The Sun. — London, England, 1851-06-06 00:00:00

burtb'Elaition BANK OF ENGLAND. AnAGeount (From this night's Gazette.) ,pu:suant to the Aet 7th and Rth of Vietoriit.e3P . 32 for the Week endi ng on Sattuday, the 31st day of May, 1851. Igin7ll DEPAILTICENT. Z. Notes 13320 d.• 27,Q13,135 Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities •• • . 2,914,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,979,760 Silver bullion ...... 33,375 :Z27,013,135 M. mAR SUA £27,013,135 LL, Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day cf June, teal. BANKING B: VOITILE N T. Proprietors 'c ipi.tal • • 14,553,0C0 Rest ... „. .... 3,084,7 , 10 Public deposits (in oinding Exchequer, Commissioners of .National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 6,888,7 91 Other deposits ...... 8,806,603 seven day and other Bing " " • • • 1,076,053 Govcrnraent securt ties (ln:luding Dead Weight Annuity) .. 13,593.236 Other seCarittill ..•• 12.506,833 'SICteB •• •• •'"•••• coin„ 7 ,q5,41s " Gold and silver coin.. 631,719 X 34,409,202 £ 34 ,409,202 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the sth day of June, 1851 ---------77-- -,-, ..-.1.17",,..'5HE CATERPILLA R --GOOSEBERRY BUSHES.—A ~ w, 4 , 6 +1,- : .,7 correspondent at Dunoon s a —..." It may n o t be gene k ;0 4 )'-' Itknfjp, that at this season of the year, when the cater ( 1 - -14'), t --- pilfai* & r aking its appearance on the gooseberry bushes, a pece bf whin in full flower, placed in the middle of the bush, will effe4 , 4l l: by destroy them. This is the second year it has `, bee9.l.rie( •y the writer with the same beneficial result." ~_: , : e .• ,- Tu oi,soles, crabs, and lobsters have been re y^.gslFine -" .. iti k . iff s r ies tifu h l av a e nd be c e h n eap in . our markets of late. r c'n • se fling as low as 3d. and 4d. per 4 ~ !,,,,,. 0 .. Liverpool Timm 5%...4T - ~ ~"~w ~' ~. ret . SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The .Hamburgh Borsenhalle of the 3d inst. says— " We are able to giie the following particulars rela tive to the journey of the British Consul to the Hanse Towns. Colonel Hodges went to Flensburg to meet his former colleague in the administration, lA. Von Tillisch. The numerous complaints relative to the dictatorial ad ministration of the Duchy of Schleswig induced M. Von Tillisch, in his quality of responsible Minister, to send an exposé to the Cabinet, in which all the accusations relative to the despotic proceedings, and the severity exercised towards the German population of the duchy, were decidedly repudiated. " The Cabinet of St. James's was accordingly soli cited in a special note to mediate in this affair with the German powers, and was at the same time requested to confide the office to a person who was thoroughly ac quainted with the peculiar state of the duchy. Nothing has yet transpired relative to the results of the confer ence which took place between Colonel Hodges and the commissioner, Count Criminil." ITALY. The Statute of Florence, of the 30th ult says— " This year A scens i on-day happened to coincide idewith the anniversary of the battles of Custatone and Monte 'rare; and the Church of Santa Croce, where the names of the Tuscans who fell on the 29th of May, 1848, are inscribed among the monuments, was consequently crowded with persons, attracted either by the solemnity of the day, or their political opinions. Some individuals approached the slabs on which the names are engraved, and attempted to hang garlands to them, as had been done with impunity last year. But a person in plain clothes, according to this account, forbade them to do so; the others seeing no outward sign by which his official capacity could have been recognised, refused to obey. High words ensued, in which many other parsons present took a part, until the gendarmes forced their way into the church, and drove all before them, men, women, and children, to the doors of the sacred edifice, where they fired upon them, and then closed the doors." A solemn funeral service was celebrated on the 30th ult. in the church of St. Michelino at Florence, for the late Right Hon. RICHARD LALOR SLIM. The church was numerously attended on the occasion. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 6, 1851. Ist Regiment of Life Guards —Owen William George, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Tardrew, promoted in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, June 6. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert Charles Holmes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Thomas Munro, Bart., woo retires; Cornet John Rawlinson Cuthbert to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holmes, June 6. sth Regiment of Foot—Captain William Newhouse, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Jobn JunWood e 6. ward, who exc h anges, receiving the difference, 19th Foot—Captain Lawrence Shadwell, from 98th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Ellerman, who exchange a, June 6. 24th Foot—Ensign Robert Hamilton Montgomerie to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Kippen, deceased; .4614; Ensign Alfred Nicholson Crippe, from 18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Montgomerie, June 6. 42d Foot—Ensign Duncan Downie Fletcher, from 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maitland, deceased, April 22. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Taylor M'Crea, from the 94th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Daniel Mackineen, who June retires 6 upon haltpay as a C a pt a i n U nattached, 45th Foot—Thomas Augustus Burrows, from the 78th Juno Foot, to b e E ns i gn, vice Howard, promoted, 6. .53d Foot —Captain Robert Hunt, from the 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice Steward, who exchanges, June 6. 57th Foot—Captain Frederick Gordon Steward, from the 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Hunt, who exchanges, June 6. 64th Foot—Ensign Frederick I. Hutchison to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Moultrie, who retires; Ensign William Leonard Barnard Straton, from 69th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hutchison, June 6. 66th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Serocold Pearce Sero cold to be Captain by purchase, vice Crawfurd, who retires; Ensign Richard Horner Paget to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Serocold, June 6. 71at Foot—Sergeant-Major James Dalgleish to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fletcher, appointed to 42d Foot, June 6. 84th Foot—Ensign Frederick Hardy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cassen, who retires ; John Penton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardy, Juno 6. 85th Foot—Lieutenant William Mortimer Pechell, from 33d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Ash Thompson, who retires upon half-pay, June 6. 94th Foot—Lieutenant John Warden M•Farlan, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice M'Crea, appointed Paymaster of 43d Foot, June 6. 98th Foot—Captain Edward John Ellerman, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Shadwell, who exchanges; Lieutenant James Dutton Smyth to be Captain, without purchase, vice Grantham, deceased; Ensign Montague Browne to be Lieutenant, vice Smyth; Sergeant Major Charles Mills to bo Ensign, vice Browne, June 6. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Montgomerie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Armetroeg, who retires; En sign Allan Macdonald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Montgomerie, June 6. 3rd West India Regimen;—Ensign George Alleyne Rogers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dowse, who retires, Juno 6. UNATTACHED.— Brevet Major George Frederick Pas chal, from the 70th Foot, to be Major, without purchase; Lieutenant Thomas Peebles. from the 59th Fuot, to be Captain, without purchase, June 6. BREVET.—Captain John Stafford Paton, of the 14th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army in the East Indies, February 9. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. TRINITY TERM, 14TH VICTORIA. the d of . This Court willTu esda hold syittings3d onSatorday, June, the lBsl 21st day of June instant, and on every succeeding day (Sundays excepted) until and including Tuesday, the Ist day of July next, and also on Thursday, the 10th day of July next, and will, at such sittings, proceed in disposing of the business then pending in the paper of new trials, in the paper of demurrers, and in the paper of special cases ; also in disposing of such motions and applications (it any) as shall then have been made and shall be then pending, as the Court shall give leave to be brought on at the said sittings; and likewise in giving judgment in all cases then standing for judgment. FRED. POLLOCK, E. H. ALDERSON, T. J. PLATT, SAMUEL MARTIN. Read in open Court, EDWD. BENNETT. BANKRUPTS. Andrew Burn, tailor, Sackviile•street, Piccadilly, to surrender June 12, and July 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Miller and Horn, King William-street, London bridge, Edward Leech, apothecary, Chichester, Sussex, June t half - east (levels, and July IS, a t e l even , at th e uourat of P Bankru tcy S'ansfelit, o ffi c i a l assignee; Wil kinson, Gurney, and Stevens Nicholas-lane. twe John 'Lee grocer, Warwick, Juu e 17 an d J u l y 8 , at lve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee Mansion-ho use . A r e tugnam; Linklater, Charlotte-row, Nyarwick. Horatio Black, lacegtems°anutacturer, Nottingham, June 27 and July 11, at officiani,asastit,the , Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, Nottingham; Freeth, Ravvson, and Browne, Notting:met; Hodgson, Birming ham. John Jackson, silversmith, Scarborough, Ju 24 a July 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Courtn. e 800 dn ; R Bond sece, Birmingham; and official assignee , Leeds Barwick, Leeds. 14,. a . t .twelve, at the M anchester Dis trict Court. John Greenhalgh , draper,Radcliffe-beiege Lanc as ire, nee, ches ter; Sale, June 23 and July Pott otht sg d , shipm cla an as _, eaa i nches M ter an . Worthington, an PRICE OF SUGAR. the week ending-11 The average price of Brown . or Muscovado Sneer com- June 3, puted from returns made in . Great Britain:— —n 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable theme on the importation thereof into . in Amer: 255. Ll.p er: ,, ft From the British possessions From the Mauritius ••• ••• 30 e . 