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

4 . • . , 7 - , ~.. • 1 1 118 SUN, LOX. 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAM EN T. S B.ARE MARKETS. I LINES LEL3ED AT FIXED RENTALS. ' ....... (TIIIS DAY.) gam, P a id . RatimaYs. Leasing closing Prices Business HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) 4. Compans. yesterday, this day. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. BRITISH RAILWAYS. _ —....—...... PRIVATE BUSINESS. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletebley..., N. West. ... The Lords Amendments to the following bills were 3hr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Business done St. 100 Buckghanish. L.&N.W. 95 100 93 9 considered and agreed to :—Bolton Improvement; Brad- yesterday. J this day. 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledou... 95 —96 . . ford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway ; Lee&, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ; York, Newcastle, and 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 137 Berwick Railway (Construction of Docks, &c.) St. 100 Aberdeen.. 24 -- 25 244 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Ambg Nottng. Bost. Neils. Direct ••• --- ••• The following Estates bills were read a third time and 20 8-, and Eastu. Junet.,. 51 54 25 all Do. New. Do — ... passed :—Flerning's Estate ; Masters' Estate ; Smith's 50 all Belfast & Ballymena. -- 25 all Glstr.di Dn.Fr Gt. Westn 28 30 Charity Estate ; Thornhili's (Clara) Estate. 131 all Birming. Wolverh. & 100 all lirtlpl. Dk. & i r k. New. The Oxford Poor Rate Bill was ordered to be read a Stour Valley ...... .. 9 9 i Railway & Borw. ... ... third time to-morrow. 31 28 Birkenhd. Laucsh. & 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 103 105 The Aberdeen Shoemakers Trade Estate Bill and the Cheshire Junct l2 —lO dis 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 514 524 Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill were read a second 274 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., 124 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 254 264 time, and ordered to be committed. nw £5O and £25 Cons. 17 18 13i all Lon.&Gree 3. Eastern 124 134 74 60 20 a ll D o• P re f erenec Do 234 244 i PETITIONS. 22 18 4 Do. , £ 20 ..... ....... .- 25 30 myth &Ty - ne original 20 100 Lowestoft gr. Petitions were presented by Mr. GREENE, from Lan £25 (issd. at £45, „... ••• 4 per cent. Norfolk ... -••... caster, against the Mortmain Bill ; Mr. GEO. DUNDAS, St. 100 Bristol and Exeter... 9 8 100 20 100 Do. 6 per ct. from a place in Scotland, against the Scotland Valuation St. 100 Caledonian 62i 634 621 0 54 all Ilaneh. Bxtn. L.&N.W. Bill ; Mr. I. BUTT, from the Secret ar y o f th e l a t e B oar d 50 all Ch ester & H o lyhead. 16 17 164 16 and Matlocl & Midld. 2a 2i of Health, in Ireland, complaining that his office had 50 all Cork and Bandon._ 11 13 50 all Aiddlesbro' & Stckton & been abolished without compensation. 20 all Cork, Black, dr Pass. ••. ... Redcar. Darlingt. ... ••• VALUATION OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL. 20 14 Cornwall ••• ••• 10 4 ... 10( all Midld.Bradfd llidland.. 93 95 The house then went into commit t ee on thi s bill . CrielfJiinetion - ... 50 all Northern an, 50 45 Dublindtßelfast.Tune. 2d par Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 Mr. A. HASTIE move d as an amen d ment t o clause 25 all Dundee Perth&Aber 50 ..,. ' Do. 6 per et. D 0......... ... -- ... 4, that the time for giving notice of valuation under the deen Junction ..... . 7 8 50 all Do. Fixcds p Do ••• ••• bill should be extended from the 15th to the 31st of 25 all Do. New ••• •• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & - .71.W. August. 25 all East Anglian l B4 19 4 19 &Ln&Yk ... ,„„ The committee divided, when there appeared, 18 all Do., (XlB E & H).., ... ... 124 12 Do. 4 Shares. Do •• ••• For the amendment.... l5 20 all Eastern Counties..... 13 1 13 4 13 i St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthi ... ... Against it Slief•Roth Stock -38 25 I.N . a ,(. ['encash& The amendment was con sequen tly l os t, an d the clause 34 was agreed to. St. 1.00 De., B. St oc k 29 31 G oo l eg. s p.c. Y or k s h. . . ... 25 8? Do., New A...,.,. • ••• - ..12 94 S. Staftordsh. Nl.MClean 21 —. lid Mr. DUNLOP mov e d th e f o ll ow i ng proviso at the St. 100' East Lancashire 64 • 66 65 50 all Wear Valleygr 3tockt. & end of clause 5 :—Provided also, that when lands and St. 100 Edinburgh&Glasgow 61 63 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ... heritages are subject to a feu duty or ground annual, 10 94 Edinb. and Peebles ••• ••• 25 all Do Do. .. ~ 30 31 the proprietor shall be entitled to relief from the superior St. 100 Edin.Prin &Dundee 254 26.? ! St. tub Wilts,StSomrst 4tWestn. 93 95 ' , , . .... .. .... Mr:DUNLOP moved the following proviso at the end of clause 5 : —Provided also, that when lands and heritages are subject to a feu duty or ground annual, the proprietor shall be entitled to relief from thesuperior or the party in right of the ground annual, and to deduction from the fen duty or ground annual payable by him, of such proportion of all assessments laid on according to the valuations made under this act, which, in so far as effairs to such feu duty or ground annual, such proprietor is not by contract or obligation in his titles, or by law, liable in payment of, and that without relief, as shall correspond to the amount of such feu duty or ground annual as compared with the amount of the valuation of such lands and heritages under this act." Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow, Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr in & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern 62 66 /7.9 i 90) 71 73 25 - 127 98 - 100 78i 79 After some discussion, the committee divided, when there appeared— For the proviso Against it Majority The proviso was accordingly lost. Clause 5 was agreed to ; as were also clauses from 6 to 14 inclusive. On clause 15, .. 23 52 . -29 Mr. CRAUFIIRD moved an amendment with the view to abolish distinctions of property brought to valua tion. • The committee divided, when there appeared—. For the amendment Against it 56-30 The amendment was consequently lost, and the clause was agreed to. PREFERENCE SHARES. 8/ 2h) )o. Birmn g. &Derby ,fidld. G. West. (Im) 'Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint' and Itostrevor.. .00 !Norfolk Do., A. Stock.. B. Stock.. 25 30 20 20 20 10 10 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre., Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisk Do Thirds IDo. New Thirds Laneash.andYorksh Do., Fifths 901 89; 72 126 j 7 98 78j DD., Wst. Riding UsL Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Soutbpt Loudon & Black vral Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westo Do. Fifths St. 10 St. 25 ' &ben - leen Do. No . 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. prof. (issd. at 500 & Ex. 4 p. c. St. DOJO/. Sh., M&B 4 Do. Eighths London and S. Westit. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndlidrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manclt.Shcf.B,7, Lineln 1)o., Man. & Lin. Uu Midland 20 20 50 20 !00 . oo 476 176 88 - 90 11 -13 u 11 -13 - 61;i St. 20 St. 15 Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO ... !Chester & Holyhead! 65i 4 4 6 54 11 Guar. 5. per cent_ Cork &Bandons4p. c. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . 15 15; _ B,i 11 _ 11 O 3 -106 i 05 10.i4 - P 4 - 83 81 9 8 8 7d Si i 1041 14 Do. New _6 p. c. Si Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... .-. ... 21 - 22 66 - - 41 ....'. • •• Northu.Countics Un North British 95 - 97 = .• . 31 - 3 44 - 4 - North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 1)0., A A Deferred Do., 3 B Guaranteed North London 1- IDo. New £lO. i - 134 - 131 1,fp 22 - 24 5 10 St. 5 Lt 17. all 10 1 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 17 all all 16 all 51s. 100 20 13.1 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 Mid laud Shrewsbury &Biting. Do. L. & N. Western Guaxante ad St c.c.k... Shrewsby. & ilerefd Shrewsby. & Clestel (N. W. Mine Do. Halves,l G Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do, A, B, C,& Djully paid up at per cont. South f)evou 'South Eastern.., South Wales S. Yrksh. dz Riv. Dun Do ••• ..... • , ... "-"" •, 66 53 EdinbPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. 31 -3j '' • • • Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c.l Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 16 ••• id— id 61— 6•t 2 24 -ad 118 1.09 - in 10 - 101 6 - 8 50 - 52 31 34 34 ... 35 Do. 4,41 p.c, Gt. N. of Scot. lst Pre; Gt. Southn.dtWestm, (Ireland) Eighths).., 51 i Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... D,.cov. red. 41i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. fried. 4 p. c.... Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton ... --- id 98 90 93 1 d L 35 -- ... 52 55 1 par p 4 7 —72 ld l p 100 92 95 137 par .•• 32 - 34 92 94 53 60 65 - 70 13i I Guaranteed 5 p -r . c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. e., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton ;trines, Wok. &Wok 'tockton & Darling 16'toekton & Hartlepl, raw Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neat]; Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Lime r i c k West Cornwall West End of London) and Crystal Palace West London Winiblefin&Croydo VorkNewctl.&Berw.l Do. Extensions 65 - 70 24 - 2 17 -- 19 8i - 9i 13 -- 14 3i -- na 14 - 16 64 35i - 36; 4 - 4 - 5 Do. G. N.E. Purchase York& N.Midlaud 33 = 35 - 36 19 20 4 - 5 23 : . 5 5 - - 7 74 16 (i 4 3A 6jcij 4 301 51j -- 554 per cent. 641 i 4 351 FOREIGN. 74 4 5 134 54a 10 all kntwerp&hotteruani 5 3 Belgian Eastn. 3d 64 20 8 , leziers to Graissessac 2 t d 20 2s. ,lombay, Baroda, ano Centralludia,Scrip a d P Pm ;'entral of Italy 20 all Ilarleroi& Erquelin 176 all )emerara, 20 14 . )ij on and Besancon — p 20 9 )utch Rhenish 34 3it 20 all East Indian 2A 2 p 22a 20 2 Do. Extt nsion 3 d par 5 all A. Indian Peninsula x p 20 10 • ;d. Junes. of France 25 10 Ad. Trunk of Canada 5 4 d 5; 100 40 !)o. Debentures 6 4 d 100 all )o. do 20 10 A. Central of France par 3 p 203 all It.WesternofCanada Shares 193 203 Do. Bonds (Ist is. y 57 3 _ 5 p 206 all lamilton & Toronto par 1p 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Coust. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref di g 20 15 Luxembourg ... 10 10 :)o. (Railway) . 5 2 Do. Pref • 5 3 Do. (Canal) . 