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

rison of .13011(1, mportant d)s,rie weedings f a projectediir Ees from Bare! don for then, from the S, n Lucern e, t ! 5 a deputettoP before its cl , lihg beyond to. ithout politirt a roYal tlu te l e i ad imfl 3 stablishmem .ngdom. 42i ; the r et ; first class, 110 persons 0 igen, of fro° is a, letter . ,,„ Phe corn losl o It )ours. uted ova u', e em ploy Dr ip n, and 3 : 0 er point 01 0, loyed in f° • Fever' war-- A Joure'; acing Duke ° t presen t -but pr -but t WO to tbeo r " the China posit the in e s . ;ury, n, of M. d. alysis Lt attrO' ,ssages critio; trisco St. Ma t ; is rie ;pendent end tha men tal . / and jo" nucli t° origins' 'ersionst e Secret Samuel conk' e of OS bits an the ir sity for t 11 ,, e ime h e tol of the ifornlot autho r F of tb ° ro rnissioo steal be dls t, and' g• art y rt rtU' return MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. TA sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at '12400 bales, of which 4,000 were taken for export and speculation. The market continued very animated, and Brazil were -id. dearer: The sales comprised 10,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham, at God. to 7d. ; 200 Bahia, at 611. ; 500 Egyptian, at 6-id. to 9d. ; and 700 Surat, at 34d. to 4N. per lb. Railway Shares Were firmer. There has been an improved demand for most articles of col.mal prOduce, and,prices are well sus tained notwithstanding - the inertness of speculation and the larl. - 4encss of stocks. In articles used for manufacturing purposes there has been a good siness done. Sugar has been in moderato re ques';,. and in elfin, except Native, purchases to a lair extent have been made. Tea is less wanted, and tallow is cheaper. Rice, cotton, and saltpetre are steady. Rum 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 liming progress of the - railway surveys : "Ifelemn from a gentleman just come from the Pend (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 the route, &c. It is expected that the line will be located in a week or ten days, the surveys being now almost Completed, when front 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 hesita,tiou ' accepted them, with the understanding that after the first month each man was 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 fluence. This is partly attributable to the realisa tion of profits there, but the rumour was also current th a t unfavourable accounts had been received from St. Petersburgh. Consols have been 984 4 for both money and time. The New at per Cents. have realised 1014 g, and the 3 per Cents. 99k to I. 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 47i, and the Deferred keep at 23 to 1. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been at 43 to 44. The Old Brazilian Five per Cents. have risen to 104 and 102. Mexican are dull at 26i 1, and Russian have advanced to 118-i. 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 th e market, both for the English and French lines. 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. ( From the Official List.) 'Business done. Batik Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 99i A „ 3 Per Cent. Cons o ls Annuities 9Bi i i ° Per Cent. Annuity. 1726 New -9 ," 3i per Cent. Annuities lOlll i "nig Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 bitto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 946 India, Stock ' 258 ludia. Bonds, £lOOO .......,............. .... . • Consols for Account 11th August 9BA a Exchequer Bills, id. 21000 £5OO par 3 p Small par 3 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. P or t ugue se Bonds, 5 per Cent. Peruvian Scrip 1 d Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 44 Ditto 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 44 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4 . 3 / 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 471 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 23 i If Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 i Pe ... . , Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. .... ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9Bl Ditto August Account 9B GREAT REGATTA AT BRIGHTON. The three days' grand aquatic meeting at Brighton, w hich for some time past has g i ven p rom i se o f p ossess i ng , c stures of importance, interest, and attraction not to be 'ound elsewhere round the coast, commenced yesterday, lihde r the patronage of the Marquis sof Bristol, and sevenl her distinguished noblemen and gentlemen; and although eunastances, over which the committee could have no control, rendered it necessary to defer a portion of the pert to the second and third days, the great schooner ra ce , s r 120 guineas amply compensated the visitors for tho L''stponement, and for eery other deviation from the pro "ed course which necessarily forced itself upon the ma- It ls unnecessary to detail, nor have we space, at the p re sent season of the year, the numerous arrangements at had been made to provide sport and gratify the resi dents and visitors of this very fashionable watering-place ;'llflice it to say that the prizes were most handsome and „_ a ried, embracing craft of every tonnage in the habit of 7 113 peting on the English waters, and the attendance of C' l nPany extremely great. The very beautiful weather a t l i forded e ver y inducement to l overs o f th e spor t t o ava il oreselvea of the means of transit provided per railway 1, 141 excursion steam-boats, and there was one almost line of of spectato - 7s from Rottingdean to Shoreham, t • e course being so judiciously selected as to afford a beau t ;f view from the mansions of the nobility and gentry in ~ae Old Steine, Marine Parade, and the line of buildings nd chain of beautiful squares on tha western cliff. the had b een pur p ose d t o ma k e S a t ur d a y th e li g ht d a y o f :, „ a regatta, but the foul state of the weather for the two three previous days prevented the expected yachts ar `v,log in tune for yesterday's racing. The owners of seve ral were in attendance ready to enter, but their craft were Wea ther-bound at different places, and a change was neces "3' made in the order of things. The feature of yester usa, eras-- asoo Race for 120 guineas, of and above 50 tons -belonging to any Royal Yacht Club, each yacht to 1. 