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II ult., it•g' . ifiC °''' She 1 d 4° v eil It t , au rtl s ,q.‘3cl of t he D ix r. -y0 f g 5 frOal evert of the l`T elf wer e 3cl t ti° clu eg-. is, sf. ;teadi in" . 35 wor e at th e Aces. Ala at ) ge r-- tiler° vii t s' trifi)trfil wilt, 13 (THIS DAY.) TRIAL STAKES Snowdon Dunhill Pharold Four ran. BIENNIAL STAKES. Sittingbourne ... Catherine Hayes Two ran. BRIGHTON STAKES. Pantomime Adine Poodle Won easy. MARINE PLATE. Heriot Puritan Four ran. NURSERY STAKES. Cyrus RAILWAY PLATE. Perfideous BRIGHTON RACES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 1 2 .... 7 2 iPnrtb b'tttu SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. I3,IPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Lon don praying for an alteration of the law of debtor and creditor. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR presented a petition from the stipendiary magistrates of the Carnatic, complaining of the conduct of the East India Company and the In dian Government. SUPPLY. The committee of supply appointed for to-day was Pcvstponed until to-morrow. LAW OF BRIBERY AND TREATING AT ELECTIONS. On the question that the order of the day be read, Mr. T. DIINCOINIBE said the hon. member for Mid burst some time ago gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to alter and amend the law relating to bribery and treating at elections. Now, as there was no time to dispose of such an important and necessary measure this session, he yet hoped the right hon. gentleman 'would lay his bill upon the table before the prorogation, in order that it might be considered during the recess. Mr. WALPOLE said the measure which he proposed to bring in would embrace the three points of bribery, treating, and intimidation at elections ; and it was in tended to make the law respecting those offences more stringent and explicit. He should have no objection to lay the bill on the table, and on Thursday or Friday he would ask for leave to bring it in with a view to its being considered during the recess by both sides of the house. The house then passed to the orders of the day. TAX UPON HORSES AND DOGS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . gave notice that to-morrow he proposed to make cert ain alie tations in the Assessed Taxes Bill with regard to race horses—horses used for the purpose of husbandry by parties who were not professional farmers —and to re store the tax upon dogs kept by paupers. The pro prietor of a race horse would be taxed according to the largest number of horses that he kept—the number to be fixed by himself—while with regard to horses which ',mere used promiscuously by parties who carried on farming operations, without being professional farmers, th e tax would be commuted for a guinea a year. These new resolutions would be printed with all the votes. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATE BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. WIGRAM pointed out a variety of legal and technical objections to the bill. He acknowledged that a necessity existed for legislation on this subject ; but at this period of the session it was perfectly hopeless to Athinekornomf perfecting an important measure of this nature. was now sittin on the subject of colle giate and cathedral churches . g and although he did not object to the reason he had s principle of th e bill, h e th oug ht, f or th e tated, that it would be better to post pone it until a future session. He should therefore move, as an amendment, that the bill be read a second time this day three months. Sir R. H. INGLIS seconded the amendment, and explained that the simple object of the bill was to trans fer the property of the oldest landowners in the country to the management of three lay commissioners sitting in London. All the capitular bodies in the country 'viewed the bill as a measure of injustice, and considering that a co mm i ss ion was no w s itti ng upon . this very sub - iect, an d a l so cons idering the l a te period of the session, fe ion r , he tho ug h t i t wou ld be better to reject the measure the present. Mr. S. HERBERT believed that the dignitaries eexi of thestinsystem V as excessively faulty, and exposed the He quite agreed, there ,.lYhurch to u n j us t imputations. -lore, that the subject was one which Parliament with it in l ought to tak e up , b ut h e did no t thi n k this bill d 4 Proper manner. He decidedly disapproved the ove Legislaturedofi tsprin tiple, but a s it was quite impossible i that ' 2 " 3 . 1 11 deal with this question, until it was in possession ~.,*3 f th e report of the commission now sitting on the sub ject, he thought it would be inexpedient to proceed fur ther with thi s bill , even suppos i ng th a t its machinery W as good. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Mr. VERNON, The M arqu i s o f BL A NDFORD sa id, a t th e present rn otnent be did not purpose to proceed fufurtherthan ask t he hou se to affirm the principle of the bill, by passing the second reading, and thus declare its opinion that teclesiastical property ought to be placed under the agement of laymen. The salaries of the clergy 'sould be ma d e fi xe d i ns t ea d o f fl uc t ua ting, as was the 'ease under the existing system ; and all that h e now The up on the house to th do was to affirm this principle. b je su et. 4-Die fact th at a commission was now sitting on _ should not be allowed to stand in the way of the second -,,eading of this bill, because the subject had already been . in by a commission, and the recommendations ° l. f that commission were embodied in this bill. Where, tis ue , l l) was the use of delaying further the settlement of Z 8 question ? The existing system was humiliating to Z.' bishops, and while this bill would remove them t'rolia the worldly care attendant upon the management of temporal estates, it would at the same time protect L em. from these humiliating influences ; and, on the . Whole, he thought the house would be quite justified in Passing Sir B. HALL the second rea h ding. thi s said e was sure that all members of '8 house were agreed as to the objects with which ecclesiastical property should be dealt with, however r e eh th ey might differ as to the mode to be employed. doubt was not less su re th a t no mem b er i n t h e house could that the noble lord, who had devoted so much time trouble to the preparation of this bill, was a sincere 8 friend of the Church; and that his bill was intended to aeaure these objects, in the pursuit of which all were I r e & It would be better, therefore, if those gentle t, 1 1 3 1 who objected to the particular machinery proposed . rn a employed by this bill were, instead of rejecting it to consent to the second reading, and after :aomiiiftirt'llenße,:WhYen it was brought under their notice in corn propose such amendments or further pro ali:daa,,, as they might think necessary. He then Ir.l wheoict? s e e e v n e l r e a si l a l s a t t i e ea i l ns p t r a e ri p c e e r s ty of the corrupt manner was managed under he existing system, and referred particularly to the cases ° Tho Ilighton Buzzard (mentioned in the papers ß th k is a l -Ini ng), the chapter of Westminster, and ic - ~aosworth, where it was alleged that the grossest -. oi ' ll 'eS had been allowed to prevail. For the sake :stop ped Church itself, these abuses ought to h be fr e t: a d ; and, as he believed this bill would have t at tztl,ciit should certainly have his support. (Hear. J. RUSSELL thought it would have been ) _ far . hadetter had the noble lord who had charge of the bill cession the suggestion, and postponed it until a future xv „ . 7". He would not say that the principle of the bill . b, a , 2ne which Parliament might not hereafter adopt , t.` lor the reasona which others had already stated, ';`' should be compelled to vote against the a e u e .