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IStittion. SUN OFFICE, Secen o'Clock. PR OROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. - Crux A SIIPPLEHENT OP THE LONDON GAZETTE OP THIN EVENING.] Palace of Westminster, Lord Great Chamberlain's-office, August 8, 1354. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention to be pre sent on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament, on Saturday, the 12th inst., will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at this office before 5 o'clock on Friday the 11th instant. Peers' eldest sons will have tickets for the Peers' eldest sons' box, forwarded to them, upon a written or personal application at the office. No strangers can be admitted except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will be opened at tweve o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. NORTH STAFFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRADESMEN'S PLATE. Lady Ponsonby Vivid Eight ran. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HANDICAP Lough Bairn Whalebone Eight ran. CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Pole Star Yewtick 2 ACCIDENT CM THE COURSE.—A booth fell, two persons killed, and several severely hurt. READING RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRIPB.) EAST HAMPSTEAD STAKES. Herbert • Thrush...... Six ran. BERKSHIRE STAKES. Brother to Grey Tommy Mishap Vingt-et-nn Eleven ran. Won by three-quarters of a length. ABBEY STAKES. f by Cowl—Miami Saucebox Five ran. BERKSHIRE iIIINT STAKES. Bright Phcebus 1 Three ran. BOROUGH PLATE. Evangeline Dan Cupid Eleven ran. RIPON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAND STAND STAKES. Fandango .. Filly by Pyrrhus First . Six ran. MEMBER'S PLATE. 2 Helena Snowdon Dunhill Nine ran. ARRIVALS AT LEWES. Sharavogue, Kennyside Hero, Perfidious, Rosa, Honesty, colt out of Virago's dam (4-yr-old), Fawn, Hero, Yager, Old Noll, Garforth, Hazelnut, Red Rose, Henrietta, Switch, Allington, Archer, Gondoline, and Now or Never. EXPECTED--Jennala filly, and Pantomime. • I MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING, The house met at five o'clock. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition, very numerously signed, from Glasgow, against the manufac- ture or sale of spirituous liquors. Lord REDESDALE proposed several verbal amend ments is the standing orders of the house. Lord BROUGHAM entirely approved of the pro posed alterations. Tile noble and learned lord took oc casion to bear testimony to the advantages, as well as saving of expense, which had resulted from the introduc tion into this house of the system of appointinlr exami ners of standing orders in regard to private bills, and intimated that he looked forward confidently to other improvements in the mode of disposing of their private business. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES MANAGEMENT, 1854, BILL. On the motion for considering the Commons' amend- ments in this bill, A brief conversation arose respecting the taxes upon law proceedings in the county courts, in which Lord Brougham, the Earl of Aberdeen, and Lord Campb e ll, took part. The amendments were ultimately agreed to. (LErr SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS --(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from a Liver- pool paper, praying that unstamped papers under an ounce in weight may be transmitted through the post on payment of a penny. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT. In reply to Lord DUDLEY STUART, Lord PALMERSTON said this act, which was passed in 1852, applied only to England and Wales, and there fore it had not been forwarded for registration to the Channel Islands. NORWICH LUNATIC ASYLUM. Lord D. STUART wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he had re ceived a report from the visiting magistrates of the luna tic asylums in Norwich, containing the results of an inquiry, by which it appears that justice was evaded on a criminal charge ; and whether he would not direct a strict investigation to be made into all the circumstances of the case. Lord PALMERSTON had received no official infor mation on the subject, hut the facts which the noble lord had communicited to him he had submitted to the Lu natic Commissioners. MEDICAL REFORM. Lord D. STUART wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his inten tion to appoint a commission to inquire into the present state of medical education, and the laws regulating the practice of medicine, surgery, midwifery, and pharmacy in the United Kingdom ; or to appoint a committee of the House of Commons for that purpose. And, whe ther, if a commission is appointed, it is to be composed of practitioners in medicine, surgery, midwifery, and pharmacy from England, Ireland, and Scotland, or those only practising in England. Lord PALMERSTON had already stated that it was the intentio:foofrthaesGioeveternment to appoint a com mission or ask committeebe to enquire into this subject, but it had not e yet determined whether the enquiry should be through the en medium. f or mer or the latter Sir J. PAS O UT A USTRALIA. _.... GTON had been given to understand thistransmitted to that Acts of Constitution had been country for confirmation the Crown from Victoria, each South Wales, South Australia Y the principle of a nominated er chamber, and containinghe should be glad to know what ste p s u the Government i n . tended to take with regard to the p s that such acts Sir G. GREY said it was quitneatimtsa had been received, but they could be confirmed w i thout the sanction of the Parliament, and therefore instruc tions had been sent out to the Colonies that they would ba reserved for future consideration. BRIBERY BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL, in moving that the Lords' amendment to this bill be considered forthwith, ex plained the nature of these amendments which will be found fully reported in our Lords report of yesterday. The motion was agreed to. Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the house do agree to these amendments. Lord HOTHAM objected to these amendments, and expressed his surprise that the noble lord should have asked the house to agree to them, seeing that already more than once he had voted and spoke against them. It was, moreover, exceedingly strange that these amend ments had been introduced not at the instance of the noble lord's opponents, but on the motion of one of his own colleagues. He strongly objected to that amend ment which struck out the clause allowing reasonable travelling expenses to county voters, and he could not hel pthinking that it th e h ouse agree d to it, they would so scorn tar and Stultifycontempt thei r f ormer d ec i s i ons as t o excite the ..ontempt of the co un t r y, At the same time, at this period of t h e session, it was. hopeless to oppose the Government, because the atte n d ance of members was so small, th at __Ni,ters c ou ld if th ey c h ose make bribery a capit a l off ence ; and he should, therefore, noble lord. IT abstain from g e o , ing t however,o a division on th e m o tio n o f the called upo n th e no bl e l or d, both for the sak e o f h own .consistency and the cha acter of the house, to mow reCcrs -- - 1 er the determination he , . . had come to, and disagree with the Lords' amendments so far as they related to the travelling expenses claim. Some verbal amendments made by the Lords having been agreed to, Lord HOTHAM moved that the consideration of the Lords' amendments, which struck out the travelling expenses clause, be postponed until this day month. Lord J. RUSSELL could not agree with the noble lord in thinking that the house would be at all dis paraged in the estimation of the country by agreeing in this amendment of the Lords. If the motion of the noble lord were carried it would have the effect of de feating the bill for this session. Mr. HILDYARD said there was no wish to de feat the bill altogether. All that his noble friend re quired was simply to negative this amendment of the law ; and if his motion would have the effect attributed to it by the President of the Council there would be no objection to alter its terms. The House of Lords, in striking out this clause, had acted from caprice. Mr. HUME said the Lords had a perfect right to make the amendment if they so thought fit ; and it was an insult to the House of Lords, nay, it was revolution ary, to say that they acted from caprice in doing so. With regard to this bill, he did not believe it would be effectual unless the ballot were engrafted upon it ; but at the same time he thought the Lords had done right in rejecting these travelling expenses. If a man would not take the trouble to vote without having his expenses paid let him stop away ; give him plenty of polling booths, but no travelling expenses of any kind. Lord HOTHAM explained that he should take every opportunity of obstructing further progress of this bill unless the travelling expenses were re-inserted in it. Mr. T..DUNCOMBE supported the Lords' amend ments, but strongly censured the upper house for at tempting to control the House of Commons by refusing to read bills a second time after the 25th of July, which was tantamount to trenching upon the rights of the people and the prerogatives of the Crown. Sir J. PAKINGTON approved of the resolution which the Lords had come to, and hoped they would adhere to it in future sessions. This bill in its present form was a delusion, and it would be no great loss to the country if it were altogether thrown out. After some further discussion, in which Mr. G. Butt, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, Mr. Cayley, Mr. Melina, Sir C. Burrell, and Lord R. Grosvenor took part, the house divided, when there appeared— For agreeing to the Lords' amendments ... 78 - doing ong so 21 Majority —s7 Lord HOTHAM then moved that the house "do now adjourn." His only desire was that the bill should re main in the state in which the House of Commons had declared it should remain. Mr. HILDYARD explained that if the House of Lords had thought proper to reject the bill, he had said the Lords would act capriciously, and to every word of that he intended to adhere. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it B4 Majority The motion was consequently lost. Lord HOTHAM then moved that the debate be new adjourned. After a few words from Mr. nILDYARD, Lord J. RUSSELL hoped the noble lord (Lord Hotham) would try the question as to the decision of the House of Lords, or that of this house. Mr. V. SCULLY rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 22. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Bell, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul, to be her Majesty's Csnsul-General in Algeria. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Alm. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased appoint Arthur Edward Kennedy, Esq., Captain-General and Governor in-Chief in and over the Colony of Sierra Leone and its dependencies, to be also her Majesty's Consul-General in the Sherbro country on the west coast of Africa. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Duncan Thompson as Consul at Cape Town for his Ma jesty the King of Portugal. OSBORNE, AUG. 3. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Canon of Can terbury, to be Chaplain in Ordinary to his Royal Highness, vice the Rev. Dr. Richards, deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 7. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copies of de spatches from her Majesty's Consuls at the places noted be low, relative to the quarantine measures that have been adopted in the south of Europe in consequence of the out break of cholera : MARSEILLES. On vessels from this port, entering the ports of Nice and Genoa, a five days' quarantine is imposed 2 • rt Leghorn and Civita Vecchia, six d a ys ; at Naples, 10 days at the Lazaret of Nisida ; and in the porta of Spain, 10 days at the Lazaret of Mahon. LEGHORN. The quarantine already imposed by the Board of Health of this port, on vessels arriving From France - and Corsica, has been increased to a .nine days' observation ; as also a similar quarantine of observation. on "reseals arriving thane from Genoa and Naples. ROME. The Board of Health at Civita Vecchia have subjected all arzivals from Malta to a quarantine of six days, as also those from Marseilles, which is extended also to arrivals from the upper Italian ports, unless it can be proved that no communication whatever has been had with Marseilles. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, A UG. 7. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Minister at Brussels, reporting that the temporary prohibition to the exportation of corn from Belgium was to cease on the 31st silt. ; but that the export, of potatoes was still prohibited. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 8. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have s eceived, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm, reporting that Liverpool has been infected with cholera, I and the ports on the west coast of England, from. the Scot tish border to the south border of Wales, suspected. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 8. I STAFF.— Walter Colquhoun Grant, Esq., to be Captain Commandant of the Mounted Staff Corps to be attached to the army now serving in Turkey, with the rank of Cap tain in the Army while so employed. Commission to bear date Ist Aug., 1854. - OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 7. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Augus tus Henry Carr Hamilton to be First Lieutenant, vice Burrowes, deceased ; Henry Charles Cuthbert to be First Lieutenant, vice Sir William Johnson, resigned, Aug. 4. MEMORANDEr32.—The dates of promotion of the under mentioned officers have been altered as follows, yiz. : Lieut. Walker to 14th July, 1854 ; Lieut. Hamilton to 17th July, 1854. The Gazette of this evening contains a Treasury Warrant which orders and directs that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to any of the Danish Colonies in the West Indies, and transmitted by the post b e t ween any place in the United Kingdom, any port or place in such colonies (the sea conveyance being by British packet-boats) there shall be charged and taken in lien of any rates of British postage now payable by law on such letters, an uniform British rate of sixpence. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Tudor Lavie, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 3. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Lieutenant Cecil Newton Lane to be Captain, vice Poyn ter resigned, July 27 ; Ensign the Hon. Edward Henry Legge to be Lieutenant, vice Bunney, resigned, July 26 ; Richard Mills, Gent., late Quartermaster, to be Ensign, Jane 1. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Robert Dod, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 4. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Butler Dunboyne Moore, Esq., late Captain 89th Foot, to be Captain, July 18. Ist Somerset Militia—Ensign George Froyte Bullock to be Lieutenant, vice Standert, resigned, Aug. 1. West Somerset Yeomanry Cavaly—Cornet Alfred Sey mour to be Lieutenant, vice Browne, promoted, Aug. 3. BANKRUPTS. Charles William Norman, haberdasher, Shoreditch, to surrender, Aug. 19, and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgato-street ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane. Henry Turtle, cheesemonger, Mile-end-road, Aug. 19, and Sept. 19, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Ashurts, Waller, and Morris, Old Jewry. - George Jeeves, brush manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 19 and Sept. 23, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield; Smith and Son, Sheffield. George Hingeston, money scrivener, Lyme Regis, Aug. 16 and Sept. 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter. John Sugden and George Webster, wostaplers, Brad ford, Aug. 22 and Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Lees, Brad ford • Bond and Barwi c k, L e eds. Thomas John Holloway, rope manufacturer, Salisbury, Aug. 18 at half-past twelve, and Sept. 22 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder- Wyatt, Gray's-inn. ra l4 a4l , ill'atlrYa s; cial assignee, Kinipton, carrier, Liverpool, Aug. 17 and Sept. Liver tivthe Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi and Sept. 21, at , grocer, Newbury, Fenwick and Aspinall, Liverpool. Henry Ta' "13°131; Beleelvle,nofficialyalsosrignee, one, .3 3 f 2 Bankruptcy. A li a t Temple, s Bishop, Moorgate-street ; Graham and Lyde, boot and shoe maker, Southampton, Aug. 18, at twelve, and Sept. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury; Miller and Son, htnrst, Kent, Aug. 17, at i o n 2 g a e n r ~ i t s a ielpo or ~ Norwich. 