The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-05 00:00:00

3- a it 3$ It 1- LII • 10 to he ed lie eh ea rig ed ist , , Cl' tr ib. Or ( ?ram the Oficial List. ) MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocti. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and, compared with Friday, prices of American were a shade dearer. All other sorts Wer e without change. The sales were 7,000 to 8 ,000 bales (500 for export and 1,000 on specula tion), comprising 200 Pernam and Maranham, Gid. to 7d. ; 300 Bahia, 61. to Gad. ; 300 Egyptian, bid. to Bd. ; 700 Surat, 4/(1. to 41(1. ; and 200 4 4 Islands, 9d. to 2s. Sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market further adv4nced, but the transac bolls were not extensive. The advices from Australia by the James Baines r epresent the state of trade in Melbourne as having ilnproved during the month of November. The demand for the diggings was very active, and it !as expected that the inquiry for all articles suit able for the gold fields would be maintained for some ti me. The crops promised an abundant yield, and t he market for brea.dstuffs on this account, and ° wing to the irregular arrivals from Chili, was very unsettled. Quartz crushing continued to produce e noeuraging results, and the amount of gold ° rought down by escort was increasing. During I t he week ending November 5, the receipts ° ad amounted to 43,712 ounces. Among t he vessels to leave for London were the 4driairal, the Statesman, Blackwall, and Susan. T hu Emma would shortly sail fru. Liverpool. The 'nail s by the James Baines, to the great incon venience of the merchants and others, have taken 99 days in their transmission. Later advices, therefore, may be expected every day. Commercial affairs in Sydney were rather un- Arourable, confidence, after the recent depression k ld embarrassment, not having been restored. Notwithstanding the announcement on the Paris F r ain market yesterday that there had been a fall 111 prices hero on Monday, there was no decline th ere. Wheat was firm at 41f. 73c. per 100 kilos. In flour the average quotation of the four qualities Ivan 891. per 157 kilofi. The factors declared sales °f 285 sacks, at an average of 88f. 68c. In rye th ere was not much doing, and prices were firm. °4ts and barley likewise ruled steady at previous (Notations. The International Association for establishing a Iltnformity of weights, measures, and moneys th roughout the civilised world are going to resume 'heir labours at Paris. The Minister of Agricul llre and Commerce has reserved a hall for their keetin gs in the Institution of Arts and Manufac tures. It has been a question for some time past with th e Prussian Government, as to the formation of a k b e tinpoly of tobacco throughout the dominions. F or this purpose a committee of the Lower House Was appointed to examine the question. Their re port being unfavourable, the Government have ab andoned their project. Accounts from the Vienna Bourse state that th ere was considerable agitation on Monday, in ° llB equence of some unfavourable report from Pa ris, concerning the conferences, which caused the A.ustrian Funds and other National Securities te decline. They recovered subsequently, and at th e cl ose were fi rm , th e 5 p er (huts. at 83i, Na tic)nal Loan 1101, New Credit Bank 372. Ex change on London had fallen to 10 - 3, and on Paris , te 1191. There is a heavy market for public securities, 414 th e transactions are of a limited character. AR th e settling day is rapidly approaching, many parties are anxious to realise their profit after the re cent improvement, and the sales thus made t a v'e temporarily affected the market. The quo tations have receded about per cent., Consols h oney 01! -I having declined to 91i , both for th e and account. The scrip is 1a premium. In fl ue -"New 3 per Cents. a large business has been 9 e rle at 32i to 93, and the Reduced Annuities are 4 '4 921. Exchequer Bills are Is. discount, the lids 981, and India Bonds 6s. discount. Bank st ook is 215. Poreign Securities are very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. are firm, being 96,1 to 96k. Sardi- Bonds have been 001 /, Spanish 3 per Cents. 3 11 and Brazilian Small Bonds 102? ; . Buenos Beres are 57, and Dutcl, 4 per Cents. 95i. Grenada, ? I nds are buoyant, the Active being 22 to 22 i , and 'ha Deferred 71. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 951. St ocks: —Grenada following, are the nominal prices of Foreign D e f e rred Bonds, 61 71; Mexican, 2 an, ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 58 ; orttiguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per e nts., 101 3 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 92 91 ; Spanish ...Per Cents., 42i 3 ; ditto Deferred, 23? 21 ; ditto Ce rtificates, 4/ 5 ; Ditto Passive, ti /er Railway Shares there is a quiet market, but 1 . 1 ' 5 quotations still tend upwards. Caledonian, 'lncashi re and Yorkshire, and Great Western, 1 ; 1 41 at f u ll er ra t es . Foreign and Colonial lines a / 0 not undergone any change of importance. Mining and Banking Shares are firm. Tie Committee of the Stock Exchange has 'PPeinted Thursday next for the first settling day in the East India Coal Company (limited). 5 5 20 10 814TISFI FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES . _ lin4in4 do ne. 11411 k Stock g 215 k r u • ftrql•-ced Annuities... .. 92 ili q 2 1 tan. ~ . l i r - Cent consols Annnitiec 9 l;i ill 1 e it 3 ner Cent. Annuities t,l 'lg. Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1.560... 3 9-16 Ditto :30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 5-16 "itco 31 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 143 15-16 ,s, f h u ia Stock lia Ronde, 4:woe . 0 D itto, under 1-AdflO 2 d ' 48 ^ 1 4 or Account b . _ Ditto Scrip C hequer Scrip E zehegner 1.;111.1., 2ci. kiwi .1i5130 "*Hall Ditto Advertised 3 2 d Ditto Bouds, 1853, 34 per Cent 9 ;i i b PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 'titzili an Bonds, 5 per Cant. b D itto Small t i . e nos Ayres Bowls, 6 per Cent 57 ot 'llan Bends, 6 per Cent 104: k _Ditto 3 per C en t GB ''.xlea n 3 per gent. Ditto Account i A Gr enada New Active, 1i per Cent. ti b ate Deferred 7a t rdinian Bow-ls, 5 per Cent. 6 " ~ ,inisii Bowls, 3 per Cent 43 t 411 r1ri‘h Bouds, 6 per cent 95,1 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account Dividends on the above navahle In London D utch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gull ... 131 40 4 per Cent. Certificates . . ... 95i i 6 THREE O'CLOCK. C MRolg ' Ditto Account 9ll R eginald ir in NEW Mesta. FOR JAITAIOA.—The REV. Courtenay, who has been appointed Bishop of ~'•,l O gston, Jamaica, was from 1842 to 1852 rector of ,cornton-Watlass, near Bedale, Yorkshire. H e re si g ned t hat benefice and went to Jamaica, b ec ame sub•visitor 141 ' 1 divinity lecturer at Bishop's College, and subse l'lently Archdeacon of Middlesex. on the retirement of a rchdeacon Smith. The Bishop of Jamaica (Dr. Spencer) do es not retire upon a pension, but may, at any time he P'eases, resume the active discharge of the episcopal u oties, in which case the Bishop of ingston will have archidiaconal authority. The K new bishop is to Ire 2,000/. a-year. It is in contemplation to erect the B ahama s into a separate see. b AltunQst the passengers from Australia to England 1 1 , 3 ' the James Baines is the celebrated Miss Emma ' , alter, an actress %horn the press of California and the &114tralian colonies pronounce to be one of the most ac 1341plished actiesses the stage has bad for many years. ti ring a severe gale which the James Baines eecoun t 7c(l this lady fell, and diidoetatid her right shoulder. we believe, to appear here at an early date. ` RICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is • allt 6 per mine premium (according t the last ) /I hich, at the English Mint price of 3/. o 17s. Cd r lo ner °2ll ands for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32 ; the exchange at Paris on London at short being 2 4 ., 3 7k, it follows that gold is about 0.22 per cent. dearer the ll-1 t oadon than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg aPric e of gold is 426 k per mark, which, at the English a llot pri ce o f 31. 