The Sun. — London, England, 1861-02-20 00:00:00

RONEY NARICE7' AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Although the money market appears rather easier in consequence of the diminished inquiry for accommodation, very little improvement has yet occurred, The best descriptions of short dated bills are negociated at a fraction below the Bank minimum, but securities having a full period to run cannot be discounted under 8 per cent., and the smaller class of traders still experience con siderable difficulty in providing for their require ments. Upon the whole, however, better feeling prevails and increased easiness is shortly expected. Gold is now 3-10 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and about 6-10 per cent. higher than in Hamburg. No material alteration took place in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. _ . _ The first meeting of the Universal Marine Insur ance Company has been convened for the 7th pros. Increased dulness was 'exhibited in tilt.: Liver pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were id per lb. lower. The sales only amounted to 3,000 bales. The Board of Trade Returns for the month of December, and for the year 1860, have not yet appeared, and the delay in their publication is loudly complained of in commercial circles. Arrangements have been made for a transfer of the business and effects of Messrs. Ledgard and Sons, bankers, who recently suspended, to the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, the latter agreeing to pay the creditors 10s. in the pound, and any further amount that may be derived from the estate. A decline of about per cent. has taken place in the English Stock Market to-day, owing to several speculative sales. Consols are now quoted 911 for money, and 91-1 92 for account. Very little business, however, has been transacted, and an unfavourable effect seems to have been pro duced by the embarrassments of M. Mires, of Paris, the contractors for the last Turkish loan. There is also some pressure for money among the dealers, which adds to the heaviness of the market. The New Threes are flat at 91b A ; the Reduced at 91 8a ; Bank Stock has receded to 236 and 238 ; India 6 per Cents. are 100 i ; ditto New Loan Scrip, 1003-, y ; ditto 61 per Cent. Rupee] Paper re mains at 101. Very few transactions have been recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices show no variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 70 ; ditto 1858, 65 to 55k; Portuguese remain at 461 ; Mexican at 231 ; but Spanish Deferred are firm at 404 ; Bra zilian 41- per Cents. are 85k. Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Rail way Share Market, the decline in some instances amounting to -} and 1 per cent. Eastern Counties, Midlands, and West Midlands have receded ss. ; Great Western, North Western, North British, and South Eastern, 10s.; ' London and Blackwall, 155. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, £l. Great Northern have advanced 55.; and South Western, 10s. Business in the Foreign Market was almost sus pended, and prices were nominally unaltered. The Colonial lines were flat. Great Western of Canada declined to 118, and Grand Trunk remained heavy at 22 ; East Indian receded to 981. • Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also exhibited symptoms of depression. Bank of Australasia declined 10s.; Union of London, 55.; Crystal Palace Stock, 10s. ; and Royal Mail Steam, Ll. Red Sea. Telegraph Shares improved ss. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE 0' CLOCK . Bank Stock a per Cant. Reduced Annuities a per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Vent. Annuities 9l/ f I India Stock . . Ditto , 6 per Cent - Ditto Scrip Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per i Cent 101 oitto 15e ' bentures 1858 951 Ditto Bonds 11,000 l5 dis Cocsols for Account, March 7 .. 91k Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11(1 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 "' 1 85 1 Mexican 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. . Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Ditto Passive , Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account _Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and B. B. M. D. F. C. I. S. -- 9 a.m. Nairn 2 9 .24 43 39 S.S.E. 6 3 b. 6 Aberdeen 29'46 41 40 S.S.E. 5 3 c. 3 Greenock .., 2913 42 40 S.S.E. 5 6 r. Berwick 29.45 41 39 S. 3 3 c. 3 Ardrossan Portrush 2912 44 43 ' E.S.E. 3 4 0. 3 Shields Galway 2911 44 43 S. 8 4. c. 6 clarboreugh - 2 9 6 0 39 38 S.S.W. 2 2 b. 3 1 1 1111 tiverpool 29'61 42 41 S.E. 4 9 o. 3 ...xarmouth 29'68 42 41 S i ." 2 7f. 3 London 2916 43 41 S. 1 8 0. I ,,'"lght extreme 29'71 3 4 S.E . 1 5 c. - .1. ev r 29 6g 42 41 S. 3 9 0. Dover 2968 45 44 W.S.W. 3 7 o. 2 Portsmouth ,Portland f s l Ylliouth -venzance Expm.NATIoN.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise %using about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-peint). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud clto 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; L, fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATH] Alderney, S.; cloudy Ayr, S.E. ; dull Tielfast, S.E.; blowing strong, very wet Bradford, S.W. ; fine ,zradford, S.W. ; fine .lighton, S S.W. ; dull Bristol, S. ; dull `;ambridge,(S.E.; light, clear Cardiff, S. ; unsettled Carlisle, S. ; dull Chatham, W. ; fine beal, calm ; fine Derby, S.W. ; dull Dublin, S.S.E. ; rain • Dumfries, N.E. ; dull Dundee, N. ; fine Edinburgh, S.E.; very fine Galwa) S. ; fine Glasgow, E.N.E. ; fi ne Goole, S.E.; fine Gravesend, calm, and hazy Hartlepool, S.E. ; fine iclarwieh, W. ; dense fog Inverness, S.W. ; fine A young Arab, named . Ahmed Ben Sonidi, who, after serving in the native riflemen of Algeria, took up his residence in Paris, and got his living by acting as agent f or the discount of bills, was some time back condemned by the Tribunal of Correctional Police to three months' im- Prisonment for swindling, in having, in the discount o f some bills for a female named Forville, induced her to ac cept, instead of money, certain securities which ho repre sented to be of value, but which turned out to be worthless. An appeal against this condemnation, presented by the man to the.lmperial Court, was heard on Saturday; and as he succeeded in satisfying the Court that he had not given the securities with any fraudulent intention, and had seen recommended the woman to ascertain for herself their value before taking them, the judgment was quashed.! THAMES EMBANKMENT.—At the meeting of tha Metropolitan Board of Works yesterday the President said 'having received a communication from her Majesty's vhief Commissioner of Works expressing a wish to see him upon the subject, he had accordingly done so. He (the r esident) had again strongly urged the objections enter • ta med by the Board to having this subject referred to a C ommission. The Chief Commissioner said that he still a dhered to the opinion that a Commission would be neces sary, and the Government proposed that the Commis 'goners should be seven in nuintier, and that the present Lord Mayor should be the Chairman. IT. (the President) 11 ' 141 t hat day received a formal request to be one or tiie nom reittee, and he' had replied expressing his willingness to undertake that responsibility. The Board expressed their approval of the course which had been adopted, .•~'^ j R REPORT,' FEB. 20. Holyhead, S.W. ; strong breeze and clear Leeds, S.W. ; dull Leith, S.E. -, fine Lowestoft, W. - light fog Manchester, S.W. ; fine Middlesborough, N.E. ; fine Milford Haven, S.W. ; blow- ing a gale, with rain Newcastle on Tyne, S.E.; cloudy • Newmarket, S.E. ; fine . Norwich, S.E., light ; fine Perth, E. ; fine Peterborough, S. ; fine Southampton,q.S.W.;eloudy Stockton on Tees, W.5.W..; fine Sunderland, S. ; fine Wakefield, S.W. ; fine Weymouth, S.S.W. ; windy Whitehaven, S.E.• cloudy Wolverhampton, E. ; fine York, S.E. , • fine SHARE MARX ET.-(fIHIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share f Railways. ( Pa k Closing I Busin Damess " pice. CO Iseitast and I;allymen2 s all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 81 St stock !Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 80 62 25 ;Blyth and Tyne all 10 ;Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all I 64 7 stock ; Bristol and Exeter stook ;Caledonian ' lon 974 984 10 ;Carmarthen At Cardigan all 50 Cork and Braden all 20 Cork, illrock., A.:Passage all 20 Cornwall Do A (A gets no div 10 all 10 Do 11 e , hasbeen d. mtil 6p: peran.ton an 50 Dublin h Belfast. June. all 44 45 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 84 stock East Anglian lOO 15 16 stock Eastern Counties lOO 48 49 481 stOck Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stc.oc Do do Bdo 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds 134 stock East Suffolk stock EdinburA & Glasgow 100 85 88 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 261 2431 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness 4OO stock Glass. and S. Western 100 115 117 10 • Great Ntlin. of Scotland all stock Great North ern lOO 110 112 111 1 I stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 110 112 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gu a. stock 100 61 64 12 Trish South-eastern stock Lancashire '& Yorkshire 100 1114 1121 1111 104 stook London and Blackwall 100 62 64 1114 2 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 1131 1141 114 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 48 50 49 stock Load. & Nth. Western 100 094 100 100 994 stock Lond. & s , th. Western lOO 931 941 944 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 I.,'derry & Enniskillen all 111 111 Stock Man. Shet. & Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 1 2 1 Do do 1 shares all 10 Metropolitan 6 31 14d ;took Midland ~ lOO 1321 1324 132 4 6.4.0. Do new 1.4.0. 14 1/ p itock Do lAirming. ill:let:by 100 105 107 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares all 25 Mid Kent.. 10 Do, Cray Line , . all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk. stock North British lOO 641 65 61 3 4 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoct 1 00 stock D , A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 lock Do B stock lOO -- lock Nth. Eastern—Be rwick 100 102 .10 , 2 j, 1011 1 1 21 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 p 1p lock Do Leeds lock Do York lock North London .. 10 Do new 5 -- 9.16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 31 3 1 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 IQ4 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 8 81 10 reebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 all lock Scottish Central lock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 .144 took Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 took Shropshire Union lOO 49 51 10 Sitting.bourne & Sheer. all 51 61 lock South Devon 100 39 (1 50 NI hn. Counties Union 35 d 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un 224 took South Eastern ...... 100 88 861 SO 454 Mock South Wales 100 GO 62 lock S. York. and River Dun , 100 00 100 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 25 Do do ll 108 114 p 25 Do New (1800) 3 6 64 p took Taff Vale . 100 took Do Pref. 'No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster . 5 alt 55 25 Do 210 Do ._ took Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Ste. and l'im j all 111 111 took Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall .... 20 West London 10 Do let class 20 Do 2d class .. Lock Westliartlepool Harbr and Rail • . 100 took West Midland—Oxford 100 45 47 451 took Do. Newport, 100 I 41 43 took Do. Hereford; 100 62 84 stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocK stock stock stock stock 'AYS. 'lO Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5f 51 20 Ardennes ..... ...... .. all —p 20 Bak&S.Fran..Elm.7 pc. 10 1 liJ 5 Belgian East. Junction all i 11 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all 6 Cs* - neaux Mine & Rail 30 12 13 100 Copiapo ........&...... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 3% 211 20 Dutch Rhenish .....• • • 16 3 3 3 '' 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 24 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. a 10 20 Do. do. sll 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... all 6% 61 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 7 8 20 Do. 6p. e. Pref. 16 Northern of France.... all 373 38% 16 Do. New Shares ..... 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36% 37 1 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 55 57 20 1 Recife &S. Fran. (Fern.) _ gua. 7p. et. 1im...... 15 3 2%d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 16 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 5% per cent. Pref..... all 8% rij 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 li i%d 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 14 1% 1 d 20 Southern of France all 201 21% 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 - 81 West Flandeni . all , 51 6 10 Do. 5% p. c. Preference.. all 94 9# 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 21% 224 20 Western of Austria.... .6 20 , Westurnof Switzeilad all 6 Wiesbaden 6 IDo. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES.- , 'Alfred Consols (Philack)it.ll.lo . l 34 4 1 Aif red Consols (Philack) 20 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ...... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) G am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South T010m5.... G.Wheal Alfa. tilack) G. Wheal Vor ( elston) Grenville Herod's- Foot Ilingsbon Downs Lady Bertha Margaret ( Uny Lelant) North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan) N.Wli'l Basset (Illo4an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (M. Blazey) 20 Providence (nay Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park 5 Tamar Silvdt Lead MM 10 Tin Crott 31 4 i 2 190 200 390 400 105 110 1 14i 154 6 22 24 64 74 8 1 ; - 2i 3 lf I 34 16 2 2e, it 60 62 31 4 34 41 8 a 74 84 94 10 13 45 300 310 3} 3} 186 190 38 40 2 51 6 I 17 18 80 82 345 355 102 k 1071 140 150 2 26 12 13 18 20 11 13 NE j Vale of Towey (Cam.) i3e6d West Basset (Illogan).. li W. Caradou (Liskeard) 5 West Seton ' .. 47k Wheal. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 Wheal Edward (Cals. 7.6 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 Wheal Treiawney Obis. 5k -- ---- 444 40REIGX Iva 814 2 20 I Austoalian 1 I BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 1 d 1 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 315 324 5 Do. Land and McningCo. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo.l di s. 40 Cobre Copper all 40 42 Copiapo l6 8 10 1 DunMoun.Copling.Co' ail 1 1 2 Fortuna. all 21 24 20 General all 20 22 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr lpr 1p 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 15 11 p 3 Linares all 9 10 5 Lusitanian 2 pr p 1 Mariquica all 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 123.6d. id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. i 28•2.81 United Mexican . ail 31 1 Worthing (Limited) all 4 1 Do l9s. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 82 &t 40 Australasia all 68 70 69 iBl 25 Bank of Egypt all 184 19 100 Bank of London 5O 52 64 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 21 25 Ch.2.ler. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 100 'City 100 Colonial 25 38 39 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada— all 100 Commercial of London . 20 204 214 20 Eng., Scot., & Ans. Ch.. all , 154 16 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 234 XI 50 London and County .. 20 344 354 50 London Joint Stock .. -10 20 London and S.Airican.. 4 14 .14 51 100 London & Westminster 20 ,614 624 614 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 ••■• 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ..... 25 20 New South Wales...—. all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 47 48 :484 20 Ottoman Bank .. 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 —••-• 10 • Do. new ... .. . ......... all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union of London 100 Unity . Mutua1......,,,, 6 0 _ COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. Jz July 100 1110 114 I Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 • Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1884 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. c.3lar. & Sept 100 110 112 , Do. 5 per cent lOO 1005 101 101 r- OapeG.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 108 Do. 1890 100 1075 1085 7_ I N.B.Gov.l3p.c.Ja,driuly 100 lON 1005 106 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1860 101; 95 08 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 187. 100 96 98 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwds 100 965 974 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875.......,, 100 1055 1061 , S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1873 &up. 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Je &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.e. Ap.&Oct 100 107 1074 1074 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min , 100 stock East and. West India 100 1194 stock London .. ...... 100 54 stock ,St. Katharine lOO stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria 120 Do New \ 2 id par 98 100 4d par MISCELLANEOUS. PREFERENCE SHARES. os Share' Railways. Paid C los ing; Business Price. in, Done. 25 Riythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all etk & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 stock Caledon £lO, 41 percent 100 IGO 102 101 1 100 i stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 6} Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 6 61 14 Do Ist Class Fret all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 112 115 stock Do. do Class C 7 p.c lOO 106 108 stock E. Colin. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 110 112 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 1 0 8 110 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 76 80 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 112 114 stock Do: 4 p.e g - ua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock Glas.4 S. West.z.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock Great Northern, sp. et, 100 117 119 stock Do.sp.c.Redm.,lop.o.pm 100 112 114 stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Rolm. 5 p.c. pm 80 84 86 10 Gt, Nh. of Scottd. Ist pr. all stock f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 100 98 100 p. et- pref. stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable, 41 p.O 100 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof lOO 101 103 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, all 10 101 10 (it W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sli. all 171 181 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 191 11 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock.: 100 76 78 263 Do . Chester gua. shares all 201 211 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 1,140 Lan. & Carl. 4-1 pc. pref 4O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc 100 " stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock Lon.& Brig. 5 page. No.; 100 112 115 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 115 stock Do. gua. 6p. a lOO 135 140 stock Do. do. 5p c. No. 4 100 112 115 stock Do. do. 44 per cell lOO 101 103 5 Do. do. 41 p. a shares all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 150 153 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P , 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 70 73 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock Lon. ('hat. and Dover lOO 88 89 I DO.W. IA rceiv. no div 10 Ex.A Map cispd on all 11 B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 21 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. ct... 100 116 118 stock Lon. & S.W ,7 p. ct. stock 100 150 155 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 25. 6d. Do. (Prism. perpl anus of 2s. 6d. 121 Londondy. & Cole. Ish all 12/ Londony. &Ennis. 1 sh. all 131 141 stock 'Wan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. 100 128 130 stock Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 Sl , • 121 qaryeort & Car., 4p. c. all 121 Do. 41 per cent. all stock hid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c 100 134 136 stock Do. 441 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Leta & Hit pref. st. 100 95 97 stock Norfik sp. a Ex. et 1846 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock North British, sp. o lOO 111 113 stock Do. New, gua. op. c lOO 109 111 101 Do. Bor. 16n. g. pf. shs 3 4 11 p 10 i Do. do. do all stock Nth.Dev.Rall.4Dek.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 90 92 'stock Do. 41 pc. redeemable.. 100 100 102 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 100 102 17 Do. do. do 4.13.4. 1 1p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 121} Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 15 , Do. York, &S. Parch lO 1d 1 p 10 "Corth Staffordshire all 22 23 10 11hyrnney Guaranteed all Scottish Central, new pt all stock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock lOO stock Do.Aberdeen,zua.6p.c. 100 stock Do, 7p. c. pref. stock 100 132 134 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101' 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO -- stock Do. Fixed 11p.c. Ist is. 100 stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 91 93 stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 100 102 stock Do. 5 per cent; stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. e gua. 100 87 (40 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. a all 27 28 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 32 33 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 33 stock Watrfd & 6p. e lOO 45 48 stock W.Mid -OSI Ist Gua stL 100 125 127 128 . stock Do. 2d do 100 120 124 stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.ptred. 100 101 103 stock Do.Perpet. 6 p.c. pf 1866 100 123 126 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 116 120 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 lAnglo-Mexican Mint all 14 141 10 'Atlantic R. Ml Stm (1d) - --- 1000 )Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 29 31 10 'Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 41 Railways. 1 P , Leasing IClosing Business 50 British American Land 40 - M I ' L I Co.'s. Price. Done. 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 Do. 1i,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 'hem ord and liletchiey all Ln & N.W .. .. Bockingliainshire .... 100 Ln &N.W 97 99 321 Canada Land all 113 117 Chester St Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 531 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all - - Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 Do. 1 21 .4 stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sniltg, all - - Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 110 112 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 101 103 stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val. all .E.U.&E C 16 17 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolnshirea6p.c. ICO Gt. North. 135 137 20 E.lndialrrig,n. & Canal 1 id par E.Union.llarwich Shs alt E.Counts. 41 41 stock Electric Telegraph Do. Woodbridge . . 100 - G G l lp s o . so ß t. sew; ri wp 7 a e .n i . ls r. ,.D o. r. rc e. 3 :L i 1 1a 0 001 0 1 Caledonia ,- 25 Do. New .. 15 - - 5 Englilh &Aus. Copper. all 31 31 ,G D t o. iv . . 1;t.. . 12i 2 ,2 - l a p n o d o I 4ileblvt. 1 . 1. a . i . 1.. alla Yk yk. . N N.. ,txrd.r 109 -- 15 Gen, Steam Navigate in 14 - - HR D uartl o l . 1 Shares ..... .. all Do. Do. 1 Shares .. ... all Do. . 1 Do. 171 pet Preference all 1 i 111 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 - - - - 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all i 1 Lanc.ac Carl. go . k ••• • • ..- ... 110000 I L D n o. t"V W 2 1 0 15 7 210 120 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 11 11 21 ~ ~ . 10 Sled. Exten. Tel (Lim.) all 21 34 London & Greenwich 100 S. East 6l 63 25 National Dia. Co. (Lim.) 5 14 lid Do. Preference L . ' , P ... e. 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 11 Old Lon.,Tilby.& Soutendl 100 Pete & Co. 88 111 10 Netherlands Land all - - Do.Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 ,Norfolk .. 5 DaB p.c.Pref. .iss.atl dis all i 1 6 per cent.. .... - 100 :Do. _ . - - 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - mane.,Buxtn. & Matk. all i,L NWd&ii - i1 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer. 5. 5 6 E.Co t 1 N.B.Australasian (Lira.) all 1 i 1 Oriental Gas (Limited ), all 4 1 ence Stock ..... -.• .• 100 I !Midland 97 99 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. Ipr un s Ii p 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.) 8 31 3 },_ stock Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 47 50 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all D o ....... ~_ 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 70 72 Do. da 6 per cent .... all De, ...... 2 58_ 50 Do. New 25 11 ,12 36 all Do Neguwmaraalirkteejidusl7pE. 'cc. 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e all 172 Ifrp 184 all l5l 16 • 50 Rhymney Iron i all I L& NWI 15 Do. New all 5 6 Preston and WYre- ( & L.l - k. j - -- N D o o r .l' . :A. all Do. i7iclesltserpner cent. 1 Midland.... _ _ 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 48 60 484 Gt. North. 132 134 • stock. Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 120 130 Do. 4 Shares .... Ro D y . s . tp./li , tely ,‘;)SalleP 100 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 . 1 T m . , B c r it a 7 sse , y 104 it 10: . 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all I 1 - 1 1 t 1 Do. do. Registered. .... a:1 - i 1 S S l4 ou re t w h B S b t r a:ret e .li re ir f° e r . d . 100 all L eargtu 84 9 4 C. , t. Wst.9o 92 10 Do. do. ..... all 6 7 20 Tr.& Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can. 5 - - 100 Van Diemen' a Laud .. 