The Sun. — London, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

I • THE SUN, LOND( __...... :P775,41 , ' aat•'' • +•• API 7 7 Y- '"!,,,- ;4 . 4 ' „„,. SHARE MARKETS. LINES LELSED AT FIXED RENTALS. '' i , - . J. -.:•1 1 1 ' s 4 .. , - . ..,.i54 o 0! Al t' ' 7 .1 7 -:.; v•zei. 4.91 , 4, 4:ta ' - ivi 4-x. , ti. t 4.4 t 4 4 (T II IS1) A Y.) Shr. Paid. Raanwars. Leasing o‘i lon; Prices. wa. Bus, Coea ni. this day. this day. ammornommaaamms. -. C. ..- ___ . .._....__ _.............._....„ ---- --..-•.--- _ WORCESTER RACES. BRITISH RAILWAYS. t - - 50 all Bedford. and London & Bletchley.... N. West .., - ... (T li _I S - 100 98 9 Shr. Pala, RAILWAYS. I Closing Prices 13usinegs done -a• this day. this day. 50 all ClydesdaleJe. Caledon... 95 - 97 - _ (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 - 137 WITLEY COURT HANDICAP. St. 100 Aberdeen 24 - 25 241 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. 20 8,. Aanbg. Nottng. Bost Neils. Direct ••• - ••• Patience - - • Betty Pockets - ••• 25 all Do. New... Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.El Gt. Westn 28 - 30 131 all Birming. Wolverh. & 100 all llrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Ten ran. Stour Valley ...... .. 9 - 91 Railway & Berw. ... - ... WORCESTERSHIRE STAKES. 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 50 all Hull & Selby Y. StNMd 103 - 105 Knight of St. George - 52 1 271 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., 121 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 2 51 - 26 4 Little Davie - 18 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 121 - 131 121 £5O and i',25 Cons. 17 Arribas -61 d 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 - 241 Seventeen ran. 25 30 Filyth &Tyne original 20 100 Lowestoft gr. £25 (issd. at £45. „••• - ••• 4 per cent. Norfolk ,,, - ... St. 100 Bristol and Exeter... u 7 - 99 20 r.OO Do. 6 per ct. - ••• St. 100 Ca1ed0nian............ 63 - 636 62i 1 31 50 all Chester &Holyhead. Holyhead. 15 1 - 161 161 16 51 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. NEWMARKET RACES. and Matlock & Midld. 2a - 21 (THIS DAY.) 50 all Cork and Bandon... 11 !A 13 50 all Aiddlesbro' & '-:tckton& 20 all Cork, Black, &Pass. ••• - ... Rcdcar. . Darlingt. ... - - - • 20 14 Cornwall ••• - ... 1(10 all Midld.Bradi'd Midland_ 93 - 95 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 10 j Crieff Junction - - ... 50 all Northern and 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJune 2d. - p air Eastcrnsp.c. E. Count. 57 - 59 HANDICAP PLATE. 25 all Dundee Perth&Aher 5O 'M. , . Do. 6 per et. D 0......... ... -- ... St. Faith 1 dean Junction....... 7 - 8 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N;vii .• - ••• 25 all Do. New - .... Blanche f 2 25 all East Ang1ian.......... 18 - 20 19 &Ln&Yk ..„ - „, JULY STAKES. 18 all Do., (£lB E & H),... ... - ... 121 12 Do. 4 Shares. Do ••• - ••• Bonnie Morn 1 20 all Eastern Counties...,. 13 1 - 131 131 i i St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn ... - .. St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 133 - 136 134 1 Redemption. Stock - 44 42 25 181 Shef.Roth.and Lancash& St. 100 De., B. Stock 29 - 31 Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. ~, - ... • 25 81 Do., New A ... - ... 12 91 S. Staffordsh. Nl.MClean 21 - lid CHURCH BATES. St. 100 East Lancashire 641 - 651 65 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & St. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 61 - 63 • 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... - ... • 10 96 Edinb. and Peebles •• • - •• • 25 all Do D0.......„ 30 - 31 To the Editor of the Wakefield Journal and Examiner. St . 100 Edin.Prth &Dundee . 25 - 26 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn. 93 -- 95 Dear Sir,-There appears to be considerable difficulty 10 , 1 Forth & Clyde June. ••• - •• • amongst our legislators on the subject of church rates. St. 100 Glasgow&S. Western 65 -- 67 66 PREFERENCE SHARES. If I were a legislator I should try to carry out the St. 100 Great Northern 691 901 90.5 891 190 following. lam truly, St. 100 Do., A. Stock 72 . s: 74 72 31 St. 100 Aberdeen - St. 100 Do., B. Stock 125 - 127 126 LAICUS. 1 7 St. 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. - ••• Wakefield, June 2, 1854. St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 98 - 100 98 25 30 Blyth and Tyne 1 0 per St. 100 Great Western 7Bl • 79 78i 4 9 c. pref. (issd. at 50/) ... -.- 1 12 12 Irish South-Eastern. ••• - ... 00 2 St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. .., - .., Parish churches are the property of the parish in which 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle 89 •- 91 904 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... ... -._ they are situated. This being admitted, it follows as a 164 11.1 Do., Thirds ll -53 n St. 1 00 Caledonian £lO 95 -97 951 natural consequence that those parties who own the 1q 2 Do. Thirds...... 11 -13 1. , 15 all Chester & Holyhead property should be by law compelled to keep them in St. 100 Lancash.andYorksh 651 - 661 65 i 654 6 Guar. 51 per cent ... - .•. proper repair. 191 18 Do., Fifths Bl - 6 1 d Ili 64 64 Cork &Bandonslp.e. 11 -id Legally, it is true that parishes are bound to provide 14 111 D 3., Wst. Riding Un - - ... 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber for the sustentation of the fabricand also for the decent 50 all Leeds Northern l5l - 16 154 deen Junction - - 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt ... - .. 31 all EastAngliaia (X3los) performance of divine service ; a but there is a difficulty in the machinery for the compulsion of those who refuse i all London & Blackwal, 11 ' 8 1 - 81 81 i 6 per cent 34 - 31 10 all Loud. Tilb. &Stheud. - 11 ./ 5 all Do. (.R5) 7 per cent. 44 - 41 hence an alteration is necessary. St. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 1054 - 1061 74 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c. 4 - 1 p At present the charge is on the land of the country. To St. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 1041 105 104/ i 4 1 5 61 all Eastern Counties Ex remove the charge from the land to the tax payers would 20 12 Do. Fifths - 1 p tension, 5 P.C. N o. 1 1 - 1 4 p 1 1 i pm be unjust, th ere fore, in any alteration it is desirable to 10 1 Do.lo/.5h.,111&8 ( I - 6p 11 61 all Do. No. 2 • 4 - 14 p 1 pm keep in view the old principle viz a charge on the land. 121 26 Do. Eighths 4 - i d 14 10 all Do. New 6 P. c. St. 13/ - 134 Poor rates are a charge on the land. It would be e, St. 100 LondonandS. Westn B2l -83 a 821 asy 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip then to cha rge on th e p oor ra t es th e expen dit ure re - 50 426 Do., £5O - 8 I Guar. 6 per cent... 22 - 24 quired in every parish for the sustentation of the fabric 40 34 Do., £4O 8 - 7 d 5 all Do. 51., 10 nee cent. ... -- ... of its parish church. The churchwarden, elected by the 25 all Lndudrry& Coleraine •.. - •.. . 10 all Do. 101. Deiientr•Sh- ... - „. people would assess upon the overseers the amount re- 25 all Lndudrry, & Ennisk • • - .• • St. 100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts. ... - - 5 all East and West York- ' quired for repairs during the year, and in order that no St. 100 Manch.SlLL& Much; 21 - 22 8/ - 2s 44 Do., Man. & Liu. Un. •.• ...d shire June. Pref._ „. -.a churchwarden might refuse to do his duty, he might be St. 100 Midland compelled by penalty or otherwise. St. 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 39 - 41 4 per cent. The principle here contended for exists as regards the 50 471 Hidld. G. West. (Ire.) ... - ... St. 100 Glasgow &S.Western estreat for public bridges in counties • the one kind of 25 176 Do. Half Shares sea - ••• G u ar. 5 per cent.... ... --...xd property is as much th e p ro p er ty of country as the 1.00 all Newcastle & Carlisle ... - ... S. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 116 - 118 other, and each has an equal claim to be repaired at the St. 100 Newmarket . - ... St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., public expense. 61 54 Do., Bury Extonsiou 4 d - id at 10 p. c. prem... 109 - 111 25 19A 'i'wpt.Aberg. & ilrfd 6l - 6 d 131 St.E 10) Do. 41 p. c. Scrip..... 10 - 102 100 So much for the fabric : now as to the more difficult 50 71 Newry & Enniskillen 2 - 21 10 6 Gt.N. of Scot. let Pref ... -- •„ one of support for divine worship. 20 all Newry Warrenpoint 6 1 all Gt. Southn.&Westm. In too many instances parish churches have become and Rostrevor 6 - 8 (Ireland) Eighths)... ... - ... private property by the sale and holding of pews. In St. 100 Norfolk 5O - 52 51 1 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. ... - ad all these cases a rate might be laid on the pew owners to 50 34 Northn.CountiesUn 3l 31 . 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke; & cover the expenses-such rate to be levied by the church- St. 100 North British 34 ••• 33 341 Hants Ex. sp. c)... 6 - 64 Wardens, and, if not paid, to be stopped from the oceu- 16 16 North Devon, No. 1 ... ••• St. 100 Ds. coy, red. 41 p.c. 98 - - 100 100 Piers. If not occupied to be free from rate. ' 16 all Do., No. 2 - ••• St. 100 Do, con. red. 4p.c. 90 - 92 In all other par sh churches where pews are free the 8 all Do., :1 A Deferred ... - ... St. 100 Ds,. irred, 4p. c.... 93 -95 Pew holders to pay a rate to b e levied by the church- 8 8 Do., i B Guaranteed ... - ... 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £ 2O 'ld - pas . Wardens. 50 all North London 52 - 65 St. 