The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to Gorbals Gravitation Bill Were considered and agreed to. PETITIONS. kr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the work ing m en of Glasgow against the Registration of As- Nurances Bill. DROPPED ORDERS. The dropped orders were reappointed. EXPENSES OF ELECTIONS' BILL. On the motion of going into committee on this bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said he made it a point of always opposing bills of this nature. It was a bill of Pains and penalties against the electors, and he could not better characterise its spirit than to stigmatise it as a mean, sh a bb y , di sgrace f u l a ff a i r , f ro m beginning to end. It was alike a degradation to the candidate and electors, and he would not permit it to proceed without. protest ; only consider that the law was so rig idl y es, en forced that th e can did a t e cou ld no t give his supporters, who might have walked miles, either a gl brandy and water, or a change of linen. (A All that the candidate could do, if the bill asse" to thank hi s f r i en d s f or th e expens e and trouble they had been put to, but " fine words buttered no parsnips," and thanks w ou ld b e an em pty return to the ma expended h is mone y an d his labour to promotenwo had the re turn of the m an w hose principles he admired. (A. laugh.) Pshaw I this was a paltry bill ; it was to put down music at elections, and, if it passed, he supposed th e gingling of the town crier's bell, or the noise of the child' s penny w hi s tl e , w ould be viewed in the light of bribery and corruption. (A laugh.) The man who had the means was bound to entertain his supporters, and keep u p th a t f e eling o f good old English f e ll ows hi p which always characterised the proceedings of our fore athers. He was as much opposed to bribery and corruption as any man, but he believed there was a wide difference between bribery and cor ruption and entertaining a man's friends to some good wholesome cheer. His table was open to all his friends without tying up their votes, and, as he consi dered the bill would prevent him from exercising the h os pitalities of an English gentleman, he should move as an amendment that the Speaker do not leave the chair until this day three months. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. BARROW seconded the amendment, because if this bill passed the enthusiasm of an indiscreet friend of a candidate might lead him to exhibit a flag, and thereby endanger the seat of his friend if he was returned. Mr. MULLINGS said there was not a more fruitful source of bribery and corruption than allowing the can didates to have bands and flags at elections. (Hear.) Re regretted very much that the objections now urged against the committee were not urged against it on the motion for the second reading. At his own election he gave notice that he would neither employ f lags nor music, but his opponent who was the popular candidate did not follow his example, and the conse a quence was, that f or severa l d ays t h e t own was k e pt i n state of uproar. Nor was this all, he was asked to n ame , a n um b er of persons who were h i s supporters to e sworn in as special constables, but he refused to do to as he th ought it was the duty of the returning officer t? tak e a ll the necessary precautions for preserving the byeeace of th e town. H e wou ld pay no thi ng b u t th e legal expenses of the election, and he should sup port this bill in the hope that it would put an end to the o Prnemicpilyhlg o :spractice of corrupting voters under the guise them as flag carriers or musicians. M r. E. DENISON thought the bill was open to considerable objection, on the same ground as those state d by Mr. Barrow, and he should vote against the committal of the bill. Mr. ELLIOT f o ll owe d on t h e same s id e , an d sa id h e !ould not understand why a man should be prevented fr om enjoying himself at an election with a fiddle or band of music or that he s h ou ld b e liable to a fine to 101. if he displayed a laurel leaf in a piece of ribbon in his button -hole to show which way his feelings went. , Mr. GRE EN said there were objections which could be removed in committee. " MH. BERKELEY approved of the merit of the ui, and recommended the house to go into committee Without any more delay. Mr. MITC HELL complained that the bill did not go farerahre= f g o h, and thought the time had arrived when all party ought to be prohibited at contested elec tion; as they only served to provoke wars and rioting. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against it 79 The house then went into committee. On clause 1, , Mr. BARROW mov ed the omission of words, so as r limit the responsibility of the candidate to acts done by himself, and not leave him liable for the misconduct ?,f an agent of whose proceedings he had been quite in the dark. Mr. MIILLINGS consented to strike the objection able words out. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. VERNON Nam, the amendment was agreed to. [LEFT BITTING.] R AILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEV ON AND DORSET RAILWAY BILL. SPECIAL REPORT. txr aV ir. Beck e tt reported from the committee or group 14-111- ) of railway bills, who were empowered to make a Away report so far as relates to the Devon and Dorset 41411 waY Bill, that they had agreed to the following special report : " That in arriving at the decision that the allegations contained in the preamble of the bill had not been proved to their satisfacti on , your committee have not l os t s i g ht of the urgent necessity for filling existe gap in railway . communication which at present between Dor chester and Exeter, nor do they doubt that the Devon 1.,4?id Dorset Line, which has come under their inves- Ligation, would supply that deficiency for all purposes of local traffic. But taking a wider view of the subject, "nd listening to evidence adduced in the progress of this Investigation from authorities of high consideration, your committee feel the importance of a railway communication neon on e un i form guage between Exeter and London in a ort h - easterly direction via Axminster and Salisbury, and of another from Exeter to Portsmouth and the east coast es W •ft Dorchester ' • and, believing that a commu nication so dir able could not be attained if the Devon and Dorset railway bill now proposed should rece i ve th e sanction of Parli ament, they are of opinion that they are best pro reoting the public welfare by gi vin an opportunity in the beat sessio n o f Parliament for the establishment of one Uniform guage throughout the above district. " Your committee would, however, have hesitated to rej ec t the bill bef*e them had it not been proved in evidence that the proprietors in the London and South • Wester n Railway Company, at a recent public meeting, had authorised and requested their directors to pledge ?tat company to apply to Parliament at the earliest period Powers to construct an extension of their railway from ntollester to Exeter ; and, had the committee not re ceived from the same company, through their chairman u- r• Scott, a member of this house) a clear and distinct assurance in his evidence, and in a letter ' B oT ) tquontly given in, that in the next session use -rsvliament that company will introduce and •rigi n !, lle ir best endeavours to obtain an act for autho gau2, In ioh extension of their railway on the narrow to en — Z -61 ,4 extension to be waxy . efficient character, and jl ac r — P r ' B o a double line of The committee also a citeilar assurance from Mr. Scott that, in the event of such an extension being sanctioned by Parliament, the London and South-Western Railway Company would im mediately thereafter proceed to double their existing rail- Way between Southampton and Dorchester, without wait ing until the obligation to do so , cast on them by `The come int o oper a a n tio Southamton d nDorchester Railway e Act, 181 5 shall .chairman of your committee, was rece i ved " The followin g letter from Mr. S co tt, a dd ressed t• the by your committee :--- and considered ' ondonol. July 1, 1853. " ' Sir,—With reference to" theL Dorset Railway, and the railway ommunile proposed to serve, 1 beg, as chaff cation of the rman of the district it was London and South-Western Railway ,, ` - ' °lll l 3 anY, and as their representative, acting under the authority of the resolu tions of the proprietors at their public meetin g on the 19th n'Y May l as t, t o re peat the pledge which in the cours e of evidence before the committee intended, with all dis tinctness, to give, viz.