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GROSVENOWinoved the second reading of the bill, and stated that it had receive d the cordial sup port of the noble lord at the head of the Home Depart ineht. Lord D. STUART opposed the bill on the ground that ratepayers of Middlesex could have no control over the school. The real object of the bill was to increase the Power of the Middlesex m agistrates and the Bishop of London, and since the ratepayers had no voice whatever in the election of these functionaries, it was unfair to call upon them to contribute the funds required fer the bill. The subject of Reformatory Schools was a most important one, not only to Middlesex, but to the whole country, and it ought to be dealt with in a general and not'a local bill. He therefore moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. LUCAS seconded the amendment, on the special ground that the bill made no suffieient provision for the religious instruction of Roman Catholic children. The 42d clailse was framed as if all the children who were to enter this school would belong to the Protestant re ligion ; hut he contended. and he believed, the noble lord at the head of the Home-office agreed with him, that prisoner's of all descriptions should be called upon to declare his religion on entering the prison ; and, as a matter of right, he should be entitled to the instruction of a chaplain of his own faith. Now, the same rule should apply to these reformatory schools. Which were intended for the reformation of juvenile criminals. - Mr. BUTT thought the remarks of the hon. gentle man the member for Meath applied rather to the details t han the principle of the bill. Now, the principle o f the bill was sound and good, and he hoped the house would sanction the second reading, and send the details . to be arranged by a select committee. ; Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR concurred in the view taken of this bill by the noble lord the member for Mary lebone, and poilited out that, by the 44th clause, the expense of each child entering this school should be borne by the parish which was the child's last known settlement. Now there was a measure before the house for abolish ' itnligatthe law of settlement altoeether, and, therefore, if bill passed, the entire expense Of the school would fall upon the ratepayers of Middlesex. Mr. ADDERLEY4ohjected to entering upon petty details when a great principle was at stake, which was the case of this bill. It simply enunciated the principle that it was wrong to deal with ju '/erlile offenders in the same manner as adult crimi -14; and no honourable member could object to that Who had the interest of the country at heart. A simi lar measure had been passed for Edinburgh, and it was too late n ow t o complain that the principle ought to be dealt 11 with in a general and not a merely local measure. e sympathised with the principle of local self-govern . anent, but h e con t en d e d that this bill in no way • infringed upon that principle, though it certainly did interfere with the principle of representation. It was to be regretted that a general ineasurd. as the subject of reformatory schools had not been brought in by the Government as they promised to do ; but the mere fact •:' of the absence of such a general measure was no suffi cient reason for rejecting this bill. Mr. HUIME was decidedly favourable to the principle of reformatory schools ; but he objected to its being dealt with in a private bill like this, which was being discussed in absence of all the Ministers. The principle Should be disposed of in a general measure applicable to the whole country, and after the demonstrations and promises which had been made on this subject, it was the bounden duty of the Government to apply a geeeral remedy to the universal evil of juvenile criminality. He had no objection to the second reading of this bill as affirming the principle it contained, but he was most certainly opposed to its machinery and details. Mr. J. O'CONNELL suggested that the standing orders committee should in future have power to rep.)rt to the house that measures involving a great and gene ral principle like this should be treated as a public bill, and placed amongst the orders of the day. He also took the seine objection to the 42d clause as the hon. member for Meath. Mr. MIALL announced his intention to support the amendment, and on his ground. This bill would affect, at least, a third of the whole juvenile criminals of the country, and he insisted that, on this account, it in volved a principle of too much importance to be die- Posed of in a private bill after an hour's discussion. He did not oppose the princi i •le involved in the establish ment of reformatory schools, but lie required some addl• timial information before it was adopted. It was pro posed to found reformatory schools for the education of Young criminals, and it might prove a source of tempta tion fur poor men to send their children on the streets Mr. ROEBUCK was at a loss to understand what the objection was to this bill. It was said that the principle involved in the bill could not be Vfficiently discussednow. Why, according to s experience, many private bills gave rise to more discussion than public measures ; but an objection had been ra i sed to the 42(1 clause, and this recalled to his mind the fa c t th a t th e su bj ec t of education was never brought before the house without its involving some q ue stion of religion. Why, if the Roman Catholics w ere entitl e d t o a se p ar at e chaplain for their own use, should not the Mornionites claim the same con ee"o i° The fact was, whenever a good bill of this na ture Was br oug ht forward there invariably arose a str uggle for power amongst the Frotestants, the Roman Catholics, and the Dissenters, but such cavilling should not deter the house from passing this bill. The principle and object were goo d, an d s i n c e both well deserved the be nediction o f soc i e ty, th ere was no necessity to wait for the attendance of a minister before the second reading Was adopted. Mr . HENLEY had. also heard no sound objection to the Pas'ing of the bill. Its principle was just, and it co uld not b e t oo s p ee dily a dopted. Instead of its af fecting a third o f th e whole juvenile crime of the coon try, it w ou ld not d ea l wit h more than a tenth, and Surely that was not too much to be disposed of in a privat e bil l. With reference to t h e genera l que stion, no uoubt it was desit able to have a measure applying to the e , a e nt ire country but there were difficulties in the way of t' ming such a general measure which did not apply he re, and he called upon the house to reject the amend ment. Sir G. GREY said the only objection which had b e n urged against this bill that had any force with e itl l was, that it was a private and not a public bill, ant that was not a suffi dent reason to induce him to °l 3 Pose th e secon d rea d ing . Th ere were provisions _ the bill. hich were far too important to be dispos e d of by an or di nar y se l ec t committee, and he would sugge4 that a select committee should be con stituted, especially for the purpose of arranging its er ;hat it• be recommtte I in a committee of the w h ide house after it had passed through the ordinary Select cemmii tee upstairs. Mr. LIDDELL argued that as there was no prospect of a gener a l p u bl ic measure b e i ng i e t ro d uce d o n the s übjtct ef Reformatory Schools, the house ought to l ave no difficulty in passing this bill for the county of Middlesex. After a few more words from Sir W. CLAY, who also supported the bill, the amendment was withdrawn and the bill was read a second time. PETITIONS. A. large number of petitions were presented against the opening of public-houses on Sundays. Mr. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Cashel' against the app..intment of the Convents Committee. Mr. TBORNLEY presented a petition from the Dissenters of W olverhampton in favour of the opening of the Universitie s to persons of all denominations. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a similar petition from Boston.' Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from Deptford. Colonel BLAIR presented a petition against the Education (Scotland) Bill, from a place in Scotland. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition from the Marylebone Vestry in favour of a general measure for the establishment of reformatory schools. . Mr. EWART presented petitions from Birmingham, Manchester, and other places, in favour of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill. Mr. HORSFALL presented a similar petition from Liverpool. PULLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, EWART reviewed the exertions which had been ,, made in France and the United States for the esta e bi h d d i the merit of free libraries and musemlis, and house that, acting upon this experience, ablish aroemaiont of Par. . liament bad been passed for facilitating the es!, less merit of similar institutions in this country. -N.° .. ie than 3,000 towns, including all the large towns in it country, had availed themselves of the provisions ofthe act to establish free libraries, and he was happy to say their effects upon the people had been most gratifying They had served to improve their taste for reading, and .the question had naturally arisen as to whether it would not be advisable to extend the provisions of the act. At present the act only applied to towns municipally governed while it neither extended to Scotland nor Ireland. Now the object of this bill was to extend the act to towns and places governed under the Improve ments Bill, or by select vestries, as well as to Ireland and Scotland, with the additional provision that the authorities acting under the act should have .Power to increase the late to a penny in the pound, and to purchase books and works of art. Such were the main provisi ons o f th e bill, and he hoped, as they were a pproved of generally, there would be no objection to adopting them. 0311 tr. HENLEY object e d t o th e rat i ng clause, and rerlight •IN was a que s ti on w hi c h well deserve'd the uus attention of the Government. BUMF reminded the right Lim gentlemarithst THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1854. of the bill. He denied that there was anything unfmind- I ed in the preamble, or that the machinery was impracti cably or offensively inquisitive, and therefore he objected to shelving his bill until they obtained the report of a committee, which, it was now clear, would never be appointed. Nothing had occurred to change his opinion that ladies were coerced in convents for the spoliation of their families, and the records of our courts of law, which were occasionally resorted to for a restitu tion of the property, fully established the necessity for a Lill of this nature, which rested upon no new principle, but was founded upon the rule of law which protected the child against the parent, or the ward against the guardian, or the wife against the husband, in cases w here the transfer of property was concerned. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for IRELAND cor rected the hon. and learned gentleman in supposing that the noble lord at the head of the Home Depart ment had stigmatised the preamble of the bill as untrue. What the noble lord said was, that the pre amble contained statements that, were offensive to the Roman Catholics, but which were wholly unnecessary for the purposes of the bill. The effect of this bill, he agreed with the noble lord, would practically nullify all deeds of gift or wills executed in convents ; for though a lady might leave property fairly amongst her brothers and sisters, they could not take it if the bill passed without proving to the satisfaction of a court of law that no eoercioa had been used in the convent upon the lady. No where were they to prove that ? It could not be done, and the bill would therefore operate most un justly without accomplishing the real object which it had in view. Mr. NAPIER gave it as his opinion that the lion. and learned gentleman had put a case which could not arise, because such a disposition of a nun's pro perty would be contrary to her vow of poverty and obedience. But the case fully illustrated the necessity for the bill, for many ladies in con vents who had the wish to do so were deterred by the power of their superiors and the influence of their vows from making such a disposition of their property, and therefore, before any property should be allowed to succeed to their convent, the superioress, or other party interested, should be required to prove that they had used no undue authority in order to obtain the property. The only objection that he had to this bill was simply that it did not go far enough, and entirely prohibited vows. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE also thought the bill did not go far enough, and declared that the question it involved would never be settled until the law was revised, which held the inmate of a convent acting under vows of obe dience and poverty to be civilly dead. Mr. MALINS took the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department to task for having changed his opinion on this subject, and declared his belief that the noble lord had made the change to con ciliate the Roman Catholic members who supported the Government in times of pressure. The noble lord said the bill did not go far enough, but if the bill was so altered as to dispossess professed nuns, the noble lord would turn round and say it went too far. There was no having the noble lord anywhere, and he regretted to find him so changeable and inconsistent. The debate was adjourned until next Wednesday. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid.l liuz,wAte. Closing Prices this day. Baldness done I go this day. St, 'it. 100 0 x d 2525 100 ;0 all A all 1 128 :7il all 2 IR4 5 30 ft. 100 100 !O all !O 12 0 45 5 a ll 15 all ;5 all [8 all !O all "it. all ;t. 1106 511 2 1.8 ad 1n( I 50 12 St, St, 25 lli i Taid.l 'MaimAte. Leasing Compans. all I 3edford and London & N. West. IJ.&N.W. Jo.lean... Bletchley. .00 Buckgliamsh. al) elydesdaleJc. .00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all 711 as. Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. all 41str. & Dn. Fi all Irtlpl. Dk. & Ct.Nrthn. Caldonian. i:losing Prices this day. 1125 - 135 Do Westh Yk. New. Berw. Y. B:,NAILI D 0....... 110 ........ 3. Easter' , Do ii -- ao Railway ..... all Hull & Selby all Do. 4 Shares. all Do. 4 Shares. all Lon.&Greeln all Do.Preferene( LOO Lowestoft gr• 4 per cent. 00 Do. 6 per et. all Aanch. Extu.' and Matlock all Aiddlesbro' Red= all Aidld.Bradfd all Northern and Eastern sp. e. INorfolk.. b.& N. W R; Midid. itekton & Darlingt. Count Jo Do . Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixo(ls p all Prat. S;Wyrt LOO - 102 50 - 52 25 - 26 13 -13 i 2L - 25;1 2 - L. Sr, N.W. &Ln&YI Gt Northu ijo .6 - 91 12 Do. ?; Shares. .00 Roystn.& Hi t. .00 ')o.Shepth.St 18 ihef.lloth..a Goole g. 5 p. c. 94 -3. Staffordsh. all Sear 6 per cent... _ all I Do 1.00 Wilts&Somrs' Lancash Yorksh. 11.34C1eal stockt. Darlingt. 54 - 56 xd --- ad ... .-"" ••• 3 - ii - 29 .3tWestn ... "-- .. Business this day. li 1 41 5 AILWAY STA TION-MABTER KILLED. John Lee, a wheelwright at Manchester, was charged before the magistrates of that city yesterday morning with a breach of the Rail way Act, in attempt ing to enter a railway train at the Victoria station while it was in motion, and without having procured a ticket. The case attracted the more attention from the fact that his offence had been the means of bringing to an un- timely end Mr. Thomas Reid, station-master, whose duty it had been to remove him from the train. Mr. Blackmore, the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com pany's traffic superintendent, was present on behalf of the company to prosecute, and called witnesses. The first witness was the doorkeeper at the first-class booking office, Victoria station. Ile said, on Saturday evening tfie prisoner and two other men came to the door of the first-class office, and asked how soon there would be a train to Rochdale. It was then 8 minutes past 5 o'clock, and he told them the train had gone. The Oldham train had t. start at 5.10, and immediately the time had expired, he asked if any one was going to Old haul, and closed the doors. The prisoner said, " I'll go to Oldham." Witness said, " Ifyou are going to Old ham you