The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET 1, ND COMMERCIAL INELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday Were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,500 American on export and speculation. The market Was heavy but steady, and closed without altera tion in prices. The sales comprised 6,400 Ameri can, 630 Pernam and Maranham at Sid. to 6id., 70 Bahia at 61d., 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 9id., 100 Surat at 2/d. to 41d., and 30 Sea Island at ls. sid. to is. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares opened Weak, but improved towards the close. The letters by the Overland Mail are not now expected in London before the 14th instant. In the Bankers' Circular are some remarks bear- IN upon the existing Currency Act, which seem PetuEarly applicable just now, although watching the progress of the Joint-Stock establishments in London, the power of the Bank of England for either good or ill, muse be much smaller than it Was• The writer observes : "The production of money has no resemblance to the production of sugar, tea, or coffee. Different parties have a various times contended for a monopoly of the sale of these products, but nobody ever thought of limiting the production by Act of Parliament. This, however, is the principle sought to be maintained with regard to money, and the public are told by the Finance -Minister, that money like other commodities' must be regulated by the supply and demand. We believe the question as to what ought to regulate the supply of money will soon receive a more general consideration from the mercantile community; and we areglad to find that Messrs. 'Littledale ' of Liverpool, in their last monthly circular, dated 6th July, have made special reference to the sub ject, showing the influence of the present high rate of interest charged for money upon our trade and com igerce. They remark— " 'And how is this relief to be given ? By simply allowing an increase in our circulation in something like 'proportion to our increased trade ; but, instead of such being the case, we gather from the " Bankers' Cir cular," that whilst th e c i rcu l at i on, i n 1844, for England and Wales reached 31,028,1061., when our exports were 581 millions, our actual circulation last month was only 26,865,9491. with exports on a parity of probably 90 millions ! Now, if mercantile firma were to increase their engagements and operations in propor tion as their means or capital were diminished, it would s carcely be considered a sound and legitimate mode of proceeding, yet such appears to be the present position of the aggregate operations of the country, as tested by our exports and circulating medium. The attention of the mercant i l e body should certainly be turned to these f acts, to be prepared against the renewal of the Bank Charter next year. If we are to have free trade with all the world, we must have more capital to work with, or less restrictions by the action of the Bank.' " The annual meeting of the Metropolitan and Provincial Joint-Stock Brewery Company was held this day, Mr Bintems in the chair. It appeared from the report that the efforts of the directors in the past year had been checked by the want of sufficient capital, and the high price of the ingredients for the manufacture of genuine beer. By the raising of more capital, they had no doubt of ultimately making the company profitable. The accounts showed the receipts to be 3,9831. 12s. lid., which, after the expenditure, left a . balance in hand of 1251. 4s. ld. A dividend of 5 per cent, per annum was declared, and the meeting adjourned. At a meeting of the subscribers to the Travers Testimonial Fund, originated to recognise the exer tions of Mr. Travers in the promotion of Customs reform, it was announced that GOO/. to 7001. had been subscribed, and it was resolved to establish a lectureship at the London Institution, the money being invested in the names of trustees. Among the gentlemen present were Messrs. Crawford, Gassiott, Dillon, W. J. Hall, and H. L. Keeling. Although the Chancery and the Bank brokers have each again been sellers of stock this morning, the speculators for a fall have been deterred from operating by the fineness of the weather and the important intelligence from Vienna of the intended evacuation of the Danubian Principalities by the Russian army. There will upon this ground, like -wise, be a disposition to invest. Consols have realised 92a to 93i for Transfer, and 922 to 932 for the 17th inst., being now 93i to /. Bank Stock has been firm at 210. Exchequer Bills have realised is. discount to 2s. premium. The Bonds are to a prem. In Foreign Securities, there has been very little beebei4g. The Spanish Com m itt ee ' s C er tifi ca t e h as nupto 52 in consequence of the following energetic, but perfectly justifiable note of Lord /1( lell, and which it is expected will have a satutary effect : "Madrid, August 2, 1854. SIR —ln this new era of justice promised to Spain, f ; " 111114 3r depend upon those efforts in favour of the Eng lish bondholder s w hi c h you know have never been want ag• I cannot a ll ow myself to suppose for an instant that 'veroment whi c h has come into power with the device ,of moralit y inscribed on its banner will allow s o scanda lc?os a w rong to be unredressed as t h e con fi sca ti o n of the C oupons. It has been the fashion of all Spanish Ministers to protest against diplomatic interference in this mat ter. I trust I shallhave no occasion to attempt it, and that the initiative will come honourably and at once from the Duke of Vict or i a ' s C a b inet. Ido not allow myself to suppose ! , !ie contrary, b ut, should I be deceived, the Engl i s h pub lic will have the remedy practically in its hands, for I do not hesitate to recommend the whole body of English c e.apitalists, great and small, nev e r t o h ave a ny pecuniary le ilings with this cou n t r y, i n any s h ape or un d er a ny F ol ouring, until the questions of the Coupons be satisfac torily settled, as a gnrantee for any subsequent payments hereafter.—l am, sir, your very faithful servant, " BOWDEN. " James Capel, Esq." The N ew D e f erred Bonds have been 19±. Rus sian 5 per Cents. have been firm at 99, and Dutch 2 i per Cents. at 61 to 1. The 4 per Cents. have been done at 93. Brazilian Stock has been quoted 99i. The- following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i- ; Mexi can, 24i to 24 ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; kussian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 83 to 85 ; Spanish New Deferred, 191 to 19 i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 391- to 40i ; Ditto Certi ficates, 5k to sg. ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1854. £25,933 63,581 16,166 19,182 28,370 22,765 11,567 19,581 21,881 Great Western —.. North-Western ... South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland. New a, castle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 1853. £26,922 60,833 18,978 18,940 27,035 21,018 10,707 17,384 21,390 35,029 31,926 A material improvement has occurred in the value of the English Railway Shares, compared with the lowest range of yesterday. Great Northern have been in request at 11. to 21. rise. North- Western and Great Western have not moved up much. Midland have been 11. better. York and North Midland have been supported. Foreign Shares have been more dealt in, and at fully the previous rates. The Mining Market is dull. Joint-Stock Banks have been at full prices, and with a moderate busi ness doing. Australian Agricultural shares are flat, and in Peel River, Scottish Australian, and Crystal Palace, there is no improvement. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (Front the Oficial List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92i 3$ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 23 3, 4 31 per Cent. Annuities 94 1 Long Annuities, Expiro sth Jan., 1860 -16 Consols for Account 17th August 92 i i 3 1 3 Exchequer Bills, 24d. 11000 £5OO 2pld Small 2 p par 4 p Exchequer Bonds Scrip. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Prazillan Bonds , 5 per Cent. 99i Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9l Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5g 4 p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cent. 12 Onil 6l x d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,.~ Consols HALF•PAST TWO. 93 Ditto August Acc oun t DEATHS FROM CHOLERA..—lnquests were held yester day by Mr. Langbam, jun., in the Miikbank Prison, respecting the deaths of three prisoners —Chas. Tookay, aged 43 ; James Baker, aged 21 ; and Joseph Johnson, aged 53. The disease in each case appears to have pro gressed rapidly, in spite of the efforts of Mr. G. Attfield, the resident surgeon. A verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera" was given in reference to all the deceased. Mr. Attfield stated that there were now 25 cases of cholera in the prison, four of which were serious. TILE FIRST ATTACK ON POMABSUND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l observe in a letter from the Valorous, de scribing the attack on Bomarsund upon the 21st and 22d ult, by her Majesty's steamers Hecla, Valorous, and Odin, that the credit of the signal made by the senior officer during the action, has been, by implication, ex clusively appropriated by the Valorous. In justice to the officers and men in this ship, and more particularly to the Senior (who is also gunnery) Lieutenant, Wm. Mould, to whose unceasing and valuable exertions I am mainly indebted for the gratification I felt at that mo ment. I request you will do me the favour to publish in the Ames my statement that " Well done" was made by Captain Hall to the Odin under the circumstances above mentioned.--I have the honour to be, sir, your ohedient servant, FRANCIS SCOTT, Captain of her Majesty's steamer Odin. Her Majesty's steamer Odin, Aland Islands, July 27. THE SUN, LONDON, iYARE TS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Friday next, he 11th inst., at Buckingha►n Palace. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were : the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat three hours. A deputation from Stoke Newington, on the subject of the open drain through the district, called the Hackney Brook, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yes terday. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Charles Gilpin, Richard Ashby Evans, J. March, W. Smee, W. Tuke, John B. Tylor, J. C. Grant, R. Smith, J. J. Fox, and Bond ; and was introduced by Mr. T. bun combe, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Challis, M.P. Despatches were sent yesterday, from the Colonial office, to the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Rev. P. F. J. B. Rains has been collated to the perpetual curacy of Hoylake, in the county of Chester, void by cession of Rev. John Gibbons Longueville. Sir George Cathcart, the Earl of Lucan, and Sir Richard England, are to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Gene ral in Turkey. It is stated that two more regiments of cavalry and six regiments of inrantry are to proceed to Turkey, and that the whole of the militia are to be embodied. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD BANKING COMPANY.— Yesterday, at noon, Mr. Langton, the well known manager of Sir Benjamin Heywood and Co.'s bank, at Manchester, was appointed the new manager of the Man chester and Salford Bank, vice Mr. Paul Moon James, deceased. THE MAIL PAOKETS.—SOUTHAMPTON, August 9. The steam-ship Severn, belonging to the Royal Mail Steatn.pa.cket Company, commanded by Captain Hast, left this day at three o'clock, with the monthly mails for South America, Brazils, &c. She took out passengers to the number of 58, specie to the amount of 7,0001., and a very full general cargo. The Royal Mail Com pany's steamship Thames is the next home with the mails from the Brazils, and is due on the 16th instant, but expected on or about the 15th instant. The Plata, belonging to the same company, will bring the next homeward West Indian and Pacific mails, and is also expected on or about the 15th instant. In consequence of the immense demand made by Government upon all mail contract companies for the use of their largest and most powerful ships, the General Screw Company have not yet been enabled to supply a ship to follow the In diana on the new line which has been commenced from this port to America, and, the immense increase of traffic which is taking place between these countries calling for increased facilities for the carrying on of the same, the Messrs. Croskey, agents for the new line, have chartered an extra ship, supplied by the City of Limerick Com pany, named the Brannon, of 1,400 tons burden, and commanded by Captain Jenkins, which will leave Havre on the 16th, and Southampton on the 17th instant, with ship letter-bags, passengers, and cargo, for New York. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual bi-weekly mails, 191 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. Amongst her passengers were Madame Grisi and Signor Mario, on a professional tour in the United States. 50 50 20 20 12 50 16i 163 St. 20 10 1211 50 40 25 25 812s1 20 20 10 10 26 13i 20 20 MAILS FOR JAVA.—Her Majesty's Government having given permission for the contract packets of the Penin sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to dis continue calling at Batavia, on their outward voyage to Australia, once in two months, the direct communication by British packet between Singapore and Batavia, here tofore existing in connection with the Overland India Mail, has now ceased. The correspondence for Java will henceforward be made up in London on every occa sion •of the despatch of a mail to India, both via Southampton and via Marseilles, and such correspon dence will be conveyed by British packet as far as Singa pore, whence it will be carried on to its destination by the packets of the Netherlands Government. Letters and newspapers for Java will continue liable to the same rates of postage that are at present chargeable on their . in this country. THE TURKISH LOAN. —lt is understood that the Turk ish Government still contemplate a small loan in this country, and that the details have been already arranged with Baron Goldsmid and Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, and Co. Rumours, however, which were circulated yes terday on the subject, were incorrect as regards the in tended terms. THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPANY. — This company have definitively resolved to open a ser vice between Southampton , H a vre, Bremen, and New 0 York, for which purpose five of their vessels of 1,800 t a ns each, withdrawn from their Indianjoute i arebe be to immediately employed. Thiiesurnedertrang y will Co., of ma naged in connexion with Messrs. t eani Southampton, Navigation and Company e f New York, i cor resp ond cesk i e and encew i t h t e four Ocean S of St. Louis, Hermann, the Mau wanhdese Union vesse a ls r — e now tile W on a t s h h e in l g ir t l o e n . Mau ritius efGolv,Beronomteennts, chartered yesterday belonging of that company now y t e o st t e h r e day General Screw Company, making the sixth s i t n he th i e d ir th s . ervice. She is to sail for the m ß T l , a s ck A S pp ea n o