The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-10 00:00:00

Le D e of $° Lorl bisg° .e3te 9 ) of t" 3 1 4 0 9 af "-gr MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE —(THIS DAY.) CITY, O'. The s a l es of cotton at Liverpool TWO yesterday CLOCK were estimated 4.1 " at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American Were taken f or export and on speculation. The Aarket closed tamely. The sales comprised 5,000 merican, 150 Perham and Maranham, at Ggd. to 9n,60 Bahia at Gid, 200 Egyptian, at Gid. to a r.,*) 50 0 Surat, at 3d. to 41d., and 10 Sea Island ~_ 48 . 9d. to 2s. per lb. Railway shares were very %13ressed, at a decline of 1 per cent. in all the , okun g stooks. n the produce markets this week less buoyancy e7.,Provailed. Of tea the clearances arc still ex ,`calngly arge, and this diverts attention from rreechasers. Sugar has been rather duller. Tallow Spices li al Y e s j!al. In cotton there is no change. de arer' " ce ll in good request generally. Rice is rather e, and saltpetre much the same. a. _"ior Echenique, President of Peru, has issued 'nest ;.,-. of a._ .'""'Portant decree relative to the navigation 1.; '.4.1 Amazon and its branch in the eastern por .4ot, rs , Raid ''' Pe ru, and the privileges granted by the „ decree to foreign settlers. The following is a 'auntary of that document : bet" Article 1 declares that in conformity with the treaty th e /v a ,° ll Peru and B razil, of 23d October, 1851, and during far Li me it is i n f orce, the navigation of the Amazon as op e r o t he Port of N auta, at the mouth of the Ucayali, is v egetal- - t ° the navigation, traffic, and commerce of the and subjects of Brazil. tr eeti Su bjects and citizens of other nations who have nations with Peru, on the same terms as the most favored zilt et Z , are entitled to the same privileges as the B a PorV ° r the purposes of the two former articles, the . (4. tLereto and Nauta are selected. 1852 , Ili conformity to the law of the 20th November, th e ~,,ii,e duties are to be paid orexports or import e s x t eep th e Zu ports on merchandise native produce, localb itilit.,,nruciPal dues, required for the objects of ~ s: As laz ,, The exploration of the rivers that run into the and e .',',ill be made by Government steamers, constructed ~ 6',Pl°Yed expressly for the surface. th e e " , . 8 4 and 9 relate to the subdivision of districts and itiltintinent of governors node .-une Go vernor-General has power to grants of ltlctr!to establish themselves in those localities, o _ . g nt to all th e 4 _ 13, from two .to forty fanegadas of land, in Pr Pcir 44 1 7 . the means and numbers of the settlers. Iw o t : . ) .C4-ove r nors can in th e same manner, grant from ~, .."ir fanega,d ae . 0,,,,," Larger free grants can only be had from the er utaent , 13. . the land grants m a d e b y ar ti c l es 10 a nd 11 are void, e ighte en ar e not culti va t e d an d se ttled upon within s month "14 / S . Wi ll I s - n l arger grants the time for selling and imp rovin g . ;'" dated ' '` s * The • • d s itself to give to eoleide Peruvian government bin ports for the k r .„ o _'_' B 4 who arrive at either of the above tr ibutariese settling in the valleys of the Amazon and its of eee, free conduct to their destination, as also grants 4 16 all d i mplements. to se,;(l foreign tl ei . e _ • A- national ship shall be provided to n tchonnyvineytesnetd ‘" • 17 T emigrants to the point wher tniti l , • 41 conformity with the law of the 21st rNomov. taxes, I" eated land and buildings shall be exempt of t nn land. . P s' ether privilege conceded to the possessors teu,, land. terns The new settlers shall pay no co ntribu ha tir l s f f o o rt r h th e e r h e e of twenty years, nor clergy dues, ands being per laitteldetu,Pt from the' use of stamped 12ilise common paper for p e titi o on p s . a o a pe n n e d n :co o n f tr g a o c v t e s ro . eie tlt, , s _ the military . and civil P trivi ,n i eg " e ": . on actual service, can avail themselves of these Leh ' -`l' Oovernment will facilitate the I ', ll ,nt of clergy to the new settlements. own inuaicipal passage and estab tegZt"t. The new settlers can establish the I Z o B l l bject to the app . rovalo such time as Congress can legislate _ their judges, until the Governor. ‘. 23 , Von the subject. trict e . f to 26 relate to the present Governors of the dia l.' w "' ° °Pening of roads from various points, &c. a ti al ci uney is still reported easy among h the bankers, stre et the minimum rate in T readneedal,e _ori„„ R -u. The activity of trade, nevertheless, 110-- is 7 considerable sums. On te Continentcas e l f i pegsu.uollant and one of the first indicationse and ti v , hoarded ho e alarm will be its becoming scare h e l telli ge 'ands have been depressed owing Thi ' 'lob of the English fleet havint, , left Malta. to the in- Sta 4 ' however, is in truth a fav t o a uLa i b ri l g e to eir a c c u t ra ii ; e ee be e, since it shows an understanding tr o ,, ce rt with France, and as the date, our oval"sd the Pruth up to the latestussians had not of forces would speedily a c b een do aid on. Consols have arrive, a n t e th a e t sc , e B n i e , again 981 f, The , 2Si e s 'ooe 98. Th e y are now r Cents. have beelv Three-and-a-Quarter h: marked 1014 I, .4 dat 229. Exchequer ti tank Stock is and the !3 3e per Cents. 981 to su ppe—e , .A 8 t wirl are up to Gs. and s. remi s u o m u , th an s d ea ln o d l i d a ,"'-ts ha ve b ee n 325. premiu p m. ganiti bring 100 k. po es have been all more or less de- Pthre:d•eign Stocks 'sh Deferred Bonds have been Cnarked 23P1, and i the 3 per Cents. 481. Portu- Ki e d se 4 per Cents. have been down to 49.. The Ei ' e ra are wisely refraining from converting, and ejuld, without delay, communicate with their tnunittee, which will issue certificates for the 25 r cent. hitherto deducted. Mexican Bonds are ~e a vY, at 27f ; Dutch Four per Cents. have ‘4ropped to 64/- li, and Russian from. 118 to 117. aAll the Rail way Shares are worse. Caledonian e dow n a b out 10s. ; Midland , ss. ; Oxford d and ampton, 10s. to 15s. ; York and Berwick, eat N ort h ern, and Great Western have similarly 'Mined. ttowTihn Gold Mi nes are rather cheaper, with veryl e e doing. The Land Companies and Banks are Th e h a , Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Company v a l lia c received advices that a large quantity of the Is ee 1 ,', 1 . 13 quartz adverted to in previous letters an d 81 : LI PPIng to England, per " Ellen Simpson," eettrlhat the necessary foundations and wate . r- Vig oe 7 r. for the with machinery were proceeding ttßi,- .."."1841 F UNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (.From the Official List.) Business done. tatk c, 3 .tock 229 % D p e e r i . ei,ent• lieciii Ce . d .. Annuiiies.... ..... shut NI, ~,,unt. Consols Annuities 1011 14,1;_q Der Cent. Annuities 32 ipttouds, £lOOO . ..... 32 golltihto, 'tinder £lOOO 1004 toNoiSse f or ? l d Annuities ... Each cc°lll lt .., ....................... 68 5 P t LOOOeciller. 13i118 ... '1 . .. ............ . fla-ari. 11 ICE AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4 14 tr,. OF F OREIGN FUNDS 99i (,_=t ba31 1 , 8011 (18, 5 per Cent. 9t 1 :' .... 'l°44, Deferred , " 41 1 3 per C e t. 2 - 74 iaourtitto tor the Account ...... 39 11 ' 1 ,,,tis . 1 1 :i a e i r o jk), uds_, 4 per Cent. 118 17 N a Zto 44 "001,ebenpte.r Cent. 102 i 3 N)4,,i4141.bit Bonds, 5 per Cent 934 481 Ditt,' ° ' , (ls, 3 per Cent 231 - N e w Deferred, 3 per Cent Dlitell tbxivvidends on the above payable in London. 64i 11 Dit to A egallge, 2i per Cont. ' per Cent. Certificates 9G ei,•, _ HALF:PAST9BbniTti • wsois for O pening 19th July -DLTY ON GRASS SEEDS. ~ % ,.1, . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tei le t 'klB, perhaps, not generally known thactloGveor t,,444 (44, 4 . - "as decided n repealing the duty on 47 Sig ..r —r ss ed on following letter addressed '4lBl h -4111e8 Mal: through whose instrumentality e iii .,, Cr i h. b on, ..;‘, ile. 46 een conceded to the agricultural interest, . th e f4 et : Ci iv. i b 1 1' de Si r "Treasury -chambers, re in inform tNl 41. 'Tame I have much pleasu your re (Neat .uat e ' --- to omply with - d th„„ .. to repeals ,have been able May 14, 1853. - N l l t duty on clover and other grass see S, 1 40 0001 The fa,te a fiend s • ,is near yp ' ,frortirs in Sco "1 t heir b e h al f °ef r much even ly yours, indebted e to you for your “ Believe me very tru Sir James Matheson, Bart )11 " .P j . A. " I, •, JAMES WILSON. Jun e 9. ° Mo n, ~ I am, Sir, your obedient servant, D. T. lz 4 lz ivdty lATELLIGENCE. tte -.oRia.rtu. Dr °I. the - AND nEREFORD RAILWAY.—The ali. e4lll bl. tiouse of Commons yesterday de cl ared -, er . , of tt• 11._ atio r , ___ ins ( narrow-gauge) bill . cm m t the e e" , Pr o% 'r addition, rejecting the rival mixed-gauge proved, At e ilt, ati c i )t - w e4 ,bY the Great Western, and Oxford, . , te l l, of eo oterhar, te e all ized.ug'*aue. have :a tendency to . check . the spread _ pton Companies. This decision . B i nd' or de s Rt. Should the decision be support . ed_b . 