— authorisingem. " ' That the London and South-Western o carrya bill llanY will, in the next session of Parliament, introduce and use thei r b es t en deavours to , an extensi on o f th e i r ra il w ay from Dorchester to Ex e t er on the g auge o f the London an d South Western Railw a y themselv es fi n di ng the necessar y capital, and taking a n the proper p re li m i nary measures , a nd afterwards executing the works with all dispatch. " ' And I have no hesitation in adding that the company will, if such ex t ens i on line be ;ranted to them,b immedi ately proceed to d ou bl e th e lin:between Southampton and which oreh os t er, without waiting for the period at gation to d o so m i ght come into opera ti on under the the Act. existing provisi ons o f th e S out h amp t on an d Dorchester etioutbele me to rn The resolutions of the Company with respect to the axing of the extension line from Dorchester to Exeter afisure you, and I do assure you, that the line 4.. ' proposed shall be a satisfacto . ry and efficient one, and, Zarordance with the pledge given by Mr. Hope Scott, fait .ei and ;01oris Obedient servant, _ _ _ " FRANCIS " Wel. Beckett, E sq ., M . P ., Chairman of the Railway Group (NN)." 71,..11.e:1CE OF PLATE TO THE BISHOP OF LIN COLN.—The . 11 7 1 ,of plate subscribed for by the parishioners of St. r upon h is 88, Westroinst , memorial to their late recto r 111,--m-- ,eltion to the see a of Lincoln, ° .-"--"'aY to the • h lt o ipi , the committee acting f or t h e . rig t rev. pre a , .7 f the plate was about 700/ Parishioners. The value o was presented to be on -view durin . 4 ali th 4 . i t was understood that it was the makers', m eßera : last .three days of this_w .c e ca elLa y t . NEW LAl,lpapohwci:ilkinson and Dob t s h o e n n . eYwi Piccadill y. Act, which p c° ri m eto es r in of to e f v o ;.e r; n, on etkr:llB;sijßeYnacted that the pro topolitan, sta ge carriage shall cause be placed inside lio, • 8 b e and manner as shall b Commissioners of Police, and the e A e directed by the , carriage a lamp, in such position conductor, or if there be no cond ucto r _ be driver of such such shall keep the lamp lighted whenever such carriage shall be used to ply for or carry passengers at any tins - -me after sun-set and before sun -rise. _ properly DITEorioN OF IRON SHILLINGS AND SOVEREIGNS. 7 By applying a small pocket In agoet to a counterfeit coin a the abovekind, it is instantly attracted, and may thus be lifted up from a table, whereas genuine coins ar e unaffected• A delicately suspended magnetic needle i a still More sensitive indicator. thei ight , in jus u! c•t It S that 4. Chey that any aedi- Lded, l he vest ► in ar to ather with which mind arged were rence e pro 'g to ions : )r its tax, whose arable ion of st an small may e not :h, in- ) nine iigher Aien, 4 by Fluent been duty, In anded with wards ,ction, 11 add actual ocure- dared btain, ;re we exists Le Ex of the )roper wesent T can. L is all Df the There- Le de- Lee for imme- Tvan t, EY. Ms re- )untry nts to of the 11,229 5, the 'rough nment ad :nt for MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(TMS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken for export and on s peculation The sales prisedcompris 7,500 American ; 150 Egyptian, at 61d. to and 300' Surat, at 'to 4d. per lb. Railway shares were dull, without much change in prices. A cargo of 50,000 pines has been received by Messrs. Keehn. - and Hunt, per Trinity yacht, Hounsell, master, 27 days from Eleuthera, being the first arrival of the season. Several vessels were taking in cargoes for New York, and the planters were deriving considerable benefit from the trade. The Board of Trade returns for the month and five months ending the sth ult. During the month there was an increase in the importations of cocoa, wheat, barley, oats, rye, Indian corn, cotton yarn, flax hemp, pepper, and brandy ; and a falling off in coffee, flour, cotton manufactures, guano, opium, rice, saltpetre, cinnamon, cloves, rum, unrefined sugar and tallow. The exports show an increase in beer and ale, cheese, coal, and culm, linen yarn, salt, and thrown silk, and a diminution in cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, soap, refined sugar, and wools. The tonnage of vessels entered inwards and cleared outwards during the month, compared with the corresponding period of last year, gives the fol lowing result ENTERED INWARDS. CLEARED OUTWARDS. 1852 1853 - 1 Increase 55,448 I Decrease ...... 39,145 The month's exports from the 'United Kingdom to the sth June stood as follows:- 1852 1853 Increase £1,187,558 Parties in the Australian trade will be inte rested in knowing that the trial trip of the Great Britain, auxilary screw steam-ship, for the purpose of testing the capabilities of her new screw, and more especially her sailing powers under her new rig— a full clipper ship, has been perfectly satis factory. Captain Clapton, Wm. Patterson, Esq., the builder of the Great Britain, and several other gen tlemen of great nautical experience, wont out to witness the vessel's performances, which took place in the Irish Channel on Monday and Tuesday, and all without exception gave it as their opinion, we are informed, that the patent screw was demon strated by the results, to be a great improvement ; but the most agreeable surprise to all on board was the " doings" of this leviathian under canvass ; in fact, we are informed, that it leaves not the shadow of a doubt, but that if those screw steam-ships in the Australian trade which have been built like this ship on clipper " lines," were transformed, as the Great Britain has been, from a screw steamer with the assistance of canvas in fine weather and with fair winds, to a sailing ship with auxiliary screw steam power in bad weather, foul winds, and calms, our southern possessions may with regu larity be reached under sixty days. The Great Britain's antecedents under steam are well known to have exceeded the expectations of her most sanguine admirers. It is therefore super fluous to give any quotations from her log under steam only ; suffice it to say that she sailed as fast and steered even better than she did on her voyage from New York last spring. The foggy state of the weather did not permit the vessel being tried " with a wind," but "on a wind." She showed on the patent log 10 nautical miles per hour under canvass, screw fixed upright, motion less—with steam, Bklbs. pressure, - and canvass, 12/ nautical miles per hour ; hence it is inferred by those able to give a sound opinion on nautical subjects, that with steam and canvass set "with a wind," 14k nautical miles per hour may with con fidence be expected. There was rather more firmness yesterday after ternoon in the foreign exchanges. On Paris, 90 days' bills were taken at 25.2 2 1 to 25 ; on Amster dam, at 11.18 t to I ; on Hamburgh, at 13.7 i to 1; and on Trieste, at 11-4 to 6. The English Stock Market has been very buoyant again, and there is still a confident impression that Russia and Turkey have agreed to accept Austrian mediation. Great difference of opinion prevails concerning the interpretation to be put upon the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia— some considering it favourable, others the re verse. Consols have been 97i to 98k ex dividend for special transfer. Stock appears to be scarce, and the payment of the dividends would have an immediate and decided effect if foreign politics were auspicious. The New 31- per Cents. have been 101* and the 3 per Cents. 98k Bank Stock is steady at 229 k. Exchequer Bills have been done at Is. to 55., and Indian Bonds at 255. premium. East India Stock is at 2571 ex.-div. Foreign Securities have been more dealt in, but without c.v. xnarkod altskratioll in prices. Spanish 3 per Cents. Deferred have been at zzi and the Certificate has ranged from 51 to 6*. Portu guese Small Bonds, ex-coupons, have been quoted 37. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been at 99k, and the 4 per Cents. at 98g. The Greek Blue Bonds have been at Bto 84. Mexican Stock, after being 27, has receded to 261. Russian 5 per Cents. have been done at 117 to 4, being very firm, and Dutch 4 per Cents. have touched 96k. The Sardinian Bonds have been dull at 93i. The Railway Share Market is very well sup ported, by sympathy with Stocks, but the trans actions are not numerous. North-Western, York, and North Midland, Great Western, and Cale donian have been chiefly asked for. French Shares are in more request. Gold Mines and Banks are firmer. Land Com panies steady. The following statement is from the monthly circular of Messrs. Lamond and Co. : " Throughout the whole of June, the only topic en grossing public consideration has been the probable result of the differences between Russia and Turkey. Every other question has been regarded as of secondary importance, attention being alone directed to the solu tion of this great difficulty. However unpromising appearances, and however unfavourable the nature of these reports, there bas been from the commencement of the negotiation, and there continues to be, a strong feeling that peace will not be interrupted, and it is solely through the enormous preponderance of this impression, that business generally has been main tained at anything like a point approaching activity. Even now it is clear that the ultimatum of the Czar has been rejected by the Porte, confidence in a satis factory adjustment is not abandoned, and although operations in the various departments of commerce and finance are being gradually limited, in order to prevent large losses, should an adverse movement take place, the hope almost universally expressed is, that a pacific arrangement may speedily be effected. The prospect of some period elapsing before the points in dispute are brought within manageable compass has from the early part of the month induced the operators at the Stock Exchange to restrict their transactions ; and since the settlement on the 15th, so little has been done in the several markets, that prices have remained from day to day without sensible alteration. A course of proceeding such as this was to have been anticipated, because the brokers and jobbers have naturally, with the chances of peace or war before their eyes, refrained from accepting business, especially that of a speculative character." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock In n (l a aa Bends Stock nas 229a 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9B k 3 per C en t. C onso ls Annuities New 3+ per Cent. Annuities lol.i £lOOO 257 25 Ditto, under £lOOO 25 South se. iv— •• • Sea Ne w Annuities . Consols f or Account 9B 8 Exchequer Bills, - 1060 a, 1d..................... 2,500 ...................... Small .. 1 5 1 PRICE OF N I. 9 i 3 O I 'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 Ditto New, * * ** * ** ** **** * ** * *** * **** * ***** * * * ** ** * * ** * * ** * *** * * * * * * * * ** Cuba Bonds, 6 per Ced e . r Cen: **** •• • •- • • d Greek Bonds, Red ......................... 102 Ditto, Blue . ............................... Mexican 3 per Cent. ....................... 8i 8 Portugue se Bonds, 4 per &;;i: ... ........... 27 61 Ditto Ex all over-due Coupon s . . . .......... B on ds. 5 per Cent. ........... 37 Russian - --.,........ 117 17 i sardinDittioaNpoenids• Cent. per Cent .. .. .... ........ ................ : 3 .00 100 a d Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 93 Ditto Passive (Convert ed) 22 6 i x d f S pan i s h Committee Cei:;. of Coup. not fu, . 5 4 .... Swedish Loan ....................... .. ...... l Ol p 0 Dividends on the above payable in London. P Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent x d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 5i 61 HALF-PAST Tw o. Consols for Opening 19th July ............... 986 i x a COLD WATER STEAM-ENGINE. --Yesterday afternoon we visited the machine shop of Messrs. Burge and John ston, to witness the performance of a new engine, styled as above, and recently invented by Mr. Edward D. Tip pett. The steam is produced without boilers, by simply injecting cold water into generators. The amount of steam required to force out or return the piston rod ;s made by the introduction to the influence of the fire at each moment of precisely the quantity of water needeo, t'ius doing away with the necessity of boilers. It is 'aimed that there is no possibility of an explosion, that greater power is obtained, and less room occupied for tl e n3c essary machinery. The water falls into the engin( ' being first raised by a force-pump into a reservoir situa ted above the engine, and thence inducted down as NA an• ted. The engine is a singularly constructed piece of mechanism, both in appearance and mode of operating. Cincinnati Gazette. THE SUN, LONDON, WEIyNESDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1853. MARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid' Shr. In RAILWAYS. A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct 11 Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley 8 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. .84 Do., £20. .. 10 Bristol and Exeter 10 Caledonian. ... . ..... 11 Chester & Holyhead 11 Cork and Bandon 11 Cork, Black, & Pass Dublin&BelfastJune 11 Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction . 11 Do. New. . .... ........ 11 East Anglian 11 Do., (£lB E& H) .11 Eastern Counties 11 Eastern Union, Class, A. late E. U. Sh.. 8i Do., do .... . ........ 11 Do., B. and C.. 00 SLID 20 Aberdeen Clasing Prices Yesterday. 26 - 26, 5/ 5i 91 - 104 31 I 2 22 1: St. 10 St. 10 50 al 50 a] 20 al 50 4 25 a] 25 a] 25 a] 18 a] 20 a] 25 a] 9 7 disl 25 25 : St. li 20 -- 22 3i- 2} 100 -- 101 67i -- -- 67' 21 22 19i --20. 21- Business done this day. Leasing Compans. L. &N.W. Caledon..., Gt.Northn gt.Westn Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do 50 25 12 12 20 St. Do S. Eastern, Do 'Norfolk Do 67# 20i di Midld. Stckton dz. Darlingt. Midland... Closing Prices Yesterday. 106 -108 54 - 56 150 - 152 33 - 34 1 112 - 114 56 - 57 27i - 28 . 14f - 14* 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 3f LOG E. Count Do 11i 100 100 18fi 9 i all East Lancashire East &West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles 0 - Edin. Prth. &Dundee 0 Glasgow &S. Western 0 Great Northern Stk. 0 Do., A. Stock 10 Do., B. Stock 10 IGt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 0 'Great Western L. (kIS . W &Ln& Yk Do 81 8 88i fi 104 2 Pm 11 7611 I fi 12 1: 50 al 16i 1: St. 101 20 11 14 1] .1 Irish South-Eastern. 11 Lancaster & Carlisle .11 Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh .6 Do., Fifths .14 Da., WA. Riding Un 50 all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 111, all London & Blackwall 10 5 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. St. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. St. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 20 12 Do. Fifths 10 1 Do.lo/. Sh., M&8...0 St. 100 London andS. Westn. 50 42i Do., £5O 40 34 Do., .£4O 25 all Lndndrry& Coleraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 100 Mr•nch.Shcf.& Lincln sl2s 44 4 Do., Man. & Lin. Un. St. 100 Midland 11g i i 89 I St. 1 50 4' 25 100 st. 1 0 64 25 1 50 ' 20 al Gt. Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrMClcan Stockt. & Darling Do IGt.Westn. MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian 'Australian.. all all all all all 13.5 24i Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austin von i I. Do. Birmng. & Derby .76 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 76 Do. Half Shares 11 Newcastle & Carlisle O Newmarket 3 Do., Bury Extension ] 7 Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd ' 7 2 Newry & Enniskillen al Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. O 'Norfolk 65 - 67 151 - :151 - 153, ••• - - ... 11 - i (I 132 - 33 1105 - 100 - lfip P 3 -- 3i d pr td— par d d d par d p 7 9 30 20 1 40 St. 10 50 St. 10 16 1 , 16 8 a] 'siNorthn.Counties Un 1 )0 North British ,4 (North Devon, No. 1 9 IDo., No. 2 II Do., A Deferred 6 Do., B Guaranteed 7i North Staffordshire 11 North Western .0 N. &S. Westrn. June p Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton St. 100 Scottish Central St. 100 Scottish Midland St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg St. 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Stock 10 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd 26i all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. MM.) 13J all Do. Halves, do 20 all Do. Oswestry 20 6i Shropshire Union 50 all South Devon St. 100 South Eastern 50 all South Wales 20 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 20 1 20 al 10 11 St. 101 20 5 Do 25 all Stockton & Hartlepl. 25 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 20 17 Vale of Neath 20 all Watcrfd. & Kilkenny 50 all Waterford&Limcrick 20 14 West Cornwall 10 21s. Wimbledn &Croydon St. 100 York Newal.