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

ei:ifi- gen how from. made lly be-. e eon. errdly ed by of a been Dthing those, law: not a e, but id for_ from ver U. 3y's or 1 such. with, brence; te pro• eg tiorks : or its - tax, whose usable ion of Ist an small 3 may lo not ah, ;n- o nine exists ke Ex. Feeling of the proper x. I cava es de o time by the more [—'aw ►fit by ell af ar, at. I them. of the. iuty is Chan xation. resent r can. : is all X the ['here e de ce for imme- rvant, Y. 'us re- ,untry its to )f the 1,229 the rough L., ad at for IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The Lords' amendments to Gorbals Gravitation Bill Were considered and agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the work ing men of Glasgow against the Registration of As surances Bill. DROPPED ORDERS. The dropped orders were reappointed. _ EXPENSES OF ELECTIONS' BILL. On the motion ofgoing into committee on this bill, Colonel SIBTHORP said he made it a point always opposing bills of this nature. It was a bill of pains and penalties against the electors, and he could not not better ch arac t er i se it s spirit than to stigmatise.n 0. to 1 a mean, shabby, disgraceful affair, from beginning end. t was alike a degradation to the candidate and electors, and he would not permit it to proceed 7. protest ; o n ly cons id er that the law was so r igidly ten forced that the ca ndid a te could not give his supporters, who might have walked miles, either a glass of brandy a n d wa t er , or a c hange of linen. (A laugh.) All that th e can did a te could do, if the bill passed, was to thank his friends for the expense and trouble .theT , had been p u t t o , b u t "fi ne words buttered no parsnips, "and thanks would be an empty return to th e man who had expended his money and his labour to promote the re turn of the man whose principles he admired. (A. laugh.) Pshaw I this was a paltry bill ; it was to put down music at elections, and, if it passed, he supposed the gingling of the town crier's bell, or the noise of the child's penny whistle, would be viewed in the light of bribery and corruption. (A laugh.) The man who had the means was bound to entertain his supporters, and keep up that feeling of good old English fellowship which always characterised the proceedings of our fore athers. H e was as much opposed to bribery and corruption as any man, but he believed there was a wide difference between bribery and cor ruption and entertaining a man's friends to some good wholesome cheer. His table was open to all his friends without tying up their votes, and, as he consi dered the bill would prevent him from exercising the hospitalities of an English gentleman, he should move as an amendment that the Speaker do not leave the chair until this day three months. (Roars of laughter.) Mr. BARROW seconded the amendment, because if this bill passed the enthusiasm of an indiscreet friend of a candidate might lead him to exhibit a flag, and thereby endanger the seat of his friend if he was returned. Mr. MULLINGS said there was not a more fruitful source of bribery and corruption than allowing the can didates to have bands and flags at elections. (Hear.) He regretted very much that the objections now urged against the committee were not urged against it on the motion for the second reading. At his own election he gave notice that he would neither employ flags nor music, but his opponent who was the popular Candidate did not follow his example, and the conse quence was, that for several days the town was kept in a state of uproar. Nor was this all, he was asked to name a numher of persons who were his supporters to be sworn in as special constables, but he refused to do so, as he thought it was the duty of the returning officer to take all the necessary precautions for preserving the the peace of the town. He would pay nothing but the bare legal expenses of the election, and he should sup- port this bill in the hope that it would put an end to the pernicious practice of corrupting voters under the guise of employing them as flag carriers or musicians. Mr. E. DENISON thought the bill was open to considerable objection, on the same ground as those Stated by Mr. Barrow, and he should vote against the committal of the bill. Mr. ELLIOT followed on the same side, and said he could not understand why a man should be prevented From enjoying himself at an election with a fiddle or band of music, or that he sh ou ld b e li a bl e t o a fi ne t o 101. if he displayed a laurel leaf in a piece of ribbon in his button-hole to show which way his feelings went. Mr. GREEN said there were objections which could be removed in committee. Mr. H. BERKELEY approved of the merit of the bill, and recommended the house to go into committee Without any more delay. Mr. MITCHELL complained that the bill did not go far enough, and thoUght the time had arrived when all emblems of party ought to be prohibited at contested elections, as they only served to provoke wars and rioting. The house then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against it 79 The house then went into committee. On clause 1, Mr. BARROW moved the cmission of words, so as to limit the responsibility of the candidate to acts done by himself, and not leave him liable for the misconduct of a n agent of whose proceedings he bad been quite in the dark. Mr. MULLINGS consented to strike the objection able words out. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. VERNON SMITH, the amendment was agreed to. ['Jur SITTING.] RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DEVON AND DORSET RAILWAY BILL. SPECIAL REPORT. Mr. Beckett reported r-om the committee on group (NN) of railway bills, who were empowered to make a special report so far as relates to the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill, that they had agreed to the following special report : "That in aniving at the decision that the allegati o ns rove contained in the preamble of the bill had not bee l n os p s , d to their satisfaction, your committee have not in t railway of the urgent necessity for filling up the gap _ rail couirarnication which at prceent exists betw een Dor chester and Exeter, nor do they doubt that t he and Dorset Line, which has come under their s e n Devonp inves tigation,e- wor'd supply that deficiency for a"- P ur C H . 3se of local traffic. But taking a wider view of the subje ct, his and lister'ng to evidence adduced in the progress of t imvestigation from authorities of high consideration, your committee feel the impoiLence of a railway communication n ot one nu 4 :0.7...n gnage between Exeter and London in a th-easterly direction viz Axminster and Salisbury, and of another Ix -ma Exeter to Pa . ...Bmonth and the ealt coast de Dorchester • and, believing that a communication so grailesirawable, bill be attained if the Devon and Dorset Parliament 3' mil now o f should receive the sanction o f . , the g the bi T are of opinion that they are best pro netssioir le c welfare by giving an opßoTtnnittyoifn one uniform, ~,,,,,,. f„Parliament for the establis men wy --se t hroughout the above district. . reject The e° bi i tni i t b te ef o ore wo:rd, however, have hesitated to evidence that the p o h a d it not been proved in Western Railway c om l. ,!1 . e -ria ; °l a s t in recent public meeting, . 11 t m ' the London and South had authorised a requ4stecl a directors to pledge that company, ~ to app" '''' Parliam ent at the earliest period Tor powers to construct an Il of their railway from Dorchester to Exeter re ceived from the same ; a'ld, had extens i on committee not re emnPan .1 1, rongh their chairman (Mr. Scott, a member of P di stinct assurance i n his , 5 h o ) a clear and subseque n tl y g i veno of Parli amen t that (n aaoyintroduce and , p th evi at den in ce; th an e d n i e n xt a se l s e s t i t o e n r use thei r b est endeavours to obtain an act for autho rising such extension of t l ieir railway on the narrow gauge —such extension to be of an efficient character, and t o comprise a double l'ue o! way. The committee also h a a. a similar assurance ...rom Mr. Scott that, in the event of such an extension being r- ,ctiored by Parliament, the London and South-Wcqtela R.a"way Company would im mediately thereafter procec 1 to double their - thampton and Dore.ester, withoutwait - Souwni between Sou jo until 't ._ lie o_bliga_tiou to do :o, .cant on them by 'The oared Dorchester Ralway Act, 1845,' shall thampwn come i n to operation. 