7 . o e , toe London and North-Western . and DllO 411 etFi rtiP f an ies will have free access to the rich mineral ea tvZitt'Llnic°3t.S°llth Wales. The importance ofsu h NI t So uti , l °D to these companies cannot overrated,be . direct ti r t e.eti ori ' Wales Will in its turn be placed 1 lie rrli bgha,„" aal unbroken gauge, with manuf m a n c e t r u n r t i . n n g g c tici -‘ nan d the Midland counties. T ti • ..tti /N.l- Ittori T „,- D 4.6 -eat,re,, --,AILWAY.— Animation has, at length, t e 'te 'll4l:Lp:ie more on this most neglected line. oft 411 d li e e ` 4 , 4lol l are positively at work between e a t e h e i e s „, t ,e iyie r.enester, and there appears to be a h L o ue In "lung finished by the end of the present year lintrol e ere ZlP_eic,ified for its completion. We sincerely oflttoth er t . u‘r!er summer brightens, Weymouth, like Ni l a&blonable wateringplaces, will boast of a er welfare 41 then we shall have golden anticipations ----8/terborne Journal. CoriZo'lllt4'4l,LWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. eedi • , Z/krri t 1 / 48 ,___113 ,7, 111 AL ne.navA.T.—Traffic- return for the "qthu a 1853 ...................... 15 10 taC last year ..................... 1,982 2 4 - SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. B*BlllolB dons this day. x new 100 84 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June....... Birmng. Wo & Stour Birkenhd. Lancah. & Cheshiro Junct Do. (Mesh. & £5O dr £25 Cons—. Do., Bristol & Exeter-- Caledonian Chester & llolyhea,d Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. Se Pass Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late B. U. Sh Do., do ...... Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &D nudes Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock I Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. )1 Great Western Irish South-Easterm. Lancaster & Do., Thirds. ...... .• Lancash. &Yorkshir Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst., London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JO/. Sh ~M&8... C London di S.Western Do., £50...... Do. £4o. . ..... Lndndrry.&Colerainc Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Ilanch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. di Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ... Newcastle &Carlisle Newinarket.. ..... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&lltfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.... ..... ....... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. Junc Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Horefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Duu D 0......... Stockton do Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11....... Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions. Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. PREFEREN Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 51p. c Dundee Perth&Abor deen Junction EastA nglian (£3los) 6 per cent....... Do. (1:5) 7 per cent Do. (J7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb. Pith. &D undeo -siper cent........... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northr 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4. p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c... Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares . Lundy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £lO Do., £6 ........ ..... Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. IDo. 4 par cent—. Do.. . ... Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent—. Do. Pref. 4A per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 51 per ct..l Do. Way. Aral. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverb. £15,6 p. c• Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Sln•ewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading. Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh . 4p. e. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk .6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref Do York&N.Midland H. k S. Pura 26 - 28 - 5i 9 - 104 8 6d 20 - 22 - ai -- 2i d 100 -- 102 66i -- 22 -- 221 20 -- 21 1 - 4r 8 - 9 gi r 4 l , 12k -13 A 9A -- 101 fii - 7] 71 -72 k, 54 - 57 69 - 71 28 - 30 85 86 50 52 1 132 - 131 110 112 87i 88 94 96 14 —l5 p 77 —77 A 4i 3i 3 d 15 161 8i - 9 2 p 103 -- 164 1141 -- 114 i 1 -- 2 p -- liP 88 -- 89 6 -- 5 dl 5 --4 d 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 30i -- 3 i i 3t 2d 711 -71 i 40 -- 42 51 53 . d ii 3 8 - 9 50 - 52 33 -- 34 (11, 5 (11 84 - 48i -49 A 94 - 96 59 - - 61' 63 - 65 70 75 ldis 17 19 81— 9i 13 15 3i 34d 20 -- 21 70 704, 35 36 13 -- 14 4-- 4i 23 25 2i 3 i4t 151 9i 21 33 10 par 69 70 7id ', t t - - 2d -60 'E SHARES. 92 - - 96 88 - 92 LO7 - - 109 LOS 111 19a —20 A Pmi - 6g 4i - 4 5 -- 5 ik -- 2k p li -- 2 p 14/ -- 154, 181 - 3i - 3".A1 123 lio 111 - 113 8A - - 7 11 105 1071 par 152 154 di 2. iii 31-4 p l 10 -- 11 13i -- 144 8 - 9 Di - 11 - P 150 152 par P 110 118 118 122 112 - 114 25i - 26 - ih - p lot - 111 171 11 14., Par 1 26 26 19i 213 id pa] 103 - 105 51 -541 i I - loi a FOREIGN. 10 3 A ntwerp&Rotterdam 1i 1 d 5 3 HolgianEastn. Junct. i 14 20 4 Beziers to Graissessac p— ip 4 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin. 14 15 20 10 Dijon and Besangon 1 —1, P 20 $ Dutch Rhenish li lidis 20 all East Indian s— 5A p 25k 20 1 Do. Extension .... 1 lip 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1i 2 p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 1 —14 p 201 IN Gt. Western of Canada Shares id 4 p 5 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c pref... b . ...... 20 15 Luxembourg 6 7 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4— 41 5 2 Do. 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 1 10 l', Do. 6p. ct. pref A— 4 d 20 9 Lyons dz Mediterran .. .. p 20 44 Madras l4 2 p 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 74 7 i 74 20 all Do. (ex interest) — :** 16 all Northern of France 341 -34 i 344 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds. I (fmy. B. &Am& Shs.) 14 14;4 10 all NorwegianTrunkPref 8 8 20 10 Paris and Lyons l5 15 251 I 20 all Paris and Orleans 4l 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 4O 42 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 354 —35 i i 5 20 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. 3 4 10 7i Quebec &Richmond id par 20 all Rouen and Havre lB4 194 20 all Sambre and Meuse 8 81 8 10 4 Do. 54 p. ct. pref ... ... 20 2 Sth -Eastrn. of France . . 20 4 Southern of France ¢ '6, 20 2s. Upper India Scri p 4 iiii; 88 all West Flanders 44 5 10 8 Do. 54 per c. Pref 4dls p ar 20 10 Western of France 8 9 1 ,, 7.0 2 West. of Switzerland i id • 20 6, Zea1and.........1.... , . 3 7 2 d 67 6i 714 224 2 25 25 50 St. 10 St. St. 50 40 25 25 St. St. St. St. 100 6 100 100 124 123' 12 St. all 100 all 100 10 all 14 1.0.61 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1853. MINES. 1 all Agna Fria la lip 10s. all Anglo Californian a _ g p 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 2l 1 all Australian Cordillera *d p I all Australian Freehold. g - d 1 all Ave Maria A d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d par 1 all British Austrin. Gold 1 d par 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Braziliaulmp.(issued at £5 pm 4l 51 54 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 4/1 5 20 15 Do. St. John Del Res 313 324 1 1 Carson's Creek hd— 4 p 40 ail Cobro Copper — 5 1 Colonial Gold ll 143 24 • 14 Copiapo . lO4 11 1 2 St. all Copper MM. of Eng. 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cont. 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 —ll d 20 all General l5 17 2 all Great Nugget Vein ll 1 p 3i 3 all Groat Polgooth. ll —I d 1 all Lake Bathurst - d 1 all Liberty O r d p 1 all Loud. &Cali forn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 1 all Mariquita 4d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 1 all New Granada par— 1 p I.* 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 —14 a 5 1 Port Philip d P 1 all Quartz Rock # - 4 p 50 all Rhymney Iron 26 —2B 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago do Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian l•• pm 10 7 Tin Croft ...... 8 —lO 284 all United Mexican 4 44 1 all Waller — 1 all West Granada I d ) Cr -1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba d— par MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 61 63 63 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail ... 50 381 Brit. American Land 68 70 100 324 Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 24 —34 p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 4 1 2 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 74 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 25 Do. Do • ". ". 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . 25 25 South Austral. Land 40 42 41 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization — 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 17 19 174 MA.RKRT NEWS-(THIS DA Y.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrival of English wheat up to our market this week coastwise, has been only 850 quarters. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts of that grain were limited—hence the show of samples was small. For all kinds we had a steady demand, and a good clearance was effected at fully Monday's ad vance in the quotations. From abroad, 10,320 quarters of wheat have been re ported. There was a steady sale for most descriptions, and, in some instances, red Baltic parcels were the turn in favour of sellers. Floating cargoes were firm, and quite as dear as last week. Barloy—The supply of barley was moderate, and changed hands slowly at full currencies. Malt—We had a fair inquiry for malt, the value of which was well supported. Oats—There was more doing in oats, the prices of which improved 6d per quarter. Beans, peas, and flour were firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Malt. 850 60 9 59 English .. Irish •. • • Foreign .. 10, - 320 I 2,670 SMITHFIELD. LITERATUR Application and Effect of Electricity and Galvanism, &c. By Richard Moore Lawrance, M.D. One vol. Henry Renshaw. Already the author of this little volume has, through the medium of a similar work—but a work more restricted in its character—acquainted the world of readers with the efficacy with which diseases of a rheumatic kind may be treated by the application of galvanism and electricity. He has judiciously deemed it advisable to follow up the result of his curious and interesting researches. Hence the present valuable, and in every respects really admirable, production. Scarcely a hundred pages constitute the volume, but within these hun dred pages there is compactly stored up a mass of valuable information. The writer's purpose—as implied upon his title-page—is simply to explain the application and effect of electricity and gal vanism in the treatment of cancerous, nervous, rheumatic, and other affections. Not merely can cerous, nervous, and rheumatic, but other affec tions in like manner. It will b e found, indeed, on perusal of the four chapters into which the treatise before us is divided, that Dr. Lawrance insists strenuously upon the advisability of applying the electro-galvanic current in cases of impaired diges tion, of obstinate constipation, of loss of voice or aphonia, of deafness, of failing vision or amau rosis, of paralysis, of asphyxia, or suspended animation. From all this it may be conjec tured by some of the less credulous that the writer of the volume, enamoured of his sub ject, is (like most medical practitioners with a iiew discovery) for transforming an excellent remedy in one or two cases, into an universal recipe or panacea. At any rate, even the most suspicious must admit, after an examination of the well-authenti cated facts compressed into the disquisition under review, that the statements advanced by Dr. Law ranee are, to say the least of them, most remark able, and such as are surely entitled to careful and deliberate investigation. It must be observed that our author does not write, from first to last, in any way superficially. He speaks with authority, as we have before intimated, and this simply because he has thoroughly mastered a knowledge of his subject before putting pen to paper. A rather less frequent occurrence this than by many, per haps may be conjectured. Dr. Lawrance writes thinkingly. He does more than this--he evidently desires, from the outset, that his readers may read thinkingly. To the end that this wish may be the more effectually realised, he " begins at the begin ning," as they say in the story-books. He re capitulates all the elementary data connected with the rise and development of the enthralling science of the Electrician. Data, for example, such as—How Tinkles was the first to observe the electric properties of amber six centuries before the dawn of Christianity ! How, 300 years after wards, it was discovered that tourmaline had the property of attracting light bodies, the discoverer being Theophrastus, of Eresos, the most illus trious of the disciples of Aristotle ! How, after being forgotten or disregarded, these " first gleams of knowledge" were recognised in their true im portance only 200 years ago, when Dr. Gilbert, of Colchester, published his work upon Magnetism ! How, little more than one hundred years ago, namely, ia 1746, the introduction of the Leyden jar revealed many of the surprising effects of fric tional electricity ! How, from the truths which were then elicited by experiment, there gradually grew up the study of Electra-Physiology ! By these firm and easy steps Dr. Lawrance brings even those who are least instructed in such matters to a recognition of the value and interest of the theme of his disquisition. lie goes further. He specifies the five different sources of electricity. I.—Frictional Electricity, or electricity produced by rubbing, as by the friction of polished glass by a woollen cloth, shown in the two kinds of elec trical machines, the plate machine and the cylin drical. ll.—Galvanic or Voltaic Electricity, or electricity produced by chemical action—a study first opened up by Professor Galvani, of Bologna, and ripened into a science by Professor Volta, of Pavia, to whom electricians are indebted for the first voltaic-pile. 111. —Electro-Magnetism , or electricity evolved from certain arrangements of induced mag nets, or magneto-electricity produced by permanent magnets—arrangements first suggested by Professor Oersted in 1819, and afterwards perfected in 1830 by M. Hipolyte Pixii of Paris, the inventor of the first magneto-electric machine. IV.—Animal Electricity, or that electricity which arises from some peculiar power possessed by certain animals, such as the gymnotus and the torpedo. V.— Thermo-Electricity, or electricity arising from dis turbances of temperature. The instrument em ployed by Dr. Lawrance in the treatment of disease, an instrument called by its inventors an Electro-Galvanic Machine, differs from the gene rality, says he, "in deriving its electricity from the battery, the current being sent through one coil of thick wire, in order to give it sufficient in tensity to overcome the resistance which it experi ences in passing through the body." With this powerful instrument he appears to have carried out a series of extraordinary researches in Electro- Physiology. It will allay the anxiety of the timor ous to find the author acknowledging (p. 24) that " the therapeutic application of electro-galvanism requires no less consideration than that of any other powerful remedy." In obedience to which lie seems to act systematically with exquisite caution. As evidence of the manner in which his application has become systematised, there are (at pp. 22-24) three tables of diseases, wherein are numbered, firstly, those in which the free electricity circulating in the nerves should be increased ; secondly, those in which it should be , decreased ; and thirdly, those in which electro chemical decomposition should be produced. From our comments upon the contents of this unam bitious but arresting volume, it must be obvious, we hope, that its argument is regarded by us as eminently entitled to a scrupulously painstaking and minute investigation. On Consumption: its .11f ature, Symptoms, and Treat ment. To which was awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal of the Medical Society of London. By Richard Payne Cotton, M.D., Assistant- Physician to the Hospital for Consumption. Bvo. Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. It is not often that we introduce into these columns notices of works strictly professional in their character. The subject of consumption, how ever, is one of such painful interest to every section of the great commonwealth of man, that we feel it a duty in making the present exception. There are many points in the work before us demanding the attention of every one. The author shows how much may be effected in preventing the accession of this fatal disease—how much may be done towards checking its early stages ; and how comparatively little can be done when the malady has fully established itself. There is a chapter on " Preventive Treatment," freed from all techni calities, in which are given many judicious rules for meeting the threatenings of the destroyer. The following extract shows how important these are considered by the author :—" Every one has it greatly within his own control, whether ho will himself enjoy and bequeath to his descendants a freedom from tuberculous diseases ; or, whether he will yield himself a sacrifice to a careless or more culpable disregard of causes which, he might have known, were at least likely to be its fore runners." The grounds on which Dr. Cotton has based his observations are not merely specula tive ; they are fair deductions from a number of carefully tabulated cases which have fallen under his own treatment. If we were to single out the peculiar merit of hig book, it would consist in the fact that he does not attempt to satisfy his readers with mere abstract doctrines, but practically ex hibits his facts by statistical evidence : he takes, in fact, 1,000 cases from the out - p