13 , a bo a t no t l ess th an 14 f ee t i n l eng th . O n l y th o pk!amsail allowed to be set previous to starting. chooiters. Tons. Owners. Clubs. Sverige ...... 280... T. Bartlett, Esq R.T.Y.C.&R.L.Y.C. Alarm ....... 248... J. Weld, Esq R.Y.S. Pieh course was to start from a flag-boat off the Chain r towards the west, to a boat moored off Shoreham Ilarbour, out about five miles, to another boat facing the pier ; thence to a b oa t off Rottingdean, and back to the Chain Pier,three times round, making 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 disqui din the Ist of June race of thelt.T.Y.o endered this loost interesting race ; and the start, and subsequent csetiful race between them, was closely'watched by save a' °face of her Majesty's 4 itio rs • h telescopes. NaN7, and other gentlemen of n, th e ,„Ktin Thellewson was the umpire, and at 11'25 started nog There There was a nice breeze from the south-west, but h a d e , rl , o ngh of it for such large cla ss craft. The Alarm t he choi c e of station, and took the weathermost berth. theY were b o th in rig and about at the sam e ti me. They Yed and commenced running towards Shoreham Point, repe Swede with a slight lead, but to leeward • but before ni(li ng the boat there, within 25 minutes Of the start, rai l Alarm drew sufficiently in front to make the turn a towrilteand quarter in advance of the Jwede. They were fl* " e ulg close hauled to the middle buoy, and here the 14 an , to e was a trifle increased, but in the very free sailing laming eastward triflingly diminished, and tbey passed the l o „, — "Ing place, having completed the first round in the order H. 31 - 8 ' Alarm Sverige 1 1 22 4 5 9 1 30 35 I n coing from the Eastward the Svrige had gained 25 seconds; ; but both, now right , e round to the middle or Ilenthern station, appeared to be pretty well in the same r,: ` dti ons, With a ver y slight advan ce b y th e Al arm . The ° 11 1:1 round was completed in the following order : H. M. S. Alarm 2 15 0 1. Sverige 2 17 10 b„,.' thee next roun d , a f ore - ga ff t o p sa il an d b a ll oon jib se t Bails Swede certainly began fitted in her favour. Her were beautifully cut, and her handsomely ; but ," had neither canvass enough upon her for light weather, '9l' weather enough, in her present trim, to make her suffi- Zently What she would have done with sharp l itrt . ng against a dead noser, it fin impossible to say. She, over, shortened her distancewill be seen b the re "it, whi c h was as follows : y H. H. S. Alarm .. 3 45 0 Sverig e 3 47 OSh e thus l os t b y two minutes in a distance of fully 52 9 e a , Performed by the winner in 4 hours nutes. ~,v , i ° Tne minor rowing matches followed, 2o a summary of Am e ch will be gi ven at the end of the regatta. ongst the sport for to-day is a grand race for 100/., Ifi wiii c h the following are entered :—Mosquito, Arr°w , Wildfire, and Aurora, all of which are clippers. OUTSB NEW 03INIBIIS AND CAB ACT.—INCREASE OF N IBUS FARES.—Y es t er d ay several metropolitan om- Rbus prop r i e t ors raised the rate of fares, amongst which the "R oyal Blues " and " Blackwell," 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. Th e di stances 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 fireriat the same- rate as the,abovp, .whinh has caused great dissension amongst the Passengers at being "taken in," as a passenger observed on 4d. being demanded at the them Mattai9n-house, .f . ,‘ without h av i ng no ti ce g i ven to SHARE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILV74TO. Closing Prices Basiness done this day. this day. too 8 lberdeen Nottng. Bost d; Eastn. Junc , Birmng. Woiverh. Li Stour Valley.. .... Birkenhd. Lanesb. Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O & £25 Cons... Do., 2ristol & Exeter__ ...... ',Mester & Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black: & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Aber ' deem Junction ..... Do. New 'East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (-XlB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do. . Do., B. ct C. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Binning. Juuc Edinburgh & Glasgow, Edlub. and Peebles Etlinb.Prth.&Dunde , 'Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western Irish South Fasters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & Soatbpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loncl.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/. Sit ,M &8... C London & S. Western Do., 450 ...... Do., 440 Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Ifanch.Shef.&Linclu. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Ifidland Do. Birming.dz Derby fkUand G. West.(lr. ) Do. Shares ... Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Ncwpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Itostrevor Norfolk.. IDo., New Northn. Counties Un North British ......... )North Devon, No.l. po., No. 2..........., Dc., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. ,North N. & S. Westrn. Juuc. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury &Birmg, Do., L & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herofd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Ea5tern......... South Wa1e5......... .. S. York sh. River Dun D 0..... 'Stockton & Hartlopl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway... Vale of Neath ••i 'Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick Ti'est Cornwall.. Wmbled en &Croydon Woodford York owed. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 26i -- 27 5 i - - 9 7 al 20 - 22 34 24 d 101 103 68i 69 . 22 20 21 - 4 p 8 - 9 51 =- 53 33 - - 4 121 -- 13!, 44 - 46 33 - 35 72A - 50 - 54 71 - 73 36' - ii. 861 -- 87' 56 -- 58 134 - 136 1091 -110 A 89t -- 901 7 - 71 1 - 99 -- 102 16 —l7 p 77i -- 78 4i -- 3 a 34 -- d 15 -15 i. 1 —lipxd 1044 1654 11154 116 , 2 894 904 ' 54 -- 4icti 4i 3id 11 13 18 20 29 —29 A - -dl 71 - 72 ; 41 - 43 1 55 - 57 - 1) 3§ 3,id 2i - 3 8 - 9 50 - 52 34 2 d 33 34 1 ••• •:. 4a, 4id 8 50 - 51 92 - 94 60 - 62 57 - 59 68 - 70 - 17 - 19 9 - OA 13 - 14 *.l 19 - 21 714 - 72,!, 1 35i - 13 -- 14 I 23 - 25 21 28 141 - - ..0 - 32 - 101 - 69 70 7 74d 2§ 60 61 1 PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeeu Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. e. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Cork &Bandon 5,1 p. c. Dundee Perth&Aber &en Junction ....... EastAngliau (£3103) 1 6 per cent...... ..... Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (1717 x) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex- 1 tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2. Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 54 per cent Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. , at 10 p. c. pram Gt. Southu. &Westu (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Es. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c tan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock—. London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref.; 5 P. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c.,1852 . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. A Sig Ntanc.h.,Shef.•,& Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. Now, £10... Do., £43 ..... ....•• Marypt: &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 42 per cent Do.. . ... Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 46 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5l per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ......... North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Radom (Reading. Ann.,) of 21 05.6 d. S.Yorksli.4p.c.Gitar. IVatcrfd.&liilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwicli,4 Do.. York & N. Midland H. & S. Purch FOR: Xn twerp&Rotterdaml Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi dt Erquelin. Dijon andEesancon.. Dutch Rhenish,,. East Indian * Do. ****** IGt. Indian Peninsil qd. Juret. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) , Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Mediterran, madras gamur &Liege (wits in;.erest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France To. 20/.. 3 p. c Bds! (fmy. B. dr Ams. NorwegianTruukPra Paris and Lyons.,, ?aris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland 4010.11 d 92 - - 96 88 -92 1(.3 • - 105 107 109 194 •- 201 -- id 6} -- -- 41 5 -- 5A - 1p -- 2A p 1i -- 2 p 14i -- ISA 20/ -- 20 128 - 130 113 - 114 9 103 104 d — *pm 149 151 1154 - 157 3i - 4 10 - 11 13 - 14 84 8i 10 loi P 151 - 1541 ir p p, 114 --1 / Ifil 118 -- 122.1 11:6* 10 1 IAI -0/ - 7 - ,2i 17 -17 i -- 1p 14 -- 15 par -- 1 p 25/ -- 261 . 19A - 20 - - 102 -- 104 -- Par — i P ,IGN. 1 d 1 1 14 —l5 1 p i ? lid 5 - 5p 10 - 2 pl i i - i id :id 7 1. 1,1 - 2 2 — 2 2 P - 135 . = 14 - 143 8 6 - 9A 17 - 173 14 -46 436 = 444 37 - 373 4 -- 5 194 -20 i 8i - 5 g p 4t 4t (118 10 ^ id 3-2 d 18 2 } 100 100 all all all all 111 100 114 all all all 1011 2.j 6S 9 51 131 13 87 6 7i 56 7 r 61 7i 136 5 110 A 90 I - 891 90 101 k f pm 1051 5 116 15 14t 90i 90 71 2li i 104 x d 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 4d par 10a. all Anglo Californian 10 2 Australasian — p. 1 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera id par 1 all Australian Freehold 1 3 1 all Ave Maria — id 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 4cl p 1 all British Austrin. Gold if 20 13.5 British Iron 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 4 4i 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiada 34 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 34 1 1 Carson's Creek 40 all Cobra Copper — 5 1 Colonial ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Min. of Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 7l —B4 p 5 all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg.Co 2 —14 d 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 1 p 2 1 3 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. e 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien 64 74xd 7 x d 1 all New Granada par— 1 p 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. 5 1 Port Philip id par 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all . Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 7 9 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 4 5 1 all South Australian 4d par 10 7 Tin Croft — 281 all United Mexican 34 41 ; 1 all Waller id par 1 all West Granada 4d par 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia Bl 82 81 a 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chad. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 1 p 3 100 25 Colonial — x d 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian I 4 P' 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 21 p 171 CO 20 Loudon and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India _ 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation , 48 49 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ••• '5O 1 r r x d & bon 10 all Do. New — 5 . 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 4 dis— par 25 all South Australia 45 —47xd 1 x all 25 all Union of Aus.ralia 79 80 794 21 Do. New Bl 84 50 10 Union of London ... 19 x d 40 all Union of Madrid__ MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricu.lt. 33 35 20 10 Australsn.Pcific.Maill 10 7 Australn. Royal Mail 50 384 Brit. American Laud 66 68 100. 324 Canada 6B 70 6 5 Crystal Palace l4 —24 p x n 7i64 7x new 4 4 Crystal Pal. of France 1 20 1 Eastern Steam ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir „. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam ' 20 5 Irish Beet2oot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . . 10 3 Netherlands Land — H p 20 74 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 40 —4lxd,xn xd, x n 1 all Submar. Telegraph ..„ 1 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 164 —17 A 17k i i. LLOYD'S SLIIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, July 22.—Wind this day at Noon, S. ; light breeze, and hazy. The 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—Hemietta 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—Bude, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, July 21.—Wind, W. Arrived—Caledo nian, Quebec. Saiied—Elizabeth Emily, Cape of Good Hope, HULL, 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—Ahnuda, 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 .RET URN. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Tra,ific return for the week ending July 17, 1853 £2,259 8 7;4 Corresponding week last year rENSIN . GTON 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 chfirch of St. Barnabas, Kensington. PROPOSED PROSECUTION OF MR. C. J. MARE FOR BRIBER .Y, &c.—Sir J. Shelley has placed on the orders of the day a notice of bis intention, on the 2d of August, to call the serious attention of the house to the resolu tion oiv. 11th of November last, viz. :—" That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a membe r 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 cc rrupt practices ;" and in connection therewith to the HI iecial resolutions of the Plymouth Election Com mittee, -.reported on the 10th day of May last ; and to move, ti Int the Attorney-General be directed to prose cute Oh: tries John Mare, Esq., the late member for the borough - o f Pl ymou th, for bribery and other corrupt practice 0,. MEL CHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday last, while two boys, : tgcx 1 respectively ten and twelve years, were either at pla37 c.r• in search of nests at the North Cliff, in Cam borne C ornwall, they were observed by persons not far off to I 'a,ll over. No time was lost in hurrying to the spot, bu tit 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 destitution, and the deceased was the only c hild' 0 lit% of six who was able to earn anything. The father ha d left ihe poor mother and family to enter the army. 'he parents had strictly charged the boys not to go to e cliffs, as they are exceedingly dangerous. Acciden ;of a fatal nature occur here almost every 40011, 13i 13 72i 13 60 i i i i 14i g 27i i x d pm , fif F % ► _!i9l THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEXING- : JULY 22, 1853. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IPaid RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closhig Prices this day. Business this day. Bedford and Blotchley. ... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Olstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Ilull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 , Shares. Lou. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bstn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear Alidid.Bradfd Northern and Ea,sternsp.c. Do. G per et. Do. Fixecls p 'Prest. & Wyrel iDO. ? I Shares. Roystu. 4k, Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrstl London.& N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. ,°.;N. W. Caledon.., Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Borw. Y. &NMd Do Do S. Eastern Do !Norfolk L.& N. W. & Stckton & Darliugt. Midland.. E. Couut Do Do L. &N.W &Lu&Yk Do GtNorthul Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt ,Do iGtWestn • --. ... 106 - 108 54 - 56 150 152 33 34xd, 1.12 - 114 56 - 57 271 - 2E4 141 -14/xil 26 - 27 98 - 100 3 - 31 .06 - 108 65 - 67 151 - 153 151 - 153 d {32 33{ 103 —lo4xd. MINES. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) COLONIAL CHURCH REGULATION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. 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 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 . werb 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 EIARROWBY 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, liear.) 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 lift to those in the eolony, than that they should consti tute such a tribunal here, at so great a distance from the 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 ail 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 had, 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 be this. 