&Berw. 25 20 Do. Extensions 25 11A Do. G.N.E. Purchase St.l 100 York &N. Midland 58i i 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 14 all all all Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. Now Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New all all 15 101 all 1 - 1 1 - 4§ 32 -33 id - i P 1 - lip 10 - 11 60 -70 7 - 8p 20 10 20 35 2 1i 41 15 17 1 1 1 c P I d i par pi 4 d— par 8 par— p 1 lip d par p 26 28 7 9 5 6 Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba JOINT-STO , Australasia British Colonial Bank 1 d— par 8 10 id iar- - p d d BANKS. 80 - 82 25 all 2 10 all and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland De. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London .... Union of Madrid .... i - li 100 20 10 50 FOR: IIGN. i - A li - 24 50 - 52 , . .-- ... i d— par 48 50 77 78 si 8 Business this day. 7 - 11 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy at times. DEAL, July 5. —Wind, W. S. W. Arrived—lrene, Callao ; Anna, Havannah. Arrived from the River — Julia, Melbourne; IJemicella, San Francisco; Panope, do. Sailed—Bell, Cape of Good Hope. July 6.—Arrived— Caronel, Callao, from Antwerp. Arrived from the River —Georgia, Calcutta' ; Ann Mitchell, Bombay ; San Jose, Accra. PORTSMOUTH, July s.—The Tine is leaky, having been aground. Arrived American Congress, London, and sailed for New York. Off Port—Caronel, Callao ; Fa vourite, Baltimore, for Amsterdam. July s.—Wind, S. W. A rr i ve d —•Ranger, COWES, Bahia. PLYMOUTH, July s. —Wind, S. W. Marchioness of Douglas, Sierra Leone. Off Port—William Fullshere, New Orleans. FALMOUTH, July s. — Arrived —Countess of Durham, Quebec. Off Port—Tudor, Calcutta. Sailed—California, Havannah ; Patrick Henry, New York ; Templar, Sydney, N.SW., with about 10,000 oz. of gold in freight. The Harald, Heldebrand, from Alexandria, has put in with dilmage, and is discharging. LONDONDERRY, July 4.—The Mary Mac, Ardrossan to Boston, which went on shore on Rothlin Island March 15, has been got off. YARMOUTH, July s.—The Adelphi, of Shields, has been got off Scroby Sand. BRISTOL, July s.—Arrived—ldas, Barba,does; Coquette' Jamaica. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 3 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 4 Beziers to Graissessac ill Charleroi& Erquelin. LO Dijon and Besan2on 8 Dutch Rhenish East Indian 1 Do. Extension al Gt. Indian Peninsula '.O Gd. Junct. of France ll Gt.Westem of Canada 20 20 20 1 20 20 a: 20 5 a] 20 1 20i a:1 Shares 2 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref L 5 Luxembourg .0 Do. (Railway) 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. ct. pref 9 Lyons & Mediterran 71 Madras 11 Namur & Liege (with 20 1 11 10 1 11 10 20 20 20 interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. 11 (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) 11 Norwegia.nTrunkPref .0 Paris and Lyons 11 Paris and Orleans dl Paris and Rouen a Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 7 Quebec & Richmond .11 Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish ll S'ambre and Meuse 2 ith-Eastrn. of France 6 iouthern of France ;. Upper India Scrip_ 11 West Flanders 0 Do. 5 . 4 per c. Pref .0 Western of France_ 2 West. of Switzerland Zealand 20 ;.1 20 al 20 20 a] 20 20 20 21 10'1 11 20 I 11 1 d 1 1 L 4 —l5 par— 1 p 2 —1 d 5 sip 1 lip 1 —24 p 1p Id - I - -2411 71 rs'' 35 - 35; 14 -15 8 - 9 151 - 16, 41 -43 10 -41 3 -- 35 3. -4i d par 18 19 - 7 -8, 4 - 6 p fil , 4 - 5 7_ 3i - 2 d] 351 i 36 5i 87 i pin IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool- sack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention of the Government to a statement which had lately ap peared in the public papers of the death of Sheik Ali Hessian, who had been one of the chief witnesses against Ali Morad. This person on his deathbed, it was said, had confessed that all the evidence he had given against Ah Morad was false, and had been given for the pur pose of revenge. He wished that the Government should inquire into the truth of that statement, and if it should turn out to be true to take into their consi deration how far it affected the value of all the testimony given against Ali Morad. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government had no of ficial knowledge of the circumstances. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then laid on the table a bill to comprise one of the clauses of the India Bill now in the other house, empowering the East India Company to increase the number of their European forces from 12,200 to 20,000 men. His object for introducing this in the form of a separate bill, was that it might pass into law six or eight weeks sooner than it otherwise would if it came up from the other house only as one of the clauses of the India Bill. The bill was then read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Brad ford, praying for amendment of the bankruptcy laws. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY BILL. • - The Earl of BANDON moved the second reading of this bill. Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion. Lord STANLEY of Alderley supported the second reading. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and the Earl of WICK LOW also supported the second reading. Their lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading 29 Against it Majority l7 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. JUVENILE MENDICANCY BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in moving the recom mitment of this bill, observed that the subject of juve nile mendicancy, at all times one of great importance, became still more so, at a time like the present, when they were about to abolish, at all events to a considera ble extent, the system of transportation. People were weary of speeches and pamphlets respecting secondary punishments, and, indeed, it would be much wiser if they were to inquire whether some steps could not be taken to diminish the amount of crime itself. Now, the most prolific source of crime was juvenile mendicancy : for though they ought not to consider the class to whom he wished to call their lordships' attention as exactly de linquents, yet they were in a state in which they must infallibly become delinquents at no distant period. In fact, that class, namely, children who had been trained to beg by their parents, or those who had the custody of them—formed the seed plot of at least two-thirds of the criminality of this kingdom. The persons most to blame were the parents, next society, and, least of all, the un fortunate children themselves. From the statements of 90 thieves, who were living in one reformatory institu tions, it appeared that 62 of that number had begun to steal when under the age of 15 ; and that 56 had begun between the ages of 12 and 16. He (the noble lord) believed that if an inquiry were instituted throughout all the gaols in the kingdom, the result would be to prove beyond a doubt that a vast proportion of all the crime that was committed in this country had been perpetrated by persons who had been led into evil habits at an early ago. He (Lord Shaftesbury) had put the following question to 100 City missionaries and Ragged School teachers :—" How many persons do you think who have lived an honest life up to 20 years of age, afterwards fall away and take vicious courses ?" The answer he had obtained was in every case, "not two in a hun dred." (Hear, hear.) The class to which he was calling their lordships' attention might be divided into two classes, mendicants and vagrants. (Hear, hear.) The former of these had their different grades, honours, and emoluments. A juvenile mendicant might attain to be a begging-letter writer ; and he could assure the noble earl opposite (Lord Aberdeen) that he had few more comfortable things to dispose of than a suc cessful begging-letter writership. (Laughter.) Many of these children were orphans ; some having lost one parent, some both. It was a remarkable fact, but no more remarkable than true, that there was no more pro lific source of juvenile vice, misery, and suffering than the harsh and domineering demeanour of step-mothers, many of whom in the lower grades of life would not allow a step-child to remain with them in the house. (Hear, hear.) But it was also true that many artisans in the receipt of large wages were in the habit of turn ing their children into the streets early in the morning, forbidding them to come near their home till late at night, and telling them to live in the meantime as they could. The noble earl having substantiated this state ment by extracts from the report of the Rev. Mr. Clay, the chaplain of Preston gaol, added that a City mis sionary had told him that he could enumerate no fewer than 100 families in which the parents lived in idleness and luxury upon what their children picked up in the course of the day's vagrancy and mendicancy. The