The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

ICONEY MARKET AND COIIIMEIteILL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market to-day has been influenced to il tri fling extent by th e ac ti ve d eman d for accommo al,mati°rl now made by the members of the Stock -c'zehange. for adjusting their fortnightly accounts. • e available balances have consequently been siirtly trenched upon, and the brokers have ad v4need their rates for first-class securities to 6'4 per Cen t. , a movement which has augmented the num ber of inquiries at the Bank of England. T h o sum of £64,000 in gold was taken to the Bank of England to-day. A n ad valorem dividend of 10 per cent. has boon declared upon the paid-up capital of the Upper 489 am Tea Company. The capital stock of the New Club Company, Which was formed the other day with a most dis tinguished directory, has, we learn, been so b and, appli e d f or th a t very f ew s h ares rema i n on a n d t h e di rectors have resolved to close the application list early n.ext week. The spontane ous application for membership is at once conclusive Of the necessity for such an institution, and evidences the great confidence reposed in the directors. The club is to be erected on the same scale as the Carlton an d the Reform Clubs, and situate in Pall-mall, and We are sure will be an addition to the architectural structures of St. James's. At the first annual meeting to-day of the share holders of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, Sir Wm. Clay in the chair, the report of the directors, pre sented for adoption, stated that the accounts to the 31st December show a net profit of £185,680 Os 10 d, or nearly 19 per cent. per annum on the paid tip capital of the bank, from which has to be de ducted, in accordance with the statutes, first, the distribution paid on aecount in March last at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, amounting to £48,937 108 ; and, secondly, 10 per cent. for the reserve fund. Of the balance, viz., £118,174 10s 9d, one tenth is appropriated by the statutes to the founders and administrators of the bank, and the remainder is available on this occasion. The committee propose a payment of 153 9d per share, making with the interest already paid a dividend at the rate of nearly 16 per cent. per annum. It is understood that an arrangement is in pro gress, by which the business of the British and American Exchange Bank will be transferred to the London and Colonial Bank, which at present carries on business in Canada and the West Indies. By this arrangement the capital of the London and Colonial Bank will be increased to £3,000,000, of Which £450,000 will be paid up, Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 93c. There is rather a heavy market for the English F ands, and the prices are * lower than they were la the early part of the day, Consols being 90* for transfer, and 90; s for the account. The un favourable weather for outdoor operations, and the uneasiness will felt on the subject on theCunferenca, are checking business and creating heaviness. Th e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89*1 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents.,lo4l ; and the Bonds, 15s. dis. The fluctuations in the Foreign Stock Market have not been important. Mexican remain at 4411_ ; but the New Scrip shows an advance of viz , ' 4 dis. to prem. ; Greek Bonds have receded 71-, to 241; Turkish Consolides have improved * to 48 k ; and the Confederate Loan, after advancing Per cent., has recedel to fat mer quotations, viz,, to 63 64. In the Railway Share Market business has been very inactive, and few changes of importance can be reported in prices. North Western are firm at 112, and Midland at 1311 I. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in limited request at about previous quotations. Bank and MiEc4llaneous Shares generally sup- Poet former prices. Union of London have im proved to 58/ ; London Bank of Scotland to 19i ; European Bank, 131 14; Hudson Bay Company to 19i ; while Royal Mail Steam have declined to 19; Millwall Ironworks are quoted I I prem. ; Imperial Bank of China, die. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVICRNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Console Do Account, July 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B9i i i o ow 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891... . — Ditto 5 er Cent., Jan. 1873 — Arkrauties p 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 ' yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 7 die Ditto £5OO .. Ditto LlOO and £200 /3 a, s uk England St:z, 5i per Ct. Do Account.. _ INuliN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Andi 3 6tock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do Account.... Do 4 per Cent., (Jet, 1888 . . . Do ‘..:ertfficates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 61 per Cent., May, 1879 -- Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D builds z i,tsou .. — Du under £I,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Aastrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 1 . 859 - Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 11 per Cent., 1352-58-60 - Do 1863 Buenos Avres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Chili= 6 per Cent. Do 4/ pet Cent Colombian 6 per Gent — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ecluador Do 5 per Now Ce Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Do, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account . Do Coupons Do Account — Guatemala 5 par Cent. . Do, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 76 4 il.nxican 3 per Cent Do Account Do Scrip £l3 paid — pm Do French Scrip, Ex. 251 20c.. — dis Do 6 per Cenr. Anglo-Freench Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent dew Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — r ernvian 4/ per Cent......... — Do Accoun t .... _ ........ - ) . t D ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... . I Do 4t per Cent., 1862 ............ Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 Ditto Account — _ D itto 1863 Scrip, £4O paid 4 tuaian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 44 per Cent., 1860 , Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto A.nglo-Dutch •• • • Sardinian Scrip, £2O paid pm unman 6 per Cent Di tto Account 8 Pa ni , h 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New De/Zoned Ditto Account Ditto Passive D itto Account 32 } 1 1 i S panish Cert. of Coup not funded lOl i 8 D itto Account — w odish, 4 per Cent. — ~,, Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 4 pot • I •lcisa 6 per Cent. 1851 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1358 il itto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto A ccount .. D itto £lOO Bonds.. Ditto 1863 - ..,,, D itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent... t v etl ezooa 3 per Cent. Ditto Account, Ditto 6 per Cent., 186'2, D itto Accourt.. . . Ditto 6 per Cent, 186 i Ditto Scrip, £3O paid.... Ditto 14 per Cent Dividends on tho above payable in Lond •ti, Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto:Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. E x. 4 s. Pi elmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f THREE O'CLOCK. Commie Money . D itiOlkecount .. .... 9 04 i SHARE DIARKETS—Ths day. ORDINARY SII.A.RES AND STOuN.S. 