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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1853. ing than to see a Freetrader at bay. (Laughter.) The hon. gentleman had fought most gallantly in the painful circumstances and the perilous position in which he was placed. The honourable member had read them a lec ture not merely on Indian legislation, but really on legis lation in general. He had told them that there were very few subjects which the House of Commons ought to presume to meddle with ; and without too much con fidence in himself there were few subjects on w hich i the Ifs hon. gentleman was not ready to offer them advice . (Renewed laughter.) He (Mr. Disraeli) must prot est against the analogy which the hon. gentleman ho.d. drawn between the law which prohibited the production of to bacco and that which regulated the production of salt in India. According to the learned gentleman they were perfectly analogous—nay, more, they were identical ; but the hon. gentleman seemed to forget that in India, at least, the people were permitted to produce salt ; but the people f this country were not permitted to produce tobacco ; and hat, he thought, was a very considerable difference. Mr. LOWE—There is no monopoly in either case. Mr. DISRAELI was not aware that he had used the word " monopoly." The hononrable gentleman had had experience of other popular assemblies besides the present, and in those assemblies, he believed, the members were rather more in the habit of interposing their remarks in debate than was customary in this country. The hon. gentleman, following that practice, was always ready with his suggestions, which were, of course, always interesting, but sometimes, when one was speaking, they were incon venient. (Laughter.) He (Mr. Disraeli) wanted to bring the attention of the house to the right point before them. He wanted to prevent them from being diverted from it by such considerations as the noble lord who had just ad dressed them had introduced to their notice. Was it, or was it not, the fact that the present state of the law and of the fiscal regulations of India with respect to the pro duction of salt was an enormous grievance, tending to the degradation of the population of that country? If that was so, had they afair chance of this evil being successfully dealt with by the Indian authorities? If, as he maintained, they could not indulge that hope, was it the duty of Far liament to interpose? And if it was the duty of Parlia ment to interpose, when could they have a happier oppor tunity or a more befitting occasion than when they were deliberating on the best mode of governing India ? That he believed to be a true description of the question then before them ; and, if so, it was one of great responsi bility, from which he, fur one, had not the courage to shrink. The evils of the present system of regulating the manufacture of salt were as great national evils as any which the imagination of man could well picture. He had not heard the evils of the system depreciated even by hon. gentlemen opposite. With the exception of some phrases by the President of the Board of Control, to which, per haps, he hardly annexed the import they certainly bore, he had not heard any attempt made, nor seen any inclination in any hon. member, to pretend for a moment that the fiscal regulations respectin g the manufacture of salt w as not one of the greatest evils t hat could possibly exist. Well, then, was it the wish of the House of Commons that these evils should be permanent, and that there should be no attempt to remedy them ? Had they well considered the conse quences of a population in a chronic state of bad health— (a laugh)—because, although gentlemen might smile, that was the fair conclusion that must be drawn from authentic documents in their possession ? (Hoar, hear.) He had heard some sneers about his right hon. friend standing up for the interests of his constituents in the motion he had brought forward. He bad been astonished to hear those sneers from the Secretary to the Board of Control and others. He hoped that, on both sides of the house, they were sufficiently enlightened, when their attention was drawn to the consideration of a topic by those who were interested in it, not to be misled by the representations that were made to them on behalf of a limited body of human beings. But he denied that they had on this ques tion the consideration of what constituency the member represented who brought a question of this kind under their notice. He thought he knew his right hon. friend pretty well, and he felt sure that it was something beyond the mere interests of the constituency of Droitwich which had animated him in the able appeal he had that night made to the house. (Hear.) He should like to ask some enthusiastic Freetrader who was opposed to him,whe ther, when the hon. member for Stockport, or any other hon. gentleman who represented the interests of Lanca shire came forward, and called on them to repeal the duties which regulated the importation of foreign corn 10 years ago, they would ha: e thought it a conclusive an swer to such a gentleman to say, that he was advbcating the interests of his constituents, and that the only object he had in view in the course he as taking was to benefit those whom he immediately and particularly represented in that house? (Hear, hear.) Indeed, whatever might be their opinions on this subject—whether they considered it in a philanthropic or in a purely commercial light, he was surprised that any one, and especially that a Minister of the Queen, holding the responsible office of President of that department which peculiarly presided over the for tunes of India, should consider it the happiest retort, and the most felicitous repartee he could make, that such a motion had been introduced in such a manner as to show that the right hon. gentleman was thinkir c , ,, only of the interest of his constituents. He argued from such au answer as this that the case which the right hon. gentleman the President of the Board of Control rose to support was not one of the strongest that had ever been placed before the House of Commons. He should now leave the house to decide the question on the broad merits of the case, such as he had endeavoured, very feebly he was aware, to place before them. (Hear, hear.) The house then divided, and the numbers were— For the clause Against it Majority against the Government —lO The clause was then added to the bill. Mr. BLACKETT then proposed the following clause : " That the President of the Board of Control, or, in his absence, some other member of her Majesty's Government, shall, in every session, make a statement to the House of Commons on the subject of the Indian finances, on some day subsequent to the presentation of the annual Indian accounts." Lord J. RUSSELL said, the clause was a very unusual one. The hon. member proposed that the President of the Board of Control should make a speech every year. Why not specify how long the speech should be ? (Laughter.) Whether 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour ? (Laughter.) He really thought it was not a matter for legislation, and he must therefore object to the clause being brought up. Mr. HtJME was surprised at the noble lord. (Laughter.) Many years ago it was the practice of the Indian Minister to make a