10 5 6p. et. pref — ...d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 4 d 20 12 Lyons & Mediterrau. 20 13 'ladras par -- § p 33 3 / 4 33 Nlaria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 21` 2 Aelbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (witi interest) 8 83 20 all Do. (ex interest) • ••• 16 all Northern of France 343 344 34i Do. 20/.3 p. c Bde 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.; 10 all vorwegianTrunkPref 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6l 161 p 301 i 40 all Ditto Bonds . ..... . 10 all Paris and Orleans 46 48 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 41 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 31a 31i 313 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. pm 10/ 10, luebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen audllavre 213 223 20 15 Loyal Danish 2d par 5 2 ItoyalSwedish — d 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 83 9 ... 6 Do. 53 p. cent. Prof. 20 6 Southern of France —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . . ••• 83 all West I , landers 3i 4i 10 all Do 5.4 per c. Pref d 20 10 Western of France 54 —63 p 10 7 West. of Switzerland ... 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 l all Aubin Coal and Iron 25 1176 Xustralian Agricult. 47 48 473 20 14 Australsu.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail 10 4 3erlin Water Works 50 40 Grit. American Land 70 75 5 1 . & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co — ..• 100 323 binada 5O 85 5 5 !rystal Palace 54 -- 5 1 5 3. Do. i p 4 2 , 3rystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam — 25 20 EleetritTelegraph(A) 183 —19 A 25 all Do. (B) — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ..„ 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 73 Irish Beetvoot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. 2 1 0 all sat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land 3 13 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Nay:gat. Co. 1 all ti. B. Australasian._ 1N 3 1 Do. hew — 20 10 rti . ofEnropoStean 5 all Peel Er. LO. & Mine. 3 d 50 all PcuillsularScOriell tit 50 40 Do. 2 all Portland iron Co i p 100 60 !i,oyal \lai l Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. f. 3 23 25 25 South Austral.Lann 36 38 1 all Sabmar, Telegraph., 1 all Do. Registered Ji 283 Van Diemen Lana 12 •••.! 13 • Loudon & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coffer i Shares - Londy. & Ennis. i Sh. \lan., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 24 - 3 pl Aarypt.& Carl. 4 p.e, Do. 4 1 per cent 2 15 8i 8 10 ••• -- ..• 5i 6i 9 9i par 4p 15 all all all 1 all 1 all Os. all LO 2 1 all !O 24j .• - ... 1 1 1 4 Do.. tid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & I.Urin. 6 per cent.... Z all 5 all ZO all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all Do. Pref. 4i per cent' Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 52 per ct. pref Do. Wav, Val. 5 p. c North British 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all 25 137 1,1 1 d North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. , New Pref Threws. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon 1 all '.O all 5 1 1 all i 0 all .5 15 Do. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4Apei cent, Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar-. 107 -- 110 11 pm pm 9 -i0 16 - 17 9i -10 i 12 - 14 liugton, 4 per cent, Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 J.C. Pref Do York&N. Midland H Lnd M. Parch id i P 23} —23 i 100 302 15 20 4. ... ... "'. ••• 2 id 93 96 31 3t Id Aqua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave M tria, Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal Esritish Austrin. Gold British Iron . Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes dt Cuiarla Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold 'ES I - 1 ••• 1 d - • Copia po Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. English and Austen, Copper Smeltg. Co. General •• - 7 - • 9 Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Loud. citCaliforn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co ! Hariquita Aexican&S.Amerien Ntew Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 'Nouveau Monde Poutgibaud Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip 'i : Jo 3i - 4i li 24 28 30 i f d 44 - 46 11 I - - 12 50 - 60 2 - 4p LOS if 9 i i li - 2 - Quartz Rock ltliymney Iron 10 - 11 Do: New.., Santiago de Cuba Fonth Australian Tin Croft United Mexican , Waller West Granada Nest Mariposa Worthing Mining o Australia ..... I all I tuba 4 i 64 6i a I - 17 - 18 - 34 4 - 104 5 - 4 31 - 41 10 104 1 all .0 7 !SA all 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 12s. a Id ••• -- . • CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. —This society held their an nual dinner at the Artechoke, Blackwall, on Saturday last, at which sixty of the society and friends were present, Mr. Robert Hepburn in the chair, who did ample honor to his guests. Among the company pre sent were Sir Charles Forbes, Bart., Mr. Hepburn, Dr. Reid, Dr. Johnson, Mr. Cull, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Masson, Mr.W.Woodburn ; the Secretaries of the High land Society, the Royal Highland School Society, and the Caledonian Asylum, &c., &a, The harmony of the evening was efficiently aided by the beautiful singing of Mr. Crawford, the Scottish vocalist, and the more stentorian strains poured forth at intervals by Sir C. Fot bes's piper. The company left by the ten o'clock train for London, highly gratified with their brief but pleasant sojourn on the banks of the Thames. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S WELLS —This theatre will be under the management of Mr. Wright during the present week, which will be his last appearance here. The performances of this favourite artiste w ill no doubt gather tog ether hosts of his admirers i n th e course of the week. CRYSTAL PALACE, JULY 3.—SHILLING DAY.—NUM her of season tickets sold to this date, 20,370. Admis sion at the doors. 12,888 ; 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 in4ant, for duty and inspection. The Bolton troop 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: CHURCH RATES. To the Editor of the Wakefield Journal and Examiner. Dear Sir,—There appears to be considerable difficulty amongst our legislators on the subject of church rates. If I were a legislator I should try to carry out the following. I am truly, Wakefield, June 2, 1854. LAlcus. Parish churches are the property of the parish in which they are situated. This being admitted, it follows as a natural consequence that those parties who own the property should be by law compelled to keep them in proper repair. Legally, it is true that parishes are bound to provide for the sustentation of the fabric, and also for the decent performance of divine service ; but there is a difficulty in the machinery for the compulsion of those who refuse hence an alteration is necessary. At present the charge is on the land of the country. To remove the charge from the land to the tax payers would be unjust, therefore, in any alteration it is desirable to keep in view the old principle, viz., a charge on the land. Poor rates are a charge on th e land. It would be easy then to charge on the poor rates the expenditure re quired in every parish for the sustentation of the fabric of its parish church. The churchwarden, elected by the people would assess upon the overseers the amount re quired for repairs during the year, and in order that no churchwarden might refuse to do his duty, he might be compelled by penalty or otherwise. The principle here contended for exists as regards the estreat for public bridges in counties ; the one kind of property is as much the property of the country as the other, and each has an equal claim to be repaired at the public expense. So much for the fabric : now as to the more difficult one of support for divine worship. In too many instances parish churches have become private property by the sale and holding of pews. In all these cases a rate might be laid on the pew owners to cover the expenses—such rate to be levied by the church wardens, and, if not paid, to be stopped from the occu piers. If not occupied to be free from rate. In all other parish churches where pews are free the pew holders to pay a rate to be levied by the church wardens. THE OFFICE OF BRIDGEMASTER. FINAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. This day, at one o'clock, the Sheriffs assembled in Common Hall to receive the final declaration of the num b :rs polled, during this contested election, for two persJLS to fill the office of Bridgemaster. The prcceedings did not create the least public interest, and but few were present to hear the numbers declared. They stood as follows : Ledger James Jardine Booth Majority for James over Jardine, 236. . 1,093 . 682 . 415 LO The successful candidates having made the customary addresses, the proceedings terminated. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY,. COLONIAL SUGAR.—The market is very quiet, as the alteration in the duty comes into operation on the 6th inst. The quan tity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,097 hhds 46 tierces 471 brls, there were taken for home consumption 1,769 hhds 221 tierces 716 brio. The stock in the same places is 7,263 hhds 1,242 tierces 2,182 brls. Refined has been in improved request. COFFEE.—This article is firm, native Ceylon selling at 44s to 45s for good ord. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 926 puns 42 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 116 puns 10 hhds, and exported 14 puns 107 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,363 puns 1,930 hhds. SALTPETRB.—At auction 1,719 bags Bengal; a few lots only sold at 34s to 34s 6d for 4 to 4A per cent., the rest being taken in at 36s to 37s for IA to 8A per cent. refrac tion. RICE.-1,411 bags Java sold publicly at 15s 6d to 16s for good white, and 1,098 bags Madras partly found buyers at 11s for mid pinky. SPICES.-12 cases nutmegs sold at is 8d to 2s 2d for ord small brown, and 6 cases mace at 2s to 2s ld for ord. ARROWROOT.—At auction 395 tins were offered and taken in at bid per lb. TEA.--Very little is doing. Ord congou is lld ; green also is quiet. TALLOW.—The market is firm, at 65s 3d to 65s 6d per ewt on the spot. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 6i Os ; and straw, 1/ 143 to 2/ Os per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 5/ 18s ; and straw, 1/ 15s to 21 Os per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPRL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 83 to 51 Os; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. Trade dull. LLOYD'S SLIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 4.