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 135 - 137 10 51'Do. New £lO par 4 p 20 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l ... - .. 10 1/ is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp- 121 9 Do. Quarters,lB4B .. .., - ,„ THE OFFICE OF BRIDGEMASTER. stead, and City Ju 4d - p St. LOO Loudon a n d Bri j li to n 20 171 North Staffordshire 4O -34. c 131 1 Guaranteed sp. c ... ... - ... 118 - -•• -•• 20 all North Western I - 71 St. 100 Do, Pref., sp. c. St. ... - ... FINAL DEOLARATION OP THE POLL. 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. ld -1 p 50 all 'Do. Convertible, sp. e a 1552 .. - ..• This day, at one o'clock, the Sheriffs assembled in 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckle y , St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. ... - Common .« Hall to receive the final declaration of the num- and Leicester ••• --- ••• St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & bees polled, during B emaster. this contested election, for two persons St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Nuneaton to fill the office of ridg Wolverhampton .... 32 - 34 321 50 5 London &S. Western ..• - ••• The proceedings did not create the least public interest, 20 2/ 2s Portsmouth - ... and but few were present to hear the numbers declared. St. 100 Scottish Central 92 u z, 94 Con. Thirds 2l -3 p St. 100 Scottish Midland 53 . 60 581 121 all Londonderry&Coler. They stood as follows :- St. 100 Shrewsbury &Bilnag. 65 - 70 4 Shares ••• - ••• Ledger St. 100 Do. L. &N. Western 121 all Londy. &Eunis.lSh. ••• - ... James - '7O 25 all Uau., Slid., & Lin., Jardine 446 10 10 Shrewsby. & llerefd. 21 - 2 0 74 4 Shares, No. 1. ... 51 - 61 Booth 5O 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester 10 all Do. New, £lO 9 - 9i Majority for James over Jardine, 236. (N. W. Min,) l7 39 6 41 Do. £6 /mi. - ,gyp The successful candidates having made the customary 131 all Do. Halves,a e . 81 - 01 121 all larypt . & Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ... addresses, the proceedings terminated. 20 all Do. Oswestry l3 - 14 13 1 121 all Do. 41 per cent • ••• - •.• 20 64 Shropshire Union ... 31 - 346 121 104 Do ..• -- ••• ... ._ Do. A, B, C,&D,fully St. 100- Mid . Co n so l . 6 p.e.St ... - ... paid up at per cent. ... - ... per cent. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & MARKET .NEWS-(THIS DAY j. 50 all South Devon l4 - 16 IP•irm. 6 per cent.... 135 - 137 St. 100 South Eastern 64 65 641 1 i 161 5 Do. Pref. 41per cent 14 -1 d die COLONIAL. 50 all South Wales . 35 - 36 351 10 6 Norfolk Debenture.,. ... - SUGAR.-The market is veuiet, as the alteration in 20 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 4 - 2 ii St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock ... - ... ry q the duty comes i n t o operation on the 6th inst. The quan- 20 SDo tity of British plantation landed last week at the East 20 2/ 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok ... - ... St. 100 Do. 54 per et .prof.„. ..„ - ... and. West India Docks was 1,097 hhds 46 tierces 471 brls, 25 all Stockton & Darling 33 - 35 St. 100 Do . Wa y. V a l . s p. c. ... - ..• there w ere t a k en f or h ome consumption 1,762 hhds 221 161 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... St. 100 North British '.. - ... 105 t ierces 716 brls. The stock in the same places is 7,263 St. 100 Taff Vale .. - ... 20 all North Staffordshire.. _. -._ hhds 1 ,242 tierces 2, 182 brls, Refined has been in i m p roved 10 8 Do. £lO shares ... - ..• St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & request. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. la__ ... _ .. Wolverhatls, 6p.c. 107 - 110 108 4 ~COPPEE.-This article is firm, native Ceylon selling at 25 21 T hames Haven D ock 15 15 Do - • - l'ls to 45s for good ord. and Railwa y 34 - 3 1 81 all Scot. Cent.,New Prof ... - .., west quantity landed last week at the East a nd 20 17 Vale of Neath l9 20 8 all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. 9/ - 104 west India Docks was 926 puns 42 hhds, there were take n 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenn y 1 - 5 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester for h ome co nsumption 116 puns 10 hhds, and exported 14 50 all Waterford&Limerick 23 25 (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 16 -17 Puns 107 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,363 pu ns 20 16 West Cornwall - 6 10 10 Do. 5 per cent 9l - 10 4 10 1 1,930 hh ds. ,i 1 West End of Londo n 25 a ll South Devon l2 -14 ••• and Crystal Palace.. „, _ 10 Da. fixed,4l per cent 4•1 - 4 p SALTPETRE.-At auction 1,719 bags Bengal; a few lots ... 6 •- [.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Only sold at 34s to 34s 61 for 4to 41 per cent., the rest 20 all West London 7 • 61 dis Ann.) of £1 Os. 61. 231 - 231 being taken in at 36s to 37s for 14 to 84 per cent. refrac- 10 51s. Wimbledn &Croydon ... - ... tio n . St. 100 YorkNewctL&Berw. 741 751 741 4 5 St. 100 Do. 41per cent. lOO - 102 . 20 all S.Yorlish.4p.e.Guar. 15 -20 6* - 6 0 131 pn re yat 15sGelto S RUE. -1,41.1 bags Java sold 131' 1 for 25 all Stockton and Dar atPurchase lie for mid pinky. St. 100 York&N.Mrdland 55 -- 56 541 1 6 25 5 Do lington, do 4 per cent ... - ... --- --- . . do. ... - .. SPICES.-12 cases nutmegs sold at is 8d to 2s 2d for ord - - 121 all Stockton and H ar tl e - • small brown, and 6 cases mace at 2s to 2s ld for ord. FOREIGN. pool, guar. 5 p. c. ARROWROOT.-At auction 395 tins were offered and till Ist July, 1856 taken in at 61d. per lb. ---__, 5 3 . Waterf(l.&Kilk.6p.e. .... - _. 2- 1 d _ TEA.-Very little is doing. Ord congou is lld ;green 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 31 -3d 64 i St. 100 York,Newcastle,and also is quiet. 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 4 - 1 .4 Berwiek,4p.c.Pref. 93 -96 TALLow.-The market is firm, at 65s 3d to 65s 6d per 20 8 Beziers to Graissesaac 31 - 2 4 d 17 SDo 34 - 31 eNvt on the spot. 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, ant; 25 10 Vork&N. MidianclH, Central India,Scrip 1 d - 4 p Pm Minn s'. Para 4 - 4d , 91 i - ... ... Central of Italy - HAY MARKETS. - - - 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin. - ... SMITHFIELD.-Meadow hay, 21 10s to Si Os ; clover 17 1 all Demerara ditto 3/ 8s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 21 Os per load. 20 2 14 Dijon andßesancona ... -- ..i . ) Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3l -3 d 1 all A. Fria - 1 1 all .anglo Austrin. Gold „, _ . CIIMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 5/ Os ; clover 20 all East Indian 24 -21 p 221 ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 18s; and straw, 1/ 15s to 27 Os per load. 20 2 Do. Extension 'd -10 s. all Anglo Californian ... i_ 4 2 par 1 - 4 d A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 - 4 p 10 2 Austr alasian 2 WHITECHAPEL.-Meadow hay 2/ 8s to 51 Os ; cloverer load. 20 10 id. Junct. of France ... - ... 20 6 Australian l4 - I ditto ~ 31 5s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 0.3 p 25 10 Grd. Trunk of CanaCanalss -4 • d 51 1 all Austra lian Cordillera t - Trade dull. 100 40 Do. Debentures 6 - 4 d 1 all Australian Freehold 8 ---• .4 . 100 all Do. do - 1 all Ave Maria ............ ... - a l . ... 20 10 Gt. Central of France par - 1 p 1 all Baden (Gd.. Duchy of) a - LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) 204 all Gt • Westernof Canada 50 all 3laenarvou Ir. &Coal 7 - 9 Shares l9l - 204 191 1 all iifitish Austrlu. Gold ... - .• • P... ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 3 - 5 p 20 13.5 .3ritish Iron - 10 LONDON, July 4.-Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light 201 all Hamilton & Toronto par - 1p 35 241 l3razilianlmp.(issued breeze, and cloudy. 100 all Do. 6 per cent. - 41 GRAVESEND, July 4.-(Per Elec Tel.)-The Union 20 5 Lake Coust. & Basle ... - „. 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 14 - 24 m a (prize) has arrived here to-day from Gothland, in charge 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 28 -30 of Mr. Hancock. pref ... - dis 1 / Carson's Creek ...... 4 - i(1 OFF BEACHY HEAD, July 2.-Cecilie, from Monte 20 15 Luxembourg - ... 1 / Clarendon*Con. MM. Video, for Antwerp ; Cora, Rio Janeiro, for Christiania. 10 10 Do. (Railway) - ... Co. of Jamaica...... ... - ... DOVER, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Stranger, 5 2 Do. Pref - 40 all Cobre Copper 44 - 46 from Gothenburgh. 5 3 Do. (Canal) - 5 1 Colonial Gold 4 - i PORTSMOUTH, July 3.-Wind, S. Arrived-Victoria, 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref...... ... - ...d ... 15 Copiapo from London, for New York. 20 8 Lyons and Geneva ... 4 - 4 d St. all Copper MM. of Eng 5O -GO • COWES, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Johanna, from 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 2 - 4 p Callao. 20 131 Madras par - a p 14 5 all English and Austrin. PLYMOUTH, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Calcutta 33; 334 Maria Antonia - ••• Copper Smeltg.Co. 11 - 2 (s 1 0, from India, &c.; Caroline, from London, for Sydney, 10 all Do. do. New - • . 20 all General - ... New South Wales. 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. .., - ... 2 all Great Nugget Vein._ 1 - i OFF FALMOUTH.-Van Dyk, from Akyab ; Johanna 20 all Namur & Liege (with. 2 all Do. Registered - ... liendrika, Samarang, for Amsterdam, with foremast car- interest) 8 - 81 3 all Great Polgooth - 11 lied away; Louise Frederick, from Akyab, and sailed for 20 all Do. (ex interest) 1 all Liberty - $ Bremen. 