The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

ERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal assent was given by commission to the following public bills :—Acknowledgment of Deeds of Married Women, Convict Prisons (Ireland), Indian Appointments, &c., Admiralty Courts, Registration of Births, &c. (Scotland), Sale of Beer, Reformatory Schools (Scotland), Court of Chancery, County Palatine of Lan caster, and Oxford University Bills. The Royal assent was also given by commission to a number of railway and other private bills. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Duke of Argyle. BILL OF EXCHANGE BILL (No. 2). Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition t fro to m tmer chantsake of the city of London, praying e house up the consideration of this measureeearlyonnethxtofseNvssioon: He said, a conference was held in th 1352, composed of delegates from parts m of the coun try, and from all the great trading led to the appointment towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and which of a committee, and there was no subject which more occupied the attention of the members of the conference and the committee than the assimilation of the law of England to that of Scotland, with regard to the sum mary process on bills of exchange and promissory notes. That had been the law and practice in Scotland for 120 years, and under it the mercantile community of that country had greatly progressed. It was at the request of these respectable men, and he might say, as their organ, that he presented a bill to their lordships which they favourably received, read a second time, and which they afterwards referred to a select committee, there being some doubt at one time whether it should form part of the Common Law Procedure Bill. It was sent to the House of Commons on the 2d of June, but he lamented that after the principle of the bill had been affirmed in that house by a majority of 50 to 30, on Fri day night the course was taken of not pursuing the bill on account of the late period of the session, and the state of public business. He had no complaint to make, however much he might lament the result, but the ground of its being postponed was said to be that they had in the House of Lords adopted a rule that none of the bills which were sent np to them should be read after a given day, namely, the 25th July, and in consequence a bill which did not reach their lordships till the 4th of • August, could not pass this session. Therefore they • would not pass this bill which was sent down to them • on the 2d of June, because their lordships would not pass a bill which did not come to their lordships' house till the 4th of August. They had given the House of Com mons two months to consider a bill, but the House of Commons would not allow tbina a single day. (Hear.) The bill in question made considerable changes in the law, and could not be passed without due consideration. But there was another interest opposed to this (the Ex change bill), and that was the interest of persons, who having accepted bills, or endorsed them, had rather not pay them when they became due, and they said, " what a horrid thing it is to compel a poor man who has only put his name to a bill at three months, not to allow him three or four months longer before he is made to pay." The law applicable to bills of exchange in Scotland was not confined to that country ; it was the law of the whole mercantile world except England ; and in Holland the law went further still, for in that country the moment a bill became due the person, goods, and lands of the ac ceptor were liable to he taken in execution by the holder. And that was the law of this country 600 years ago. Notwithstanding, however, there were some persons who laboured under what he would venture to call a monomania on the subject of currency, and they were called the Brummagem school. They considered that anything that tended to diminish the amount of cur rency was an evil ; they did not care about the value of it. This bill increased the value of every bill and pro missory note in the market. " Oh," said these currency doctors, "that does not much signify ; the strong point is to have an immense mass of currency." And ac cordingly he found that one of these worthy persons who was labouring under a delusion, and who was an object of compassion, discovered that the reason for this bill was, not to carry out the opinion of the great mercantile community, of the delegates from all Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. No such thing ; but they said the bill was to create a job—not the job of making debtors pay their debts to their lawful creditors, but somebody, they said, wanted to appoint a registrar. A NOBLE LORD—Who said that Lord BROUGHAM—The currency doctors in the other house, and if his noble friend looked at Saturday's journals he would find who it was that made this charge. Who wanted this bill, and who asked for it ? His noble friend, the member for the city of London, presented a petition in favour of it, signed by 309 of the first houses in the city of London. There was no attempt to palm it upon the public. What if there was nothing thought of in respect to the office, what if it was not only true, but it was impossible it should be true that this bill originated in any such desire, or any conceivable or imaginary interest connected with the desire to appoint such an officer. This bill was presented by him to that house, and read a first and second time, and referred to a select committee without anything in it respecting a registrar. It was intended that the three courts, the Common Pleas, the Queen's Bench, and the Exchequer , should appoint each a master in each court for the pur pose of registering the protested bills. But when the bill was in select committee it was found it would not do to have an officer of each of the three courts acting as registrar, but that it was necessary to have one officer who could be at his office all day to register these bills, and the committee made the alteration. In the various measures that he had had the honour of proposing for the amendment of the law, he, with his colleagues, 113,1 been exposed to no inconsiderable obloquy. By one class they had been charged with going too slow, and it had been said they were mock reformers ; and by another class they were charged with carrying all before them, with endeavouring to sweep away all land marks by wholesale changes of the law. By some they were said to be acting as slumbering volcanoes, sending out nothing but smoke and noise ; but, nevertheless, as long as they were favoured by Divine Providence with the means of rendering some help to the cause of improve ment, they must continue in their course, but their lord ships might be perfectly assured that no charge was more groundless than that of heir", too rash and too headlong. But when they were charged with such an odious job as altering the law fur the purpose of creat ing a place to be given to some favoured individual, all he could say was, that without blaming the individuals, who, no doubt, believed what they said, but had been imposed upon by others who knew the truth • but to suppose that this charge should operate upon them, that they should feel anything but contempt for it, that it should in the slightest degree abate or accelerate their progress, or cause them to deviate one hair's breadth to the right or the left was absurd. Falsus honor juvet et— but he begged pardon for speaking to these doctors in what was an unknown language to them. He would speak to them in English. False honour charms and lying slander scares Whom, but the false and cowardly. Lord CAMPBELL said he would not allude particu larly to currency doctors, or any other class of the com munity, who stood in the way of improvement, but ex perience taught them that there were always obstacles to improvement. There was no doubt it would be an improvement that the commercial law of the three United Kingdoms should be the same. Having the honour of presiding over the Queen's Bench, he bad frequent oppor tunities of knowing that men who had accepted bills did not pay them, but when they were sued pleaded a number of pretences, and when the day of trial came there was no attempt at defence. At the last Guildhall sittings there were 16 undefended causes of this character. There was no reason why the commercial law should not be the same in England as in Scotland, and as it was in every other commercial country in the time of Edward the First. He hoped that this bill would become law. The LORD CHANCELLOR assured his noble and learned friend (Lord Brougham) that, as far as they were individually concerned, the Government gave all the sup port in their power to this bill, and it was only in conse quence of the gentleman who had charge of the bill— in concurrence with a mercantile gentleman—thinking it would be better to withdraw it that it was withdrawn. He could only say that he hoped it would be introduced again, and th a t i t would be carried, With regard to the Common Law Procedure Bill, he hoped th a t it wou ld be i n th at houseUeither that night or to-morrow, and that they would be ready to give it a favourable recep tion. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. The Earl of STRA.DBROIKE asked the Government whether, in the next sessio n of Parli ament, i t was their int ention b to of trin United bill to regul a t e th e weights and very great difficult he Kingdom. H e a d mitted that difficulty was not soy existed, but still he h ope d that the f constitute any ser i ous y great - impediment to the i ntroduction The Earl of ABERDEEN s o aid a bill. ia culty surrounded this most importantt s at ve ect b , which diffi re quired much more conside ra ti on than it had yet received ; he was not prepared to say at this moment whether a ny measure would be introduced next session upon the subject. Lord MONTEAGLE acknowledged that the introduc tiondecimal system of weights, measures, coin of a 4 t e., was surrounded by great difficultie s • but h e t h oug ht that the difficulties and objections had been greatly ov errated, compared with the enorm ous adeee tage and convenience to everybody in the community it, which would arise from and which advantage s h ad been underrated by those who had discussed the matter out of doors. The difficulties contemplated in any alteration of the copper coinage w ero as nothing com pared with the great advantag e which would be derived. The decimal system had been adopted already in certain branches, and he had been informed that the whole of the calculations at the Bank of England as to the pur chase of bullion were made according to the decimal system ; and, if so , certainly the practice might be in troduced in reference to other matters. The subject then dropped. BENEFICES AUGMENTATION ACTS REPEAL BILL. The Commons amendments in this bill were considered and agreed to. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS This bill w as meats proposed byread BILL. Lerae ivithirod time, after some amend to. NTEAGLE had been agreed CHANCERY RETURNS. Lord BROUGHAM moved for some returns in reference to the Court of Chancery, which returns were ordered. THE COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL inquired what course it was in- tended to take in reference to the Common Law Pro cedure Bill? , The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Common Law Procedure Bill contained clauses which gave to the courts of common law the power to decide the whole dis pute between parties instead of part of it being 1-i t to the courts of equity. It was also said that it would be a convenience if the court of equity had also power to decide the whole question which might be raised in any suit. Unfortunately there had been a great deal of business pressing in the House of Parliament, and that had postponed the Common Law Procedure Bill ; under that state of things the Solicitor-General had intro duced the present measure, which, however, must con tain many more provisions to enable it to work. Without professing to be too much enamoured of the system of juries, y e t w h en there was an i ssue w hi c h required damages to be assessed, he did not feel per suaded that a judge of the court of equity was the most competent to assess the damages. To manage this 1 matter will it seemed that they must leave the trial by jury where it now was, and let issues be directed, or they must provide means to enable the court of equity to summon juries and try issues there. As, however, the matter could not be proceeded with this session, he Iwished not to commit himself by saying whether it was the fittest that the Court of Chancery should have the power to summon juries, or that matters should be left decided, as at present, by issues directed to the common law courts. He did not say that he might not come to be of opinion that it is right to give power to the Court of Chancery to summon juries, but he wished at present to leave the matter open. In answer to the questions of his noble and learned friend, he must say that he had no power to bring forward the bill unless their lordships suspended their resolution upon the ground that the matter of this bill was of recent occurrence and urgency, within the exception of the resolution. But to propose this would not be acting in fairness to the resolution which their lordships had come to in the month of nay last. He trusted, however, that in a new session of Parliament some measure would be introduced, either the same bill as had been already introduced, or some general measure, as to inquiring into matters of fact in the Court of Chancery. Lord CAMPBELL was understood to say that it was by all means proper that the Court of Chancery should have power to settle matters of fact by means o juries. THE BRIBERY BILL. Upon the order for the third reading of this Lord REDESDALE said that one of the provisions of the bill was, that in prosecutions there was power to order payment to prosecutors of the costs and expenses that might have been incurred. He wished to know from what fund the payment was to be ordered ? Upon this question being put, the Duke of NEW CASTLE referred to the bill, and subsequently went to consult some gentlemen who were standing near the steps of the throne. He, however, seemed not to have arrived at a satisfactory conclusion ; and afterwards a conference took place of some minutes' duration between the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Redesdale. The matter dropped without any answer having been given publicly to the noble lord's question. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it most desirable that this bill should be made as perfect as pos sible in the prevention of bribery ; and if they did not make it effectual, they must speedily have recourse to some other measure, or resort to the system of the ballot. He did not think that the proposition he was about to make could be objected to by any person who was sin cerely anxious totally to put dywn bribery. It wias clear that if they allowed to voters any payments at all, they would open the door to bribery. Travelling ex . - penses in some districts amounted to an enormous sum, and there must very great difficulty in checking those expenses. How could any man say that the paymeets made to voters had really been spent in travelling expenses ; and a voter might be represented as being in the most distant part of the kingdom, and yet he might in reality travel only 50 or five miles. Again, it was common to charge the most expensive mode of travelling, such as post or first class, and then for the person to travel by second or third class. He might be told that this mattter had been considered in the House of Commons, and the proposition to disallow travelling expenses had been rejected by a majority of two to one. Again, he had heard it said that they would disfranshise a large number of electors if they did not allow travelling expenses—(hear, hear, from Lord Redes dale)—but if that were so, they must disfranchise some voters, for they must, in fact, disqualify many voters by bribery. The disallowing travelling expenses, and so disfranchising voters, might be good if they had uni versal suffrage, but now they had a property qualifica tion for voters, and that got rid of the objection to a great extent. The objection would also be further lessened by the establishment of a sufficient number of,, polling places, and it was necessary, i n I re l an d espe cially, that there should be more polling places. He should propose as an amendment in the sth line of the 23d clause, after the word "shall to insert the word "not," and to omit other words in the clause so as to make it stand that " it shall not be lawful for any can didate to pay or cause to be paid any expenses of bring ing voters to the poll." Lord REDESDALE objected to the amendment for several reasons. He thought that that house ought not, at this period of the sessions, to introduce impor tant amendments in a measure which had been delibe rately pa-sed by the other house, and for the same reason which had induced their lordships to refuse to read any important bill a second time. The noble duke (Newcastle), by giving an opportunity of reconsider. ing this question, and making this a temporary mea sure, had had a material effect in the determination of the house with regard to the passing of the bill. This clause was supported by several large majorities in the other house, and by all the Cabinet Ministers, so that the decision of the other house was given in an unequi vocal form that it was proper and reasonable to allow the travelling expenses of voters. With regard to these payments being bribery, if nothing more than the abso lute expenses were paid it was not bribery, for a man had nothing to gain by such payments, and any danger to the over-paying of real expenses was removed by the appointment of the election auditor, who was to pay all hills. He thought the amendment would lead to a great practical disfranchisement of voters, especially in the counties, and would certainly give an immense advan tage to voters in towns over those in counties. The Duke of NEWCASTLE was glad to find that his noble friend since last Monday had become a convert to the doctrine he (the Duke of Newcastle) had then laid down, that the bill so materially affected the privileges of the House of Commons, that even at this advanced period of the session their lordships ought to agree to it. But his noble friend went so far as to lay it down that their lordships were not to touch it all. He agreed with the noble marquis that while dealing with the subject of bribery, it was desirable to put an end to the heavy item of travelling expenses, and if he was obli ge d t o vo t e aye or no on th e amendment, he should vote that no pay ment for travelling expenses should be allowed. Still there was a good deal in what had been said with re gard to this being a question especially connected with the House of Commons, and though indivi dually he would assent to the amendment of the noble marquis, yet he could still consistently say that he could not assent to it, and the more so because of the temporary nature of the bill as it now stood. He hoped in some future bill that a clause would be introduced making travelling expenses specifically illegal. Having said that much, he was not prepared to accept such an entire alteration of the law as was pro posed by the clause; but be thought there was a wide difference between accepting that which was newly made the law, and leaving the law as it now stood. He should propose a course which he thought would be acceptable to their lordships, and ought not to be ob jected to by the other house. If the amendment of the noble marquis was either negatived or withdrawn he should propose that the clause be omitted, and that the question of travelling expenses should be decided when the matter again came before Parliament. After a conversation in which Lord Campbell, Lord Stradbroke, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Brougham took part, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said he should not press his amendment, and it was accordingly negatived. The question was then put that the clause stand part of tjie bill. The house divided— Contents Non-contents . 