entitled to one-fourthwithhportlbheits iendieaserchetciasone. of the Secretary of that hproposed to fix the the a t certifi c ateh e Secretary t altogetherh w o f h ol whole Statei f chargetwheo w o uld ilod f specter reported that Mr. H. NISBET woneldP°hliacre in an e ffi cient state, .an h y d d . district was not in had adoptedi that a larger proper tora of police was /107 r t o hi " la e , as a general eYs' tion than one-fourth no the members who repre eaceasary impediment funds of the country. H e h oped e ParSed on the general eration. seated counties would throw in the way of the passing of this biellico4l,e himself was hedesirous of an should offer certainly prepared to give it his beat Mr. DEEDES said, having always been bill. Re hon. improvement of the existing police system'', ,vernecoolatmended no unfair opposition to any portion of th is bill re gretted that it had not been announced by th e gentleman that the minimum of one-fourth , Consolidated Fund without reference to the reports by the royal commissioners, was to be G o f f the inspectors, the necessity of which would give rise to t he pleasant feeling'. He thought the right hon. gentlorauso would do well to reconsider that part of the bill. As re garded the general requirements of the country, he had always considered, and still maintained, that the necessity for a rural police differed greatly in different districts, and his own bill was founded on that assumption. Mr. RICE had listened with great satisfaction to the right hon. gentleman's (Sir G. Greys) statement., and with equal satisfaction had he witnessed the manner in which that statement had been received by hon. gentlemen oppo site, lie hoped the bill ?multi be passed without difficulty The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gated it was nut the intention of the Government to take any stops in the present session of Parliament to abrogate the exclusive privileges of the Bank of England. The Go vernment would not object, if pressed, to the appoint ment of a committee of the house on the Bank Charter, but altogether, looking at the early part of the session, at the condition of the country, and the ancer• tainty in regard to the relations in which the Bank stood to the Government, they thought suck would be xnreasonable aad premature., Mr. EWART felt great pleasure in seconding the no tion. From the case of ordinary members of the house he would turn to her Majesty's Ministers, and he would ask whether it were just that men who were working all day in public offices should have imposed en them senatorial duty extending to a late hour of the night ? No wonder they grew prematurely old. (Laughter.) If her Majesty's Ministers were spared midnight legislation, they would be able to attend their officesearlier in the morning ; it being impossible for them, at present, to go there before 12 or 1 o'clock in the day. It was :well known that M. Guizot, when he was president of the Foreign-office of France, was up and attending to business at six in the morning. Again he would ask whether one effect of the present system upon all of them was not to render their habits irregular ? (Laughter.) At a certain period after midnight that house was a scene, not of activity, bat of repose. (Laughter.) He never saw a number of members sleeping on the benches without being disposed to parody the lines of Cowper, and exclaim— Sweet sleeps the chairman, nodding in the chair, Sweet sleep the members on the bench behind, And sweet the clerks below. (Laughter.) He had himself counted 26 members all asleep at the same time, including the First Minister of the Crown, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and even descending down to the Woods and Forests. One evil of the system was that they were set ting a bad example to society, which naturally assumed somewhat of the character of the Houses of Parliament. He ventured to say that the perpetuation of the habits of which existed in the time of Fox and ritt had produced corresponding irregular habits throughout society. For these reasons he gave his most cordial support to the mo tion of his hon. friend. Lord PALMERSTON—I am sure, sir, I am the first person to do ample justice to the benevolent intentions with which my hoe. friend who has proposed, and my hon. friend who has seconded, the motion, have been actuated in bringing it under our consideration. To exempt her Ma jesty's Ministers from the effects of old age—(laughter)— is indeed a very great temptation to hold out to us in order to obtain our assent to the resolution. Nevertheless, I feel that it would not be consistent with our duty, as ser vants of the Crown, engaged in the conduct of the busi ness of the country, to agree to the proposal of my hon. friend. My hon. friend compares the business of this house with that of the Congress of the United States, and with the representative institutions of other countries. But I submit to the house that this comparison cannot hold good. Take the Congress of the United States, for example. Can the hon. member compare the business transacted by that assembly with what is done here ? We all know that there the detail of legislation is trans acted by the congresses of the separate States. My hon. friend proposes to impose certain restrictions upon the house, mindful of the maxim that abuse leads to restric tion. If that maxim be true, it is equally true in its con verse shape, that restriction leads to abuse. (Hear.) My hon. friend (Mr. Brotherton) thinks our debates are too long, and he therefore proposes to have certain fixed limits. The limit which he suggests is, indeed, one which would be very desirable, but it i s a:limit which must depend upon the individual good feeling of members. (Hear.) Then my hon. friend suggests that members should not re peat that which has already been said—that they should not speak above a certain number of minutes. If a common agreement could be come to on these points, I quite admit that our debates would be shorter, but whether they would be better I somewhat doubt. (Hear.) Although the lo quacity may be—doubtless sometimes is—exuberant— (laughter)-1 are not prepared to say that no member ought to repeat the arguments of