N n . SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DRUGG _ TI GeorgeCE . A C o d n r s u t g e g r s i t u 's , has apprentice,bee committed atManchester, f or t.ral assizes for administering to Alary Beard, his master's servant, whom be had seduced, a deleterious drug to named t ni th ed e procure abortion. His unfortuate victim is now in a very dangerous state. THE SUSPICIOUS CRAFT j NEAR THE SHANNON. — The following version of the appearance of a " suspicious-looking steamer" on the Irish coast appears in the Limerick Reporter :—" As the Jessy, Captain Gorman, from Quebec, Messrs. Spaight owners, was coming in from sea on Saturday a large paddle steamer was discerned in the distance coming down towards Loop-head, under easy steam. When within six miles of the Jessy, the steamer altered course to south ; then stopped steam and puChead to the W.N.W. The description of the steamer is, very long hull, painted black, with a very lon g funnel, schooner rigged, and, as Captain Gordon reports, 'a very suspicious looking craft.' There was no salute interchanged between the Jessy and the unknown steamer ; but the supposition on board the former was, that the steamer was nothing less than a Russia cruiser on the look out about the Irish coast. How far the suspicion may be justified a few days will assuredly reveal ; but the rumour that a Russian cruiser could be so near the Shannon has created a sus picion. Some persons think that the steamer is from the Admiralty on a surveying cruise. Perhaps this is the more likely solution of the mystery. But it is something suspicious after all." THE KING OF PORTUGAL AND THE JEWS.—The Cologne Gazette states that the King of Portugal, during his late visit to Amsterdam, having been informed that the Portuguese Jews in that city formed a commune apart, and had a synagogue to themselves, visited it, and promised the chief of the commune that, on his re turn to Portugal, he would endeavour to have the old Portuguese laws which banished all Jews repealed. ABINGDON SCHOOL, AUG. B.—The election of two scholars from this school to Pembroke College, Oxford, took place at Abingdon yesterday, when Thomas D.Pa ge and John Taylor were elected, the former on the Tesdale, the latter on the Wightwick foundation. This is the last election that will take place at the Abingdon School for a scholarship. It is understood that under the new bill the examinations for the exhibitions will take place at Pembroke College. SEE OF SYDNEY.—The long vacant see of Sydney has been at length filled by the appointment of the Rev. Frederick Barker, incumbent of Baslow, Derbyshire. Mr. Barker was for many years Perpetual Curate of Edge-hill, Liverpool. HONG - KONG.—According to the telegraphic accounts from Hong-Kong yesterday afternoon, which reach to the 22d of June, the rate of exchange has experienced only a fractional further decline at Canton, while at Shanghai it again remains without alteration, the quotation at the former place being ss. id., instead of ss. ld., as by the last advices, and at the latter 6s. Bd. Shipments of silver from this country will therefore continue. The export Twoiol t ec e le a yse h t bt o date eaopdebyeee was ftltaeb : aee, e 7 en s n ,0 teTa o elbkf o e ,O etdhi O eno O nsf l ,areenawedn: insurrection wi settlement trsstiBlyea,emspdo;eoanbrtbueatnwl apparently yes . whichrap rapid p w r a o e g t r e h s r s e , a t a e n n d e d g b r v e aat bodyalarm ef p 4 r o e , v o a o i o l e m d e a n t , whoinCaank o l n i ng a ' d taken a large town named Koon, near the Bogue. A MODEL LETTER.— The following letter is a perfect model in its way, We certainly hope it is an unique specimen .—" Dear Brother,—l've got one of the hand somest farms in the State, and have it nearly paid for. Crops are good, and prices never were better. We have had a glorious revival of religion in our church, and both our children (the Lord be praised) are converted. Father got to be rather an incumbrance, and last week I took him to the poor-house.—You r - affectionate brother.— New York Daily Times. THE HARVEST.- --The corn harvest has now commenced i n man y parts of Devonshire. Generally speaking, the crop promises to be a good one, though there are com plaints of rust and mildew. ats, also, have been cut i n so me places, and have been housed in excellent con ition, The hay harvest its drawing towards a close. 231 -- 23i1 5 - 51 9 - 10 114-10# d' 164 -- 14 7 --, 6 dl 95 - 97 63i - 64 15 - 16 12 - 14 "i -: id 7 - 8 iii = iii 131 -13 f 36 -- 40 25 -- 27 66 - 68 57 - 59 ii - 26 66 - 68 85i 67 - 69 125 -127 94 - 96 73 •••••• 73i -• 89 • - 91 11 - 13 11. -13 I) 681 -- 681 15 - 154 105 106 101 —101 a 1 i— $ P t d 84i 8511 8 7d 7 6 d 24i - 25 67j -67 i 39 - 41. d par 7 6d 3 6 8 50 52 34 3id 344 ... 35 7 9 -1 1 64 53 56 id P i 4i 4id 63 7 ld 1 p 32 - 34 91 - 06 59 - 61 70 - 73 68 72 71 - 'it 19 20 9i 10 14 15 34 aid 13 - 15 65i 65i 35 - 36 ii ie 19 194 i 4 - 5 23 - 25 5 - • 6 - 74i 75 64 - 6 d 4 566 57i Paid. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen &lag. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet Belfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber dean Junction , Do. New East Angliad Do., (XlB E d; H)..., Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pith &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Northern Do., A. Stock.. Do., B. Stock.., Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) l Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. and.Yorksh Do., Fifths D o. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. Southpt London & Blackwai Lend. Tilb. St Sthend. Lend. Bright &S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. 7 Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&8...( Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk, Mauch.Shef.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aherg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., i B Guaranteed North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi r mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Plerefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Mind Do. Halves,a. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath aterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland FOREIGN. all 3 8 2s. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Ea.stn. June Beziem to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central ludia,Scrip Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Ex - tension Gt. Indian Peninsul, CM. Junct. of France Grd . Trunk of Cana& Do. Debentures Do. ' do Gt. Central of France Gt. Western of Canada 10 20 20 20 Shares . Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. Pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) ..... Do. Pref Do. (Canal) ............ Do. 6 p. et. pref ...... Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran. 6 60 1 3i 3 di d - p • .3 —3 6 P 2 2ip - d - P 6 6d' 7 6 d 17i -- 181 d— P ~ --. ••• ... dim ... _ ...a I P - ••• i.a-ip hiadras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.; NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds 74 - 8 33 - 33} 8 -- 9 17i -- 18ip Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Par isCa,en & Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5} per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 45 - 47 39 - 41 31i -31 i ... -• pm Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian 20 20 5 20 Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold. Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blmnarvon Iron and, Coal . British Austria. Gold' British 1r0n,.,,,,, ' Brazilianlmp. (issued C Dpa a oot a s ‘&•S o e n ts°. s e aj ' p s ome C hn r 44- e e l 21. p k 6. Rey e . a l a .. Cobre Coer l •Co omal G01d.., 'D C P . i Pa Coppera P •e ° f .. ..... . n" English and Anstin Copper Smeltg. co General.. Gt. 