The Sun. — London, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and compared with Friday's range prices of American and Surat were higher ; other kinds were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, .of which 1,000 were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation, including 200 Egyptian at 6,1 d. to 7d ; and 1,500 Surat, 4d. to sid. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, but prices were advancing. Accounts from Hamburg state that the easy state of the Money Market there has exercised a fa vourable influence upon trade generally, especially in purchases of coffee. Rio has been in demand at full rates, and sales of 5000 bags Brazil realised from 31 sch. to 41 sch. ; and 4,000 Laguayra from 5k to 6i soh. The imports of coffee during the year up to the close of April was about 31,500,000 lb., and the stock on hand about 30,500,0001 b., against 22 millions and 17 millions respectively in 1855. . At Amsterdam the coffee market was apparently quiet ; but the stock on hand was diminishing from day to day, and the result of the sales during the month of April showed the large quantity of 271,571 bags to have changed hands. There was not much alteration in prices ; but the demand for Brazil of ordinary quality was good. Trade reports from Antwerp show that there is not much variation in prices.in the principal arti cles of import, but a very steady business is doing. There has been some large sales by auction of coffee, which have rendered private trans actions unimportant. The latter included 1,500 bags Brazil, and 600 bags Saint Domingo and Java ; and at the former the lots knocked down comprised 3,175 bags Brazil, from 47c. to 60ic. per half kilo. ; 1,065 bags San tos, from 521 c. to 611 e. ; and 122 bags St. Domingo, from 68c. to 69c. Cotton maintains its improved quotation of last week, although the business trans acted is unimportant. For good ordinary Ameri can 31c. to 32c. per half kilo., and for good mid dling 350. to 3610. It is stated that the preliminaries of an agree ment between the representatives of the Great Luxembourg and the Eastern of France Railway Company have been arranged, I:rat the sanction of the respective shareholders has. to be obtained before the terms can be finally settled. The latter company will, it is alleged, undertake the working of the Luxembourg line, and pay its proprietary a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum, provided the earnings are sufficient, but will not guarantee a minimum dividend of more than 3 per cent. All profits above 4 per cent. will be equally divided between the two companies. The Southern of France Railway Company is about to issue 49,500 New 3 per Cent. Obligations. Accounts from Berlin state that the Bank of France has reduced the rate of discount from 5 to 4 per cent. No movement of importance has taken place in the market for public securities this morning, but the quotations are steady and the dealings limited. Until after the settlement of the account inactivity is likely to prevail, and it is not expected that any material increase of business •will take place until the Budget has been submitted to the House of Commons. In the meantime, should the present comparative ease in the money market continue, the bona fide purchases of stock on behalf of the public will, no doubt, give support to the market. Consols for transfer have been 92/ to 93, but they have since advanced to 93k, while for the Bth instant (to-morrow) they are about 92i to 93. The June prices are 93i The New 3 per Cents. have been purchased at 92 to 92k, and the Reduced at 91-h g. Bank Stock is 40-i, 'being heavy. The Unfunded Debt is firmer, the March Bills being par to 2s. premium, and June ditto 4s. to 2s. dis count, while the Bonds rule at 97i to 98k. East India Bonds have been dealt in at 6s. to 3s. dis count for those under 1,0001. Very few transactions have been recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, and many of the quotations are merely nominal. Turkish 6 per Cents. are dull at 98, and the 4 per Cents. firmer at 1011 a. Sardinian Bonds are 95. Spanish 3 per Cents. 44 and Belgian 41 per Cents. 95. Dutch 4 per Cents. remain at 94. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 71 ; Mexi can, 221 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 6 4 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Rus sian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 444 - 51 ; Ditto De ferred, 2-4 si; Ditto Certificates, 51 ; Ditto Pas sive, 7 i• Railway Shares rule quiet, but tho prices are a shade firmer for most of the English lines. The Foreign are steady, and the Italian Juncti , Dn, Cri meaux and Toulouse, Lombardo, Venetian, and the Riga are well maintained. French lines are quiet. Great Luxembourg are flatter. London and County Bank are higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONK 0 CLOCK. (Prom the Oficial List. ) Bugineat done. Rank Stock 2lok 3 per Cent. Rothlced Annuities 9li i 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92i 3i New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-1 G i India Bonds, -£lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 6 d Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, lid_ March. June. £IOOO £5OO — 4 d Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 971 SA Pk ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO: Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small 99 Ihrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Sparosb Bonds, 3 per Cent. 44 45/ Ditto Account - Turkish Ronds, ti per cent Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lO4 Dividenda on the above .nvable in London. telginn, 2i per Cent,, ex. 25 francs Ditto th per Cent.. ex. 25 francs 95 Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .............94 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Money 93 Ditto Account (June) 93i DOVER, May 6.—His Highness Aali Pasha and suite arrived at Dover this afternoon by a special steamer, and, after stayinr , at the Ship Hotel for a few hours, proceeded to London' by the 7.30 p.m. train. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Black Ball mail dip per ship Lightning, M master, sailed from Liver pool for Melbourne yesterday (Tuesday) with the bi monthly mail, a large cargo, and nearly 400 passengers. THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION.—We are requested to state that the name of the artist who has exhibited a work of sculpture entitled "Love," in the Exhibition, is Woolner, not Woolmer, as printed in the index of the eamial catalogue. The Prince Henri XIII. of Reuss and the Baron Anion have taken their departure from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour and General and the Hon. Mrs. -Henry Murray have arrived.at the same establishment, the former from Portsmouth, and the latter Wimbledon Lodge. ROYAL MUNIFICENCE.—Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince have made the munificent donation of 1001. in aid of the funds of the Model E•tabli-hment of Baths and Washhouses in Goulsten-square, Whitechapel ; the high price of coals during the last two years having raised the expenses of that most useful establishment above its income. U pwards of 150,0901. of the recently arrived Austra lian gold is stated to have been taken to the Bank. SECOND SOMERSET REGIMENT OF MILITIA.