atients of the on sumption Hospital, and shows, by their respective histories, the mode of origin of the disease, the age at which we are most liable to its initiation, the sex, the occupation, the way of living , and many other points which are concerned in its development. Dr. Cotton is strongly opposed to the too-pre valent custom of expatriating our consumptive countrymen. He shows how prevalent are the causes of the disease, and that there is no favoured spot whose climate is incompati ble with its advances. When the di sease is at all advanced in its career, he counsels every one not to think of leaving their native land, showing how unnecessary such a course really is, and how deceptive it is nearly certain to be. At the same time he advises change of air and scene, as one of the most effective remedies in the early stages of the malady. To the general reader interested in the subject we commend the book before us. We have found the work full of information, as authentic, appa rently, as it is entertaining and profitable. It seems to us to place the subject of consumption in a new light. And although it will not lead us to believe that the disease is altogether within the control of the physician, it cannot fail in allowing that it is, to a considerable extent, preventable, and that even when fully developed, much may be effected towards arresting its progress, and alleviat ing its most painful symptoms. THE MANSION-HOUSE. —Among the curiosities exhi bited on Wednesday at the Convcrsazione at the Man sion-house were eight drawings by Sir Richard Thornhill, being his original etchings for his paintings in the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. These curious and valuable memorials were presented by Mr. James Anderton to the City Library. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) . _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the omnibus and hackney carriage proprietors, praying that power of appeal be given by the Hackney Carriage Bill against the decision of the Commissioners of Police. Lord CAMPBELL said he was opposed to the prayer of the petition, because he thought the Commissioners of Police would exercise the power proposed to be given to them in a manner beneficial to the public. If an ap peal was given, he hoped it would never come to the Queen's Bench, because he felt himself entirely incom petent to decide upon such matters. Lord BROUGHAM laid a bill on the table to amend the law with regard to the law of arrestment for debt. The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed himself fa vourable to the principle, but suggested that time should be given to the large number of persons concerned to con sider it. Lord PANMURE was glad to find that the subject had been taken up by the noble and learned lord opposite, because he thought that the present state of the law bad a great deal to do with the statement which bad lately appeared in the public prints relative to the enormous consumption of spirits in the large towns of Scotland. The bill was then read a first time. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition against the Charitable Trusts Bill from the Incorporated Law So ciety. BURIAL GROUNDS BILL. The report with amendments on this bill was brought up and agreed to. HACKNEY CARRIAGE (METROPOLIS) BILL. Lord STANLEY ofAlderley moved the second reading of this bill. The present condition of the hackneycarriages of the metropolis was far below that of all the continental capitals and many of the provincial towns in this coun try. The noble lord entered into a detail of the provi sions of the bill, which have been fully laid before the public in the debates before the House of Commons. The noble lord gave notice that he should propose a clause to put a stop to the nuisance of advertising vans. He be lieved that a great saving would be effected to the pub lic, while the cab proprietors would enjoy a largely ex tended traffic. After a few words from the Earl of WALDEGRAVE and Lord WYNFORD the bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of Alderley, this bill was read a second time. DRUMMOND'S tDUC DE MELFORT) RESTITU TION BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill passed through committee. The Income Tax Bill was read a first time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. E. DENISON moved that the report from the select committee on St. Margaret's Church, Westmin ster, in session 1844, be referred to the committee on the Westminster Improvements Bill—that the committee on the Westminster Improvements Bill have power to report their observations thereupon to the house. Agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Poulnasherry Inclosure ; Rochester Bridge ; South Eastern Railway (Canterbury and Whitstable, &c.) ; South Eastern Railway (North Kent Railway to the Thames, &c.) ; South Eastern Railway (Strood to Maid stone) ; Witham Drainage Second District ; East Lon don Waterworks. The report upon the Wimbledon and Croydon Rail way Bill was considered, and agreed to. CLARE ELECTION. Mr. MILES brought up the report of the committee on this election, unseating Sir J. F. Fitzgerald and Mr. Cornelius O'Brien for the county of Clare. The resolu tions of the committee have already been published in The Sun. _ _ Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD moved the issue of a new writ for the election of the two members in the room of the members who had been unseated. Mr. MILES said the feeling of the committee was that there was no reason at all why the writ should not be issued, but he thought it would be better to delay it until the evidence was in the hands of members. Mr. F. FRENCH considered that there was no earthly reason why the writ should be postponed. Mr. WARNER, as one of the members of the com mittee, entirely concurred in what had fallen from Mr. Miles. Mr. BOUVERIE said it was the usual practice to issue the writ at once, where the members were not de• dared guilty of bribery. ___ The SPEAKER stated that the motion was, perfectly in accordance with the rules of the house. It was only in cases where bribery had been proved against the sitting member that seven days' notice of a motion for issuing a writ was required. Mr. J. D. FITZGkRA.LD said his object in making the motion was to prevent the election taking place at the same time as the assizes in the county. (Hear.) The motion was then agreed to. Lord HOTHAM presented several petitions from Yorkshire and other counties against the Registration of Assurances Bill. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from the' Catholics of Bath against the inspection of nunneries. _ Mr. MIALL presented several petitions from dis milting bodies in Lancashire against the Education Bill Mr. E. BALL presented petitions from Cambridge• shire to the same effect. Mr. W. J. FOX presented petitions from benefit societies in Oldham against the Registration of Assur rances Bill. Mr. T. PARKER presented similar petitions from Preston. Mr. EWART presented a petition from the colony of Victoria in favour of the ocean penny postage. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Manchester, complaining of the duty imposed on salt imported into India, and praying that it be admitted either free or at a nominal rate of duty ; also, several petitions from Kent in favour of an affirmation being substituted for an oath in cases where persons had a conscientious objection to take the latter. Mr. J. BELL presented a petition from emigrants about to sail to Australia in favour of the ocean penny postage. Several petitions were presented from solicitors and others against the Registration of Assurances Bill. Mr. A. PELLA.Ti r presented a petition from Egham, Surrey, against the Government Educational Bill. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY presented a petition from Cork, against the inspection of nunneries. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from places in Warwickshire, against the opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays, against the Maynooth grant, and in favour of the Combination of Workmen Bill. Mr. HEYWOOD presented a petition in favour of granting Parliamentary representation to the University of London. Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from Greenwich and Deptford, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. MILES presented several petitions from diffe rent places in Somersetshiro against the sale of all in toxicating liquors on Sunday. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from diffe rent places in Scotland, in favour of the Affirmation Bill. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Yorkshire against the Government Scheme of Education. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. K. SEYMER, the evidence taken before the Peterborough Committee was ordered I to be printed. CLARE ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. MILES, the evidence before the committee on this election was also ordered to be printed. ASSESSED TAXES. Mr. PELLATT moved for a return of the twenty highest (in amount) contracts of composition for assessed taxes under the Act 13 and 14 Vic., c. 96, within the London district ; distinguishing whether such contracts are renewed contracts or original, and the number of servants, four-wheel carriages, two-wheel carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder, and armorial hearings, com pounded for in each contract, under each schedule set forth in the contract of composition ; and stating the amount of duty which each party so compounding will have to pay for the number of servants, carriages, horses, dogs, hair powder, and armorial bearings, under the new duties proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as suming that the number of taxable subjects kept and liable io assessment is the same as mentioned - in the contracts of composition.— Agreed to. COUNTY COURT FEES. Mr. MOODY wished to ask Mr. Fitzroy when the new table of fees, under the County Court Act of 15 and 16 Vic., to be allowed as between party and party, and attorney and client, will be issued. Mr. FITZROY said the judges had prepared a scale which differed very much with that issued by the Lord Chancellor, and the matter had therefore been referred to a committee of County Court Judges. He could not, under these circumstances, answer the question. FINE ARTS. Mr. BELL wished to ask the Commissioner of Works whether plans were in course of preparation for a build ing on the ground recently purchased at Kensington by the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 ? Sir W. MOLESWORTH was not aware of any such plans being in preparation. SILVER COIN. Mr. OLIVEIRA wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury what means were being taken to supply the deficiency of the silver currency complained of by the bankers ? Mr. WILSON said the demand for gold coin had con siderably abated, and arrangements had therefore been made for issuing a large quantity of silver coin. Mr. A. PELLATT wished to know if steps had been taken to get in light gold coin. Mr. WILSON said there was very little in circula tion. CHOBHAIT CAMP. In reply to Mr. DnuMMOND, Lord PA_LMERSTON said steps would be taken to preserve peace while the camp was kept up at Chobl DURHAM ELECTION. Mr. BRAMSTON brought up the report of the Durham election committee, declaring Lord Adolphus Vane to be unseated on the ground of bribery by his agents. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. In reply to a question from Mr HUME, Sir C. WOOD said there was no objection to produce the correspondence which had passed between the Go. 133 111 - 12 87i i i 103 1141 i Oats. Flour, 40 1,030 1,920 3,370 I I‘o sks 5,510 brls Although the supply of beasts on offer to-day was not large, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy, and, in some instances, the quotations had a down ward tendency. Sheep, the number of which was on the increase, moved off slowly, at a decline in prices of 2d per Per 81bs. The primed old Downs sold at 4s 6d per 81bs. The lamb trade was in a very inactive state, and the cur rencies gave way 2d per Blbs. ; the top figure was 6s 2d per per 81b. There was a large number of calves on sale, for which the inquiry was much depressed, at 2d per Sibs less money : In pigs next to nothing was doing. Mitch cow; Were dull, at 15i heir small calf. to 10/. 53 each, including Per 81bs to sin s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ... 3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 3 8 Prime crse.-wlled.3 10 4 2 Lambs 4 TOTAL SUPPLY. Lk the offals, d. s. d. Prime Southdowu 4 4 4 6 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 410 Large hogs 3 2 3 8 Small porkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves ..19 0 25 -, 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 s 8d to Cs 2d. Beasts ....• .... ... 939 Sheep and Lambs .. •. •• ..10,900 Pigs •• . .. • ••• 350 NEWGATE AN. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •• . •• . •.• 204 Calves.... •• .. •........• 408 Plgs.... •. . The general demand at this market to-day ruled heavy, at drooping prices. LEADENHALL. the carcase, Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime large .3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small ....3 8 310 j Veal 3 8 4 8 Pork, large 3 4 3 1 Pork, small ...... ..3 10 4 4 Lambs 4s Sd to 6s Od BOROUGH HOP. Most kind of hops, the show of which is very limited, are in request to-day, and prices are freely supported, as follows : —Mid and East Kent pockets, 120 s to 1686 ; Weald of Kent, 115 s to 128 s ; and. Sussex, 110 s to 126 s per cwt. COLONIAL. --- SUGAR.—There has been a dull market for British plan tation, and previous rates have not been quite supported. At auction Barbadoes sold for good mid to fine at 355 6d to 38s 6d, and Grenada at 32s 6d to 35s 6d for fine brown to good mid crystallised. Demerara went at 38s to 38s 6d. East India—Bengal has been sold by auction at 35s 6d to 368 6d for low to good mid white, Bonares at 38s 6d to 39s for fine yellow grainy, and at 40s 6d to 41s for mid white Cossipore. Khaur was taken in at 28s to 28s 6d, but afterwards sold at 27s 6d. Foreign—Rather more has been doing ; yellow Havannah afloat sold at 21s 9d, Forth Rico by auction at 36s 6d to 39s 6d for low to good, and 40s to 41s for fine. China was taken in at 34. s Od for soft brown. St. Croix brought 38s 6d to 40s 6d for mid and good, and 41s to 42s for fine. Refined has been in better supply, with a fair home trade. Brown lumps 45s to 45s 6d. COFFEE.—There has been rather less demand, but prices have not varied much. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 468 6d to 53s 6d ; for triage at 53s 6d 56s 6d ; for fine ord to low mid at 57s to 61s for mid and good; and at 65s to 67s for peaberry. Native Ceylon has been dull at 46s to 475. Some of the fresh import was taken in at the auctions at 47s to 48s, except 200 bags which sold at 46s 6d, being is lower. Mocha was taken in at 675, and Bahia at 458. COCOA.—Trinidad has declined slightly, the supply of West India exceeding the demand. Common grey sold at 28s, and very good red at 30s. COTTON.—There is no improvement in the demand, but previous rates are supported. TEA.—Prices are about the same, although the lower qualities are barely supported. SPICES.—BIack pepper has been in good demand at fully previous rates, mid half heavy Malabar at 4d to sid. Mace has averaged fully previous rates for mid and com mon. Nutmeg have advanced 2d per ib, small to mid being 2s 6d to 2s 10d, and good and fine hold 3s to 4s ld. RlOE.—Extreme prices to 3d advance have been obtained. Bengal mid to good mid 9s 6d to 10s 6d; and good to fine, us to lls 6d. SALTPETRE.—Prices are much the same, Bengal having been taken in at 28s for 1 per cent refraction, and at 25s for 9 to 11i per cent. TALLow.—P.Y.C. has been quiet at 47s 3d per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT. —Oranges sustain their value. Some parcels by steamer and sailing ships, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, sustained the price obtained last week. Lemons have advanced 2s to 4s. per package. The reduc tion of duty on nuts has released several parcels from bond, and great disappointment is felt that the schedule has not included oranges and lemons, which it is to be hoped will not be deferred beyond this week. LLOYDS' SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, June 10.—Wind at Noon, E. ; light airs, and cloudy, with (frizzling COWES, June 9 . — Wind , S . by E. Arrived—Picciola, China; Colibri, do., and both sailed for Hamburgh ; Ano nims, Savannah , and sailed for London. OFF DOVER, June 9.—Royal William, Madeira, for St. Petersburgh. PORTSMOUTH, June 9.—Wind, S. Arrived—H.M.'s st. George, Bormuda. Sailed—Susses, Melbourne, S.A. Off Port—Castle Eden, China ; Alfria, Calcutta. P LY MOUTH, June 9 . — Win d, S.E. Arrived—Nymph, Akyab. F A LMOUTH, June 9.—Wind, S. Arrived — Lucy, Bahia ; Rainbow, Savannah ; Queen, P erna mbuco. Off Port— Hebe, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh ; Eureka, Paraiba, and sailed for Bristol. SOUTHAMPTON, June 2.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Severn (s), Brazils ; Comet (s), Madeira. BRISTOL, June 9.—Wind, S.W. Arrived —Eagle, To bago ; Anna, St. Vincen. LOWEBTOFT, June 9.—The Utility, London to Seaham, which got on shore on the 24th ult., has been got off. QUEENSTOWN, June B.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Thomas Edward, Barbadoes, and sailed for Liverpool ; Trident, Akyab ; Constellation, Trinidad. HARTLEPOOL, June 9.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Robertus Hendrickus, Singapore. DISASTER AT SEA.—LIVERPOOL, TEIIIRSDAY.