'Every church had in itself a natural and inherent right of regulating it own discip line. Therefore every church had the right to make ar rangements is 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 bad been thrown out of giving ecclesiastical courts in this country juris diction over the church in the colonies. This would 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 th e 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. After a few words from the Earl of DERBY, 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 prived of any civil rights to which he may be by law entitled." This was agreed to, and the clause as amended was adopted. The Earl of HARROWBY 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 American Church, and episcopal representatives from Australia and the Cape had as sisted. ' The bill expressed the wishes of the colonic 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 to g ether 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 o f th e U n it e d St a t es , an d 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. 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 divputes, 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 those 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 lie 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, lie 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. prerate, 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 LpNDON, 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 thes3 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. The clause was then agreed to, as were the remaining clauses, and the preamble. The house then adjourned at half-past 9 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) 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 much contributed to prevent the navigation of the Danube. There had recently been an overflowing of the banks from accumula tions ; but those floodings 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 the right hon. gentleman 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 wheter 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 question. But a communication had been made to the Horso Guards, and the subject was under inquiry. Sir DE LACY EVANS pia 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 SEWEItS 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 vas 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 the; 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 so , Alr. )3LAnuTT, who wished to know the intentions of Government respecting the Crown property known 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 presumed to be best calcu lated to promote the profit and convenience of the public at large. Mr. PELLA TT asked Lord J. Russell whether the Go vernment hadreceived 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 River ; and what steps have been taken to obtain redress, especially in reference to the 6th 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 question. 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 Bruno, notified in the London Gazette of the 15th inst., should not be postponed until the report of the commissioners agreed to be 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 among the captors—said, that this claim had been referred to 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 not 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 question 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 of measuring, a disputed distance. Such an event, he thought, could have happened in Turkey or Russia, but not in this country.• The complainant (Mr. Bond) said the cabman was guilty of no incivility—the man treated him with perfect respect throughout, and he was himself q uite shocked at the severity of the sentence. He m erely 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 cases were to occur, it would be necessary.to have an offi cer at the Home-office to read the p a pers in order to cor rect the inadvertency of magistrates. Viscoun4 PALMERSTON considered it to be his duty 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 newspapereports were generally accurate, yet errors did sometimes take place, and lie could mention one iu which stated to have given a woman Mr. Serjeant Adams was two years' additional punishment for calling an officer a "pig." Mr. Serjeant Adams denied that thi s h a d taken an error in that i ns t ance he hoped place ; and as there was ' the house, in th e present matter, would Suspend their judgment until the facts had been investigated. ACCIDENT AT BRAINE COLLIERY. Mr. MITICEIINS inquired what steps had been taken to ascertain the circumstances under which the late de plorable accident at Braine Colliery t oo k place? • - Viscount PALMERSTON was understood to way he had read the proceedings before the coroner, and great neglect a ppeared to have occurred on the part of the managers. Further inquiry was being made. 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 sole. 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 net date there wo.B no truth in the story when he gave an explanation on the subject at an early period 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 vesse l comp l e t e l y 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 heard 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 water, the fatt in this case had been over looked. 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.. as well as of the injury they suffer from 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 Works ? 