The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-21 00:00:00

~......11 - It me. de works , igineer his de' rial tioi 2 0 , telli S c i a 103 re res ° ; ,ve 13 1 100161 .• lays . • t e d tll Prusl 3 done .sburg , The ;110 g pr ey preps , Orclej Lst a d Stl' Varn lee The ioas of vill be burg h staff ewer' D f a'l Yle lls ' Rotran, 860 f.; Havre, 445 f.; Great Northern, 730 f.; Strasburg, 715 f.; New Shares, 552 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 806 f. 25c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 662 f. 50c.; Western of France, 575 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 525 f.; Great Central of France, 425 f.; Lyons to Geneva, 440 f.; Bank of Credit Mobilier .557 f. 500. , ITALY. 'We read in the Piedn - kontese Gazette of the 17th, that the Pope has reciAved a letter from the Sul tan, in which the latter expresses the most kind feelings towards th' e Roman Catholics of his empire, and assures his 1 4 ,01iness that they shall enjoy his protection, and the greatest liberty in the exercise of their worsl,l: l p. This letter was delivered to his Holiness by M. de Kerckove, the Turkish Charge d'Affaires, in Belgium. A lettrz from Rome of the sth, in the Messagere di Modena, states that it is the intention of the Commander-in-Chief of the French forces at Rome, to establish an entrenched camp near Citita Vecchia, wi+l a view to fortify that place on the land side, azad that a preliminary survey has already been made with that view, by the French engineers. In the sitting of the 16th of the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of the Interior announced that a funeral service would be per • formed in the cathedral of Turin, in commemora tfon of the soldiers who fell at Novarra. The dis cussion of the navy estimates was continued with great animation. In order to show the interest government took in that department, the Minister or War and Marine, General Lamarmora stated that five st u d en t s were ma i n t a i ne d at Lorient at the expense of the Piedmontese Government, to Study the latest improvements in naval architecture, and that it also maintained seven journeymen me chanicians in England. The Chamber got through sell the chapters of the estimates, and also voted -the bill for the repair of the seaports, without dis cussion. The following is a list of the Piedmontese vessels in active service :—Sailing vessels—The Desgeheys 44, San Michele 42, Beroldo 44, Euridice 32, Aquila 18, San Giovanni 32, Aurora 12, Tridano 16, Co.. lombo 16, Raino 8, Staffetta 12. Azzardoso 8, Ce lere 1. Steamers—Costituzione 10, Governolo 12, Carlo Alberto 51, Tripoli 5, Malfatano b, Monzam bano 6, Gulnara 2, Ichmesa 3, Anions 1. Total, 22 vessels and 380 guns. Another frigate, the Carlo Alberto, is fitting out. SPAIN. The Clamor Publico of the 15th, states that a notification has been put forth at San Sebastian, to the effect that sailors of the Spanish merchant navy may present themselves at Bordeaux, and get themselves employed in the French navy on ad vantageous conditions. A letter states that the Ministers continued to hold frequent councils, and that they were about to submit to her Majesty a plan for a new organi sation of the police on a military basis. The letter adds, that it was reported that the Ministry was about to be completed by M. Domenech becoming definitively Minister of Grace and Justice--a post which he at pr e s en t h o ld s a d i n t er i m, i n conjunc tion with the department of Finance ; and that M. Llorente was to be nominated Minister of Finance. The Three per Cents. were done at 35 ; the New three per Cents. at 18 70 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8 10 ; and that of the Second, at 4 30. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 2 A.M. By the steamer Europa we have advices from New York to the Bth inst. She has brought 37 passengers, but no specie. The steam-ships Andes, from Liverpool, Glas gow, from Glasgow, and Nashville, from Havre, had arrived at New York ; and the steamer Alps, from Liverpool, at Boston. The steamer Atlantic, with the mails of the 22d ult. from Liverpool, was ashore near Sandy Hook, but was expected to be got off. The steamer Em pire City had arrived at New York from Afpin wall with $646,062 in gold-dust. The English brig of war Espiegle, French steamer Chimere, and United States' ship Cyane were at Caledonia Bay on the 20th of January, and had each landed a corps of surveyors, under the guid ance of Messrs. Gisbornc and Cullen, the promoters of the works on the Darien Canal. New York has been visited by another great con itagration, which destroyed upwards of $30,000 of property. From Washington we learn that a substitute was to be offered for the Nebraska Bill by a South ern Democrat. The steamer Corwin had arrived at Charleston with despatches from Washington, detailing the seizure of the steamer Bl ac k W arr i or b y the ban axthorities for an alleged infringement of the re venue laws of that island. The captain and crew of the Black Warrior abandoned the vessel when she was seized, and the Cubans were discharging the cargo. The advices from Ilavannah are to the Ist of March. The Carnival was over, but during its pro gress several assassinations had taken place, and a civic guard, 800 in number, had been formed. The New York stock market exhibited a down ward tendency for most descriptions of securities. There was no alteration to notice in the money market. Exchange on London, 108 i to 109 ; Paris, 5.131 to 5.161. Cotton in good demand, at slightly advanced prices. Wheat and flour only in moderate request, at a decline of sc. per bushel on the former, and 25c. per bushel on the latter. In provisions no alterations. Freights to London.—Flour, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per barrel ; wheat, I.s. 3d. per bushel ; measure ment goods, 30s. to 355. ; and heavy goods, 50s. to Ws. per ton. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Mr. J. Johnson, one of the lessees of this theatre, took his benefit last week, when Sheridan's fine old comedy, The School for Scan dal, was acted here for the first time. The difficult part of Sir Peter Teazle was enacted by Mr. William Searle, the stage manager, in a manner which gave proof of a thorough knowledge and apprecia tion of what the author meant it to be. Mr. Davenport as the volatile Charles needs no eulogy, for he is genuine in everything he undertakes. Miss Fanny Vining's Lady Teazle was qui chaoune, in fact the whole caste and acting was admirable. The house was crowded to the ceiling. Messrs. Johnson and Lee de serve great credit for the successful attempts to vie with the best theatrical establishments in London. DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIA.—The departures for the Australian colonies during the present week show a decrease. They have comprised altogether ten vessels —four to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,743 tons ; three to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1,331 tons ; one to Port Philip, of 922 tons ; one to New Zealand, of 460 tons ; and one to Launceston, of 313 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 4,769 tons. The rates of freight exhibit a slight decline, the advices received yesterday not being satisfactory. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been considerable activity. The number of ships reported inward was 216, being an increase of 54 over the previous week. Of grain there were reported 67,064 quarters, including 37,352 quarters of wheat ; of flour, 19,346 barrels and 11,496 sacks ; of tea, 38,788 packages; and of sugar, 2,046 hhds., 1,241 cases, 1,238 casks, and 117,698 bags. The number of vessels cleared outward was 113, being 10 over the previous week. Of these 18 were in ballast, and 10, as above stated, for the Australian colonies. FUNERAL OF MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD.—The remains of the late Hon. Thomas Noon Talfourd were yesterday morning removed from his late residence in Russell square, for interment at the Cemetery, Norwood. In the first carriage following the hearse were the three sons of the deceased—Mr. Fras. Talfourd, Mr. William, Talfourd, Mr. Thomas Noon Talfourd, and Mr. P. Tal fourd, his brother. The second carriage contained Mr. Paterson Rutt, Mr. Northcote Rutt, Mr. John Salter, and Mr. William Salter, his brothers in-law. In the remaining carriages were several private friends of the deceased, the Rev. George Hamilton, who officiated at the interment, and Messrs. Sansum, his first and second clerks. The only private carriages that followed the mournful cortege were the deyeased's private carriage and the private carriages of Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Chas. Kean, and Mr. Bickersteth, R.A. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT HULL.—There was no case whatever before the magistrates this morning. This is a circumstance which has not occurred, we believe, for upwards of two years, and this mark e d di m i n ution of crime must therefore be the more gratifying. We are, moreover, assured that during Mr. Warren's adminis tration of justice at the Sessions Court the more flagrant cases of delinquency have been rapidly on the decline ; the common remark of the adept breakers of the law being, that the judge before whom they will be tried is a man not to be trifled with. Their dread of under going any long deprivation of liberty is perfectly astound ing ; and while they treat with almost utter contempt a sentence of short duration, though coupled with hard labour, so are their fears correspondingly great at the thought of being pent up within the dreary walls of a prison for a lengthened period, even though compara tively slight labour may accompany the sentence. Hull Packet. THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE. — The publication of the secret correspondence with the Russian Government on the fate of Turkey produced a remarkable impression yesterday, and owing to the universal sense to which it has given rise of the faithlessness of the Emperor, the conviction that he can be dealt with in no other way than by force has at length been established in the minds cf all parties, including those by whom until now the belief that war would be averted had never been abandoned. Times. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid.! RAILWAYS. 1 100 Aberdeen.. 82 Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 3irkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk £5O and £25 COll3, 18 Do., ..... 30 Blyth & Tyne origins £25 (issd. at £45; 1100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 12 Cornwall CHOI' Junction 45 Dublin &Belfas tJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber dean Juuation ..... all Do. New all East Anglian all Do., (£lB E & H) all Eastern Counties all , l'astern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8 Do., Nov A 100 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 51 Edinb. and Peebles 00 Edin. Prth . &Dunde 1 ''orth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston, 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Stb. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.audYorksh 17e Do., Fifths 11i Da., Wst. Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwali 8A Loud. Tilt,. &Stliend. 100 Loud. Bright &S. Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 N.: , 0/. Sh. , M&8... 2 Do. Eighths 100 London and S. Westn 421,. Do., £5O 31 Do., £4O all Lndrry& Col °rain: , all Lududrry. & Ennisk. 100 Blanch.Shef.& Linclr 4,1 Do., Mau. & Lin. Ur 100 Midland 100 :Jo. Birru g. & Derby 47 tlidld. G. West. (Ira. ) 17e t . Do. Halt Shares all N e wcastle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket 5A Do., Bury Extension , Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd 7 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry WarreupoinL and Rostra vor 100 Norfolk 32 No.thn.Counties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 113 Do., No. 2 all Do., 6 A Deferred 8 Do., 6 B Guaranteed all North London 5.4 Do. New £lO Ll Is N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 1. 1 4 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westru. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2, Portsmouth tOO Scottish Central , 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrews bury &Bi mg 100 Do. L. aN. Weotern Guaranteed Stook 10 Shrewsby. & B.erefd all Shrewsby. & Cheste2 (N. W. Min all Do. Halves,4. all Do. Oswestry 62 Shropshire thaion „. Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon [OO South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dur 5 Do 21 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 1q Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 20 Mantes Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 VorkNewctl.&Berw, 20 Do, Extensions 13 Do. G.N.E. Purchase' 1 100 York &N. Midland PORED 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erqueiin all Demerav 14 Dijon autlßesancon, 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Inc - lan 2 Dc. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of Frtncc 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Western o;. Canada Shares ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 156 FlaruilLon & Toronto all Do. 6 per cont. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pi of 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. prei'..., 3 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyous & Mediterran 10 Madras 33A1Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 IMelbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liege (witl: interest).... ........ all Do. (ex interest)_ all Northern of France, Do. 20i. 3 p. c Bds. all (fniy.B.& Ams.Shs.; all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all T. 3 itris and Orleans ~. . all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havro 9 Royal Danish 2 IRoial Swedish all Sambre and Meuse... 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref., 6 Southern of France.. 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West I laudera all Do 5: 3 / 4 per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand Closing Prices yesterday. 20 - 24 4i, - 4i 84 - 9 12 —lO dis 14; 18 s,id 89 - 91 52. - 53 143 - 15, 9 11' 42 - 44 7ii - ••.. -- 16i - - 36 24 - ea 61 56 58 23 - 24 89 90 77 79 L 23 - 125 91 - 93 754 - - 75, 90 - 93 12 - 13 1l 120 -62 i 74t 12a 13; Par — dip 984 99 JB6 - 99 d par par I d 77} 786 11 10 10 9d ... --- ... 20 - 21 57i - 33 - 34 Id par 51 4ad 2 2a 6 8 45 47 3$ 34a 304 316 1 8 10 6 i - - 7? 52 - 55 -AP ; 6i 6Adl 7 74 29 - 31 88 90 54 - 56 5 5 - 60 55 - 60 3 -2, loi 16 7i —8, 3 114 313(1' 13 15 59i 60 34 34:4 3 lec 4 5 27 -- 30 •,. --- ... 2a 2B 154 15i 46 5 24 26 5 6 6 - 7 63i 64i 94 gi 45 4i 44 - d -- 46 4 14 3d id i p ": 3,1 3 1 d 1 — 3 4 p, A - P, 4 3 d 6 4d 3 d, 22 23 8 lop - 2 p 9 lip dis 7 4} 1 —1; 1 2 ljd i id 7 - 7i 28i —29 b 74 - 8' llf -12 hp 42 -44 34 - 36 28 - 281 ... - Pm ld par - - pm 3 - 4,1 . _ d ..2 i 3ip - 6 f• 4'dl IiISCELLANEOTJS all A.ubin Coal and Iron 17 Australian Agri=lt. 14 Austral sn Pcific. Mail 8 Australia. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 38i Brit. American Land' 1 3rit. dr Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 32?, Canad a 5 Crystal Palace 4 30. New...... ......... 2 Crystal Pal. o: Fa'ance . 3 Eastern Steam... 20 Electrit...,elejraph(A) all Do. (B).. 1 Electric Telex. of Ir 14 Gen. Seam Navigat 18 General Screw Steam 7 Irish Eae'voot Sugar 10 Maga al_ena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue 3 Nethc lards Land._ 1 N. S. 17. Coal di: In La Steam Navigat. Co all N. B. Australasian A Do. Ne .v 10 Nrth. ofEuropeSteam all Peel '.r. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 30 Do. T o. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegreph all Do. Registered 28i Van Diemen's Laud 3i = ii; 75 - 77 75 80 6 6ix.n ii § - = le,i - i. 11. - 3. Z - Nadi - .