The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol ?owing bills :—lncome Tax Bill ; Bail in Error Bill ; Hackney Carriages Bill ; Drummond's (Duke de Mel fort's) Restitution Bill. Several private bills also received the Royal assent. The Lords' Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Granville, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. Their lordships assembled at 5 o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Mr. Birch, of Dublin, complaining of a rule of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland respecting the delivery of an abstract of the record to the Chief Justice, owing to which an action he had brought for libel had miscarried, and praying that some measure might be passed for the purpose of remedying this grievance. The noble and learned lord admitted that the case of the peti tioner was one of hardship, but said he thought the inconvenience arising from the rule of the court could be remedied without legislation. Lord ST. LEONARDS bore testimony to the learn ing and high character of Chief Justice Lefroy. After some depreciatory remarks from the Earl of DONOUGHMORE respecting Mr. Birch, and some ob servations in reply from Lord CAMPBELL, the subject dropped. The Earl of HARROWBY presented sever al peti tions against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. JUVENILE MENDICANCY (No. 2) BILL. The - Earl of SHA.V.VESBURY moved the second reading of this bill pro forma, in order that it should be referred to a committee. _ _ _ Lord MONTEAGLE protested against the principle of the bill, which would, he said, enable parents who wished to get rid of their children to easily effect their object, for they would have nothing to do but to send them into the streets to beg and then they could be taken before a magistrate, who had power to send them to some reformatory institution. Lord CAMPBELL thought that, if the bill passed, it would do more credit to the noble earl than any of his measures. (Hear.) He was perfectly shocked to see so many little children begging in the streets and sweeping dangerous crossings ; and he believed their mode of life was calculated to make them become thieves and robbers. (Hear, hear.) He would even suggest that if the noble earl inserted a clause pre venting children under a certain age appearing in the streets at all he would confer a great benefit upon the community. (A laugh.) After some further discussion, the bill was read a second time. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was road a second time, on the understanding that the discussion upon it should be taken in com mittee. Their lordships adjourned shortly after half-past five o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) SHERIFFS' COURTS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill com mencing at clause 28. Mr. CRAUFURD moved a proviso, extending the small debt jurisdiction of the courts to 251. instead of to 121. as now proposed. The LORD ADVOCATE objected to the amend ment on the ground that if carried it would be fatal to all law reform in Scotland. After a few words from Mr. CHARTERIS, Mr. HUME supported the amendment. He com plained of the narrow views which the Lord-Advocate took of Scotch law reform. .Whatever credit the learned lord might have as a lawyer, he would get no credit among the people of Scotland as a law reformer. WALPOLE having attended the committee during the whole of the sitting, was prepared to support the bill. He should therefore support the amendment. Mr. S. WORTLEY . was favourable to the extension of pununary jurisdiction in the Sheriffs' Courts, but he thought the constitutional course was to take the bill as it bad been sent down from the Select Committee to pass it in that shape and - see how it would work. As the committee had repudiated this particular proposition he should oppo,,e the amendment. Mr. JN. M'GREGOR , :upported the bill as it stood. Mr. COWAN thought the bill as it stood would be a mighty boon to the people of Scotland, and ho should, therefore, support it. Mr. A. HASTIE supported the amendment. He bore testimony to the great attention which had been paid by the right hon. - gentleman the member for Mid burst (Mr. Walpole) to this bill while on the select com mittee, and he thought the warm thanks of every Scotch member was due. to that right hon. gentleman. (dear.) Col. BLAIR defended the opinion of the Select Committee, and should, therefore, oppose the amend ment. After a few wordy from Mr. C. Bruce, Mr. Dunlop, the Lord-Advocate, and Mr. Hum; the committee divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment.. Against . . 14 82 .. -68 Majority The proviso Wa3 consequently lost, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 29 to 40 were agreed to. On clause 41, Mr. HUME moved an amendment to the effect that no retiring allowance should be given to sheriffs' depute After a shurt discussion the committee divided, whei the numbers were— For the amendment.. Against 16 65 -49 Majority The amendment was consequently lost, and the clause was agreed to. The remaining clauses were then disposed of, and the house resumed. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod then appeared at the table to summon the House of Commons to hear the Royal assent given by commission to certain bills, for which see Lords' report. On the return of the Speaker the house adjourned at a quarter past 4 until 6 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that on Tuesday, the 19th July, he should call the serious attention of the house to the resolution passed by the house on the 11th of November—namely, that if it shall appear that any person has obtained, or has endeavoured to obtain a seat in the house by bribery, or corrupt practices, this house will proceed with the utmost severity against such person. And that in connection therewith he mould call attention to the report of the committee respecting the Plymouth election, and should move that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute Charles John Mare, Esq., the late member for Plymouth, for bulbar"- and other corrupt practices. (Groans from the opposition.) THE EASTERN QUESTION. -- - -- Mr. LA:YARD gave notice that he should bring for ward this question on Friday, the Bth July. THE BALLOT. Mr. BONHAM-CARTER moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide that whenever a commission to in quire into the corrupt practices at any election for any county, division of a county, city, borough, university, or place, in the United Kingdom shall have issued, under the provisions of the act of the 15th and 16th years of her present Majesty, the votes at the two elec tions next subsequent thereupon in any such place shall be taken by ballot. He said on the passing of the Re form Bill it was expected that that measure would have Produced freedom of election, but it was soon found that it did not stop intimidation, bribery, and other cor rupt practices, and the opinion began to spread that the ballot would be the only remedy. The great debate on the ballot took place in 1838, and in 1839 the question culminated, the numbers who divided being nearly 550. Afterwards interest in the question declined. During the last parliament ma ny measures were passed for the purpose of obtaining purity of election. The last general election was an exciting party struggle, and 30 member 3 had been unseated for bribery and corruption. They need not be surprised, that after 225 contested elections, followed by more than 100 petitions, the question of the ballot should be revived. In 1852 the numbers who voted for the balicit were 246, and 144 for it ; and in 1853, the numbers were 232 against it and 172 for it, so that there was an increase in the supporters and a diminution in the opponents. Finding that there was such a large number in the house ready to support the application of the ballot, and seeing that a large number did not present themselves at the division, knowing probably that their constituents were not unfavourable to the measure, he had thought it right to give an opportunity to members who might be doubtful as to its applica tion generally to try the experiment on a small scale. He would now state the bounds of the measure to which it would at first apply. The Lords had not signified their assent to a commission for Maldoli, but he proposed it should be one of the boroughs in which the experiment should be tried. It contained 845 electors, and 5,888 inhabitants. Last night the address was sanctioned by the House of Lords for Barnstable and Tynemouth. Barnstable had a consti tuency of 869 electors, and Tynemouth 1,169. For Canterbury, Kingston-upon-Hull, and Cambridge, there were commissions sitting. In Cambridge there were 1,984 electors, in Canterbury 1,874, and in Kingston upon-Hull upwards of 5,000. These constituencies were of a variable character, and afforded a fair opportunity of trying the experiment. Some of these boroughs were , so large that if the commissions reported that they ought to be disfranchi se d t h ere would l be great difficulty in disfranchising them. There was c3rtainly a considerable portion of these electors who were freemen, and they might withdraw the fra nc hi se from them ; }nit he did not think that the corrupt practices were confined to the freemen. He proposed that the returning officer of any b oro ugh should be held responsible t o app l y t h e act . w h e n, from common notoriety, or from a notice in tl.e booths,era operation o at f Gazette, the boro u g h came under the ep the bill ; that ther e should be polling present, at