The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

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The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 10,000 hales. The market was steady but quiet, 10,000 Ame rican were taken for export, and 1,000 Egyptian on spe culation. The sales included 6,000 American, 6,500 Perham and Maranham at 64d. to Bd. ' 200 Bahia at 6 1d. to 64d., 2,500 Egyptian at 64 to 144 d., and 500 Surat at 31d. to 44d. Railway shares were rm. The Government contract for 40 tons of sugar has been taken by Messrs. J. and D. Williams, within a trifle of 20s. per cwt. for China descriptions. The pepper con tract has been taken by Mr. William Forbes Marshall, a fraction above 4d. per lb. The prospect of more railways in India improves now ; the Governor-General has sent home a report, de cidedly in favour of the speedy execution of such under takings. It appears, however, that the existing com pany which has a concession from Calcutta to Allahabad, and which is proceeding most tardily compared to what was originally promised and fully expected, is not con tent with that excellent tract of country, but desires gauges, complete - monopoly of the communication f ar u p the wanges, and, if permitted, possibly beyond. Lord Dal housie recommends a grand trunk railway to be carried irom Allahabad towards Lahore and Peshawar. This Would be work sufficient for any two companies in addi tion to that already in existence, and as the Upper India Co. i s f orme d, h as it s cap it a l subscribed and a direction of practical men, many of them well acquainted with India, and especially one gentleman, Mr. W. P. Andrew Who has served in that country, and whose plans have been to a large extent adopted by the East Indian Rail- Way Company. This is precisely the association which might be safely entrusted with the execution of a portion. Various efforts are making, and some of them not very straightforward, to prejudice the cause ; and, although these will most likely prove unsuccessful since they emanate from pretended friends of the old company, the sooner they are disavowed the better. One party signing himself an "Indian Shareholder," has addressed a letter to Lord Jocelyn, the chairman of the Upper India Rail- Way, in which he treats the matter as though it were a Personal affair between that noble lord and Mr. Aglionpby, and advocates an amalgamation of interests. For our oWn part we consider that the Hon. East India Com pany will best accomplish a good system of communica tion by keeping the undertakings distinct as far as capi tal and management are concerned, as they have a direct control, and can easily regulate the general traffic so as to cause its proper fusiou, and prevent any inconveni ence to the public. The settlement of the account in the fin g lish Stock Market has been in progress, and has proceeded favour ably on the whole, an advance of 4 to s per cent. having occurred in Consols, which have been 98 to for Transfer, and 984 to 4 for the August account. The appearance of a change in the weather has a good effect , for it is really one of the chief things that at this moment affect the market, and is second only b the Eastern question. Just now the intelligence i, 4r , l3 ta Vienna, Constantinople and St. Petersburgh is de cidedly re-assuring, although many parties are sceptical and will doubtless so continue until an arrangement is offinially announced. The New 34 per Cents. have been marked 1014 to 4 and the 3 per Cents. 984 to 994. !lank Stock has been firmer at 229, but East India Stock 148 receded to 257 and 2551. Exchequer Bills are 2s. d iscount to par East India Bonds have been 21s. to 255. Pm. South Sea Stock is at 115 to 4. Foreign .Securities participate to some extent in the 411 Proved feeling . that pervades the English market. Mexican Bonds have not been better than 264 4, and Brazilian Old are at 1004. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been marked 464 4, and the Deferred 224 'l. Sardinian °Per Cents. are 941. There has been no business in t l 3' of the Northern investments. and generally atten on is most occupied with the settlement in the English learket. Th e Railway Share Market has been brisker, and prices are all up. London and North Western have 'sen about 4, Lancashire and Yorkshire Great Wes to 4, Midland 4, York and Berwick and Ca ;edonian is proportion. Great Northern A Stock is in requ es t. French Shares are buoyant and scarce. Strasbourg are 4 to better. Gold Mine Shares are quite neglected. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are dull, and Union or Australia have declined, parties having speculated in advance for a rise upon the presumption of a large divi d, end. Th e paymen t o f 20 per cen t. f or th e six months, however, one might have supposed would even have exceeded expectation, and no one can expect such divi dends to continue. The Land Companies' Shares have been firmer. The followin,,, from the authorised weekly railway ist, compiled by Mr. Slaughter, and relates to railway dividends "At the approach of the general meetings, the follow ing table of the dividends declared in 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852, together with the balances remaining over from the last half-year, may be found useful for refer- '4l ......., k -i =:'' P lEP g tr.., e- 8 w .:,, r-• cd p 8 r,,g BRITISH FIJNDS THIS DAY. Prom the Official List. ) tank. Stock Business done. . 229 ..... . .... ... 3 per Cent. Reduced Aunn't" ................ 9 94 9 3 per Cent. Consol s ***** 9 8 4 8 New 31 per Cent. A nnuities lOl4 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expir e sth Jan.., 1860 5 9-16 India Stock PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 13 razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto for the Account looi Cent Ditto New, 1852, 4i per ............. 2 ClZenada Bonds, Deferred - ' 4 ..,,exica n 3 per Cent. ' Ol- tuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 43 7, Ditto 4 p er C en t. 4 'llssia n Bonds, 5 per Cent. ' — Ditto for the Acc o unt llB Sar dinian, Bonds, 5 per Cent 94A 5/ ''gPanish Bonds, 3 per Ce n t 46s i Danish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22 t THREE O'CLOCK. IifARFCgT NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. 4cl4l L—The market is firm for most descriptions. The pautity of British antation landed at the East and West :dia. Docks, last week, was 1642 hhds 327 tierces 689 I.,l arr i els. There were taken for home consumption, 1,413 ..18 253 tierces 770 barrels. The stock in the same places 18 12 ,446 hhds 1,998 tierces 5,270 barrels. COFFEE —This article is steady. 12 1tI cE.—At aucti on 3,229 b ags , mostly sold at Ils Gilto 8 for good mid and good bold white. itllll The quantity landed, last week, at the East and west India Docks was 312 puns 3 hhds. There were taken 4) r home consumption 229 puns 3 hhds. The stock in the 'ante places is 8,736 puns 439 hhds, 9 ^ 9.114 "R. — African, 300 bags in bond, was taken in at 4,7 ;and Jamaica, 21 barrels, brought 54s to 78s for small bold. re lio wßOOT.—St. Vincent's, 105 barrels, 12 half ditto, * il :sad 3d to 5/4 for low to good. a _nd AL LOW.—P.Y •is 52s to 52s sa per cwt on the spot, Tow n 5 4 , 3d T EA — The market is dull. HAY MARKETS. 4.SIIITRPTELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ Os; clover, pa lt top 4/ 15 s to Cl 03 ; and straw, 1/ 79 to 1/ 15s per load. •411PPly limited, and trade firm. A .ODIEB ERLAND.—IIIeacIow hay, 4/ Os to 5 / Os ; clover * 40 ,1/ 15s to 18s T rade steady, at s/ our quotationsstraw, 1/ Se . to 1/ 15s per load. a YRITECE IAPEL.--Meadow h a y, 3/ 15 s to Cl Os; clover, _ 4 mod r a t e suppl s ""to, 4/ 15s to 6/ O ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14a. per load y, and a steady trade. ,BRAKE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 26 - 26 5 1 5 1 0 , 1 - 104 9 7 dial 20 - 22 31 —21 d 1001 1011 68i 691 22 221 191 201 ... --- ..pl 8- 9 sal- 34 - 4i 12 - 13}! 7i ---- 733 50 - 54 70 - 72 29 = S 1 8G S 7 54 56 134 136 108 109 89A 90 7 7i 99 102 16 —17 p 77 78 4f 4t,d 31 3 d 14A--,15_, - 9 2pxd 104 105 11.5 t 115 281 1 89i 9(4 5 Old 44 3id 11 13 18 20 29 291 714 -71 i 40 - 42 53 - 56 - P 4i - 4 d 2i 3 8 - 91 50 - 52 3h - 33 ... 