The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-16 00:00:00

f Helfaut, in hat "it was of Austerlitz iich seems to the Minister Military Pry ttalion asked I have a flag, 11 promise to transacted at Eligence from speculator s prices. The d-a-Half per tccount there ;eras., and of A fall of 51 .1 . final quota 76fr. 90c.; or the end of Four-and-a ck, 2,655 fr:; 190 fr. ; Pans 4yons, 897 fr. the Mediter 25fr.; Fool' without all neral' feeling he Danubian to its senses, n the present ly to conten t modified de: 3parations of tented to the )le, had made g having de' i Cabinet re" ie neighbour ►rmed that it The encamp" I'he Emperor for the . pur . its. sent with the Cumberland, e amount 0 one of the )s in its num' i to a state" Cabinet have England 5 13 ,,u Journal al ired to bring d Turkey, 84 , tee, but that with Russia , st revolution , rom Vienna , meat cannot t intends to ein. The firs' , o be ready t° it Degenfel a stantine lie of Augus t Turos, near, 1 The feder?„l me time. " ) St. Peters' stain a cool' tf to-day for hments." ip of 80,00 0 ,eroum. -6-11 have been Ito a regul 3r iamyl in the satisfactio!' or the affai r ;an Minister ter has been nt under the r Pacha Coo' Met with th e Prince Gort' at Schur]l l * resent at the L commande r dispatcheo , Lay under 11 General th e ,een comno Commander' xr, Ist, says : PrinciP 3 :, army Nvoul" sequence the , Th e lett er is, the poll co er should ters, as WO' ice." m Constei r 3 Prince d i the Pol the visit him to th es that the the Turkish e idea of 11 ' iltan wotila cannot fai l ,ects of hi / )urgh, slnce ave been to finding itBeP nna, data has been 80 ' Russia, I P will be a e' he guaraly t to all the :ind can b ° iinet to the an addres s tans, arch' Church in ;th June gratitude he address is nause" otation :---; ligious and subject t°, 3t drop 0 1 Ity." The iresses, in ouch more Lain a sin day being oration of :ravo Mu' of Spain, ,nish Apr Weber, on of the Ilustriong fest their ndemned Lst which that it his gene e of the to be re• 9tli, w days, s of the ;enfurtz. actors of —"The [ding of invited id;•:wal ermanf propo- ally re- Cow the efugeee act ig present Berne ea and to use der to .on, SO :rope• ;on - to to the io has uAria MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was tame but quiet—sales, 8,000 bales, including 2,000 taken for export. Railway shares were firmer. The changes that appear in the balance sheet of the Bank of England made up for the week to the 9th instant are, for the most part, referable to the dividends and ctther state liabilities due at the close of the financial quarter ; but there is one item, that of Government securities, which is not ex pected to sh ow an i ncrease a t thi s per i o d, and which most likely has been augmented by the de- Posits of Exchequer Bills as security for temporary loans to meet th e G overnmen t requ i re ments. The discounts were less in amount, because advances made ere the transfer books closed had to be re turned. The bullion was lessened, owing to the gums required for the various payments as well as for shipment. Compared with the previous return, the alterations are as follow :-- Active circulation.. £23,806,980 959,160 18,263,674 290,231 Rest Increase 60,348 Public Deposits 3,953,330 Decrease Other Deposits Increase 1,003,993 Seven-day and other Bills 1,409,150 Increase Government Securities 14,497,333 Increase 1,380,336 Other Securities 13,680,203 Decrease Notes unemployed 8.101,820 Decrease 1,102,440 There was a decline here yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upoh all the principal continental cities. Paris, 25 20 to 25 ; Amster dam, 11 18 to ; Hamburgh, 13 6f to / ; Frank fort, 11 9to ; and Trieste, 11 3to 7. The exports of the precious metals from London direct during the week to Thursday last were 5,500 ounces, and 5,0001. in silver, and 29,744 ounces in gold, all of the latter going to the Continent. There are no later arrivals this morning. The Stock Market is dull, and prices aro weaker, the continued heavy fall of rain exercising an un favourable influence, in the absence of any later news from abroad. Consols have been 971 and 98 for transfer, and 97/ for account. The New Three-and-a -Quarter per Cents. have been steady, at 1008 to 101 ; and the Three per Cent. Reduced, 98 1 South Sea Stock has declined to 115. i. Exchequer Bills are worse again, being 2s. dis count. to .ls. pm. Money seems more in demand in the Stock Exchange. Business in the foreign market has been con ,ducted on 'a ver y li m it e d sca l e , but prices have neen well supported. Russian Bonds have been don e at 117 for the 5 per Cents., and Dutch 4 per i Cents. h ave i mprove d t o 96g. Th e N ew D e f erre d 'Vanish Stock is firmer at 224. Equador Bonds are up to 54. Brazilian New 4i per Cents. have be en t quoted 98k. Danish Bonds have been at 85-k ,0 1' the 3 per Cents. The Railway Share-market has been extremely A so and rather flatter. Foreign shares are ~.(4 80 neglected. H am ilt on an d T oron t o are quo t e d with Si. 10s. paid, and Luxembourg ex div. the Gold Mine Shares have bee n ve r y heavy. "lie Land Companies Shares are about the same. Au stralian Agricultural have been dealt in under t he new arrangement, reckoning 171. 10s. paid up. The Joint Stock Banks are firm. d . The Obernhof Mi n i ng Company ,has declared a `.,`viclend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for th e first three months of its working. Increase . Bullion. Decrease MITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Oiewial List.) 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Business done. 3 98i i New Cent. Consols Annuities DT .. "' 3 4 per Cent. Annuities lOl 1001 ug Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ' O4 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16 South Sea Stock Consols for Account 974 i Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO _ 2 d 1 p £5OO 2 d 1p Small 2 d 2 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 por Cent Ditto New, 1852, 46 per Cent 9B Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 8 56 Bquador Bonds „. 5l Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 46 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 51 i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. . TWO O'CLOCK. 971 i Consols , AUS TRALASIAN PACIFIC MAIL STEAM COM- PANT. - - - l t ne first half-yearly meeting of the Australasian Pacific. 1 ,7 1 , 41 1 Steam Company took place yesterday afternoon, w hen the report brought forward was unanimously 80-`t9pted. The prospects of the undertaking are de coribed as encouraging, and the directors state that the thillinunications they have had with parties engaged in here selected the best route. Of the 12,000 shares t s o ll ed th e w h o l e h ave b een pa id upon w i t h th e excep tii n a „ of about 300, the various calls having been punc- V"Y liq u id ate d . S ome sugges ti ons were o ff ere d by oPriet ors respecting general management, to wh i ch jue di rectors promised to give attention. The following t s h a n abstract of the report, from which it will be seen at t he company's first vessel, the Kangaroo, is ex- Pee ted to be ready for sea in about two months : It : The directors have called the first half-yearly general settlemente proprietors under the provisions of the deed of . Since the meeting in January considerable Pro , ' o f ,Tress has been made by the respective contractors. Four v essels—namely, the Kangaroo, Emeu, Mennra, and lernis, are approaching completion, and the Black Swan 24we1l advanced. The company's superintendent in the (le reports that the Kangaroo will be launched on the September` and will be ready for sea about the middle of , From causes over which the directors had no the vessels have not been completed so soon as c ontrol,. l ‘..(1 he desired, but they hope that before the end of the Year the Nvhole of the fleet will have left England, to take up ,_their station on the Pacific. The directors have at present been unsuccessful in inducing her Majesty's Government to subsidise the Panama route, but a deputation of Australian Merchants has been lately informed by her Majesty's Post master-General that, under the circumstance of the Panama oe being projected, no other contract for the Australian I ' o B4l service would be entered on for a fixed term. In the Lneatitime, as is probably known, a temporary arrangement is aB been made for the conveyance of the mail by sailing rid the Cape of Good Hope, alternately with the illionthly service, by way of Singapore. On the 16th of April Mr. Alexander Currie, a director, left for Australia, to make the preliminary arrangements at Melbourne, Syd wpuilrli:esme.anaged by Syd ney, and New Zealand. At Panama the company's busi ntheasstthe Pacific Steam Navigation COM- Pally, with whom an agreement . has been entered into for The increasing opty with which this thpaentalmireacltionros theimnust undertaking is viewed by the Australian public confirms eventually utahneyy become e entertained, th lt highwayth at tlie from Europe and America to Ausrra m lia and e N gr e e ; Zealand." V lENNA.—The mercantile advices fr om Vienna, of the the Turkish ninst. state that a general conviction prevailedthat question might be regarded as settled. M an y persons affected to believe that the favourable turn which affairs were supposed to have taken was but am ow i ng to England baying induced T ur k ey to give way; on England persons of better judgment the opinion was that Russia, being now hopeless of breaking the alliance of France and England, and having made her threatened demonstration in the principalities, is fully as anxious as any o f the other powers to arrive at a pacific adjust ment, and to consent accordingly to some modification of her pretensions. ST. PETERSSUBGIL —From St. Petersburgh the letters reach to the 9th inst., at which date the quotations of the f un d s an d th e f ore ign exchanges werequestion without ongtrbe reat altera tion. On the prospects of the Turkish differences of opinion prevailed, some houses having a l vin o gfn r l s k 1 confidence in the maintenance of peace. ) there was w 4, entertained much apprehension. -t Riga evidently more uneasiness. The Odessa advices are to the 4th, and state that a very large business had again been transacted in wheat, principally for French ac count, and th a t p r i ces were ra th er higher. It appears as at that both at St. P e t ers b urg h and Odessa, as well most of the oth er European ports, the difficulty chie fl y felt at the present moment consists in the want of ships, business being impeded by this cause even more than by the condition of politics. POSTAGE TO THE GOLD COAST.