•• --- •.. I - z3P - lip 35 - 37 - - 1 -12 Business done this day. 25 25 18 20 St. 10 20 20 12 i 11i 59i 60 55i 89 8i 78 7 123 90 75 4i 61i f 97a 8 981 7} 773 i,63 7 57i i 33 111 11 64 3i 46 5 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1854: E.E. LI diaries, for the purpose of plunder ! Few could have been imagined to be so hardened and aban doned as to take adv.antage of a momen t w hi ch Progress and P re j u di ce . By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. each thought might be h i s last, to add an additi ona l " Aloof wit hermi% eye, misfortune to the already overwhelming calamity. I sc an Tim present deeds of present m an," An act of surprising courage and resolution is is the motto of this work and it is one suggestive recorded of a young Portuguese, who was of reflection, prophetic d satirical sketches, and the commanding officer of the guard at the vigorous criticisms ; yei it is certain that the Mint, which did not suffer a material injury. In authoress of this story has never - given a more in- the midst of the awful tumult when all fled, though teresting tale to the publis than t his on before us. f they knew not where to fly, when every soldier There is less of bitterness. and more of feeling in forsook his post, this youth remained steadfastly her style, with some few aceptions. There is more in charge, although apparently threatened with of the heart's sympathies evinced by her chief per- i instant destruction, and the houses encircling him sonages than is usually the case ; they have hitherto I falling in turn. Fortunately, the Mint escaped, presented more of the alxtruse and subtle qualities and it was mainly to his courage and constancy of the head, and talent has flourished to the that the preservation of the two millions of money nearly total exclusion of virtue. Hence human it contained was attributed. nature seems more softened than sharpened, less The writer gives a fascinating description of the rendered of the earth earthly feu brought climate and country, and some eloquent passages nearer to its high and holy standard. This is on the scenery. The customs of the people are peculiarly and pre-eminently the cs.s.."e with the amusingly sketched. One point in which Lisbon young member s o f th e c i rc l e i n t ro d un ed to our certa i nly d i splays more humanity than Madrid is notice. The only two great contrasts . are Lord in the method in which the bull-fights are con- Davenport and Mr. Hargood; the latter, ht. wever, ducted. In Lisbon the bull has small balls placed had many redeeming points, and when we take on the tip of his horns, and therefore the terrible leave of him he is rapidly progressing towards a spectacles of mangled horses and injured riders more genial and generous state of mind. " Adves - cannot be seen. The reader will find much to en sity had not sweet uses for him;" he saw only deeds I tertain and to amuse in these lively pages, and of darkness around him, while the light of gladness 1 ,many subjects of interest are touched upon ; while ocoasionally the author di scar d s h er usua l half seemed to illumi ne hi s r i c h er an d more powerful half neighbours. Lord Davenport had very few merits jai s ,:g manner, and discourses on the more serious to counteract the effects of his many failings. A t opi l l s with enthusiastic fervour. better lesson could not have been conveyed of the real equality of men than by looking at the two homes of wealth and poverty, both wretched from the same cause, the want of right feeling and principle in their masters. The immor tal influence of mind is shown to act the same in the varying and different positions of the children of mortality. Equal credit cannot be assigned to the authoress in the scenes which show forth some peculiar divisions of society as it exists at present. The elder and younger Drewe, for instance, are rendered int o l era bl y r idiculous. This for a novel is of no consequence as concerns an actor for a brief instant on its fleeting stage, but where it concerns in reality th e wor ld of living men it becomes of very different import. It passes from being the pastime of fancy to being the exercise of the judgment, the expression of the feelings. The question to decide is whether the judge be just, the critic fair, and the sentiments honest, before merit can be awarded to one venturing on such a difficult and daily task as that of making a lite rary mirror, where we are "to see ourselves as others see us." Unsparing ridicule is not an argu ment, and most of our readers will be at a loss to know what the unfortunate heirs to high places in our laud are meant to do with themselves, after comparing notes in this story. They are forbidden several times to taste the fruits of knowledge, or to teach others how to do so in meetings, or scientific lectures, &c. On the other hand, all the country gentry who figure in these page, are represented as being capable of doing, thinking, and talking no thing but that which relates to farms, and insigni ficant things, more befitting a ploughman's home than a gentleman's habitation. It is pleasing to leave these subjects, and return to the sphere over which Mary Hargood sheds the light of a glorious genius, and Amy Meadows irradiates with her grace and loveliness. The smiles of nature had been the portion of Amy's childhood, and s h e was a true child o f her guar dian watchers, serene and gentle, cheerful and loving. " The charms of art" had been the only beams to enlighten the darkened youth of Mary, but they were not always spirits to minister to her happiness. At times when left to herself, the con sciousness of high and mighty powers would rouse her to exaltation, and the study of the sublime, the worship of the beautiful, that was the happy duty of her life and the bright portion of her labours, seemed to inspire her with visions that were not natural to her age or sex, but ap peared to be more the appanage of one who exclaimed on beholding some masterpiece of his art "ed io anchio son pittore." These glorious imaginings in Mary Hargood's life were soon checked by her stern and uncongenial taskmaster, the ob durate father before-mentioned. It was not till after years of suffering and struggles that a fairer lot was the destiny of one so gifted and so good. Amy is more pleasing than her brilliant rival, but she does not rivet the interest so much as Mary in the end. She displays little powers of any sort, and her first attachment to her cousin Marcus was not very characteristic of taste, as he seldom cared for any one but himself, and his conduct to his own family did not at all redound to his credit. William Eustace is not an attractive character at first, but he is shown to improve gra dually and to put away many of his early failings, while Mark Davenport seems to retrograde in mind and manners as he advances in years and experi ence. One sought to conquer self, and the other to indulge it. The most interesting hero is Lord Davenport's eldest son, Hugh. He seemed more simple than the others in early life ; but when the conceits of Eustace and the daring of Mark failed, Hngh prevailed by his calmness, gentle bearing, and noble self-forgetfulness. He was valued be yond his brilliant brother's hopes, and held a higher place in the consideration of others than Eustace ever had expected in his most sanguine hours. There are many other points of interest and attrac tion in the plot of the story which it is impossible to dwell on, but which will meet with the attention of the peruser. With all its faults and shortcom ings, in some cases, it is most probable that the last feeling will be a favourable one, the last im pression a tribute of respect and admiration to the thought that influenced and the talent that exe cuted the work—a work which would show there can be no progress worth mentioning till prejudice is among the things that have been. Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Leasing closing Prices Business Compares. Y esterday. this day. 50 all '.:cdford and London & Blotchley.... N. West SC 100 Buekgiamsh. L.&N.W 93 95 50 all Clydesdale Jc• Cc.ledon 48 50 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 25 all Bias. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ... 25 all Do. New Do ... 25 all Glstrot Dn.Fr Gt. WestL 28 30 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Now. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 101 103 25 all Do. Shares. Do 5O —52 12t, all Do. 3 Share:- Do 25 26 13 1-mi.& Greenw S. Eastern 13 20 all Do.'_'reierence Do 2li 251 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 100 Do. 6 per ct. 5. all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. and Matlock & Miclld. 2i 2ixd 50 all lliddlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Aidld.Bradfil Midland., 95 97 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 56 58 50 . Do. 6 por ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do — 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &I.n&Yk 121 12 Do. a Shares. Do St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn ...xd St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do — 25 18 She;. Roth x , (l Lanca.sh& ' Goole ,".5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 91 S. Staffordsh. d.MClean 21 —li dis 50 all WcarVallcygi Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do 23 30 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst xtWVestu. 