34 4 - 4d 84 8i 49 - 50 92 - 94 60 - 62 55 - 63 65 70 id 17 19 9 9.1 13 14 3i 19 20 71 72 35i 36 13 14 23 25 iit Igfl 8d 9 30 32 9t 104 68i -69 i 8 - 734 2B - 201 59 -- 60 1E SHARES 92 - 96 88 - 92 103 - 104 107 -109 194 -- 20 . ; 6i -- 4 -- 41 5 -- 56 41) 1 -- 2i -- 2 p 141 -15 i 20 - 204 3#- 3A 128 - 130 113 - 114 - 1p 8 -- 8A 103 - - 104 99 - 101 102 - 103 is P 149 151 1154 i 67 3i- 4 p 10 -- 11 13 -- 14 8 - 9 103 - lip- .. -^ ... 1511 -- 152 Par 114 -- 116 118 -- 122 115 - 117 25A -26 i 10i 4 -10 i 17i -17 i -- 1 p 14 -- 15 par -- 4 p 25 -- 261 112 -- 114 194 -- 204 id -- par 101 -- 103 5; 51 par i p IGN, 14 ld 1 14 15 9.r 1p 2 ld 5 5 . p 11 ... 1 p ...••• 2 p .." 1p par 4 7tl 11 RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost ; and Eastn. Junet 1 Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley I Birkenhd. Lanesh. dr Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk.,' £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20...... Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass , Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian.... Do., (XlB E Si Eastern Counties ' Eastern Union, A Stock ro., B. Stock. 'Do., New A. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Junc Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock _ _ . Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D 0., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fif '6las Do .10/. 5h.,M&8...0 London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndudrry& Co' eraine Lndndrry. & Manch.She.& Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen ,Newry Warrenpoint nd Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un, ,North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Birmg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Ely. Dun Do Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. Wimbledn & Croydon York Newal.&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 &Bmdonsip.c DuudeePerth &Aber dee a Junction Eas :Anglian (1:310s) 6 per cent Do: (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts. Eclinb Pith. &Dundee 5* per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per ccnt..:. Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Do. p. c. Scrip Gt, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. coy. red. 4i p.c Do. con, red. 4 p. c Do. irrod. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c London & S. Western Con. Thirds 100 100 100 6 100 100 .0 Londonderry&Coler Shares 11 Loudy. & Ennis. Sb Shef., & Liu., i Shares, No. 1. n Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 all all Bi' 100 100 , 100 100 100 100 all 100 10 all 11 all Niarypt . & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4A per cent Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Extension Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. Guar. 5i per et._ Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.i.:ls, 6 p.c Do Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cm' South Devon. Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) o: £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4, 1 , per cent. Pre. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H and, S. Porch FOR: Ahtvcri•pg ---- ERT - -- )tterdam Belgian East. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelia Dijon and Resavn... Dutch Rhenish ...... East Indian .......... Do. Extension ...... Indian Peninsui Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref Luesembourg • • Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras 7i 29 10 all Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with' interest po. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Am s Sh s NorwegiauTrnk Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Ch erbrg. Quebec & Richmond, Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5 per c. Pref . Western of France , West. of Switzerland New Zealand Business done this day. 101 684 191 81 22 201 In 13 89 4 i i 4 77i i i pm 84 x d 104 i 5 115 i i 891 90 711 i i 55 6 501 13i 5911 168 i 20 I 23 i 103 2i 7 4i4 351 i 19i i 6i li - 2i P ••• 7i - 7i 351 -35 a 14 —l5 8 -- 9 17k -- 17i] 44 -- 46 42 -- 44 -- 37a -37 a ,!_ 5 27 1 37i 7 id p 19 20 p 8 gi 4i - - p 41 - 4ip i I pm 9i 9t I-- id p 3 -- 2 d LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 19.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; mo derate breeze, and cloudy, with slight showers. DEAL, July 18.—Wind, S.W. by W. Arrived—Eliza beth, New York ; Caros, St. John's ; Johannes, Constan tinople ; Columbia, Carthagena ; Gambia, Africa ; Trio, Rio Grande ; Victoria, Tobago ; Helena, Jamaica; Hen drick Hudson, New York ; Courant, Miramichi ; Durango, Quebeec ; Tarbert Castle, arrived in the River, for Mel bourne. July 19 (9.55 a.m.)—Wind, W.N.W., moderate and cloudy. Passed—Jandina, from Oporto, for London ; Woolloomooloo, Sydney, for London ; Emerald Isle, Que bec, for London ; Crystal Palace, Shanghai, for London ; Tancredi, Varna, for Hull ; Juno, Palermo, for Ham burgh ; Niger, London, for Sydney ; James Shepherd, London, for San Francisco ; Augie, London, for New foundland ; Felicity, London, for Lisbon • Eliza and Hester, London, for San Francisco ; Leichhardt, London, for Sdney ; Wilhelmina, Leith, for Malaga; Alweritz, Girgenti, for Newcastle ; Olivia, Carthagena, for New castle. PORTSMOUTH, July 18.—Wind, S.W. to W. Arrived— laide, Odessa.. Sailed—Royal Stuart, Melbourne. SOUTHAMPTON, July 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ann, Ibrail ; Jessie, Galatz. Sailed—Magdalena (s), West Indies. LIVERPOOL, July 18.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mary Ann, Akyab ; Diana, Para ; Duke of York, Savinilla ; Young Queen, Honduras ; Montrose, St. John's, N.B. ; Midas, Quebec ; Frances, Newfoundland ; Carl, Johann, Alex andria ; Courier, Maryport ; Cyprus, Marsala ; Bilbao, Charlegmagne ; Oxenbridge, Utopia ; Onward, Quebec. Sailed—England, Calcutta ; Thomas, Quebec ; Commerce, Boston ; Idalia, Valparaiso and Callao. July 19 (10.30 am.)—Wind, N.W., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Moore's Court, from St. ohn's N.B. ; Thomas Forrest, Alexandria ; Fortunata Oswald, Varna ; Her mod, Helsingborg ; Joseph and Mary, Rotterdam; Caro lino, Charleston ; White Cloud, Montreal ; Nettuna, Con stantinople ; Stamboul, Catania ; Hebe, Charente. Off Port - Huma, Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, July 18.—Wind, fresh. Arrived—Adele, Alexandria ; Cyprus Queen, Smyrna ; Siren and Rose, Toganrog ; Paolina and Guage, Mazionople ; Harmonie, Audacia, Onderneming, and Italia, Odessa ; Barre, Jella chich, and Panope, Ibrail ; Concordia Galatz • San Rocco and Jane Avery, Constantinople ; William Williams , Sa lonica ; Maria, Bahia ; Triton, Alexandria ; Carl Richard, Cyprus ; Doctor, Smyrna ; Palmyre and San Marco Toganrog ; Giovanni, Odessa; Viva, Salonica. Off Port— Sagittarius, Tognanrog. BOSTON, July s.—The Mary Ellen, home to Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island, has been lost on Lea Island, in the Bay of Fundy ; crew saved. CALCUTTA, July 3.—The Guttmeer was seen on shore on the outer "Usshru Fee Shoal, May 8, by the Elindostan (s), arrived here. NORTH SHIELDS, July 16.—A brig of about 240 tons, with Danish union on her foretop gallant rigging, painted black, with red ribbon and yellow billet-head, mainmast gone, and abandoned, was fallen in with on the 15th (at 10 a.m.), and seen to founder at 1.30 p.m., Tynemouth Castle bearing about N.N.W. 35 miles, by the Harriet, Mowatt, put back to this port. LISTERLIEFE, July 10.—The Prince of Orange, which stranded at List (Island of Syht), on the 28th Dec., 1852, has come o ff t o -d ay, an d w ill procee d t o F a nce f or repa i rs. PARIS, July 17.—Th e wrec k o f a l arge vesse l, di smas t e d , and lying upon her starboard side, apparently a Nor wegian, sides planked with pine timber, several of which had started, and supposed not to have been long in that situation, was passed 13th July, about 18 miles N.E. from Start Point lighthouse, by the Virginia, arrived at Havre. BALTIMORE, July 2.—A schooner, apparently foreign, on her beam ends, the last th ree l e tt e rs of the pl ace s h e hails from " mac," was passed off Thomas' Point, by the Malang°, arrived here. EXTRAORDINARY MIBTAKR.