—By a treasury war rant, dated Whitehall, July 12, 1853, it is ordered that Printed books, reviews, pamphlets, &c., posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to the colony of the Gold Coast, in Africa, or posted in the said colony, addressed to the United Kingdom, maybe transmitted by post, sub ject to the following regulations, viz. :—lf not exceeding ,Ib. weight, 6d. ; not exceeding 11b., ls. ; 21b., 2s. ; not not exceedin g 31b., 3s. ; and above 31b., is. for every fracti on o f an additional pound. If posted in the United Kingdom the postage is to be prepaid by postage stamps affixed to the said printed bookt, &c., and if posted in the colony of the Gold Coast the postage is to be pre paid, either in money or by colonial postage stamp or stamps. The warrant is to come into operation on the 14 of OckW next. NVAGt S MOVEMENT IN LOND 3N. —The appear • ances are not by any me-ns satisfactory ; the men in several large firms are unfortunately much disposed to Strike, and it i s i mpossible to say with certainty what will take pla ce i n a f ew days. This state of things, of course, does much harm ; trade is unsettled, and loss is caused to all parties. The masters, on the other hand, ' , eena very determined against raising the wages of all a , li ke, and feel assure d o f b e i ng a b le to obtain other men , rom the country should a necessity arise. It is a great question, if the delegates from the carpenters have the confidence o f th e b o d y. The agitation which prevails is greatly to be deplored ; those who continue to excite it are not the friends of the working men,--Th e 414ik 20 20 50 20 St. 25 25 St, 68 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen .. . .... 92 -- 96 St. all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c 88 92 St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.a. St 107 - 109 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO lO5 107 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 19 20 61 64 Cork &Bandon 51 P.c a --id 64 all DundecPerth&Aber deen Junction 6k 6# 31 all EastAnglian (X 31.05) 6 per cent 4 41 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent 5 51 7# 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. ct 1 —11 p 6 all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1# —2k p 6 all Do., No. 2 ........ - 2 p 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St l4l —15 i 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts — 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 51 per cent 34 3A St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent — St. 100 Great North , ' sp. e l2B 130 St. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem , at 10 p. c. pram. 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths si 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6 74 St. 100 G. West. fixed 41 p c lO3 104 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, k d —. llm l St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock 149 151 St. 100 London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a — Bt. 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. ...... St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 154 157 50 5 London & S.Western, Con. Thirds 3A 4 12A 121 LondondeiTy& Coler 1 Shares ...... 10 11 12/ all Londy. & Ennis. I . Sh 13 14 25 all Manch.,Shef.,& Lin., 1 Shares, No. 1 8 9 81 10 all Do. Now, £lO lOl 104 6 3 Do., 26. .... . ... p 12. all Marypt. d;Carl. 4p. c. 12. all Do. 41 per cent...—. 12 10/ 4 Do.. — St. 100 Mid. Cousol. 6p. c. St. ... St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent l5O 152 161 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent par 4 p St. 100 Norfolk Extension ll4 11rx St. 100 Do. Pref. 51 per et llB 122 St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c St. 100 North British 20 all North Staffordshire 251 261 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 15 15 Do —l 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lOl —10 a 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 17.4 18 10 10 Do. 5 per cent — 1 p 25 all South Devon l4 15 10 14 Do. Now par— P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 25 261 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 191 201 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. id par Et. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 101 103 102 1 7 SDo — 51 25 10 York& N. Midland H sez S. Purch par P Par 1 pl FOREIGN. - 3 - utcrerp&Rotterdarn 1- 4 — 1 cll ,Blieelzigeiaras t E o a jl t •a n i . ss j e u s n sa c C 1 , (1 Charleroi & E rquel i n 14 1 Dijon a n dß esancon par— . 0 Dutch Rhenish 2— V 1 East Indian 5 0 /1 3 Do. Extensio n ... 1 /P Gt. Indian Peninsula 18 ihp Gd. June:;. of Prn.ncl Gt. Western of Canacla Shares ..... p Lucca & Pistoja 5 P.C pref f me mbou g Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) f .. Duyoo.n6sPi cmLediplieerran r am dix &.. id r 4 .4 - 4 2FI iu ',crest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPrei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasboml ParisCaen di Cherbrg. luebec & Richmoni Rotten and Havre.., Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse 4th-Eastrn. of Franc( southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. S L I -,, per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerlank 7i 7i i 6 a.:si 14 --15 8 9 12 6 —4 416 i 11 — 43 3a - 361 4 5 ad par 19 20 - p lt d 8 5 p ip 41 41 di g 3 2 2 1401114dilettletssolLIIII I xd xd PC SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. RAILWAYS. Easiness done this day. 26 - 26 - 51 - 5i 9i 9 - 7 20 - 22 • 134 - 24 (1 100 -- 101 674 - 68 21 - 22 194 - 2041 ii --- ip 8 - 9 3i l 4 12t - 13 .• ••• 8 • --81 711 - 721 50 - 54 70 - 72 29 . = ii 4 . 8 -- 85 53 -- 55 133 - 135 107 -- 109 881 891 7 -- 74 100 -- 103 16i -174 p 76 -- 77 41 -44 d 3t -- 3 d 144 -- 154 - 9 1i —2 pad 103, 4 , 1G4. - 2 114 t 1154 2hp 1 —14 p 89 90 , 5?" 4id 44 3ict 11 13 18 20 284 294 --a 70t- 71 40 42 1 53 56 #- 4n 5 4d 2i - 3 8 9 49 51 - 2 d . 324 —33 i •• • •-.. .gct 8 St ... - ... PI 48i - 41 92 - 94 58 - 62 55 - 60 65 -- 70 11 idis 17 -- 19 9 -- Oh 13 -- 14 3h 34d 19 -- 20 70h -- 71 35 -- 364 13 -- 14 23 - 25 2 - 141 - 154 - 9 t, - 32 9 - 104 68 69 8 7d 21 20 58 59 100 t 4 !Aberdeen ....... .....7 Axabg. Nottng. Bost & Bastn. _ _ Birmni. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley _ _ Birkenhd. Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20......... Bristol & Calodonian Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin &Belfast June. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ....... ....... 'East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.)..... Do., (£lB E. & H.).. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Do., d 0... . ... --- Do., B. & C ...... .... East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. p,nd Peebles Edinb.Prth &Divide, Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Stb. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do. , Thirds....— ..... Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western' Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h..M&8...0 London & S.Western Do., • Do., £4O. ...... Lundrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Nanch.SAef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. U.l. Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares ..... Newcastle 6i Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.drHtfd Newry di Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor N0rf01k......... ...... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. 2....... ..... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland 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 Ea5tern......... South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. ....... ....... Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford... ..... York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 25 25 St. 50 50 161 St. 19i all DI 100 114 all all all 100 42 34 100 , 100 471 100 4A 17 72 all 100 all 3 100 50 25 [OO St. 100 100 100 100 6 all 100 all 15 10 20 20 20 34 3 85i 52i 1331 89 8i 761 pm 114 114 15 891 i 701 i 701 i rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1853, 1 all Agua Fria -$ —14 p 1» all Anglo Aui,Lrin. Gold 4 d pai I.1?s. all, Anglo Californian p , 2 Australasian d par 20j. 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold d 1 all Ave Maria — gd 1 ? all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) d p ar 1 all British 2_ listen. Gold d 20 13.5 Bri;;ish Iron 35 241 BrazilianlmP.