1122a,wakt ,elve, at the Court of haft sj;3l.l4i;ianee, Aldermaubury ; TBhaonnikutcayn.d S,C,na,nGnaono,rgeofilstcrioaeita, Edward Davies, oil and colourman °rllleaasoinwzopatc.l,22P,aadt dington, Aug. 17, at half-past eleven twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.° asswiginlehea,mAAldremrmstarnonbgurL;aCwrar.peon.tnera,TElklemy:ctoauurot:T:semehlfivpelewO:l. ' bury, Aug. 18, at twelve, and Sept. 14, at ten, at the mingham District Court. Christie, official assiomee, Bir noingham ; Loxdale and Peele, Shrewsbury; 3lotteram— and Knight, Birmingham. George H. Fourdrinier, paper manufacturer, Shelton, Staffordshire, Aug. 18 , at twelve, and Sept. 14, a t t en, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assig. nee, Birmingham ; Kerry and Sheppard, Stoke-upon- Trent ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Thomas Belsham Hutton, spirit merchant, Birmingham, I Aug, 18 at twelve , and Sept. 14 at ten, A t J3izmi l lsi latzt I District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmintham.; Greves, Birmingham. William Hooper, cabinetmaker, Bristol, Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, at eleven, at Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. George Edwards, grocer and provision dealer, Newport, Monmouthshire, Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Carslake, Bridgewater; Castle, Henderson, and Co., Bristol. Stephen Trotman, corn dealer and mealman, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, Aug. 19 and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Trenfield, Chipping Sodbnry. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. T. M. Dickson and Company, merchants, Glasgow. Andrew Purvis, contractor, Milngavie, Stirlingahire. John Couper, grocer, Langloan, Lanarkshire. Paul Cameron, wright, Glasgow. William Squair, miller, Cantray Mills, Ardersier. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London ATM Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—There has been 'rather more inquiry, at about Friday's rates, but the public sales are still progressing. Duty paid samples have realised full rates. Floating car goes are wanted. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,187 hhds 143 tierces 830 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 961 hhds 68 tierces 485 barrels. The stock in the same places is 9,552 hhds, 1,678 tierces 3,476 barrels. Refined brown lumps are at 44s per cwt. COFFEE. There is a quiet market, although yesterday the demand was better for Native Ceylon at 44s to 455. There are buyers of Plantation at full rates. Costa Rica has been in more request. Ruu.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 964 puns 191 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 297 puns 42 hhds, and ex ported 239 puns 289 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,457 puns 1,951. hhds. Ricz.—At auction 2,400 bags Bengal were offered, and all bought in at 12s 6cl for mid. • PIMENTO.—At auction 700 bags were nearly all sold at sid to 60 for mid coarse to good mid even. TEA.— The demand has been limited, but holders are firm. Ord congon is at lld per lb, with a prompt sale. TALLOW.-A great increase has taken place in the de mand for Russian for consumption; many - speculative contracts have been concluded, and advanced terms are obtained. First sort P.Y. Candle, on the spot, sells at 67s to 67s 3d, and for late delivery 69s to 69s 6d. Home melted is higher, and in extensive request • the carrency is now 66s to 66s 6d cash. Of other descriptions the supply is not ample for the demand, and the prices obtained were for—Australian, fair to fine mutton 62s to 675, beef 61s to 655; and South American 61s to 67s per cwt. Tho stock of tallow is 15,000 casks greater than last year, and deliveries are 5,000 smaller. Prices rule 15s to 16s per cwt above that time. OILS.—A brisker demand has been experienced for Sperm, and an advance is paid ; good to fine quality realising 1041 to 1061 per tun. Headmatter, however, sells slowly at 1021 to 1031 Seal is not much sought after, and a de sire is expressed to sell pale at 391. and other sorts 351 to 381. The reluctance shown to buy cod continues, and prices]:' are drooping, ranging at 391 per ton. Southern sells more readily at from 381 to 411, and the market presents a firm appearance. In palm • a large business has been done, and 45s to 48s isgenerally obtained for mid to fine. Of Cocoa nut many parcels have been dis posed of; Cochin at 50s 61 to 51s, landed, and other kinds 48s 6d to 50s. Linseed oil met with increased attention for home trade and shipment, and prices are firm at 35s 6d to 36s on the spot. In rape oil there is an increased business ; pale 44s to 44s 6d, and brown 41s 6d. Lard oil is a more ready sale at 54s to 555. Large parcels of olive have changed h ands. DROUGHT AND WATERWORKS AT BOMBAY. The Englishman who complains of the climate of his own country cannot, like Charles 11., 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 last May or the beginning of June, and he would have found a population of half a million or more, on ,an island 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 hausted 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 most 30,000 persons, out of 500,000, got water by these means. Disease set in, and afforded in a form capable of statistical expression some index of the indefinite miseries 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 arid over-hot seasons, as everybody in Bombay knows ; 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 I 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 season sick with thirst. But what were the wealthy 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 private affairs, and of late given to right good constitutional grumbling in public matters, surely they set about the mat ter for themselves, and only gave it up when they found it impracticable ?