- -We are informed that the names of the six c a pt a i ns w h o h ave resigned their commissions, in consequence of Mr. Stan ley's appointment to the majority in this regiment, are : —Pickwick, Houlditch, Sawyer, Richards, Strode, and Barrett.— Cork Reporter. MR. ROGER'S SALE.—Tbe celebrated drawing of the Entombment, by Raffaelle, an original design for the picture in O r e Borghese Gallery in Rome, and the most important work of art in Mr. Roger's collection, was yesterday knocked down to Morris Moore for the sum of four hundred and fifty geineas. This drawing is engraved in the Crozat collection. THE BAND IN VICTORIA-PARK.—It is generally under stood that the band of the Tower Hamlets Militia will play in Victoria-park on Sunday next, and an agitation is being got up at Bethnal-green to endeavour, if possi ble, to prevent it, A circular has been issued, purport ing to come from the churchwarden of St. John's, Bethnal-green, inviting attendance at the parochial schools, Church-row, on Thursday evening next, "to consider what steps can be taken to oppose the contem plated playing of a mili•nry band in Victoria-park on the Sabbath." thips per idio- able, first 1 the ,e ap ar it nt in Lrgely ns, as ledge lan al at 3trug- mu its rerpool vesse's alities. 11 Loan 6-week, bout a pect of 'money rill, in need a lenselt le wea a large ked at- Rotter ess was !rations e was greater higher activity lad not neral in to axe - Russian •equired id from ally foi - An el" in t o , ' to 3pectiol; ?rchants nge, for yect to D his re ted of sb weigb bY ornercial for the on the I himself Cs APO , Onslow h e Son. e mblege erected from a incoln s' kin, the „ q ua_re • I schools ount not occurred rrugated men end is feared frilling a erheated n of the .era were o n the ace infix' v minute Board of proposed a dduced mclusion it for on isit Stot into en 7eporting another Id be fair I be CO w s of the "esterbi ---- It 1 .0 : minono , xtendlog of Jan., ion rely pan wag that the After in sfactorfp Govern able fact thorn the and Of 3SAGE.'"' Parsons, n repair . Green, lb descend Roberts butcher's by Mr. Cho p 00r e Hospi ;reat injured, EL—Yes !casioned rofession e, on itg , of the ►out half uildings, are that, e of the Fetch big very ill. Dr. Farr and him ned gen t worse, 1.2 in the "Ma litWortht L verpoo), Griffin, •oughout ota were first shot the ex flevation eriknen +o Lty of the average 10 yards btained. ure day le latter for the emorate "oolwich )edented yards of e works the car a e !rani nveying Ice wag of cart I design/ some of require tions of )ably be are in- one on designs Ida way Fer star inerable As it is ,he pre he rem olwich SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. MOE Ing Prices yesterday (Paid, RAILWAY 3. A...... iiottug. Best. and Eastn. Junat... fast 5 3allyracna. Firming. Vielverh 6 , Stlur Valley C.Uesiltris ,ii nc & Birk. £5O and Ins Cons 11%, Z2i) 17 - th &,Tyn °rig' na 'X'25 (ist.d. at £4h ,;ristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Cairn. and Cardigan. dbester ez Holyhaad. rk and Bandon... `Jerk, Black, i 4 Pas" Do. A Do. B Junction..,.. "Debtin&BelfastJune. Dun. P. J D , East AL gliaa. , Eastern Count!. ,s.: ! , ..7ast. Tnion. A Stl Df•., B. Do., New East Kent - :ast troacashire ": , dinburgla 4 (1113 go Edinb. and Peebles.. I.' , din.Prtb. L,Dun ,. l— & Clyde Jun;. Furness Do. Extension........ iik !GLlsgow & Wcat Great N. of Scotlnd Great NorthArn I Do., A. Stock.. ")0., B. Stock.. :It. &h. &West.(lre :lrreat Wwtern ;)0. Stour Vr.L JR:a Gna.. Stk .. Irikth South-Eaf,rl. reinengter & Carlitik Do., Thirds. ....... an all [OO .00 106 all al I all Do. New Thirds LAneash.andYerkFl , . iio., wet. Riding L7n Mg. Crsny. Sent hpt Condon & Blackwa Lend. Bright & S'„ est. fond. and N. Westr. i)o. Fifths Do./01.13h..M&8,..0 Do. Eighths,. Londor,and S. WootD Do., ViA ~ Do., £49 thidndrrytt Col orsin. Gmindrry. & Ennitk `lanch.filD.of.k Linear Man. k.Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland )o, Birmng. &Derb: Midld. G. We t. arc. Do. Half Sharo. Newcastle. Sc ()aril4o Nwpt.Aborg. kFTre Newry k Enniskill )1 Newry •Warrenpoin and Rostrovor Norfolk N'ortlin.Conntiep Tin North British ~, Dpvon Rail. & Dock Stock r)o., A Stock , 0., B Stock Do., B Guarsntos N. Eastern—Berwin'; Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. :turch Do. Leeds Do. York North London am , E.toad, and City Jn.. 'Corth Staffordshir.., North Wc stone &N. Westrn,June. Knneaton, Hinekicv , and Leicester.. )71,, Wore., k Wolv 'i,rtsracuth St ottish Central ,ioottish Midlav d tropely:ro Urion South Devon 4onth Eastern..,.. , iGuth Wales .., Yrksh. c Riv. Put ho 'Wok. &Wok Stockton 8c Dull it c , :kten Ttartlop? par' Vale Pref., No. 1. m ,- nrnes Tim , . D.& R. lllverstone di Lanes Vale o Neath... Waterfd. & Kilkenny WaterforddgLimer'e,ls ' West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace.. Do. A ......, ........ Do. B West London.— 1 Wimbledn & Croydon 1 Antwerp , tßott rthro Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. con. in Sli. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June Boziers to Gra: ssesoa Bombay, Baroda, an Central India„Serir, Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New lEast Indian, g. 5 p..; Do. gytension., D0.4l p.c.13nd5.,'57 Do. do. do., '59, de.. Ge&ong, Az, Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt... Do., Lon. allot., do. I Gd. Tk of CanadaA is 1 Do. .................... De. Cert. of Deben.. con. into Stk. till '62 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franco (4t. Indian Peninsulo Great Luxembourg Constituted Share3l Do. Obligations... Do. re-is. forftd. Sh Gt. Western of Canada hays .......... Do. New . D. PA s., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. do., '73, without l option Hamilton lit Toront^ Do. per cent. Lake Const. Az BasP Lierre and Turnhout Lucca As Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterrnn Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New • 0., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Maria Antonia ~. Do. do. New Namnr,k Liege tviti nterest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France 130.20/. She. Do. 201. 3 p. 0 23c1F (fmy.B. Arn s. She. Norwegi9.nTrunkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bondi Paris non Orleara Rome and Frascati Loyal Danish RoyalSwedis!L Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i p. (tent. Pref. Seinde, guar. 5 p. c . D 0... Southern of France St. km - how's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof_ W. & N. W. of Franc* West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand 25i --- 26, 4 --• 4; N• 8 i - 9 16 -- 17 15 - 16 12t - 13. 87 - gi - 60; 7 : 16! ••• "" l6k 9 i 10 33 - 35 23 - 25 76 - 78 60 - 62 2 7k: 28, ISO .... 188 - 92 7 - 8 95 - 96 79 - 81 125 127 102 104 61t 624 67 - 70 56 5i 641 8S - 89 - 74 101 - 103 100 A - 101 A( - A p i d- - P 1 94 - 25 • •• "' N• - 29, 4 - ii 74i - 75 43 - 45 13 - 133 53 - 55 3i - 34i - 351 • •• ''..." 