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New ............... ... _ . 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ~, _ .. - LondonLondo n l,ond .sE. andJ o inCt Westminster ° S u t 1 c t k Y . .. l l •: •: : _I: .. :1 1 : • 50 22 National of Ireland.. ~. _ ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel „ _ : 20 all New South Wales.... _ _ 10 3 Netherlands Land - 25 all Oriental Bank of 2 IN.S. W. Coal &Inter 46 Steam Navigat. Co .. _ ... 1 all N. B. Australasian_ i _ i 12005 255 Do.Co provincialroei;a t . i . 0 0. n.f..... Ireland .... . .... ...... 46 :: ::: 7: A 10 all Do. New ............... ... _ ... 1 Do. New • ~, 5 1 Royal Australn.B k 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ~, _ .. g. & Gold Imp 5 , all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 3i 4id 4 1 25 all South Aust ralia 4O 50 all Peninsular & OrieuMl „, ... 25 all U n ion of Australia 66 6., 66 x a 50 40 Do. Do. ... ...p „ 2 all Portland Iron Co i— i p ... 2; Do. New ............... , _ ..7 r 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - Union of London , „ . 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 2a 213 26 6-7----------.....--.--..----,....._„---...... 25 25 South Austral. Land 33 35 PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA ON THE THAMES.-- 1 i all Submar. Telegraph., i ii i , Her Majesty s old 42. gun frigate Bacchante has been 1 all Do. Registered. j— 1A sent from Chatham to the Thames, for the reception of 28 'au Lend Ll =l2 I cholera patients, the Dartmouth being found unfit for _ . that purpose. TJIURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 18540 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE: 'ALS. THE MONEY MARKET. Paid.l RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices yestesidal• Business this day. Among wrong impressions of the Russian war there is none greater than that it has caused financial damage to England by checking enterprise and confidence. The Emperor of Russia relied that the dread of it would pre vent us from resisting him, and even now finds comfort, doubtless, in believing we are paying dearly for the dis cipline inflicted upon him. But his mistake will prove equally complete in both cases, since it is easy to show that the commencement of hostilities has led to the strengthening, at a most critical moment, of the com mercial position of the country, and been the means of averting an amount of loss and trouble, compared with which all the difficulties of our present task, however they may be prolonged, will probably prove insignificant. A glance at the prospects of the money-market before the Russian question commenced will settle this point. Six years had passed since the crisis of 1847, and the first revival of speculation was just in progress. To mi nister to it, some new form of delusion was necessary, and this had at length been furnished. The humiliating distrust which had caused our business men to rush from one extreme to another, and to refuse co-operation in the slieltest adventure involving confidence in indivi duals, had not been overcome, and the plan adopted to meet this state of affairs was accordingly one by which large dividends were to be secured without the risk of trusting companies or managers of any kind. Foreign states or cities were to give guarantees of rates of inte rest far higher than could be obtained by Consols, to gether with other prospective advantages, and were thus to have every kind of public work executed by English capital. To a moderate extent nothing could seem more safe or feasible. But the system once introduced, and found to be capable not only of producing premiums, but also of endless contracts for engineers or ironmasters, was sure to go on without check, until stopped, like every pre ceding mania, by a commercial panic. Already the signs of this future disaster had become plain on every side, and the market, in addition to being deluged with American railway bonds, secured by guarantees from a multitude of cities in the Western States, the names of which were as little known in New York as in London, as well as by mortgages on lines of which in each case scarcely al mile had been constructed, was supplied almost hourly 1 with continental or colonial projects, not only for rail ways, but for waterworks, docks, drainage, lighting, &c., all of which were to be rendered perfectly fit in vestments, even for the most timid, by concessions and pledges from the several Governments, by whom they were to be authorised. In the first instance, of course, the movement was rendered attractive by the more respectable States, France, Denmark, Sweden, &c., but it had at length called up a swarm of nego tiators who were ready with similar proposals, not only from the 'potentates of the most paltry terri tories of Italy and Germany, but likewise from the 'miserable Governments of Peru, Portugal, and Spain. Precisely at the period when the alarm of war with Russia became general, the extreme point of safety had been touched, and every further continuance of the system would not only have perilled the new sums put forth, but also those previously embarked. The heads of the various continental States, beset alike by eager engineers, courtiers, and people, all scenting the pros pects of profit from the introduction of foreign capital, as well as stimulated by the example of their neighbours and the political necessity of keeping pace with them, would have gone on in the easy work of giving pledges far beyond their ultimate power of redemption ; or, at all events, if repudiation or insolvency on their part had not followed, the final convulsion would have arrived in another way. After a year or two of inflation and high prices from the demand for iron and other materials, the fact that these, instead of bringing returns in bread stuffs or other articles, were 'being paid for solely by British capital, leaving our imports to be discharged in specie, would have been brought home to us by a drain more sudden and severe even than that of 1847. Our losses would then have been upon a scale upon which the expenses of a Russian war would have formed but a moderate percentage, the political con sequences at the same time being far more bitter. The reaction here would have been accompanied by the wildest panic and confusion in all the foreign States we had taught to depend upon our inexhaustible resources, just as was witnessed after the mania for continental and South American loans in 1826, and the outpourings of our treasure to the United States in 1837. With extra vagant undertakings in a state of half-completion, and broken contracts of all descriptions, actual bankruptcy or defiant repudiation would have met us everywhere. The re."ent developments at New York show the collapse inevitr.ble to American enterprise the moment their supply of European capital is but checked, and there will 1w no difficulty in estimating what the end would have been if they could have gone on for a few years longer flooding us with bonds, the payment even of the interest of which depended upon our granting additional sums upon demand. From all the loss of such a crisis, and that on the part of foreign nations which only defaulting debtors can entertain, it has been the province of the Czar to preserve us. Most of the under takings, commenced during the reviving excitement of 1852 and 1853, will now go c i to profitable completion, and form at the same time links of good feeling between ourselves and the nations of the world, and when coupled with this we look at the fact of a military union having been brought about between France and England, which, whatever animosities may happen in the future, must always furnish materials for mitigating or ending them, we shall have reason to look upon the Emperor Nicholas as the greatest involuntary benefactor that could have arisen, and recognise the truth of the prediction that he would find himself merely the mortified instrument of the very progress he has lived but to oppose.