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

Ha D next ;mbar Left so ;alto aplied which some iputa n be- •e was RIAL ❑g the of Sir 'eland, 3iderecl ' these ire the , nehes. r COll.. .nd the a third tee. tended, me and a third read a ontinu ;No. 2) ng in a ) Local A Ply- bill to Ices for luspend United RLIA- ) some' he fres of Cor vas in a 3 to :the face of can had subject by this of the .ich the r). On Lot con- f Bran- :.Long- Garlies o way) Bletso Water- , D. (Lora and (Earl ,-.h) d Kin- I© Iderley Duke of n ovel Berck, of sea- stances seases. salt•• iseases oblique ,ospital is, and 1 other ye, the hOne.CB' NONEY .MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is a moderate inquiry for money to-day, and the rates shOw no change of importance. A further large supply of gold, amounting to about £140,000, was sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday. • The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited no variation of importance. The report of the Bank of Egypt has been issued Prier to the meeting, which recommends a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. At the forthcoming meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company a dividend of 15s. per share Will be proposed. Since Monday last the import of specie have been about £55,000, and the exports £175,000. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a ,large amount o f b us i ness was transac t e d, an d th e 'ate advance was well supported. The sales were 18,000 bales. There has been no alteration of importance in the mark e t f or P u bli c S ecur i t i es to -d ay, b ut t h e t endency has been favourable, and rather more firmness has prevailed, Consols being 891 90 for money, and 90 901 for account. The New Threes and the R e d uced remain at 987:11; Exchequer Bills, „ M arch, are flat at 12s. dis. ; ditto Jun e , 3 dis. ; India 5 per Cent. Stock is 99k s. A fair amount of business has been recorded in t he Foreign Market, but prices show less firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 ; ditto, 1858, 67 1; ditto, £lOO, are steady at 691; and Grenada are r e irill , ‘ at 15; Brazilian have receded to 981, I ; C"' lien 3 per Cents, to 70, Russian 41 per Cents. to 89 , and Spanish to 48:. The following memorandum from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders shows that the country is relapsing, into its old anarchy, and that the present i uiev ernment have returned to the system of rob-' ; s er y instituted by their predecessors, but th a t th e z ritish Minister is likely at length to take measures to force them to limit their attempts at plunder to the property of their own citizens : " The committee have received a letter from Mr. White -1!!ad, via the United States, dated Mexico the 14th u lt . Th e Vera Cruz agents had advised receipts of 47,777 dole. duty bills for the dividend fund a day or two before the 29th of May, on which day the Congress decreed the suspension of 011 payments for one year, with the exception of what was owing on account of the conducta robbery, and what was Payable under the foreign conventions. At the Treasury they at first seemed to agree with Mr. Whitehead in think ing that arrangements made with Captain Dunlop and Cap tain Aldham would place the payments on account of the British debt on the same footing as though arranged by diplomatic convention ; but on the 11th ultimo Mr. White head, to his great surprise, received advices from the Vera Cruz agents of the collector having informed them that under the decree of th e 29 t h of May he should give them no more Ilk This the Minister of Finance, on being applied to, avowed to have been done by his order. Mr. Whitehead told him that these things were not ' suspension of pay !ciente,' but violent appropriations of funds which do not belong to them, having been made over to the bondholders,' immediately referred the matter to Sir Charles Wyke, 40 has taken it up in a way which has not been witnessed ", late years, and which promises to restore her Majesty's e gation in M ex ico to the high position it occupied in the • da ys of Sir R. P a kenham, if Sir Charles's health be spared. 14 e result a t th e d a te of Mr. Whitehead's letter :—The Mol Zcan Goveinment had answered Sir Charles Wyke's l'P li cation for the payment of 6 60 , 000 d0l in a very equivocal oner. Ihe amount of the conducta robbery at Laguna- C a t Was due on the 11th June, but up to the 14 th nothing been paid. The Congress had at last declared Senor tiarez constitutional President by the small majority of 6 01 t o 55). 1 000 l larquez and Zuloaga are still marching about with or 2,000 valry, distracting the atttention of their seePonents. Th ca ey had lately kidnapped and carried off Senor I pearapo, Juarez's former Chief Minister, living at his br ubo —vith his family, and after exposing him to all sorts of I ro Z'Y from the soldiery, shot him at Tepiji, 15 leagues von — ds bu o e f the capital. Other outrages are also recounted. The Domestic Debt had fallen to 6 per cent." The agents of the Government of Victoria have suc ceeded in pl ac i ng th e w hole of their £1,000,000 of Debentures. The balance, amounting to £768,500, Was tendered for yesterday on terms ranging from ' lB5 58, to £lO5 10s., but owing to the excessive 4Plieations subscribers, at the minimum of 41 OR us., were entirely excluded, and those offer ing £lO6 s s . 6d. will only obtain 1 - s th of the a t aunt they required. The dealin gs i n the Railway Share Market have e4l of 1 a very restricted character, and in some i, Eitaaces a further slight decline took place in h -, :t eat North-Westerns, and Midlands receded s s. ; : r eat Weste rns , and North-Eastern (York), 10s. ; North-E as t er n (Berwick), £l. South-Eastern, '°We'ver, improved ss. T he Foreign and Colonial undertaking were "" u at, With out any c h ange o f importance in values. No rthern o f F ranc e brought 371; Grand Trunk of Eada, 181; Great Western of Canada , 10 1; t4si t Indian, 991; and Great Indian Peninsula, 4 A -. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue at about former prices. London and West :llater realise 681 69 ; Ottoman Bank , 18k, ; Union Australia, 37 1 ; Union of London, 25t, ; and crystal Palace Stock, 311, BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRIORS 3 p, t 89a a t Cent. Reduced Annuities ter Cent. Cons @ ls Annuities W 3 per Cent. Annuities B9a a r4fliaev 21 per Cent. Annuities 734 tock . . . Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto 1869 Ditto Bonds £l,000 vonsols for Account, Aug. 7 9O 2d Mar. p. day I June 31 p. ct kzchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d D fro £5OO l2 dis 1 Ditto Small . 3 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~•"razilian 5 per Cent qilian 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. t 2? .. 0 4§ per Cent. B l/ N vo.uor New Consolidated h e w Urenada Active, 4 per Cent. jail 5 per Cent. 1822, £St — • 14p a lt . t ° 4i per Cent. i Illsh 3 per Cent. 4BB 14ki sh 8 Cent NU) Newper .. .'-' Loan Ditto•;, Account Ditto £lOO Bonds , Dividends on the above payable in London. ' 4 l. 24 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull 634 TWO O'CLOCK. e°nßols, M oney Ditto Account 9O k THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Wee Ba n Y, W 9 . dB.I B . M . D. F. C. I. S. x ';•••-.....: ... 'ut. Ate . 11 . ....... 29•56 58 55 W. 5 Ib. 1 L ent ` e 'l .... 29'58 57 55 S.S. E. 2 6 C. 2 .k erwi t 'i• ••• .. 29131 58 55 W. 1 4c. 1 is dr oss • • .... 29-59 58 2 4 b. q'teld, a u -• . 29 . 60 L 9 56 W. S. vr. 3 4 c. MI ...... 29135 58 54 W.N.W. 4 4 c. 2, 4 4 14.,'• •• . . 29•65 61 60 S.W. 4 6 a 2 lir:ep o ' n il i gil.. 29•68 (~,- ` `elti,,''' •• • . 2914 60 55 W. B.W. 1 8 o. 1 • ‘ ,..e e 4 . 47...... 29 67 60 t 8 S.W. 1 6 c. 2 e ft rtnol ° ,, W lL.. 29.51 62 60 W. 4 4b. 3 •C li doti"'• •••29 78 59 58 W.N.W. 3 4 c. 2 °Ve r ...... 29'80 61 55 W. 2 4b. 1,4 1 ,1 ....... 29.80 66 62 W. 3 3C. 1 4„, t tla ° ,i nt h • • 29•81 62 57 W. 3 5 ma. t 1 , ,, , 33.0 11 1 , - th •29 87 61 57 S.W. 2 3 c. 3 ••..._''' ,'",;•• • 2919 60 57 S. : 2 *--. '' ' ~.L. ,. •. : : 29•80 60 59 S.W. , 3 4 C. 4 t 032 - d II AINTA.TioN.--B. Barometer, corrected and reduced nEksi ja :g at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise `eg a t , about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 ,'4xp e ,2 72, _ 32 dog causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 0.• BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. Closing I Price. lusineee done Railways. raid. l Closing r. Business Share Done 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 fir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 884 stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 81 85 25 Myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 92 04 stock Caledonian lOO 995 100 10 Carmarthen & Cardigar all 50 Cork and Bandon all —-- 20 Cork, 131rock.ot Passage all 20 Cornwall ... ..... , . all 5 6 10 Do A(A gets 1 all 10 Do B no div. -- until 6pc reran. all f !ashcan! d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno all 42 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 84 9 stock East Anglian lOO 175 Is stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 stock Eastern Union, .A stock 100 39 41 stcos Do do Bdo 100 28 30 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 13i stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 87 89 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 28 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stook Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 107 109 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 132 134 stock Great Northern lOO 104 169 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 104 106 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 58 62 tt Trish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1111 1111 111 1 z s stock London and Blackwall 100 100 117 119 50 62 stock Lou., Bright.. & S Coast stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 46 18 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 931 931 931 1 stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 954 965 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shet. & Lincoln lOO 46 47 4 0 I 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 125 Do do shares all 10 Metropolitan 7l 4 1. d atock Midland 6.4.0. Do new. .... .. stock Do firming. iDerby 100 95 97 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares r.ll 25 Mid Kent .h all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk -.............. 100 57 F 9 stock North British . „ 100 621 631 6 24 stock Xor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stook 100 stock k stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock .. 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1051 106} 1054 4 6 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 4 1u stock Do Leeds .............. 100 625 63 611 604 stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 19.164 North Staffordshire 175 44 44 1 A.X 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 10 101 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 87 83 87 10 reebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 35 36 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 88 90 stock Shropshire Union lOO • 46 48 46 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon _ 100 39 41 25 S.-Durham & Lana. Un. 225 stock South Eastern stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 95 97 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 39} 401 25 Do do l3 94 104 r, 25 Do New (1860) 3 51 61 p stock Taff Vale „„ , 100 stock Do Pref. No 1 1 103 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 50 Ulster -• ' all 554 561 25 Do ...... 12 10 Do• stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 114 stocg Waterford & Kilkenny 100 SO Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 'West London all 10 Do let class all 20 Do 2d class .. . all stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO - stock West Midland—Oxford 100 46 48 stock Do. Newport 100 43 15 stock Do. Hereford 100 86 88 57 61 94 95 41 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 q 61 11 11 d 1 id 18 ]9}d 98f 99f 96 98 99 100 99 100 18 19 59 62 50 55 33 35 40 44 31 33 31 33 95 96 lid 1 951 i 92 91 10 fol to iol v 4 96 88 92 83 85 93 94 85 87 - -d 5 7 flOO 15 all 100 L Aii .4 6 98 100 lid 1i i 90 92 fi Rd WAYS. all all 13j all all 5i 6f 2 11,1' 103 14 -- 3f 3i 21 24 22 23 7 8 18:8. all all all all all 7; el 19 20 87 38 8i Si 38 39 53 55 6 si,i a 8I Ai 2f 4.11 I pr, 22i 23f ' 61 61 4' 19i 205 12 10 stock 10 stoc 3.2.101 1 # ~~ stock stock stock 2.14.6 7.4.0 54f 17s 13.12.6 40 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 lb 1.11.0 9.18.9 If 10.6.7 4.18.6 all 1 18.18.9 261 44 13s 6d r 150 170 355 865 85 90 231 241 31 41 12 11 2 36 4 I 4 11 2 34 36 1/ 26 4 I 43 45 46 5 34 4 36 4 66 76 8 9 33 36 300 310 26 3 110 120 31 34 1 1 5 56 17 # 18 # 43 45 290 310 75 85 95 105 1/ 2 6 B 84 10i 13 14 SOCIETY. THE SEJN, ( FLONDON, SATURDAY EVENING ; JULY 27. 1861. CITY BETTING.—This Day. THE GOODWOOD STAKES. 4to 1 agst Elcho (taken) 9to 2 agst Starke (take 5) 7to 1 agst Schism (taken) 9to 1 agst Canary (take 10) 12 to 1 agst Balham 12 to 1 agst Shipwreck 12 to 1 agst Brownie 25 to 1 agst Voltella (taken) 30 to 1 agst Umpire 40 to 1 agst Fisherman 40 to 1 agst Guilder 40 to 1 agst Calpe THE GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 apt Optimist (offered) 4to 1 agst Mon Etoile (offered) 4to 1 agst Thormanby (offered) 9to 2 agst Wizard (5 to 1 taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Doefoot 10 to 1 agst Diophantus 15 to 1 agst Pretendant '2O to 1 agst Royalieu 25 to 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) L 4 IV 124 TELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) FOWLES V. THE NATIONAL GUARDIAN ASSURANCE This was an appeal from a decision of Vice• Chancellor Sir John Stuart in favour of the plaintiffs. The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of guarantee of insur— ance and transfer of a life policy of assurance to the Manchester Commissioners of Assessed Taxes for the faithful discharge of the duties of their late collector, Mr. John Roberts, and to recover his defalcations in that office. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were of opinion that the guarantee was void by the misre presentations and false answers made and returned to the written inquiries and questions put relative to the duties of the office of collector; and that the life policy was also void, in respect that the premium was not regularly paid. Their lordships reversed the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor, and dismissed the appeal and bill, without costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTS.—Two young men of respectable appearance, George and Charles Crook, of 5, Carnaby-street, were charged with committing unprovoked assaults on two young men named George Bull and John Cordy, the for • mer a varnish maker, of 15, Paris-street, Lambeth, and the latter a greengrocer, of Ship-lane, Kennington. The case having been proved against the defendant Charles, he was fined 30s. or 14 days. THE PESTS OF KENSINGTON-GARDE N ' S AND THE PARICS.—Thomas Saunders, a low-looking fellow, was charged with disgraceful conduct in Xensington-gardens. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought it a good opportunity of letting such fellows know what the magistrates meant to do in such cases. Heaven only knew on what principle these fellows went to such places, but they did go there. He should send the prisoner for six mouths--namely, three months for each offence. Many complaints are made of fellows of prisoner's descrip tion lurking in the parks. THAMES. THE SAILOR AND HIS NUGGET OF QOLD.—Mary Ann Clark and Sarah Vickers, two women of the:town, and dwelling in that very notorious place, Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, where tailors have been ci taken in and done for" many years, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a nugget of Austra lian gold, value £l4, from the person d a sailor named John Welch. It appeared that the sailor, who is dwElling at Green's Sailors' Home, Poplar, had lately arrived, and he was met by the prisoners who were on the look-out for homeward bounders. The sailor, who admitted he vas three sheets in the wind when he met " them ere ladies," treated them with lots of grog, and at a late hour on the previous night took him to a well-known don of infamy in Glasshouse-street. He had money, and Vickers soon left him. He turned into bed, and was soon fast asleep. On awaking he found himself alone in a dark aad dirty room, and missed his trousers. He found another pair had been substituted for them. In the pocket of his own trousers there was a nugget of gold wrapped up in a bit of rag and some paper. It was in his pocket when be entered the house. The sailor made a good deal of noise about the loss of his nugget, and called upon the police to interfere. A constable of the H division, named Billings, entered th• house, and recovered the trousers, which were given to him by the prisOner Clarke, who took them from under her bed. The nugget was gone. From inquiries made by Billings it appeared that the prisoners had paid a visit to a Jew dealer in the neighbourhood, and it was supposed he had bought the nugget, though on being questioned he denied all knowledge of it. In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych, the sailor said that Clarke came to his bedside and awoke him and told him to turn out, because he had no money. He thenmisssd his trousers and nugget. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a foolish fellow to get into bad company with a nugget of gold in his posses sion. He remanded the prisoners for a week, and said he would accept bail. PRIVATE BUSINESS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Tho Duke of Sutherland's Estate, Kilkenny Junction Railway, Eastern Counties Railway (Amendments), bills were read a third time and passed. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition pray ing their lordships to pass the Bankruptcy Bill as it at pre sent stood. with these trust deeds before the Court of Bankruptcy, armed with the same powers, and entitled to the same ad vantages, as might Formerly be obtained from the Court of Chancery. The probable result of this would be that they would have, in-read of a deserted court, a jurisdiction crammed with business. Ile trusted ho had conveyed to those of their lordships who had done him the honour to listen to him the conviction that it would be the most fal lacious thing in the world to draw conclusions from the limited area of the present court, and apply th em t o th e ex tended area of the new jurisdiction. Their lordships had been petitioned by a body of merchants, praying them to adopt the suggestions of the committee. But he must ob serve that matters of the administration of justice belonged not to merchants but to legislators. Their lordships would not allow to merchants the same experience in this as they would in commercial affairs. He had omitted one feature of great importance. For a long time there had been no greater reproach to the administration of justice than the rules attending the discharge of bankrupts. During the last few years instances of laxity of morality had been witnessed which were a disgrace to the commercial community. (Hear, hear.) Many of these delinquencies had been dis covered, but there was a differcnce in the views of the bank ruptcy courts as to the mode in which they should be dealt. with. Some years ago this subject had been brought before their lordships' consideration, and a system of certificates had been established indicative of the degree of censure which attached to the conduct of each particular bankrupt. After they had laid down the rule it depended for its utility entirely upon the way in which it was carried into effect. It was of very little value what laws they laid down, unless they provided also a corresponding machinery. Indeed he might almost adopt the old lino, and say, BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DERBY said he hoped their lordships would give him their indulgence when he referred to the state of the business of the house. Before Whitsuntide 68 bills were introduced into the House of Commons, and since that time 80 more had been brought in, making no less than 148 bills. Of these 78 had been passed and 5 rejected by the Com mons; 23 were withdrawn, and there now remained 44 bills awaiting the consideration of the lower house. In their lordships' house there were 48 bills still awaiting attention, for 18 of which this day had been men tioned. He had not taken any notice of the bills which had been amended by their lordships, and con cerning which it would be necessary to hold con ferences with the Commons. There were a very largo number of bills which there appeared no likelihood of forwarding—he meant the five bills for consolidating the criminal law. They were on the paper for consideration, and no day had been named. He felt certain public business suffered from the haste in which many bills had to be passed at the conclusion of the session. The Courts of Justice Bill had been hurriedly disposed of in the House of Commons at two o'clock in the morning. He must protest against such treatment of important busi ness. There were yesterday 26 bills on their lordships' paper, and to-day 23 for consideration. He would like to know whether the noble earl was ready to state whether he was prepared to act on the resolutions of the noble lord (Redesdale), and not press measures which it was impos sible could be fully considered, and w hither he would com municate with his colleagues with a view of preventing in jurious haste in the other house? Earl GRA.NVILLE said he hoped their lordships would not be alarmed by the number of bills the noble earl had referred to. The Irremovable Poor Bill, he thought, was a very good bill, and the Government were not to blame for the course that had been adopted last night when it was passed through committee. Five minutes before the house went into committee there were no less than 100 members present. With respect to bills now awaiting con sideration, no time would be lost in determining when they would be proceeded with. Lord REDESD ALE thought he had not been treated with respect as regarded the Irremovable Poor Bill. He had requested the noble earl to postpone that measure, as ho wished prepare certain amendments, but his request was refused. They were now within 10 days of the end of the session, and he did not think it would be doing justice to several bills if they were forced through Parliament without duo consideration. Earl GRANVILLE defended the course taken with respect to the Irremovable Poor Bill. The Earl of HARDIVICKE complained that the noble earl had in effect given no answer to the question of his noble friend. It was hardly fair to detain independent peers in town, in consequence of its not being known what bills were and what were not to be proceeded with. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble earl spoke as if this was the first time that the state of public business had been complained of at this period of the session. He recollected a very importar.t bill containing 100 clauses, which had been brought up quite as late as the present time during the Government of the noble earl opposite. He thought the object of the noble lord opposite was quite apparent with respect to the Irremovable Poor Bill. It was, in fact, an attempt to defeat and not to amend the measure, because one of the amendments was quite in op position to the wishes of the House of Commons. The subject then dropped. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. Upon the order for the consideration of the Commons' reasons for disagreeing to certain amendments made by the Lords, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to recommend to their lordships that they should agree with the decision of the Commons. Their lordships had inserted in the bill amend ments for which he had no doubt sound reasons could be given, but the House of Commons had disagreed with all those amendments, with one or two unimportant exceptions, and he now trusted, seeing that the bill in the shape it bad been sent up had met with the unanimous approval of the other house, that their lordships would consent to pass it in that shape. Provisions which had met with the sanction of the Consei vative party in the House of Commons had met, why he knew not, with the condemnation of the Con servative party in their lordships' house, and when the hill had goneback to the otherhouse with their lordships' amend ments the House of Commons had determined rather to risk the loss of the measure altogether than accept the amend ments. The measure had been spoken of as one of urgent necessity, and as such it had been regarded by the House of Commons. And let it be remembered that it was no idea of his—the bill had been introduced as a necessary alteration of the law by the late Government, and they it was who de served all the credit of the proposition. The