The Sun. — London, England, 1853-07-22 00:00:00

.........,, , THE SUN , LON Di rrison of 800 • LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. t cl' MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL SIIARE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) importan . oceedings of INT E LLIGENCE. - - (THIS DAY.) -11, ) Leasing Closing Prices Busines -- O .—. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid Ramwa irs. Compans. Yesterday. this day. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. - . The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were Shr.. paid. RAILWAYS. Chsing Prices Business done St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 106 —lOB Yesterday. this day. of a project ecil ' estimated at 12,000 bales, of which 4,000 were • t taken for ex p(l, - , and speculation. The market .---- ---- 261 St. 100 `E Lincoln. gr. i 6 p. cent Gt.Northu 150 152 rtes from '• continued very animated, and Brazil were id. St,. 100 iberdeen 264 —26 i 25 all Ulstr.&Dn.Fr. Igt.Westn. 33 a i d x d don for the , 4t,,, So. dearer. The sales comprised 10,000 American, 20 8, tmbg. Nottng. Bost. 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. .. f rom ~... 4OO Pei nam and Maranham, at 6/d. to 7d. ; 200 ' and Eastn. Janet._ 51 5i Railway .....• & Berw.. ... ... mm Lucerne, l',' Bahia, aQI. ; 5)0 Egyptian, at 64d. to 9d. ; andso all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 112 114 rs a deputgi! 13 all is s irmi tou7v . a W ll:y lv . e .. r . h .... k . 91 - I° 4 25 all Do. i Shares. Do 56 57 its cl °" 700 Surat, at 31d. to 4/d. per lb. Railway Shares 31 r2B 3irkenhd. Laucsh. & before i A 12 all Do. i Shares. Do 274 28), were firmer,. Cheshire Juuct 9 7 dis idipg beyond'l2i all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 144 —14 t d There has be nan improved demand for most 27 all 30. chetik. & Birk., 20 all Do. Preference Do 26 27 £5O and £25 Cons. 20 22 articles of colin'al produce, and prices are well sus-St. 100 Lowestoft gr. tamed notwiths - aniline the inertness of speculation 2 s 2 t . 100181 Do., £20..... ..... ..... 31 —21 d per cent... Norfolk 10 1 3ristol and Exeter... 101 103 1011 2i St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do and the largeness of stocks. In articles used for without robrje, • St. 100 Jaledonian. 69 —69 A 9 5 all Manch.Baton. Ln.&N.W. g a royal °II manufacturing purposes there ...has been a good 50 all Mester & Holyhead. 22 221 and Matlock & Midld. 3 34 g diAt c, eed hom e bl sin 3se d one . Suar has been in moderate re - 50 p L'ork and Bandon... 20 21 50 a ll 111iddlesbro' & Stckton & establisigneot el ginew,, and in e,f e), except Native, purchases to a 20 all Cork, Black, & Pass. ••• •.• Redcar . Darlingt. ... ... 50 45 )üblin&BelfastJur c. 2A —31 p 100 all :llidld.BraAlfd. Midland lO6 108 108 c ingdoilh, i t i fair extent hay) been made. Tea is less wanted, 25 all Dundee Perth&Aber- 50 all Northern and ,t 42i ; tL e , it and tallow is cheaper. Rice, cotton, and saltpetre 8 9 Do. New e J w unction Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 65 67 ie first Cl"" are steady. Rum has been active. Scotch pig 2 5 all ... ... 50 all Do. 6 per et I Do • ••• iron has advanced. Colonial wool goes off rather 25 all cast Ang1ian......... 51 5 i 51 50 all Do. Fixed sp. c , Do ... • heavily but indigo proceeds briskly. ) 13 all 30., (Xl3 E & 10_ 3 2 4 0 11 Accounts from New Brunswick report the fol- 7 0 all .:astern Counties 124 —13 h 25 all Prost. &WyrelL a tlS & . y W k . ... _ ... 50 person v lowing progress of the railway surveys : St. all ',astern Union, A 121 I_l 2 Do. 1 Shares. haven, of "' Stock "We learn from a gentleman just come from the St. 100 Do ,B. Stock 33 35 St. 100 Do.Shcpth.St. Do l5l 153 Bend (Mr. A. Wright), that Mr. Giles and his staff of 25 84 Do . Now A -- - • .„ ...... ••• •" •• 25 18a Shef. Roth. & Laneash.& ins a letter 500 engineers are actively engacred on the railway between St 100 ilast Lancashire 721 7:3 Goole g .5. p. e Yorksh.. ... - ... The conl l ' ij . f the Bend and Shediae, and that a gang of over 60 men * ilast &West Ind. Dk l2 01 S. Staftordsh.. MrMClean 14 —id 81 i tbours• nl4 are now actually employed making clearances along the 50 all & Birming. June 5O 54 r 50 all WearVallcygr Stoat. & ibuted es re e j! route, &c. It is expected that the line will be located St. 100 Ediub 6 per cent ... Darling. ... ... . be empld ,c 3 in a week or ten days, the surveys being now almost 10 1? Sdinb u . and Pee bl es 2971* —: 7:3 1. 73 25 all Do Do 32 33 ;en, and tt . completed, when from five to six hundred men will at St. 100 Edin.Prth.&Dundee St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Wcstu lO3 —lo4xd 104 a d her point 0 !:, once be set to work. A number of the French inhabi- St 100 Glaso•ow&S Western ••• —••- ~....... 5 5 6 7 87 6i 711 t played in fug St. are anxiously waiting for the commencement of lOO. Great Northern Stk. 86 . St. LOO Do., A. Stock l2zl -'I atl VIA MINES. There has be( n an improved demand for most articles of colinnl produce, and prices are well sus tained notwiths - anding the inertness of speculation and the largeruss of stocks. In articles used for manufacturing purposes there ...has been a good br sin3ss done. Sugar has been in moderate re ilnes`, and in c e), except Native, purchases to a fair extent hav been made. Tea is less wanted, and tallow is cheaper. Rice, cotton, and saltpetre are steady. Ruin has been active. Scotch pig iron has advanced. Colonial wool goes off rather heavily, but indigo proceeds briskly. Accounts from New Brunswick report the fol lowing progress of the railway surveys : "We learn from a gentleman just come from the Bend (Mr. A. Wright), that Mr. Giles and his staff of engineers are actively engaged on the railway between the Bend and Shediac, and that a gang of over 60 men are now actually employed making clearances along th e route, &c. It is expected that the line will be located in a week or ten days, the surveys being now almost completed, when from five to six hundred men will at once be set to work. A number of the French inhabi tants are anxiously waiting for the commencement of operations on a large scale, ready to be employed, and willing to work, when they are sure of cash payments. The men now employed are paid five dollars a Week, paid weekly in cash—a novel mode of payment in that district. The wages were thought too small at first ; but the men, after some hesitation, accepted them, with the understanding that afte r th e first month each man w as to be paid what he was thought to be worth." There are no later Australian arrivals. The con tinental letters are more favourable as to the weather and harvest prospects. The English stocks have been rather duller, and the decline in the quotations at Paris has some in fluencd. This is partly attributable to the realisa tion of profits there, but the rumour was also current that unfavourable accounts had been received from St. Petersburgh. Consols have been 98# s for both money and time. The New 3k per Cents. have realised 101 k g, and the 3 per Cents. 99k to 1. Ex chequer Bills have improved to par and 3s. pre mium. India stock is fluctuating from 2554 to 258. Foreign Securities have generally exhibited an upward tendency. Spanish Three per Cents. have been marked 47k, and the Deferred keep at 23 to Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 43 to 43g. The Old Brazilian Five per Cents. have risen to 1011 t and 102. Mexican are dull at 261 and Russian have advanced to 118-k and 119. Dutch Four per Cents. have been steady at 98. Railway Shares have been at about previous rates generally, but look weaker since the opening of the market, both for the English and French lines. ES. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been brisk, at former quotations. The Land Companies' Shares are heavy, and the Gold Mines a little more in demand. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99/ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 9BA 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 New 34 per Cent. Annuities ling A Loug Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 9-16 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account 11th August 9Bi Exchequer Bills, ld. 21000 . £5OO Small . par 3 p . par3p . par3p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 44 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 44 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 444 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23 i Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. ........, — Ditto 4 per Ceut. Certificates. , HALF•PAST TWO. 98$ 1 98a Consols Ditto August Account 20 14 50 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 10 100 lberdeen 8, tmbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. all Blrming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey...... 28 3irkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire Juuct all )o. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. I.Bi D0.,£20........... 100 Iristol and Exeter LOO Jaleclonian. all Mester & Holyhead. 311 work and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 45 )üblin&BelfastJurc. all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction all Do. New all last Anglian all 30., (£lB E & all ,:astern Counties all ',astern Union, A Stock - 100 Do., B. Stock... . 8?, Do., Now A 1.00 last Lancashire .... &West Ind. Dk all & Birming. June.... 