4, The following letter from Mx. Scott, a dd ressed t• the chairman of y o . r committ ee , : was was receiv e d and considered by your commi ttee case of the Devon and " Lc m( 10 11 July 1, 1853. ,g , si r Pith reference to the Y com municati on of the mas p acull y ain]l an a (l ll as of th t e h i e r Dorset Railway, and thu B railwa was proposed to serve, Ibex,o ewainthority i th district it London and South -Western representative, acting at their public m eet ° i e resolu tions of the proprietors which in th-t'g on the 19th May last, to repeat the pledge committee I ° c°llrB3 of in evidence before the cow=intended , withall ' dis tinctness, to give, ' ' `That session of Parliament, introclu Pany will, in the next . a bill authoi* • ce and use their best endeavours t ) _slo g an extension of th e ir railway from Dorchester to Exet er South Westin a Railway', on the gauge of the London and and taHng all themselves finding the necessary_ , capital, fterwards executir , the proper preliminary measures, and a the works with all dispatch. in • a c " ' And I hav e no h es it a ti on adding that the ompany them, will, if if su c h ex t ens i on l' ue be glinted to ately p rocee d to double the line between S ou th a mpton eh the Dorchester, without waiting for the period at wh ' obligati on to do so might come into operation under the existing p rov i s i ons of the Southampton and Dorchester Act, `" The resolutions of the Company with respect to the Inaking of the extension line from Dorchester to Exeter enabl e me to assureand I do that the line to b e you, ; proposed shall be a satisfactory and efficient one, and, -.a accordanc • h ' H a w l c e with the pledge given by Mr. Hope Scott, faithful)lnapijse a double line of way.—l am, sir, your very rid obedient servant, - FRANCIS SCOTT. " Wm. " Beckett, Esq., M.P. Chairman of the Railwuy Group (NN).'" 6ERV ICE OP P LATE TO THE BISHOP 01' LINCOLN.— The erlice 's, c) f Plate su b scribed for by the parishioners of St. anles Westm inster, as a m emor i a l t o th e i r l a t e rector upon his eleva t ion to th e see o f L i ncoln, on Monday to the ' ri ghtprelate, by the committee acting for ht • rev, stout 700/ e par 8 i limners. The value o . f the plate was was presented view durin g ft, ~ and it was understood that it was to be on makers', M ess - 4 e . last three days of this week at the Wilkinson and Dobson. Piccadilly. NEW LAMPS von n ‘attirnusEs.—By the new Act, which comes into force on /Vionday it is enacted that the pro toprietor of every nnetropolatri,, be placed inside such carriage alamp, in such position and manner as shall be directed by the Commissioners stage carriage shall cause of Police, and the conductr, or if there be no conductor, the driver of such carriage shall lighted when ever such carriage shallkeep be used to ply for or carry p assengers at any tithe lamp properly me after sun-set and before sun rise. DErgorioN OP IRON SHILLINGS AND SOVEREIGNS.— )3Y aPPlYing a small pocket m agnet to a counterfeit coil, of the above kind, it is instantly attracted, and may thus be lifted up from a table, whereas genuine coins are unaffected. A delicately suspended magnetic needle is a Still more ;sensitive indicator. L IN; k MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)• CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken for export and on speculation The sales comprised 7,500 American ; 150 Egyptian, at 61d. to 7id. ; an d 300 S u rat, at 3fd. to much than lb. Railway shares were dull, without much change in prices. A cargo of 50,000 pines has been received by Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, per Trinity yacht, Hounsell, master, 27 days from Elenthera, being the first arrival of the season. Several vess?ls were taking in cargoes for New York, and t'ie planters were deriving considerable benefit from the trade. -~ The Board of Trade returns for the month aud five months ending the sth ult. During the month there was an increase in the importations of cocoa, wheat, barley, oats, rye, Indian corn, cotton yarn, flax hemp, pepper, and brandy ; and a falling off in coffee, flour, cotton manufactures, guano, opium, rice, saltpetre, cinnamon, cloves, rum, unrefined sugar and tallow. The exports show an increase in beer and ale, cheese, coal, and culm, linen yarn, salt, and thrown silk, and a diminution in cotton manufactures, cotton yarn, soap, refined sugar, and wools. The tonnage of vessels entered inwards and cleared outwards during the month, compared with the corresponding period of last year, gives the fol lowing result : ENTERED INWARDS. CLEARED OUTWARDS. 1852 1853 Increase .. 55,448 I Decrease 39,145 The month's exports from the United Kingdom ;o the sth June stood as follows :- 1852 .............. .. 1853 £5,935,633 7,123,191 Increase £1,187,558 Parties in the Australian trade will be inte rested in knowing that the trial trip of the Great Britain, auxilary screw steam-ship, for the purpose of testing the capabilities of her new screw, and more especially her sailing powers under her new rig—a full clipper ship, has been perfectly satis factory. Captain Clapton, Win. Patterson, Esq., the builder of the Great Britain, and several other gen tlemen of great nautical experience, went out to witness the vessel's performances, which took place in the Irish Channel on Monday and Tuesday, and all without exception gave it as the opinion, we are informed, that the patent screw was demon strated by the results, to be a great improvement ; but the most agreeable surprise to all on board was the " doings" of this leviathian under canvass ; in fact, we are informed, that it leaves not the shado77 of a doubt, but that s'! those screw steam-shi in the Australian trade which have been built like this ship on clipper "lines," were transformed, as the Great Britain has been, from a screw steamer with the assistance of canvas in fine weather and with fair winds, to a sailing ship with auxiliary screw steam power in bad weather, foul winds, and calms, our southern possessions may with rep.- larity be reached under sixty days. The Great Britain's antecedents under steam are well known to have exceeded the expectations of her most sanguine admirers. It is therefore super fluous to give any quotations f•:om her log under steam only • suffice it to say that she sa - ed as fast and steered even better than she did on her voyage from New York last spring. The foggy state of the weather did not permit the vessel being tried " with a wind," but "on a wind." She showed on the patent log 10 nautical miles per hour under canvass, screw fixed upright, motion less—with steam, Bi-lbs. pressure, and canvass, 121 nautical miles per hour ; hence it is inferred by those able to give a sound opinion on n.au+ical subjects, that with steam and canvass set "with a wind," 14A- nautical miles per hour may with con fidence be expected. There was rather more firmness yesterday after ternoon in the foreign exchanges. On Pars, 90 days' bills were taken at 25 . 22 4 to 25 ; on Amster dam, at 11.184 to ;on Hamburg)), at 13.71 to It ; and on Trieste, at 11-4 to 6. The English Stock Market has been very buoyant again, and there is still a confident impression that lussia and Turkey have agreed to accept Austrian mediation. Great d 4 iference of opinion prevails concerning the interpretation to be put upon the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia — some considering it favourable, others the re verse. Consols have been 97i to 98k ex dividend for special transfer. Stock appears to be scarce, and the payment of the dividends wor'.d have an immediate and decided effect f - r. foreign politics were auspicious. The New 3k per Cents - . have been 101* 1, and the 3 per Cants. 98 Bark Stock is steady at 2291. Exchequer Bills have been done at Is. to 55., and Indian Bonds at 255. premium. East India Stock is at 257 k ex.-div. Foreign Securities have been more dealt in, but without any marked all-Arm - km in pAe4..- Spani-3 1 1 3 per Cents. Deferred have been at 22k to and. the Certificate has ranged cnom 51 to 6*. Portu guese Small Bonds, ex-coupons, have been quoted 37. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been at 99i, and the 4 per Cents. at 981. The Greek Blue Bonds have been at Bto 81. Mexican Stock, after being 27, has receded to 261. Russian 5 per Cents. have been done at 117 to A, being very firm, and Dutch 4 per Cents. have touched 961. The Sardinian Bonds have been dull at 931-. The Railway Share Market is very well sup ported, by sympathy with Stocks, but the trans actions are not numerous. North-Western, York, and North Midland, Great Western, and Cale donian have been chiefly asked for. French Shares are in more request. Gold Mines and Banks are firmer. Land 0°1.3- p7,nies steady. The following statement is from the monthly circular of Messrs. Lamond and Co.:— " Throughout the whole of June, the only topic en grossing public consideration has been the prob_, - ,-, a result of the differences between Russia r-id Turkey. Every other question has been regarded as of secondary importance, attention being alone directed to the solu tion of this great difficulty. However unpromi.sing appearances, and however unfavourable the nature of these reports, there has been :,:om the commencement of the negotiation, and there continues to be, a strong feeling that peace will not be inteizupt - d, and it is solely through the enormous preponderance of this impression, that business generally has been mr'n tained at anything like a point approaching activity. Even now it is clear that the v'ti of the Czar has been rejected by the Porte, confidence in a satis factory adjustment is not abandoned,. and although operations in the various department 1 of commerce and finance are being gradually limittd, in order 10 prevent large losses, should an adverLe movement t - le the hope almost universally' expressed is, t'iat apa ,ffic arrangement may speedily be effect 3d. The pro3pect of some period elapsing before fie points in dispute a7e brought within manageable compass has fram the early part of the month indur.ed the ope:atoi at :he Stock Exchange to restrict their I,rr lsactions ; and since the settlement on the 15th, so little hr:l been done in t'ie several markets, that prices have rear-fined from day to day without sensible alteration. A course of proceeiing such as this was to have been anticipr ted, because the brokers and jobbers have naturally, with the chances of peace or war before their eyes, recrainc3 from accepting business, especially that of a speculative character." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (.From the Official List.) . _ Business done. 229 A 98 4 98 71 8& ..1011 .. 257 i ... 25 .. 25 Ban D k itt S o tock •• ...... ii, p pe er Cen n t c . is :e .c d l u o e o ed o . A . n . ;liti ;l ew r_Cent. Consols Annuitie e s s Stockind..:3 Cent. Annuitie s I nd l a ‘''°.,,,Soels for Account Annuities . • 99i r-x hequer Bills, £l.OOO . 'us, id. £ 500 ............ Southr. Sma ' Sea l u l ew 1. E 2. : 0 . 1 . . 5 0 : . ... I . : 0, .... : .:14.....: ................... ...................... 91118 4555 8111 NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, Bonds Ditto li2pear,Cent Cuba Bonds, New,6 per '' per C . on . ....... Greek Bonds, Red . Cent. ....... t ................ 9 9 9 t x 1.02 8 " meDxiitetaot: 3 111 pe ue r 6.(.n.a.t... ..................................................... .. .. Portuguese Builds, 4 li; &i; ................ 84 8 Ditto Ex all over-due cou„Atn.' • ............ 2 7 6 Bonds, 5 per Cent, '-.. .... .. ..................... 37 Russian - ~ - . ......... 714 Ditto , q per Ceut. ...... . lii- v ,i 17 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. -4'4' 100 x d Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent i 2 '''• Ditto Passive (Couverte o ) 5h Sp an i s h Committee Ce. L. of Coup. no . ; fun 64 ~ Swedish Loan 1" " I P e Dividends on the above payable in London. P Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates HALF-PAST TT V 0 . 98 ix d Consols for Opening 19th July COLD WATER STEAM-ENGlNE. —Yesterday afternoon we visited the machine shop of Messrs. Burge . and John ston, to witness the performance of a new engine , styl.ei as above, and recently invented by Mr. Edward D. Tlp pett. The steam is produced without boilei3, by simply injecting cold water into generators. The amount of steam required to force out or return the piston rod )5 made by the introduction to the influence of the fire at each moment of precisely the quantity of water n..Aled, tins doing away with the necessity of boilers. It is e aimed that there is no possibility of an explosion, that g :eater power is obtained, and less room occupied for tie nacessary machinery. The water falls into the enginc, being first raised by a force-pump into a reservoir situa■ ted above the engine, and thence i n d uc t e d d own as v an . ted. The engine is a singularly constructed piece of mechanism, both in appearance and mode of operating. "Cincinnati Gazette. 50 40 25 25 8/261 10 25 10 1.0.6 THE SUN, LONDON, WEITNESDAT EVENING, JULY 6, 1853. 811.41 RE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH 1 AILWAYS. Paid. RAILWAYS. Cbrng Prices Yesterday. \.berdeen nabg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct ?Arming. Wolverh. t. Stour Valley Lancsh. 6 Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk ~ £5O and £25 Cons. £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian • Jheste: & Holyhead cork and Bandon.. Elork, Black, & Pass. übl in &BelfastJu Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New - last Anglian Do., ( xis E Ra H)... astern Counties ! stern Union, Clas-I A. late E. U. Sh , Do., do ......... D B. and C .-7t Lancashire st dr West Ind. Dk all {7, Birming. June 100 iinburgla & Glasgowl and 1 3, ...eb1es 100 :lin. Pith. & Dunde ? 100 . ' !).sgow &S. Wester 7 100 '';7eat Norl:iern Stk. 100 , 3., A. Stock 100 B. St: '-± 26 - 5.1 9 - 104 1 9 7 clis 20 - 22 34- 2AI 100 - 101 67i - 64 21 - 224 1 194 - 24 2i - 3ip 8- 9 -7: '4 3 4 - 4 12g - 14 111 81-- Bi, 71 - 72 50 - 55 70 - 72 ii I" ii 85 86 53 55 i. 33 -135 09 - 110 88,1 - ?00 - 105 , • 17 -18 76.' - 76. &West.(ll - rat Western 'fish Sorth-Eastc - •n ,7.lloas:or earns . _ ',awash. ^rtf. irorks:• Do., Fifths, WBt. tiding s Nortl.e.rn 44- 4Ac 31,c , 14 15 7.Crsby.;;Soi:thp T "Lwa. flood. rmad. Br' • Lk; 5.003 on and Li. ,7estn Do. F:f.'4l . ..... Londor avds. Westn 30., £5O Do., £l.O - inndirpt( L Andni.; 7,wrosk tf-nch.She 'it L-- . 1 .03?.; -- 104: 114 j -- 115'. 1 -- li r J 89 -- 90 5A 4Ad , 4A 3 r d ! 11 -- 13 18 -- 20 -- 29: Do., Man. & Liu. Un. Iffdland Do. Birmr &Derb: C.'% est. (Ire); Do. Hr - f Shares Newcastle & Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. ':" svpt.Aberg. Heft Newry I E nniskillen I 70 1 i - 71 40 - 42 54 -- 57 I -.31 :Towry Warrcnpoin. 1 and Rostrevor. Norfolk .... orthn.Count - les Un. North British North Devoo, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guarantees;! orth Starordshire s;orth Western 'T. Sc Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, Wolver'•ampton 1 lottish Central I - tottishitidland -- 'irews - oury&3irmg. , "o„ L. & N. Western s Guaranteed Stock... , - Irevvsb7. & Herefd., irewsby. & Chests , . (N. W. Min.) o. Halves, do Do. Oswestry :ropshi73 Union ath Devon ':nth Eastern outh Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun ; 8 --- 9 49 - 51 3, 1 4 - nd 324 ... 34 1 8~ 8 d 48 - 49 92 - 94 58 - 62 58 - 62 68 -- 72 1 14 -- ld 186 -- 19 94 -- 9 136 -- 146 36 -34 d , 19 -- 21 696 -- 70 35 -36 i! 13 -- 14 1 - ockton & Hartlepl.; - lames Haven Doc and Railway :Tale of Ncath Waterfd. & Kilkenn7 Waterford&Limeric. \Vest Cornwall ":mbledn & Croydon 1 , rkNewetl.&Berw 1 Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purebase . Vork & N. MiOland 23 -- 25 20 -- 20 - 9 -- 96 30 -- 32 10 -- 10? 68 69 2 2 d 58 -- 59 PR EFEEEN E SHARES. A , )erdeen 92 • 96 'Do. No. 2,7 p. e• ..• 88 ^ 92 &Ex. 4p.c. Sc 1.07 109 Do. 4p. c. Shares , 'edonian £lO 1.07 109 •ester & Holyheitc! Guar. 54 ; , ...?r cent l9 —2O ezßantionsb.c d par; 'I) wide.) Poro it.tc_;- deon J.inction ' Gi 61 ? gut ( 10s): 6 per cent 4 41 Do. (.25) 7 per cent 5 Do. Ge 7 7 ois p. e A` 4,t) I astern C tension, sp. c. No.) 2 Do. No. 2. 1 2 p' Do. New G p. c. E. 144-- 15 :astern Un on, Seri_ Gua - ... 6 cent 2O 20 .7..-‘st Lane:, iinb Prtb Dund.. per cer f_4.:asgow&2.Wc7ter Guar. 5 per cent 1 . Treat Northn. sp. c. 128 130 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , 1 at 16 p. c. In - 113 Do. 4i p. c. 1 p i 77 b, Son-rim. aW- . j (Ireland) Eighths) j 81 t. Westn. (Berks HanLs E...:. sp. c) G— Do. cov. ad. 44 p. c 105 107 Do. con. red. 4p. c 101 103 Do. irr 'a. 4p. c lO3 104 Lan. &York. F. I:2t id 'P Do. 6p. c. Stock l5l 154 7.ondon and: ightoe Guaranteed 5 p. c Jo. Tref., 5 p. c. )o. Convei t. ale, 5 p. c., 1852 )o. New Gr.?,r.6 p. c Z. - , S. Weste. n Con. Th'i IA Tiondonderry& Coler 1 ) Shares :.4oudy.