3O Majority —26 The clause was consequently struck out. Some other amendments were made, and the bill STAMP DUTIES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. DUCHY OF CORNWALL OFFICE BILL. This bill passed through committee. PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED CHARGES (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. MILITIA BILLS. The Duke of NEWCASTLE having moved the sus pension of the standing order against reading bills a seoond time after the 25th of July, the Militia (No. 2) Bill, Militia (Scotland) Bill, Militia (Ireland) Bill, the Militia Ballot Suspension Bill, and the Militia Pay Bill were severally read a second time. PUBLIC HEALTH (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a first time. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Corn mons'amendments to this bill were considered and agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at half•past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF co3alcri The SPEAKER took the chaLirSaTt("YwoEo Mr. NVALPO L m E ee p ( r s es s e o n o t e d a petition e T o l e l f rk ß o. D m A a Y .T . gland against the national, )eat ) of the Established Church number of clergy o l f re E la n nd. The right ho system of education in ofe-itleman gave notice that early in the next session'''.Parliamente he subject.shou should call attention to and move resolutionsh CONSOLIDATED FU9.NIA: BILL. On the motion for goinz into committeehteopportunity on this bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBy took , of a sking the Se cre t ary of the Treasury what . the tot a l amount of money w hi c h t h e house had voted ci mates. At the same tim e l ie b egged to give notice ?n that on the third reading of this bill h e should ask the Chan cellor of the Exchequer wheth er b e i ntended to adhere to the principle which he laid down in the early part of the session, of meeting the expenditure out of the taxes to be raised within the year ; and he should also ask the right honourable gentleman whether he intended to increase the funded debt through the medium of the savings banks. With regard to the question which he had put to the Secretary of the Treasury, h e made the total amount of the estimates already voted for the year reach to between 63,000,0001. and 64,000,000/. 'gr. WILSON said it was impossible for him to give passed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1854. an answer off hand, but there were papers on the table which would furnish the exact information required. The bill then passed through committee, and was ordered to be reported to-morrow. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON made an appeal to the gene rosity of the Government to deal leniently with the West India estate holders whose property was mortgaged to the State. If the Government proceeded upon the Treasury letter just issued, which professed a willing ness to accept the existing value of the estates in dis charge of the loans, it would be tantamount to confis cation, because the legislation of the Imperial Parlia ment had so depreciated the value of the property since the loans were made, that in the case of twenty three estates in the island of St. Vincent's, the present value was something like 31,0001. below what it was when they were mortgaged. He objected to the Shylock principle which the Govern ment had laid down, and hoped, upon a reconsideration of the case, they would be induced to deal more liberally with these unfortunate estate-holders. (Hear.) Mr. WILSON thought the right hon. baronet was ill-advised in bringing this question forward at this mo ment, because his doing so was calculated to raise hopes in the West Indies which could never be realized. The case which had excited the advocacy of the right hon. baronet was nothing more nor less than this : —A. man, with an estate worth 5,0001., hav ing received an advance upon it, was entitled to say to his creditor, "my estate was once worth 10,0001., and therefore you accept a compromise of the 3,0001." The Exchequer would acceed to no such proposal, though they were quite ready to deal liberally with these West India debtors, but they would never consent to surrender claims for the sake of benefiting speculators who had purchased the estate in the hope that Govern ment wouid be induced to demand the repayment of the loans. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. ELLlCE'characterised the proceedings of the Government with r egar d t o th ese poor W es t Inians as petty, oppressive, and vexatious, and argued that they were entitled to some compensation for the consequences which the Imperial Legislature had brought upon them. He submitted that the case of these poor people ought to be made the subject of a Parliamentary enquiry. Sir G. GREY said the responsibility of this case now rested with the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, and all that the Colonial-office could do was to collect informa tion in the West Indies justifying exemptions in refe rence to particular estates, and submit it to the Treasury, who, he must say, had evinced a strong dis position to meet individual cases of hardship with the utmost liberality. Mr. T. RANKEST insisted that the West Indies had a strong claim to the forbearance and indulgence of the Treasury. Mr. V. SCULLY wanted to see this bill so framed that the owner of an estate should secure the full value of his land, and not be sacrificed, as was done in the case of many estates taken into the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland, through glutting the market with estates requiring to be unencumbered. The bill was then passed through committee. ROYAL COMMISSION. Mr. PCLMAN, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the house to attend at the bar of the House of Lords to hear the Royal Assent given by commission to several acts (for which, see Lords' report). LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CUSTOMS' BILL. This bill passed through committee. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. BANKRUPTCY BILL. This bill was considered, and ordered to be read a ;laird time to-morrow. CUSTOMS TARIFF ACTS CONSOLIDATION BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. MA.YO COUNTY ADVANCES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LORDS AMENDMENTS. The Lords amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to, viz.:—Parochial School masters (Scotland) Bill, Inclosure of Lands Bill, and the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill. The Lords amendments to the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill were not agreed to. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES BILL. This bill was read a third time. On the question that the bill do pass, Sir F. KELLY said he dissented from the bill alto gether. He considered, as the bill now stood, there was nothing in it to prevnt any one from subscribing to a Russian loan. The hon. and learned gentleman moved to leave out clause 1, and substitute the following :—Be it enacted, that, during the continuance of hostilities be tween her Majesty and Emperor of Russia, any person who shall wilfully or knowingly subscribe to or for, or purchase or take in exchange, any loan, stocks, funds, scrip, bonds, debentures, or securities for money, which, since the 29th day of March, 1854, have or have been, or which, during the continuance of hostilities as aforesaid, shall be, negotiated, created, entered into, or secured by or in the name of the Government of Russia, or any person or persons on its behalf, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and in Scotland of an offence punishable with fine and imprisonment : Provided always, that this act shall not extend to any subscription or purchase effected or made in any foreign country by any com mercial house or firm trading and havirr , a place of business i n any f ore i gn country, and whereas one or more British subjects, and' one or more aliens, are partners, or jointly interested. To add proviso to Clause 1 :—Provided always, that this act shall not ex tend to anything done in any foreign country, by any commercial house or firm trading and having a place of business in any foreign country, and wherein one or more British subjects, and one or more aliens are part ners, or jointly interested, nor to the taking by any person of any such stocks, funds, scrip, debentures, or securities, or any interest th ere in, i n sa ti s f act i on o f, or as security or, any debt bona fide and lawfully due to such person, nor to the taking of any such stocks, funds, scrip, bends, debentures, or securities, or any interest therein, as parcel of the estate or effects of any deceased person, or of any debtor in execution, or of any debtor having in any country become bankrupt, insolvent, or whose estate, or any part thereof, shall have become transferable, or shall be transferred in any way what ever for the benefit of bond fide creditors. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had endea voured on the second reading to give some explanation of the bill. But he must repeat that the law already extended to loans made to a country with which we are at war. With regard to the clause itself, he thought the effect of it would be to dilute the original proposition down to a mere milk-and-water measure. He would not advise the house to interfere at all with the law of high treason, but leave that law as it was, and consequently he should oppose the amendment. Mr. HUME asked whether it would not be better to drop the bill at present, which, though its intention was good, would cripple the interests of our own country men abroad and at home in commercial transactions, and would not answer any purpose for which it was intended. Lord D. STUART said he was not at all convinced by the arguments he had heard against the bill that it would not be an efficient bill. The war itself was against the interests of commerce, and this bill was essentially a war bill. He maintained that if Reople were to make money whenever or wherever they could get it, why then repeal the law of high treason. It was said the other night that the committee of the Stock Exchange, with those patriotic feelings which distinguished them—(laughter) —prevented this loan from being quoted in the market. What was the fact ? The committee of the Stock Exchange had done no such thing, and the hon. member for Lambeth (Mr. Wilkinson) would tell them that they had not. Then it was said that the bill was not necessary, because re spectable people would not purchase the stock. The misfortune was, that all people were not respectable and virtuous, for then they need have no laws at all. (A laugh.) But they wanted laws against those whose cupidity was not able to resist the temptations to which they might be exposed, though adverse to the interest of their own conntry. He might say of this bill that it was one of the best abused that ever came under the consi deration of the house. It was called puerile, inefficient, absurd, the whim of an individual with a peculiar idio syncrasy—(laughter)—and adopted by the noble lord because he was the friend of the individual having that idiosyncrasy—that it was a melancholy abortion ; yet, notwithstanding all this abuse of the bill, it was sus tained on three divisions by majorities of three to one. Mr. WILKINSON said he had a very great respect for the noble lord, who was the grandfather of the bill— (laughter)—but he believed that it was useless. He did not approve of the alterations proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman. He objected to the principle of the measure, and he hoped the credit of the house would not be damaged by passing such a bill. With regard to the Stock Exchange, it was not their business to interfere with international law. What they had done was to pass a rule for the benefit of their own subscribers. The rule made by the committee of the Stock Exchange was that they would not sanction or take cognizance of any bargains, in loans, bonds, stocks, or other securities, issued by foreign Governments, that had not paid their dividends on former loans. He agreed with his hon. friend that it was impossible to distinguish between these bonds and the other produce of Russia. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was useless now to discuss the principle of the bill. With regard to the disadvantage to trade and commerce, and the hardship which this bill would inflict on them, the same argument would apply in the case of those who lent money directly to Russia, and who, by the existing law, would be guilty of high treason. Why not say that, in the latter case, it would be a cruel and great obstruction to trade The present bill was, in principle, a matter of the same kind ; but whether they could attain the object in view by law was another question. (Hear.) He could not agree in the amendment proposed by the hon. and learned gentleman opposite, which went to exempt partners in foreign countries from the operation of the law. That offered an obvious mode of evasion from the penalties of the bill. The foreign partners in a house might think it advisable to fit out a privateer to the injury of British commerce, yet the partner here would be liable to the penalties in that case. Though the bill might not affect cipTlproviso any great advantage, he believed it was right on prin eih:ele(lilaues;r.w)asnegatived without a division. this act. KELLY then proposed to add the following tsobaclllaunseet l ex i t n en th d e t bill :-- th ‘: n P g ro d v o i n d e ed in a a lw ny ays , foreign that country b y any o any having commercial house or firm trading and a place of business in foreign country, d any wherein one or more British subjects, aad one or more aliens are partners, or Jointly interested, nor to the i taking by any person of any such stocks, funds, scrip, debentures, or securities, or any interest therein, in sa tisfaction of, or as a security for, any debt bona fide and lawfully due to such person, nor to the taking of any such stocks, funds, scrips, bonds, debentures, or securi ties, or any interest therein, as parcel of the estate or effects of any deceased person, or of any debtor in exe cution, or of any debtor having in any country become bankrupt, insolvent, or whose estate, or any part there of, eh Lll have become transferable, or shall be transferred in any way whatever for the benefit of bona fide credi tors." He agreed that no aid should be given to the Emperor of Russia, but where was the use after the loan had been subscribed for that a stop should be put to commerce by preventing the circulation of the bonds. The proviso was negatived without a division. On the question that the bill do pass, the house divided— For the third reading Against it Majority The bill was then passwd. BRIBERY, &c., BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL —I believe, sir, that you wii. take the chair at 2 o'clock to-morrow. I was in hopes that we should have had to-day from the Lords the bill with respect to bribery and corrupt practices at elections; hail the house sat an hour later I have no doubt we should have received it. However, I believe lam keep ing within the orders of the house when I say, that as it is of great importance that the bill should receive the Royal assent early—l hope it will on Thursday. I shall move that the Lords' amendments be taken into con sideration to-morrow if they be received by that time. Mr. WALPOLE—At two o'clock ? Lord J. RUSSELL intimated his assent. RETURNS. On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following returns were ordered :—Copy of the despatch from the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Bemzal, in the military department, of the 16th day of March, 1853, in reply to the mbitary letter from Bengal, dated the 29th day of September, 1852, respecting the appointing of officers of her Majesty's service to officers heretofore held only by military officers of the East India Company. Return of the number of divisional and brigade com mands of the army under each of the Presidencies in India, distinguishing the number of those commands held by her Majesty's officers, and those held by com pany's officers. POSTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND THE MAURI TIUS. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, Mr. J. WILSON was understood to say that the contract which expired .about a year ago had not been renewed, but that a steam-vessel had been put on to run between the Mauritius and Ceylon. MEDICAL GRADUATES' BILL. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was agreed that the Lords' amendments in the Medical Graduates' Bill should be considered this day (Tuesday). PUBLIC BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it was agreed that on the following (this) day, orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motion. The house then adjourned. 51 13 -33 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMAIONS—AuG. 7. RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES BILL. Read a third time. Motion made, and question put, " That the bill do pass." The house divided; ayes 51, noes 13. AYES-51. Bell, J. Lee, W. Russell, Lord J. Bethell, Sir Ti. Lindsay, W Russell,F, W. Biggs, W. Lockhart, A. E. Saridars, G. Buckley, Gen. Macart❑ey, G. Sawle, C. Cairns, H. Mackinnon, W. A. Smi h, Abel caN ley, E. S. Mac( ;regor Jas. Spooner, R. Clinton, I, , rd C. MacGregor, John Thornily, T Cowper, W. Micried, W. Vance, J. Dunne, Col. F. Mitched, T. Vivian, 11. 