'hare' F.'afrecnyt4. [Hr.. IVol., and Str. Val, ' Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMiLl.k.;o .Bristol and Exeter Ualedonian and Bandoa I !D o A A act no div D o. L . till Ilp e.p an.has been paid to P Dublin lc fiellast June. Dun., l'erth,&Ab. Juno. !P.ldinburgli & Glasgov. - . iG1!..70, - . and S. Wti estfT. Great Eastern, Ord. ste Ditto A stook . . Ditto East Anglian s t GreetNorthol Scotland reat North ern ........ Do A stock Do L do 'Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan , ' Great Western Do Str Val gna. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire: 1 London and Blackwa:i Lon., Bri - .;ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Clint, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Sian., Shet, & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do j shsres... ..... ~ Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Slid Kent ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool , Do Scot. Mid. stock ; Shrews. and Welohpoo ' Shropshire Union South. Devon ....I South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton a-, Dmelingtou Do Do New, lbtb Taff Vale.. Do B . Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pin: Water!Ord Kilkenny West Cornwall St. Hartlepool Har.&ll West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford maTisa POSSE, Paid.' all 1 Railway* rlttant!c & St Lawrenct iiora.,liarodaa.Cent Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buflalo,Brant4tGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1•6 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 Do. do. Jurie 1, Cape Town Dock Seri ; Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Do. do. n do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bon& Do. uo. del 1)o. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deterred-- t.lndiareniu.gua.sp.c Do. N ew gua. 5 p. e... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim ~uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. 0. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited [ Madras guar., 5 p. o. Dc.43f p. o. Extension Dc. 4A d 0...... Do. Fifth Extension. 15Ielb.Corp. R p. o. Bnds idobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. v. !d.ortp - ,. Bds. iNewßrunswielt Canda Class A an d B. N.lll.C'dati pa Ist pt t i de; Soinde ..........) Do. Delhi. I •"' Do. Do. Punjaub Do. Do. • • .• Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all 100 (100 10 2 0 all 100 1(it; COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIE: , . ,cah.oor. 6 p.o.J &Jul' 1877-84 . 100 IC4 106 105 Do. op. c. Feb. .ti Aug. 100 103 106 D 0.6 p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Sp. o. Jan.&July. 10t 93 15 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 iC,ape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187 k 100 104 106 1 Do.Ap Oct.& 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 It 9 11l Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 15 p r 100 , 110 112 104} Mauritius S per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 107 IC9 106} N.B.Gov. 6 p.e. J a.&J ul) 100 102 104 1031 Loo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18 , 100 99i 104 Du. sp. e.,lSti to I:,i 100 994 1001 Do. d0.,1888 Ltzupwth 100 991 ICOi 100 k f , New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 100 111 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 loi, 105 107 logi Queensland Gcv. 6p. O lOO 108 110 16.Aus Gilp.c.l.B7&&up lOO 110 110, I Vic.Gov. ci p.o. Ja.&July 100 - in 30.0. Ao.,szOnt... 100 109 110 IC9f ORTTIS Mus id 34 36 SCO 570 03 63 23 29 9 01 31 41 7 0 2i 33 34 8z; 81 A 8 40 3i 31 14 16 41 14 so s; 2} 2 43 41 90 42 450 170 40 45 29 31 )7i 181 91 104 16 18 180 190 90 95 23 32 11 21 14 16 225 235 19 21 14 2 PREFERENCE SI Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 8S: Great Western, Birmingham gua. si ARES. Took, '46 PREFERENCE SHARES ',ND STOCKS. London, Chatham, km, Metrop. fre B 6 per cent., 97 Ditto, ditto, C 6 per cent. 80. FIXED RENTAL& LINES LEASED Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 par cent, Il4 i V. ()REIGN RAILWAYS. South Austriar, and Lombardo Venetian, 201 West Flande" FOREIGN MINES. YudairAtuntana of S. Australia, lira., 21 I BANKS. "Alliance (lim.), 61 1 Anglo Austrian. 71 Anglo-Italian, limited, 5t Bank of k,tago, lim., 5 4; Bank of Queensland (dm), 181 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and:China, 391 Commercial Bank of India, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 81 ConsoLliodnadteo, lim.,d n ßans s l k im., 111 East English, Sco,ch, and Australian Chartered, 211 lim. 131 14 and Japan (lim.), 33 Hindustan, Eu ropean n , a Ditto, new, 16 In 3 I m perial Ottoman,. 191 r , L L o a n n d d o llo ß r a t gnalt;oefilSacnoktlaont dilldilma'.,lllm9;" 51 1 . LonoonLondon C an h d ar c te o r l e o dniaßla(nlikm.l, of Australia, 2ll 211 London and County, 65 41 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, 11m,, 201 London Joint Stock, 461 London and South African, 25 London and South-Western, 231 3 Merchant Bank, iim ,23 I Mercantile and Exchan‘te. lim., 20 Aletropolitan and Provin,eial Bank, 2 9 1 Oriental Bank Corp - Iration, 59 South Rlstern, - 7 1 Union of Australia 56 Union of Irr: ta „, , l i m 20 , 1 Union of I.,ondon,sBfi MISCELLANEOUS. /...nglo-Mexican Mint, 18 , Australian Agricultural, 19 20 Bo , bay Gas, lim., 51 City Offices, lira., Continental Union Gas, lim., 63 . 1 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, Electric Telegraph. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim,, 7a Hudson's Bay. 91 International Financial `ociety, lira., 101 International iand Credit, lira., Joint Stock Discount, lirn., 7a t Land Securities, I.m , 5i Londoh Financial Association, lira., 27i Ditto, nex, Ihi 16i National Discount Company, lim., 141 National Steam Navigation, Um., 0 Nova Scoiia Gold and Land, Ditto ditto, 4, Panama, New Zealand, and Australian E. lim., Ditto (a 1), Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lint. 27 Royal alail Steam, 2 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 130 Telegrac h Lonitiuc. and Maintenance, Yazd. Pa Closing - • Price. 8 81 Si 9/ 84 i 6 118 119 6 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 103 105 46 -7 e 74 131 133 142 143 12S Liz 91 93 95± 661 112 112 ; 65 67 104 105 41 43 111 i 112 97/ 98? 53 16 113 114 1311 1311 101 103 53 65 240 25; 1010 1020 58i b9i 91 42 125 130 14 26 p 77 79 1(,1 11} 121 123 36 38 54 66 33 85 9O 901 1101 106 8 9 1181 374 94 10 . c, 7 4 8 i 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 107 110 SO 3! 3132 SSIUNS. 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Stray Park Paniar Silv & Lead .13 in. 1 • ! fin Croft West Basset (Mogan). — W C radon (Liskeard, West Seton I W heel Basset (Mogan, Wheal Buller(Redruth) ‘'l7 heal Kitty (U.Lclant ; WhealLethott Wheal MaryAnngien 1 Wheal Lleton ..1 W heal Trelawney I Wheal Union 1 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.1&4 Business don 1041 73} I 66 106} 6 21 1031 :.4.0 40 6.16. 4. 8.0 2.8.6 :,„ 4.3 0 161 3.1:0 2.6.9 100., 115.P.91 2.0.6 3.5.ri 8 58. 7 3.17 TEM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1864. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. THE GOVERNMENT GAOLS BILL. A special meeting of the magistrates of the county of Mi..ldlesex was held yesterday at the sessions House, Cierkenwell-green, to consider the Gaols Bill now before the House of Commons, and to take such measures regarding the said bill as the Court may deem necessary. Mr. HENRY POWNALL occupied the chair. The report of the Parliamentary Committee of the Court was presented by Mr. Turner, which, after alluding to the bill, merely recommended some slight addition to one of the clauses. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said under this bill powers would be given to the Secretary of State to alter and annul rules for the government of prisons. At the present time the clerk of the peace was required to send once a year all existing rules fcr the govern ment of prisons approved by the justices and all new rules which were proposed, an& when a certificate , was received that they had been sanctioned by him they had the force of law; but under the 4th clause of the present bill it was enacted, " That it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, by writing under his hand, from time to time, and without such rules being submitted to him, to annul, alter, or add to any rules for the time being in force for the government of any gaol, and any rules made by the said Secretary of State in pur suance of this section shall be binding upon sheriffs and all other persons during the time that they are in force." Therefore it was clear that under this section he would have power to put his pen through all the rules that were then in existence, or alter them in any way that he might think it fit to do. He could wipe out all existing rules and orders, and make new rules and orders without consulting the justices at all, and therefore he said that this bill would give the Secretary of State powers which were contrary and repugnant to the very spirit of the Constitution of the country. If it were not so, then, he asked, what was the use of this act of Parliament ? By the act of the sth and 6th William IV., it was required that all rules in force, with copies of proposed rules, should be submitted to the Secretary of State; but by the fourth clause of this act he could alter, annul, or add to any rules without their being sub witted to him, and such rules or altered rules would ba binding upon all persons. That was a most dangerous clause, and one that ought never to have been submitted to the House of Commons. There was no doubt that Sir George Grey had been pestered by a certain class of persons out of doors, and scarcely knew what to do, but he (Mr. Payne) did not believe that his own mind went with such an enactment as that. The learned sergeant having read the sth clause of the bill, said that clause would give him power to authorise a Roman Catho lic chapel to be built in Coldbath-fields prison, and if that was not complied with he could order the Roman Catholic prisoners to be removed to some other gaol, there enter a contract for the erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel, and then call upon the magistrates of the county, and they would be bound to pay for it. Mr. SWIFT said Sir George Grey had disavowed, in the House of Commons, any intention of doing anything of the kind. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE said that might be so, but Sir George Grey would not always be Secretary of State. This bill placed that power in the office of Secretary of State, and the question was not what he intended to do, but what the law authorised him to do. He could enter into contracts which were binding on the justices, but the Secretary of State incurred no liability whatever. He bound the jus- tices, but he refused to be bound himself, and said he was not liable for anything. When the money was to be paid, he:stepped behind the screen, say. ing, " These are the gentlemen who are to pay ; I am not liable." His (Mr, Payne's) objection to the bill was that it gave the Secretary of State an un constitutional power. He could bind the magi strates without their consent in any way he pleased ; he could call upon them to pay any expenditure he might incur out of the county rate. Their autho• rity was set at nought, and they would be no longer the guardians of the county rate or the county purse. His objection was not merely to the power of appointing Roman Catholic chaplains, but it was to the principle of the bill ; for such undefined, un limited, and dangerous powers ought not to be given to any man. He hoped the Court would agree to his motion to petition the House of Commons against the bill, and if that should be agreed to he would then submit a form of petition. Mr H. 11. HARWOOD seconded the motion. He seconded the requisition to call this meeting ; for ibis was a matter the deepest importance to the county, and they ought not to allow the opportu nity to pass without giving expression to their feelings on the subject. The Court of Aldermen of the City of London had already taken action on this bill, and they thought it strange that they were not backed up by the magistrates of the county. The preamble stated that " it was expedient to amend the law relating to gaols, and to discontinue certain gaols that are inadequately provided with the means of regulating the discipiiue and classification of prisoners;" and as in many instances the governor had almost the entire control, the placing this power in the hands of a competent authority might be attended with good results. But the most unrea sonable and the most objectionable part of the bill was the fourth section. It had been drawn with great art, ingenuity, and subtlety, and seemed to be totally unconnected with the bill. The Parliamen tary committee said this bid gave the Secretary of State no more power than he then possessed : ' ou t be said then, cui bono—what was the u5.,4 of this clause ? • Mr TURNER said when the rtil ,es were su b m i tte d to the Secretary of State b could alter the whole of them, and h e c0u1.: 1 4 add fifty new ones if h e .. thought fit. Mr HARWr oOD said even if he admitted that, he did not '4ee the use of this clause in the bill unless it r :eas for some lurking mischief; but he hoped chat was said in that court would be spread over the length and breadth of the land, and show that the magistrates of this county had discussed the measure, so that the hands of those country gentle men who had seats in the House of Commons . might be strenghthened in recording their Votes again the bill. Mr. TURNER did net believe ',hat the bill was in tended to take from the Zona the power that the Prison Ministers mill gave tlicisn, for if ktinh were made r ..cl to be in opposition to that bill they Would 'oecome void. That was a recognised prin. eiple of law. No power would be given by it to alter the law of the land, but merely to carry it out, and nothing more. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE having shortly replied, The CrIAIRMAN put the motion, which was car. tied. with about four dissntienta. Mr. Sergeant PAYNE then moved the following petition be presented to the House of/ Commons against the bill t " The Petition of the Magistrates of the County of Midalesex— " Showeth—rhat your petitioners have observed with surprise and regret that a bill applying to all county and city prisonsgaols, and h ouses o f correction in England has been introduced into your boa . by which m os t undefined powers are proposed hDu t s' O ' be given t o one o f her Majesty's Princir,',4l Secretaries of State to annul, atter, or add. to any rules for the time being in hirce for the government of any gaol, without the concurrence of her Majesty's justices of the peace for such counties or cities, and for authorising such Secre tary of State in certain cases to make contracts in ho names of such justices, by which they are to be bound without their consent to pay out of the county rates for the removal to, and the lodging and maintenance of county and city prisoners in otietr gaols; and the said bill also proposes to give ouch Secretary of State the Power of making a par tial order applying to particular prisoners or par ticular classes of prisoners confined in such gaols, and to make the keeper of any prison who disobeys such order of the Secretory of State subject to a penalty of £2O per day, in addition to any other punishment to which he may be liable. "That such provisions are contrary to the exist ing regulations, by which the Government cf placed und er th e direc tcounty f the ed countycity pri g s n o d n e s i a ty re justices, who have now ' the power to make rules, orders, and regulations for the government of such prisons, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and your peti tioners humbly suggest that the granting of such general and undefined powers to a Secretary of State would be entirely unprecedented, and that the provisions of the said bill, if carried into effect, would not only be a great inroad on the rights of the county aLd city magistrates throughout the kingdom, and subject th e ra t epa y ers in counti e s t o a large and excessive taxation, but would also be subversive of that system of local self-government which has always been found to be most useful and ,ffective. " Your petitioners therefore humbly pray, that as the said bill proposes to gie e such extraordinary and undefined powers to an officer or the Govern ment, contrary to the spirit of the existing laws, and constquently subversive of the powers of the magistrates, and to the detriment of the ratepayers of the country, that the said provisions may not pass into a law, and your petitioners will ever pray." Captain MoRLEY seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN supported some portions of the bill, which empowered the Secretary of State to order prisoners confined for short periods to be put in smaller cells than those committed for long periods. Mr WALTERS, while looking upon some parts of the bill as dangerous to be put into the hands of the Secretary of State, said there were some parts of it that would be really beneficial, and, so far, the in tentions of the Legislature ought not to be frus trated, The CHAIRMAN pat the motion for the adoption of the petition, which Was agreed to. A discussion then arose as to the presentation of the petition, and a motion was made that Mr New degate, who had a motion on t h e paper, s h ou ld pre sent th© petition to the House of Commons, to which an amendment was moved that it should be presented by the members for the county (Lord En field and Mr Hanbuil); and it was carried by a majority of one that the presentation should be en trusted to Mr Newdegate. There being no other business, the court adjourned. Something Like a Fashionable Marriage, (From the London Review.) When a notorious criminal is executed, the envoys of the Press, it is well known, are on the ground all night, bivouacking boldly with the crowd. The Morning Post seems to have accorded the same proud recognition to Lord Frederick Cavendish that the Times did last February to the five pirates. At a very early hour—long before the ceremony was to begin; we find its faithful emissary reli giously attending a matntinal service in the Abbey. How he got there, or why he went there, unless he had been in a pew throughout the night, it is not easy to explain. There, however, he was seated, watoiaing the worshippers, looking at the carriages as they arrived, and lost in astonishment at the number of coronets, which was so great that he was driven to exchange confidences with an Abbey verger on the subject. The picture of the inde tatigable matrimonial correspondent talking affably to the police and the Cathedral officers about the carriages is instructive and edifying : " A veteran official in Dean's-yard was heard to express his opinion that Dean's-yard had never been so full of coroneted carriages since her Majesty' s coronation. ,, h l This d isb e gathered. he prope proper It way i s jail Which information s bright example to foreign correspondents throughout Europe. We can conceive how, on such a subject, the matrimo nial correspondent would treasure up everything that fell from the lips of so great an authority, and how important he would feel it to get the numbers of coronets in their right and accurate order. The early ten o'clock service soon began and ended; the matrimonial correspondent somewhat severely, and, we think, pharisaically, remarks that the object of those present was less devotion than the gratifica tion of feminine curiosity. This appears an uncha ritable censure from one who had been in a pew all night, and who accordingly could attend morning prayers on this occasion without much additional trouble. After service the Abbey was cleared of strangers. But the matrimonial correspondent was soon back again, if indeed he was put out at all ; and we have a burst of descriptive power which seems clearly modelled on the famous description in Ms'aulay of the trial of Warren Hastings : The friends and relatives of the bride and bridegroom took their places early, There were the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Houghton, Earl Stanhope sat next to the Queen's Advocate, Sir John Pakington behind them, and Black Rod opposite. The Earl of Powis, High Steward of the University of which the bridegroom's father is the "honoured Lord and Chancellor," was seen far away under the pulpit. l a n - e im th p e o r rt u a f n a t r a a s w a pendent had acifdsisatyialii3;4, way written,a view w der the pulpit" is a pic turesquear reading-desk, e w e k i t , it t t I s e e mb e r that choir s st t ße h ee l p u t : : s e sa k , l , o , r h o e d to sat, th r ea bridet remember junctionit is cll that the matrimonial corres of his lordship in the oasneldythat a a lt t that, to decide. On a matter principal performers at, where Earl Powis and pity that history sllould be p w o i s l t l ed do th w em el! At half-past 12 the clergy whose entered,appearancen till the oil.. of the choir with the tran selves " at Admiration,'' Then teo i e i onn i e f t t y ße t of "the the clergy betook themselves to the So waited the audience thaturally ea , m , e e li . eit A ed t a un q i u v a e r r t s e a r i y r Rev.e c , i 0 k e fi W e was ld . attended by bridemaids, bride and blidegrootiman.m i a t r it r lto i a a o g fkt e efir eommenced. It lifefive e clergymen l t e o r g t y h e m n e onbtl to the opening esbortation.and that;ion Rev. F. E. Grey read w m P a . r il r b y e t a he la m ro . " T r h e e collece. H. w il as tt s o u it c o c u ee . de i d ,h i e n h usvtyhaietholor.d.These are prayers were tur n st.T.hhFe vbeyr Jonesaßev.i the l :I H 7var o n.h n den . 63 and e. , Brookfield chanted by the Rev, admirably hear p d read the concluding ex h e who by this time exhortation. Last of all the Hon. and Rev. W. Lytto had recovered himself agaei gave the benediction. played out the u " Wedding March," Throu g h a dense crowd of 40't.Th:iconrdgeainsaiastha, the bell 8 of the " Old Abbey , ' rie.adTesouatntc; tt:lnitylempeeahl. the • bride and bridegroom large crowd assembled passed `,O the Jerusalem O h amher, where the regis ter was signed. A very st adds the matri monial the Deanery t o e the newly-married : 11 , 1 : a r g n e d n ' uine flow of sen cmoounpilaelecnotrerrestphoeinrdecnatr,rvviatigit timent and eethustasw, .. 