(issued at X 5 pro. 4 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 3 i 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 331 341 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 5 1 Colonial 15 Co )iapo 60 104 111 St. all Copper Min. of Eng —7o 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 7 8 p 5 all English and Austria Copper Smeltg.Co 2 -- lAd 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein $ $ r 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathursi; 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 3 - 8 $ 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn 7 8 1 all New Granada par— 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 p 11 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip — par 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all RI- J mney Iron 15 15 Do. New 7 - 9 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 5 1 all South Australian par 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican 3i 44 1 all Waller 4d par 1 all West Granada d 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 794 804 bonus 50 all British N. American x d 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, - Australia, & China 1 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Comm r•cial of Lond — 20 10 English Scoaish and Australian id 4 p 20 122 Lond. Char. Bk. of Australia l4 1i p 50 20 Londo n and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — ~„ 100 20 Lond. & Westminster —23 A 20 2 Loadon Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland — x d 25 all Oriental Bank of Co:poration 4B 50 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland xd & bon 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Austrain.Bkg & Gold Imn Co 4 dis— par 25 all South Australia 45 —47xd x all 25 all Union of A uszalia 794 —86 A ... 22 Do. New B4 50 10 Uniou of Lor.dol 40 all Union of Madrid...... MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables in to-day's market were very extensive, yet the demand ruled steady, at our quotations. The imports from the continent have been very liberal. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Od to 8s Od each ; ditto colonial, is to 3s Gd each ; green gage and Orleans plums (foreign), 3s Gd to 4s Od per basket ; hot-house grapes, 3s to 6s; Hambro ditto, Os to Os Od per lb ; apples, dessert, 10s 0(1 to 15s Od ; cooking ditto, Os to 008 per bushel ; pears, Os Od to Os per dozen ; lemons, is to 2s Od ; oranges, 4s to I.os per 100 ; pomegranates, Od to Od each ; almonds, 5s per peck ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bushel ; cob-nuts, s per 1001bs. chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; straw berries, 4d to is Od per pottle ; peaches and nectarines, 8s to 10s per dozen ; apricots, 4s to 6s per dozen ; melons, 3s to 8s each ; cherries, 2d to is 6d per lb. ; gooseberries, 2s to 3s 6d per bushel ; currants, 2s 6d to 5s Od per half sieve. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages, Gd to is Od ; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 3s to 6s ; greens, 2s 6d to 4s Od per dozen bunches; broad beans, is Gd to 2s Od per half sieve ; French beans, Gd to is Od per 100 ; asparagus, Is to 4s per bundle ; sea-kail, Os Od to Os Ocl per basket ; rhubarb, 3d to Os 6d per bundle; cauli flowers, is Gd. to 4s per dozen ; potatoes, old, 80s to 120 s ; per ton; ditto, new, 8s Od to 21s Od per cwt. ; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od; carrots, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to is 6d each ; celery, 9d to is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; old onions, 6s Od to lOs Od per bushel ; young do, 4d to 6d per bunch ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ; garlic, 6d to Bcl per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet; horse-raddish, is Od to 38 Od per bundle ' • mushrooms, is 6cl to 2s Od per pottle ; parsley, 3s Od to 4s Od per dozen bunches ; turnip greens, is •3d to is 6d per bushel ; beet, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; le!::,uces ' 6d to 8d per score ; radishes, 6d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 6s Od to 8s Od per dozen ; mint, 3d to 5d per bunch.__ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat •on the woolsack at five o'clock. Some considerable time was taken up with a discus sion on a technical point connected with an Estate Bill, about which there was a dispute as to whether the standing orders had been complied with. The point in volved in the discussion was of no interest whatever to the general reader, LAW OF EVIDENCE. Lord BROUGHAM complained of the treatment which his bill had met with in another place for the amendment of the Law of Evidence. The bill was in troduced last November, and their lordships gave it a second reading in March, and referred it to the select committee. After it came out of that committee, it was re-considered, and ultimately passed by their lordships. The principal object of the bill was -to correct an omission in the Law of Evidence Act, and to enable a husband and wife to give evidence in civil actions. The bill was sent down to the other house on the 6th of June, and there it had slept ever since without any step being taken about it, thus leaving the circuits to commence without suitors having the benefit of such an important change in the law. So far as Scotland was concerned the change had taken place, having been accomplished by a separate bill ; and they were now in this anomalous state, that they had one law of evidence in England and another in Scotland. The LORD CHANCELLOR could assure his noble and learned friend that no one could more regret the delay which had taken place in the passing of the bill than he did, but lie could at the same time tell his noble and learned friend that no disrespect was meant to him in the delay. The Common Law Commissioners de voted a good deal of attention last winter and early in the spring to the mode of procedure in our courts of law ; and it was at his own re commendation that his noble and learned ; !friend consented to abandon his measure on the subject, and confine his bill to evidence given by husband and wife, It seemed, however, that the Common Law Commission ers had prepared a bill which embraced precisely the same principle, and the delay arose from a desire on the part of the Government, to inquire fully into the merits of that measure, which was a bill ofmore than 200 clauses. He had, however, recently seen his hon. and learned friend the Attorney General on the subject of his noble and learned friend's bill, and he had now reason to hope the bill would receive the attention of the other house in the course of a few days. Lord CAMPBELL said owing to the want of this bill there had been a failure of justice in many cases, and he was glad to hear that there was now a disposition to press it forward elsewhere. The subject then dropped. reward were paid to the sailors in these cases ought to be provided by the country. After a few words from Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. G. HUDSON opposed the amendment. The committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority 20 131 -111 The clause was then agreed to as were also the re maining clauses of the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a bill for the remission of the Consoli dated Annuities in Ireland. The house then adjourned until six o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock. SAVINGS' BANKS. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY gave notice that, upon Mon day next, he would put a question to the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, is order to ascertain whether any of the money lodged in savings' banks had been invested in Ex chequer-bills ; and if so, to what amount and under what circumstances. ACCOMMODATION OF ASSISTANT-SURGEONS the Irish law officers came to that decision, approved of their decision. The Government, therefore, did not intend now to institute any further proceedings in the matter. The course suggested by the hon. gentleman ought to be taken long ago, so that th ese rev , gentlemen might be prosecuted at the next assizes. If they decided on prose cuting no legal proceedings could be taken till next spring, so that they would be prosecuting in 1854 for transac tions that took , place i n 1852 . (Rear, hear.) But it might be said, prosecute for the sake of example." Well, another election had taken place for the same county, where these transactions complained of took place —the same candidates stood, and the election passed off in perfect tranquility, and no complaints had been pre ferred against the conduct of any person, whether lay or clerical. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, a prosecution was not necessary for the sake of example. If he were asked, "Do you concur in condemning the conduct which these rev. gentlemen pursued? He must say that he did ; and such was the opinion of her Majesty's Government when they expressed their wish that a prosecution should take place. But when he said that, he did not think that their conduct —reprehensible as he considered it to be —was in such marked contrast to the conduct of the Roman Catholic clergy generally in Ireland as to make it fit that these two clergymen should be selected for punishment. (Opposition cheers.) However reprehensible their conduct, it did not stand so prominently forward "that they should be picked out and made the subject of legal proceedings. (Hear, hear.) He was bound in all sincerity to say that the con duct of the Roman Catholic clergy from some of the high est to the lowest rank, was such as to give great pain to all those who wished to see the ministers of religion, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, retain that respect and reverence which was essential to the due discharge of their sacred calling. (Hear, hear.) Things had b e en said and done by the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland which, if said and done by the Protestant clergy in this country, would have raised an outcry from the Land's End to John o'Groats. (Hear, hear.) But then, on the other hand, there were circumstances in the crisis of the last election, which, although they did not in the least justify the con duct of the Roman Catholic clergy, offered some palliation of it. There was a great political crisis which they looked upon as a religious crisis, for they were threatened with the withdrawal of the endowment of Maynooth, and they anticipated, though erroneously and unjustly, that the party then in power would use that power against the liberties which were given by former acts of Parliament to the Roman Catholic subjects of the Queen. Some allow ance should be made on this account for the excitement of the Roman Catholic clergy. But he would abjure the house to draw the veil of oblivion over these transactions, and not to rake up ktnimosities which he hoped had passed