The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-09 00:00:00

NO_NEY MA .R KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY. TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed firmly at previous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 80., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to 8/d., 300 Surat at 2id. to 4d. per lb. Rail way Shares were dull at rather lower prices. There was more firmness yesterday afternoon in the rates at which bills of exchange were drawn Upon the Continental cities, but with very little doing. Trieste was a shade lower. Paris, 90 days, Was done at 25 25 to 30 ; Amsterdam at 11 17 to 1 7i, Hamburg at 13 6 to 7, and Trieste at 12 28 to 34, Most of the Australian gold has been taken for exportation, and even that, per M , Away, delivered is yesterday, has been mostly taken for shipment. The gold by the American steamer, being chiefly fine, has been melted and sent into the Bank. Mexican dollars have been in demand at ss. 2d. per ounce, Spanish Pillar Ferdinand dollars at ss. 3d., and Carolus at 6s. The Hon. East India Company drew bills, dur ing the fortnight ended yesterday, to the amount of 133,703/. 14s. 4d. The parties interested in the illegally created sterling bonds of Peru have made application to the Committee of the Stock Exchange for permis sion to have them quoted in the official list, as the object for which they took these securities cannot be attained unless the public is entrapped into the buying of them. Once open the door to such mal practices, and all protection for the English creditors of foreign states is gone. A well founded jealousy exists in England at any attempt to increase the permanent debt, except by direct authority of Parliament, and how much more necessary is it, therefore, to resist such facile means of adding to debts abroad? The new bonds which the Peruvian agents are now attempt ing to circulate here represent a home stock granted to some extent in compensation of claims for damage to property during the civil war, but enormously exaggerated beyond the amounts that Were really due, Court favourites who bought up the claims being, of course, particularly successful in getting them recognised. In this manner a very large home debt was saddled upon the Peru vian people, which a future Government may well feel justified in cutting down. Other of the new bonds have reference to a railway contract that is • Partly dependent upon their realisation for success, and when we consider all these circumstances, and the warm interest which the Earl of Cla rendon has taken in the matter, we think no bondholder, however he may, from imper fect information, have allowed the parties interested in the new stock to gain his tacit ac quiescence to a paltry compromise, under the guise of an increased sinking fund, will feel bound Morally or legally to continue that acquiescence. At the Australian Consols meeting to-day, it W'as agreed tdo re-organise the Company, with ail accession of members of the Shareholders' Com mittee to the Board of Direction. . The English Funds have been very fiat, princi pally upon the indication of a change of weather, but there was an absence of any definite foreign news. The supply of stock being so much larger • recently, owing to sales by the broker acting for the Court of Chancery, and also on account it is . said of the Irish Banks, makes the jobbers shy of puchasing more unless at a reduction, and the set tlementon the 17th inst. will consequently be looked for with interest, if not doubt, though the account is supposed by many to be bullish. Consols have been 921 to 92-i for Transfer, and 92g to for Account. We shall see in a few days whether a contango arises. Bank Stock is firm at 209 to 210, Exchequer Bills are ls. discount to 2s. premium, and the Bonds are /to g premium. There is rather more ease in the market, another instalment of 25 per cent., say 500,0001., having been paid yesterday upon Messrs. Rothschild's contract. The day of settlement in the Cumberland Her . r atite Iro n O re C ompany ' s Shares on the Stock- Exchange is fixed for Monday, the 14th inst. Foreign Securities are quiet and rather heavy. P eruvian zeilian 4 i - per Cents. are 69 to 69i, and Bra- New Bond s s t ea dy at 941. Russian 5 p er ~..e n ts. at 991, b e i ng a t th e f u ll prev i ous va l ue . Sardini an B onds have realised 85 to 851. Span i sh N eer Deferred are weakpr at i9g, and the Passive at 4 1. Dutch 2i per Cents. are at 601, and the 4 per Cents. 92, being lower. The following stocks are the nominal prices of foreign :---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24i t o 24i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51 t o 52 ; Portuguese 4 per C ents., 39 t o 4i e ;. Russia n 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; D i tto 4 per 83 to 85 ; ; Ditto 3 Spanish New Deferred, 19 to per Cents., 39i to 40 ; Ditto Certi 4Leates, 5 to 5i ; Ditto Passive, 4 to 41. SIA moderate business is doing in English Railway . l ia a e re_s, but sales still predominating a further de -I'B%l has taken place in the principal lines. This ost observable in the instances of Great North reat Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, ce "Filton, North-Western, and Midland. As ex -13,P,',1(3ns must be noted, Eastern Counties, North g f" 181 2, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham are '" 4- _, 111 ,,, and Edinburgh and Glasgow, together witla Edinburgh, Perth and Dunde, have ad beeced, The Foreign and Colonial lines have ri very littl e d ea lt in . G rea t L uxem b ourg are ateady, and Northern of France higher. A lining Shares are dull, and Portgibaud are lower. In Joint Stock the transactions have been very limited, and prices nominal. Land Shares are without particular variation, and Crystal Palace are not lower. 13RIT1SH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( From the Ogcial List. ) B ank Stock 209 3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities 93 10} 1 3 per C ent Consols Annuities 92a 2 / a A 3 1 Per Cent. An nu iti es . 931 4 A 3 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4i India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account 17th Au gus t 92/ g i Exchequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO Small 4 . pm par Exchequer Bond s S cr i p 9B/ Ditto 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small . 99} Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent .... 946 Peruvian Bonds/4h per Cent. 69 i 9 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 99i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 5 Spanish Bonds. 3 p r Cent — Spanish New De'Prred, 3 per Cent. 193 1 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee cert. of Coup. not fun 5/ i p c Dividends on the abode payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates....... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9 2 *. Ditto August Account PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille discount (according to the last triff), Which, at the English Mint p r i ce o f 3/ . 17s. 100. per nce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.07 ; n a nd, the e xc h ange a t Paris on L on d on at short being h 5.00, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg, the pric e o f go ld i s 4211 per mar k, w hi c h, at t h e English duesprice of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard go ld , an exchange of 13.31 ; and, the exchange at H amburg on L on d on a t s ho r t b e ing 13.41, i t f o ll ows t hat gold i s 0.53 per cen t. d earer i n L on d on th an i n 1 3, amburg. Th e course o f exc h ange a t N ew Y or k on ~4 • ondon for bills at 60 days' sight is 1092 per cent., and, ine Par of ex c h ange b e t ween E ng l an d an d Am er i ca be g 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent, in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling Profit on the importation of gold from the United States. % PL YMOUTH, Tuesd a y Evening--.. Three deaths have o currod "in the Sound on board the hospital-ship An - worneda since the death of Sergeant Taylor on Friday n amely, two children, named Elizabeth Murphy and Edw ard Barnsley on Saturday last, and James Joseline. 60th Regiment, to-day. There are now 16 sick cases on bo ard ; tw e l ve of those are cholera cas es , o f w hi c h f our are almost hopeless—viz, two soldiers, one woman, and one sailor. Five cases of diarrhcea are under treatment on board the receiving -ship Endymion. Tau Bn t ITISH CRUISERS I N THE BALTIC.--A letter "001 Raniburgh of the sth, states that the governments of the neutral maritime States of Northern Europe, with , Prussia at their head, are on the point of joininge,' w an urgent representation to the British Government o i n n the interference of our cruisers with their merchant Ifp J-ile interference complained of is the ve neet:ir9; Praotict of starching swiptcted vessels for cont rab and !W-04.140f S HARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Id.l RAILWATS. Ifliosing Prices this day. - 5 - 54 9 - 10 1L —loi d 17& Business done this day. )0 Abfxcloon 81 ~ralbg. Nottng. Bost . and Eastn. Juuct Belfast & Ballymena llirming. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......... Birkenhd. Lancsh. &I Cheshire Junct 27: all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 184 Do. , £20..... (Myth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45, lk 10 Bristol and Exeter 00 Ca1ed0nian............ di Chester & Holyhead. Lll Cork and Bandon di Cork, Black, & Pass 14 Cornwall 4 Cried' Junction 15 Dublin&Belfastduue 11 Dundee Perth &Aber deem Junction di Do. New .... dl East Anglian..... 11 Do., (XlB E & 11 Eastern Counties..... Lll Eastern Union, A Stock .. .0C De., B. Stock 8 Do., New A..... )0 East Lancashire 10 Edinburg)) & Glasgow 0. Edinh. and Peebles )0 Edin. Pah & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. )0 Glasgow &S. Western' ] 10 Great Northern 10 Do., A. Stock.. 10 Do., B. Stock 10 Gt. Sth. &West.(lr 10 Great Weste rn ..,.... .2 Irish South-Eastern 11 Lancaster & Carlish .11 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh .E 4 Do., Fifths .14 Da., Wst. Riding Uri .11 Leeds Northern .11 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt .11 London & Bla,ckwal di Loud. Tilb.&Sthend. Loud. Bright & S. Cst Loud. and N. Westn Do. Fifths ._ 31 12 16 - 7 - 95 - - 15 - 1G - • • -.... 3 - 7 - 17a _. 134 3 6 - 40 2 5 -- 27 ... 66 - 68 57 - 59 ii = 26 66 - 68 854 - 86: 67 - 69' 125 - 127 94 - 96 73 - 734 89 91 11 13 u It —l3 . 68# 68/ 6$ -- 6i d 1E • 16 - 9 104 - 101 - 1 I Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B , 2 4 Do. Eighths 2 _ - * # 844 - 854 8 -731 7 -6, St. - 100 Loudon andS. Westu. 50 42 Do., £5O 40 34 Do., ..£4O 25 all Lndudrry& Coleraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 100 Hanch.Shef.& Lineln 812 s 44 Do., Man. & Lin, Un. St. 100 Midland 00 24#7 25 67k 67; 39 - 41 Blimp g. &Derby :73 Midld. G. West.(lre.) .71 Do. Half Shares ,Il Newcastle Sc Carlisle 10 Newmarket St. i. 50 4' 25 r 00 al St. -- .., *". .., 54 Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & lirfd. Newry & Enniskillen .11 Newry Warrenpoi.nt and Rostrevor 10 Norfolk ...... d pa 7 6 3 6 - 8 50 - 52 3i - 31 :344 ... 35 7 9 3: 1 ) I Northn. Counties Un )O I North British .6 North Devon, No. 1. 11 Do., No. 2 . Do., 4 A Deferred 8 Do., i B Guaranteed dl North London 5i 'Do. New XlO • is N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn .7i North Staffordshire B North Western .0 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester...,.,,, 10 Oxford, Woreester,dz Wolverhampton 2s Portsmouth 10 Scottish Central ~..., 10 Scottish Midland )0 Shrewsbury dr Bir mg, )0 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed St ti,k... .0 Shrewsby. dr Herefd 11 Shrewsby. & Ghestel (N. W. Mind dl Do. Halveso. u . Xll Do. Oswesti7 q Shropshire Union .., .. Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per eeni Xll South Devon )0 South Eastern di South Wales .5 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 11 - 11 - 53 - 56 -iv 4# - 4i 6- 7 I 14 - 1 p 32 - 34 20 :V St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 94 - 64 59 - 61 70 , - 73 10 26i a] 68 72 7i 19 20 Oi 10 14 15 3i —34 d 13A a] 20 a] 20 1 50 a: 13 - 15 65,E 65i 354 -36 i 50 al 20 ~ ...... ... 20 2/ 25 al 2s Staines, Wok. &Wok ill toekton & Darling 'itoekton & Hartlepl. )0 . Pall' Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. )0 Do. Prof., No. 1 !1 !lames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath 11 Waterfd. & Kilkenny .11 Waterford4Limcrick .G West Cornwall West End of London' and Crystal Palace 20 all West Loudon 10 81s. Wimbledn&Croplot 34 - St. 101 25 2 . .•• ."-- .. 20 1' 20 a] 50 al 20 11 31 -3; 19 19i 4 - 5 23 - 15 5 - 6 6 - 7 York Nowctl.Micrw. 25 I 21 !O I Do. Extensions 74} —75 i 6j 6(1 4 3,j d 534 754 44 25 I 1: .3d Do. G.N. E. Purchase york&N.Midland 57 6 3 / 4 71 FOREIGN. ----- - pEdtaßoritt.e June,rdan 6 _.— 31 d bt 6d 5 12 all A Belgianntrste2o . 8 13eziers to Graisses sae 3 i 17 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and 21 Central India,Scrip id—ip ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin ... ••• 176 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon ..• p 1 20 9 Dutch Rhenish . 3 3id s 20 all East Indian 2 2i p 22i 20 2 Do. Extension — i d 10 20 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula g i P 1 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of France ... ... 1 25 10 Gird, Trunk of Canad, 6 6 d 1 100 40 Do. Debentures 7 6 1 100 all Do. do . ... 50 20 10 Gt. Central of France i —4 d 20,6 all Gt.Westernof Cana& Shares l7i - 184 1 ... ~. Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 ... ...p 20 206 all Hamilton Se Toronto id i p 35 100 all po. 6 per cent 20 5 Lake Const. & Basl e ... , •••... 30 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p. c . 20 P 20 15 Luxembourg 4C . ..• 10 10 Do. (Railway) ..... 5 2 Do. Pref ... • 5 3 Do. (Canal) _. .. .... St 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. pref 25 20 I 0 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mcditerran . . p ... 20 13 t Madras 4. d— 4 2O 33A 33A Maria Antonia ••• ... ••• 20 2 Melbourne Dk. & R y. ... ... 3 20 all Namur & Liege (witl 1 interest) • 74 8 1 20 all Do. (ex interest) 3 ••• 16 all North e r n o f F rance 33 334 333 4 3 1 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdf , 20 all (fmy.B.dt Ams.Shs.) ... 1 10 all Norwe g i an T run kP ref 8 _.i . 10 20 14 Paris and Lyons l7i 18/ p 1 40 all Ditto Bonds 1 10 all Paris and Orleans 45 ii 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 41 1 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 31i -- 311 20 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. ..• pm 104 10 i Quebec & Richmond ... . 5 20 all Rouen and Havre..... 22 —23 1 20 15 Royal Danish 1 d—l p 50 5 2 Royal Swedish — d 15 20 all Sambre and Meuse Bi . 9 30 ... 6 Do. 56 p. cent. Pref ... ... 1 20 6 Southern of France ... —pm 10 20 8 St. Andrew's and 282 Quebec (A) • 1 8i all West Flanders 3i ' 4 33 xin 1 10 all Do 5A per c. Pref.., ... d 1 20 10 Western of France 5 6 p 1 10 7 West. of Switzerland ... ... 20 2 Wiesbaden . •• 20 15 Zealand 22 I 10 20 St. t it MISCELLANEOUS kubin Coal and Iron Australian Agricult. xistralsn. Pcific. Mail .ustraln. Royal Mail lerlin Water Works ;31-it. American Land: !Irit. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Crystal Palace. Crystal Pal.of France Eastern Steam Electrit Telegraph(A) Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Stealer Navigat General Screw Steam [rish 13ectmot Sugar 'Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian Do. New ITrtl'.ofEuropeSteam Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral.Lanci Submar. Telegraph Do. Registered. van Dlisam 14uci 25 all all gsa 43 45 65 = io ii : 92 4 - 4i 19 = 2.0 ... -- ••• i - 14 *i - I = 41d i- i p 4 1 - 2il 33 -- 35 _ - xi =4 43i i 50 25 20 4i I '2 0 50 2G 50 100 10J Shr. IP St. 1 20 22 1: 25 3 St. li, 50 a; 50 al 20 al 20 1, 50 I 4 25 a] 25 al 18 a] 20 al 6 25 50 20 G I a] 50 I al 10 itt 20 1' 20 al 10 li St. I 1., THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9 1854. 0 ' 5 7 F . r )41 , trA) 1 . 1 0• 4- • -4P funds to sell out for the purpose of meeting these Savings Banks demands. He was happy, however, to say that the run had stopped, and now the deposits far exceeded the withdrawals. After a few words from Mr. W. A. WILKINSON and Mr. HOME, Mr. J. S. PHILLIMORE took the opportunity hio for rAd Gloucesterfs a tu e s cr kin Admiral cseoe g t some BERKELEYI eedr he ieanm qeausr ce h kas oo s; ornno i g i l a di i e tnri Titeihe a .etr n weo d ß\ tAyahaLl e g tsmi gall ant sa l lia reportfleet.memberHem t to he t bill was read a third time. On the question that the bill do pass, Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY said he believed the Savings' Banks money had been appropriated to State purposes ; but if the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer would assure him that he had only used these funds for Savings' Banks purposes, his objection would fall to the ground. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined to give such an assurance. Savings Banks m oney was held by the State in trust for the depositors, but like private hankers, the State was entitled to sue it fo r th e i r own purposes, if they could do so with profit. The bill was then passed. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (WEST INDIES) BILL, This bill was read a third time, and passed. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (CANADA) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CUSTOMS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA. COMPANY'S REVENUE ACCOUNTS. The resolutions agreed to in committee last night on his subject wero reported and agreed to. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to, viz. :—Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal; Metropolitan Sewers; Prisoners Removal; Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management ; Literary and Scientific Institutions ; Real Estate Charges ; and Medical Graduates (University of London). THE RIVER TYNE. Mr. W. LINDSAY moved an address to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a commission to inquire into the present state of the river Tyne (one of the highways for navigation under the pro tection of her Majesty), whether the encroachments on the tidal waters of that river by jetties, embankments, and other works executed and proposed on the banks thereof have not injured the navigation, and will not continue to counteract the plans for removing the sand banks at the mouth of the river, and otherwise injure the navigation of that important river. The motion was agreed to, after some remarks from Mr. INGHAM, Mr. HOME, and Mr. WILSON. The house then adjourned at three o'clock. Leasing Compass. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) On the motion that that the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill be read a second time, Earl GRANVILLE moved that inasmuch as the provisions of the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill are precisely similar to those of the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill as the same were amended in committee in this house, the report of which amendments was, on the 28th day of July, ordered to be received that day three months, the peculiar circumstances under which the said (No 2) bill has been sent up to this house from the House of Commons make it reasonable that the same be allowed to be read a second time this day, if the house shall think to so order. The motion was agreed to. On the question being put for reading the bill a second time, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE complained of the loose manner in which the first bill was drawn, and said the grossest injustice would have been committed had that bill passed without amendments. Earl GRANVILLE defended the bill. The amend ments had been caused by some verbal mistakes which had crept into the bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE denied that •the mistakes were verbal. They included, for instance, the Master of the Rolls, and the Masters in Chancery in Ireland, whose salaries were proposed to be made the subject of an annual vote. Lord MONTEAGLE bore testimony to the defects of the original bill, especially in the points alluded to by the noble marquis. The judges of the superior courts of com mon law in Ireland, in the administration of justice at