7ie. From th e E ast I n di es ": dee Averag e p r i ce o f t h e t wo foregoing scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as 265. 7d. above, and e xc l us i ve o f d u ty ••• • f Parliament, By authorit 0. - HENR Y B ICKNELL, Cl er k of the Grocere Company, Grottera'-hall, June 6. me❑ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—For the Cup, or grand day of the Ascot olym pier, yesterd a y was d ec id e dl y b e l ow par i n several and, respects, particularly in th e rac i ng d e p ar t m ent ; notwithstanding the g e n e rally a tt rac ti ve feature to t the major portion of th e l arge f am il y o f J o h n 8111—the as presence of Royalty, the a t t en d ance , though grea by no manner of m eans equa l to that of last year, when the Flyin g D u t c h man won the Emperor' s f o ur prevous years. The racing possessed, comparatively, or in fact to auy of th e th ree or i little interest plate, he to the turf habit u e s . With one solitary uti excep tion, t the racing New Stakes, in which one or two prominent favourites for next year's Derby figured, s very mediocre, having been in every instancerunners even contested by second and third-rates ; the net. even for the Em peror's Plate forming no.exception to this observation. out running running to which Marquis n fortune treats the As a s p ecimen of the "and o of Exeter, his Lordship's Phlegethon (by trial proved to be inferi or at a mile mile and a half to Midas) on Tuesday beats Th e Ban by a head for the Ascot Derby; and yesterd a y Th e and a Ban makes a - all the running for the St. James's Palace Stakes, and wins with considerable ease fro m Mid as b y at least length. Here s a turf probl em f or t h e know ing ones to solve. It must be remembered th at i n each a instance it was no question of health or di s t ance, b oth having been determined beforehand. The race for the Emperor's Plate was a very uninteresting affair; the withdrawal one after another, at intervals of a week or so, of The Flying Dutchman, undoubtedly the best horse of 1849, of Voltigeur, the best of last year, of Nutshell, a very respectable second-rate, and, lastly, of Russ borough, rendered the struggle for this imperial gift anything but attractive in the eyes of that eccentric " republic, club, community, 'yclept the ring," or even .in those of et a'oA;aot, as was evinced by the very littte speculation that has taken place on the race. In the contest Woolwich cams when called upon, had the race in hand at the stand, and won cleverly by a length; Little Jack, none the better for his severe race on Tuesday, was pumped out at a hundred yards from home; he, however, beat Trouncer for second place by a length. Windischgratz fourth and last. I half fancied that some lively game was to be played off by the Russborough party; my conjecture was right: at the last moment, about twenty-five minutes past one, just one hour and ten minutes before the race was run, Mr. Mangan posted a declaration to the effect that Russ borough would not start; what this was done for I can't say, although with numerous others I think I can guess; one thing, however, is very certain, considering the horse was in the vicinity of the course and quite well, it was anything but a creditable affair, and occasioned a great deal of murmuring in the ring. The result of the New Stakes justified my anticipations; I remarked in my last note that I could not " discover anything to beat the Phryne colt (Bro. to Elthiron, Windhound, and Misesrima) for the New Stakes; the Queen Anne colt must not be altogether forgotten." The race was not for an instant in doubt, Brother to Elthiron:when called upon came away from his horses and won cleverly by a length. Grey Tommy, somehow or other, obtained the second place; the Queen Anne colt was third. We must now turn from royal Ascot to cockney Hampton, where some sport, or what is called such, will come off on ' Wednesday and Thursday next. It is not my intention to touch upon this meeting until Monday or Tuesday, when the entries for the various stakes will be complete. Manchester now puts in its claim as the principal pro vincial meet of the ensuing week, with a very respect able " bill of fare," if anything rather above than under the average. The performances will commence :on Wednesday, as usual, with the Trial Stakes, which is not entered for as yet. The second race will be for the Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; one mile and a half. To this stake there are ten nominations. including the potent name of the Derby winner, whom, however, Ido not expect to see at the post. Constel lation, The Queen Bee, The Black Doctor, and Louis Napoleon also figure among the entries. The race will lie 'with BLACK DOCTOR and CONSTELLATION; Louis Napoleon, if he runs, third. For the Manchester Union Cup a large field will go to the post, including, in all probability, Blister, 4 yrs, sst :101b; Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst 51b; Osbaldeston, 4 yrs, Est 81b; and one of Scott's trio—Champion, 5 yrs, 7st; Uriel, 5 yrs, Bst 71b; or Vanguard, 5 yrs, ist 101 b. Thi s l ot, I fancy, includes the winner's name, which, in the absence of Uriel (said to bo intended for the Northumberland Plate), may pos sibly be WOOLWICH, CHA3IPIoN, or VANGUARD, the first named for choice: nearer to the mark than this, at the present moment, out of an entry of 68 horses, I cannot go. A Produce Stakes of 10 soy& each, h ft, with 100 added, one mile and three-quarters, sports an entry numbering 33, which includes THE . PRIME MINISTER'S name ; this once magical cognomination ought to head the others in the " return lists," and what is more, will, if they choose to run him; in his absence, The Black Doctor, Constellation, and Serus, will be first, second, and third. On Thursday the colt by Simoom, out of The Queen, better known as the BROTHER TO SHYLOCK, will give Paddy Bird and the remainder of the field the go-by for the Two Yrs Old Stakes. The King of Troy:will not get a nearer place than third. The Tradesmen's Cup of 300 soya. in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, &c.; two miles; will attract a good field to the post, which Candlewick or Pitsford may, perchance, win; but, Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst 51b; Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st Slb; Panclemus, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b; and Tight waist, 3 yrs, sst 41h, are worthy a slight consideration. I will give a more definite opinion next week, when I have discovered which way the money hoes. GOLD FINDER, LE JUIr, a n d S IR WILLIAM WALLACE, the first two for choice, read the best on paper for the 5 sovs. Handicap Stakes. Oa Friday, TIGETWAIST will, in all probability, win the Castle Irwell Stakes; Teddington, of course, will not start; and I do not think Ihe Black Doctor will either. For the Salford Borough Cup of 100 sovs. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft., &e., one mile and a half, I should hardly think that Woolwich, the top weight on the list at Bst 81b, would be pulled out. The lot from which the winner will spring is formed of Haricot, 4 yrs, 7st 21b, Alonza, 4 yrs, 7st, Candlewick, 4 yrs, 6st 41b, Unity, 3 yrs, sst 41b, and Paquette, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. ALONZO and PAQUETTA for choice. Haricot and Unity will run extremely well; third and fourth, if no nearer. My remarks on the Derby of 1852 on Monday. - The betting this morning in town is very dull; a few horses have been supported at the under-mentioned prices:—Manchester Cup-8 to 1 agst Woolwich, 10 to 1 agst Seagull, 12 to I agst The Sweep. Two Years Old Stakes -6 to 4 agst Brother to Shylock, 3to 1 agst Paddy Bird. Salford Borough Cup-- 4 to 1 agst Alonzo, 7 to 1 agst Ilaricot, 7 to 1 agst Maid of Team Valley. Northumberland Plate-- 8 to 1 agst liriel, 8 to 1 agst England's Glory, 10 to 1 agst Neasham, offered. St. Leger-7 to 1 agst Hernan dez, taken; 7to 1 agst Aphrodite, offered; 10 to 1 agst Miserrinia, taken freely; 25 to 1 agst Larnartine, taken. Derby, 1852-12 to I agst Phryne colt; 16 to 1 agst Elcot; 40 to 1 agst Claverhouse (Lord Eglinton's). I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF TUE TURF. Juno 6, 1851. PARLIAITENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORD S. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon tho Wool sack at Five o'clock. Lc.ird BEAUMONT presented a petition from certain veterinary surgeons, praying that they might be ex empted from serving on juries. THE INDIAN FIVE PER CENT. LOAN. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked if the closure of the five per cent. loan in India had been by orders from th© local authorities or from the Home Govern. Lord BROUGTON said that the Government of India bad represented that it would be desirable that the loan should be closed, and thereupon the Home Govern ment had issued a notice that the loan should be closed, and it had been closed on the sth April. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH would have been better pleased had it been closed by order of the local authorities. The Earl of E j L U L T E T N E B E O R P o E u R G SA H IT g D ay . e notice that h should, on the 19th inst .the attention e , draw to the case of Juttee Persaud. Lord BROUGTON h a d as yet rece i ved no offieia • l Informati on on the subject, but hoped he should receive such inf ormat i on before 19th.thee COMMON LAW COMMISSION. Lord BROUGHAM that the asked wh en i t wou ld b e pro b a bl e report of the Commissioners would be presented en 'practice and pleading • n Lord CAMPBELL was in the common law. not answer toe was sorry to say that he could th e office w , .e question. When be was appointed to had drawo h u ich he now held himself and his colleagues ing, but they plerrtain rules in practice and in plead ing those rules thought it bet ter to d efer promulgat presented, ands until the report s h ou ld have been Lord BRo uGa w it would be presented speedily. mediate presentatio of urged th e necessity for the ina: COURTS n op that report. Lord BROUGHAM toRECONCILEMENT. the proceedings of courts Ord a resolution relating to Lord REDESDALE objectedcilement in Denmark. A resolution was a resolution Of upon a point of order. the House could not agree to suchthe whole House, and could not know whit passed in Denmark. a resolution as it Lord CAMPBELL said a Peer o a ,„i ca t,, L ay information which he thought right to cora ought might bo useful to his brother Peers. The motion, ns we understood, wa s then withdrawn. LAW OF MARRIAGES. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition from Australia, praying for the introduction of a • Bill extend ing to the colonies the Act rendering legal marriages celebrated in Ireland by a Presbyterian clergyman. As the law at present stood, marriages celebrated by Pres byterian clergymen in the colonies were, under certain circumstances, iliegal. Such marriages so celebrated in Ireland were legal, and the colonists prayed the ex tension of that Act to the colonies. The Court of Sid ney had decided that Presbyterian marriages in the colony Were invalid, and therefore the Presbyte rians wereplac e d in 6 p ainful condition. There had been ' a remedial Act passed in the Colony, but that only referred to Presbyteriansof the Estalbished Church of Scotland, Thus the law was left in a most uncertain state. I n giving their hope that the - judgment the judges expressed a In the Colossalquestion Assembly a law had been passed rendering legal a ll contracted, but enact ing which had been thus He was sorry t o say tha t n %i n s othing as to the future. OP yeim religicv az4 or vest' on had become mixed ; th ha A;;orneY•Gourgl of EMIGRANTS. Colonel CHATTERTON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he had had any correspon dence with Major Beaunil, as Chairman of a Bench of Magistrates assembled in the city of Cork, respecting the treatment of paupers sent from London to Cork on board the Preussischen Adler steam-ship ; and whether ho intended to make any inquiry into the subject of:such correspondence ? Sir G. GREY was understood to say that the Poor law Board were instituting an inquiry into the subject. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in rising to move that the House at its rising do adjourn till Thursday next, took the opportunity of stating the course which Government proposed to take with regard to public business. He proposed that on Thursday next the Committee of Sup ply shouli stand first on the orders of the day, He proposed then to go into Committee and consider the remaining part of the navy estimates, when his Right Honourable Friend the First Lord of the Ad miralty would make a statement with regard to the re. tirement of admirals. After the naval estimates he pro posed to take a vote for the expenses of the Kafir war, and he proposed also on Thursday and Friday to take the mis cellaneous estimates. He had already given notice that on the Monday following ho intended to go on with the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, but in order to give time for the return of Irish Members after the recess, he shodld propose to take the second reading of the Customs Bill and of the Window Tax Repeal Bill, and then to go on with the miscellaneous estimates., The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill he should take on the Friday following, which would be this day fort night, and then he proposed to go on with that Bill until it had been disposed of. Mr. EWART wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether her Majesty's Government are willing to causo to be made, through a Minister of the Crown, on going into the education estimates, a statement of the condition and progress of edu cation, so far as it comes under the administration of the Government, and within the supplies voted by Parlia ment; including national institutions connected with art or 'science, training schools, schools of design, public libraries, and similar institutions, conformably with the promise made by the lute Sir Robert Peel during his administration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL bad no knowledge of any promise made by Sir Robert Peel on this subject. He would, however, consider whether any further statement could be made in addition to that usually laid before the House; but he thought it would be indiscreet to make such a general statement as that proposed by his Hon. Friend. Mr. HUME could vouch for the accuracy of what had fallen from his Hon. Friend. Sir It. Peel distinctly made the promise, and declared that in future it would be ihe duty of the Government to make a similar report on the subject of the educational grants to that made upon the vote for the British Museum. Nothing could be more satisfactory to the public than that such a report should be made. Mr. CARDWELL said if he remembered rightly it was not to be a report but a statement from a member of the Cabinet of the grants that had been disposed of, and the intentions of Government for the future. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the minutes of the Council of Education were annually laid before the House, which would show the disposal of the grant. Mr. MO WATT said these minutes were not intelli gible to ninety-nine out of a hundred persons. Mr. REYNOLDS again re-called the attention of the House to the manner which the poor were treated in various of the Irish workhouses. On the 11th of April he moved for certain returns to found emotion on the sub ject, but the Irish poor-law authorities, alarmed lest the real state of affairs should come to light, had neglected to make the return. The treatment which the Irish pau pers had received in these workhouses threw the attro cities that were practised upon Jane Wilbred into the shade, and he strongly suspected that the commissioners wished to delay making their returns until it should be too late for him to bring on his motion. Sir G. GREY said it was impossible for the returns in question to be ready within the time. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD rose to ask Sir George Grey whether he had received any communication from the Mayor of Birmingham, relative to the erection, now in progress, of a large convent within that borough ? Sir G. GREY answered that he had not received any communicatio❑ from any quarter on the subject. Mr. SPOONER rose to explain. It was evident that the question was put with reference to a statement which ho had made in the House on the debate on the Reli gious Houses Bill. Now, although Mr. Newman had written a letter to the Morning Chronicle attempting to explain that these underground cells were meant for baking, brewing, and other domestic purposes, yet he himself had received a letter from a gentleman in Bir mingham who had inspected the building in the course of erection, who informed him they were too numerous to be meant for any such purposes, and more than that, they were not furnished with any means of obtaining light externally. Mr. MOORE would only say that he was glad the Honourable Member had so completely shown his own absurdity on this subject, and he thought it was quite impossible for anybody to make him more ridiculous than he had made himself.—(Cries of " Order." VENEZUELA. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that he should on this day week present a petition from Mr. Wall, a British merchant of the Carraccas, complaining of injuries suf. fared by him from the Venezuelan Government. KAFIR WAR. Mr. ADDERLEY wished to know whether, as there were so many ❑otices of motion for Thursday next, the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would have any objection to postpone the motion respecting the Kafir war until Thursday?; Lord JOHN RUSSELL said if that motion could not come on till a lato hour, he should certainly postpone it. ADJOURNMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The motion that the House at its rising should adjourn until Thursday next, was then agreed to. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. CARDWELL brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Smithfield Market Removal Bill. FISHERIES. Mr. ANDERSON gave notice that on an early day after the holidays he should call the attention of the House to the obj3cts, duties, and proceedings of the Board of Fisheries. INCUMBERED ESTATES. Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL moved for a copy of any statement addressed to the Chief Secretary of Ireland from the Commissioners of Incumbered Es tates in that country, with reference to an order of this Hous dated the 1 lth day of March last.—Agreed to. DUBLIN CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. Mr. REYNOLDS asked whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on bringing up the miscellaneous estimates to propose a reduction of 10 per cent. to the charitable institutions of Dublin? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he in te n d t es, d to move the est i mates as they were printed in INC k OME AND PROPERT Y -TAX COMMITTEE— ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the motion for resuming the4djourned debate on question, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SPORTING NOTES. No. LXIII. ASCOT, HAMPTON, AND MANCHESTER MEETINGS. the colony was a Roman Catholic, and the people of the colony had taken up the idea that he was doing all he could to invalidate Presbyterian marriages, and the Governor of thg colony had declared that he would not like to afford any aid to those who did not observe the requirements of tho law. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bills were considered aad agreed to:— Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway. East Stonehouse Waterworks. Great Malvern Improvement, Police, Sewers, Water works, Gas, and Markets. Kensington Improvement. National Land Company Dissolving. Wexford Free Bridge. The St. Bartholomew's Hospital Estate Bill was read a second time. Mr. POWER presented a petition from Cork against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from Dublin in favour of the Church system of education in Ireland. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from Sun derland against the increase of beer houses. Mr. CO WAN presented a petition from Argyllshire against Papal aggression; also a petition from the same county in favour of L or d Melgunct's Educational Bill for Scotland. Lord MELGUND presented a petition from Edin burgh, praying for the abolition of university tests. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from Independents in the county of Somerset, praying for the abolition of the Regium Donum. Mr..W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from labour ers employed in the London Docks Company, complaining of gross injustice and opposition on the part of the Com missioners of Customs. The Hon. Member gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would move that the re port be printed with the votes. He also presented pe titions from Bethnal-green, Marylebone, and Ken nington and Lambeth, in favour of the Bill for the suppression of Sunday trading. Mr. PORTAL presented a petition from the Farmers' Club at Winchester in favour of a national settlement and national poor -rate. PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Mr. LUSHINGTON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was his intention to introduce a Bill this session for the better regulation of private lunatic asylums? Sir G. GREY said the subject had been under his con sideration, but he did not think it would be possible to introduce a Bill for the better regulation and inspectio❑ of these asylums during the present session. COMMON LAW COURTS. Mr. JOHN EVANS wished to know when the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the prac tice of the common law courts would be ready? Sir G. GREY said he had been in communication lately with the Commissioners, and he hoped to be able very shortly to lay their report on the table. CEYLON. Lord HOTHAM wished to ask the Under Secretary for the Colonies when the report of the Finance Com mittee of the Executive Council of Ceylon would be laid on the table? Mr. HAWES said he was unable to give a reply, as the Governor of Ceylon's report had not yet been re ceived, but as soon as it was the report in question, as well as other papers, would no doubt be laid before the House. Mr. HUME wished to draw the attention of the House to disposing of this matter as speedily as possible. From the manner in which the motion was met, ho was confident that some new mode be adopted for the appointment of Committees on Public Business. In the United States, the Speaker of the Assembly selected the Members who should servo on such Committees, and ho thought that plan might be safely practised here. It would then take the nomination of the Committee out of the hands of the party moving for it. A similar practice almost prevailed in this House. with regard to private business, for in the case of a pri vate Bill the Committee was not named by the mover of the Bill but by the Committee of Selection. Most of the Members whom he had selected to serve on the Commit tee had declined to serve. He had endeavoured to select them from every point of the House, so that all shades of opinion should be represented, but the Members them selves had refused to serve, and. he therefore thought the sooner they adopted the Committee of Selection principle the better. He could not understand why the Nobe Lord had been induced to withdraw the name of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Surely it was only right that the public creditor should be represented on this Committee, and ho would propose that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be one of the members of the Committee. The CHANCELLOR of EXCHEQUER said the present was an exceptionable case, because the two sides of the House who had carried the motion for the appoint ment of the Committee did so from different motives, and hence the difficulties that stood in the way of its nomi nation. COURSE OF EXCM Anisieraani •• 11 16% Ditto, throe months.. 11 18 Rotterdam .. •. • • .... 11 18 25 25 Brussels • • 25 25 Hamburgh .... • • M.B. 13 8 % Aliens .......• •• • • .... Paris, 3 days'sight 25 5 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 25 Marseilles .• •. •• •• ...• 25 27% 80urdeaux.......... Frankforton Mains...,, 119% Vienna, effee. flo.• ...• 12 50 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 50 Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 37% Madrid • •...• • ....... 50 Cadiz ...• • • ...... 60% Barcelo3a •• •• ........ Bevil's.. • • •• • • • • • • • • (LEFT SITTING.) MARKET IN TEL LIGEN CE. (From the London New Price Current, June 6.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a large business trans acted in West India Sugar, and full rates were obtained, grocers being the chief operators. The purchases are 868 hhds and tierces, including at auction 200 hhds and 137 tierces Barbadoes, which sold at 38s to 41s 6d for mid to fine yellow, and 36s to 37s 6d for inferior, low to good brown 33s to 35s Gcl, and 10 hhds St. Kitts mid yellow 375. REFIXED.—To-day the home trade demand was limited for Refined goods, and brown Lumps are offered at 46s 6d to 478. Crushed Sugar is, however, still in good request at full rates. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with a more active demand privately, and realised full rates; a public sale of 2,559 bags went at 36i to 39s for low to good yellow. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Bengal Sugar; by private treaty, however, some par cels were sold at full terms, and holders have confidence. FOREIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar was much sought after by exporters, and about 1,000 tons sold at previous rates, but the exact particulars aro not allowed to trans pire. None was offered at auction, and the market closes firm. MOLASSES.—West India of low to fine quality can be obtained at 13a 6d to 16s, Bengal and Mauritius 121 to 12e 6d, Cuba and Porto Bico 153 to 15s 6d per cwt. Prices continue on the decline for Honey. The sales of Melasses for the week are 200 puns, chiefly Barbadoea, at 15s 6d. Cocos.—To-day at public sale 203 bags Bahia Cceoa were taken in at 28s for good red. COFFEE.—This afternoon operations were trifling in all sorts of Coffee by shippers and home dealers, and former rates were not be obtained. The value of .Na tive Ceylon of the u sua l imp or t i s 37 s t o 38s. At auction 12 casks Jamaica sold at 44s to 45s for fine fine ord, and 39s 6d to 41s for low to good ord. 497 bags Batavia, ord and good ord 363 to 395, and damaged 26s 6d to 27s 6d. Of Bahia, 157 bags, &c., were taken in at 36s for good ord sound. TEL—Further reduced rates have been accepted for Congou; there has in consequence been a good demand for the lower sorts for home consumption, many parcels have been taken for exportation, but the supply is on the increase, and lik e ly so to cont i nue. The prices taken for ord have been 10d to 104 d, and for good ord 100 to lld per lb. In medium to rather strong blackish leaf sorts operations, however, are upon a small scale at 110 to is Oid, and in good to fine at Is Id to is 7d, indeed for the best kinds prices are little better than nominal, the business transacted having been trifling for some time past. Oolong can be obtained at is to le 8d; yet few transactions have taken place. Fine Gun powder and Imperial met with more demand this week, and realised the previous currency, the supply being limited ; but other sorts of green have been purchased with reluctance, and there being a large quantity still on the market prices incline downwards, both for the ord and better qualities. For scented and Pekoe Teas rather lower terms having been acceded to, occasioned a fair business to be transacted. 131 m - -Holders of East India are not disposed to further give way in price, and refrained from submitting any to public sale this week. The demand privately has improved, and about 7,000 bags have been sold, chiefly for exportation ; the value of good to fine white Bengal is 9s to 10s 6d, mid 8s Gd to 8s 9d, low and broken 7s 9d to 8s 3d, Madras 7s to 7s 6d, Corriega grain 7s 9d to Bs, Arracan 7s 6d to Bs, and cargo 7s to 7s 6d per cwt there are large purchasers rather under these rates. Cleaned sorts have been only in limited request; Patna at lOs to 13s, fine 14s to 15s, town dressed Carolina 20, to 255, and American 16s to 17s per owt. In Sago the private operations are small at 15s to 225. At auction 7 cases of fine white rather large pearl sold at 32s to 37s 6d. Flour remains dull of sale, and is to be obtained at 14s. Of Tapioca 225 pks at auction were only in part sold at 2d to 4id, but 36 cases Tapioca Flour realized 11d. Arrowroot is not much in demand, and at public sale 313 tius 16 cases Jamaica were only in part sold at 4d to 83, and 20 pkgs Tousles Mois 2d. The value of Bermuda Arrowroot is is to is Id, and East India 2d to 3d per lb. at c2gWa so 640htdidstdmewtto SPICES.—To-day 2d4 id ssewsdi Pepperledinpntetga, ortr al at o bttmhi6fes,pricesloidrdp6d middling to middling to goi Gde declined bisdsnra.gosl ewdsoa , brown, and aod i rnetto d dgnddoss t o36B o dlo2ob i wbab d gaa 2gz igpsss realized l middling. liemdma b f ; eidnzletot Pimento SPIRITS.—The market is firm for East India Rum, and is 3d to is 314 paid for several parcels proof strength. For Leward Island there is a good demand, prices, however, are not better, and rule at is 4id to Is sid proof. Jamaica has been in more general re quest, but holders arc compelled to accept moderate rates. The parcels sold were 30 to 35 per cent. over proof of lo w an d mid quality at 2s 3d to 2s 6d, good mid to good 32 to 38 over 2s 7d to 3e 2d, fine and superior 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Demerara several parcels have been sold at is 10d to 2s 2d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. There is a smaller stock of Rum than last season by 2,600 puns, &c., and deliveries are better than of late. In Brandy a good deal has been done, and holders have confidence. Cognac, best brands of the vintado of 1850 realized 4s 4d to 4$ 63, 1849 ditto 4s 7d to 43 9, 1848 ditto 4s lld to 5s Id, 1847 ditto 53 4d to 5s 6d, older sorts 5s 10d to 7s, ord kinds 2s 6d to 3s 10d, and Bourdeaux 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Gevena is still selling at Is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 93 to 2s. British made Spirit can be obtained at 9s 5d to 9s 6d, and Gin at 8s 2d to 8s 3d for 22 per cent under proof. SALTPETRE.