will have to make haite, and get a ticket at the third-class office." William Wilkinson, booking clerk, said the prisoner applied to him for a ticket, when the train was three minutes overdue, to start for Oldham, and he refused to give him a ticket, on the ground that it was too late. The prisoner hurried away towards the platform the train would have to leave. The next witness was a railway porter, who said the Oldham train was ready to leave the station at 10 mi nutes past 5, or nearly so, and soon afterwards Mr. Reid, the station-master, raised his hand as a signal to the driver to start. Witness turned round as the train began to move, and saw the prisoner on the footboard of one of the carriages; but all the doors on that side the train were then locked, and the prisoner would not be able to get in. [lt should be stated that the train bad to move upon the other line of rails when clear of the station, and the doors only on the other, which was the getting-out side, remained unlocked. ] Mr. Reid told the prisoner to get off, and tendered assistance, but he refused, and Mr. Reid then got upon the foot board of the moving train to remove him, but appeared unable to effect his object. Mr. Eckersley, the second inspector, jumped upon the footboard to assist Mr. Reid, and the prisoner, after resisting their united efforts for a moment, suddenly loosed his hold on the carriage, and he and the two officers fell from the footboard and rolled down between the moving train and the platform. The prisoner escaped, with his clothes only torn, but, unfortunately, Mr. Reid rolled under the wheels of the train. Mr. C. J. S. Walker (magistrate) asked if the station master was killed. Mr. Blackmore regretted to say he was. Two-thirds of the train passed over him, crushing his skull so that his brains wore left on the rail, and otherwise frightfully mutilated his body. He was taken up dead, and Mr. Eckersley had a narrow escape, lying with his head within an inch of the rail while the train passed, and with his face upwards, so that the axle•boxes of the various carriages slightly scratched and tore his face a s they passed over it, and cut one of his lips. He was now unable to attend to his duties. Mr. Bent, attorney, elicited from the prisoner that he had been drinking and was not quite sober at the time. Mr. Walker regretted that the act of Parliament under which the prisoner was brought up only empow ered them to levy a fine of 40s. The magistrates would inflict that penalty, and in default he was committed to prison. Mr, Bent said the money would be paid, and the pri soner was removed. It is said Mr. Reid has left a widow and three chil dren unprovided for. Hews 37 years of age, and had been in the service of the company for 15 years. An in quest was held on the body yesterday. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. On Sunday morning last the death of a Follow of King's College, C.imbridge, kook place in a house of ill fame, under the distressing circumstances detailed be low. The deceased was Mr. Edward Brenton Vance, and he and his companion left the college but a short time before the melancholy event occurred. An inquest on his remains (which had been removed to his rooms in King's College) was held on Tuesday, at the Bull Hotel, before Mr. King, the coroner for the borough. A num ber of the members of the society were present during the inquiry. The first witness called was Francis Edmund Stacey, Fellow of King's College, who said—l was acquainted with the deceased, whom I last saw alive on Sunday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock. He then seemed to be in pretty good health. He left me, and in a few moments afterwards my atten tion was called to him by a person who camo out of the hou-e. It was a woman, but I am not certain who, as two or three called me at the same time. The house was in Victoria-road, Chesterton. I went in, and found him on the bed partly undressed. He did not speak, and showed no sign of consciousness. I continued with him a few moments, and then left him and procured medical aid. A girl named Chamberlain was with him. I left him in another woman's charge—a neighbour. I found Mr. Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, and returned with him, but deceased was then dead. Sarah Chamberlain, who was much affected, and swoomed on entering the inquest room, on being restored to consciousness, deposed with much difficulty and amid the deepest manifestations of grief—l last saw Mr. Vance between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning. He had come to my house in the Victoria-road unexpect edly. lam a single woman. Mr. Vance had nothing to drink at my house. Ho came up into my bedroom, and laid himself on my bed. He did not complain of ill health at all. He had lain about five minutes, when he appeared to be speechless, but moaned very slightly, and lay quite still. I said, "Will yeu speak to me ? What is the matter ?" He made no reply, and I ran down stairs and called " Jane !" who lived next door. Jane and Mr. Stacey then came to my assistance. Mr. Bumpsted, surgeon, of Cambridge, said, I knew the deceased in his lifetime ; he had been constantly and was at the time of his death under my treatment. He consulted me about a fortnight since for disease in his heart, symptoms of which he exhibited. On Sunday morning, a little before two o'clock, I was fetched to see deceased by Mr. Stacey. He was dead when I ar rived. I have since made a post-mortem, examination. I did not examine the stomach, an I discovered sufficient disease in his heart to account for immediate death. The actual disease was the bursting of an aneurism of the aorta or large vessel which carries the blood from the heart. There were no outward marks of violence. The deceased most undoubtedly died from natural causes. Mr. Deck and Mr. Ficklin were at the examination, and perfectly concurred in my conclusion. The Coroner said the cause of death was the only matter for inquiry by the jury, so he forbore from mak ing any further remarks. The jury returned verdict that " Deceased died by the visitation of God." It is singular that the fa ther of the deceased (a sur geon) met his death at the bangs of a . n . i s nsane patient whom he was attending professionally, hi patient hav ing thrown him with violence from a window in a par oxysm ; a brother of the deceased died from the effects of a fall, while at college at Oxford ; a second brother was drowned ; and a sister now surviving was nearly burnt to the bill was simply permissive, and before it could be put in force it must receive the sanction of the local authorities. At the same time be thought education ought to precede the establishment of these libraries, as the vast mass of the people, as the coroners' returns fully proved, were unable to read. Mr. SPOONER thought a larger limitation ought to be placed on the power of rating, and since no Minister was present to give his opinion, he should move that the debate be a dfoureed. Mr. BROTEIERTON regretted to see this opposi tion to a bill which was very popular out of doors, and j which was so much calculated to improve the social condition of the people. It was much better to prevent crime than punish it, and the effect of the establishment of these libraries would decrease crime, and consequently the local rates. Mr. MILES opposed the rating clause. Mr. F I rz ROY, on the part of the Government, an nounced his intention to resist the proposed alteration of the existing law which gave the local authorities power to raise the rate to a penny in the pound without the consent of two-thirds of the ratepayers. He must, there fore, oppose the bill. Mr. M. MILNES supported the bill in its entirety, and hoped it would he pressed to a division. Surely, as improvement commissioners, town councils, and se lect vestries were elected by the ratepayers, what ob jection could there be to giving them power to increase and levy the rate? Mr. G. BUTT opposed the bill, and wanted to sub stitute another amendment for the one proposed by Mr. Spooner—viz., that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. SPOONER had no objection to withdraw his amendment. Mr. HUME trusted he would not, for if they adopted the amendment suggested by Mr. Butt it would be holding out to the country that the house disapproved of the principle of this bill, when they only objected in point of fact to the rating clause. The house then divided on the amendment, when there appeared, For tha adjournment .. 