&Ennis.iSb. Ilan., Shot., & Lin., i Shares, 1. , :lew, £ 7 O . )o. £6 . ..larypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4, per cent._ 31 - 3i !la :: 167 31— 4 p 10 11 121 13ij 8 9 101 101 —s P Consol.6 p.e.S. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent )0. Pm'. 4 per cell: • Exteiisi on Do. 5 p. c. Esc Do. Guar. 53 per et Do.W. - .v. Vol. 5 p. c Noi ;;h British North Staffordshire Orrord, Worcester, & We1verh... 4 .15, 6 p.c Do Tarews. & Birm.N. Ct 3hrewsby. t; Cl (Nor.W.Min), 5.0. • . Do. 5 per cent 3outh Devon Do. Now 3. Eastern (Read'og Ann.) o XlO9. C )0, ! 'e. cent. P: No_irsh.4n.c.Gr WaZarrd.&l(ilk.6;,. , 3. York., Neweastle,a ad Berwick,4 ?.c. Pre: Do York&N. Midland H and S. Purch 'l5O 152 Dar 116 lts 118 122 1115 - 117 25i -26 i 11 101 10:: 17 18} 1 p 14 15, 1 2 Par P 251 261 112 114 19i —20 l par 102 101 P FOREIGN. k.ntwerpitltotterda mi Belgian Eastn. Beziers t Oraisses , ac Charlero' ,y Erciu.s7.l n. D'io - i turr . - 3esanc,:o p 311;;ch 11,1 , on's:t - ilast Indian Do. Penin - iia 1 :14. JnucJ. of Fn . ,. 2 . 5' ;Ca: 'ta Shard Lucca & - -7.5t0ja.,1,e. _ pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway).— Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & /if CE in Niadras Namur & I)ege (with 1_ interest) I po. (ex ini,e,rpst) Northern or Do. 20/. 3 p. e r ls• (fmy. B. & Ams. s.) Norwegian Trun k. 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The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention of the Government to a statement which had lately ap peared in the public papers of the death of Sheik Ali Hossian, who had been one of the chief witnesses against Ali Morad. This person on his deathbed, it was said, had confessed that all the evidence he bad given against Aii Morad was false, and had been given for the pur pose of reveng e . He wished that the Government should inquire into the truth of that statement, and if it should turn 'out to be true to take into their consi deration how far it affected the value of all the testimony given against Ali Morad. Earl GRANVILLE said the Government had no of ficial knowledge of the circumstances. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH then laid on the table a bill to comprise ole of the clauses of the India. Bill now in the other house, empowering the East India Company to increase the number of their European forces from 12,200 to 20,000 men. His object for introducing this in the form of a separate bill, was that it might pass into law six or eight weeks sooner than it otherwise would if it came up from the other house only as one of the clauses of the India Bill. The bill was then read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Brad ford, praying for amendment of the bankruptcy laws. CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY BILL. The Earl of BANDON Lioved t.te £ vond reading of this bill. Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion. Lord STANLEY of Alderley suppoi.ed the second reading. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE and the Earl of WICK LOW also suppoi;,ed the second rending. Their lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority . 17 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. JUVENILE MENDICANCY BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in moving the recom mitment of this bill. observed that the subject of juve nile mendicancy, at all times one of great importance, became still more so, at a time like the present, when they were about to abolish, at all events to a considera ble extent, the system of transportation. People were weary of speeches and pamphlets respecting secondary punishments, and, indeed, it would be much wiser if they were to inquire whether some steps could not be taken to diminish the amount of crime itself. Now, the most prolific source of crime was juvenile mendicancy : for though they ought not to consider the class to whom he wished to call thei- lordships' attention as exactly de linquents, yet they were in a state h i w hi c h t h ey must infallibly become delinquents at no distant period. In fact, that class, namely, children who had been trained ' to beg by ;heir parents, or those who had the custody of them—formed the seed plot of at least two-thirds of the criminaFty of this kingdom. The per aeis most to blame were the pr-ents, neet society, and, least of all, the un fortunate children themselves. From the statements of 90 thieves, who were rvine in one reformatory institu tions, it appeared that 62 of that number had begun to steal when under the age of 15 ; and that 56 had begun between the ages of 12 and 16. He (the noble lord) believed that if an inquiry were instituted throughout all the gaols in the kingdom, the result would be to prove beyond a doubt that a vast proportion of all the crime that was committed is th's woe ;,ry .ea I been perpetrated by persons who had been led into evil habits at an early ago. He (Lord Shaftesbury) had put the following question to 100 City missionaries am! Ragged School teachers :—" How many persons do you think who have lived an honest life up to 20 years of age, afterwards fall away and take vieous courses ?" The answer he had obtained was in every ceee, "not two in a hun dred." (Hear, hear.) Tne class to which he was calling their lordships' attent'.on might be divided into two classes, mendicants and vagrants. (Hear, hear.) The former of these bad their different grades, honours, a nd emoluments. A juvenile mendicant might attain to be a begging-letter writer • and he could assure the noble earl opposite (Lord Aberdeen) that he had few more comfortable things to dispose of than a suc cessful begging-letter writership. (Laughter.) Many of these children were orphans ; some having lost one parent, some both. It was a remarkable fact, but no more remarkable than true, that there was no more pro lific source of juvenile vice, misery, And suffering than the harsh and domineering demeanour of step-mothers, many of whom in the lower grades of life would not allow a step-child to remain with them in the house. (Hear, hear.) But it was also true that many artisans in the receipt of large wages were in the habit of turn ing their children into the streets early in the morning, forbidding them to come near their home till late at night, and telling them to live in the meantime as they could. The noble earl having substantiated this state ment by extracts from the report of the Rev. Mr. Clay, the chaplain of Preston gaol, added that a City mis sionary had told him that he could enumerate no fewer than 100 families in which the parents lived in idleness and luxury upon what their children picked up in the course of the day's vagrancy and mendicancy. The practice of such persoes Wi9 to send out their chil dren with chalkstone-, cozea nut husks, and the like. and to threaten them nah She mc't brutal ill treatment unless they brought home a certain sum, to be made up either by selling, begging, or stealing. One great reason which had been alleged against legislation with a view to prevent such scandalous misconduct on the part of parents was the presumed exteet of the evil, which had led many persons to doubt whether it was not too large to be dealt with at all. It was, however, consolatory to know that the extent of the mischief had been greatly exaggerated. From the second report of Cap tain Hay it appeared that the number of children at large in the metropolis, living in idleness, without edu cation, and neglected by their parents, who were, gene rally speaking, in the receipt of wages sufficient to maintain them, was nearly 20,641 under fifteen yer-s of age. The number of practised and trained mendicants and vagrants who frequented lodging-houses, did not, however, exceed 3,098. Of these the number who had parents able to contribute either wholly or in part to their maintenance and education was no fewer than 2,106. This return was confirmed by the inquiries which had beem made by a person whom he (the noble earl) had employed last year to investigate the subject. That person said that he knew himself no fewer than 200 practised medicants and vagrants, whose parents were in the receipt of at least 16s. per week—a sum that ought to enable them not merely to give their children sustenance but education. He really did not think, then, that the number of juvenile mendicants either in London or throughout the country (for the proportion would be found the came hi most of the large