financial statement to the house, and he consid ered that the Governments had in recent years failed in doing their duty in that respect. He should have thought that the noble lord would have said that he had no hesita tion in bringing Indian matters annually before the House of Commons. He hoped the noble lord would reconsider the subject. If there were any objection on the ground of such statements occupying the time of the house he would suggest that no man should be allowed to speak more than an hour. Lord J. RUSSELL had no objection to a statement of the Indian finances being made. He admitted that it was a very useful practice to require such a statement ; but what he objected to was the making it the subject of a clause in an act of Parliament. Why not, upon the same principle, require the Chancellor of the Exchequer by act of Parliament to make his yearly statement? Mr. DISRAELI begged to suggest that if the President of the Board of Control made an annual statement of the Indian finances he should be required to state the sums in pounds sterling, and not in sicca rupees. (A laugh.) The clause was then put and negatived. Mr. WIGRAM moved the following clauses : " No law or regulation made by the Governor-General in Council under the powers of the statute of 3d and 4th of William IV., c. 85, s. 43, shall be invalid by reason only that the same affects any prerogative of the Crown, pro vided such law or regulation shall have received the pre vious sanction of the Crown, signified under the Royal sign manual of her Majesty, countersigned by the Presi dent of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India. " All fines and penalties incurred by the sentence or or der of any court of justice within the territories under the government of the East India Company, and all forfeitures for crimes of any real or personal estate within the said territories, and all real and personal estate within the said territories escheating or lapsing for want of an heir or successor, and all property within the said territories devolving as bona vacantia for want of a rightful owner, shall, as part of the revenues of India, belong to the East India Company, in trust for her Majesty, for the service of the Government of India. Provided also, that the Go vernor-General in Council, and any other person or per- SOUR who may be authorised by any act passcd in that be half by the Governor-General in Council, shall have power (in cases where the same may appear suitable and proper) to make any grant or disposition of any property so accru ing by forfeitnre, escheat, or otherwise, to or in favour of any relative or connexion of the person from whom the same shall have accrued, or to or in favour of any other person or persons." Sir C. WOOD said ho had no objection to the clauses. The clauses were then added to the bill. Sir H. M A.DDOCK moved the following clause : " Whereas the territories of British India are a portion of the dominions of the British Crown, and the native and European inhabitants thereof are her Majesty's subjects, the Government of the said territories as carried on in India, and the administration of justice therein, shall, from and after the Passing of this act, be in the name of her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and all public acts of the Government of Indi a s h all be lone and executed by theGovernor-General in Council, in the name of her Ma jesty, her heirs and successors." Sir C. WOOD observed that, as the house was aware, this question had been raised and discussed in the corn- mittee—(hear, hear)—and, if the clause were agreed to, the bill would be absolute nonsense. (Hear, hear.) The clause was then negatived. Sir C. WOOD said he had give* notice some time ago of fixing the ualifica ionuniow required, and he an d salaries of the directors. Objections had been his intention to bring up t d wo clauses tion made to the large mono; thought it veil' desirable the sidered, also, that ll i'tiwficati°n should be reduced. He considered, s should ossess the main most desirable that all the direc or _ P d e qualification osed a clause re ucing the qualification He therefore prop from 2,0001. 000/ to 1 000/ directors , . , and en set i n of elected that, all director s, whether elected or appointed, should that qualification, and should be required t o make : d ec l ara tion that they were in possession of stock to such an amount. Mr. BLACKETT, the clause was After a words from 1,5001.,the nnagreed to. C Sir C. WOOD then propos ed a claise'fix at ing sala ries of the chairman and dep ut y -chairman r. each of the directors at 1, 0001 . a - He moved the d ea i f t o t r e e the o n amounts t he elau s i e n . in troduction of tho clause with the space blank, leaving it to he filled up in comm The clause having been read, Mr. HADFIELD objected to it. He was i opposed w pp a o s se w d e t l o l any increase in the salaries of the directors, as . un derstood th a t th e i r emo l umen t wa s really to be found in the objectionable system of patronage. Mr. BLACKETT concurred in the objec`ion to the elause, and would vote against it. He objected to paying the directors both by salary and patronage. Mr. HUTCHINS and Mr. WISE complained that no notice had been given of the amount of salary now pro- , posed to be given to the directors. Mr. MILNES thought hon. gentlemen committed an error in confounding patronage with salary. Persons dis posing of patronage derived no pecuniary advantage from , it. The patronage of which the Secretary to the Treasury j disposed was enormous, but would any one, for that reason, say he ought to have no salary ? Mr. SPOONER said the question of the amount of NE %/S li p paust be considered in committee, ~..—. 2/L'ANGLES protested ag!inst a pecuniary value " ~t ..,_, beg on the patronage, which the directors j tuck 7 7 , "••••.../..- --- - Y 4(7, •4, AA - fti " 1,, • lic, fr,41:7 1 , ~ !,•S.: I , pri wont into committee. 4 , • 4f.....,..Ls q. 4,. . osal to til up the blank with the salary of - a.- -" ' • 04 - num for the chairman of the Court of Di -1 ..„-==i ~. • " . — V, pressed --: 1 . 1 - ENE!, Y for the adjournment of the I& . th ground that his lion, friends around him u. ,- on, on * had been taken by surprise. He moved that the chairman report progress. Mx. HUTCHINS also thought it unfair to press this in crease of salary without notice. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that if there was any wish on the part of the house to have further time, the Govern ment were quite ready to consider this clause on the third reading, and for that purpose he would agree to the motion for reporting progress. There had been from the beginning a great deal of debate whether the salary of the directors had not been placed too low. Many hon. mem bers had expressed themselves of the same opinion with the noble lord (Stanley) that the salary of the directors was too low. Their observations seemed to have a great deal of force and truth, and the increase was agreed to rather in consequence of what was said by hon. members, who appeared to give good reasons for their opinion, than from any desire on the part of the Government for the in crease in question. The question that he wished the house to decide was, which was the best way of obtaining the services of the best men in the government of India. If the directors were to have the disposal of so many millions of men and the revenues of India, the house ought not, for the sake of 5001. a year, to lose the services of men who could govern India with the greatest wisdom. Many of the men who came from India, and who might be offered the situation of director, might say that the salary of 5001, would not enable them to incur the additional ex pense of living in London without a loss of income. They might therefore decline accepting the post of di rector, and say that they meant to live in a cheaper part of the country. The real intention of the clause was to secure the services of the best men who could govern India well. He agreed that the patronage at tached to the office of director went for something in the consideration of their recompense. Patronage was a power, and the being enabled to obliged a man whom a person in office considered worthy added to the consideration in which he was held. He did not allnde to the bestowal of patronage in a sordid sense and from sordid motives,: but a man liked to be in a position to give a reward to persons whom he thought deserving, and to choose among his fel low-citizens the persons he considered worthy to fill situa tions of power and responsibility. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the house resumed. The bill was ordered to be read a third time to-day (Friday). LATE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE. The Clerk was proceeding, at half-past 1 o'clock, to read the remaining orders of the day, 28 in number, when Mr. BROTHERTON, amid cheering from all sides of the house, rose and moved that the house do now adjourn. He protested against going into the consideration of any new bills at that time of night. (Cheers.) He had abstained, of late, from interfering to move the adjournment of the house, because he considered that he might as well attempt to stop the tide. He had for 20 yea.zs perseveringly endea voured to bring the house to observe reasonable hours. (A laugh, and hear, hear.) The attempt was now beyond his strength; but he really hoped that, next session, some mea sure would be adopted to prevent a repetition of such late sittings. (Cheers.) If the house, next session, did not adjourn at midnight, he would recommend those gentle men who constituted the fourth estate in that house (look ing up at the reporters' gallery), to shut their books and leave the house. (Cheers.) If they did so, he felt certain it would cause hon. members to abridge their speeches. (Hear, hear.) The house had now been sitting 13 hours and a half. This might be done now and then, but when, as had frequently happened of late, the house sat 14, 15, and 16 hours, the labour was beyond what human nature could endure. The house cheered, and the clerk went on to the next order of the day. ENTRY OF SEAMEN BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. DUTIES ON HORSES LET FOR HIRE BILL. This bill passed through committee. HACKNEY CARRIAGE DUTIES BILL. In committee on this bill. Mr. LOWE (for Mr. FITZROY), brought up a clause to enact that, where more than two persons ride in a cab 6d. shall be charged for each person more than two for the whole hiring. This provision, he said, had been prepared before the recent strike. Sir D. NORREYS asked, if this clause had not been en acted in consequence of the late strike, why had not notice been given of it? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the intention of the Under-Secretary had been simply that the Legislature should put itself quite in the right towards the cab interest, while it showed its determination not to depart from what it considered just towards the public Sir J. SHELLY rose to corroborate the statement of the right hon. gentleman. He had that afternoon • been present at a deputation of cab proprietors who had waited on the Under-Secretary of State, and he had heard that deputation state positively that the resolution just read from the chair, had been laid before them previous to the occurrence which had lately taken place, and the reason cf the delay in bringing it before the house had been a mere question as to the wording of the clause, which had only been settled a short time ago. He certainly hoped that her Majesty's Government would not give way on this occasion. (Hear.) As one of the metropolitan members, he had been very anxious to see any just demands which the cab proprietors might have, met in a proper spirit and settled if possible ; but, at the same time, he was bound to say that the circumstances under which they now came before the house were very materially altered by the course which they had pursued. (Hear.) He thought the most dignified course for the house to pursue would be to look upon these men now as entirely out of court ; when they had brought their cabs back on the stands, then let them petition Parliament, and any just grievances which they had might be redressed in a fair spirit. (Hear, hear, and cries of •' No !") Mr. SPOONER quite agreed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer that this question must be treated as a question of justice, and without any reference to what had taken place. (Hear.) He was one of those who believed with the hon. baronet the member for the University of Oxford that they ought not to have fixed the fares, without evidence before them that those fares wore just. (Hear.) His con viction was then, and it still continued the same, that it was not just to require them to go for a sixpenny fare at all. (Hear, and cries of "No !") He was perfectly certain that if they had gone into an inquiry, they would have been convinced that it was impossible for the cabmen to get a fair profit at that price. (Hear, and cries of "No !") When hon. members used the argument that the cabmen would get twice as many fares at the reduced price as they could have done at the old one, they must remember that, though it might be a very fair one as regarded machinery, it was scarcely one which could apply to cabs, where two horses would be required to go over the increased distances, and where the wear and tear of the vehicles would be so much greater. In fact the expenses would be found to in crease in the same ratio as the fares they got. He wished to ask the Government whether they would consent to in troduce a clause, which he really thought was just—that there should be no sixpenny fare at all (cries of " Oh !" and " Hear") ; but that the fare should be ls. for every thing under two miles. When they came to consider that they required the service of a horse and man for however little distance they went, he was sure they must allow that 6d was too little. Mr. GROGAN said that, if he understood the clause rightly, it was to allow cabs, which were only licensed to carry two, to break the law by carrying more, and get ad ditional fare for it. He had no objection to the cabs car rying more than two, but he did not like to see it put in the light of an infraction of the law. Mr. LO WE pointed out that to carry two meant that they were not to be compelled to carry more than two, and not that they were to be limited to carrying two only. Mr. FRE WEN thought that they were knocking under to the great proprietors by amending the act in this man ner. It was notorious that it was not the men who owned one or two cabs who had organised and were carrying on this strike, but