11. Esmonde, J. Moffatt, G. Wa pole. S. Fortescue, C. Monsell, W. Wat'zin., Col, Freestun, Col. Morris, D. Wickham, H. Goodman, Sir G. Mowbray, J. Willoughby, Sir H. Greene, rapt. John Mulgrave, Earl of Gregson, Samuel O'Connell, I). Grey, R. Palmerston, Viscount TELLERS. Herbert, S Pechell, sir G. Hervey, Lord A. Price, sir It. Ingham, Ti. Robertson, P. Stuart, Lord D. Ray ter, W. NOES—I 3. Baring, T. Hankey, T. Cocks, T. S. Hume, J. Deedes W. Jolliffe, s'ir W. Duncan, G. Langston, J. H. Forster J. Maims, R. Hadfield, George Pell ctt, A. Walmsley, Sir J. TELLEIS Kell7, Sir F. Wilkinson, W. DROUGHT AND WA TERIVORKS AT IT )01 B A Y. The Englishman who complains of the climate of his own country cannot, like Charles IL, have been doomed to gain experience in any other. One of these grumblers should have visited a city, not unknown or recently dis covered, or under wild barbarian rule, about the end of la,t May or the beginning of June, and he would have found a population of half a million or more, on an i,,land less than 20 square miles in area, with the public wells and reservoirs dry, and a rainless sky above. So it was then at Bombay. A. month or more had yet to elapse before the heavy rains of the monsoon would com mence ; and there thousands of families found that the great grief of their daily life was intolerable thirst, the intolerable thirst of the Tropics. Everybody felt that something must be done, and Bombay "made an effort." Water was brought by steam-boats from the yet unex hauited sources in the islands of the harbour, and by railway—itself a modern invention—from a distance of some 30 miles. Subscriptions were commenced for con tinuing this imported supply ; and under the general pressure fortunate wealthy persons who had private stores of water laid them open for public use. Still, how ever the relief was glaringly insufficient ; 20,000, or at moat 30,000 persons, out of 500,000, got water by these means. Disease set in, a n d a ff or d e d i n a f orm capable of statistical expression some index of the indefinite niiseries which the people were enduring. Yet this was but an ordinary contingency in Bombay, one of almost cal culable recurrence. There will be failing monsoons and over-hot seasons, as everybody i n B om b ay k nows ; and a population which increases so rapidly that every census is a surprise is sure to want increasing quantities of water. It was just as certain 7or 8 years ago that a day of distress for water would come, if nothing were done to prevent it, as it is now that the day had come and that its horrors have been endured. A few persons did, indeed, at that day descry the evil from afar, and among them was the governor. Anxieties were ex pressed, and plans were talked of; but the suffering was not a present " emergency," and there was much else to do. Besides, any such design as one for waterworks in India has to run the gauntlet through a file of offices, and is at last to be decided by gentlemen who never knew what it was to turn in vain the cock that supplied them from Chelsea or the New River—supplies them, perhaps, with water at which they turn up their noses, but which would have been precious in Bombay, at that sea ck with son si thiTst. But what were th e wea l t h y na tives of Bombay doing ? What was done by the thriving house-owners of that increasing town, by the enterpris ing shipowners of that swarming port, by the capitalist employers of the people whose strength is dried up, and whose courage is palsied more or less in every year by the arid months of their waterless city ? These men, sagacious and quick enough in all p r i va t e a ff a i rs, and of late given to right good constitutional grumbling in public matters, surely they set about the mat ter for themselves, and only gav e it up w h en t h ey found ?—No. The usual spell was upon slept soundly enou g h to the them, - and e ru impracticable .a nd they burden of the old droning tune —‘. Government should do it." And so came 1854 with its drought and deaths. Lord Elphinstone—all honour to him--has taken up the plan proposed in the days of Sir George Arthur, if not before, for bringing water from a distance of 14 or 15 miles. We do not discuss the plan or the objections to it ; we only say that it has been ap proved, and that the site of the reservoir was there, the rains were there, the plans for utilising . both were known, the necessity was patent. and was neither more nor less urgent then (that is seven or 10 years ago) than it is now. Nothing is proposed now which was not equally needed, equally proposed, and equally practic ab!e then. But we might venture to calculate that if the monsoon which just now relieves Bombay should prove abundant, awl any other subject should urgently occupy the Government Bombay will find itself just as rbeafdolrymporfepitasreodwa: it is now for its next year of consum ing drought. The only reform 'which can save it is a a a l y th n a c; d e of public mark. N ra Ve en m — ig w h e t r m e e c a k n on na u t p iv o e n s t o h f e delay the less for the subscription, if ever it be realised, with which th e j ustices of Bombay ' have proposed to ease by one-half the pressure of these strictly local works on the general t axat i on of India. Among t h e efforts for relief under th e recent distress, one deserves especial notice. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, whose extraordinary charities tPhoisonka kind have won f or hi m a British t i t l e an d cosmo pol i t an f ame, has at diff erent periods devoted l arge sums o f money i a n n and boths oine those of the cities are to work s f or the supply of water, b ot h a t B om b ay an d po his r providing. t an t T o u f these h e h as now added an extempor ised effort for the pre sen t occasion. In the height of the dronght he y caused la rge but shallow wells to be sunk in the ditch of the fort. Th e su lof water proved excellent in qua lity, and was mo st enco uraging in quantity, although the w or k s were only in progress w h en th e last accounts came away • h un d re d s o f f a milies were thus relieved. o important It is not t h e first time by many that important public wants have been met or mitigated by this remarkable man, when the British Government in India or his own , countrymen could not or would not do it.—Spectator. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS-AuG. ORR AND OTHERS V. THE UNION BANK-JUDGMENT. This case was argued some time since, and their lord ships postponed their decision, It was an appeal from the Court of Session, in a suit where the appellants were the pursuers, and the two respondents the defenders. The appellants were Messrs. William Orr and Alfred Barber, merchants in Liverpool ; Mr. John Tassie merchant in Glasgow ; and M r . Ch ar l es Campbel% also a merchant in Glasgow ; whilst the respondents were the directors and managers of the Union Bank of Scotland. It appeared that a merchant in Glasgow, of the name of John Gordon Campbell, was accustomed to have business transactions with the firm of Orr and Barber in Liver pool, and that, in the course of such transactions, he be. came indebted to that house in the sum of 460/. 93 ; whereupon, on the 22d of October, 1844, he paid into the Union Bank of Glasgow the sum of 460/. 95., to he paid to Messrs. Orr and Barber, in Liverpool, and at the same time, filled up the usual printed bank slip in the following terms " No. 583. Union Bank of Scotland, Oct. 22, 1344. " Wanted credit on Liverpool for 4601. 95,, payable to Messrs. Orr and Barber." In return for his money Mr. C4,mpbell received from ;he bank a letter of credit in the following terms : " Union Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, " No. 15,583, A. A. Oct. 22, 1544. " Please to honour the draught of Messrs. Orr and Bar ber to the extent of 4601. 95., which charge to the bank. "I am your obedient servant, J. WATSON, Cashier. " 460/. Os. " Entered, AI. G. H. " To the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool—Not transferable." The Union Bank did not write to the Liverpool District B ink that this letter of credit had been panted, as they ought to have done; but the very day on which it was ranted Mr. Campbell transmitted it by post, under co ver, to Orr & Barber at Liverpool. It so happened that when the letter reached, or should have reached Liver pool, both Mr. Orr and Barber were absent. Mr. Bar ber conducted the business of the company at Buenos Ayres, and had for many years been resident abroad. Mr. Orr, whose department was to conduct the businesa at home, was absent in Ireland. 'He went there on the .18th, and returned on the 31st of October, 1844, having been absent for 12 days. Orr and Barber had only one clerk in the counting-house in Liverpool, Mr. F. R. Smith, who was course left in charge of the office in Mr. Orr's absence. It further appeared that the letter enclosing the letter of credit had reached Liverpool in due course, and on the 25th of October, 1844, Smith ad vised Mr. Campbell of its receipt. Mr. Orr returned to Liverpool on the 31st, within a week of the arrival of the letter. On going into the counting-house he found Mr. Campbell's letter advising the remittance, but the letter of credit was gone. Upon its being discovered that Smith had absconded with certain moneys belonging to his employers, it at once occurred to the minds of the latter that this draught had been paid to him; but on in quiring for him he was not to be found. The appellants thereupon demanded payment from the respondents, who refusing, an act ion was commenced to enforce payment, upon the ground that the Union Bank had failed to perform what they had undertaken, namely, to esta blish a credit at the Liverpool Bank for the SUM of 4601. 