° lll ..d reading, if the noble lord pressed the - t. , 7tvipn the a division. The noble lord then proceeded igt)..r his the past legislation upon this subject, and gave C 7, sui.,tas,Hla_tseyb!iisolipoinpiso,n, after having looked carefully at both e .l..the question, that no blame whatever attached as the public seemed to suppose. the4l.p. A.GLIONBY had always been of opinion that roperty of the Church was the property of the la t.. _ 4 . and it was only just and right that the Le : e i t ° oea based butla r u cia p t o n thisth i s advanced , - _tr, should see to its proper management. This bill periodand he o f the therefore sess i a o p n p i r t o ‘ v v e a d s hopeless to think of Proceeding with it with any pros success of BLANDFORD said, in deference to ui. t he str B hould n(mg feeling which the house had exTressed, he B ._ t. no t proceed further with this bill now permission at the 0 7 11 4 10, he should state that he had the ' permission ~,_._. Government to lay the same bill on the table next "ar, 'without o siti 10 amendmentrlthliee second sonthen withdrawn, and the order _ EXPENSESabOwFasEdLiEseChTarIgOedN.S BILL. On the motion for going tiatilrerariioC intolie 4committee on this bill, had made considerable n. 13inERthReBbLilEl,Yansdit w simply a mea . e for preventing the use of Ragas now at elec tianß. k,.11,1r. COW PER said, considering that a general me -are wa s . tti e h w sect iti d o r f: w e 1 nebee. Übrought r mi,n hneexthtosuegsshitonthiexibtilleoguegnhetrt:oi 4 .A,... o f . t . er_ a few words from Sir C. DU blea%l ..SIBTHORP _ a dirty ‘bill7 RRELL, peated his opinion that tbi 8 a -(A laugh.) - It Was. clan:el:oats, dellu s i v low ' e s and a trap intended to catch the honed opcn. - ' .- THE StTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1853. metal at prices below the fair proportion between pig and manufactured iron, while the pig-makers are equally as dissatisfied at selling their article below the cost price, to be worked up at a rattling profit in alter stages, and are holding back for higher figures. It is reported that puddle bars, made from pigs purchased at a trifle beyond 31., have been sold at 61. 10s. per ton.—Coals and Iron stone maintain their prices firmly, and rather with an upward tendency. SHARE MARSETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RiTLWA YS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 100 8 !Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. dr Eastn. June.— Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20. .. Bristol & Exeter ..... . Caledonian........— 18i 100 100 all all Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin &Belfa,stJune. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (.C25 L. &E.&L.&D.) Do., ( xlB E. &H.).• Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., d 0..... ....... Do., B. & East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles i Edinb. Prth. &Dundeei Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 26 -- 27 51 Si 91 10/ 9 7d 20 -- 22 3i -- 2A d 102 -- 104 67 -- 674 21i -- 22,E 194 -- 204 ii 4:'d 25 25 St. 50 100 Gt. SUL &West. are.) Great Western........ Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle.. Do., Thirds.. Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ..... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern„...., Liv. Crsby. &So utb pt London & Blackwall Lend. Tilb. & %hand. Loud. Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S.Western Do., Do., £lO. Lmndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ..... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle Nevrmarket..... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... ...... Do., New ....... Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. ....... Dc., i A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central ... Scottish Mi dland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun 8 - 9 3 4 4 12g -- 12g1 44 - 46 ..• - ••• 32 - 34 72 - 74 53 - 56 72 - 74 50 40 25 25 St. St. SC St. 13i 20 20 50 1 1°° 34 ail 100 46 100 100 47 17 100 44 17i 29 . - 31 - e 5 53 54 133 135 1104 —111 k 89 —8 9 t 7 7i 102 105 16 17 P 77 4 4 ict 3 i lid 14t 15i .83 4 Ig 103 —lG4xd 1141 115 2 —21 P 1i liP 88 89. 4 5 d 5 4d 11 13 18 20 28 29 70i -- 71 41 -- 43 55 57 P 4 —34 d 2 - 3 8 9 51 53 100 all 3i 100 100 100 100 100 67 1 6 7i 22 19i 20} 1 12i i 31 73. 3 3 —2 d 32. -- 334 ... ... 4i - 4id 81- 9 ... - ... P 84 i i 111 89t i it 9 60s 51 93_ 9 5 61 63 60 62 Do Stockton dr Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way......... Vale of Neath......... 1 Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmlaleden &Croydon W00df0rd...... ...... York Newetl.&Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. 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Talk of bribery and cor ruption, indeed ! he for one had never been guilty of anything of the sort, but he had no doubt, if the house was sincere in their search for bribery, they would find it if they only looked to the Treasury Bench. (A laugh.) But this bill was a mean and paltry mea sure, not directed against real corruption such as he had referred to, but against the man who exercised a little charity ; for if a candidate, who saw a poor man stretched on his bed with illness, gave him a shilling, it would be called bribery, and his seat forfeited, not that, for his part, the loss would cause him (the gallant colonel) any regret, but the contrary, were it not for the duty he owed to his constituents. He concluded by moving that the bill be committed this day three months. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment l9 Against it Majority —66 The house then went into committee on the bill. On clause 1, Col. SIBT!IORP reiterated his objections to the bill, and complained that by the clause all kinds of music would be put down at elections. After a short discussion, Sir J. GRAHAM said he had voted in the minority because he thought it was most important that they should proceed to the consideration of the next bill, with respect to the care and treatment of lunatics. He did not £O3 any great offence in playing music or ringing hells to celebrate the return of a member, and it was descending to very small matters at elections to render these things illegal. Mr. MALINS moved that the Chairman do leave the chair. Mr. H. BERKELEY said it was futile to say that there was not time to pass the bill, and complained of the indecency of picking it to pieces after it had already more than once received the sanction of the house. A great deal had been said about the Government measure of reform which loomed in the future, but he thought there was a very poor chance of its being one that would satisfy the people. Mr. E. BALL trusted, after what had passed, that the bill would not be pushed on. Mr. V. SMITH likewise urged its withdrawal. Mr. COWPER supported the bill. Mr. BASS entreated the hon. and gallant member who had charge of the bill to insist on proceeding with it. Sir D. L. EVANS was in favour of the measure, but he did not see why a band of music should void an election. Mr. C. BERKELEY was determined to persevere with the bill unless it was negatived by a division. He would leave it to the common sense of the house, but he did not include in that the hon. member for Lincoln. (A laugh.) The bill had been introduced to place elec tions on a proper and better footing, and if it was re jected the blame would rest with the house and not with him. . Col. SIBTHORP said the hon. member had been pleased to allude to him in not very courteous terms, but would treat him with the contempt which he de served. (A laugh.) He would only say there were two kinds of common sense—common sense and no sense, and he would rather possess the first than the last. After some further discussion the committee divided, when there appeared — For the chairman leaving the chair 47 Against B4 Majority —37 Mr. COWPER moved an amendment, the effect of which was, to substitute a penalty of 1001. for the loss of a seat. The committee divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment 73 Against it Majority The amendment was consequently carried Mr. LIDDELL moved that shillings be substituted for pounds. After some discussion, Mr. W. F. HUME moved that the chairman do re• port progress, and the committee divided. For reporting progress Against Majority 66 45 -21 The house then resumed. LUNATICS' CARE AND TREATMENT BILL. The house then went into committee upon this bill. Mr. MITCHELL thought clauses 4 and 5 were quite unnecessary for the purposes of the bill. Mr. H. DRUMMOND gave notice that early next session he should move for a committee to inquire into the management of private lunatic asylums. Clauses up to 11 were agreed to, when progress was reported. NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEER'S BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The other orders were then disposed of, and the ho use adjourned at six o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, August 2.