which the electors should present them selves, and that when an elector was identified, the poll-clerk should present h electo r should a card, which th e should take behin d a screen, and that he should put the card into a box. He did not apprehend that this Was a perfect scheme, but he was quite ready to hear sugges tions for its improvement. He thoughttheheus i e n w to ould be glad to see some new element introduced the debates on this question. He thought that , on general grounds, this was an opportunity which ought not to be lost of giving a fair trial to tthe ballot, so that both its advocates and opponents might see its effect in working. Mr. F. PEEL was sorry that the rightlon. gentle men who usually occupied the Treasury bench were ab sent from the house this evening. As, however,. the noble lord the member for London had stated to him some of the reasons why he should oppose this bill, he (Mr. Peel) would trouble the house with a few ob servations on this occasion. He certainly thought that after the full and complete discussion which the ballot had received during this session, it would not again have been brought before the house after so short an interval of time. The hon. gentleman (Mr. Bonham Carter) said that he brought forward the question with a view of giving a trial to the ballot ; but it certainly seemed that a question like that ought to be disposed of upon broad and general grounds, and not upon an exceptional piece of legisla tion. If the ballot• were really calculated to suppress the anomalies and disorders of the electoral system, it ought to be applied universally, and not to any particu lar district. If on the other hand, although it might cure evils of one description, it Would open a door to other evils of another class, then what right had the house to inflict it upon a particular district, and to throw the miseries of experimental legislation upon one part of the country in order to give a lesson to other parts ? Besides when particular laws were to be for particular places, it was usually upon the application of persons connected with and interested in the locality acting by the desire of the inhabitants, or at least of a section of them. No such desire had been put forward in this in stance. Nor did the hon. member's proposal give the I ballot a fair trial. It seemed to be pretty generally ad mitted that for cases of bribery and corruption the bal lot would not be attended with any very good effect ; it was rather in those places where intimidation existed that its exponents hoped that it would prove useful. But this bill applied it to cases of bribery. The bill, too, if passed into law, would be inconsistent with the act to which it referred, for at the very time that the commission was sitting and endeavouring to bring to light the corrupt practices attending an election, another election would be going on in the very same borough, of which all the proceedings would be shrouded in the most complete and convenient silence. For these reasons he trusted that the hon. member would with draw his motion. Mr. H. BERKELEY, though a friend to the ballot, certainly objected to its introduction in such homoeo pathic doses. He must deny the statement of the hon. gentleman (Mr. F. Peel) that the friends of the ballot were of opinion that it would be ineffectual in putting an end to bribery ; on the contrary, they believed that in all constituencies of any respectable size the ballot would put an end to corruption and bribery. Mr. FRENCH, who rose amidst great cries for a division, said that, as her Majesty's ministers were not in their places this evening, and it was understood that the house would not sit late, instead of proceeding to consider this rather important question, he begged to move that the house do adjourn. The SPEAKER put the question, which was answered by an almost unanimous affirmative, and the house ad journed. Lord Burghley has paired for a fortnight with John Heathcote, Esq., M.P. for Tiverton. QUEEN'S BENCH—June 28. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MASTERS. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and Lord Campbell sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of f:lorrection for two years. THg ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. WARREN. This was another prosecution for perjury arising out of the same committee, the alleged perjury consistine , in the statement that, in the presence of Sir Alex. Cock burn,' his agents had promised to use their influence to get the defendant a license for his beer-shop. This was denied by Sir Alex. Cockburn, and the other gentlemen present on the occasion ; but as some conversation took place which was calculated to induce the defendant to believe that such a promise had been made, the jury, under the direction of Lord Campbell, found a verdict. of ' not guilty. MOM POLICE ENTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—DanieI Donoglaze was brought be fore Mr. Henry to answer the charge of bigamy. Jane Murray, the second wife (a woman of respectable appearance proved that she was married to the defend ant at Clapham cii'urch in May last, and she had since ascertained that he had a wife living, to whom he was married about five years ego: Owing to his ill-treat merit, witness had been compelled to leave him, and she 'had taken a lodging for the present in King-street, Westminster. He allowed her up, ,however, and she was driven to appeal to his worship for protection from his violence. She was willing to support herself and his'tWo little orphan children, as she bad done for along time past by working hard ,day and night ; and if he would keep away from her, and restore the furniture which he had taken from her, and which. was her pro perty, she did not wish to,prefer any charge against him. Mr. Henry, seeing that the witness had a black eye and other marks of ill-usage upon her face, inquired how they were occasioned ? Witness replied that they were occasioned by his kicks ; but she had no wish to have him punished if he would promise not to molest her main. Inspector Durkin, o f t h e A. divit'don, handed up a cer tificate of the previous marr;ae . e, and said that the woman had promised to attend, but' there had not been time to complete the evidence. The prosceutrix stated that the defendant's first wife was dead. The certificate produced ;related to his second marriage. The wife here entered the court, but she was not ex amined, her evidence being inadmissible. The defendant, who seemed to treat the case with great heartlessness, said that the prosecutrir had nothing to complain of. She lived with two or three years before they were married, and it was only by her boring bhn that be ever consented to marry her at all. As for beating her, he certainly did give her a little chastise ment, that was all. • Mr. Henry remanded him for further examination. A curious application was made to Mr. Hall, just before the closing of the court. A young man, respect ably dressed, stated that he was married on Monday morning at Islington church, and they had scarcely got out of the church when his bride threw her wedding-ring in his face, declared she would not have him, and re turned home to her friends. What was he to do ? Could he not have a summons to compel her to live with him Mr. Hall regretted that he had no control over the young lady, and as the marriage had not been consum mated, the applicant could hardly go into the ecclesias tical courts for the restitution of conjugal rights. The application was certainly a novel one. Men came to the court everyday to try and get rid of their wives, and there had been two such appeals to him that very after noon ; but unfortunately they never had a man implor ing to have his wife restored to him. HAMMERSMITH.—A very respectably-attired and genteel-looking young woman, named Mary Doggett, who was described in the police-sheet as a servant, was brought before Mr. Beadon and placed in the dock on the charge of stealing a silver watch and chain, belong ing to a young man named John Hughes, under the following very extraordinary circumstances : The prosecutor, a tall, athletic young man, on being sworn, said that he was in the service of his father, who had charge of some premises and land belonging to a gentleman named Lucas, at Greenford, in Middlesex. The prisoner had been employed by his father to assist in haymaking during the last nine days, and during that time she slept in his father's house. On Monday morn ing when witness left his chamber his watch and chain were then quite safe, and in the latter part of the day he found they were gone. Mr. Beadon—ls the watch found ? The prosecutor—Yes, sir ; it was found upon the young woman. She was dischaxged from my father's on Saturday night. The prisoner—l left on Sunday morning, John. The prosecutor : She came to illy father's house on Monday, and said she wanted son.lething she had left behind. She went upstairs, and I Afterwards missed my watch. My father wanted to pacv the prisoner is. per day for the time she was in his sec vice, but she was dissatisfied with that sum. _ _ _ ~..•-••••••••+••-••••••••. •• •/ The prisoner: V•••••• I told him I had the, watch when I left. Mr. Beadon : Is that so ?---The prosecutor : Yes, sir; she told me she had the watch. The prisoner : You know you gave me the watch, John. . . Mr. Beadon (with great surprise) : There is some thing more in this case than there ffrst appeared. His worship then asked the prosecutor if he could give any reason why she took the watch ?