9s. in favour of the appellants : and further, that they had not accepted or fulfilled the man date contained in the letter of credit, that they had not honoured the draught, and had refused to give credit to the Liverpool bank for the sum in question, as having been paid to their account. It was then averred that they had still in their hands the particular sum which had been paid to them by the late Mr. John Gordon Campbell. The respondents, however, in the court be low, maintained that the letter of credit having been duly delivered at the place of business of the appellants, in accordance with the arrangement made, the claim upon them had been duly satisfied, and therefore, that as they had no further claim on him, he had no right to sue : that Campbell's debt to the appellants having been thus discharged, they had no claim on the respondents, in consequence of the non-implement of the terms of the letter, inasmuch as that there was no privity of contract between Cae appellants and the respondents. The court below held in favour of the respondents, intimating that the liability, if any, attached to the bank at Liverpool : and the present appeal was against that decision. Their Lordships now decided that the judgment of the court below was erroneous, and must be reversed ; and the appeal was allowed. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES. Their Lordships, later in the day, resolved themselves into a committee of privileges. The Marquis of Londonderry's claim to vote for re presentative peers for Ireland was allowed. VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRETT'S CLAM. The claim of Viscount Mountgarrett to vote for repre sentative peers for Ireland was heard on a former occasion and evidence given; but the further consi. eration of the claim was adjourned, pending a suit involving the legiti macy of the present possessor of the title. That case has been recently tried at the Kilkenny assizes, and a verdict having been returned which declared the present viscous t to be illegitinjate, and not legally possessed of the title, of course the claim to vote fer representative peers fell to the ground, and was not prosecuted to-day. THE SOUTRESK PEERAGE. This was a claim to a dormant Scotch peerage. The case was heard before their lordships, and a portion of the evidence given on a former occasion. It appeared that in 1616 Sir David Carnegie, the claimant's ancestor, the head and representative of the family of Carnegie, of Carnegie and Kinnaird, in the county of Forfar, was by patent of King James VI. created a baron and lord of Parliament by the title of Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird, with a limitation to him and his heirs male bearing the surname and arms of Carnegie. He was afterwards, in 1633, by patent of King Charles 1., raised to the dignity of an earl by the title of Earl of Southesk, Lord Carnegie of Kinnaird and Leuchars, with a limitation to him and his heirs male for ever. James the fifth Earl of Southesk, having taken part in the rebellion of 1715 on behalf of the family of Stuart, was by the Act of Par liament 1 George 1., cap. 42, attainted of high treason. The claimant proposed to show that this attainder, how ever it might affect Earl James's issue male, had no effect upon his heirs male or collateral. Sir F. Kelly now appeared for the claimant and stated that the principle question in the pedigree of the claimant related to the point whether the third earl died leaving not more than one son, which he was prepared to prove by showing the fact that a certain William Carnegie, his second son, was killed in a duel in France, at the age of 19, without leaving any issue. The learned coun sel having stated the evidence he proposed to give, in cluding indirect evidence of registries of births and mar riages, without producing the documents themselves. Their lordships interposed and said that it was not the practice of the house to admit indirect evidence of regis tries of this kind, unless it was shown that the docu ments themselves could not be found. They therefore directed the case to be postponed t,ll next session, and that all the registries which were to be found should be produced. THE TRACY PEERAGE. Counsel—Messrs. Glasse, .111‘Nahten, and Webb. In this case Mr. Glasse, Q.C., said that the house had decided against the title of one claimant to this dormant peerage, and he now appeared for a different claimant, and he applied that in order to cave expense the evi dence which had already been laid before the house and printed should be taken as evidence for the present claimant as was done in the Roscommon case. bind ved, but them selvestheTM claimanthre L . G th l: ma i r s td i s g e thh s t e a b i said Chancellor va -t i a ti ycsdence Nlykotetoudh would dy coff w e a br s iut t ir h a.e a c t ne i tt should be used de bene ease, and that he should be allowed to refer to it as evidence in the case. He also wished that the claimaint should be allowed to inspect a picture of one William Tracy, which was locked up in a box, and was in the custody of the officers of the house, together with a tombstone which was alleged to have been fraudulently concocted. The object was to assist in the identification of William the third peer. Lord Redesdale said there would probably be no ob jection to allow the inspection, but there would be plenty of time to do so mien the witnesses were called hereafter. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. NATHAN V. CALTHORPE-THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S BALL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, costumie?, of Castle-street, Leicester-square, against the defendant, the Hon. Augustus Calthorpe, son of Lord Calthorpe, to recover the sum of 131. 18s. Mr. De la Mare, solici tor, attended on behalf of the plaintiff. The defendant not appearing, and the summons served at his residence being returned, inscribed—in Turkey. Mr. De la Mare having stated that he was in a posi tion to prove that such could not be the fact, was allowed to proceed with the case in the hon. defendant's ab sence. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff and his witnesses that, prior to the bat costume being given by his Excellen c y t h e French Ambassador, at Albert gate, Hyde -park, defendant called upon plaintiff, and as one of the intended visitors to the fete, requested to be furnished with a dress, the costume of Oliver Cromwell, for the hire of which for that night only he would give 121., and should he not return it within three days, should be happy to pay any further demand. It was not returned till some time afterwards, when plaintiff, seeing that it had been nearly "used up," made the claim sought for, which being refused, the present pro ceedings were instituted. In answer to Mr. De la Mare, plaintiff said he kept Pall- o (L the best L on d on -made Oliver Cromwells, and amongst fr. the aristoc racy t h ey were always sought and well p aid aughter. H e hi mself was a Conservat i ve -0 - creased laughter) —but ever ready to oblige that party of liberal s . (L aughter.) A servant o f p l aintiff ' s said that, in contradiction of the def en d ant b eing in Turkey, he met himne us . t ll- have Mali l as t Th ursday week, before which h ) } deigned to notice. for s ome d ays been in the receipt of a requeestm not d for his dla at tending th a t court, which invitation he had . --• I t l Cos: Honour judgment for plaintiff, with all [AD VERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills Invigorate 'the System and Promote Health —Mrs. Reynolds, of Bur ton, has been a great sufferer for many years, from a complication of nervous diseases, so that her constitution had become very much impaired, which affected both her mental and physical powers. Her strength also-- was completely prostrated. Change of air, change of scene, and every available remedy was resorted to without any beneficial effects whatever, as she appeared to be sinkin g fast. Holloway's Pills were commenced at this critical period, and by this unrivalled medicine Mrs Reyrkids speedily derived temporary relief, and ultimately :a`per manent cure was effected, and she contin ues t o enjoy excellent iralth. Sold by all vendors of mediqinie, and at Profedstoi golloway i s' Establishment, 244, Strand, t London, RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. 17 16b1; LIVERPOOL, AUG. 7. S TOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues to improv e . Lancashire and Y or k s hi re 69 1 ; Lond on an Chester an d Bi rkenhead, 17 ; Bl ac kb urn , 5i ; C a l e d onian, 3 2H; Bast Lancashire 1 North-Western, 106 ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire, - 24k; Midland, 68 i; North B r i t i s h , 8 !3 ' 16 ; South-E as t ern , 19 13-16; York, Newcastl e , and Berwick, 19. P reference Shares—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (lig shares), 114 ; ditto (6/ new), 7-16 p. STOCK shares generally BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 7. EXCII ANGE.—This market was active to-day, being more in demand. Shrewsbury an d Birmingham were done at 711. NEW YoßK.:—Some idea of the nature of the popula tion of New York may be gathered from the circum stance that of the persons who died there in the third week of July-915 in number (183 of them by cholera) —only 572 were natives of the United States ; 215 came from Ireland. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERD AY . Although most of the afternoon was spent in paying and receiving, yet a good deal of business was trans acted at intervals on the St. Leger. At first the invest ments on King Tom, at 4to 1, exceeded 300/. In the City, indeed, in the course of the morning, 700 to 200 was taken in one het ; but, notwithstanding such de monstrations in his favour, his position was manifestly unsteady ; at length 5 to 1 was betted, but the layer was the first to tire ; several persons stepped in to the rescue, and the King returned to 4to 1. 