special commissions, wore introduced into the bill. The Government had only adopted the amendments because they were in a minority. The bill was prepared with such such a want of consideration that there had been no pro vision made to except persons having a life interest. There were considerable objections to the bill as it stood, though he (Lord Monteagle) should not embarrass the Government by raising them. There was one referring to the Scotch clergy, which, on examination, appeared to be for the detention of offenders. The bill was, in fact, prepared in the most " slip-slop" manner, if he might be allowed to use so unparliamentary a phrase. The select committee had adopted a resolution not to deal with the question of superannuations without fur ther infoimation than was laid before them. This was complained of elsewhere. But he (Lord Monteagle), as a member of that committee, had applied for the infor mation wanting at the Treasury, and the reply was that the Chaucellor of the Exchequer declined to furnish it. He (Lord Monteagle), therefore, complained that the committee should be impugned for neglecting to ask for information on the subject. He (Lord Monteagle) had been applied to by Mr. A. Stapleton, late private secre tary to Mr. Canning, who had been made Commissioner of Customs at the request of George IV. The salary was 1,2001., and Mr. Stapleton held two other appoint. ments, making 1,900/. a year in all. Subsequently, Mr. Stapleton resigned his three offices for a retiring allowance of 9001. a year—thus effecting a saving of 1,0001. a year to the country. Mr. Stapleton had, however, sought to obtain employment in the service of the country ; and his income being a subject of public contract, he (Lord Monteagle) thought it unjust to place it at the mercy of a committee of supply. The case of the Bishop of New Zealand was one in point. The salary of that office had been placed on the committee of supply, and it had been withdrawn by the Government after several years' continuance. He (Lord Monteagle) thought the select committee had acted quite rightly in asserting the principle they had asserted, and refusing to proceed in ignorance of the facts. There was a rumour that the financial business of the House of Commons was to be transferred to select committees, on the plan of bureaux in foreign legislative assemblies, but when the House of Commons parted with the power of the nurse, and abdicated its func tions, it real influence with the country was gone. Earl GRANVILLE did cot feel inclined to take the authority of the noble lord, on the subject of Scottish law, though he would not venture to contradict him on the subject of Irish law. With regard to the refusal of the Treasury to give the noble lord the information he required, he (Lord Granville) had made it his business to ascertain the facts of the case, and from these it ap peared that the noble lord, havin g had some communi cation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in answer to a question put to him by the noble lord, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer stated that the persons most competent to give him information respecting the bill were two gentlemen in the Treasury—Mr. Anderson and Mr. Shelley. The noble lord thereupon wrote to Mr. Shelley to the effect that he had been authorised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ask him and Mr. Anderson for information, and requesting them to call upon him with the papers for that purpose. The answer of Mr. Shelley was, that he and Mr. Anderson would be happy to call upon the noble lord, but it was necessary that he should specify what papers he required. To this the noble lord rejoined that it was a matter of no consequence ; that he had written the note merely to save time ; and that the - committee would meet that afternoon and determine what papers they intended to call for. Next morning the noble lord called upon those gentlemen, and asked for information somewhat vaguely, and they furnished him with certain infor mation accordingly, under the impression that he had he authority orthe Chancellor of the Exchequer to ask for it. But when the noble lord proposed that they should give him the estimates that had not then been laid before the House of Commons, they at once said that that was a matter beyond their discretion, and they must therefore refer the noble lord's request to the Chan . . cellor of the Exchequer. They did so; and the answer of the Chancellor of a the Exchequer was, that they must not give the information to any individual member of the committee. He (Lord Granville) had also been assured by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that when the noble lord asked him as to the proper source of in formation, he had no notion that the noble lord, being himself hostile to the government bill, intended going to the Treasury to obtain it. At the same time his right hon. friend stated that it had never entered his head to refuse to communicate any information which the com mittee might require. The noble lord also intimated to Mr. Shelley that if he did not give him the information he would move for it in this house. But not only did he not get tho information from Mr. Shelley, but he had never moved for it. Nov, whilst he (Lord Gran- vine) was ready to admit that the Government were bound to supply ample information to both houses of Parliament, or to any committee of either house of Par liament, he did not think they were bound to allow their subordinates to give official information privately to any member of such committee, and thus enable him to select the weak points of a case—(gear)—omit the the strong points, and put himself in a po sition infinitely superior to that of a person who defended the bill. (Hear.) He was well aware that nobody better remem bered the contents of the papers th at were laid before Parliament, or was more able to place his finger upon any particular spot in a report, than his noble fpend —(hea . r, and a laugh)—nobody, moreover, was so skilfel in extracting information for the purpose he had in view, both from friend and foe. (Hear, hear, and laughter). His noble information friend did perfectly right t o g et all the he could ; and he understood that he had been closeted with the secretary of public department one whole a hour previous• to the debate coming on, and further, that a witness, who was likely to be cross-ex am i ne d b y his noble friend, bad boasted of his presence of m i n d i n having declined an invitation from his nobl e f r i end to breakfast before the committee assembled, and intimated at the same time that be would be gl a d to breakfast with him after th e committee had compl e t e d its labours. (Loud laughter.) The only other point on which the noble lord dwelt was a rumour which he said was p e valent, Now , that was not