—According to advices of the 20th ult., the dangerous state of international rela tions in Europe appears to have somewhat unfavourably affected the New York cotton market; but in the southern ports sellers were firm, at an advance of 4c. per lb. The Manchester market has felt the influence to-day of the unfavourable commercial accounts by the overland mail, of the agreement on the part of the spinners at Stockport to return to work immediately, and of the more unsatisfactory impressions produced by the statements of the last day or two respecting Turkish affairs. These causes have tended to the restriction of business, by increasing the caution of buyers ; and yet the market, with certain ex ceptions, has exhibited all the firmness by which it was last week characterised, with an inclination to harden in some articles. Even in 20's water and India mule no concession can be quoted ; and as to those warps and pincops whose supply will be augmented by the resump tion of work at Stockport, their value is maintained with quite as much decision as it was a week ago. Spinners look to the fact that that resumption of work costs an addition of 10 per cent. to the wages previously paid ; and they look, too, at the consequences to other localities of the issue of that protracted contest. The improvement which seems to be taking place in the wea ther has also contributed to the strength of the market. In goods, the firmness in prices is equal to what it is in yarns, though, on the whole, there is rather less busi ness doing than there was this day week. At Stockport the millowners have agreed to pay the advance of 10 per cent. demanded by the operatives in the spinning department ; but only five per cent. in that of weaving, which is more than can be afforded. We mentioned last week the unreasonable requirement, in a mill in this city, of an addition of 30 per cent. to the self-actor minders' wages, although they bad shortly before re ceived 10 per cent. This was an under statement. What they demand is, altogether, not 30, but 37 per cent. At the meeting of the Employers' Association to-day, it was resolved that the case should be investigated, and that, if found to be of this outrageous character, then the workpeople in that establishment shall have notice given to them that if they do not withdraw their demand, all the associated masters will close their mills. It is a thousand pities that the operatives should injure their cause as they are doing, not alone by claiming an advance of wages far beyond what the trade can afford, but by a tyrannical attempt to interfere with the rightful and necessary prerogatives of their employers. In one factory, a majority of the hands refused to com ply with the resolution of a minority, that every one should subscribe 3d. per week to the Stockport sup port-fund. The minority required their employer to stop this subscription out of the people's wages, which he very properly declined doing, whereupon the dicta tors not only turned out themselves, but took effectual measures to stop the whole works. In one mill in Stockport, the spinners decline to spin and the warpers to warp, because their employer intends to sell, and not to weave, the warps and pincops they would produce. In a weaving shed in the same town, where as high wages are paid for coloured work as in any concern in the country, and where the majority of hands would quietly go on with their occupation, they are deterred from doing so by a few malcontents, who levy a mob to follow the people with hootings and threats as they go home at meal-times and at nights ; and it is found that the 13 police-officers maintained by the corporation are quite unable to afford protection in the case. That the operatives have a perfect right to demand an advance of wages must be admitted by all : that they have no right to enforce their claim by means like these, they them selves must admit. Surely, they must see that in no way can they so effectually defeat their own purpose. ROCHDALE, Aug. I. We have had a dull market to day, and less business was transacted than on the pre ceding Monday, . hut prices have been much the same. In sonic instances the workmen in the fulling mills have returned to work, at an ad vance o f wages, but in most cases they are yet out. The wool market has been quiet, and prices rather easier. For rape oil of the best quality 381. 10s. is asked. HALIFAX, July 30.—There has been rather more inquiry for some descriptions of goods in our piece-hall to-day, but the sales have not been of an extensive character. Notwithstanding the continued influence of the unsettled state of Eastern politics, the yarn mar ket exhibits greater firmness, and the same may be said of wool, in which there is more doing. HUDDERSFIELD, August 2.—To-day's market has been quiet, both in the cloth hall and warehouses. We have had very few buyers in town.. Goods of dark colour, in new patterns, chiefly borders, large checks and clouds, are mostly inquired for by our own merchants, and re quired for home autumn consumption. In the wool market rather more has been done, at easier rates, in consequence of the slight decline at the London sales, the tone of which has been in favour of the buyer. BfratINGHA3I, August I.—A sensible improvement has been felt in the iron trade since the conclusion of the quarterly meetings. Orders are more freely given and prices are rather stiffening ; not more than 10s. difference now exists between marked brands and the lesser makers. The demand for sheets and plates is most lively, and many of the contracts for rails, that have for a long time more peculiarly been confined to Welsh houses, are again being brought into our market. For small sizes, wire, and the best sorts of finished iron, the demand has also experienced a very considerable impulse, through the large orders for manufactured goods lately received, and now in course theocounf t e ax and tradencc o u r t ipniorntnesohsfee thisdrteal article l E lvsee o : d siyen i e r m o n s a t u e a l l e l y a s d t w i n r d e l q i n u g e s a t , w a a nd y, g th en e er p a la l cesuobfsttihtuostieondraowf n ca b st y , h. m aanade at e P t t i e g r i fi r o g n u r several n c o c n o s u i i d d e rab have 1e been sales obtained b ee n fortnight ago, and there are still many inquiries for good qualities ; but th e manu f ac t urers are unwilling to relin quish the advantage they have enjoyed of obtaining their TILE QUARTERLIES. The Law lieview. No. XXXVI. Scarcely an article in the present number of the Law Review but has some interest about it .of peculiar attraction. Altogether, indeed, the con tents of the current instalment is worthy of a periodical professing to be a quarterly journal of British. and Foreign Jurisprudence. Prominent amongst the contributions are three additional chapters of the " Treatise on the Contract of Partnership." Further consideration is given to the proposed "Reform of theEcclesiasticalCourts." Besides this, there is a paper on " Private Acts of Parliament," and another on " Scotland and Her Grievances," and another on the " Organisation of the Civil Service," and another on the treatment, by the State, of "Vagrant and Criminal Children." We are gratified to observe also, in addition to an article ou "Codification," and a fifth chapter of the " History of Jurisprudence"— each particu larly deserving examination—the proposed Re port of the Special Committee on " Law Reporting." At the outset of this lucid and comprehensive docu ment, forcibleallusionismade to thepractice adopted at the present period throughout the United States of America, where the office of State Reporter is regulated by general law—a practice condemnatory in the strongest manner of our really lamentable negligence in this particular. Regretful mention is made also of the time when, in our own country, the Crown appointed official Reporters of legal de cisions by letters patent—a custom which, it is lamentable to reflect, has long since fallen into desuetude. It is enough to remember the fact that the Law of Property, real and personal, among ourselves, is for the most part " governed by precedents," to recognise at once the ad visability of having some authorised and properly organised system of Law Reporting regulated by the wise supervision of the Le gislature—especially when it is borne in mind, likewise, as here intimated, that the authority of a judicial decision of the Courts at Westminster-hall, in practice at least, equals that of an act of Par liament. A truth wholly incontrovertible. It was simply in consequence of his recognising the force of this circumstance that Jeremy Bentham spoke of what he called " Judge-made laws" when he al luded to judicial precedents. It must be obvious from all these considerations, therefore, that the committee, whose report is here under notice, are in every respect justified in declaring that, "if it is the duty of the State to make the law of the land universally known, there can be no reason why the publication of the law declared from the Bench should be less formal and less complete than that of the law declared by the Legislature." Hence the manifest necessity of a regular and officially authorised system of law reporting. As the first step towards the adoption of some such system, we gladly hail the appearance of this report on the subject, emanating from the special committee ap pointed to inquire into it by the energetic and untiring Law Amendment Association. The Law Magazine. No. C.