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 11 Sdinb. and Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 1.00 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stpck ... . ... . 100 Gt. Sth. &Wcst.(lre.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish Soutli-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 1.00 Lancash.andYorksh 16 Do., Fifths 11i D a. , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 7 Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 bond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 100 London andS. Westn. 423 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all LncndiTy& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.SheL&Lincln 4A Do., Alan. & Lin. Un 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Derby 474 Midld. G. West. (Ire.) 171 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket 43 Do., Bury Extension. 173 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. 73 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 33 Northn.Counties 17n. 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1. 113 Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 3 8 Do., A B Guaranteed 173 Nortli Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Wo .cester,& Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Bi mg. 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si tick 8 Shrewsby. & Ihrefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves, I. a all Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 1615 Stockton & Hartlepl. 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Ncath all Waterfil. & Kilkenny all Waterforcl&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 21s. Wimbledn&Croydon 100 York Newctl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 115 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland._ PREFEREN I 1100 (Aberdeen 86 .-- S 7 54 56 134 -- 136 1084'-- 109 -- 74 89t -- 904 7 99 -- 102 16 -17 p 77 i - 78 - 4ga 3 3 d 15 —15 i 81 14 —2pad, 104* -- 10511 1151 -- 11 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. 100 Bits. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent 6f Cork &Ba.ndons4p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber- 2 - 1i Isy 894 —90 i 54 3d 11 1 18 20 29 29 41 43 54 - 57 I, i_ 21 Fi n - 3 8 9 50 52 31 2id 33 ... 34 ..• - ••• - 4i —41 d 8A 8i 50 - 51 92 - 94 60 - 62 57 - 59 68 70 ' --- id 17 19 9 13 14 ' 38 3Ad 19 21 72 —72 i 351 364 13 14 23 - 25 - 2i 144 - 154 - 9 30 - 32 - 104 701 74 7jd 24 60 -- E SHARES. - 105 GREAT REGATTA AT BRIGHTON. 107 19i - 109 The three days' grand aquatic meeting at Brighton, which for some time past has given promise of possessing features of importance, interest, and attraction not to be found elsewhere round the coast, commenced yesterday, under the patronage of the Marquis of Bristol, and several Other distinguished noblemen and gentlemen; and although cir c umstances, over which the committee could have no control, rendered itknocessary to. defer a portion of the sport to the second and third days, the great schooner race for 120 guineas amply compensated the visitors for the postponement, and for every other deviation from the pro posed course which necessarily forced itself upon the ma nagers. It is unnecessary to detail, nor have we space, at the present season of the year, the numerous arrangements that had been made to provide sport and gratify the resi dents and visitors of this very fashionable watering-place —suffice it to say that the prizes were most handsome and varied, embracing craft of every tonnage in the habit of competing on the English waters, and the attendance of company extremely great. The very beautiful weather afforded every inducement to lovers of the sport to avail themselves of the means of transit provided per railway and excursion steam-boats ' and there was one almost un broken line of spectators from Rottingdean to Shoreham, the course being so judiciously selected as to afford a beau tiful view from the mansions of the nobility and gentry in the Old Steine, Marine Parade, and the line of buildings and chain of beautiful squares on tha western cliff. It had been purposed to make Saturday the light day of the regatta, but the foul state of the weather for the two or three previous days prevented the expected yachts ar riving in time for yesterday's racing. The owners of seve ral were in attendance ready to enter, but their craft were weather-bound at different places, and a change was neces sarily made in the order of things. The feature of yester day was— A Schooner Race for 120 guineas, of and above 50 tons 0.M., belonging to any Royal Yacht Club, each yacht to carry a boat not less than 14 feet in length. Only tho mainsail allowed to be set previous to starting. Schooners. Tons. Owners. Clubs. Sverige 280... T. Bartlett, Esq...R.T.Y.C. Alarm 248... J. Weld, Esq R.Y.S. The course was to start from a flag-boat off the Chain Pier towards the west, to a boat moored off Shoreham Harbour, out about five miles, to another boat facing the pier ; thence to a boat off Rottingdean, and back to the Chain Pier, three times round, snaking a distance of at least 52 miles. The well-known celebrity of the Alarm, and the high character given of the peculiar powers of the Sverige, which, it will be remembered, was the schooner disquali fied in the Ist of Juno race of the R.T.Y.C., rendered this a most int eres ti ng race ; and t h e s t ar t , an d su b sequen t, beautiful race between them, was closely watched by seve ral officers of her Maje s ty' s Navy, and other gentlemen of position, with telescopes. Captain Thellowso n i w:s , the umpire, and at 11'25 started nice them. There was a freeze from the south-west, but not enough of it for such large class craft. The Alarm had the choi ce of sta tion, and took the weathermost berth. They were both in rig and about at the same time. They stayed and commenced runnin g t owards Shoreham Po i nt, the Swede with a slight lead, but to leeward but before rounding the bo at there, with in 2 5 minutes Of the start, th e Alarm drew sufficiently in front to make the turn a mi nu t e an d a pas ter in advance of the awede. They were now being close h auled to the middle buoy, an d h ere th e distance was a trifle increased, but in the very free sailing to the eastward t r iflingly diminished, and they pa sse d the starting place, having c ompleted the first round in the fol lowing order : —20 i id - 41 - 51 - 1 A) -2/ - 2 p - 15/ - 201 - 130 90 1 89t Pm 77i i - 114 1 - 1p 116 151 14# v : 90i )21, of I° )d. lalysis at attl o4° Issageo 0 11 c ritic: 4 arisen St. 3fri • 1 30 CI 13 t ;on, tO t 3pend oil , an d tbr mental and much to origin rersion°' e Seal i Saniu— , Alarm ................................ 12 49 30 Sverige ................................... 12 51 35 In coming from the Eastward, the Sverige had gained 25 seconds ; but both, now right round to the middle or southern station, appeared to be pretty well in the same Positions, with a very slight advance by the Alarm. The second round was completed in the following order : H. H. S. .... Alarm 2 15 0 Sverige 2 17 10 In the next round, a fore-gaff topsail and balloon jib set by the Swede certainly began to tell in her favour. Her sails were beautifully cut, and fitted her handsomely; but she had neither canvass enough upon her for light weather, nor weather enough, in her present trim, to make her suffi ciently lively. What she would have done with sharp turning against a dead noser, it is impossible to say. She, however, shortened her distance, as will be seen by the re sult, which was as follows : H. M. S. Alarm . . 3 45 0 Sverige 3 47 0 She thus lost by two minutes in a distance of fully 52 miles, performed by the winner in 4 hours 20 minutes. Some minor rowing matches followed, a summary of which will bo given at the end of the regatta. Amongst the sport for to-day is a grand race for 1001., in which the following are entered :—Mosquito, Arrow, Wildfire, and Aurora, all of which are clippers. TIIE NEW OMNIBUS AND CAB ACT.—INCREASE OF OMNIBUS FARES.—Yesterday several metropolitan om nibus proprietors raised the rate of fares, amongst which were the " Royal Blues" and " Blackwall," on the out side panels of which and the inside of the doors were posted bills stating the amount of fares from the respec tive stations. The distances by these new fares are di vided into three 3d. rides—the previous 3d. fares are raised to 4d. Several others have also increased their fares at the same rate as the above, which has caused great dissension amongst the passengers at being "taken in," as a passenger observed on 4d. being demanded at the Mansion-house, "without having notice given to them." earn and, arri rUn. )ak e turn THE CRC PS IN FBINCE.—The cutting of rye in the environs of Paris has commenced. Wheat is beginning to ripen, and the ears are remarkably fine. The crop of oats will, it is said, be abundant. Beetroot and potatoes are also very fine, and the second crop of clover is ready to be mown. 71.1 2 lif -7/ -10 - 101 - 103 - * P - 151 •••• .54 - 157 72i li 13i 9 60i1 1081 1 all Agna Fria lOs. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian -d par 20 5 Australian 2i - 3 1 all Australian Cordillera jd par 1 all Australian Freehold. d 1 all Ave Maria — d 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) 1 d 4 p 1 all British Austrin. Gold g d 20 13.5 British Iron : 7 9 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued - at £5 pm 4 41 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiada 31 4 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 32 —34 1 / Carsons's Creek 4d bar 40 'all Cobre Copper — 5 1 Colonial Gold l4 —l4p 24 14 Copiapo lO4 111 • Si. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 7 8 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co 2 —ll d 20 all General l4 16xd 154 ex 2 all Great Nugget Vein , I p2l 3 3 all Great Polgooth 1 a d 1 all Lake Bathurst... 1 all Liberty 4d par 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co.:. 4 1 all Marignita. 10 9 Mexica,n&S.Americn. 74 7 1 all New Granada par— 4 p • 1 all Nouveau Mondo P 5 1 Port Philip 4d par 1 all Quartz Rock d—• par 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 26 —2B 15 Do. Now 7 9 30 10a Santiago do Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian 4d— par 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican 3 44 1 all Waller id par 1 all West Granada 4d— par 1 all West Mariposa — A a 1 all Yuba — d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia BOl 811 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 1p 3 25 5 Chrtd. li nk. of Asia. -- id 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 4 1 p 20 121 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia 2 —24 p 50 20 • London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 224 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland xd & bonus 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 1 d— par 25 25 South Australia 45 47xd x all 25 all Union of Australia 79 80 791 21 Do. New Bl 50 10 Union of London 191 x d 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. • 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron ... 100 35 Australian Agiicult 34 36 20 8 Aus tralsn .Pc ifi c . Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 50 381 Brit: American Land 66 68 5 1 Brit. &Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... . . 100 321 Canada Company 6B 70 5 5 Crystal Palace —2ip - xn 7 A x new 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France - I, 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel ... 10 3 Netherlands Land „' d-- a p 1 all N. B. Australasian — p 20 7A Nrth.of Europe Steam 5 all =eel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 1 -1 3 p 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam — . 1 all Scot. Austral. Invesb 2 2ip 3 1 1 Do. New Scrip ••• .25 25 South Austral. Land 40-41xd,xn xd, xn all Submarine Telegraph ... 1 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 171 -- 181 17 201, 1 3i - 4 pl 10 - 11 13 - 14 8 -- 9 1 10a -- 104 P 1 151 i 152 par 114 116 118 122 1115 - 117 • 1 - 2. 10,1 - 10; 113 i 1021 3 171 —17 i 1 p 14 15 par P 251 -- 26.} 112 -- 114 19i -2 0 i -- A d 103 -- 105 5} -- 5g ipar i PI aGN. 14 ld 1 14 —l5 pp - olp 1 p 11 1 2p 1p id par I ! - 7 a 1 1 ---__ 1 -- 1 z ;.• • ..:d —2/ 2 -- 21 p 71 - 7t 35 -36 x! 1031 - 15 • 8.4 - 17i -- 45 - 44 - 3n - 4i - Is_ - 8 - 5 - i - 41 - 18pl 204 91 — xo d 27i i 371 A THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1853. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented five petitions from the Cape of Good Hope, praying that the Cape Colonies might have the management df their own onlesiastical affairs. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. PARISH VESTRIES (No. 2) BILL. The bill was read a second time, and ordered to be 3ommitted. SPITALFIELDS AND SHOREDITCH IMPROVE- MENT BILL. This bill was also read a second time. COPYHOLDS BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ENTAIL (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. BATTERSEA PARK BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. LAND REVENUES BILL. This bill was reported, with amendments. COINAGE OFFENCES (COLONIES) BILL. This bill was passed through‘committee. TRANSPORTATION BILL. The bill was read a third time and passed. COLONIAL CHURCH REGULATION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. church, and ought not lightly to be altered by their lord ships. It simply removed the disabilities of the imperial law, which prevented the colonial bishops from meeting together in synod, if they thought it desirable, to con sult for the good of the church ; but it gave no powers of compelling attendance, or of legally enforcing the de cisions of such synod. The system was already practi cally at wock in the church of the United States, and had been found very greatly to promote unity of feeling and action. He trusted, therefore, that their lordships would not allow any mere theoretical objections to weigh against the bill ; for he considered that nothing in the world would tend more to maintain the connec tion between the church at home and in the colonies, than this very moderate check upon individual eccen tricities. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY stated that this was a permissive and not a compulsory measure. Its main object was to empower the ecclesiastical authorities in the colonies to hold conventions, and to frame rules and regulations for the management of their Church. Lord MONTEAGLE urged several objections to the bill, which he declared would be an apple of discord amongst the colonial clergy. The Bishop of LONDON i said that whilst his noble friend in the first part of his speech expressed great pleasure at the introduction of the bill, which was calcu lated to remove all the objections of the petitioners, the remainder of his speech was occupied in showing—he trusted not to ,the satisfaction of their lordships—that the difficulties were not removed by this bill, and that it was calculated to introduce greater evils than ever. He thought the bill effectively provided against the dangers pointed out by his noble friend. He hoped, therefore, that their lordships would pass the bill. The Earl of HARROWBY said that the bill seemed to him to omit that which was its very object, namely, the providing of some tribunal for getting rid of improper clergymen. (Hear, hear.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said that not only was there no specific provision for that purpose in the bill, but it was intentionally left out, because it was considered that this was a matter which would be better left to those in the colony, than that they should consti tute such a tribunal here, at so great a distance from the After some conversation the amendment was with drawn, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 5, which provides that none of the acts or regulations of the synod, shall be at variance with the Book of Common Prayer, or the 39 articles of faith, Lord MONTEAGLE found fault with the clause, be cause it provides against the discussion of doctrines of faith, or secure the supremacy of the crown. Nothing had produced so much discord in the Australian colonies as the wrangles about faith and doctrine which had taken place amongst the clergy, and now that this bill was before their lordships something should be done to pre vent a recurrence of these unseemly disputes, and he would therefore move the insertion of words providing that the acts or regulations of the local synods should not effect matters of faith or doctrine, or the supremacy of the crown. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said the words proposed to be inserted would render the clause vague and uncertain, and he would much rather that the clause .passed as it stood. Lord MONTEAGLE said the clause would not pre vent these unseemly differences in discussions upon matters of faith or doctrine which had given rise to so much dissatisfaction in Australia, and he was afraid if the clause were not altered in the manner that he pro posed, the bill would be little better than a firebrand to the colonies. The Bishop of OXFORD said the noble earl was quite mistaken in supposing that it was the discussions or controversies of the clergy which created so much dissatisfaction in the Australian colonies. What created that dissatisfaction was the absence of any ecclesiastical assembly which embraced the lay element. The ground of complaint on the part of the colonists was a just one, for they thought the bishops and clergy were going to constitute themselves into a provincial synod, while the orders and regulations of the Church would be altered or amended, without the assent or intervention of the laity. While he was upon this point, perhaps their lordships would permit him to correct an error which a morning journal had fallen into with reference to him self. He was represented to be opposed to the intro duction of the lay element into the assemblies authorised by this bill, but so far from that being the case he ap pealed to his noble friend in the chair to state whether he did not distinctly declare the other night, when he was moving the pro forma committal of this bill, that he thought the laity had a right to the power which the measure gave them. (Hear, hear.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, he had no objection to introduce words into the clause which should provide that none of the acts or regulations of the assem blies should be at variance with the standard of faith and doctrine. Lord MONTEAGLE, adverting to what had fallen from the Bishop of Oxford, said, on the third reading of of the bill, he should be prepared to prove, from the re cords of the colonial synod, that the dissatisfaction arose not so much from the cause stated by the right rev. prelate, as the fear that the controversies of the clergy, backed by the authority of the bishops, were cal culated to narrow the communion of the Church. After a few words from the Bishop of LONDON, who supported the clause as it stood. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the noble earl had shown that controversial discussions had arisen without any act all, and he for one very much doubted whether any legislative enactment could suppress them ; but as for advocating the suppression of discussion by a specific act of Parliament, when so many of their own proceed ings teemed with the result of discussion, was simply ridiculous. Why, how could they possibly restrain these assemblies from discussing what they pleased ? All that could be done was to prevent them from passing any act or establishing any regulations which was contrary to the acknowledged faith and doctrine, and that this clause did to the fullest extent. As the bill originally stood, and when it came into the hands of the Government, it simply provided that neither the acts nor regulations of the synod should affect the standard of faith and doc trine ; but although the meaning of that expression was well understood in general conversation it was not quite so clear or intelligible in an act of Parliament, and the Government, therefore, suggested that it would be better to make the clause provide that neither the acts nor re gulations of these assemblies should be at variance with the Book of Common Prayer, or the Thirty-nine Arti cles of Faith—a suggestion which was immediately adopted by the right reverend prelates who had charge of the bill. colony. The Bishop of SALISBURY said the bill was intended to be merely permissive. It was to enable the members of the Church of England to do such things as the mem bers of all other religious communities could do. It was a case, therefore, in which they were not to look for compulsory power, either from the local assembly or the crown, or, least of all, from the imperial legislature, to give force to these regulations. The Earl of DERBY said that in that case the synods would have the same power which the dissenting bodies bad, namely, would be able to deprive clergymen of their benefices. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that was most carefully guarded against, not only by the fourth clause, but also by the way in which the first clause was drawn, ' from which it would be seen that these synods would have no power whatever over or against the laws of this country or the colonial laws. Everything of a compul sory or enacting nature was carefully avoided through out the bill. It gave no additional privileges to the Church of England beyond what it now had, and it merely removed such disabilities as placed them at the present moment in an inferior position to dissenting bodies. There were three objections made to the bill. The first was that they were creating a dominant church in that colony. But that was not the objection which his noble friends (Derby and Harrowby) felt. The se cond objection was that they were likely to create dis sensions amongst different members of the Church of England. That was a result which he should deprecate as much as any one, but the clauses of the bill were so carefully drawn that he thought that danger was com pletely obviated. The third objection related to the supremacy of the crown, which it was said was placed in jeopardy by this bill. But the rights of the Crown were not only specifically saved by the power of the veto, but also by enacting provisions which declared no regulations should be made against the Thirty-nine Articles. He did not apprehend any danger therefore from the bill. So far from there being any danger that clergymen would be removed from their benefices by the synod, he was inclined to think that the only danger was that, by endeavouring to save the rights of the colo nial legislature in every instance, so that there might be no dominant church, there might be wanting some of the power which it might be desirable the church should possess if it was not objectionable on other grounds than those which exclusively referred to the church. The Earl of HARROWBY did not not think that any answer had been given to his objection. The Bishop of SALISBURY said he conceived the state of the case to bo this. Every church had in itself a natural and inherent right of regulating it own discip line. Therefore every church had the rigt to make ar rangements as to the manner in which its own discipline should be exercised unless that power should be prevented by extraneous impediments. They believed that the church in the colonies had the right to exercise discipline of this kind, but certain imperial laws put such incon veniences in the way that that power was not capable of being exercised. The object of the bill was to remove those impediments, and to give power to assemblies in the colonies to define the rules under which that power should be exercised. The Earl of HARROWBY said that after all he had heard it appeared to him that the bill ought not to pass in its present shape. The Bishop of OXFORD said the church in the colo nies was to be regarded as a purely spiritual body, while the church at home was a mixture of persons hav ing different spiritual and temporal rights. The bill would give no power to depose clergy from any civil status which they might possess. There were few cases in the colonies of clergy being possessed of benefices ; the great body received stipends or salaries, so long as they held the license of the bishop of the diocese ; but when that license was withdrawn, the salary was stopped also. This had been felt to be a great hardship ; and it was therefore proposed to give the synods such powers of discipline as the church at home would possess if it were not in alliance with the State. The synods would have no power to remove those clergy who were in pos session of benefices, which were civil rights. The bill was confined to regulating spiritual rights. He could not approve the suggestion which had been thrown out of giving ecclesiastical courts in this country juris diction over the church in the colonies. This would The Duke of ARGYLL protested against restraining the colonial clergy from discussing matters of doctrine and faith if they so thought fit ; but it it seemed to him to be absurd to pass an act constituting ecclesiastical assemblies, and at the same time to prohibit them from entering upon any discussion they might think necessary for the interest of the Church. It was quite sufficient to prohibit them from passing acts or establishing regu lations at variance with the faith and doctrines ; but if they were to go the lengths which the noble earl wished, they would have nothing else to do but to meet and ex change the compliments of the season. (A laugh.) For his part, he thought the bill was by far too stringent in its restrictive powers, and if it had been proposed by an independent member without the support of the govern ment, he should have felt bound to resist it. (Hear.) The Earl of HARROWBY suggested the propriety of introducing words to prevent the assemblies from widen ing or narrowing the Church. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the only effect of such an amendment as that would be to prohibit the synod from interfering with the rankest heresy that might spring up in the Church. The Bishop of OXFORD contended that the clause was sufficiently stringent to keep the synod within the bounds of the prescribed formulus of the Church, while with regard to that part of the amendment which re lated to the supremacy of the crown, what necessity was there for that when the bill distinctly provided that all the acts of the colonial synod should be subject to the veto of the crown. The Duke of NEWCASTLE contended that the intro _ -.... _ duction of the words " the royal supremacy of the crown of England" was quite superfluous and unnecessary. It was because he wished the supremacy of the crown to remain undisputed that he opposed tho introduction of those words. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that at the time of the reformation amongst other statutes there was one which said "our sovereign lord the king shall have the title of supreme head of the church of Christ in England," or words to that effect. That act was with others re pealed in the reign of Mary, but they were revived by the first of Elizabeth, which did not, however, revive the title in question ; nevertheless, at the same time, it is said " her sovereign lady the Queen shall be supreme in all cases, ecclesiastical and civil." Therefore by com mon parlance, and not at all inaccurately, we spoke of " the supremacy of the crown." In the sense of being at the head of the ecclesiastical as well as well as the civil establishments of the realm, the enacting that nothing could be done that would affect the supremacy of the crown would be tantamount to saying that nothing should be done which would affect the supremacy of the crown in temporal matters, and every act of Parliament which was passed did that ; it would therefore be un necessary. The clause was then agreed to, as were the remaining clauses, and the preamble. The house then adjourned at half-past 9 o'clock. be an interference with the rights of the colonies, and would not be received with favour. To establish such ecclesiastical courts in the colonies would have the effect of exciting the jealousy of other religious bodies, who would see in it an attempt to elevate the church on a pedestal above them. By merely assisting the colonial churches, as it were, in the formation of synods, the bill went as far as it was safe to proceed in that direction. It would strengthen the Church of England by enabling it to lay down rules for its own conduct ; and he hoped the house would consent to it. It was objected that the bill gave power to an ecclesiastical body ; but it only gave that power to the whole body of the church, lay as well as clerical, by agreement amongst themselves. It was the only means of enabling the church in the colonies to manage its own affairs. The Earl of CHICEESTER said the bill gave the synods the entire power of depriving a,clergyman of his office, and consequently of its emoluments. He thought it objectionable to give a new power like this to a new body. Some legislation for the colonial church was doubtless necessary ; but if they wished to maintain the connection of that church with the mother church, there must be some common laws between them. The Bishop of OXFORD repeated the explanation he had given of the clause, and assured the noble lord that it gave no power to inflict the slightest civil penalty on any member of the church. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said, that all that was provided by the bill was that the synod or convention should lay down rules and regulations for the guidance of the bishop, with his consent, in the exercise of his power. The Earl of DERBY said it appeared to him that the bill would mitigate the unchecked authority which had hitherto been exercised over licensed curates. With re gard to those who were in possession of what was equi valent to a benefice in this country, he thought it de sirable that it should be more clearly expressed that the synods were not to exercise the power of suspension over this class of the clergy. A saving clause to this effect would remove the doubt that had arisen. The clause might be explained, as only referring t o cases where the bishop now had the power ; but it would be best to limit the power in the way he proposed. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the bill had been considerably altered since it was first printed, on his suggestion ; and he thought, as it stood now, that the 4th clause was unnecessary. If the noble earl (Derby) carefully perused the first clause, he would see there was no danger of such an interpretation being put upon the power of the synod as he had anticipated. The Bishop of LONDON repeated the assurance given by the Bishop of Oxford, as to the limited powers conferred by the bill. Unless it were made to apply to ecclesiastical discipline, the colonial churches would be in a worse condition than at present ; for the beneficed clergy would be placed in a position of entire independ ence of their bishops. But it was confined entirely to spiritual jurisdiction. After a few words from the Earl of DEBBY, The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that the objections might be removed by the insertion of a few words at the end of clause 3 ; to the effect—" or de epnr i Tt v i th e l d iesd o w. ta a s n agreedy c c ivil r ights r t i o g , h a t s n dto the whichclau clause. e e as may amended b b y w lawas HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, at clause 74, which was omitted, The remaining clauses of the bill were agreed to, as were also several additional clauses, and the house re sumed. TENANTS COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee upon this bill, On clause 1, Mr. Serjeant SHEE moved to insert in page 2, after line 38, " the words waste land' shall include all lands which, in their existing condition, are unfit for or cannot be profitably used for the purposes of agriculture or pas ture, but are capable of being improved for those pur poses ; the word reclaiming' shall include the use of all means necessary and suitable for improving such lands, and rendering them beneficially applicable to the aforesaid purposes." Mr. NAPIER suggested that the amendment should be deferred until a subsequent clause was reached. The amendment was then negatived without a di- vision. The clause was then agreed to, as was a l so clause 2. On clause 3, Colonel DUNNE said the effect of th e clause would be to enable the tenant to force a n y imp r ovemen h t e s !Ton the landlord. The only check upon him , were t inde finite words " .su itable improvemen ts ' and he pro posed to insert after the word " holding' these words, " and shall increase the holding , by at least seven per cent. on the proposed out la y .' i o v n en th in the bill to the landlor d a g ainst the in respect t o Sir J. YOUNG obje cted to the a p m re e t n e l e m tie en n g t, ground that there was a foal_ t the tenant improvements. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. V. SCULLY moved to add at the end of page 2—" The reclaiming or durable improvement of waste the same m ountain land or of bo g g round, by converting same into arable or pasture or improved pasture land ; and the r e claiming or durable improvement of any land, by clearing away rocks or stones, or by embanking from the sea or tidal waters, or from lakes or rivers." Sir J. YOUNG thought it would be better to adhere to the words approved of by the select committee. After a short discussion the amendment was with. drawn. Mr. Serjeant SHEE moved the insertion in line 6 of the words, "the main or thorough drainage of land, or the improvement of it by irrigation." The committee divided, when the amendisent was re. jected by a majority of 43 ; the numbers being 39 and 82. adopted. The Earl of HARROWEY moved the omission of a portion of the first clause. The Bishop of OXFORD said that the bill was the result of very careful, deliberations, at which three bishops of the North Arnerica,n Church, and episcopal: representatives from Australia and the Cape had as sisted. The bill expressed the wishes of the colonial The clause was then agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 4 was also agreed to after a short discussion. Clause 5 was agreed to. On . elauso 6 being proposed, Mr. Sergeant tSHEE moved, "as an amendment, the insertion of words to the effect that if the landlord exe. 88 - 103 deco Junction all ~ s i- A ngllan (£3108) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent r..a: • (£7l7s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. C. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Gua - :. 6 per cent 100 East La,neash.6 p. cts all Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. 5 Do. 4i p. e. Scrip all Gt, Southn.&Wcstm. (Ireland) Eighths) 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 4A p. c 100 Do. con: red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock . . 100 Lone ea and Brighton' Guaranteed 5 p. c . . 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. Si. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 I Lon donderry& Color. 113 8S Shares all Londy. & Ennis. Sh all Man., Shef., & Lin , / Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 all Yfarypi,.&Carl.4 p.c all Do. 4, 3 / 4 per cent id 1149 81 2 1D0.. St. 20 St. 15 00 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. ,00 Do. 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New . . .......... •.. all Namur 4SL Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams Shs. ] all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 10 Paris and LyoAs all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 7i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5) per cent. pref. 6 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5A per c. Pref, , 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 9 New Zgailancles.l:llw 1i.03" LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, July 22.—Wind this clay at Noon, S. ; light breeze, and hazy. Tha barometer continues to go slowly back towards change. DEAL, July 22.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived from the River—Tasman, for Hobart Town - Oriental, Port Philip ; Point, Demerara.—The Owen Glendower, London to Bom bay, has been got off the Goodwin Sands, and without damage. 9 A.M.—Passed—John Oldham, from Odessa, for London. Anchored—Henrietta and Rebecca, London, for Newport. COWES, July 21.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Jas. Shep herd, London, for San Francisco. RAMSGATE, July 21. Wind, S. to W.S.W. Arrived — Waldemar, Copenhagen, for Sinapore, leaky. PLYMOUTH, July 20.—Wind, S. Arrived—Countess. of Yarborough, London, for Adelaide, S.A. ; Blonde, do., for Cape Coast Castle. FALMOUTH, July 21.—Wind, W.S. W. Arrived—Pom pier, Monte Video ; Isabel, Rio Janeiro. GLOUCESTER, July 21.—Arrived—Buda, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, July 21.—Wind, W. ArriAed.—Caledo than, Quebec. Saiied—Elizabeth Emily, Cape of Good Hope. Hun, July 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Admiral Moor son. St. John's, N.B. CLYDE, July 20.—Wind, W. Arrived—Somonostro, Cardenas ; Abegael, Matanzas. Sailed—Oriental, Cal cutta ; Countess of Durham, Valparaiso ; Helen, New foundland.; Mars, Quebec. DUBLIN, July 20.—Wind, S. Arrived—New Bruns wick, Quebec. Sailed—Almuda, New York. KINGSTON, July 20.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Asia, St. John's. CORK, July 20.—Arrived—Garland, St. John's, N.B. MANDAL, July 9.—The Lively, Aalborg to London, has put in with cargo heated, and will discharge. ELSINORE, July 7.—The Eppion, London to St. Peters burgh, which put in here on the 2d of June, with damage, has been condemned and sold. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending July 17, 1853 £2,259 8 7 Corresponding week last year KENSINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—Yesterday the Rev. Robert P. Smith, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, formerly Sanscrit and Hebrew scholar in that University, was unanimously elected head-master of the Proprietary Grammar School, Kensington, on the resignation of the Rev. Francis Hessey, D.C.L., appointed incumbent of the district church of St. Barnabas, Kensington. PROPOSED PROSECUTION OF MR. C. J. MARE FOR BRIBERY, &c.—Sir J. Shelley has placed on the orders of the day a notice of his intention, on the 2d of August, to call the serious attention of the house to the resolu tion of 11th of November last, viz.:—" That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a member of this house, or endeavoured so to be, by bribery, or any other corrupt practices, this house will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such bribery or other corrupt practices ;" and in connection therewith to the special resolutions of the Plymouth Election Com mittee, reported on the 10th day of May last ; and to .move, that the Attorney-General be directed to prose cute Charles John Mare, Esq., the late member for the borough of Plymouth, for bribery and other corrupt practices. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, while two boys, aged respectively ten and twelve years, were either at play or in search of nests at the North Cliff, in Cam borne Cornwall, they were observed by persons not far off to fall over. No time was lest in hurrying to the spot, but it was found that they were both killed. Their bodies were dreadfully cut and bruised, and they were at once taken to their homes in an open cart. The mother of one of the boys, named Bond, is said to be in a state of destit u ti on , an d the deceased was the only child out of six who was able to earn anything. The father had left the poor mother and family to enter the army. The parents had strictly charged the boyi not to go to the cliffs, as they are exceedingly dangerous. Accidents of a fatal nature occur here almost every peasoll, cuted the improvements, his charge upon the tenant should he restricted to the estimate of the tenant. After some discussion the house divided, and the numbers were— For the amendment 39 Against it Majority —5O The committee again divided upon the amendment of Sergeant Shee, limiting any allegation of fraud by the landlord against the tenant to the lifetime of the latter. The numbers were — For the amendment Against it 74 Majority —44 The house then adjourned until 6 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. DISEASE AT CROYDON. Mr. H. DRUMMOND moved that a return of the notes of the evidence taken on the recent inquiry before Dr. Ar nett and Mr. Page, into the prevalent disease at Croydon, and also the papers contained in the appendix to their report on that inquiry, bo laid on the table of the house, and printed.—Agreed RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that to-morrow (Friday) he would put a question to the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) relative to the pending negotiations with Russia, and also with respect to the production of papers connected there with. Lord D. STUART asked the noble lord the member for the city of London whether, as it had been stated by the Government that a great number of British merchant ships are detained in the Danube in consequence of the state of that river, which has been produced by the neglect of the Government of Russia to discharge that which has been described by a Minister of the Crown as a great duty owed by Russia to Europe, and as great loss must be occasioned to British merchants by the detention of those ships, whether Government will demand from the Czar, compen sation to those merchants for the loss inflicted upon them by the culpable neglect of the Russian Government? Also, whether, as it has been stated by the Government that repeated representations have been made to the Govern ment of Russia respecting the interruption of the naviga tion of the Danube, the noble lord will have any objection to lay upon the table of the house copies of the correspon dence on the subject ? Lord J. RUSSELL doubted whether any claim could be made on the Russian Government for compensation, for though the Russian Government had not taken proper pre cautions with respect to keeping clear the navigation of the Danube, yet natural causes also had very m uc h contributed to prevent the navigation of the Danube. There had recently been an overflowing of the banks fronraceumula-4 tions ; but those loadings had subsided, and there were now several more feet of water in the channel than recently, which of course would facilitate the liberation of the con fined vessels (we understood). With respect to the second question, as to correspondence, the noble lord at the head of the Foreign-office would look over it, and see if there was any portion that ought to be produced ; if so, it would be placed in the hands of members this session. THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. Colonel BLAIR wished to ask th e r i g ht h on. gen tl eman the Secretary at War a question relative to a paragraph which had appeared in the public papers, to the effect that many of the men belonging to the camp at Chobham were confined in the hospital from sickness. The question was one of a personal character, inasmuch as it was not credit. able to a regiment to have men in the hospitals on the sick list. The circumstances had only been mentioned in a paragraph in the public papers, and he wished to know whether Government had received any official contradic tion of the paragraph ? Mr. S. HERBERT said, in consequence of the severe weather last week it was supposed that the troops at Chobham would have suffered, but it appeared that the inconveniences to the troops were borne by them with an amount of cheerfulness and good humour quite satisfactory. Further, the last accounts from the camp were that a less degree of sickness prevailed than would, perhaps, have been the case had the men been in barracks. (Hear.) Colonel PEEL wished to know if it were true that the 42d Regiment and 2d battalion were kept in the wet a considerable time at the station in consequence of the train not being ready ? Mr. S. HERBERT was not able to answer the qmption. But a communication had been made to the Horse Guards, and the subject was under inquiry. Sir DE LACY EVANS put some further question on the subject of the alleged sickness at Chobham, and was referred by Mr. S. Herbert to his answer to Colonel Blair. Mr. SCOTT asked the Secretary at War whether he had information that the train for the conveyance of the 42d Regiment from Woking to Gosport on the 14th was at Woking three-quarters of an hour before the time agreed upon—that it started with the regiment about a quarter of an hour after six, which was the hour named, and reached Gosport exactly at the time fixed ? Also that the train for the Rifles left London with the 97th, and reached Woking at 6.45, where half the Rifles were already loaded in carriages, and departed as soon as they were loaded, leaving a short time after the hour determined upon ? Mr. HERBERT replied, that he had no information on the subject, but ho was glad to hear it stated from so authentic and official a quarter. THE SEWERS COMMISSION. In reply to Sir B. HALL, Viscount PALMERSTON said he proposed to extend the commission for twelve months longer. He hoped to be able by next session to arrange a plan for the further con tinuance of this commission, with, however, a due propor tion of the representative element infused into it. It was impossible to pass any measure on the subject this session. There was a certain quantity of works planned, for which the commissioners could not find funds. These works did not relate to such matters as arterial drainage, and the question was whether such works should be postponed, or whether Parliament, by an enabling clause, should put the commissioners in a condition to give the different districts that which they urgently required. He should propose a clause to that effect, and he would be glad to give the house an early opportunity of discussing it at one of the morning sittings. In reply to Mr. BLACKETT, who wished to know the intentions of Government respecting the Crown property know a as Chopwell Woods, Mr. WILSON said the decision was that the ground should be cleared and planted with larch. The whole question had undergone patient investigation and the determination arrived at was presuSred to be Yeist caleu lated to promote the profit and convenience of the public at large. Mr. PELLA TT asked Lord J. Russell whether the Go vernment had received intelligence of the destruction of philo sophical instruments, property, and papers of the Rev. Dr. Livingston, at the Baktalles, and also of the expulsion of the missionaries, Messrs. Inglis and Edwards, from the territory beyond the Vaal ; as also of the seizure of native women and children for consignment to slavery by the Transvaal Boors ; and if so, whether these aggressive acts are in violation of the treaty made by the British on the 17th January, 1852, with the Boor authorities at Sand ll'ver ; and what steps have been taken to obtain redress, especially in reference to the Gth article of the said treaty, that no slavery is or shall be permitted or practised to