The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-24 00:00:00

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PORTS' al notie° 4lay V' uis of he t ports are A 1 that ler wh' i l Etlg lo This c ollY 11A" l a,ptain . ➢leroel, blisbes xtract : men 11 0° ienvo St : 10 Lralysis 0 .red 0 ' 4 4 ; mao.7 baLl • s 5 cmid w Bch of th° I _,, tves The P ly r petualli dd i stre:S . .oscow• Colls tw ' at the t capita" that the • Easter's of eve r A rear, O" we lilt" the 1 011 , Emper ° ,: o ccasion into the Emp eror dg d in tP° to tr c e i The °' )ornP3 P /A n otl ;o put . 111 , nine s for tone cl 1/ 11 very O h 3 /330 13 . t axs to V: Ltall th e ►ver , Df inf an d passe ; vens fo ci ablisb e • .one j, 0 13 beeu:„., a d ter— overs of this gigantic child's-play of " make believe" are employes or attached to the Court. PREPA.RATIONS AT CRONSTADT. The Augsburg Gazette says that the Russian fleet is ready for action at Cronstadt, and nearly 10,000 men garrison the forts. On the island lying west of the fortress tentslar(t pitched, where troops find shelter, and all the, coast swarms with soldiers, mostly of the Gi. - ards. They are still working at Paul's Fort. The lower orders at St. Petersburg went to Cronstadt as usual during their Easter holidays. There they sported in swings and whir ligigs, their attention being divided between eating and drinking, and finding time to hurrah the im• perial family, who showed themselves to the multi tude there, GREECE. VALONA, May 16.—A1l is tranquil in Upper Albania. Up to the 16th the Montenegrins re mained quiet. Account's have been received, says the Moniteur, from Janina, of the 7th, giving fresh details of the checks sustained by the Greek insurgents in Epirus, and which have been already briefly men tioned by telegraphic despatches. The principal body of the insurgents, commanded by General Tzavellas, was attacked on the 26th ult. at Petra by a corps of Turkish troops under OAMan Paella j and after only a short resistance the Greeks dis persed and fled in great disorder towards the fron tier, abandoning to the Turks the chest contain ing their money, and almost all their arms and ammunition. Tzavellas had barely time to escape, but the Greek Taginatarque Antonaki- Kalagmodarti, of Patras, was made prisoner. In the baggage of Tzavellas there was, it is said, found a correspondence of that chief with the Greek Ministers, particularly with M. Scarlato Soutzo, the Minister of War ; this correspondence is now in the hands of Fnad Effendi. The Souliotes, comprehending the dangers to which they exposed themselves by continuing to take part with the Greek adventurers, have laid down their arms, and surrendered to the Ottoman troops, without firing a shot, the important position of Pen te-Piga dia, and were about to unite with Abdi Paella to attack Zervas, who was at the bead of 700 Greeks. The latter, however, made a night march towards the frontier. Communications have been re-es tablished between Janina and Arta. There are now no insurgents, except in Radovitzi ; the inha bitants of the remainder of the country have returned to their duty, and nothing is heard but curses on the Greek chiefs, who endeavoured to Make them the tools of the designs of Russia. AUSTRIA. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, says, hardly a day has passed since the 17th without the mem bers of the Vienna Conference meeting. The Cologne Gazette states from Vienna that the negotiations between the Prussian Envoy, Count d'Alvensteben, and the Austrian Cabinet, are for the purpose of agreeing on the details of the con vention between Austria and Prussia in the event of its being carried into execution. The Breslau Gazette, under its Vienna head, announces that the Austrian Cabinet has given orders for the rapid or ganisation of the new levy, and mentions a rumour that the Russian Ambassador at Vienna having demanded explanations, was informed that circum stances had rendered precautions necessary, but that the Emperor of Austria was still anxious to act as a mediator, and to support any propositions for peace which should be compatible with honour and with the maintenance of the equilibrium of power in Europe. The lithographic news sheet of Berlin of the 20th, announces that the Austrian Government has ad dressed a circular letter to its representatives at foreign Courts, in which it explains its motives for making armaments. We extract the following from a Vienna letter of the 19th May :—" Count Alvensleben, who has already had several interviews with Count Buol, has not yet had an audience of his Majesty. It is generally believed that the mission of the Prussian Envoy is of a mediatory nature, but the blood of Austria is up ; and this Government is evidently more inclined to take a step forwards than in the opposite direction. It is foreseen, indeed, by those who best know Austria that she will avoid a complete rupture with Russia as long as possible, but she is evidenly preparing for the worst. The augmentation of the army has naturally led to a great demand for experienced officers, and many who were on the unattached and pension lists are again employed. The Vienna Gazette of to-day contains a long list of pro motions. Eight unattached major-generals have been created generals of division, and 16 colonels raised to the rank of generals. The pension list has supplied four lieutenant-generals and eight major-generals, some of whose names were often heard during the war in Hungary. In a letter written a few days ago it was said that some of the highest military men did not scruple to express their disapprobation of the present policy of this Government, and it was yesterday related that, in consequence of his sti ong bias in favour of Russia, Count Schl.ick is not to have the supreme com mand of the northern or Galician army. This, however, is probably a mistake, as General Count Clam,, who is notoriously one of the greatest partisans of the Emperor Nicholas, is to coal man d the cavalry corps of fifteen regiments which is now forming in the above mentioned province. It is very far from being my inten tionto insinuate that any Austrian officer would fail in his duty to his Sovereign, but it is not good policy to endeavour to force men to act against their convictions. The fact is, that the Russian Emperor has distributed so many stars, crosses, and ribands among the highest Austrian officers, that they are totally incapable of taking a dispas sionate view of the present state of affairs, and con sequently do not see that Austria is now called on to maintain both her independence of action and her position as a great European Power. The reasons urged by military men why the alliance with Russia should be maintained are in general so futile and short-sighted that it is next to impossible to listen to them with patience. If worsted in argument the invariably take refug e behind the phrase, Austria owes a debt of gratitude to Rus sia, and she must pay it.'" FRANCE. Under date of yesterday, the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes :—The attitude of Austria is now the point upon which, in public opinion, the whole affair turns ; and unhappily there is sufficient ambiguity in the conduct of that Power to create doubts on both sides. The French Government professes the utmost confidence in Austria ; and certainly there is much in what has happened within the last two months which seems to justify that confidence. How can it be sup posed that a Power, occupying so high a position as that of Austria, and having a regard for its con sistency and character can have entertained the opinions recorded in the protocols of Vienna, and still think of supporting pretensions on the part of Russia, which it has declared to be unjust and un tenable ? After the explanations which it has given to the Western Powers, of its recent mili tary manoeuvres, and of the increase of its army, how can it, if