16 all Northern of France.. 341 - 341 341 3 all Linares DARTMOUTH, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Cupid, Do. 201. 3p. e Bds. 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold from Middlesborough, for Genoa. 20 all (fmy.B.& Ams.Slis.) ••• - ... Quartz Crush. Co. ~. - ... BRISTOL, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Alagante, 10 all NorwcgianTrankPref S - 9 1 all Mariquita - i from Havannah. 20 10 Paris and Lyons 163 -16 h 303 4 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn. 64 -64 MILFORD, July 2.-Wind, S. Arrived-Margaret Jane, 40 all Ditto Bonds - 1 1 all New Granada •' - 4 from Gibraltar, for Liverpool ; Ann Davis, New York ; 10 all Paris and Orleans.... 46 . - 48 1 all New Linares Mining Ariel, do. ; Hebe, Constantinople ; Agenoria, Tarragona, 20 all Paris and R0uen...... 40 - 42 and Smelting Co ... - ... for Melb ourne , with mainmasts prung. 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 3ia __ 31 4 3 1 3 1 all Nouveau Monde i - i SHIELDS, July 3.-Wind, S. Sailed-Achilles, for 20 10 ll'arisCaen &Clierbm ... - pm 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Gibraltar. 101 101 Quebec & Richmond ._ - ... Lead MM, & Smelt 17 -18 174 SWANSEA, July 3.-Wind, S.W. Arrived-Roderick 20 all Rouen and Havre 214 - 224 211 5 1 Port Philip i- 1 Dhu, from Cuba. 20 15 Rcyal Danish 2d - par 1 all Quartz Rock - $ BEAUMARIS, July 3.-Arrived-Northwood, from Liver- 5 2 Royal Swedish - d 50 all Rhyuniey Iron - 34 pool, for Buenos Ayres, with trifling damage to sails. 20 all Sambre and Meuse... 84 - 9 15 15 Do. New 9l - 10 1 NEW YORK, June 16.-The Mary H. Kimball, from ... 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. ... - ... 30 104 Santiago de Cuba ~ 4 - 5 Sagua to London, stranded near Whitehead on the 9th, 20 6 Southern of France.. .., -pm 1 all i.'euth. Australian - 1 was got off on the 12th, and a steamer left Rockland to 20 8 St. Andrew's and 10 7 Tin Croft 2 - 4 tow h er i n t o port f o r re p a i rs . Quebec (A) . • United Mexican 3l - 4 MIRAMICIII, June 17.-The Wear (brig), of North Si all West Flanders 3l 41 1 all Waller i- " Shields, bound to Dalhousie, went on shore on the east 10 all Do SA, per c. Pref... ... - d 9 1 all Wes t Granada side of Mi s c o w Island, June 11, during a gale and thick 20 10 Western of France... 54 -61 p 1 all West Mari p osa - i d weather ; crew saved. 10 7 West. of Switzerland ... - ... 1 12s. Worthing Mining of HALIFAX, N.S., June 13.-The Zetland (schooner), from 20 2 Wiesbaden - ••• ••• ••• 1 all Yuba Yarmouth N.S. to Picton, was wrecked on Pennant 20 15 Zealand - 3 d i -- g Island, Juno 8 ,• materials saved. -- -- June 20.-The Union, of Weymouth, from Sydney, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. MISCELLANEOUS , e•l3, to Boston, was lost on the rocks off the Highlands of 40 , all Australasia Bl - 83 814 Scatterie, during a dense fog, June 10; crew saved. 5 all Anbin Coal and Iron ... - „, 40 all British Colonial Bank _ _ 25 171 Australian Agricult. 464 - 471 471 7 and Loan Company ~, _ ... 20 14 Australsu.Pcific.Mail ... - ... 50 all British N. American ... - id 634 CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.-This society held their an - 10 8 anstraln. Royal Mail ... - .. 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 - id lanai dinner cat the Artechoke, Blackwall, on Saturday 10 4 Berlin Water Works .. - ..: 20 2 Chrtd. Bole. of India, last, at whi c h s i x ty o f th e soc i e ty and friends were 50 40 Brit. American Land 70 - 75 Australia, & China ... - ...d present, Mr. Robert Hepburn in the chair, who did 5 1 : i a ri n t :i & Re C d o u li e n tion Smeltg. co. .. - ... 100 25 Colonial •• -a „, ample honor to his guests. Among the company Pre-100 20 Commercial of Lond ... _ ... 100 324 Canada .. 6n t were Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., Mr. Hepburn, 55 31 5 i p :lr o ystal Palace BO -85 20 12 English Scottish and Dr. Reid, Dr. Johnson, Mr. Cull, Mr. Leigh, Mr. . New 54 5 4 5 1 i 1 1 1 Australian 3l -21 d 94 Mas son, Mr.W.Woodburn ; the Secretaries of the High- 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France " - il , ... - ... 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of land Society, the Royal Highland School Society, and AuStralia 2ll - 211 20 3 Eastern Steam 50 20 London and County.. •„ _ the Caled on i an Asylum, &c.• &c. The harmony o f t h e 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 184 - 194 ... 5 _.O 10 London Joint Stock.. _. .. evening Was efficiently aided by the beautiful singing 25 all Do. (B) ... - ... 100 20 Lona. & Westminster .., - ... of Mr. Crawford, the Scottish vocalist, and the more 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... - . 100 35 National Provincial stentorian strains poured forth at intervals by Sir C. 15 14 ,;ea. Steam Navigat. ._ - .. of England • - ••• For bes's piper, 20 18 General Screw Steam _. - ... ... - . . The company left by the ten o'clock 20 10 Do. New train for London, highly gratified with their brief but 20 74 Irish Beet:oot Sugar ... - ... Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ... 50 221 National of Ireland ._ - ... pleasant sojourn on the banks of the Thames. 20 all New South Wales - - - THEATRE ROYAL, . SADLER'S WELLS-This theatre 20 10 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land... - 1 . -- 1 .. i . 25 all Oriental Bank of 10 1 48 - 49 will b e under the management of Mr. Wright during 2 1 N.S. W. Coal &Teter.. - Corporation the present week, which will be his last appearance Steam Navigat. Co. ... - ... 25 5 Do. New ••• --- ••• I her e . Th e performances of this favourite artiste will 1 all N. B. Australasian... 4 - 1 1 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - ... 10 all Do. New ••• - ••• to doubt gather together hosts of his admirers in the 1 A Do. New - - - 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg• course of the week. 20 10 Nrth.9fEuropeStearn . - ... & Gold Imp C 0.... ••• - ••• & Mi l I Br. a. nrl. 1 -4 d 41 CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY 3.-SHILLING DAY.-Num- 5 all Peel2s all South Australia ...... 42 -44 a d ber of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Admis- 50 all Pcuizisular & Oriental ._ - ... 25 all Union of Australia... 74 - 76 slot ) at the doors, 12, 888 ; admission by season tickets, c Do. ... _ .., p 8 - 10 ... 2.! Do. New d Iron Co ... 1 ' 1.580 ma,-,1 1 4 A 77 i 520 all4o porDthow. .. , ...... 4p 50 10 Union of T..ond on __-:- _ •• • 6 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 31 -- ..Ter 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June 11 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 34 24 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, an(i Central India,Scrip 3 / 4 d p Pm ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi& Erquelin — 17 3 / 4 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon — p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3l 3 d 20 all East Indian 2 3 /4 —23 p 20 2 Do. Extension 3 /4 d par 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 3 / 4 p 20 10 3d. Junet. of France 25 10 Grd. Trunk of Canade 5 4 d 5 3 / 4 100 40 Do. Debentures 6 4 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France par 3 / 4 p 204 all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares 1 9 3 /4 20 3 / 4 19 3 / 4 ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 3 5 p 204 all Hamilton & Toronto par 1p 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Coust. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref dis 20 15 Luxembourg — 10 10 Do. (Railway) — 5 2 Do• Pref ••• 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref — ...d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran — 20 134 Madras par 3 / 4 p 14 33; 334 Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 29 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. 20 all Namur & Liege (wits. interest) 8 8 3 / 4 20 all Do. (cx interest) — 16 all Northern of France 3 4 3 /4 341 343 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref S 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons 163 -163 p 303 3 / 4 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans.... 46' 48 20 all Paris and R0uen...... 40 42 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 314 __ 313 313 20 10 ParisCacu & Clierbr , . pm 101 10i Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 2 1 3 /4 22 3 / 4 213 20 15 Royal Danish 2d par 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse B 3 /4 9 6 Do. 5 3 / 4 p. cent. Pref 20 6 Southern of France —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 84 all West Flanders 3l 41 10 all Do 5 3 / 4 per c. Pref . — d 9 20 10 Western of France . 5 3 /4 6 3 / 4 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 all .aubin Coal and Iron 25 174 Australian Agricult. 46 3 / 4 474 47 3 / 4 7 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 4 ilerlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 70 75 5 1 Grit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 32 3 / 4 Canada .. BO 85 5 5 Crystal Palace 54 5 4 543114 5 W. Do. New iP 4 2 Crystal Pal of France 20 3 Eastern Steam — 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 18 3 / 4 194 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir • 15 14 .en. Steam Navigat 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 74 Irish Beet2oot Sugar 'Magdalena St. Navig. 2 1 0 a l l O l Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land 3 /4 1 3 / 4 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Steam Navigat. Co. ... 