4 134 Against it Majirity —l3O Mr. FITZROY then moved that the bill be read a second time this,day six ii,onths. Mr. HUME and Mr M. MILNES hoped if the bill was thrown out that another and a larger measure would be brought in by the Government. Captain SCOBELL supported the bill, as he had no confidence in the professions of the Government with regard to education. Lord STANLEY approved of the principle of the bill, hut he could not support the bill while it contained the fourth clause, transferring the power of raising the rate from the ratepayers to the town-council. Sir C. WOOD insisted that the existing act, which had only been in operation four months, had not yet had a fair trial, but the Government opposed this bill on the ground just stated by the noble lord. Mr. BRIGHT thought the town council was a far more fitting body to decide upon the rate than the rate payers, arid to say they were not was tantamount to de claring that the house had no right to decide upon par ticular measures until they had been first discussed and decided on by the whole of the constituencies through out the country. Mr. CRAUFURD said Scotland was favourable to the adoption of the Libraries Act, and it was to be re gretted that the Government should stand in its way. Mr. C. FORTESCUE reminded the house that a short bill was passed last session, extending the Act to both Ireland and Scotland. Mr. DUNCAN said the bill of last session bad turned out to be wholly inoperative in Scotland, owing to the constitution of the local bodies there Why not strike out the fourth clause, if that was all that was objection able in the bill ? Mr. W. BROWN declared that the course Govern ment were taking with regard to this bill would be a great disappointment to the country. Mr. S HERBERT said, if the suggestion of the hon.' member for Dundee were adopted, it would not get over the difficulty, because then the ground-work of the bill would be wholly destroyed. Lord D. STUART said no petitions had been pre sented against the bill, but many were on the table in its favour. It was quite clear, therefore, that the rate payers did not object to it. Mr. E WART denied that the fourth clause was part of the principle of the bill, but it was only part of the detail, which could be struck out if necessary in com mittee. The house then divided on the amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The bill was accordingly thrown out. UNIFORNI ASSESSMENT BILL. On the order of the day for the sec)nd reading of this Mr. PETO explained the object of the bill to be to establish an uniform system of assessment, which should be applicable to Queen's taxes as well as local rates, leaving the committee on the bill to decide the basis upon which all assessments should be made imperative. He proposed, if the bill was read a second time, to refer it to a select committee. •• —.- Mr. HENLEY did not think there was any necessity for this bill, as th 3 tendency of the existing mode of valuation in respect of all taxes was to render assess- inents as uniform as possible. Lord PALMERSTON . had no doubt that what this bill proposed was good in theory, but it would be next to impossible to establish the machinery for obtaining one uniform system of taxation. Mr. HU\IE could not understand why a thing that was possible in the United States should be impossible in this country. Now, there was one uniform system of assessment in the United States, and now that there was a prospect of our having a permanent property tax, he could see no reason why a similar system should not I,e carried out here. There ought to be one principle of assessment used, that should be based un the poor Mr. V. SCULLY observed that there was a general valuation in Ireland, and the bill might possibly be ap plicable to that part of the country, but there was quite different state of things in England, where no uniform Government valuation had become established. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. G. BUTT seconded the amendment, as the bill assumed for its basis that which was not correct, namely, that the poor-rate was levied upon a uniform scale or rate. Mr. PETO, with the permission of the house, with drew the bill. The motion for the second reading was accordingly withdrawn. COUNTY COURT EXTENSION ACT AMEND MENT BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill, Mr. CRNUFURD explained that its object was to give a power of appeal in cases over 501., which had been tried in a County Court by consent of both parties. The power of appeal did exist in reference to cases under 501., but all cases above that amount were exceptional cases, and could only be taken to a County Cuurt by consent. Mr. G. BUTT approved of the bill. Mr. PHINN asked when the report of the County Court Commission might be expected, as the costs charged in County Courts were so high in some courts as virtually to bring the system to a close. Mr. HUME said the house would be surprised to ,learn the costs paid last year in the County Courts amounted to no less than 26 per cent. on the amount re- covered. Lord PALMERSTON said the report had not ye been received, as the commissioners were still sitting. Mr. MALINS viewed with some apprehension the proposed extension of the County Court system, as the County Court judges had already quite enough to do. Mr. FITZROY concurred with the hon. and learned gentlenein teat too many duties were being imposed on these judges, whose courts were originally established simply for the recovery of simple contract debts. The bill was then read a second time. PROPERTY DISPOSAL BILL. OA the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. PHINN said the object of this bill was to regu. late the disposal of property by persons who had taken religious vows. Now he did not object to p lace nuns with regard to the disposal of their property upon the same footing as married women, who were required to make a discovery before a judge ; but this bill went much further than that. It assumed that. every disposi tion of property by a nun was fraudulently made ; and that upon the convent or party in whose favour the disposition was made, the onus of proving the dead of transfer was not signed under any spiritual direction, or, in fact, any mndition at all. The object of this bill could be accomplished without that obnoxious provision ; but if they passed the bill as it now stood, it would have the effect of forbidding gifts to convents, and therefore he must oppose it, unless a great change was made in its machinery and details. Mr. FAGAN objected to proceeding with the bill to day, as it was a violation of an understanang that was come to on the first reeding, that the second reading should not be taken until after the committee on con s vents had been appointed, and had made their report. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to rebut the state ments which had been made with regard to the case of the Black Rock Convent, wherein it was alleged that two ladies named M'Carty had been coerced into trans . ferrin g their property to the Convent to the great injury tt hh eepurposes Lard on e PALMERSTONcontained ntaoifn the lea bill , s. t itfo e, of th e i r own family, and concluded b y d ec l aring hi mse lf to be de c id e d ly opposed to the bi l l . neither approved of the pre amble nor the enact i ng port i on of the bill , b ecause w hil e n i s nd tl e ta ed, that were rell b o a t d n a e n c y essaryfor founda tion in trutb, the en ac ti ng c l ause did no t go f ar enoug h to accomplish the object of the bill. The enacting portion of the bill proceeded upon the assumption that nuns were morally coerced into leaving their properties to convents. But how was that to be proved ? Such deeds were executed by these ladies under the impression that their doing so was essential to their spiritual welfare, and the bill, if passed, would remain a nullity, because:it would be impossible to prove coercion, while it was clear that these ladies themselves always thought and felt that they were acting with perfect free will. Mr. WHITESIDE reminded the house that on a for mer occasion the objection of the noble lord was that it did not go far enough. The noble lord remarked that ,f ladies were coerced in convents, such institutions should ue put down, which this bill did not go the length of doing ; but now the noble lord had changed his tone, and he wood to t i jo PrOP I I. 3 .