language which had been uniformly used heretofore in reference to the ap pointment of a supreme judge, was that it would be advan tageous, but now it was sought to postpone the decision till next session. He had in the first instance come to the con clusion that there should be a head to this tribunal, but he disclaimed being influenced in this opinion by anything but a desire for the due administration of the law. This part of the bill had been objected to on the ground that it was an unnecessary expense. The administration of the law of bankruptcy and insolvency was carried on by a number of commissioners. The five commissioners of bankruptcy received an income of £lO,OOO a year, and there were, independent of these commissioners, commissioners of insolvent debtors, whose offices would be abolished by this bill ; and there were eight official assignees in London, of whom three were proposed to be at once abo lished, and machinery was provided to do away in course of time with the whole number. Therefore the saving by the bill of official salaries would be £12,000 or £13,000, and the whole additional charge that would be thrown by it upon the consolidated funs would he £5,000. From a very early period of time the complaint in connexion with bankruptcy was against the mode of administering justice, and not against the rules of administration themselves. The rules were simple, but the mode of administering justice had al ways been found difficult, and had met with much reproach and a great deal of complaint. The difficulty arose from the administrative and judicial duties having been conferred upon the same individual. There had been no separation of the duties, and the result had been that the judicial func tions had been performed in an unsatisfactory manner, and the administrative functions had been performed with a less amount of prudence than ordinary commercial intelligence, if applied to the subject, would have secured. In the earliest times in the history of the bankruptcy law, the administra tion of justice was carried on by 70 commissioners,who were the Lord Chancellor's secretaries. A great and cumbrous court was the consequence, which was limited to a species of appellate jurisdiction and the power of administering jus tice in the first instance, and performing the ordinary duties of administration were denied to it, and in a short time it died of inanition. Afterwards commissioners were ap pointed throughout the country, but they had no control ling head—no superintending power ; each pronounced his own orders, had his own rule of administration, and held within himself the administrative and judicial functions. This was ono of the first evils which it was desirable to remedy, and therefore it had been proposed that the ap pointment of this judge should be made. And he begged their lordships to observe that the duties of the judge would be of a threefold character ; he would have the superintendence of the whole of the administra tive part of the business, and he would exercise a jurisdic tion partly original and partly judicial. A great portion of the business of the judges was now accomplished in cham bers. It might well be imagined that throughout the coun try many questions might arise which would not be satis• factorily settled by commissioners, and could not be finally decided without the aid of a chief judge. The jurisdiction in bankruptcy was only a jurisdiction amongst the creditors themselves. The judge had no power of acting against a stranger, of trying a question before a jury , or of deciding questions of equity ; and many points arose which he was obliged to send to be decided by courts of l aw and equity ; so that suitors in bankruptcy wer e compelled to have recourse to other tribunals. This evil he (the Lord Chancellor) had endeavoured to remedy. The court had been made self sufficient, and had been armed with adequate powers. But this could not be obtained without putting at the head of one court a judge of dignity, experience, and education. In this country they laboured under the evil of numerous juris dictions, many of the operations of which were antagonistic to others. These evils existed to a certain extent also in bankruptcy, and he (the Lord Chancellor) could not hope to remedy them without the appointment of a chief judge. Then as to the appellate jurisdiction. Scattered over the country were a number of small tribunals entrusted with powers of administering justice. How necessary was it for these courts to have a central head, which should regulate, control, and give order to the rest. He had been told that in the committee the only function of the chief judge which was considered was his appellate jurisdiction. But he (the Lord Chancellor) was not afraid of putting the importance and necessity of the chief judge's office on this single issue. The bill for the first time threw down the wall of partition between the law of insolvency as applied to traders and non-traders. Now, both Houses of Parliament had deci ded that this distinction should no lunge:: exist. The prac tical result of an unequal administra tion of justice had been to drive the Queen's subjects out of her courts and induce them to have recourse to other modes of obtaining those advantages which they could not derive from the courts. The number of private arrangements had averaged 10,000 or 11,000 a year, and had outnumbered ten times the regular commissions in bankruptcy. But private arrange ments were very injurious things. Under a trust deed re course must be had to the Court of Chancery, where the ex pense was heavy, though no doubt less than it had been years ago. The bill accordingly empowered persons to go " Whate'er is best administered is best." But the commissioners differed so much in their decisions that in 100 cases one would give 13 first-class certificates, while another would give 50 or 60. In fact the certificates had become a mere absurdity and delusion. But he would restore the scheme by giving the administration into one hand ; for he proposed that in all such cases there should be an immediate resort to the chief judge, who would thus be enabled to apply an equal stigma to the same degree of de linquency. Again, it was proposed to give to the court a dis cretionary power in discharging an insolvent, to say whether any property that h e m i g h t hereafter acquire should remain liable to his past debts. But surely a great power like that required a directing hand. He hoped the bill would be found a considerable improvement on the existing law, but that hope would be completely strangled if their lordships re fused to adopt the only machinery by which it could be effi ciently carried into effect. It was said that the Lords Jus tices were quite competent to carry on the business of ap peals. He agreed that there were no judges in the land by whom justice was more efficiently or more economically ad ministered ; but they were already so fully occupied that they could not with propriety be asked to accept any addi- Venal duties. Besides, the business transacted by the Privy Council was every year increasing, and was thus making every year a greater demand upon their time. He proposed, however, that the great mass of appeals and the control of the other judges in bankruptcy should be handed over to the chief judge. The whole of the immense business of the Pro bate Court was now carried on by a single judge with the assistance of his registrars, and the simplicity of the present jurisdiction could hardly be exceeded ; while the cost of the court, he was happy to say, was not above a fifteenth or a sixteenth of that of the old testamentary jurisdiction. It was his hope to introduce a similar system into bankruptcy, and accordingly, by a clause in the bill power was taken not to fill up the vacancies which might occur in the commis sionerships. All the results he contemplated could only bo accomplished if their lordships would place this great court of debtor ai,d creditor in a position of equality with the other superior courts of justice. There were other topics on which he might enlarge, but he would not now trespass upon the patience of their lordships, as he should have an opportunity of saying a few . words in reply. He was satis fied that no one could read the bill without seeing the ne cessity of a chief judge, and therefore with an earnest desire to promote the sacred interests of