28 i 9i 10 W Wim ilts bl an ed d ou S rC e r r o s y e k 414111 8 1 10- Y~C~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY '.:EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1861. ~y"[ ~L. li\'lPE RIAL PA RLIAMENT neglected a great and important duty. As to piracy, the • Chinese flag was not protected as it ought to be ; but the British Government had done its best to suppress it, as would be seen from the accounts which from time to time appeared in the papers of the gallant exploits performed in its suppression. No doubt the Treaty of Nankin led to the present treaty, which was an extension of it. There were many difficulties connected with • )ur dealings with the Chinese, as there always would be ev.hen barbarism and civilisation came into contact. The only way for us to be at peace with Asiatics was to keep away from them. (Laughter.) This was true of Turkey, China, and Japan. The fact was, that the Chinese Government brought the war upon itself by its treachery and continued insincerity. (Hear, hear.) if we submitted to the insults and evasions of Asiatics, they would gradually increase; we must there fore enforce directly the observance of treaties entered into with us. He quite admitted that when those treaties were enforced, they shook the fabric of the Government of China; but what was to be done? (Hear.) If the strict observance of treaties were not enforced, we could not have intercourse with China at all. It seemed impossible for us to have intercourse with Asiatics without quarrelling. (Hear and laughter.) If we once gave way we were sure to be beaten by the wiles of Asiatic diplomacy, and then we had to cut the Gordian knot with the sword. His noble friend had drawn a lamentable picture of the condition of China, and ho regretted to say that it was not less lamentable than true. As to the rebellions not having occurred before, or lasted so long, the fault was that they had several times occurred before in the recorded history of China, and had lasted so long as twenty or thirty years at a time. There was nothing new, therefore, in that respect of the present state of China. As to the course pur sued at Shanghae, our authorities did perfectly right to de fend the lives and properties of our fellow-countrymen, and ho could not see what else they could have done under the circumstances than that which they Lad done. (Hear.) There was, at the same time, not the slightest intention on the part of her Majesty's Government to interfere with the civil commotions now raging in China—(hear, hear)--but whenever our fellow-countrymen were menaced we should always protect them. His noble friend said we were likely to have the same troubles in Japan as in China. We, however, had shown no disposition to quarrel with Japan ; we had raised no frivolous grievances, and though we had kept at peace thus far, owing largely to the judg ment of Mr. Allcock—(hear)—he must say that we had not met with that good will which his noble friend as cribed to the Japanese, but with all the distrust and chi canery of an Asiatic Government. His noble friend justly eulogised the conduct of Lord Elgin, but was not willing to accept his treaty. With regard to the indemnity, he could not help regarding it as moderate under the circum stances—and more moderate than any demand ever made under [similar circumstances by one Government upon another. Again, we had in our attack directed ourselves as far as possible upon the central Government of China. The general conduct of our troops was excellent, and the attack upon the Summer Palace was amply justified. The loss of life was comparatively small, and war had seldom been carried on with less distress and injury on our part, while the general conduct of the Chinese Government was any thing but calculated to raise that Government in our esti mation, it was barbarous ; and yet we did not impose upon them a single additional condition. Ho should not follow the noble earl into his general remarks further than to say that he did not believe her Majesty's Government could have pursued any other course than that which they had adopted. (Hear.) The Government of China was emi nently a Government of centralisation. They would find in the despatches that when Mr. Bruce spoke to Prince Kung of the events at Shanghae, and of our policy, he treated the matter as one of which he was altogether igno rant, thanking Mr. Bruce for having given him the infor mation. The communication of Prince Kung to Lord Elgin and Mr. Bruce showed that if the Chinese Govern ment could be enlightened as to the state of its coast pro vinces, it would in all probability pursue a sound and wise policy in its relations with us. There was also a curious document in which the Lieutenant-Governor of Shanghae gave an account to the Emperor of the attack of the rebels on that place. In that report 'not a word was said of the assistance he had received from the European forces. He declared that the repulse was entirely due to the local troops, who all ran away at the outset. (Hear, and laughter.) And in reply the Central Government stated that they had given a red button to this man and a white button to the other. (Continued laughter.) If the Cen tral Government were so weak that no influence could be brought upon it to enforce an observance of the condition of the treaty, and if ruin should eventually come upon the Government of Pekin, our relations with China might be thrown into a state of great confusion. What he maintained was, that in going to Pekin and concluding that moderate treaty, they had made a wise, just, and righteous effort to prevent the evils they had been discussing; and as they would be careful to observe its conditions in good faith, should those efforts fail, the responsibility would fall, not on themselves, but on the Chinese authori ties. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he was willing to allow that debate to come to a termination without express ing his entire concurrence in everything that had fallen from his noble friend who had just spoken. lie thought the rumoured intention of sending an expedition up the Yang-tse•Kiang was one of the most important subjects that could occupy the attention of the Government. If we were permitted to go up the river by the Government, and should be fired upon by the banditti—for they wer e nothing but banditti who thus placed obstacles in our way—we should bo justified in using arms to remove any obstruction we might find in our path. We might in that incidental manner materially assist in restoring the authority of the Chinese Government, by putting an end to the combination of miscreants who desolated the empire, and who added the crime of blasphemy to the violation of women and the destruction of men in their works. Only in that way could we hope to make any atone ment for the misery we had brought upon China, and the outrages on humanity which had marked our conduct in that part of the world. (Hear, hear.) After some remarks from Lord GREY in reply, the motion was agreed to. ROUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CRINOELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE INDIAN ARMY. Lord WYNFORD asked the noble lord opposite (Earl De Grey), with reference to the recent changes in the orga nisation of the Indian army, whether officers, when they received an appointment to the staff corps in India, would proceed immediately to take up their position in the army, so that promotion might go on rapidly from the regiments from which they had been withdrawn ? Earl DE GREY said that, without being in a position to explain the whole of the arrangements contemplated, it had been decided that, whereas under the system existing pre vious to the proposed changes, officers appointed to the staff corps had been left on the roll of their regiments, the same course would be, for the present, adopted, and such opportunity would not be Considered to create regi mental vacancies. CHURCH RATES. The Duke pf MARLBOROUGH gave notice that on Friday next he should introduce a bill to amend the law re lating to Church Rates. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Aloa Rail. way, Bonelli's Electric Telegraph, Clitheroe Gas, Corn wall Railway, Dewsbury and Batley Gas; Dumfries, Loch maben, and Lockerby Junction Railway (Deviation) ; Dum blane; Doune, and Callendar Railway ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee; Grand Junction Water; Kinross-shire Rail way, North British and Peebles Railway, Portsea Gas, South Essex Water, Southwark and Vauxhall Water, &c. INDICTABLE OFFENCES (METROPOLITAN DIS TRICTS) BILL. This bill passed through committee. FICTITIOUS SAVINGS' BANKS. This bill also passed through committee. CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICES BILL. This bill passed through committee. THE WAR IN CHINA. I Earl GREY rose to move that an humble address be presented to her Majesty for copies or extracts of any despatches received by her Majesty's Government explain ing the objects of an expedition reported to have been ordered to proceed up the Yang-tze-kiang, and to call the attention of the house to the papers relating to China laid before it by the command of her Majesty. He said, in moving for the papers mentioned, he had no intention of pressing for them if the Government opposed the motion for their production. His great object was to bring the subject of China before their lordships for discuss:on, and had any other noble lord in timated that he intended to bring the subject forward he should not have taken upon himself to do so. He did not propose to dilate upon the disasters at the mouth of the Peiho, nor upon the events which might have happened had that catastrophe been avoided, but what he wished to do was to call attention to the present condition of our relations with China, and in acquiting himself of the task it would be necessary; for him to look back on the history