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, and cloudy. GRAVESEND, July 4.—(Per Elec Tel.)—The Union (prize) has arrived here to-day from Gothland, in charge of Mr. Hancock. OFF BEACHY HEAD, July 2.—Ceeilie, from Monte Video, for Antwerp ; Cora, Rio Janeiro, for Christiania. DOVER, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Stranger, from Gothenbnrgh. PORTSMOUTH, July 3.—Wind, S. Arrived—Victoria, from London, for New York. COWES, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Johanna, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Calcutta, (a s), from India, Sze. ; Caroline, from London, for Sydney, New South Wales. OFF FALMOUTH.—Van Dyk, from Akyab; Johanna neadrika, Samarang. for Amsterdam, with foremast car tied away; Louiso Frederick, from Akyab, and sailed for Examen. --- DARTMOUTH, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived--Cupid, from Middlesborough, for Genoa. BRISTOL, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Alagante, from Ravannah. MILFORD, July 2.—Wind, S. Arrived—Margaret Jane, from Gibraltar for Liverpool ; Ann Davis, New York ; do. ; Rebe, Constantinople; Agenoria, Tarragona, for Melbourne, with mainmast Sprung. SHIELDS, July 3.—Wind, S. Sailed—Achilles, for Gibraltar. SWANSEA, July 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Roderick Dhu, from Cuba. BEAUMARIS, July 3 . —Arrived —North wood, from Liver pool, for Buenos Ayres, with trifling damage to sails. NEW YORK, Jun e 16 . — The Mary H. 'Kimball, from Sagua to London, stranded near Whi - ehead on the 9th, was got off on the 12th, and a steamer left Rockland to tow her into port ft,r repairs. AfIItAMtCHI June 17.—The Wear (brig), of North Shields, bound to Dalhousie, went on shore on the cast side of Miscow Island, June 11, during a gale and thick Weather ; crew saved. RALIFAx, N.S., June 13.—The Zetllnd (schooner), from Ya rmouth, N.S., to Picton, was wrecked on Pennant Island, June 8 ,• materials saved. dune 20.—The Union, of Weymouth, from Sydney, c,'• l3 ~ to Boston, was lost on the rocks off th e Hi g hl an d s o f .acatt er k during q dense fog, j%l/10 Iv; crew saved. TUEsnAy EVENING, irtrLY 4, 1154; earl might be erected to celebrate that event, with the 100 guests mentioned by the noble earl. (Laughter.) He agreed with the noble earl opposite is thinking that at the present time it was not at all desirable to lay out a large sum of money, some 70,0007. or 80,0007., 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 14Thelosure Commis , ioners. 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 glebe, 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 lie should have facilities of constant communication with military men in the office, who would advise him, not as his equals or as a board, 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 nothing 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 who had to 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 sublitne—(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. LEONARDS 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-inn. 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 MALMESBURY, 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. COURT 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 he 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 not need to be told 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 under 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 he 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 courts though very impor tant in itself consisted 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 iu the different courts ; and the appointment of a new officer to superintend these would greatly pro mote despatch. 11e 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 Lord 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 bad 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, but 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 hav e th e e ffe c t of punishing the ns t inno cent as well as the guilty parties. There were noperroso in the kingdom so much interested in getting through the business as the masters themselves ; because as soon as that was disposed of, they would enter into the quiet enjoyment of their salaries for the rest of their lives. It d was quite true that their business was i muchnterf with by the passing of receivership a ccounts, but that to the-thee sug gestions < could not be remedied without theappointment of an officer for that purpose. With re s p ect of the noble and learned lord ho should take them into his immediate attention, with . a view to s ee what could be done so as to remove this scandal—for it would be a real scandal if they did not try by every means to obviate it.