#11 1 .4_ 1 . 4e4.4 _ _ , STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, April 4.—The feeling, approaching to panic, which overspread our market throughout the greater part of last week, has now in a considerable degree subsided. The buying is comparatively insignifi cant in amount ; but there are more buyers venturing to make low offers for some kinds of yarns and goods. Prices are, however, generally found to be very de cidedly reduced. This state of things, with cotton sustained at comparatively high prices, occasions much discussion upon the necessity of restricting the hours of labour, but no agreement to this effect has yet been come to in any part of the district. HALIF.tx, April I.—The condition of the worsted trade becomes more gloomy every week. Both spinners and manufacturers are diminishing production, and prices are almost nominal. Wool is not easy to sell, even at reduced quotations. ROCHDALE, April 3.—There has been another ex tremely slack market today in pieces of every descrip tion. There is no disposition to purchase at any price. The wool market has been much the same as the piece market, and prices rather in favour of the buyer. BIRMINGHAM, Monday, April 3.--At the preliminary meeting held on Thursday last, the course was adopted of maintaining the existing prices of iron. Although the continued activity of every department, the sus tained demand, and the inability to increase produc tion to the extent of present consumption would, under a more auspicious aspect of political and mo netary affairs, have fully justified the declaration of an advance, a suficient inducement was found for the exer cise of caution in the actual commencement of a . war, the duration, extent, and results of which are so utterly beyond the reach of human calculation. The chief diffi.: culty with which our ►manufacturers here have to con tend seems to be the unusual rates they are compelled to give fur their pig-iron. THE NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. 50 It has been at last decided that the building of this bridge is to commence in the ensuing month of May. It is intended, by the plan, to consist of three arches, the chief arch rising 18 feet from the springing. Sir C. Barry is the designer, and we doubt not that this bridge, when completed, will bring out in bold relief the New Palace at Westminster, and prove to the eyes of the world that the architect of that palace has been able at last to master a great difficulty, namely, that of showing to advantage one of the finest edifices in the world erected on a disadvantageous site. In designing this bridge the architect has followed the rule which we are surprised has not, even in later times, been more rigidly adhered to than it has been, which is, that in the con struetion of a bridge the aim of the architect ought to be to • have as few arches as possible, in order that the middle of the stream, or chief current of the river, may flow freely without the interruption which is caused by an unnecessary number of piers, large arches being at all times desirable, and by which, too, the expense of construction is considerably les sened, as is shown from the simple fact that the pre sent Westminster-bridge cost double the amount in its erection as compared with Blackfriars-bridge, on ac count of the number of arches. The present bridge is 1,220 feet long, and 44 feet wide. The new bridge is intended to be wider, but the inconvenience and danger of the rise and fall will be e ntirely obviated in its con li struction. The present bridge consists of fifteen arches, and was finished in the year 1750. at a cost of 389,5001. The expense of the new bridge will, of course, be con siderably less ; but we do hope that the approaches to the new bridge will not be dealt with in a niggardly manner by the proper authorities. The houses, in order to give effect to the structure, both on the Surrey and Middlesex side of the river, ought to come down with " one fell swoop." The piers of the bridge are to be of stone, and the abutments or caps of iron. During the erection of the new bridge, the present bridge is in tended to be used for ordinary purposes. Banquets, or raised footways, will be erected in the first instance, and these will eventually be amalgamated with the proposed roadway of the new bridge, thereby avoiding the neces sity for the erection of a temporary wooden bridge, while, at the same time, it will save an immense waste of public money, the lavish expenditure of which has unhappily been the bane of most of our modern struc tures. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, April 4.--The General St. 1 Screw Steam Shipping Company's steam-ship Queen of the South, Capt. W. H. Norman, sailed this afternoon St. with contract mails for Adelaide, Port Philip, and St. Sydney. The mails taken out by this vessel are con 10 - tained in upwards of 300 bags, and measure 32 tons. 10 The Queen of the South takes out nearly 90 passengers, 61 among whom is Sir Chas. Hotham, the newly appointed Governor of Victoria, with his suite, and also a very 2 0 full cargo of manufactured goods of a valuable character, 50 for the Australian markets. Mrs. Chisholm having visited the pOrt today, on the occasion of the departure St. of the Queen of the South, the Southampton Emigra- St. tion Committee availed themselves of the opportunity to St. present this excellent lady with an address • and she 16 subsequently inspected the site of the proposed emigra 20 - tion depot about to be erected, and gave her approbation 12i, to the details of the establishment, which is intended to St. accommodate both Government and private emigrants. A plan of the building has also been presented to Sir St. Charles Hotham. The Peninsular and Oriental Cora- 50 pany'a steamship Colombo, Capt. T. S. Russell, took her departure at 2.30 p.m. to-day, for Gibraltar, Malta, and St. Alexandria, with the outward East India, China, and St- Mediterranean mails. The Colombo has 72 passengers, 50a very large cargo, and specie valued at 124 , 8731 . 3s. 2d. for India and China, and 11,2031. 10s. for Malta and 1.2) Alexandria. The Colombo also takes out several beauti- ' ful English horses and ponies for the Pasha of Egypt, 12i and some first-class carriages fitted up complete for the 25 Egyptian railway from Alexandria to Suez. ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO IN AUSTRALIA.—By 10 the overland mail we have received accounts of the arri- 6 val of the celebrated ship Marco Polo, of the Black 12. 12. Ball line, after another unparalleled passage of 12 seventy-four days twelve hours, from port to port, the st. fastest ever made by a sailing ship ; and the third st, passage she has made from Liverpool to Melbourne, and beaten all competitors. But we are sorry to say that, if after she was inside the Head of Port-Philip, she was 1( got ashore through the inefficiency and mismanagement S of the pilot who was on board. The following is an ex- E tract from a letter, dated Melbourne, January 30, re ceived by Messrs. James Baines and Co., from their agents at 'Melbourne, respecting the unfortunate occur rence ;—" It is our painful duty to inform you that the Marco Polo, after passing through the Heads, and while in charge of a pilot, was run ashore on a sandbank, about two miles inside Shot Heads Bluff, near Light house Point. This occurred on Wednesday, the 25th , inst. Captain W.Donnell immediately proceeded to town, and the writer having procured the assistance of two steam-tugs, proceeded to the ship, in company with Captain M'Donnell and the harbour-master, to see what steps - could be taken. Up to this time, we regret to say that the efforts used have been unavailing ; but suc cess is still hoped for, and every available means shall be used to accomplish it. She is lying on a soft sandy bank, with 15 feet of water round her at low tide, and for the present has not s uffered an y dama g e . The at tempts to tow ber off at high water were unsuccessful, and lighters have been sent to take out luggage, &c. All the passengers have landed, and to-day her Majesty's sloop Electra went to her assisrance. Captain M.