—To-day a fair business was concluded in Calcutta Saltpetre privately, and lull rates were paid. At auction 358 bags were disposed of at 29s to 28s 6d for 2. 3 2 - per cent, refraction of fine quality. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon prices declined Id per lb for Cochineal, but at auction 89 bags sold; ord and good ord Honduras silvers 2s lld to 3s Id, low and mid blacks 3s Id to 3s Scl, and good Mexican blacks 3a 4d to 3s sd. Ilium—The market for Raisins has a dull aspect; and there aro sell ers o f V alencia at 32s to 355; Dente 21s to 255; Red Smyrna 30s to 325; Eleme 33s to 365; Sultanas 50s to 525; and Muscatels 36s to 60s. Currants are, however, in good demand. and the market is firme r f or b etter sorts. The value is from 32i to 425; and for upper Gulph and new growth 27s to 30 3 . Fi gs are d ea l t i n with caution at 40s to 50s for Turkey; Greek 26s to 289, and Prunes 25s to 295. French Plums are still scarce, and wanted at 5/ to 104 The value of Jordan Almonds is 71 103 to 10/ ; Valencia 87s to 90s; Barbary sweet 535, bitter 425. TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of 278 3d to 36s 6d; 238 casks wrecked P.Y. Candle 33s 9d to 36s 63. s P 2 ks OgckSsouStyh'dnAe y me n r t ie Tallow went at 34s to 36s 6d; 34s 3d OlLS.—This afternoon, at public sale, 58 tuns Polar Whale Oil in part sold at 291 to 301; and 40 cases refined Spermaceti at is lld to is 1 lid. SEABORNE MAILS. EN signifies that the mails are sent Prom the General Poet-ofttos by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.) When made up in' From what when PLACES. General Post-office port din due. London. patched. ----_____ America (by Brit. Pkt)N ,Tune 6 .. .. Liverpool .. June 9 America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 10 .. .. Liverpool .. America (by - LLB, pkt) b f J uno 18 .. .. Southampt. Jane 12 Africa (West coast).., N 14th of the month i rlymouth Jane 3 Alexandria* • • ..... N!191.11& 30th of mo. Dover .. Jane 11 Belgians .. .. • •. N ' Daily .. .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil ' • • . 111 9th of the month Southampt. Juno 1 2 Buenos Ayres .. .. hf 9th of the month Southampt. June 12 Cali forrila(viaChagres)hf 17th of month Southampt. Jane b Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. June 3 Constantino p l e * •• •• Nj7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. June 10 Central America .. h2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles .• .. NiMon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. S a Chili France " " •• . Mjl7th of the mouth Southampt. June 20 .. • • .. 3l &N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedally Greece* • • • • 1117 th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Jane 10 4 Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. .. '.. ht IWednes. & Satur. Loudon .. Mon.Tlarr Honduras .. .. . E 17th of the mouth Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. .. M . 4 - N Twice daily .. .. ,Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th o f th e monthlSoutharapt. ,June 23 India (viaMarsellle s ) N, 7 t h& 24th o fmonth I Do ver •. , Juno 18 Mediterranean (via, Southampton) • • 120th of the month Southampt. Jane 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. ...N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover ..,June 18 Mexico .. .. . 3t2d of the month.. Southampt. !June 5 ilikleira ' • • • • . ,319111 of the month Southampt. Jane 12 Malta* „ .. g 7th,l7tlnl9tit , 27th 1 1 Dover Jane 10 , & 30th of month Naples* .. • • •. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .• ,June 12 Papal States* .. •. N 5111 15th 25th ofmo Dover . Jun ell Peninsular.. .. .. 111 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampi. /June 16" Peru •• " •• •• 141 17th of the month Southampt. June 20 . Tuscany* .. .. .. 24 sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • ,June 12 West Indies .. .. hi 17th of the month Southarapt. iJune 20 West Indies (except Havana & Nassau) M,Sid of the month .. Southampt. June 5 ' ll The mails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by rronnh nenl-n+ Is.l a 111/- ... _ Tuscany* West Indies .. West Indies (except Havana & Nassau) 51, * The malls to those c French packet via MsrseL CALLIFOHNIA.—MaIty to are now despatched and d and from CaWomb lue by every Amen, la, vitt the United State lean packet. MUNIFICENT DONATIONS TO TUE ROYAL ORTLIO- P-"IC 11 °SPITIL.—Ifer Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have subscribed 1001. to the Royal Orthopredic Hospital, in addition to which the committee have received many other donations, including 501. from the trus tees of the Cholmondeley Charities, 501. from Quarles Harris and Sons, and a promise of 5001. from " Anonymous" when 9,5001. shall have been subscribed towards the building fund of the institution. CLYDE, JUNE , t—Sid. Susan, Montreal. SHIELDS, JUNE s.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., heih.— Sld. is4rliDgtop, Qubec. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 5. METROPOLIS WATER BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. COCHRANE rose to move an amendment, that ,t is the opinion of this House that no Bill for the supply of water to the metropolis shall be proceeded with, unless the works required for an improved and complete supply of water to the metropolis shall be put up for competition as to the terms on which they shall be executed and maintained, upon a contract for a term of years, on a general rate. The Honourable Gentleman, after relating the history of the existing metropolitan water companies, from the establishment of the New River Company down to the present time, proceeded to state that he op posed this Bill because it would increase monopoly in the water supply of the metropolis. The history of the existing water companies was perfectly incredible, and he was very much afraid that the present state of the company and the conduct of their managers was equally reprehensible. Many year, ago there was a water mania somewhat resembling the railway mania of 1846, and things reached such a pitch that the Legislature was compelled to interfere. Then was established that monopoly which the public now complained of, and he for one thought very properly complained, for a more disgraceful system could not be conceived than that which regulated the water sup ply of the metropolis. Within the last few weeks ho had personally gone over London to make himself master of this very subject, and then sights met his eyes that per fectly astounded him. Nothing could be more horrible than the scenes which he saw, and he believed M. Leon Faucher, who had performed a similar tour of inspec tion, had publicly declared that our water reservoirs were a stigma to a nation boasting of its civilization as England did. (rho Hon. Member read his personal notes of a visit to places in Bermondsey, Knightsbridge, and other districts, showing that diseases of the worst character always existed where the supply of water was either deficient for impure.) While the average duration of life among the higher classes was 42 :years, among the poor and industrious people, who were more particulary subject to the misery and discomfort of filthy and unwholesome water, it was only ten years, and that fact alone he thought was sufficient to stamp the present system with the condem nation of the House. If a different system were adopted he should be prepared to show that water might be sup plied at 21d. for each house in London instead of 7id., as at present. There was, however, never a greater piece of jugglery attempted on the House than the Go vernment Bill!, which would place in the hands of the different water companies a larger profit than they now derived. Simultaneous with the Bill had ap peared the prospectus of a company, which, with a capital of two millions of money, proposed to supply every house in L on d on at a penny a week each with a id. capital, p ure , so f t water at high pressure. Add to that as compensation f or t h e present compan i es, the cost of water would b e on l y h a l f of that wh i c h i t was at pre sent. Th e sav i ng i n washing with soft water alone Napier would be a quarter o f a mill i on a year . Mr. had sho wn t h at 57 m i llion gallons per clayo and fthepurest soft wat er cou ld b e obtained from Farnham,that the cost would not be much more than thirda it was at p resent . Th e scenes o f horrorr witnessed daily wh a w t ehruemsaunffii inhumanity e o n f t tt the e proveexist existing Lila water inefficiencyc Cochran e ) wan t e d to k now why y necessaries of life, on first should mpa there haiseswell i be e as of the a mo nopoly of water, one of the the part of water companies ? In conclusion, h e (M r. Cochrane) quoted from M. Leon Faucher, the present Prime Minister of France, a passage strongly condemna torythe metropolis, condemna toryf of that privilege. ()off the a e sanitarylocal administration,of the and condemnatory of the monopoly of water by the nine compani es i n posses sion state The Bill before th e H ouse bore on its face the stamp of these water companies ; it was sufficient for him to know that they approved of the Go• v ernme nt measure to conclude that it would give no sa tisfaction to the public. Under these ciroutuatauces to moved his aarnitiment. JUNE 6, 1851. LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar— •••••••• •,, ea ... Leghorn ........•••••• 30 50 Genoa •••• •• •• •••• •••• 25 40 Milan ..•••••••••••••• ••••• Ven1c0........•• •••••• Naples .... •••••••• 41 Pa10rm0,per05........ 