0 Y hat was Tatescd i" That this is the right style to t io r ti t t he historian of the Mite in cannot be dis puted.Piatureemarri a g e l s t o i f a t h p e a a w t i e o r t f o a c i t: a e y and under all of it we every nowclues and animated, of a and then seem to catch the fresh gushings human heart. Few it all that child writers could go day after ,_ d ay to is ot equally ready see noblemen turned off, and preserve through liaiketheiempdliisceihtyargoef naaftarde thedown what veteran officials have to say abo ut ' i carriages, or to raise its bat to the things that make us all 0 There is a kind of evergreen literaryy young. T ability that always astonishes us, while it charm, a matri monial correspondence of the papers is t one type of it. Another and s qually remarkabl e advertisements ype is the flow of poetical description i - 13 the of auctioneers. What a genius life distinct and ronhn he was"hausts j, must be required take t . c, describe -watered pasture lands a t o li k t he life-likeeepe p a l l l a l n Whattdh the lawns w w e na d s g d ae i e ti nd g i u s ws ei must 1 about Surrey mansions which are to be sold or let, so vividly and yet so differently ! That the world knows nothing of its greatest men is a refleciim 1 4cult or impossible ftrooemscwaphei.ch oFcaclalsimonaanlylyaitviisildaige Hampden, if we are to believe G re y 's ele gy , lies buried in the . ciuoutntitary;LTolol tz.pnyoolailolton79flsi thea 7 1, 1 a w y n t!,i; Pest.buried MADAME TUSSAUD . B.—Among the most noted criminals of modern times, w - ° may mention that of Doctor Coaty de la Pommerais, who was guillotined a few days since in Paris for poisoning Madame de Pauw, whom he had induced to insure her life in his favour, under pretence of being indebted to him in certain sums of money, and who afterwards prevailed upon his victim to feign illness for the more effectually carrying out his base designs by slowly poisoning her. A. full length portrait model of the cn'prit, taken from the original phot ogra ph by Trin quart, of Paris, expressly for Mad ame Tussaud's exhibi tion, is now added to the chamber of physiognomy in Baker-street. Royal Geographical Society. LETTERS FROM DR. LIVINGSTONE. At a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, which was held at Burlington House last night— Sir R, I. Murchison in the chair—two letters were read from Dr. Livingstone, one of which had been addressed to Sir R. Murchison and the other to Admiral Washington. After the disposal of some formal business, the secretary read the following letter : Murchison's Cataracts, Dec. 4, 1863. My dear Sir Roderick,—The despatch containing inst: no tions for our withdrawal, though dated the 2d Feb., did not reach me till the 2d of July, when the water had fallen so much that the Pioneer could not be taken down to the sea, To improve the time, therefore, between July and the flood of December, I thought that I might see whether a largo river enters the lake at the north end, and also verify the impression that most of the slaves drawn to Zanzibar, Roe, and Moz imb'que comer from the lake dis trict. Our plan was to rail round the east shore and north end of Nyasa ; but we very unfortunately lost our boat by five of our natives trying to show how much more clever they were than the five Makololo who had the management of it. It broke away from them in a comparatively still reach of the river, and rushed away like a shot over the cataracts. We then went forward on foot, and struck NW, so as to come to the latitude of the north end of the lake without coming in contact with the Mazite or Zulus, who have depopulated its shores there. But we soon came on a range of mountains running north and south. The valley on its eastern base was 2,000 feet above the sea, of remark able beauty, and well supplied with streams of delicious cold water. The range, at least 4,000 feet above it, forms the edge of the high table land on which the Maravi dwell. We were falsely informed that no people lived on the other side, and went along the valley till we came out at the neck of the lake—the bold mountainous promontory, Cape Maclear, on our right, and the hills of Tsenge in front. Again going north-west we came to a stockade which the Mazite bad attacked the day before, and wo saw the loathsome evidences of the fight, and wishing to avoid them turned N.H. till we came to the lake and marched along its shores. On coming to Kotakota Bay. lat. 12.55 S. we found two Arabs busily engaged in tran sporting slaves across by means of their boats, and building a dhow, to supply the place of one said to have been wrecked. SECOND EDITION. In a letter to Admiral Washington, he said— The sight of the new dhow gave me a hint, which I may mention. She was 50ft long by 12ft, and ft deep. I would never think of carrying more than the engines and boilers past cataracts like ours. One could build a hull more easily. At the foot of the lake there are many trees 30ft high with• out a branch, and 3ft in diameter. To Sir R. Murchison, he continued— They pay one fathom of calico (value one shilling) for a boy, and two for a good-looking girl. Yet the slaves would not pay but for the ivory they carry. A trailer with 20 slaves must pay at least the price of one slave per day for their sustenance. It is a joint ivory and slave trade which alone renders the speculation profitable. He wrote to Admiral Washington— I knew this of old, but Captain Wilson, of the Gorgon, has lately discovered it, and mentions it in his last "Slave Trade Report." It was the knowledge that I was working towards undermining the slave trade of Mozambique and Iboe by buying up the ivory, that made the Portuguese exert all their obstructive powers. I trust that operations in the interior, under a more able leader, will not be lost sight of. These will do more to stop the slave trade than all the cruisers, and without them I see no hope of the Portugnere giving up slavery. His letter to Sir Roderick Murchison then pro ceeded thus— This is the crowning place for nearly all the slaves that go to Quiloa, Iboe, and Mcz imbique. A few go down to tho end of the lake, and for cheapness cross the Shire. But here lies the great trade route to Katanga, Kazembe, &e. The Babisa are the principal traders, and the Manganja are the cultivators of the soil. The Arabs—the same we met before—were very civil. They came forth to meet us, and presented rice, meal, sugar-cane, and a piece of male. chite. Leaving them we went due west, and in three days ascended to the edge of the plateau, which from below looks like a range of mountains. The long ascent, adorned with hill and dale and running streams, fringed with ever green trees, was very beautiful to the eye, but sore for the legs, often causing us to puff and blow as if broken winded. The heights have a delicious but peculiarly piercing air. It seemed to go through ns. Five Shupanza men, who had been accustomed all their lives to the malaria of the Zan zibar delta, were quite prostrated by that whioh to me was exhilirating and bracing. We travelled about ninety miles west, then turned up to the N.W. The country is level. The edge of the plateau is 3,440 feet above the sea. At the Isangwa of the lake the height shown is 3,270 feet, The direction of the streams verifies these appropriate heights,andyour famous hypothesis too,for the Isangwa of the lake finds itsway