17 s . 100. per ounce f or stan d ar d cold, t iv oo an exchange of 13.5 i ; and, the exchange at Ham- I• r g on London at short being 13.8, it follows that gold ; 1.10 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. b i t i t i e course of exchange at New York on London for Ilia 's at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent , and, the 110 23 exchange between England and America being 1 1 , 4 " -4 0 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi 4110Y 0.33 per cent. against England ; but, after making ter Wance for charges of transport and difference of in sine4, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmis• of gold either way between the two countriee. RAILWAYS. Business done this day 26 27 31 - 15 - 14 14 - .5 9 - 8 87 - • 89. 57} - 581 06 - 134 ••• • • • 3 - 2 7i - 84 1?1 - 114 $2 31 22 - 24 71 - 73 55 - 67 11 251 -26 i 35 - 87 61 - 7} 92 93 73 80 120 - 122 103 105 611 62 73 - 76 6i g 83 B‘3 7i - 7R 93 109 991 1001 par, 4d - par ) I 93 94 ••• ''''''' , ;5 ~ z6l - 70 -70 i - 43 11 --• 13 51 - 33 34 30 31 76 • 77 - 6 4* -3/ 15 - 64 51i 52i 84 90 6id sli iii; 24 - 26 104 106 74 76 46 is 12 3 66 67 71 73 4 -2 , '4 T 36 18 -- 19 - 44 7i 4} 4 531 i 8 14 9 11 i i 93 z d 79 120+ 103+ 62 1 2 83 1 i 71 99 t 100 991 70 f i 7G/ z d 15 154 52i 66i I i I 4 72 1 ;iedford and CtOsi this d iy - 96 91 - t 8 11 - 13 ii -... ii SiIARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 4 23 1 1 -tt 10:' 21~' 100 1100 '3' 1.1 all • '6 le i . v. all 3 all kmbg. Nottng. Bost anclEastn. Junct... fast & fiallymeriA Itrming. Wolvocb -tour Valley cirk o ihd. Lanoal.. r_lhoahlre Junet...... Cliesh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., ....... , :nyth &Tyns origins £25 (issd. at £4 nristol and Exeter.. !aledonian Cann. and Ca' digs' 'theater di Holyhead. [lc,rk and Bandon ~ lorks Black s 4 Pas,- I Do. A Do. B ' - rio f Junction..,. I)Lb' indzßelfastjunc.! Olin. P. & JEW. East Ay;glian Eastern Conntios ~ Tnion, A. MI B. Root—. Do., New L..... East Kent '•ast Lsueashire . Ed int u Th.& Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prtb &Dund, & Clyde Jon 'Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow & 5. west Great N. of Scotlnd. (Treat Northern . Do. A. 5t0ck...... Do., B. Stock Sth. kiVest.(lre Great Western 1)o. Stour Val Ra!' Gn Stk .. Iris)) So oth-Eablorr. ortster & Carlisle IDa., 'Do. Nev .aue as h . 'Vat. RiftinF v.Criny.&Southl.t Cordon k thvAw A' 1 Lep 1.1 .} - tri felt l,ond. toi N. viest7i. Fifths . 1)o.101. (.511..Mted y . C !Do. V.'ighttla . London nwIS, Virst., r)r ) , Do., £44 Ltudnitrry4 Col °rain Lndudrrr. t EnnlA gazioh.Snef,,AL Liut - 11 , Me:, Az Lin. Metropolitan., ..... . . Ralf Shares . ,'.4eweastie 'Nwpt.A.borg. Nowr: y Newry Warronpoin &ad Rostrovor..., Norfolk ~ N ortlin.Conutins r cl North Briti.ih Nt.h nAvon & Dock Stook A Stock .. , B Stock Do. B Guar.i.Titco Eastern—Ber "Do. do. Extension D).do.G.N.E. 'iamb Do. Led Do. York North Lo n(1 on N. &S. WS trn.,Hatn , - stead, and City Jn.. North Statfordeliir - .. North Western...... & S. 'Most rn. Juno Cuncaton, liinckle3 , and Leicester.. Ox, Were.. • ott'slt Co Aral .. Sottiah , . ~r~ropehire tit i qontli Devon Fvdern I'l , lllth 1 7 . 7 a1em . ;. V..lol } l.*Riv.i/n1 Wok. &WO. .Stockton Darli 4t(:?,kten ett I raff r)o. Prof., No. 1 r ,,, :ntes Bev. T l .& R. ,ITlverstone dr Lanca c.; Ndath IWakterfa. & Kilkenn‘ 1 1 .Vaterionl&Lintor !West Cornwall West End of Louctol an , i Crystal ntlarso.. Do. B iWost London Wimblodn&Crorim Closing Prices this day FOREIGN. 1.0 :_ll I : ~:r I - 1 t AD - 8 871 8 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Ohio. eo n. in Slt. at par till '6l ld 1 p 20 10 Ardennes 3l —41 p 1, .( , ,nt. 31 ,V 14 71,, Ziert , to Gra'sB Ks. j p 15 4.1 11 , ;nthat, Baroda,au •- p 18 all Do. ,emornra 11 Ontc.l Ttl•.cnish it all R.--stcrn oaf Franc. , 10 ? 3 'lo. ';ow l2 - 14,, Rast Indian, g. sp. • 215 221 22 15 . 21 - 211 211 1 10is/ I all D0.41p.0.8nd5.,'57 :t). t 20 16 Gee ong Mclbou no guar. 5 per c at.. Do., Lon. allot., do. ... • 22!, (.44.Ttnf Cans , taA 12 • 11 111 Do. WC , 9 'io. Cert. of Dcho)t. con. into Stk. till'!' 65 70 100 si 1)0. Comp. 6p. c., do 78 80 781 2, 14 Gt. Central of Fran 5s 6 / 2;:: .11 art. tt liar Foninsu 20/ —2l 2i 2G '4 Great Luxerabonr Constitutod Share. 55 - 5i 54 4 Do. Oblization. , ... 31 31 3 1 1 r 11 Do.re.is. forftd. 811. ••• 30 4 Y.o nt.Nyo3tornof<lawv a 25} -- fs?, 2111 1 1 N Do. New...... . . I/ s• ; 0•;. payable ; s7, with option till '53.. 99 100 99 100 111 Do. do., '62, p,'53 . 115 122 10c i ill Do. do., '76, p. 'BO 117 100 ,1) Do. do., '73, withon/ option lO7 109 all & Toront '25 25 . : 100 91l Do. 6 por crnt. 20 17 Lake Const. & Baslr .„, 20 all jLiorre and Turnhout ,„ 5 :1) Lucca Fist. sp. c.p .. nm• 21; 16 Lyons and 20 i 4 Lyons & Modit"rrin 10 all Vladras., pls.% 44p.e 191 20 10 DI. Now 'o., SP. ° 20 5 ro.4ip. c. Eaten 1 1 d 91 :'ll , all Aaria Antonia ~• 7 ~11 Do. do. Now *ll Isannr & I; , ..egr interost) 911 all Do. (ox interest) ...... 131 16 ail gortbern of France. -91 —39 i 20 all D 0.201.5110. lll 12 00 all Do. 20/. 3p. a Bde fray.B. Ams. 'Ake. — • 10 all VorwegianTrankPre 71 81 2C all Paris and Lyons to . - 50 40 all Ditto Bonds N) ell `aril and Orleans - r 0 52 10 5 Borne and Frascati.. fl ..• ali ?loyal Danish l9 20 r, all ItoyalSwedish — 4 all Do. Obligations zo all Sambre and Reuse_ 9# 91 lo all Do. 51 p. cent. Prof. 20 5 Scind , , guar. sp. a 11 1.11 20 all Do ••• all 4outhern of France — pro 20 16 St. Andrew's anti Quebec (A.) 5 , ,1 .1 %Vest Flanders 3l 4 10 Do k rAr c. Prof : ••• '2O 18 ‘v. &N.W. re Franc‘ 34 . 34 4 20 West. of Switzerland 6 all 'Wiesbaden .. 20 all Zealand 184 -- 194 itlf.NT-S . POCIi. BANKS. 0 1 11 .-', , -,14tr.1...f•Vr ,• to ~7 97 100 ,50 Bank of London .... 62 - 64 63i 4 ‘0 il , ,ri. , ;oi. , Itt.V..n. C , ._. . .. i0 „i critis•l: N. Arnorieln . - ... 25 3 rihartrl. Bank of Asi• ld - par • 20 4 (lhrti. Brk. of India, instra:ia, It Chin' , 1.(1 - par 100 50 City 65 - - 67 100 1 25 lolon , al - ... 100 1 20 Commercial of Lond ... _- 20 I All gllg.'-eOt.AL NIIS.Cht• 16 -- 17 20 , all Lond. anarz. Bk. of A:amt.:Mil l6 - 17 20 5 Ditto Now ............. 4 - 31 50 29 fe•ntion and County, .., -- ... 873 81 71 8 100 50 Lun.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par -4, SO 16 London Joint Stock. - - - • - 281 8 I 100 10 'London and Paris.- 11 - - I d 1.00 20 Loud. & Westminstor ... -- .... 441 1 1.00 35 National Pro.of Eng .- - -.. 20 10 Do. New • • .- -- 50 22, National of Irelalid.. ... -- ••• N all Now South Wales.- 37 - 39 '25 all Orienttl Bank of Corporation 4O - 42 100 2 PrGvincial of Ireland ... ...- ... 10 all Do. New ... C 1 B Ana li &Golm c ( ... .... ... 100 50, Royal British ... ... 25 all iouth Australia 33 - 40 3 9 25 all Union of Australia 7l - 73 72 A Do. New • •••• • 50 'lO . Union 9. Lod.= m Z„,2r .. IP. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5 185 e. ,!.1.1.4 i,k:ASED A r's fitiLwaTo. -Itir4 'OOl Pan , L.,ndon 6, , N. We-t. L. &N. 'W. Caterion IE. Un. Ar E. rEt. rti, n. E. Count. Caldoniam.n Do Cat. Slew Yl. New, th Berw. Y. &NM • Do.. Do all All 10 , ) 100 S. Easter Do Pete At Co Norfolk Do L.& N. W Stckton 8 Daxlingt hfidland. I tn. Conn. E. Count. D 0......... WiltAie,orrirst PREFE ~Do.. Do t North') lAneasli York sh. T. Brassey Stoekt. Darlingt Do FrltW , Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0. Do. Debentures tlythri.utiTyn:: rept• c. pref. Ostia. :itsol. [iris. & Ex. 4 p. C. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares Claledonian £lO ' St Ile. Gu. 5i pt Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 iltßaudourit,p.c , )uu.Prtb .4E A bor..) Anglian els. A Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cis. C 7p. li:asi.Ce. EY spcN Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. 0. Sest Un., G. 1 p. Do. 51., 10 our cent. ')o. ltl. Def.s.intr.S;•. Do. do. 4 per cent flast Lancash. 6 p. et. kW. Vork. sth• Bain. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Furness AR. & S. W. G. 5 p : ire `st Northn. 5 p.. c ''o. 5 p. c. Rodoerri zit 10 p. c. prem. F. . Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. 1 5 p. c. pro... :t. N. of Scot. 1 at Prt (It. S. ir \V. (Ireland Do. 4 per c. Pr.4f. h . con. red. 4i p.c. • con. red. 4 p. c no. irrod. 4p. 0. Do. 5 p. c. rod. prof Do. do. ale. Do. Birrn. Pref.lll... 00. Chester 8 p. c. P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birra, Ona. Stk Do. Ches. Gila. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do ... ,an. &York. F £2' Do. 6 p. c. Stock .. !ion. &Brigh. G.Sp.' Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St New Gnar.6 p. Jo. do. 5 per coat `,on.is't.N. W., Coy. slunenton Yt p. et - ,0n.& S. W. 7 per et „ 311± ty. & Color. S' i 11 Eunis S 10..1.,5..& L.,New,IP/ ±? till , farypt .& Cari. 4 all , 4i per cent..... 101)0 all 100 100 100 ] Of: 'lOO ill an 110: - ; 100 1 10 u 1100 1 10° 1.0 f; 100 I iiil.47'onsol.6p,c. Ifs )0. COD. Ipc 1W ,Do. 4i p. a. Pref. :, all 1')(3. Pref. 4i per cc all 'Do. 5/. Pr. f. 4 p. c. 100 Ditto L. kll."Prof., s ,all 1 :New., Atm.., &c., pr. I ,5 p. c red. 5 p c, pm. Al! Norfolk Detcaucrt. 100 Pa. Prof. 4p.e. St cl. WO 1 . )o 5 p.c. Ext 'OO ;Do. 54 per et. prof.. 100 'Do. Way. Val. 1 p., 100 .'North British 10 0 IN. E. Rom-. 4 p.c. I' 7 Do, do. do 13 iDe Leeds fi p.O . Yo. 9 Po. do. Quarters ... 10 Do.V , )Flt ii ,& ..; f' , t all I !Nortli Stafford.sl , ir , 100 • r)z,I,Vo .7W.l!'/ . 7p 9 1)o R. Prof. 101. Sli. 4 1).scot. Cont. , New 1 4 , ill '1.7;(..nU ))e - yon t 4 . 1 . 10. fixed, 4h per cep vll Hi. Eastern (I.tendi . •nn.) or £1 os. ,i ,7 1 10.': I Do. 4 , , par 0,-ut .... 101 De. Fixed 4 p c sh. 1.00 Wiles Chia. 4 p, a. all II)o. do. tq• p. c..., all ; S. Yorksh.4p.c.anm . all Hltock.& D.tr., 5 p c. 15 do. do all ~ stock. & Hart). g. 5, V. e. till July I,'s'; 4i ;Wutortcl.& Kilk. 6p c 112 116 JR A kIAJ;, - 96 98 I. - 1t 5! 61 ••• - 95 109 70 - 80 12 - 63 -- 70 515;17 106 108 101 - - 103 vi 10 • •• ...' 6 - 6A 91 - 94 S 2 - St 8:3 - 85 95 100 91 -10 i 16 - 16 9i 70 -72 19 -20 - 10 14t -14 i 1 - 3'3 135 • • ..... .... . ..... ... .. '"'" ire e ••• ''''' rim if : i* •••• ••• 1 , 2 - 1:34 9t - 96 1 - 4 - Y; }... - - •• ''''" •• • .. - .. Inl 94) 5 5i 1 id , .. '''' .. 4? ;5 - 97 9i 94 - • Sp 2i —24 d, MINES. 1. all t‘t,,, , , t.., . ... - ••• 1 all knglo Anstrin. Gold . , - ... i iis• all /I !Iglu Cali forni , n 1 - 4 10 6 \ natra Jinn 6 i 1 A': I. c stralian Corcilllcr .. -.- 1. :11 ..ve Maria. - •.. I ail Wen (n , l.Ducliy of ... - ... SO all ill Mb al.. Iron & Coa ... - ... 20 1.4 Briti s h I r on 3 .... 5 35 20 itra.zilianlmp.(issue.' . at 25 pin.) - 2t 2 30 all Do. Cacaos & ()dab 2 - 1 4 to 15 Do. St. Jolir Del Re, 26 - 2i 1 ; Olarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica r - 1p 4) ; all L'lebre Copper CO - 69 5 ; 1 71elonial Gold - ••• St. l all ilopper Min. of lin g :. 35 - 40 25 ' all Do. Pref. 75 p. sea 26 - 2 7 ... le ''.iopiape. 22 -• 24 225 2 14 ?ortusa I - id 20 j all ient..ll.l l4 - 16 1 all .A.NuggetlreinflAg i 44 ail jirent Poleooth .... 1f- 21 5 all Gt Wheal tier Ilnitec'.l 1 • id 1 I all C•iberty . - ... 3 all Linares. Oi - 71 5 1.4 Lusitanian ....... t i - r 1 all ife.riquita ' - 1 all I New Granada t - 5 1 all Ncuvean Monde A• - t 20 a:11 Pontgi.Sil. & Lc. Min. 12 - 14 6 i 1 Port Philip 4 - i i all Quarts Rock ... ...... - B SO all ilhymney Iron l9 -21 15 all i Do. New 6 - 8 x d 30 13 ' iantiacto de Cuba.. 25 - 3 2/ ... 6s. Sort. COAS. Min. Co 35 - 31 31 • 1 all ~ outh Australian 1 - i 1 all Do. Scrip - I 1 I i- Do. 10 per cent Fret ... - ... . 14. Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. -...- ... 10 9 l'in Cmft 4 - 45 45 / 2 8 85 . all United Mexican 3l - 3 i 1 all Valler * - S I All .vest, Mariposa i - I 1 12arorthing Mining of Australia 1 all Vrill... . - ..,- &116CELLAPI 8t.)11r.. - -- n 19 Australian Agric'alt. 25 - 26 W 11 kne,rs.ln. Royal Nail - .. 1U all 9erlin Water Works. 84 - 75 ei io ;0 ,irit. American Land 47 -. 60 100 1 , . .2anada 1 :. 5 .-- - .40 , t. rn - . o o .tt p , e . 72.1 k7ely 1'.55 • 1095 109 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 106 - 103 1075 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 169 - ill. 0 .:c . `., 4 .:1,•,'VA :46 t' ,)....... 25 -. 2 5 , all 0 0 . Pr eference 5 __ 4 ~20 ..378tal Pal.:4 Franc ... ...-., ~, 1 4 Ili fltOD Iron Ore .•• 20 13 g as tern Steam 5 all En.ttl Arts Cop Sm Co 1 --2 . 1 .. i 25 all :.'llectrie Telegraph 195 - 4 2(4 1 all Atootrie Teler,. o' Tr ... .., 5 all Gen. hal &Scalier ..• ••• 15 14 •;eu. Stoats. Navigai .., - ~. 18 I all general Screw Stearn ... - - 164 f t x a .10 10 i rish 11 , ,stroot S'Ara - 4 all Lend. Gen. Omaibus 31 '..- • 4 2u it) Magdalena St. Nasa , - 10 all tediterau. Hies. Tel. 8 - 10 10 9 4 oTiftlankB America. 55 - 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel .. ••-• ... 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 - 15 10 - all Do. Do. - 3 25 5 2 Do. 8 pcP i5lB at 1 d a- ia lf 100 80 Now B. & N.S. Land 18 - 22 1 all N. B. 3.ustrals.sian a - / 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteani ... -- ... 1 all orient...l Gas... . 15 - 15 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" ... - ... pm i, all Peel Rr. La. & Miuri. 25 - 25 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... - ... 635 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland. Iron Co -.- -. 100 60 ;loyal Mail Steam - ... 735 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l5 - 11 1 a Ditto New iP 25 ail South Austral. Land 35 - 36 ' al: finbmar. Tel. Scrip / - 1 t'o all Do. Registered. / -- 1 . 13 5 Trust& L. Co.U.Can. .. .... _ I 100 285 '.Vas Dtamen's Game 15 .., 16 re, 'oil iVGo 6p cohniauty, „ t 51 _s___ s s sss ••• ""'" - 1(5 13 -17 i 2:14 - 244 107 i 112, .« .. 2i - 4 91 - 92 P - 4p 54 - 16 • •• ••• 132 - 131 - 71 -, r:•. 32 i'32 85 ; 68i 70 1071 101 this .Isy. 1004 100 THE LOCAL DUE, 0)1 SHIPPING BILL. (Fro;m the ExamEmr.) In the beat of the battle raised upon this hill Mr. Lowe has been deserted by his colleagues. Whether or not this was treatment he was entitled to expect may in some degree appear from what we have to say of the measure proposed. It was one of two introduced on the part of the Go vernment, both of them thoroughly just and sound in principle, and both explained to the House by the Vice- President of the Board of Trade with unusual spirit and ability. The resolute opposition at once provoked by the particular bill now abandoned was not such as should have occasioned any surprise. So much the Ministry had every reason to expect. On behalf not merely of shipowners, but of the whole public, against the system of taxing entire classes le , ,d communities by single towns, its provisions were framed. It was to take away from certain corporations powers over other people than themselves and their own townsmen, leaving them simply power to rule over and rate their own locality. In other words, it took away a profitable privilege, and who could doubt that it would therefore be called an act of spoliation ? It took away a power ; and, though this was only a power over strangers, it was mere matter of course to expect that the old cry of rescue should be raised for " local self government." That every town council concerned would set a member on his legs to speak against the measure, and that all the machinery of resistance brought up commonly to make a stand for any corrupt system, would certainly be directed against the Shipping Bill, it required no conjuror to foresee. It consisted perfectly with those old notions of com mercial policy which Sir Robert Peel overthrew that seaport towns, or towns upon great rivers, should be allowed, quite after the manner of the middle ages, to exact a tax or toll on passing traffic. Time was when onr kings, for a little ready money, sold or wade grants of their own dues in certain ports ; and in this way a few towns obtained some privileges that were imperial and by no means municipal. For imperial rights that now produce to the corporation of Liverpool 125,0001. a year the original prize was not more than 700/ , for which payment the Molyneux family counted at that time upon a return of some 141. a-year from the pri vileges it secured to them. But the thing thus bought