123 N Messina ......... Lisbon.... • • ..... Oporto .......... • Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres .. • - New York, 60 days'aigh Philadelphia rItICES OP BULLION, PEE 01. Foreign Geld in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 11 Silveria bars 0 b 0% 53% 5334 - --- MR. EMERSON on SLAVERY in AIIIERICA. The following letter was sent by Mr. R. W. Emerson, in answer to an invitation to attend the annual meeting of an Anti• Slavery Society held at Concord, United States, on the 3rd ult.:— " New York, 18th March, 1851. " Dear Friend,—l bad more reasons than one to regret leaving home at this time, and, if my present engage ments were not of two seasons' standing, I should have made every effort to relieve myself. For your liberty meeting, I thing it has a certain importance just now; and, really, at this moment, it seems imperative that every lover of human rights should, in every manner, singly or socially, in private and in public, by voice and by pen--and, first of all, by substantial help and hospi tality to the slave, and defending him against his hunters, enter his protest for humanity against the detestable statute of the last Congress. I it a subject of conversation in all cars and steamboats, and everywhere distributing society into two classes, according to the moral feasibility of individuals on one part, and their habitual docility to party leading on the other. I do not know how the majority of today will be found to decide. Sometimes people of natural probity and affection are so wrapped by the habit of party, and show themselves so unexpectedly callous and inhuman, that it seems we must wait for the Almighty to create a new generation a little more keenly alive to moral impres sions, before any improvement in institutions can be looked for. But, as far as I hare observed, there is, on all great questions, a tide of undulation in the public mind, a series of actions and re-actions. The momentary interest carries it today; but, presently, the advocates of the liberal principle are victorious—and the more entirely, because they had persisted unshaken under evil report. And, as justice alone satisfies everybody, they are sure to prevail at last. " If the world has any reason in it, it is for ever safe and successful to urge the cause of love and right. I know it is very needless to say this to you, and others like yon, who cannot, if they would, help serving the truth, though all the world be gone to worship Mam mon. But it is the only answer I know how to make to our mathematical compatriots. So, wishing you a day of happy thoughts and sympathies on Thursday, I remain, yours respectfully and gratefully, " R. W. EMERSON." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. J 5. AMENDMENT HOUSE OF OF THE LORDS LAW , une OF EVIDENCE BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this Bill, Lord BROUGHAM signified his disapproval of cer tain parts of the Bill, and suggested that it should be referred to a Select Committee, but at the same time he was understood to protest against the Bill being re ferred to the judges. The LORD CHANCELLOR was in favour of re ferring this most important Bill to a Select Committee. Lord CAMPBELL considered that the Bill would greatly improve the administration of justice—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Brougham)—and his opinion had been greatly confirmed by the letter which had been published by his illustrious predecessor, Lord Denman.—(Hear.) He thought the judges ought to be consulted, and that their opinion was entitled to great consideration. He would consent to refer it to a Select Committee, and had no doubt that it would there receive every consideration. Lord BROUGHAM had only intended to object to calling the judges as witnesses before the Committee. He thought the opinion of the judges entitled to every respect. The Bill was then committed pro forma, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAM said his Noble and Learned Friend, who was not then present (Lord Lyndhurst) had, in a recent speech, made a statement respecting the Bill passed some time ago for the improvement of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, the result of which he said had exceeded: all their expectations. Ho had not then compared that Bill, which was framed by the pre sent Master of the Rolls, with the provisions of the measure he was now about to lay upon the table of the House. That was the same Bill which he:had introduced to that House in the course of last session, and which had passed through all its stages then without any oppo sition, with the exception of some doubts expressed by the late Noble Master of the Rolls. These doubts were, however, subsequently so far removed that the Noble Lord had waived any further objections to the measure. In consequence of the lateness of the session when it went down to the other House it was dropped. Now this Bill was almost identical with the one which it appeared was so successful in Ireland, and the facts mentioned by his Noble and Learned Friend respecting the Irish Bill applied with equal force to his measure. Ho had stated the provisions of the Bill on a former occasion. It had been most carefully prepared by a learned relative of his, and was intended to supply the defects of the dead men's clauses, as they were called, in Chancery. Lord CRAN WORTH said that the Bill, no doubt, deserved their most serious attention. He did not think that the case of England stood in the same position as that of Ireland. Ile recollected that Lord Cottenham, about twelve months ago, had proposed an a l terat i on i n the proceedi ngs o f the Court of Chancery, abolishing the necessity of petitioning. By these new orders the system was, he believed, made as inexpensive and expe ditious as could well be expected. If the Bill had worked so well in Ireland, he (Lord Crsnworth) was surprised that his Noble and Learned Friend had not adopted that feature of it which referred to the petition ing part of the subject. Lord BROUGHAM said it was owing to the expense of petitioning, which was 151. alone, that he did not pro pose to proceed by petition. Lord CRANWORTH said that that fact showed the propriety of saying nothing on the Bill until it was actually before them. Lord BROUGHAM said that when his Noble and Learned Friend saw the Bill he would And that it did ❑ot interfere with the new orders. The Bill was then laid on the table and read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM having proposed the names of the Select Committee to which he referred his former Bill, Their Lordships then adjourned. Sir B. HALL should not vote for the proposition of the Hon. Gentlemen— ho could not understand it. Mr. B. COCHRANE said he would withdraw the amendment to give way to the amendment fur a seeond reading that day six months. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. MOFFAT then rose to move as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. It was clearly and distinctly proved by the Board of Health that the supply of water to the metropolis was in sufficient by reason of its defective distribution ; that it was inferior in quality, as containing vegetable and or ganic matter in solution; and that its cost was higher than it ought to be. The cost was now about 450,000/. per annum, but it had been shown that it oould be ob. tained for half that sum, of a much more useful and effi cient character, and of a greater economy in the article of washing. The total cost of washing in the metro polis was five millions yearly. There was a graver ob jection to the Bill, inasmuch as it proposed to take the whole property of these companies at a fair and liberal valuation. But the value must be taken at the present value—the value of monopoly ; not such a value as op en competition would hav e settled. Ho also objected to the mode in which the machinery of the Bill was to be worked. If the Bill passed ho believed there would be no material benefit to the public as far as a pure supply of water was concerned. Nor was the Secretary of State the proper person, even if he had time to spare, to look after this important sanitary matter. Ile did not believe the Bill would lower the rate to the public gene rally; for he found that by the Bill the rate was still to be 6d. for every 1,000 gallons. Now, in Whitehaven he knew that the inhabitants were supplied for ld. per 1,000 gallons. He thought the Government ought to do with water the same as had been done with gas. This would serve to protect the public against combination. He thought Government had neglected the interests of the public in the step they had taken; for it appeared to him the only effect of the Bill would be to substitute one great monopoly for several smaller ones. He begged to move his amendment that the Bill be read that day six months. Sir B. HALL bad no hesitation in declaring from his knowledge of the feeling of the inhabitants of the me tropolis, from the east to the west, that they unanimously desired the Bill should not be proceeded with. The effect of this Bill would be to continue the management of affairs in the hands of the existing directore, and the result would be that competing companies could never be agein established. He objected also to the mode proposed for valuing the property and the shares of the existing companies, because if persevered in it would be impossible to expect that the public would have any im mediate reduction of the present cost of water to them. The Bill was a Bill entirely for the benefit of holders of shares in water companies, and before they granted this boon the House ought to see what good these compa nies bad done to deserve it.' Had they carried out the conditions upon which they obtained their powers from Parliansent?