The Sun. — London, England, 1854-06-14 00:00:00

- 1 4 ' titrb'llibttioti. ASCOT RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CORONATION STAKES. 2 Four ran. FERN HILL STAKES. Bessie walked over. HANDICAP PLATE. Dead heat with John o' Bruges and Calamus. ROYAL HUNT CUP. 13rocket Xing of Trumps Twenty•two ran. Al PE RI AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were real a thin' time and passed : —North and South•We4tern Junction Railway ; Tyne Xeelme❑ ; Wells and Fakenhain Railway. Mishap Delia PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Mut, from Oldham, Praying for the total abolition of church rates ; Mr. C. POSTER, from Staffordshire, to the same effect ; Sir J. WALMESLET, from Leicester, to the same effect ; by Mr. CHRISTOPHER, from the Lincolnshire Drainage Commission, against the Drainage of Lands Bill ; by Mr. &GLIONBT, from the conventions of poor-law medical officers, suggesting improvements in their department of the Poor Law ; by Mr. HADFIELD, from Sheffield, against church rates ; by Mr. A. PELLATT, from a dis senting body in Southwark, to the same effect ; Mr. COLLETT presented 29 petitions from the manufacturing districts, complaining of violations of the Factory Act, and praying the house to pass a bill to prevent such violations in future ; by Mr. T. CHAMBERS, from Hert ford, praying for the total abolition of church rates. CHURCH RATES BILL, Mr. PACKE, who had charge of this bill, which stood for second reading to-day, announced his intention to Withdraw it, and explained his reason for doing so. The * bill of the honourable baronet the member for the Tower Hamlets, which proposed entirely to abolish Church rates, he viewed as a Church destruction bill, 41 4 it would therefore be his duty to meet it With a determined opposition. The noble lord the Pre sident of the Council approved of the principle of the bill, though he differed with its details, and he yet hoped G overnment would be induced to bring in a measure to confine the payment of church rates to members of the Iltablished Church only. At all events, should he not succeed in obtaining an assurance to that effect, he should feel it incumbent on him to renew this bill ; b ut, in the meanwhile, he had only to move that the order for the second reading should be discharged. Sir J. WALMSLEY said an erroneous impression had gone abroad that the Dissenters as a body were not ° l ) Posed to church rates, but he hoped after to-day that impression would be dismissed. Sir W. CLAY hoped the hon. member's statement that the President of the Council approved of the prin ciple of this bill was unauthorised, because the public Would only be satisfied with a measure that totally abolished church rates. Mr. PACKE explained that he had no authority to 11141 10 such a statement from the noble lord, but he Uthered the noble lord's opinion upon this bill from What had fallen from the noble lord in the course of d ebate. Sir B. HALL was glad to hear that, because he was s atisfied the noble lord could neither sanction the prin ciple nor the provisions of this bill. There must be no half measures, but church rates must be entirely abo lished. Mr. BOOKER expressed his cordial approval of the c ours e that was proposed to be taken with regard to this eaptain SCOBELL had come down to th e h ouse t o q elp to throw out this bill, and he was glad it had been Withdrawn. After a few words from Messrs. Burr and PfLLATT, ' i le motion w as agree d t o , an d th e or der was discharged. R EFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was passed through committee pro forma. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The house then went into committee. Mr. WHITESIDE asked if it was intended to extend bill to Ireland. Mr, J. S. PHILLIMORE replied in the negative, as It had been found impossible to frame a clause that I l'ould be satisfactory to Ireland. The bill was then passed thr..ugh committee. [LEFT SITTING.] MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom, the London New Price Current of yesterday. ) I tiGAR.—To-day the demand was good for British plan t from home dealers, and the rates accepted were 6d ter cwt. un d er th ose of Friday. Operations were 932 hhds, :_leludin at auction 291 hhds 18 tierces Barbadoes, which at 31 g s 6,1 to 37s 6d for mid to good yellow, and fine 388 ;- 31 hhds, 2 tierces, and 78 barrels Nevis, brown 30s to ,4a 6kl ; l ow t o m id ye ll ow 33s to 345, but 98 hhds crys iAllised Demerara fetched 31s 6d to 41s, being the full REFINED.—To-day another reduction took place for );' ll, e•tuade goods, dealers operating with caution. Brown itta 's s were sold at 45i t 45s 6d, dl to grocery h , Pa 6d to 49s per cwt. o Crushed an sugar ow met fine with little for export, and all sorts can be obtained at rather ° Wer rates. t r ,ALTRITius.- To-day there was a decrease in demand Mauritius sugar; the best yellow and grainy generally ,;°tlght full rates, but on other qualities a fall took place per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day plantation Ceylon met with ready tl Yers and realised stiffer rates, good mid to good at 61s to g, middling 58s to 60s, others 55s to 57s 6d ; pea berry 4to 64s for fair, and triage 48s to 575. Long berry, °c ha, at 72s to 74s 6d, and triage 46s to 445. Native 1 % , Ltted, and 1,000 bags were sold at 43s 6d for good ord. A.—A material increase has taken place in operations l E ovi to good ord congou, and prices have advanced, rul mt;ll at 11(1 to 110. In other sorts transactions are on a o re extended scale, and rates rule firm, rather blackish i t ? blackish leaf at 11N to is 41, and strong to pekoe 0 1141 8 Is 4d-to 2s 6d. Th e t ra d e have been the l e ading Nrat ors . I n green th ere are i ncreas i ng t ransac ti ons . I r aieE.—To-day the limited business concluded in East W% rice privately was at barely former rates. At auction 1 4 9 3 bars Ma.lr , s were taken in at lls 6d to 12s for pinky, 1 4 above the value. r , DISTRIBUTION Os' PRIZES AT THE NORTH LONDON i'. O LLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Yesterday, the annual distribu -4'41 of prizes to the pupils of this school took place at h! Ne w Vestry-hall, King's-road, Camden Town. The ,;'"- Thos. Dale, the vicar, occupied the chair, and was zt:PPorted by the Marquis Camden, Sir B. Hall, Bart, MP., t oil Dudley Stuart, M.P., J. Payne, Esq., J. Flather, I ,,, a ge and H. Farrer,churchwardens, and a flume (.,'llsbody of the clergy and gentry of the district. The I suc 18eful pupils received their rewards from the hands of the P t, e !r• The vicar, in his address to the meeting , al l ude d the benefits of education generally. He was happy h s tate that since the opening of that school its progress pupils be en mos t sat i s f actory . 1850, the number of was only 94 ; the school had progressed steadily, aid the 'lumber of pupils now was 244 ; a more gratify :lB proof of the steady progress of a sound education t i ° l ' 4 l not be found. All that was required to extend } h a number of pupils was space. It had been stated lat this was a public school, and that he (the vicar) had tr ,m9propriated public funds to its support. Nothing Obi be more false : the school was established at the t ;ggestion of and by Mr. Wiliams, the president. He tt lA happy to state, at the suggestion of Mr. Williams, hat it was that gentleman's intention to establish four *ti t of 301. each. The distribution was carried * ti t With the greatest unanimity. The company after snatch partook of a &fernier in the schoolroom, when , i l ;3' appropriate toasts were proposed. i t , THE PARIS EXHIBITION 1855.—Yesterday a meet IA of gentlemen, representing a large number of the ,"';‘ Manufacturers of Spitalfields, was held at the School Design, Crispin-street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of i°Oferring with the officers of the Board of Trade re- Pectin the best mode of carrying out the various 14 4' . g t h intnary measures for the Paris Exhibition, so far as t department of silk is concerned. Mr. Kemp (of the ti l , lll of Kemp, Stone, and Co., occupied the chair, and tpovernment officers present were Captain Owen, and Mr. Cole. The latter gentleman explained that the object of' the meeting was to ascertain whether e ,, representatives of the firms present would exhibit s' o ectively, and if so to name a few individuals to repre eqt them. He thought that the example set by the sit h ibition of Lyons last year, where they exhibited 1) ,':gether, was one worthy of following, and could not 14. 