was not land, neither was it capital. It was a delegated right to impose taxes upon vessels and cargoes, paid partly by shipowners, and falling partly on the gene ral consumers of the goods so taxed. It was the far ming of a public trust, falling with unjust and partial incidents on particular classes, and hurtful to the people at large. Yet this :s the public tax to which the Corporation of Liverpool, through its advocate Sir Frederic Thesiger and his ally S:r Francis Baring, !aye claim, at this time of day, as its inalienable private property, to build town halls with, to dine or revel upon—in fact to do what it pleases with. Why, the bare notion of a private right in such taxation is mon strous ; and marvellous is the power of face which would claim it as a part of local self-government, and raise the silly outcry of centralisation against the desire to r. peal it. The Crown itself is in receipt of no inalieabb:e tax, and what it has not it cannot bestow. Corporations are not ends but means, as it was pro perly shown in the debate. Can it be pretended that to even what they claimed in their old and rotten Write, before the Municipal AO, the new corporations now reigning in their stead can lay equal claim ? Prece dents of compensation are urged with much vehe mence, and such may undoubtedly have been just, as for example in the case of the differential dues, iu so far as bbey made amends for clear acts of departure from the ordinary course of legislation. But to the present case they in no respect apply. The purpose of the Shipping Bill was to bring up to the level of existing legislation fragments of usage that should have become obsolete years ago. Now that the day of reckoning is come, to have fattened on abuses so long uncorrected is no ground for compensation, whatever of thankfulness or remorse it may suggest for years of overlooked and unmolested enjoyment. Nor had the Government acted in any baste in this matter. The repudiated bill was founded upon recom mendations contained in the report of a commission which inquired into the subject very carefully three years ago. Many times also, before that date, the subject had been pressed upon the attention of the House ; and when Mr. Lahouchere several years ago proposed the repeal of the navigation laws, it was objected against him that he did not bring forward concurrently a measure of the very character of this which Lord Palmerston has now aban doned. Already anticipating, moreover, the certainty of such interference from the Legislature, the Liverpool corporation has had the shrewdness to begin to borrow money on these dues, instead of borrowing on other available security ; and with great force and spirit Mr. Lowe pointed to this fact as increasing the necessity fir immediate legislation. He warned the house that, if they did not act at once, they would find themselves en tangled, when the inevitable time came, by charges created expressly to embarrass the repeal. "We shall find the question entangled in evert) , possible way, and its settlement must be postponed for an indefinite period. I say the commission has done its duty in reporting boldly and recommending what was good for the public. I say the Government has done its duty in bringing in this measure ;"—and we Fay that Lord Palmerston has not done his duty in flinging such a measure aside after a single night's experience of active opposition. The plea is that there are complex interests to take into consideration. But if these had not already been considered why propose to legislate at all ? The com mittee is a mere pretence, a limbo to which the House is not sorry to dismiss an inconveniently just and righteous bill. It anything useful or h•mest were intended by sue)) a Step, we should be quite disposed to ask. Nitil Mr. Disraeli, what rieces , ity there can he for the House ..1 Commons to undertake the do ies of the Cabinet ? HEA or LO , DoN DUBING THE TV E K. ( From the Report of the lirgistrar-General.) The t.r.al number deaths registered in Loadon last week was 1,029. Of th,,,e 529 were &tabs of males, aro: 500 , f fdrnales. The return is swisfaqory, as tested by experience; for it by 221 than the average number of d e aths (cnrreo a lrrr increa-e of population) in the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 184 G-55. Phih'sis, as is usually the cafe, pr.duced a great , r numher of deaths than any other disease, and was fatal in 136 oases.' Eninchitis was fatal in the next degree, arid carried off 95 persons ; pneumonia nuroberkvd 62, of whom two-thirds were infants not more than two years old. Hooping cough prevailed to some extent, and 60 children died of it. This complaint is r.:turned in five cases in the report for St. John, Pad lingtin ; and with reference to a child who died ele second in the same family within a f phig,ht from hoopiog cough) at 14, Wharf South,!the medical attendant mentions "the cold and damp atmosphere" in which it hail lived, the cot tage being low, arid contiguous to the Grand Junction Canal. Of 52 deaths from typhus (irclucling continued fever) occurred in the north division, which contains the London Fever Ho , pital, 14 in the east, 9 in the west, 8 in the south, and 4 in the central division. Typhus is frequent in Bethnal-green ; the registrar of the Church suh-district recorded three deaths from it in two days and one (that of a man 32 years obi) occurred at 7, Nelson-street. Hackney-road. where the fatal disease is attributed by the medical atten.'ant to "fetid smells arising from the house drains." Nine deaths from typhus, and one from scarlatina, took place in the Fever Hospital. The tetAl deaths from scarlatina were 24, from measles 17, and from smallpox 14. One from rheumatic fever, 10 from rheumatism, 17 fr nn can cer, one from intemperance, 2 from delirium tremens. On February the 7th, at 45, Park-street, Mary lebone, a man is returned as having died from want of food. The greatest age recorded is that of a widow, 96 years, who died in Christ Church, Marylebone. Last week the b;rthe of 1,002 boys and 974 girls, in all 1.976 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the aver age number was 1,575. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the readings of the barometer were high ; the highest was 30.53 in. on the let of March. The mean of the week was 30'365 in., and the daily mean was above 30 in. throughout the week. The mean temperature was 43 . 8 deg., which is 4 deg. above the average of the same week in 08 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest tempera ture occurred on \Vednesday, and was 57 deg. ; the lowest on Monday, and was 33 . 3 deg., and the difference between that and the mean air temperature of the water of the Thames was 411 deg. The wind, which before had been mostly in the' south-west, changed for the last three days to north-east. Except a thick misty rain on the morning of Thursday no rain fell in the week. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH I. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases •f the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration .. ... ....................... ......... 185 Diseases of the Stomath, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . .... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Malformations 2 Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy Old Age ' ' 26 Sudden l5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 33 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,029 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths lenumerate 4 l. aponding week in the 1851. of 18. , 5. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,393 ..... 328 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,50 1,029 , . Males 529 Females 5OO BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. 