—Last week a gentleman in Anglesey wrote a letter to his servant, desiring to have one of his horses shod immediately. The man, ignorant of English, had the epistle read to him, and, after hearing the injunction : lost no time in obeying it, according to the best of his understanding, by havi ng the poor horse shot. This may be taken as an old Joe Miller, but it is true notwithstanding.—Nora Wales Chronicle. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) TRANSPORTATION BILL After a short conversation in a low tone, across the table, between the Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leonardo, and the Duke of Newcastle, the house went into com mittee on this bill. Clauses 1 to 4 were agreed to. On clause 4, The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the object of the clause was to substitute for the punishment of seven years' transportation a punishment of four years' penal servitude, which was considered to be practically the same in extent, because, though the sentence of transportation was nominally for seven years, the con vict was sent to prison for a year and a half or two years, and afterwards was sent to labour at one of the convict establishments. The clause was agreed to, as were clauses up to 8. On clause 8, The LORD CHANCELLOR explained the object of the clause, which was to provide work at one of the public establishments at Gosport, or Portland Island, or elsewhere, after the convict had left prison, so that he might not be compelled to go back to his old haunts, and might have an inducement to behave himself well. In order that they should not come into competition with the labourers in the district, the work imposed upon them would be harder, and the wages smaller, than was imposed on others. The convicted thieves of Lon don, for instance, would not be permitted to come with in a certain distance of the metropolis. He hoped that when these persons were for some time employed in the public works that they would be received back into society as reformed or partially reformed characters. He was not insane enough to suppose that the system would effect all that they wished, but it was the best that, under the circumstances, suggested itself to the Govern ment, and he trusted that it would to some extent answer the object they had in view. The Earl of HARROWBY thought that it would be by no means desirable to accumulate large bodies of con victs in particular localities. He thought the inhabi tants of such districts would complain very loudly of such a thing. He would suggest that the convicts be sent out of the country, and that a certain punishment be imposed upon them if they returned. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that the clause was not constructed with the view of compelling large aggregations of convicts in particular localities, but it was necessary, when they were driven from prison, that they should be furnished with the means of existence, so as to give them every possible motive for seeking an im proved mode of existence in other parts of the country than those which had been the haunts of their crimes.oll After a few words from the Earl of CHICHESTER, which were inaudible, The Earl of HARDWICKE said they would place the localities in this country, where these convicts were sent, in the same position that they placed the colonies, and the same outcry would be raised. His conviction was that the scheme would utterly fail. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the object was not to confine them to any locality, but that no one should come out of prison and say that he was not able to ob tain work. After these persons were employed for some time on public works, ho thought it was extremely pro bable—looking to the want of labour which at present existed—that other persons would seek their labour, and that they would be brought back into society. If they were to expatriate these persons, other countries would have reason to complain that the vice engendered here had been thrown upon them. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he thought the measure for a uniform system of police throughout the country ought to go pari passu with this measure, for he believed that those gentlemen who issued from the prisons in a state of incipient virtue would require to be closely watched by the police, and that this measure of great humanity would depend very much for its suc cess on the strength with which they exercised their batons. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Whilst legislating for the amelioration of those who committed crime, they ought to take into their consideration that yet uncon taminated portion of society who might be affected by what they were now attempting to carry into operation. After a few words from the Duke of Buccrzuclr, the clause was agreed to, as were the other clauses of the bill. _ . _ THE INDIAN SALT TAX, &c. The Earl of ALBE VIARLE presented a petition from the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, praying that the monopoly of salt exercised by the East India Company might be abolished, but that, should it be considered still expedient to levy a tax on this necessary of life, it should be in such a form as to press less heavily on the poor of India than the present system of taxation. The noble lord said he should confine his observations prin cipally to the operation of the tax in Madras. Under the native Government the tax was 245. 6d. the gass, or 50 per cent. on the price. In 1806 the British Government raised it to 31. ss. the gass ; it was subse quently raised to 71., 101., and in 1844 to the enormous sum of 181. The consequence was the consumption was entirely stopped ; the Government was obliged to re duce the tax to 121., at which sum it remained. The Government regulated the quantity of salt to be produced, and continued the land tax at its maximum. The price of salt in Bengal was enhanced by a variety of causes, natural and artificial. The noble lord then de scribed the process of the manufacture of salt and the difficulties which the manufacturers had to contend with. Their machinery was very rude, compared with that in use in Cheshire. It was consequently' impossible for them to compete with the salt of this country, or even that of Madras or Bombay. He proposed that the manufacture of salt in Bombay should be prohibited, as we prohibited the manufacture of tobacco in this coun try. He would reduce the duty to one-half, and im pose a fixed duty on the salt imported from this country and other places. The salt produced on the Malabar coast and other places he would free from duty. He proposed that the change should be gradual, as in the case of our tea-duties. Of the five factories in Calcutta, one had fallen a victim to the imported salt. The la bourers were in a partial state of slavery at the present moment, but they would derive the greatest relief from the cultivation of the neighbouring jungle. The cost of the agencies was serious—from 8,0001. to 10,0001. a year. He had another petition from East Indians of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, resident in London, comp l a i n i n g of the grievances under which they and the community to which they belonged laboured in the existing state of the law. They especially complained of the operation of the 87th cl ause o f th e l a t e Ch ar t er Act, notwithstanding which natives were still excluded from office. Many of these were persons of eminence in medicine and at the bar, and possessed an education equal to that of the members of their lordships' house. The noble lord quoted the testimony of Colonel Steven son, Colonel James Skinner, and other officers, as to the efficiency and economy of the corps of irregular cavalry which had been established in India, and referred in particular to the prow ess o f one Major Nairn, who he said was in the habit of attacking tigers. Lord Met calfe had deprecated the existence of different classes in India, and he urged the necessity of the extension of equal rights to all. He quo t e d this in answer to some depreciatory evidence whi c h h a d b een given b e f ore th e i r lordships' committee as a character of the natives. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. o e n Eoafr theof DO houseN O U t o G H the M n l Tfe the e system of national education in Ireland, and to move for C) pr i es E en r t °s :onit ca io a copy of the resolution . lately adopted by the Board of at tention National Education excluding the use of certain books from the schools under their manar,ement ; and to ask vihether, in consequence of such ' resolution, any and what members had resigned their seats at the board ? The system of national education in Ireland had been originally founded by the noble earl late at the head of the Government, and was, as exp resse d b y hi m , i n t en d e d to be a system of united secular and separate religious instruction. Immediately after its first organization the board had commenced the publication of a number of works which could not be too highly praised, and which had since then not only been used in the schools under the board, but also in schools in this country and the colonies. No objection whatever had been taken, or could be taken, to the system of secular education as carried out by the board, but certainly objections were taken by men of very high character against the nature, amount, and substance of the religious instruction. The commissioners had published works both of secular and religious instruction. They had published four books, or volumes—two consisting of selection s from the holy Scriptures, one volume of "Sacred Poetry," and the fourth volume being the work of the most rev. prelate Arch bishop Whateley "On the Truth of Christianity." Soon after the system of the society was establish e d, it was found that a large and influential sectio n o f th e c l ergy objected to it. Their objections rested upon the fact that religious and secular instructio n were not made separate. The use of these religious books, though not enjoined by the board, was recommended by thgm. A rule was established that all ministers of religion, of whatever denomination, whether they had subscribed to the school or not, should have access to the s c h oo l one day in the week to communicate relig ious instruction to the children whose parents belonged to their particular denomination of Christians. The result of the rule had consequently been, to make religious instruction under the national system in that country, to consist in the schools being altogether conducted, i n a great majority of instances, by the Roman Catholic priest ac cording to his form, in some of the schools by the Pres byterian minister according to his form, and in a very few of the schools by the Protestant clergyman accord ing to his form ; so that, except in the schools imme diately under the management of the board itself, there was but one description of religious instruction given in any one school. One of the objections made was, that the Scripture extracts were not in general use. Th e answer given by the commissioners in their report of 1836 was, that they were persuaded the fact were other wise. They stated that their inspectors were then out upon their annual inspection, and that they had already reported on 352 schools, and had found the children reading the extracts in 285 of them. Those schools were not particularly selected for visitation ; it might therefore be expected that the extracts were read in an equal proportion of the schools which remained to be inspected, and therefore that they were used in more than four-fifths of the whole n umber. It was therefore perfectly evident that up to 18 3 G religious instruction, so far as Scripture instruction was concerned, wasin tended to be general in all the schools. This showed that the intention and wish of the managers at that time were, that a certain amount of religious instruction should be given with secular instruction. If their lord ships wished to improve the system of education in Ire land,—if, in their opinion, it was desirable to give all parties an equal share of the public money for the pur poses of education,—let all restrictions be removed, let no rules be established ; but let every party give what ever instruction they pleased. It was absolutely necessary that the people should have instruction, and ' he would make any sacrifice to attain that end ; but don't hold up a s y s t em w hi c h pro f esse d to give a cer tain guarantee, while it gave no guarantee what ever as regarded the spiritual education of the Ro man Catholic population. The question was whe ther those religious books to which he had re ferred, and the Scriptural extracts, had been pro hibited from the schools ; if the had, the whole foundation of the system was violated ; in point of fact, there was no longer any system ; and it would be much better, so far as the Government was ooncerned, that the future course of education should be simply permissive. There was another question he wished to ask the noble earl (Aberdeen)—namely, whether two eminent members of the Board of Education in Ireland had resigned their situations on the board in conse quence of what had happened ? He would wish to speak of them with all the respect that was due to their cha racter and station. The most rev. prelate (the Arch bishop of Dublin) had been a very important member of the board, and had made great exertions for the exten sion of the national system of education in Ireland, but his hopes had evidently been disappointed, and it must be admitted that the system he advocated had been broken in upon. The Government must, under these circumstances, consider it necessary to devise some other mode, and see whether some system of education could not be adopted to meet the views of all parties. The Earl of ABERDEEN said, the noble earl had alluded to the origin and progress of th e system of educa tion in Ireland, but in every respect concerning that system his 'observations had been by no means correct. The system, when first established, was distinctly that of a secular, as distinguished from a religious and a secular education united. It was established by the noble earl opposite (Earl Derby) in consequence of a recommen dation by a committee of the House of Com mons , w h o, in a report i n th e year 1828, e actually made that recom mendation. It is true that shortly afterwards a certain amount of religious education was engrafted upon the system, as a joint education. Instead of all religious instruction being given separately, there was a certain amount of religious education that was united with secular instruction. That was in consequence of the opinion and counsel of two members of the board— the most reverend prelate who was at the head of the board, and Archbishop Whateley ; but it was ob vious that a system of a united education, imparted to _Protestants and Catholics, must always be of a very limited nature. Shortly after the institution of the system those two persons who were the cause of the in troduction of the united elements of religious and secular education agreed upon certain Scriptural extracts ; then upon a volume of sacred poetry ; and, finally, upon a work which no doubt set forth the evidence of the truth of Christianity, and which might be thought fit for chil dren to read, but a work, however, which he should say might be studied with advantage by grown men. That work "On the Truth of Christianity" was always very much objected to by the Roman Catholic priests, to whom the management of the schools was intrusted. A rule wits consequently laid down, that if any person— if any parent objected to the use of any of these books, the book so objected to was then to be transferred to and used at a separate time for religious instruction, and was no longer to be used in the system of joint religious edu cation. The noble earl was wrong in the supposition that no Scriptural extracts were used in the schools. There had been no question raised about rejecting that work from the schools. The volume of " Sacred Poetry" was also used in the schools. The only work in question was that of the most rev. prelate, in which he taught the reasons for the truth of Christianity. That had always been objected to very generally by the Roman Catholics, who were interested in the schools and their manage ment. The board had at length determined not any longer to use that work as part of the joint religious education, but it was still used in the separate religious education. The origin of this unfortunate occurrence, which he was sure every man must lament, and which had arisen in the government and administration of the board, had taken place in consequence of this circum stance :—ln one of the district schools in Clonmel, under the management of two