—The prosecutor : I cannot give any reason, sir. Mr. Beadon : Cannot you form an opinion I—The prosecutor : I do not know, sir. The prisoner here interrupted the examination, and said they had been keeping company fur some time, and he gave her the watch and chain. Mr. Beadon : Have you been paying your addresses to her ?—The prosecutor said he had been keeping . com pany with her for a short time. Mr. Beadon (with indignation) —The prisoner is dis charged. It was most disgraceful conduct on the part of the prosecutor, and it is a pity such a case was ever brought into court. Go about your business, and leave the court directly. Get down, sir. The prosecutor immediately retired, and was soon some distance from the court. The prisoner stepped from the dock crying most bit terly, and said she was to have been married to the prosecutor on Monday last ; the ban:is had been pub lished, and everything was arranged for their union, but it was broken off. his ftther had been scandalising her character, and she did not know what uhe was to do. Mr. Beadon said, under the circumstances, if she valued her character, he thought the watch should be given up to the prosecutor, for it was pretty clear the father was not agreeable to their accrusZnta,nce. His worship then mane an order for the watch to be delivered up to the prosecutor, upon paying the ex penses for her conveyance to that :oust and back to Greenford. The prisoner thanked his worship firor his kind inter ference, and then left the court.- COCKNEYISMS. —Witness " Thi s :here feller broke our winder with a tater, and hit Isa,Tviller on the elber, ars also was playing on the pianer."— litagistrate—" The conduct of th e pr i sona ' an d hi s gene). •a 1 characta' rends' it propa' that he should no longa' be a rumba' of.society. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 28. This day being the anniversary of the coronation of her Majesty, was observed at this port as a general holi day. At twelve the garrison fired a Royal Salute from the platform battery, which was taken up by the Vic tory, guardship ; when, on the second gun being fired, the whole of the squadron at Spithead commenced a Royal salute, which from their numbers must have given the landsmen a small idea of an action at sea. The un propritious state of the weather prevented the demon stration that otherwise would have taken place in "dressing ships," and a feu de joie from the garrison. It is still blowing half a gale from W.S.W. The Nerbudda, 12, Commander Boyd, was paid ad vance at Spithead yesterday, and only awaits the mode ration of the gale to sail for the West India station. The Elfin, Royal dispatch yacht, Master-Commander Balliston, and the Prince of Wales's fishing-boat are ready for iundocking, both having been elegantly re embellished in keeping with the Victoria and Albert and Fairy. The Spithead fleet has completed four months' provi sions for sea service. SHEERNESS, JUNE 28. The Desperate, 8 guns, screw steam-sloop, Captain William W. Chambers, made her number on demand at 8.30 p.m., yesterday, at 9 p.m. anchored at the Great Nore, and at 8 a.m. this day came into harbour from the Arctic expedition. The Desperate left the Phoenix, 8 ;guns, screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, and the Diligence transport, within about 15 miles of Cape Farewell, on the 19th inst. It being a dead calm at the time, the Desperate communicated with the Phoenix and Diligence through the day, receiv ing all letters and official dispatches from them. She brings home three sick seamen from the Phoenix. On parting company, the Phoenix took the Diligence in tow, and loud and many were the hearty cheers given by each,until sound was distanced. About seven days pre vious to their parting company with the Phoenix and Dil igence, the squadronfell in withaveryheavy gale of wind, when the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, Com mander George Parker, with the Breadalbane in tow, parted company from the Phoenix, Desperate, and Dili gene, and was not seen again either on the outward or homeward passage of the Desperate. The squadron fell in with a great number of icebergs of considerable altitude, and were for several days previous making their head way through immense masses of floating field-ice. With the exception of the three seamen sent home by the Desperate, the health of the officers and seamen on board the Phoenix and Diligence was excellent, and the parting company proved them in high spirits. There were a number of whales seen, all of which were old fish, and extremely large. The Desperate came home under canvas, in consequence of having exhausted her fuel, within about 12 hours' consumption. The screw steam-vessels proved most decidedly advan tageous in making her way through the loose floating ice, the body of the ship clearing a course for the full and free action of the screw propeller, while the floats of the paddle-wheels were constantly requiring the stopping of the engines to replace defective floats. unable to con tend with the heavy masses of floating ice alongside. This being the day fixed for the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, all ships in commission dressed ship at 8 a.m., and at noon Royal salutes were fired from the Waterloo, Monarch, and Horatio. The Port saluted also. The saluting company was under the command of Lieutenant W. Cary, RA., and a scene of some considerable confusion took place in consequence of the tubes in nearly every gun missing fire ; the result was, that nothing like saluting time could be kept, and the last gun making up the Royal salute was not fired fur nearly two minutes after the proper half-minute Er:luting time. It appears the Ordnance are expending all their old stores, much to the annoyance of- those whose duty it is to command saluting companies. WOOLWICH, JUNE 23. APPOINTMENTS. Masters—George Williams (18511, from the Cyclops, to the Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop, of 250-horse power, at Devonport ; and Richard 0. White (1851), from the Coast-guard, to the Miranda, 14, screw steam-sloop, of 250-horse power, a': Sheerness. Second-Master—James H. Ryan, recently acting second-master to the Rifleman screw steam-sloop, to the Sybille, 40, at Devonport. John T. Gowland and Stopford C. Tracey have been appointed master's-assistants. PROMOTIONS. Mate Grenville M. Temple (1850), serving on bean the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the ran] of lieutenant. The new regulations relative to the warrant officers' increase of pay was read to those on check here on Saturday. RAIL WA Y lATELLIGENCE. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON.. A special general meeting of the proprietors in the above company was held yesterday at the London . Tavern. Colonel Rushout took the chair, The SECRETARY read the notice convening the meeting. ' The CHAIRMAN said the object of the meeting was to take into consideration the bill before Parliament. This was composed of three measures, but two only of these the directors proposed to the shareholders to prosecute. The Stourbridge Extension line was one which nobody , at all acquainted with Stourbridge could require any in formation to satisfy them as to its desirableness. It was one mile, two furlongs, and two chains in length. It would connect the line at Stourbridge with the town, the cost of which was estimated at 30,0001. It was a line the direc tors unanimously advised them to proceed with. Another line was the Kingswinforl Branch, two miles, three fur longs, five chains in length. This branch was originally contemplated by a bill of the year 1845, Now, an addi tion was made to that line of five furlongs ; therefore, in the whole, it was three miles long, the estimated cost of which would be 85,0001. This the directors also ad vised them to carry out, as it would touch very rich mineral districts, and went to Oak Farm. He (the chairman) now Caine to the Stratford Extensi6 Bill. That, for several reasons, it was not considered advisable to pursue. He might say also that there was one new clause in the act, as in all railway acts passed, now brought in by the President of the Board of Trade, which prevents the payment of any dividends to share holders if the bill is not carried into operation within the time specified in that bill. For instance, they had three years for the purchase of land and four years for the completion of works. Therefore, accord ing to the clause inserted in all bills, they must finish their branches within four years, otherwise the dividends would be stopped. It was the first time that clause had been brought in. The 23d clause of the bill also provided that stock may be raised in preference and ordinary shares, as three-fifths of the proprietors present, person ally or by proxy, might determine. He would conclude by moving the following resolution :—" That this meet ing do approve of the bill now submitted to the proprie tors, which is entitled as follows :—`An act to extend the powers limited for completing, and for purchasing, lands for the Stratford-upon-Avon and Kingswinford branches, and the Oxford and Wolverhampton Railway, and to extend such respective branches ; to construct a branch railway to Stourbridge ; and to authorise the raising of certain sums of money by preferential shares, and for other purposes."' • The resolution having been seconded, Mr. PARSONS, after reading the heads of the bill, pro ceeded to remark upon the three proposed branches. The Stourbridge was 1i mile, and it was determined that this should be completed. The traffic upon this branch pro mised well, owing to the large