the north of the Vaal river? Mr. F. PEEL replied, Government had received com. munications on the q - uestiou. Those communications had been printed, and if the hon. member referred to them, he would find the information he required. Copies of all communications to Government had been forwarded to the Cape to Sir G. Clerk, who would institute inquiry, and if the allegations were proved to be founded on fact, would use his influence to induce the Boors of the Cape to respect the rights of the natives, and to allow the missionaries to remain in the country. Mr. HUME asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the distribution of prize-money for the capture of brass guns at Brune, notified in the London Gazette of the 15th inst., should not be postponed until the report of the commissioners agreed to bo appointed to investigate all matters relating to those transactions at Borneo, had been laid before Parliament. Sir J. GRAHAM, after detailing the circumstances of the capture of the guns, which took place seven years ago, and the claim which was made in 1851 by Sir Thomas Cochrane on behalf of the captors to have the guns declared lawful prizes and sold—and the amount distributed amont , the captors—said, that this claim had b een re f erre d t o the law officers of the Crown, and had been decided in favour of the claimants. Two years ago the guns were sold—the proceeds realised were made over to the agents of the cap tors, and the amount now stood for distribution. He was ,uot prepared, considering the time that had elaped, and the formal decision that had been given, to arrest the course of law or to disturb the decision. RECENT CAB CASE DECISION AT BOW-STREET. Mr. BRIGHT wished to ask the noble lord (Lord Pal merston) a qaestion with reference to a recent decision of Mr. Henry, the Bow-street magistrate, which had been much commented upon in the press, in which that magis trate had sent a cabman to prison for a month, because he happened not to have ss. in his pocket to cover the expense i of measuring a disputed distance. Such an uesvFnt event, he 81 th u th u o t u i g u h t t h , country. couldhave T happened complainant nTurk ( ey l r B r o R n d ) s a id abut cabman was guilty of no incivility—the man treated him with perfect respect throughout, and ho was himself quite shocked at the severity of the sentence. He merely wanted to know whether the noble lord had had his attention called to the case, for it was just such a case to which the atten tion of the Home Secretary ought to be called. If such o m cases were to occur , it w o ul d be necessary to ha ve an offi cer papers in order t o cor rectHome-officenEc toreaagidstra . ViscountyßSTON f the magistrates, considered it t o b e hi s d u ty thet thienadpvinadvertency to inquire into the matter; but he had no precise infor mation at present on the subject. He would, however, entreat the house to suspend their judgment, for though newspaper reports were generally accurate, yet errors did sometimes take place, and he could mention one in which Mr. Serjeant Adams was stated to have given a woman two years', additional p un i s h men t f or ca lli ng an officer a "pig.' Mr. Serjeant Adams denied that this had taken place ; and as there was an error in that instance he hoped the house, in the present matter, would suspend their judgment until the facts had been investigated. Mr. HUME wished to known whether an official list of distances was ready ? That was what the public wanted. Viscount PALMERSTON replied in the affirmative. ACCIDENT AT BRAINE COLLIERY. Mr. HUTCHINS inquired what steps had been taken to ascertain the circumstances under which the late de plorable accident at Braine Colliery took place ? Viscount PALMERSTON was understood to say he had read the proceedings before the coroner, and great neglect appeared to have occurred on the part of the managers. Further inquiry was being made. M AYNOOT H. Mr. SPOONER wished to ask the noble lord a question of which he had not given notice, but which he hoped the noble lord would be able to answer. He wished to know whether any commission had yet been issued to inquire into the state of education in the College of Maynooth, and if it had been issued, whether the noble lord would object to state the names of the commissioners? If it had not been issued, perhaps the noble lord would state when it would be issued. Lord J. RUSSELL said ho would answer the question to-morrow. SUCCESSION DUTY.—CORPORATIONS SOLE. In answer to Mr. MULLINGS, Lord J. RUSSELL said the Government intended to defer till next session the introduction of the bill with re ference to the succession duty and corporations solo. POLICE REPORTS.—SERGEANT ADAMS. Lord D. STUART said he wished to ask the noble lord the Home Secretary a question in reference to what the noble lord had said as to the occasional incorrectness of police reports. He understood the noble lord to say that there was no truth in the story . that Sergeant Adams had condemned a woman to an additional period of imprison ment because she had called the policeman of the court a " pig." (Cries of order.) He wished to ask the noble lord why he did not state there was no truth in the story when he gave an ex', of the session? Lord PALMERSTON said that the question put to him by his noble friend reminded him of the question said to have been put by Charles 11, to certain learned men, as to the reason why the water in a vessel completely full did not overflow if a fish were put into it. The learned men began by asking whether that was a fact. His noble friend had in putting his question forgotten the fact. He (Lord Palmerston) had stated that the ground on which Sergeant Adams gave the woman an additional term of imprison ment was that she had behaved in the dock with great violence, had struck some of the persons guarding her, and that a rescue was feared. He had also stated that the learned sergeant had said that he had beard nothing like , the words imputed as the cause, of the additional punish ment. He thought, therefore, that, as in the question of the fish and the wa t er , th e f ac t in this case had been over looked. the subject at an early period WORKS ON THE SHANNON. Colonel DUNNE begged to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland what were the intentions of Government with respect to a petition presented by the inhabitants of Banagher to the Lord-Lieutenant of that kingdom some months since, which petition complained of the failure of the works on the Shannon, executed at a cost of 600,0001.. .L 3 well as of the injury they suffer front floods caused by the bad construction of these works, which also impugned the statements made in the reports of the Shannon com missioners, and prayed that these works should be in spected by a competent engineer unconnected with the Board of W or k s ? And further, if he had any objection to lay a copy of the petition and any correspondence re lating to it on the table of the house? Sir J. YOUNG said he did not think there was any ground for complaint in this case. Before the Shannon was improved the lauds in question were annually flooded for six or nine months in the year, but last year they had been flooded for only a short time. The navigation works had been perfectly successful. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION PETITION. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from certain inha bitants of the borough of Peterborough, praying that the select committee agreed to by the house the other day, to consider the petition complaining of the undue interference of the Earl of Fitzwilliam in the elections for the borough should be nominated forthwith, and that the house would not accede to the suggestion of the hon. member for Malden to postpone the inquiry. In moving the instruction of which he had given notice, he had again to remind the house that there was no connection between the peti tion he had presented and that against Mr. Whalley. He begged, therefore, to move—" That it be an instruction to the general committee of elections to select a chairman and six other members to be the select committee on tho petitions from the Ciii - oi - PeTerbo;ourgh, and that the members so selected do constitute the said committee, and have power to send for persons, papers, and records ; and that five be the quorum of the said committee." Lord H. VANE entertained grave objections to the course proposed by the hon. member for Manchester• A petition was at present pending relating to election mutters for that borough, and it was not advisable at present to appoint another committee. He had been a member of the committee on the Derby petition, and he believed that most of the members felt that there was great difficulty in considering the question before them without taking into consideration other matters, which were subsequently sub mitted to the second committee. The present petition had stood over for a very lengthened period, and he thought no injury would be done by postponement. He could under stand the friends of the noble earl being anxious for in quiry, but it was for the house to decide whether they would follow in the present instance the precedent of the Derby case, which had been adopted under peculiar circum stances, and because it involved a charge against a Minister of the Crown. He opposed the motion. Mr. HUME said that the petition had months ago been entrusted to him, but the presentation of it had been with held in accordance with the