—A letter has just been received from the correspondent at Douglas of the Liverpool underwriters, announcing that the ship Squantum, of Boston, which sailed on the 7th inst. with emigrants, from this port for Boston, went on shore at eleven o'clock last night, at Kirk Santon Head, near Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. Her passengers were all landed in safety. The vessel was making a little water. She was lying close to the shore, and up to the time of writing (eight a.m.) was safe, and might be got off, should the wind continue moderate. Her Majesty 's 1 steamer Porcupine bad gone down to her assistance. a new 69i 9 70 69 60 59 vernment and the Court of Directors on the subject of the Indian Bill. PUBLIC BUSINESS. In reply to Lord J. MANNERS, Lord J. RUSSELL said, if the debate on the India Bill was closed to-night, he should propose to take the second readin g o f the Succession Tax Bill the first thing to-morrow. The Customs Bill would be taken to-night. ARTE In reply t o an Hon. R lAL►MemDRAI NAGE .ber, Mr. WILSON said he expected to be in possession of the report on the subject of arterial drainage in Ireland to-morrow. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on the subject of the bill for the government ( f India, Mr. BLACKETT rose —He said, in the sp eec h w hich closed the deb a t e on th e l ast occasion various " counts" of the " indictment" against the Government were soOken of ; and he rose to support ono of those counts. The hoc. baronet (Sir J. Hogg) had spoken most unjustifiably of the arguments against the Government, which he had greatly misrepresented. (Hear, hoar.) There was ground to com plain of the meagre information afforded by the Govern ment on the subject. (Hear, hear.) The Indian Govern ment had for years been in the habit of withholding pap?) s they were bound by act of Parliament to produce to Par liament within a certain time. And when produced the papers were arranged in a manner intentionally embarras sing and obscure, while columns of figures were not cast up, and portions of the same estimates were scattered over different pages so as to create perpetual confusion. Ile (Mr. Blackett) objected utterly to the East India Company as an organ of tho Indian Government, and admitted that no objection short of that could justify the opposition to the bringing in of the bill. He objected also that the house was called upon to legislate without those opportu nities of information and consideration which had been afforded on former occasions. Thus, on the last renewal of the charter in 1833, committees on the subject had been appointed so 'early as 1830, so that three years' time had been allowed to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) When, how ever, the noble lord the member for Lynn had asked Sir J. Hobhouse, in 1851, if he intended to propose a committee in contemplation of the renewal of the charter in 1853, he replied that he did not intend to do so, because he contem plated no change. (Hear, hear.) The political vicissitudes which since had occurred might have sufficed to satisfy Sir John Hobhouse that change did not depend solely on his will. (Hear, hoar.) It was said that there was great danger from not legislating on the subject at once. But at least equal danger would result from a measure such as now proposed, which left it open to alteration at any time. (Hear, hear.) But, in fact, the danger was greatly exaggerated ; for far longer periods had been allowed for deliberation on occasions when there was far greater danger to our Indian empire. (Hear, hear.) Thus when the charter was renewed iu 1793 there had been 10 years of discussion and consideration. And yet, though we had only one-sixth of our present territory, the whole strength of the Mahrattah nation was watching us; the powerful state of the Ni zam, with an army dis ciplined by French officers, was arrayed against us, and we had to encounter Tippoo Saib, with all the hereditary energy of Hyder Ally. (Hoar, hear.) So in 1830, when three years' time were taken to deliberate, we had to deal with the rise of those wars which afterwards broke out —and in 1833 there were gathering against us the elements of our wars of the Punjaub, and those Russian intrigues were carrying on, which, however they might now be despised, were then thought sufficient to justify the wa/ in Affghanistan. (Hear, heat.) At the present period. on the contrary, the whole Peninsula and the Punjaul , beyond obeyed us, and the magnificent hyperbole of Burke was realised, that not a peasant in India ate his rice with out cur leave, while native princes, who, 20 years ago, would have leaped into their saddles at the head of armed hosts to avenge an imagined insult, were now cultivating constitutional systems of administration, and approached us with respectful petition. (H ear , hear.) The hon. baronet (Sir J. Hogg) had taken credit to the company for the spread of civilisation, and the subduing of barbarous tribes. But the same credit must be given to the most cruel and crafty conquerors of ancient and modern times. The most barbarous buccaneer that ever cleared a jungle could boast that ho had (because he found it to his inter est) drained swamps and exterminated noxious animals. The same might have been the vaunt of the worst govern. ments in modern Europe—the government of Louis XV., in France, of George 111., in America, and of Metternich, in Austria. (A laugh.) The hon. baronet had prided him self in referring to the illustrious names of our Indian generals, and the brilliant stories of their victories. No doubt there was everything in these eulogies to admit and to admire. There was no story more stirring than the tragic fate of Sir W. Macnaughten. There were no achievements more chivalrous than those of Colonel Outram. (Cheers.) But all this only proved that the worst possible system of patronage could not spoil or en feeble our English race. (Hear, hear.) It was not to the East India Company, it was in spq.e of the company that these great deeds had been accomplished. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that the system of " double government" was on its trial. That was a mistake. The East India Company were upon their trial. (Hear, hear.) The East India Company were quite different from the East Indian government. (Hear, hear,) The question was, whether, supposing the government of India to be either single m double, the company were qualified to form any part of it. The question was best determined by looking at what the company had done in a department peculiarly their own, that of patronage. (Hear, hear.) Before entering into that, he would advert to one or two other topics ; and first, that of finance. The acqiisitions of territory which had taken place bad not been fortunate in a financial point of view. Thus the revenue of the Punjaub appeared- to be 1,200,0001., and the civil charges, 900,000/. ; the revenue of Scinde, 230,000/. the charges, 460,000/. ; the revenue of Sattara was 105,0001., it had been obtained by most atrocious moans, and therefore it was satisfactory to find that we had got a bad bargain, for the charges were 210,0001. (Hoar, hear.) Mr. MANGLES—These figures are erroneous. Mr. BLACKETT—Theu that shows how little the East India Company's statements are to be relied upon ; for th, figures are all extracted from the statements they laid be fore the committee. (Loud cries of hear.) The salt duties were gradually on the decline : in the four years before 1848 they averaged 1,587,8451. ; in the four years before 1852, they averaged 1,366,3121., a decrease of 221,5331. With regard to the increase of our exports to India, it was true ; but as to ourimports they were declining. During the four years before 1845, the average amount was 12,637,000/.; during the four years ending in 1853, the average had been 12,163,0001., showing a decline of 463,0001. It was said that the Indian revenue had increased. But how had the increase been made up ? Not less than 710,0001. had been tribute money—(hear, hear)—from Gwalior, Lahore, and Gholab Sing. The opium duty, it was admitted, was quite uncertain—(hear)—and the Customs duties had fallen off. The cost of collecting the Indian revenue was enor mous, no less than 25 per cent. (Hear.) The increase of revenue had not risen from improved management, but from confiscation, or from extension of the area of taxation.' Mr. Prince p stated that not less than a million and a half was derived from tribute—(hear, hear)-500,0001. was the fruit of confiscation, or " rescriptions, ' in Bengal alone— (hear, hear)—and another head of confiscations afforded nearly 300,0001. more. (Hear, hear.) The total increase was 2,500,0001., leaving little more than 200,0001. out of the 6,000,0001. increased revenue. In page 306 there was a statement of so extraordinary a character that he must recommend it to the consideration of the hon. baronet the member for Honiton, and the hon. member for Guildford. It was there stated that from 1834 to 1849 inclusive, the uncollected arrears of land tax amounted to not less than 60,191,1671.