1 all N. B. Australasian — 1 1 4 Do. New • 20 16 Nrth.t fEuropeStearn 5 all Peel Br. lal. & Minrl 3 / 4 d 43 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 40 Do. Do. ... p 2 all Portland Iron Co , p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. I'4 24 24 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 1 all Submar. Telegraph 1 all Do. Registered 284 van Diemen Laud 12 r— 13 CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY 3 . —SHILLING DAY.—Num ber of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Admis sion at the doors, 12,838 ; admission by season tickets, 1,589. Total, 14,477 The Duke of Lancaster's yeomanry regiment has re ceived orders to assemble at Lancaster on Friday, the 28th instant, for duty and inspection: The Bolton tr oop of the same regiment will be marched on the pre vious day to Preston, and thence to Lancaster. The Bradford troop of the Second West Yorkshire Yeomanry assembled at Northgate, on Saturday, for ball practice, and will be continued on duty for a few weeks: THE SUN, LONDON, TVESDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1854. lAIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) Their lordships assembled at half-past 4 o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the following bills :—Excise Duties ; Customs Duties ; High Treason (Ireland) ; Accrington Gas and Waterworks ; Doncaster Cemetery; Havering, Dagenham, &c., Sewers; Hexham Roads; Trowbridge Roads; Furness Railway; Shipley Waterworks; Kingston-upon-Thames Gas; Blyth and Tyne Railway ; North London Railway ; Newport Improvement ; Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation ; Rydo,lmprovement; Manchester Court of Record; Corn wall Railway ; Chester, Farndon, and Worthenbury Road, Birmingham and Midland Institute; Blyth Harbour Docks ; Cry stal Palace Company ; Surrey Gas ; Stroud, Painswick, and Gloucester Road ; Hamilton Water works ; Cork and Bandon Railway ; Wadsley and Lang set Road ; Londonderry Bridge ; Bideford Roads ; Dudley, Halesowen, and Bromsgrove Roads ; Tacum shin Embankment ; Exhibition of 1851 Commissioners ; Great Western Railway (station accommodation, &c.) ; Stamford and Kettering Road ; Bangor Waterworks ; Bethesda and Llaullechid Improvement ; Beccles Water and Gas ; Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement ; Hull Cemetery ; Llandudno Improvement ; London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway ; Lanark Police and Improve ment; Edinburgh Roads ; Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway ; Birmingham Canal Navigations ; Birming ham Improvement ; Chesterfield Market ; Darling ton and Barnard Castle Railway ; Dowlais Rail way ' • East Lancashire, Lancashi re and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways ; Edinburgh Police and Improvement ; East Suffolk Railway ; Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ; South Sea Company ; South Devon Railway ; Winchester and Petersfield Road ; Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway (No. 2) ; Brighton, Cuckfield, &c., Roads ; Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Ex tension into Nottingham, &c.) ; Law Life Assurance Society ; Bradford Waterworks ; Yeovil Improvement; Swansea Harbour : Bradford Corporation Waterworks; Norfolk Railway ; Glasgow Suspension Bridge ; Mallow and Fermoy Railway ; Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway ; Stockton and Darlington Railway. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Delawarr, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. The following bills were read a second time :—Stock port, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway ; Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kingston Railways; West London Railway ; Bangor and Carnarvon Railway ; Selkirk and Galashiels Railwap. The followinc , bills were road a third time and passed: —North and South b Western Junction Railway ; Tralee and Killarney Railway ; Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway, Leominster and Kingston Railway. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, the Customs Duties (Sugar and Spirits) Bill and the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill were read a second time. THE OFFICES OF THE MINISTER FOR WAR AND THE FOREIGN SECRETARY. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose, in pursuance of notice, to ask the intentions of her Majesty's Govern ment respecting the public buildings intended for the department of the Minister for War and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The noble earl said he wished first to direct the attention of the head of the Government to a rumour which he believe was well founded, that the department of the new Minister of War was about to be stationed at the office now occu pied by the Enclosure Commissioners in Whitehall gardens. Of course it was necessary that the new Secretary of State should have an office which should be sufficient in every respect for the important business which he would have to transact ; but he should be able to show their lordships that a great sacrifice of public interests would be made if the rumoured change were to take place. The office of Enclosure Commis sioners was one of the most important and useful of the public of this country. Within its walls were con tained to no less than 50,000 documents, of great value to the public. In the first place there were about 20,000 maps, which had been drawn at a very great expense, and could be seen by any person for a very small sum. These maps were so minute that they might be called field maps, and any one who wished to obtain a tracing of one, could do so on the payment of twenty five shillings, whereas if lie went to a person whose profession it was to furnish such things it would cost him seventy or eighty pounds. Another very important collection of documents in this office consisted of the exchanges which had been made under the Enclosure office. Formerly exchanges could not be made without a very large expense being incurred in proving titles. Now, when two parties wished to make an exchange they had simply to produce their documents before the commissioners, and the exchange was effected generally for about 4/, in the case of considerable estates. Further, within these walls remained the original of documents and draftcopies of corresponding papers furnished to parties, and these being registered, the office served the purpose of a registration office. In fact there were in this office 50, 000 documents all arranged with as much care as any mu seum. Now be understood that the new Minister of War was to be transferred with all his staff to the office, and that in consequence the Commissioners of Enclosure were to be turned out and sent to St. James's-square. All those documents, which had been in course of ar rangement for two years, were to be removed from the places in which they were deposited, to a new office which had been selected for them ; and he spoke, he believed, under the mark, when he said that a year and a half or two years must elapse before they could be re ' arranged in their present order. If there were any pressing necessity for deranging this registration office the case would be different ; but he had no doubt that it would cause much less inconvenience to the public, to send the new Minister of War to St. James-square, than to remove the office of the Enclosure Commissioners. He hoped the noble earl opposite (Aberdeen) would examine the matter himself with the view of ascertain. ing whether proper arrangements could be made for the new Secretary of War without interfering with one of the most useful offices in the country. He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to do any thing towards the repairing or rebuilding of the Foreign-office. Their lordships well know its out ward appearance. It was a ruinous building which he could only compare to some of the old palaces in Cala bria. It looked ready to fall, and was, in fact, a dis grace to the metropolis. (Hear, hear.) Parliament was, in its generosity, supposed to have given to the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs a house to live in, as well as to perform the duties of his office. Formerly this house was inhabited by the Foreign Secretary, but since Mr. Canning's time no Secretary of State had re sided in it. Yet the Foreign Secretary of State was obliged to perform the duties of hospitality on a large scale ; and he quite agreed with Lord Palmerston in his declaration before the committee of the House of Coin mons on public salaries, that that Minister carried on almost as much business iu conversation, and in society as in his own room. (Hear, hear.) What was the state of the Foreign-office now ? There was only one room in which its occupant could see company ; though the diplomatique corps amounted to above one hundred persons. Two years ago the ceiling of that room fell in, and had the Secretary of State been there at the time he would no doubt have ceas e d to b e a member o f t h e G overn . ment. (Laughter.) Before o n r o e k a t io n a h r e t n y_ , c ( o l a u ng. l d be invited, vi te d d o ,.. this room had to be propped up, and the whole office to be unroofed. (Laughter.) Moreover, as a noble friend reminded him, there was ie kitchen— ficiency which of course prevented the possibility of any suitable hospitality. To him, it appeared very disgrace ful to the country that t h e office should have been allowed to continue in its present state, and he should be very glad to hear from the head of the Government that a new office was about to be built. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, when it was found expedient to separate the office of Secretary of the War department from that of the colonies, it of course became necessary to find some convenient position in which that officer might be placed. Their lordships would easily conceive that it was of great importance that the office of Secretary o f War should be in the immediate neigh bourhood of Downing-street and the Horse Guards. There were only two buildi ngs which complied with that condition—Gwy Jyr-house and Pembrokehouse. Gwydyr-house was occupied by the Poor Law Commis sioners, who were in constant communication with the Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and the chief commissioner being in the House of Commons, and the business of this department also much more con nected with the House of Common s than that of the Enclosure Commissioners is, it would have been ex tremely inconsistent to remove that office to a distance. To the EnclosureConunissiou er s there was not the same inconvenience ; they were not in constant communica tion with any other office or with the House of Com mons, and it was thought that they might, without any material inconvenience, be removed to a house which they themselves had strongly represented to the Board of Works as peculiarly suitable for them, in St. James's square. That house would be rather more than sufficient to accommodate them. Of course any removal must be attended with more or less inconvenience ; but he could not think it would take two years, as was supposed by the noble earl, to re -arrange the documents which he descried in another building ; he should imagine that twelve months would suffice for that purpose. It was a mechanical ojeration which might be performed with out any great difficulty and with no danger whatever. If, however, he found on inquiry that the inconvenience would be anything like what the noble earl supposed, there could be no reason why the proposed arrangement should be carried out. The noble earl had been but too accurate his . in description of the state of the Foreign - office. It was not only disgraceful but dangerous, as lie well knew from his own experience many years ago. Notwithstanding the annual inspection which it under went at the hands of competent persons—builders-- with a view not to repair it, but to ascertain its safety, it was in a very bad condition. He load himself felt quite alarmed. At the same time, though this was an object which had en g aged the attention of va r i ous Go vernments, lie couldnot say that her Majesty's present Government were prepared to propose to Parliament a grant for a new building. Plans for a new building were in course of preparation, and they would probably be completed in the course of the summer, but he could not say that the Government were now in a position to propose the necessary grant for a new building. He hoped when the noble earl again became a tenant of the Foreign-office it would be quite fit for his accommoda tion. (Laughter ) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that the Fo reign-office they were told was in an extremely danger ous state, and was a cause of great anxiety ; but it lasted as long as the Treaty of Adrianople itself, which had secured, it was said, the continuance of peace. (Laugh ter.) If diplomacy had secured the continuance of peace, he should have thought better of it than he did before, and if it now secured the tranquillisation of Europe, some new building like that alluded to by the noble earl might he erected to celebrate that event, with the 100 guests mentioned by the nobk earl. (Laughter.) fie agreed with the noble earl oppoaito in thinking that at the present time it was not at all desirable to lay out a large sum of money, some 70,000/. or 50,0001., on a mag nificent building for the Foreign-office. That money ex pended on the war would be more serviceable than if it were expended in diplomacy or in objects which would render diplomacy more brilliant. He concurred in the ob jection to the removal of the Enclosure Commissioners. He thought that any decent house in Carlton-place would be adequate to all the requirements of the Secre tary of War, and would suit the public convenience. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the staff of the office, he was of opinion that it should be composed of men who knew war, and had seen service in different parts of the globe, and taken from all arms of the service, cavalry, infantry, artillery, and engineers. In his opinion it was essential if the duties of the office were to be efficiently discharged, that the staff should be composed of military men, of weight and authority in war. If it was thought right that the head of the department should be a civi lian, it was essential that he should have facilities of constant communication with military men in the office, who would advise him not as his equals or as a b oar d, but as persons responsible for the advice they gave. If that were done, he was sure that all the advantage which the public expected from the severance of the two offices would not be in vain. (Hear.) Lord REDESDALE hoped that nothir ° , would be done with respect to the appropriation of the spare ground till the subject was fully considered. (Hear.) Great inconvenience existed from the narrow carriage passage to the houses of Parliament, and it might be thought necessary to widen Parliament-street. Great inconvenience arose also from the scattering of the public offices, and the continuance of the present build ings across Downing -street would be very desirable. Lord CAMPBELL said that some scheme should be laid down with respect to the courts of law. (Laughter.) They could not continue in their present disgraceful state. They were considered now to be an obstruction to the cohesion of Sir C. Barry's great plan. They wanted no splendour or luxury in the courts of law, but they did want the necessary accommodation for the judges, the jurymen, and the witnesses wh o h a d t o at tend the courts, and which was quite inadequate at pre sent. On a recent occasion three of his learned brethren of the Queen's Bench were sitting in the Bail Court, when they were driven out of it by an invasion—not of the Russians, but of stench that was " sublime." (Laughter.) Mr. Burke said in his treatise "On the Sublime and Beautiful," that a stench was a source of the sublime—(laughter)—and if that were so, this was a sublime stench. (Laughter.) His learned brethren fled from it as from an enemy. It was intense, pestiferous, as any of their lordships might, by going there, be able to judge for himself. (Laughter.) He was frequently ashamed to show the courts of law to foreigners who came over to this country. (Hear.) Lord ST. LEONARIiS said that, with very little ex pense, the courts of equity in Westminster might be given up to the courts of law, and the equity courts then removed to Lincoln's-inu. He objected to the carrying out of Sir C. Barry's plan in extenso. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that it was the fault of his noble and learned friend's colleagues that they did not sit in the Court of Chancery, for he gave direc tions that the courts of law might sit in it when he did not use it himself. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that Sir C. Barry's building was the admiration of all foreigners who came over to England. Lord BROUGHAM said that, however excellent the execution, he retained his fundamental objection to the barbarism of erecting a Gothic instead of a Grecian building in the middle of the 19th century. After a few words from the Earl of MALMESBUET, the subject dropped. WARWICK ASSIZES BILL. This bill was read a second time. EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on the 17th inst. he would move a series of resolutions upon the great subject of national education. CANADA. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that on to-morrow he would put a question to the Government respecting an important despatch which had been received from Canada (as was understood) by the Secretary of War. CO URT OF CHANCERY. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that he had moved for a return of the number of cases depending in the offices in the five Masters in Chancery. That return would soon be printed, and would show the number and nature of those causes, which ho hoped would lead more speedily than anything else to the winding-up of these cases. The Masters' offices were abolished by reason of the de lay occasioned in the administration of justice, but some of them were retained till the business then depending in them was disposed of, and for this purpose the mas ters were empowered to summon all the parties to causes before them, and if they did not appear, to proceed with the business themselves, and wind up every case as fast as possible. They had, therefore, full power to put an end to these matters. The return, however, stated that the number of causes depending in the five Masters' offices was in round numbers 1,200. This was a great evil, which it was absolutely necessary to put an end to ; because, if these cases were transferred to the new system, they would be a clog on the proceedings of the courts, which ought to be permit ted to proceed in the administration of justice unembar rassed by any of these old causes. The matters re maining in the Masters' offices did not depend on legal construction, being mostly matters of account and inquiry ' - and their lordships did no t nee d t o b e t o ld that the longer matters of this kind were delayed the greater was the difficulty in settling them. Great im provements had been made in the Masters' offices ender the new system no doubt ; but still the delay was not much less than before the recent act of Parliament passed. The report of Master Tinney—the first that had been laid before the house—showed what were the principal causes of the arrears. It appeared that one case had been 14 years in the office without the accounts being taken or the scheme settled, and several other cases for nearly as long a period. It was a common oc currence for parties to get an order referring a case to a master, and not carry it into his office for a very long period afterwards. In many cases there had been no proceedings for 12 or 18 months, notwithstanding the attempts of the masters to force the parties on. Of the private causes, one had been as long as 22, and one 17 years in the master's office. The estates in the other offices were much in the same condition. To meet this mischief ho proposed that such powers should be given to the masters to conclude these matters as would leave the parties without excuse for not proceeding. At present a great deal of the business in the courtsthough very inspor tantinitselfconsisted merely of passing accounts, and he would suggest the appointment of a new officer, in the vice-chancellor's court and that of the Master of the Rolls, whose sole duty it should be to pass accounts. This would greatly accelerate the winding up of estates, and be the means of getting in more money. Under the present system there were no fewer than 511 receivers of accounts in the different courts ; and the appointment of a new officer to superintend these would greatly pro mote despatch. He would also provide that abandoned causes should be certified by the Masters to the Lord Chancellor, who should declare them at an end, other wise they might be revived as at present. There should also be a power to refer questions of account to account ants, who would do in a few days what now occupied six months. Some amendment was also required in the mode of appointing conveyancers to assist the court in questions of title. Whether the delay was with the subordinate officers or in the chambers of the judge, the evil was the same ; and means ought to be adopted to get rid of it. In some cases the masters did not know how to proceed ; to meet this difficulty he would give them power to apply to the court for instructions. Fresh powers were also necessary in cases of abate ment and bankruptcy, in order that cases of this kind might be wound up as speedily as possible. He also proposed to give greater discretion to the masters in admitting evidence, so as to obviate the de lay in taking accounts. There were other sugges tions which ho had reduced to writing, and he would place the whole in the hands of the Lcrd Chancellor. He had not the slightest doubt that greater despatch would be produced by his simply calling the attention of their lordships to this subject. Probably when they met next session they would find a beneficial change in this ' respect ; and in this hope he refrained from proposing, what he should otherwise have done, that the masters should be formed into a court under the immediate con trol of the Lord Chancellor. The noble and learned lord concluded by moving for a return of the cases pend ing, in continuation of a former return. He hoped the noble lord on the woolsack would turn his attention to the matter, and that full power would be given for ob viating the evils complained of. Lord BROUGHAM thought the statement that had been made a very valuable one, and hoped that it would be placed in a permanent form before their lordships. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he felt the impor tance of the subject as much as any one, hut said that the public ought to be aware that all this delay was not the delay of the courts, but that of the parties. When people got involved in a long question of ac counts, they became weary of it, and would not pro ceed. The masters had been doing all they could to force the parties on, but were unable to do so. In many cases they had summoned parties, but some excuse was always offered for not proceeding. It was true they might punish the parties by putting an end to the suit, but this would also have the effect of punishing the inno centrsons as well as the guilty parties. There were p in the kingdom so much interested in .g tt c i a n u g n s o e t a h e s ro s the business as the masters themselves . as that was disposed of, they would enter into the quiet enjoyment of their salaries for the rest of their lives. was quite true that their businesswiatscciontianch, accounts, but that with by the passing of receivership could not be remedied without the atpooitnhtemetnitier 4 of an officer for that purpose. Wit h res p ect gestions of the noble and learned lord he should take them into his immediate a ttention, with a view to see what could be done so as to remove this scandal—f or i t would be a real scand al if they did not try by every means to obviate it --although it would only be an apna rent one, if the obstru ction arose from the parties, and not not fsora the court. He had thought; of proposing to direct the masters to make a statement in court every term, with respect to the position of each case ; but, of course, it would be better to have a report laid upon the table of their lordships' house. The real cause of the delay arose from the fact that it was not so well worth the while of the solicitors to press forward old cases as to commence new ones. It was only lair, however, to say that the delay was in many cases owing to the inability or the indisposition of the parties them selves to pay for further proceedings. In conclusion lie j had only to say that he was much obliged to his noble and learned friend for his suggestions, and that he should endeavour to act upon them as far as he was able. The subject then dropped. G_ Ml*; HOUSES BILL. This hill •.va, read a third time and passed. INCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL The reprt of amendments was considerel and re. ceived. Their lordships rose at twenty-five minutes to eigh . o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway, Perth and Dunkeld Railway, and Stourbridge Waterworks Bills. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. HORSFALL, from Liverpool, for closing public-houses on Sundays ; by Mr. H. MADDox, against the 13th clause of the Mort main Bill ; by Lord R. GROSVENOR, from Brentford, with a similar prayer. VALUATION (IRELAND). Sir R. FERGUSON moved for returns showing, in the counties in Ireland in which the townland valuation has been completed, under the act 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 84, the name of each county, the acreable contents, the annual value, the cost of the valuation by the acre, the cost by the 101. of the valuation, and the date when it first came into force in each county : Of similar details as to each county of which the tenant valuation has been completed, under the Act 9 and 10 Vic. 110, and 15 and 16 Vic. c. 63 : Showing, in each Poor-law Union in Ireland, in which the tenement valuation is in force, the name of each such union, the cost (if any) of the valuation, &c. of such union above its share of the valu ation of the county, the date when it first came in force in each union, the number of revisions of each union which have been made under the 29th and 30th sections of the last act, and the date and cost of each revision, with the date of payment of each by the union: Of similar details as to any towns under the tenement valuation. And, statement of the progress and prospect of completion of the General valuation of Ireland, with the average cost by the acre, and by theloo/..0f the valuation, comparing the townland valuation with the tenement. The motion was agreed to. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. PIILMAN7 the Yeoman-Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table and summoned the house to attend in the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to a number of bills. The Speaker and several hon. members then repaired to the House of Lords accordingly. The Speaker, on his return, announced the names of the bilis, for which see Lords' report. PUBLICATIONS BY POST. Sir J. SHELLEY asked the Secretary of the Treasury what proceedings have been taken by the Post-office or the Treasury with regard to the infringment by The Atheneum and The Builder of the Treasury Order of 1838, by which stamped publications not exceeding two ounces in weight are alone permitted to pass free through the post, The Ath,eatllllll2 and The Builder having been reported to the Post-office as exceeding two ounces in weight. Mr. WILSON said, since the minute in question was passed, Parliament had altered the legal size of a news paper, and the Secretary had in contemplation to in crease the weight in proportion. SCINDE. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE asked the President of the Board of Control, whether he will lay on the table of the house the report of Mr. Pringle on Scinde, in which Mr. Pringle expresses his admiration of Sir Charles Napier's government of that province, and refutes the charges brought against him in the report of the Board of Administration of the Puujaub, published in the Indian Blue Book. Sir C. WOOD said there was no report at the India House answering the description of the hon. member. BRIBERY BILL. In reply to Mr. LIDDELL, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he proposed to take the committee oa the Bribery Bill on Monday nela PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES BILL, On the motion fir the third reading of bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew attention to the se cond clause, which proposed to alter the time of pub lishing the annual public accounts from March to July, which he thought would prove a great inconvenience to Parliament, as the Legislature would not be in posses sion of the audited accounts until the session was draw ing to a close. sfr. WILSON said, under the existing system, the votes of the house were made for the year commencing the sth of April. and ending on the sth of April follow ing, but the public audited aocounts were made up from the Ist of January to 31st of December. The object of the clause was to make the published accounts harmonise with the votes of the house. Mr. V. SCULLY did not object to the general prin ciples of the bill, but he complained that there were cer tain classes of payments which were now thrown upon the Consolidated Fund that wore intended in future to be brought into the estimates. One of them was the charge for judicial offices in Ireland which he insisted ought to be exempted from the operation of this bill. He thought the bill ought to be reconsidered in a select committee, with a view to an amendment of the sche dule. Mr. W. WILLIAMS pressed on the Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw the clause of which notice had been given by the chancellor of the Exchequer, to pro tect the salaries of existing officers. The hon. member for Warwickshire's motion was contingent on any change being made in the schedules, and if Mr. Wilson with drew the clause, the hon. member would most probably not persevere in his motion. He would appeal to Mr. Spooner, also, not to endanger the measure by his mo tion, but to take some other opportunity of bringing on his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought his hon. friend (Mr. Williams) was mistaken in supposing that the mo tion of the hon. member for Warwickshire was at all contingent on the clause proposed to be introduced by his hon. friend the Secretary of the Treasury. As he understood the motion of the hon. member for Warwick shire it was this, that if the house sanctioned the prin ciple of taking sums from the consolidated fund and transferring them to the votes, then he should bring on his motion. If that was so, the clause of which his hon. friend (Mr. Wilson) had given notice did not apply to that motion. He agreed with the rest of the speech of his hon. friend (Mr. Williams), and he thought his hon. friend was right in saying that the house had always behaved with great justice and fairness to all persons who claimed to be holders for life of salaries. He did not remember a case where it was shown that there were good grounds for a person expecting a salary for life, in which the house interfered in an arbitrary manner to deprive him of it. There may have been such instances, and it might be necessary to introduce this clause, but it was not rendered necessary by the proneness of the house to deal with salaries for life in any but the fairest mail ner. The proposition of the hon. member for Warwick shire went on a very different principle. The bill went on the principle of getting accounts of all payments out of the revenue before the house ; it was an important financial measure, and though there might be difficulties in carrying it into operation, it had been much urged by gentlemen on that side of the house, and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer (whose absence from indisposi tion he much deplored) had bestowed great care and labour on the bill. The vote to Maynooth was a totally different question of state policy, whether the vote for Maynooth should be brought forward in the yearly esti mates or placed on the consolidated fund. That was a question which had been brought before the house years ago by Sir Robert Peel, and after warm debates and great contests in that house and in the country, Parlia ment had deliberately sanctioned the grant, and declared that it should be placed on the consolidated fund, and not be made the subject of a yearly contest. If that decision was to be reversed it should be done in the same way as the matter was dealt with by Sir Robert Pee'. ; it should be done by a bill, thus giving the coun try time to consider the matter, and the house the op portunity of debating the question on the several stages of the bill, and of approving, if they thought fit, or re jecting it if they thought that those who agreed with Sir Robert Peel had come to a wise and right decision. He (Lord John Russell) thought that a wise and right decision, and he had supported Sir R. Peel, notwith standing the opposition to his bill which existed in the country. He believed that was a wiie and sound policy and ought not to be reversed ; and he would say more, that if that decision was reversed on the motion for the third reading of this bill, and the grant was put upon the votes, it would be the duty of the Government to with draw the bill. (Hear.) It was for the house to consi der, and it was for those who were in favour of financial reforms to consider, whether on the third reading of the bill they would adopt a mention so much at variance nnedilhdeeBwOnuld only give notice to the hon. which the bifi IPhaerml proposal pr e .o n )s t had acted of late years, the p principles hdfrom discussion. It member for Warwickshire that the carrying of his mu was a right and • t and would be too strong for the t ot e in : Men t ' i r o nw. n : Sue t P o vl di°l p bc° e :N r ilf s al e li v al e rll t e sosu , altti for the Protestant as o his f tihne to resistaroused, ; would be compelled to give up this votti for Maynooth.t o • Governmentcountry wa s bringing in a bill upon the subject, it was absurd, for he would be de feated by hon. gentleman six o'clock on Wednesdays. Let aga i ns t ti me un til nesdays. Let the result, be what it might ho would press his motio n t o a division ; an d if they bill w leave the ere a valuable one, he would responsibility of withdrawing it to the noble lord. The bill was then read n third time. Mr. WILSON then brought up a clause which was understood to provide for the production of quarterly accounts. On the clause being read a second time, Mr. HENLEY complained that the clause had not been printed, and urged that there would be some incon venience in the mode of taking the accounts proposed ; but he spoke in so lox a tone that we were unable to catch the purport of his remarks. Mr. WILSON said there was no intention of altering the mode of keeping the statistical accounts ; and the only object of altering the way of keeping the financial accounts was to make them connected with the years to which they applied. The amounts would be published on the sth of January, so that they would be in the possession of the house at an earlier period, although the financial year would still end on the sth of April. With regard to the quarterly accounts, there would be no difficulty about them, for the accounts would still apply to the whole year, and not to those quarters of a year. The clause was then added to the bill. Mr. V. SCULLY moved as an amendment, in page under e 21, vil? nn,teetoelfv,lxte:hi thisecons:ose vested t e i afthl edated fp l t ru , s , ;: rh o , t l: f ei o . aa„tmin:yuesu,neptrtaert;cise;eitaibitglirtitegatilshur without e h h e yt r e is ei u rrx o t yps f :li P oal o f r ai ffi e nrt i ihe c i : de e: h's on Troasury would adopt them. He suggested that the present rights of all holders of office should not be inter fered, and also that there should be no interference with the retired holders of office. There were holders of office who did not hold during life or good behaviour whose in',crests wou'd be seriously affected if their salaries were to come annually under the supervision of the house. Mr. WILSON said he hoped his hon. and learned friend would not persist in his amendment, but would adopt the words which had been carefully drawn up for the purpose of accomplishing what he believed to be the feeling of the house—that the existing holders of office should not be prejudiced by the act. The only difference between his clause and the hon. and learned member's was that the hon. and learned member left out the words " during life or good behaviour. Mr. V. SCULLY then withdrew his amendment. Mr. WILSON then moved the following proviso :-- "That where the salary of any office holden for life, or during good behaviour, is fixed by or under any act of Parliament, and charged on or payable out of the said consolidated fund, nothing herein contained shall, so long as the present holder of such office continues to hold the same, effect the charge on the said consolidated fund of the salary which at the time of the passing of this act is payable in respect of such office ;" which was agreed to. Mr. Y. SCULLY then moved to leave out from sche dule B all words, figures, and references to acts of Par liament relating to the Courts of Chancery in Ireland. Mr. WILSON said it had been much argued whether the masters of these courts were judicial officers or not. It was the principle of this bill that the salaries of all judicial officers should be left charged on the consoli dated fund. In consequence of the great difference of opinion whether masters were judicial officers or not, they had recourse to very