Roman Catholics, they rejected the work on Scriptural evidence. That was in the year 1849. In coneequenco of one of the rules under which the system was administered—it occurred that, where there were Catholics in the school whose parents objected to the use of these books, they were transferred to the separate religious instead of being used in the joint religious education. This took place at the district school of Clonmel. The most rev. prelate objected to this, and the matter was reported to the board, whose attention was drawn to the facts by their secretary. He thought it was in last September that the most rev, prelate was made aware that one of the books which had been used continually had been, by the order of the two commissioners alluded to, trans ferred to the separat e r e li g i ous e d ucat i on. The most rev. prelate objected to that, and insisted on the prac tice of reading the book being continued, it being, as he must say, however admirable it was in itself, not such as was received by the Roman Catholic community in the same manner as the.other books to which he had re ferred, such as the Scripture lessons and the volume of " Sacred Poetry." But the most rev. prelate insisted that the books should be retained, and many meetings took place, and much discussion arose on the subject. He must say, however much he approved of the book, and however much he might regret its exclusion from the combined religious education—knowing that it had been used with good results,—that the most rev, prelate founded his objection to the exclusion on the grounds which appeared to be scarcely tenable. The most rev. prelate denied the power of the board to reject any book which they had once authorized to be used. He thought that this would scarcely tally with the letter of the noble earl (the Earl of Derby) to the Duke of Leinster, in which he said that the commissioners exercised a most entire control over all the books to be used in the schools. It would, he thought, be impossible to maintain that those who had the power to introduce the books had not also the power to withdraw them ; and he contended that the power of the board could scarcely be disputed. But, so far as he could collect from all he had heard on the subject, the most rev. prelate rested his sole objec tion on that ground. Having stated that the noble earl opposite was entirely mistaken in supposing that the sys tem of joint religious education was no longer retained in the schools, he would now refer to the liberal speech re cently delivered by his noble friend, in which he was sup posed to have maintained the impossibility of any system of education existing without religious instruction. That was very true so far as England was concerned, but if a Catholic population existed in England to the same ex tent as in Ireland, undoubtedly a different system of education would be indispensable. But it was, as he was sure would be admitted by the noble earl who in troduced the system, entirely owing to the peculiar cha racter of the population of Ireland, and not from any preference to the particular system of education that he introduced the plan to which his name was attached, and which had conferred such immense advantages on the people of Ireland. He did not know anything which had proved so great a blessing to the population of Ire land as the national system of education ; and, notwith standing the differences to which he had adverted, he still trusted that nothing would take place to diminish the advantages or to limit the extension of a system which had done so much good, and from which so many more advantages were to be expected. He admitted that a great difference of opinion had taken place, and he was sorry that he did not perceive any great probability of an understanding being arrived at. However, although he could not anticipate that this understanding could be effected, as yet the most rev. prelate had not ceased to be a member of the board. He had no communication with any other members of the board, and therefore he did not know the intentions of any one. At present he 'was quite unable to say more, though he admitted the great differences of opinion which existed ; and he cer tainly sould not go so far as to say that the most rev. prelate was not disposed at the present moment to re main a member of the board. With regard to the motion of the noble earl, there could be no objection to the pro duction of the resolution, seeing that it would, in the ordinary course of business, have been shortly laid on the table. He had stated the sole ground of the diffe rences which existed, and, fully perceiving the conse quences to which they might lead, still he could see no thing in them to cause him to augur at all unfavourably of the ultimate result and continued successful progress of the system so happily introduced. In answer to a question from the Earl of HARROWBY, The Earl of ABERDEEN explained that the eightli rule had been very recently altered, on the motion of one of the commissioners, in such a way that instead of the book complained of being transferred to the separate edu cation, the child whose parent had complained of the book would be removed to the separate class. Lord MONTEAGLE, who had evidently misunder stood the explanation just given by the Earl of Aberdeen, argued against a system by which the parent of a single child possessed a veto, or the power of blackballing any book. Each religious party would put a veto on the books of the other, and the system would be thereby re duced to a peilect caput mortuum. The Earl of ABERDEEN here interrupted the noble lord, and again explained that that was under the old system ; and that under the new, instead of the book, the child would be removed to the separate class. Lord MONTEAGLE was very glad to ex planation of the noble earl, andexpresliear the sed himself satisfied with the alteration. Alluding, then, to the particular case under discussion, he declared that he be lieved the board possessed the power t o reject any book. Excellent book as it was, it might very reasonably be objected to as a schoolbook, and the board had certainly not exceeded their powers in ex cluding f it. The Earl of DERBY sa id, that the question were as had been stated by the noble earl opposite, and as had been repeated by his noble friend on the c ross benches, he should have dissented from the grounds on which it was said that the most rev, prelate had thought fit to object; but, although he spoke under the correc tion of the noble earl, who was so much better acquainted with the subject than he possibly could be, he was very much afraid that the noble earl had wholly mistaken the effect which had been attributed to the resolution alluded to. and that, so far from that resolution being of the character which the noble earl had ascribed to it, it affirmed precisely the contrary. In the first place the noble earl, at the commencement of his observations, had stated that in the first instance it was intended that the s ystem of education should be a combined one, uniting secular and separate religious instruction. To a cer tain extent, undoubtedly, that was the case ; but the noble earl had fallen into a slight error when he stated that thO introduction of the Scripture extracts and of other religious works in the hours of combined relLtious instruction was an afterthought, and not included in the original plan. If the noble earl would refer to the para graph which had been quoted, he would then see that it was intended from the very first that the religious in struction should to a certain extent he imparted during the hours of combined education. The passage in the paragraph was as follows : " Although it is not de signed to exclude from the list of books for the combined instruction such portions of sacred history or religious and moral books which have been approved of by the board, it is to be understood that it is by no means in. tended to convey a perfect or sufficient religious in struction on the days set apart for that purpose." Therefore, in the first instance, there was intended to be separate books in every case for separate religious in struction, and, in addition to that, the board reserved to themselves the discretion of introducing, as shortly after wards they did introduce, books which had been com piled so