—although it would only be an appa rent one, if the obstruction arose from the parties, and He had thought of proposing not from the court. g to direct the masters to make a statement in court every be i e la a v c e h c a ase r ; ep b , l , l r t t , pb7ttiteiron of term, with r i e t sp w ec o t u to i the of course, laid upon the table of their lordships' house. The real cause of the d e l a y arose from th e f act 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 fair, 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 furthe r proceedings. In conclusion he had only to say that he was much obliged to his noble and learned friend for 114 6uggeltions, and that he should IMPERIAL 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 ; Ryde Improvement; Manchester Court of Record; Corn wall Railway ; Chester, Farndon, and Worthenbury Road, Birmingham and Midland Institute; Blyth Harbour Docks ; Crystal 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, Lancashire 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 Atderley. 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 following bills were read a third time and passed : —North and South 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 IVIALMESBURY 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 be 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 gped airdebeythe e. of eEnclosureeeree it Commissioners t waanecessary thatin Wh the i t e li n a e l cr l - 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 math, 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 he payment of twenty five shillings, whereas if he 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 draft copies of corresponding papers furnished to parties, and these being registered, theofficeserved 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 ii.terfering 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 Com mons on public salaries, that that Minister carried on almost as much business in 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 ceased to be a member of the Govern ment. (Laught er .) B efore a party could be invited, this room had t o b e Propp e d up, be unroofed. (Laughter.) Moreover, as a noble friend reminded him, there was no kitchen—(laughter)—a de ficiency which of course prevented the possibility of any suitable hospitality. To him, it appeared very disgrace , ful to the country that the 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 of War should be in the immediate neigh bourhood of Downing-street and the Horse Guards. There were only two buildings which complied with that condition—Gwydyr - house and Pembrokehouse. they th mi g h t, without any material inconvenience, b e rem oved to a h ouse w hi c h the House of C um - Gwydyr-house was occupied by the P oor L aw Commis sioners, who were in constant comm un i ca ti on w ith th e Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and the chief commissioner being i n th e Rouse of Commons, and the business of this depart me nt also much more con nected with the House of Co mmons tha n th a t o f th e Enclosure Commissiotiers i s, i t would hav e b een ex tremely inconsistent to rem ove that office to a distance. To the Enclosure Commiss ioners there was n o t th e same inconvenience ; they were not i n constant communica mtioennsw, iatnhdaintywoats he hetroeffig they themselves had strongly re p r esented to th e B oar d o f Works as peculiarly suitable for them, in St. James's square. That house would be r a t her more than suffi cien t office e t t c h r a t with 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 described in another building ; he should imagine that twelve months would suffice for that purpose. It was a mechanical operation which might be performed with out any great difficulty and with no danger whatever. If, however, lie 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 in his description of the state of the Foreign office. It was not only disgraceful but dangerous, as he 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 had himself felt qui. te alarmed. At the same time, though thi s was an object which had engaged the attention of various Go vernments, he could not 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 accom mo d a - , 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 la-ted 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 endeavour to act upon them as far as he was able. The subject then dropped. . . GAMING HOUSES BILL. This bill ww, read a third time and passed. INCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL. The report of amendments was considered and re ceived. Their lordships rose at twenty-five minutes to eight 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 c l ause o f 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 townlancl valuation has been completed, under the act (3 and 7 Will. IV., e. 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 the 1001. of the valuation, comparing the townland valuation with the tenement. The motion was agreed to. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. POLMAN, 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 infringinent by The Athencrum, 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 Athenceunt and The Builder having been reported to the Post-office as exceeding two ounces in weight. ➢lr. 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 Punjaub, 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 on the Bribery Bill on Monday next. PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED FUND CHARGES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Sir 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 g rea t i nconven i ence te Parliament, as the Legislature would not be in posses sion of the audited accounts until the session was draw ing to a close. Hr. 