works there. Foster's works were there, and the quantity of iron and coal which they receive is about 50,000 tons a year. The Kingswinford branch was authorised in the year 1845, and he believed they would have a very ample traffic upon it. The Stratford branch was authorised by an act in 1846, the powers of which were allowed to lapse. They entered into a conditional purchase in 1852, but the inhabitants of Stratford were not satisfied to remain at the mercy of the Worcester and Wolverhampton Company, and a bill had gone through the Commons to enable the London and North Western to make a line from Leamington to Stratford upon-Avon, the effect of which would be to shorten their branch. There had been considerable discussion among the board as to the propriety of proceeding with that branch. They were in a position honourably to abandon the branch, but before they did so he (Mr. Parsons) would remind them of the effect of so doing. The cost of the line had been stated at 120,000/., to be raised by preference shares. The cost might be dimi nished to 80,0001., for a double line of railway, whereas the London and North Western on their works proposed a single line. He warned them particularly not, by any act thej might do at that meeting, to put it out of the powef of the directors to proceed with the branch, should subsequent deliberations cause them to come to the conclusion that such a step would be advisable, since the London and North-Western wanted by means of their line to get into South Wales. Mr. THORPE, one of the directors, explained the rea sons which influenced them in coming to the determina tion to proceed with the two branches only, but had no objection to the powers lying in abeyance. The resolution was then put and carried, and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting► separated. A MODERN BRIGAND.—The Union du Var publishes from Nice interesting details of the arrest of a cele bwted brigand, Pietro Spina, who, for several years past, has spread terrorand desolation in the town and pro vince of Cuneo (Piedmont) ' • be has just been arrested by four resolute gendarmes of Limona, a village situated in one of the valleys which skirt the other side of the Mari time Alps. Pietro was a man of athletic form, and endowed with great muscular strength. His fea tures were remarkably handsome, and he was a great favourite with the fair sex even among the wives and sig:.ers of the gendarmes, who gave him intelligence whei: danger was threatening him. His favourite, how ever. I N •as a young girl, named Cecchina, of great beauty, and very fond of dress and good living. The Count d'A snromo .-Ite, captain of the gendarmes, hearing of this penchant of 'Ceechina, gained her over by presents, and at length by inviting her to a dinner, in which the champagne of the country was not spared, she was induced to make important revelations, and pro mised like Dalila to betray her Samson. She arranged with the gendarmes that they should follow her at a dis tance when she went to carry provisions to Pietro, and soon after she had entered the cave in which he had found refuge, and while he was enjoying the food she bad procured for him, the four gendarmes rushed in. and secured him, but not without a desperate struggle. He was heavily chained, and conveyed to Cuneo, to await his trial. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. . . The official 'report says : The deathS registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 990, and show an increase on the return of the previous week. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number was 976, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,074. Hence it appears that the actual mortality of last week is less than the estimated amount by 84. On a comparison of the results of the last two weeks a small increase is observed in all the more important classes of disease, except of " diseases of the respiratory organs," which shows a decrease from 127 cases to 116. Zymotic diseases in the aggregate rose from 208 to 214; amongst these diarrhoea increased from 24 to 33, typhus from 30 to 52 ; while measles fell from 20 to 15, scarla tina from 39 to 27, hooping-cough from 67 to 56. The following three cases of cholera were registered in the week :—At Fulham, 3, Willow-place, North-end, on 18th June, the daughter of a brickmaker, " cholera infantum." At 2, Princes-street, Spitalfields, on 24th June, the daughter of a pencil-case maker, aged 6 months, "cholera infantum (3 days)." In the sub-district of St. Mary (St. George in the East), at 9, Severne-street, on 19th June, a coalwhipper, aged 33 years, died of " cholera (13 hours)." _ _ Mr. StOne, the 'Registrar of Brompton sub-district, says :—" The occupier of No. 6, Sloane-place called on me this week, and stated that his house is rendered highly prejudicial to health from defective drainage, ag gravated by a cowshed in close proximity to his dwell ing. All the houses are more or less similarly affected. Of the comparatively few deaths in this district from cholera in 1849, one occurred in the next house, No. 5. On that occasion and also subsequently, I have called attention to the continued existence of this nuisance. Sloane-place, appears to be entirely neglected as regards sanitary improvements." Six deaths occurred between the 19th and 24th June inclusive in the London Fever Hospital, Islington. Mr. Watts, the registrar, states that "there has been a great influx of cases into this hospital for some time past ; 120 patients now occupy beds in the wards ; many are convalescent, and their support falls heavily on the funds of the establishment. The annual subscriptions have been decreasing for some years, while the accommoda tion has been much extended." At 4, Hill-street, Peckham , on 20th June, a female, aged 74 years, died of "gastric fever (about 6 weeks)." The medical attendant remarks in his certificate :—" No drainage in the street. Ventilation of the houses pre vented by the smoke from the chimney of a brewery lately built." In the .sub-district of St. Nicholas, Deptford, at 7, Rope-walk, on 23rd June, the son of a labourer, a g e d 4 years, died of a "fit rom poison of scarlatina (14 hours)." The medical attendant of this case makes the following note : "Scarlatina of the most malignant kind prevails in this locality ;" and Mr. Paine, the registrar, adds : ---"I have registered three deaths in one house which occurred, within four days. The place is nar row and very confined. The houses are small, mostly occupied by two or more families, and without drainage." On 19th June, at 18, Little George-street,• sub-dis trict of Somers town, the son of a porter, aged 2 years, died of "exhaustion from disease produced by a poi sonous atmosphere." Post mortem. Inquest. The medical man (says Mr. Matthews, the Registrar) stated that it arose from the burial-ground of St. James's, the back rooms beirig close to the churchyard. In the sub-district South St. Giles-in-the-Fields, at 34, Parker-street; on 22nd June, a carman, aged 27 years, died of typh us . M r. Faulkner, the Registrar, writes as - follows : "I am informed that there is a dreadful smell in this house, an open privy is in the yard which is very close, and overrun with rats which come froni a sausage manufactory next door. The drains are also very offensive. The death occurred on the ground floor where the deceased would of course be more ex posed to the poisonous atmosphere. He was a fine healthy young man." At 2, Three-pigeon-court, Aldgate, on 18th June, the son of a shoemaker, aged 4 years, died of f` marasmus, through neglect (5 days)." The medical attendant adds on the back of his certitlCate : "This child was brought to me in a dying state in a disgustingly filthy condition (as was also the mother). Disease and neglect have done their work: It is my opinion that I never should have seen the child at all but for the certificate of death." Mr. Spencer, the registrar, adds : " There are three houses in the court in a close situation and badly ventilated, also in a bad condition." At 88, Beresferd-street, Woolwich, on the 17th June, a tailor, aged 28 years, died of " inflammation of the brain." Mr. Rixon, the registrar, adds : "This indivi dual was in the militia, and returned from a month's drill at Maidstone to his house on the Bth June (stop ping one day at Gra.vesend from illness). His wife states that he complained very much of pains in the head dur ing the latter days of his drill from exposure to a hot sun. On his return he managed to do a little work till the.l4th June, on which day' he was confined to his bed, mud died on the 17th June." In King's College Hospital, servant, „ age d 32 years, ,died on the 18th o f June of " palsy dependent on lead poisoning ; gout, suppression of urine."• He was brought from 26, Gough-street, Clerkenwell. 