it has any regard for its veracity, in tend these measures as anything but a threat to Russia ? And yet there are many who still be lieve that Austria will not take any part against Russia, and that all that she is now doing is merely with a view to her being the umpire in the quarrel, and to her stepping in to check the progress of the allies, should Russia be in clanger of de feat. At the present moment there are the most contradictory reports on the subject. On the one band, it is said that every day the intimacy and good-feeling between England and the Cabinet of Vienna are on the increase ; while, on the other, it is said that the Emperors of Austria and Russia never understood each other better than at the present moment. I do not pretend to say which party is in the right, but the truth cannot be long concealed. Facts, interests, and protestions are all on the side of the Austrian Government taking Part with the Western Powers. Personal feeelinc, on the part of the young Emperor of Austria would, Perhaps, point the other way. There is a story current here, which I give without vouching for it, and just for so much as it is worth. The Aus trian Government has, it appears, given a large order for crosses and decorations of the first class to some Paris tradesmen. The Russian party speak of this matter with great glee, and affirm that they are intended for the Russian generals who have 4. distinguished themselves. It is to be hoped that they will be as much disappointed in their expecta tions in this respect as they have been in many others. In the meantime the preparations for the camp at Boulogne and St. Omer (a measure which, with all their ingenuity, the partisans of the Czar are unable to construe into anything but a hint to Prussia as well as to Austria) are going on with great activity. The third division of the army of Paris is already under orders, and will leave for St. Omer in the course of a day or two. From the west and north of France the troops are being directed towards the same port. A considerable number of persons have been arrested in Paris within the last few days. The offences with which they are charged are, of course, political. Among the notable persons whose names are mentioned are the Count de Poix and M. Hut teen d'Ori gn y. The Minister the of the Marine has given orders for fabrication of 150,000 boarding pikes. It might have been well if they had been got ready a little sooner. The reports with respect to the new loan to be raised by the French Government are again rife, and it is thought the operation cannot be post poned many days longer. It is reported in Paris that the King of Prussia is about to abdicate. A treaty has been concluded between England and France with respect to the division of the prizes taken from Russia. They are to be divided in pro portion to the number of men engaged in the differ ent captures. The whole terms of the treaty show that the utmost confidence exists between the two Governments, and that they are both actuated by the same feeling, of not doing more than is abso lutely necessary, or anything that can outrage the feelings of humanity of the most scrupulous. The French Government has determined to send M. Ebeling, the Russian consul-general, who still remains in Paris, his passports—the Russian Go vernment having withdrawn the exequaturs from the consuls of the allied Powers. Allusion was made yesterday to changes likely to take place in the French Cabinet. It is now said that not only is M. de Thouvenel going to Constantinople as ambassador, but that an im portant change is to take place at home. M. Drouyn de Lhuys, it is $. aid, is to retire, and to be succeeded as Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Count de Walewski, the ambassador in London. In that event, 111. de Persigny will quit the Ministry of the Interior, and become ambassador in Lon don ; 111. Baroche will become Minister of the In terior ; and M. Fould will retain his post of Minister of State. The disputes between M. de Thouvenel and M. Drouyu de Lhuys have a consi derable influence on these changes. The friends of M. de Thouvenel assert that he is the real writer of the famous despatches which have gained M. Drouyn de Lhuys so much renown, aud that M. Drouyu de Lhuys is so jealous of his able chef de division as to wish to thrust him into the back ground. The appointment of M. de Thouvenel to Constantinople is the act of the Emperor himself, and is so unpalatable to M. Drouyn de Lhuys that it has produced the crisis. The following is from the Times Paris corres pondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— It is very probable that the Moniteur will soon publish decrees conferring the high dignity, of Marshal of France on three Generals. Who the three new Marshals will be, is, with one exception, not generally, or rather not positively, known. That exception is General d'Hautpoul. Of the two others General Baraguay d'Hilliers may, in all probability, be selected for the honour ; the baton of Marshal will it is to be hoped console him for his failure in the diplomatic line, and for his recall from Con stantinople. This is not the only, though it is the highest, mark of Imperial favour to be bestowed on General d'Hautpoul. He will also be appointed to command the army of 50,000 men encamped at Marseilles ; while, as already announced, General Baraguay d'Hilliers takes the command, under the Emperor's superior orders, of the camp of St. Omer. A considerable portion of the army of Paris will proceed to Marseilles, and form part of the corps, which is no doubt to furnish rein forcements to the troops in the East. To supply their place, the Imperial Guard will be stationed en echelon round Paris, with large detachments at Versailles, St. Germains, St. Cloud, Auteuil, &c. A private letter from Constantinople mentions that Marshal St. Arnaud had pressed on the French Government the propriety, indeed the necessity, of recalling General Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Mar shal was not aware that the order for that recall had been already despatched, but the demand is an additional proof of the unfitness of the G neral for that very difficult post : and in any case it is almost impossible that two military men—one in a diplomatic capacity, the other exercising such high powers as those entrusted to a Commander-in- Chief, not to speak of his rank as Marshal—could long get on together in harmony ; and at this mo ment harmony is indispensable. A private letter from St. Petersburg of the 14th mentions that the Russian Government had ordered an extraordinary contribution, amounting to one fourth of the income, to be levied on the central pro vinces. The ukase declares that the proceeds will be exclusively employed in the expenses of the war, which is waged iu defence of the Orthodox Faith against the Western Powers, who are the enemies of Christianity. The Emperor does not seem to place overmuch confidence in the religious ardour of the central provinces, inasmuch as, by way of additional encouragement, he informs his loving subjects that the property of those who shall not within 15 days have paid the first moiety of the impost shall be put under se questration, and be administered by the Crown. The same letter announces that Prince Stourdza had arrived at St. Petersburg, and taken service in the Russian army. Private letters from the Piraeus give some details of the piracy which had been organised through the whole extent of the Hellenic kingdom. The energy displayed by the ships of war of the European na tions, attacking and sinking the corsairs wherever they meet them, has produced a salutary effect, and has evidently discouraged these brigands. The pi rates had become, in consequence of the indiffer ence of the Hellenic Government, so audacious as to have planned the seizure of the military arsenal of Paris. The failure of the plan was only due to the presence of the ships of war in the Greek waters, and to the determination of the foreign Govern ments to destroy every vessel known to be fitted out for piracy. The Prussian steam frigate Dantzick was still anchored at the Piraeus ; she has been joined by the Stettin. We have little authentic news from the seat of war, but general attention is still fixed ou Silis tria. Up to the 14th we have not heard that the Russians had obtained any favourable result, though it is certain that Prince Paskewitsch has concentrated a considerable force at that place, in the hope of taking possession of it before succour can arrive. On the other hand Omar Pasha has a large force also at Shumla, and is watching the movements of the Russians at Silistria, from which he is distant about three days march. It is there fore probable that in a short time the ground con tiguous to Silistria may become the theatre of a general action. So long as the Russians are unable to occupy that point and Nicopolis they can at tempt nothing important in Bulgaria. The market was rather languid yesterday, and prices were a little lower. The Three per Cents. have fallen 10c., at 67f. 94c. ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are unchanged, at 04f. 75c. Bank of France Shares are unchanged, and the other Bank Shares have scarcely varied. SPAIN. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 20th says :—" It•is positively asserted that a royal de cree, ordering a forced loan, is to appear almost immediately in the Gazette. This loan is to have for basis the anticipated payment of six months' taxes." INDIA AND CHINA MAILS (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 24 The Peninsular and Oriental Company's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, has just arrived here, with the heavy portion of the East India and China and Mediterranean mails. Her dates are—Alexan dria, May Bth ; Malta, 13th ; Gibraltar, 18th. The Ripon brings 86 passengers, among whom are Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Lord Kerr, Lady Price, Colonels Stewart and St. George. The 55th Regiment of Foot embarked on the 10th inst. from Gibraltar for the East. The British barque Edward Robinson, from Odessa, with wheat for England, has been totally wrecked near Tentail ; crew saved and landed at Gibraltar. A great number of transports with troops and artillery have passed the Straits of Gibraltar. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Simla reached Gibraltar on the 12th inst. in six days from Southampton, and proceeded to Malta. Her Majesty's troop ship Simoom arrived on the 12th, and left again the ensuing day for Constan tinople. THE MEDITERRANEAN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP ff.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Joy, we have dates from Gibraltar, 15th ; Cadiz, 16th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto, 20th ; Vigo, 21st inst. The Tagus brings on freight 883 half-chests oranges, four packages specie, and a general cargo. Exchange at Lisbon was quoted at 541, with a scarcity of money. The health of the Duke cf Saldanha was very precarious. The young King of Portugal is to leave Lisbon on the 28th of May in the Portuguese war steamer Mindello, for Southampton. His Majesty will be accompanied by his brother, Don Luiz, the Baron de Sarmento, and the Viscount Carriera. The Mindello is to be escorted by the steamer Sal danha, both vessels being under command of the Port Admiral of Lisbon. At Oporto, exchange on London was quoted at 54 to 55. The wine market was very high, but brandy lower in price. Freights to London, 425. 6d. to 455. Although some reports of the vine disease were prevalent, yet the young vines generally looked well. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1854. ..:. - 4. - Otrl eriEtittion. BATH RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CITY CUP. Rataplan Jephson WESTON STAKES. f. by Sir Hercules out of Dexterous Bessie DYRH AM STAKES. Noi-ette . Postulant ARISTOCRATIC HANDICAP. Defiance LATEST BETTING. DE RBY. 3to 1 on the field. 7to 2 agst Dervish. 10 to 1 agst Andover. 16 to 1 agst Neville. 18 to 1 agst Hermit. 20 to 1 agst Autocrat. 6to 1 agst Hermit and Andover, coupled. .1 .2 .1 fourtb _Zb(ttton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. MONEY MARKET. CITY, FIVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England has received notice that the interest upon Exchequer-bills will in future be 2/d. per cent. per diem. The Honourable East India Company have ad ♦anced the interest on their bonds to 4 per cent. Exchequer Bills have fallen to ss. discount to par. Consols have been without change at 88i to 89. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) THE DERBY. 9to 2 agst Dervish (taken). 7to 1 agst King Tom. Bto 1 agst Andover (take 10 to 1). 20 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken to 1751.) 25 to 1 agst Hospodar (take 30 to 1.) From 7 to 2 taken at ;the commencement King Tom receded to 7 to 1 offered. At the close it was stated that 30 to 1 had been laid against him at the Club. Dervish was also on the decline. BATH RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 2to 1 Dervish (5 to 2 taken). 10 to 1 agst King Tom (20 to 1 also laid). 9 to 1 agst Andover. 40 to 1 agst Autocrat. 66 to 1 agst Middlesex. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAMER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. FoLEY from Wor cestershire against the opening of public-houses on Sun days ; by Mr. W. 0. STANLEY from, the Attorneys and Solicitors of Chester,. praying that the originals of wills may not be removed from that diocese ; by Mr. COWAN, frGin the brewers of Scotland, complaining of the pro posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to levy the increased malt taxon stock in hand ; by Mr. A. PELLATT, from Southwark and other places, praying for the aboli tion of church-rates ; by Mr. COLLIER, from the mayor and town council of Plymouth, praying that the univer sities may be thrown open to all classes of her Majesty's subjects ; by Mr. LUCAS, from a place in Ireland, against any further legislation on the subject of corn rents. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following hills were read a third time and passed : —Londonderry Bridge ; North Yorkshire and Cleve land Railway ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail way(Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge branches). The following bills were considertd and ordered to be read a third time :--Bethesda and Llanlleched Improve ment ; Cork and Bandon Railway ; South Devon Rail way. PROPERTY DISPOSAL BILL. On the question for resuming the adjourned debate on the second reading of this bill, Mr. MALINS supported the bill, the object of which was to prevent professed nuns from disposing of their property in favour of convents, without the deed or in strument of disposal was executed in the same manner as deeds are executed by married women in favour of their husbands. No objection had been made to the principle of the bill, but it was said the preamble con tained improper assertions. As the preamble, however, was a matter of secondary importance, he was sure his hon. and learned friend who had charge of the mea• sure would consent to strike it out altogether, if the house would only sanction the substance of the bill. The hon. and learned gentleman then proceeded to argue that ladies who take religious vows renounce the world and its temporal affairs, so that they had no free will in the disposal of their property ; and it was therefore only right that some protection of the sort proposed by this bill should be thrown around them. Sir J. YOUNG had hoped that the hon. and learned member for Enniskillen would have been disposed to follow the example of the hon. member for Bath, and, withdrawing his bill, relieve the house from those po lemical discussions which