—an amount greater than the whole annual re venue of Great Britain. He hoped those hon. members would be prepared to show that this statement was a blunder in calculation. The right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Control had also referred to the transit duties, as a proof of the excellence of the East In dia Company's management. He had spoken of them in a tone of tranquillity, which was not a little remarkable, considering that if there was one subject on which more than another the bureaucracy of Leadenhall-street could stultify the liberal intentions of the Board of Control it was this. The right hon. gentleman said that the tran sit duties had been abolished by the East India Company, but ho forgot to add that the company had imposed them. (Hear, hear.) These objectionable duties wore collected at a series of toll-bars, not inappropriately called " chokings ;" and Sir Charles Trevelyan, in his in estimable report, stated that there were not less than 60 of such "chokings" within 20 miles of Calcutta, producing an aggregate sum of between 600,0001. and 800,000/. The hon. member here traced the history of these duties since 1801, and added that he doubted whether they would have been abolished at this moment, but for the act of a self willed and refractory official, who :set the example in Bengal. Passing then to the general question, he said that his main ground of objection to the present system was that the affairs of India were entrusted to a private corpo ration, who had no more necessary connection with that country than the Great Western Railway. He denied the argument of the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Control, that our klndian empire was nothing better that an anomaly. By so designating it, the right hon. gentleman confessed, and perhaps felt not only his incompetency to deal with the subject, but his reluctance to rise to the full comprehension of it, and his indisposition to grapple with its details. (Hoar, hear.) If there were anomaly anywhere, it was in our legislation, and not in India • it was to be found in our persistence to govern 150,000,000 of people by a handful of directors and by a joint-stock company. The greatest anomaly, however, was in the spectacle of the government of India being entrusted to a right hon. gentleman who, in the course of a five hours' speech, could gravely tell the House of Commons that things ware going on in India as well as they could wish. (Hear, hear.) Of this measure, which was neither bold nor sagacious, but ingeniously calculated to under mine and unsettle the foundations of the company, the hon. baronet (Sir J. Hogg) had not uttered one word of praise ; he bad not expressed any approbation of the plan by which six gentlemen nominated by the Crown were to assist the company in their deliberations; nor had he the grace to say Thank you "to the right hon. gentlemen for the 41. a week which was to be granted in lieu of the aban doned patronage. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) With re gard to the powers possessed by the company, he (Mr. Blackett) considered them excessive, more especially with respect to patronage. Upon this point they had the im portant testimony of Mr. Willoughby, Sir Herbert Mad dock, Mr. Willet, and Mr. Wilberforce Bird, all of whom were examined before the committee, and who distinctly stated that they were debarred from solicit ing seats in the directorship by the intolerable humilia tion - which a canvass of such a body as the Court of Proprietors would entail. At the last election Mr. Carnac Morris was rejected in favour ei a friend of his (Mr. Blackett's) ; and the result snowed that official service was not considered a recommendation for preferment by the Court of Proprietors. It was notorious that the Court of Directors had not acted up to the spirit of the act of 1834 with respect to the young men sent out to India ; but a far wider departure from the act was to be found in the absence of that promotion of native In dians, for which the hon. member for Edinburgh and Lord Glenelg contended, and which the House of Comman the time fully anticipated would b e carr i ed out. Bust at show the qualifications of the native judges for the Inadinthaile n Coloneli str a ti on Sykes,of justice, ss it boreh e uwould the r e t t .o rto th e presidencies,testimony Bombay presidency in the f our years ending in 1848, th 64 per n e a e C n i s t v'e judges. O the e cases tried were 366 to 968 ; European judges ;93 per cent. by were decided by c v a e s rs es ed d o e n ci a d p e pe d a b l y ; tohfe thnoasteivterijetales, per cent, were re m y the European judges, 66 per cent. were reversed appeal. In the North- western Provinces the cases tried were 43/ to 679 ; 53 per cent. w re decided by European judges, and 91 by natives; 27 per cunt. of the native judges' decisions were reversed, on appeal. and 79 per cent. of the European judges' deci sions. _ He believed, even if the plan of the Government succeeded to their utmost desire, that, after all, they would only still 1 • imitating the policy of a Metternich and a Itadetzky in Lombardy; and that they would rind them selves in the end ruling over a few handsful of Englishmen and natives, i astead orover a great and united population. Surely that was not a state of society which it was desir able to contemplate. Rather ought it not to be the ob ject of the Fritish Government to maintain in India some. tiling like t' at kind of spirit of competition which diver sified our England at home? In the eloquent language of Jolonel Sykes, if the Government plan was carried out, they would behold in India a government of officials on the one hand, and a nation of serfs on the other. In 1847 Sir Thomas Monroe, writing from India, had described Os fatal consequences of the system the British Govern t,hl e e nt st N i s e a n s o extend to the lives and property of its Ind ian sub j ects r s o n f i t g h e in E t n h g a l t i sh c u G n o t f e y r . n m eHnet declared enabled it t Lei degree of protection which was enjoyed by n o native power ; but that all those advantages were purchasedby the sacrifice of national independence of charac ter and whatever remained among the people of self respect, since the natives of rudia might enjoy the fruits of their labour and pursue their different occupations in tranquillity, but they could aspire to nothing beyond a more animal state, for they could not look forward t o an y share in the military or civil government of their country. (Hear, hear.) Now he would ask the house was there an example within the whole range of conquest in which th s natives of the country were so excluded from power as in the case of the people of India? (Hear, hear.) The point, however, which he wished specially to press upon the house was the manner in which the company had distributed its patronage, because that was the only subject upon which they exercised an absolute and unlimited discretion, and because on the manner in which they had performed their duty in this respect they could base their only claim to a renewal of confidence frem the people of England. Ho believed, however, that he had shown that the company had exercised its vast prerogatives in the precise manner most calculated to benefit their own immediate family con nections—(hear, hei`r)—and in the manner least calculated either to economise the resources of the countre, or to strengthen the social system of native India. He had shown—firstly, by theiiabolition of the clause in the charter which prescribed that there should be competition for writerships, and, secondly, by their systematic exclusion of natives from office—tnat they had deliberately betrayed the trust which had been reposed in them by the Parlia ment of 1833, and broken the engagement on which they had permitted the right hon. member for Edinburgh (Mr. Macaulay) to ask for a renewal of their last lease of power. ft was said, however, that the privileges of the directors were to be limited by this bill. But, surely, it was not enough to withdraw the mere possession of patronage which bad been manifestly so misapplied. Surely, it would be intolerable that the administration of the humblest village in India should be left to the discretion of men who had shown themselves incapable of distributing a few wril,erl 4hips in the course of each year without yielding to a melancholy and humiliating temptation. (Elear, hear.) Ele objected to thebill of the right hon. gentleman, be- cause it seemed to him most strongly to combine the con tradictory disadvantages of precipitation and delay—(hear, hear)—because it continued a system of double govern ment, and multiplied checks, while it neutralised respon 3ibility. But, most of all, he opposed the measure because it continued the East India Company as the permanent organ of Government for that country. But still, no [natter whether the share of influence to be retained by the company was great or small, he was convinced its cot; uinuance could only tend to retard progress, foster nepo tism, and impede the elevation of the native race into a community of which England and Englishmen could have any reason to be proud. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. BARING said that his excuse for rising to tres- pass upon the attention of the house would be that it was 'tis wish not to detain them for any long time, for he felt that he had not the power which the hon. and learned gen- cleman opposite (Mr. Blackett) seemed to think requisite to -,nable one to speak upon such a subject, namely, " to swell he soul and fire theimagination." As, however, it hap• )ened that ho occupied the post of chairman of the cora- ,uittee which was sitting upon Indian affairs, he felt it his luty to offer some observations to the house. In the first, Mace, then, he would state that though the very last petition presented to that committee prayed that legisla tion might be delayed, ho himself was most anxious that no such hesitation should take place. He rejoiced, there fore, to see the bill introduced, although he must confess he had doubts as to the policy of some of its provisions ; those doubts, however, would undergo discussion at a later stage, either to be removed, or to be confirmed and itrengthened. But because the committee was still sitting Parliament was to adjourn its decision upon this question seemed to him a conclusion wholly unjustified by the cir cumstances of the case. He certainly admitted that it would have been desirable that the committee had been ippointed at an earlier period—(hear, hear)—that it had been nominated the year previously ; but still every hon. ;entleman was well aware that the present enactment dealt mly in a limited manner with the question of India, and that while the house was now called upon to legislate in regard of the machinery of government, the committee continued to inquire into all those points which affected the development of the resources of that country. (Hear, hear.) It seemed to him, therefore, that, not only would it be unnecessary to delay legislation, but likewise that the committee had a duty to perform in continuing their investigation, in order to show the merchants England what was the nature of the evidence brought before them, and to manifest to the people of India the anxiety of the House of Commons to examine into their condition and government. He confessed it was avident to him that if they weakened the power of govern neat in India by postponing the settlement , of this ques tion for another year—(hear, hear)—by, as it were, hanging up authority in abeyance—by advertising for a new government—by calling upon England and India to agitate alike for the next two or three years—that they would be ,inflicting au injury upon India, the effects of which no good government in after years could rectify. And let him add, he knew of no greater curse to a country than that its inhabitants should know that the form of government under which they lived was condemned even by those who had bestowed it on them. But he would impress upon the house, and more particularly upon the gentleman who had just sat down, that there was a, very great difference in saying that we support the pro position of the Government as the one best calculated to ive India a good Government, and that we support it because it is ;plan which is only to last as long a - s - it will be found applicable to that country ; because, in fact, the final settlement is still left within the control of Parlia- :vent. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more injurious to India than to say that they would postpone legislation until the year the committee gave in their report. Next year it was stated they were to be occupied with a mea sure for the reform of Parliament ; and, if he was not very much mistaken, ho had once heard the hon. member for Manchester allege as a reason for an immediate change in the whole government of India, that in the year 1853 they would be in the midst of the hurricane of a reform bill. What would be the consequence of delay ? Why neither would stability bo given to the reform which con fessedly ought to bo forthwith introduced--credit at home would be diminished, and oiu• power and influence abroad would be weakened. (Hear.) But it was said everything was tranquil in India. and, therefore, postponement was safe ; but ho would ask was that a reason why legislation should be delayed to a more convenient season? For himself he believed that such was the disposition of the 2 . 00,900,000 inhabitants of India towards rule, and so un- dolibted was the fidelity of those 200,000 soldiers com posing our armies there, that there was no danger of any commotion to be apprehended. (Hear, hear.) tilt surely, it was not because their fidelity was unbhaken, and be cause their attachment to us still persisted, that we should hesitate to bestow upon them the best government which was in our power. (Hear.) He would, therefore, cheer fully support the introduction of the measure of the Go vernment ; firstly, because he felt that Parliament was . . bound to proceed with legislation at once, but mainly and principally because it preserved the double form of go vernment. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman who had last addressed the house had contended against the idea that the difficulties which the government had to meet in legislating properly for India were at all of an ano malous character ; and he referred to Spain and Portugal, and pointed to how they had governed large and distant dependencies. He (Mr. Baring), however, rejoiced to say that there was this difference in the cases referred to. In the one the unfortunate native inhabitants were de graded, exterminated, and expatriated • while under our government of India, with all its defects, the people had every security for their lives and property—they were saved from all the horrors of internal dissension and foreign attack. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) Therefore ho maintained, in the first place, that the present form of government, if its existence could be made compatible with the good government of India, was the administrative ma chiney which they ought to endeavour to support. He had no wish whatever to see that government in the hands of the Crown—(hear, hear)—in the hands of the Crown no longer controlled and independent of any other governing power ; not in the hands of the Crown as they had seen the colonies and our distant possessions. He wished to see the power exercised by a body subservient to the will of the country, because he could not imagine how the general policy of India could be separated from that of England. And he must say, that if they did not maintain an inde pendent check upon the acts of the Crown of England, that. they would see that, for some party purpose, for some ephemeral and momentary party triumph, the security of India and its government would often be made a secondary object. (Hear, hear.) He had no wish to retard—on the contrary, it was his desire to promote by every means, the education and the advancement, social as well as physical, of the native population ; but he must say, looking as far as he could into the mystery of the future, he could see no prospect of the native population administering their own government with advantage to the security of their country from foreign aggression, or to the promotion of union sagencyOn t h foreign hoes reaggression hand,whof ot he aa amongst themselves. Regarding each other with a jealousy often amounting to hatred--distracted as they were by dif ferences amongst themselves, if once they were separate; f w r o o Britishblndia perfectlydia orulenlonly ip through their mra e u t i n cta, i union of e o t l against believed, that if the plan which had been suggestedgo verning permanent rule b in ee t n ha r t es c i o d u e n nt try in ! n ou d l ia, b w e e co re m a p d l o e p te te ly d i o e u or r amine& hear.) Therefore, as a friend of Ind t ia he wished to ( E ll ee e t a h r ; was, the company still subject, as hitherto, to th government of India continued as i power , abody of men who were perfectly inde nmiaoiranitacoininnt maintaining e great inde pendent of the influence of the who would be able to defeat minister of the day, and battle-field for parties any attempt to make India a what had occurred in the Tear.) And let them look to —throughout our whole coonies—in Jamaica, in Ceylon and in Australia • and West India colonies, at the Cape jug our great party at would any one calmly say, regard distant dependencies has es, lthat the government of those to side— kept t?cies has not been bandied about from side the controversyflying like a shuttlecock in the air, as long as hear, hoar. _ served. any party purpose ? (Loud cries of ) He had no desire to see the power of tha • English Crown diminish in India, because in his heart he believed that by extending its influence the glory of the British nation and the interests of civilisation and freedom were advanced all over the world. (Hear, hear.) But he wool I say give to India that form of government which might best serve to protect England from herself— and that only could be done by keeping India out of the vortex of party politics. He did not agree with the opinien brcached by the bon. mem ber for Manchester the other night. He could not conceive a worse form of government for India than one composed of persons who had been re sident in that country for tome thirty or forty years. 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