78 -79 6 - 3i - 3 15.4 - 16 55 56 85 - 90 6 51 - 6i 10 26 - 28 103 - 105 75 - 77 45 47 14 15 71 - 72 71 - 73 4 - - 9 - 7 36 - 37 -•• • •• '''''' 19 - 20 4i - 5 6A - 7i 6 - 8 1. - 2i 5 - 501 6 - 7 8j - 8 p'r - 2 p - 4} - 41p1 11 - lip, - 42 -42 A ..• - 23 - 23, 221 -23 i 11 9 d 14 16 65 75 75 - 85 101; 21i - 221 - 31 26} - 26 i 3i - 99 - 101 100 - 102 125 - 130 108 109 25 - 26 124 - 128 pm I I:2i 13 foi —204 i 1. 2 A iP li 7 - 7i 6 - 6 444 - [24 12 R - 9 574 - 58 16 -- 57 is io 11 - 12 9i - 2 - •... ... .. - pm 4i - 5 • ioi = ii JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 0 :11 lAttatrala4la - 25 6 Bank of Egypt - iP lOU 50 Bank of London 40 all itri. Col. Bkalan. C . 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia • p 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 100 50 City . 63 65 100 25 Colon'al 100 20 Commercial of Loud 2e all Yng.F. , •cot.&Ana , .Cht• 151 20 all Load.. Chart. Bk. of Australia l7i 18 26 5 Ditto New 50 20 London and Conn' y:; ( 83i 10( 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp.iPar 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. . 100 10 London and Paris. - 2 d 100 20 Loud. & Westmi l d e7 "' '" WO 35 National Pro.of Bug ... 20 10 Do. Now. •• "'' 50 22,, National of Ireland. """• 20 all New South Wafer,,, 4l 43 25 all Oriental Bank )f Corporation 20 5 Ottoman Bank 1 p 10( 5!) ttoyal British .•• ••• 25 all A ..:stralia. 25 l'.ll ITnion of Australia 69 - 71 701 1) ". New •••••••••«» 7 1 1 8 i 50 1 1 ' T .lini. f I,,qui,••• •• • ' 3 Western Bk of Len. ' 4i - 31" Business done yesterday. .312 p 10 St. 25 25 50 Ed. 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 20 25 25 100 Al 14 all 14 •TO tfi 20 8R 101 l 2 14}Di i ••• '' 316 j 6 31 11/ 12 St:7l4 : LON DO 1C,,, WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 7. 1856. i•N ILN f.t.ENTAL3. , CHZSTER RACES.—(This Day.) IRELAND. Le AM. Compan,, C , 101P1' yeftc r 'v. Btl3lllOllS yoga: .d.y. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.7I.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. London bl N. L.&N.W. Calodon... E. ITn. E. Count. Caldonhn. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. sto 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 7 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) Bto 1 agst Imogene (taken) 12 to 1 agst Stork (taken) • 15 to 1 agst Typee (taken) 20 to 1 agst One Act (taken) 20 to 1 apt Lady Tatton (taken) 100 to 3 agst Simony (taken) 100 to 3 aget Hangerford (off-=red) THE MURDER OF MRS. KELLY. The informations in the case of Mr. George Stre vens, who stands charged with being accessory to the murder of Mrs. Sarah Kelly, having been re turned, his counsel will apply to-morrow to the Court of Queen's Bench to admit the prisoner to bail. It is understood, however, that the applica tion will be strenuously resisted by the Crown, on the ground that the evidence already obtained is sufficiently strong to warrant Mr. Strevens' further detention in custody. As yet the public are in complete darkness as to the nature of this evidence, the press having been excluded—perhaps properly so—during the two days' magisterial investigation at Moate ; but it is thought probable that the secrecy which has been so far observed will be partially broken by the proceedings in the Queen's Bench on Wednesday. 95 - 97 94 - V 8 11 - 13 132 -- 134 4f ... 4f Gt. VI est:. Yk. New. iy Berx•. Y. &NIT Do., . CHESTER, RACES.—TIIESDAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The 'Chesterfield Stakes (handicap) of 110 sovs each, wit 5 100 added by the Great Stand Proprietors ; for 3 ~ , ear oldp. Mr. I'. Parr's Fisherman, Bst slb Mr. 1 :arber's Pri nce c,f Orange, 6st 10Ih ....(Fordhatn) 2 Lord 'Chi - don't; Meli s , a , 7st .(Crouctli) 3 Tlt 0) following also ran :—Thames Ditton, Bubble, Van JDu;',clc, Gaudy, Li ttleTibby, Pretty Bey, Knighton, Mini e, First Ply, and Saciifice filly. Be t ting-2 to 1 agst Prince of Orange 'and Pretty Boy, 5 to agst Bubble, 6 to 1 agst Van Dun ck, 8 to 1 any othe:r. Fisherman went to the front soon after starting, and wen by two lengths. The Wynnstay llandican of 100 sovs, given by the Grand Stand Proprietors, added to a sweepstakes of 5 s:o vs each. Admiral Harcourt's Ellermire, 4 yrs, 7st I.lolb (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. X. M. Stanley' s N eop t o l emus , 4 y r s, 6st 61b (Cresswell) 2 Mr. r Walker's Dame Judith, 4 yrs, 7st alb <Quinton) 3 Mr. Williams's Atherstone, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (Speight) 4 The following a l so ran :—Little Davie, The Trapper, Mies Hatch, Bandalore, and Kitty. Betting-5 to 2 agst Ellermire, and sto I agst Dame Judith. Won very easily by a length ; a head between second and third. 3. Easter] rcto &Cu Norfolk Do THE MURDERERS OF MISS HINDS. The Attorney-General has refused to give his fiat for the bringing of a writ of error in the case of the convict Dunne ' convicted at th e la s t s p ec i a l commission of Cavan for inciting and hiring others to murder Miss Hinds. The objection, it may be recollected, meant to be relied on was that, when one of the jurors became unwell, after the prisoner had exercised his right of challenge, and another was sworn in his place without objection and before any evidence was gone into, the prisoner should have been again put to his challenge, as if it were a completely new jury, even though he did not object to the substituted juror. The law will, therefore, take its course, and the two convicts will be executed on Friday, the 16th inst., at Cavan. L.& N. W & Tt.ekton Darlingt. . En. Conn. E. Count, Co L.&N.W Do I Gt North]] Lancasb Yorksh. T. Brassey kt.MCloan Stoat. & Darlingt Do Naval and Military Intelligence. 4tWoetn. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants—Henry J. Moore (1855), to the Falcon ; John 0. Hopkins (1855), to the Nile ; John 0. Kidd (1854) and St. John Coventry (1850), to be additional lieutenants to the Excellent, for service in the Stork, screw gun-boat. Racing Fixtures for 1856. MAY. , Shrewsbury 13 I Bath .. .20 Manchester . ... l4 Harpenden . . 23 Southwell l5 I Epsom JUNE. Beverley Ascot Heath 10 I Bibury Hampton lB Stockbridge... `-)G I Newton 18 Winchester 27 Sargeons—James Wade (1855), to the Assurance ; Cecil Crandell (1855), to the Surprise ; Matthew Bur ton, 31. D. (1851), to the Victory. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Robert Atkinson (1854) has been confirmed as assistant•surgeon to the Vulture. Paymaster's Assistant—Charles P. Fielon (1851), to the Belleisle. Midshipmen—E. Rice, F. Buchanan, and 11. Sal mond, to the Royal George. THE SEBASTOPOL AND AZOFF CLASPS. We are authorised to state, in refei mice to the notic published in the Gazette of the 2.1 inst., that though every exertion is being made by the Admiralty for the issue of the clasps for "Sebastopol" and "Azoff," they cannot be ready for issue before the end of the present month. The following is a literal translation of a letter from the Russian officers on board the Imperatriz to Captain Cox : "Steamer Imperatriz, Libau, April 26, 1856. " We, the Russian officers returning to our native country, are desirous of expressing the extreme satisfac tion we have enjoyed on board her Majesty's steamer Imperatriz, on her voyage from England to the Russian port, Libau, not only from the hospitable treatment and attention to our comforts manifested by Capt. Cox and all under his command, but from his conduct to all the prisoners of war, 1,136 in number, on board, which has been universally courteous and obliging ; and we sin cerely take leave of him with earnest hopes of his future welfare. " Signed in the name of Prince Curosoff and 40 Rus sian officers. "GtrsrAF GtAHN, Lieut.