—No. The usual spell was upon them, and they slept soundly enough to the 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 w a t er f rom 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 able then. But we might venture to calculate that if the monsoon which just now relieves Bombay should prove abundant, and any other subject should urgently occupy the Government, Bombay will find itself just as badly prepared as it is now for its next year of consum ing drought. The only reform which can save it is a reform of its own men—we mean natives of wealth and of public mark. We might reckon upon the delay none the less for the subscription , if ever it be rea li se d, w ith which the justices of Bombay have proposed to ease by one-half the pressure of these strictly local works on the general taxation of India. Among the efforts for relief under the recent distress, one deserves especial notice. Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, whose extraordinary charities have won for him a British title and cosmopolitan fame, has at different periods devoted large sums of money to works for the supply of water, both at Bombay and Poonah, and some of the most important structures of this kind in both those cities are of his providing. To these he has now added an extemporised effort for the present occasion. In the height of the drought he caused large but shallow wells to be sunk in the ditch of the fort. The supply of water proved excellent in qua lity, and was most encouraging in quantity, although the works were only in progress when the last accounts' came away ; hundreds of families were thus relieved. It is not the 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. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVJRPOOL, ..A.uo. 7. - • • STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues to improve. Chester and Birkenhead, 17 • Blackburn, 5j ; Caledonian33k, ; East Lancashir e , 17 16k ; L ancashire and Yorkshire, 69. t ' • London and North-W es t ern, 10 6 ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincblnshire, 24k; Midland, 68 i; North British, 8 13-16 ; South-Eastern, 19 13-16; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19. Preference Shares—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (10/ shares), 11.1 ; ditto (6/ new), 7.16 p. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 7. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was active to-day, shares generally being more in demand. Shrewsbury and Birmingham were done at 711. CANADA.—The elections are proceeding in Canada. No contests had come off at the latest dates, but 11 members had been returned without opposition, 4 of them members of the Government. It was supposed that all the members of the Administration would be returned, and that they would have a majority in the house, but that the new Parliament would last but one session. After the Ist of January next there will be some 100,000 new voters, who will have a right to be heard in the selection of the lawmakers at the earliest moment. The farmers of Upper Canada are in the midst of the wheat harvest. On the whole, the crop i s deemed below the average, but the breadth of land growing wheat is unusually large. Cholera has pre. vailed to a greater or less extent m the principal towns and cities of Canada for nearly a month. In Montreal the pestilence has raged fiercest, some fifty deaths hay ing taken place a-day in a population of 60,000 during part of the time. For some time past there had been a general abatement of the disease. NEW e 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, caused produced o DRUG GING INFANTS.—The Worcester Chronicle reports an inquest recently held on tho body of a child nine wan old. The jury found that the deceased's death coendgebsytion the h of t b he tu h a r l ai a n d , m w in i i t s h tra ex ti t o r n eme emaciationof Godfrey's cordial, - a ; .„, , THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8 , 1854, LAW INTELLIGENCE. -HOUSE OF LORDS-AUG. 7. 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, a merchant in Glasgow ; and M r . Ch ar l es Campbell& 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 4601. 93 ; whereupon, on the 22d of October, 1844, he paid into the Union Bank of Glasgow the sum of 4601. 95., to be paid to Messrs. Orr and Barber, in Liverpool, and at the same time, filled up the usual printed bank slip in the following terms t , N o . 583. Union Bank of Scotland, Oct. 22, 1844. " Wanted credit on Liverpool for 4601. 9a., payable to Messrs. Orr and Barber." In return for his money Mr. Campbell received from the bank a letter of credit in the following terms : " Union Bank of Scotland, Glasgow, " No. 15,583, A. A. Oct. 22, 1844. " 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. "4801. 