the first time that their r lordships had ha d mere rumours debated in that h ouse ; he (Lord Granville) must be excused, however, if he de. ' clined to enter into a refutation of rumours that had no ) substance whatever. ILord MONTEAGLE assured the noble lord that it had never been his desire to obtain information in an irre gular or a disingenuous manner. At the period he was 1 in office as Chancell or o f th e E xc h equer th ere was a pro per office r a t th e T reasury whose duty it was to answer those inq u i r i es , an d w h o, when a member of Parliament went to him, cou ld state whether he might have such and such a p a p er or not. At present it was a constant • cause of complaint that papers were laid upon the table without due inquiry being first made whether they could be produced or not. The Duke of ARGYLL complained of the speeches of the Marquis of Clanricarde and Lord Monteagle as conveying an erroneous impression. He utterly denied that there had been any violation of the principles on which the Government professed to act. Lord CAMPBELL said that as apprehensions seemed to be entertained that something very sweeping was in tended hereafter, he hoped the Government would pro ceed with great 'caution and deliberation. He should say that, per iwariant, there bad been some departure from the principle originally laid down. He had great respect for the House of Commons ; nevertheless, there were some functions which it was not desirable that that house should exercise. IS was a deliberative and an inqui,;itorial body, and was never designed to be an exe cutive Government ; and at the present moment, in fact, it had not time to discharge the functions with which it was invested by the Constitution. For his part, there fore, he thought that it was very inexpedient, when both houses of Parliament had decided, after much delibera tion, what salary should be attached to particular offices, to transfer that salary from the Consolidated Fund, and give to the House of Commons the function of deliberat ing every year what the salary should be, and wheth er the functionary who held th e office had performed his duty during the year or not. The bill was then read a second and third time, and passed. MILITIA BILLS. The Militia (No. 2) Bill, the Militia (Scotland) Bill, the Militia (Ireland) Bill, the Militia Ballots Suspension Bill, and the Militia Pay Bill, were severally passed through committee. PUBLIC HEALTH BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the suspension of the standing orders, for the purpose of passing this bill through its several stases. Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the law under which the Board of Health was constituted would ex pire at the end of the present session of Parliament ; and that the necessity for the present measure was rendered the more urgent by the increase which had taken place in the mortality arising from cholera. The noble earl stated that the deaths from these causes in the metro polis were— For the week ending July 15 : Cholera Diarrhcea Total —5l For the week ending July 22 : Cholera Diarrhcea Total B4 For the week ending July 29 : Cholera Diarrhcea Total —217 And for the week ending August 5 : Cholera Diarrhcea l4B Total --547 The bill was then read a second and third time, and passed. METROPOLITAN SEWERS BILL. Upon the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, this bill was read a second time, and the standing orders having been suspended in its regard, it subsequently passed through all its stages. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND (BARONIES' CONTRIBUTIONS) BILL. The order of the day for the second reading of this bill having been moved, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE proposed the fol lowing resolution :—" That whereas disputes and litiga tion had arisen between the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland and the ratepayers of the counties chargeable with certain payments in respect of the cost and maintenance of the said railway, it was urgent that the bill in question should, notwithstanding the late pe riod at which it had been brought up from the House of Commons, be allowed to be read a second time that day if the house should think fit so to order." The motion, after some opposition from Lord REDES DALE, upon the ground that the circumstances of the case were not urgent, was read a second time. Upon the motion of Lord REDESDALE, it was ordered that Mr. Samuel Smith and Mr. Thomas Erskine May ' should be appointed examiners of standing orders for the • ensuing session of Parliament. Lord REDESDALE then moved for _a return of all houses, buildings, &c., hired for official purposes, includ ing Crown property, showing the situation of each ; the term for which it was held ; the amount of rent and taxes with which it was chargeable; and the purposes to which it was applied. The noble lord said he had moved for these returns with the view of being thus enabled to demonstrate the expediency—in order to bring the vari ous public offices into as convenient a position with re spect to one another as possible—of securing the vacant space of ground between Downing -street and Great George -street for that purpose. There were also other matters with respect to rendering Parliament-street a more suitable approach to both Houses of Parliament, and with respect to the appropriation of the several pub lic buildings throughout the metropolis to particular uses, upon which he wished to obtain information. Tho Duke of NEWCASTLE had no hesitation in at once acceding to the motion of 'the noble lord. He thought the returns would furnish very useful informa tion. (Hear.) He agreed in the abstract with what his noble friend had said ; but yet consideration was required in the matter. He had no doubt the returns moved for would astonish many as to the 'mode in which the public offices were now managed. They were pay ing rent at present for something like 56 different offices, independent of those offices which might be termed fee simple. The sum thus paid in rents was not less than 20,0001. a year, and not alone that, but owing to the offices being apart, and distant from each other, great extravagance existed in consequence of the several staffs in each office. (Hear.) Then the present system was very inconvenient. The offices were situated in private houses, never intended for business, so that much valu able space, in point of accommodation, was thrown away. It would be much better to expend a sum of money in the erection of suitable buildings—(hear)—and which might be done for a less sum in capital that 20,0001. a year by way of interest represented. The Board of Trade was carried on at present in ten or eleven different buildings. Something the same might be said of the war department—independent of the Horse Guards and the Ordnance Office ; whereas all these departments shluld be under proper and effi cient control. (Hear, hear.) The question was not one merely of pounds, shillings, and pence, but also affected the interests of the public service. How ever, as the country was engaged in expensive ope rations at present, it might not be the most fitting time to press a question of the kind ; but he had no doubt the demand for funds for this purpose, if made at a proper time, would meet with unanimous approval. ' After a few words from Lord REDESDALE, the motion was agreed to. RAlLwAirs. Bedford and Blotchley Buckgliamsh Clydesdale Je E. 