-Don nell is almost distracted with this sad termination to so su,:cessful a voyage. At lastaccounts she had not made any water. The blame is altogether attributable to the IneffLciency of the pilot, and an official investigation is to be 21 - 22 Aberdeen Arabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. 41 - 4} Belfast & Ballymena. Birrning. Wolverh & Stour Valley .. l• .... ••• 14 —l2 dis Birkenhd. L:9,nesh. dz Cheshire Junct Do. Chesil. St Birk., £5O and Cous. 15 17 8 —• 7 d Do., X 20..... • Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45). Bristol aud Exeter... 87 - 89 51i - 52 13 - 1 8 • 10 !Caledonian—. Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... 'Cork, Black, & ?ass. Cornwall Clieff Juuctiou Dubliu&BelfastJuue , iii = *i Dundee Perth &Aber 7 - 8 (leen Junetion I Do. New East Anglian,..„,... 15 ...= 164 iij - ui Do., (i.A E -- „ - Eastern Counties.. Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A .. East Lancashire 59 - 61 54 - 56 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pah & Dundee Forth & Clyde June.' , alasgow & S. Weston, Great Northern Stk. Do., A.. Stock Do. , B. Stock Gt. Sth. SLWest.(lre;) Great Western --- Irish South-Easteru Lancaster & Carlisle 'Do. ' Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths D ). , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. bond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D 0.1 0/. Sh.,M&B 0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westu , Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnudrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland I Do Birmug.&Derby • Aidlcl. G. West. (I re.) Do. Half Shares...... Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmarket ........... . Do., Bury Extension. N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk .... Northu.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London • Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westru. Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Biting Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St cOr Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. '& Chester (N. W. Kin ; Do. Halves,. 6. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Duni Do Staines, Wok &W ok Stockton & Darling. itocktou & Hartlopl Fair Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Nc wed. &Dem, Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland :58 62 86 87 76 77 Ll 9 - 121 86 - 90 i 2 -724 i 90 10 12 10 12 I) 58 —59 i bi 711,: iii ----- al. 7t -- 8 id - 1 1 3 956 -- 964 946 - 95 14d -- 1 a 6 d d 16 -- d 74 -- 76 136 -126 i 12 -11 d 19 - 20 56 - 57; 30 - 32 id— id 7 5u 6 - 8 43 - 46 3 3. 30 ... 31 50 54 Par IP 7 eid 7 74 27 - 29 78 •82 50 - 52 48 - 52 48 52 si 24 13 15 64 74 10 4 = 3iti li - 15 577 -58 i 32 - 33 4 - 21 4, - 5 ), , i = io - 3 i If - i7/1 4 - 5 21 7 ,4 23 4A - 5A ... -- • • • 6 - 7 64 6 5 5/ 4itil 45 -- 46 PREFERENCE SHARES 94 ::: -96 6 - 1 23 - ... - ... - --- 3 -31 .xa ,iii —llO ci=2 104 91 9i 7 -- 8 ad 6 92 tft 8T 88. 90 Id p ar 125 - 130 . _ MO xd 11 -- 2i I) .. ..... •e• .. ...- ••• 51 -- 64 8 9 3 - par [25 130 it lid ad ad ad ad id 93 -96 Ti -8, 15i -- 16 11 9A --13 -- id -- p 22 -- 23 15 -20 2 1 d 1 85 - 90 3f . - 3i I'. 1.4 FOREIGN. 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissossac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish. all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Id. Junct. of Fraucc 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 3t) Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Cit. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 1i kiamilton & Toronto all . Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. ct. prof 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10 Madras 33t Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Ry. . all Namur & Liege (with I interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of Franco Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds .= ...... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10j Quebec & Richmond all (lotion and Havre 12 Royal Danish a b l r r a e n d d is mue_ h Meuse 6 Sty 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 6 South= of France 1 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5A per c. Prof 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand all Aqua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold 11 Anglo Californian ... 2 Australasian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera' all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy ofj all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal all riritish Austell. Gold 13.5 British Iron , 2 , 4 3razilianlmp.(issued at £5 pus all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek . Clarendon Con. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 ,jolonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. N- p. cent. all English and Austrin, Copper Srneltg. Co, all General all Great Nugget Vein all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&C Crush. Co.aliforir.Gol Quartz all Nlariquita, 9 Nlexicau&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 10i Santiago do Cuba all .. .outh Australian 7 fin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. •Vorthiug Mining of Australia all Yuba JOINT-Si all Xustralasia all British Colonial Ba and Loan Company all tritish N. American 5 '' . ..lhartd. Bank of Asia 2 ~ .Ihrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Jolonial 20 )ommercial of Lend 10 Znglish Scottish and Australian 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 ;,ondon Joint Stock 1 20 Loud. & WestminstO 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 national of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Do. New _ _ • 25Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 'loyal Australn.Bkg, & Gold Imp Co—, all south Australia all Union of Australia 24 Do. New . 1 10 t Union of London ..... MISCELLA all Xubin Coal and Iron 174 iustralian Agricult. 14 ustralsn.Pcific.Mail 8 .lustraln. Royal Mail 4 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit; & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 32} Canada 5 Crystal Palace 4 Do. New 2 Crystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 ElectritTelegTaph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 General Screw Steam 76 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land—. 1 N. S. W. Coal di Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... I Do. New 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteani all Peel Br. Ld. St Mina. all i?eniusular ,S; Oricutal 35 Do. all Portland Iron C 0...... 60 loyal Mail Steam • all Scot. Austral. Invest 25 South Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph all Do. Registered 2S Van Die_____men's GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WNSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week en ding, April 1, 1854 .......£5,160 3 9 r" orres ponding Wee lad Year .. ... , 4,409 4 11 ET6O 19 1 1 3 i-E1 1 54 lid id i P ii —31 a i -- 1 1 p 11 Par— $P • 10— 5d • ii - 4 d 21 - 22 o —I OP 6 8 die 4i 5 21 3A 1 • 11 2 —li 4 3 d ii := is 6 - 6i 28a 281- 74 - 8i lli - llip 41 43 31 33 27a -27 a —• pm ... ... ld par 7 7i ••• -- .•• ... - pm 3 -- li - Ilt ... .--. ••• ••• —44 d P 1 d 1 2 4 ; - it - 8 4i 29 - 31 g (11 39 - 41 - 1 1 10 -12 ' 50 - 60 2 - 4 Iv - lf - 10 - 11 I oi 64 #. i - 15 - 17 - 3 a it 1p 28 - 30 8 - 10 31- 4 3 / 4 $ - $ 3 3 / 4 - 4 3 / 4 3 - 3 3 / 4 - 6 d . . . - - BANKS. 72 74x.d1 ..• li ld 3 2d 44 - 46 36 - 38 62 - 61 6 - 7 = 37 75 - 80 6/ - 6# 16 - 18 "i = 3 _ -- I• d - i 31 36 1 9 lain' fourtt Wbttton EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVALS UP TO 6.45 THIS EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. Orestes, Little David, Adine, Hunca Munca, Prime Minister, Invasion, Jouvence, Seaweed filly, Phoenix, Brother to Grey Tommy, Eva, Inder, Calliope, Madame Landeau, Novice, Lysisca, Humboldt, Empire, Conspi racy, Pollard, La Belle, Virago, and Merry Monk. METROPOLITAN STAKES. Ariosto, B,ataplan, Muscovite, Little David, Hunca Munca, Jouvence, Pantomime, Haco, Mayor of Hull, Stamford, Caliph, Gamekeeper, Jujube,tCaqle, Virago, Shakspeare, Jonathan Martin, Mortimer, Vingt-un, Benevenuto, Royalist, St, Clare, Exact, Annie Suther land, Gossip, La Belle. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. f by Confederate, Daisy, Piccadilly, Red Drop, Broth. to Twinkle, Katerfelto, Bou Vivaut, Lady Melbourne, Cornucopia. FOR OTHER RXCES. Carlotta Grisi, Congreve, Gretchen, Heriot,hew, Mirabeau, The Red Deer, Eliza, Lioness, Baustead. SHIPPING J2ETLIRNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of March show a considerable increase of arrivals and departures both of British and foreign shipping, as compared with the corresponding month of last year. It must be remembered, however, that at that period the activity of the ports of London and Liverpool was considerably checked by the continued detention of vessels in Australia. Subjoined are the general entries and clearances of all classes of vessels : Entered inward . TOI , 7I,'AGE FOR MONTE. r. NMING MARCH 5. 1852. 1853. 206,64)3 177, 338 41,378 00,613 433,022 53,520 1834 British vessels TJnitecl States' vessels Other countries ' , 63,563 89,356 58,338 :;11,003 291,321 411,t:57 The elearaueeg outward were • --- 18r..12. 18:73. 1851. 295,823 218,437 264,747 63,019 64,199 101,531 69,144 102,590 121,925 British vessels United States' vessels Other coutitriee 127,985 335,226 488,203 'With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,055,312 in the month ending March 5, 1852 ; 865,617 in 1853 ; and 1,041,077 in 1854. The clearances outward were 985,413 in March, 1852 ; 891,413 in 1853: and 996,705 in 1854. A tendency for steam-vessets to supersede ships in the coasting trade continues to be exhi• Wed: rate. it. 100 2s 41 it. 100 15 17:, 10 all ;t. 100 6i 15 ;t. Iwo ;t. 100 - 1 .6 16 L 6 *ll 8 all 8 8 50 all [0 LO 11l le' O 17i !O all .0 10 LO 1 it. 1100 '?t2. it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 0 I 10 :6f I all 3i all O all 0 all ;t. 100 all 0 5 2/ 2s' 15 all ,t. 100' .0 S >t. 100 5121 !CI .17 !CI all !O 1 14 !O I all LO 51s. it. 100 .!5 20 13/ . it. 100 100 Aberdeen. 100 Do. No. 2, p. c. ••• 30 BlythandTyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent... 6} Jerk &Bandonsi p.c. al - 1 4 16 - u - n - dt,:e — Perth &Aber-1 deeu Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all' Do. (£5) 7 per cent , 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, u p. c. No.l all Do. No. 2 . all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Serif Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh• 100 East Lancasli.6 p. cts, all East and West York shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5i per cent. LOO 31asgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent I.oo"treat Northn. 5 p. c 100 Jo. sp. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem. 10 Jo. 4 t ip. c. Scrip 6 ,It.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all ;t. Southn. & Westin. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 It. Westn. (Berks & Elauts Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 44 p.c. 1.00 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Dc,, irred. 4p. c 6 Lau. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848... 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all 'Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London 87, S. Western Con. Thirds I ,all ILoudonderry&Color Shares all Ltndy. & Ennis, j Sh. all Kan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. £6 all Aarypt .& Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4i per cent 104 Do 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & - Pim. 6 per cent 5 Do. Prof. 44 per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do,. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. ...... 100 Do. 54 per ct .pref.,.. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c., 100 North British ......... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, St Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c. 15 Do all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. & Birrn.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon DO. fixed, 4. per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44ex cent all S. - Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c• 100 York, Newcastle,and Perwick,4 p.c. Pref., 5 Do 10 York&S.Micilaz ll3, stud 0. 1'1114411m St. 20 St. 15 5 10 St. 5 15 84 10 10 25 10 1.01 st. 86 7 l O2 75i 7 6 20 20 5 9 i i i i :: 84 95 i 94 1 1 1 5 1 75 6 6 20 100 20 191 20 56 i i7l 43i 4i 291 31 72i 50 Si 10 20 10 20 20 5711 811 xd I 20 28, 1 Pm 1 109 i 8 20 . 20 20 20 100 100 20 20, 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 25 20 10 10 50 28 1 1. 72 x d 45 5 36a 7i 6 7/ 13# 6} I 4} 52 2 35 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) ARBITRATION LAW AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. CHIMNEY -SWEEPERS' BILL. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Chimney Sweepers Bill was referred to a select com mittee, as required under standing order 175. In the course of his observations, the noble earl stated that children of tender age were still largely employed in the great towns to cleanse chimneys, notwithstanding the prohibitions of the law. THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF SOLDIERS ORDERED ON FOREIGN SERVICE. Lord ST. LEONAR.DS moved for a return of the number of the wives and children ofsoldiers on service in the East, or ordered there. His object in bringing before the notice of their lordships the condition of these women and children was by no means to interfere with the regulations against the marriage of soldiers without leave. At the same time it might be desirable to revise those regulations, bearing in mind the altered circum stances of the case. Of late years they had done much to ameliorate the condition of their soldiers ; and inas. much as they had shortened the period for which men were enlisted it would be desirable to discourage marriage as far as possible, at least during the first period of their service, after which they were at liberty, if they chose, to quit the army. It was, however, necessary, for ob- vious reasons, that a certain proportion of the soldiers should be married ; and he should be glad if the Government would consider some means of providing for their wives and families while they were abroad. It was obvious that their families must be maintained in some way, and the only question was which would be the best plan to adopt It might be asked, why raise this question at the present time Q His answer was that the number ordinarily required for the colonies was not large, and they were not taken away without due notice, so that they eould make arrangements beforehand. In the present case, however, the number taken away was very considerable, and it had come upon the men suddenly. With respect to the war in which we were embarked, there was bat one feeling throughout the country ' • and there was a no less general determination that the fami lies of the soldiers we sent forth to fight our battles should not be neglected, otherwise the cheers which had accompanied our armaments from our shores would have been meaningless ; but those cheers were intended to assure our soldiers that those who were nearest and dear est to them should be taken care of. (Hear.) Now there were only three ways in which that could be done. The first was by means of Government aid, which he hoped would not be resorted to except it should be found abso lutely necessary. The second was the state in which these poor women and children would inevitably be left unless something was done, viz., dependence on parochial relief. But if . there was one thing more , odious to a soldier than another, save only disgrace before the enemy, it was the idea that his family might be driven to the workhouse. The third plan was, by benevolence properly directed. A considerable sum had already been subscribed for this purpose ; but if it were distri buted in the usual way, it would only afford a temporary assistance ; and, more over, it might have a positively