0:1 the medical certificate it is mentioned that "this man was a pot inan, and attributes his lead palsy to cleaning pewter pots. The superficial' extensor muscles of both, arms very pale, almost white. The other muscles their nor mal colour." At 24, Great Pultency-street, on 20th June, a baron died of " decay of nature" at the age (as registered) of 100 years. The following addaional cases are selected from the returns of the week :—At the Crompton Arms, Cuth bert-street, Paddington, a licensed victualler, aged 50 years, died on 19th June of " carbuncle (9 weeks.)" A gentleman, aged 67'years, " large carbuncle (7 weeks), retention of urine, exhaustion." In St. Saviour, at 39, Surrey-row, on 21st June, a plumber, aged 59 years, " paralysis ; carbuncle (14 days)." The daughter of a tailor, aged 23 years, died of " epilepsy (18 years), pul monary apoplexy (12 hours), obliteration of jugular vein from cicatrisation after burn." A bootmaker, aged 57 years, was accidentally suffocated by impaction of a piece of beef in the glottis." Post mort. The son of a woollen-draper, aged 14 years, died from " acute peri tonitis (6 days), occasioned by a small substance getting into the appendix cmci, producing inflammation in that cavity." Post mort. Two women died on 21st June of typhus, in the workhouse, Bethnal green. A gentleman, age d 47 years , died from " accidentally swallo wing an embrocation composed of laudanum and ammonia (4 days)." A woman, aged 49 years, died of " trismus • hernia ; femoral ; strangulation (6 days)." Th e son o f an oil-skin manu facturer, aged 3 months, died of " herpes (from birth), convulsions (one hour)." A woman, aged 62 years, died of " gastro-hepatic derangement, biliary vomiting (2 days), rupture of stomach.". Last week the births of 805 boys and 740 girls, in all 1,545 children, were registered in London. The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 was 1,442. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'597 in. Tho mean temperature was 57.4 deg., which is 3.1 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day, except Friday and Saturday, and this depression on Monday and Tuesday amounted to more than 7 deg. The highest temperature was 78-7 deg., and occurred on Tuesday. The mean difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature in the week was 7 . 7 deg. ; the greatest difference was 20.1 deg., and occurred on Friday ; the least differences were P 8 deg. and I's deg. on Wednesday and Friday. Tho wind blew from the north or north-east on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and from the south-west at the beginning and end of the week. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NITMEFX OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAITSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 25. Zymotio Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses ll3 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4l Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration ll6 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 2 Premature Birth and Debility 2O Atrophy Old Age Sudden 8 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemper ance 66 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 990 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1551. . • of 18.52. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 990 Males .Females.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total .. 1,545 A HINT.—It is not generally known that the leaves of geraniums are an excellent application for cuts, where the skin is rubbed off, and other wounds of that kind. One or two leaves must be bruised and applied on linen to the part, and the wound will become cicatrised in a very short time.—Galignani's Messenger. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS ARE SITRPRISING REMEDIES FOR THE CURE OF BAD LEGS.—Mrs. Sarah Ashby, of Knowsley, had been a sufferer for a considerable time from a bad leg of a very alarming description. Several medical gentlemen at tended. her, and she had recouse also to other remedies usually adopted in such cases, but all were of no avail, and after being reduced to a very distressing condit'on from continual pain and suffering, she was induced to try Holloway's Oinment and Pills, and these astonish ing medicines effected a perfect cure in a comparatively short time by strictly following the directions given with them. She has continued in excellent health ever since. Sold by all druggist's, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, JUNE 24. This day had audience of the Queen : His Highness the Prince Lucien Bonaparte, Cousin of the Emperor of the French. His Highness was accompa nied by his Excellency the Count Walewski, Ambassador from His Imperial Majesty : To which audience His Highness was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G. Her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. WHITEHALL, JUNE 28. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominating and appointing Edward Smirke, Esq., Vice-Warden of the Stannaries, in the room of John Lucius Dampier, Esq., deceased. DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Hensley, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, and John Longworth, Esq., .to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General, for Prince Edward Island, and George Birnie, Esq., to be Registrar and Keeper of Plans for that Island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Scott Bushe, Esq., to be Escribano of the Court of Intendant of the Island of Trinidad. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Walter Maynard, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the island of Nevis, during the temporary absence of the President and Senior Member thereof. _ _ Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Augustus Douboulay, Esq., to be a Member of th e L eg i s l a ti ve Coun cil of the island of Saint Lucia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Wade West, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of Go vernment of the island of Mauritius. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Paul Ivy Sterling, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council, and Charles Batten Hillier, Esq., to be a Member o f th e Legislative Council, of the island of Hong Kong. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint James Robert Longden, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Lynch as Consul at Dublin, of Mr. Wm. H. D'Wolff as Consul at Dundee, and of Mr. Dennis Mullins as Consul at Cork, for the 'United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Chas. Stoess as Consul at Liverpool for his Royal Highness the Prince and Regent of Baden. WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 18. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that her Majesty's 33d Regiment of Foot shall henceforth bear the name of " The 33d (or the Duke of Wellington's) Regiment," which honourable distinction will be inscribed on the colours of the regiment. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, SOMERSET -HOUSE, JUNE 24, 1853. William John Alexandei., Esq., one of her Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, has been appointed Attorney- General of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in the room of Edward Smirke, Esq., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 27, 1853. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. County of Edinburgh.—Wm. Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Esq., commonly called Earl of Dalkeith, in the room of Sir John Hope, Bart., deceased. City of Peterborough. —George Hammond Walley, Esq., the last election for the said city having been declared void. JUNE 28. City of Durham—John Robert Mowbray, of No. 19, Cambridge-square, Hyde-park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane, whose election for the said city has been delared. void. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Surrey—Major Hillebrant Mmideth Parratt to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 9 ; Edward Bray, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, June 14. Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Ensigns Beaumont, Payn, and Leake to be Lieutenants, June 3. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Chivers, publican, Pavement, Moorfield.s, to surrender, July 8, at half-pa s t e l even, an d A ugust 12 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Martineau and Reid, Raymond buildings, Gray's-inn. William Pegler, job master, James-place, Gloucester terrace, Paddington, J u l y 7 , at half-past two, and August 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi cial assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Turner, King 's -row, Walworth. George Harrison, coal merchant, Maidstone, Kent, July 11, at two, and August 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Nicholls and Doyle, Verulam-buildings ; Morgan, Maid stone. John Bloomfield, horse dealer, Saxted, Suffolk, July 9, at twelve, and August 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; White and Borritt, Whitehall-place ; Taylor, Norwich. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Mackellar and Hampson, of Gresham street, City, shawl warehousemen, first dividend of 2s. 4d. in the pound, pay- Able at 12, Abchurch-lane, City, on Saturday, July 2, and three subsequent Saturdays. Clugston and Chapman, of Paul's-wharf, Thames-street, merchant; third and final dividend of 2 3-16 d. in the pound, payable at 12, Abchurch-lane, on Saturday, July 2, and three subsequent Saturdays. George Townson, of Church, Lancashire, plumber, first dividend of 4s. iu the pound, payable at 76, George-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday. Alfred Platts, of Sheffi e ld, t a il or, fi rs t di v i dend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 11, St. James's-street, Sheffield, on any day on or after July 2. Ruddock and Ebison, of Bradford, marble masons, first dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 11, St. James's- . street, Sheffield, on any day on and after July 2. Robert Liddell, of Doncaster, saddler, first dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 11, St. James's-street, Sheffield, on any day on or after July 2. Richard Walsh, late of Everton, Lancashire, licensed victualler, a dividend of 2s. Lid. in the pound, payable at 3, Lime-street, Liverpool, on any Monday. Peter James Matanus of Liverpool, commercial tra veller, a dividend of 2s. ll d. in the pound, payable at 3, Lime-street, Liverpool, on any Monday. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles Perkins, of Livorpo3l, lodginghouse keeper— John Rimrnington, of Faradon, Nottinghamshire, farm bailiff—William Walton, of Halifax, Yorkshire, joiner— Thomas Nicholls, of Holbeach Marsh, Lincolnshire, black smith—Thomas Underwood, of Preston, Lancashire, out of business—William Eeades, of Stapleton, Gloucestershire, farmer's assistant—Frederick William Bush, of Bristol, millwright—Arthur Philip Nicholson, of Fareham, South ampton, mail contractor—Henry Bradbear, of Frant, Sussex, plasterer—James Teece, of Dawley Bank, Shrop shire, tailor—Robert Comer, of Castle-acre, Norfolk, tea dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Kimber and Robert Cobb, of Blackheath, schoolmasters George Henry Watson and Joseph Black burn, of Bradford, Yorkshire, wooldealers—William Henry North Williams and Joseph Powlett Taunton Wil liams, of 13, Upper Baker-street, St. Marylebone, chemists —W. Barnes and C. Turner, of Reading Berkshire, civil engineers —James Huhue and John Wood Smith, of Mac clesfield, Cheshire, silk manufacturers—Frederick Bollen, Henry Bollen, Henry Buck, an d Ed war d J ames Crock ford, of 13, St. Paul's Churchyard, lace warehouseman (so far as regards E. J. Crockford)—George Hammond and Thomas Hammond, of Manchester, watchmakers—Josh. Hallmarke, Isaac Aldebert, and John Hallmarke, of 57 and 58, Long-acre and Bow-street, coachma.kers—Thomas Piper, William Piper, and Wilson Thomas Piper, of 173, Bishopsgate-street, builders—Thomas Shaw and William Hyde, of Pule-hill, Yorkshire, coal merchants John Groves and Thomas Terry, of Knaresborough and Scriven - with-Tentergate, Yorkshire, common brewers— Jonathan Williamson and John Walker, of Liverpool, tobacco manufacturers—James Gay Hiern and Everard Mylne, of Stafford, attorneys-at-law—Edward Gaby and John Fisher Wills, of 221 and 222, Holywell-street, Shore ditch, and John-street, Whitechapel, oil merchants— James Nelson and Henry Goulding, of Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinners —Henry Barton and Gentle Brown, of Liverpool, shipowners—James Holroyd and Charles Ro binson, of Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturers—Richard Moore and John Moore, of 84, St. John-street-road, tailors —William Bubear and Robert Bubear, of Wellington, Somersetshire, bag manufacturers—Samuel Litchfield and James George, of Birmingham, jewellers— William Ball and Richard Jeffs, of 226, Regent-street, skin dealers— Thomas Chapman and Ed w i n T ay l or, of Birmingham, ja panners—Thomas Dimmock Gibbs and James Gibbs (de ceased), of Plumber's-row, City-road, mercers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Manuel, of Glasgow, mason, July 1 and 22, at two, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Miss Jean Findlay (deceased), of Dumfries July 4 and August 2, at twelve, at th e C ommerc i al Inn, 'Dumfries. James M`Laren, of Edinburgh, hotel keeper, July 4 and 20, at two, Kennedy's Ship Hotel, Edinburgh. NIMMIMINII MARKET INTELLIGENCE. - (Peon" tile London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—To-day a brisk demand was experienced for West India Sugar, and the rates obtained are fully equal to those of Friday for both grocery and refining sorts ; transactions amount to 1272 hds including at auction 280 hds and 23 tierces Barbadoes readily went at firm prices, fine yellow at 38s Gd to 393, low to good 34s to 37s 6d, 90hhds, 30 tierces, and 80 barrels„ Grenada, good to fine brown 32s to 33s Gd, low to mid yellow 34s to 355, and good 35s 6d to 36s per cwt. For all sorts of sugar the market closes under favourable auspices. MAITRITIU§.—To-day a brisk demand was experienced for Mauritiui sugar, and the public sales of 11,880 bags went at full rates, indeed in some cases Gd per cwt. ad vance was obtained. Grocery realised 33s 6d to 37s 61, refining 33s to 365, brown 30s to 335, and low ditto 28s to 29s Gd per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day there was more activity in the market for Plantation Ceylon Coffee, and several parcels were sold privately at very full rates ; home dealers the leading operators, and colony sorts most in request. At auction 90 casks and 25 bags were disposed of, low mid to mid at 57s to 59s 6d, other sorts 52s to 565, and good Triage 495 to 51s. Of Jamaica 23 casks went at 50s to 54s 6d for fine to fine ord. There is a reluctance to do business In Native Ceylon, and the nearest currency is 46s to 46s Gd for good ord. Mocha and Brazil aro more in request at previous valuations. CHICORY.—The demand is still on the increase, and there being a fair supply, prices are on the decline. York Root selling at 13/ 10s to 14/, Guernsey 12/ 10s to 13/ 10s, foreign duty paid 301, English roasted and ground 301 to 341 per ton. COCOA.—Demand continuos extensive for British Plan tation, and previous improved rates aro well sustained. Since this day week total transactions have been 1,000 bags. TEA.—Although transactions in Congou have been on a largo scale, still there is no improvement in prices, and better sorts have been most in request. The rates paid for low to good common wore Hid to 110, rather black ish leaf to blackish leaf Is to is strew , to Pekoe sorts is 2d to 13 10d, and choice is 11cf to 2s 2e. Rush—To-day a large business was concluded, and the market has a firm aspect. Demerara realised 23 Gd to 2s 9d for 31 to 40 over proof ; East India is 10(1 proof. Lee ward Island is 1064 to is 11d, and Jamaica 2s 10d to 4s Sd as to quality and strength. A Government contract is declared for 30,000 gallons. TALLOW.—Operations in Russian have been on an ex tcasivo scale, and there is an advance of 2s per cwt. Fine yellow candle on the spot realising 49s 9d to 50s, and 50s to Ns 3d for delivery in the last three months of the year. I .RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28. STOCICEXCHANGE.—The market, though dull in feeling, has been steady in price, and closed without change in yes terday's quotations :—London and North-Western, 115 ; Manchester, Sheffi e ld, and Lincoln, 30; Midland, 72 4; Oxford, Worcester; and Wolverhampton, 65k; Shrews bury and Hereford, 15.16 dis ; York and North Midland, 29k. MANCHESTER, JUNE 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was veq• little business, and prices were lower :—Caledonian,34 ; East Lancashire, 18 ; Kendal and Windermere, 14i ; Lancashire and York shire, 78 1 3 # ; London and North-Western, 1151, ; Mid land Railway Consols, 72k, ; South-Eastern, 21 5-16. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 28. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The transactions in this market to day were in Shrewsbury and Birmingham Stock, at 62 ; and Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bank, at 20; Shrewsbury L. and N. W. Guaranteed and Shrewsbury Preference were offering at low prices, but did not find buyers ; South Staffords were inquired for, at IBs. 9d. dis. ; London and North-Western Eighths are steady, at 6s. 3d. to 7s. 6d. premium, with but little doing ; the special settlement for this new stock is expected to be fixed in a day or two. The ordinary settling days are to morrow and Thursday. BRISTOL, JUNE 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market remains without any marked variation in prices. Business small. Great Wes, terns were done at 89 cash to 89i ; ditto Four per Cent.- 3A p.m. ; Bristol and Exeters at 101. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE 28. ENTERED INwAnDs.--The Wilhelmine, from Prestoe ; Ython, Memel ; Maria Theresa, Buenos Ayres ; Isabel, Fayal ; Lady Margaret, Memel ; Ocean, Trinidad ; Anna, Strum- ' • Minerva, Rouen ' • Invincible, Cadiz ; Santos Se gundo,Oporto Duke of Argyll, Bombay and Kurrachee; Campaneza, ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Hawk, for Hamburg ; Epsom, Sydney ; Anna Margretta, Hamburg ; Woodbridge, Melbourne and Geelong ; Polar Star, Mel bourne ; Missie, ditto ; Ida Elizabeth ; S oura b a y a; S an t os Segundo, Oport o.: CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Christina, for Constantinople, &c. ; Frau Gebki, Varel ; George Ro binson, Bermuda ; Sir Robert Sale, Calcutta ; Bolton, Brake : Ellenborough, Sidney ; Syria, Sidney; Elizabeth, Copenhagen ; Warbler, Leghorn. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 28. The Margaret, Bombay to Liverpool, was spoken May 25, lat. 5 N, long. 25 W. The Perny, Bombay to Liverpool, was spoken May 25, lat. 5 N, long. 25 W. The Greenfield, Liverpool to New York, was spoken June 22, lat. 49 N, long. 7 W. The Senator, Galatz to Falmouth, was spoken June 11, lat. 36 N, long. 10 W. The Empire, for Quebec, was spoken June 25, lat. 50 N, long. 11 W. Tie screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain Leitch. arrived in the Mersey last night from Philadelphia with 162 passengers and 20,000 dollars in specie. She left on the 11th inst. The wreck of a ship, apparently British and timber laden, with loss of main and mizen masts, was passed in lat. 47 N., long. 14 W., by the Glaucns, arrived here from Trieste. One of the crew of the ship Matilda, announced yester day as being totally wrecked near Holyhead, was drowned when she struck ; four others had died since she left Bahia. A telegraphic message was received from the survey or for the underwriters of this port this morning, stating that the sea was running so high that it was impossible to reach her ; that her cargo was washing away, but that should the sea moderate a portion might be saved. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Burlington, Shields to Valparaiso, April 6, lat. 25 S, long. 37. The Advance, from New York, in search of Sir John Franklin, June 6, lat. 42, long. 63. The Bird, of Dundee, London to Adelaide, S.A., April 28, lat. 29 5, long. 29 W. The Harold, from Liverpool, steering S, May 11, lat. 17 S, long. 25 W. The Valparaiso, Liverpool to Lima, May 24, lat. 7 N, long. 24 W. The Ariosto, Baltimore to Australia, June 4, lat. 26 N, long. 36 W. A brig, Portland Bay to London, May 22, lat. 6 N, long. 26 W. A ship, Calcutta to London, Jane 6, lat. 31 N, long. 38 W. The Rosina, Bahia to Falmouth, June 9, lat. 39 N, long. 37 W. The Robert Parker, Cardiff to New York, June 9, lat. 41 N, long. 50 W. The Maria, St. Jago de Cuba to Swansea, June 10, lat. 42 N, long. 47 W. The New York, ,Liverpool to New York, lat. 32, long. 66. The Colonel Cutts, New Orleans to Liverpool, May 29, lat. 31, long. 78. The John Hancock, New York to Liverpool, June 7, lat. 40, long. 69. The Calcutta, London to Boston, May 22, lat. 50, long. 8 W. The Susan E. Howell, Cardiff to New York, May 23, lat. 43, long. 12. The Achilles, of Glasgow, bound W, June 7, lat. 46 N., long. 51 W. The Balfour (barque), same day. The Amphitrite, Newport to Wilmington, May 29, lat. 27 N., long. 40 W. The Euterpe, Bombay to Liverpool, June 6, lat. 35 N., long. 38 W. The Adelaide, Buenos Ayres to Falmouth, June 19, lat. 46 N., long. 11 VT. The London, Newcastle to Quebec, June 13, lat. 46, long. 39. The Henry Grinell, New York to Liverpool, 21st, lat. 50, long. 17. The Huron, of St. Andrew's, N. 8., bound W, 24th. The Messenger, Moulmei n t o Sunderland, March 30, lat. 24 S, long. 67 E. The Johannes Marinus, Batavia to Middleburg, April 2, lat. 26 S, long. 61 E. The Catharine, Calcutta to London, 25th, lat. 31 S., long 13 E. The Athelstan, Arracan to Liverpool, May 16, lat. 3 S, long. 19 W. The Libertas, Sunderland to Calcutta, 18th, lat 1 N long. 22 W. _ _ The Bahamian, Bahia to Queenstown, June 11, lat. 38 N, long. 3 W. The Content, Aberdeen to Melbourne, 20th lat. •46 N, long. 16 W. The Emma Graham, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, June 21, lat. 45 N, long. 11 W. The Mary Henzle (bark), for Madras, Jane 17, 1at.41 N. long. 12 W. The Sir John Rae Reid, for St. Kitts, same day. The Guide of London, Newport to New York, lat. 53, long. 43. The Patriot of Yarmouth, N.S., Shediac to Clyde, lat. 47, long. 36. The Bowline, Liverpool to Valparaiso, April 18, lat 51 S. long. 50 W. The Zephyr, Cork to Barbadoes, June 5, lat. 29 N, long. 34 W. EAST INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. The Brooksby, M`Ewen, from South Australia, has arrived in the Downs, sailed Feb. 18, St. Helena April 11. Tho Australasia, MTherson, from Van Diemen's Land, has arrived in the Downs, sailed from Hobart Town March 3. The Nautilus, Turner, from Mauritius, has arrived in the Downs, sailed March 19, St. Helena, April 28. The Priam, Comyn, from Bengal, has arrived in the Downs, sailed Feb. 23, St. Helena, May 9. The Lady Head, Jones, from Bombay, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed March 5, St. Helena, May 10. The Rob Roy, Rankin, from Bengal, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed March 11. The Amoy, Cuningham, from Akyab, has arrived off Falmouth, sailed Jan. 29, St. Helena, April 20. The Henry Gillespie, from Port Philip, has arrived off Falmouth, sailed March 10. The Southern Cross, from Van Diemen's Land, has ar rived off Falmouth, sailed from Hobart Town March 5. HOBART TOWN.—Arrived—The Anglia, March 5, from Calcutta ; Oceanica, Melbourne ; Tasmania (st), 7th, Mel bourne; Gertrude, Bth, Geelong. Sailed—The Oriental Queen, March 8, for Sydney. GEELONG.—Arrived—The British Empire, March 9, from London. MELBOURNE.—Arrived—The Exchange, March 11, from Wellington ; Yarra Yarra (st), 12th, Launceston ; Sir Ro bert Peel, Gottenburgh ; Cleopatra (at), 13th, Adelaide ; Glance, Leith • Medway, London ; Elizabeth, Ad e l a id e . Sailed—The Melbourne (st), March 13, for Adelaide and England. ADELAlDE.—Arrived—The Victoria, Feb. 12, from Mau ritius ; Anna Dixon, 13th, Melbourne ; Queen of Sheba, and Sea Witch, March 14, Melbourne ; Ranee, 14th, Whampoa ; Shackamaxon, 15th, Port Wakefield ; Eliza beth, Gth, Gottenburgh, and sailed 9th for Melbourne. MILITARY QUARREL. —Major - General Wetherall, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Forces, made an official visit to Dover Castle on Tuesday last, to investigate the circumstances originating a very unpleasant dispute which took place in the mess-room one evening during the previous week between two captains of the Ist bat talion of the Rifle Brigade. The inquiry lasted several hours, and the result placed both gallant captains under arrest. Thus the matter remains for the [present.— South-Eastern Gazette. THE SILENT MEMBER.--I am an article becoming scarcer and scarcer every day, soon, probably, to disap pear altogether ; so let me write while I can, and if, after three or four letters, I should cease writing, you will know that it is because I, too, have been afflicted with the prevailing epidemic— have spoken, and am no more. Not that I must absolutely hold my tongue, for in the Hou se o f Commons talking is entirelydistinct from speaking, and is perhaps practised most by silent members like myself, who need not watch for weak points from opponents, or fear anticipations of our best hits from friends. The world can never know even what is spoken in the house. No human being has ever read a speech of Mr. Hume's, so much of its spirit escapes in the reporter's translation. Still less has the world any idea of what is talked here-- "Where more than echoes talk along the walls." How often have I heard the antecedents—family, fortune, age, dress, manners, physiognomy, and prospects—of an hon. member discussed as a running commentary on his speech concerning either Indies ! and how often has the commentary been betterthan the text, howbeit all unknown to fame ! We silent members feel a rankling sense of in justice, we are valued only as a class, we are not appreciated individually ; we know our inestimable importance ; yet who feasts us with public dinners ? who caricatures us ? who vituperates us, or gives us any other encouragement while living ? who will tell of us when we are gone? What a stimulus to silence it would be if the nation were to vote a public monument in the Abbey to some member who had represented, say Dumborough for fifty years, and had never once uttered a speech in the house ! What a fine subject for a sculptor ! No inscription should be allowed, no date, no name ; but the verger should ibe permitted (if possible, without a fee) to whisper the sacred word to all young M.P.'s, and even to Sir John Shelley, who tries to seem Cllo.—The Press. COUNTRY MARKETS. I.T.I7;IIPOOL—Ju.;-E 28. At this morning's market there was a good attendance of town and country dPalers, and an extensive demand was experienced for wheat and flour, both for consumption and on speculation, at an advance of fully 2d per 701b5., and 6d per sack and barrel. Oats and oatmeal m et a model's"! inquiry at previous rates. Barley and peas were without change in value ; but Egyptian beans mus t be quoted per qr. lower. Indian corn was rather more inquired lc, White brought fully last week's prices, but yellow ree e j fully 6d per 4801bs. No sales of floating cargoes reP"' to-day. IPSWICH--JuNz 28. We are sparingly supplied with wheat at th is day's mar. ket. The trade evinced an unusual and decided firmoel, and sales were quickly made at an advance of from 2s per qr. on all qualities. Beans very dear. The ciV i°na rains we have corn; have much improved the pro thea crop of spring but the wet weather has retarded hay harvest, and some large extent both of grass being cut will have received some injury. pa WW II ' PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 42s to 49a Barley , grinding ... 008 to 0 0 ° le Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 48s to 56sIPeas ........ 368 t° 0o Mg to 000 Ditto (old) - 000 Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING JUNE 25, 18 53 . Wheat Barley Oats — OOs Od I,and dove 00s Od Beans PP Peas HULL—J - (311E 28. At to-day's mar k e t we h a d a goo d attendance of fatris asks with a small supp l y o f w h ea t. Th e y g enera ll y ed 111 `' e d and irregular•p r i ces , an d u lti ma t e ly the market se ttle down at a full advance of 2s to 3s per qr. short supply, and a many samples withdrawn. R . tha lt scriptions are is to 2s per qr. dearer. Barley alteration. Beans fully as dear. Peas in geoa den2-1) er • and no good ones on the market. Oats the tarn. R ico Linseed in good demand at full prices. Ther e ls g hers' good sale for cakes. Th e i m p or t o f rapesee d is for cru s account. Cakes are more inquired for. Cattle ,lanes - only slow sale. _ B Wheat, English, red 54 to 56 Ditto white 56 to 58, Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- Peas, gray and black 36 to 5 Linseed, Black sea ~ 47 to r i Ditto Petersburgh , 41 to Ditto Riga and Ar ch' angel ............... to"' Ditto Konigsberg and Memel ........... 38 to .. . p er TA Lins• c. Hull 8/ ssod 01 0! °je, Ditto fine for. 810 0 s Od 001 "-, Ditto inf. for 6 ll os O d to o,v" Rapeseed 2 6110s t4l (11 00 Rape cakes Tares, English. ..... 369 to la Ditto foreign .. 270 t ° (Guano ... .91 to 1 01 ii Bones 950 Od to 67. :1 RP Meal ................. . 