truth and justice he ear nestly implored their lordships to agree with ;the House of Commons so far as the point now before them was con•. corned. (Loud cheers.) Lord CRANWORTH said there was one part of the able speech of the noble lord in which he fully concurred, namely, that th:s was the first time the question had been discussed in their lordships' house ; but he could not agree that that was attributable to those who did not consider the chief judge requisite. He had from the first warned his late noble and learned friend (Lord Campbell) that the chief judgeship would be unnecessary and mischievous. No doubt the discussion on the question had taken place in a select committee ; but why was that ? He (Lord Cran worth) had pointed out to his late noble friend that there were so many little points that would require amendment, that the till could not be considered in a committee of the whole house ; and his noble friend admitted that such was the case. But it was distinctly understood that it would be open to any noble lord to revive any question in the com mittee ; and his noble friend had not attempted to raise this point of the chief judge. If therefore the question ves now discussed in the present inconvenient form, the fault was with those who had not condescended to state their reasons at a more legitimate stage of the bill. (Hear, hear.) No body would complain that his noble friend on the woolsack had spoken too long. On the contrary, he had stopped far too short. He had stated a great many truths, which no body wished to deny, such as the importance of an uniform administration of justice; but he had given the go-by to the real question at issue, namely, whether there was any necessity for this chief judge ? For what was bankruptcy ? A bankrupt was a person who had committed an overt act of insolvency; and the object of the law was to take pos session of his property and distribute it rateably amongst his creditors. Formerly bankruptcy was regarded as a crime ; but a different feeling now prevailed, and a man might petition himself to be made bankrupt. In nine cases out of ten the proceedings were of a mere formal character. Indeed that was the whole case of the noble lord, who said that the business might be carried on by registrars. Some times, it was true, a person denied that he had committed any act of bankruptcy at all, and there must of course in that case be a judge to determine the fact. Then came the question of who were the creditors, but that did not depend upon the law of bankruptcy, but upon the law of the land. Then the money was got in and distributed in one or more dividends. It was in business of that kind that the com missioners were employed, and to say that they were not able to discharge such duties would be really practising upon the credulity of their lordships. (Hear, hear.) No doubt some of them enjoyed a higher reputation than others ; but amongst them were gentlemen whose character, as regarded integrity, honour, and law, stood as high as that of any legal functionaries that could be named. Of course, they were liable to err ; and how were they to be set right ? Lord Brougham had been taunted upon the consti tution of his Court of Review, which consisted of a chief judge and three pusines. But, if his noble friend had been present, he would have been able to show that he had had a right to expect that there would be a good deal of appeal business. A higher class of commissioners had, however, been appointed, and that with the amendments which were introduced into the laW, had obviated three. fourths of the appeals which had fo . rmerly been made. The Court of Re view had, therefore, nothing to do, and after a little time it became a mere joke in Westminster Hall. At last it fell to the ground, and in 1847 the whole of the business was transferred to the Vice-Chancellor. So the matter stood till 1851, when the business of the Vice-Chancellor in Bank ruptcy was transferred to the Lords Justices of Appeal, and from that time to the present the same system prevailed. Having stated what the present course of the administration of Bankruptcy was, he proceeded to state the grounds for his opinion in regard to the appointment of a supreme judge. Powers were given under the bill to review the taxation of the bills of costs; to frame, with the Lord Chan cellor, general rules to regulate the practice of the court ; and to perform certain other functions upon reference from the registrar, none of which required the services of a chief judge. A later clause gave power to try certain questions by a jury, but unless this clause was introduced to give colour to the appointment he could not understand what was the motive for its introduction, for they might depend that if the bill passed there would never be found issues to be tried by a jury. But that there might remain no doubt upon this point, he had written to Mr. Erskine, who pre sided over the court for seven years, to know how many cases of trial by a jury had occurred during that period, and his answer was that there were only three, and that of them only one had eventuated in a verdict. Clause 142 was by far the most important ; it provided that in case of any disputes between creditors and the assignees, or if there were no bankruptcy, between the creditors and trustees, the questions of dispute might be referred to the chief judge ; but that was not a new proposition. There was a similar provision by the 229th section of the old bank ruptcy law, though he admitted that this clause went further in this respect than the old act, and was so far an improve ment. The next provision to which he drew attention was that by which power was given to the chief judge to refuse or suspead the order of discharge, or in other words, the certificate ; but this was a power which was quite unneces sary,.: seeing that it was held at present b y the commis sioners, sioners, though no doubt it was a ver y p ro p er power . to o to f a theohicohf judge e u f d j g u e d gweaisf necessaryit wereco or rcaded expedient.th at the a l. p t p w o a m a. t n a m n e n n .. t strous to say that functionaryahighlegalrany of th ran e kr utie gw s r w th h t io h h e judges of the land was necessary for he had yet pointed out. He was perfectly aware that this was not all. They were told that the chief judge was to be a much more accessible tribunal of appeal than the Lords Jus tices. Upon this point the noble and learned lord led their lordships to suppose that nothing would in future go to the Lords Justices but appeals from the chiefjudge. But many parties would prefer the decision of the Lords Justices still to that of the chief judge, and they would have the power to carry their cases to them. He contended that the appeal to the chief judge could not be either cheaper or more speedy than the present appeal to the Lords Justices of Appeal. A return had been made of the number olfyanapdpheoawls which had been taken before the Why, Lord 215 days many days were so occupied ?during a period of from 13 to 14 years, that is to say, about 15 days a year Now the Lords Justices always discharged itheir business in the course of a year; and why should these 15 days of bankruptcy business be transferred from them to the chief judge? For these reasons he had been minced of _the unnecessary character of this appoint- I ment. But his noble and learned friend had stated that his object in truth was to get rid of the commissioners, and to establish this judge as a substitute for them. This he (Lord Cranworth) considered to be a most dangerous inno vation upon constitutional principles. He had always been consistent in the view that this functionary was both unne cessary and objectionable. He could assure his noble and learned friend that his only object was to act in this matter according to his honest convictions—(hear)—and in all law reforms he could honestly , assure his noble and learned friend that he would find no more cordial supporter than himself. (Heal.) Lord CHELMSFORD said no one could doubt the sin cerity of his noble friend's views who had heard his speech, which of itself was sufficient to remove the insinuation that the committee had been improperly influenced. His noble and learned friend on the woolsack had stigma tised it as a secret committee. He believed that there was not a member of the committee who did not give his impartial and single-minded