practice of such persons was to send out their chil dren with chalkstones, cocoa nut husks, and the like, and to threaten them with the most brutal ill treatment unless they brought home a certain sum, to be made up either by selling, begging, or stealing. One great reason which had been alleged against legislation with a view to prevent such scandalous misconduct on the part of parents was the presumed extent of the evil, which had led many persons to doubt whether it was not too large to be dealt with at all. It was, however, consolatory to know that the extent of the mischief had been greatly exaggerated. From the second report of Cap tain Hay it appeared that the number of children at large in the metropolis, living in idleness, without edu cation, and neglected by their parents, who were, gene rally speaking, in the receipt of wages sufficient to maintain them, was nearly 20,641 under fifteen years of age. The number of practised and trained mendicants and vagrants who frequented lodging-houses, did not, however, exceed 3,098. Of these the number who had parents able to contribute either wholly or in part to their maintenance and education was no fewer than 2,106. This return was confirmed by the inquiries which had beem made by a person whom' he (the noble earl) had employed last year to investigate the subject. That person said that he knew himself no fewer than 200 practised medicants and vagrants, whose parents were in the receipt of at least 16s. per week—a sum that ought to enable them not merely to give their children sustenance but education. He really did not think, then, that the number of juvenile mendicants either in London or throughout the country (for the proportion would be found the same in most of the large towns) was so large as to discourage legislation. The whole number of professional thieves and burglars in the whole of the metropolis was under 6,000 ; and, therefore, he thought that the estimate of 3,098 mendicant children was very likely to be correct. It was true they some times heard it said that there were 100,000 persons in London who rose every morning without knowing where to get a meal, but he believed that these statements were immensely exaggerated. He did not think they had ever been true, and certainly they were never less so than at the present moment. They could not ascer tain the number of offenders from the number of of fences, for the latter was swelled by several offences committed by one person. It was sometimes said that 1 poverty was the cause of crime and beggary. Such was not the case. Serjeant Adams had told him that the ability of persons who sent their children into the streets to have maintained them without doing so was' the rule, and not the exception. Mr. Clay had asked a great number of thieves a similar question with respect to stealing ; and they said they only knew one case in which crime had been the result of poverty. (Hear, hear.) One of the great causes of crime was the reckless and careless manner in which property was exposed. Thus it appeared that there were in a single year in Londen, 1,479 cases of stealing goods exposed for sale ; 596, stealing from unfinished houses ; 211, stealing from carts ; 228, stealing linen hung to dry ; and 1,920, stealing in consequence of doors being left open. When they considered the hardships to which poor children were exposed, the hunger they actually suffered, and the brutality to which they were exposed if they did not take home a certain sum, was it to be wondered at if they succumbed to the temptations thrown in their way. (Hear, hear.) From the testimony of a number of professional thieves who had been examined on the point, it was said that the ' reason why children were sent out to beg generally lay in the idle and debauched habits of their parents, that children were hired for begging purposes, sometimes at as much as 2s. 6d. per diem, and that children often picked up as much as 3s. a day. The existing law of vagrancy was utterly inadequate to meet the evil, for what was really wanting was that the children should be removed from their parents, and that the latter should be made to pay for their support. That was the object of his (Lord Shaftesbury's) bill ; and that, he thought was quite in accordance with the practice of the courts in cases where parents or guardians had shown themselves unfit to have the care of young persons com mitted to them. The law which he asked for was de manded, not for the individual rights of the children, but for the exigencies of society. Children werenowbrought up by their parents to be pick-pocke ts, and b urg lars, and cut-throats ; and it was a perversion of language and of facts to maintain that in taking away these children fr om such parents they were refusing them the e njoyment o f any right that they possessed of anything which was ac corded them by the law of God, according to the princi ples of justice between man and man. B r inging up children in this way was a nuisance to society, and which he considered ought to be removed as they would remove any ; other nuisance. Such p arents as he h ad referred to were not Christians, were not men and women ' • they were absolutely beasts , and havin g ren ounced their rights they ought not to be allowed to resume them ex cept under the authority of some competent persons, who should be able to declare, on due examination, that the children who were restored to them would be brought up so as not to be an annoyance to society. Society had a right to take away children from their parents in order to bring them up properly, but that did not relieve the parents from their responsibility for the maintenance of their children. He knew an instance of a boy who was found lying on the steps of a house. He was in a fever, and a gentleman who was passing had him conveyed to the Fever hospital, where he was placed under the care of the physician to that institution, Dr. Southwood Smith, who, when the boy recovered, ascertained his story. He was sent out by his parents to beg, and when he was taken ill, he had been wandering about the streets with out any sustenance. The boy was subsequently placed • in the Refuge, and when he was recovering, the mother CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with English wheat, the demand for which was firm, and in some in stances prices were a shade higher than on Monday. Foreign wheats, the show of which was limited, wore mostly held for more money, but the business doing in them was by no means extensive. Floating cargoes were is per quarter higher. Barley moved off readily, and grinding samples sold at extreme rates. In the value of malt, no change took place. There was an improved demand for oats, the prices of which advanced 6d per quarter. Beaus, peas, and flour were quite as dear as on Monday ARRIVALS THIS WU& Wheat. Barley. I Malt. I 1,230 - 2,310 English .. Trish •• .• Foreign .. 6MO 2, 1110 WHITECHAPEL. Flour. 820 came down and demanded to have him restored to her. It happened that he (the Earl of Shaftesbury) was pre sent, and he was afraid he had not the law on his side, but he threatened to proFecute her for deserting the boy, and in consequence she went away without him. The boy cried bitterly in his fear that he should be delivered up to his mother. He was now in a respectable sphere of life, earning very good wages in Nottingham, and ho hal sent for his mother, who lived with him, and conducted herself respectably. One objection he had heard to this bill was that the workhouse, in which the children would be placed, partook of the character of a prison, and another objection was that the number would be so large that they could not get sufficient work for them. As regarded the first, it was only as against the intentions of the parents to get possession of the child ren that they would be restrained. With regard to the second, he thought it would be worth while to run some risk. He was convinced, from the most minute in quiries, that nothing of the sort would occur. Their lordships had heard that a large portion of the parents were perfectly able to maintain their children, and de pend upon it the terrors of the law would clear the streets of nine-tenths of th e m en di c ants. He might state that he had the concurrence of several of the police magistrates of London, who had written to him to state their views. Amongst them were Mr. Henry, Mr. Painter, Mr. Corry, Mr. Broderip, Mr. Long, and Mr. Bingham. The great demand for labour which now existed had taken away the pretext for begging. The police were never more active and efficient, and he