—Times City Article. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. BUILDING A DVANCES. A public meeting of the members and friends of the Conservative Land Society was held at Exeter Hall on Monday evening, for the purpose of hearing an explana tion of the mode of advancing the sum of 40,0001. to promote building operations on the allotted estates. Viscount Ranelagh presided. Amongst those present we observed Mr. Henry Pownall, the Rev. Dr. Worth ington, Mr. T. K. Holmes, Mr. Cribb, Mr. Astbury, Mr. Sangster, Mr. C. E. Lewis, Mr. Morgan, &c., &c. The noble chairman, in an address of some length, ex plained the reasons which had induced the committee to introduce this new feature into the scheme of the so ciety. When the society was first established, land near the metropolis cculd be obtained at a reasonable price, and some fair purchases were made ; but soon this state of things changed. Money became dear ; emigration absorbed a great deal of it ; labour became scarce ; and bricks, mortar, and other building materials, consider. ably advanced in price. The committee received many applications for advances to enable the allottees to cover their allotments, but replied that the pressure was only temporary, and that better days were coming. Eighteen months had, however, passed by without such a change, during which time, in consequence of the great extent of competition, they found that land had become high in the market, and they were therefore prevented from buying as largely as they would have done. Under these circumstances money had accumulated so rapidly in their hands that the committee, after much considera tion, had deemed it advisable to propose the scheme of building advances, which would now be explained. The noble lord, after sketching the plan in outline, called on Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, to enter into details. Mr. C. E. Lewis, in a lucid statement, explained the system. After remarking on the continued prosperity of the so ciety, in spite of the disadvantageous influences of the present period, evidenced by the fact that the receipts from the 24th of June were 12,0001. (and which, for the current quarter, might fairly be estimated at 24,0001.), 1 he said it was proposed to make an advance of 40,0001., not to any particular estate, but to adjust the division of it equitably among the whole number of estates belong ing to the society. In making the advances there would be no deduction of any kind, but no shareholder could receive them who was not on the list of rights. The 15th of August would be the first day for entertaining proposals for loans, which would be given to. those in priority of application ; but no one would be called to take up his loan until six months after it had been granted to him. The oth clause of the preliminary prospectus, illustrated the manner in which the advances would be made. No advan ce would be made until the house was roofed in, and no second advance until it was completed. For instance, when the loan was one of 2001., the committee would advance , as the first instalment, 501., and the remaining 1501. at the completion of the building. The cost of the mort gage contrasted most favouraly with similar transac tions, say as betide attorney and client, while the scale of redemption was an advantage which the proprietors of mortgaged property in general did not enjoy. He had now to mention that each share, on the order of un exhausted rights would entitle the holder, if he pleased, to an advance of 501., upon giving approved security on buildings on the estates. Such loan would, however, be made on a new share, to be lent in full to the bor rower, leaving the old share quite intact, and at the en tire control of the holder, except that it had lost its first right, and could only acquire another by being subse quently drawn or completed. Completed shares so dealt with would lose their existing rights, but would at once be placed at the bottom of the list of rights at the date of the acceptance of the proposal ; the newly-acquired right would, however, only be available to be exercised on land. The holder of one right could make a proposal for an advance for any multiple of 50/., provided he ac quired and exhausted the requisite number of rights be fore, or at the time of taking the loan ; and no advance could be made except for the sum of 501., or any of its multiples. This was necessary, in order to simplify the books and accounts. On the motion of Mr. Concannan, seconded by Mr. Richard, it was unanimously resolved, " That this meeting having heard the explanations as to the mode of advances to promote building operations on the allotted estates of the Conservative Land Society, fully approve of the pla n l a id d own i n t h e preliminary prospectusjust issued by the Executive Committee, to whom the thanks of the meeting are tendered, for their unremitting exertions to improve the investments of the shareholders." A public drawing then took place for right of choice, and 62 were drawn, and 31 added by seniority. It was announced that the 21st public draw ing would take place at Exeter-hall, on the occasion of the eighth quarterly meeting, and second anniversary of the society, on the 7th of September. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Very much has been written, and a great deal more said, both in and out of Parliament, with reference to sanitary measures generally, but especially as respects the health of the millions inhabiting this metropolis ; and as I feel persuaded your powerful aid will be given in favour of the latter, I venture to address you. It will be in the recollection of your readers that some two or three years ago, after a good deal of investigation and medical testimony, it was decided to close the over crowded graveyards of London ; and Parliament in its wisdom, by the 15th and 16th Vic., c. 85 (known as the Intramural Interments Act), said that no new burial ground should be opened in the metropolis, or within two miles of any part thereof ; and that the metropolis, for the purposes of the act, should be deemed to extend to, amongst other suburban parishes, that of Willesden. Now, sir, in the face of this sensible and valuable enact ment, and contrary to the intentions of Parliament and the established belief of the public at large, that once and for ever new burial-grounds would be placed at such a distance from overcrowded districts as not to be injurious to health, a consent has been asked by the rich parish of Paddington, from the Secretary of State, for the esta blishment of a new burial-ground just at the edge of their own parish, and within the exempted parish of Willesden, nearest London ; and instead of its being two miles distant from the latter parish, the spot selected is actually within it, and only a few hundred yards from a large and increasing population—so large, indeed, that if buildings go on to increase as in the past ratio, this proposed graveyard will be shortly as much surrounded with houses as the present parish churchyard of Pad dington ! It may be true that in the act to which I have referred there is a power for the Secretary of