away for ever. (Hear.) He therefore hoped that the de bate would not be continued any longer, because he was afraid, if the discussion went on, things would be said which would have a mischievous effect both in England and Ireland. (Hear.) He would then ask the house to pass on to the more practical business of legislating for their distant dominions in India—(hear)—hoping that a better time would come, when both clergymen and laymen, priests and landlords, would agree to allow elections to be carried on with a more free exercise of choice, and more in har mony with the spirit of the constitution. (Hear.) Mr. HUME said that he was very much afraid the noble lord would find himself disappointed in the hope that free dorn'of election would henceforth be permitted to be exer cised, either in England, Scotland, or Ireland, without the intervention of party spirit, and intimidation of one kind or other. The people of Ireland asked for the ballot to put 'an end to such intimidation, and he would advise the noble lord and his colleagues to try that remedy. (Hear.) The noble lord blamed the Roman Catholic clergy, but he (Mr. Hume) might with equal justice blame the Protestant clergy, who interfered with elections as much as the Roman Catholic clergy, though perhaps not so openly and directly. The clergy on both sides had a perfect right to interfere if they did so in a proper and fair manner. The legislature could not prevent such interference, but if the noble lord really wished to see interference put an end to, he would give the people the ballot. (Hear, hear.) After a few words from Col. N ORTH M r . Sergeant SHER, and Mr. Mums, Lord J. RUSSELL rose for the purpose of asking the house whether it was desirable that this discussion should be any longer upon the formal motion of the adjournment of the house till Monday. (Hear, hear.) The question had been brought forward and answered, the two learned gentlemen had expressed their views upon it, and as it was not possible to come to any other result than the agreeing to the motion for the adjournment of the house till Monday, he trusted that they might be allowed to turn their atten tion to the more practical business of legislating for the people of India. (Hear, hear.) The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill. On clause 10, providing that directors appointed by her Majesty should be eligible to seats in Parliament, Viscount JOCELYN moved an am en d men t, giving the Crown the power of removing any director, on address from either house of Parliament, declaring that his object was to prevent the directors from being ever actuated by party spirit. Sir C. WOOD admitted that it was most desirable that the directors should be as independent as possible. Taking the words of the act, with respect to judges, " quanidirt se bene gesserint," ha had endeavoured to use the best English form for the purpose of providing that the directors should continue in office as long as they did their duty. The words which he had adopted were, in fact, borrowed from the County Courts Act. Mr. HUME said this clause was a most important one, and should be well considered. He recollected a noble lord's being removed from the Government for having voted for the repeal of the duty on barley in Scotland ; and it was impossible to say that the proposed power of re moval would not be exercised in a similar spirit. He had no hope that any suggestion of his for the amendment of the bill would be attended to ; otherwise, ho would., sug gest that the removal of the six nominees ought to be made to rest with the proprietors, in order to prevent the ano maly of different rules being applied to persons holding the same situation. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE said every statesman of emi nence had been of opinion that the great evil to be got rid of was the power of the Court of Proprietors. As the clause tended to diminish that power he should vote for it ; but if the noble lord pressed his amendment to a division, he should also vote for that. Sir H. MADDOCK said, what the hon. member for Montrose suggested was so utterly repugnant to reason that he trusted the committee would not assent to it. He was not aware of any instance in which a director had been displaced from office by the proprietors. It should be borne in mind that hitherto few directors had had seats in that house, and he did not think the number at all likely to be increased. The independance of the directors could only be secured by limiting, as far as possible, the range of se lection, and he should. hereafter propose an amendment for the attainment of that object. Mr. E. ELLICE (Coventry) thought the committee was involved in considerable difficulty through the course pur sued by the Government. The Government, jealous of the Court of Directors, thought their object could only be attained by nomination from the Crown ; while some hon. members were of opinion that the best course would be to give to the directors themselves, or at least to three fourths of their number, the election of persons in the same category as those from which the Crown was to make its nomination, reserving to the Crown a veto. There was a great constitutional objection to giving to six persons no minated by the Crown, the right to a seat in Parliament, but the amendment of the noble lord did not moot the case, .and therefore he must vote for the clause. Mr. OTWAY did not much value the Court of Direc tors, but as long as they remained he should wish to see them independent. If, therefore, the noble lord pressed his amendment, he (Mr. Otway) must support it. Lord J. RUSSELL thought it was essential that mem bers should not go to the division under the impression that these appointments were to be held during pleasure. The words misbehaviour" and " inability" had already received a legal interpretation in an act of Parliament, but independently of that, it would be quite impossible to re move a director merely for giving a hostile vote. If a director should be convicted iu a court of law of taking a bribe in the disposal of his patronage, or, if his inability should be proved, then the Crown would have power to remove, but that was totally .distinct from a power de pending merely on will or discretion. Mr. DANBY SEYMOUR said that after what the noble lord had just said, he (Mr. Seymour) did not see how he could oppose the amendment. Tho superior judges could only be removed on address from both houses, and he did not see why these gentlemen should not have equal protection. The clause put them on a level in this particular with the judges of the County Courts, whereas, in his opinion, their position would be more important. Sir C. WOOD said he had inserted in the clause the same words in English which in Latin formed the tenure of the higher judicial appointments. Mr. ELLIOT feared that the effect of the clause would be to make the nominated directors completely dependent on the Minister of the day. Lord J. RUSSELL feared that the bearing of the clause was not understood. The elected directors would be re • movable by the proprietors, and why not the no minated .tec directors removable by the Crown ? Besides, the appoint ments would be for six years, end it was very improbableie that any President of the Board of Control would in office all that time. After an observation from Mr. ELLIOT and Mr. CATLEY respectively, Mr. COBDEN said that in his opinion the expediency of the amendment of the noble lord would depend on the fate of the following clause, which gave the nominated directors a right to sit in that house. If they were to sit in that house, the more independent they were made of the Crown the better ; if not, he thought the best way would be to have the responsibility of their appointment and re tention with the Ministers of the Crown. Mr RICH said that his experience of Parliament taught him that whenever proceedings were to be taken against an individual, especially if that.individual where a mem ber, Parliament invariably flinched from the duty. He should, therefore, prefer to have the power of disidace ment in the hands and oil the res).onihilitv cd" - ministers. III:II:HT was alemi, ni,,re an;end meet ie' ‘I I:NI A N iof.olue,l hi, , that, the limo- Ic.d by. • Mr. BRIGHT then expressed his intention to support, the amendment of the noble lord, and if that motion should be lost to move the rejection of the clause. Mr. MANGLES was understood to support the clause. Lord JOCELYN said, he had heard nothing to justify him in withdrawing his amendment. Mr. V. SMITH doubted whether the proposed amend ment would make the nominee directors more independent. It would be better to leave the matter in the hands of the Crown than to compel the Minister, when a director be came incapable, to ransack all his infirmities, as the ground of an address to the Crown for his removal. (Hear.) The house then divided — For the amendment Against it Majority 43 90 -47 Mr. BRIGHT then moved the rejection of the whole clause, on the ground that it would be im proper to have in that house six persons nominated by the Government, and who would be at the beck of the Government, and holding situations with good salaries and an immense patronage. The number of nominees fixed upon was only six,, but that number might hereafter be multiplied, and. a proportionate addition made to the 35 placemen which the ministers could at present muster on any occasion when their assistance was re quired, without taking • into consideration the great many other members who, though not holding places, were equally subservient to the powers that be. lie thought that, if these persons were allowed t sit in that house, their services in Leadenball-street would be rendered much less useful, while in Parliament they could never maintain the position of independent member,. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible that they should forget who had appointed them, or with whom lay their re-elec tion, and the consequence would be, that the seat of a nominee in the Court of Direction would be converted into a political office, under the Government of the day. Sir C. WOOD said that he could not agree with the re proaoblul tom of "ploomon," which had been applivd. to Ulm geritaglgiil. 