1 roproved upon. Their goods would have to be at A a r by the 15th of April, 1855, and the applications p r °Pace must be made by the Ist July, 1854. The s p e lleh Government bad invited them to state what 14- c e Would be required for their goods, and it only re t h Illed sh fo r the silk manufacturers to say how much r !Y vtied for. He had been sent over to Paris by the board of Trade, and believed the building would offer t ., l opedirnents , , and that the arrangements would be s„ (41 improvements upon our own. He thought it t i ° t ll s 4l be better for the manufacturers to form themselves tz .s , silk committee, to whom any questions as to the in hib itingofsilk • 4 _, :I , I KB from Captain Owen, Mr. Levanchy, and others, kre6olution was moved by Mr. Harrison, seconded by it C asey, and carried unanimously, to the effect that b e ; 4,3 desirable that the silk trade of Spitalfields should th, e Presented at the forthcoming Exhibition, and that pia I'Lleetitig would be happy to witness a complete dig eY Of the s ilk manu f actures o f t h e U ni t e d Ki ng d om . eh i c ' e r ci ornitte e was then appointed and the proceedings CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) At two o'clock this day, the nomination of a candidate to serve for the City of London, in the place of the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, who has accepted the office of Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, took place is the Common Hall, Guildhall. The ball and court-yard of Guildhall was densely crowded. Lady Russell, and her son and daughter, and Lord Wm. Russell and several of his lordship's friends, occupied the gallery over the hustings. Lord John Russell, upon making his appearance on the hustings, with the Lord May or, Aldermen, and Sheriff, was loudly cheered. Mr. Sheriff WIRE having opened the proceedings, and the usual preliminary proceedings having been gone through, HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT Esq., banker, came forward to propose Lord John Ru, , sell, and in doing so eaid that ho need not go into the history of the merits of the noble lord, but no man had been more the friend of religious liberty and commercial freedom of the people. He was the firm advocate of popular education. Ho did not mean to say that the noble herd was not sometimes wrong, and that he did not himself sometimes differ with him, but the noble lord had always served the city faith fnlly, and we were under a. debt of gratitude for the wisdom and counsel he had afforded the nation. After some remarks, he concluded by proposing Lord John Russell. Mr. DILLON seconded the nomination. No opposition having been offered, the noble lord was declared duly elected amidst tremendous cheering. Lord JOHN RUSSELL having returned thanks, the proceedings terminated. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT, (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) Mary Anne Alice Seago, 30, was indicted for the wil• ful murder of her son, William Seago. The prisoner appeated in a very weak and pitiable condition, and was hardly able to stand when she was placed at the bar. Mr. Parry applied to his lordship to postpone the trial to the next session. He said that the woman who stood at the bar was in a very destitute condition, and he was only instructed on her behalf through the humanity of the Sheriffs. He had only received the depositions on Monday, and consequently there had not been sufficient time for the necessary inquiries to4be made on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Payne, who appeared for the prosecution, said he did not think he ought to oppose the application, and the trial was consequently postponed. "Edward Benjamin Vidler pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering a forged order. This prisoner, it will be recollected, had upon a former occasion b: en convicted of the offence of forgery, and sentenced to 10 years' transportation, but was released a short time back under the newly established ticket-of leave system, and it appeared that almost the first use he made of his liberty was to commit the offence to which he had now pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. In the case of a person named Spooner, who had been held to bail to answer a charge of secreting post letters, Mr. Bodkin said that the matter had been referred to the Attorney-General, and he considered that the de fenndant bad been sufficiently punished, and he was therefore instructed not to offer any evidence in support of the charge. John Charleton, 35, a respectable looking man, was indicted for uttering a forged Si. Bank of England note. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin conducted the prose cution. The guilt of the prisoner was clearly established, and his nefarious proceedings appeared to have been carried on with a good deal of ingenuity. It seemed that he re presented himself as the steward of a vessel, and that it was his custom to frequent public-houses by the river side, until he bad established a sort of acquaintance with the persons about the establishments, and by this means he succeeded in getting rid of no less than five forged notes within a very short period. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, de clared he was not aware that the notes were forgeries at the time he uttered them. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner, who had pleaded guilty to another charge of the same kind, was sentenced to be kept to hard labour for one month upon one indictment, and to be transported for 14 years upon the second. Charlotte Charlton, 29, was indicted for havingunlaw fully in her possession three forged 51. Bank of England notes, without a lawful excuse. The prisoner, it appeared, was the wife of the man who had just been convicted, and it seemed that upon his being taken into custody the officers proceeded to the lodging he occupied with the prisoner, who was his wife. She was informed that her husband was in ens_ tody upon a charge of uttering a forged 101. note, and it was observed that she at the time had something in her hand, and she was about to place this on the fire when her hand was seized, and it was found to contain three forged five-pound notes. The prisoner upon this offered the officers a genuine 51. note, and asked them to throw the furged ones into the fire. The prisoner, in her defence, declared that she was quite ignorant of her husband's proceedings, and that on the day in question she found the forged notes acci- dentally between two boxes. The Jury acquitted the prisoner. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) EXTENSIVE MINING FAILIIRE.-IN RE HOMMERSHAM. The bankrupt was described as of Bermondsey, and had dealt extensively in mining shares. To-day was appointed for his last examination. The debts were stated at 25,0491. To ditto holding security, 8,9001. ; liabilities, 4,0961. Assets—Cash, 901. ; good debts, 1451. ; mining shares, valued at 2,7851. The bankrupt's losses on shares exceeded 10,0001. The bankrupt passed. IN RE WIC GRAND. The bankrupt was described as of Lower Tottenham, builder, and came up to pass his last examination on accounts prepared by ➢Zr. Lea, Queen-street, Cheapside. The debts are not large, and it is supposed that the estate will pay nearly 20s. in the pound. th• West- 1 papa" the Par? 'egrapluo nday, on 3WitSCh 6 nel con' 3 to Aus •avr from it to de festatios le move, by rapm tion fof . make it to the Ided by 10th at naval for the f Arta embark . at 71f. i_ a _rfalf roan, at 1.,155L ; North- Shares, 43Tons to e, 66%; France, f Credit us that confer- Fer ing the ayment as, bas perous; en seen, makes to the ~ sa ys: to -day ys, but is noW week. .de last , But as are at per id that 3red as 1 as in. to-day's riptiout Good • kinds eavily, or oats, terms. ,94niki ,770brl ws lamb, 6d. to • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IN RE RADFORD. This bankrupt was described as of Manchester and Noble-street, London, agent and warehouseman. The debts amount to about 1,600/. Assets—Cash given up 371. ; good debts, 2401. Bankrupt passed without opposition. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. It would certainly appear as though there were some peculiar law, meteorological, magnetic, or otherwise, under which a flower show and a rainy day were made to have some mysterious influence of cause and effect upon each other. The first exhibition of the South Lon don Floricultural Society was held yesterday, in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, and, as a matter of course, it was a wet day ; the philosophy of the thing we leave to others, sufficient for us that we record the fact. We may add, however, that so great and so numerous are the attractions of these floral fetes, that despite the very unfavourable weather there was a very large attendance of visitors. Tho show of flowers was not perhaps so good or so extensive as on former occasions—a circum stance easily explained by the continuance of cold and unfavourable weather, and the objection which florists have to send their best specimens out of the " houses" in so unfavourable a character. Subjoined is a list of the prizes awarded : CLASS 1.