that they could not be objected to either by Roman Catholics or Protestants, which did contain, and which afforded so long as they were in use a very con siderable amount of religious knowledge to Roman Ca tholic and to Protestant children sitting in the same room, and receiving instruction together. That course was pursued until the year 1844, when the practice was introduced to which the noble earl had just adverted. He alluded to the practice introduced by rule 8. In the report which was issued by the commissioners in that year, they stated that they had established a number of schools, which were attended by thousands of children, and that they had succeeded in compiling several works, containing a serious Of lessons grounded on Holy Writ, which were used in the general instruction afforded in all the schools. But in that year, also, and in order to meet objections which had been raised by several members of the Roman Catholic community, these books were not insisted on, but only strongly recommended, and the rule was adopted to which his noble friend had referred. That rule was, most unfortunately, worded very am biguously. It said, "The commissioners do not insist on the Scripture lessons being read in any of the national schools, nor do they allow them to be read during the time of secular or literary instruction"—this, said the noble lord, was a departure from the original plan—" in any school attended by children whose parents or guardians! object to their being so read." In such 1 cases the commissioners prohibit their use, excepting in the hours of religious instruction. That resolution was, as their lordships would see, unfortunately worded most ambiguously. It did not allow the books in question to be used in those schools attended by children whose parents or guardians objected to their use. Under that rule it must appear doubtful whether the Scripture ex tracts were to be excluded on the objection of the parent of any single child, or whether that child was to be pro tected from the risk of being compelled to read them, by receiving permission to leave the room. From 1844 downwards, there had always been, to a certain extent, a difference of opinion with regard to the construction of that rule ; and the general practice, he believed, had been that protection had been afforded to the child, by its being permitted to withdraw when these books were being read. At the same time he must say that, although the Scripture extracts were read, and were in fact a most essential part of the system pursued in the model school at Dublin, and which ought therefore to be the model of all the other schools under the control of the board, he had good reason to know it- had been discovered that in the model school at Clonmel, which was entirely under the control of the commissieners. themselves, these Scripture extracts had been excluded from the hours of ordinary combined education, Now he thought that, whatever might be the case with regard to schools under the management of individuals, it was most unfortunate that, upon a point of such importance, any deviation from the ordinary practice should be allowed in schools under the direct control and manage ment of the board, and especially in those schools which were to be regarded as models for the rest of the coun try. Unless he was greatly mistaken—and he received his information from one of the commissioners—the de cision at which the commissioners arrived the other day was entirely opposed to the sense attached to this rule by the noble sari opposite. A motion was made at the board by Mr. Baron Greene, one of the three dissenting commissioners, to the effect that protection should be given to the children, and not for the exclusion of books; but a large majority of the commissioners decided against Mr. Baron Greene, the late Lord Chancellor Blackburne, and another commissioner--the most rev, prelate (the Archbishop of Dublin) not being present—that the rule should be interpreted according to its strict literal sense. The consequence was, that the objection of any one Roman Catholic child would be held sufficient to ex clude a book. He could only say that be had this state ment from Mr. Blackburne himself, and that the object of Mr. Baron Greene's resolution was to give to the rule the sense which the noble earl opposite (the Earl of Aberdeen), the noble lord (Lord Monteagle), and he thought the great majority of their lordships would con sider the sound and rational construction. Mr. Baron Greene's resolution was, however, negatived by a very considerable majority. H e (the Earl of Derby) consi dered, then, that there had been a very important devia tion, in a very essential particular, from the original rule, and it appeared as if there was an influence at work for the purpose of excluding from the national schools, in deference to the opinions of the Roman Ca tholic priesthood, all books which give to the system of education anything of a religious character. If this were the case, it would be impossible to resist the force of an argument which had hitherto been met by the state ment that although the religious instruction given might in itself be insufficient, yet that a considerable amount of religious knowledge was imparted in all the schools to Roman Catholics and Protestants alike, and that for the purpose of obtaining the great benefit of the union of children of different persuasions for the purpose of education it was necessary to abate something of what would otherwise be considered desirable with regard to the amount of religious instruction given to Protestant children alone. If the system was to be so altered as altogether to exclude all religious instruction with regard to Roman Catholic children frequenting the national schools, then he must say that one of the great and para mount objects contemplated by the original system ' would be defeated, and the system would be open to the objection which he thought could not hitherto be justly urged against it, that it was entirely and completely a system of secular education, disregarding religious in struction altogether. He would be very glad to find that the opinion of the noble earl opposite was correct, and that would be ascertained when the resolution of the board was laid upon the table, and when they found who proposed the resolution, and who composed respectively the majority and the minority. He admitted that the exclusion of a book upon the evidences of Christianity was not a reason which he would think sufficient for breaking up the board ; but, on the other hand, if the resolution was to be regarded in the sense lie had been led to believe, and if a prevailing intention was gaining ground of excluding more and more religious instruction, of which even now too little was given, he would say that was a fatal impediment to the working of the sys tem, that it must be fatal to its beneficial effects, and that in such a case those Protestant members of the board who could not conscientiously assent to a diminu tion of the amount of religious instruction given would not only be justified, but bound to withdraw from a system which, from the first, depended upon the mutual and harmonious working of members of different reli gious persuasions, upon the sound sense exercised by both parties, and upon the balance being impartially held be tween Protestants and Roman Catholics. The Earl of ABERDEEN soid, he had in his posses sion a copy of the resolution of Mr. Baron Greene, which was carried, with the exception of the clause relating to the "Evidences of Christianity." The noble earl read the resolution, which was to the following effect : " The commissioners do not insist on the Scripture ex tracts, "Lessons on the Truth of Christianity,"or the book of "Sacred Poetry," being read in any of the national schools; nor do they allow them to be read as part of the ordinary school business, during which all children, of whatever de nomination they may be, are required to attend, in any school attended by children whose parents or guardians object to their being so read by their children. In such cases, the commissioners prohibit the use of these books, except at times set apart for the purpose, either before or after the ordinary school business, and under the following conditions. Firstly, that no child whose parent or guar