110 could uotj °out:olv° thilt. • - -- - any one considered the class of persons from which these gentlemen were to be selected, he could think that they at all belonged to the category of those who were members of the Government, and who were appointed to office, because they were the political supporters of that Government. That was not, however, the character of the men, and it was a total abuse of the term to call them " placomen." As to the honourable member's observation, with reference to what he considered the large number of placemen who held seats in that house, he (Sir C. Wood) could only say, that within his experience, the number of those placemen holding seats had been reduced by some 5 or 6, and lie did not think, therefore, that there was any ground for the apprehension that the introduction of these nomi nees into Parliament, assuming that they would not be in dependent, could give the Government such an overwhelm ing numerical strength in that house as the hon. member anticipated. He wished to call their a,ttention to what the class of persons was from which these nominees were to be selected. They would be persons who had returned from service in India, after a residence there of, perhaps, some 30 or 35 years, and who, so far from being accustomed to bow to the beck of a government, had been themselves the inde pendent rulers of countries hardly inferior in extent to this kingdom. Was it likely, then, that such persons— greatly experienced and advanced in years—brought up as they would have been in the Indian school, where they were trained to the exercise of power and authority, and where they acquired an independence of character and spirit--wa s it likely that they could be treated by any government as placemen ; or that they would submit to such a species of control from the Government, or from any other body in that house ? (Hear, hear.) It was impro bable that th ese gentlemen would be induced to support the Government, which had nominated them, in order to insure their re-election on the expiration of the period of six years, which w as a ll o tt ed for their term of office, since the likelihood would be that, at the end of that period, there could be a change of Government—(hear, hear)—and there would be no dishonourable motive which could operate with these gentlemen in their conduct in that house. (Hear, hear.) He could hardly perceive how the independence of these gentleme n cou ld b e at all risked by their holding seats in that house, and it could not be denied that they were the most fitted persons to take part in any deliberations which affected the administration of Indian affairs. He considered, therefore, that, looking at the character of thesngentlemen, .the situation in which they would be placed, and the position which they would fill, they could not be in any respect obnoxious t o th e charge of being placemen, or of being in any way depon. dent on the Ministry which had appointed them. (Hear.) Mr. COBDEN thought this was by far the most important clause in the bill. With reference to what the right hon. gen tleman had said, he would observe that they did not wish to deprive constituencies of the power of electing any can didate who might be considered eligible. But what he contended for was this, that gentlemen who were nomi nated to sit on the Board of Directors, should make their selection, and confine themselves either to that house or to the board. In the United States of America the constitu tion prohibited any man, who held an office of emolument, from having a seat in Congress at all. If it be true that there was already a vast amount of work to be done by the Board of Directors, the fair argument then was, that the directors, who would be nominated by the Crown, would have enough to do without being engaged in that houso. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, it was impossible that the members of that house who had no other duties to attend to could perform their work efficiently in the house. Would any roan then tell him that any person could properly attend to his Parliamentary duties, and at the same time could efficiently do his duties in Leadenhall-street, for which he was paid, in addition to a right of patronage. (Hear.) The point they were now deciding upon, was what broke up the Government of Mr. Fox—namely, the patronage of India, and he could say they would be wanting in that jealousy which distinguished their' forefathers, if they ad mitted into that house six men, or it might be ten men, dependent on the Ministers of the Crown. He therefore called upon the committee to oppose the clause. After a few words from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Sir C. WOOD, Lord STANLEY argued that the right hon. gentleman's argument in favour of the independence of his placemen contradicted itself. India was no longer a place for amassing fortunes at once, and gentlemen who went there generally returned, not advanced in life and perfectly inde pendent in situation, but under 50, and in circumstances that would induce them to keep their re-appointment in view, and so render them subservient to the party which appointed them. On these grounds he objected to the bill. In ordinary circumstances, therefore, you would have the nominee swayed by feelings of gratitude to the Minister to whom he owed his appointment for some considerable period after that event ; and again, governed by analoganalogous feelings for a considerable period before the expiration of their tenure of office, looking forward to a re-appointment by the same authority. But even if they were to enjoy entire independence, which yet he could not think was pos sible, he did not think it would in that case be desirable that these gentlemen should have seats in the house. For, in order to have things go on smoothly in an executive office, it was not expedient to have those who filled that office putting themselves in opposition to the Government ; he could not think anything could be more inconvenient. (Hear, hear.) He wished the house to suppose that a great. question of Indian policy should come on, such, for instance, as the Affghan war —say some two years afterhe had secured hisappointment as a director, and whilst he had a seat in the house. It would be possible for him to resign his seat either in the house or at the board, but no man can tell him that he would vote without embarrassment or that he would find it very easy to act upon his convictions, and vote against the Minister to whom he owed his appointment. Again, they could not say that the exclusion of these gentlemen would be any infringement upon the rights of the electors; in deed, the argument had no application to the case. Let them take a parallel instance. Any mercantile company taking an agent, say, into their employment, had,a perfect right to say that, as they paid handsomely, they expected the whole of his time, and make it a condition that they should not accept a seat in Parliament. That was a con dition which they had a perfect right to make, and there could be nothing in the case of the Government to deprive them of the same right. There was one more argument : it was said that it would not be worth the while of those who had been high office in India, but had come home, and others of the same class, to accept seats at the board if a condition were annexed excluding them from Parlia ment. On the contrary, he believed that they would find that, even for the terns of years proposed, these seats would be objects of ambition to the persons contemplated by the Government, and that they would be much competed for by persons who had been in the Indian service. But in case it were so, that having made the experiment they should afterwards find that they could not get the class of persons contemplated for these offices, the remedy of the plan lay in increasing the salary, and otherwise rendering the plan more eligible—but it was not desirable, in order to attain an end attainable in any other way, to render the danger of corruption more imminent in the house by giv ing seats in Parliament to the six nominees of the Crown. Sir J. W. HOGG, after referring to the argument which the noble lord who had just addressed the house had used on a former debate, said he would entreat the house to consider how they would defeat the measure by pursuing tbo course which had been proposed. If hon. members once created the impression abroad that those men we to be the mere nominees of the Crown, men of high princi pies would not accept the office. (Hear.) He was himself opposed to the principle of nomination, but the house had adopted it, and his desire now was to see it work well. (Hear, hear.) If, then, they asserted that these men were to be at the beck of the Minister, and that at the same time they wore sent into the Board of Directors they were to be refused seats in that house, they would find it diffi cult to obtain independent-minded men to accept the office. (Hear.) Throughout the whole of the service in India every man felt himself to be identified with the public ser vice ; and lie thought the same thing would occur with the men sent into the Court of Directors. (Hear, hear.) He could assure the hon. members for Manchester and the West Riding that they were right in their estimate of the labour performed by the Court of Directors. With refe rence to what had been said about admitting those nomi nees to seats in that house, h e wou ld observe that, although the Board of Directors consisted of 30 members, at no time bad there been more than seven of the directors in Parlia ment ; and he believed that of the six nominees not more than one would obtain a seat in that house. And he would say to hon. members not to agree to a course which would place the other directors in a better position than those who would be nominated by