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? Six: J. YOUNG said he did not think there was any ground for complaint in this case. Before the Shannon was improved the lands 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 t o by th e h ouse th e othr 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 con nec ti on 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 the petitions from the city of Poterborourgh, 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 matters 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 subsequent ;y 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. m e mb er a d m itt e d 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 lion. 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 thoyear 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 had 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 bad 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 wns desirable that the committee should 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 having 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 come to a decision in the case of that first petition, and had unseated the sitting 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 f e lt assure d th a t th e h ouse 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 in 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 I 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:such!matters 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 inquiry 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 with the right hon. gentleman opposite that upon the whole the best course which the house could pursue was to direct 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 inquiry. 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 i had, n opinion committed a n error in assen tin g to takethat 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 corn tit tee. 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 IL MADDOCK moved that after the words " always," in page 10, line 37, there should be inserted the following word :—" That - in making laws and regulations regard shall be had to the religion and manners and opi nions of the different races of people inhabiting the said territories, and." It had been stated in evidence be fore the select committee that of late years the officers of the company, both civil and military, had not shown the same respect which had been manifested by their predecessors for the feeling of the people of India, and that the attachment of that people to our rule had by that means become considerably diminished. Ho believed that if such a course of conduct were con- tinned we should soon be made to feel its fatal conse quences. He should be sorry to find that we held India solely by the tenure of the sword, and ho felt convinced that such a tenure could not possibly be of long duration. 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. Ile 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 fir the purpose of supplying what lie believed to be the defi ciency of the measure in that respect that he had proposed that amendment. Mr. HUME supported the amendment. Ho 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 biti.4oll4 Mae. t l. _~ ~ quences. It appeared that by a Ulnae,' law any nat who might become a convert to Christianity forfeited his property. But that law had been very properly abolished by the Legislative Council ; and ho believed that if that, amendment were adopted, the result would be that the natives of Indi& would be led to suppose that the House of Commons disapproved of the course which had been pur sued by the Legislative Council in that matter. He did not think that wwere bound to respect every feeling or custom of the peojle of India without any reference teihe conformity of such feeling or opinion to good sense and morality. We had already abolished infanticide and suttee in that country, and he believed that there were other customs still in force there, which might, with great advantage, be similarly done away with, wheneVer the opportunity might offer. Sir If. MADDOCK replied, amidst cries for a " divi sion." The very words he had introduced into that amend ment were employed in the 26th clause of the bill, and had been copied from a provision in the act of 1833. He be lieved that even if these words could be considered as mere surplusage their insertion in the bill would give consider able satisfaction to the people of India. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the clause was ordered to stand part of the bill. Clause 25 was agreed to. On clause 26, referring to the enactment of a law com mission to inquire into and report upon the administration of justice in India, Mr. BLACKETT objected to the clause, as it was calcu lated to give an inaccurate view of the result of the late law commission of India. The matter could not be allowed to drop without explanation as to why the late commission hod been allowed to fall into abeyance. (Hear, hear.) If no defence could be made' it was only right that so flagrant a violation of an act of Parliament should be exposed to the people of this country. In December, 1842, on the resignation.of Mr. Amos from the commission, the Court of Directors declined to fill up the vac anc y, and gradually the commission fell into abeyance. Sir C. WOOD said he had. no cognisance of what took place in 1842 or 1843. He thought they should not now discuss what took place then, but confine themselves to the future of India. _ . Mr. HUME thought the directors were called upon to explain the matter. Mr. J. PHILLINIORE