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New 50 10 Union of London ••• — ••• 23i a _ -- CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 30, 1854 £5,985 10 5 Corresponding week last year 6,421 13 4 i ........—.--....- DICUM is laiimmimitilioqiiiiiiim PS§ 2 11 Dientill la COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, The Commons' amendments in this bill were agreed to BRIBERY, &c., BILL. On the motion of the Duke of NEWCASTLE, The amendments of the Commons in this bill, limiting its operation to one year, were agreed to. Their lordships adjourned at five minutes to nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) 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. 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 intention of the Government to appoint a com mission, or ask a for a select committee to enquire into this subject, but it had not yet been determined whether the enquiry should be through the former or the latter medium. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Sir J. PAKINGTON had been given to understand that Acts of Constitution had been transmitted to this country for confirmation by the Crown from New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria, each containing the principle of a nominated upper chamber, and he should be glad to know what s t eps the Government in tended to take with regard to these acts. Sir G. GREY said it was quite time that such acts bad bAen received, but they could be confirmed without the sanction of the Pa'rliament, and therefore instruc tions had been sent out to the Colonies that they would be reserved fur 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 HOTHAI 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 i n t ro d uce d no t at t h e i nstance of the noble lord's o pp onen t s , b u t on t h e mot i on o f one of his own colleagues. He strongly objected to that amend ment which struck out the cl ause a ll ow ing reasonable not travelling expenses to county voters, and hhe could they would help thinking that if the house agreed toit,.o exorte the so far stultify their former decisions as t scorn and contempt of the country. At the same bime, . - 68 Mr. MALINS complained that no notice had been given of agreement to those amendments being moved. There were many at this moment within two miles of the house who did not know what was going on, and , who had no reason, to know what was going on. He justified the course which he and his friends were tak ing, and which he admitted, upon ordinary occasions, was exceedingly to be deprecated, upon the ground that they were asked to reverse the oft•repeated deci• sion of the house, and to do it without reasonable notice. Mr. BENTINCK had not been in the house upon the two former division, but should vote for the present amendment, if it were pressed, upon the ground that it was a most unjustifiable proceeding to attempt, at this period of the session, and in such a house as was then assembled, to force on a measure of this kind without proper notice. It was a positive act of deception on the house. A. measure of this magnitude, and in volving such great interests, ought to have been brought forward and discussed at such a period of session as would have insured a proper attendance of members. The house divided— Ayes Noes Majority —66 Lord HOTHAM then again moved the adjournment of the house, and another division took place with the following result:— Ayes Noes.. 13 79 Majority —66 Mr. MALINS thought the noble lord the President of the Council would agree with him, that it was not fair that such a subject should be discussed without notice. In order, therefore, that such notice might be given, and that those hon. membe rs w h o were a b sent might hare an opportunity of attending, he would propose an ad journment until Thursday. He would have preferred Friday, but ho understood that the prorogation was to be on Saturday, and he could see that Friday might be inconvenient ; but he trusted that the noble lord would think that, in proposing Thursday, he was suggesting a fair compromise. There was another reason for the postponement. It would afford the noble lord an oppor tunity of giving an answer to the question he had asked just now, and which, be thought, respect for the country and the house demanded should be answered, as to the reasons which had led the noble duke (his colleague) to move in the other House of Parliament to undo that which the noble lord in this house had himself pro posed to do. The SPEAKER said the hon. gentleman could only move that the debate be adjourned. Mr. MALINS therefore altered his amendment ac cordingly, on the understanding that, if carried, the dis cussion should be resumed on Thursday. Lord J. RUSSELL said a postponement so Thursday would give hon. gentlemen opposite a great advantage. It was obvious that they might pursue the same course on that day and on Friday as they had pursued to-day, and then the only alternative would be, that the proro gation must be postponed or the bill be lost. Mr. BRIGHT said it appeared to him there was some thing not quite so honest as they might expect in the course which hon. gentlemen opposite were taking. They were objecting now to the further progress of the bill, on the ground that a particular clause beenhadhad clausew i thdrai in i n t , but aod t they ho hadgro ground d te o d f againsttheir o t p h p e o with on th t e h r at e! fore, must be sought, not in the withdrawal of the clause, (Hear,but i n hear.)the ancient H o inveter atethought t h h e o t s t t h i l e i toyb objection t t i o h o e a billitself. wthena tt of notice savoured very much of a court of law ; those hon. members who were still in town , and had t n h o o w t, i o ng wh th o at ha t d he go s o u e bj o e u ct t w o as f t t o o w b p e , whichtto detain them. Th b e e mustd sufficienti sc u s b e e d , means ostshead to have ascertained before they left of t k to represent a map htwhether de dlthere eudffiw a c ise member natn importance business pcloaritmauedoe rity of the house. How did he know that? The noble lord the President of the Council, on whose recommen dation only the house had agreed to this clause, had changed his opinion upon it ; and they