—(Hear, hear.) He would prove from documentary evidence before the Board of Health that this was not so. It was impossible to get the Legisla ture to interfere effectually on behalf of the public, be cause the water interest was too strong in that House. He had been told that no less than seventy-five Mem bers of that House were holders of water company shares, and therefore, as they bad a direct interest in keeping up monopoly, he considered they ought to ab stain from voting on questions in which their private interest was opposed to the public interest. To show the variation in the charges to the pub lic, in one company the price was charged Bd. per 1,000 gallons, in another the charge was 3id. per 1,000 gallons, showing a difference of 128 per cent. between the charges. Pamphlets had been written on bsth sides of the question —one by the Hon. Member (Sir W. Clay), in which it was stated that the Grand Junction, of which he was the chairman, drew water at a place where there was no sewerage. Now he (Sir B. Hall) believed it would be found that there was a great deal of sewerage in the district from which the Grand Junction drew its supply. Another company drew its water from Battersea, but here there was the disadvantage of drawing the supply of water between two sets of sewers. It was this system that the lion. Member (Sir W. Clay) wished to be left undisturbed. He could quote numerous other instances to show that it was necessary the supply of water should be taken out of the hands of thoso who at present had the entire mo nopoly secured to them. The Hon. Member here read the chemical analysis of several descriptions of water supplied by different water companies, to prove that all the supplies were more or less loaded with impurities, animalcules, and other things injurious to health and domestic purposes. The Hon. Member (Sir W. Clay), however, said this was the kind of water the public ought to have, and which his company would go on sup plying if Parliament would not interfere. Ho would just show that the proposal of Government would fix on the public a higher price than the New River Company charged. He would first mention, that from a return recently made of the price of shares of water compa nies, ho found that a 1001. share of the New River, we understood, was valued at 17,300/. For each 100/. share the directors ge a showerlge income, nearly he believed. Ile would that the scale proposed by Government for the rate of charging was higher than the present scale of the New River Com pany. For a 7-roomed house the New River charge was 245.; the Government chargee24s. 6d. For a 9-roomed house, New River charge, 305.; Government charge, 31s. Gcl.; and for a 10-roomed house, New River charge, 365.; Government charge, 40s. He said Government ought to place the whole management and control in the hands of the rate - payers.—(Hear.) Do not let the pub lic be subject to all the schemes and extravagances of the present directors, especially when they found that the chairmen of two companies had put forward a pam phlet to say the public ought to be satisfied with the system as it existed. The public would be content to buy the plant and property of water companies at its own price—(Hear) —but that price must be a very low one. If the ratepayers were entrusted with the matters they would be found fully capable of managing their own affairs. He felt bound, therefore, to resist the Bill to the uttermost.; Mr. W. WILLIAMS said the quantity, quality, and price of water were complained of from one end of the metropolis to the other. The Bill was only intended to create a job for the perpetual supply of impure water to the public under the sanction of her Majesty's Govern. ment.—(Hear.) To show the working of the system he would, just notice that in London and Southwark, where there was competition, the average price per house was 20s. In the districts supplied by the seven companies the average price was 355. per house, and in West Mid dlesex the average per house was 58s. Here was a dif ference of nearly 300 per cent. in charge. Now, did Govern ment mean to pay the companywhich sold its water at 30. at the same rate as the company which charged 15d. for the same quantity? He was satisfied that the Bill, instead of putting an end to monopoly, would only con centrate the present seven monopolies into one gigantic monopoly. Why did the Right Hon. Gentleman not leave the power of managing their own affairs to the ratepayers. It was only by giving the ratepayers this power that they would get good water at a cheap rate. There must be something in the background, for the present Bill certainly contemplated something more than the public good. At public meetings the universal feeling ing was that the ratepayers should have the management of this question placod,wholly in their hands, as they were the best parties to look after their own interests. He was of opinion that the power sought by the Bill ought not to he confined to the Secretary of State. He was satisfied it would bring that high functionary into con stant collision with the inhabitants and ratepayers of the metropolis. He should give his decided opposition to the Bill. Sir G. GREY was anxious to hear all the objections that could be urged on the subject before he addressed the House. Ho had listened with attention to the dis cussion, and he was now prepared to address the House on the question. The Hon. Member for Bridport, on the second reading of the Bill, had brought forward some amendments which he afterwards withdrew. On that occasion he did not labour to prove that which was distinctly admitted—the defects of the present supply of water to the metropolis. He had, however, re ferred in general terms to the various 'inquiries which had taken place on Committees by the direc tion of the House, and the evidence taken before the Board of Health; and be assumed that it could not be disputed that some essential change was necessary to se cure to the public the best possible supply of water at the lowest possible rate. The Hon. Member for Mary lebone had dwelt on the character of the present supply and the expense, as if he (Sir G. Grey) were disposed to contravert that position, when in fact the Bill before the House was founded on those admitted defects. Ho was not bound to enter upon the defence of the existing water companies. Hon. Members connected with thorn might do so if they thought fit; but as far as the tenour of the statements made to the House went, he was pre pared to admit the present sources of supply were de fective—that the quality was bad—and that the expense of supply had been greater than was necessary. Another point insisted o n was that competition had failed to accomplish the object attributed to it. No w , the Bill was framed on the principle that competition could not be relied on for the supply of water to th e metropolis, and the facts alluded to in the report of the Board of Health supported that view. He did not think the House would act wisely in encouraging competition in the hope that it would produce the results desired. The Hon. Member for Marylebone thought that 80020 control should be given to the ratepayers. He had expressed a similar opinion, but had st a t e d that pe culiar reasons existed in the metropolis which did not apply to other large towns, and which for the present it was not easy to overcome. After a competition among the nine water com panies so severe that many shareholders were ruined, a combination was effected, which now enjoyed monopoly in supplyin g the metropolis with a complete water. The Government had Board of Health carefully considered th e report of the , whole of the evidence, and the effect it had p ro d uced on his mind was, that the' Go vernment would not be justified in assuming as proved that the existing sources of supply should be abandoned, or that the sources of supply indicated by them ought to be adopted. The Government had selected three gen tlemen to report on the subject, and the inquiry was still pending. The Government might have taken advantage of that inquiry to have said that %bile it was pending they would not support any measure on the subject. But after the various inquiries that had taken place, they had thought it to be their duty to propose an alteration of the present system, reserving the right of taking new sources of supply, end also of closing any of the exist ing sources which should be proved to be unfit. The principleof the Bill, therefore, was not the I,erpetuation of an irresponsible monopoly, but the substitution in its place of a com bi ne d management, which he be li eve d would be p ro d uct i ve of a great saving of expense . It was propo se d t o conso li date the boards of management of the nine existing companies into one, with restric tions as to dividends, and limitations as to the amount of the rates, and subject to the control of the Go- Torunant afa $9 the sourcep fr9th which water might be derived, and a 3 to its mode of sup ply. Another provision of the Bill would enable the Government to keep the interest of any of these com panies at a fixed rate, and to transfer it as Parliament might think fit. To a certain degree he believed the charge, that the companies had abused their trust. Tho remedy proposed was to tehe away the irresponsibility of the companies, and to place them under such a con trol_ as would pre ven t th e recurrence o f a b use . S o me of the recommendations of the Board of Health report were, in his opinion, well founded. He thought it was a sound recommendation, that whatever might be done in superseding the existing companies, a fair and adequate compensation should be awarded to them, either by ar bitration or by a jury; but ho did not approve of their suggestion, that a board of salaried officers should be ap pointed for the purpose of taking on themselves the ma nagement of a ,supply of water. On the part of the Government he had declined to ask for those powers which the Board of Health had recommended. 