had produced so much excite ment out of doors, and especially in Ireland. With regard, however, to the bill itself, it was hardly likely that it would be accepted by the Roman Catholics, coming from the quarter it did. The evils or injustice of the system which the bill dealt with, fell wholly upon Roman Catholics, and if the bill had come from a mem ber professing that faith, there might have been some reason for adopting it, but coming from a Protestant member who was not remarkable for any predelictions in favour of Catholicism, it was only natural that it should be looked upon with doubt and distrust. Besides, the Roman Catholics received it as cast ing a dishonourable suspicion upon an important class of their body, and knowing that there was no foundation for such a suspicion, they had unanimously rejected it with scorn. A stronger animus actuated the promoters of the bill thin a desire to assimulate the law relating to nuns, with that affecting married women, and hence the bill, supposing its provisions had been sound, would have been distasteful to the Roman Catho lics. He denied that the Government opposed measures like this for the sake of obtaining Roman Catholic sup port, they resisted them because they were opposed to the tolerant spirit of the Reformation, and being ani mated by the same feeling, he was confident the house would negative the second reading of this bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON denied that this was a polemical question, and said he viewed this subject from a directly opposite point to that of a religious view. He protested also against its being supposed that the supporters of this bill were actuated by a persecuting spirit, nr that the provisions of the bill were at all opposed to the principles of toleration established by the Reformation. The policy of the Church of Rome was aggressive and anti-tolerant, but that should never induce him to sup port any attack upon the religious liberty of his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects. Ths bill, however, meditated no such attack, it was altogether divested of anything like a religious character, and proposed to deal only with one of the temporal matters of the Roman Catholics. The only ground upon which this question could be dis cussed, was simply this : was there, or was there not, something in the constitution of these ,mo nastic and conventual establishments which vio lated the rights of the subject. I He believed there was as their rules and regulations interfered with the great civil right of disposing of private property, and that was the reason why he supported this bill, which would only extend to Roman Catholics the same law that already applied to Protestant. He denied that the bill assumed that the disposal of property in favour of convents was invariably made under undue influence ; it assumed nothing of the sort, but it did assume that there were occasional cases of such a disposal being made under duress, and it was to meet such cases th a t it was now proposed to assimilate the law in reference to the inmates of convents with that which applied to married women. In the absence of a bill of this nature there was only one alternative for the house to adopt, and that was to revive the law which held nuns to be civilly dead. Mr. HADFIELD thought the acts of the right bon. baronet presented a strange contrast.to his professions. He professed to entertain a high respect for the Roman Catholics, and yet he was ready to support a bill which cast a most offensive insult upon that body. The Roman Catholics made no demand upon the house in support of their religion, and what right, then, had the house to interfere with their religious establishments / but, above all, what right had the supporters of the bill to interfere with them/ None whatever ; and he advised the house to reject the bill, as in this enlightened age neither this nor any other mortmain law was necessary for the sup port of civil rights. He felt humbled as a Member of Parliament to find these religious differences being forced upon the house. In the American Legislature polemical discussions were never allowed to take up the time of the senators, because there the religious sentiments of all were respected, and the same rule ought to.prevail in the House of Commons. Mr. COLLIER suggested an amendment to the jszd observed that if these amendments were _ _ made, he could see no objection to the measure. The purpose of this measure was but a corol lary to the Mortmain Bill, and having sanctioned the second reading of that bill, he could not understand why the house should reject this one. Air. J. FITZGERALD reminded the house that convents had existed both in this country and in Ireland Shr. for many ages, Mr. J. FITZGERALD reminded the house that con vents had existed both in this country and in Ireland for many ages, and it was very strange that these St abuses had never been heard of until the honourable 20 and learned member for Enniskillen came forward to remedy them with this bill. If such abuses did exist, which he denied, except in an occasional case, the common law of the land was quite sufficient to meet them without a bill of this nature, as recent trials in the Irish courts, both law and equity, fully established. The bill was false in its preamble, insulting in its language, as it was intended to be, while it vio lated the maxim of our law, that those who as serted a fact s hould prove it. Mr. BOWYER opposed the bill as hostile to the Ro man Catholics. Mr. F. SCULLY opposed the bill. Mr. WILKINSON also opposed the bill, and thought this a most improper time to bring such a bill forward. He deprecated these dissensions in the house upon polemical subjects, or their inevitable consequence must be the separation of Church and State. Mr. LIDDELL supported the bill, and contended that both monastic and conventual establishments were of questionable legality. The inmates of both were in a state of spiritual and moral subjection to their su periors, and by that undue influence they were com pelled to dispose of the property for the benefit of such institutions to the utter neglect of their kinsmen, and it was upon that ground that he supported the prin ciple of the bill. He differed with some of its details it was true, but the objection which he entertained in this respect, which went especially to the se cond clause, could be removed in committee. Mr. J. O'CONNELL insisted that the majority of 10 the supporters of this bill were acting under the delusion, St. I first that while the bill was necessary for securing their St• l civil liberty, it would not be offensive to the Roman St. 1 Catholics. He urged the hon. and learned member for St. Enniskillen to pursue the generous and common K . sense course of withdrawing the bill, which, though it 12 could result in no good to the people generally, was yet 50 calculated to create an unhappy dissension between le4 England and Ireland. 16t Lord BERNARD gave his cordial support to the St. bill, which might be thwarted this year, but assuredly 19 would be carried next. 4 Sergeant 3HEE observed that this debate had pro- ceeded upon the notion—erroneous, of course—that an 20 1 . act done under religious vows must be considered an in- 10 voluntary act. Now, a more irreligious opinion than that he s t. had never heard ;it was impossible to suppose that an St. act done under a vow was involuntary—lc might be dis- 20 tasteful, as not unfrequently happened in post obit obli- 10 gations, but it would be to overthrow all morality to say 12, that an act done under the sanction of a vow to the St. Almighty God was an involuntary act. Of what use 50 then, would this bill be ? None whatever, unless it 40 went the length of declaring that such vows were illegal, 4,25, which they certainly were not , either in the Protestant ‘g-t. or the Catholic Church. It would revive all the evils of civil death with none of its advantages ; and instead St. of working good, it would be productive of incalculable St. difficulties, wrong, and heartburning in Catholic families. 