-PRIVATE GROWERS, NOT CULTIVATING FOR SALE. Stove and greenhouse plants (orchideous plants excluded) fifteen varieties, G. A. medal, Qtr. Over; L. S. V. medal, Mr. Jarvis ; L. S. L. medal, 'Mr. Roser ; S S. V. medal, Mr. Rhodes. Stove and greenhouse plants (orchideous plants excluded) ten varieties, S. S. V. medal, Mr. Hamp; S. S. L. medal, Mr. Young. Pelargoniums (six varieties, in eight inch pots), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Robinson. . _ _ Faticy Pelargoniums (six varieties, in eight inch pots), S. S. L. medal, Mr. Robinson. Cape Heath (six varieties), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Reser ; S. S. L. medal, Mr. Over. Pinks (twelve varieties, on cards, in the exhibitor's boxes, painted green), S. S. A. medal, Mr. J. H. Baker. CLASS IL — NURSERYMEN AND OTHERS GROWING FOR SALE. Stove and greenhouse plants(orchideonsplants excluded) 15 varieties, L. S. V. medal, Mr. Clarke. Pelargoniums (eight varieties in eight inch pots), S.S.V. medal, Mr. C. Turner. Fancy Pelargoniums (six varieties in eight inch pots), S. S. L. medal, Mr. C. Turner. Pinks (12 varieties, on cards, in the exhibitor's boxes, painted green), S. S. A medal, Mr. C. Turner. Orehideous plants (six varieties), S. S. V. medal, Mr. Jarvis. Specimen plant (any genus), S. S. L. medal, Mr. C. Rhodes; S. S. A. medal, Mr. Over; B. medal, Mr. Over In the evening the weather was more favourable, and the gardens were crowded, the attack on Chusan, the fine collection of plants and animals, the _vocal perform ance of Miss Bamford, and Miss Poole, and an extra efficient band ,)eing the principal attractions. Ormr Ain PREACIIINC,—The Vicar of Peterborough has commenced a system of open air preaching, and an nounces his intention to persevere in it during the summer. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost 23 - 24 and Eastu. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & 5 i - 5i 8 - 9 Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ....... Myth & Tync original £25 (issd. at £45; Bristol and Exeter Ca1ed0nian............ Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin &Belfa stJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . Do. New East Anglian Do., (218 E & l Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A 12 —ll dial 17 18 7i —64 d 96 - 98 57i - 58] 144 - 15 • • • ... • 7 - 8 ••• 154 - 164 124 - 121 32 - 36 24 - 26 Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh &Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prlh & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Sth. &West.(lre.; Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 60 - 62 58 - 60 23 - 24~ 58 62 89 90 70 72 .23 - 125 iai i6i 87 - 89 11 - 13 u 11 -13 1 614 621 71 -- Ti .1 Do. - New Thirds Lancash. and Yorksh Do., Fifths D a., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt Loudon & Blaekwal Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond-and N. Westu. Do. Fifths 134 —13 f . 81 8 . 1 P LO2 103 994 -99 f d d d - 1 1 d 80 82 10 9 d 9 8d Do.lo/.5h.,m&8...( Do. Eighths London and.% Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndudrry& Coleraine. LncludriT. & Nianch.Shef.& Line Do., Man. & Lin:Un Midland 19 - 20 62 626 34 - 36 )o. Birmn g. & Derby Aidld. G. West. (Ire.) De. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen' Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor id— d 6i i sd 2i 3 6 8 47 49 31 31 32/ ... 331 Norfolk Northn.Countios Un, North British , North Devon, No. 1., Do., No. Do.„ 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed, North London IDo. New £lO 50 54 I par 1 p i i Pd 41 4dl 7 — i 74 id P N. &S. Wstrn ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland 30 - 32 86 88 54 . 56 60 - 65 Shrewsbury & Bi i mg: Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed St stk Shrewsby. & Hera& Shrewsby. & Cliestei (N. W. Miu Do. Halves,l • Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do.. 60 - 65 2 - 2} 15 - 17 7 - 8§ 11 - 13 3 - 14 - 16 62 63 34 - 35 4 - 2,1 4 - 5 Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl l'aff Valo Do. £lO shares. 30 = 32 Do. Pref., No. L._ 'lames Havel' Dock and Railway Vale of Neath... 3i - 3i 18 19 4 - 5 20 .: 22 Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. IWest End of London and Crystal Palace West London Ms. 100 20 130 100 Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions 51 6i 8 - 71(1 4t 4 cl 50 -- 5 dim 70i 691 Do. C.N.E. 'Purchase York S.; N.Midland... FOREIGN. 10 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 4 —34 d 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 14 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3i —24 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip 4 d 4 p Pm ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin — 174 all Demerara 20 14 Non and Besancon 20 9 Dutch Rhenish . 4 —31 d 20 all East Indian 2 2 p 20 2 Do. Extension 4 ' l l3 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 25 74 Grd. Trunk of Cana& 100 40 Do. Debentures 8 6 d 100 all Do. do. — 20 10 Gt. Central of France id— 4 p 204 all Gt.WesternofCanada Shares . ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 ..p 204 all Elamilton & Toronto 4d— Ap • 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Ltkc Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof — die 20 15 Luxembourg — .•• 10 10 Qo. (Railway) 5 2 Do. Pref — 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref ll —14 d 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran — 20 13 Madras 334 3:3- Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 2r 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 8 Si 8i 94 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of Franco 33 -34 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPrel 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyons 174 —174 p 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans 45 A 7 20 all Paris and Rouen 36 38 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 311. 31i 31i 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. pm 104 101 Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre__ 20 12 Royal Danish 2d par 5 2 BoyalSwedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bl 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. 20 6 ->outlierr of France —p m 20 8 it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — 13i all West lan dere 10 all Do SA per c. Pref ••• dxd x d 20 10 Western of France 54 61p 16 10 7 West. of Switzerland 20 2 Wiesbaden ••• 20 15 Zealand s i MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Lubin Coal and Iron 25 17 tustralian Agricult. 43 45 44 3i 20 14 tustralsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Xustraln. Royal Mail 10 4 ierlin Water Works 50 40 Brit. American Land 74 77 5 1 .3rit. & Coln. Smcltg. and Reduction Co 100 32i Canada BO 85 5 5 Cryalial Palace s—sl 51 5 3A Do. New.... 4 2 crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam ••• 25 20 EleetritTelegraph(A) 17 18 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir .„ 15 14 Gen. Stearn Navigat 20 18 General Screw Steam ' 20 73 Irish Beetzeot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land — 1 2 1 isr. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian lh 1 1 Do. New — ••• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeStesun 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. j d 1 a ll 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 2 50 3 560 Royalot ° Mail Iresntecpao: — 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. Si 2$ 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 1 all Submar, Telegraph.. 1 1 all Do. Registered. — 1 - 100 - - 2811 Tan Dionaeu laza 12 =l4 8/ 281 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 100 25 25 18 20 St. 1100 18 : 1 I.lj 100 - 34 all 100 . 100 474 174 all 100 LZ is 2/ 2s 100 100 100 100 2i 2sl 16 100 17 all all 16 15i 12b per cent. EVENING, JUNE 14, 1854. :hr. Paid. RawsvATe. Compass. '-being Prices this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley.... N. West ... St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 94 96 50 all ClydesdaleJc. ealedon 94 96 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cant. Gt.Nrthn. 132 134 1334 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New. Do — 25 all Glstr.diDn.Fr Gt. Waste 100 all flrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NMd 103 105 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 514 524 124 all Do. Shares. Do 254 264 13i all Lon.