might say, in reference to this subject, " Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." He considered this measure as entirely one of mercy and of prevention, and he was sure that if it passed it would anticipate, to a great degree, the jailer and the hangman. The house then went into committee on the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said after the interest ing speech of the noble earl it might seem very prosy to come down to the details of the bill, but that was neces sary. In the first clause the words " any child" were used. Surely there ought to be some clearer definition as to the persons who were to be brought under the ope ration of the bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY observed that the Va grant Act contained no definition whatever. Lord CAMPBELL also thought there ought to be some definition. Who could tell what a child was ? Why, Childe Harold was a child. (Laughter.) He earnestly recommended his noble friend to reconsider the bill, and any assistance that he could render him should be at his service. He should like to see the object of the bill carried out; but this was a bill that would not work. Lord BROUGHAM, while aggreeing with the obser vations of the noble earl, said he thought the best course would be to withdraw the bill for the purpose of remodel ling it. The Earl of HARROWBY thought the difficulties in the bill might be surmounted, and suggested that it should be referred to a select committee. Lord CAMPBELL said there was a law in Glasgow which enabled the magistrates to summon before them, and to imprison for any period, not exceeding sixty days, the parents or other persons having control of children who sent them out to beg, and that law, he believed, had worked well. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he had brought forward the measure for the sole purpose of exciting dis cussion. He wanted to bring before the public an enor mous amount of evil, the length and breadth of which was not fully understood, in order that it might excite the attention of the active spirits of the country. He was now willing, either that the bill should be thrown out or referred to a select committee. PREFEREN I Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. J Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares * Caledonian £lO Ali Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5.1 per cent 64 Cork &Bandonsip.e all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 4 all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent g all T (.en) 7 r av ',ant 7 1 1 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. c. 6t all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 6i all Do. No. 2 . 10 all Do. New 6p. c. St. 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent '9 East Lancash. 6p. cts EdinbPrth. &Dundee 51 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 41 p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Weatm (Ireland) Eighths) 3 Gt. Westn. 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Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land "EOUS. 10 2- - l'i 70 - 72 65 - 70 2i -- 3p i - 1P .•• --• .. -- --- ••• i- i P - it = 2ipl - ii = ii 43 : 45 17 -- 19 The bill then passed through committee pro forma. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time ; and on the motion that the bill do pass, some amendments moved by the Lord Chancellor were inserted, after which the bill passed. PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BILL. This bill passed through committee. WHITTLEWOOD, OTHERWISE WHITTLE BURY, FOREST BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered, and agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 25 minutes past 7. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. Clauses up to 28 inclusive were agreed to after several desultory discussions. On clause 29, which provides that British vessels may be navigated wholly by foreigners, Captain SCOBELL moved the omission of the clause. This, he said, was a national question, and struck at the root of our maritime power. The right honour able gentleman the President of the Board of Trade might tell them that this clause was the summit of free trade, hut he denied that this had anything to do with the question of free trade at at all. The repeal of the Navigation Laws was said to be the summit of free trade, but when that was passed the Government did not propose the repeal of these manning clauses. If this clause passed, and it it were declared allowable for the master, mates, and men of a British vessel to be foreigners, he should propose another clause that every morning the crew of every vessel should sing " Rule Bri tannia," and that the captain should accompany them on the French horn, and the mate on the German flute. He knew that there were numbers of our seamen in the different ports who had resolved that if this law passed they would take their services to the navy of the United States. He was convinced that the operation of this clause would be most injurious to the interest of the shipowners themselves, and he appealed to them not to support it. The circumstances of Europe just now were not favourable for any step which tended to destroy or undermine our reserve of seamen. The Government was preparing on all sides against the dangers which they apprehended, but if that danger were real, they were by this clause undermining the best security of the nation. It was downright madness, and as a lunacy bill was pas sing through the house, he hoped a word would be pro vided for the President of the Board of Irade, for if he really were sincere, and believed he was doing right, he deserved to be sent there. At the pre sent moment, there were numbers of English seamen in the mercantile marine who had obtained American protections, so that if we issued impressment warrants they could not be taken. The whole weight of authority was against this ;,clause, and he could go on quot ing all day from the opinions of most eminent men professional and otherwise, against the principle. He believed if this clause were passed it would inflct a vital stab to the present general and universal custom. Mr. LABOUCHERE opposed the clause. Mr. CARDWELL supported the clause, but four o'clock arriving the chairman left the chair and the house adjourned until six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from Pickering against the Savings' Bank Bill ; also several petitions from Yorkshire in favour of the limitation of hours of labour in factories. Mr. W. .T. FOX presented several petitions against he Education Bill. Mr. PHILLIMORE presented a petition from two native Indian merchants, complaining of certain griev ances connected with the East India Company, and praying for redress. The hon. member gave notice that he would call the attention of the house to the petition on the motion for going into committee of supply. Mr. COBBETT presented 58 petitions from different parts of the country in favour of a ten hours' factory bill, and of several restrictions in the employment of motive power. Mr. NE WDEGATE presented a considerable num ber of petitions to the same effect. UNIVERSITY TESTS. Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice that, on the 2d of August, ho should move for leave to bring in a bill to remove disabi lities under which certain persons in this country laboured with regard to their admission into the Universities of Ox ford and Cambridge. JAMAICA. Sir J. PAKINGTON bogged to put a question to the noble lord the member for London with regard to the affairs of Jamaica. Ho had put a question to the noble lord on the subject a little time ago, and the noble lord's answer was, that the noble duke, the Secretary for the Colonies, would shortly make a statement in another place, and he understood the noble lord that he also would make a state ment in that house. Ho (Sir J. Pakington) also asked the noble lord if he had any objection to lay any papers relat ing to the circumstances in which Jamaica was placed on the table, to which the noble lord replied that he would not undertake to do so until after the statement referred to had been made. That statement had now been made by the noble duke in another place, and ho should be glad to be informed when the noble lord proposed to make a commun ication on the subject to this house, and when he would lay the papers on the table. He should also like to know whether those papers would contain a full statement of the present financial affairs of Jamaica. Lord J. RUSSELL had delayed making any statement solely on account of the