Government. (Hear.) Mr. M. GIBSON said they had heard a good deal of the , devotion of the directors to the interests of India, the de . votion of the whole of their time and the whole of their mind, and he was induced to ask, if that were the cm?, than attend the bus busi ness e s roe of t t h h e e i r h time ? wa mr s w h h a lc c h o t u h li e l y th co ey uld do d m ev o o r t e e to the circular of the Minister, and come down to th e house with their votes at the service of the Government, ? The question had been treated in language that almost assumed that there was a kind of Roman virtue abroad in these days, such as made any precautions as to the compo sition of the house unnecessary. Why did the President of the Board of Control not raise the question broadly and directly, by bringing forward the st a t u t e o f A nne for the . purpose of repealing ? They would then be fairly dealt with by the Minister, which they were not when it was proposed to i epeal a statute of such importance by a clause in a bill like thi.. The right' hon. gentleman then re ferred to the 25th clause of the 6th Anne, c. 7, which pro hibited all who held any new office created since the act from sitting in Parliament, and returned to the present composition of the house under this bill. First, they had the President of the Board of Control, then two secretaries and six nominee directors, or, in other words, six under secretaries ; in fact, this department of India would be re presented by nine individuals in the house, all holding office under the Crown. Was there any parallel to this ? By an Act of Parliament more than two under-secretaries could not sit in this house. But here were eight under secretaries connected with one department, and all to be in the house. It was the more important, as connected with the speech of the President of the Board of Control, who seemed to ignore the precautions of former days, as though it,wer, i0t0,7,k necessary to have safeguards as t., do. t.I lie said he mom vote ;hi. 1,1,1 J. 1:1,;i1.:1.1. did liai. in the least. wonder that theft: should he .aue jeatou§y iii , splayed at the introduc tion of six members into that house holding appointments to which they had been nominated by the Crown; but, at. the same time, it was rather extraordinary to find that those hon. members who displayed that jealousy were those who had been ready to leave the nomination of the six directors iu the hands of the Crown, and thus give more influence to the Government than they had hitherto pos sqbueawliefiaekde,ntehde, sessed. (Hear, hear.) No man could, he thought, deny that if out of the eighteen directors 't in Parliament and the twelve . chosen by the proprietors were permitted to position above them i t n h fl e n s e ix nc e e h o o f se t n ho b s y e t c h h e os C en ro b l y vn th i e ve c r r e o,o ts , O Crown N b v e ould i and the effect th e proprietors, and that was a course very those chosen by that taken by hon. members who opposed much opposed to would be to place in a fortnight ago. With regard to the broad this measure a principle proposed to be taken into con s id erat i on by the right lion. gen tleman the member for M a n c h ester, which `vas that th e exclusion of placemen from P ar li amen t , and the consideration of the necessity of repealing the sta tute of Queen Anne, it appearedto him that the right on. gentleman could not have read the act with care, or he would have perceived that it was nothing more than a com promise between the two great parties in that house. The 'Tory party had maintained that no person named. by the Crown to any appointment should be permitted to sit in Parliament, while the great Liberal party, adopting what. appeared to him to be a more reasonable view, said that there ought t o b e no restriction upon the right' of a con stituency to elect whomsoever they pleased, and that per sons holding office were as well entitled as any °tines to sit in that house. The principle was debated on the broad principle, and there seemed to be no likelihood of coming to an agreement till Mr. West suggested that a person holding office should vacate his seat, but be eligible fur re-election ; so that the act wa9 in point of fact a coi - hproudic, which Lad fur a bong time gone by the NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Geese, 4s Od to 6s 6d ; Turkeys, Os Od to Os each ; Ducks 2s Od to 3s 6d; tame Rabbits, ls 6d to 2s Od; wild ditto, 8d to is 2d; Pigeons, 6d to.9deach ; roasting Pigs,Os Od to Os Od each; Surrey Fowls, 6s 6d to 9s Od; ditto Chickens, 5s 6d t 3, 03 oa; batu-door Ftmlb, Jo Gcl to 6e Gcl par eouplo; Pheasants, Os Od to Os Od; Partridges, Os Od to Os Od; Hares, 2s Od to 2s 9d; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Grouse, Os to Os Od; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal, 6d to 9d; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9d to is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 7s 6d to Ss 3d; French ditto, 6s 6d to 7s Od per 120; fresh Butter, 10d to is id per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to 8d; of household ditto, sid to 7d per 4lb loaf. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s Od ; Veal, 32 8d to 48 _8(1; Pork, 3s Od to 40 Od per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 3s --- 11k - 1 ITlaton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s 0d to 12s Od ; Brills, Os Od to Os Od; Coil Fish, Os Od to Os each; Salmon, Os &I to Os 10d per lb.; Soles, 6d to 2s Od per pair ; Eels, 6d to is perlb ; Lobsters, 3d to 2s Od ; Crabs, 4d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 4s to 5s Od per doz.; Doreys, 2s 6d to lOs Od; Mullets, is to 5s each ; Common Oysters, 6s Od. to lOs Od; Natives, 36s Od to 42s Od per bsh.; Mackerel, 8d to 9d each ; Smelts, 6d to is 6dperdoz. Skate, 6a to 7d per ib; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s Od per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 2d per dozen; Fresh Herrings, 3s Od to 3s 9d per 100 ; Haddocks, 4d to Os 10d each ; Plaice, 5s to 8s per 100 ; Carp, is Od to 2s Od each; Tench, is Od to 2s Od per brace ; Gurnets, 6d to is Od each ; Halibut, 6d per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d per lb. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Cad; 641 b to 721 b, to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3cl; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 3id; 881 b to 961 b, Rd to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to fid ; 104. 1 9) to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 5s 6d to Gs Od; calf skins, light, is Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od; polled sheep, Os Od to 00s Od; gents, 9s Od to 108 6d; Half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Dowas, 6s Od to 8s Od; Lambs, 2s ld to 2s 8d ; and Shearlings, is 9d. to 2s 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, a' 5s to 4/ lOs ; clover, ditto, 4/ 5s to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ is to 1/ 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 51 8s ; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 15s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 41 8s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 14s ; per load. Trade steady, at late rates. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 16.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W. ; moderate breeze, and cloudy, with rain.—The Prince Al bert, of Gainsborough, capsized in a squall off Deptford, and sank ; master's wife and child drowned. COWES, July 15.—Wind, W.S.W., strong. Arrived— Memoria Parentum, Havannah; lonia, do. ; General Santa Cruz, Cuba. DEAL, July 15.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Leander, Bombay • Kalamazoo, Quebec. Arrived from the River —Earl gelkirk, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Countess of Yar borough, Port Philip • Fanny Adelaide, S.A. ; Victory, Calcutta ; Emanuel Boutcher , St. Vincent ; Celesta, Hon duras. July 16, 9 a.m.—Wind, S.W., blowing strong. Passed—Catherine Green, from St. Kitt's, for London ; Albion, Jamaica, for London ; Spartan, do. ; Samuel Bod dington, do. ; Camden, Quebec, for London ; Meander, Bombay, for London. FALMOUTH, July 15.—Wind, W.N.W., strong and s qua lly. Arrived—Pezano, Havannah ; Iris, do. ; Serene, do. ; Plata, Trinidad de Crba. Off Port—Pomona, Africa, for Cronstadt. PLYMOUTH, July 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrivedßos phoras (s), London, for Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, July 15.—Wind, W. by S. Arrived Vittoria, Sierra Leone ; Eletarna, Bremen, for Cadiz, with loss of starboard bulwarks from contact with the COnservative, from London, which lost cutwater, &c. LIVERPOOL, July 16, 10.30 a.m. Wind, S. Arrived— Mariner, from Maceio ; Shanghai, New Orleans • Dervi Wyn Hambnrgh . Off Port—City of Glasgow steamer, Phadelphia ; Ratner (s), Chariot of Fame, and Avon. YARMOUTH, July 1 5 . — The Queen, of London, for Arch angel, got on shore on Hasborough Sand, on the 12th inst., but got off and proceeded.—The Rose, of Stockton, is on shore at Palling. HARTLEPOOL, July 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—West Hendon, Quebec. SCARBOROUGH, July 15. —Wind, S. W. Arrived— Patriot, Quebec. BRISTOL, July 15.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Attica, Havanna,h. GRIMSBY, July 15.—Wind, W. Arrived—Wilmington, Shields, for Spalding; and the Cninbeiland, Seaham, for London—both leaky. BUENOS AYRES.