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 were 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 (`Zr. 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 g rounds for a person exp ec ti ng a sa l ary f or li fe, 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 man 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 be 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 I Peel ; it should be done by a bill, thus giving the coun- try time to consider the matter, and the hou — se 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 wise 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 wi t h . acted of draw the bill. (Hear.) It was for the house to cons i . der, and it was for those who were in favour of financial had to the lion reforms to consider, whether on the third reading of th e bill they would adopt a motion so much at variance in tentionon-Ae rn.o S t Po evil 0 persevere,O N could ER r e su saidl 1 \fta;oiftraiardyonitmnfdl discussion , It lwaittehytehaersp,rainndeipialeeswoonulwd.boinehly gParliamentive notice member for 'Warwickshire that the carrying of his nlO l Was a right It was his tien would be fatal to the bill. (Hear.) feeling nnm pe l theloefd tto le mould P r ° bt Protestant t i l o n o strong for the ooitthwould b t e country was aroused, against tntgiimnge until rst it was absurd, for he would be de ecnt'tlernan speaking gGioveveurrtheilslt voteto r e f s o i o b n y t h h e o s n u . bj g e six o'clock on Wednesdf b e i a l l te u d p be what it mi g ht , h a y s . Let the result, therefore, division ;and if e would press his motion the bill to a leave the responsibility were a valuable one, he would lord. of withdrawing it to the noble The bill was then read a 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 low 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 keepin4 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 publi,hed 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 au amendment, in page I 2, line 15, after "shall," to !mitre "but without prej".l I dice to the vested rights of any present holders of offled 4 „,,k under existing acts of Parliament charging their salaries upon the consolidated fund." Having already explained his views on this matter, he trusted the Secretary of the Treasury 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 interests would 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 bad 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. V. 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 exchequer, 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 salaries were 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. I. BUTT said he understood from the Secretary of the Treasury that the result of the ill treatment of the 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 just.ce should be dependent on an annual vote of that house. The house then divided-- For the amendment Against it l3B Majority —27 Mr. V. SCULLY 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 iiight be some difference. As so many had (fielded in his favour, lie 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 the 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 had 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 had an amendment to move, wbich 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 be 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 ceeding 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 o r a con t rac t ma d e b e tween the minis. ter who proposed it an d th e R oman Catholic body. H e found, howev er , o n re f err i ng to Sir Robert Peel's speec h w hohim never in in 1845, that there was no stipulation or contract what everproposing e a s b u o l g about it tt was ; the a real desireto motiveconciliate which actuated those had been and never could be conciliated ; for no hone s t Roman Catholics, professing the views which they did profess, and acting up to their professions, ev er cou ld be had all along being en d eavour i ng to get, namely, supremacy for their r e li g i on i nstead o f ob tainedt h conciliatedat wh or c hthey reconciled in any way until th e y toleration. (Hear.) Nothing would satisfy them until they had destroyed the Established Church in Ireland, whichens ,and s finallyeemedto bsuecetheeedefidrsita ootecrtthroefwtihnegirtihnespeierna.- t stitution by establishing the spi r it ua l d om i nat i on o f th e Pope in this country. ( Hea r , hear.) The house must resist that daring aggression. Parliament should make the Roman Catholics to know that they must rest con tented with the u n li m i ted privilege accorded 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 had 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 o f th e 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 estimates. 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. (Hear.) In 1842 Sir F. Heal, 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 ;;rant had been expend e d in mere carcase building, and he 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 lat,