-Col. "To Captain Henry T. Cox." r "'"' lie 12 = 110 115 - A 3 94 On 56 —5B 45 - 47 132 : 134 •- 74 8 31 - ii i : i-i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. MILFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were considered and agree i to. THE GRANT TO AIAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER presented 14 petitions from various parts of England for the withdrawal of the Maynooth grant. One of the petitions was from Manchester, and was signed by 20,000 persons. SLIGO ELECTION COMMITTEE. The members of the Sligo Election Committee were called to be sworn to serve on it, but in consequence of the absence of Mr. L3scelles, from illness, the proceed ing was deferred. THE TREATY OF PEACE. Mr. E. DENION brought up the report on the address to the Crown relative to the Treaty of Peace, which wag read and agreed to. It was also agreed that the addrees should be presented by the whole house, when her Majesty's pleasure had been ascertained thereon. TITHE COMMUTATION RENT-CHARGE BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. R. PHILLIMORE called on the house to sup port this bill, to remedy an unintentional error com mitted by the Legislature with reference to the assess ment of tithes. The Tithe Commutation Act had changed the tithes into an hereditament or rent charge, and these hereditaments were subject to a more exces sive assessment to the poor rates than any other heredi taments, and he called on the house to alter the assess ment, and instead of estimating it en its actual income to do so on its annual value. By the Tithe Commu tation Act the incomes of the clergy had been re duced in many instances at least two-thirds from what they received when paid by tithes. The repeal of the cern laws had had the effect of further depreciating the income of the clergy by at least 10 percent., and on the whole, their incomes by these changes bad been reduced 40 per cent. The poor rates and the new rates in the rural districts were eating up most of the small livings of the country ; and although so much was said about the large incomes of the livings in England, he assured the house that they averaged nearly a hundred a-year more in Scotland than they did in England. The Tithe Commutation Act had produced in its workings practical. injustice on the , tithe owners whidh had gone on gradually increasing. He no doubt would be told that the clergy had the right of appeal against excessive rating, but that they did not exercise it. That was true, and the reason they did not appeal was that it was a legal mockery, the remedy being costly, uncertain, and odious. If adopted by a clergyman it had the effect of placing him in hostility with those with whom he ought to live on friendly terms, and rather than do it, the clergy as a body submitted to the injustice. The tithe com mutation rent charge had been fixed on the principle of giving an unimprovable hereditament to the Church, on the calculation of the rates then in existence ; and as he read the law and justice cf the case, that compact had been practically violated in two ways. First, by im posing new taxes on the clergy since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act ; and, secondly, by imposing on unimprovable property rates for the purposes of improve ment, and it was contrary to the whole theory and prin ciple of taxation to enforce it. The question was how this was to be remedied ; and two modes presented themselves—first, a new law to cause an assessment to be properly made, and the other, the scheme of the Government, proposed in 1350, but aban doned, probably from the Government finding them selves unable to carry it, from the feeling of the coun try being against centralisation, and of the parochial system being disturbed. He could not expect to carry a measure for a new assessment of the country, and the only mode he could adopt to remedy the evils complained of, by throwing a little compensation into the scale, by allowing certain deductions, not now permitted by the law, but which were admitted in some counties whilst not in others, and by that means he proposed practi cally to adjust the balance. He proposed that the ae sessment should be on the annual income only, al lowing addition to the present deductions, the land tax, curate's stipend where one was kept, and the sum a c l ergyman paid towards Queen Anne's bounty. By the third clause he preposed to make an alteration in the schedule relative to the gross and rateable value of the rent charge, and prevent the evils that had arisen from the rateable value of the rent charge having been returned for the gross amount, The fourth clauso provided that the rent charge should not be taxed with the payments of rates and taxes! imposed by law after the commutation of the tithes, but if ob jected to by the Government he would not press it, be cause he did not consider it essential to the bill. The honourable and learned gentleman then went through the other details of the bill, remarking that by one of the claims ho proposed to make it compulsory on the justles, before they allowed the rate, to ascertain that it was properly made ; and by another, that all the assessments should be open to general inspection. Lord A. HARVEY seconded the motion. Mr. BOUVERIE admitted the principle of the bill, and said there could be no doubt that the working of the present system of assessment to the poor rates had resulted in the injustice and inequalities complained of, but he objected to the remedy proposed by the hon. and learned member for Tevistock. The Parochial Assessment Act introduced no new principle. (Hear, bear.) An attempt was made in the House of Lords by the Archbishop of Canterbury, at the time of the passing of that act, to exclude tithes from its oper a ti on , bat the house successfully resisted it, and parliament decided not to make any difference bet seen rating tithes and rating the land t o th e poor. (Hear, hear.) Then came the Tithe Com mu t a ti on A ct, under which the present hatidsnipe were sa id to have arisen, and in considering this qu es ti on they must not baled away by their feelings for the sufferings of the c'ergy. The commuted rent charge was 4,050,0001., of which the parochial clergy, to whom th e i n j us ti ce applied, received 2,,410,000/., the remainder, 1,639,000/., belonging to clerical and lay in proprietary schools and colleges. The ie.re ly pro posed, by , deducti ng f rom t h e gross amount the !and tax, a curate astipend and Queen Ann's bounty was abstractedly admissible, but the remedy, in his opinion, would not meet the grievance. The clergy who suffered most from the injustice com plained of would not derive much r elief from the deduc tion of the land tax ; an d as regarded curates' s tip en d but few were kept in the rura l districts, and the relief would be but small, and the same applied to the relief the deductions of the payments to Queen Anne's bounty would give the clergy, an d besides that would be an additional injustice to many, a por tiononly having to of the clergy pay towards the bounty. The fourth clause, for deducti ng rates an d taxes imposed after the com mutati on of the tithes, he could not approve of, and be denied the proposition of the hon. and learned gentleman on this point. There was one point the hon. and learned gentleman had not mentioned—viz., that the charge for the main tenance of the poor throughout the kingdom had been reduced 1,500,0001., and to that extent the clergy bad been relieved. (LEFT SPEAKING.) WIPE BEATING.