94 96 pA I,'.LIAMENTARY DIVISIONS cLERGY DISABILITIE S BILL. ng. Motion made a , and uestio HOUSE' OF COMMONS—MAncH 21. O f L or ON se lA con L d read). proposed, " That the 1:1 11 be now read second time." n Orde C r Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the questik.'n to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, " That th e wor d ' now' stand part of the questio.n. ' The house divided —Ayes, 196; Noes, 62. MINES. 1 all A.gua. Fria 1 all Anglo Austrlu. Gold 4 10s. 11 knglo Californian 10 2 Australasian 1 g d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera A g 1 all Australian Freehold -A - 4 1 all Ave Maria - 4 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4 50 all 3laeuarvon Ir. r& Coal 9 —ll 1 all Esritish Austrlu. Gold d 20 13.5 British lion 35 244 Brazilian (issued at £5 pm 34 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 —34 1 s Carson's Creek 1 A Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica — 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 5 1 Colonial Gold —lR p ... 15; Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eug 5O 60 25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent 2 4 p 5 all English andAustrin Copper Sineltg.Co lg —24 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 2 all Do. Registered . — 1 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. ... 1 all Aariquita - 10 9 Afexican&S.Americn 5 - 64 1 all New Granada — 1 all New i,inares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde g 1 20 all Pontgibaad Silver Tiead MM. & Smelt. 15 17 5 1 Port Philip a -4 a 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Phymney Iron 15 15 Do. Nem 8 —lO 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 3 4 1 all Foal' Australian a 10 7 Pin Croft 3i 44 284 all United Mexican - 34d 1 all Waller — d 1 all West Granada - d 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining Australia 1 all Yuba AYES-196. A'Court, C. Geach, C. Neeld. Joseph Alcock, T. Gladstone, W. Newark, Viscount Annesley, Earl of Gladstone, Capt. J. North. Lt.-Col. J Bagshaw, J. Goderich, Viscount. O'Brien, P. Banes, Rt. Hon. M. Gore, W. 0 borne, R. Baird, J. Goulburn, H. Otway, A. Ball, J. Graham, Sir J. Paget, Lord A. Barrow, W. Greaves, E. Pakiugton, Sir J. Bateson, Capt T. Greene, Thomas 2alk, L. Beach, Sir M. Gregson, S. Palmer, Roundel] Beamish, F. Greville, Col. F. Peel, F. Bethell, Sir R. Gwyn, 11. Percy, 3. Blair, Col. J. H. Hamilton, Lord C. Philipps, J. Blandford, Marquis of Haukey. T. Phillimore, R. J. Boldero, Co!, H. G. Ilanmer, Sir J. Portal M. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Harcourt,. G. Powlett, Lord W, Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Harcourt, Col. F. P. ice, Sir R. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Hawkins, W. Pritchard, J. Brannon, T. W. Heathcote, tiir W. Rice, E. Brotherton, J. Heneage, Geo. 11. Richardson, J. Brown, H. Henley, J. Robartes, T. Brown, W. Herbert, 11. Roebuck, J. Brace, Lord E. Herbe I, ,q. Bolt, P. Bruce, C. L. C. Herbert, Sir T. Russell, Lord J. Bruce, H. A. Hervey, Lord A. Sawle, C. Buck, L. W. Hilyard, R. C. Scholefleld, W. Buckeley, Gen. Hudson, G. Scott, F. Burghley, Lord. Hume, W. Seymer, H. Butler, C. Ingham, R. Sheridan, R. Byng, G. Irton, S. Smijth, Sir W. Campbell, Sir A. Jermyn, Earl Smith. W. Cardwell, E. Johnstone, J. Smollett, A. Carnac, Sir J. Johnstone, Sir J. Spooner, R Cavendish, G. Jones, D. Stanhope. J. Cecil, Lord R. Keating, H. Stanley, Lord Cholmondeley Lord Kendall. N. Stanley, W. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Keogh, W. Starkie Le G. Cobbett, J. M. Kerrison, Sir E. Struts, E. Cobbo'd, J. C. King, P. Stuart, H. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Kirk, W. Thicknesse, R. Cocks, T. S. Lacon, Sir E. Thornhill, W. Coffin, W. Laing, S. Trollope, Sir J. Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. H. Tud way, R. Cubitt, W. Lennox, Lord A. F. Vane, Lord H.' Davies, D. A. S. Liddell, H. G. Vansittart, G. Davison, R. Locke, J. Vyse, Capt. R. Dent, J. Lockhart, A. E. Waddington, D. Hering, Sir E. C. Loraine, Lord Waddington, H. Disraeli, Hon. B. Lowe, R. Walcott, Admiral Drumlsnrig, Vis. Mackie, J. Walpole, S. Drummond, R. Macgregor, Jas. Warner, E. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Maddock, Sir T. H. Watkins, Col. Duncombejlon. 0. Mslins, R. Wells, W, Holcombe, W. March, Earl of Ni , natman, J. Dundas, G. Marshall, W. Whitbread, S. East, Sir J. Mills, T. Wickham, H. W. Emlyn, Vis. Milner, W. Williams, M. Evelyn, W. Mitchell, T. Williams, W. Feilden, M. Moffatt, G. Willoughby, Sir H. Fitzgerald, W. Molesworth, Sir W. Woodd. B. Fitzroy, Hon. H. Morgan, 0. Wyndham, W. Floyer, J. Mostyn, E. Young, Sir J. Forster, J. Mowbray, J. Fortescue, C.' Mulgrave, Earl of Freestun, Col. W. Mulltngs, J. Frewen, C. Mundy, W. Fuller A. Neeld, John NOES-62. Anderson, Sir J. Hindley, C. Barnes, T. Horsfail. T. Bell, J. Hume, J. Biggs, W. Rutchins, E. Brocklehurst, 3. Kershaw, J. Challis T. Kingscote, Capt. B. Chambers, T. Kinnaird, A. Cheetham, John Langton, H. G. Clay, Sir W. Bt. Laslett, W. Cobden, R. Lee, W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Macguire, J. Crook, J. Mangles, It. D. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Massey, W. Duff, G. Miall, E. Duncan, G. Milligan, R. Dunne, M. Michell, T. Ellice, E. Moore, G. Fox, W. 31untz, G Goodman. Sir G. Murrough, J. Green, Capt John Norreys, Lord Bastie, Alex. Pechell, Sir G. Heyworth, L. Peto, S. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all lustralasia 7B 80 77 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... ::.• 25 5 Chart& Bank of Asia Old 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1i Icl [OO 25 Colonial MO 20 Commercial of Loud 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 3f 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia l4 Id 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joiut Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 22. National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales 39 —4l 25 all Oriental Bauk of Corporation 46 47 25 5 Do. New .00 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 aoyal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 39 41 25 all Union of Australia 66i —67 i 2 Do. New 6 74 50 10 Union of Loado,l TELLERS. Hayter, W. Berkeley, G. Philiimore, J. G. Phinn, T. Piikington, J. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Power, N. Price, W. Ricardo, 0. Scobell, Capt. G. Seymour, W. Shelley, Sir J. Smyth, J. A. Smith, J. B. Sutton, J. Thompson, G. Waismley, Sir J. Walter, J. Wilkinson, W. Wise. A. TELLERS. Hadfield, G. Pellet, A. CANTERBURY BRIBERY PREVENTION. Motion made and question put, " That leave be given to 'bring in a bill for the prevention of bribery in the elec tion of members to serve in Parliament for the City of Canterbury"—(Mr. Attorney-General). The house di vided—Ayes, 189 ; Noes, 118. AYES-169. A'Court, C. Geach, C. Paget, Lord G. Alcock, T. Gladstone, W. Paget, Lord Anderson, Sir J. Goodman, Sir G. Patten, .i. Bagshaw, J. Graham, Sir J. Pechell, Sir G. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Greene, Capt. John Peel, F. • Ban, J. Greville, Colonel F. Follett, A. Baring, Sir F. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Peto, S. Barnes, T. Hadfield, George Philipps, J. Bass, M. Hall, Sir Benjamin Phillimore, R. J. Beamish, F. Hankey, T. Phillimore, J. G. Bell, J. Hastie, Alex. Phinn, T. 13enbow, J. Headlam, T. Plikington, J. Bethell, Sir It. Heard, J. Pollard-Ureuhart V. Biggs, W. Heneage, Geo. H. Price, Sir R. Blackett, J. F. B. Herbert, S. Price. W. Bowyer, G. Hervey, Lord A. Ricardo, 0. Boyle, Lt.-Col. Heyworth, L. Rice, E. Brareston, T. W. Higgins, G. 0. Richardson, J. Brand, H. B. W. Hindley, C. Robartes, T. Brocklehurst. J. Howard, Hon. C. Roebuck, J. Brotherton, J. Howard, Lord E. Bussed, F. C. Brown, H. Hume, J. Russell, F. W. Brown W. Hutchins, E. Sadlair, John Bruce, Lord E. Hutt, W. Sawle, C. Bruce, H. A. Ingham; R. Scholefleld, W. Buckley, Gen. Keating, It. Scobeli, Capt. G. Bulkeley, Sir R. Kennedy, T. Scully, F. Byng, G. H.C. Keogh, W. Seymer, 11. Cardwell, E. Kerrison, Sir E. Seymour. W. Castlerosse, Vis. Kershaw, J. Shafto, It. Caulfeild, Lt.-Col. J. King, P. Shelley, Sir J. Cavendish, G. C. Kingscote, Capt. R. Sheridan, R. Challis, T. Kinnaird, A. Smith, J. A. Chambers, T. Kirk, W. Smith, J. B. Chaplin, W. Labouchere,RLHon.H Smith, R. Cheetham, John Langston, J. H. Sotheron, T. Clay, Sir W. Bt. Langton, EL G. Stanley, W. Clifford, Lt.-Col. H. M. Lasiett, W. Strutt, E. Clinton, Lord R. R. P. Lawley, F. C. Sutton J. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Lee, W. Tancred, H, Coffin, W. Lockhart, A. E. Thicknesse, R. Cogan, W. H. F. Lowe, R. Thompson, G. Cowper, W. F. Mangles, R. D. Thornhill, W. Craufurd, E. H.J. Marshall, W. Trani, G. Dashwood, Sir G. H. Massey, W. Walmsley, Sir J. Davie, Sir H. B.F. Matheson, A. Walter, J. Dent, J. D. Matheson, Sir J. Watkins, Col. Duff, G. M tall, E. Wells, W. Duke, Sir J. Milligan, R. Whatman, J. Duncan, G. Mills, T. Whitbread, S. Duridas, F. Milner, W. Wickham, H. Dunlop, A. Mitchell, T. Wilkinson, W. Dunne, M. Moffatt, G. Wilcox, B. Ellice, E. Molesworth, Sir W. Williams. M. Esmonde, J. Monsell, W. Williams, W. Ewart, W. Morris, D. Wyndham, W. Fagan, W. . Mostyn, E. Wyvill, M. Feilden, M. Mulgrave, Earl of Young, Sir J. Ferguson, Lt.-Col. Muntz, G. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Murroigh, J. Forster, C. Norreys, Lord Forster J. O'Brien, P. Fortescue. C. O'Connell, J. Fox, W. Osborne, R. Gardner, R. Paget, Lord A. NOES-118. Arkwright, G. Gooch, Sir E. Mullings, J. Baird, J. Greaves, E. Mundy, W. Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Greeuall, Gilbert Napier, J. Barrow, W. Grogan, Ed ward Neeld, Joseph Bateson, Capt. T. Gwyn, Howel Pakington, Sir J. Beach, Sir M. Halsey, T. P. Palk, L. Bennet, Capt. P. Hamilton, Lord Claud Percy, J. Bentinck, G. Hamilton, G. A. Portal, M. Blair, Lieut -Col. J. H. Hanmer, Sir John Pugh, D. Bolden), Lt.-Col. H. G. Hardinge, Hon. C. Repton, G. Booker, T. W. Hawkins, W. Robertson, P. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Heathcoate, Sir W. Bolt, R. Brace, C. L. C. Henley, J. Sanders, G. Buck, L. W. Herbert, P. Scott, F. Burghley, Lord Hilyard, R. C. Smith, Sir W. Campbell, Sir A. I. Horsfall, T. Smith, W. Carnac, SirJ. R. Hotliam, Lord Spooner, R. Cecil, Lord Hume, W. Stafford, A. Chelsea, Viscount Irton, S. Stanhope, J. Clive, R. Jones, Capt. T. Stanley, Lord C.bbett, J. M. Jones, D. Starkie, Le G. Cobbold, J. C. Kell v, Sir F. Sturt, H. Codrington, Sir C. W. Kendall, N. Tai tor, Lt.-Col. T. Coles, H. B. Knatchbull, W. Tomline, G. Compton, H. C. Knightley, R. Trollope, Sir J. Crook, J. Knox, Lt.-Col. B. W. Vance, J. Davies, D. A. S. Knox, W. S. Vansittart, G. Davison, R. Lacon, Sir E. Vyse, Capt, R. Dering, Sir E. C. Langton, W. H. P. G. Waddington, H. Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B. Lennox, Lord A. F. Walcott, Rear-Ad. Duncombe, Hon. 0. Lennox, Lord H. G. Walpole. S. Dundas, G. Liddell, H. G. Willoughby, Sir H. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Wise, A. Farnham, E. Lovaine, Lord Woedd, B. Fellowes, E. Macartney, G. Wyndham, Lt.-Gen. Filmer, Sir E. Mains, It. Yorke, E. Floyer, J. March, Earl of Frewen C. Masterman, J. Fuller, A. Michell, Dr. W. TELLERS, Gilpin, Col, H. Montgomery, Sir G. Whiteside, J. Gladstone, Capt. J. Mowbray, J. Cairns, H. Lady Lee's Widowhood. By C. B. Hamley, Cap tain R.A. 2 vols. Blackwood. This tale having appeared i n th e pages o f Black wood's Magazine, is doubtless familiar to many readers, who will not regret, however, to see it in a connected form. It is an interesting tale, with a great variety of characters, some of them, indeed, of not the most pleasing kind, but all cleverly drawn. Lady Lee is a young widow who is left with a considerabl e f or t une , w i t h t h e restriction that, if she marries again without the consent of her husband' s uncle, she forfeits a large sum and the guardianship of her child. The uncle, Colonel Bagot Lee, is the evil genius of the book, and the acquaintances to which he intro duces the reader are not always of the most agreeable or respectable class of society. Perhaps a little of this could not be avoided, but we apprehend most readers will be glad to find themselves in the company of Lady Lee and her co mpanions rather than in that of Mr. Seager and his betti ng as s ociates . There is some originality in the plot, and much diversity in the incidents. The characters, which are of every grade, are ably sketched. Lady Lee and her two friends form a graceful group o f h ero i nes of very different dispositions. The charge of uniformity cannot certainly b . e brought against them. Of the heroes, Josiah Young, the curate, ap pears to be the author's favourite, though it is doubtful if many will coincide in preferring him to his more energetic and spirit e d rivals. As is pro per in all love stories , wheth er grave or gay, sundry very natural incidents and accidents occur, or are supposed to occur, which plun ge h eroes an d hero i nes into doubts, difficulties, and despair. They are all satisfactorily rescued from their dilemmas at the conclusion, much to the reader's gra tification, for none , of them fail to interest. If this is the authors first attempt at fiction, it is certainly a promising commencement, for it dis plays observation, knowledge of th e world, and ability. It is to be regretted th a t he is not suffi ciently careful in those little refinements of manner and expression which, far from weakening the style or making it tedious, must gratify the least indul gent, and cannot offend the most fastidious. Writers may be assured that readers wh o a d m i re cc vulgarisms," or expressions that would not be used in correct society, are not the jud ges whose praise is worth gaining. Wit is never less shown than by want of taste, an d a page which can be found fault with on that point is no proof of a superior judgment. Of course these re marks are not applicable to descriptions of low life or such passages, but merely wher e th e aut h or quite unnecessarily lowers his style. Such errors are easily avoided, and we trust the next work of this writer will give us the same ability, th e same skill in delineating character, without any draw back from occasional want of elegance. TELLZRS. Hayter, W. Berkeley, G. A Visit to Portugal and Madeira. By the Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley. Chapman and Hall. This volume must not be regarded as an authen tic account of the physical peculiarities of the coun tries described, or as a sober analysis of the social or political position of the people, o r even as a series of panor am i c descriptions. It i s i n a li ve l y, rambling style, th a t is sometimes half satirical, and at other parts takes a more elevated tone. It is evidently int e nd e d m ore as an entertaining volume to pass an idle hour than as a work of reference or instruction. Nevertheless, much casual informa tion is given, particularly on the subject of Portuguese history and its celebrities. It is interspersed with numerous anecdotes and sketches, and contains an impressive description of the fearful earthquake of 1755. The number of persons be lieved to have perished by that calamity, and the fearful conflagration that succeeded it, amounted to more than sixty thousand ! It is indeed terrible to consider that the fire which burnt for six days is not believed to be the result of nature or acci dent, as was first supposed, but the work of futon- FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE BRANCH RAILWAY.—This morning information was for warded to W. Carter, Esq., coroner for East Surrey, of the following frightful accident, which occurred on the New Crystal Palace Branch Railway, at Sydenham : It appears that a labourer named Daniel Reardon, aged 21, in the employ of Mr. Perry, the contractor for the new line, was engaged on Saturday last in unloading some ballast waggons, when a train coming up at the tine, before it entirely stopped, Reardon placed one knee on the buffer of one of the carriages, and made an attempt to get up, but, unfortunately, his knee slipped, and he fell, his head being caught between the buffers. The poor fellow gave but one groan, and as the carriages separated he fell to the ground, and it was then found that his head was smashed to atoms. The train was go ing very slowly at the time of the accident, which was purely caused by the deceased's own imprudence, he having, with other workmen, been frequently cauti one d to keep clear okall trains while in motion. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D.Y. - -4 LONDON, March 21.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; strong breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 20.—Wind. E. to N.E. Arrived— El Dorado, from Callao, for Inverness ; Fleece, Marseilles, with bowsprit and figure-head carried away, &c., from contact with a brig yesterday in the Channel. Sailed— Margaret Evans, for New York; Helene Sophia, for Ber muda. SOUTHAMPTON, March 20.—Sailed—City of Manchester, for Geelong. FALMOUTH, March 20.