1002 974 Total - 1,976 of the 140,0001. brought by the Persia yesterday about 60,0001. was on French account, and the remainder has beep ptrobued for traornivsiou to rub:. ST. PANCRAS WORKHOMIE. OFFICIAL INVESUGATION BY THE COU AIISSIONERS IN LUNACY. Yesterday, a general Meeting of the directors and guard;ans of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras was held in the vestry-ball, King's-road, Camden-town, for the purpose of receiving the report of J. Gaskell, Esq., who has been investigating the insane wards of the work house, under the special instructions of the Commis sioners in Lunacy. H. Fairer, Esq., F.S.A., senior churchwarden, took the chair.. The report states that one portion of the insane wards, designated " Little Bethlem, ' are very objectionable, and that no improvements have been made in the other wards occupied by the idiotic and insane, being used both as day rooms and dormitories ; that they are IoW, dark, and gloomy apartments. " The central padded room used by the men remains very imperfectly venti lated and unfit for use." In the previous report of the commissioner, the wards are described as " inconve niently crowded," they then contained 13 men and 26 women ; " to-day," says the report, "I found in them 21 men and 45 women, 6 of the latter being placed in the Little Betblem." Eight patients are un pro vided with beds. Two men slept on beds placed on the forms, and 2 on the floor of the padded-room, one of which is unfit for use. Four women who are unprovided with bedsteads s'eep on beds cast upon the floor. With a view at once of di minishing the overcrowding, and of promoting more suit able accommodation► and treatment, the report recom mends the removal of 8 inmates named to an asylum. The report expresses regret that previous suggestions of the commissioners have been ntt • rly disregarded. After again setting forth at length these recommendation., the report continues, "Comparing the foregoing recommen dations with the state of the workhouse as presented to me this day, I find— "l. No book is kept in conformity with the first re commendation, and from the want of such a record I could not ascertain the number of the patients admitted into the lunatic wards, or the rate of mortality in them. "2. No lists of the patients are made in the female wards. "3. The instruments of restraint are not removed. I found strait waistcoats in both wards, and no account of restraint or seclusion is kept. ' "4. No diminution of the number of inmates in the idiotic wards has taken place. On the contrary, they have been nearly doubled. "5. Suitable chairs have not been provided. Many of the women I found seated on the beds, and eleven of them were confined to bed. "This enumeration of instances, in which no regard whatever has been paid to the means formerly pointed out to ameliorate the condition of the insane and idiotic inmates of the St. Pancras workhouse, may convey sonic idea of their present condition ; but it is difficult to con ceive or describe the many evils which now exist, and wbich, if allowed to continue, must inevitably lead to most disastrous results." In a department of the female ward which is crowded to excess, and occupied both night and day by dirty patients, the nurse in charge is in the habit of washing and drying portions of the bed and other linen ; the ven tilation in this room has been closed, to prevent " bad smells entering from the neighbouring churchyard." The nurse adds that the stench was unbearable, and that she burnt vinegar, with which she was freely supplied for the purpose. One of the patients frequently vomited in conse qience of the iicketking, smells. After alluding to the irregularity with which the meals are :erred, and con demning the practice of sentiii g raw meat into the wards to be cooked, the report alludes to the noxious smells in the men's ward, which is described as arising from a lodgment of foul water under the flooring. One of the padded rooms was dilapidated, and the bedding satu rated with urine. The beds are dirty and defective. The waterclosets are described as being badly supplied with water, and the supply of water is generally defec tive. The women's wards are described ae being in a disorderly state, owing to their being overcrowded, and from the want of all proper conveniences. Several bottles of medicine were carelessly left within reach of the patients, many of whom were melancholic and some suicidal ; none of them were provided with suitable hooks of amusement, and means of exercise is defective. The repel t here urges on those who are responsible for the care and treatment of these unhappy patients, to provide a due degree of protection to those who, by reason of their infirmities, are incapable of making correct statements and preferring just complaints as to their several wants and necessitie-i. Referring to the promised vigorous measures of improvement about to be adopted, reference is requested to the previous tug ge4tions of the commissioner.. The report, after detailing other evils existing in the inner wards of St. PAticras workhouse, concludes by drawing attention to the following, which they recom mend : 1. That no recent case of insanity be detained in the workhouse. 2. That chronic ewes, on whom restraint or seclusion aro imposed, be removed to an asylum. _ _ 3. That the number of inmate:ill the idiotic wards be f 4. That' more means of exercise and occupation be provided, and that a larger nu:nber of patients be al lowed to attend Divine service. 5. That a I ath be snpplied to the women patients. 6. That better means of washing be provided for the men, and a larger supply of towels and sheets for both men : , .nd women. 7. That suitable beds, to prevent bed-sore, be pur• 3. That better means of cleansing soiled bedding be adopted, and a larger Lumber of bed-ticks ho supplied. 9. That tie wire work be removed from the windows in the men's wart. 10. That the women be tmpplied with Fuitable books. The report was received, and a committee of five members were appointed to investiQate the statements made in the report ; and all instruments of restraint were ordered to be at once removed, and not used with. out the order of this medical offict-r. The Clerk was directed to infirm the Commissioners of the course adopted. THE POOR-LAW 10.111 D AND THE STATE OF THE WORKHOUSE, Mr. Hum \RD t`►en real a l•+iter from the Poor law Board, expressing their confilent as-orance that the ctors will &low no time unnecessarily to elapse. hefyre they take measures to remedy the serious evils whi , h are shown by Dr..Bence Jones's rep , rt to exist at the St. Pancras workla , use. Mr. Hibbard stated that he had informed the Poor-law B and that the vestry had already passed a resolution for the removal of the rchools from the workhouse. Tile Board then adjourned. STATR OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, March 4.—The market has been rather &nor, and in yarns a fair busio3ss ha, been done, but the demand has riot been active for cloth. Buyers for Germany, and also for India, have been taking yarns with ruaderste freedom, and prices may be quoted 0. per lb. above the rates of last Tuesday. Manufacturers have also been active buyers, and spinners have in some cases demanded id, per lb. advance for cops, but the average prices do net reach more than d. per lb. higher, either on home trade or export yarns. Yarns suited to the Yorkshire as well as the continental trade go off well. There has been a good deal of inquiry for cloth, and prices are very firm,. Messrs. J. Slag and Co. say : " There has been mare animation in the market yei terday and to-day than we have had for the last two or three weeks. The accounts from Calcutta and the China markets, received yesterday, are better than were ex pected, and a considerable business has been 'done for ttiose quarters at an advance on shirtings of full 11d. per piece on last week's rates. For the home trade also there has been an active demand for printers and shirtings, and some kinds of domestics, at gradually hardening prices. Long-cloths and T-cloths, on the other hand, a-e compa- ratively neglected, owing to the unfavourable advices from Constantinople and Egypt, but prices are firmly maintained." The prospects of peace have a tendency to induce caution among the buyers for the Levant trade, but there is little doubt felt that this branch of our foreign trade, though it may fall off comparatively after hottid ties have ceased, will take a more