State to give a license for a burial-place to be opened within the pre scribed distance of two miles. But I ask unhesitatingly, after Parliament has said these things are not to be to lerated in populous districts, is it wise, is it prudent, is it right, that the principle of the act should be violated and graveyards sanctioned within the exempted suburbs of, and actually draining into, London ? In these days of sanitary reform I feel the public should be made acquainted with this obvious attempt at infringement and invasion of the spirit of the act. If this is permitted as a precedent, all town graveyards may be simply transferred and placed under the windows of the many who reside a short distance out of London, for the sake of health and pure air. But the objections to the graveyard under considera tion are, besides its being a dangerous precedent, very numerous. I will not venture to trouble you with them all, but simply mention one or two, that other exempted parishes may be on the watch, lest " by license" an in fliction of a similar kind reaches them, and pestiferous exhalations be brought around their neighbourhood. The site selected for this Paddington cemetery is near the Edgware-road, just outside the parish of Paddington, and naturally as well as locally unfit for the purpose, inasmuch as the ground lies very low, is a heavy clay soil, and often actually under water in winter. It must be obvious that the graves cannot be sufficiently drained, the surface itself being on a dead level, and within two feet of the lowest neighbouring drainage. This drain age, imperfect as it is, passes for a mile and a quarter along an open ditch, and afterwards through, instead of from, London ; for its course is by Hyde-park, contri buting to the Serpentine, and ultimately through Bel gravia into the Ranelagh sewer. Surely if our sanitary reforms bring the drainage of graveyards into London, it were far better to let the present churchyards remain open than to submit to a double infliction of the same evil ! I think, sir, I have shown you one of two things— either that the Secretary of State cannot have a full knowledge of the facts of this case, or else that the pub lic may for the future expect the Intramural Burials Act to be all but a dead letter. As I have said, this is a public question, and I trust every effort will be made to prevent license being given for this graveyard ; for so surely as this precedent is allowed, the .efforts of the friends to sanitary reform, and the regulations of boards of health for the preven tion of endemic diseases and the spread of them, will be weakened or rendered nugatory. I beg to enclose you my card.---I remain, sir, your obedient servant, SUBURBAN. London, Bth August. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e 'rest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&,Somrst London &I N. West. Caledon... Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Virestn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. &NDid Do Do S. Eastern Do (Norfolk.., L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Datil agt. Nliclland E. Count Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do GtNorthL Lancach&l Yorksh. M.MClean Stoekt. & Darlingt. D 0... ...... GtWestn. PREFERENOE SHARES. A.berdeen Do. No. 2, p. c. ...... Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ...... Chester & Holyheac Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandens4p.c. Dundee Perth &Aber. deen Junction EastAnglian (X3los) 6 per cent Do. 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Purch 113 - 115 iii - 'll 17 -- 18 101 -- 10/ 12 -- 14 d -- #P '234 . -- 23j •• • 2 1 d' 92 95 3i 4 1— i d 95 - 100 96 - 98 134 - 137 28 = 30 103 - 105 51 -52 i 25 - 264 12 - 134 23 - 24 211 - 2i • • • .... • • • 93 - 95 57 - 59 iii = iii ii = lid 3i 0 - 314 91- 93 31 - 3i U? - 119 110 - 112 101 - 103 6 - 64 97 - 99 88 - 90 93 - 95 - 11 id 133 135 " CATCHING THE TARTAR." (From the Standard of Tuesday night.) On Saturday last we. copied, in extenso, into the Standard a very long, very florid, and sufficiently solemn leading article of the Times, describing the narrow escape of the Emperor of Russia and his family from capture by an English steamer. The story was that the Emperor, in a fit of heroism—such as he is the last man in Europe to be vied with-Lpushed out in a small steamer with his family, ladies included, to make prize of a yacht belonging to Lords Lichfield and Euston, a❑d having Lord C. Paget on board. We thought it right to copy the article, but were compelled to in timate that we did not believe one word of it, assigning the reasons for our disbelief. That our incredulity was well founded will be seen by the following letter pub lished in the Times of this day :- q.TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. "SIR, —My attention has been drawn to an article in your paper of yesterday, in which the following passages Occur : " An English yacht, belonging to Lords Lichfield and Euston, having Lord C. Paget on board, ventured some what too near the guns of the place.' . . She is stated to have been in the most imminent danger of capture. " As the owner of the yacht in question, I hope I may be permitted to say that we kept at a safe distance from the guns of the forts, and were never in any danger of cap ture. " I have felt it due to Lord C. Paget and the officers who accompanied me, as well as to myself, thus to correct the unintentional error into which you appear to have been led, as, had we placed ourselves in such a position, in an unarmed vessel, we should have been guilty of an act of folly.—l am, Sir, obedient servant, " Albany, Aug. 6. " LICHFIELD." Our readers will have seen an hiatus in the foregoing letter supplied by three colons. Whether the prudent omission was made by Lord Lichfield or the Times we know not, but as the colons are the substitute for the most interesting part of the fabrication—the danger of capture to the Emperor, &c.—we suspect the Times. We may add, that journal offers no word of explanation or apology for its audacious romance of Saturday ; and yet there are people who pin, or affect to pin, their faith on it. We say, or " affect to pin their faith," becaw e we believe that the majority of those who pre tend 4- 1 make the Times their oracle are altogether insincere. A lie believed may, for certain purposes, be as good as truth, or even better than truth ; and thus the Times finds many patrons who vouch for its veracity, while the rests of the public merely laugh at the " chartered libertine." The position occupied by the journal of which we speak is rather opposed to the spirit of the dogma of profligate Col. Charteris, that a good character would be worth ten thousand pounds to him, because he would make twenty thousand pounds of it. A good character would be ruin to the Times ; for, besides depriving it of the sympathy of one class of the community, more numerous than respectable, a good character would be a serious check upon its lively ex travagances. Had any journal of decent character pub lished such an audacious falsehood as this story of the Emperor of Russia's narrow escape, it would be almost ruin to it, but a detected falsehood costs nothing to the Times. For our part, we question the veracity of any man who says he believes anything upon Times au thority. PROGRESS or CHOLERA IN BELFAST.