—At the Clerkenwell police-court, yesterday, William Catharn was committed to prison for six months for brutally assaulting his wife. The magistrate informed the fellow that at the expiration of his term of imprisonment be should require him to find bail for his future good behaviour for another six ni6nths. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending April 27, 1856 £5,133 11 8 Corresponding weele last year 4,854 1 i 4 Increase in 1856 ... £2B3 16 4 THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET. An imperial order, dated St. Petersburg, April 7, lays down a new constitution of the Baltic fleet, which will henceforth be composed of three divisions, two coin. prising three squadrons each, and one comprising four squadrons. The first squadron of the Ist division is composed of a vessel of the line, the Emperor Nicholas, 120; Vyborg, 84 ; Constantine, 84 ; and the Rouvik and Kamschatka (steam frigates). The second squadron consists of the Relvisor, 84; Oret, 84 ; and Hango-head, 84 ; Otvaschni (steam frigate) ; and the Voll and Bouivoll (corvettes of 10 guns each). The third consists of the Palkan (frigate), 70 ; and the Marie, 60. The three squadrons of the 2d division are as follow : First brigade—Vladimir, 84 ; Imperatrice, 84; Vila gosti, 60 ; Constantine, Gremaschtchi, and Sineli (steam frigates). Second squadron—The Lefort, 14 ; Pamiar Asova, 74 ; Borodino, 60 ; Grosaschtschi (steam frigate) ; and the Amphitrite and Castor (sailing frigates). Third squadron, Netron Mena, 84 ; Krasni, H. The first squadron of the third division comprises —The Pierre 1., 100 ; Volta, 84; Susoi Velikoi (sailing frigate), 60 ; Khrabry and Olaff (sailing frigates). Second squad ,ton—,Pultava, 84 ; Grand Duo Michel, - 74 ; The Eric Morro/Ilea (sailing frigate), at Archangel ; and I3ogatjr (steam frigate). Third squadron—The Fere Charnpe noise, liner, 84, and Hesekiel, 75. Fourth squadron— Prokhor, 84 ; Brienne, 75 ; Ichora and Vladimir, steamers, and the Abo, Amerique, and Niemen (trans. ports). Five vessels of the line, the Beresino , the Ingermain land, Saint Georges, Le Victorieuz, Andre, and La Russie (this last suffered severely at the bombardment of Sweaborg by the allies), with the frigates Narva and Tsesarvitch and the corvette Smolensk, have been ap pointed for the service of the ports, not being any longer fit for any other. Lastly, the Emperor has named his son, the Grand Duke Alexis (aged six years), chief of the 27th crow of the fleet. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 7.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; strong breeze and squally, with rain. FLYMOUTH, May 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Bermond sey, for Australia ; Chanticleer, Balaklava. FALmouTii, May G.—Wind S.S.E. fresh gales—A rr i ve d —lntrepid°, from the west coast of Africa; Duchers of Leinster, Monte Video. COWES, May 6.—Arrived—Stade and Secret, from San tos, the latter for Hamburg. BANGOR, May 6.—Sailed--Cape Breton, for St. Do. mingo. CROOKHAVEN, May 4.—Arrived—Lavinia, from Afoul mein for Queenstown; Ada May, coast of Africa, for (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTRADIM Morning.PTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Susannah, from Newport; Rapid, Swansea; Elizabeth, Scotland. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E.N.E. Sailed—Hermlia, for Pernan ; Brougbty Castle, Ham burg QUEENSTOWN, May 5. Wind S.E. Arrived —Sorrano and Atlantic, from Alexandria ; Sir James Ross, Pernambuco; Luther and Electric, Mauri tius ; Minerva, Matanzas ; Fidente, Ibrail; Raglan, Stall; Galavidian and Catherine, Mazagan. Sailed—Wm. Purlton, for Harbour Grace, Newfound land. (BY SIIBMARTNE An) BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.20 a.rn. Wind E.N.E., strong; tide, one hour's flood; raining. Arrived, May 6—Flora, from Marstrand. Arrived, May 7—hero, from Oporto ; Cadiz, Cadiz ; Leouno, Gravelines ; Commodore, Saville. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. by N., a gale, with heavy rain. Passed, 6th—Dorothy Jobson, from London, for Swan sea. The schooner Gale, of Whitby, from north to this beach, with coals, was knocked alongside during the gale of last night. Should the weather continue, she is likely to be. come a wreck. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. Although the demand for that grain was not to say brisk, Monday's improvement in value was well supported. Foreign wheat, the show of which was moderate, moved off slowly, yet prices generally were firm. Floating car goes commanded extreme rates. There was very little doing in barley, at Monday's quo tations. In the value of malt we have no change to report. The oat trade ruled dull, but no change took place in prices. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WIRE. Wheat. 1 Barley. Malt. Oats. 1 Fl,tr, Lnglish .. 380 ' 270 2,360 ; 620 Irish •••• — 1 660 1 rorolgis 3 1 5,730 1 3,120 1 1 13,410 ) 480br19 1 260 As BOROUGH HOP. There is a good demand for all kinds of hops, at ful!y ;he late improvement in the quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to Gs 01; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs., by the carcase. A slow trade. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.— The Royal mail-ship Lightning, Captain Enright, of tile Black Ball line, Failed for Melbourne, at noon to-day, with the usual mails, 370 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. THE LATE ASSAULT AND "DUCKING" AT THE CAN TERBURY CAVALRY BARRACKS.—Some further steps have been taken in this matter. The young man (Steer) having addressed a letter to the C o mmander -in-Chief (Lord Hardinge), fully detailing the particulars of the treatment he was subjected to on the occasion in ques tion, his lordship has transmitted the communication to the commandant at Canterbury, for the purpose of hav ing the allegations therein contained inquired into. Th at inquiry is now going on, and the affair is begin n i ng to assume a somewhat serious complexion. Th e ch i e f object, therefore, of the investigation is, t o ascer t a i n Who the parties concerned in the " ducki ng " are, an d to what extent, if any, culpability is attachable to Lieut. Anderson.—South-Bastern Gazette. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. [A part of the following appeared in our impress ion of y :sterday.] ALARMING ILLNESS OF COL. TULLOCH. The Baarl re-assembled at the usual hour. The Judge-Advocate-General inquired of Dr. Balfour, Col. Tulloch's medical adviser, if he could inform the Court whether Col. Tulloch would be able to attend to day! Dr. Balfour said that after leaving the Court yesterday Col. Tulloch had been obliged to have further medical advice, and be produced a certinoate from Sir James Clarke and Dr. Martin stating that Col. Tulloch was suf fering so severely from illness, brought on by severe mental and bodily exertion and anxiety, that his attend ance before the Board was altogether impossible. . Toe Board, having consulted for a few minutes, asked General Airey what he proposed to do ? General Airey said that, whilst he expressed his sin cere regret at the indiepsition of C Tullocb, he must say that his absence placed him (General Airey) in a position of great difficulty, because, after the adj mra - client of the Court yesterday, he compared the MS. minutes of Col. Gordon's evidence with that in the printed report, and had discovered some serious thnis sione, and he should hardly like to go into such a ques tion unless Col. Tulloch himself were present. Gen. Peel said that the absence of Col. Tulloch ought not to prevent the progress of the inquiry, since the Go vernment, in the appointing this Commission, did not anticipate the presence of the Commissioners before the B )ard• Gen. Airey submitted that if Col. Tulloch could not attend, Sir J. 11.1!Neil, the other Commissioner, might be able to do so? The Judge-Advocate-General said that he understood Dr. Balfour to say, that he yesterday informed Sir J. M'Neil of the state of Col. Tulloch's health, so that that gentleman could have been present if he hal pleased. After some further conversation Gsn. Airey consented to procood. The Board again conferred for a abort time, when The Judge-Advocate-General addressed Gen. Airey, saying that the Board had come to the conclusion, that if be (General Airey) intended to continue the course he pursued yesterday of impugning the conduct of the Com missioners in the preparation of their report that it would be improper to proceed without him. General Airey disclaimed all intention of impugning personally the conduct of the C )mmissioners, but at the same time said it would be impossible for him to con duct his case in any other way. The Judge-Advocate-General said that the Board thought his course of proceeding yesterday somewhat personal. General Airey disclaimed any personal feeling of hos tility against the Commissioners ; but it was impossible for him to conduct his case without impugning the cor rectness of the evidence as published. After some further conversation on the subject, Gen. Airey called Major Keane, of the Royal Engineers—He went to the Crimea to construct huts for the army, and under stood he was to have a certain number of Sappers to go out with him. That arrangement was not carried out, and he was unable to say why Delays in con structing the huts arose from various causes-- the difficulty of landing materials, the want of wharfage ground, and, after that, the want of transport of the materials to the camp. He though the statement in the Commissioners' report with refer ence to the difficulties attending the want of materials, and of providing shelter for the troops as well as the state of the men, not an exaggerated one. He thought canvass shelter could net have been constructed ade quately for wants of the army in the C r i mea . Can vass from ani t's dew often shrunk so as to draw the tent pegs, add to have constructed canvass shelter for the horses elaborate framework would have been re quired. Canvass had been spoken of for its facility of transport, and to use it an extra quantity of scantling and spars would have been required, the difficulty of transport of which would more than have counter balanced the lightness of the canvass. In having to allow for the shrinking of canvass its stability was gre.itly endangered in stormy weather. Canvass shelter would not have answered in the Crimea. He ex plained the difficulties he had to encounter in getting men to assist in constructing shelter. Tho crews of the ships in harbour were fully employed in attending to their own duties. By the Judge-Advocate-General—ne was ordered by the Adjutant-General to proceed to the Crimea, and Col. Mapson informed him he was to have a number of sap pers, who were carpenters, to go with him. They did mot go, and he experienced great difficulties in the Crimea from the want of them. The horses could not have been sheltered by tho erection of side walls from the want of stones. General Airey then read a report from the Assistant engineer stationed at BAlaklava to show that no analogy existed between providing temporary shelter for the baggage animals of the sappers and miners there, and that for the cavalry. Admiral Sir D. pandas was next called, and examined by General Airey—He said that the fleet under his command in the Black Sea was fully employed during that period. The fleet was divided into three divisions. He was before Sebastopol, Admiral Lyons at :Bala klava, and the other division at Eupatoria. He lauded 2,400 seamen and 2,000 marines to assist the army. Every ship landed all the spare canvass and material she could spare. The spare set of sails on board each ship could certainly not have been sent ashore. Con sistently with the safety of the fleet, every man and all the spare canvass that could be spared were sent on shore during that portion of the winter of 1854 that he was in command of the fleet. Every man in the fleet readily and cheerfully did his utmost to assist the army. The gallant admiral was examined by the Judge-Ad vocate-General on the points Sir E. Lyons was examined by Colonel Tullech, viz., the quantity of spare canvas on board different size Government vessels, and the difficulty of getting carpenters from Constantinople, to which he gave similar answers as Sir Edmund Lyons. Mr. Boyd, storekeeper at Ba!aklava, was examined by General Airey. He had command of the quarter master-general's stores, and issued them under the direc tion of Mr. Archer, assistant-commissary-general. He described the state of the harbour from the over-crowd big of vessels, and the stores lying about on the wharfs from the want of storehouses in which to deposit them. Tee bales and packages were frecriently broken open in the morning, having been plundered during the night of their contents by the Maltese. Stores were issued as speedily as possible, and no objection was made to their issue from any irregularities in the orders. He often issued stores without orders. Tee quartermasters of regiments were daily at his stores, and saw what was there, and anything they required they had. During the winter when he had a supply of great coats, sheepskins, rugs, blankets, and other warm cloth ing, the men had a full supply. They preferred sheep facing to the great coats, and would not have rugs or blankets. The witness was examined into the details of his mode of issuing the Stores to the army, and with regard to the issue of the boots and shoes. He said the men were allowed to fit themselves. The general effect and impression of his evidence was that the army was at all times abundantly supplied with necessaries