9s. " Entered, M. G. H. " To'the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool—Not transferable." The Union Bank did not write to the Liverpool Distric'. Bank that this letter of credit had been granted, as they ought to have done; but the very day on which it was granted 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 business 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 of 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 action 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 the 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 MOIINTGARRETT'S CLAIM. The claim of Viscount Mountgarrett to vote for repre sentative peers for Ireland was heard on a former occasion and evidence given • bet the furthe r cons id erat i on 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 viscount to be illegitimate, and not legally possessed of the title, of course the claim to vote for representative peers fell to the ground, and was not prosecuted to-day. THE BM:THESE PEERAGE. This was a claim to a dormant Scotch peerage. The case was hetwd before their lordships, and a portion of the evidence given on a former occasion. It appeared that in 161 d Sir David Carnegie, the claimant's ancestor, the head and representative of the family of Carnegie, of Carnegie and Klnnaird, in the county of Forfar, was by patent of. Kin g James VI. created a b aron an d l or d 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 1G33, by patent of King Charles 1., raised to the dignity of hn 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 E ar l J ames ' s i ssue 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 l eav ing any i ssue . Th e 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 till next session, and that all the registries which were to be found should be produced. THE TRACY PEERAGE. Counsel—Messrs. Glasse, M`Naghtes2, 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 LOW appeared for a different claimant, and he applied that in order. to cave expense the evi delice 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. The Lord Chancellor said they could. nct bind them selves that the evidence would be received, but the claimant might be at liberty to offer it. Mr. Glasse said all he.asked was that it should be used de bene we, 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 tim e t o d o so when the witnesses were ca lled hereafter. . 'WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. NATHAN V, CALTHORPE-THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR'S BALL. thrT t This was an actio n b rou ght by the plaintiff, costumier, of Castle- s t reet, Leicester - square , aga inst the defendant, the Hon. A ugustus Calthorpe , son et' Lord Calthorpe, to recover th e sum of 131. IS s . Mr. De la Mare, solici tnudrendedo:iinbsechribalfedo_n of t i he T p u :7 . i i n ey ti . ff. The defendant not app ear i ng, and t h e summon s 'served at his residence being Mr. De la, Mare having stated that he was in a posi tion to prove that such could not b..: the fact, was allowed to proceed with the case in tll%, hon. defendant's ab sence. It w itnesses that, prior to the bal bting given appeared from the evidence o!., 11:.iittiff and his by his Excellency the 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 drers, the costume of Oliver Cromwell, for th e hi re of wh i c h 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 th a t i t h a d b e en 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 the best Londori-made Oliver Cromwells, and amongst the aristocracy they were alway s sought and well paid for. (Laughter.) He himself was a Conservative—(in creased laughter)—but ever ready to oblige that party of liberals. (Laughter.) A servant of plaintiff's said that, in contradiction of the defendant being in Turkey, he met him near Pall- Mall last Thursday week, before which he must have for some days been in the receipt of a request for his at tending that court, whicla invitation he had not deigned to notice. His Honour gave judgment for plaintiff, with all costs. [ADvEßrlsEmErr.]—Holloway's Pills Invigorate the System and Promote Health.—Mrs. Reynolds, of Bur ton, has been a great sufferer for many years, front 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 w as completely prostrated. Change of air, change of scene, and every available remedy was resorted to without any beneficial effects whatever, as sho appeared to ho sinking fast. Holloway's Pills were commenced at this critical period, and by this unrivalled medicine Mrs. Reynolds speedily d er i ve d temporary relief, and ultimately a per manent cure was effected, and she continues to 'enjoy excellent health. Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Professor liolloway's Establishment, 214, Strand, L 912491.1, , yli ~ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) BILL OF EXCHANGE BILL (No. 2). Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from mer chants of the city of London, praying the house to take up the consideration of this measure early next session. He said, a conference was held in the month of Nov., 1852, composed of delegates from all parts of the coun try, and from all the great trading towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and which led to the appointment 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 cf 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 teing 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 up 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 them 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 momenta bill became due the person, goods, and lands of the ac ceptor were liable to be 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 fo 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 bad had the honour of proposing for the amendment of the law, he, with his colleagues, had 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 being too rash and too headlong. But when they were charged with such an odious job as altering the law for 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 had 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 i;e no reason why the commercial law should not be the same in England as in Scotland, and as it wasEdward in every die ve t r l y other commercial country in the time of law. The Re hoped that this bill would beco3becomea‘. The LORD CHANCELLOR assured his nob le 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 that it would be carried, With regard to the Common Law Procedure Bill, he hoped that it would be in that house I:either 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. BENEFICES AUGMENTATION ACTS REPEAL BILL. The Com Mons amendments in this bill were considered and agreed to. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS BILL. This bill was read a third time, after some amend ments proposed by Lord MONTEAGLU had been agreed to_ CHANCERY RETURNS. Lord BROUGHAM moved for some returns in reference to the Court of Chancery, which returns were ordered. THE BRIBERY BILL. Upon the order for the third reading of this bill, 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 gen tl emen who were standing near the steps of th e th rone. 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 resortto 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 was 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 payments 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, a n d 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, a nd the proposition to di sa ll ow travelling expenses had been rejected by a majority of two to one. Again, he had heard it said that they would disfranchise 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 onffrage, but now they had fPf 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, in Ireland 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 passed 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 bills. 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 obliged to vote aye or no on'the 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 he 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 be 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 the bill. ' The 'house divided— . 30 . -26 ' Con'teats Non-contents . ' Majority The clause was consequently struck out. Some other amendments were made, and the bill passed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC REVENUE AND CONSOLIDATED CHARGES (No. 2) BILL. This bill was read a second time. CRIME AND OUTRAGE (IRELAND) BILL. The Coromons'ameudments to this bill were considered and agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at half-past seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) 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 prevent 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, anyloan, 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 having a place of business in any foreign 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 therein, in satisfaction of, or as security for, 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 111 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 people 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 any great advantage, he believed it was right on prin ciple. (Hear.) The clause was negatived without a division. Sir F. KELLY then proposed to add the following proviso to clause 1 in the bill :—" Provided always, that this act shall not extend 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 &Lim /ire pArtnorg, or jointly interested , uor 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, shall 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 110 09 divided— For the third reading 5l Against it l3 Majority —3B The bill was then passed. BRIBERY, &c., BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL—I b e li eve , s i r , th a t you will take the chair at 2 o'clock to-morrow. I was in hopes that we should have had to-day from the Lords the hill with respect to bribery and corrupt practices at elections; had the house sat an hour later I have no doubt we should have received it. However, I believe lam keel?: ing within the orders of the house when I say, that ag it is of great importa nce th a t th e bill s h ou ld receive the Royal assent early—l hope it will on Thursday. I s hall move that the Lords' amendments be taken . into ow 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 returng. were ordered :—Copy of the despatch f rom the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Bengal, in the military department, of the 16th day of March, 1853, In reply to the military letter from Bengal, dated the 2 9 t 1 day of September, 1852, respecting the appointing e; officers of her Majesty's service to officers heretofore held only by military officers of the .East India Compaq' Return of the number of divisional and brigade O f t mands of the army under each of the Presidencie s in India, distinguishing the number of those cominww held by her Majesty's officers, and those held by CO I3I. pany's officers. . _ POSTAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Tiq CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND THE MA l j l4 ' . TIUS. In reply to a question from Mr. Hums, Mr. J. WILSON was u n d ers t oo d t o sa y that th v i . / . contract which expired about a y ear ag o h a d not be e ,t` renewed, but that a steam-ve sse l h a d b een put on o run between the Mauritius and Ceylon. MEDICAL GRADUATES' BILL. w eed On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was agr, e d that the Lords' amendments i n th e M e dical Gradus' Bill should be considered this day (Tuesday)". PUBLIC BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it