injurious effect, by accustoming soldiers' wives to live upon alms. Now, what he (Lord St. Leonards) pro posed was that the inhabitants of the parishes to which, the women belonged should take upon themselves to re lieve them of the burden of maintaining some of their children, where they had more than they could possibly provide for themselves. He would give them an instance. He knew a woman of excellent character, the wife of a husband equally deserving. She was left with six children, and it would have been perfectly impossible for her to have maintained herself and her family. Two of them were taken from her, and with that assistance she was enabled to provide for herself and the rest of her children, without recourse to the union, into which she must otherwise have been inevitably driven. He could narrate several other cases is which, by means of a little assistance of this kind, women had been enabled to avoid the workhouse ; and thus they would see that this mode of affording relief was not only the most con sonant with the feelings of the soldiers, but would also be the most effective. (Hear, hear.) The only objec tion that could be brought against it would be that it would sever the ties between a mother and her children. But that he denied, because the children that would require a mother's care or that could maintain them selves, would not be removed from her. He proposed that there should be no spoiling of these children, or treatment of them in a manner that would unfit them for their proper station in life ; but that they should be so brought up 'that when their father returned he should find them much in the same state as they would have been had he not been ordered on foreign service. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that their lordships and the public would give this plan their best attention, for he was convinced that if properly carried out it would an swer the end they had in view, and cheer the hearts of our soldiers more than any other that could be devised. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not oppose the motion, but he should be glad to hear some ni&mber of the Government express sentiments on the subject. For his own part, he thought that any plan, whether adopted by the Government or by individuals, which should induce women more freely to marry soldiers, would be the most unkind thing that could possibly be done to them. The noble aad learned lord bad not suf ficiently considered the fact that in the hue regiments the soldiers, after reinainiug at home for five years, must necessarily go abroad for 15 or sometimes 20 years. If, then, women married soldiers they did not marry them for life like other men ; but, practically speaking, they married them for five years at Lthe most. And in most cs.ses it was better for the women that they should be separated from their husbands than they should go with them. If she had young children —and it she had children at all, they must he under five years of age—they were sure to die ; for more than half the troops and all the young children that went either to India or the West Indies, must necessarily fall victims to the climate. If any'new system respect ine, soldiers' wives and children were to be adopted, he thought it would be a hardship if it were specially con fined to the families of the troops ordered on the Turkish expedition ; because the only peculiarity in the case of those troops was that they were ordered abroad a little sooner than they would have been if war had not broken out. He understood that it was proposed to remove the depots of all the regiments ordered abroad to the Isle of Wight ; but ho thought that that would give rise to much inconvenience, and would cause the wo men and children left behind much misery and distress. Those women earned. their living chiefly by washing, and though wheo.the ,regiment was ordered away they lost a great part of their customers, they were not entirely deprived of the means of subsistence. Ho thought that the best they could do would be to make the town from which each regiment was removed to go abroad its home until it returned again, and he ended as he be gan, by deprecating anything that would hold out any further inducements to women to marry soldiers. The Duke of NEWCASTLE agreed with what had fallen from the Earl of Ellenborough as to the undesir abieness of holding out any undue encouragement to women to marry soldiers ; but he thought it had hardly been justified by anything that had been said by the noble and learned lord, who had carried out in his private capacity the recommendations ho had offered to the house. He thanked the noble and learned lord for bringing the subject before the house. He could assure him that the subject had not been neglected by the Go vernment, who took the subject into consideration when it was determined to send troops to the East. The Earl of DERBY said he had heard a rumour that a regiment which had recently returned from Canada had been ordered to the East. A considerable number of the men had married in Canada, and their wives, who were ignorant of our language, were left behind. He inquired if this was true. Th e Duke of NEWCASTLE said the matter had not been brought to his attention, but he thought it very possible that suc h a cir cumstance had occurred. If it had it was an exceptional case, and he should feel it his duty to inquire into it. Earl PO WIS suggested that the wives of soldiers who went abroad for garrison duty should be allowed to go out with their husbands in greater numbers. The returns were then ordered, and their lordships hen adjourned. ,•• HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. FAGAN rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to make provision for the better government of the University of Dublin ; for the establishment and main. tenance of a -second college. therein, with co-ordinate authority, and, as near as may be, equivalent income, with Trinity College, to be called, in pursuance to the act 14 and 1 Charles 2, c. 2, the Queen's College ; and further for the extension, in pursuance to the act 33 G-eo. 3, c. 21, to students of all religious denominations, of the honours, degrees, benefits, emoluments, and offices, iu the Queen's College. The honourable member said he regretted to have to state that while the Dublin University was the most richly en dowed educational establishment in the world, it gave less contributions to literature or science. The Dublin University was endowed with the enormous property of 200,000 acres of land, which was valued at 93,000/. a year ; and though in point of fact that land at present did not produce above 64,0001. a•Year , the University was still as it would be seen by what he had just stated, most richly endowed. The Provost of that iTJniversity received ann Finual stipend of 3,5001., while the hea ds of houses in Oxford and Cambridge had not quite 8001.: the seven Senior v on ell a o n ws av i e n ra T g r e i . nit2, T - Cheollfief2 class of h j a u d nio l r ,Bo l o4 ,( e ); J s ea in e the Dublin University, six in n umber, had POO?. e .y ear. The second class Fellows, also sie.; in number, had 6001. s ac,4-pear; a y bridgeet hate' had h' not third l t ec u l ta p hs o n JuniorFe the lr3l' average ellv oew 'sn above number , f2s/ Oxf o r d a had e a a n r d . The ill success of the Dublin University as a national establishment he a ttributed to the strictly exclusive character of the system, by which the scholarships, and all ty, are confined to persons of tthhee the systematic exclusion p p r e o iz t e e s s t o: a t the religion, e Universi ty, and of Roman Catholics, by which the great body of the people of Ireland a vo id e d th a t University altogether as a seat of learning. (Remy ; heaV Mr. G. H. MOORE seconded the motion. Mr G. A. HAMILTON rose to give the 1404', 4 ..,E , '`, the hon. member for Cork his most _decided 0pp05 1 411 46 This was the first time in his life that he b 0 -ever „ heard that the ,ll u bli n U n i ver sity , hid been - eatablzehed-:-: for the benefit. of Roman 0.4th9ti0,. (4ears Was it retsugale was it naval to. tunsiltS thit ...~.~ IMP des Ale era for eral the 4hal fol by veral your 64a 4 10 44i 5 tit 30 20 1 1 7i 4 2A 2 ~:~ 1