all knew that the noble lord's conversion was generally followed by the conversion of a . dth g :ehe r oo e opohn a Hfl t opes ebae m wlo weaphnol changedl people u others. He remembered certain eddt apoc hsnut c toath a honei r itgih d s reyt i w n doo a a gt opinions theii eanst twirling abr h lla ieent opinionshadtemporary i rdoaef s g a w bt a o r a h m m e l p h sv t l e e n e : d rm a ha i n 4 e ne t .;40wrOdwa:t (Hear.) ot e e we r r a l o as rr p ti, e measure —as a majority of the House of Commons had adopted it —as the House of Lords had thought it of sufficient importance to warrant a suspension in its fa vour of the resolution it had passed this session—as the whole subject must be reconsidered at all events within the next two years —it was worth his while to persevere in a Course which, supported by 13 members—just " a baker's dozen"--against 79, could lead to no practical result! Mr. HILDYARD contended that the objection made upon the ground of want of notice was the objection, not merely of a lawyer, but of a statesman, and defended the course which the opposition had pursued. Mr. BENTINCK maintained that it was perfectly' consistent with the opposition that had been given to a bill which they believed to be bad, mischievous, and in• efficient, to support the re-introduction of a clause, the omission of which they considered made a bad measure worse. Mr. WILLIAMS contended that if this clause were to become law, bribery, rank bribery, would be, for the first time, legalised. What hon. gentlemen opposite were contending for was the establishment of bribery by aot of Parliament. Lord HOTHAM said the honourable member for Lambeth had asserted that this clause would legalise rank bribery ; he left him to settle that question with his noble 'and right hon. friends upon the Treasury bench, 'who had supported it upon four or five several occasions. (Rear.) He thought the hon. member, who always claimed great credit for the purity of his own ,ri cing his con most to a st unworthy motives, should have a voided im p utin g motives to others. s N o thing but a most sacred sense of dut y would have in • duced him (Lord Hotham) to place hims e lf i n this posi tiono which wa s most distasteful to him, but o from which he felt he could not recede without sae •fi • rthy t c i i r e r n e n ti d o e u r s o f e f e t l h i n e g p s , r i a v n i i d e o. c e o g n o s e f n t t h i e . n The house then divided— Lo F rd or li th o e T m ll o A ti l, on i ........ .... . m...0.v..e.d ...t.h.e...ad.. j. . . . .................... Against it .................................... 11 Mr. T. DUNCOMBE e hould accept th e compromise which he (Mr. Dun comb') had . here s ugges t e d th a t th e no bl e d o e r b d at s Proposed—namely, that the bill should at this period of the session, it was hopeless to oppose the Government, because the attendance of members was so small, that Ministers could if they chose snake bribery a capital offence • and he should, therefore, abstain from going to a division on the motion of the noble lord. He, however, called upon the noble lord, both for the sake of his own consistency and the cha acter of the house, to reconsider 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. Malins, Sir 0. Burrell, and Lord R. Grosvenor took part, the house divided, when there appeared— For agreeing to the Lords' amendments ..: 78 Against doing so .., 21 Majority —57 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 H ouse o f Lords bad 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 l6 Against it B4 Majority The motion was consequently lost. Lord HOTHAAI then moved that the debate be now adjourned. After a few words from Mr. HILDYARD, 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 h ouse . Mr. V. SCULLY hoped the house would now be satisfied that it was not the Roman Catholic members of that house who were always instigated by factious motives, when English and Scotch noblemen and gentle men, with small minorities, were equally pertinacious when they believed themselves in the right. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE suggested that the noble lord should reserve his forces until he had moved the amend ment of which he had given notice, to confine the operation of the bill to one year—that, if carried, would enable him to amend it in the course of next session. 97 6i 67 8 an 8 25i 85 1 l 5 6787 126 75i i 4i 3 91 68 8 8f 105; 6 z d 1041 i 241 a f 68 74 7 11 5} 5 35 41 it. 100 ;t. 1100 It. 100 :0 5 It. 100 5 all 611 6 ; 6 4 1 all 3il all 5I all 7i 2 all 61 all !O all * all 5 all 10 all 3t. 100 5 all 5 I all >t. 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The Earl of FORTESCUE moved that, as regarded this bill, the war with Russia, and the attempt now making by that power to procure a loan for the carrying on of that war, rendered it urgent that every means should be immediately taken to prevent any British capi tal from being applied to that or any future Rus sian loan during the continuance of the war. It was reasonable that this bill should, notwithstanding the late period at which it had been brought up from the House of Commons, be taken into immediate con sideration ; and if the house should think fit so to order, be read a second time. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said as the Government had no objection to the measure, he hoped the motion of the noble lord would be agreed to. He was, how ever, not prepared to say that the bill was rendered necessary on account of the present state of the law • he should be sorry to rec ogn i se th at fact, but as the bill'had been denuded of its objectionable principles when first introduced, the Government were unwilling to throw any obstacle in the way of passing a measure which the other house had considered desirable, with the view of assisting them in maintaining the interests of the country in the present war with Russia. The subject of the bill had, previous to its introduction, occu pied the attention of the Government. They had taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown upon it, and they considered that it would be high treason, for an English subject to contribute to, or negotiate any loan for enabling Russia to raise forces ~for the war. The Foreign Secretary had also written to all the Ministers and consuls abroad, to spread as w idely as possible the fact that British subjects would incur that heavy penalty if they participated in any manner in such a loan, and he had also caused representations to be made to foreign courts for the purpose of inducing them to prevent their wereew n tvari a n engaging cewit in h the p transactions n o e f the kind which u tral ity Lord REDESDALE should not oppose the suspen sion of the standing orders in the case of this bill, which he believed came within the exception in the resolution of