—Wind, E., violent gale. Ar rived—Nyverheid, from Liverpool, for Ostend, leaky. LOWESTOFT, March 20.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— William and Ann, from Poole, for Stockton ; master deranged, and vessel making water. LIVERPOOL, March 21.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—The Atlantic (s), hence to New York, was on shore near Sandy Hook, Bth inst., but expected off. SUNDERLAND, March 20.—The Josephine, of Wisbeach, is sunk, 7 or 8 miles E. by S. of Dinlington Heights, in 15 fathoms ; fate of crew not known. PENZANCE, March 19.—Sailed —Alice Brown, for Mel bourne. QUEENSTOWN, March 18—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Concord, from Callao ; Robert Ingram, Bnrbadoes. Sailed —Ada Mary, for Africa ; Lady Chapman, Demerara ; Alderman Thompson, Ne•w York. NEWPORT, March 20.—Wind, N.E.Arrived—Albert • Gallaton, from London, for New York. Sailed—Water lily, for Cape de Verds ; Providence, Rio Janeiro. DANTZIC, March 16.—The river as far as Neufahrwasser is free of ice, and the navigation of the stream will be open in a few days. MELBOURNE, Dec. 10.—The Nelson, arrived here,from Hartlepool, reports having passed a large craft, bottom up, Nov. 2, in lat. 38, long. 88. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday. Wind, N. ; tide, half ebb ; cloudy, with rain. Sailed—Pyrenees, for Malta ; Earl of Shaftesbury, Malta ; City of Boulogne (s), Boulogne ; Mercia, Malta ; Her Majesty, Malta. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.11 a.m. Wind, NE., fine. The schooner Royal George, of Ramsgate, Capt. Stone coal laden, is reported to be abandoned, with loss of fore mast, and much damage to the hull ; apparently been run into by another vessel, name unknown; no tidings of the crew. Sailed—Catherine Pemberton, for Launceston. MARKET NE GYS-(T HIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—This article is quiet. Foreign is steady with a moderate demand. Yellow Havana, duty paid, 36s to 395. In refined there is no further decline. Brown lumps 438 6cl to 44s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week, at the East and West India Docks, was 101 hhds, 86 tierces, 322 barrels ' • there were taken for h ome consump ti on 857 hh ds, 100 tierces, and 170 barrels. The stock in the same places is, 2,483 hhds, 768 tierces, 912 barrels. COFFEE. —There is no change. Native Ceylon is at 46s to 46s 6d. Plantation at full rates. Fine Mocha wanted. Rum.— The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 198 puns 37 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 159 puns 18 hhds, and ex ported 64 puns 60 hhds. The stock in the same places is 4,604 puns 758 hhds. COTTON.—Prices are supported. SALTPETRE.—At auction 1,069 bags Bengal sold at 364 to 37s for 8i to 54 per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 64s per cwt. on the spot, and town 64s 9d. 1 TEA.—This article is dull. Ord congou is ld. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 214 s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 5s per Ibad. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5l Os; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 15s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade rather dull. ST. PETERSBURG. —The St. Petersburg letters are to the 11th of March, at which date the rate of exchange had declined to 36-;cd., and the Bank had diminished the proportion of gold given in exchange for notes, paying only a fourth in that metal, and three-fourths in silver, to those who applied for specie. The preparations for war were active on all sides, and it was expected that the holders of deals in Cronstadt will have to remove them, as the yards are wanted by the Government—a circumstance likely to occasion great expense and trouble, especially if the clearance should be required to take place before the breaking up of the ice. Some of the Principal merchants in the Russian trade waited upon Lord Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign•office. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, RODE. Th.e Earl of .11.1ALMESBURI.7 wished to inquire of the Government whether there was not a mistake in the her Wing of the memorandum of Count Nesselrode, whichl appears among the secret correspondence pub lisheCti in The Sun, and other newspapers, to-day. The mem aranduna was described as having been received subs , xtuently to the visit of the Emperor Nicholas to this country in 1844. Ti ie Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to say that the bstance of the memorandum was communicated by ho Emperor himself to the Government while in by tnd, but that the document itself was not prepared unt Nesselrode until after the departure of the Emp ecor. Th e Registration of bills of Sales Bill was read a second time. Th a Mutiny Bill passed through committee. Th a.. Earl of GLENGALL presented a petition in fa,vou r of postal arrangements between South Wares and the s( )uth of Ireland. Lo rd CANNING said it would be impossible without great. :loss to the revenue to carry out such arrange ment ;a. A ft( !r a short discussion the subject dropped. :LETTERS FOR THE BALTIC FLEET. r eply to Earl GREY, L or 1 CANNING said he had applied to the Treasury for ; warrant giving him power to reduce the statute rate of p ostage for letters to the Baltic (is. Bd.) to the sum of sixpence a half ounce. E asl GREY said, that considering the service on whi , i the officers in the Baltic fleet were engaged, and that sixpence was an object to them and their relatives, he t' Sought letters ought to be transmitted at the cost of an o ttlinary penny stamp. (Hear, hear.) EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. Ti le Exchequer Bills (1,750,0001.) Bill passed through cow. nittee. COASTING TRADE BILL. TI ris bill was read a third time and passed. ARBITRATION. ,rd BROUGHAM brought in a bill to facilitate pro ceed:tugs in arbitrations, founded on the recommenda tion of the Common Law Procedure Commissioners, which was read a first time. The , house then adjourned. [C IUSE OF COMMONS —(YESTERDA Y. ) Ti to SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. T►he Amicable Society Assurance Bill was read a ;hird: time and passed. The following bills were ordered to be considered : Ash to n-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge ; Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company ; Rossendale Union Gas ; Royal Exchange Assurance ; Southport Water works. The Llynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill, and the Salliibury and YeoFil Railway Bill were read a second time.. Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from the inhabi tants. of Farringdon Without against the Poor Removal Bill. Sir W. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from a place in Northamptonshire, praying for the closing of public houses on Sundays. Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition with a similar prayer from Lincoln. 111 r. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from 158 4 electors of Cheltenham, complaining of the election of C aptain Vernon, and also complaining of the expense of p rosecuting election petitions. Er. WICKHAAI presented a petition from the guardians of the poor for the Union of Bradford, pray ing that the bill for the alteration in the law of settle. ment may not pass without important alterations being made in its provisions. Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Lewes aga inst the oaths bill. Er. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from Tau nton in favour of reformatory schools. M:r. SCOBELL presented a petition from Bath against the appointment of Roman Catholic chaplains to gaols. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from Liver pool in favour of closing public-houses on Sundays. Colonol BLAIR presented a petition from Syr against the oaths bill. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Yorkshire, very numerously signed, against the Medical Registra tion Bill. Mr. B. HUGHES presented three petitions from places in Norfolk, and from Huntingdon, praying that public houses be closed on the Lord's day. MILITIA REGIMENTS. Colonel SMYTH wished to ask the Secretary at War whether soldiers of militia regiments are to be placed, dur ing the period of training, upon the same footing with regard to rations as soldiers of regiments of the line. Mr. S. HERBERT replied that the matter would be left to the option of the colonels of those regiments, with certain exceptions. SLIGO ELECTION. Mr. K. SEYMER rose to ask Lord John Russell, whether he was prepared to recommend to the house any course to be adopted with reference to the persons spe cially mentioned in the report of the Sligo election recog nizances committee. Lord J. RUSSELL said it had been decided by the Government to instruct the Attorney-General for Ire land to prosecute. OATHS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that the second read ing of the Oaths bill be postponed till the 31st of this month ; also the second reading of the Poor Removal bill till Friday next. HOUSE OP LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCULOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. I'he Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented petitions from Finsbury, and other places, in favour of closing publi r-houses on Sundays. Lo rd BROUGHAM presented a petition from the corpo ration and merchants of Edinburgh, praying for the as si . milation of the law of probate in England and Scotif The: LORD CHANCELLOR said there were great difficult ies in the way of accomplishing that object, but ;t shoireid receive his attentive consideration. THI: MEMORANDUM OF COUNT NESSEL- STAMP DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that he would postpone the order for committee on the Stamp Duties till this day fortnight. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. On the motion for going into a committee of ways and means, Mr. - LAY-RD said he had a notice on the paper of his intention to ask the noble lord the member for the city of London a question on the subject of the Turkish aggression. If he were to put the question without giving his reasons for it, which he must do if he asked it now, most probably he would get a rather unsatisfac tory answer. Perhaps, therefore, it would be better that he should postpone his question until those extra ordinary and most important documents which had been laid on the table had been well digested. (Clear.) The house then went into a committee of Ways and Means. DOUBLING THE INCOME TAX. The committee agreed without discussion to the reso lution proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for doubling the income tax. On the question beim -, put, Mr. SPOONER cried "not content," and the glass was turned for a division ; no division, however, took place, and the resolution, which it was expected would have given rise to a debate, was declared from the chair, amidst cheers and laughter, to be carried. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, who had an amendment •n the paper, was not in the house when his name was called. Sometime after the resolution was carried, the hon. member entered the house amidst considerable laughter. The following is the amendment : "On the resolution on income tax being moved, in committee of ways and means, to move, to omit the words ' and that the whole amount of the said additional duties shall be collected and paid, with and over and above the first moiety of the duties assessed or charged by the said act, for the aforesaid.' " The house resumed. MINISTERS' MONEY, (IRELAND.) On the motion for the second reading of the above I, Mr. MIALL moved an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 203 Against it The bill was accordingly read a second time and or dered to be committed. COLONIAL CLERGY DISABILITIES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said he wished to make an apology to the house for having been absent when his name was called in committee of ways and means. The SPEAKER.—I am afraid the hon. baronet's apology is exceedingly irregular. (A laugh.) The title of the bill before the house is " The Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill," to which the hon. baronet's apology could have no reference. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HADFIELD moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. A. PELLATT seconded the amendment. Sir J. PAKINGTON opposed it, though he did not altogether app rove o f the bill, as it was calculated to make the Ch urc h o f England in the colonies a distinct and separate establishment to the Church of England and Ireland at home. When this bill went into i com mittee he sho u ld thi nk it his duty to move severa l mpor tant additions, with a view to secure three great objects —first, that the supremacy of the Crown should be se cured ; 2diy, that the action of the Church should not be so exercised as to interfere with the present standards of faith and doctrine ; and 3dly, that the power of ultimate appeal to th e Q ueen i n C ounc il should be continued. Mr. WARNER should support the bill, because he considered that the colonial Church was fast approaching the state of an independent Church, and as such was entitled to manage its own affairs. He believed that the clergy of the colonial Church had determined to rule without the laity, and he feared that this bill would tend to strengthen their position. Mr. R. J. PHILLIMORE said the first and only clause of the bill recognised the po wer o f the laity. The mover of the amendment, while professing to regard the Colonial Church as a Voluntary Church, would take away from it all the power which a Voluntary Church ought to have. He was convinced that if the Church in the colonies was to prosper, it must be by the vo luntary efforts of her members. Air:HUME said it was quite evident from the speeches ;hey had heard that this bill was very imperfectly under- 7 /1 --- • --- stood. Was it an enabling bill with regard to the colo nies ? He hoped the learned gentleman who had charge of the bill would explain its provisions. If two of the colonies bad free action already, why should not this be the case in Canada ? Mr. WIGRAM doubted the propriety of passing a bill which would leave the legality of the proceedings of the colonial churches open to be questioned. Sir G. GREY said he had read the bill carefully, and was utterly at a loss to know what was its legal effect. He hoped the Solicitor-General would explain this, and also the extent of the power to be given to the colonial Church synods, whether extending, to matters of faith and doctrine, or only to temporalities. Also, whether there might under this bill be a different form of Church government for each colony, and how obedience to the regulations thus made was to be enforced. (Hear.) The S OLICITOR -GENERAL regretted that when he had applied for leave to'bring in the bill, his statement of its objects had not been sufficient to place them be yond doubt. He thought that hon. gentlemen would have seen from the bill, if they had not derived from his statement, an explanation of the propriety and ne cessity of the measure. The necessity for it arose in this way.. In an early part of the Reformation, in the 25th year of Henry the Eighth, it appeared right to Parliament and the country, under the influence of that monarch, to vest in the Crown an absolute power of prohibiting any meeting whatever of the clergy ; and the act made it perfectly unsafe for the clergy to meet, in any form or manner, for the purpose of adopting regulations, or entering into any contract or agree ment touching ecclesiastical matters, unless convened for that purpose by the express authority of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) Not only could they not meet without the authority of the Crown, but if they passed any resolution, order, or ordinance of any kind at such meeting, it would have no effect whatever without the sanction of the Crown. Hon. members would at once see that when bishops and clergy were sent to a colony, they were sent there bound by that chain ; be cause that statute created a particular relation between the crown and the clergy ; and when the supremacy of the crown was afterwards declared, first by the 26th Henry VIII., afterwards repealed, and then by a subse quent statute, the enactment to which he had referred, entering of necessity into the relations between the crown and the clergy, would constitut e a part of that which thenceforward became denominated the supre macy of the crown over the church. That act applying to all the dependencies of the crown, foreign as well as home, it followed that the clergy of the colonies were under disability with regard to meeting for the purpose of making ordnances for the regulation of the church in the colonies. The bishops, clergy, and laity of the colonies, were bound by a chain, and the object of the present measure was to enable them to do that