was ag r u eea la that on the following (this) day, ord er s o f the day 011° have precedence of notices of motion. The house then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Aua. 7• RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES B- Read a third time. Motion made, and question Po . , " That the bill do pass." The house divided ; ar s noes 13. AYES-51. Bell, J. Lee, W. RasSell, Lord .r• Bethel, Sir R. Lindsay, W Russell.F, W • Biggs, W. Lockhart, A. E. Sandars, G. Buckley, Gen. c, Macartney,.G. Sawle, C. Cairns, H. Mackinnon, W. A. Smith, Abel Cayley, E. S. MacGregor Jas. Spooner, R. Clinton, Lord C. MacGregor, John Thornely, T Cowper, W. Michell, W. Vance, J. Dunne, Col. F. Mitchell, T. Vivian, H. It' Esmonde, J. Moffatt, G. Walpole. S. Fortescue. C. Mansell, W. Watkins, Col. Freestuq, Col. Morris, D. Wickham. II;, 0. Goodman, Sir G. Mowbray, .L Willoughby , ° ' r Greene, Capt. John Mulgrave, Earl. Of Gregson, Samuel O'Connell, D. Grey, It. Palmerston, Viscount TraEss• Herbert, S. Pechell, eir G. Hervey, Lord A. Price, Sir R. Ingham, It. Robertson, P. Stuart, Lord P. Hayter, NOESqr,I3. Baring, T. Hankey, T. Cocks, T. S. Horne, T. Deedes W. Jolliffe, Sir W. Duncan, G. Langston, J. H. Forster J. Maims, R. Hadfield, George Pellatt, A. wltimsley, Sir J. TELLO• Kelly, Sir F. Wilkinson , w• SHIPPING INT ELLIG:ENC CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUG. 7. pot' VESSELS ENTERED OUTWARDS. — The Stadt D er _ for k; for Dordt ; Abbot, Mauritius ; Ocean Queen, Nor f ar Ben Avon, Bombay ; Leonidas, Calcutta • Duke o f ,Apb• mond, Valparaiso and Lima ; Jupiter, Hamburg ; " Antwerp; Sarah, Rouen; Juno, Constantinopl e v. Varna ; Sutton, Havre ; Triton, Altona ; Charlotte, 10; burg ; Countess of Malmesbury, Barcelona and Tarrike Tartan, Belize. w on , VESSELS CLEARED WITH CARGO.—The Nancy ve , , - „ r g; for Hamburg; Sisters, Newport; Maria, Knnigv . .." Nonpariel, Naples ; Charlotte Ann, Melbourne ; Lsa.,Y Ai f Castor, Port Adelaide ; Lady Kennaway, Sydney J•`" South Wales ; General List Sydney. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Oliver Lindsay, from Clyde to Batavia, June 7, - 34 The N., long. 33 W. 1, Ist' Kate Wheeler (barque), steering E July 14P 41 N., long. 61 W. jolt The Arethusa, of Boston, from St. John's, N."' , 6, lat. 43 N., 10ng..47 W. 0 . „ The Columbia, from Dublin to Quebec, July 8, v.' Asia (s), arrived at New York. 211/' The Chieftain, of London, June 18, lat. 8 S., long. of, The Jamsetija Cursetjer, from Liverpool to )3°112 20th, lat. 4 S., long. 26 W. . g llpt A three-masted steamer, bound N.E., 26th, lat. 11 lon The W. Hants, from Fernando Po to Liverpool, 4T nlf lat. 36 N., long. 38 W. job The Cambe from(brig), the coast of Af r ica to 14°— July 27, lat. 47 N., long. 19 W. A screw -steamer, bound W., July 27. 53 I'l. The Canada (steamer), July 30, lat. 47 N., long., 2 6,10 The Amedee, from Calcutta to Mauriti us , March , f ilito 16 N., long. 88 E. ' The Belcarrig, from Calcutta to Falmouth, April 1 6 N., long. 86 E. 0 The Piscator, from New Y ol k t o Liverpool, ilti ly 21 11 N., long. 26 W. * )01 The City of Palaces, f rom N ewcas tl e t o Calcatt from London to Shanghai, 26 S., long. 27 W. Bristol, Jline 20, The Mary, from the C oas t o f Africa to 44 iat. The Agincourt (ship), outward bound, July 301 ' lit. if N., long. 12 W. 10, l ot. The Priscilla (barque), from Liverpool, June 0,, S., long. 31 W. The Lindon (ship), for S an F ranc i sc o, lith, It. 15 to long. 31 W. Borcieb The William Chapman, of• Hartlepool, from to Shediac, July 19, lat. 37 N., long. 40 W. The Come On (brig), 24th, l a t. 42 N., long. 31 to The Margaret (barque), of London, Sierra Lef,,..5., long mouth, apparently with ru dd er d amage d, 31st, 18 W. eilo_ l , 4 Two clipper ship s , s t eer i ng wes t , one showing a 7o ( 0 ' 44 red and white, di v id e d di agona ll y , w ith a diskrO n 15 miles E. of Cape Horn. WithA barque, steerin g E., showing white signs', it, July 15, lat. 38 N., long. 5 W. 111 1 .—AuousT 7. " Bell's ;he close of the market. i Eden Main ............... ; Belmont ................... " Bell ... ..................... 0 ; Primrose Wa l ................. :0;1,5 (1 5 ! Eraddyll ..... . ............ SO 0 gotten ................al 5 Haswell ....... . ............ 0 0 Kepler Grange ........... 0 1 6 Hetton Lyons Main • ..... 00 , Pensher ............... 01 9 Richmund .............. 'Ol 9 Russell's Hetton ....... •"09 South Hetton ........ 6 Stewart's ........... . .... ":51 0 Cassop ................. •".. 0 S Hartlepool ............... 'Ol 5 Heugh Hall ......••••• South Kelloo ........... 5 Tees ........... ........ Victoria ......... Derwentvrater SOP COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d. Dayison's West Hartley 18 0 Hasting's Hartley lB 6 H01ywe11...... ...... 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 18 Ci Longridge's Wst Hartley 18 01 Newcastle Hartley 16 t South Peareth l6 Tanfield Moor l6 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 16 C South Tanfield 15 6 West Hartley lB Willington Hartley lB 0, Wallsend, &c. Gosforth 2O 0 Harton 2O 0 Hilda 19 9 Lawson l9 6 Northumberland 19 :3 Riddell l9 New Whitworth l5 6( BIRTHS. of OF A BON. On the 4th inst., at Broad-green, Croydon , the is'el k Frederick Arrow, Esq. On the 4th inst., in Fitzroy-square, the Trite of Job Teesdale, Esq. Of OP ° A DAUGHTER. Pe , On the 4th inst., at Milfo r d-h ea th, Surreys 11" o d/ le Rev. W. H. Lcas On the 4th inst., u at . 3, Warwick-square, 13 a l g r*le. the wife of William A. Loch, Esq. 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