those who have gone before him, for if those arguments are good, to my mind the oftener they are repeated the better. (Laughter.) I have heard that Mr. Fox—no mean authority on such a matter—said that the best Parliamentary debate was where 10 or 12 mon got up, one after the other, and repeated the eaves argument in nearly the same words. (Laughter.) By such a process these arguments worked into the mind of the house—(laughter) —and so produced that consideration which it is the end of all argument to obtain. (Laughter.) My hon. frier..l says that the business of the house ought to finish b: f . a certain hour. Let him look to the Wednes day sittings. There is a limit. I only ask hon. members to carry their minds back to the occurrences of last Bes s:on. Certain measures, which excited much interest, were thrown over by hon. members who day after day, continued the debate until the fatal moment for ad journment arrived. On one of these questions I have heard it said that an honourable gentleman being asked when he intended to speak, replied that he had a speech six hours lone in readiness, but th a t his tarn would not cone for six weeks. The bon. member, no doubt, felt perfectly certain that he would, by tho length of his speech and the force of his arguments—which, no doubt, he would not fail to repeat—attain the end which he had in view. Experience warrants me in saying, and I think the house will agree with me, that if this recommendation fixing the timo for the rising of the house were to be adopted, the public business, instead of being accelerated, would be de layed. Nor do the proposals which have been made stop here. Not only is it said that the number of hours of sitting should be limited, but also the number of weeks during which Parliament should sit. No doubt it would be very convenient, personally, to hon. gentlemen wishing to be re lieved from their duties here, to know that upon a certain day. whether the business under consideration was done or undone the sessions would be over. But I do not th ink that that is in accordance with the purposes for which our eonstit-aents send as here ; wo aro sent here to do the busi n" of. the country, and it ought to be done, let it cost us what inconvenience or trouble it may. My hon. friend, Mr. E wa.' t, who seconded the motion, says that we ought to form the habits of the country ; that other countries keep earl; ter hours than we do, and that the House of Commons is si > riling the tastes of the people in this respect. My - hon. frien .d say s th at official business does not begin early enough. I re" number that a noble friend of mine wanted to have an auSl nonce of the commander-in-Chiof, the late Dolo of Mr. PACKE would detain the house but fora few tno rnents in asking leave to bring in a bill to abolish church rates for other than the purposes therein mentioned ; to make provision for the maintenance of the fabric and ne cessary fittings of parish churches in certain cases, and to enable certain persons to redeem their liability to church rates, and otherwise to amend the law respecting the mak ing, assessing, collecting, and liability to church rates in England and Wales. Before proceeding to speak of the me ,sure itself, he wished to state to the house the posi tion in which he stood with regard to the matter, In the year 1854 he had brought in a bill on the subject, having for its object the division of the rate ) two portions, viz., a rate for the fabric of the church, and a rate for the ex penses incident to Divine worship, and containing a de claration that Dissenters should not be rated to the latter. In the autumn of that year he put a question to the Government as to what they , would do, and upon their answer he did not press for ward his bill. Soon after the noble lord opposite (Pal merston) came into office, anl the question of chnrch rates I was forgotten. During last year he had not brought the matter before the house, as a bill was to be brought forward elsewhere by the Archbishop of Canterbury. It having been decided that the measure, being a money bill, ought to have originated in that house, the matter dropped. Had it been otherwise he could not have supported the mea sure which the archbishop had brought forward. Under these circumstances he asked leave to introduce this bill, which he regarded as a compromise, and as such he trusted that it would be taken in good part. The right hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department had upon a former occasion declined to say anything on the part of the Government until he had seen the bill. Nothing would give him (Mr. Packe) greater pleasure than to find that upon learning its provisions the Government would take it into its own hands. The first part of the bill had for its object the abolition throughout the kingdom of the rate so far as it was applicable to the purposes of divine service. This, he believed, would relieve most of the scruples of the dissenting body. In the next place he proposed to re• helve all occupiers of rateable property from the entiro rate by enacting that it should be deducted from the rent in the manner similar to that practised with regard to pro perty tax under Schedule A. Another portion of the bill would enable the owner of rateable property to redeem that property for ever by the payment of a reasonable and moderate sum. He proposed that the levy should follow the poor rate. The bill contained 14 clauses ; and, if per mitted to bi ing it in, he proposed to have it printed for the perusal of members. The hon. member concluded by moving for leave to bring in the bill. Mr. WIGRAM seconded the motion. Sir W. CLAY said he did not rise for the purpose of raising a discussion either on the question of church rates generally, or on the particular measure which the hon. member proposed to introduce. That was not the proper time for either. And as for the hon. member's bill it would be time enough to discuss it when it came formally before the house. Isiewever, it would hardly be expected that he (Sir W. Clay) should express much satisfaction with the measure, which he feared would have a tendency to in crease the dissatisfaction which it was proposed to allay. Ho was, however, so