&Greenw 3. Eastern 124 134 20 all Do. Preference Do 224 234 • 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 WO Do. 6 per ct. 5i all Aanch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 24 2i 50 all Uiddlesbro' & itckton & Rcdcar Darliugt. 1(1C all Nfidid.Bradfd Aidland.. 93 03 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. Pl. Count. 56 58 50 Do. 6 per ct. D 0 ... 50 all Do. Fixcdsp eDo 25 all Prost. & Wyre h. &N.W &Lu&Yk xd 124 12 Do. 4 Shares. Do — xd St. 100 itoystn.& Hit. GtNortlm St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do ... ... 25 18 ? Shef. Roth and Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 9A 3. Staftordsh. W.Melean 2 lid 50 a ll ArearValleygi itockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do 2 .0 30 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn. 91 -- 93 PREFERENCE SHARES. kberdeen . Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyue 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandonsip.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£310s) 1 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5 10 St. 5 5i per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p. c. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Dc,. irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p.l c., 1852 St. St. St. 16 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler, Shares andy. & Ennis. Sh. Nan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. Now, £lO Do. 46 Nfarypt.& Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & 9.irm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 54 per ct. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c. Do 10 6 12 1 12 121 St. St. 15 8A 8 101 100 LOO [OO 100 100 scot. Cent. , New Pre; ihrews. & Birm.N.G. ihrewsby. & Chostm (Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent south Devon Oa. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Readh4 Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent. i.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. ockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do Vork&N. Midlandll 9i :i.e • •• 3 . -3, 3i_ 4' i P lip 1p 131 -- 13i' 22 - 24 • •• ''''''' 3 - 3i .zd [l5 117 107 - .109 10 - 104 7i 8 ,„ -- scl 6 6A 66 98 87 89 91 93 Id— pa 133 135 • •• • ... '''... to. 2j- 3 p i 1 64 8 9 Par [33 135 111 lad 100 - 102 10 -10 i 91 i -16 i --10 1-- 13 i - 41 23 -23 i 99 -- 101 15 -- 20 a i'd 90 - 93 3 - 36 1 id 134 5 1011 MINES 1 all Aqua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold # 108. all Anglo Californian par 10 2 Australasian 20 6 lustralian 1 all Australian Cordillera -- 1 all Australian Freehold 4 - 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) $ 50 all Blacuarvon Ir. &Coal 10 1 all i'sritish Austrlu. Gold 20 13.5 British Iron 35 24i ) , Brazilian Imp . (issue d at X 5 pin 44 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 14 24 20 15 Do. 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New 94 30 104 iantiago de Cuba 34 4 1 1 all 'outlt Australian 4 10 7 rin Croft 2 284 all United Mexican 34 4 1 all Waller 4 1 all West Granada ••• 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. , Yorthing Mining of Australia. ...... ••• 1 all Yuba • JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all kustrala.sia 3O 82 ' 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... ••• 50 all British N. American ... ••• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 id 20 2 Chrtd. Dirk. of India, Australia, & China •••d 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ••• 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 3 —24 d 20 20 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 214 50 20 London and County ..• 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster —.— 100 33 National Provincial of England — 20 10 Do. New . . 50 224 National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 47 49xd ex b 25 5 Do. New - 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 43 45 25 all Union of Australia 7O 72 2. Do. New 7 - 9 50 10 Union of London: — ••• GUANO DISCOVERIES.—The Washington correspondent of the New I oil: Daily Times, writing on May 29, says :—" News has reached here from Mr. J. 'Yallamil, of immense deposits of guano on the Gallipagosleland, off the coast of Ecuador, situated half way betyreen San Francisco and Cape Rom." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The following bills were read a second time :—The York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (construction of docks, &c.) ; the Cornwall Railway ; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford upon-Avon and Stourbridge branches) ; East Lama shire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways ; Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway (No. 2) ; Mellow and Fermoy Railway ; the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (Pontop and South Shields, &c.) Bill, and the North London Railway Amendments Bill, Were read a third time and passed. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTHE postponed until Thurs day next this bill, on the ground that it had only just been printed. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of this bill, gave a historical sketch of the law on the subject to which it referred, and which, he said, had engaged the attention of the Legis lature for a great many years. Prior to the Reformation marriage in England as it was still in some Roman Catholic countries, was treated as a sacrament and as absolutely indissoluble, but recourse was had to vari ous expedients whereby marriages were declared to be null and void from the beginning. In the reign of Henry VIII., and afterwards in that of Edward VI., a commission was appointed to inquire into the state of law connected with the Church, which included the sub ject of divorce, and they recommended that marriages should be set aside for adultry, and a variety of other causes. Their suggestions, however, were not carried into effect, but they were so conformable to the feelings of man kind that, at the end of the sixteenth or the beginning of the 17th century, divorces were granted by the eccle siastical courts a mend et thoro, but this only separated the parties, and did not enable them to marry again. Towards the close of the 19th century it was felt that this state of the law subjected parties to great hardship, and by means of a bill in Parliament, they were enabled to procure a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, which placed them in a position to again marry. Three years ago a commission was appointed to inquire into the existing law, and to suggest remedies for its defects. Their report was presented to the house last session, and the present bill was, with some slight modifications, founded upon that report. Two classes of questions were considered by the Commissioners —first, what was the class of cases in which it would be safe and proper to permit divorces ; and secondly, what tribunal could the decision of such questions be safely and properly confided. With regard to the first, the com missioners came to the conclusion, in which he entirely concurred, that it was expedient to confine the ground for a divorce to adultery on which for a century and a half their lordships had alone granted divorces. In regard to the second question, the commissioners proposed a tribunal consisting of a Vice Chancellor, a common law judge, and, an ecclesiastical judge. By the present bill the Court of Chancery, taking the jurisdiction now exer cised by the ecclesiastical courts, would have power to hear and determine all matters matrimonial, to make decrees of nullity of marriage, divorces a menses et thoro, for alimony, and restitution of conjugal rights ; and in all such suits and pro cee di ngs it wou ld proceed accord ing to the rules and principles which had heretofore guided the ecclesiastical courts. The court of divorce would be a new tribunal, and have power to dissolve marriage, but only by reason of adultery on the part of the wife, or of incest or bigamy on the part of the hus band. It was proposed that it should be constituted of the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Master of the Rolls, and two other persons to be appointed under the great seal, who would most probably be two learned civilians. Although the practice of dissolving marriage by legislation would be abandoned, an appeal would lie from this new court to the House of Lords, which would remain, as heretofore the court of final resort. Lord BROUGHAM expressed a general approval of the measure, particularly of the departure from the existing