their lordships as to second readings. The motion was then agreed to. Earl FORTESCUE then moved that the bill be read a second time. Lord CAMPBELL did not object to the bill. He ap proved of it more than the noble duke, whose support was timid if not cold. The ministers elsewhere had certainly spoken of it in much warmer terms. Taking a dispas sionate view, be (Lord Campbell) entirely approved of the bill, as it proceeded on the principle of the common law of England, by which any contract between a British subject and a foreign power, during a war with that power, amounted to high treason ; but, without some amendment, he believed it would be perfectly nugatory in its operation, as under it there was no mode of punishing the offence in the event of its being committed out of this country. After a short discussion, the bill was read a second time, and the bill passed through all its stages but the last, it being understood that when it was read to-mot , row a third time a clause should be introduced to meet the objection of Lord Campbell. The following bills were read a third time and passed: Militia (No. 2), Militia (Scotland), Militia (Ireland), Militia Ballot Suspension, Militia Pay. The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Baronies Contribution e) Bill went through committee. Their lordships adjourned shortly after four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Stocker's Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord D. STI;ART presented a petition from the hackney-carriage drivers of the metropolis, complaining of the conflicting decisions of the magistrates, the lowness of cab fares, &c., and praying that the fares might be raised to is. for the first mile, and that they might have a right of appeal from magisterial decision. Mr. NAPIER presented a petition from a portion of the Irish clergy, praying that steps might be taken to insure a better observance of the Sabbath. THE MENAI STRAITS. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury if the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have lately granted a lease of the Menai Straits as an oyster bed, to the exclusion of the fishermen of the neighbourhood, who have hitherto dredged in thsse straits time out of mind. Mr. WILSON stated that Messrs. Russell held a lease of the Menai Strait, as an oyster bed, under the Bishop of Bangor. Seine robberies having bgen com mitted, they prosecuted and established their claim. Since then they had obtained a lease from the Crown, bights ut such lease was subject to any existing public r. C I ‘ ,01 0 nr N . t HhSeOui motion t D Ei oAn calledTf o E r D t h e F tB U h li N rLd D Lr . e ( a A d P i n P g RO of os luAs bill, e TI the attenti on of thePthhßi report of the last session on the state of the Slave Trade, and urged renewed _ a pp li cation for th e fulfilment of th e treaties with Spain for a total suppression of the slave trade t RUSS ELL admitt e d t h e i mportance of the q said that the most stringent meas ures h a d Lord to Cuba. d: C . a u n b d a . e slave trade, this i e y h ea h r e f h o the r e4 effectual suppressio n o f th e best results. He a dd ed P would be a tt en ded w ith t h e Government that he was qu i te sure the new p me second these efforts t o put L considered Sir G . H th e answer o f th e pRc of S E ai L n would an end to this dreadf u l tra nace that Sp a i n wou ld ear nd was rejoiced to learn noble lord very satisfacto r for the s u pp re s s i on o f th e that there was now some cl 3 l l Sir. H. WILLOUGHBy p s n l e a s y t e ly tr c a o d - e o . perate with us assing to another sub ject, interpellated the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the war expenditure. The house, he etroed u it nderstand that it was said, bad voted in estimates between 64,000,0001. and of 3,000,0001., while carry out that inten wilicohf expenditure over to meet the expendi turethe year. Now, he know the amount of the State would Parliament. The believed tt t 6 i hhs o ee' Il c,ionw:tu:intention and, ttlonhto i t t rCli ty:h h w . ne' e h e o u ai t tfn h d l adeextlbrbheueeseedfe therefore rn r m a e ggi Government p si w te o v hd a s e e ib e ] d tt within theother, excess hon. baronet also complained of the dangerous power exercised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in con hdaevbet, to in incur, to Shape p m e ee o t r verting or selling Savings' Bank Stock, which the ways and means already voted b y he had already done to the extent of 617 000/ ) ~ without the consent of Parliament. The CHANCELLOR of the , Exa m . "c , QUER could add nothing to what he had already stated on the sub ject of the public revenue and expendit ure, except that up to the present moment the revenue had fully realised the expectation which he hel d when he made his financial statement last May, i n fact, up to the 9th of August, t he ex penditure was within the revenue, and, therefore, he had nothing to i retract from what he had s aid a bout meet ng the ex penditure from the taxes raised in the year. The right hon. gentleman then proceedecl to show that the apparent decrease upon the last quarter srevenue of 5 70,000/. was falacious, because the return did not include the Irish Revenue, while a sum of 770,000/, had been included in the former quarter, which ought to have been brought into this. With regard to the state of the exchequer bonus account, it stood thus : 4,000,000/. had been ne gotiated and 3,000,000/, had actually been received. There still remained power to issue 600,000/. and 700,000/. more, while the amount of running Exchequer Bills was less in amount than usual, bein g g about 16,500,0001. As to the question of revenue and expenditure the account stood thus,—the expenditure up .to the present time, as compared with last year, was about 3,500,000/, in excess ; but he anticipated that on the 10th of October there would be a balance in the Exchequer of about 4,500,000/., and with that surplus at his command he had no reason to suppose, calcu lating upon existing experience, that he should have to call upon the bank for assistance. With regard to the Savings' Bank Stock, it was a mistake to suppose that it was absolutely at the disposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; it was placed to the credit of the National Debt Commissioners, for the purpose of meeting the claims of the Savings' Bank depositors both for principal and interest. During the early part of the year there was a run upon the Savings Banks, and anticipating that the withdrawal would continue, he had taken advantage of the recent high price a the . 91i 3 P lip lip 13t 1011 1341 Ilf i ad 1 dig READING RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA PB.) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Six ran. READING STAKES. Six ran. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. 2i a