of our past intercourse with China. When China was originally opened to our commerce, the spur given to trade was great, though not so great as had been expected. In the beginning of his remarks he must say that he considered the Eng lish Government had no; more right to interfere with the regulations of trade laid down in China, any more than it had to interfere with those of France or Spain. For a time all things went on quietly, but at last a circumstance occurred by which we considered ourselves justified in forcing a change, and by force and corruption we re-established a large smuggling trade in 'opium. At the conclusion of the Chinese war large concessions had to be made by the Chinese, and as we had completely subdued them, they had to accept any terms that might be dictated to them. In consequence of the large concessions that had been obtained by treaty, traffic in opium had been resumed, and ever since it had been re garded as a regular article of commerce by the Bri tish Government. The whole of the trade of China became in consequence demoralised, and no attempt to correct abuses was made, but, on the contrary, the consuls vied with each other in their efforts to impose their frauds on. the Chinese Government. But a much worse trade had sprung up, he referred to the trade in Coolies. The Coolie trade had been vigorously carried on, and a system of gambling had been carriel to an extent that many unfortunate Coolies had gambled away their liberty. In one case a widow was possessed of two children; the son gambled away his liberty, and the mother, anxious to redeem her son, actually sold her other child, a daughter; but when she went to release her boy she found he had been shipped to a European colony. Lord Grey then endeavoured to prove that our policy in China had injuriously affected our pecuniary interests, argu ing that the state of anarchy and rebellion, which checked all internal commerce and communication in China, and the smuggling and piracy on her coasts, dated from the treaty of Nankin and the opium war. Judging from the past, ho said it was impossible not to perceive that the re cent treaty exacted by Lord Elgin was a further step in the wrong direction, and would produce like results. At the conclusion of the opium war, when the Chinese resources were unimpaired, we had required only £3,000,000, but now, after a long rebellion and a costly war, we asked £5,300,000. How was this sum to be paid without weak ening the Chinese Government so much that the empire must at last collapse—a result by no means desirable even from a low point of view, that of interest ? The object of the expedition up the Yang-tse was to overawe the rebels, but in doing so the Government would be trying to stop abuses which they themselves had fostered, and he warned them that their efforts would be useless unless they were prepared to maintain a large and permanent military force in China. The treaty which had been concluded with China by Lord Elgin contained the germs of future difficulties, and he feared of future wars; and he begged their lordships to consider the matter seri • ously, the more so as the same events were likely to take place in Japan, where similar abuses existed. This country. he asserted, might, had a different policy been pursued, have obtained, without war or violence, the means of car rying on a large and profitable commerce with China. As it was, we had inflicted the horrors of war on the Chinese at an enormous expense to ourselves, and left our trade on even a more precarious footing than it was before. In con clusion he expressed his regret that we had not, before act ing in conjunction with the French, ascertained whether the French grievance was a just one. Lord WODEHOUSE said he would offer some remarks upon certain portions of the noble earl's speech ; and, first, he would observe that he had no objection to the production of the papers moved for, and to lay them,'or extracts from them, upon the table of their lordships' house. As to any in terference on the part of this country in the insurrection in China, Lord Elgin had said that he would not at all inter fere in the quarrel that was going on between the insur gents and the Imperial Government, except for the purpose lof making arrangements with regard to trade. That inti mation had been conveyed to the Imperial Government, and no objection had be en made to Lord Elgin doing so. With reference to what the noble earl had said about the Treaty of Nankin in 1842, he must say that the noble earl had given an exaggerated statement of the conse quences, and had not taken into account the difficulties they had to contend with, for the Government of this country had done their best to carry out the provisions of that treaty in a proper spirit. The first point in the Treaty of Nankin was with reference to the question of opium. Practically it was inevitable that the opium traffic must be carried on in China, and he believed that the regulations under which it was now legalised were the best that could be framed. As to the customs duties; that was a very embarrassing question. We were bound by the Treaty of Nankin to assist the Chinese Government in enforcing the duties payable by our merchants ; whereas other nations would undertake no such obligations, and the consequence was that a system of inequality was established, which became intolerable. Unscrupulous men evaded the pay ment of the duty, whilst honest English merchants paid it, - and were thereby placed in a position in which they could not carry on their trade with advantage. We therefore took measures, first at Shanghae, and afterwards at other ports, by means of the foreign inspectorships, to enforce the payment of these duties, the collection of which was superintended by Chinese officials net in any way depen dent upon foreign Governments. Under these regulations, as Mr. Bruce had pointed out, the Chinese Government had received no less a sum than a million pounds sterling. As to the noble earl's charge, that our consular establish ment had not done their duty previous to the establishment of these inspectorships, he quoted from a despatch from Mr. Bruce, in which that gentleman stated that "Her Majesty's consuls had omitted no effort to insure thepayment of these duties by imposing fines upon British merchants who omitted to do so—a system by which he incurred the odium of our fellow-countrymeir by inflicting penalties on them to which the subjects of other Governments were not liable." (Hear.) More than this we could not do. We could riot make the Chinese Government strong and incorrupt. (Hear.) Ho agreed with the noble earl as to the iniquities of the emigration system, but the Government had done what it could to put an end to the system of kidnapping which was going on, and which was gradually irritating the Chinese population against us, and their efforts had not been without some success. Mr. Austin, a gentleman well ac quainted with emigration to the West Indies, was sent out, and under his judicious superintendence an excellent sys tem had been organised. This system secured the confi dence of the population, and whole families now emigrated, including some 300 or 400 women, who never before could be got to emigrate at all. These women wore moreover of the respectable class. All this was done, not merely with the approbation of the people, but with the full consent of the Chinese authorities, and an end was put to the systematic kidnapping. The Government should be extended to other ports than Canton, and with that view had communicated with other European Governments, and with the Govern ment of the United States. This was one of the most im portant points of the Chinese question, and should there be any Government refusing to co-operate with us he must say that a grave responsibility would rest upon it for baying THE CASE OF MR. TURNBULL. The Earl of SHAFT ESBURY moved for a copy of the memorial presented by the Protestant Alliance to the Foreign Secretary. The noble earl said that the noble mar quis (Normanby) came down to make a motion on this sub ject, and he (the Earl of Shaftesbury) attended in his place in order to give him his answer. The noble marquis, how ever, had put his motion off indefinitely ; and as he (the Earl of Shaftesbury) felt, as the president of the Protestant Alliance, that he was under some personal charge in refer ence to this matter, he was led to take the earliest opportu nity of stating the grounds upon which that body was acting. First, they were charged with circulating the memorial secretly, whereas he could show that a copy was sent to Sir John Romilly as soon as it were issued. Then it was said that they had charged Mr. Turnbull with having tampered with the public records entrusted to him. They never made such a charge, and he defied any one to put his finger on the passage where it occurred. The third accusation was that they took that course because Mr. Turnbull was a Roman Catholic. He denied that it was so. With the views