legislative practice, which made each case of divorce a privilegium, and the substitution of a judicial system. The transfer of jurisdiction from the ecclesias tical courts would impose but little additional duty upon the Court of Chancery, while it certainly would not un safely extend the facilities for divorce ; but he thought the constitution of the proposed new court would be found to require some modification. Lord CAMPBELL warmly concurred in the principles upon which the bill was founded, but he entertained doubts as to the efficiency of the judicial machinery by which it was proposed to be carried out. He thought that, as recommended by the commissioners, there ought to be only one tribunal for divorce and all causes matri monial, which should not be the Court of Chancery. Lord REDESDALE said that, as one of the divorce commissioners, he had paid great attention to the sub ject, and had arrived at the conclusion that Parliament ought to adhere to the old principle of our law, that marriage was indissoluble. This bill, however, introduced a new principle, that a court of law should have the power of dissolving marriage, and he cautioned the house against thus opening a door which, by creating an impression that divorces could bo readily obtained, might be pro ductive of great social evil. He admitted that the exist ing legislative system was capable of improvement ; but he denied that there had been any such great or general demand for additional facilities in the way of obtaining divorces as to justify the proposals contained in this bill. Lord ST. LEONARDS, whilst giving a modified sup port to the hill, stated a number of points in which the constitution of the proposed new court was defective. He also objected, in some respects, to its intended mode of proceeding. Too much labour, he thought, would be thrown upon the Lord Chancellor and the Chancery judges, by extending the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery; and he foresaw that the compensations to the judges and officers to be removed in consequence of the establishment of the new tribunal would be enormous. The LORD CHANCELLOR having replied, the bill was read the second time. The High Treason (Ireland) Bill was read the second time. EXCHEQUER BONDS (6,000,000/.) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill ; and in the course of a very few observations, ho de• nied that it was a loan bill in the proper sense of the term. Lord MONTEAGLE said he could not assent to the third reading of this bill without calling attention to its peculiar provisions. Complaining that the bill had been introduced without explanations, and that it was liable to be productive of signal disturbance in our financial arrangements, he asserted that it was a loan bill and no thing but a loan bill. To deny this proposition was to embark upon the intellectual effort of proving a distinc tion without a difference. It was proposed to raise 6,000,0001., at 4 per cent. This was a rate of interest disproportionate to the rates paid on Consols and Ex chequer-bills, but the Government were obliged to offer it because the security was distasteful to the public. And this was done at a time when the rate of interest upon the best securities in France had been lowered. He asked whether it was not strange that in the course of one year the rate of interest upon our unfunded debt should be raised from 1. to 4 per cent. ? Yet this had been done by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he contended that such a fact was unexampled in the mone tary history of the country. The bill called upon Par liament to cast on the years 1858, 1859, and 1860, an annual burden of 2,000,0001., in addition to the ordi nary ways and means of each year. This was incon sistent with the notion of providing for the service of the year within the year • while there was obvious risk in saying b e f ore h an d what would be the financial posi tion of the country in those years. But it was said that when those years arrived the bonds would be replaced by other bonds. If this were so the bill was an impos ture, for it contained no such power of substitution. This might be one cause of the unpopularity of the new secu rities ; but there was another cause, which he would point out. The public did not like any security which was small in amount. A public security, to be effectual, must be of sufficient extent to make a market for itself, but in this case the 6,000,0001. had been divided into three series of 2,000,0001. each, which was far too small, while by the arrangements that had been subsequently made, there were no very great facilities for their transfer from hand to hand. His great objec tion to the bill, however, was to the power which it gave to the Government to interfere with the Savings Banks Act, by enabling the Chancellor of the Exchequer to sell savings banks stock, and of investing the money in the purchase of the new securities. He regarded this power as extremely dangerous, and, observing that it was not contained in the original bill introduced into the House of Commons, he contended that, after 1858, it would become part of the permanent debt of the country. Thus the Chancellor of the Exchequer was practically doing that which he professed not to do. Adverting to the question whether these 6,000,0001. was a loan, he submitted that, whether regarded by the inspirations of common sense, or tested by the nature of the case, it was a loan, and nothing but a loan. It was said to be a provision for the temporary raising of money. What was this, ho asked, but a loan ? In conclusion, he admitted the general merits of the Government, par ticularly in their selection of war taxes, and said it was with regret that he had felt himself compelled, by a sense of public duty, to make these observations. Earl GRANVILLE, in reply, said the noble lord bad entirely failed to make out a case against the bill. He denied that the new security was dis tasteful to the public ; and said the noble lord, in com of the rise in the rate of interest,, had entirely emitted from his consideration the state of the harvest and the breaking out of war, circumstances sufficient to account for the advance. There would be no embarrass ment whatever in providing for the payment of these bonds in 1858, 1859, and 1860. We were now accus tomed to provide every year for 16,000,0001. or 17,000,0001. of Exchequer-bills ; and surely there would be no difficulty in meeting 2,000,0001. a year for three years. it was, in fact, idle to talk of difficulty from such a cause. The omission in the clause relative to the savings -banks, which the noble lord had mentioned, had been made advisably, inasmuch as the words, had they remained, would have led to ambiguity as to the powers of the savings bank trustees to exchange stock for bonds. It was monstrous that the Government should not thus have the power of dealing with the public money in a manner most advantageous to the public, for he denied that the funds alluded to belonged to the savings -banks. They belonged to the Government ; the Government was responsible for them ; and he contended that their investment of the purchase of bonds would be mlyeata! geous to the country. In conclusion he repeated that the bill was not a loan bill. After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, the bi was read the third time and passed. The Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. in the West Riding, against church rates, and another in favour of the ballot; by Alderman CHALLIS, from Fins bury, in favour of the ballot ; by Mr. A. PELLATT, from Staines, praying for the abolition of church rates ; by Mr. H. BERKELEY, from Cheltenham and Maidstone, in favour of the ballot ; by Mr. G. BALL, from a Dissenting body in Cambridgeshire, praying for the total abolition of church rates ; by Mr. BANkEs, from Dorset, in favour of ocean penny postage ; by Mr. M. GIBSON, from Gloucestershire, in favour of the b a ll o t ; b y Mr. HEA' DLAM, from the medi cal practitioners of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in favour of the London University Medical Graduates ;by Serjeant SHEE, from places in Irela n d, in favour of vote by ballot. THE TIGER. Captain SCOBELL wished t o ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any official despatches have been re ceived relating to the loss o her Majesty's steam-vessel Tier; and whether, if so received, or when received, there will be any objectio n t o suc h despatches being made public ? Sir J. GRARA.II said th e B oar d of Admiralty had re ceived an account from the first lieutenant of the Tiger of the circumstances which led to th e l oss of the Tiger. Ail the circumstances which