—The accounts from Buenos Ayres throw no additional light on the prospects of the con tzuding parties in that Republic to relieve the anxiety of the bondholders. Some writers represent the citizens as likely to effect a sortie that would speedly rout the beSiegqrs, while others express apprehensions of the city being taken by an assault that would be signalised by plunder and massacre. Considerable dissatisfaction ap pears to have existed among the English merchants and foreign residents generally, in consequence of the Bri tish admiral on the station paying respect to the blockade established by Urquiza, inasmuch as it was declared to be wholly inefficient. Many persons were taking their departure for Monte Video and Rio, the former of which places was prospering from the confusion at Buenos Ayres. PRIVATE BILLS. A number of private bills were then read a third time and passed, including the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway, the Tralee and Killarney Railway, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Forth and Clyde Junction Rail way, and the St. Ives and West Cornwall Junction Railway Bills. THE INDIAN ARMY. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for copies of the oath taken by the directors of the East India Company—of the bye-law of the company prohibiting the directors from deriving pecuniary advantage from their patronage—of the bye-law preventing them from using their patronage as a remuneration for votes—of the establishment of a regiment of infantry in the service of the company, and the annual charge thereof—of the rules by which officers are appointed to the several ranks on the formation of a new regiment in the service of the company, and other returns relating to the charges for the Indian army. His object - in' moving for these re turns was to render the Government of India Bill as perfect as possible. He took the opportunity of stating the objections he had to the bill, which resolved them selves chiefly into a feeling against the powers g i ven t o the Crown, and into a strong objection to the contem plated increase in the Indian army. Earl GRANVILLE said that the increase of the In dian army was a measure approved of by Lord Dal housie, and other competent authorities. He would not, however, object to the production of the papers, which were ordered accordingly. POLLING AT ELECTIONS BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of the Polling at Elections Bill. The Earl of ABERDEEN suggested that as her Ma jesty's Government was pledged to bring forward a general plan of Parliamentary Reform next session, the bill should be withdrawn, on the understanding that its principle should receive careful, and, as he was then advised, favourable consideration from the Cabinet. Lord GREY, Lord WHARNCLIFFE, and the Marqdis of LANSDOWNE, having spoken in favour of the principle of the Bill, and Lord DONOUGHMORE having protested against its extension to Ireland, Lord SHAFTESBURY acted on Lord ABERDEEN'S sug gestion, and withdrew the measure. The Summary Jurisdiction Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed, The Pimlico Improvement Bill went through a com mittee. The Land Revenues (Ireland) Bill, and the Taxing Officers' Common Law Business (Ireland) Bill were seve rally read a second time. The Juvenile Mendicancy Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from ministers of the Gospel at Calcutta, of various de nominations, expressing their gratitude that so much had been done to dissociate the East India Company from all connection with idolatrous practices : but much remained to be done, as they had heard that another custom prevailed, by which, when the Governor-General or other officers of distinction Ns ere travelling through the country, offerings which were paid for out of the public purse were made to such shrines as they ap proached. These things were not stated in the Parlia mentary returns, and they prayed that a searching in quiry might be made into the allegations contained in the petition. On the motion of the noble earl the petition was re ferred to the select committee on Indian affairs, and their lordships then ajourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, commencing at clause 38. Mr. INGHAM moved an amendment to release ship owners from any claim for salvage in regard to services rendered by her Majesty's ships. There was a great distinction between the claim of a private merchant ship to be recompensed for such services, and that of a Queen's ship, the one went out of his way, lost his time—which to him was money—and exposed his vessel and his property to danger ; the other was in no way damaged by the loss of his time, for he was stationed there for that amongst other purposes, and the vessel and property risked were not his property but that of the country. England was the only country where such a claim could be supported by the officers and men of the national navy ; and even in England the case was quite different with regard to the army, for soldiers were frequently employed at fires, but no such claim for salvage in respect of property rescued was ever allowed to them. He wished it to be distinctly under stood that he spoke in no feeling of disparagement of the British navy, nor with any desire to take away from them the just reward of their gallantry and their services, but from a conviction that their recom pense should come, not from the damaged fortunes of shipowners, but from the Admiralty. Sir J. GRAHAM said that this question was one of great importance, as involving a fundamental principle of our national policy. It should be remembered that this right of salvage was a common law right of the British sailor, not emanating from any statutory enact ment, but immemorably, and, as it were, inhe rently, vested in him. The alterations now asked for amounted to a restriction of this common law right as against the seamen in her Ma jesty's navy, and in his opinion would cause great dissatisfaction both in the navy and throughout the country. He had himself given notice of a clause which would bar the claim of the crown, in respect of any loss or damage to her Majesty's vessels or property ; but the claim of the sailor for some compensation for the risk incurred by him was a right which he believed it would be as unjust as impolitic to in terfere with. In time of war there were two kinds of officers, the "come along" and the "go along;" the first always ready and zealous in the execution of their duty, and popular among their men ; the other classes excelled rather in what we might call piltdexce. He did not think shipowners would have anv hesitation in choosing Which of these two sorts of Y officers they would like to be at band, when a vessel of theirs was in distress. He firmly believed that such an alteration as was now proposed wou ld oTeativ increase the "go along" (lass, and that both lipoivners and insurers would greatly suffer in conse quence. By the regulations laid down by his predeces sor at the Admiralty, no officer was allowed to prefer a claim for salvage until be had reported the case to the admiral on the station, the case then came before the Board of Admiralty, and no claim was to be allowed without their permission. The question then resolved itself into this, whether the house would deny the sea men, who risked their lives for the public good, and for the salvation of life and property, the reward which was due to them. Whatever might be the feelings of th e men on the subject, he was quite certain that . the officers, if their claims were barred, would be slow to risk the lives of their men in such enterprises. Mr. HORSFALL expressed his entire concurrence in what had fallen from the right hon. gentleman opposite. On the part of the shipping interest, he repudiated any desire to take advantage of the assistance of her Ma jesty's ships and officers, without allowing a claim for remuneration for such services. Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR also repudiated, on the part of shipowners, any opinion-that the gallant dar ing of the seamen of her. Majesty's navy should not properly be rewarded. .Mr. MITCHELL cordially supported the amend ment of the hon. member for South Shields. Admiral WALCOT thought that the proper duty of the British Navy was to defend the mercantile marine from danger of attack by foreign enemies, but they were not bound to risk their lives to save merchandise and ships from destruction by storms._ Captain SCOBELL opposed the amendment. Mr. LIDDELL said the Shipowners' Association of Liverpool, was unanimously in favour of the salvage clauses of this bill without alteration. After a few words from Mr. JOIN MACGREGOR and Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. HENLEY expressed his opinion that whatever IN THE NAVY. Mr. BRADY asked the Secretary of the Admiralty if it was the intention of the Board of Admiralty to make any further provision on board her Majesty's ships for the better accommodation of the assistant-surgeons in her Majesty's navy, in accordance with a resolution passed by this house on the Bth of April, 1850? Mr. OSBORNE stated that in consequence of the reso lution of the Bth April, 1850, the Board of Admiralty issued a direction contained in circular 65, laid before the house, and dated 17th July, 1850, by which they had directed that assistant-surgeons who had served more than three years should be allowed to mess with the officers. Mr. BRADY thought that the first three years after completing their studies was precisely the time when young men ought to have the benefit of mixing with pro per society. He would, therefore, put the further ques tion, whether the Board of Admiralty intended to keep these young men, who had not served their three years, in their present position ? Mr. OSBORNE said that when these persons had passed their examinations, they would be conceded cabins where space permitted. CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICERS IN CANADA. Mr. HUME asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the navigation laws have been abolished, the custom-house officers in Canada, maintained at the charge of 1,7791. by the Imperial Government, are to be abolished ; and whether the duties required under the navigation and other laws cannot be performed efficiently by the Cana dian custom-house officers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that there was an error in the sum stated in the question put by the hon. member, for the amount involved in the charge for the custom-house in Canada was considerably larger than that stated in the paper. In