the large cab proprietors—(Hear)—and it would be far better for the house to adjourn the conside ration of this question for a few days, and when the cab proprietors cause to their senses no doubt the house would entertain any reasonable proposal for the relief of any real grievance under which they might be suffering. Captain MAGAN said, that considering the manner in which the hon. member for North Warwickshire had been treated by a cabman last year, it certainly was very disin terested of him to advocate their cause with such spirit. (A laugh.) It was the duty of that house to protect the public against these men, and, as they held licences for the bernei t or the public, he would suggest that this would be a very fitting opportunity to insert some provision in the bill to prevent persons holding licences ever again re sorting to such a combination. (Hear.) Mr. B. CARTEi . suggested, that as there was a bill now before the house relating to the Dublin carriages, a provi sion in it which gave power to the police authorities, with the consent of the Recorder, to vary the fares according as circumstances might require, should be introduced into this bill, substituting the Under Secretary for the Rec.,rder. Mr. F. SCULLY wished to know whether the additional 6d. for every person was to be for the whole distance, or only per mile. Mr. LOWE—For the whole distance. Mr. F. SCULLY—In that case there could be no objec tion to the clause. He thought the whole question ought to be considered with great cars, and he himself was pre pared with a clause which, he thought, would preve n t th e recurrence of the present deplorable state of things. Mr. O'BRIEN thought the cab proprietors ought to have followed the example of their fellows in Dublin, who re presented their case fairly and calmly to the authorities, and by that means succeeded in getting provisions intro duced into the bill which met their wishes. (Hear.) Mr. C. HOWARD reminded the Government that this clause did not apply to that very useful class of carriage, the Hansom cabs. that the best way of putting it down was to yield to it. He suggested that this was an opportunity which might never happen again, of carrying out a great principle, and of giving perfect free, trade in cabs as well as e ver ything else. Mr. J. MACGREGOR hoped the house would not be hasty in coming to a conclusion on this subject. Mr. HUTCHINS had been present at an interview be tween a deputation of cab proprietors and the Secretary to the Treasury, and could state that his hon. friend had done his utmost to arrive at an equitable conclusion as regarded all parties. It appeared, however, almost impossible to satisfy the proprietors. He hoped the house would proceed to pass these clauses. Mr.WALPOLE suggested that they really ought not to divide. He felt the cab proprietors were very much in the wrong, but he could not conceal from himself that the house had been a little inadvertent. Let them put them selves right by adopting the two clauses proposed by'the Government, and then all would go well. Mr. GROGAN did not wish to stand in the way of an arrangement, but the clause would not carry out the object in view. He certainly would oppose it in the interest of the public. Sir J. SHELLEY, as one who was present at the inter view of the cab proprietors with the right hon. gentleman, thought it right to state they were satisfied with the reso lutions so far as they went, but that nothing would com pletely satisfy them except a shilling for the first time. Mr. FRE WEN recommended that the clauses should be printed and brought up on the report. The CHAIRMAN put the question that the clause be read a second time, but Mr. GROGAN was so anx i ous t o o pp ose it that he rose twice to divide before the chairman read it, amid some cries of " Order," and a voice, " Let it be read first that you may learn what it means." The CHAIRMAN—Does the hon. member divide? Mr. GROGAN—Certainly. The committee divided— For the clause Against it Majority for the clause —79 On our return to the gallery, the chairman was reading the words of the next clause, that in every one-horse car riage only 6d. for each person above the number of two should be paid for each hiring. Mr. MACARTNEY really thought they were pursuing a very hasty and injudicious course in going on with the clauses at that hour. Let them adjourn the debate till 12 to-morrow (this day), and meantime the clauses could be printed for the use of members. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The hon. member must be aware that other business is fixed for 12 o'clock to-day. Mr. MACARTNEY—It will only take ten minutes to settle the matter. (" Oh !oh !") The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—The course proposed is unnecessary, for the house will have an opportunity of considering the clauses when the report is brought up. _ _ . 88 Mr. MAGAN did not know whether the house would arrive at a sound decision or not, but certainly the hon. member for Antrim was not a 'very good judge of the point, for he had only just awoke from a very sound sleep. (Laughter.) The clause would not be very much for the benefit of the cabmen, for if it had four persons to carry, instead of putting them into one cab he could distribute them in four cabs for the same price. (Laughter.) The clause was then ordered to stand part of the bill. Mr. LOWE said, ho had another clause to propose, to the effect that the driver of a cab should be at liberty to charge is. per mile for every mile or part of a mile, if re quired to drive beyond the circumference of a circle the radius of which should be four miles from Charing-cross, provided he was discharged beyond such circumference. Mr. FREWEN thought this clause required considera tion. Supposing a person took a cab from Charing-cross to the Tower Hamlets, it would be beyond the four miles ; and then, according to: this clause, the person would be charged a shilling a-mile. This he considered to be ob jectionable. Sir D. NORREYS said, if they adopted the Post-office as the centre of the circle, as was at first proposed, they would include a large portion of Bow and the Isle of Dogs —(laughter)----and the more distant parts of Camberwell ; but they would exclude the new and populous district of Bayswater and that neighbourhood. He thought the change from the General Post•office was most judicious; but instead of Charing-cross he would suggest St. Clement's Church as the centre. Mr. PELLATT thought the distance should be three miles instead of four. Sir J. S HELLEY said, the reason that four miles were fixed on was that that radius would include all the princi pal railways, whereas, if three miles were adopted as she distance, almost every one of the railways would be ex cluded. The clause was then agreed to. . . Mr. F. SCULLY said, that as the cab proprietors took out licences, and thereby entered into a contract with the public to convey passengers in their vehicles, they were bound to perform that contract, and ought not to be al lowed to withdraw their cabs without notice. He sug gested a proviso to that effect. Mr. LOWE objected to the clause being entered upon at that time. Mr. F. SCULLY said he would bring up the clause at a future stage. _ _ The hou — se then resumed, and the bill was reported. On the order for resuming the adjourned debate on the resolution