backwards to the Nyassa; another, called the Isanwa of the Moravi, flows to the westward and enters the Zambesi Zatnbu, The.feeders of these rivers are boggy valleys with pools in their courses. We were said to have crossed one branch of the Mortals, or Moitawa, which flaws W.N.W. into a small lake called Bemba. The valleys in which the rivers rise closely resemble those in Londe or Lunde; but here each bank is dotted over with village, and a great deal of land is cultivated. The vegetation is more stunted, and the trees covered with flat lichens like those on old apple trees in Scotland, and a long thready sort like orchilla shows a humid climate. We were going in the direction whence a great deal of ivory is drawn by the people on the slave route, and this induced them to put hindrances in our way, refus ing to sell food, and misleading us. The time that could be spent with safety had expired, our European food was expended, and dysentery fell upon us. I was under ex plicit orders not to take any long journey, but have the Pioneer down to the sea by the earliest flood. I might have speculated on a late rise in the river, but did not like the idea of failing in my duty with the vessel, and gave up fur ther progress, The temptation to go on was that Lake Bemba was said to be but 10 days distant. Thence, according to native and Arab report, issues the River Loapula Luapula, which, flowing westward, forms the Lakes Mofa or Mofae and Moers ; then passing the town of Cazembe, it turns round to the north and is lost in Zanganika on the west into the River Kasai easterly; where I formerly crossed the river. All agreed in asserting that no river flowed eastward into Lake Nyassa. Two small ones do, but at a distance of say 89 or 90 miles from the lake ; the watershed is to the west. One should have no bias in investigating these questions by the aid of travelled natives; but I had a strong leaning to a flow from Zan ganyika into Nyassa. I was stoutly opposed by all, and I had crossed eo many running streams which, from entering the lake among weeds, had not been observed from the boat in our first visit, that before reaching Kotakota I had come to the conclusion that a large river was not needed to account for the perennial flow of the Shire. I am sorry to give only native information instead of observa tions by my own eyes ; but having been confined to work of much more importance than exploration, the above was all I could do when set free, The work on which I had la boured for years has all been spoilt by the Portuguese slave hunting. As we (the steward of the Pioneer and myself) were on our metal not to overstep the limited time at our disposal, it may be worth mentioning that we travelled 660 geographical miles in 55 travelling days, averaging twelve miles per day in strait lines. The new leaves on the trees of the plateau were coming out fresh and green there, and we reached this on the 31st of Oct., to find the 9veTgreens by the streams as bare of haves as ail exceil t in mid-winter. To Admiral Washiagtod be writes in con tinuation WA now M'eut '"e west oil alp gr.at slave route to the Babisa Itatanga and Camue, rut say 00 or 100 miles, then turned up to the N.N.W.i but before we had gone far our time was expired. We had ascertained that the watershed was clearly to the west, After crossing the branches of the Loangwa of the lake, we had the Loangwa of the Moravi which enters the Zambesi at Zumbo. We were on a level plateau, 3,440tt above the sea, in lat. 12.46 8. A. rivulet called Motala, or Motawa, flows N.N.W. into Lake Be'Olbs which is said to be the source of the Loapula. This flows westward, and forms two lakes, Moero and Mofu or Mofue, then passes the town of Cazembe, and is lost in Zanganyika. These were the reports we heard, and though Bemba was said to be ten days distant I was afraid to speculate on a late rise of the river in view of Lord Russell's explicit orders not to undertake a long journey. All r eports agreed that no large river flows into Lake Nyassa from t north. Two small ones do. This agrees with the general watershed. Nearly all the travelled natives and the Arabs mentioned that the Loapula, or Luapula, flows into Zan g :nyika. I thank you for the charts of the Bovuma, and I shall endeavour to take soundings, not on the bar, for thei is none, but opposite the mouth. The cnly thing like a bar is at half.ebb and up to the time the tide turns, when the water, rushing out of the river, falls from three or four fathoms into 19 fathoms. The water tumbling into deep just at the mouth might swamp a beat, but no sooner does the flow begin than all is smooth. I believe that the Bovuma may be navigable for a vessel of light draft during eight or nine months in the year. Shupanga, Feb. 10. I intend to go northwards —perhaps to Bombay—in search of a market for the Lady Nyassa, there being no probability of our disposing of her at the Cape. The following is to Sir R. Murchison : Shupanga, Feb. 10. The river rose in tremendous force on the 19th of Janu ary—much later than usual. This extracted many a groan from me, for it was plain that I had plenty of time to have examined Bemba, the beginning, I suppose, of the drainage system, which finds an outlet of the Congo, Mofu, or Moine, which was seen, I believe, by Monteiro in his journey to Cazembe. 11' e travelled part of our way on the route from Quilon to the same chief. I hope a report of my being murdered has not reached you or my family, as they may believe it the more readily on account of the lose already sustained. 1 have never known any difficulty with an in terior tribe, or any other engaged in slaving. A paper was read by the Secretary, from Mr SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, HAMPTON RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HAMPTON PLATE. Weatherglass Loafer Rosa Lee Four ran. CLAREMONT STAKES. Victorious Discretion .... 3 Advance ~ Four ran. SURREY AND MIDDLESEX. Suspicion - • 1 Welcome Gibraltar Nine ran. • NEWTON RACES—This DAY. GOLBORNE PARK STAKES. The Leader 1 Blackbird 3 Filbert Four ran. NEWTON CUP, Dr Rooke Wildman Fontenoy Three ran. 4516 66k 51 6} 10 } Cooley, respecting certain portions of the district over which Dr Livingstone had journeyed, and written on a previous occasion. Mr Cooley also contributed a map in explanation of his particular views. He took particular objection to the direc tion which Dr Livingstone had given to the northerly part of Lake Nyasss. Mr Cooley placed the northern portion of the lake considerably more to the north-west than did Dr Livingstone—in fact, to a divergence of almost 45 deg. Upon this paper a very animated and interesting discussion ensued, in which Captain Speke, Captain Kirk, Mr Macqueen, and several other gentlemen took part. Captain Kirk, who had travelled with Dr. Living- stone ire the very neighbourhood of Like Nyassa, and had taken observations of bearings, con firmed the direction which the doctor had given it, and contended that Mr Cooley was altogether wrong, and that the position which had been as signed to the lake by Dr Livingstone was known 400 years ago. Upon the proposition of the Chairman, votes of thanks were give❑ to Dr Livingstone, Captain Kirk, and Mr Cooley. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE — This Day, HAMPTON RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , ) TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. Vision Sisyphus 3 Whisky Five ran. NE WTON RACES—Tuts DAY. TRIAL HANDICAP. Wynnstay Gaily 2 Colonel Crockett Five ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Day. The SIEIKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bourton en the Water Railway, Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (No. 1), Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway; Dublin, Rathmines, Rathgar, &0., Railways; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Blackburn, &c., Lines), Lancashire Union Railways, Lynn and Sutton Bridge Railway (Cross Keys Bridge), Southam Railway, and South Eastern Railway (No. 4). DUBLIN METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. Mr HERBERT moved, with respect to the Dublin Metropolitan Railway Bill and the Dublin Railway Bill, that the orders of the house of the 9th of June be read and discharged, and that the bills bo recommitted to the former committee. He also moved that the Dublin Trunk Con necting Railway Bill be also recommitted. Mr H. BAILEY, the chairman of the committee, whose decision was objected to by the hon. member opposite, said, the utmost considnation had been given to the measures, and he hoped the house would not adopt the unusual and extraordinary course of reviewing its decision, bemuse the committee had not considered itself justified in passing. Mr P. O'BRIEN supported the motion. Mr WHITES/DE opposed the motion, becauso the measures reported against would, in order to give a central station to Dublin, which was not wanted, cut up some of the best and principal streets. Ater a long discussion the motion was agreed to. GAOLS BILL. In reply to Mr NEwnEGATE, Sir G, GREY said he hoped to be able to bring the bill on for discussion on Monday next ; he also proposed to take the committee on the Factory Act Extension on Fri day next at 12 o'clock. FORFEITURE OF LANDS AND GOODS BILLS. Mr. C. FOSTER moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to repeal the ancient act which condemned persons convicted of felony to entire forfeiture of lands and goods. He said the time had now arrived when an alteration was most desirable of the nature he pro posed, because, as the law really stood, the innocent were frequently punished for the guilty. In convictions for misdemeanour no such forfeiture was incurred, and to prove the unfairness of the matter he would lengthen his remarks by stating that, if a person stole a piece of coal I which was of a nominal value, and was convicted of felony, all his furniture and property became forfeit to the Crown, whilst in one of the worst cases of misdemeanour no such penalty was incurred, The law of course was evaded by persons charged with felony making over their property to a third person, but great and unjust loss was occasioned by such a process, because he believed there were cases in which an innocent person charged with felony having made over his property before his trial which resulted in an ac quittal, the person to whom the property had been conveyed actually set up a positive and undoubted right to the pos. session of the property. The hon. gentleman then referred to the case of Mr Bewicke, and said such an occurrence shoved more clearly then he could dc, the actual necessity for the bill. rir B WART seconded the motion.' Mr iIIUNT said th e enacting part of the bill amounted to three line.;‘ and a word, yet it proposed to repeal an act which had been in existence for many centuries. Before h e assented to a sego.d reading of a bill, he thought some L' een gu lbmitted t o th e h ouse by good reason should be sla‘, wn for its necessity, but in the ~,,-esent case he felt b oun d le say that no such reason had the hon .member who had i n troduced 05 measure. H e was not i n di s posed to assent to some alterationsof the law, but then what he wished was that certain cl ass cs of misdemeanours 1:2 ould becom liable to the forfeiture incurred for felony. Un t :er all the circumstances he thought himself quite justified in Lloving that the bill be read a second Jule that day three months- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought that what hie hon. friend intended by moving the second reading of the present bill wad merely to affirm the principle that the pre sent law of forfeiture was such that it ought no longer to be maintained, If the hon. gentleman would leave the matter in his bands he would undertake that it should be thoroughly examined and dealt with as a Governmentf mea sure. He could not bind him self to g o the length o sup porting the bill in its present form , butt wit would give hisin vote for it on the clear understanding that it m erely tended to affirm the principle of the bill. Mr WHITESIDE said the law was founded on neither reason nor humanity, and could not be defended on any principle. Mr. HADFIELD was o f o p inion that the law as it stoo d at the present moment w as well ca lculated to p er p etuate a race of thieves. If you took away a convicted man's home what was be to do when he came out of prison? No ono would employ him, his home was gone, and what could he do but go thieving again. The felon's children was rendered homeless by their father's crime, and they were actually driven to adopt a dishonest course of life. Mr ROEBUCK was of 'opinion the rich were not kept from committing felony by the fear of losing their property. Loss of property therefore was no protection, and all they did in-that direction was to inflict pain without securing any corresponding benefit. He advised the hon member s who introduced the bill to hand it over the Government, who he felt would deal with the matter in a propes spirit. In taking it up he begged co impress on the Government that there must be no trifling. i Mr MALINS strongly supported the measure as one of the most humane description. The old law had remained in force too long. _ _ Sir G. GREY said his hon. and learned friend the Attor ney-General had most unequivocally promised to take up this measure ; and therefore it was necessary that time should be afforded to look into matters connected with the subject, and also into the law of foreign countries. Sir F. KELLY cordially supported the bill, and urged the hon. gentleman to persevere with it, unless the Govern ment gave a promise to bring in a measure on the subject during the present session. The SPEAKER then put the question from the chair, when the second reading of the bill was agreed to without a division.. COSTS SECURITY BILL. Mr. BUTT moved the sec'rnd reading of this bill, the object of which was to repeal the necessity of Irishmen residing in England giving security for costs in the event of their unfortunately being driven into litigation. Par. liamcnt had already affirmed the principle of the bill, and he therefore hoped the house would agree to the second reeding, Mr WHITESIDE hoped the house would not assent to the passing of the bill. If they allowed the Ell' to pass it would enable an Irishman, who had neither money, charac ter, or case, to sue a gentleman resident in England. It was only reasonable that before Irishmen, who were not al ways noted for length of purse or extent of possessions, com menced actions in this country, should lodge a certain sum as security for costs, because in the event of a decision in England against an Irishman, and vice ye? sa, that the judge in whose court the case was heard had not the power to inforce the judgment in Ireland. The SOLICI [OR-GENERAL supported this bill. - _ The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority —3s The bill was then read a second time. _ COUNTY VOTERS' REGULATION BILL. Mr Dodson moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to improve the law with respect to the preparing and exhibiting the lists of voters, and also to make certain stringent regulations with respect to new voters, and also to enforce on the overseers the duty of at tending more closely than usually is the case to the correct ness of the description and address of the voter ; and the bill also proposes that the polling number shall be affixed after each voter's name and other details which would, if the bill passed, facilitate the mode of taking the votes at oontested elections. Mr RUNT said, in agreeing to the second reading of tho bill, he did so on the understanding that he should be at liberty to move certain amendments in committee if he thought fit to do so. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time. APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES AMENDMENT BILL. Sir F. KELLY before moving the second reading of this bill said he thought it would be for the convenience of the house if the bill was read a second time that day pro forma, and the discussion taken upon the motion for going into committee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he could not con sent to such a course, as the Government were opposed to the principle of the bill. The second reading was then postponed until the 6th of July. SERVANTS HIRING (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. DUNLOP for the house going into committee on this bill, Mr. BLACK moved that the bill be committed this day three months. The amendment was negatived, and the house, went into committee on the bill. Several new clauses having been added to the bill, Sir J. FERGUSSON moved an amendment to the pre amble, when the house divided, and there appeared— For the amendment 7 Against it Majority The CHAIRMAN then reported progress and the house resumed. ELECTION PETITIONER'S BILL. The adjourned debate on the amendment on going into committee on this bill was resumed, and occupied the house up to a quarter to six, when it closed according to the mho of the house. The County Constabulary Superannuation Bill passed ,hrough committee. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Register-Generats Report.) The deaths in London were 1,213 in the week that ended on the 4th inst.; they rose to 1,285 , in the week that ended last Saturday. In the last four weeks the mean temperature of the air was successively 61 deg. 8 min., 52 deg., 50 deg, 4 min., and 59 deg. 6 min., showing great fluctuation. The increase of deaths last week was entirely amongst persons of middle age (20-60 years), the numbers in that period having been in two weeks 328 and 388. The average number of deaths in the twenty. third week of ten years 1851-63 is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,155. The excess in the present return above the estimated number ia, there fore, very considerable, and amounts to 130 deaths. At the present time the most fatal complaint in the epidemic class is measles, to which 82 deaths are referred. Typhus was fatal in 51 cases, whoop ing-cough in 50, scarlatina in 47, diarrhoea in 19, diphtheria in 11, smallpox in 5. Nearly half of the deaths from measles occur red to children one year old and less than two years. Five deaths from this disease were recorded in the sub-district of Gray's-inn-lane, 6 in Islington, 5 in South Hackney, 9 in the district of Shoreditch, 7 in Bethnal-green, 9 in St. George's-in-the• East (6 of which were in the sub-district of St. Mary), and Bin St. Luke's. Measles prevails chiefly in the East districts. Typhus was returned in five cases in the subdis trict of Mile•end New Town. Last week the births of 985 boys and 938 girls, in all 1,923 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1854- 63 the average number (corrected) was 1,887. QUESTIONABLE AUTHORSHIP OF AN OLD JOKE. —lt is in vain to inquire whence came such a man as ho who said to a friend, " I heard you were dead I" and,when the friend denied the truth of the report, replied, " Sure. he who told me was more worthy of belief than you are 1" The story is Irish, Greek, Hindoo, Chinese; but its age is not to be determined. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY,—The audited accounts of this company show that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of Dec., 1863, amounted to £207,871, and the expenses to £149,173 or 71 76 per cent including £23,734 or 11.42 per cent, for compensation ascertained and estimated :for cotton, &c., damaged and lost, leaving a balance of £58,697. The amount of interest paid and payable by the Government of India on capital deposited with them to the 31st of December, 1863, was £2,570,811; the profit paid and payable to the Govern ment out of revenue amounted to £614,947, leaving a balance chargeable against half surplus profits over 6 per cent of £1,955,8 64 . The capital acoc:unt s howed that £10,783, 690 had been rec e iv ed , and £10,456,877 expended leaving,. balance of £326,813, THE FEDERAL NATIONAL DEBT.--All American has measured and weighed the Federal national debt, which is 4,000,000,000 dole. Estimated in silver dollars, he says that if they were placed edge to edge they would stretch nearly 90,000 miles, Their weight would be 125,000 Since the day," says tons, which would lead 62,500 railway trucks, the aggregate length of which would be 355 miles.-- THE Star. when the last of the THE PARIS CALCRAFT.--" the Figaro Programme, Sansone was able, as he o philosophically expresses it, to give himself the satisfaction of really washing his hands and writing his memoirs, the executioner in Pails has been M. Hendereich, who resides in a handsome house on the Boulevard Beaumarchais. The person who lives on the same floor with him is the actor Laferriere, who salutes hia h ls e ' l w ad h c o a m lls he M is . neighbour on the stairs, thinking him a private citizen. M. dliving ewiththe him a youth colleges. ofT , ich his uncle, and is not aware that the latter • Haider. Theyouth is also ignorant is an executiorm , the son of a' ondemned prifoner, and that he was taken hi ,: vi en u d l e g re e i d e a h ea h t a c s care of from chkrity by the man who had been charged to execute his father." THE NAVIES OP I:HE Won') —The navy of great Britain carries 14,050 tune, of France 8,876, United States 4,184, Russia 2,013, Holland 1,220, Denmark 958, Sweden 920, Spain 904, Austria 852, Italy 789, Portugal 362, Norway 340, Turkey 297, I;razil 276, Prussia 265, Greece 119, Peru 104, Chili 66, aid Belgium 28. The navies c,f the world consist of 1,684 steamers, and 1,296 sailing ships carrying 36,653 guns.-4worcan Paper. " M. Emile 011ivier," says the Independanee, " has forwarded to the electors at Toulon, who have some idea of supporting him as a candidate for the Council-General, a circular drawn up in terms almost similar to the reply recently made by him to one of his electors, and published in the journals. A pamphlet intended to explain M. 011ivier's cone duct is a bout to appear. The rupture which has taken place between him and all the o ther members of the Left is nevertheless still more m arked, espe cially 6iIICO the presence has been remarked of M. 011ivier, as well as 1111, Darimon, in the commission charged by the Government to examine the quel -1 tion of cheques." (t. 16.4 13.14.1 12.10 all i ail all all 1121 67 CI 5 61 7 1131 f 131; i