really interested the public had been made known through accustomed channels; but in the report from the first Houten int, there were certain questions of a professional character relating to the loss of the vessel, which must become the subject of inv es ti ga ti on before a court-martial, and in the opinion of the Board of Admi ralty the publication of these details would prejudice the trial. BLOCKADE OF RUSSIAN PORTS. Mr. HORSFALL asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it was intended to establish an effective blockade of the Russian ports in the Baltic, the Black, and the White Sea, or whether there was to be a distinction in favour of foreign flags. Sir J. GRAHAM had already stated more than once that an effective blockade of Russian ports had been esta blished in the Baltic and the Black Sea, but none had been instituted in the White Sea, though her believed such a blockade was in contemplation by the French Govern ment. The blockades would be relaxed in favour of no flags whatever. THE STAR. Mr. WILLIAMS wished to draw the attention of the right hon. baronet to a re p or t w hi c h h a d a ppeared in a morning print relativ e t o h er M a j es t y ' s s hi p St ar . This vessel had just returned into port from foreign service, and on its being communicated to the crew that the ship would not be paid off, -but that she would be re fitted for service in the Baltic, they held a council between decks, and signed a round robbin, calling upon the Board of Admiralty to change their commander, on the ground that he had been guilty of gross cruelty towards them. It appeared that scarcely one of the men had escaped flogging, and none of them so flogged had received less than four dozen lashes each. Sir J. GRAHAM said there was no truth in this re port, but in consequence of an anonymous letter which was sent to the Board of Admiralty, an inquiry was insti tuted into the conduct of the commander, and it was found that, although it had been indiscreet, it was yet not wholly indefensible. Arrangements had been made to appease the fears of the crew, and the ship was now refitting for active service. THE POLICE BILL. Captain SCOBELL asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a return (ordered to be laid on the table of the house, about three months ago) of the number, cost, &c., of the police force in each city and borough in England and Wales, will be so rendered, and be in the hands of members previous to the second reading of the Police Bill being moved. Lord PALMERSTON promised that the return should be forthcoming before the second reading. Mr. M. GIBSON thought there would be little chance of carrying the bill this session, but, at the same time, he should be glad to know when it was proposed to take the second reading. He also wished to know when the noble lord intended to bring in his promised bill to give the rate payers of counties a control over the expenditure. Lord PALMERSTON observed that as to fixing the day when the second reading would come on, that must depend, of course, up on th e p rogress o f th e other business of thit house, which was of a more pressing nature, and after the experience of last night it was impossible to say when many bills before the house would be brought on. But it un doubtedly was his intention to ask the house to pass the Police Bill into a law; he should be ready to hear any ob jections that might be made to any particular parts of the bill, and those objections should receive his best attention. With regard to the other measure, suoh a bill was pre pared, and whenever ho saw a chance of bringing it in he should avail himself of it. THE BALLOT. Mr. Serjoant SHEE presented petitions in favour of the ballot. _ . Mr. H. VERNON presented a similar petition from Truro. - . . _______ ➢ir. H. BERKELEY presented a petition to the same effect from Chatham. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Carnarvon for the ballot, and ono from Bothnia praying that there may be no extension of the franchise without the ballot. Mr. BERKELEY, in rising to bring forward his motion in favour of the ballot, said he did so unelated by transent success and undismayed by usual defeat, for he was equally persuaded that the measure was one required by justice and expediency, and one which the house would never agree to until compelled by necesssity. He justified his conduct by the pertinacity of Lord J. Russell in respect to the claims of the Jews, which were certainly not stronger than those of the Christian electors of this country to pro tection. The case of an elector was surely as strong as that of the Jew; but the simple question to decide was, should the elector elect ? Now on this point nothing could go beyond the reasoning and argument of Mr. Grote, and those who followed that gentleman in the advocacy of the ballot had only to contend with the ghosts of the arguments which he had demolished. (Hear, and a laugh.) Ono of the last spectres which had appeared was the theory that the elective franchise was a trust to the electors, to be used for the benefit of the non-electors, and that the voting must be open in order that the non-elec tors might be made acquainted with the manner iu which the duty was discharged. A more delusive theory, or one more dangerous in practice, could not be advanced; for it was ono which assuredly encouraged intimidation. The elective franchise was a right, and not a trust; but, if a trust, he contended the elector could not discharge his duty under a system of open voting. But he denied that open voting fixed the responsibility of the voter. and on this point he again quoted the authority of Mr. Grote. To show the danger of this theory, he would refer the house to what were called the Parliamentary blue, but which ought to be called the Parliamentary black books—the accumu lation of the committees who had sat on the proceedings at the lost election—he meant the Cork election. At that election Mr. Murphy, Mr. Fagan, and Colonel Chatterton were the candidates. Murphy and Fagan were Liberals and Roman Catholics ; Colonel Chatterton a Conservative and Protestant. It was in evidence before the committee that the Roman Catholic priests took a warm interest in Murphy and Fagan, and addressed their congregation after Divine service, having evidently studied in the Russell school—that school in which the Secretary at War had taken his degree. (A laugh.) " You see, boys," said these priests, " that the elective franchise is given to the electors in trust for you, the non-electors; and, boys, all those who vote for Chatterton are guilty of a breach of trust. Now a breach of trust is a sin, and you are perfectly warranted in preventing the electors from going to the poll to commit that sin." (A laugh.) Well, the non-electors took the hint, and did prevent the electors from goinc , to the poll ; but he would admit that the violence which p took place did not arise from the recommendation of the Roman Catholic priests ; and he was bound to suppose that such violence did not meet with the approval of the noble lord the member for London. (A laugh) The violence arose from the dangerous doctrine promulgated by the priests and by the noble lord ; for the nen-electors, acting as they were desired, watched the polli n g bo o ths to see how their trustees voted—(a laugh)—and when they found them vote "sinfully" they chalked their backs—(a laugh)—and when out of the reach of the military nearly stoned them to death. (More laughter.) To prove the accuracy of this description he need only refer to the speech of Colonel Chatterton at the dinner given to Mr. Isaac Butt, the member for Youghal. (Hear.) Speaking of the Cork election the gallant colonel observed, that, although his profession had compelled him to witness many scenes of blood, he had never been more horrified than at the scenes enacted at that election. He described the appearance of the wounded " trustees" as most sickening, and nothing could be more constitutional than the language of the gallant colonel when he asked whether mon would re cord their votes through such murderous scenes of blood ? but he (Mr. Berkeley) confessed astonishment at the concluding sentence of the gallant colonel's ad dress. After his description of all this bloodshed it might have been supposed that some alteration in the mode of voting would have been suggested ; but the concluding words of the gallant colonel were, simply, " Attend to the registry." (Laughter.) Attend to the registry ! when the effect of the system was to doom the electors to the martyrdom of St. Stephen, and to have their brains knocked out. (Laughter.) The gallant colo nel said his heart and soul were bound up iu the Conserva tive