50 The principle of this bill was tried just after the reforms.- 25 tion, both in Belgium and in Holland, where it failed, 100 and though he admitted the sincerity of the hon. and St. learned gentleman who had charge of the bill, he must 6i yet implore him to pause before he inflicted the injustice of such a measure upon the Catholic community of these 20 realms. Mr. FREWIN supported the bill. St. Sir J. FITZGERALD warned the house that this 50 was not a moment to agitate this question, considering St. that Ireland, which was a Catholic country, supplied the 16 army with recruits. It w ould do no g ood, while it 16 might endanger the loyalty o f at least one-fourth of her 8 Majesty's subjects, and he hoped the house would re- 5 1 ject it. 10 r t o h s e e h t o o u o s oppose t l t h a e b q i u l l a , r a t er d t o o c csinu-x IO p o e r t . k h , e lli w a A t h t e G e n n lj t t i h i o ß e n OF Edoefbate was further adjourned. MEDICAL GRADU ATES (UNIVERSITY LONDON) BILL This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. THE MALT TAX. St. Mr. WILSON, in committee of ways and means, St. moved the following drawbacks of Excise : St. " Provided always, that if th , ) quantity of malt mashed and used in the production of such spirits sh all be less than 10 after the rate of one bushel of barley malt, or one bushel 261 and three-tenth parts of a bushel of malt made from bear or bigg, for every two gallons of proof spirits charged with 13 A duty a deduction from the amount of such allowance shall 20 be made after the rate of four shillings for every bushel of 20 barley malt, and every bushel and three-tenth parts of a -- bushel of bear (~ r bigg malt which shall respectively be so deficient. 50 " And for and upon such spirits distilled in Scot- St. land from malt only, and on which the allowance afore- 50 said shall have made, and which said spirits shall be 20 duly removed from warehouse for exportation, or 20 for use as ships stores, and be duly exported or ' 4O shipped as stores under and according to the 25 laws and regulations of Customs in such respect, over and above the allowance afo resaid, and in St. lieu of the drawback granted and payable under the 10 eleventh section of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 122, for every St.s gallon of such spirits actually, exported or shipped as 2 stores as aforesaid a drawback of Bd. " And for and upon such spirits distilled in England or Ireland from malt only, and which shall be duly removed from warehouse for exportatio . ., or for use as ships' stores, and be duly exported or shipped as stores nuclei and according to the laws and regulations of the Customs in such respect, over and above the allowance aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback granted and payable under the thirteenth section of the Act 11 and 12 Vic. c. 122, for every gallon of such spirits ac tually exported or shipped as stores as aforesaid a draw back of 8d 1 The resolutions were agreed to a nd the house resumed. The other orders were then disp osed of, and the house adjourned shortly before six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. - ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) HALIFAX, May 20.—The attendance of merchants in our Piece Hall to-day has been about as slender as usual, and the sales very limited. Yarns and wools 2 continue pretty much as they were. 2 ROCHDALE, May 22.—We have had a somewhat 2 better piece market to day, and rather more inquiry 2 after goods, at prices not less than those of former weeks. The wool market has been quiet, with a limited amount of business transacted, and form er p rices fully 2 1( maintained. MANCHESTER, May 23.—Our market continues very dull, and the inclination of prices at large, in yarns and goods, is still downward, though, the alteration observ able is but slight. Twist and cloth for the East have re- , ceived no impulse from the overland advices which came ! to hand last week ; but the producers of those articles 11 had sold pretty freely before, and are not without orders. In the American accounts there is nothing to affect prices in any sensible degree. HUDDERSFIELD, May 23.—The market bas been very flat again to-day ; the amount of busi ness transacted been fully as small, as on any previous Tuesday for some weeks past. The goods delivered to-day have been small in quantity. A little more has been done amongst the woolstaplers since Tuesday last, but the manufac turers, like the merchants, are evidently purchasing from " hand to mouth." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 24.—Wind. this day at Noon, S.S.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy at times. OFF HASTINGS, May 23.—Aberfoyle, from Geelong. COWES, May 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed—Lady Kin naird, for Trieste; _Jedo Stettin. ~„„. A or PORTSMOUTH, May h.—Wind, n •0- n • I.Lieu Sylphiden, from Krageroe. Sailed—H.M.'s steamer Sea lark, on a cruise. FALMOUTH, May 23.—Wind, W. Arrived—Marmion, from Havannah ; Villa di Neda, do. ; Kleng Thryn, Alexandria. Swb NSEA., May 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—UnderleY, from Cuba. Sailed— Countess of Beative, for Cuba; Na tive, Gibraltar; Samson, do. P ENZA NCE, May 22.—Wind , W.S.W. Arrived—Wel lington, from Hobart Town. S.E. SHIELDS, May 23.—Wind, z Arrived—Nicolina, from Girgenti ; Williams, Carthagena. QUEENSTOWN, May 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived--Elea fore, from New York ; Bellone, Alexandria ; Em anuel, do. ; Jane Innes, Casa B ianca ; Kent, Pernambuco. iswr, May 18.—The Petrel, of and from Hartlepool (coal laden for the Baltic fleet) ran on shore off the north entrance to Farosund 14th May, but was got off after dis charging part of her cargo, and will proceed round the island of Faro, and into Farosund, as ROM a s the dia. charged portion of her cargo has been re-shipped. The Maria, of li mes , from Newcastle to Stockholm (coal laden), ran on shore off froel 16th Map, but has been assisted off and into Klinte harbour, to discharge and re pair, having sustained heavy damages and being very leaky. A few more vessels have arrived in Farosund for the Baltic fleet, and some ships of war have run in there for a day to take in coals. (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m. Wind, S. ; fresh, and cloudy. Arrived—lcene, from Perhambuco. Off Port—ldas ; Confucius, from Sanghai; John Bncha, nanan, Georgiana, and Olive. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 11.10 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide, four hours flood ; fine. Arrived, 23d—Mary Bernard. from Venice ; Angolina, Odessa ; Herman, H a mburg ; Magnet (s), Amsterdam ; Star, Havre ; Grecian, Ja Wax e r Emanuel, Bremen ; Olaf Trygfocsord, Konigsberg ; ger, do. Arrived, 24—Albion (s), from Boulogne ; Batavier (s), Rotterdam ; Sunnyside, New York ; Dearea, Nantes ; Maidstone, Sydney; Secundus, Alexandria; Geredina, Dantzic ; Narcissus, Charente ; Endeavour, Rotterdam; Ino, Guernsey ; Jason, Dantzic. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., moderate, and fine. NEW BILL ON ECCLESIASTICAL COl:MTS.—Yesterday a new bill, in the House of Commons, was printed to alter and improve the mode of taking evidence in the eccle siastical courts of England Ireland. It is proposed that ecclesiastical courts shall be empowered to summon and examine witnesses viva voce, either before or after exarai uatioa by deposition or a ffidavit, SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. olosing Pricesl this day. Business dons St. this day. 50 23 - 24 4a 4a • ." ••• 8 - 9 13 —l2 dial 15 17 8— 7 d 90 - 55 131 - 9 '42 = ii 7 - 8 -- 12i 59. - 60. 