attention to the sub ject. His noble and learned friend had inquired for the reasons why the committee had come to the conclu sion they did. He hoped the unanswerable speech of his noble and learned friend (Lord Cranworth) would gratify the wish of his noble and learned friend (the Lord Chancellor). his noble and learned friend, in a tone to which the house was unaccustomed—(hear, hear)—had insinuated that in consequence of the conclusio n of the select committee votes in the other House of Parliament had been influenced, and that members of that house had been induced to change their opinions from political motives. He had further hinted that the principle of a chief judge had been originally suggested by the Attorney-General of his noble friend (Lord Derby's) Government. But his noble friend's Government was not answerable fer the opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly. Th e noble and learned lord had expressed great solicitude for hi s offspring, the result of long and painful labour, and he was displeased if any one detected in it any deformity or irregu larity. But as he had laid his offspring at the door of the house, he must not be surprised if their lordships examined it a little before they took it up and adopted it. He (Lord Chelmsford) was not satisfied of the validity of the reasons for appointing a chief judge and transferring to him the duties now so ably performed by the Lords Justices. A nar now view, he thought, had always been taken on this subject. It was forgotten that there were such places as Birmingham and Manchester, as well as London. From a return it had been shown that 85 per cent. of the bankruptcies were below £l,OOO, and a great majority of these were under £3OO. So that this great judge would have to perform his duties with respect to 15 per cent. only of the bankrupts. Both an ap pellate and an original jurisdiction was to be conferred on this new functionary. Now, as to the number of appeals brought before the Lords Justices, it appeared that during last year there were 42. There had been no delay, no com plaint of delay, and no suggestion of delay, until it became necessary to establish some ground for depriving the Lords Justices of this jurisdiction. Then the costliness of the appeals had been spoken of. The average cost, it appeared, was about £5O to £6O, a sum which at first sight did not appear startling; but he had strong reasons for thinking that the cost of appeals before the new judge would be even greater than they were at present. It was not likely that the chief judge would in doubtful cases refuse a further ap peal to the Lords Justices, and the expense would thus be doubled. But then his noble friend suggested that the amalgamation of the law of bankruptcy and of insolvency would lead to a great increase in the amount of business. That argument was an entirely imaginary one; because it rarely happened that an insolvent's estate was a large one, and there was not much to encourage appeals where the funds ran short. (Laughter.) But suppose the present num ber were doubled, and they required 30 days instead of 15, Well, was that a sufficient case for the new judge? His noble friend very well knew, that to confine his new func tionary to the :duty of hearing appeals would be absurd ; and he had therefore cast about for other duties which he• might give him. He (Lord Chelmsford) remembered that when his noble friend opposite pressed the late Lord Chan cellor to state in the committee what the duties of the new judge were to be, the noble lord's reply was not very satis factory; for ho merely observed that the chief judge would be the keystone of the arch. He (Lord Chelmsford) recol lected remarking on that to a noble lord near him that: " £5,000 a-year was a large sum to pay for a metaphor. (Laughter, and cheers.) As to the supposed contrariety of. the commissioners' decisions, he altogether denied that such contrariety really existed. There was no difference whatever in their decisions upon the principle of bankruptcy law, though no doubt one of them might take a sterner view than another of lapses from what was called "commercial mortali ty." But would the appointment of a chief judge cure that The circumstances under which a bankrupt might be die.. charged were stated in the 146th sec. so clearly, that th.oss that ran might read ; and he could not see why the commis sioners, men second to none in point of experien to, might not be entrusted with the enforcement of those simple rules. Besides, how would the appointment of a chief judge in London cure discrepancies in the decisions of the seven or eight country commissioners and the 60 county court judges ? It was really trifling with their lordships to put before them such a recipe for uniformity of decision. (Cheers.) The questions which arose in bankruptcy had generally respect to persons over whom the court itself had no jurisdiction--questions, namely, of fraudulent preference and reputed ownership, which must ha settle." in the courts of law. Then, his noble friend said that there would be an enormous influx of business arising• out of the numerous deeds of arrangement; and his noble. friend proceeded to argue that the number of those deeds was a proof that the present bankruptcy law was un popular. He (Lord Chelmsford) considered that those deella constituted the very best mode of arrangement in the first instance. But how could these deeds add to the business of the court ? Next, his noble friend said, " Only thirak of the advantage of having a judge sitting in chambers." Well, his noble friend opposite to him would no doubt agree that business in chambers was not always very satisfactorily conducted ; but however that might be, it so happened that the same power of sitting in chambers was given to the con missioners. (Hear, hear.) As to the question of appeals, Lord Justice Knight Bruce had never doubted for one mo ment that he and his learned colleague would not be per fectly able to discnarge the small additional labour that might be thrown upon them. The original jurisdiction of the new judge was merely a pretence for finding him some thing to do, and there being still less reason for his appel late function, he (the noble lord) did hope that their lord ships would insist upon, their amendments—amendments which had been agreed to without a division in the select committee, and which had been properly made for the pur pose of preventing a most useless waste of public money (Cheers.) Lord WENSLEYDALE entirely agreed with the views which had been expressed by his noble friends. The law of bankruptcy required no great amount of legal learning; and he really did not see therefore what necessity there was for a judge of the rank and with the salary proposed by the original bill. The amendment had been unanimously agreed to in a committee comprising noble lords of great expe— rience, and belonging to all political parties. No one argu— ment had been adduced in favour of the new judgeship, and he trusted, therefore, that their lordships would adhere to their decision. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied, observing that with the knowledge of bankruptcy displayed by his two noble and learned friends who spoke after him, he was net surprised at their opposition to this measure. (Laughter.) , There were many important questions which would neces sarily come before the chief judge under the provisions of this bill, and there would not be left any reference to the Lords Justices. The act repealed was the act that created the jurisdiction of the Lords Justices transferred as described, and there was therefore nothing left for the transfer to operate upon, and the arguments upon this point only showed the want of information of the+ noble and learned lords who had employed them. The• jurisdiction of the court would be by this bill enlarged ten told, and th e d ut i es that would devo l ve upon th e af judge w ou ld necessar il y b e i ncrease d in thesame proportion. The effect of the measure would be to establish in the place of a costly appeal to the Lords Justices a more simple and expeditious machinery by which a settlement of the question at issue might probably be arrived at at a cost of a few shillings. He would suggest to , their lordships the propriety of putting this q uestion —whether they would still insist upon their am first. a mendments relating relating to the offices, duties, and powers of th e chief judge. n. His few noble m o. ex Lord CRANWORTH said that be must fora ments trouble the house with an pan and learned friend on the woolsack had charged him with attempting to mislead their lordships on a point of law. Their lordships were a ecusteme d to 1(olear, hear.) Nowoik to the woo l sack for accurate definitions of the law. if his noble and learned friend had been correct in stating that the clauses of the Consolidation Act constituting the jurisdiction in bankruptcy had been repealed, he would have been far from correct in stating that there would have been nothing for the transfer by the jurisdiction to act upon; but although his noble and learned friend had assailed him in no very courteous language—(cheers from the oppo sition benches)—he begged to say that the 12th and 13th.: sections of the Consolidation Act, by which the jurisdiction was constituted, were not included in the schedule of the present act. (Hear, hear.) The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the question that the house should insist upon its amendments, so far as they related to the offi.co, duties, and powers of the chief judge in bankruptcy. Their lordships divided, and the numbers were.