said they could not attend to the argument of the President of the Board of Control. But what was the 1183 of enacting a clause now which would have no better result than the former clause to the same purpOrt. (Hear.) The law commission had cost a great sum of money, but had effected very little for the people of this country. They surely had a right to inquire why the commission had fallen inoperative. (Hear.) Sir C. WOOD complained that these matters should be introduced at the present period of the session. If hon. gentlemen were not satisfied with the Government mea sure why not suggest a better one ? Mr. BLACKETT did not wish to throw unnecessary obstacles in the way of the bill ; but he should say his object was attained in making these charges, seeing the hon. members for Guildford and Honiton in their places, but making no reply. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. W. HOGG said the charge of the hon. gentleman was that the Court of Directors had violated an act of Parliament by discontinuing appointments to the commis sion on the occurrence of vacancies. He assured the hon. gentleman he was in error. The Court of Directors re ceived a letter from the. Governor-General of India, stating that, whilst the expenses of the commission were enor mous, very little good was effected in return. The matter was then considered by the Court of Directors, and the general feeling appeared to be that it was advisable to dis continue the law commission altogether. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRIGHT observed that the commission had cost over 100,0001., yet no result whatever had been attained. He had heard it stated that the code of laws prepared for India by the hon. member for Edinburgh (Mr. Macaulay) was positively untranslateable into any language known in India. If such were the fact, of course it was right not to have proceeded with it. However, it seemed to him that the question should have been brought before Parliament and discussed, with a view to some remedy being applied. He thought the observations of the hon. member for Newcastle most reasonable ; yet the President of the Board of Control lectured him for inquirin,, ,, into affairs that occurred ten years since. (Hear, hear.) - The period of the session had been urged. Why, they had been sitting there since last November. (Hear, hear.) The convenenice of the Cabinet was doubtless very important; but was there to be no consideration for the 100,000,000 of human beings groaning under a chaos of laws and anoma lies ? (Hear.) He (Mr. Bright) had received a letter from. Bombay, where it was reported that her Majesty's Minis ters intended to appoint a commission for each of the pre sidencies, and which commission should report on the several important matters in the presidencies, such as the tenure of land, the administration of justice, and so forth. He hoped the President of the Board of Control would in form the house if such were the fact. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Bright) hoped it was, as nothing could be more ad vantageous to India, as forming the basis for future legis lation for that country. He thought one such report from men of ability on the spot would be worth a dozen blue books compiled at home, though the commissioners need not be paid 10,0001. a year, as the former law commission ers had been. (Hear.) Sir J. W. HOGG should say that Mr. Macaulay had been appointed a legislative member at 10,0001. a year, but it was no part of his duty to be of the law commission. However, he volunteered his services and acted gratuitously as president of the commission during the entire period. (Hear, hear.) The other commissioners had not 10,0001., but 5,0001. a year ; and as to Mr. Macaulay's code being untranslateable, he should say that, considering the diver sity of languages and prejudices, it was no wonder it should have been found inapplicable to all India. (Hear, hear.) After a few words in explanation from Mr. BLACKE Mr. MANGLES said the failure of the law commission had been entirely owing to the want of landmarks to guide it. The failure was not at all owing to the members who composed that commission. 31r. J. PHILLIMORE asserted that the commission broke down by reason of the increasing opposition of the Court of Directors. (Hear, hear.) Sir C. WOOD begged to state, in reply to the hon. member for Manchester, that no such commission as that to which he had alluded was known to him ; indeed, that was the first he had heard of the matter. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought the main difficulty lay in the commission endeavouring to accomplish too much. As for one universal code of laws for India, he believed the thing to be quite impossible. Mr. J. MACGREGOR, cautioned hon. gentlemen how they dealt with the clause now under consideration, as it was one which straightway touched the prejudices of the native inhabitants of India. (Hear, hear.) The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. On clause 27, " Advocate-General's appointment to be subject to the Board of Control," Mr. HUME said he thought it would be much better to give the power of appointment to the Court of Directors. The proposition, as it stood was indicative of a want of confidence in that body, and he begged to move that the clause be struck out. ----- Mr. V. SMITH said the clause NV3s a gratuitous insult to the Court of Directors, and he should support the amend ment of Mr. Hume. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE supported the clause. Sir C. WOOD said the clause was proposed in its pre sent shape, because it was thought more likely to secure a proper appointment Sir J. W. HOGG said that there had been a series of appointments by the Court of Directors to the office of Advocate-General, of the most eminent and distinguished men. And, with one exception only, he challenged any one to state a single name in the whole of that series who was not eminently qualified for the office. He hoped, therefore, that her Majesty's Government would not throw a slur upon the Court of Directors by persevering with the clause. Mr. T. BARING thought if the appointment were vested in the hands of the Board of Control it would be found that the Government wore very much open to pressure from without, and that in order to satisfy some portion or other of its supporters it might make legal ap pointments which would not be preferable to those which were now made by the East India Company. At first he had no great objection to the clause as it stood, because he believed the appointment would be made in concert be tween the two bodies—the East India direction and the government ; but if the committee were to decide upon the h principle on which it was now put, that it was to be in the of the government, then he must say th at he had g reat distrust of government appointments; an d he thou g ht it was not unlikely the appointment wou l d be g iven to so m e supporter of the ministry of the day. With these opinions he should wish the clause withdrawn, that the appoint ment might remain altogether w ith the Court of Directors. Sir J. FITZGERALD supported the clause. supposing thet ha g t ov the c m la e u n s t e . placed ern Sir C. WOOD said the lion. membe r f or H un ti ng d on (Mr. nomination inth in e hands lie (Sir C. Wood) had no wish of th e sor t. O n th e con the Baring)ol vinaisna mistakent con trary, he desired to leave it with the Court of Directors, subject, however, to the approbation or veto of the govern ment. Mr. E. B. ROCHE supported the clause. If this veto were not given to the Crown the Irish bar, which was equal to any other bar in the world in point of talent and information, would be shut out altogether from these ap pointments. He supported the clause giving this veto to the Crown, because it would have the effect of making the Board of Control responsible to Parliament for these ap pointments. Sir J. W. NOGG instanced the appointments of Sir John French, as Judge of Calcutta, of Sir William Mqsraughten, of Mr. Stretteli, and other gentlemen, with a view of show ing that the East India Company had not overlooked the merits of Irishmen. He said that the company in making those appointments were only influenced by the wish to select men of eminence and ability. From the establish ment of the East India Company up to the present mo ment they had always the exclusive power of making those appointments. If that power was now to be taken from them, it would imply a kind of censure upon the company for not having discharged their duties honestly. Sir R. H. INGLIS would not be a party to any course that would imply a censure upon the East India Company for their appointments, nine out of ten of which were ad mitted by the Minister of the Crown to be unexception able. Mr. NEWDEGATE had no wish to support any course which would meet the views just advocated by the hon. member for Cork, who distinctly stated that he valued the clause because it would cause a scramble Among the Irish bar for appointments. If the Scotch and English put forward similar claims, as they had a right to do, the scramble for patronage would be on a most extensive sup scale. Ho never hoard a clause so weakly ported as the present was. If the appointment be vested in the Board of Control, the right hon. gentleman would be sub ject to continual pressure on account of them. He trusted that the right hon. gentleman, in whatever view ho might regard those appointments, as they concerned himself, would endeavour to relieve his successors from the odium that must attach to them in respect to those appointments. Mr. RICH said the statement of the hon. member for Houiton did great credit to the Court of Directors, in the way of appointments. But the East India Company were subject to influences as well as other bodies, and he thought that it would be well to counteract them as far as it was possible. The committee then divided, when there appeared— For the clause .................................. 115 Against it ... 59 Majority —s6 The clause was then agreed to. On clause 28, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked a question as to the ob ject of the clause in respect to the appointment of the com pany's officers ? Sir C. WOOD said ho was aware that there was some misapprehension abroad as to the meaning of this clause. The question was, in effect, whether it was intended to exclude the officers of the company in the chief appoint menta to be made. He was happy to say that no such ob ject was ever intended. Although the Queen would appoint the commander-in-chief of the whole of the forces, that officer might be a general in the company's service. The clause in this respect made no difference iu the prac tice hitherto followed. Mr, RUMS expressed his gratification, at hearing this 50 50 20 50 25 25 St. 50 50 16 St. 19? 50 25 100 St. 100 all 3 100 St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 261 13i 20 20 50 6 1 all 2 1 100 all 15 21s. 100 20 100 St. 16 St. St. 100 6 100 100 12 1211 St. 411 all 101 100 100 1.0.6 1081 20i 1 113 i 10 i i 3i 1031 37g 4 30 304 30 124 13i 20 20 all 100 all 100 all all all all all 100 100 100 8 . I