—Foremost both in position and in interest among the contributions to the Law Magazine, for the quarter just commenced, is an elaborate biographical paper on " Lord Chief Justice Campbell." The biography of a biogra pher ! It will be found eminently instructive, and to all forensic aspirants signally encouraging— recounting, as it does, the rise of unaided ability from the desk of a law-reporter to the bench of the venerable Judges at Westminster. The trans formation by genius and labour of a stuff gown into a robe of ermine and scarlet. An admir able paper is given later on in the periodical before us on the progress already made in Law Reform, and the prospects of its yet further development. Professional readers will also find matter for peru sal and reflection in the paper given at the close of the number, on the second report of the Common Law Commissioners. Brownson's Quarterly Review. No. lII.—It is encouraging to all who are in any way interested in reprints of this description, to observe in Brownson's Quarterly Review, published originally in America and reproduced in London by special arrangement with the editor-proprietor—a steady and progres sive improvement. Altogether, the number here submitted to our consideration is the best of the new series yet issued—containing several articles of particular interest, and one pecnliarly attractive both in subject and in treatment. The contribu tion in question is of a biographical kind, relating to the ancient " Fathers of the Desert"—memor able ascetics and recluses, like Jerome, and Basil, and Gregory Nazianzen. Valuable materials for meditation may be found, moreover, in the paper referring to Philosophical Studies on Christianity. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Return. ) The Registrar-General's return states that in the week that ended on Saturday 1,004 deaths were regis tered, a result which, though not unfavourable as com pared with the usual mortality of the season in London, again gives indication of that increase which is charac teristic of the summer mortality of towns as distin guished from that of the country. The deaths returned in the last three weeks were successively 904, 971, and 1,004. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1,068, which, with a correction for increase of population, gives a mortality of 1,175. This series of weeks embraces the high mor tality from cholera in 1849, and the average is therefore greater than it would be if derived exclusively from years less remarkable for epidemic disease. Taking the fatal diseases in groups, it is seen that the zymotic class increased from 226 to 270 in the last two weeks, arising from diarrhoea and measles ; diseases of the nervous system rose from 94 to 128, while those of the respiratory organs fell from 102 to 79. The pro gress of diarrhoea is shown in the returns of July as fol lows :-34, 54, 73, and (last week) 81 ; cholera, from which no deaths were registered in the first week of the month, was fatal in 3,6, and 9 cases in the subsequent weeks. The 9 cases of last week are given in detail : At 21, Clifton-street, Shoreditch, on 25th July, the daughter of a gas-inspector, aged 6 months, " diarrhoea (several days), cholera infantum (48 hours). At 18, Caledonia-crescent, Islington, on 22d July, a boy, aged 9 months, " sporadic cholera (48 hours)." ") At 4, Springfield-villas, Kilburn, on 24th July, the daughter of a gentleman, aged 3 years, died of common cholera (24 hours). At the Workhouse, Bishopsgate, on 27th July, a needlewoman, aged 63 years, " choleraic diarilicea (9 days), choleraic fever (5 days.)." At the same workhouse, on 28th July, the widow of an iron-founder, aged 79 years, " choleraic diarrhoea (9 days), fever (3 days). At 6, Bank's-court, Finsbury . , on 20th July, the daughter of a porter, aged 11 months, "summer cholera (5 days)." At 27, Hatton-wall, Saffron-hill, on 26th July, a broker's man, aged 82 years, "English cholera (15 days), old age." In Lambeth (Waterloo, Ist part) at Prince's-mews, on 27th July, the son of a servant, aged 5 months, " cho lera infantum (24 hours)." At 2, Raven-cottages, Hammersmith, on 28th July, the widow of a surgeon, aged 65 years, " diarrhoea, cholera Anglica (2 days)." Last weex the births of 769 boys and 752 girls, in all 1521 children, were registered in London. The aver age number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 was 1,344. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 30. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l2B Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 79 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, Banes, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 1 Premature Birth and Debility 34 Atrophy 3O Old Age Sudden 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4B Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. sponding week . 1,004 Deaths in the 1851. 4 of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals - Males 520 Females. WRTHS TN - THE WEEK. Males 769 Females 752 Total 1,521 FOREIGN. 10 4 Antwerp&Rotterdam 1} 1 d 5 3 Belgian &stn. June. / 11 . 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 1 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin• 14 A I n 20 10 Dijon andßesancon- • 1 p 20 8 Dutch Rhenis h ....... 2 — 1/ d 20 all East 1ndian............ 4,1 5 3 , 20 1 Do, Extension..... 1 1 jt, 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula If 2ip 6 20 10 Gd. Juliet. of France li --2 203 all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares ... .... id p 5 3 ,Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref . / id 20 15 L uxe mbourg 7 i 7 I 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4-- 7 1 Ii 5 2 Do. .. - .... . ..... 1 A 5 3 Do. (Canal) ..... . 1 —l/ a 10 4 Do. 6p. ct. pref..— 1 —4, 20 9 Lyons & Mediterran. ... .2 p 20 7i Madras .. . _ lihp 9 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) ..... . 7/ 7i 7/ 50 all Do. (ex interest) . . 1 ~ 16 all N or thern of France 341 —34 i /# # i Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds 20 all (fmy.B.&Ams•Shs.) 14 —14 i 10 'all N o rwegianTrunkPref 8/ 9.} 20 10 Paris and Lyons l6} 16/ 26 i # 10 all Paris and Orleans 45 —46 20 all Paris and Rouen 43 —44 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 361 -36 i 36/ 1 g 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 4 -- G klO 7# Quebec & Rich mond # --id 20 all Rouen and Havre l9 —2O 50 2 Royal Swedish 8; 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 8 20 .2 Sth-Eastru. of France I— i * .20 6 Southern of France 5 6 p - 20' 2s. Upper India Scrip # i P _.. • • pm 8 all West Flanders 3/ 1 4 i 10 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref ... dis 20 10 Western ef France._ 9 _ 9 i p 10 2 West. of Switzerland I id 20 , 9 Ztaland _ , 3 :_-_ 2di MINES. 1 all Agna Fria — lip 2 103. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian ld par 20 5 Australian 2 3 1 all Australian Cordillera - d 1 all Australian Freehold. d 1 all Ave Maria — d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d p 1 all British Austrin. Gold A d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(isaued at pm 34 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 —34 1 A Carson's Creek d 1); 40 Cobre Copper 47 43 5 1 Colonial Gold — Ip i 2 .. 14 Copiapo loi —11 A 11. St. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 7A p. cent 7i 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2k 1 d 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Great Nugget Vein p 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst - d 1 all Liberty id — 1 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariquita d par 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 6l 71 p 1 all New Granada id 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 / 6 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock d P 8 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 15 Do. New GA 7i 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian kd— par 10 '7 Tin Croft — 8 28i all United Mexican 3l 4k 31 1 all Waller — d 1 all West Granada $ 1 all West Mariposa - Idi 2 1 all Yuba 1 /di JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 811 1 A 40 all British Colonial Bank ... and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnjr.of India, Austral., and China 1 32i 25 5 Chrtd. Buk. of Asia. Ad par 4' 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd par .p 10 A 20 12A London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia - - 2/p 17$ $ 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — ••• 50 22i National of Ireland... 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co. Ad— par 25 25 South Australia 44 46 25 all Union of Australia.. 72i —73Axd .73A 2.1 x 21 Do. New 8 8A 8i 50 10 Union of London ... x 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 32 34 32 4 20 10 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 7 Australis. Royal Mail 50 381 Brit. American Land 64 67 100 32,1 j Canada 5 5 Crystal Palace 1 $ 4 4 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... 10 3 Netherlands Land id s 1) 20 7A Nrth.ofEuropeStean i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental' 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . 25 25 South Austral. Land 38 40 38 1 all Snbmar. Telegraph ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization . . 100 28A Van Diemen's Lan 1 6 . 17 16i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IPaid.l Leasing Compare• Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford and ] Bletchley. Birm.&Oxfd. guarantee Do. withontgr • Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Share». Lou. & Greouw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Jixtu. and Matlock Middleshro' & Redcar Midld.Brad.fd Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds pe Prest. & Wyre Do. Zi Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Pvothand Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Stafforcish. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do IWilts&Somrst PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen - - St. all Do., No. 2,7 p• St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. G. St. 103 - - 105 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent I9A 20A 61 61 Cork&Baudon 5 a p.c — id 61 all Dundee PerthdrAber deen Junction 6l 6f 34 all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent. ..... 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 5 -- 5 4 7i 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. et .4 — 14 P 61 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. C. No.l 1i 2 P 61 all Do., No. 2. l4 1i P 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l4l 15 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 204 —. 21 21 St. 100 EastLaneash. 6 pets — ••• 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 54 per cent. — ..• St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent • St. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c 129 130 St. 100 Do. sp. c. ,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prGm ll2 114 113 64 all Gt. Southu. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths B4 8 4 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. St. 100 G. West. fixed 4i pc. 1024 1034 1034 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, * d St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock l5O 152 St. 100 London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c "' St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St ... ••• 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852.. ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 152 155 50 5 London dr S. Western, Con. Thirds 34 4 12 121 Londonderry& Coler Shares . 121 all Loudy. & Ennis. Sh 13 14 25 all Manch. ,Shet, & Lin., 1 Shares, No. 8 9 ~,., 10 all Do. New, 10i n 6 3 Do., £6 ....... . . 1 4 P 124 all Marypt.drCarl. 4p. c. • 1.24 all Do. 44 per cent — P' • , 124 10i Do . ••• ••• •.• St. 100 Mid•Consol. 6p c. St. St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & firm. 6 per cent.... 149 151 d 164 5 Do. Pref. .4' per cent. k - 41 , St. 100. Norfolk Extension... 114 St. 100 Do. Pref. SA per et... 118 122 St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c ••• 2 S o t. 100 2 n N N o o rt rt h h 17 . St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. ... 115 15 15 Do 2 2 8 all Shrews& firm. N. G lOl 10 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 17A 18 17; 10 10 Do. 5 per cent — PI 25 all South Devon l4 54 10 11 Do. New . 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading • Ann.,) of El 03.6 d. 26 261 20 all Nat S.Yocrit.szKi h.4pik.p c.G o.c. 4 nar. 194 t 20 5 3 v 2 i St. 100 York. Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 102 104 17 SDo si 51 25 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Pura. P ar MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very limited; yet, owing to the large influx of wheat and flour from abroad, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at barely Monday's prices. Upwards of 17,000 quarters of wheat having arrived from abroad, the supply of that grain was on the increase. Most descriptions met a dull inquiry, but we have no actual change to notice in value. Floating cargoes were steady. Barley moved off slowly, on former terms. The malt trade was steady, at late rates. Oats moved off freely, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour were less active, at last week's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WREN. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. 880 1,850 1,410 1,340 360 3,490 17,030 1,520 13,750 1,110 ski 4,130 brl English .. Irish .• • • Foreign .. WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled heavy at this market to-day, at our quotations. Beef, 2s 14d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per Sibs by the carcase. 130 ROUGH HOP. The sale for all kinds of hops is very inactive, at last week's prices. Duty, 140,0001. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TRIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 3.—Wind this day at Noon,• E. ; light airs and fine, though cloudy at times. COWES, ug. 2.—Wind, W. Arrived Laverinto, Ha vannah. . DEAL, Aug. 2.—Wind, S.S.E. The Royale Supreme, of St. Valery, was abandoned in the North Sea, and soon afterwards sunk ; crew saved by the brig Alert, Robinson, from Middlesborough, for Kingsdown, and landed hero. Aug. 3 (9.29 a.m.) Wind, S.E. ; fine and clear. Margaret Passed—Royalist, from London , for St. John's. OFF BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), Aug. 2.—Nelson, Philadelphia. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind,N.N.W. Arrived—Pizarro, Mauritius. FALMOUTH, jAd( so°llN:va:Emlinwm: jpv( a 's o ur j he n s o it r i i •tLi. Wolf,ila 'Ao rrrStei London, LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3 (10.30 a.m.)—Wind, W.N.W., mo . moderate and one. C H o a a y s a t n o n f a A h . f r i c a S a ; i le d Rose, M Q e l u p e o b m e c e n ; e Q , u r e eonr Victoria h i li ; d o, Hope, : n e ts d ane, —Recovery, Quebec ; Breadalbane, derate, and fine. Arrived—Pacific (s), Now York ; Triton, from Barba- Surinam ; Hermann Theodore, New York ; Swallow, Newfoundland ; Olivia, St. John's, N. 8.; Eliza Rae, ; Bellon Dantzic • James Watt, Bombay ; Caroline, Bayonne ,- d Aern ; tw C e r rp esc . ent off oßo .eo rto rt. ! O ec r , l" fo li r s. Cork ; Exile, Gloucester, for Quebec • River's Pride, do,, for do. ; }L a o ! QUEENSTOWN, Aug. I.—Wind, W. ; r A i zr Arrived—Canada, i n v , ed London,_ c a n a d f s o r New Orleans. does. Sailed—Colchester, for Gloucester. YARMOUTH, N.S., July 7.—The wreck of about 90 or 100 tons, is on shore on Bic, Mud avessel of dismasted and stripped. The name has been Island, with tar, but the word " Mary" is distinguishable. disfigured hull is very little injured. The COMET.