they had, and the principles they proceeded upon, they would have felt it their duty equally to proceed against a Protestant. Ho hoped the noble marquis would state, as soon as possible, what were the precise charges he had to make against the Protestant Alliance and himself. (Hear, hear.) The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the indignation exhibited by the noble earl was perfectly unfounded. He told the noble earl that he did not intend to bring forward the charge, and he told him why he had delayed it ; namely, first, because he thought it better, in the interests of jus tice, that an appeal should first be made to the Prime Minis ter, to see whether he, acting under the inspiration of the noble earl and of the Protestant Alliance, would disregard the remonstrance of the high legal functionary who had expressed his sense of the eminent qualities possessed by Mr. Turnbull; that that gentleman, so admirably fitted for the duties of the office to which he had been appointed, should be removed from it on the mere ex parte statements of the Protestant Alliance. One word as to what had passed within the last two days. He accused the Protes tant Alliance, on the testimony of the noble earl himself, of haying published that which they must have known to be a misstatement. They published in their monthly state ment these words :—" That Mr. Turnbull was engaged in writing the religious history of the reign of Queen• Mary." Now, that was distinctly a false statement, and it was ad mitted to be so by the noble earl himself, as appeared from his confession in the public journals of that morning. The noble earl, however, need be under no apprehension that he did not mean to bring forward those charges, for it was im portant that it should be known whether a person, because he was supposed to entertain strong religious opinions, should be prevented from fulfilling a duty for which he was in every respect so peculiarly qualified. He could not, however, fix a day at present. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that if there was to be a discussion on this subject it would be a con venience to himself, and perhaps to other noble lords, if the noble earl would produce some paper or document, or if some papers were laid upon the table telling them what the Protestant Alliance was. (Laughter.) He never heard of it until that case had come before the public. The noble earl represented that great Alliance in that house, which had kindly undertaken the protection of the Protestant re ligion. (Renewed laughter.) He was greatly indebted to them for their good intentions, but whether or not that was a matter of practical advantage ; he was desirous to know what they were, who constituted them, and what they were to expect from them. (Cheers.) When the noble earl was asked to state the grounds of his charge against this unfor tunate gentleman, his answer was that lie made no a ttack upon his personal character. Well, then, if no attack was made upon his personal character, it came to this—that a man who had been selected by the Master of the Rolls for his ability, and because.he was eminently suited for a par ticular employment, was to be driven out of that employ ment because he was a pious Roman Catholic. If that was the ground on which those proceedings had been taken, he must say that though he was a Protestant as well as the noble earl, he could not concur in the course adopted. The Marquis of NOKMANBY said he would consult his noble friends opposite as to the day when it would be least inconvenient to the Government to bring on the question. After a brief conversation, it was understood that Tues day was named as the day for bringing on the subject. Their lordship; then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BARNES took the oaths and his seat for Bolton. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were 'reported to have been complied with in the case of several railway and other bills. The following bills were read a second time :—Cok ford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool Railway; Dewsbury, Batley, Gomersal, and Bradford Railway; Elland Gas; Exeter and Exmouth Railway ; Galashiels and Peebles Railway ; Hawick Police and Improvement; Kingstown Improvement; Mid dleton Improvement; Oldham, Ashtonrunder-Lyne, &c., Junction Railway •,' Tonge Improvement;, Universal Pri vate Telegraph Company ; and Wexford Harbeur Com missioners. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. lAtlantic &,`t Lawrence Bom.,Barodact.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. B Buffalo and.LaKe Huron IDo. New ....... I Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,drGodrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, an Do. do. July 1, 1875 Do. do. June 1, 1874 CleuttruzS.Eas tn. (Lin, Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 t.lncliaPenin.,gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Soutb.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New I Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till 'GO... • • 1 Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4 c. Extension Do. Fourth d 0.... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. Newßrunswick & Cauchy 13 R,y.ctLand(Lim.),0..6Pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ o. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Onde (Limited) ........ Scinde .. Do. Punjaub .... F. c Do. Do. ........ cs ,? IDo. In dus. St. Flo. gdp, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 100 I all ss. flOO 10 all 100 1 ,ATL" Paid, Closing Price. 74 77 92 93 16 16id 4i 41d, all all all 100 6 7 75 80 65 70 6S 70 pr If 16 6 pr lf li d 98 99 97 99 100 101 ] i a 214 224 73 75 CO 63 44 40 50 55 42 47 42 47 95 96 lid 1 d 2 If d 11} 1t 9 91. d 93 96 93 96 94 97 89 02 82 M 92 03 85 87 2 la 5 7 5 7 97 98 2d 114 90 92 fi Id (Business done 981 9 81 STREET RAILWAY COMPANY BILL. On the motion of Mr. CHILDERS the second reading of this bill was postponed fOr a week, in order to enable the promoters to consider whether it should be dealt with as a privato or a public measure as it affected the country generally. COMMITTEE OF, SELECTION. The members to'serve on this committee were sworn, and the committee will sit at 3 o'clock on Thursday next. PETITIONS. Some petitions were prasentcd.against the unconditional abolition of the church rates, against parochial assessment, against the sale of intoxicating liquors in the provinces at certain hours on Sundays, from Huddersfield for the ap. pointment of Roman Catholic chaplains in workhouses, for a reform . of the Established Church, for the passing of a Reform Bill without delay, &c., &c. THE SHIP CROCODILE. Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved for a return of the amount expended on her Majesty's ship Crocodile, stationed off the Tower; stating the amount for repairs; the number of officers and their rank ; the number of the crew employed ; the number of men enlisted for the navy, and the total amount of expenditure on the said ship in each of the years 1858, 1859, and 1860.—Ordered. EAST INDIA (ARMY). Colonel SYKES moved for address for returns, regi mentally, of officers of the line who proceeded to India with their regiments between the Ist day,of May, 1857, to the Ist day of January, 1861 :—Of the number of those who re mained in India up to the latest return received ; of the amount of pasage money paid annually on the outward voyage to India for officers : of the amount of passage money paid annually for the homeward voyage from India for officers : and, general return, showing the number of officers present with their regiments in India and those absent at the latest return, in the case of absentees distinguishing the cause 'of absence: viz.—Staff employ; civil employ; colonels of regiments; depots in Great Britain and Ireland; in transitu for exchange from regiments or battalions in England ; furlough in India on medical certi ficate, or to`Europe; furlough on private affairs; absentees from any other causes. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr, IT, BERKELEY gave noticeof his intention to ask this day fortnight for leave to bring in a bill for the better protection' of electors in voting for members of Parlia ment; FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Mr. P. HENNESSY gave notice that on the motion for the adjournment of the house on Friday week he would call the attention of the heuse to the interference of the Government in the affairs of Italy, and the effect of such interference. QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. Mr. MARSH asked the Under Secretary for the Colo nies, whether it was the intention of the Government to lay upon the table of the house the despatches of Sir Geo. Bowen, Governor of Queensland, Australia ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said it was not the practice to produce such documents, but in the present case an excel:, tion would be made, and the despatches in question would be laid on the table. POOR LAW OFFICERS. Mr. P. WATLINGTON asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether it was his intention to introduce any bill this session to provide for superannuation allow ances to poor law officers of unions and parishes ? Mr. VILLIERS said that a committee had been ap pointed to consider all questions relating to the Poor Law, and this amongst other subjects would be submittel to their consideration. DELIVERY OF IRISH LETTERS. Mr. BRADY asked the Chief Secretary fur Ireland if his attention had been directed to the fact that Irish letters, arriving at the General Post-office, London, at 7 o'clock in the morning, were there detained, and not delivered before the second delivery (even so late as 12 o'clock; a.m.) ? Mr. C ARDWELL explained that the delay in question was caused by the tempestuous state of the weather during the last two months, which prevented the arrival of the Irish mail in time to be delivered by the first post ; but, with the exception of a few instances, Irish letters were delivered by the second post. COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to extend the franchise in counties in England and Wales. He said he had hoped that after the occu rrences o f th e l es t two years in reference to the subject of Parliamentary reform, it would not have been necessary for him to have to bring this subject forward on the present occasion. However, as there was no Reform Bill entertained by Government, and no allusion to reform in the speech from the Crown, he thought that the present was a fitting opportunity to bring forward his measure as an instalment of reform. Many persons in the country think that Reform should not be attempted in the shape of a comprehensive measure, but that they should en • deavour to accomplish it in detail. (Hear, hear.) In conformity with that opinion, he considered that it was desirable that he should introduce the present bill for the purpose of extending the franchise in counties to £lO occupiers, the effect of which would be to augment largely the existing constituency in counties, and admit to the exercise of the franchise a class who were competent to use the privilege conferred on them with advantage to the consti tution of the country. In support of his motion, he ad verted to the fact that the principle on which he based his proposed bill had been already recognised even by those who had been formerly opposed to it, as was shown by the measure of reform introduced by Lord Derby's Government. That bill, however, presented the principle for which he contended in so mutilated a form that he felt bound to oppose it; and, in consequence of that mutilation, it was rejected, the noble lord (Lord Derby) was deprived of the confidence of the country, and his party driven out of power. Having censured the noble lord the Foreign:Secretary for the course he had adopted in reference to ..reform this year, he concluded by quoting the noble lord's words in favour of reform on a fouler occasion. Mr. WARNER, who had the following amendment on the paper :—" That a select committee be appointed to consider what changes it may be desirable to introduce with a view to amend the represen tation of the people," said he had no objection to the principle of the £lO franchise in the bill of his hon. friend (Mr. Locke King), but at the same time he believed that its adoption was the reason why no measure on reform had been successful in the recent attempts that had been made to legislate on the subject. , (Hear, hear.) He concurred with his hon. friend in his censure of the noble lord, the Foreign Secretary, whose conduct he considered was injurious to himself and to his party. At the same time, however, he thought the noble lord was unjustly blamed for not bringing forward some measure similar to that of last year. There were no petitions in fa vour of such a measure, and even the unenfranchised whom it proposed to benefit had made no demon stration in its favour. But there were other courses open to the noble lott which he might have pur sued with credit to himself and advantage to the country. He (Lord J. Russell) might have proceeded by resolution, as he had done so successfully on former occasions, and move for a select committee to form a bill on the subject of the franchiSe. He objected to the proposed bill of the hon. member (Mr. Loetre on the ground that it proposed a fixed 6 .uund for the pos session of the franchise, which he considered impolitic. In his opinion, any reform bill, to be efficient, should be founded on the necessities of 1861, and not in conformity with an adherence to the principles of the Refonn Bill of 1832. He thought the best course would be to leave the matter to be dealt with by the independent members of the house. At the same time they should remember that they (Reform mem bers) were a mere remnant, and n ot as they were em bers) years ago, a powerful party. (Hear , hear, from the caption. tion benches.) They should therefo re proceed s c r u lh on y I one He drew attention to the fact that notwithsratant d, still the g e out of seven of the constituenciesan was h p presented, yt bar; like revolutionary general feeling was oppose d to change. The hon. member concluded by stating that he w ould not then move his amend m ent, but bring it forward on a future occasion as a su b s tantive motion. Mnr D. GRIFFITH moved the following amendment : "That, consideri n g that the object of the proposed bill tip of a principle which has in volvesge- the nerally beePnracconsidered as opposed to the spirit of . our Par liamentary constitution, namely,. the uniformity of the county and borough franchise, it is not expedient to reduce the county franchise below £20. ,, He considered that it was most desirable the house should make reasonable concessions to a desire for the extension of the suffrage ; at the same time be considered the alteration proposed by the hon. member (Mr. L. King) was too ex tensive to be carried out with safety. Captain JERVIS seconded the amendment. Mr. NEWDEGATE, referring to the conflicting e s ti. mates of the number of electors which thisimeasure would add to the county constituency, and observing that of all changes this was the one respecting the effects of which the house was least informed, insisted that it would be most imprudent to adopt an isolated measure on this great mite ject. Instead of increasing the representation of the opera ' five classes it would aggravate the anomalynow complained of, diminishing relatively the representation of these classes by increasing that of the occupying classes. Mr. BENTINCK remarked that, although the pretence for the bill was that its object was to extend the county franchise, its practical effect would be to inundate the rural districts with an Urban - constituency, and import into those districts the corrupt practices of certain horoughs. Lord PALMERSTON— i‘r, there are two things which Ido not mean to do. The first is to oppose the motion. of ray hon. friend for leaVe to bring in his bill; and the second is to argue the subject of which that bill treats. r ,( f l laugh, and " Hear, hear.") I will . not oppose the introduction of the bill, because, in the first place, that would be discour teous to my hon. friend ; and in the next place hecatke it would expose Me to the imputation of a change of opinion • upon the general questidn, which I cannot admit. (lies4r hear.) I will not enter into a discussion of the subject to which the bill relates for the so/We reason as that whichled her Majesty's Government to decline proposing a me4ur i e of reform in the present Session ; that is to say, because I think it would not be expedient to renew those discussions which occupied so much of the time of the house last year. (Hear.) I shall therefore not be able to vote with the hon. member for Devizes (Mr. Griffith), because the immediate effect of carrying the amendment would be to negative the motion of my hon. friend for leave to bring in the bill, and because to adopt that amendment would be to anticipate the discussion which properly belongs to the committee ou the bill, and which ought to be reserved for the expression of the opinion of the house when we reach that stage. My hon; friend the member for Norwich lamented that he be longed to a small remnant of the Liberal patty—(a laugh) —and appeared to be inspired with a profound grief by that. idea. I would endeavour to console my hon. friend on that point by pointing out to him what I think proper reflection would lead him to see—that so far from being the desertt.d remnant of the Liberal party, he and those who agree with him are rather the centre of a very large Liberal party, and that all sides of the house have come round, more or less, to the principles which I've used to call Liberal, and which we could not have expected to see supported so unanimously in former periods. (Hear, hear.) When. ..