and had every comfort. In fact, they had only to ask and have. By Sir W. Rowen—He was not examined by the Commissioners. By the Judge Advocate-General—He took charge of the stores at Balaklava on the 12th Dec., and continued in office till June following. There was often want of transport to convey the stores to the camp. Captain Milne, of the Admiralty, in charge of the Transport Service attended, and was examined by the Judge Advocate-General as to the transport contracts, and the instructions given to the captains of the trans ports. It would have been injudicious on the part of any person to have taken from the. transports their se cond suit of sails, but instructions were issued to them to supply the army with all the sails and canvasa they could spare. The terms of the contract did not require the transports to supply spare canvass to the army. The charter party required that a certain number of sails should be on board each transport, and a Government officer inspected the vessels previous to their sailing to see they were on board. Col. Chapman, of the Royal Engineers, was examined by General Airey, relative to the evidence give* by b in " before the Crimean Commissioners, in providing tempo rary shelter for the baggage mules at Balaklava, and said, in providing that shelter, they had the advantage of dwarf walls over which to stretch the canvas. Such facilities did not exist on the plateau. He was of opi nion sailcloth would not have answered , for shelter. ing the cavalry on the p l a t e au without strong frame work on which to nail it. His evidence appeared to be correct in substance in the printed report, but he compared it with a copy he made of it before signing it. He obtained his supplies regularly, but he thought he did not get his issue of blankets till the 10th Jan. Gen. Airey, in the course of a conversation relative to the transports not delivering their cargoes on the wharf at Balaklava, said he believed it arose from a defect in the contracts. In the usual contracts for a veirsel to take a cargo to any given place no provision was made for landing, because plenty of labourers could be pro cured to do so, but in this instance it appeared net to have occnrred to the persons who made the contracts that the cargoes were to be delivered where labourers were scarce. General Airey, in reply to an inquiry from the Judge- Advocate-General, said he could not proceed further with his evidence without the attendance of Col. Tulloch or Sir J. 2.l.`Neil, as ho wished to examine one of them before he called more evidence. He should prefer the attendance of Col. Tulloch. The Judge-Advocate-General said it was not likely Col. Tulloch could attend again for at least a week. Sir W. Rowan said he did not think the Board could compel the attendance of either of the Comtnis.sicriers. Ultimately it was arranged that the Court should adjourn till Thursday, to enable the Board to communi cate with the Commissioners. They would then decide what course they would pursue. The Court then adjourned till Thursday. SAYL9Ya.xdIY Bedford ArkEt NOV.:MEV ... Buckghamsli. Clydosdal o jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and Hal. E. Lin. ,!.6 pc E. Un. 11. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... ... obAr.e.; Dri. Fr Dk. Railway Mil ST, Selby Do, Shares. Do. + Shares. Lon.&Greens? Do.Profercuce Lon., Til., i D iL Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per et. Manch. I.lxtn. and Matle,l Middlcsbro' Redear , Midid.Bra , lft Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p. o. Do. 6 r , er et. 1)o. Fiseds p c Treat. ;), y. Do. t Shr,i. A Roystn.Sc Shot'. Roth-nn Goolog.S p.c. Shrews.Sclier. S. Staflorilsh. 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Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a gen tleman, who stated that he was placed in a very painful position owing to the faithlessness of his' wife. He had brought an action against the party who had injured him and obtained damages. He had proceeded by suit in the Ecclesiastical °mins, and had obtained a judgment in his favour a mensa et th,oro, but that his circum stances would not permit him to come before their lordships for a bill of divorce. Under these eircuresiances the petitioner prayed that the house would enact such a measure as would enab'e a man in humble circumstances to obtain a divorce. The Duke of CLEVELAND bore testimony to the respectability and lionoir of the petitioner. Din LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that he would move the second reading of the Divorce Bill that day fortnight. It would no doubt be in the recollection of some of their lordships, that in rpecial cases persons were allowed to apply to that house for a bill of di vorce in forma pauperis. COUNTY COURTS. Lord RAVENS WORTH presented two petitions from certain trade assooi ttions in the vicinity of Liver• pool, suggesting certain alterations in the bill for the amendment of the County Courts Act, which stood upon the paper.f lr that evening. Lord BROUGHAM said that while he was most anxious that the bill should be as efficient as possible, he objected to the introduction into the bill of any provisions which could have the effect of interfering with the local courts already in existen.•e. The LORD CHANCELLOR then role to more the second reading of the County Courts Acts Amendments Bill. One of the objects of the bill wasto throw the burden of the cost of an appeal to those courts as far as it was possible upon the person against whom judgment was given. The bill would have the effect of reducing the amount of fees levied in those courts, which in many cases was wholly disproportionate to the amount sought to be recovered. The average amount of the fees ex- acted by these courts during the fart two years amounted to 278,0001., out of which mere paid the salaries of the judges and the Court ex penses. He proposed to reduce the fees nearly by one half—that the Government should pay out of the consolidated fund the salaries of the judges and the expenses of the court-honsee. Ile con sidered the arrangement as to the salaries of the judges at present highly objectionable. That arrangement was that the sa►laries of the County Court judges should not be less than 1,2001., nor more than 1,5001., which salaries were paid out of the fees of the court. This bill proposed to retain the salaries at 1,2001.,. excepting in the twenty cases where that amount had been increased by the additional 3001., in consideration of the great amount of business in the courts of those judges. He pro• posed that their lordships now read the bill a second time, and on Thursday he would move the committee of the bill pro forma in order that certain amendments might be presented, and immediately after the holidays he in tended to proceed with the consideration of the bill. Lord CAMPBELL cordially seconded the second reading of the bill. He objected to a clause suggested by Mr. Pitt Taylor, which would close the superior courts to suitors in actions of libel who did not recover a verdict of damages above 201., by precluding costs. Lord BROUGHAM said that Lord Campbell was under needless alarm. The question was merely whether the action in