for allowing strangers to remain in the house during divisions, Mr. AIIINTZ complained that the order for resuming the debate had been placed in such a position on the paper that it could scarcely be taken to-night. Mr. S. HERBERT said there was no objection on the part of the noble member for the city of London that the experiment should be tried. (Hear, hear.) The resolutions, moved by Mr. MUNTZ, were then agreed to. The Crime and Outrage (Ireland) Bill, the Customs Bill, and the Dublin Carriage Bill went through committee. The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Public Works Act Amendment (Ireland) Advances Bill went through committee. The Committee on the Naval Coast Volunteers Bill was fixed for next Monday, at 12 o'clock. The house then adjourned, at 5 minutes past 3 o'clock. PORT OP PLYMOUTH REGATTA. PLYMOUTH, JULY 27. The annual town regatta, which was postponed from last week in consequence of the extremely unfavourable state of the weather, came off yesterday afternoon, but under scarcely less favourable circumstances. A thick, hazy %ionosphere prevailed, and the view to the specta tors was limited for a very short distance. A goodly number of persons collected on the Hoe, but by no means to the extent as is commonly witnessed on such occasions. The committee were on board a vessel moored off the Hoe for the purpose of conducting the general arrangements, in which they were assisted by Mr. Lomer, the late secretary of the Royal Southern Yacht Club. The programme of the amusements set forth numerous and valuable prizes for competition, amongst which was a handsome piece of plate pre sented by Charles John Mare, Esq. ; a piece of plate, value 201., presented by J. R. Newcombe, Esq., the lessee of the Theatre Royal; and nine or ten other prizes. - The first race for the day was for A PIECE of PLATE, value 501., presented by Charles John Mare, Esq., for yachts above 15 tons. The fol lowing yachts were entered : Yachts. Tons. Blue Bell 3O Captain Roebuck. Annie l6 Samuel Triscott, Esq. Fawn 2B H. Finis, Esq. A time race. The course was through the eastern channel of the Breakwater, round a mark vessel moored off the Shagstoile, thence to another mark ves sel moored off Penlee Point, leaving both on the star board hand, returning through the western channel, rounding the buoy off the Cobbler, leaving it on the port hand, and thence round the committee-vessel, which was also to be left on the port hand. Twice round the course. The Fawn did not appear at the start, which took place at 111. 30m., the two yachts keeping well together until they got on the outside of the Breakwater, when the Blue Bell obtained the lead, and kept it for the rest of the round, which was performed as under : Blue Bell Annie H. M. S. 3 36 50 3 45 45 In consequence of the heavy lop of sea outside the Breakwater, and the strong south-westerly wind blowing at the time, the Annie received so much damage that on completing the first round she sailed into the harbour, struck her flag, and gave up all further share in the con test. As a matter of form, the Blue Bell proceeded over the course alone, and the second round was thus concluded : H. M. S. . 5 43 45 Blue Bell Captain Roebuck was then declared to be the winner of this valuable prize, which was of magnificent work manship, from the manufactory of Mr. Cave, of George street, Plymouth. It consisted of a richly-Chased vase, the root and trunk of the oak-tree forming the foot, with the foliage beautifully encircling the body, the handles formed of two full-length figures of sailors standing on its branches, in the act of cheering. The whole sur mounted by a cluster of acorns and leaves. The next was a PIECE of PLATE presented by J. R. Newcombe, Esq., lessee of the Theatre Royal, for yachts under 15 tons. The following yachts started at 3h. 33m.: Mr. LOCKE thought, with the hon. member for North. Warwickshire, that justice ought to be done in this case in dependent of the present state of things. (Hear, hear.) When the conduct of the Dublin cabmen was contrasted with that of the London cabmen, it must be remembered that the latter had never had an inquiry referred to them. He thought it would be much more consistent to leave the responsibility of arranging the matter in the hands of the Government, but he entertained a strong opinion that the scale of fares laid down in the bill was not remunerative. (Cries of "No," and " Hear.") He certainly thought that at least an inquiry into its justice should have been made before such a reduction was attempted. Lord D. STUART agreed with those who thought the house ought to resist anything like a concession to clamour. lie lamented very much the state of things out of doors, and chiefly for the sake of the persons who had occasioned that state of things, for there could be no doubt that the I s ' a u T e G r n Z, engaged in the cab trade would be thosewhowould such a enoeurrn.eotsht e in h co a n d v b e e n e i n en il ee l-ad fr v o i m sed th b e u s t tr a i t k t e h . e s l a n ni t e a t k i i m ug e difficulty,help reminding bon. gentlemen he could not been brought that the pre sent, and the public annoyance experienced, had g" 11 1 ) ° ,1 the house by their own conduct. If asked e I the select committee for had been gran t e d ; a ll th e details connected with matter would have been p ro p er ly tiamined, and th e mistake so would not have been made which had involved u s in much olou alifficulty. Another time, in legislating, the houseremember the good ld o .' f ' th9ught it old proverb, "The more haste, the less The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Hear.) was not desirable now to reopen the subject fares, and that it wa s m a ch better either at once ZioxideecninlYe on the subject before the house , or agree to postp one it for( future consideration, rather than proceed with a discussion upon the general merits of the question. (Hear, hear, a n d cries of " Go on.") h Mr. GROGAN feared the clause would give power t o the drivers to convey and indefinite number of persons, and moved that the chairman do report progress and ask leave to sit again. Mr. LO WE was told that the clause was rightly worded, COMPULSORY VACCINATION.—The bill, as amended, to but, if it were not, it would be open to the house to recon- extend and make compulsory the practice of vaccination Bider the wording of the clause upon the report. has been published. There are 13 provisions in the Mr. V. SCULLY considered that the matter involved u m ' bill, and several schedules of forms. It is proposed g r eat . o principle, not only as regarded th ": to enact that the father or mother of every child born in o o n ffi e‘ c ri e t r hs o a f ft t e h r e b placeirtli , c a a t u i d s ei it vaccinated,to b eta keu unlesst cabrnon of London but other classes of the a s 11/1 I ty, and England or Wales after the let of August, 1853, shall, the ider. oti'_ , :i.t. not to he allpweci to fii,. , -., abroad that if incli turned out in this way they were to hive their clamour listened to at once. (Hear, hear.) It was a principle I the same shall have been previou 1 s v vaccinated by some which, if yielded to, must spread far and wide, and there 1 the withinm edtliea.ele practitioner. Penalties are to be was no telling where it might end. This strike was a sort ; en of petty rebellion, and the