53 - 55 23 - [2O - 85 - 87 10 - 12 10 - 12 p 60 - 606 8-- 7 (t - P LOO -•-• 101.4 96. j - 961 lid -- 1 d id 77 -- 78 12 -- 11A1 10 -- 9a. i9i -- 20 sst -5& 32 34 1d 7 5 (11 2 - 2t 6 8 46 48 3 4 3 1' 6 304 316 50 54 § a ip ... ... 54 —54 d 7 74 to• •• le• "..' ••' 28 - 29 - 85 87 52 - 2 5 4 53 - 58 53 - 58 3 -- 2A, 13 -- 15 6i— 74 10 -- lz 4 — 3 d 13 - 15 61 61 34 - 35 1 - 2kl 4 - 5 ici ----- • • • -"' 3 -- 34 Ili 18j 4 -- 5 20 -; 22 ••• - 5/ - 65 66 9 -- 9:,d 51 46 -- 47 IPald.l RAJorsis. LOO Aberdeen 8i Ambg. Nottng. Bost and &stn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour ...... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., ....... 30 Myth Sz, Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter 50 50 20 20 100 Ca1ed0nian............ . all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all 'Cork Black & Pass. t 1 12 Cornwall Orloff Junction 45 DublindtßelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all IDo. New ...... ••••••• all 'East Anglian-- all Do., (£lB Edo H)„.. all Eastern Counties.... all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 86 Do., New A .00 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 54 Edinb. and Peebles... 100' Edin. Prth & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. .00 , ‘Glasgow&g. Western LOO Great Northern Stk. 1.00 Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) WO Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle .11. i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 00 Lancash.andYorkstl 18 Do., Fifths 11 D 3., Wst. Riding Uu all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blaekwa. 8, Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 00 1 - 40 - ud. Bright &S.Cst, .00 Loud. and N. Westn 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8..,( 2d[ o. Eighths _., 100 London and S. Westu. Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lnndrry& Col eraiue all Lndudru. & Ennisk. 100 Nianch.Shef.& 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby 47i Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 17N Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. 1.00 Newmarket 5A Do., Bury Extension 17, 1 , Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 73 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpointi 20 20 10 10 and itostrevor. . 100 Norfolk .. 3 Northn.Connties Un 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London 5i Do. New £lO 1/ is N.O.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17i North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. kS. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. 20 20 50 20 LOP Oxford, Worcester, 8L Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Seottish3fidland 100 Shrewsbury & Bit mg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. & Beiefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min 3.. all Do. Halvesd. • all Do. Oswestry 6 Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 212 s Staines, Wok. &Wols all .Stockton & Darling 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 ['hams Haven Dock and Railway 17 Valo of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterforcl&Limerick I 16 West Cornwall , i West End of London anti Crystal Palace ) all West Loudon ) 51s. Wimbledn &Croydoii ~ 100 York Newetl.&Berw. 5 20 Do. Extensions 5 130 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 1. 100 York &N.Midlaud... FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip Central of Italy 1 i:Jharleroi & Erquelin Demerara DU on and Besancon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Grd. Trunk of Canada Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of France' Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.ys7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basic 'Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Pref Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons dt Mediterran. Ytadras Maria Autonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds B Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParieCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West k"hinders Do 5? per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden • 'Zealand - 3i —3 d i ni 1 1 4 3 (11 a -iP P 4 d 14 2P 1 d P .• _ ...a • 9 7 d i* igi —19 i par 1p 7 — 9 P .. - ... . dis 5k —5l 31 3 i i Li i 1 4 it lid 2 I d .. ... id par ••• ..... .. ~. - .., •. 7 - 7i ii := iii - g := 9 . 16 -- 16ip 44 -- 461 35 -- 37 30 --30ixd .. pm 3 2d 8 8i ••• - • PM .. -- ••• 3 - 4 1 5 - 1 , 3 -41 xd *ii - ii, MISCELLANEOUS Xubin Coal and Iron Xustralian Agricult. Xustralsn. Pcific. Mail Nustralu. Royal Mail 3erlin Water Works lint. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada ,irystal Palace Do. New ••• ••• ••• Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam Electrit Telegraph(A) Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian Do. New ............... Nrth. ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina Peninsular & Orienta l Do. Do. Portland Iron Co ••••• Royal Mail Steam ... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph .. Do. Registered. van Diann La n d 46~ -47 i. .. -- ••• • • ''' • • • a --- i 80 - 85 6i - 6 li - 1 4 17 - 18 i'" 1 b 1 - li par— d 4 - iP - 37 - 39 .0 9 5 3 :0 8 :0 2s. ',O 1 all !0 - 14 !O 9 20 all 20 2 5 all 20 10 25 7i 00 SU ',O 110 !W.' all 20 all LOO all 20 5 5 all 20 15 10 10 5 2 5 3 10 5 20 8 20 12 20 13 33! 1 33 10 all 2e 2 20 all 20 all 16 all 20 all 10 all 20 10 40 all 10 all 20 all 20 all 20 10 104 10 20 all 20 12 5 2 20 all 6 20 6 20 8 ER all 10 all 20 10 10 7 20 2 20 15 5 all 15 174 !O 14 LO 8 LO 4 51 1 5 5 5 1i 4 2 ?,0 3 Z 5 20 all 1 1 ;0 7 n 10 1 all LO 3 92 55i 14i 11 551 i 10 f i 601 ICI4 9 6i i 77i 87a 120 583/4 5 32i 4 I St. 12k 112 I St. 50 28i I 50 53 12, 25 2i St. St 37 per cent. 611 1 4 i P ai d . l RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Blotchley 100 Buckghamsh all Clydesdale Jc 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. all Glas. Barr. & ' Neils. Direct all Do. New all Glstr. dr Dn. Fr all firtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. t i Shares. all Do. 4. Shares. all Lon. S.; Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. tOO Do. 6 per ct. all Nlancli. Bxtn and Matlock all Nfiddlesbro' Redcar all \lidld.Bradfd all Northern and Ea.sternsp.c. Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. & Wyre, 50 25 12 134 20 20 12?, St, St. 25 12 Do. A Shares. 0() tloystu.3t Hit.. LOO Do.Shepth.St 18i Shcf.lWthAnd Gooleg.s p.c. 91,5. Statfordsh. a ll Wear Valleygr 6 per cent._ all Do 100 Wilts&Somrat 101 - 103 50 - 52 25 - 20 12 - 13 221 - 231 2i - 2i .6 --- 54 - 56 .. . ad .. . ad 2i —24 d, 29 - 30 90 - 92 YREFEILENCE ,HARES. WO D c . Aberdeen is c. 2 p c 1 3 ' 0 1 Blyth and T dy . ne . 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) WO Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ~ 100 Jaledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead, Guar. 5:!,, per cent I 6i ~ lork 6; Bandousip. e. } all I)undoe Perth &Aber. deeu Junction all I , ,astAugliau (£3los, 6 per cent all Do. (L 5) 7 per cent 2 "Jo. (e 7 17s) 7p. c all o:astern Counties Ex teusion,s p. c. No. l all Do. No. 2 . all I )o. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Seri'. Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh• 100 East Laneash. 6p. cts, all East and West York shire June. Pref all EdiubPrth.&Dundee per cent. 100 Glasgow b;S.Western Guar. 5 per cent 1.00 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 10 Do. 4A p.c. Scrip 6 Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pret all Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Prsf. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. coy. red. 44 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. e 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 100 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New p. c ' 100 Lon. &N. \V., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western 5 10 St. 5 Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler 15 Si 8 10 5 Do 10 York&N.MidlandH An , l s. i Shares all Londy. & Ennis. .Sh all Nian., Shef., & Lin., i Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO tli Do. £6 all Nfarypt .