— Contents Non - contents Majority The LORD-CHANCELLOR said that there was a large class of remaining amendments relating to the question of the discharge of the official assignees. With the permission of their lordships, he would put the question with respect to these assignees first, and the remaining miscellaneous amendments might be included in a third question. Upon the question being put that the house should insist upon its amendments relating to the official and creditors' assignees, Lord CHELMSFORD said it was not his intention to divide the house upon this question. It was one of eminent importance to the commercial community. The official as signees would have been very popular, had it not been that they were paid by a per tentage upon the value of estates, end thus a heavy expenditure was incurred. Now th e great majority of capes irk bank7uptcy Were settled out of court, PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per a pref. (issued at IX all stock Esris. & Exet4 p.ctstock 100 20 Do. do. do: Shares l4 • stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 1 00 6} Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. 14 Do Ist Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.._ 100 105 108 stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. 0. No. 1 100 107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 per et stock. 100 122 124 stock Eastern Union, 4 per et 108 78 80 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 109 111 stock Do. 4p. c gua. 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Lanc.&Carl. gna..5p .. ..c lOO Ln&N.W . 198 202 Lo i ;aloiLet fe G r r e e n e e n e wich lOO o h . a . stern 1 5 12 9 4 40 8 1 succeeded in closing with . the wreck, thell67l e,idit in afterwards saved the whole of the men— Lon.,Tilburyok, S -end 100 Peto Weo. 83 86 'qt. 7 1 , i _nixtober, and brought them safely to Lowes- 117 0 e . s:o p f e t r g e i ,e is. o ii p c lOO I N 3 o o r . folk.. --..... _— mnc.,Bxtn.,&Matlock all L NW&M 31 34 3 - 1 i t ires ne 'a sea broke heavily over the brig during the ~f lll ly i l ,„„ °llPied in savin the crew ; but the boat being skil- Mid. BradiT c •d Prefer life') --- ' a ged, there was g fortunatel y no loss of life. The NeewmneeaS4BuryEx. 100 Slidland.. 93 95 5. 56. E.Counts. / i p brig. ° at to he pr 0.... r anchor and incurred slight damages. The gua. 5 percent-- 1 of d eal ' l ed to be French—the St. Michael, with a cargo orthn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do a fie r y, n N Do. 6p. c. - — s he be 1 0,., C hristiana to Marans, to which latter place Do. Fixed sp, c..... all Do. — the s ara - g e d• The Pakefield lifeboat had also put off about North Western all Midland 15/ lt3l L& NW 1 _t a k ell ueptior. time , but observing that the Lowestoft boat had Preston and Wyre. { all & L.Yk. j ''rew .., favourable position for rescuing the wreck's Bo De v . i t S o h ri ar i e th s hz,itz shAep 100 alt lc' Et l,. l'" returned to the harbour: The Lowestoft and .s . _ G p t o :North. 131 133 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 118 122 tenefi'eld lifeboat stations are the most complete on Do. do. 1 Do. ""kit and asp ing • _ 0 lifeboats have often been the means ofl 11p all 51• Clean... -- both Wilt s and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 88 90 S.-Staffordshire aeons of shipwrecked sailors. Wlableclon diGroydne Alt 1 4.848re93 Si gi, 20 1 20 5 1 40 I Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim.l Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim I Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobra Copper Copiapo ,DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co l 'Fortuna. .. ;General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr ;Kapunda (Limited) (Linares ILusitanian ,Mariquita N. RhineCopof S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt 2 20 2 3 t 1 * d 1 33 84 I li -- dim. 346 36* 0 8 I 1 2 2* 23 24 i ft) 17 8 a p Id I I Id 2 4 I id 1* p 44 a I 1 1 1: 20 5 I Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 2828 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited).... Do all 1 10s. all all 33k $ li I 4 1 it I I JOINT-STOCK BAN.I. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 86 88 84 40 Australasia all 61 62 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21 204 100 Bank of London 5O 63 65 20 Bank of Turkey 3 1} ;II 50 British North American all 52 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 104 igt 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. a ll 32 34 100 City 100 Colonial ....... 20•11 'Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 16 164 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 231 20 Do. new 5 2 2t 50 London and County 20 354 364 50 London Joint Stock :: 10 31 32 314 20 London and S.Airican lO I 1 21 24 100 London & Westminster 20 68 69 6 s! w 100 Nat. Prov. of England . V - -.. , 20 Do. new _........ •• • • - -- 50 National Bank .....• - - 20 New South Wales...., all - - 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank ... ..... 100 Provincial of Ireland - 10 Do. new. - 25 South Australia .., - .... 25 l Union of Australia 50 (Union of London 108 .Unity Mutual.. 6O - - COLCZNIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July - 1877-9 lOO 105 109 - Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - 106 7 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 - Do. 5 p e r cent lOO 98 90 - Cape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 107 108 - Do. 1890 100 107 108 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1044 1054 105} - Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 974 184 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 974 cB} - Do. .0., 1888 & upwcla 100 974 9•44 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875.. ... . . 100 104 105 - S. Au5,G6p.0.1878.1 up:. 100 - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. J&Fr,Julyi 100 - I - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 105} 1051 1051 1 4 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO - stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 - stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine lOO 63 65 stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria - ... ~ 100 93 96 20 Do• New .- - - ,. .1 2 1} d MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Ang b• -*- I.exican Mhi :-. all 134 14 10 Atlantic R. 3.n. Stm (1d) -1/ 2} 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 8 2 \ 0 0. c D c h c o . pa . :, Il e 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 44 41 50 British American Land 40 - - 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim all 30 35 • n . t d i 1 8 11 T 8 e 5 1 2 . (Lim a (L , all al 1 _ lB 20_ .1511n.ofEng.8zSmiltg all - - 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 324 Canada Land all 104 106 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. • all at. Crystal Palace *•- - 100 8 1 33 311 st. Do. Preference .. lOO 101 103 st. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. D eb. 100 101 104 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal id 1 d st. Electric Telegraph .., , 1 0 0 26 Do. New .... . 