towns) was so large as to discourage legislation. The whole number of professional thieves and burglars in the whole of the metropolis was under 6,000 ; and, therefore, he thought that the estimate of 3,098 mend'cant children was very likely to be correct. It was true they some times heard it said that there were 100,000 persons in London who rose every morning without knowing where to get a meal, but he believed that these statements were immensely exaggerated. He did not think they had ever been true, and certainly they were never less so than at the present moment. They could not ascer tain the number of offenders from the number of of fences, for the latter was swelled by several offences committed by one person. It was sometimes said that poverty was the 'cause of crime and beggary. Such was not the case. Serjeant Adams had told him that the ability of persons who sent their children into the streets to have maintained them without doing so was the rule, and not the exception. Mr. Clay had asked a great number of thieves a similar question with respect to stealing ; and they said they only knew one case in which crime had been the result of poverty. (Hear, hear.) One of the great causes of crime was the reckless and careles manner in which property was exposed. Thus it appeared that there were in a single year in Londen, 1,479 cases of stealing goods exposed for sale • 596, stealing from unfinished houses ; 211, stealing from carts • 228, stealing linen hung to dry; and 1,920, stealing in consequence of doors being left open. When they considered the hardships to which poor children were exposed, the hunger they actually suffered, and the brutality to which they were exposed if they did not take home a certain sum, was it to be wondered at if they succumbed to the temptations thrown in their way. (Hear, hear.) From the testimony of a number of professional thieves who had been examined on the point, it was said that the reason why children were sent out to beg generally lay in the idle and debauched habits of their parents, that childeen were hired for begging purposes, sometimes at as much as 2s. 6d. per diem, and that children often picked up as much as 3s. a day. The existing law of vagrancy was utterly inadequate to meet the evil, for what was really wanting was that the children should be removed from their parents, and that the latter should be made to pay for their support. That was the object of his (Lord Shaft sbery's) bill; and that, he thought was quite in accordance with the practice of the corr',,s in cases where r arents or guardians had shown themselves unfit to have the care of young persons com mitted to them. The law which he asked for was de manded, not for the individual rights of the children, but for the exigencies of society. Children were now brought up by their parents to be pick-pockets, and burglars, and cut-throats ; and it was a perversion otflasne children from gueand e of facts to maintain that in taking away h such parents they were refusing them the enjoyment of any right that they possessed of anything which was ac corded them byand the law of God, according to the princi , ples of justice between manma n. Bringing up children in this way was a nuisance to society, and which he considered ought to be removed as they would remove any other nuisance. Such parents as he had referred to were not Christians, were not inen and women • they were absolutely beasts , a nd h aving renounced' their rights they ought not' to be allowed to resume them ex cept under the auth orit y of some co mpetent persons, who s hould be able to declare, on due examination, that the children who were restored to them would be brought up so as not to be an annoyance to society. Society had a right to take away children from their parents in order to bring them up properly, but that did not relieve the parents from their responsibility for the maintenance of their children. He knew an instance of a boy who was found lying on the steps of a house. He was in a fever, and gentleman who was passing had him conveyed to the Fever Hospital, where he was placed under the care of the physician to that institution, Dr. Southwood Smith, who, when the boy recoveeeC., ascertained his story. He was sent out by his parents to beg ' and when he was t a ken ill, he had been wandering about the streets with out any sustenance. The boy was subsequently placed in the Refuge, and when he was recovering, the mother came down and demanded to have him restored to her. It happened, that he (the• Earl of Shaftesbury) was pre sent, and he was afraid he had not the law on his side, but he threatened.to prosecute her for deserting the boy, and in consequence she went away without him. The boy cried bitterly in his fear that he should be delivered up to his mother. He was now in a respectable sphere of life, earning very good wages in Nottingham, and he had sent for his mother, who lived with him, rrid conducted herself respectably. One objection he had heard to this bill was that the workhouse, in which the children would be placed, partook of the character of a prison, and another objection was that the number would be so large that they could not get sufficient work for them. As regarded the first, it was only as against the intentions of the parents to get possession of the child ren that they would be restrained. With regard to the second, he thought it would be worth while to rim some risk. He was convinced, from the most minute in quiries, that nothing of the sort would occur. Their lordships had heard that a large portion of the parents were perfectly able to maintain their children, and de pend upon it the terrors of the law would clear the streets of nine-tenths of the mendicants. He might state that he had the concurrence of several of the police magistrates of London, who had written to him, to state their views. Amongst them were Mr. Henry, Mr. Painter, Mr. Corry, Mr. Broderip, Mr. Long, and Mr. Bingham. The great demand for labour which now existed had taken away the pretext for begging. The police were never more active and efficient, and he might say, in reference to this subject, " Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." He considered this measure as entirely one of mercy and of prevention, and he was sure that if it passed it would anticipate, to a great degree, the jailer and the hangman. The house then went into committee on the bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR said after the interest ing speech of the noble earl it might seem very prosy to come down to the details of the bill, but that was ncce , - sary. In the first clause the words "any child" were used. Surely there ought to be some clearer definition as to the persons who were to be brought under the ope ration of the bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY observed that the Va grant Act contained no definition whatever. Lord CAMPBELL also thought there ought to be some definition. Who could tell what a child was Why, Childe Harold was a child. (Laughter.) He earnestly recommended his noble friend to reconsider the bill, and any assistance that he could render him should be at his service. He should like to see the object of the bill carried out; but this was a bill that would not work. Lord BROUGHAM, while aggreeing with the obser vations of the noble earl, said he thought the best course would be to withdraw the bill for the purpose of remodel ling it. The Earl of HARROWBY thought the difficulties in the bill might be surmounted, and suggested that it should be referred to a select committee. Lord CAMPBELL said there was a law in Glasgow which enabled the magistrates to summon before them, and to imprison for any period, not exceeding sixty days, the parents or other persons having control of children who sent them out to beg, and that law, he believed, had worked well. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he bad brought forward the measure for the sole purpose of exciting dis cussion. He wanted to bring before the public an enor mous amount of evil, the length and breadth of which was not fully understood, in order that it might excite the attention of the active spirits of the country. He was now willing, either that the bill should be thrown out or referred to a select committee. The bill then passed through committee pro forma. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL This bill was read a third time • and on the motion that the bill d o p ass , some amendments moved by the Lord Chancellor were inserted, after which the bill passed. PUBLIC WORKS LOAN BILL. This bill passed through committee. WHITTLEWOOD, OTHERWISE WHITTLE BURY, FOREST BILL. The amendments to this bill were considered, and agreed to. t The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at 25 minutes past 7. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL. Clauses up to 28 inclusive were agreed to after several desultory discussions. On clause 29, which provides that British vessels may be navigated wholly by foreigners, Captain SCOBELL moved the omission of the clause. Thig, he said, was a national question, and struck at the root of our maritime power. The right honour able gentleman the President of the Board of Trade might tell them that this clause was the summit or free trade, but he denied that thi s b a d an ythi ng to do with the question of fcee trade at at all. The repeal of the Navigation Laws was said to be the summit of free trade, but when that was passed the Government did not propose the repeal of these manning clauses. If this clause passed, and it it were declared allowable for the master, mates, and men of a British vest el to be foreigners, he should propose another clause tha L every morning the crew of every vessel should sing "Rt tie Bri tannia," and that the captain should accompany• them on the French horn, and the mate on the German ;flute. He IznA.v +l.'4 *hero wolv. nurnhcilt OI Our seamen at the different ports who had resolved that if this law In seed they would take their services to the navy of the lTn.ited States. He was convinced that the operation o .this clause would be most injurious to the interest of the shipowners themselves, and he appealed to thaw not to support it. The circumstances of Europe just now were not favourable for any step which tended to destroy or undermine our reserve, of seamen. The Government was preparing on. all sides against the dangers which they apprehended, but if that danger were real, they were by • this clause undermining the best security of the niat on. It was downright madness, and as a lunacy bill was pas sim," through the house, he hoped a word would be' pro vided for the President of the Board of irade, for fhe really were sincere, and believed he was doing right, he deserved to be sent there. At the pre sent moment, there were numbers of English an men in the mercantile marine who had obtained Anica ica,n protections, so that if we issued impressment wart ants they could not be taken. The whole weight of authority was against this :clause, and he could go on ,4 'not ing all day from the opinions of most eminent- men professional and otherwise, against the principle. He believed if this clause were passed it would intict a. -vital sf - .b to the present general and universal custom. Mr. LABOUCHERE opposed the clause. Mr. CARDWELL supported the clause, but. four o'clock airiving the chairman left the chair and the house adjourned until six o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from Pick ierirg against the Sav;ngs' Bank Bill ; also several petit tions f-om Yorkshire in favour of the limitation of host rs of labour in factories. Mr. W. J. FOX presented several petitions ag a 4 nst the Education Bill. Mr. PHILLIMORE presented a petition front two native Indian merchants, complaining of certain g riev ances connected with the East India Company, and praying for redress. The hon. member g a v e notice that he woud call the attention of the house to the ped ,ition on the motion for going into committee of supply. Mr. COBBETT presented 58 petitions from did erent parts of the country in favour of a ten hours' f. 4 ctory bill, and of several restrictions in the employing mt of motive power. Mr. NEWDEGATE presented a considerable.. num ber of petitions to the same effect. UNIVERSITY TESTS. Mr. HEYWOOD gave notice that, on the 2d of A ugnst, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to remove d lisabi lities under which certain persons in this country la I ,cured with regard to their admission into the Universities:' of Ox ford and . Cambridge. JAMAICA. Sir J. PAKINGTON begged to put a question' to the noble lord the member for London with regard to the of Jamaica. He had put a question to the no" le lord on the subject a little time ago, and the noble lord's t answer was, that the noble duke, the Secretary for the C o lonics, would shortly make a statement in another place, t and he understood the noble lord that he also would make t r state ment in that house. He (Sir J. Pakington) also af zed the noble lord if he had any objection to lay any papers ; relat ing to the circumstances in which Jamaica was placed on the table, to which the noble lord replied that ho would not undertake to do so until after the statement ri &erred to had been made. That statement had now hew t made by the noble duke in another place, and ho should I be glad to be informed when the noble lord proposed to : make a communication on the subject to this house, and v,t hen he would lay the papers on the table. He should also. like to know whether those papers would contain a full stag Lenient of the present financial affairs of Jamaica. Lord J. RUSSELL had delayed making any stfs tement solely on account of the pressure of public business, but he would do so on an early day on the Government a uoving the house to go into committee of supply. The papers should be laid before the house, and he thought Ms at they contained sufficient information of the state of the f inances of Jamaica, 'nit; CAMP AT CHOBHAM Mr. HUME wished to ask the noble lord wheti her any eitimat3 would be laid on the table of the expense s atton• dant on the military manoeuvres going on at Chol it lam, as some persons thought they would be considerable, a'd hough, if they would not be largo, it would be scarcely wort h while to have an estimate. Lord J. RUSSELL—The Secretary-at-War hr K I stated on a former occasion that the army estimates incl ided all the sums required for the operations at Chobham.. If at any future period, when the manoeuvres were o , er, the hon. gentleman made a motion on the subject, the a e would ho no objection to lay an estimate on the table. . THE BOARD OF CONTROL AND THE 33 AST INDIA DIRECTORS. Mr. HUME inquired of the President of the 13 =rd of Control whether he had any objection to lay on ti to table any recent correspondence which had taken place 1 tetween the Board of Control and Court of Directors ? Sir C. WOOD had signed a letter only five mini utes be' fore. He should not object to lay it on the table. THE EDUCATION BILL. Mr. LIDDELL begged to ask Lord J. Russell f wh ether it was the intention of her Majesty's Goveinmen - f - ; to pro ceed with the Education Bill in the course of the" present session ? Lori J. RUSSELL—I: T hat I propose to do i s this, to move at all events the second reading of the bill f IC me time hence, hut I cannot now say on what day. Mr. BRIGHT—The noble lord said he intende a to move the second reading—that was not a specific am WE sr to the question, which went to inquire whether the 1 sill was to bo passed this session. A great many persons tc Kik a great interest and a great deal of trouble with reg and to the bill, And it would be very convenient if the poble lord would state that he did not intend to carry it further illan the second. reading. - • . Lord. J. RUSSETX—That Wits what T ended to Ce, - vey. I me:.n to read the bill a E d but not t," F aceid fnrther with it.