cause ; and it was well known that the protection of the voter was a brand of heresy in the Conservative creed. The bruised and battered electors of Cork, thou, 'iuust turn to the Liberal members for Cork if they desired a sincere advocacy of the ballot, and he trusted he should have the assistance of the senior member for that city on this occasion. Two principles he (Mr. Berkeley) contended for ; first, that the vote of the elector should not be pur chased by money ; and, secondly, that it should,_onot be placed within the control of a peer of the realm. pre vent the elector from being trodden down by the ballot, hethe purchaser or the peer, lot him have the protection of which had never failed to give security to the voter where ever it had been adopted. In proof, it was only to state that open voting had frequently beennecessary exchanged for secret voting, but never secret vo t in g for open. (Hear, hear.) America had been cited as an instance of the failure of the ballot ; but the result of c orrespondence with able men in America, and with a society which enrolled amongst its names that of Mr. George Grote, showed the direct contrary. In America the ballot was in force in 29 states out [of 31. lt was instituted in Massachusett s i n 163 i, remained in forc e to this day, and election dis turbances were unknown there. It was in force in Connecticut, in Pennsylvania, New York, Louisian a , and Kentucky; and wherea s, in the tw o l atter states, before of the ballot, in 1830, the fightin- , 1 the adoptio n au, ge neral disturbance rivalled our own election scenes at Black burn, Clitheroe, Six-mile-bridge, and Cork, the elections were now conducted in the most peaceable manner. But the ballot had worked equally well in Switzerland, Hol land, and Belgium. Yes, in Switzerland the ballot hail been found to work well ; in Belgium, as ho hail himself lately proved, it was equally successful ; and France af forded a third instance of its advantages, although it was once the fashion to declare that it had been weighed in the balance and found venting, because, under it, the present Emperor had been elected to power. For need he recall to the recollection of the house that, at the time of the covp d'etat, th e name o f Napoleon was held in about as much reverence in this - country as the name of Marshal Haynau, of woman-flogging memory. (Laughter, and c ries of " hear, h ear .") Wh y , th e ti me was w h en my Lord Pal merston himself wits almost hunted about the country like a mad fox, because he was deemed not to be as much_e posed to the he a d of the French nation as the rest; his colleagues. (Renewed laughter, and cries of " d )40car(;.') e f ary of Nor could he forget that Lord Panmure, then a_S e ' r t . State under a Whig GoveriA aen t; actually cialtba., that illtia9agh 11Q had all - 5.31 IlaPPUted 13 ' --111Qt8 be 442414 O b longer support it, because under it had been elected the French Emperor. (Loud cries of " hear, hear.") And I then, to crown all, the Time,: newspaper must needs lay hold of this most notable declaration and embalm it with a leader. (Much laughter.) Need he remind the house how vain were all his efforts at that time to stem the torrent which had set in against the ballot. They had got hold of an unpopular Frenchman, and therefore the ballot was wrong. But why, said the hon. gentleman (facing the Treasury bench), why should I not now turn round upon you, confounding you with your claptrap, and choking you with your calumnies ? (Hear, hear.) Thank • the ballot for having given to France the most celestite . tional monarch she has ever possessed. Thank the ballot for having given to France a monarch whose sentiments and actions are alike French. (Hear, hear.) You called out the militia, you fortified your ports, you built s hi p . , all in dread f this French monarch—who, instead of wishing to draw the sword, has kept it in the scabbard until it could no longer be kept there except with dis honour—and then only to draw it, not to minister to a hostile ambition, but drawing it for the oppressed against the oppressor, for the due balance of power, and the rights of nations. (Loud cheers) Yes, thank the ballot for all that, as you found fault with the ballot for having elected the man. Tile other day, at that glorious pageant at Portsmouth, there was no man that did not express the feeling and sentiment that was re-echoed by the press from one end of the country to the other —that there was but one thing wanting to make the most glorious sight com plete, and that was the presence of the French fleet in our waters—and on the deck of her Majesty's steamer her august ally, praised by you all as faithful, loyal amid brave the latest elected Monarch of France. (Loud cries of Hear, hear.) However, laying aside all such considera. tiona, he held that the virtues or the vices of the man elected by ballot proved no criterion of the goodness or badness of their system of voting. But hon. gentlemen had turned round on him and said—" Why press this measure of reform at all at a moment when the Government had just consented to withdraw their Reform Bill." Now, that was a positi on w hi c h h e cou ld no t un d ers t an d a t all. "Why, they might just as well say that hon. gentlemen should not go into Scotland to shoot grouse, because Lord Aber. Been did not wear Scotch phillibegs. (Great laughter.) In that bill of reform he did not find one scintilla of pro. tection to the electors of the country ; the bill did not eon• tain one word about it worthy of a thought. And let the house mark, that while this language was held to him, he found the Government —aided and abetted, indeed, by some hon. gentlemen on both sides—loading the table with bills which they pretended would cure all the evils of our sys tem; and all these bills have been got together up stairs, where they are being tinkered with, to end as was the fate of all tinkered work—by going to pieces. (Laughter and hear, hear.) N ow , h e rejo i ced that her Majes ty's Govern meat rn meat had laid aside their Reform Bill, because he did e not believe it contained the ingredients necessary to produee success, while it seemed to possess all the ingredients of destruction for the present able and liberal Administration. The cause which militated against the success of reform was just this, that men could not be persuaded to give up politi cal power; they must be forced to do so, and the people alone could do that. The people must be called in to assist in the putting down of corruption in that house, and they must be persuaded to take the bill on their shoulders, as they did i n 1852. But that they never would do until the bill was made more palatable to them, by, giving them a much larger extension of the suffrage, by making it less complex, and by joining to that protection to the elector at the polling-booth. (Cheers from the members below the gang way on the ministerial side of the house.) Well, the Re. form Bill slumbered, and, hoping always to speak of it in the past tense, he would say, requiescat in pace. (Laughter.) He believed that the intimidation and corruption existing at the present time was as bad as that practised at the re mote days of Daniel Defoe. And did they suppose it was to be put down by penal enactments? Why what said the high authority of Mr. Thomas Babington Macaulay on this point. Ho said—" You cannot repress intimidation by penal laws, for such laws are an infringement upon the most sacred rihts of prope r ty it can on ly b e suppressed by the ballot." (Hear, hear, below the gangway.) Well, but there was the bill of the hon. and learned member for Suffolk (Sir F. Kelly), imposing the necessity of an oath upon the electors. But had they not already oaths enough, and appalling violations of oaths ! Did not men sell their votes as they sold pigs, or sacks of flour, or sacks of apples, and then go to the polling booths and swear that they were guiltless of being bribed ? He know himself a case where an elector, on his way to the poll, received a bribe of 51., and then took the bribery oath with the 5/. in one hand and the Prayer-book in the other. He knew another instance where an elector proceeded to the poll between the two contending parties, one of them contrived to slip a 5/. note into his right hand. On this the other party in sisted on his taking the oath ; but he slipped away, and the people imagined that he could not stand the test of the oath. But what happened ? Why, towards the end of the day he turned up again and voted ; explaining that in the morning, having the i3l. note in his right hand, he could. not take the oath without exposing it. (Laughter.) Again, all those bills at whi c h th e y were