important position than it did before the war. Messrs. Da Fay and Co. have published an interest ing table (one of an annual series), giving an "estimate of the difference in pounds sterling of the sums accruing to the trade in cotton-manufactures during the years from 1846 to 1855, to pay for the expenses of fuel, ma chinery, drugs for dyeing, printing, bleaching, interest of capital, and every kind of wages, profits, &0., after deducting the actual cost of the raw material." Last year's table will furnish an example :—They estimate the cotton consumed in Great Britain in the year 1855 at 836,000,0001 b., and allowing 1i ounces per lb. as the waste in spinning, this would produce 744,563,0001 b. of yarn. Of this they calculate that 142,715,5001 b. has been exported in the shape of yarn and thread, and 358,578,000ib. has been exported in the form of cloth or manufactured goods, leaving 243,269,500,b. as the amount of hone' consumption. We then come to values. The declared value of thread and 3 arns exported in the year is 7,785,9001., ar.d that of manufactured goods 27,025,9001. ; while the home consumption, estimated in the same proportion as the declared value of the exported goods, plus 1., is 24,446,0001. ; total, 59,257,800/. ; from which deducting the total cost of cotton (836,000,0001 b., as above stated, at the average price of Sid. per lb., or 19,739,0001. sterling), the balance left to meet cost of production, profits, &c., is 39,518,800/. It will be seen from this table that the home consumption of cotton fabrics last year was equal to 243,269,5001 b. weight of yarn, or less than one third of the whole 744,500,0001 b., which is a much smaller proportion than has been retaised in previous years. In the prosperous year 1852, the home consump tion was 272,000,0001 b., out of a total of 668,000,000., and in that year, with a consumption of only 751,000,0001 b. weight of cotton, at sga. per lb. (or 16,819,3001. ster ling), the total value of our manufactures was 661,500,0001., of which 31,594,0001. worth were re tained at home, and the balance towards cost of pro duction, profits, &c., was 44,730,700/ , or an excess of 5,211,900/. over the balance of last year. LEEDS, March 4,—ln the woollen-cloth trade we have to report a steady market. In the coloured cloth-bail this morning a fair amount of business was done, chiefly in mixtures and spring fabrics. In the white cloth-hall only a limited business was done, but the general tone of tie trade is firm and satisfaotory. The teport of the Huddersfield market is as follows :—" We have bad fully an average attendance of buyers. Purchases were, how ever, more numerous than extensive. There was a brisk inquiry for new spring fancy patterns, and ready sales were effected in black mixture doeskins and other descriptions of plaid trouserings, at medium prices. The wo9l trade is firmer." .f- "~' ti t 0 t 1 Z, :0 ',Av. • 6, SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—(This D (Pl' ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) FOREST PLATE. Pollux Sir Rowland Trenellard Ceres Eight ram. FARMERS' PLATE. Westhcrpe INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Sir R. Trenchard •• Five ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Courtenay-(taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chaityat 12 o'clock. EAST KENT RAILWAY BILL. On the order for the,second reading of this bill, Mr. MACGREGOR moved its second reading that day six Months, in consevence of the standing orders not having bssn properly complied with. Mr: WILSON supported the second reading. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the bill read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Colme Valley and Halstead Railway Bill was els* read a second time and ordered to be committed. Petitions were 'preSeated in favour and against the abolition of Church rates: . VALUATION (IRELAND.) Sir R. FURGUSON moved for returns showing the counties in Ireland in which the tenement valuation has been competed, under .tbe Acts of 9 and 10 Vie. c. 110, 15 and 16 Vic. c. 63, and 17 Vic. c. 8, the name of each county, the acreable contents, the annual value, the cost of the valuation by the acre, the cost by the 1001. of the valuation, the whole cost to each county, and the date when it first came into force in each county ; of the whole cost of the townland sad of the tenement valua ti9s in each county, and the total cost of these valua tions in all the counties valued under them respectively ; of the number of revisions in each county or poor-law union, and t,hecost °teach su:111 revision, in each of the years ending the 31st day of Dec.,1853, 1554, and 1855 ; and statement of the progress and prospect of comple tion of the tenement valuation of Ireland. SPIRITS (IRELAND.) Sir R. FERGUSON moved for returns of the number of gallons of proof spirits on which duty was paid for home 'consumption in Ireland, in each of the years 1853, 1854, and 1855: of the number of deteetions, of per sons prosecuted, of persons convicted, and of persons c nfined, for offences in Ireland against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation, in each of the years 1853, 1854, and 1855 ; and distinguishing, in columns, the number of such detections, prosecutions, or convic- tions made by the constabulary from tho-le made by the revenue police : and of the number of persons confined in each gaol in Ireland for offences against the laws for the suppression of illicit distillation in each of the years 1853, 1854, and 1855.—Agreed to. CIaIIROH-RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir W. CLAY proposed the second reading of this bill, which wag, except in one particular, the same as that he introduced last session, and which was read a second time. This was a question bearing more on civil and religious liberty than on the amount of pecuniary relief involved. After referring to his former arguments in support of the bill of last session, he said he thought the arguments in favour and against it had been exhauste I, and that it was bey nd the reach of human intellect .to discover anything new to be said upon it. The receut decision in the House of Lords in the Braintree eve) had altered the aspect of this question by deciding that a good rate could only be made by the consent of a ma jority of the rate-payers. The law wag, therefore, vir tually abolished, and in many towns since that decision a church-rate had been refused. In m4ny places the rate was submitted to, but sooner or later the levying of a rate in those places would be contested, and those ill feelings and heart-burn ings that bad existed in other places would be the inevitable conoierpience. From a return of 238 rural parishes, he found that in 100 Vie rate w as opposed, and in 123 it wascarries'. Out of that num ber, in 99 cases the payment of the rate was refused. In .4j9 instances where a rate was levied. only 23 places submitted to it, and 14 p'aces where it was en *eel Therefore, out of 99 places where rates had been agreed to, there were only 47 places where the rate had been really paid. 