- • (Heir, hear.) LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND.) Mr. Serjeant SHEE begged to ask the Secretary for . Ireland if he hal any objection to lay• up:AL the table of the house, and to have Fluted for - the u.:73 of members, a paper on the Roman end foreign laws, considered with reference to the relations between landlord and tenant in • Ireland, lately communicated by him ti the members of the committee on the Irish Laud Bills. Sir J. YOUNG—There Would be no objection. RETURNS !ORDERED. - _ _ . - • Mr. DAVISON' moved sfor returns of all the turnpike acts now in force in Ireland, specifying in the case of each trust the date when it was originally established, and the - number of years for which it was to continue ; also the several renewals thereof, whether by private or i•.enend act., and the date at which it is to terminate, for th? last twelve years :'tom each existing trust ; of the amount of the tolls collected in each year, where the collection was niade under the management of the trustees, distinguishing the sums received from private contracts ; •of the amount realised by the trustees in each year that the tolls were sold or farmed to contractors, distinguishing, when prac ticable, the receipts from • private agreements ; of the amounts received in each year prom county presentments, or from any other source, in aid of tolls, and of the total amount of debts and liabilities on each trust; of the sums paid in each year to collectors, treasare7s, secretary, cur-' veyor, labourers, or other officer or servant respectivelT, by way of salary or compensation ; of the sums paid in each year for rent of offices, toll houses, &c.; of the amount paid in each year for printing, advertising, stationery, and other contingent expenses ; of the some expended in each year for ordinary repairs, distinguishing the amounts paid' for labour and materials; and, of the sums expended in each year on building walls or fences, in making side or' footpaths, or other permanent improvements, distinguish- . ing under this and the previous heat's, • when practielble,' the amounts expended within each barony or half barony.' Mr. BASS moved an accent of the total number of . quarters of malt made between the sth day of Jnly, 1851; and the .sth day of July. 1852, in the United Kingdom,. distinguishing the quantity made in each country, an d quantity used by and by Victuallers, and by re tail brewers. (Continuation of Parliamentary Paper the present se=nior.) Also, a s;milar return for the 3 ,Att• ending the ah of July, 1853. 18i 100 100 841 all 100 1 too 1 100 11 all ll§ 1 , 00 12 50 16 St. 20 64 25 50 20 17i all 10 100 100 100 !C) St. St. St. St. 13 20' 20 50 50 20 20 25 25 20 20 50 20 10 25 25 St.', 218. 1 100 20 110 1 100 12i 126 12. St. St. St. St. St. 20 100 iOO 'lOO 10 all 100 10 20 20 20 10 20 10 20 tj 671 fir , 20), 104 2 pm 761 I 11i mi kt:t 70i i 1 1 58. 1 d 1 1 .4d ,14 —l5 par — _ 1 - 1 • —1; a 1 1 fib . lb - 2ip i - i id 6i - 4 - 11 -- 11 - 71- 35 - 35, 14 —l5 8 151 16 41 —43 40 —4l 35i - 35 3 -- 4 id par 18 19 d— p 7t 4 - i p I - i P 4 - 5 i' _7_ T s p i id 3 -- 2 d, i pm 25 all 28 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 6.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy at ti me . % DEAL, uly 5. —Wind, W. S. W. Arrived—lrene, Callao ; Anna, Havannah. Arrived from the River — Julia, Melbourne; Lemicella, San Francisco; Panope, do. Sailed—Bell, Cape of Good Hope. July 6.—Arrived— Caronel, Callao, from Antwerp. Arrived from the River —Georgia, C. kutta ; Ann lifitchell, Bombay ; San Jose, Accra. PORTSMOUTH, July s.—The T.'ne is leaky, having been aground. Arrived American Congress, London, an d sailed for New York. Off Port--Caronel, Callao ; Fa vourite, Baltimore, for Amsterdam. COWES, July s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived Ranger, Bahia. PLvmour.g, July s. —Wind, S. W. Marchioness of Douglas, Sierra Leone. Off Port--William Fnllshere, New Orleans. _ _ _ July s . — Arrived —Countess of Durham, Quebec. Off Port—Tudor, Calcutta,. Sailed—California, Havannah ; Patrick Henry, New York ; Templar, Sydney, N.SW., with about 10,030 oz. of gold in freight. The Harald, Holdebrand, from Alexandria, has put in with damage, and is discharging. LONDONDERRY, July 4.—The Mary Mac, Ardrossan to Boston, which went on shore on Rothlin Island March 15, has_b -en got off. _ YARMOUTH, July s.—The Adelphi, of Shields, has been glt off Scroby Sand. BRISTOL, July 6.—Arrived—ldas, Barbadoes; Coquette' Jamaica. MARKET NEWX-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's ms-icet was very scantily supplied with English wheat, the demand for which was firm, and in some in stancei prices wore a shale higher than on Monday. Foreign wheats, the show of which was limit?d, were mostly held for more money, but the busin ess d o i ng i n thorn was by no means extensive. Floating cargoes were 7 s per quarter higher. Barley moved off ma lily, and grinding samples sold at extreme rates. In the value of malt, no change took place. There was an improved demand for oats, the prices of which advanced Gel per quarter. Beans, peas, and flour were quite as dear as on Monday. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Malt. 1,230 2,310 English .. Irish .. • • Foreign .. 6,440 I 2,110 WHITECHAPEL. Oats. 2,493 800 3,020 11,600 bl 1 jour. 820 The general demand ruled firm at this market, and the quotations were supports :—Beef, 2s 10d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 6,1 to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 10d to Gs 44 ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3g Od to 4s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for all kinds of hops, at very full prices. Duty, 143,0001. ACCIDENT TO MR. BROWN, THE SENIOR CITY MAR SIIAL.---A serious LacidenL happened to Mr. Brown, the senior Marshal, on Sunday last, in St. Paul's Church yard, which considering his advanced age, being up wards of 74, br,s created some anxiety regarding his ul timate recovery. Mr. Brown had accompanied the Lord Mayor to the cathedral, on the occasion of the city of London Militia ati3nding divine service. At the close, Mr. Lrown was in the act of mounting his horse, when the animal became frightened at the beating of the drums, and plunging away from the parties who had. charge of it, 6-ow him with much force on to the stone paveincnt. Mr. Alderman Cubitt, who witnessed the occurrence, had M - -. Brown placed in his carriage, and tike i to tire n- eat si-rgeon's, when it was found he had received a compound fracture of the left aria,. close to the shoulder joint. The bone was set, and he was conveyed to his reside - ace at Brixton, where he re mains, and by the last account was progressing favour-. ably. w ~ J.,~~ ECCLESIASTICAL COITRTS. Mr. COLLIER moved for leave is bring in a tell e transfer the testamentary jurisdiction of the y.,e,clesiasticea Courts to the Courts of Common Law and the County Courts. Aft 3: sketching what he had done ou a previous occasion, and referring to the promises of Government, proceeded to say that though he had no hope of carrying , his bill this sesCon, he now felt it to be his duty to intro duce it. He had no snore to do with the subject of abuses but would deal with remedies Woofs, and he remarked that he addressed himself only to the testamentary juriseict'on. of the courts, for as to ther other juisdictions, the only mode of treatment which would be satieactory to the country would be the abolishing of Ors - 7 ecclesiastical court in the kingdom. His pro/semi differed from that of the Solicitor-Geaeral, inasmuch as the latter designed to do away with all but the diocesan courts, whereas he would do away with all. He would abolish altogether the testamentary jurisdiction of the county courts. He pro posed that all wills about which there was no dispute should be proved in those courts. He would create county districts, corresponding to the circuits of the county court judges. The undisputed will of any man should be proved in the circuit in which he dwelt at the time of his death, and thus he would get rid of the legal difficulty of bona notabilia. He would establish a system of registration ; every will should be registered in the county courts, and transmitted to a registrar-general in London. Each county court judge should appoint a registrar out of the present ecclesiastical courts, whereby men of experience would be gained, and compensation be saved. The juris diction of the county courts should extend over real and personal property. Where a dispute arose, it should, where the cause in dispute was under 3001., be tried in the locality where it occurred, and he would give the outlay courts au equitable jurisdiction. He considered the technical difficul ties of testamentary questions to be over-stated, and he re ferred to the old historical character of the county courts in proof of the efficiency they had poesessod. lie would give jurisdiction in higher cases, and also appeals, to the superior courts of common law, which should retain their power over real property, to which jurisdiction should be added that of the ecclesiastical courts as regarded personality. He would appoint an officer, to be called the clerk of pro bates, to each of the superior courts. The jurisdiction should be concentrated into one court. Compensation should be given to those who were deprived of offices, but not to practitioners ; and proctors should