6 to 1 to 200/. and 11 to 2 in ponies were betted against Dervish ; 6to 1 taken in the aggregate to 1501. about The Trapper, and 10 to 1 to some money about Scythian, who had an ad vancing tendency at the close ; 500 to 25 taken about Autocrat, 1,000 to 50 The Knight of St. George, 1,000 to 45 Marsyas, and 50 to 1 to a small sum about Cala inns. Acrobat was evidently tumbling ; from 20 to 1, taken at the commencement, he fell to 25 to 1, taken and offered. With the exception that 4 to 1 was taken freely about Heapy for the Ebor Handicap, the rest of the betting was on a very limited scale. In the course of the afternoon the following announce. mentwas posted in the room : "We, tile undersigned members of the committee of the room, hereby express our opinion that all persons indebted to Mr. Arnold for Epsom or previously are bound to pay Mr. Hughes, who has his account up to that time. (Signed) "C. GREVILLE. " August 7, 1854." " H. Rous. To explain this, it is necessary to state that, owing to ill-health, Mr. Arnold, on the 25th of June, appointed Mr. Hughes to settle his Derb✓ account for him ; but in the exercise of his office, Mr. Hughes met with so ninny procrastinating excuses that he was at length compelled to submit the case to the committee of the room, who delivered their opinion to day in the above form. The consequence will be that they who persist iu refusing to settle with Mr. Hughes will be held in the category of defaulters, and will be liable to the " rules and regula tions in that case made and provided." The quotations at the close were as follow : GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Heapy (take 4to 1). 7to 1 agst The Hermit (taken). ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst King Torn (taken and offered). 11 to 2 agst Dervish (taken). 6to 1 agst The Trapper (taken). 10 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 20 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 20 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). 22 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken and offered). 50 to 1 agst Calamus (taken). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 20 agst Balrownie (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Jonathan Martin (taken). DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken). 1000 to 45 agst Bonnie Morn (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Aurifer (taken). RIFLEMAN.-At the recent meeting at Brighton Mr. Isaac Day was commissioned by Mr. Bond to offer 2,000 guineas and large contingencies for this very promising two-yrs-old but the offer was refused. RIPON RACES.-MONDAY. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Lord Alfred.. Fandango ... Six ran. ST. WILFRED HANDICAP. Maid of Tees • Itch 2 Skinner The following also ran :—St. Andrew, Vet, Lord Oswald, Goldfinch, Claret, and Streatlam Fairy. TRIAL STARES. Six ran. Cherry Brandy PROGRAMME OF LEWES RACES. • THURSDAY, AUG. 10. The TRIAL HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for all ages ; a winner of 100 sovs clear after the publica tion of the weights 51b extra ; one mile ; 7 subs. Age at lb Age st lb Honesty Domino 3 8 7 Kennyside Hero 3 6 12 Old Noll Antonina The INNKEEPER'S PLATE Of 60 BOVA ; a winner of a handicap of the value of 70 sovs clear after the publi cation of the weights 511, extra; one mile and a half. Age st lb Age st 111 3 8 2 Vestige 4 7 10 Jujübe 4 7 10 The Kaffir 4 6 0 4 7 4 Miss Fright 3 7 4 The Jester a 5 10 4 7 0 Inder ' a 6 8 Domino Perfidious Banstead Allington b) Diana Elazlenut Fawn The SOIMIDOWN WELTER HANDICAP CCP of 50 sovs added to a Sweepstakes of 5 SOVH each ; winners of any handicap after the publication of the weights 61b extra ; gentlemen riders ; two miles ; 10 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Garforth Warwick Alp Honesty Marchioness a 10 12 Now or Never... a 10 0 A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 ,added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies and geldings Bst 41b ; winners once 51b, and twice or more 7lb ex tra ; the second to save his stake ; the winner to pay 5 sovs towards expenses ; T.Y.C. The Archer Restoration See Clear Helena Escape (71b ex.) Minette .Daffodil Frederick A SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three year olds and upwards ; one mile and a quarter. To close and name on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. FRIDAY. The LEWES HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 100 added ; a winner of the value of sous loo that ere cl esara, butfter the e publicationnot less h ta than 150, 81b f o t heweexigtrhat s;he 51b, t above second to receive 20 sova out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses of the course; two miles ; 22 subs. Age A st lb Age st lb Indian Warrior... 5 8 4 Mouser Little David 4 7 10 Kidnapper 3 5 10 Cobnut Alp a 7 2 Barrel 3 5 10 Llanforda Pantomime Jacqueline 4 6 6 Miss Fright Allington (h b) ... 4 6 6 Vingt-et-un D.O. Phocion ............3 6 0 h f out of Jennala ; 3 4 5 12 0 Jack Frost 3 6 0 Jujube The COUNTY PURSE 'of 50 sovs, added to a handicap of 5 soya each' ; winners of any of the previous handicaps 511), ~r of any other of the value of 100 sovs clear after the publication of the weights 71b extra, but not to be accumulative ; the second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 5 sovs towards ex penses ; one mile and a quarter. 7 subs. Age st lh (4 ossip 4 8 3 Perfidious Old Noll. L idy F10ra..... Age st lb Diana Switch' The Yager 3 6 4 A HANDICAP PLATE of 50 s above handicaps 71b, or of of the weights 51b extra, T.Y.C. 19 subs. Weighl day next. )vs ; winners of either of the any other after publication ,ut not to be accumulative ; ;s to be published on Mon- Yrs Gondoline Miss Fright Domino Kennyside Hero 3 Omar Pasha 2 Allington Clair de Lune The Queen's Own 3 Henrietta 5 Narcissus a Yrs Exeter Foxhunter Oltenitza, Blondelle 4 Longinus f by Epirus—Pelion's dam 2 Child of the Mist 5 Glenstrae 3 Minette HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 gs. To enter and name on Wednesday at eight o'clock in the evening. A SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 30 added for three-year•olds and upwards ; one mile and a distance. To close and name on Thursday evening at eight P. m. The SOUTHDOWN CLUB HANDICAP PLATE Of 50 sovs. To close on Thursday evening. RACING FIXT AU( Lewes lO Wolverhampton l4 Egham...,.... . l5 Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l7 York ............23 JRES FOR 1854. UST. SEPT] Warwick .................. 5 Lichfield ............... . 7 Western Me e ti ng ......... 7 Rochesterand Chatham.. 7 Doncaster .................. 12 Pontefract 8edf0rd.................. 18 ............ 7° Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 2.9 Pl y m outh 3C Lincoln 31 MBER. OC Chester Autumn 3 Kelso Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham 5 Newmarket S 0 9 Leicester Manchester Autumn 2 l. Lanark - Newmarket F 0 26 Walsall Northallerton 2B , BER. Caledonian Hunt 11 ___. DIED. • 0 ° At Turin, on M on d ay, the 31st tilt., Count Ad rie tiarl Revel, Knvoy Extrao r di nary and Minister Plenipote 11 „ . 1 of H, M. th e Ki ng of Sardinia at the Court of Vienna, a formerly at the British Court. t 0 E 8 0n g ~ t o h f e rust., c st a h mbrii 1g Cambridge square, Upton -park, o p a t r o o n ; park, Slough, Assistant Slo Secretaryh, Edward -00 1 It° Master-General of the Ordnance On the 3d inst., at Chelsea at an advance , . age, A Ors' , Elwin, formerly of Drury -lane Theatre. o f INFLUENCE OF WATER.—The modifying influence of a ; l at O o n ca th p e ta l t o h T i h n o st oi ., a a s t e N oo o d tt o i , n a g g -h oc i i ll 7 , 2. Dorothea, relict ' 12' t 0 body of water less than a mile in breadth is conclusively ; shown by the difference between the two banks of the On the /th inst., at Syderham, Sarah Manningfor a t. 7 ' wife of John Hayward, Esq., of the Close, Exeter. _....., Mississippi River, near New Orleans. where it runs east and west. The south side has a milder climate, vegeta- _----------......--_--_ _--! ---- _----"7 -1 , -- tion advances earlier in the spring, th® cane has a longer LONDON : Printed and P u bli s h e d by MURDO Yar3 1172: period to mat ure i n autumn, an d f ru it s t h at are occa- o s f tr N an o d . , 11 io 2, t S h t e ra p n r d e , oi P n rAn o t f eri h a e t T sa h v e o s y: atonally cut off b y the severity o f wea th er on t h e nort h tforanner. Middl esex , Tuesday. Maud 13, 1854. ninOffithcee'cisicnui°.tl °I bank are u n i n a uenced on the other.--cOlferi Warwick Autumn ,17 Richmond 18 Ne wmirlc et H q 3 Worcester Autumn 31 Epsom Autumn NOVEMBER. 2 Cowbridge Hunt ...... 8 Liverpool gIITPPING INT ELLIGENCE_ CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUG. 7. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS—The Shuninger, from Marstrand ; Frederick Wilhelm IV., Dantzic; Emma, Bandholm ; Harriett, Mauritius ; Charlotte, Copenhagen ; City of Calcutta, Calcutta ; Soeblomsen, Fettendhal; Fre derick Maria, Skive ; Wynstay, Canton ; Hedwig and Shelde, Nyland • Thonsend Ee g , A ssens ; L on d on , New York; Gratitude, Gothenburg ; Hermes, Dantzic; Tartar, Honduras ; Hermes and Emil, Soderhamn ; Yssel, Wham poa ; Menzies, Havaunah; Sunbeam, Carthagena and Villa Nova ; Julia Caroline, Uldewalla ;. Rob Roy, Akyab ; Quickstep, New York ; Comorn, Marstrand ; Milwarkee, Quebec; Enterprise, Gefl e ; C ap t a i n, V en i ce; C aro line Reed, Calcutta ; Anne Sophia Randers; Achilles, Quebec; Claf, Hernosand ; Leonar, Santander; J ama i ca ; Antigua; Hercules, Sundswall ; Invoice, Nfaurititius • Maria, Me" met ; Miner va , K ram f ors ; E uropa, Liebau ; 'Good Intent, Stettin and Stolpmunqe ; Acorn, Dantzic; Holmstrandt Christiania ; Lareartine, Hudikswall ; Carl, Jottendal ; Familiens Haab, Bogense ; Majestic, Konigsberg • Ann Moore, Dant z i c; D en G o d e Moder,Hudilcs wall, Gran, A r eael Soeskummeren Lulea ; V a lky s i en , W e il e ; G reenaae and Eteltoft ; Germbardin e , ' Gefle • Hercules, Droback ; tario, Q ue b ec ; S eaton Sluice, Venice ; Adjutor, Konige" berg ; Superb, Girgenti ; Skipwith, St. John's, Newfound land ; Norton, Bombay ; Ignus Fatus, Madras; Admire' Jervis, Gothenbe rg ; T wa B roder, Lisbon ; James Govrdie, Teneriffe, Civerta, and Ventura ; Abby Brown, Cabe; Fanny Fern, St John's, N. 8.; Paladin, Memel; Pioneer , Akyab ; Hannibal, Carthagena and Villa Nova; Stadt Dordrecht, Dordt and Brouwergia.ven. VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt ; Abbot, Mauritius; Ocean Queen, New Y . ork; Ben Avon, Bombay ; Leonidas, Calcutta • Duke of Rich' wouti, Valparaiso anti Lima ; Jupiter, Hamburg ; SY I P I4 Antwerp; Sarah, Rerun ; Juno, Constantinople :bed Varna ; Sutton, Havre ; Triton, Altona ; Charlotte, Ho' burg ; Countess of Malmesbury, Barcelona and Tarragona; Tartan, Belize. VESSELS CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The Nanoy Dawson' for Hamburg; Sisters, Newport; Maria, Konigsberg; Nonpariel, Naples ; Charlotte Ann, Melbourne ; Laurens Castor, Port Adelaide ; L.ldy Kennaway, Sydney New South Wales ; General List Sydney. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. • Ju ne The Oliver Lindsay, f rom Cl y d e t o Batavia, , IIL 34 N., long. 33 W. The Kate Wheeler (barque), steering E., July 14, I s t ' 41 N., long. 61 W. The Arethusa, of Boston, from St. John's, N. 8., Jul! 6, lat. 43 N., long. 47 W. The Columbia, from Dublin to Quebec, July 8, by the Asia (s), arrived at New York. The Chieftain, of London, June 18, lat. BS. long. 27 M r ' • The Jamsetija C urse tj er , f rom Liverpool ' to Bombay, 20th, lat. 4 S., long. 26 W. A three-masted steamer, bound N.E., 26th, Ist. 6 N., long. 25 W. _ The Hants, from Fernando Po to Liverpool, July 16, lat. 36 N., long. 38 W. • The Cambe (brig), from th e coas t o f Af r i ca t o L o udoro July 27, lat. 47 N., long. 19 W. A screw-steamer, bound W., July 27. The Canada (stea mer ), July 30, lat. 47 N., long. 53 W. l, The Amedee, from C a l cu tt a to Mauritius, March 26, 16 N., long. 88 E. The Belcarrig, from Calcutta to Falmouth, April 7, 15t * 6 N., long. 86 E. The Piscator, from New Y or k t o Li verpoo l , J u ly 2, Ist. 11 N., long. 26 W. The City of Palaces, from Newcastle to Calcutta, SO 25, lat. 28 S., long. 27 W. • The Celestial, from London to Shanghai May 27, 26 S., long. 27 W. , The Mary, fro m th e C oast of Africa to Bristol, Juni t2o lat. 9 N., long. 23 W. 44 The Agincourt (ship), outward bound, July 30, lat • . N., long. 12 W. The Priscilla (ba rque ) , f rom Liverpool, June 10, Ist• 11 - S., long. 31 W. The Lindon (ship), for San Francisco, 11th, lei. 15 S. ' long. 31 W. c. The William Chapman, of Hartlepool, from Bordel e° to Shediac, July 19, lat. 37 N. long. 40 W. The Come On (b r i g ), 24th, lat. ' 42 N., long. 31 W The Margaret (barque), of London,- Sierra Leone to s'"" mouth, apparently with rudder damaged, 31st, 43 N., long. 18 .W. ~f isl Two clipper ships, steering west, one showing a II!!^,:b, red and white, divided diagonally, with a diamond in " 15 miles E. of Cape Horn. A. barque, stee r i ng E. , s h ow i ng white signal, w ith 14 it, July 15, lat. 38 N., long. 5 W. COAL MARK] Priem of Coal per ton at t' BT.—AUGUST 7. he close of the market. 8. d. Davison's West Hartley 1$ .0 Hasting's Hartley lB 6 Holywell 19 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 Longridge's Wst Hartley IS Newcastle F i artley 16 !-) South Peareth l6 .0 Tanfield Moor l6 0 Taufield Moor Butes 16 0 South Taufield 15 6 West flartley lB (} Willingtou Hartley 18 0T Wallsend, iko• a , Ff. ~ Bell's Primrose . - 21 ; 1 Eden Main 21 3 i Belm 2 , - 0 ont , Bell 21 (iraddyll 22 -° lietton , faswoll ...... ........... ••• 2 1 3 Kepier Grange . fietton Lyons Main • 20 21 6 Pensher 21 ' 0 Richmond 9 Russell's Hetton 21 South Hetton 22 g Stewart's - Cassop 2l 6 Hartlepool 22 ° Keogh H a ll 21 3 3 South Kelloe 2l Tees 22 ° Victoria 17 1 Derwoutwater Hartley, 16 - Wallsend, &c. clmsforth 2O 0 Harton Hilda 19. 9 Lawson l9 6 Northumberland l9 3 Riddell l9 9 New Whitworth l5 6 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General post -dt" by the night—and Mby the morning—despatch.) Day whon ma lent F rom what whoa o COUNTRIES. in General Past. Fort da in Office, London.* Dism,tched. - ............... ,Eng1a n , d. -- --,--- - America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • Liverpool ... America (by United Sts. 29 • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool ... Aug. Americapacet ) N packet) .......... ••••• • • • • • Southampton Australia (via South- . St 4 (1;; . U .. .. S - t;:te N s " • Southampton Atlgn ampton) ...„ „ ....ki July 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) Ni • ......... ~• Dover ..... Ditto (via Cape of Good I Hope) • • • • • • •• • • • • N , JuIY 4 • • ...... • • • ... trucerta ll Africa (West Coast) .. N ; 23d of th e month . Plymouth.. Sept. 13 : Alexan Alexandria.......... NlB, 9, 24, & ao of m. Dover .... - dria .. .... .. 31 1 4th & 20th of mon. iSouthampton Bahamas ..........,54 17th of the wont) I Southanipton Belgium ...........•N , Daily ,• •• • • .H)over. ...... __,..... t 6 Brazil ........ :.....M,9th of the month.. Southampton Auli.'" Buenos Ayres ......itai9th of the month ..ISouthamiston Cape of Good hope ..Nll4th of the mont , Plymouth ... Cape of Good Hope ..N 114th of the month. (Southampton Cape de Verds ....Nll4th o f the mouthiSouthampton Ceylon (see Indi a ) Ceylon ..............Nll4th of the month Channel Isles ....., „N Jl , fort.,l , Ved.,&Frid. S outhampton T a• Th•P 4 Chi1i...... „....11112d & 17th of mouth Southampton China (see Indi a ) Constantinople ......N 7 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover - . • • • Constantinople ........ 4tb & 20th of mon. Southamptot. f Cont. of Europe M & N Twice d a il y ...... Dover ...... Tiv."° - ~.„fall Egypt (see India) France ........ M & NlT w i ce daily ...• Gibraltar .. .. ...M :4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of ni Southamptot ► AUP- Greece (see India) 1 . . 4 46 Greytown ..........111121id & 17th of mon. SoutbaMptot• .Atlgu" Hatuburgh ........ -NI Tuesday & Friday' London ... ••1 ~t. 6 Havannah .......... Al i2nd of the montl Loudon . p , Holland ............ MiDaily...... ••• • • . Dover ..... • •1 1) .. ._„,,'"' t 1 6 Honduras - ... ... M 117th of the month. Southatnntot. Awir,, d 4 India (vlaSouthampt.)M '4th & 20th of mun. Plymt.uth_•• 1015 indi a (via maraeillea)m Bth& 24th of month Dover .....• lonian Isles (see India),7, 17, &27 of mon Dver.... •• 1 - , c 01 0,61. Ireland .... • • ..M & N Twice daily Lisbon •••••••• • • ....M7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton IA lag li tist id Madeira ...... • .....kll9tli of the month Southampton 4 1 J6 Madeira ...... • • ~.. 1 , 1 1 23 d of month Malta (see India) - , . im ut 4 Malta ...... • • •.....N 7,17,19,27, 30 of rn. Dover .... • A -- ` Mauritius (see India) . ' ' -- ' 1 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month(, ' - , 't. 1 Mexico ...• ...... ..31 2nd of the month. Soutliainptor '-u•sel ) Naples ... ... „N ( bthisth2.s thoftnompover.... • ••1 ' • New Granada ...... Ai 2d & 17th of month 'Southampton , e rtSl- 0 New Ze Mend."... • ... By private skip ~'. Various port , trn` Papal States ~ .• • , • • NlM.hlsth2, thottnon. Dover .. - • • Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthotinon. Southampton t. 16 Vera •••• •-..•. . . • , M 2tl & 27th or mon. Southampton Awl -- p ort Natal ... ....N,l4th of the month Plymouth - sicily ......., „ „...NlsthlNth2sthofnion,iDover .... - Tuscany • ~ ....... ~..Nlsthlsth2sthotinon.lDover -•• • • fit..° Venezuela .. ~.. „ „M 2d Bcl7th of rnontlOSotithampton Aug ti • Van Diernen's Land (set' 1 Australia) ........., ist I 6 West Indies .. ...... Ai ,2,1& 17th 0, itionthtßEmo....„+as, Atig 17th of mon th; .Southampton ) 16 Aug , - _„ 0 * When any of these dates fall o i a Sunday, the mall espatchel on the following day with the exception of the 111 " ! ' fye dontharnpton), and the Malt a , b ot h of which will be despatches ~preceding day. EFFECT OF TH E W AR ON EMPLOYMENT, -.NO ifet than three manufacturers in Arbroath have warne id's of their w or ki ng - people of the probability o f tlie'rri:et missal o n an ear l y day. There seems to be no 1 : 0 % 0 whatever for their manufactured goods. It stated that the staple trade of Forfar is suffering t ie ,„r - ber Dt l Rion, and th a t i t h as not been so bad for a great 4 110 of years. Thi s must be ascribed to the ope - ratioci t war.—Scotch. Paper. BIRTBS. OF A EON. On the 4th inst., at Broad-green, Croydon, the I Frederick Arrow, Esq. On the 4th inst., in Fitzroy-square, the wife of : 0011 ' Teesdale, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. of On the 4th i ns t., a t Milford-heath, surrey, the sfifB the Rev. W. H . L ucas. toa d / On the 4th i ns t., a t 3 , W arwick-square, Belgrav the wife of William A. Loch, Esq. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. P e t er ' s Church, Pimlico, tiot' Wyndham a Court, Esq., M.P., only son of Lieuto c o y General a Court, to Emily, eldest daughter of Henry rie, Esq., of West Horsley -place, Surrey. Aciffe° At Genoa, on Wed nes d ay, th e 26th ult., Count , o tee' de Revel (Envoy E x t raor di nary and Minister PlenFevor tiary of H. M. th e Ki ng o f S ardinia at the Court of v I-virp and formerly at the British Court), to Emily do ter , o , f widow of the Ch eva li er Wi lliam de Viry, and daugA ~ the late Basil Montagu, Esq., Q.C. ia&,