which all other denominations of Christians were able to do --namely, to make regulations and ordnances which would derive their force from mutual agreement amongst the parties who agreed to be bound by them. The present state of things was most unsatisfactory, and at variance with what was essential for the proper main tenance of discipline in the colonies. For instance, in the case of a complaint against a clergyman in this country, the matter was tried before the proper tribunal, but in the colonies the only remedy was an appeal to the bishop, who became thereby a sort of autocratic power in the colonies. (Hear, hear.) With regard to temporalities, the state of things in the colonies was still more unsatisfactory, because, by reason of the act to which he had already referred, the members of the Church of England were unable to meet and make regulations with respect to any endow ments or gifts left to the church, whereas the Metho dists and other denominations, being under no such restriction, were able to lay down forms of procedure by mutual agreement, which secured to them the en joyment of their temporalities. In this respect, there fore, the clergy of the united church of England and Ireland were in an unfortunate situation as contrasted with other denominations. It appeared, therefore, to him, that there was a legal and moral necessity for the introduction of the bill. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. CHAMBERS said that after listening to the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman, he felt more doubt and difficulty w►th regard to this bill than he did previously. (Hear, hear.) What the colonists wanted was a native, national church, forming an integral part of their own institutions, though united in affectionate alliance with the united church of England and Ireland. Any other system would be a fruitful source of discord, and give rise to perpetual heartburnings and jealousies. Mr. MOWBRAY said that the bishops, clergy, and laity of the colonies had set their hearts on some such bill as this, which would enable them to make regula tions for the welfare and discipline of the church. In some of the colonies meetings had already taken place, and it was better to remove any doubts that might exist as to their being legal or otherwise. (Hear.) Mr. KINNAIRD did not think the Government had acted cavalierly in regard to the bill of last year, for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer made the best fight he could. He thought this bill an improvement on the bill of last year, but as he still entertained suspicions, that the objections to the former bill were not entirely removed from this bill, he would vote against the second reading. Mr. NAPIER confessed that after all he had heard he was not able up to the present time to understand the bill. (Laughter.) He would, therefore, look at the bill itself, and ibis vote should be guided by the result of that investigation. As at present advised he preferred the bill of last year, because it appeared to be more distinct. Mr. WALPOLE said it was clear to his mind, and he thought it must be clear to the mind of every gentle. man, who had read the account of what took place in the colonies, that the church there laboured under dis abilities which it was necessary for the legislature to remove. There were two practical grievanoes that re quired this, but before they went into comm ittee upon it considerable time should be allowed for ascertaining if the bill accomplished the object in view without inter fering with the supremacy of the crown or law of England. Mr. MIALL was willing on all occasions to extend religious liberty to any religious denomination, even though that denomination inflicted upon the dis seaters of this country great injustice and wrong ; but when it was said that this bill would place the church of Eng land upon the same footing of equality as the voluntary body, he must be allowed to ask whether the church of England would be placed on the same footimg as the other denominations with regard to its connection with the state. It was because there was a political con nexion between the two, that this bill was requiired, and it was clear to his mind that the object of giving this liberty to the church of England was to maintain that political tie. He should, therefore, vote against it. Lord J. RUSSELL rose, not with the view of explaining this bill, which he would not attempt to undertake—(a laugh)—but with the view of explain ing. what his object was in voting for tha second reading. It was simply with the view that the church of England should have the same power which other communities hail. The honourable member Eor Mor peth was quite willing to consent to a bill of this kind if the church were entirely a colonial church, and ceased to be connected in its operation and spixit from the Church of England, hut that was not. the liberty which the other communities enjoyed. (Hear, hear.) The Roman Cat holies, for instance, were not Pt parated from Rome, but their meetings and regulations were subjected to or in some way connected with the decisions which the head of the church may have made at Rome. The Church of Scotland in the colonies and the Free Church had their assemblies, but these assemblies had a connexion with the assemblies of the Church of Scotland and the Free Church sitting in Scotland. So in like manner the Wesleyan body in the colonies had a con nexion with the same body at home, and meetings of conference were often held by the Wesleyan body in this country for the purpose of electing persons to go out and take part in the ecclesiastical affairs of the Wesleyan body in the colonies. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, what justice was there in this case f—the Roman Catholics might be connected with their church ffi Europe—the Scotch church might be connected with their church in Scotland — an d t h e Wesleyan body might be con nec t ed w with the Wesleyan body in England, but the m em b ers of the Church of England ere to be p ro hibi ted from having any connexion with the Church of England in this country. (Hear, hear.) Then the hon. gentleman who spoke last says he would agree to the bill if there was no political connexion be tween the Church and the State ; but he (Lord T. Rue. sell) did not imagine that the same political connexion prevail e d b etween th e Church of England i n the colonies and th e St a t e , as e xisted between th e Ch urch of En was a general ag reement of creed or Eng land in thi s cou ntry and the State. The on l y tie between the two c hurches with respect to matters of doctrine ; beyond that there was no connexion between the two or with the State, except that the bishops were usually appointed by the Crown in this country. (Hear.) It seemed to him therefore to be only right to relieve the people who England might impose upon them ; it w of lbe longedwwi t o the Church o f a England f rom any di sa bilit y a he h qu t i h te e right to maintain these disabilities in this country because so long as the Established Church was directly connected with the State, it was only right that the State should have a practical control over its mem bers, but with regard to the church in the colonies there was no reason at all for having th a t control. (Hear.) He thought, then, that th e r estrictions complained of ought to be taken away by bill. As for the provisions suggested by the right hon. baronet, the member for Droitwitch, he did not wish to say a word upon that sub feet beyond this, that it was a question well worthy of consideration as to what manner the restrictions should be removed. (Hear, hear.) But that was not the question of the day, the question of the day was, whether they would give the same freedom to the mem bers of the Church of England in the colonies that was enjoyed by every other sect, and upon that question he was prepared to vote in the affirmative. (Hear.) The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 196 Against it The bill was accordingly read a second time, and or. dered to be committed. INCOME TAX. Sir IL WILLOUGHBY wished to give notice, that with respect to the proceedings to-night. The SPEAKER—The hon. baronet tenet be go o d enough to defer his notice until after the orders the day. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the order of the day be postponed, to enable the hon. baronet to give his notice, which was agreed to. Sir H. 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