'I he hon. member then alluded to what had been attempted for a change of the law, and said that he was right in assuming that there was a large portion of the people who considered she levying at church rates an irjustice, and a con viction in the minds of all that the :am could net remain in its proient state. He considered the change propOsed by the Lill of the Marquis. of Blandford, and also those by convocation, neither of which he thaught would have the desi7ed effect, and said, that nothing woul.l satiety the public hut the abo lition of church rates. Having ,referred to the heads of the biih he said that the cry raiQed o f the Church of Eng'and being the national Church he looked upon a' idle words, because that Chnrch was not empowered, in a national entice, in any way to levy a t.ix on those who differed from her. It was not a national Church in the sense of the wer I that there was no other Church in the ,:nintry. If he 'Cloveinuient admitted of no ether form of religion it would justify the Church in deriving her revenue be forc , s from all time who were not her mem bers, bet not otherwise. The Church of England was a great and venerable institution of the country— dear to the people for many reasons, and she had been re spected through many axes. The hoe, member next proceeded to remark on the statements of the opponents of the bill, that if the church rate were abolished, there would be no means of keeping up the fabrics, which he combated, and read a statement show ing the ' largo sums that had been spent in iittilding churches from the voluntary contributions of her Met - ahem The Church of England was one of the richest eccle-iestical corporations in existence, and pro bably her members were the richest ease of any. If the members of that church could not maintain the fabrics that had been handed down to them by their forefathers, by contributinz a small BUM to maintain them, but must force a paltry contribution from those who never entered within the walls of that Church, then, Churchman as he was, he felt that the Church of England was unworthy to exist, if she had but so slight a hold on the feelings and affections of the people. (Hear.) The hon. gentle man referred to the opinion of Lord Jahn Russell on church rates, which he enunciated in . a speech last session, and in which he expressed his fears that an injury would be done to the Church by the abolition of church rates, and cautioned the house against any great changes. He (Mr. Clay) thought these words of caution were unnecessary, because they had been used en all occasions whtn any great change was about to be made, such as during the discussion of the repeal of the Test and Corporation Act, Catholic emancipation, free trade, &c , yet the constitution never rested on a firmer basis than now, nor was the country ever more prosperous. (Hear, hear.) The motion having been seconded, Lord .1. MANNERS moved the second reading that day six months. He considered the bill before the house did not merit the approbation and support of the house for the remedy of the grievance complained of, and he based his opposition to it upon the fullest and broadest acknowledgment of the grievance that had been stated to exist by the hon. mover of the second reading of the bill. There was nothing in the bill or the preamble making reference to the grievance complained of, whilst its enacting powers would impose a real grievance on all churchmen. , (Hear.) The bill pro posed to make provisiOn in lieu of church rates, and lie took provision to mean something that should exist ; but it was impassible to call voluntary contributions a thing on which to depend. The grievance complained of in the continuance of this law was no greater, if so great, than that which existed in reference to the support of the other institutions of the country. The noble lord then examined the clauses of the bill, and in the course of his remarks said, that of the 700,0001. levied for church rates, 600,0001. were paid by Churchmen. He looked upon this bill as one more applicable to populous towns than to rural parishes. Sir S. NORTHCOTE seconded the. amendment. He admitted dissentets and churchmen had grievances to complain of under the present system, but the bill of the hon. baronet did not provide a satisfactory remedy for these grievances. This bill was not to apply to Scotland and Ireland, and looking at the present state of the law in Scotland, he was of opn that the ha w had been introduced not for the purpose of providing religious .freklom, but if possible to a btain peace. So far from tha t bein g accom p lished, he (Sir S. Northeote) considered the bill would introduce discord into parishes where it did net at present exist. The taunt bad been thrown oat, were your wealthy mem bers of the Church, if church rates were abolished, not ready to come forward to maintain the fabric of the Church. Of course they were, but it would be done by the organisation of sonic central association, who would have a control over he distribution of the funds, and that would tend to the denationalising of the Church, by shaking the confidence of the parish ioners in the Church, from their having no voice in its management. He objected to their having recourse to voluntary contributions and then putting their manage ment into the hands of certain auditors for distribution. He also expatiated on the evils that would result to the parishioners and the church by relying on voluntary contributions instead of church rates in parishes when the landowner was a Roman Catholic. Sir G. GREY said that the house bad a right to know the course 'the Govelnment would take in refer ence to this bill. He said it' was surrounded with sufficient difficulty to permit its being considered. separate from the law with reference to the church r Rtes in Scotland, but as it affected England. The noble lord bad omitted to notice the existing state of the law with .referende to church rste2, and ithat there was no ground for the abolition of this rate Icing consi dered op:dation Qr. confiscation.. • If these rates "lops- L. ~ .. =' 4 ‘tU2m Tif abo:ished, the Church of Erie!: n 1 would be found _ to rest on Lief; stronger than that connected with a ohu - ch rate that.wpold entitle her to the : denomination of hying the national Church. He considered ,that%the recent decision of the House of Lords had virtually abo lished this rate, but that was not such a remedy as thoie: who approved of church rates thought sufficient. That state of the law was unsatii•factory. Of the various schemes that had been propounded . for the modification of church rates by the friends of the Church, in nleibev all of them there was that radical defect that they might go to these towns where a compromise-. had been come to, and make a rate that might reconcile the opponents to it, but which he thought woad be found to fail, and give rise again to strife and dissension which now had happily ceased in those towns. These being abolished in those towns, the law: might, be con sidered to be sirtlially abolished ; but the Government , would not give their consent to the innuediat*and total abolition of church rates throughout the king dom, but that the principle of abolition, , as • the principle of this bill, should be recognised and 'sane:. tioned, the abolition of church rates in all those placers where they had been discontinued' for a limited pericd—(cries of " Oh, oh")--nit of sufficient tines to- indicate that the parishioners had decided the rate should not be levied in future, arid which wag in 'accordance with the principle of a bill introduced last session into the House of Lords by the Arch bishop of Canterbury. He thought no objection would be raised to the admission of the noble lord who moved the arneodmout, that Dissenters ought to be relieved from the ride, toit that if he took advantage of that exemption lie ought not thereafter to be permitted .to interfere with ailtbine connected wito the levy ing of a fund, nr its application for the main- . • tenance of the fabric. They ought not, boar ever, to be denied participation -in the' ordina tces of the Church. Nothing could be more suicidal on the part of the Church than to refusm all to come within its portals. Admitting this prospective abolition' of Char* rates in the manner he had stated, the CrovenuneiA would stipport.tho second reading of this bill, and in coon• wittee bring forward amendments to meet their views on this question, and remedy what defects there might be in the details of the bill. Church rates sow were as uncertain as voluntary contributions; but it was 'dash , able a substitute should be provided in voluntary oon tributions assisted by a " fabric fund" chargeable on the p operty of landowners within the parish towards making up any deficiency that might arise. He did net lout " on voluntary contributions as being so capricious a source of income as many hon. members imagined. Hi :7; referred to many of the atetnalies of the present law with . reference to. town and rural pari s h e s. • 3- t Mr. DRUMMOND said the am en dm en t s proposet t ' ' t by the G.,verninent to this measure would so alter it that it would be but fair if it were withdrawn and the Gce vernment to bring in another. He objected to sill of the proposed alterations in the law of church rates. (Hear.) He referred to the establishment of 'chili& rates, which were as old as the establishment of Chris tianity in this country, and that of churchwardens, dated so far back as 1147. A national church was that church which a sovereign supported, and the reason whi t . the people had dissented from the church was from the heads of the church depriving them 'of the necessary accommodation by the introduction of pews. The heads of the' Church were the enemies of the Church, and not the Dissenters. The Braintree case was now settled by the decision of the House of Lords, who had reversed the judgments of learned judges on thequeetten. The House of Lords would not allow God's house to be repaired; and they were now about to pull down their own. (Laughter.) Every owner of a house held it on the understanding thatit shoUld contribute towards church rates, and if the Government abolished church rates the property should he valued and compensated accordingly. • . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the house .111 in consequence of the noble lord, the mover of the amendment, saying, in the course of his speech, that the hon. members who voted last session in favour of similar measure was headed by a " reckless Attorney- General," and defended his conduct fro such a personal attack. Lord J. RUSSELL regretted the eretary of State 1 for the Home Department had not git en abetter twin- 1 tion for meeting the difficulties of the question-than he had done but he had chosen the inconvenient course of giving hiS and the Government. support to a bill in ' 4 which lie proposed to in trod uco se vera I eornplicated defaiTi in committee. He did not consider Dissenters entitled to I relief from church rates becAuse they were Ditienters, and he would be ready at any time ; to (Jimmies that question. The people who had a trievaiice here• was those who belonged to the E:tablishea Church from the law bein; open to coercion. The' remedy. 7. proposed by the right hon. taronet required 'that a substitute should he provided for the abolition of church rates, bat he did not suggest any but what thn'Tiresent bill did—that of bringing peace into all parisheF. The proposition of the Go.erninent would neithersattsfy.the— rights Of the Church, appeas'! the conscienn3s of disseiters, nor promote peace. Tee noble lord then proceeded to examine in dieail the propo , ilinns of the HomeSecre. tary, and also the rnover - of the bill. He was afraid r , f two eta ses : one who objected to the existence of A national Church, aid who, by attacking the ' outpost.; hurled afterwards to carry the cittdet ; and" th© other was the very English churchman who wished' .3 to separate those who-differed from him, and make the Established Church a sectarian establishment, which, if carried out, would soon affect the dignity, property, and -, proriSions of that establ;stimetit. Under all the circuit'. • stances of the ease, he felt tn:tiod to vote against the second Teading of the. hill. •L•ird PALMERSTON defended the enure the Go •vernmtAtt had pureued with respect to this,questiOn,... The determination they had arrived at bad not been . hastily collie to, but bad been adopted after the most ma• ture consideration. The rate as now levied was only on the voluntary system, and it was therefore a farce to speak of the reliance the Church placed nponlirtipeity arising from this mode. • The Government ko posed to acknowledge existing facts, and their ' pripcsition was the one that in red. on - On old rs_ commend itself to the house. (Hear.) 'Phey - iiroposeri that in parishes where the rate was not l e vi e d it Stieulefl nut he forced upon them. and they provided nieaStVie - airr - " , •‘'. 4 ensure the proper application of the proceeds of the rate 2 where it existed. It had been argued that this meastnin% l should have been cpposed by the Governthent, their •propositions introduced into a tu6sure their own : but he held it wps their duty, agreeing as they did with the main principles of the bill intro duced by the hon. member (sir \V. Clay), to support it in its prevent stage. Mr. supported the motion. The linuSe then divided, when there appeared For the second reading 221 • • • Against it Majority The announcement of the numbers was received with • loud cheers. The bill was then road a second time. In reply to Mr. WALPOLE, Sir G. GREY said the a'nendments the Government intended to introdule into this bill on committee • would be laid on the table as speedily as possible, cer tainly before the Easter recess. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE BILL. •_ Mr. A. PELLATT moved the second reading of this t bill, which was, in tilt:et . , the same as the one which passed a second reading last session. After a few observations from Sir W. Ileathcote; ••• Lord Palmcrstov, Mr. Henley, and several other honourable members, the bill wag read a sece,nd time and ordered to be committed on the 11th of April. The C.msolidated Fund Bill ('26,000,000/) was read a second time. The ether business having been disposed of, the house adjourned at 1:Alf-past 5. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) frr, (Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis.) T'as - 1 04 ./',4 1 Mimi/ Griffith., 84, was indicted for feloniously as- `- saulting and wounding Alfred Mills with i ntent to :c; murder In other counts his intent was said to be to do bodily injury to the prosecutor dangerous to lite The Lord Chief Justios having •feummed up, the 'jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding the prosecutor with intent to do him grievous bodily harm, and he was sentenced to be transported, for life. THIRD COURT. -0 in i ‘m ti b ru i- t „ 46 , (Before the C Sergeant.)r 9 ( . 1 flvfoFtp.sh Alfred Strinbourve, 20, engineer, was indi c t e d b urg lary, iu the dwelling-liouse of Sir Hen r y Mugger' ;46.aci ge, and Ftesling a watch, gold chain, an d two coats valued at 20/. It appeared that the house of the pro3ecutor at Streatham wa3 Broken into upon this night of the 24th of Jan., and the gools in question stolen, and prisoner was traced pawning the property r► part of the next day. The jury found bin guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' and hard labour. THAMES TUNNEL Colt?Axv.—The annual meeting of the shareholders of this c .mpany was held yesterday at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street; B. Hawes, E9(1.4 in the oiair. From the report for the year ending Dee. 31, it appeared that the receipts for the year, from VA riuui3 sources, amounted to 6,0691. Os. 9d., and the ex- - pendituro to 3,6301. 149. 11. ; there had keen paid to the Government, 1,854/. 124. 2d., and there remained in hand 5731. 14 , . 6d. rho chairman said there was no money for shareholders at present, and that hopes wtra entertained that some useful scheme would be projected to render the property a means of making them some return. There bad been proposals for the tunnel being made the medium by which the railways, north and south of the metropolis, might be tied together. The report was then adopted. A shareholder mentioned, that a scheme tor using the Regent's Canal. and the Tunnel had been favourably reported by the committee • of the House of Commons. The proceedings then ter minated in the usual manner. The WEECE OF TUN JOSEPtiIWE WlLT , ls_Dovra. The doers employed en the sunken wreck of the ship Josephine Willie, Off Folkestone, have been succeosful in their operations during the last few days. All the spars . , rigging, &c., have been cleared away, and they have been able to penetrate into the chief cabin and remove a quan tity of luggage, bearing the names of Miss Logan and . Mr. Ray. They also secured a mahogany chest from the cabin, which it was found contained the ship's plate, . besides many other articles of value. They expect in a short time to be enabled to get all the property belong= ing to the pa#seugers from the cabin. Next week at tempts will be made, should the weather prove favour Wet to get itAccargo, . t. " • • ~~ St. St. St. .45 ~~