high legal authority, and they were advised that masters of all the courts might be considered as judicial officers. He, therefore, proposed to make an exception in favour of the masters of these courts as well as of the masters in the Court of Chan cery. The officers in the Court of Chancery in Ireland were paid out of the consolidated fund. Those in Eng land were paid by fees. It was the intention of Go vernment to pay the officers in England from the public ecoiaequer, but the existing officers, those who were now living, would of course be protected in the same way that this bill protected the officers in Ireland. At pre sent the officers in England were virtually paid from the consolidated fund, inasmuch as their &Janes ware charged on certain fees, and, if there was a deficiency, it was to be made up from the consolidated fund. When they had provided that the existing officers should in no way be prejudiced by the operation of this bill they had gone as far as any existing person could have a right to ask them, for surely it•was within the scope of the Trea sury and of that house to consider, not only whether an office that fell vacant should be filled up at all, but, if filled up, what salary should be attached to it. Govern ment thought that the whole of these establishments should annually be brought under the consideration of that house, in order that public opinion might from time to time be brought to harmonise with these establish. ments, and that the executive government of the day might, from the discussions which would take place, know how to deal with these appointments as they arose. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that in England these officers were paid by fees, but their salaries were fixed. The English Masters in Chancery received 2,5001. a-year each, and he asked the Secretary of the Trea sury to state what was the salary of those officers in Ireland. Mr. 1. BUTT said he understood from the Secretary of the Treasury that the result of the ill treatment of th• Irish officers was that they were going to treat the Eng lish officers in the same way. They were now for the first time sanctioning the principle that the ministerial portion of the courts of justice should be dependent on an annual vote of that house. The house then divided,— For the amendment Against it Majority . 711 ~ 138 -27 Mr. V. SaILAX said that division related merely to the Court of Chancery, and he would now move a simi lar amendment with regard to the courts of law, in which there might be some difference. As so many had divided in his favour, he would try his luck again. He moved a similar omission with regard to the officers of the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. I. BUTT supported the motion on the ground that if the salaries of the officers of the court were de pendent on an annual vote of the house, they might, to put an extreme case, deprive the court of its officers if they were dissatisfied with any of its decisions. Lord J. RUSSELL could not think for a moment that the house would ever be inclined to deprive these officials of their salaries. Mr. MALINS agreed with Mr. Butt, that the schedule, as it stood, infringed the principle of adminis- trative justice. The salaries of those engaged in the administration of justice should not be dependent upon th• caprice of the House of Commons. Mr.' DRUMMOND observed that the consequence of this bill would be that they would have an annual debate upon all these salaries, while if there was one part of the country which ought to have been excluded from its operation more than another it was Ireland. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Mr,. V. SCULLY said there were two or three other amendments that he bad given notice of. The taxing officers in Ireland were included in the schedule ; those in England were not. Mr. WILSON said before the hon. member proceeded, he bad an amendment to move, which was, that the words " excepting the masters" be inserted in the sche dule after the words " Courts of Queen's Bench, Com mon Pleas, and Exchequer." The amendment was agreed to. Mr. V. SCULLY insisted that the following offices ought to be struck out of the schedule, namely :—lnsol vent Debtors' Court, Ireland ; Police Magistrates or Commissioners of Police, Dublin ; Registrars of Judges, Ireland ; Expenses or Lodging Money of Judges, Ire land ; and Assistant Barristers, Ireland. Mr. GEORGE argued that the taxing masters were judicial officers, and ought to be excluded. Mr. WILSON entertained a different opinion. There were no judicial functions attached to the office of taxing master. Col. DUNNE was at a loss to understand upon what principle the exclusions had been made. Some other verbal amendments were then made in the schedule. Mr. SPOONER. then rose to move the amendment o which he had given notice with regard to Maynooth. He said he did not intend to go into the religious part of the question, but although he abstained from doing so, it must bo distinctly understood that his opinions upon it remained unchanged. (Hear, hear.) The vote for Maynooth ought never to have been removed from the annual estimates ; it was an unconstitutional pro ceedieg nothing more nor less, indeed, than an attempt to stifle the public voice, and that was why . he called upon the house to restore the vote to its original position. (Hear, hear.) There were only two classes of charges which should be allowed to remain on the consolidated fund, namely, the charge for diplomatic agents and the salaries of judicial officers, but it was argued with reference to this grant, that it was the re sult of a compact or a contract made between the minis ter who proposed it and the Roman Catholic body. H. found, however, on referring to Sir Robert Peel's speech in 1845, that there was no stipulation or contract what ever about it ; the real motive which actuated him in h proposing it was a desire to conciliate t hos e who never been and never could be concili ated ; f or no honest i l n l al a o n n y g being e n d eavour i ng way until they ob- Roman Catholics, professing the v ie ws which they did profess, and acting up to their p r ofessions, ever could for their re li g i on i nstea d o f l yo succeeded first object to e oa e gn c ee o dt n , c tn i a i a a t ta t yh c r sh u r tp e h e r e o e r m i y c b L a l eyd a d toleration. (Hear.) Nothing would s a ti s fy th em un til they had destroyed the Established Ch urc h i n I re l a nd, whichion s , a seemed i o‘er h roofwtihneg the irin con stitution spir t by establishi ng the spiritual domination of the Pope in this count ry. (Hear, hear.) The house must id finally ialtl be th resist that daring aggression. Parliament should make the Roman Cath o li cs to know that they must rest con tented with the u n li m i te d priv il ege accor d ed to all sects worshipping their God'according to their consciences ; they should be made to know that they must rest con tented with being put on a level with all those who did not agree with the doctrines of the Church of England, and unless that principle were maintained, the house would soon find that the Protestant spirit which bad been aroused throughout the country, and which was daily and hourly increasing, would be so ex asperated that Parliament would be compelled to do by force what it had now the opportunity of accom plishing by quiet and peaceable means. (Hear, hear.) They could not be continually calling upon a Protestant nation to contribute towards the support of idolatry. ("Oh, oh.") Hon. members might cry "oh, oh," but they might depend upon it that was the light in which the country viewed the question ; and he called upon the house, now that they were placing almost every ' other charge upon the estimates, to take this opportunity of regaining a control over the Maynooth grant. (Hear, hear.) It was one of the especial duties of the house to look after the expenditure of the country, but that duty would not be fully and efficiently performed if this grant should be allowed to remain on the consolidated fund, and therefore he moved the house to add to schedule B, " the president, vice-president, and students of Maynooth College, and the expenses of the establishment, enacted by 8 and 9 Vic. c. 25." Col. NORTH seconded the motion. The question having been put, Mr. NEWDEGATE asked what special claim May nooth had to exclusion when almost every other charge was placed upon the es timates. Ho wished to have some explanation, some reason for it, because if, there was any one charge more than another which ought to be transferred from the consolidated fund it was this very Maynooth grant. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed by the late Sir R. Peel on the ground that the poverty of the students at Maynooth required it, but he had.ascer tained since the act passed that the plea of poverty was wholly without foundation. (Rear.) In 1842 Sir F. Head, when travelling in Ireland, went to Maynooth, and he found that a large portion of the new buildings at that place were uninhabited. The whole Parliamentary grant had been expended in mere carcase building, and h a presumed that the authorities at Maynooth ex pected another large grant in order to provide the inte rior fittings. What was the object of this misappro priation of the Parliamentary grant ? He believed that it was to enable the college to take 725 students, while Parliament only intended that 520 students should be received there. All these sacrifices of principle and of capital were made in order to conciliate Ireland. But