& Carl .4 P.C all Do. 4i per cent 10A Do LW Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Pirm. 6 per cent 1 5 Do. Pref. 4 per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. e. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. 5A per ct . pref 1 100 Do. Way. Val. sp.c. \ 100 North British all North Staffordshire ' WO Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p. c. 15 Do all 4cot. Cent. , New Pref all 4hrews. all shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), S p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all south Devon Os. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (licadim Auu.) of .f.:l Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44pel cent. all 4. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar all itocktou and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do. all .itockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, 3 Waterfil.BtKilk.6p.c.l 100 York, Newcastle,audi Berwick.,4 p.c. Prcf. 93 = ,95 2i 3e 34 4 #— i - 12 23 - 24 ••• ''''. • .. ---. • 3 - 3} -- ...ad 112 -- 114 105 - 107 9 - 10 , • ""' • 7i - 10 ''.'. 94 ST 88 Id 1128 ~. ..... •• ..• - * 21 p 1 - P - 23# - 300 - 20 MINES ii i i d t L - I = all Agua Fria all Anglo Austrin. Gold all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blaenarvou Ir, & Coal all British Austrin. Gold 1.3.;7l British Iron 241 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaos do Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Dcl Rey Carson's Creek . A Clarendon Con. Min. - Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper ... 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 74 P. cent all English andAustrin. Copper Smeltg. Co. all General all Great Nugget Vein_ all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.diCaliforn.Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Nlexican&S.Ainericii 1 all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Poutgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock I all Ithymuey Iron i 15 Do. New ) 1O iantiago de Cuba I all .'outh Australian , ) 7 riu Croft all United Mexican • I all Waller I all West Granada • 1 all West Mariposa, 1 12s. .Worthing Dlining o: Australia. ...... ...•• 1 all Yuba ii - 21 •• • - •.• • I - t 1 - - $ 10 - 11 6 - 6 - - 15j - 16 4 - 29 - 31 - 10 i - 2 - 21 -- 1 it - i 7 ii BANKS, JOINT -S' ;7 - 79 all all ............ all 3ritisli Colonial Haul , and Loan Compai* all aritisliN. Macricsi 5 ,:hartcl. Bank of Asia ihrtd.l2.iik. of India. Australia, & China 25 ,loloinal 20 .loinmercial of Loud., 12 English Scottish and Australian 20 bond. Chart. Ilk. of . .... ••• 4(11 2 - 10 "—* •es 4i - 30 1 20i - 211 Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster' 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. Now 22;, National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of • • ••• .....'' • Corporation. 5 Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 :loyal Australu.Bkg & G old Imp Co all iouth Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 1 10 Union of London 46 - 48 ... - • ••• .' ij. - 43 69 - 71 7 - 8 CAXTON PENSION FUND.—hir. W. Cooke has offered the profits of an entertainment at Astley's Amp hitheatre in aid of the above fund, in conne ction with the Printers' Pension Society, which is to take place on Saturdal , Juno ge 66 56 dis I St. I 20 5i St. 1 5 17 25 Pm 1 10 1 1 1 i d 1 i 20 20 50 20 25 2 38 a 4 7, Leasing Compana. London & V.Test. 14.&N.1 1 /". Uedon... Gt. Nrthn. Caldouian. 'Do Gt. Westu, Yk. New. & Beni. Si. &NW' Do Do 1 !3. Eastern. Do Norfolk.. b.& N. W. & Stektou & Darlingt. Count Do N. W ' SzLu,kYk Do Gt Northn D 0... ...... Lancash & Yorksh. 31Cloan itockt. & Darlingt. ltWestn. ;losing Prices this day. 93 - 95 94 - 96 li 1 11 1 id 2 lo .6 --- —3l d - 45 - 12 - - 60 - 4p 4i 2 29 i 1 - IMPERIAL PARLI A:MENT HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) SECOND COMMON LAW PROCEDURE (1854) • BILL. . . Lord ST. LEONARDS complained that in the clauses of this bill with regard to arbitration there was no provi sion made in accordance with the recommendation of the Common Law Commissioners, who stated in their report that means ought to be taken to prevent frequent ad journments of arbitrators. The greatest misfortune which could happen to a man sending him before an arbitrator, who was tied to no time within which to make his report. In such a case the arbitrator only sat when it suited his convenience, and then very often it was impossible to get counsel to attend, other appoint ments keeping them away. If this part of the bill were persevered in he should propose to insert some time within which an arbitrator ought to make his award. The next objectionable part of the measure was contained in the 17th clause, by which it was proposed to enact that if, at the expiration of 12 hours, 10 or 11 of the jurymen should agree, the verdict of such 10 or 11 should be taken as the verdict of all. The Common Law Commissioners had reported against any alteration of the unanimity required by the present law, but the committee of that house had proposed that after twelve hours' deli beration the assent of ten of the jury should be sufficient. He, not without reluctance, assented to the idea that after twelve hours' deliberation the unanimity of eleven should be sufficient, for it might undoubtedly happen that that one juror standing out would prevent justice being done. When, however, two jurymen concurred in opposing the rest, it was quite a different thing to say that the verdict of the remaining ten should be taken. He should therefore propose so to alter the 17th section that the verdict of not less than eleven jurors— the jury having previously been shut up twelve hours-- should be taken. The next clause to which he objected was that relating to oaths. This clause dispensed with the necessity of a man taking an oath provided he had a conscientious objection to it. The commissioners, being divided in opinion, had not reported upon this point. He (Lord St. Leonards) could not at that time say how far he was prepared to go in relieving a man's conscientious scruples with regard to the taking of an oath, but lie objected in the most positive manner to the question being at all dealt with in the present bill. It was a subject of very great importance and ought to be brought before the legislature in a substantive and dis tinct form, and not mixed up in the details of a bill like the present. Nor was this the only ground of objection t t o o s t a h y i s w c l h a e u t s h e. er o l r t sa s not v a i proposednan should t take anoath, lie judge upon that party's bare statement that he had a conscientious scruple to do so. Thus the duty of considering whether a man ought to take an oath ornot, was cast upon the judge without his having any means of arriving a t a just co n : elusion. Beyond these points, there was nothing in the bill to which he directly objected ; at the same time, the measure was of such great importance that he would venture to detain the committee while he drew their lordships' attention to the branches of the law with which it was most intimately connected. The changes proposed were of such a nature that he felt bound to direct their lordships attention to them. He would take a particular instance—that of a common contract for the sale of an estate. Suppose A should sell an estate to B, and agree to produce the title on the 7th of May, and to give possession on the 11th of May. As the law stood, those dates were of the essence of the contract ; the law knew nothing of time. If the title were not ready by the day, the purchaser was freed ; and if either party failed to fulfil his part of the contract the remedy was an action