tort (damages) should be raised to 201. in these courts, as in contracts. He thought it should be so. The competence of the judges to try such cases was acknowledged. As for the salary of 1,5001., it was not too much. Lard ST. LEONARDS agreed entirely with the principle of throwing the expenses of justice on the pub lic funds. _ The bill wag then read a second time. JOINT STOCK WINDING-UP ACTS AMEND- MENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. CHANCERY REFORM. Lord ST. LEONARDS, after vindicating his claim to the practical carrying out of the original suggestion of Chancery reform, inquired whether it was the inten tion of the Lord Chancellor to introduce any measures founded on the report of the Chancery Commissioners The LORD CHANCELLOR said much of what had been suggested could be carried out by orders of the Court, which were in preparation. As regarded the giving the Court of Chancery the power to grant damages, he had ordered a bill to that effect to be drawn u Lord BROUGHAM and Lord ST. LEONARDS exchanged compliments on law reforms, and The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTEEDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bilk were read a third time and passed : —Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction Railway Company Amalgamation (new title), Coventry (City) Gas, Rlinburgh Water, Gravesend Improvement, and Leicester and Welford Road. The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Antyrim and Coleraine Roads; Elgin and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement (changed from " Stotfield and Lossiemouth Harbour Improvement") ; Middlesborough Extension and Improvement ; and Scot• tish Drainage and Improvement Company Mill (changed from "Lands Improvement Company of Scotland"). The order of the day for the second reading of the Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company was discharged, the bill having been withdrawn. Lord H. VANE presented a petition from the Stock ton and Darlington Railway Company, and moved that it be referred to the Select Committee on Local Charges upon Shipping.—Agreed to. Sir P. EGERTON moved for an accannt of the quart- Cities of cheese imported into the several ports of Great Britain in each month of the year 1855, distinguishing the European, United States, and colonial produce ; and of all European cheese, exclusive of British cheese, exported from England in the year 1555 (in continua tion of Parliamentary Paper, I'D, of Session 1155). — Agreed to. THE IRISH MILITIA. Mr. DAVIDSON asked they Under• Secretary for War whether the Givernment ver?. disposed to recon sider their decision with respect, to an immediate dis embodiment of the Irish Militia, with the view of post poning such disembodiment until the approachiag har vest, in order that the soldiers mil,:ht thereby earn a temporary subsistence, and be induced to return to their ordinary avocations Mr. F. PEEL said the Irish militia would be dealt with precisely in the same manner as the militia of this country. It was proposed first to disembody the corps in billets, and after that those io barracks would be dealt with. He thought that by the tFrue the men reached their homes employment would be as abundant as at any other period of the year. THE IRISH NIGHT MAIL. Mr. L. MONTGOMERY asked the Secretary to the Treasury if any steps had been taken to forward the night mail from Mullingar to Longford by mil, instead of by coach, as at present carried : and also, -whether he would lay upon the table of the house any correspond ence that had passed on the subject between the Post office authorities and the Midland Great Wes tern Rail way Company _ . _ Mr. WILSON said the Post-office authorities had been in communication with those of the rWieray com panies, but the demand of the companies was so large, and the advantage so small, that the Post-office autho rities thought they would not be justified in acceding to the demand of the railway companies. There had been some correspondence on the subject, to the production of which there was not the slightest objection. It was the intention of the Government during the present ses sion to bring in a bill to give the Government more power than they possessed at the present time over the Irish railways. DULWICH COLLEGE. Mr. PELLATT asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the bill fur the reformation of Dulwich College, founded upon the report of the Charity Commissioners, would be laid before the house ? Sir G. GREY said the subject was still under consi deration: He could not tell the hon. gentleman at what period the bill relative to the reformation of Dulwich College would be brought in. TREATY OF PEACE.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. LINDSAT resumed the debate. He said he felt both joy and satisfaction at the peace that had been con cluded, because it bad accomplished the great objects for which we went to war. The treaty certainly contained more than he had expecte,l, and he confessed he had had for some time a misgiving that we should not have an honourable peace. lie was, however, agreeably sur prised on reading it, and it afforded him great pleasure in expressing his satisfaction cf it. (Hear.) He was glad to find that the right of search was to be abolished, and that neutral shire carrying contraband of war were not to be seized. Ile highly eulogised the abilitie of the noble lord at the head of the Government for the manner in which he had conducted the war, and had concluded a safe and honourable peace, and he trusted the country would not forget his services. Members opposite might think he wanted something for his panegyric—(" Hear, hear," and laughter)—but he begged to assure them such was not the case, his only desire being to record his honest, though humble, praise of the noble lord's conduct. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE asked for the indulgence of the k house on the great importance and mag nitude of the subject he intended to bring before the house, and to give vent to the earnest and irre pressible conviction he entertained of the great sacri fice fof the maritime rights of Great Britain by the declaration that had been framed at the Conferences, that an enemy's goods in neutral vessels should not be seized, which was contrary to the usual practice and laws of war. After some lengthened remarks in favour of his opinion, he moved the following additional paragraph to ithe address, viz.: —"To express, neverthe less, the regret of this house that the immemorial and undoubted belligerent right of the Crown to capture enemies' goods in neutral ships, should have been re nounced by treaty, without an opportunity having been afforded to Parliament of expressing its opinion upon so grave and extensive an alteration of public and interim. tional law." He contended that the neutral who carried ordinary merchandise to an enemy was in principle an , assistance to the enemy just as much as the carriage of I contraband of war was. He denied that a confiscation 10 s in ther her ithe open' ving ❑g a arse, f so 'pop. 3o to , n ; is a U 1330- Dia- In. 100 1 100 100 1100 3i 100 16 100 100 - N. 91 10 11 f 22 I 78 1 151 54 5i 1271