pressure of public business, but he would do so on an early day on the Government moving the house to go into committee of supply. The papers should be laid before the house, and he thought that they contained sufficient information of the state of the finances of Jamaica. THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. Mr. HUME wished to ask the noble lord whether any estimate would be laid on the table of the expenses atten dant on the military manoeuvres going on at Chobham, as some persons thought they would be considerable, although, if they would not be large, it would be scarcely worth while to have an estimate. Lord J. RUSSELL—The Secretary-at-War had stated on a former occasion that the army estimates included all the sums required for the operations at Chobham. If at any future period, 'when the manoeuvres were over, tho hon. gentleman made a motion on the subject, there would be no objection to lay an estimate on the table. THE BOARD OF CONTROL AND THE EAST INDIA. DIRECTORS. Mr. HUME inquired of the President of the Board of Control whether he had any objection to lay on the table any recent correspondence which had taken place between the Board of Control and Court of Directors ? Sir C. WOOD had signed a letter only five minutes be fore. He should not object to lay it on the table. THE EDUCATION BILL. Mr. LIDDELL begged to ask Loi d J. Russell whether it was the intentirn of her Majesty's Government to pro ceed with the Education Bill in the coarse of the present session ? Lori J. RUSSELL—What I propose to do is this, to move at all events the second reading of the bill some time hence, but I cannot now say on what day. Mr. BRIGHT—The noble lord said he intended to move the second reading—that was not a specific answer to the question, which went to inquire whether the bill was to be passed this session. A great many persons took a great interest and a great deal of trouble with regard to the bill,rand it would be very convenient if the noble lord would state that he did not intend to carry it further than the second reading. Lord J. RUSSELL—That was what I intended to con vey. I mean to read the bill a second time, but not to proceed further with it.. (Hear, hear.) LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND.) Mr. Sezjeant SHEE begged to ask the Secretary for Ireland if ho had any objection to lay - upon.-the table of the house, and to have printed for the use of members, a paper on the Roman and foreign laws, considered with reference to the relations between landlord and tenant in Ireland, lately communicated by him to the members of the committee on the Irish Land Bills. Sir J. YOUNG—There would be no objection. RETURNS ORDERED. Mr. DAVISON moved for returns of all the turnpike acts now in force in Ireland, specifying in the case of each trust the date when it was originally established, and the number of years for which it was to continue ; also the several renewals thereof, whether by private or general act, and the (late at which it is to terminate, for the last twelve years from each existing trust ; of the amount of the tolls collected in each year, where the collection was made under the management of the trustees, distinguishing the sums received from inivato contracts ; of the amount realised by the trustees in each year that the tolls were sold or farmed to contractors, distinguishing, when prac ticable, the receipts from private agreements ; of the amounts received in each year from county presentments, or from any other source, in aid of tolls, and of the total amount of debt s an d li a bili t i es on each trust; of the sums paid in each year to collectors, treasurers, secretary, sur veyor, labourers, or other officer or servant respectively, by way of salary or compensation ; of the sums paid in each Tear for rent of offices, toll houses, &c.; of the amount paid in each year for printing, advertising, stationery, and other contingent expenses ; of the sums expended in each year for ordinary repairs, distinguishing the amounts paid for labour and materials • and, of th e sums expen d e d i n each year on building walls or fences, in making side or footpaths, or other permanent improvements, distinguish ing under this and the previous heads, when practicable, the amounts expended within each barony or half barony. Mr. BASS moved an account of the total number of quarters of malt made between the sth day of July, 1851, and the sth day of July, 1852, in the United Kingdom, distinguishing the quantity made in each country, and the quantity used by brewers, and by victuallers, and by re tail brewers. (Continuation of Parliamentary Paper 222 of the present session.) Also, a similar return for the year ending the sth of July, 1853. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. COLLIER moved for leave to bring in a bill to transfer the testamentary jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts to the Courts of Common Law and the County Courts. After sketching what he had done on a previous occasion, and referring to the promises of Government, he proceeded to say that though he had no hope of carrying his bill this session, he now felt it to be his duty to intro duce it. Ho had no more to do with the subject of abuses but would deal with remedies alone; and he remarked that he addressed himself only to the testamentary jurisdiction of tho courts, for as to their other jurisdictions, the only mode of treatment which would be satisfactory to the country would he the abolishing of every ecclesiastical court in the kingdom. His proposal differed from that of the Solicitor-General, inasmuch as the latter designed to do away with all but the diocesan courts, whereas he would do away with all. He would abolish altogether the testamentary jurisdiction of the county courts. Ho pro posed that all wills about which there was no dispute should be proved in those courts. He would create county districts, corresponding to the circuits of the county court judges. The undisputed will of any man should be proved in the circuit in which he dwelt at the time of his death, and thus he would get rid of the legal difficulty of bona notabilia. He would establish a system of registration ; every will should be registered in the county courts, and transmitted to a registrar-general in London. Each county court judge should appoint a registrar out of the present ecclesiastical courts, whereby men of experience would be gained, and compensation be saved. The juris diction of the county courts should extend over real and personal property. Where a dispute arose, it should, where the cause in dispute was under 3001., be tried in the locality where it occurred, and he would give the county courts an equitable jurisdiction. He considered the technical difficul ties of testamentary questions to be over-stated, and ho re ferred to the old historical character of the county courts in proof of the efficiency they had possessed. He would give jurisdiction in higher cases, and also appeals, to the superior courts of common law, which should retain their power over real property, to which jurisdiction should be added that of the ecclesiastical courts as regarded personality. He would appoint an officer, to be called the clerk of pro bates, to each of the superior courts. The jurisdiction should be concentrated into one court. Compensation should be given to those who were deprived of offices, but not to practitioners ; and proctors should be admitted to practise as attorneys in all the superior courts. Dwelling upon the necessity of the same sweeping reform in the law which had been adopted in other institutions, he urged the subject on the consideration of the government. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Lord PALMERSTON supported the motion with great pleasure, and complimented the ability which had been displayed by Mr. Collier in dealing with the subject. But he dwelt upon the complicated and difficult nature of the question, and, after stating that the government were quite aware of the necessity of practical remedies, said that they had not felt that they should be justified in legislating without great deliberation. Ho had said that government had intended to bring in a bill on the subject, but, regard ing the hopelessness of passing it this session, and the de sirability of having the report of the commission now sitting, they had thought it better to delay introducing their measure until the early part of next session. Mr. HADFIELD would have liked a more specific explanation from the government as to the promised re form. Sir B. HALL urged that the admitted difficulty of the question was the reason why government should not have left legislation to an independentmember, and he instanced various cases of ecclesiastical abuse in proof that remedy was imperatively demanded. The - ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that all parties were agreed in the necessity of reform, but urged that no one could blame the government for waiting for the report of the commission, after which it would ho their immediate duty to prepare a measure on the subject. After some observations from Mr. DUNLOP and Mr. PELLATT, Leave was given to bring in the bill. THE HOURS OF LABOUR IN FACTORIES. Mr. COBBETT then rose to move for leave to bring in a bill to limit the hours of labour of women, young persons, and children, in the factories of the United Kingdom, and to provide for a more perfect inspection of the said factories. The hours of women and children were to be restricted to ten hours on five days of the week, and to seven and a-half hours on the Saturday. This would have the effect of re storing the Ten Hours Bill of 1847, and of including in that bill the children of eight years of age. Ho had been strongly urged by a large number of his own constituents and others in the factory districts, to bring in a bill to shorten the hours of labour in these factories. He then explained the state of the law as it now existed on this subject, and gave a retrospective glance at the progress o legislation in connection with factory labour. In 1833 an act was passed which made the factory day 15 hours, viz., from half-past five to half-past eight. In 1844 another act was passed, by which the labour of young persons, between and 18, and of women, was restriciel to 12 hours in tho day, but it permitted children from 8 to 13 to work hours a day, so that there were employed two sets every day ; and there were, in point of fact, by this means, two factory days • 1847 an act was passed, limiting the period of labour to ten hours a day in the case of women and young persons ; but as children could work 6 hours under the act of 1844, and thus two sets could be employed every day, the millowners were thus able to keep their factories going 12 or 14 hours in the day. This led to the adoption of what was called the " shift" system, the millowncrs availing themselves of the letter of clause 26 of the act of 1833, which did not particularly define that the labour of a women or young person should be taken in ten "conse cutive" hours. By this means the act was successfully evaded. Tho larger body of millownei s chose to adhere to the evident meaning of the act, and were thus subject to great disadvantage iu competing with those who pursued au opposite course. Much dissatisfaction ensued, and the result was au appeal to the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, who decided that although there wean° doubt as to the intention of the act, that those who extended the hours came within the literal meaning of the enactment. There was,consequently,a great desire on the part of those interested, to reform the law in this respect. The hon. gentleman then referred to a great meeting w hich had been held, April 14, 1849, on which occasion the hon. gentleman, the member for Ash ton-under-Lyne, had made a speech to the delegates then assembled, to confer as to what should be done after the foregoing legal decision. The delegates repudiated the as sertion as to the alleged evil consequences which were said to have arisen from the shortening of the hours of labour. (Hear.) He was satisfied that if hon. members examined the reports which had been made by the different inspec tors on the subject, they would be convinced of the utter hopelessness of securing the benefit of a Ton Hours' Act, unless by some such measure as that which he now pro posed. They would feel that some such alteration WM absolutely necessary, in order to prevent the daring and systematic violations.of the Ten Hours' Act which were now going on every day. (Hear.) The hon. member then re ferred to the evidence given before the Factory Commis sioners of 1836, by Mr. Cheetham, the member for Lanca shire. who laid stress on the necessity of imposing a re striction on the motive power, in order to secure the effici ency of the ten hours' system, and also to the bill intro duced in 1835 by Mr. Hindley and Mr. Brotherton, with the view of restricting the hours of labour in factories. The third clause of that bill proposed to limit the hours of labour for all persons under 21, to ten hours a day; and the 4th clause provided, that the hours of the working of the machinery should be the same as those fixed for the labour of the children. There could be no doubt that a restriction on the motive power was necessary, to carry out the intention of the ten hours' system. (Hear.) This question was now making a great stir in the manufactur ing districts, and had met with the cordial support, not only of the workmen, the managers, and the overlookers of these factories, but also of many master manufacturers of great consequence and opulence. Numerous petitions had been presented in favour of the measure from n h te se different classes, but not one had been as yet prese against it. None of the unfavourable prodictionsel whichi litel been made respecting the system had ever real ised, but the' work which had been turned out i int tu h n e shorter period period had equalled that which was e l)r re ed ce4 d longer periods which were allowedv.bestheearned introduction i t •o h t e u w c o ti r o k n . of the Tea Hours' Act, and the w. great, and ill many instances higher men had been quite as (Hear, bear.) Some alteration was proposed by the bill to be made both in the amount of the fines and the mode of recovery. Ho believed that the fines which he re commended -would not be considered unreasonable, when they considered the imperative necessity of preventing the recurrence of these offences, by inflicting a penalty which was commensurate to the crime. The hon. member, bay ing referred to some statistics showing the injurious effects of the prolonged hours of labour in factories on the health of the work-people, concluded by moving that leave should be given to bring in a bill of the nature he had described. Mr. FIELDEN had much pleasure ill seconding the motion of his hon. and learned friend the member for Old ham. He was himself extensively engaged as a manufac turer ; he had 1,300 or 1,400 men in his employment, and felt a very deep interest iu the question before the house. He believed the suggestions which had been made that evening, with respect to the limitation of the hours of labour in our factories, by his hon. friend, were of a cha racter precisely similar to those which had been made in the report of Mr. Horner, and in the propriety of carrying out these suggestions he (Mr. Fielden) entirely coneurred. Mr. WILKINSON thought it desirable that those who were engaged in our manufactures should not work for so many hours in the day as was the case at present; but he shOuld by no means like to interfere in the matter by. ny , Oats. 2,490 800 I 3,020 1,600 b The general demand ruled firm at this market, and the quotations were supported :—Beef, 2s 10d to 48 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 8 ( 1 t o 4s 10d ; pork, 33 Od to 48 Od per 81b8 by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We continuo to have a steady demand for all kinds o: hops, at vory full prices. Duty, 143,0001. ACCIDENT TO MR. BROWN, THE SENIOR CITY MAR SHAL.—A serious accident happened to Mr. Brown, the senior Marshal, on Sunday last, in St. Paul's Church yard, which considering his advanced age, being up wards of 74, has created some anxiety regarding his ul timate recovery. Mr. Brown had accompanied the Lord Mayor to the cathedral, on the occasion of the city of London Militia attending divine service. At the close, Mr. Brown was in the act of mounting his horse, when the animal became frightened at the beating of the drums, and plunging away from the parties who had charge of it, threw him with much force on to the stone pavement. Mr. Alderman Cubitt, who witnessed the occurrence, had Mr. Brown placed in his carriage, and taken to the nearest surgeon's, when it was found lie had received a compound fracture of the left arm, close to the shoulder joint. The bone was set, and he was conveyed to his residence at Brixton, where he re mains, and by the last account was progressing favour ably. ..~ e ut to as I,nd. did he i if der rtup 8 up -1 aw 1 to ,a 8 3e en r • in lei it it fox the iam,v but the dLich ;o do d it t th ~.