be admitted to practise as attorneys in all the superior courts. Dwelling upon the necessity of the same sweeping reform in the law which had be an adopted in other institutions, he urged the subject on the consideration of the government. Mr. HUME Fooonded the motion: Lord PALMERSTON supported the motion with gre.;.t pleasure, and complimented the ability which, had been displayed by Mr. Collier in dealing with the subject. But ho dwelt upon the complicated and difficult nature of the question, and, after stating that thegovernment were quite aware of the necessity of p:actical remedies, said that they had not felt that they should be justified in legislating without great deliberation. He had said that government had intended to bring in a bill on the subject, but, regard ing the hopelessness of passing it this session, and the de sirability of having the report of the commission now sitting, they had thought it better to delay introducing their measure until the early part of next session. Mr. HADFIELD would have liked a mcre specific explanation from the government as to the premised re form. Sir B. HALL urged that the admitted difficulty of the ques'don was the ieason why government should not have left legislation to an independent member, and he instanced various cases of ecciss:ftstical abuse in roof that re mciy wasimpernfirely The c ATTORNEY-GI:NEI - I.AL said that ail parties. were agreed in the necessity of reform, but urged that no one could blame the government for waiting for :epo7t of the CO - 31 mist:ca, afi which it would be their immediate duty to Fepare meai are on the subject. After some observations from Mr. DUNLOP and Yr. PELLATT, Leave was given to bring in the biil. THE HOURS OF LABOUR IN FACTORIES. Mr. COBBETT then rose to move for leave to b ring in a bill to limit the hours of labour of women, young parser s, and children, in the :acto ries of the United Kingdom, and to. provide for a me a perfect inspection of the said factories. The hours of women and children were to be restricted re ten hours on five days of the week, and to seven and a-half hours on the Saturday. This would have the effect of re storing the Ten Hours Dill of 1847, and of including in that bill the children of eight years of age. He had beta strongly urged by a large flambee of his own cone ituc its and others in the factory districts, to being in a bill to shorten the hours of labour in these factories. He then. explained the state of the law as it now existed on this subject, and gave a retrospective glance at the progress o legislation in connection with factory labour. In 1833 an act was passed which made the "actory day 15 hours, viz., from half-past five to half - past e'ght. In 18 44 another act was passed, by which the labour ef young persons, between and 18, and of women, was reet.ici el to 12 hours in the day, but it permitted children from 8 to 13 to work fik hours a day, so that there were employed two sets every clay ; and there were, in point of :act, by this means, two factory days. 1847 an act was passed, limiting the en•nied of labour to ten hours a day in the case of women and young persons ; but as children could work ea hours under the act of 1841, and thus two sets could be employed every day, the millowners were thus able to keep their factories g oing 12 or 14 hours in the day. This led to the adoption of what was called the "shift" syetem, the millowners availing themselves of the letter of clause 26 of the act of 1833, which did not particularly define that the labour of a women or young person should be taken in ten "conse cutive" hours. By this means the act was successfully evaded. The larger body of millowners chose to adhere to the evident meeniug of the act, and were thus subject to great disadvantage in competing with those who pursued an opposite course. Much dissatisfaction ensued, and the result wo.s anappealto the Barons of the Court of Exchequer, who decided that al though there w as no doubt as to the inte ntion of the act, that those wh o extended the hours came wit hin the. t of e th p e ar en t ac of tm th e o n s t e . Therewas,consequently,te interested, to reform the loirteTticienseiaureiong the r aw en this respect. The hon. gentleman then referred to a great meeting which had been held, April 14, 1849, on which occasion the hon. gentleman, the member for Ash. ton- under-Lyne, had made a speech to the delegates then assembled, to confer as to what should be done after the foregoing legal decision. The delegates repudiated the as sertion as to the alleged evil consequences which. were said to have arisen from the shortening of the hours of labour. (Hear.) He was satisfied that if hon. members examined the reports which had been made by the different inspec tors on the subject, they would be convinced of the utter hopelessness of securing the benefit of a Ten Hours' Act, unless by some such measure as that which he now pro., posed. They would feel that some such alteration was absolutely necessary, in order to prevent the daring and systematic violations of the Ten Hours'Act which were now going on every day. (Hear.) The hon. member then re ferred to the evidence given before the Factory Commis. sioners of 1836, by Mr. Cheetham, the member fee Lanca shire. who laid stress on the necessity of imposing a re striction on the motive power, in order to secure the effici ency of the ten hours' system, and also to the bill intro duced in 1835 by Mr. Hindley and Mr. Brotherton, with the view of restricting the hours of labour in factories. The third clause of that bill proposed to limit the hours of labour for all persons under 21, to teu hours a day; and the 4th clause provided, that the hours of the working of the machinery should be the same as those fixed for the labour of the children. There could be no doubt that a restriction on the motive power was necessary, to carry out the intention of the ten hours' system. (Hear.) Thla question was now making a great stir in the manufactur - not ing districts, and had met with the cordia l suppe2t, only of the workmen, the managers, and the overloekers of these factories, but also of many master manufacturers ,e of great coneequence and opu l ence . • N u merous petitions had bean presented in favour of the measure t from these different clasece, but not one had been as ed y ie e tio presented against it. None of the unfavourable had ever been which had been made respecting the system had e . er real ised, but the work which had been turned out in the shorter • d had equal' , d that which was produced und er th e period l ong er periods which were allowed before the introducti o n _ of the Tea Hours' Act, and the _ wages earned by the work men had b een quite as great, =din many inst anc es hi g h er (Hear, bear.) Some alteration was proposed by the bill to be mado both in the amount of the flues said the mode of recovery-. He believed the th e f ines which he ree commended would not be considered unreasonable, when they considered the imperative necessity of preventing the recurrence of these offences. by inflicting a penalty which was commensurate to the crime. The hon. member,, hav ing referred to some statistics showing the injurious effects of the prolonged hours of labour in factories on the health of the work-people, concluded by moving that leave should be given to bring in a bill of the nature he had described. Mr. FIELDEN had much pleasure in seconding the motion of his hon. and learned iziend the member foi"Old ham. He was himself extensively engaged as a ina eu:ac turer ; he had 1,300 or 1,400 men in his employment, and felt a very deep interest in the question te.fore the house. He believed the suggestions which had been made that evening, with respect to the limitation of the hours of labour in o'er factories, by his lion. friend, were of a cha racter precisely similar to those which bad been made in the report of Mr. Homer, and in the propriety ef carrying out these suggestions he (Mr. Fielden) entirely concurred. Mr. WILKINSON thought it desirable that those who were engaged in our manufactures should not work for so many . hours in the day as was the case at present ; bu t he should by no means like to interfere in the matter by any my ate ose lot Tor 1, if I 81 8 88 i i 89 i 351 i 36 5 8 7i 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 100 20 10 50 Paidl 11! 100 100 18k 30 20 1 40 14 all all all all all 15 all 12i 20 10 20 35 25 all 2A, 10 15 20 20 20 I Us. 77A i