anxious to find a solution for this painful question, that he could not justify himself in placing a difficulty in the way of any hon, member who suggested a remedy. There/ore, reserving to tuniseit the right to oppose the bill at the proper stage, he should not offer any resistance to the present motion. At the same time he begged to announce that it was his inten tion again to bring forward his bill of the previous year, when he trusted that all the bills would be considered by the house with a view to the satisfactory solution of a pain ful question. Mr. E. BALL having complimented the hon. member who had introduced the bill on the tone and temper of hie observations, said that nothing could be more important than to obtain a conciliatory discussion on this question. Now when such daring innovations were attempted on the most sacred of the Christian ordinances, it behoved all sects of Christians to sink minor differences for the purposes of the common defence. Religion was going to he attacked in every shape, ono of the most aggressive attacks being a con templated attempt to destroy the holiness of the Sabbath day. He therefore trusted that means would be found, as regarded this question, of arranging the differences between sects of Christians, amongst whom, as regarded doctrine, there was scarcely any appreciable matter of disagreement. Leave given. Mr. L. DAVIES said that in consequence of having ro coived a discouraging answer from the noble lord at the head of the Government as to the intentions of Ministers respecting church rates, he had himself proposed to intro duce a bill on the same subject containing merely two clauses, the object of which was to relieve dissenters from the rate, on signing a declaration of dissent, and stating that the party contributed to a congregational chapel. Finding, however, that there were already measures before the house which would embody all that ho proposed to effect, he begged leave to withdraw his bill. He trusted, however, that the Government would be ultimately induced to take up this vexed question, which was getting wider and deeper every day, and might at last lead to the sub version of the Church of England, if some efficient moans were not found of checking the existing discontent. Bill withdrawn. CLERKS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. J. WILSON r oved for leave to bring in a bill to regulate certain offices in the House of Commons. At pre sent the appointment of the assistant-clerks at the table vested in the chief clerk, but the gentleman who at pre sent filled the office had accepted his appointment on the express understanding that those of his subordinates were to be handed over to the Crown. However, as an old act of Parliament vested the appointment in the chief clerk a short bill would be necessary to legalise the present inten tion. It was proposed to vest the appointments of the as sistant clerks in the Crown and to put the salaries on the Votes of the House, but at the same time he begged to add that the recommendation of the Speaker would be at tended to on each appointment. Leave given. COMMITTEE ON riBLIC PETITIONS• On the motion of Mr. B. CARTER, the following com mittee was nominated on public petitions :—Mr. B• Car ter, Mr. Thornely, Admiral Jones, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Scott, Mr. Adderley, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Henry A. Bruce, Mr. Henry Geo. Lid dell, Mr. Gregson, Mr. De Vero, Mr. Lloyd Davies, and Mr. Abel Smith. The paddle-wheel steamer Ardent, Commander H. Campion, from the Black Sea, was yesterday morning warped into the outer basin at Woolwich, to be stripped, prior to commencing her repairs. The Rhadamanthus, Master Commander Cole, sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich, with boilers and steam machinery for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The gun-boat Grasshopper, Lieut.-Commander Lee, left Woolwich basin, and steamed down to the Arsenal wharf to receive her stock yesterday morning. C. E. H. Farrant has been appointed second master to the Mohawk; P. J. Mui ay, midshipman to the Rodney ; R. M'Donnell, assistant-surgeon to the Chatham Marines; and W. Shone, assistant-surgeon to the Pearl. Yesterday Captain BarloW's company of the Suffolk Artillery marched into Ipswich from Landguard Fort, to relieve No. 5 company, now under orders for that des tination. They have been greatly improved during their nine months' sojourn at Landguard Fort, and their conduct has been indicative of the sound discipline enforced by their commanding officer. Such men are indeed a credit to the service. Their appearance and soldierly deportment, as they marched through the streets, afforded matter for general observation. - Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. 1 Price. Annum. Share. ,-- ' .£ s. d. X s. d. ' British • • •• •... •• •• .. i Ditto I-rovincial .... 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 Brighton ...... •• .• ~ 5/. 20 0 0 25 0 0 15 City of London ...... 41. Os. 100 0 0 lao 0 o Continental (4th Cap.) . , 50 0 0 20 0 0 Equitable ........... 2/. 103. 150 0 0 all 33% Great Central ....... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 all li g Imperial ......., .... 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all 86 Independent ........ . 51. 40 0 0 •• London• • ....., .... 50 0 0 2, .... Do., Par!. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 If Phcenix . •• .. • • •• .... 41. per cent. 60 0 0 52 0 0 —' Ratcliff • • • • • ....... 51. 1 100 0 0 16 0 0 16 United General ...... 21. 10g. 50 0 0 all 19% Westminster Chartered 41 per cent. 60 0 0 f t 64 Ditto, New ........ , 50 0 0 10 n 0 ' 10 _ JURIES (IRE LAND. ) Mr. KEOGH obtained leave to bring in a bill to conso lidate and amend the laws relating to juries in Ireland. COMMON LAW COURTS (IRELAND). Mr. KEOGH obtained. leave to bring in a bill to further amend the procedure in,land to enlarge the jurisdiction ot, the superior courts of common law in Irelaud. On the motion of WHITESIDE, a copy was ordered of the communication addressed to the late Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Mr. Geulburn, by Lord St. Leonard's, in or about the month of Dec., 1844, relating to the finances of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. SUPPLY. On the motion of Mr. .T. WILSOY, the house went into committee of supply. The pasiago in the Royal Speech re lating to the estimates was then road, a supply votedto her Majesty, and the house resumed. The house adjourned at half-past 8 o'clock. WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, ! per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- IX a. d. £ s. d. East London - Grand Junction - Kent .... • • - 7/14 Lambeth ...... - _ New River Company - - -- Southwark &Vauxhall N. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 894 West Middlesex - 89 1 ,4 BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - .£ a. d. £ a. d. lltingerford .... • • .... - - - 12 Southwark ...... •• .. - 120 0 0 - -- Ditto New of 714 p.c. IL per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - - Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 40. 40 0 0 - 28 Vauxhall ...........• 963. 70 10 3 - 20% • DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prim. Annum. Share. , - - £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .... - .... 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. - 11734 East Country.. - -•.- London .... - - Ditto Bonds - - - St. Katharine - - onthampton .• - Victoria .. •• - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. __ --- -------- - Dividend Amou nt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. 1 Share -1 i s. d. £ a. 0. Australasia.... ...... . 1 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 92 British NorthArnerican { 61. per cent. j 50 0 0 Pt 66 Commercial of London. 10/.per cent. jlOO 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial ........ _.. _ 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian. „............. ,6/. per cent. 125 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 17 London and County - 10 7 . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westininstr 14/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 47 London •Joint• Stock . - ;12/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 31% Frovinetal of Ireland.. 1 81. per cent. 10 0 0 0 25 0 0 52 Ditto, New. • .... • • 1 8 / .per cent. , 10 0 0 all - Nationr.l of Ireland.... 6 1 . per cent.' 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditte, New .. ••- • • (S/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 61. p., etAbs. 25 0 0 all 333; t 1 3914 , 701 i South n o Australia fA tls tra l . i •; .• •... .... 1 3 14 0 1 1. p p . e c r t . e t i t s t .• 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 Ditto .............. 301. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of L0nd0n...... 20% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 294 Union of Madrid ... • • - 4O 0 0 all - Name of Company. per of I Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. X s. d. Albion ..... • .... •• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 53 Alliance Brit. and For. 7/. 14s. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 9 0 - Ditto Marine ..... .. 61. p.c. & be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 40% Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 3 0 1 0 0 - Atlas . Argus Life .......... • 4/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - British Commercial .. 71. 10s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% ClericlAcd.& Gen• Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21% 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 120 Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 18 1 ,4 Eltgle . - Equity and Law-- 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life I/. 20 0 0 an 18 % . Genera1...... Globe ... • • .... U. per cent. Stock. ~ 103 Guardian ............ .5 /. per cent. 100 0 0 47 5 0 503( Imperial Fire... • • .... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 , 340 Imperial Life ludemnlty Marine.- 1i 3s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 77 Law Fire - Law Lite............. - 100 0 s 10 0 0 60 % Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 1 0 0 3% London London Ship-. - Marine ..... Med. lnvild & Gen. Life 4% /. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3'A Minerva .........• Monarch •••• - • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ... Pelican .... • • • • • • .. •• - - - 45% Phcenix - - - 178 Profese:anal Litb . ..... 51. per cent. 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life ........ 11. be. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 38% Rock Life.... • • Royal Exchange Sun Fire ...... ' 61. 10s. - 9 1 - Ditto Life ..... 1/. 14e. - - United Kingdom ... 41. p. et. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Universal Life . .... . . ....Si. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life ........ 5/. per cent. - 412 6 5% MISCELLANEOUS. .-....-... Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ( Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Assam Tea ........., lg. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctimn Mart........ 2% per cent. 50 0 0 . - Australian Agriculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 25% Australian Trust •• .. 8/. pee cent. - 25 0 0 - Austraiian Royal Mail Si. 10 0 0 all - Angio-Mexicaa Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 all - British Amtricau Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ........... ~ 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 131 Do. 5 per cent Bonds' N. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent... 61. per 'sent. - - 109 City Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph .. 6 per cent. 95 0 0 24 0 0 - Ditto .. •• • • ...• • • - - - - Equitable Reversionry 7i pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & be, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen .8 team Navigation 10 I). et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - - - Hudson's 8ay.....• •• - Stock. - 21. 58. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Hungerford ...... • • .. - - - London Institution ... - London Reversionary 5 /per cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell Institution.. • • - 12 10 0 - - Prlce'sPatentCand.Co . 