feelings of Mr. Whalley, and in obedience to the opinion of the Speaker. He supported the prayer of the petition and the motion of his hon. friend. Mr. S. WORTLEY objected to appointing the commit tee at present. The hon. member admitted that it could not meet till the sth. There would be a better opportunity for deliberate inquiry next session. He had thought it to be his duty to protest in the Derby case against the ap pointment of the committee while a committee was pend ing with reference to the election. It was a mischievous precedent to follow, and he thought it would be better if the house adhered to the ordinary rule in such cases. After a few words from Sir R. INGLIS and Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. WALPOLE said he thought the house ought to be very cautious in giving its assent to the inquiry which was sought for by the hon. member for Manchester. The first principle they should all agree in was this, that where two petitions were presented, both relating to the same subject matter, the one ought not to be allowed to proceed, at all events, until the other had been disposed of. Now, there were, in the case before the house, two petitions relating to the same subject. The petition which had been pre sented by the hon. member for Manchester was a petition complaining that there had been a breach of the privileges of that house committed by the undue interference, at an election for the borough of Peterborough, in the year 1852, of a peer of the realm. There was a second petition, also complaining of the return of the present member for Peterborough ; and that was a petition which had no relation whatever, except in one sense, to events that occurred in the year 1852. The only sense in which it re lated to the election of 1852 was, that the present sitting member had been declared by a committee of that house to have been guilty of bribery and treating at that elec tion, and that his seat h a d accordingly been pronounced void. A new writ had, in consequence of the decisioa of the committee, been issued for the borough of Peter borough ; and upon the issue of that writ notice had been given to the electors that since the election of the hon. member had been declared void upon the ground of bribery and treating, he was thereby disqualified to take his seat again for that borough during the present Parliament. If an inquiry were not granted immediately, it must neces sarily be postponed to a distant period. Under these cir cumstances— although being of opinion that there was considerable difficulty in the matter—he should vote in favour of the motion of the hon. member for Manchester. Mr. E. DENISON thought that after the steps which - the house had already taken, and seeing that the session was so far advanced, it was desirable that the committee Alienld be immediately appointed. Lord J. RUSSELL was of opinion that the house was perfectly right in having agreed to the appointment of a committee upon the subject then under their consideration. When a body of the inhabitants of any borough united in complaining of acts of bribery, intimidation, and treating. as keying been resorted to to prevent the freedom of elec tion, he maintained "that the doors of the house ought always in such cases to be open to inquiry. He was sorry, however, to be obliged to state that in the present instance the house had been placed in the difficulty in which they found themselves by the course which the petitioners had thought proper to pursue. It was perfectly true that while the former election petition, with reference to the borough of Peterborough, had been before the house, it would have scarcely been proper to have presented that which they were now considering. But the committee had co.ae to a decision in the case of that first petition, and had unseated the Fatting member. It was then perfectly competent for those parties who had the present petition many weeks in their possession to lay that petition be fore the house. Instead of taking that course, however, they had allowed a considerable time to elapse, and the petition of the electors of Peterborough and the present election petition had been presented almost at the same time. That was a course which had occasioned no small degree of inconvenience, and he felt assured that the house would agree with him in thinking that the petition should have been laid before them at an earlier period. The house, however, having decided, and, in his opinion, very pro perly decided, that there should be an inquiry instituted into the subject they were discussing, the only question which remained for consideration was whether there would be any greater inconvenience in appointing a committee now, which might sit at the same time with the election committee, than iu postponing inquiry to the next session of Parliament. He had mentioned a few evenings before that he believed the election committee would have only to consider whether the sitting member had been dis qualified from taking his seat in that house by the decision of a former committee, so that they were not likely to have in any case two separate inquiries into the matters of fact connected with the same subject matter. He should now say a few words upon the question to investigate which the present inquiry was asked for. Though they had upon their journals a resolution such as that to which the right hon. gentleman opposite had called their atten tion, he had always said that, in his opinion, the inter ference of a peer in election matters was not- to be re garded as very different from the interference of a com moner. He felt, however, that any gross and palpable inter ference in:sucNinatte_ q upon their part was a fair subject for inquiry and for censure. Now, under the circumstances of the case under their notice, he was of opinion that, if i nqu i r y into the truth of these allegations set forth by the petitioners were postponed, such delay must be regarded as a great public inconvenience. He, therefore, agreed h a o n us o e pposite t could p l u i r a a t u u e po w i l l a th to e whole direct the t h h e t ehte course h w on hie g h en t t h le e m that an immediate inquiry should take place. Mr. PALMER said, that finding the main point as issue with reference to the election petition was the qualification of the present hon. member, it did not appear to him that any inconvenience would arise from the immediate institu tion of the proposed incriry. Mr. V. SMITH continued to be of opinion that the ap pointment of a select committee to sit while the election committee was proceeding with its investigation was a cir cumstance which would lead to considerable inconvenience and embarrassment. They had, in his opinion, committed an error in assenting to take that course ; but having given their sanction to the appointment of the committee, he felt that the noble earl, whose name had been introduced in connection with the question, was entitled to ask them to enter at once upon the inquiry. After a few observations from Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. WHALLEY, " The motion was agreed to. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL. The house resumed the consideration of this bill in com mittee. Clause 23 was agreed to. Clause 24, which provides that the Governor General's assent shall be requisite to the validity of laws, having been put, Sir H. MADDOCK moved that after the words following ' alway always," ' w ' in or pageword :_ O T , h l a i t n line in 37, makingt e r shou ld lawsbe inse r ted and regulations regard shall be had to the religion and manner s and opi se dh e t nions of the different races of people inhabiting the said e m ara evi th d e en o c ffi e Get ftoerrreittohreiess,eleaantd.c'ol mm lt itte ha e d th be at en of st la a t t e ed y of the company, both civil and military, had not shown the pre d same e ese r s respect fer which the dituectfawtaelrecon tinued fheadeliegbeenefman thei fe s tedby peopleo their f rulelnd hadia,anhdy that t t tutleiaensathtaeccohmmeencot n o a f id th era at hl p y e di op m le in t i o sh o ed ur . Hencioaure course of of fe conduct conse quences. lie s hould be sorry to find that we h e ld I n di a solely by the tenu re of the sword, and he felt convinced that such a tenur e could not p os sibly be of long duration. belie we believed sh t o h u a l t d if soon such be a For his part, he appreciated more highly than the general ity of Englishmen the virtues and the good qualities of the natives of that country. He believed that there were many men among them as well qualified as Englishmen to serve in the Legislative Council ; and he regretted to feel com pelled to think that in that bill their feelings and their in terests had hardly been sufficiently consulted. It was for the purpose of supplying what he believed to be the defi ciency of the measure in that respect that he had proposed that amendment. Mr. HUME supported the amendment. He thought that the just claims of the natives of India to some share in the government of their own country, had already been too much disregarded in the bill ; and he was then pre pared to advocate a proposal which would in some degree mitigate that evil. Mr. LOWE said he believed that the amendment would either _be mere surplusage, or that if it should have anY operation at all it would tend to throw doubts on the ex tent of the powers entrusted to the Legislative Council, . and would thus be productive of very injurious MINI ~_ '. .S .7 k