dian objects shall be required, directly or indirectly, to be present at such reading. Secondly, that in order that the child whose parent or guardian objects may be absent at the reading of the books above specified, public notification of the time set apart for such reading shall be inserted in large letters in the time-table of the school ; that there shall be a sufficient interval between the conclusion of the ordinary school business and the commencement of such reading; and that the teacher shall immediately, and before its commencement, announce distinctly to the pupils that any child whose parents or guardians so desire maya leave. Thirdly, that in every such case there sha 11 be n t ti n e orderb e thatexclusivetime devoted those each ae children h h a i ri l d d a a r l yLt o f l o v t r h li o e s u d c o h n ordinaryro reading , a j d o i n ii ' n schoolstheu ffi business, c ding of the books may have ample time for literary instruction i n the schools." The Earl of DERBY observed that, according to the resolution as it stood, it appeared that, during the hours of combined instruction the Scripture extracts were not to be read in the schools in the presence of children whose parents or guardians objected to their presence during such reading, and that it would be competent to any child in the school to object to the Scripture extracts being read during the hours of combined instruction. The consequence would be that those lessons would not form part of the combined instruction, and that the parent of any child would .have the power of placing a veto upon the use of the Scripture extracts. The Earl of ILARROWBY was understood to say that he considered the use of the Scripture extracts was a main principle of the system of national education in Ireland. Lord MONTEAGLE thought it a most objectionable principle to give the parent of one child the power of excluding the Scripture extracts from any of the national schools. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said, admitting that the Established Church of Ireland did not represent the great body of the people of that country, he thought it should be treated fairly. He had received a letter from Ireland, which stated that, a few days ago, in one of the national schools in that country all the Roman Catholic children came forward, and objected to the reading of the Scripture extracts, which had heretofore been used in the school. It appeared to him very plain that if the reso lution was to be understood as it was explained by the noble earl opposite, the Roman Catholics would succeed in carrying their point, for the resolution invited the opposition of persons who objected to the use of the Scripture extracts. Taking the case of a school com posed almost entirely of Protestants—of the children of members of the Established Church and of Presbyterians —if there was one Roman Catholic child in that school he might prevent the use of the Scripture extracts during the hours appointed for combined instruction. He could only repeat his opinion that this regulation struck at the root of the whole system. The resolution was then agreed to. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. Lord KINNAIRD said, the measure was si milar to bills which he had brought before their lordships' house on two former occasions, but which, owing to the late period at which they were sent down to the other house, were necessarily abandoned. This bill had been introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. F. Mackenzie, who was lately member for Liver pool, and had undergone considerable discussion, and it differed from the former bills in this respect, that it did not interfere with the courts which uranted ces, but merely enacted certain regulations with regard to public-houses in Scotland. Unfortunaf Scotland had obtained great notoriety for intemper ance. (A laugh.) He did not mean to say that intem perance could be repressed by act of Parliament, but he thought they might at least diminish the temptations to intemperance. A very curious and interesting report had been drawn up on this subject by certain gentlemen in Edinburgh, 200 of whom bad devoted their attention to ascertaining the number of persons in that city w h o frequented public-houses on the Sunday. It appeared, from their investigations, that in a population which ac cording to the last census numbered 153,680, and was now perhaps nearly 160,000, the number who went to public-hoses on one Sunday was 41,796. Of this num -11,981 were women 4,631 were children under 14 years of age, and 3,032 children under eight years of age were seen to enter public-houses, either to obtain spirits for themselves, or to convey them away. In Scotland spirits were sold over the counter by grocers, and the consequence was most demoralising, because women would go into a grocer's shop to obtain spirits when they would not be seen going into a public-house. Many Scotch artisans had stated that they had found consider able sums set down in their accounts for groceries which they discovered were charges for whisky supplied to their wives and children. He need scarcely say that the evil arising from this system, which the present measure was intended to remedy, were very great. The bill was intended, in the first place, to abolish the pre sent system of selling spirits over the counter in grocers' shops. Another provision of the measure placed the public-houses--which were now under the supervision of the Excise authorities, who were generally unwilling to prosecute—under the regulation of the police. At present also in Scotland a beer - license could not be granted separately from a spirit license. If a person ob tained a beer certificate he had aright to demand a spirit license. The bill proposed to separate the two, and enacted that no one certificate should be issued en abling persons to sell beer and spirits. It was very de sirable to encourage the consumption of beer in Scotland for a marked difference was observable, on the borders between the whisky-drinking and beer-drinking popula tion. Another remedy for intemperance in Scotland would be the admission of light wines it a small duty. The bill then passed through committee with some verbal amendments. COLONIAL CHURCH REGULATION BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, their lord ships were no doubt aware that ecclesiastical affairs in some of our colonies were not in a very satisfactory state, and it was very desirable that some legislation should take place which should enable the authorities to make better rules for the government of the church there. To accomplish these objects a bill had been framed which it was hoped would meet with their lord ships' approval, and of which he would now move the second reading. He had heard from a high legal autho rity that some alterations might be introduced into the bill which would render it more acceptable, and more likely to answer the purpose for which it was intended. He would therefore now move the second reading of the bill pro formd • it would be committed to-morrow in order to effect the alterations suggested ; and the dis cussion upon the principle of the bill would be postponed until Thursday next. The bill was then read a second time pro folmd. COPYHOLDS BILL. On the order of the day for the recommitment of this bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the Copyholds Act provided, that when any money was paid for the en franchisement of copyhold land, it should be either paid into the Bank of England in the name of the Accountant of the Court of Chancery, or else should be placed in the hands of some trustees, and the interest of it paid to the party whose manor was enfranchised. In the case of ecclesiastical corporations in the possession of manorial rights, whether corporations ,sole or aggre gate, they had in this way received the interest of the moneys so paid for enfranchisement. Under the act passed the year before last, enabling the Episcopal and Capitular Commission to enfranchise, the same process took place, but with this difference that, though the money was paid in, as in the other case, in stead of the whole of the interest going to the ecclesias tical corporation, so much only was paid as was an equi valent on a fair calculation for what had been received in respect to the manor as it stood before enfranchisement, and the surplus, if any, went to the commissioners for ecclesiastical purposes. The object of this bill was to regulate the enfranchisement with respect to these corpo rations, and to provide that for the future, with respect to any enfranchisement entered into by the Capitular Commissioners, the money should be paid over to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, to be applied according to the provisions of the act. Tile bill was then recommitted and the amendments agreed to. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL. The report of amendments on this bill were brought up and agreed to. PIMLICO IMPROVEMENT BILL. ..... _ ___ This bill was read a thi r d ti me an d pass ed. TAXING-OFFICER COMMON LAW BUSINESS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter past 9 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) SUCCESSION DUTY BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. LIDDELL said that not having been present during the discussion hitherto on this bill, he could not allow this stage to proceed without expressing his decided opinion that the measure was altogether inconsistent with sound policy and justice. A more unjust or more exacting mea sure never had been propounded to Parliament. The coun try had heard of ship-money, of poundage, and of but lerago ; but all these measures of an oppressive and in- • quisitorial character had been repealed by the wisdom of successive Parliaments, and it had remained for the in genuity of the right hon. gentleman, when it should be the duty of persons in his position to remove every odious impost, to impose this extortionate tax upon the people of England. He made no motion upon the question, but he felt that he should not have done his duty to his constitu ents if he had not, even at the last stage, expressed his opposition to the measure. Mr. SPOONER, moved the addition of a proviso to the second clause, the effect of which would be, that where the father was a tenant for life, and the sou was either a tenant for life or a tenant in fee or in tail in remainder or reversion of the same property, the son should be deemed to be a lineal descendant, and should pay duty accordingly. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the proviso, on the ground that it would open the door to a series of ex emptions which ought not to be recognised. Mr. MULLINGS supported the proviso, and expressed. his conviction that, if not conceded now, the day was not far distant when it must be. Mr. MALINS also supported it. Son after son might die, and 10 per cent. after 10 per cent. would have to be paid, until the whole estate was eaten away by the Govern ment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not assent to the amendment, if it were only on the ground that it did not contain any distinct and tenable reason, for this exemption would not apply to others. If agreed to, the amendment would occasion confusion and difficulty. After a few words in support of the proviso from Sir J. PAKINGTON, The house divided. The numbers were— For the proviso ... 100 Against it Majority -33 Mr. FP.ESHF successively moved two amend- E i ments on the fourth clause, with reference to the general t t y b against z powers of appointment over property, the object of which was to make the exercise of such powers confer successions only in cases where the appointments so . made insured to butthe baeftenerfiatuinexwphloua o s leli u n b p y ar t t b o e f s t o lr iu p tto ar r t . s. G es e m ne a ra ki i n t g ha th t em the ; clause as it stoodwas in strict conformity with the prin ciple of the Legacy Duty Act, and that the Government were not disposed to alter it, both amendments were ne gatived without a division. Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the omission of the pro viso to the 21st clause. This clause enacted that the inte rest of a successor in real property should be considered as an annuity, the duty chargeable thereon to be paid by eight equal half -yearly instalments ; and then followed the proviso, the omission of which was moved by the right hon. baronet—" Provided that if the successor shall die before all such instalments shall have become due, then any instalments not due at his decease shall cease to be payable, except in the case of a successor who shall have been competent to dispose of a continuing interest in such property, in which case the instalments unpaid at his death shall be a continuing charge on such interest, in ex oneration of his other property, and shall be payable by thejowner for the time being of suc h i n t eres t." ' The ob. jezt of his amendment was to prevent the accumulated tax which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to levy in the case specified, because, in his opinion, this accumulated tax would be unjust and oppressive, and would fall chiefly on the humbler and poorer class of landed proprietors. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not agree to the amendment. Great indulgence was shown to the successor by allowing him nearly five years for the payment of his tax. It appeared absurd to represent the tax, as proposed to be levied by this clause as unjust or oppressive. If a man had a continuing interest in pro perty which he died in possession of, the tax due upon it would be a debt to the state, which ought to be paid in the same way as any other debt. Mr. CROSSLEY was of opinion that the landlords bad been let off very easily by the bill, and he should not be surprised to see some of them sending the Chancellor of t b e Exchequer conscious money, as was done by personawho ha fight ing been oblivious respecting the payment of the income tax.Mr. MALINS remarked that the Opposition were the battle of small landed proprietors , and expressed • e t ra he ll most hateful measures ever enacted. his tu u c conviction vi wouldcti e n t a h u a ci t u i w r e h e t n b e t h e c b b e i !c a t tl e r o u 0 1 df bcoeing s e n u t o e o e p f Mr. HADFIELD opposed and Mr. VANCE supported th e amendment, After a few words from 3fr. E. DENISON and Mr. Mut. LINGS, The amendment was negatived. Mr. MA LINS rose to move the omission ef clause 23, pro viding for the mode of levying the tax on timber. The public was much indebted to landed proprietors for planting their estates with timber, whether ornamental or profitable. It was proposed by this clause, that if any gentleman should cut down timber to the amount of 101. he would have to p a y 25., and so on in proportion. For the sake of this pal try and insignificant tax the exciseman was to be main tained, and watchers sent to inspect the felling of timber on every gentleman's estate. For this insignificant sum of a few shilliags the Chancellor of the Exchequer would open a ledger account with every estate in the kingdom. (Hear.) If he would only leave every proprietor to snake his own return in his own way, he would receive a much more cer tain return, and would, mos cover, make more revenue out of it ; for, by the present mode, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would be a decided loser. How was ho to be com pensated for the cost of collecting these items of 2s. or 21., as the case might be, upon felled timber ? He trusted that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose pertinacity in ad hering to every clause of this .bill he greatly regretted, would at the last moment snake some concession, and with draw this clause, as altogether unworthy of being retained. He then moved that the 23d clause be omitted. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said, if the hon, and learned gene tin= would walk into the poor rnau'a cottage, and see TITE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Buckghamsh . 3 desdaleJc. .Liuco'n. gr. 6 p. ceu:*, Lstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. i Shares Do. 4 Shares Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference, Lowestoft gr. l 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bston and Matlock Miadlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. 7 ixedsp.c Prest. &Wyre Do. 1 Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. & Goole g .5. p. c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrst MINES. Agna Fria ....... 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