reality, it amounted to about 13,000/., and that no doubt was what the honourable gentleman really referred to. In answer, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had to state that he had been occupied in examining the subject. (Hear, hear.) It was one which required some consi deration in detail, for there were still duties—such as those of a statistical kind—to be [discharged in the West Indies and in British North America by the Custom-house officers. A correspondence with the colonial authorities was now taking place upon the matter, and he trusted that in the end the Imperial Government would be relieved of the burden of this charge. DUTY OF SHIPS OF WAR TOWARDS MERCHANT SHIPS IN DISTRESS. Mr. HUME moved an address to her Majesty for a copy of the Ordinance of the French Government of the year 1827, article 100, respecting the duty of ships of war of France in giving assistance to merchant vessels in distress ; also, copy of or extract from the orders by the Secretary of Marine of the United States to the ships of war of that Republic, as regards their conduct and assistance towards merchant ships in distress. Sir J. GRAHAM had no objection to giving a copy of the Ordinance of the French government upon this subject. As to the order of the Secretary of Marine of the United States he had not a copy himself from which to furnish the hon. member. (Hear.) DRAINAGE (IRELAND). Col. DUNNE wished to ask the Under-Secretary to the Treasury, why a return relating to the Armagh and other drainages in the county of Galway (ordered May 30) was not been laid on the table of the house ; and to ask a sum lar question as to returns relating to the harbour of Tralee, also ordered May 30 ? Mr. WILSON said that the returns mentioned in the first branch of the hon. member's question had only arrived that day. As the hon. gentleman (Col. Dunne) might be aware, it was only recently that those matters of drainage had been under the control of the Board of Works for Ire land, hence there had been some difficulty in obtaining the returns. With regard to the second returns mentioned, they were so ext reme l y vo l um i nous, that time had not yet transpired to complete them ; they were, however, being proceeded with as speedily as possible. SUNDAY LABOUR IN THE POST-OFFICE. In answer to a question from Mr. Marrs, Mr. WILSON said that pursuant to tho recommenda tion of the commissioners for inquiring into Sunday-work at the Post-office, when an assistant was so employed that he could not attend Divine Service upon Sunday, an ar rangement had been made by which a substitute was pro vided in his stead every other Sunday, at the expense of the Government. OATHS TAKEN BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. Sir G. GREY said that without referring to what had taken place in former Parliaments, it was well known that a bill had been lately introduced for the purpose of remov ing the disabilities imposed upon persons of the Jewish faith by the oath to be taken by members of Parliament as it now stood. That bill, after receiving the assent of this house, had been rejected elsewhere. Subsequently a bill had been proposed in the other house of Parliament by a noble and learned lord (Lord Lyndhurst) of great weight and ability, the object of which was to simplify and alter the oaths taken by members. This bill, how ever, had not become law. The noble lord the member for the city of London (Lord J. Russell) had stated that it was not the intention of Government to bring the sub ject under the consideration of the house in any shape dur ing the present session. In that determination he (Sir G. Grey) perfectly concurred. He wished, however, to ask the noble lord—considering the unsatisfactory state of the law upon the subject—whether it was the intention of the Government next session to amend the law relating to this matter, either by a separate bill or by a provision in the bill which was to be brought in for the general amend ment of the representation of the United Kingdom. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the state of the law with respect to the oaths taken by members of Parliament was such that no one could consider it satisfactory. As the house was aware a trial had taken place upon the at tempt of a gentleman to take his seat without taking the oaths as they at present stood. One of the learned judges upon that trial declared that he thought that the oath could be well taken without the addition of the words "on the true faith of a Christian." Another learnedjudge stated that it would be much more, satisfactory if Parlia ment would settle this question, by declaring its opinion upOn the oaths. Since then the noble and learned lord (Lord Lyndhurst) to whom reference had been made, had proposed to the other house to put the law with regard to this question upon a better footing, but that proposal had led to no satisfactory result. He (Lord J. Russell) thought it was not advisable, considering the state of business and the vote of the other house, to bring the question forward again during that session. He should, however, certainly think it his duty to submit the question to the house in the next session of Parliament. Whether this were done in a separate bill or as part of a larger measure for amend ing the system of representation, he should not bring for ward a bill for the relief of the Jews specially, but to place the oaths taken by all members upon a simple footing, doing away with the ridiculous intolerance and practical absurdity at present existing. (Cheers.) TREATMENT OF PRISONERS AT BIRMINGHAM. Lord D. STUART wished to call the attention of the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the treatment to which prisoners had been subjected by the governor of the borough gaol at Birmingham. It ap peared that the noble lord had sent an inspector of prisons specially down to Birmingham, who had made a report upon the matter. His report stated that a great deal of cruelty had been exercised towards the prisoners. He (Lord Dudley Stuart) understood that a counter statement had been made to the noble lord (Palmerston), and he therefore now wished to ask him whether he was prepared to give any further information upon the subject? Lord PALMERSTON said it was quite true that in con sequence of representations made to him, he had caused this matter to be looked into and a report to be made. He would abstain from characterising the proceedings which were disclosed in that report further than to say that they appeared to him to have been perfectly illegal, and ex tremely cruel and unjust. He was about to submit a case to the law officers of the Crown, in order to ascertain what steps could be taken upon the subject. CONSOLIDATED ANNUITIES (IRELAND). Viscount MONCK asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether it was his intention to include in the remis sion of the Irish consolidated annuities the loans for which certain Irish proprietors rendered themselves personally liable in P 316-7, under pe authority of Mr. Labouchere's letter. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not enter into any statement of reasons in answer to the ques tion ; but had simply to say that the money to which the question had reference, and which was generally called the Labouchere letter money, was not included within the scope of the bill which he had that evening laid on the table for the remission of the consolidated annuities. He might further say that he did not knows any principle on which it would be possible to include that money which, if consistently carried out, would not lead them to the re funding. to every benevolent individual of all RAMS whereby out of their own private resoureeit, they relieved distress in Ireland. is l:L FlTZW11.1.1.t":11 A . ND ri NAL Mr. BRIGHT gave notice that, in pursuance of the statements and prayers of petitions which he had on former evenings presented from inhabitants of Peterborough, com plaining of the interference of Earl Fitzwilliam in elec tions for that borough, he would on Monday ne xt move for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the whole subject. He believed that h e would he able to make the motion the first thing on Monday, the petitions involving a question of privilege. THE SIX-MILE-BRIDGE AFFAIR. On the question that at its rising the house adjourn to Monday, Mr. MILES put the question of which he had given notice—Whether it is the intention of the Government to proceed against the Rev. John Burke and the Rev. Michael Clung., Roman Catholic prie4s, who have been reported by t i n h e of 2 2 election, day o f an election committee of this house—the for mer to have excited the people, and to have taken p art in the riot, and the latter to have e xcited the p eo p le to tak e part in the roit, which occurred at destroying SSix-mile 'nie ribdeg ;n oeln t •r j e t i l i l t y ler l e B (l s v 2 o , i l d vhi the which, by return of the two knights o f the shire, elected to serve in Parliament for the count B y of Clare at the general election of 1852. Lord PALMERSTON thought that he tmi h e without offence complain of the course which the hen. gentleman pursued on this occasion, because, havin g n , no tice of his intention to put a question, merely given he entered into the details, and opened an elaborate discussion on the It was said that it was a long l ane that had no end, subject' and he trusted that the longest brid ge , even the ix mile bridge, would come to some end. (Laughter.) The su bject hid of Parliament, been discussed many times in both houses and the decision of the h ouse had b e en taken upon it. Her Majesty's Governnieut had, as was known intended to institute a prosecutiOn for the conductin the Six-mile-bridge affair, and the Irish Govern pursued ment .was in formed that such was the desire of her Majesty's Govern ment. But the Irish law officers to which the Irish Government referred the matter, judged differently, and the Government, after cousideria g the grounds on which !OlISO" 101 l ig isterS d out rence ,on of -