0° 52 to 551 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 46 to 50 Russian and Odessa 42 to 46 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian l9 to 20 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 27 to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 421 CORK-JUNE 27. Brls. Carre„„lou White wheat 00s Od t o OO s Od Os Od-- - w 12 Redwheat 9 2s 6d to OOs Od 0 ' Ditto OOs 6d t o OO s Od 00s Od-- $ 0 Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od Barley OOs Od to OOs Od Ditto Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od}oos Od- 16(1° ' OOs Od to OOs Od - 7 - Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Oa 30 Oats Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od Pigs .. .00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od per Quantity sold at the bfgbest prices : bell; 00 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 0 barley; 00 14 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last wee lc:-.- 00 , Wheat, 3. Barley, 29 , Bere, 00. O a t s , 240. F i r' Return of cattle sold for week ending June 25 Pigs, 174. Sheep, 372. Cows, 85. PRICES OF BUTTER. 825 505 67 , 7 7 First quality • Second quality Third quality 76s Third quality ........••••'•• Fourth quality Fifth quality 703 Fifth quality .............. • 5 , Sixth quality 62s Sixth quality ............. " 03 ; CORK.—Flour—First, 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; extra, ' t fork , seconds, 12s Od to 13s Od; households, 9s to lls Od ; 9 9j, 7s to 9s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 3d,t°, cif, E ; oatmeal, lOs 6d to 11 s ; wheatmeal, 9s 6d to 10s 6E I 4 ' 5 Indian corn, 61 10s Od to 715 s Od per ton. Bran, 41 ' er g* to Si Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 3980 d to 00s Od; 00s; dealers, 458 Od to 654 Od ; average, Os per ton. n % Otit ° Farmers, 25s Od to 32s Od; a v e rage , 30 a ; d ea l er s, 008 Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf , ycit e Od ; household ditto, 5 . 4 d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter , be ef, lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Mea t YJ to 4).d to 8d ; mutton, 6d to 6id ; veal, 5d to 8d ; P2; o ti, 6il; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausag es , 61 per lb . — Fish, Ne w , oo 6, land, 001. Os to 001 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 0001,00, Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 12d to 134,,,L1 0 14d to 16d.—Coals, Newport, 198; Lyd ney , 19s ; C am' Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6 s 10d per i mper ial P: Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per en, : s/ skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17 s . 6d t o 31. Perm el Fleece wool, 20s to 21s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to:At ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 31. 15s ; yell t l o p ti ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. Per hundred.. 110s ft 8/. to 101. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 495 6d to 50s per cv7 6 ."000 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, A rc h ange l, 19 8. per brl • • Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. CANT. COURSE OF EXCHANGT.'I,—YzsTERDA'r. •••• Amsterdam 11 17 'Gibreltnr 45, Ditto, three months .. 11 18 3 4 !Leghorn 411 Rotterdam; .. •••• Antwerp ...... .. 25 27% Milan .........• Brussels .............. 25 27% Venice ........ ..... ••• 4 1 7 ; Hamburgh 13 7%; Naples • • Altona .............• • • Palermo ...........• •• 12 5 ,, Paris • • ........ •• • • ... 25 5 I gessina .........• •• •• Ditto, three months .• 25 0 !Lisbon ............•• •• 23 , • • .... 25 27% Oporto .......... ..... • .••• Bourdeaux ............ IRio Janeiro ..... ••• " Frankfort-on• Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres.... •• • • , 4 . Berlin .. Vienna 11 3 'Philadelphia • • •• 0 Trieste ................ 11 6 PRICES O F BULL ION. FL Petersburgh............ 37% 'F ore i gn G old In Bars %g 3 Madrid 50 Portugal: Gold Coln •• 4 ' A ' Cadiz ...........• ...... 50% Mexican Dollars .• •• 0 " 0 1 1 / 2 8arce10na.............. New Dollars ...• • • Seville ................ :Silver in bars .....• SEABORNE MAILq. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] W l ' Day when made up From what o u COUNTRIES. i O n General ffice, London.* Dispatched. m iffe a America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ••• America (by. United Sts. 6 packet) ..........N June 28 Liverpool ... America (by U. States Jan packet) .......... N July 5 Southampton Australia (via South ampton) ..........M July 4 .....• Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N July 8 ... Dover ..... • Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...... • • ....N August 4 ........ 40 . •• ". o a ne Africa (West Coast) ..N 23 r d o f the month. Plymouth • • p ue , Alexandria.......... NB, 9, 24, &50 o f m. Dover ..... ,„ty 4 Alexandria 4th & 20th of mon. So u thampton 1 Bahamas ... 31 2nd of the month Southampto n !,;10 , ly Belgium ............N ()ally_ Dover ..... 1! Brazil ..............31 9th of the month.. Southampton ;;;;;.1 6 Buenos Ayres —.31 9th of the month.. Southampton J ae Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • Cape of Good Hope .. N 36 Cape de Verde .....N 14th of the month. Plymouth Pouth •••• Pine Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ...... . • ......N 14th of the mon th Ply mo uth •• TO 5/ • Channel Isles ...... ..N Mou.,Wed.,&Frid. Southampton N' I Chili. • China 5 0 (see India) ruo Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 o f m. D0ver...... julf 4 rJy Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th o f mon. SoutharaPtu u ryfiev" Cont. of Europe 31 & N Twice daily ...... Dover .. •• • A O Egypt (see India) Vi n e France ........ 3f & N Twice daily ...... D over Gibraltar .. 31 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton JAI Greece (see India) l 1 l 160 Greytown —3l 2nd & 17th o f mon. SouthfunP mu -- T fe o* Hatnburgh ....N Tuesday & Friday London •• • n•bets Havannah .......... M 2nd o f th e month SouthfunPt u '" yon' "6 Holland 31 Wednesday & S a t. London ... •• joy so Honduras Southampto n AI 17th of the month.Southampton fa ue , India (viaSouthampt.)3 l 4 t h & 20th of mon. Southampto n ;we 0 " India (via 3faneilles)3l Bth& 24th of month Dover ...••• Aj olf lonian Isles (sea India) c 7B Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhead • •• m ie 6 Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 28 of in. SouthatoP te _ n „ Jal/ 1 / 2 0 Madeira .... ........ 31 9 t h o f t h e month Southampton f oe Madeira ............ 3 23rd of the month Plymouth ,9 Malta (seo India) . June Malta 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover .... •• 16 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth Jul . 6 Mexico 2nd of the month. SouthalliPw' Je ll Naples ..... .....N sthlsth2sth o r mon. Dover • • New Granada .... At 2d& 17 tb of month Southampton one: — New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various Pow .fnly Papal States ........N s thlsth2sthofinon. Dover .• •:::.1020 ! Peninsula .......... ' thl7 th2Bthotmon Southampton Peru • • ••• • • —N 'd & 27th of mon 4011thalDPW'' juiy Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth •• Joy ithlsth2sthofmon, Dover ..... jiff Venezuela ...... Tuscany 2 5 d t h & ls l t 7 h t h 25 tohfofm montho n. Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... MIO n West Indies M 2d & 17th of month South* _ .41 iDoo:ther aro .. plcyl jav seg.!: ma" * When any of these dat es f a ll on a Sunday', the the Troa ( tl , dispatched on the followin g d a y, w i t h t h e exce ption w p etcur' Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be day preceding. MARRIED. On the 25th inst. at St. Andrew's, gobs Clark, Esq., 8.A., of New Ormond-street, Quee_,l2,llol, to Mary, fourth daughter of the late Peter Theou ° '" Esq., of Brimpton, Berkshire. ,_ Job ll ' solborn , o re, On the 25th inst., at Asford, Sent, Art.ao:32rbiecl...olh second son of the late Thomas Deane, Esq., '' f - - „AclP' . Bucks, to Anne Elizabeth, younger daughter of -"J .-- man, Esq., of Ashford. _____------------' DIED. ' 11i$ 113 ' a ge W i c ock On the 2Gth inst., in the 22d year of his - 7r 'lsToriV of the youngest son of Henry Stucke, Esq ., green, Midd l26th es i x. • land , after !4 On the inst., at hi s res id ence , Kings lan d ' 63 illness of a few hours, G eorge S tory, E sq ., aged 1.002,4 • O LONDON : Printed an d P u b l i shed by MU - RD 0 N o . C it iit of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mc° , Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy . - in the sous Middlesex, Wednesday, June 29, 1853. 14" D C r ) a krlth 44 an te -e 12 -4 tSTE &t c c kPor4 3 , general RA 04 4r 's of thi atICI aft itth e , n r cAu'ul-c:st.tP. GRE Water. Ilt.t .45 axa. ~ar 4 4 1 ',,e . tr a i n , en k ra kor a ',plat 4, 0 Gass 4 d elm, Ok n . 1 , 111, W es ' u s far e as , . tt:}tt74 St hr '4 ir qth 4,A Aiek ' ets ro Ck e ratio n 04 14 4 4 ea", IJI3I hir tteo Th e 4, , an be t ~ a r )44 a al 30 , Cor ub 114 M kt r, RL~ and ;ix,' irk p 14 4 ,,, ° . 4 ,.en 'ti t " c t. " 411 'totai ( 'bristle 'VIE Li, Char,'essri br, t ewi b r. scan k icha c ei , bo Th il o e sit 1 • arid t en ~oti VP, fAssury BIRTHS. OF A SON. woe, yff d ea On the 26th i ns t., at 164, Westbouro e " park, the wife of Charles Stanley, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. p O .O On the 27th i ns t., a t 29 , Clift on - ro ad, tS the wife of Walter Aldridge, Esq. 29, 1853. Ann Pretn t 9 as