97 5 English &Ails. Copper, all 31 - 3i 16 Gen. Steam Navigate in 11 - - 1 Great Ship Limited) all i 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 34 _ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 11- 20 'Madras Irr. and Canal 1 t 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 2/ 34 25 'National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 1 lof 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 04 di 10 Netherlands Land all - 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 4 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 - 1 N. .Australasian (Lim.) all 4 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 - 1 , 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 1 11 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 - - st. peelß,.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c all 184 194 50 Rbymney Iron all 17 18 15 Do. New all 5 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 1"8 133 25 South Australian Land all 32 31 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip. • all i '-' 1 Do. do. Reg istered 'a11 ,..1 i 10 Do. do [all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 pr I p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of UPL„Canz 5 - - 5 U. K'dom TeL 00. (um) I 4d pr 100 Tan Diemal LAW Share 1 Railways. 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.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South. of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares • Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 4i p. 0... Do.do. 5 per ...cent..... Do. 41p. c. E xtensions, Do. 5 - d 0........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. Newßrunswick t Candal Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6po Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land d 0........ Oude (Li t mited) ........ Saluda ...... •• •.1 4 4 Do. Punjaub .... La . g Do. Do. .. •.•• •• ce e ' Do. Indus. St. Flo. gst., Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip ..I FOREIGN Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodacteent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutt a. &S. E as tn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. . . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada 100 stk 18 20.1 20i 10 100 100 100 17i 20 stock Algerian .... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ............ Bah.d6S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine as Rail C° l3it o Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand RUE , grllar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.... l Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5...... .. Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) ,Tua. 7 ct. 1im...... giga & p. lioyal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flandern I Do. 51 p. c. Preference l i W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref. Zealand .. BRTTIS Alfred Cone° British Iron , Clifford . Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. W'l Russel (Tatistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus...' G .Wheal Alfd. (Phil ack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tJny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh 'I Baseet (1110 ;an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basliet W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cals.), Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lfs.)i FOREIG THIS DAY'S SitIPPING. LONDON, July 27.—Wind this day at noon, South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with some rain. There was a thunder storm in the morning. SHIELDS, July 26.—Wind 17.8:W.—Arrived—George Marsden, from New York. CowEs, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hammonia, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Ham burg. CLYDE, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wands worth, from Quebec. Sailed—Annie Grieve, for New foundland. DEAL, July 26.—Wind . W.S.W.—Arrived—Lothian, from Month Video; Iris, from the River, and sailed for Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, July 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Marietta, f rom P or t o Rico. GALWAY, July 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ellengill, from Q ue b ec . S a il e d—B oreas , f or Quebec. DARTMOUTII, July 26.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mar garet, for Qu e b ec . HULL, Richibucto ; Lu c y, f rom Mi ram i c hi ; Indepen d en t, from July 2.s.—Wind S.W..—Arrived—Aurora, from Quebec. FALmouTn, June 26.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Birch Grove, for Port Phillip and Geelong; George Merchant, for New York. --- (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES). PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning. His Imperial Russian Majestys corvettes Boyarin, 11, gun vessel llgignite, 3, from Shang- Cape of Good Hope, and the Azores, this morning ; also yesterday, the Captain ded Hughes, from Richibucto, for Lon- Jane Ewing, Captain hanbd arrived barque Vi i l H e e°Y k ni wyng Tropic,tKd and haoe ni I t l o i - u nta d hn a y, the ship Cor mic, from Akyab, with rice, for Falmouth, having overshot that port. SOUTHAMPTOX, Saturday Morning. Arrived —Harbinger, from Montreal ; Anne, from Sea- Dubfin ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, steamer, from steamer, for Carentan • Light and Sign, hfit:im . H G aevor r e g . e., from Cherbourg; F oy l e, d Edward, tmderland. for S ' .....••••••4 John a 1 g --ontrE, l an i ' Amsterdam ; Lothian, from (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNE TIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Arrived, July 27.—Hardwich, from Adelaide ; St. EliA beth, from Jamaica; B acchante, from Shan g hai ; Electra, ij o e rt J R u i l e y o. 26—Magnet, from. from Montreal; Amazon, from New York; Concord, from Trinidad; Edith Moore, from Calcutta; Glendower, from Mauritius ; Sumun, from Alexandria ; Norga, from Montreal ; St. Ormond, from Colombo ; Collingwood, from Demerara; Avalanche, from Manilla; Bolan from New Orleans; Agra, from Colombo; Rochambeau, from ! Quebec; William Thornborough, from G uernsey. Sailed—Esk, steamer, f or Guernsey ; Sir E. B an k s steamer, for Calais; Taurus, steamer, for Hamburg. , DEAL, Saturday m orn i ng St.A m nc a h ry or ,s e , d f — or S L aff on a :i f o r n o . Passed in tow—Regent, from S a g uena y , for London;m Hull, for Trieste ; Salma, from Morayshire, from Foo Chow Foo, for London. Passed—Tirgah of Aberystwith, from north, for west. Sailed—Nearly all the outward bound. K.ords Vice-Admiral . 8., accompanied It is now stated that the iron case d screw steam ship Warrior will be ready to leave the Vic toria Docks on the 6 H th en o . f si k r u F gzs e t ri . ekT.wheilFliairmstSreeya Lo t by the Comptroller of the Navy, Rear-Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson, went down on Tuesday, and 'paid a lengthened visit to the Warrior.--ArmY and Navy Gazette. uESSAYS AND REVIEWS." PROCEEDINGS AGAINST Dn. R. WILLIAMS.—The first formal proceedings in the suit promoted against Dr. Rowland Williams, by the Bishop of Salisbury, were taken in the Court of Arches yesterday. The suit is instituted against the rev, gentle- man as the writer of the article in the "Essays and Re views," entitled "Bunsen's Biblical Researches," and it is alleged in the citation with which he has been served, and the articles which will be filed, that he has thrown con tempt upon the prophetical books of the Old Testa ment, and otherwise deprave& the Scriptures. Mr. Toiler exhibited a proxy, under the hand and seal of the Bishop of Salisbury, constituting him his proctor in the case; and Mr. Dabois was duly constituted proxy for Dr. Williams. It WAS announced that the arti cles had been laid before counsel, and that a day would in due course be appointed for the hearing. I t i s genera ll y understood thlt the defence of Dr. Williams will be, that in the article complained of he has merely set forth in de tail the leading views of Barn Bunsen, as expressed in his leaditg theological writings, especially in his "Egypt's Place in Universal History," and his " Gott in der Ges chichte" and that in his own commentaries upon these he has not laid himself open to any charge which will subject him to ecclesiastical punishuient. 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock • tang I for VES to at some lye to a ac" bring,' age) Shef- eller)