—Captain J. H. Baillie, of the Queen of Eng land, arrived from. Port Philip, reports that on the even ing of Friday, 29th April last, in lat. 57 S., long. 101 W., saw a comet in a straight line from Procyon, through Orion's belt, and about 35 degrees from the latter. The nucleus equal to a star of second magnitude, and tail about 5 degrees long, pointing to E.N.E. Next evening, it had moved in a N.N.E. direction, and was then, about 8 S. of Rigel, a star of (say) fourth magni tude showing through the tail. May 1, evidently tra velling to N.E. being now 6 E.S.E. of Rigel, but less clearly defined. May 2, 10 E . N .E. of Rigel, nuc l eus now equal in lustre to a star of fourth magnitude. May 3, ship in lat. 57 S., l ong. 60 W. It was one-t h ir d o f distance from Sirius, in a direct line to Rigel. May . 4 : in diat s i a n in nt, e lainned, not ab seen afterwards.oi s i e t4 deeesfrom Sirius, and very In ~ ~~_~ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) STAMP DUTIES (No. 2.) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Resident Magistrates, Ireland ; Turnpike Trusts Arrangements ; Sheep Contagious Diseases Prevention Bills, were severally read a third time and passed. The Sheriffs Court (Scotland) Bill was reported, with amendments, as were also the Elections Bill, and the Burgh Harbours Bill. CHICORY. Lord TORRINGTON, in rising to present a petition from the merchants and planters of Ceylon, complaining of the treasury minute which permitted the mixture of chicory with coffee, said that the petitioners complained of the great injury done to their trade by the rescind ing of the minute of the late Government, known as the Derby minute, and prayed that if the present minute were not rescinded, the duty on chicory and coffee might be equalised, and thus a fair c )mpetition be established in open market. The difference between the minutes of the late and present Government was this. The Derby minute permitted the sale of chicory by grocers, but provided that it should be made up in separate parcels and labelled. The minute of the pre sent Government permitted its being kept loose, and and permitted its mixture with coffee provided it was called a mixture. When the present Government came into power, it was reported that this alteration was about to be made, and he (Lord Torrington) did all in his power to prevent the alteration. The Chancellor of the Exchequer listened to his representations with much courtesy, but evidently had made his mind up on ex-parte statements. He thought, then, that he was not overstepping his duty in appealing to the noble earl at the head of the Government to give their lordships some information as to what was the state of the law with regard to chicory. People all over England were unable to get pure coffee, and he wished to learn from the Government whether it was their intention to carry out their own minute vigorously and effectually, and also whether, a t some future day, perhaps in the next session of Parliament, they would grant a committee of inquiry. The Earl of ABERDEEN—I should be happy to see an end of the great chicory question—(laughter)--which has occupied the attention of Parliament for so long, and upon which there has been a great difference of opi nion. I must say that the noble lord in the statement which he has made has been guilty of very great inac curacy in many respects. My lords, in the first place, the alteration made by the Treasury minute to which he has referred was rendered necessary by the inconvenience, the hardship, and the diffi cu lti es to wh i ch the common ' people of this country were exposed by the sale of coffee as directed by the minute of the late Government. The noble lord says—this is the first time that I have heard such an assertion—that chicory is an injurious substance. Why, my lords, half the coffee in Europe is chicory (laughter)—especially in the South o f F rance. .I will venture to say that in the South of France the quantity of chicory that is used is twice as great as the quantity of coffee. At all events, it is certainly anything but a deleterious substitute ; and it is preferred, rightly pre ferred, by the mass of coffee-drinkers. Your lordships probably prefer pure coffee—(laughter)—but the great mass of consumers prefer the mixture. Now, how can you enable dealers to mix the two substances ? Not as was attempted by the minute of the late Go vernment, which made separate packets necessary. Coffee when ground remained as a sort ofpoWder, while chicory became in the packet a sort of solid cake ; and as it was impossible for parties to mix them themselves, it became necessary that they should be ground in order that the mixture might exist. Another reason was the expense. If a poor man came for an ounce of coffee and an ounce of chicory, the making a packet of each added greatly to the expense, trouble, and difficulty of furnishing him with what he required ; and therefore the great mass of the common people infinitely preferred having the mixture made for them. The noble lord says that the matter has been neglected. The regulation un der which chicory is permitted to be sold is, that a label shall be distinctly placed on the packet stating that it is a mixture of coffee and chicory. He pretends to doubt that the penalty is incurred if coffee is sold without that label. No such doubt can possibly exist. If the label be not distinctly affixed the seller is undoubtedly liable to the penalty. But the noble lord has gone fur ther ; he has, I must say, in the most unwarrantable manner, insinuated that officers of the highest respecta bility have neglected their duty and been guilty of a sort of complicity in fraud. (Hear, hear.) To show how truly the existing minute has been carried out, I will read to your lordships a return of the prosecutions under that very provision which the noble lord contends is of so little efficacy. " There are upwards of 130,000 per sons licensed to deal in coffee in this country, and each of them has been served with a copy of the enclosed general orders. The officers of the board have made 2,527 special visits for examination, buying samples, which have been analysed at the laboratory, and on which 470 prose cutions have been instituted, not a single prosecution without a conviction." Now I think your lordships will admit that that at least shows that there has been activity and honesty in carrying out the provisions of this Trea sury minute. (Hear.) I can only say that the accu sation or insinuation against the proper conduct of these officers is utterly calumnious, and has no sort of foun dation. The noble lord mentioned a particular dealer whose name I forget. Viscount TORRINGTON—John Cassell. The Earl of ABERDEEN--Exactly—whom the noble lord supposed to have been specially favoured by the authorities, and to have had a license from them to sell coffee without the prescribed label. Now, I learn from the best authority, namely the head of the depart ment, that the coffee of that man has been repeatedly analysed and has been found to be pure. Therefore he sold that which he professed ; to sell. The noble lord made a statement as to the amount to which consump tion has been diminished. Now I have here a return of the quantity of coffee taken out for home consump tion in the three months ending the sth of July, 1853, as compared with the same preceding year. The quan tity in 1852 was 8,000,0001b5. ; the quantity in 1853 was 8,977,0001b5.- an increase of nearly 1,000,0001b5. Viscount TORRINGTON said the returns to which he had referred extended up to the sth of June ; he had none later. The Earl of ABERDEEN—But I have ; and an in crease of 1,000,0001b5. shows that under the present minute there has been no diminution. Now, the fact is, that chicory is a substance which, up to last year-- up to the passing of the minute of the late Government —was, I believe, used without any restriction whatever. From the year 1840, up to the year before last, it was left to dealers and the public to please themselves with regard to the use of this mixture. There seems to have been no restriction, and chicory was not consi dered in the nature of adulteration. The matter which has been mixed with coffee is not, as the noble lord has stated, a spurious substance, but one which, if I were obliged to characterise it, I should say was rather salutary than otherwise—(laughter) ; —and for this reason it was left open for the public and the dealers to do as they pleased. The restriction made last year was found practically impossible, or at least practically in convenient, to execute, in consequence of its increasing the trouble and expense, and also preventing the possi bility of the mixture taking place, from the different description of the substance when ground and packed in the manner that was necessary. The Chancellor of the Exchequer inquired most deliberately and extensively before he issued the present minute, and was governed solely by a desire to meet the public demand, and to suit the public convenience, particularly of the lower classes ; and, notwithstanding the expression of a con trary opinion, I am convinced that the great body of consumers in this country of the lower orders have every reason to be satisfied with the minute at present existing. (Hear.