for damages. In equity the case was just the reverse. Although time might be of the essence of the contract, yet ordinarily speaking it was not ; and if ene party brought an action for damages, the other party filed a bill in equity. Well, now, if this bill passed, the court of law would have two rules. He did not say that if the country determined that one court should decide both law equity, there would not be a great saving both of time and money ; but he said that they must give courts machinery to carry into effect the duties which they imposed upon them. In the case which he had stated, the courts of law, retain ing their present jurisdiction, were to be left to decid upon equitable grounds against their own rule. If he were to enter further into detail, the result would be to add the force of the objections which he had urged. His object had been to place the matter in such a light as would enable their lordships to arrive at a just conclusion, and his excuse for having thus trespassed on their attention was that they never had a bill of greater importance brought under their consideration. The noble and learned lord con eluded by intimating, in a tone which was scarcely audible, that there were two clauses on which he in tended to take the sense of the house. The LORD CHANCELLOR said his noble and learned friend had referred in committee to five or six different provisions of a bill containing more than a hun dred clauses, stating that there were only two on which he intended to take a division ; and though he was very unwilling to trouble their lordships at that moment, he could not leave his noble and learned friend's observa tions unanswered. What was the history of this mea sure ? Two years ago a bill was passed, founded on the report of a commission of learned persons, making most extensive changes in the proceedings at common law. His noble and learned friend near him (Lord Brougham) would bear him out in saying that the working of the provisions of the bill was most satisfactorily. On a recent occasion his noble and learned friend attributed to that cause the diminution in the business of the county courts as compared with that of the superior courts. Lord BROUGHAM--Not to the improvement of the article, but to the lowering of the price. (Laughter.) The LORD C EIANCELLOR continued—The present bill was founded on a second report of the same com mission, and had received the approval of a select corn mitttee of their lordships' house, who went through it clause by clau-e. Now, what were the objections of his noble and learned friend ? First, he expressed a doubt as to the expediency of allowing parties to have a cause tried by a judge without the assistance of a jury. He (the Lord Chancellor) would confess that that was a part of the measure of which he was not at first ena moured, because he thought that men were often im proved as citizens in discharging their duties as jurymen ; but., at the same time, when a bill for amending the law had to be introduced to the legislature, it occurred to him that it was not fair to suitors to make them pay for the education of the community. (Hear, hear.) The next clause to which his noble friend adverted was oue on which he had intimated his intention to take a divi sion. Their lordships were aware that, as the law stood at present, unanimity was necessary. Now, undoubt edly, the clause in question, which had been introduced after great consideration, was not that which was recom mended by the commissioners. He quite agreed with his noble and learned friend that with all its anomalies the present state of the law had not been productive of any great degree of practical injustice. But when they were making a change of this nature it was impossible to give this question the go-by. What the commissioners proposed was, that unanimity should be preserved, but that the absurd and barbarous rule of locking up the jury without food or fire should be abolished, and that if at the end of 12 hours the jury should not have agreed, having had reasonable refreshment in the meantime, then the matter should drop and it should be open to the parties to have a new trial. That provision under went great consideration ; and his noble and learned friend the Lord Chief 3 ustice sugge sted that the twelve hours should be retained, and if at the teal of that time the jury were unanimous well and good, but if they were not and ten or eleven of them , fi ve to one, were of one mind that should be a good verdict. There might be an obstinate man on a jury, who might be influenced by the consideration that if he onl y held out for twelve n tl ‘ e , too f b t e h r e ea m sn at n t a e h r le ; a if n h d e s k u n ch ew a hours iierso that at the end of the twelve hours the other jurymen o r t e ild wo b u e ld in b or e e a l l ik e e l l; l d complained of whit lie called the arbitra would carry the verdict itgaist him. His noble and learned friend clauses.frien Any one who haul been in the habit of attendin, the courts of law must be aware that many came before them which it wee impossible to try. casessue e e an action was brought by a builder for work to amount of 5,0001., made up of a number of small it was not possible to decide the matter in court, items,t se eing he: a' that every item would have to be investigated se parately. The ordinary course was f or the court to refer s uch cases to arbitration. By the bill power was given to the judge, at the instance of either party, to refer the m atter to arbitration before any expense had been in curred. This was undoubtedly a new thing in Eng land, but it was not new in Great Britain, for in Scotland it was the common mode of proceeding with regard to accounts, and he anticipated great benefit as the result of its introduction here. The next provision to which his noble and learned friend objected was one relating to oaths, a provision which would, he thought, be received with satisfaction by the country at large. The present state of the law on this subject was most anomalous. Quakers, Mora -1 vians, and Separatists, were a b so l v ed from the taking of oaths, and what was proposed was, that any person who, on being called as a witness, stated that he had a con scientious scruple against the taking of an oath, should be allowed to make an effirmation instead, provided the judge were satisfied of the sincerity ',or his objection. If there were any one principle upon which law reformers ought to be agreed it was that there should be one suit for one cause, in other words that one and the same . court should be able to do entire justice in thiet.cara4 and all that the bill proposed had been devised la t view. The last objection he ever expected tor He bill was that it was a step too much in advance. g nerally un friend in detail, but lie thought they werB uri e ty about it : would not answer the objections of his nobleand learned tenable. He hopd the bill had no obsc and to have d of the bill, and would I i l t eg s i e t e im m a e t d e objectsbe wellin Lord CAMPBELL approve on the third reading. vainelv.carefully drawn, state his reasons for doing so A CTS AMENDMENT CHU RCH BUILDIN The bill then went t hrou g h committee. BILL. This bill was re•conimitted. Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes after eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Bagenalstown and Wexford (No. 2), Bideford Roads, Cornwall Railway, Dudley, Halesowen, an d Bromsgrove Roads, Edinburg Roads, Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway. BUILDING ACTS. Sir J. SHELLEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when ho intends to bring in a bill to amend the Metropolitan Buildings Act. Lord PALILERSTON - said the bill would be for the istenciract of baildiag Data gagath and 110 cola ut Business this day. 90 891 315 2 li i dis 95i 6 li 2 784 i 74 8 21 20i 1 1 1 20 6 1 25 1 4q 311 8 _7i 47i 7 761 1301 89 9 55k ~rlti • D