-e .observe both parties alternately bringing in a bill, the principle of which was to enlarge the constitu encies of the country, and compare that with the period, which we all recollect, when the Government said there should be no reform at all, when we remember the great number of Liberal meaaures which have been carried by the common assent of all parties in the house, we must see that my hen. friend and his supporters, instead of lament ing that they have been deserted, ought rather to con gratulate themselves on the great progress they have made in bringing round to their opinions almost all parties in this house. (Hear, hear.) I must say I regret that my hon. friend has made this motion, and that my h on. _ . friend the member for Leeds has announced another motion of the same sort during the present session of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) I regret it, as I have said, because I deem it inexpedient to revive the question of Reform in this session. My hon. friends, perhaps, thought it necessary to propose these motions for the purpose of showing that they had not changed their mind, and of recording their continued adherence to' those opinions and sentiments which they expressed on former occasions, but that was surely unnecessary, because nobody could suspect either of my two hon. friends or those who agree with them of chapging their views on this question. (Hear.) But if they expect that these questions shall be fully dis cussed in the house and brought to a final and successful issue I think that the.experience of the last session of Parliament has in some degree been thrown away upon them. They ate proposing to us piecemeal the very measure which was, discussed as an entirety in the last session— . (hear, hear) — minus, indeed, a proposal for the transfer of seats, but I have no doubt that that omission will soon be supplied—(a hiugh)—and that some independent member will propose to bring on the third portion of the Government bill of last year. Now, the Government bill of last year failed, as it appears to me, from two causes—first, a cause connected with time, and, secondly, a cause connected with sub,tanCe. The Government felt it to be their duty, a duty arising out _ _ _ of former opinions and pleeges given, to propose at the earliest moment a measure for extending the suffrage. They redeemed that pledge, and it remained for the h ouse to determine whether the bill should be accepted or not. But that house had been very recently elected ; it was impossi ble that members should net have fresh in their recollec tion all the inconveniences of a general election. (A laugh.) It was not likely that their constituents should not also remember all that disturbance i,f private mercantile and other transactions which necessarily accompanies an elec tion ; and therefore it was not to be supposed that either the members of this house or their constituents should for its own sake wish for a recurrence of a general election ; and yet it was obvious that a measure of that comprehen sive character, if carried, must at a very short subsequent period render necessary an appeal to the country. Ido not mean to say that that feeling would have been paramount, and would have prevented the housp from accepting a mea sure which was in itself agreeable to their opinions ; but it was manifest, from the lengthened discussions which took place last year, that the particular measure was not alto- gether to the taste of the majority of this house. (Op. position cheers.) Some thought it went too far, and others contended that it did not go far enough; but whether it was too great or too small, it was quite evident that that measure was not destined to meet the acceptance of the house in the course of the session. Well, now, is the time much altered ? A very few mouths have elapsed since that bill was with- drawn, and I should not think it is reasonable to believe that the objection in point of time can have very much altered in the interval. Does the objection to the substance vary P Why, my hon. friends have taken care that that objection shall not vary, because, as far as their two pro posals go, they introduce the identical details which this house was last year not prepared to accept. We have seen in a public document which we have all read this morning, a - remark which I think is not wholly inapplicable to this subject—viz., that there is a time for action, and there is . a time for waiting. Now, with great deference to my hon. friend, I would venture to say that with regard to the question of an organic change in the representation of the people, I think that the present session is a time for waiting rather than a time for action. That was the opi nion which the Government entertained, and I am sorry that it has not been shared by my honourable friends. However, they have thought it right to bring in their mea sures, and I am not going 4 10 oppose the introduction of either of them. At the same time, as the Government have not thoughtit their duty to ask the house in this session to undertake the question of reform, and as, while I differ from the hon. member for Norwich (Mr. Warner) and do not think that a plan for altering the working of the constitu tion of the country ought to be referred to a select com mittee upstairs, I am of opinion that great and important measures of this kind ought rather to originate with the re sponsible Government—(cheers)—than be thrown loose by individual members to take their chance. I certainly regret that my hon. friends should have taken upon themselves a duty which I think properly belongs to the Ministers of the Crown. That being the case, although I would not even if I might succeed, ask the house to be guilty of the discourtesy of refusing permission to bring in these bills, still I must say that my hon. friend must not expect those facilities which the Government is often asked to afford to members who have charge of bills. (Laughter.) "Do not," it is said, " throw us on to Wednesdays. Time is passing ; difficulties arise. You have only the estimates in hand, you have only the Bankruptcy Bill—only measures of public importance; give us a day." lam constrained to say that I shall object to make such concessions to these bills, and therefore my hon. friends, having brought in their measures—as I trust they will be allowed to do—must take upon themselves all the responsibility of their further piogress, and must hold her Majesty's Government free to deal with them, as far as we may feel it our duty to mix ourselves up with them, exactly as we may from time to time see fit. The only thing as to which I can pronounce a decided intention is that we cannot afford any assistance to my hon. friends in further ing the progress of their measures by giving up Government days. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI—Under the circunes: after the this bill is introduced to our notice, sad le lord, especially tempe rate and very sensible r emarks of then aces under which a ninc tro e o f n du th o e tio G n o o v f ern this inen b t, ill l , with respect to the future con am not prepared to oppose th e e 4 by one who is so well wore especially as leave is ask en titled to courtesy as t that hon. gent eman fallen into had the bon. member for Surrey; nor should I have risen ducal into this house,b.ll. a great error as to theh nature hofetheleamimeeadsumreewashiachsulppinotrrtner-' The hon. gentleman was one of of the princip le of his the. Libera l party, who would not allow the Reform Bill of Lord Derby's Govern ment to be read a second tim e , and I have no doubt that it is in consequence of his precipitate action upon that occasion that he is so ill acquainted with the details of that measure. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The bill which I introduced did not adopt the principle of the hon. gentleman. It certainly proposed a £lO occupa tion as a qualification for the suffrage in counties, but the prary qualification was an occupation of land of that affitual value ; a suffrage very different from that pro pocod by the hon. gentleman, and one which, had I been permitted to go into committee upon that bill, I should have been able to show would have produced con sequences quite different from those which my hon. friend the member for West Norfolk anticipates will flow from the bill of the hon. gentleman. That bill also embraced as a secondary suffrage a £lO occupation IA houses, but the primary suffrage was derived from a £lO occupation of land. But was that all ? Besides these occu pation franchises there were, I think, ten other vo'ry im portant county franchises created by that bill, 'of all of which the tendency would have been—l do nof use the epithet in a party, but in a political and social s ease—of a highly conservative nature. There was introduced into the counties that lodger franchise to which I attributed very great importance ; there was also a franchise arising from the possession of funded and personal p ro perty, and a variety of county franchises founded upon intelligence and education. 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