a t wor k so zea l ous ly sa id not one word about intimidation, or if it was mentioned it was after so puerile a fashion that no one was believed to be in earnest. After all the corruption and intimidation. of 1853 they had had but one bill purporting to amend the law against bribery and intimidation, and ordaining a penalty of 501. aga i ns t any one who s h ou ld resort to force or threats to influence an election. But did that meet the intimidation of landlords—did it meet the intimidation of customers ? Was a landlord compelled to avow his reasons for discharging a servant—a customer for discharging his tradesman? In conclusion, he would quote two cases to show that no law which they could make would meet or check some kinds of intimidation. The first case to be mentioned was on very high authority, it was one of in timidation quoted by Sir James Graham, the First Lord of the Admiralty. (Laughter.) He found it in a speech addressed to the Conservative electors of the county of Cumberland at Carlisle, on the 4th of June, 1838, by the right hon. gentleman. After his defeat on that occasion the right hon. gentleman brought to bear all his great power of sarcasm and quiet irony against we poor Whig- Radicals, as he delighted to call us. (Much laughter.) Poor Mr. Hume especially came in for his share—the right hon. gentleman, considering him "a very bad politician —(laughter) —and something addicted to rebellion." (Great laughter.) He found great fault also with the noble viscount opposite (Lord Palmerston), and described him as having been "indiscreet enough" at the Westminster elec tion to vote for " Leader and Evans." (Renewed laughter. And then the right h on . b arone t procee d e d t o l ay i t well in to the Comptroller of the Royal household. (Laughter.) He sail—" What was the course which the Whig Ministry —the 31ini,try of Lord Melbourne—pursued at the last general election ? Why, on that occasion Mr. Leader stood for Westminster, in opposition to a man who was no un tried man, bat :+ most distinguished officer—a man most eminent by his public services, moderato in his opinions, and of the greatest suavity of manner. And what decision did her Majesty's Government come to between two such characters? I blush to state. (Laughter.) Would it be believed that an officer high in her Majesty's service, no less a person than the Comptroller of the Household, with the full sanction of the Government, was appointed chair man of Messrs. Leader and Evans's committee, in opposi tion to Sir George Murray. (Cries of shame,' and oh, oh,' and immense laughter from all sides of the house.) Well," continued the right hon. baronet, " you may sup pose I have stated the whole of the case ; nothing like it. Wo have heard much of the intimidation said to be em ployed by landlords during the last general election ; but what was that to the conduct pursued by this chairman of the Westminster Radicals, this Comptroller of the House hold." (Laughter.) " Why, he actually withheld the warrants of appointments from tradesmen until the elec tion was over, with. the avowed purpose of influencing their votes (groans)." (Renewed laughter.) Now, that (said the hon. member) was a sufficient case of intimida tion upon excellent authority; and it was perfectly amusing to see how virtuous a Whig was at the expense of a Tory, and how virtuous a Tory could become at the ex pense of a Whig. (Laughter.) Why the right hon. gen tleman got the head of the amiable Comptroller of the Household into Chancery, and finally floored him by a regular cross-buttock. (Much laughter.) He was per fectly astonished that the right hon. gentleman did not see that there was but one way to control comptrollers of the household—groat chairmen as well as little chairmen— silver sticks as well as gold sticks • and that was, by giving the electors protection against them. (Hear, hear.) The next case which he had to mention was a frightful case of intimidation. Here, however, he had to depart from his usual practice, and claim the indulgence of the house, as ho could not name the parties concerned, nor even the locality where the circumstance occurred; and he was quite satisfied that the gentlemen who had heard of the case, with the innate delicacy of gentlemen, would agree that it was necessary to forbear from mentioning names. The facts took place at the general election of 1841, and up to that moment he had never been able to use the case, having bound himself not to do so until the death of the parties, It appears that a master tradesman, an active Con servative in a certain borough, voted for the Liberai candidate, as well as influencing five tenants and workmen of his to vote the same way. It was hero well to observe that neither of the candidates knew anything of the case, for both of them were too honourable men not to have turned their backs upon the guilty agent with indignation. Well, this tradesman did not hesitate to say that he had been intimidated into voting as he had done by a Men of property, to whom he was under deep obligation, owing him a very l arge sum o f money. This strange a part h creditor, whoret of the case, how ev e r , w a s that the creditor was a country gentleman gentleman residing in a distant county,etservative 0 point out the and m Con strong Conservative. But now he ca nature of the screw which induced a country Conservative, and a had a man of property too, to support a Liberal. The s i s ter well married and se ttl e d d e btor resided. Well, o n th e d ay previous u t tters and said, " Th roug h the attorney called upo n thi s l a d g iu en t t h l y em bo a r t n o c : a borough e lection an he produced e packet o h f e . i ovious to y our death of a cliout of maw these letters are in my possess i on. 1 1 cuoa , them [f r av i e t b ay eert i w .al i l et i t ae eutbyyo your you t p husband's pos session, marriage ruin and disgrace will attend y ou an d your c hild r en. I know that your b ro th er has advanced a t a ud to ; large suet of money to a man in this town ; now you must, therefore, have seine means of influencing this person to vote for the Liberal candidate, and if you don't your hus band will get possession of these letters." In short this base election agent applied to this unhappy lady the screw of ruin—the poor lady applied the screw of compassion to her brother—the brother applied to the debtor the creditorpi screw—the debtor applied to his tenants and workmen the landlord's amid master's screw, and thus a ramification of election screws was applied, to influence five electors to betray the best interests of their country, and tell a lie before their God. (Hear, hear.) Now let hon. gentlemen_ie reflect upon the wear and tear of conscience emrd an d in this horrible conspiracy which ho had just d have eetail taken lie would ask them could such a circumstance hadonly then to place under a system of open voting? He to e rd their ask the friends of .justice and humanity He r il e : hoped that votes in favour of liberty of conscience. p of the he might appeal to bon. gentlemen on both sides a house, for he had never treated th is PS partyt.,deny that question.e (Hear. hear.) Hemomentid not for one wish those thee he had been a partisan of he was party man, or hart exists d for the seventeen liberal administrations which years during which ho had had the honour of a seat in that house. But on this question he was of no party—on this question he belonged to no faction. He was neither a Montague nor a C a p nlet, yet he would say " a plague on both your houses,- for through your instrumentality electoral liberty and freedom of conscience have been well n i g h stamped to the death. It was therefore with 11 and consti object f• l t %wiring ea • to prccure h— t e lection that he most humbly yet earnestly en pins sy oe ) l e ave introd uce this treated the house to grant inn ill. (The lion. gentleman on resuming his seat was received with loud cries of " hear, hear, by the Radical members.) Lord D. STUART said he rose to second the motion, and after the eloquent, witty, forcible, and convincing speech of his friend it was only necessary for him to say a few words. It.was, he believed, the earnest wish of the people of this country that the ballot should be esta blished, because they felt that all bribery bills and similar attempts-at legislation would prove ineffectual. He was himself always in earnest in political matters, and he liked to see government in earnest too, whether the matter is 6 ho.nd wits war with Russia, ox the rella9ll4 of grievance:, Flour. 1,140 hare have .W. ; —Her —The at on y the theth 'ad— ans ; ,nda, 0814 eiro, 1 for •rted ~ in ona, 7 rom ion. zon, Kt- nut ah ; yfe, he :k, he .1 s!,