10 /. pe r cent. 20 0 0 17 10 2634 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 I 78 South Australian Land 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 all Trust and Loan Comp. - 20 0 0 5 0 0 .- Upper Canada .. • • THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday after noon Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest at the Board room of St. James's Workhouse, Poland-street, Oxford•street, on the bodies of the unfortunate woman, and her three children, who were so dreadfully murdered by William Bousfield, the husband and father of the deceased, at No. 4, Portland street, Sobo, on Sunday morning last. The prisoner was net present during the examination. After some evi dence had been given, which was merely a repetition of that which appeared yesterday, the jury returned a ver dict of wilful murder against the husband, William Bous field. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. Food invariably restores health * without medicine, inconve nience, or expense, as it saves fifty times . its cost in other remedies, and removes indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility. We extract a few out of 50,000 testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 4,2oB.—Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in . a very short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk. From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart —Cure 52,612.—Rqsstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart f ee l s induced, in tho interest of suffering huma nity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica. Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. TVs food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. In canisters, 51bs. u s. ; ,121b5., 225. The 121bt carriage free, on receipt of post-office order, Barry d 4 Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her . Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 33a and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cress 54, Upper Baker-atreet ; 63 and 150, Qxford-street, EDUCATION. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice that the Go vernment intended to introduce a measure on the subject during the present session. LUNATIC ASYLUMS "IRELAND). In answer to a questioa from Mr. W. COURTNEY, _ _ Mr. HORSMAN said that the report relative to Lunatic Asylums for Ireland was in th• house, and 'would be laid on the table of the house to-night. ARMISTICE. Col. DINNE asked the noble lord the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was true (as stated in a French paper) that an armistice had been agreed on between the Allied Powers aed Russia ; and further, whether the armistice extended to operations by sea, or to those carried on in Asia ? Lord PALMERSTON said that one of the arrange• tnents agreed on with reference to the negotiations was that preliminaries should be negotiated and signed at Vienna, and after that the armistice to be arranged be tween the parties. These preliminaries had not yet been signed. They were to be discussed and signed by the Plenipotentiaries at Paris, and it was Rot until after that that the question of an armistice could arise. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked if Russia would be allowed the use of the seas during the armistice, so as to be able to transport troops and stores during that time Lord PALMERSTON said armistices were of various kinds, and involving as many conditions. Until the pre liminaries of peace were agreed en and settled the armistice could not be discussed, and it would be pre• mature on his part to give any assurance. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON moved that as to-morrow was Ash-Wednesday the house, at its rising, do adjourn till to-morrow at two o'clock, which was agreed to. The second reading of the Limited Liability and Joint Stock Bills, fixed for to-morrow, were is consequence adjourned to a future day. MR. LEY. Lord PALMERSTON moved a vote of thanks of the house to Mr. W. Loy, late clerk of the house, who, after a service of 42 years, found it necessary to retire, botk from age and infirmities. The noble lord eulogised the admirable manner in which Mr. Ley had discharged kis arduous and onerous duties during the above period. Mr. DISRAELI expressed the great respect he and those who acted with him entertained of Mr. Ley's con duct. The motion was unanimously agreed to. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. Mr. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the gross public income and expenditur e of. the United Kingdom in each quarter of the year 185;, ; statin g th e cost of the collection in each of the revenue departments, includ ing the woods, forests, and land revenues of the Crown (made out in the same form as the account of the net in come and expenditure in the quarterly returns pre sented to this house). The hon. member said there bad been " irresponsible squandering" connected with the Crown lands. Upwards of 111,0001. bad been ex pended out of that portion of revenue that ought never to have been permitted. Mr. WILSON, after entering into an explanation, said the accounts for the revenue department for the future should be presented as asked for ; and therefore be hoped the hon. member for Lambeth would with draw his motion. He was afraid he could not grant the application as asked for the Woods and Forests. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY' was of opinion the same sys tem of receipts and disbursements should be applied to the Woods and Forests as to the other portions of re- Venue. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEe a return UER ex plained th e grea t diffi cu lties attending su ds being made for the Woods and Forests. The motion was ultimately withdrawn. COUNTY AND BOROUGH POLICE. Sir G. GREY said last session he had stated his inten tion to bring in a bill to establish a uniform system of police, and the lion, member for Kent (Mr. Deedes) had withdrawn a bill for establishing parish constables upon suck an intimation. In fulfilment of that pledge he had given his attention to the subject daring the recess ; and now had to propose the measure which was the result of the best consideratio n he had been able to give to it. It h a d not been prepared with the view of establishing what might theoretically be the best system of police, uniform th ro ughout the country, and under one central man ag,etnent, as had been recommended by the commission which had sat in 1139, and which had collected a great amount of valuable iaforniNtion upon th e sib.. THE MILITIA. Forty men of the 2d Somenictihire Militia were at tested in Dublin on Monday upon volunteering, 31 of them into the 13th Light Infantry, and the remainder into the 2d Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 5. GUILDHALL.—M r. Jain Blackwood, the well known publisher, in Paternoster-row, appeared in answer to an information laid against him by Mr. Panizzi, the keeper of the printed books and manuscripts in the Bri tish Museum, charging him with neglecting to deliver a copy of a book, published by him, called " Zadkiel's Comic Almanac for 1856," at the British Museum, within one month after its publication. Mr. Blackwood sail ho would plead guilty to the com plaint, because ho certainly bad omitted to do so, but considering, the trivial character of the publication he thought Mr. Panizzi had rather exceeded his duty in bringing the case before this court. Mr. Panizzi said his sole object was to perform his duty. The Alderman inquired if the authorities of the Mu seum had any circular that they sent ruund to the pub lishers reminding them of the requirements of the statute with regard to new publications. Mr. Panizzi said they had such a circular, and one was sent to Mr. Blackwood in the present instance. Mr. Blackwood most positively denied ever having received a circular of the kind described by Mr. Panizzi, either on the present occasion or any other. He had no desire to evade the act, although he looked upon it as most iniquitous. The Alderman said Mr. Blackwood had better try and get the act repealed, for the magistrate could only inter fere to carry out the provisioas of that act ; but, con sidering the circumstances of the ca , e, ho thought it would be sufficient if ho ordered Mr. Blackwood to pay the costs, without inflicting any penalty. Mr. Blackwood accordingly complied with the order, having previously presented the librarian with extra copies of the work in question with a view to make up to the readers of the Museum for lost time. SOUTHWARK.—THE NUISANCES IN TIIE WATER LOO-ROAD.—George Todd, a respectable-looking man, was brought up on a warrant by inspector Rogers, L division, and committed for trial at the next Newington sessions, for keeping a common brothel, at No. 185, Wollin;ton•terrace, Waterloo•road. Those proceedings were instituted by the Associated Institution for the Protection of Young Females, and through their exertions, aided by inspector Rogers, the 'tVaterloo•road, especially near the bridge, has been en tirely cleared of the nuisance that has existed for so long a period. LAMBETH. -- THE ROBBERY AT ME3SRS. WALKER'S. —ln this case the name of Mr. Price, of the Wellington Arms, Waterloo-road, a highly respectable tradesman, became in some way mixed up in this transaction ; but at the terminati on o f th e h ear i ng o f th e case yesterday, a gentleman s t a t e d t o th e magistrate that the prosecutor never for au inst an t d ou bt e d the integrity of Mr. Price. He was a m os t h onoura bl e man , and it was exceedingly to be regr e tt e d th a t hi s name s h ou ld have been men tioned at all. With r e gard to the case of Mr. Smith, We believe the same remarks equally apply. A.NGE.-T.ESTERII AY. Gibraltar ..•• •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn •• ........ •• 3; 20 Genoa ......., s 5 tA) Milan Nap1e5....... . • •• • 4 P Palermo .... MASSIIIa . •• Lisbon ......... •.. •• 53 ti Oporto •• .• •••••• .• e• 434 Eto Janeiro Buenos Ayre3 — New York,6o days'aight Fbiladelphla ... _ PRICES OF Ent prs OZ. Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin u 0 Mexican Dollars .. 0 0 0 Now Dollars 0 0 0 Silver In bars .... .. 0 5 1% COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam ............ 11 1R Ditto, three months 12 0 Rotterdam ............ 12 0 Antwerp .............. 2b 55 Brussels • ......... 25 55 Hamburgh 13 10 1 ,4 Altona .. • • ............ Faris 25 35 Ditto. three months .. 25 75 Marseilles . 25 73 Bourdeanx .. • • •.•• • • •• Frankfort-on Maine 129 1 7 i Berlin .......• •• • • •• •• Vienna.......... • • •• •• 10 48 Trieste........ • • •••• • • 1° 50 Petersburg ....... ••• Madrid ..... • • •• •• •... Barcelona •• •• • • • • •• 50vi110........ •• • • We understand that the Wesleyan congregation! , throughout the kingdom are about to petition the Hoof of Commons, in common with other religious communi tie., against the measure contemplated in Parliament for opening the Crystal Palace, the National Gallery, and other places of public amusement in the metropolis on the Lord's-Day ; and to memorialise her Maje , ty to suspend the performances on the Sabbath of the military bands which have been recently introduced into the parka,—A9dithfry Jounce.. I2dNc t 7th 01 mnnt:- When any of those dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will De do• spatchcd on tho following day, with the exception of the indie (vie Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despotei , " preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5, STOCK EXCHANOE.—The tone of the market has been rather steady to-day, and prices apparently advanced. London and North Westerns, lON 4 i—Blackburns, 54 -- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 258 a d—Midlandi , 694 4—Esst Lancashire, 18—Eastern Counties, ID` South Eastern, 181—Caledonian 284—Dutch Rhenish , p.—Ditto, new, 28 p.—Great ? Western of Canada, 26 —Ditto, now, 3 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8 1 4 1-- Great Western, 56i: MANCHESTER, FEB. 3. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been dol 3 g a rather flat business, and prices are unchanged. Leeds, 81. }—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25i—pitto , 61. Prof., 7-16 p.—Eastern Counties, 9,1 15-16 10— D alt Lancashire, Qrs., 81-16—London stock, loo4—Masebestir awl Birmingham C Qrs., d. — Great Northern, 22 .5 -16 —Chester and Birkenhead 221. shares, 104. BIRMINGHAM, FAB. 5. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was WY' firm, and the prices were about the same as yesterday. London and North Westerns closed 1004— the Eighths. dis.—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 81—Birmingho l Old Union Mills, 17g. LEEDS. FEn. 5. STOOK EXOHANGE.--A very moderate business , to-dsv• Midlands, 70 691—Thirsks, 141—York and North Mid land, 24 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81i— Great Western of Canada, 25—Bradford Ext., 20e. p. DUBLIN, FM 4. STOOK EXCIIAMIE.—Threo per Cent. Consols, 90s 901 — Ditto for Account, Feb, 7, 90 1 1 I—Now Three per Cent. Stock, fioi i—Ditto, for the Account, 7th of Feb., 90; —Great Southern and Western, fin—Bank Stock, 220 —Mining Co. of Ireland, 14$----Ditto, for coconut, 1.4i — Hibernian Bank, 3211—Royal Bank of Ireland, 201. — Dublin and Wicklow (for account), si--Rillarney Junc- tion (101. paid), 71. THE LATE FIRE AT MESSRS. Horanrsonf.—Ye 6 " terday the adjourned investigation as to the falling of the wall and crushing of several houses, thereby causing the death of Elizabeth Saunders, (aims Wyss, and se riously injuring several other persons, was resumed be fore Mr. Wakley, the coroner, and the jury empanelled, at the Elephant and Castle, King's•road, Old St. ran' cras•road. The jury returned a verdict of accidents death. LIST OF SCOTTISII COMPANIES' PRICES. BIRTHS. ----_ Dividend Antonia ' 1911' A SON. Name of Company. An p n er um. !Share.Price. On the sth inst., Paid. at Glocester.terrace, Hyde-park, the wife of D. B. Sladon, Esq. ......—..........•••••01•••.............-. ..+........-............. £ a. d. £ a. d. On the 3d inst., at Walmer, the wife of Captain Trod. Bank of Scotland —.. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1847 0 Boswick, 38th Regt. British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 22010 s OW A DAUGHTEM. Caledonian Bank •• ••• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 1 81. 18s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11/14s C l y d es dale Bank •• •• si,il. p cent. 2 wifeo 0 0 10 0 0 12' 7a 0n the sth inst., at 48, Hertford street, Mayfair, the C omm ercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2 23 /e s of las Brown, Esq., barrister - at-law. Don g On the sth inst., at Stockwell, the wife of the ROT. Eastern Bank.. •..... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 1,1 2s Edinb. t.., Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 18s Charles Kemblo. Exchange Bnk of Scot.. .... National Bank ...... 61.4 per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 171/03 MA.RR I E D. • Northof ,zeotland Bank 5/.per cent 20 0 0 210 0 41.15 s Royalllank of Scotl. .. 51. p er cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132110 On the sth inst. , a t St. Geor g e ' s, Hanover-square, Non union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 91115 s rice Emmett, Esq., Captain Royal Bucks K.0.M., late Western Bank •• .. •• .. 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74110 s Captain 48th Foot, son of the Rev. W. J. Emmett. to Alliance Fire and Life.. ”4/.pr cont. 100 0 0 11 0 0 181104 Jemima, widow of John Horstman, Esq., of Th ames Dit- British Guarante e ... 41 . per cent. le 0 0 2 0 0 1/.loa ton House, Surrey. Caledonian Fire I ncur . 10 c . per cent . 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25110 e On the 4th inst., at Trinity Church, Westbourne-ter- City of Glasgow Lite • 61. per cent. 0 0 200 U. Bs Co onial 1.1 i......... 5/. p er cen t. SQ 0 0 10 0 57. 6 , race, J o h n Estlin, jun., Esq., solicitor, Nuneaton, to Edinburgh Life Incur. Gl. Doreent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 271 Os Mary Thompson, youngest daughter of Griffith Humph.. Eng. & Scot, Lan Life 57„ler cent. 80 0 0 3 5 0 4/. Ss roys, Esq., of Weetbourne-park-road. Lne Assoc. • Scstiand 61.p0r cent. 10 0 0 110 06/ Ins Is'atlettai Fire and Life 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os DIE D . North British In.mr... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 32/ lOs Scottish Ifttion Insroc. 7i/ 2 /. precut. 20 0 0 1o 0 11. Ins On the 28 th tilt., after a short illness, Bauch !La de- Standard Life •• •• .. •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 201 03 servedly respe c t e d , J o h n T ay l or, E sq., o f Belle Vue-terrace, United Dep Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 Hull, of the firm of Taylor and Bright, of that place, ------- aged 60. ----* _ - - - LEEDS, Feb. s.—The tone of the markets this morn ing did not manifest much improvement, and though there was a pretty fair business done it was not so brisk as could he desired. In the White Cloth-hall, hOwever, there was a bettor business done. The feeling of uncer tainty as to our future relations with the United States, though there does not at present appear to be any fear that the existing difficulties will lead to war, operates injuriously, and more or less limits purchases for the export trade. The price of wool, too, promises to ad vance, and checks production a little ; but, notwith standing this, with a peace, and an amicable arrange ment of the American dispute, there is no doubt trade would become brisk, and employment still more plenti ful. The transactions are generally of a healthy charac• ter, and the prospects contingent upon peace are very promising. At the Huddersfield market this morning the attendance cf buyers was only small, but the tone of the market was somewhat improved by purchases for export ; low goods of good patterns and doeskins are asked for, and for fancy trouserings there are also some inquiries. The wool market presents little or no varia tion wortby of notice. On the 4th inst., at Virginia-terrace, Dover-road, Mr. Duncan Anderson, late of the London Corn Exchange. On the 4th inst., at Chalcott House, Haverstock-hill, Robert Wilkins, Esq., aged 77. On the 4th inst., at 16, Gerard-street, Islington, Thomas Law, Esq., aged 81. On the 4th inst., atWharncliff-terrace, St. John's-wood, William Chishohne, Esq., formerly of Lincoln's-inn-fielde. On tho 4th inst., at the Vicarage, Middleton, Norfolk, the Very Rev. Peter S. Wood, D.U.L., Dean of Middle. ham, &c., aged 70. On the 3d inst., at Glasgow, Sophia, fourth daughter of Samuel Higginbotham, Esq. On the 2d inst., Mr. Henry Perkins, of 15, Brosapton row,-aged 62. On the 2d inst., at Marlborough - square, Chelsea, Sans. Harborne, Esq., aged 67. On the 30th ult., at Greenwich, G. A. Oxberongh, Esq., aged 48. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOTTNO, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tit% ounntr Middlesex, WeduntliVe ForttlarY 6,1656• Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Fxs. 1. There was a fair attendance to-day of buyers, who, how ever, exercised extreme caution, and it was only at a fur ther reduction of 3d per 7Clbs on wheat, making a decline of 9d per 701bs on the week, that any progress could be made with sales. Flour 3s per sack and 2s per brl. down since Tuesday last, and a slow sale. Oats and oatmeal neglected, though offered 2d to 3d per 451 b and 2s per load less money than on this day week. Barley, peas, and beans ld to 2d per 601bs and 2s per qr. lower. Indian corn held at 365 6d per qr. for mixed and 37s for yellow, but before the close 6d less was taken, the demand proving limited ; white, 39s per qr. IPSWICH-FEB. 5. The wheat supply was not large ; where salecare made a reduction of 2a and upon inferior damp samples 3s per qr. was submitted to. Barley in good 'apply, and the decline is 2s per qr. Beans and peas heavy and cheaper. PER QUARTER. not QUARTO. Wheat, rod (old) 70s to 74s Barley, grinding ... *2s to Ms Ditto (new) Ditto, white 74s to 7 68 Psas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 36s to 3801 our, per sack AVIRAGIB FOR TUE Waal lINDLNB FZB. 2, 1858. Wheat Oats Peas Barley Beans HIILL—Jar. 29. A moderate supply of wheat to-day, the condition of which was improved. The decline of Mark-lane was only partially responded to, although 'both factors and millers were free buyers at a reduction of 4. to ss. The market closed much firmer than it opened. Spring corn whelp neglected. Linseed and linseed cakes very dull. More inquiry for bones. ■ Wheat, English, red 68 to 72 Ditto white 74 to 76 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and 0. Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea— 70 W 72 Ditto Petersburgh Cl to 70 Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel . e 65 10 71 Friesland Russian and Odessa 64 to 68, Lins. c., Hull 121 kto 13 1 0 4 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30 Rape cakes 135. Od to 1404 Oa Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 38 Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 48 to 50 1 Rye Meal SBA BORNE MAILS. (14 signifies that the mails, are sent from the General root-otiiee by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made up Fr om what who. comiTETES. in General Post- Port due ` l, Office, London.* Dispatch( , England' imerica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday • Liverpool I Jan. 31 Anterior. (by United Ste: Packet) ••••••• • • •N • ..•• • Liverpool Feb. 11 America (by U. States • packet) ..........N • • •• • Southampt Feb. 9 Australia (via South ampton) ••••••• •• • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) 17 1 •••• • • • - • • Dover .. Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) •• •... •• •• ••14 • • Uncertal Africa (West Coast)..Nl 2 3d of the month . Plymou th 'Feb. 6 Alexandria ..........Nl B , 9 , 2 4, & 30 of m Dover .... Alexandria.......... 84,4 th & 20th of mon. Southampton • Bah a mas „mll7th of the month s ou th aa pt or Belgium •••••• • • • • • • Dover ..... DallY Brazil ...... 9th of the month.. Southample. Feb It. Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Southampt4a, Feb IS Cape of good Hope Various port I;lncertsit , Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Vcrds 9th of the month Southamptei Feb. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles Southampt.,. Tu.Tb." lB ‘ SI 2d &17th of month flouthamptm, Chinn ,Once a month.... Feb. 4 Constantinople ......N111,13,18,23,1t2ti (um Dover .. Constantinople l4th & 20th of mon. Southampto Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...• • Dover .. Tortoedail Egypt (see India) France ........ M & NlTwioe d sily.• .. • • Dover . Twlcsda" Gibraltar .........M14,7,17.20.27 , 4m Southampton Greece (see India) 1 Greytown & 17th of mon. Southampton Hamburgh & Friday London Flavannah ..........M iirld of the month Southamptot. Feb. 1. Holland Daily .... ••.. .. Dover ..... Honduras .... •• ••.. Di c lthe month. Southamptoril6thofni ^ !4th It 20th of mon. Plymouth .. '4 & 20 In' India (viaSouthampt.)Sl India (via Marseilles)3ll 9 th& 26 th of month Dover ...... ) lonian Isles (see India) 7. 17, & 27 of mon IDovar Ireland & N Twice daily head Twlsen ail, 7,9, 17, & 27 of m.;Southamptot, Feb, 15 Madeira SI 9th et the month 'Southampton Madeira '23d of month ....'Liverpool Malta (see India) Malta ............ 8.18. &28 of mon. Dover —4& 2 0 121 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Mexico 2nd of the month-Anibal/11)w( yob. 1 Naples.— bthl s th23thormon.lDover New Granada an 24 & 17th of monthlSouthampto, New Zealand., B Y Private skip .. Various port - Unoeris Papal States nthltth2nthoftnon. Dover .... Peninsula 7 thilth 27 thofmon.,southampton Peru 2d & 27th of mon.l3 ou th ampton Port Natal ay Private ship...lV ar i ous Ports Untwtalv Sicily ..N sthl Ath2Sthofmon, Dever • • Tuscany ............N tthitthatthormon. D over Venezuela 9 d* 17th ofmontb Southamptor 1 &le mo Van Dlemen's Land (30‘ Australia) • • West .: 13outbitmptot, 11&16mon A,11,T Ch e xhibition: chance of IIeatLAND Dertunt an Atlestus the lith F 444, WeE PRO ERtalAtsl 'ra nhes vil e: , to L Pam. THE l'he Box Tlie RI pate boxel extra); boxes i f .0 ) , e d. ; ItORNI2 To_mo krter whi Inducti Episodi Aldeal Parabo ' l Xechan We a l , E riga], Sf ) losical Shakes' GPI. 'lyhich I tensive which and pet, Dli 14444140 Soo euo aloes w The ' Vfa, Perties D other s • ch j touts e orogr . a l z ecute.d. p wesS )1 ,rert' l ure 1; 11 4. T • L. B v ' onted au. rill Huai izitettdeu, Litt' ilack g " p e Jae] nywini qty ° WI eikt tial:;11t1 ma ny Liii TOddlekea.sional 7essrs. 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