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said that since the minute of the late was superseded by that of the present Government he had heard no sufficient reason assigned for the change. As to his noble friend's remark that unless the two substances were mixed by the sellers, they could not be mixed at all, he must say he could only attribute such a defence to his noble friend's well known partiality for coalition and confusion. (Laughter.) The extent to which adulteration was now carried, not in coffee only, but in many other articles, was really fearful. If the noble earl could find leisure to consult two or three of the best London chemists, he would find that adulteration was being practised to a frightful extent with regard to almost every substance sold in the market. Although his noble friend bad been so hard on the minute of the late Government, he was convinced that the majority of the public consid ere d i t greatly preferabl e t o the existing minute. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he had often felt asto nished at the tone adopted on this subject, n o t on l y b y the present Government but by previous Governments a tone which would naturally i lead to the inference that though they were vested with powers for checking adul teration, they would rather w e in their functions than exercise them, and that they desired fact, to encourage such practices. He entirely concurred a in the noble vis count's obj ec t and hoped th tin the next session the whole matter would form the subject of inquiry. Lord BEAUMONT said, having listened with great attention to the st a t ement of the noble viscount, hemust say that he h a d su b sequently heard nothing from the noble earl to upset it. (Hear, hear.) It was surely the interest of the consumer to know that when he went into a shop he would obtain the article which he wanted. If the label showed the exact proportions in which coffee and chicory were mixed, he would know exactly what he was purchasing ; but the effect of the present minute was that he could not tell the value of the article which he paid for. The only reason which he had heard in favour of the existing minute was that, if the two sub stances were sold separately, it would be difficult to mix them. In the memorial referred to by the noble viscount it was well observed that boiling wa ter would do all that was necessary in that respect. He understood that of the mixture sold about 75 per cent. was chicory and only 25 per cent. coffee, whilst the price charged was the reverse of these proportions. He did not know whether this was true or not, but it was p ossible and w as dis advantageous even probable under the last Treasury m inute. That minute to the revenue and to the consumer, and was advantageous only to the dealer, and, in this in stance, be must say the fraudulent dealer. He, trusted ld b ' anted next year, and that an inquiry that an opportunitiwyou uldebeinsgiven(Rofeahrring all the parties interested riNtViloee:StiOn. ho rose not for the pur pose The Duke of ARGYLL-said of entering into the question of the Treasury mi. u n t e but to observe, in respect to the chemical action of bo ni n g water, that its operation was very different as the substance was finely or grossly disintegrated. It might be a great convenience and saving of trouble to the poor man to have the coffee and chicory mixed for him. The Earl of WICKLOW thought that there must be some strong reason why the Government submitted to a loss of revenue in permitting chicory, on which there was no duty, to be sold as coffee, on which there was a duty. There might be something in the circumstance that chicory by itself was liable to cake, but whether the fact was so or not ought to be ascertained, and that was an additional reason for inquiry. The subject then dropped. Their lordships then adjourned shortly after 8 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS — (YESTERDAY.) - NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS BILL. This bill as amended was considered, and ordered to ‘. be read a third time to-morrow. „ e-..e The house rose at four o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. Mr. VILLIERS brought up the report of the Public houses Committee, which was ordered to lie on the table, SIR JAMES BROOKE. Mr. DRUMM.OND asked the noble lord the member for London, whether a copy of the charges against Sir James Brooke, contained in Mr. Hume's letter enclosed by Lord Clarendon to Lord Dalhousie, were communicated to Sir James previous to his leaving this country, or whether her Majesty's Ministers took leave of Sir James Brooke pre vious to his return to Borneo without letting him know those charges under which they had at that tims resolved to arraign him? The house would remember when the lion. member for Montrose brought forward charges against Sir J. Brooke, L or d P a l mers t on d ec l are d t h em to be utterly unfounded, and yet he saw by the papers of the house that the Government had adopted certain charges contained in a letter of Mr. Hume, and sent by Lord Ciareadon to Lord Dalhousie, with a specification of the points on which inquiry should take place. Lord J. RUSSELL replied, that the Government had not adopted any charges against Sir J. Brooke ; but the hon. member for Montrose wrote a letter to Lord. Malmea bury, containing many charges against him . and when he (Lord 3. Russell) was at the Foreign-office he referred the letter to Sir J. Brooke, requesting him to give such answers as he thought fit. He believed that the charges sent out to Lord Dalhousie were charges, if not the same in words, the same in substance as those submitted to Sir J. Brooke, With respect to the inquiry proposed to Lord Dalhousie, the nature of it was whether it was desirable for the public interest that Sir J. Brooke, being at the same time a Rajah in a foreign country, should hold a variety of public offices, and have a number of functions to discharge. This inquiry would give an opportunity for investigating any charges which might be made against Sir 3. Brooke, and which Sir J. Brooke had expressed his desire of not shrinking from. Mr. HUME, in reference to the allegation that he had brought charges against Sir J. Brooke, said that all he had done was to refer to a public dispatch mentioning the mas sacre of a great number of people, and to demand inquiry. The hon. member then proceeded to inquire why the vin dication of the registrar of the Court of Singapore, who had been attacked in some correspondence of Sir J. Brooke, and called a blackguard, scoundrel, and everything that was bad, had by the Speaker's directiOns, not been circu lated, it having been laid on the table according to an order of the house. The SPEAKER said, he had a simple answer to give. His attention was called to the document, and he found it to be a libel from beginning to end. (Hear.) Mr. HUME said, that what he complained of was that the charge should be made public, and not the answer. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Lord D. STUART—I wish to put a question to the noble lord the member for London, on a subject not only interesting to this country, but to Europe at large. A notice relating to the Eastern question has been for some time standing upon the business paper of the house in the name of the hon. member for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard), which notice was originally placed upon the paper in my name. The hon. member for Aylesbury has more than once shown a desire to bring this important subject before the house, but has waived his intention in consequence of the expressed wish of the Government, who thought it would be incon venient to the public service that the question should be debated in Parliament at that particular time. Since then some time has elapsed and negotiations have gone on, and, it is understood, are still going on, between this country and all the Courts of Europe with relation to the differ ences which have arisen between the Courts of St. Peters burgh and Constantinople. Now, Ido not wish to ask my noble friend to fix at present a day when the subject may be discussed, but what I wish to know is, whether he will before the prorogation of Parliartient, which cannot now be very long delayed, appoint a day when my hon. friend the member for Aylesbury may make his motion, and when the question may be discussed, or when at least the Government may be prepared to Make a statement, explaining to the house and to the country the present state of our relations with reference to the different powers of Europe ? Lord J. RUSSELL- Upon the last occasion when this important subject was mentioned the house concurred with her Majesty's Government in opinion that it was not de sirable to have a discussion on it in the present state of the negotiations. lam quite ready, however, to give to my noble friend and to the house all the information which it is at present in my power to afford. (Hear.) When the Ambassador of the Emperor of Russia left Con stantinople, it appeared to her Majesty's Government that it was desirable that there should be a conference of all the great powers of Europe, in order to endeavour to arrive at terms which might put an amicable termination to the differences between Russia and the Sublime Porte. It was the opinion of Austria that it was not desirable to have any such conference while the matter remained in a state of diplomatic relations ; that it would not be desir able to have such conference, unless the Emperor of Russia, by invading the principalities, should, for a time at least, put an end to the status quo of Europe When that event occurred, the Government of the Em peror of Austria, in conformity with its previous declare , tion, expressed its willingness to hold a conference ; and at Vienna summoned the representatives of the other great powers of Europe to attend, for the purpose of conferring upon the affairs of Russia and Turkey. The Minister of Russia did not attend, but the Ministers of England, France, and Prussia attended that conference. Certain terms were then agreed on, which, in the opinion of the representatives of the four great powers, might be accepted with honour by the two Governments of Tur key and Russia. These terms have been assented to by the Governments of England and France, and, according to our belief, have been transmitted from Vienna to St. Petershurgh and to Constantinople. In this state of af fairs, I think the house will feel as strongly, if not more strongly than before, that it was quite impossible for me either to say that it is desirable to have a discussion on these affairs now, or to fix a day for any discussion. As the time for the prorogation of Parliament approaches, her Majesty's Government will be ready to give every infor mation, consistent with their duty, with respect to them. Mr. DISRAELI—I wish to inquire whether her Ma jesty's Ministers are induced to believe that there is any particular time when answers will be returned by the Go vernments of Russia and Constantinople to the terms pro posed ? Lord J. RUSSELL—I should not like to be responsible for naming any particular time. Ido not know how many days may be required for the consideration of the terms submitted to the two Governments. I should think the proposition most probably left Vienna on Sunday last, and therefore the right hon. gentleman will be able to calcu late for himself the probable lapse of time before answers will be returned. Mr. DISRAELI, after a short interval, rose again and said—There was a phrase in the noble lord's answer to the noble member for Marylebone which appeared somewhat obscure on this side of the house. The noble lord said that a proposition agreed on at the conference in Vienna had received the approbation of the Governments of France and England. I inferred at the time that that proposition had, of course, also received the approbation of the Go vernments of Austria and Prussia ; but some apprehen sion appears to exist on this point, which it would be de sirable for the noble lord to remove. Lord J. RUSSELL—The proposition was, in fact, an Austrian proposition, though it came originally from the Government of France, and no doubt the Government of Prussia likewise assented to it. On the motion HACKNEYof Colonel or dered of the number of public were carriages distinguishingthe names or designation of each public omnibus or cab, 'whether draw carriage, whether horses, and that have taken out licenses n b s y es for the of passengers within the metropolis or within oen th n e ovl b e i yul ll a s no o rce f e mortality • the number of any such t description of to each car riages belonging paid for each carriage, and total amount etthhre ;sutmhes paids toliceonrsersecetihveeredele the Excise-office in n each year, for the during the last three years, up to the latest period to which such return can be made. And of the number of complaints and of summonses that have been made by persona or parties in any way connected with the employment, engagement, or use of public car riages or conveyances within the metropolis or bill of mor tality, by whom made, whether employer or employed, the convictions and description of penalties inflicted there upon, whether imprisonment or amount of fines paid in lieu thereof, and and amount of each fine within the last three years (the return to be made up to the latest period that such return can be rendered). ELECTION PETITION COMPROMISES. to Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose, in pursuance of his notice,s call the attention of the house to the present defective state of the law for the trial of controverted election petitions founded upon the report of the committee to inquire into the withdrawal of the Norwich e etition ti tion. The house would recollect that the N or wich at the pre sented against one of the membersappointed e t (pe last election was withdrawn by Mr. Br f o e wii r and that a committee was appoin e teg ou y g ht the result of b tthhee house Tory agent, and quire into the circumstances. H Partyoryparty in Norwich at the Carlton. had been i b n ee qu u iry ve w ry en i t ll- t t o is s e h d o b w y t t h i t h o e ry T went down to Norwich It appeared that Colonel Dixonv that he paid his share of and coalesced with Lord Dour o , n failed with the noble lord. d ace the conservatives of Nor wich and he succeededho good present the expenses, Dixon titled Douro enotdfhuetc had hege() apEntteheffie. Colonel,u office Ne under a o n w u h we i for tunewas not towicahn righted. Lord or yen appointed Government however a a l4w ic ist q te(e u ri erty in waiting—(a laugh) —and he petitioned against the return of the liberal member. After the committee was appointed to try the Retition, Mr. Brown, the conservative agent, 'withdrew the petition by an arrangement under which no less than seven seats were compromised. It was to the last paragraph of the report this committee i t s h t e raus at to p w p h o i i e n h t e h d e by the t h e on e house to t u o tte in u tr — e t i h nt u o t wherein they referre 1 to the facilities which at present existed under the Bth section of the act of 1848 for origi nating election petitions, and pairing them off one against another, and suggesting some alteration in the law to pre vent the continuance of a system which the committee stated caused great injustice and expense to innocent par ties. The only effectual cure for this system was he thought to provide that no election petition, when once presented, should be 'withdrawn, at all events unless another petition were presented, explaining the reasons of such withdrawal, and signed by the parties who were the pasties to the original petition, and in that case the petition els be allowed to withdraw should be referred to the officer o'tthe house to examine into the motives and grounds or the with drawal, who should report to the house. He also sug gested that the money for the recognisances to the amount of 1,0001. should be lodged in the Bank of England, which would afford some security that the petition was bona fide, and would avoid the tedious legal examinations which now took place before the examiner of recogni- t state led by ven its n ot be vrould a cting Dior' th the For the a, the ni the r 3101- ait the of the m the .; aria L n or: ac e Of ws . °l