—The Banner ----------- 1 ofUlster of yesterday contains the following statement with respect to the spread of cholera in that town : ARRIVALS AT ABERDEEN. —Amongst the recentarrival Homo and We have reason to expect that the weekly returns of at Aberdeen are—the Duke and Duchmesisssoefs Richmond cholera in Belfast, to be made on Wednesday next, will and suite, on their way to Gordon Castle ; the Princess Lady LadY C present a serious increase on the returns of, last week. of Saxe Weimer, Lady Besborough, Lady Cecilia Effic7!ent arrangements have been made in the proper don Lennox, and Lord George G. Lennox ; Lady LordJ or awdor, on quarters with the view of meeting the sad emergencies and Sir Robert Abercrombie and the of the times, and public notifications are to be seen at all bie, ononthtebireirwwayaytnoorFtbog;leLn corners of the streets, conveying precise information on Party cjird"el.nsed;°nu) and the subject. In consequence of the prevalence of cho- their,route to Cawdor Castle ; the lera in town, the troops in garrison are prohibited from a 9 rs. of me r , nh on their way north ; the ustice-Clerk quitting their barracks until further orders. Private Countess and family Earl and Gordon Castle; Sir and suite William Fraser, of the 92nd depot, was attacked with __.his James Elphinston on their way to Asiatic cholera about noon on F r iday last, and died at Logie, on way to Westhall * the e Dalrymple of of Errol, en route to Skene, Dowager Countess six o'clock the following morning." House • man of ; Sir Alex. T 1 QUARANTINE REGULATION AT MALTA. —The Secre- _, , Crimonmogate, on hi s ,‘, x. —anner tary of the Governor of Malta has notified to the -V-4 , (1.1 'NIT, and Lady Agnes way south ; James Duff, Chamber of Commerce of that island, that orders have Bart.—A berdeen Herald. Duff ; Sir A. Dunbar, been given to subject all vessels coming from infected UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.—A ports in France and Italy to a quarantine of observation says :—lf the English law correspondent, "A. B,' of five days, including the time consumed in the voyage, Bank of England or of thepermits the directors of the when there is no sickness on board. When sickness pocket the annual interest East India Company to exists, the voyage is not to be counted, and precautions monies, Parliament ought or dividends due on unclaimed proportionate to the particular case are to be adopted. the amount which to call upon them to state DEPARTURE OF GRIST AND MARIO FROM LIVERPOOL • this source. I t _ ni has come into their hands from Grisi and Signor.hi c it should, -LIVERPOOL, Wednesday--Madame . be handed over in trust uld, as soon as possible, Mario this morning left Liverpool in the Baltic, Capt. remain with then to the Lords of the Treasury, t Comstock, for New York. They are accompanied by I kin. These unclaimedi till applied for by the heirs or next of e Mr. Hackett, the American comedian, under whose 1 and the custod monies belong to our forefathers, direction they go out to commence an engagement in trade with it, iers cannot, as men of honour or honest ~ the United States on the 4th September. They so- poses. lii ior apply the same to their private puyr journed at the Adelphi Hotel since their arrival, where, the lapse of ranee, they order unclaimed monies, after this morning, previous to their departure, they were FA presented, Grisi with a splendid epergne, and Ma • 1 FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, as Mr. Chas. Lupton with a beautiful gold ring set with a very large blood-rio 1 (of the firm of Luccock, Lupton, and an eminent stone, both the gifts of an Indian lady, who witn the farewell appearance of these renowned vocal' witnessed from Leeds to Bradford he was thrown by the animal, the Italian Opera on Monday night. The vocalists at and a foot being:entangled in one of the stirrups he was through Mr• Chappell, of Bond-street, andpresen t s came dragged for some distance along the road before his horse were . ad- was stopped. dressed to the care of Mr. Radley, of the Ad 1 The injuries he sustained were so severe e phi Hotel, that next morning he expired. 12i St. St. 25 864 6 7 68 9 8 74 i 5i 81 106; a d, 1041 24fi i 67i 81 7i 81 5 10 St. 5 per cent. 16! 10 St. St. 10 25 10 dii 75 5 13 571 7 30 20 1 10 all all all all all 100 12 100 100 9i all all 100 1001 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 13.5 24 16 all all all EMPERIAL PA HOUSE OF LO . The house met at three o'cloc_ RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT The Earl of FORTESCUE moved this bill, the war with Russia, and the a;lem,, d'i n u o e : making by that power to procure a loan for the carrying P on of that war, rendered it urgent that every means should be immediately taken to prevent any British capi tal from being applied to that or any future Rus sian loan during the continuance of the war. It was reasonable that this bill should, notwithstanding the late period at which it had been brought up from the House of Commons, be taken into immediate con sideration ; and if the house should think fit so to order, be read a second time. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said as the Government had no objection to the measure, he hoped the motion of the noble lord would be agreed to. He was, how ever, not prepared to say that the bill was rendered necessary on account of the present state of the law ; he should be sorry to recognise that fact, but as the bill had been denuded of its objectionable principles when first introduced, the Government were unwilling to throw any obstacle in the way of passing a measure which the other house had considered desirable, with the view of assisting them in maintaining the interests o the country in the present war with Russia. The subject of the bill had, previous to its introduction, occu pied the attention of the Government. They had taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon it, and they considered that it would be high treason for an English subject to contribute to, or negotiate any loan for enabling Russia to raise forces for the war. The Foreign Secretary had also written to all the Ministers and consuls abroad, to spread as widely as possible the fact that British subjects would incur that heavy penalty if they participated in any manner in such a loan, and he had also caused representations to be made to foreign courts for the purpose of inducing them to prevent their own people engaging in transactions of the kind which were at variance with the principle of neutrality. Lord REDESDALE should not oppose the suspen sion of the standing orders in the case of this bill, which he believed came within the exception in the resolution of their lordships as to second readings. The motion was th en agreed to. a BLo E ec a or r nd l d F t o im il e T . ESC UE then mo ve d th a t th e bill b e rea d CAMPBELL did not object to the bill. He ap proved of it more than the noble duke, whose support was timid if n o t co ld . The ministers elsewhere had certainly spoken e o v e i w t i h n e m ( L u e c r h d warmer h e terms.ll)etti r T e a y k ing dispas j- a which e t hie any principleow contract e r of d a t the e between r e o o y m e d m o: a a f the bill, as it ..- , o a law of Englan a , British subject a n d a foreign P with that power, amounte d to ' high urin t g re tre as on war ; but, without some amend men t, he believed it would be perfectly nugatory in its operation, as under it there was no mode of punishing the offence in the event of its being committed out of this country. After a short discussion, the bill was read a second time, and the bill passed through all its stages but the last, it being understood that when it was read to-mor row a third time a clause should be introduced to meet the objection of Lord Campbell. The following bills were read a third time and passed: Militia (No. 2), Militia (Scotland), Militia (Ireland), Militia Ballot Suspension, Militia Pay. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Baronies Contributions) Bill went through committee. Their lordships adjourned shortly after four o'clock. /ta HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) THE MENAI STRAITS. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury if the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have lately granted a lease of the Menai Straits as an oyster bed, to the exclusion of the fishermen of the neighbourhood, who have hitherto dredged in those straits time out of mind. Mr. WILSON stated that Messrs. Russell held a lease of the Menai Strait, as an oyster bed, under the Bishop of Bangor. Some robberies having been com mitted, they prosecuted and established their claim. Since then they had obtained a lease from the Crown, but such lease was subject to any existing public rights. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. HUME called the atteution of the house to the report of the last session on the state of the Slave Trade, and urged renewed application for the fulfilment of th• treaties with Spain for a total suppression of the slave trade to Cuba. Lord J. RUSSELL admitted the importance of the question, and said that the most stringent measures had been taken this year for the effectual suppression of the slave trade, which he hoped would be attended with the best resalts. He added that he was quite sure the new Government of Spain would second these efforts to put an end to this dreadful traffic. Sir G-. PECHELL considered the answer of the noble lord very satisfactory, and was rejoiced to learn that there was now some chance that Spain would ear nestly co-operate with us for the suppression of the slave trade. Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY—Passing to another sub ject, interpellated the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the war expenditure. The house, he said, had voted in estimates between 64,000,0001. and 65,000,0001., including the credit of 3,000,0001., while the country had been given to understand that it was the intention of the Government to meet the expendi ture with the taxes raised within the year. Now, he believed it would be impossible to carry out that inten tion, and, he therefore wanted to know the amount of debt, in some shape or other, which the State would have to incur, to meet the excess of expenditure over the ways and means already voted by Parliament. The hon. baronet also complained of the dangerous power exercised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in con verting or selling Savings' Bank Stock, which he had already done to the extent of 617,0001., without the consent of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could add nothing to what he had already stated on the sub ject of the public revenue and expenditure, except that up to the pres en t momen t th e revenue had fully realised the expectation which he held when he made his financial statement last May, in fact, up to the 9th of August, the expenditure was within the revenue, and, therefore, he had nothing to retract from what he had said about meeting the ex penditure from the taxes raised in the year. The right hon. gentleman then proceededto show that the apparent decrease upon the last quarter's revenue of 570,0001. was falacious, because the return did not include the Irish Revenue, while a sum of 770,0001. had been included in the former quarter, which ought to have been brought into this. With regard to the state of the exchequer bonus account, it stood thus : 4,000,0001. had been ne gotiated and 3,000,0001. had actually been received. There still remained power to issue 600,0001. and 700,0001. more, while the amount of running Exchequer Bills was less in amount than usual, being about 16,500,0001: As to the question of revenue and expenditure the account stood thus,—the expenditure up to the present time, as compared with last year, was about 3,500,0001. in excess ; but be anticipated that on the 10th of October there would be a balance in the Exchequer of about 4,500,0001., and with that surplus at his command he had no reason to suppose, calcu latinguponexis for assistance.tingexperience With regard experience, that het should to ldrhaveto call upon the bank the t k ely St a o t c t k h , e i d t is w po a s s a a l m of is t t h a e k c e h to an s e u e p ll p o o r se of th th a e t i S t a w vi a n s g a s' bs ß o a lu n C o mmissioners, for the purpose of meeting Exchequer the ; it was placed to the credit of the National Debt claims interest.of the During Bankthe depositorse early par both t i t h eyear principal and there was a run upon the Savings Banks, and anticipating that the withdrawal would continue, he had taken advantage of the recent high price of the funds to sell out for the purpose of meeting these Savings Banks demands. He was happy, however, to say that the run had stopped, and now the deposits far exceeded the withdrawals. After a few words from Mr. NV: A. WILKINSON and Mr. HUME, Mr. J. S. PHILLIMORE took the opportunity of asking the honourable and gallant member for Gloucester a question relative to the Baltic fleet. He wished to know if it was true if a valuable Russian prize h f fa After f s t tu: Admirale c br c u e st e o d imßt e d Eer t i rci n eulim e i r s Eae c ra t k p Esc i aping from aos f rm r am o i d m sa tti irh t o h e e r e ßaltic a fl r e e e p t o I rt to that e Weiaillimv, the bill wasos inr. the ii. readawqtuhieiLsrtdLi time.quest i on u thattheGllßy said h bill do he believ ed the Savings' Banks m oney h a d b een appropria t e d toState purposes ; bEuxtchifecituheerrivighotulhdoans.sure gentlemanhim thatth the Chancellor 0 hie these funds for Savings' Banks only f us t e l l purposes, his objection would fall to the ground. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUERdeeIined to give such an assurance. Savings Banks money was held by the State in trust for the depositors, but like private bankers, the State was entitled to sue it for their own purposes, if they could do so with profit. The bill was then passed. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL. This bill was read a third time, and passed. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S REVENUE ACCOUNTS. The resolutions agreed to in committee last night on this subject were reported and agreed to. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. t The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to, viz. : —Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal ; Metropolitan Se wers • Prisoners Removal ; Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management ; Literary Real Estate Charges • Insti t u tions ; , and Scientific and rsity of London). Medical Graduates (Unive THE RIVER TYNE. Mr. W. LINDSAY moved an address to her Majesty, Tyc p o ra n y e i mm to inquire into the present s t ate of the river n (io g ssneon that she will be graciously pleased to a p po i nt a of the highways for navigation under the pro tection of her Majesty), whether the encroachments on the tidal waters of that river by jetties, embankments, and other works executed and proposed on the banks thereof have not injured the navigation, and will not c ontinue to counteract the plans for removing the sane t h h a e n k n s av a i t a t h ti e on m o o f u t t h h at of im t p h o e r r ta iv netr , n. The motion was agreed to, afteravnesrdOmoethreer The house then adjourned at three ?WTI' sareksinfrojur: Mr. INGHAM, Mr. num; and Mr. W I'',WSPAPER ~,..- Ly..A In \ • '4, 1 LA I • , b 11.00 1 8:i 100 100 all all all 100 100 47k all 100 100 3! 100 16 all all all , 5i 11 16 2l 2s 100 100 100 100 I all 81s, 100 20 63i 4 68i 9 ( tial '‘