1111 the, power th e y propoaed to take was for the purpose of exercising some efficient control over those trading bodies to whom was entrusted the supplying of the me tropolis with water. He was not at present prepared to controvert the opinions of Mr. Napier on the subject: but looking to the contradictory opinions of the Board of Health on the subject, he thought he should not be warranted in saying that the whole supply of water should be drawn from the sou; ee indicated in the re port. It had been assumed that the expense of the Go vernment plan would be greater to the consumer then the expense of the present system. It was difficult to enter fully upon such a point on the second reading: The schedule now proposed was not to be regarded as final, but as a subject for discussion in Committee: The present expense h a d b een stated at 4 50,000! a year. Tho result of the inquiries had been stand in the schedule, and there was every reason to beliese that the expense would be reduced, as stated, by at least 100,000/. a year. Last year. i n th e Bill f or prov iding , supply of water from Watford, th e expense was state?. at 478,0001,, being an increase on the present amour" It had been assumed that an extravagant compensa tion would be given. It had been thought advisable not % i f lay down an y a b so l ute pr i nc i p l e of compensation in Sul Bill. They had f or th e i r gu id ance the principle adopt? in the loc a l wa t erwor k s Acts, under one of which the Corporation of Li verpoo l h ad effected the purchase o._' the water compani es i n th at town. It was a m i sta k e to suppose that the Government guaranteed to these comps' nies 5 per cent. whatever might be their malvermatir or extravagance. On the contrary, the complaint on th e part of those water companies who bad expressed al i t opinion on the Bill was , t h at i t guaranteed no dividend at all. The 31st clause contained a provision by which the Lords of the Treasury, after inquiry, would be eta' powered, although the company might not be receiving 5 per cent., if they thought it was neglecting its duties' to reduce the rates, and to charge such rates as they, thought might remun era t e th e company. As to con trol by ratepayers, he might remark that a Bill bad been printed that day to the introduction of which, thoucil he had not yet roa d it, h e h a d g i ven h i s assent, as be d i d not object to its principle. That Bill proposed to buy up; under certain circumstances, the existing companies, and to supersede the management of the nine companies bf entrusting the management to a body to be appointed bf the ratepayers. If the House thought fit to refer that Bill to a Select Committee, he should offer no objection to such a proceeding. The Hon. Member for Maryle bone seemed to doubt the efficiency of Government con trol, and bad referred to the conduct of the Board of Health with respect to the Interments Act. The Board of Health had been most anxious to come to some amic able arrangements with the different cemetery companie s in order to obtain possession of their grounds, but the/ bad failed in every one instance, and were now about W take the ultimate steps pointed out by the Act, and to bring the terms of compensation either before arbiters or a jury.—(Hear, hear.) Without pretending that the present was a perfect Blil, he hoped the House would read it a second time, so that its details might be sifted in Committee. If the House agreed to the second read ing, he should propose to refer it to the Committee of Selection, in order that they might name a Committee of five Members to consider its details up stairs. Sir J. JOHNSTONE thought some measure was re quired to compel landowners to lay on water for their tenants, where it could be easily done. His objections to the present Bill were, that it proposed to do awe/ with the rights and privileges of the existing w ater companies of the metropolis—that it proposed to &male gamete them, without taking into consideration the dif ferent districts they supplied and the different sources from which they derived their supplies of water; and that it contained no principle of compensation. He did not think that the saving anticipated would be such se to justify amalgamation, nor could amalgamation be jus tified on the ground that there existed a source su perior to all the present sources of water supply. The Farnham scheme was a one-sided affair, and had been originated by persons not of the highest authority in engineering matters. He denied, on behalf of existing water companies, that there would be anything equal to the supply alleged to be required for the metropolis from the Farnham districts; and that assertion was borne out, he contended, by the reports of Mr. Napier and other scientific persons who had been employed to examine the locality. Whatever might have been the approved quality of the water, the supply could never be sufficient for this city. The Board of Health at one time complained that the companies did not send enough of water; and at another, that they sent double the quantity required; so that the companies were at a loss to comprehend exactly what it was that was meant. If the Government were determined upon legislating on that subject, lot them appoint a Committee to examine into everything connected with the present water supply, and let that Committee report to the House on every point bearing upon it. They should take into consi deration all the schemes started to supply the present alleged deficiencies of the existing companies in their respective works, the capabilities of the districts from which they now derive their supplies, and the powers which they might possess of increasing them ; also the liabilities of each company, the amount of compensation they might require, their scales of rates, whether rea sonable or otherwise, and then let them come to the con clusion that all the existing companies were to be de stroyed, and one large company established in their place for the supply of the metropolis and its neighbour hood. On the report of such a Committee they would have a basis upon which Parliament might fairly legis late. He thought he had stated sufficient to show why they should object to the present Bill. That any com pany could give the supply demanded under the existing arrangements he did not think possible. As for those whom he represented he could say they courted inquiry. They had sustained a considerable quantity of abase, and yet the complaints made against them were not well founded. They only asked for an opportunity of meeting face to face those who were so ready to accuse them of so many faults. He bad only to observe, in conclusion, that be would oppose the motion for the second reading of the Bill before the House. Mr. MO WATT said he need take up but very little of their time in demonstrating that which was already ad mitted on all hands —namely, that the supply of water to the metropolis at present was bad and vicious in the ex treme. It was bad in quality, deficient in quantity, and excessive in price. Indeed, the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department, from the very fact of his attempting to legislate on that subject, proved that the nature of the supply was bad, and some legislation necessary. Therefore he (Mr. Mowatt) would only deem it expedient to apply himself to the Bill before them. Now if legislation was necessary for the procuring of a better supply, the question arose, whether the proposi tion of the Right Hon. Baronet would go to meet the de ficiency? He would ask, did that Bill remedy those ra dical and fatal difficulties which the present system pos sessed? He maintained that it did not, but, on the con trary, the effect of his measure would be to perpetuate through all time those very evils and abuses which he said had induced him to legislate on that subject. When, like a great many oth er d en i zens of this vast city, he had discovered the impure quality of the water supplied for the use of the inhabitants, he had been glad to find that the Government had come for ward to legislate on that question. The succession of Committees which had been appointed to inquire into the matter had led him to expect a much more comprehensive measure than the one now proposed? What was the character of that Bill ? Did the Government propose that they should go to better sources which r a supplesuy than those impure and d ep l orable ones existing companies were obliged to use? No such thing The Right Honourable Gentleman did not eitherto do anything di d he prtohpeonse to do astoth a e ny q t u h a i e n t g ity to and quality.. duce the cost of the present supply; but he contemplated consolidating all the companies, so that the evils which, existed in every shape shape and form would continue in perpetuity. So far from rendering any service to the public, or bettering the supply of water, be thought the Right Honourable Baronet would inflict the greatest ca lamity on the metropolis which it was possible for legis-, lation to devise. The only advantage which would be derived from flans amalgamating together all those com panies would be, that their general management might be thereby simplified. Now the public did not want that consolidation of the existing companies, seeing that all their plant was connected with the present impure and deficient supply. He did not object to those com panies making us much as they could of their respect ive speculations; but it was requisite that the public exigencies should be met at some time or other It might be said that Government reserved to themselves the power, after consolidating the companies, of re quiring that if the water be not pure, and the supply sufficient, recourse should be had to other sources for a supply better in quant i ty and quality. Ho (Mr. Mowatt) however, considered that they were al ready beyond that part if theq i ueBsdvgate tien u . l , t o ta g d ua b l e i e ty n long admitted that the supply was n bad, and the price too high. The Right Hon. Gentle man, therefore, was doing a great injury to this metro polis, in deferring a decision on that subject one day after the Bill was brought into that HOUse. If the Right Hell. Baronet was not prepared to say to the water companies at once, s You must go to certain good sources for a better supply than yo u egid n a o t w e at Pr a c l e l ti e r rn e'' t ' b h a e t He did not think the Right had better not have attempted to i I m I o on " . igroorntaetnt question% was justified in delving what the Hon. Baronet the Member for 'Marylebone had said with re spect to the effect of his Bill on raising the rates on the inhabitants. Sir G. GREY said it would not have that effect in th aggregate. MOWATT continued —After all, the amount of rates was of minor consequence, when the necessity of a supply of good water for the health of the publics was taken into consideration. It was in a sanitary point of view that the question was to be looked at most parti cularly. The Hon. Member hero went into a brief de scription of some experiments which he had made on the t a water supplied t o hi s own premises, which he said l thick, slimy deposit every month in the Ci sterns ; and this used to cause the water, after nulling ill, to be muddy Nad doll; but that, had taken