Government seemed to think forced for non-compliance with the act, qualified medical . ' - --- - Yachts. Tons. Pixie Ida lO Messrs. Hocking. A time race. The course the same as in the last race, but only once round. The race was very well contested, but the Pixie proved herself by far the best sea-going vessel in the heavy sea outside the Breakwater, the race terminating as under : it. M. 8. Pixie Ida Although the Pixie had to allow the Ida 2 min. 30 secs. for difference of tonnage, yet she was declared the winner by time by 14 min. 5 secs. This prize, a hand some silver claret-jug, ornamented with richly-chased vine-leaves and grapes, the manufacture of Mr. Page, of George-street, Plymouth, was afterwards presented to Mr. Moore. There were a great. number of other minor prizes con• tended for by pleasure-boats, ordinary boats belonging to ships in her Majesty's service, besides rowing matches for merchants' gigs, four-oared gigs, two-oared skiffs, gig and punt matches, and a variety of other amusements that appeared to give general satisfaction. The Countess of Mount Edgcumbe patronised the regatta by cruising in the Cloud yacht during the after noon. iktrtt , J t A. t it 0 SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clocl:. GOODWOOD RACES, (TFITS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) COWDRAY STAKES. Anteverta Dear Me • I dead heat 1 0 0 MARCH STAKES. Leybourne Heriot Six ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) Their lordships met at five o'clock. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented several petitions from places in Scotland, praying for an increase in the number of parochial schools in that country, and for an augmentation of the salaries of parochial school masters ; also, petitions against University tests, and against the Sheriffs' Courts (Scotland) Bill ; and one petition praying for an alteration of the law respecting marriages in the colonies. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from a place in Cheshire, in favour of the im portation of salt into India on the same terms as other articles of merchandise. The noble lord said he dissented altogether from the prayer of the petition, on the ground that what was asked for would be an unwar rantable interference with the financial arrangements of the Indian Government. CONSOLIDATION OF THE LAW. In reply to Lord ST. LEONARDS, The LORD CHANCELLOR said he expected in about a week or ten days to issue a commission to inquire into the constitution of the Bankruptcy and County Courts. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT AMEND- MENT BILL. This bill went through committee. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH inquired what were the intentions °filler Majesty's Ministers with respect to the salaries of schoolmasters in Scotland, which he contended were by no means commensurate with the arduous and important duties they had to perform. The Earl of ABERDEEN replied that their case would be considered in connection with the general scheme of education which the Government had been compelled to postpone till next session. It was not in tended, therefore, to introduce a separate bill on this subject. The Resident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley and Great Western Railways; Londonderry, Enniskil len, and Sligo Railway (No. 2) ; Milford Haven Docks; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement. The Earl of Egremont's Estate Bill was read a third time and passed. The following bills were ordered to be read a third time :—Richmond (Yorkshire) Burgage Pastures ; Sneed Park Estate. Pemberton and Piddocke's Estate Bills were read a second time. THE LEWISHAM WORKHOUSE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the president of the Poor•law Board whether his attention had been called to a petition recently presented to this house, complain ing of the cruel treatment of paupers in Lewisham Workhouse, especially with regard to assaults alleged to have been committed on paupers by the master of the workhouse ; and whether it is the intention of the Poor-law Commission to institute any inquiry into such complaints. Mr. BAINES replied, that the information which had been received, both by himself and his predecessor, with regard to the character of the petitioner, and the circumstances which form the basis of the complaint, was such that he did not think the cause of truth or justice would be promoted by the institution of a formal inquiry. PETITIONS. Dr. MICHELL presented a petition from the mer chants and bankers of Bishops Stortford, praying this honourable house would not allow the Lords of the Ad miralty to treat its resolutions of the Bth of April, 1859 with contempt, by continuing the degradation of the assistant-surgeons of the navy —which degradation has compelled the honourable board to reduce the standard of qualification, in order to procure a sufficient number of inferior officers of the medical profession for the Royal Navy; also another petition from the medical practi tioners of Bishops Stortford, to the same effect. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from a branch of the medical profession of the city of Bristol, praying the house to use due deliberation in legislating on the subject of vaccination. Mr. THdRNELEY presented a petition from deputies of congregations of Protestant dissenters of the Presby terian denomination, praying that the congregations and chapels of non-conformists, and their different trusts may be exempted from the Charitable Trusts Bill, and that the 43rd clause of the bill may be omitted. Captain SCOBELL presented petitions from members of the Town Council of the city of Bath, praying certain amendments in the Charitable Trusts Bill ; also praying that the same bill may speedily pass into law. Mr. W. LOCKHART presented seven petitions in favour of the Nunneries Bill. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. OLIVEIRA. gave notice, that on the first day of going into committee of supply, he would bring under the consideration of the house the state of the metropo litan bridges, with a view to call the attention of the First Commissioner of Works to that important subject. THE CAB STRIKE. Sir D. NORREYS wished to know whether the Commissioners of Police should be empowered to issue temporary licenses to ply for hire to any sort of vehicle during the continuance of the present conjuncture. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that he did not think that there was any necessity for the house to pass such a temporary measure, as the Treasury, who were responsible in matters of this kind, had authority already to grant licenses if they so thought fit. SOUTH SEA ANNUITANT DISSENTIENTS. The house having again gone into committee, and the discussion on the South Sea resolutions being resumed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in re ply to observations which had been made in the course of yesterday's discussion, said he wished it to be dis tinctly understood that no person to whom an option had already been offered, and by whom it had been de clined, should now a second time have it presented to them ; but that the object of the resolutions was simply to grant such power of election to holders who, when the option was offered on a previous occasion, were, by reason of some legal disability, unable to avail themselves of it. He protested that there was no intention to em power the South Sea Company to deal arbitrarily or irresponsibly with the interests of their shareholders ; and with regard to the opinion that unprecedented powers were now for the first time demanded for the Treasury, he reminded the house that by a recent statute the Chancellor of the Exchequer had an unlimited and uncontrolled power to raise a present payment, by way of interest on Exchequer-bills from 210,0001. to upwards of 600,0001., by simply altering the rate of interest. The present powers and responsibilities of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, were in every way analogous to the powers now asked for ; the grounds on which these reso lutions were based were those of justice. It was an attempt to redeem a pledge given in reply to the late Lord Chancellor. It would be absurd to make the same offer to holders of trust stock now as was made to individuals generally in April last, as circumstances bad now depreciated what was then considered an advan tageous investment ; but such a course was not only demanded by justice, but would be a great convenience to the public; and it would be unwise and imprudent on the part of the house to withhold their assent, even though they shared the opinions which had been ex pressed by gentlemen opposite, as to the adroitness and dexterity of those who had the management of the public finance. While he by no means shrank from the discussion of his past policy, he did not think the pre sent was a suitable time, and he deprecated the practice of attempting to discuss, in general debate, financial questions which, from their very nature, did not admit of being so satisfactorily treated. (Hear, hear.) In the ancient mythology, there were two kinds of fate, one proceeding arbitrarily from the mouth of the gods, against which human skill and courage might hope suc cessfully to contend ; the other, a higher power was immutable, and to it gods and men were alike com pelled to submit. Now, he ventured to compare the difficulties with which he had to contend to the latter. But while he acknowledged that his measure had not met with the success he had hoped for, he utterly and entirely denied that there had been such a failure as had been assumed by the right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Disraeli), who thought that commutation was the only alternative anticipated by Government, whereas he, for one, had never been sanguine on that head. The hon. gentleman then entered into details, showing that the unfunded debt had been relieved to the amount of upwards of 3,000,0001. without in any appreciable degree increas ingthepermanentobligations of the country, and compared this with the past financial history of this country. Had he met with no greater success than had been secured by all previous financiers, taking the average results of such transactions since 1835, there would have been fixed on the country a permanent charge of 96,0001. a. year as interest on funded stock, in place of the com plete relief it had been his good fortune to ontam. :ir 1 . that it was undenirtble that every per6un who had accepted any of the corneiumfaem! , utfer,..d by the Government had thereby incurred a seri ous loss, and feared that if these resolutions were passed the interests of persons, whose property was under the guardianship of Chancery ; would be sacrificed , to an enormous extent. He then said that the form of the resolution would render them completely imperative as he apprehended that the return of the interest of holders of South Sea Stock with which it was proposed to deal, had been misconceived. The resolutions were framed as if every shareholder in the South Sea Company had a separate, independent, and commutable property, but the Stock of the South Sea Company was one and indi visible ; arid the supposition that every shareholder pos sessed an integral and commutable portion of stock was unfounded ; and it was therefore impossible to deal with them in the manner proposed. He felt unwilling to entrust the Ministry unnecessarily with the fixing of the rate at which these commutations should take place. Looking at the state of the money market, and the po sition of affairs abroad, and all the circumstances which bore upon any financial arrangements which could now be effected, and also looking back at the progress in financial prosperity which had been achieved during the last forty years, he thought it unwise, imprudent, and unprecedented to tie up the hands of all future Mi nistries for the next forty years, and so prevent them from taking any more favourable opportunity, which one might, without being too sanguine, hope for. He ridi culed the notion that the depression of the new funds could be attributed to the unfavourableness of the season, or any of the causes which had been assigned, as there had been no cause mentioned which should not have produced an equal depression in 3 per cents. and other previously existing securities. He believed that the holders had suffered solely from their blind and unwarranted confidence in the assurances of Ministers, and he hoped the right hon. gentleman, instead of endeavouring to spread the evil, would apply his time and abilities to remedying the mis chief which he had already done. Mr. J. B. SMITH thought it was pretty evident that those who had not accepted the former proposition of the Government had not lost anything by their holding back. The injustice done was to those who had placed confidence in the right hon. gentleman. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought it was impossible for the committee to assent to the resolution as it now stood. He objected to placing in the hands of the Treasury a power to deal with each indi vidual, and to fix the amount of money he should receive for his stock. It would make the Trea sury the greatest stock-jobbers of the country. The demand on the part of the Ministry was not, as had been contended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, analo gous to his control over the unfunded debt ; the latter had certain limits which might or might not be too wide, but were reducible to a certain degree of fixedness. What was now asked for was absolute, unlimited powers. He thought he had a right to call upon Ministers to de clare the terms on which they intended to act, and he was sure that their refusal would not be fair to the house or to the country. Mr. GLYNN apprehended that the object of this re solution was not to make a new offer, but to give an option to a particular set of men, whose position at the time of passing the first bill had been overlooked, and who had no power then given of accepting any offer. He thought the mode ofgoing into the market, provided by this resolution, was by far the most economical. He regretted that the right hon. gentleman had relinquished his intention of bringing in a bill to deal with the funds in the Court of Chancery. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Mr. WILSON, Mr. WILKINSON wished to know whether this was a new offer, or whether it was merely intended to ac commodate those who formerly could not accept any offer. Mr. DISRAELI protested against the new view taken by the Government, that the failure of their finan cial scheme was to be attributed either to the state of the weather, or to the state of the continent. It had been condemned from the first by all practical men, and the public had wisely abstained from having anything to do with projects so illusory. He should very much like to know the amount of those deficiency bills to which the right hon. gentleman had so lighty alluded. He believed the amount of interest on these bills must be much greater than a few hundred pounds, or else the Bank of Eng land were accommodating the Chancellor of the Ex chequer at a much lower rate of interest than they ac commodated other parties. The committee then divided, and the numbers were— For the resolution Against it Majority The resolution was then agreed to. The third resolution was then agreed to after a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE and Sir F. KELLY. The house then resumed. ASSESSED TAXES 'BILL. This bill passed through committee, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having intimated his intention to consent to almost all the amendments proposed by dif ferent hon. members. The Stamp Duties (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. _ The house then adjourned until six o'clock. At six o'clock the house resumed and was [LEFT SITTING.] Mr. Foley has paired with Lord Lewisham from August 1, for the remainder of the session. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, JULY 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend John Mackenzie, M.A., to the church of Ferryport-on- Craig, in the presbytery of St. Andrews, and county of Fife, vacant by the deposition of Mr. Walter Foreman Burtt, late Minister thereof. WHITEHALL, JULY 28. - The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Charles Borton, M.A., to the rectory of Hartest-cum- Boated, in the county of Suffolk, and diocese of Ely, void by the death of the Reverend Doctor John Maddy. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 29. 13th Regiment of Dragoons —Cornet William Leyland Fielden, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Davis, promoted, July 29. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Lionel Octe,- vius Atty to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chute, who retires; Ensign William Webber Martin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atty ; Charles Squill, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Martin, July 29. 3d Foot—Ensign Henry G. C. Burningham to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Augustus Edward Ellice, who retires ; Talbot Ashley Cox, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Burningham, July 29. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Edwin Grove Helyar has been, permitted to re . ..ire from the service by the sale of his com mission ; Lieutenant Edward D'Heillimer Fairtloug, from the 70th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice - Wilson, who ex changes ; Georges Bridges, Gent., to be Ensign by pur chase, July 29. 17th Foot—Anthony Powell Traherne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Castl e , w h o re ti res, J u l y 2 9. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Valens Tonnochy, to be Adju tant, vice Colvill, promoted ; Ensign Frank Browne, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, July 29. 35th Foot - Alexander John Cruickshank Warrand, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur c h ase , v i ce C oc kb urn, who re tires, July 29. 47th Foot—Captain William Sankey, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Lloyd, who exchanges, July 29. 65th Foot—William Little, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur. chase, vice Priestly, promoted, July 29. oth Foot—Lieutenant Falconer Wilson, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Fairtlough, who exchanges: July 29. 97th Foot—Lieutenant Henry George Woods to be Ad. jutant, vice Vicars, who resigns the Adjutancy only, July 29. 14 West India Regiment —Captain Jesse Lloyd, from the 47th Foot, to be Captain, vice Sankey, who exchanges, July 29. 2a West India Regiment—Edward Percival Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Streatfield, whose appointment is cancelled, July 29. HOSPITAL STAFF.—William Stewart, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the F o r ces , v i ce Deakins, deceased ; William Mackenzie Skues, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Roe, promoted to the Gold Coast Corps, July 29. BREVET.-Captain James Dundas Gregorio Tulloch, upon half-pay, 84th Foot, serving with local rank of Major (Military Superintendent of Pensioners in North America), to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in North America, July 29; Captain James John Graham, on half pay, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners at London, Canada West, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE—JuLv 27. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut.- Col. Thos. Grantham to be Colonel, vice Dansey, deceased ; Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Charles Herrick Burnaby to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Grantham ; Second Captain Robert Coreyra Romer to be Captain, vice Burnaby ; First Lieutenant Hugh Bent to be Second Captain, vice Romer; Second Lieutenant Ro bert William Gregory Leonard to be First Lieutenant, vice Bent, July 22. Commission by the Queen. 4th Regiment of West Riding Miiitia.—William Pollard, Esq., to be Adjutant, April 5. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 4th Regiment of West Riding Militia—Adjutant Wil liam Pollard to be Captain, July 20. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 23d day of JulY, 1853. ISSUE DEPsarntENT. Notes issued ........ 31,4 W,085 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities.• •• .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 17,440,931 Silver bulion...• •• 19,151 at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tate, Bucklersbury. John Seager, wine and spirit merchant, Hungerford wharf, Strand, August 10, at two, and September 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi cial assignee, Basinghall street; Loveland and Tweed, Lineolifs-inn-fielda. Joseph Newman, innkeeper, Nibley, Gloucester, August 10 and September 7, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol ; Trentield, Chipping Sod bury, Gloucestershire. Robert NeliiWnTlLry Nelson, and Robert Nelson the younger, porter merchants, Darlington, August 10 at eleven, and September 15, at twelve, at the Newcastle District Court. Baker, official assignee • Myers, Darling ton ; Harle, Southampt on -b u ildi ngs and Newcastle-upon- Tyne : _ John Mellor, innkeeper, Manchester, August 17, and Sept. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Potter and Tooke, Manchester. William Thomas, the younger, worsted spinner, Ha worth, Yorkshire, Aug. 11, and Sept. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Rupert Cocker, needle manufacturer, Hathersage. Der byshire, Aug. 9 and 30, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Vickers, Worthington and Shipman, Manchester. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tuts DAY. Amsterdam ... ......... 11 16% Gibraltar ............ ~, Ditto, three months .. 11 18 1 .. Leghorn ............ „. 29 75 Rotterdam ............ 11 18 t dt Genoa ......... • ...... 25 40 Antwerp .............. 25 22%1 Milan .............. ~. Brussels ....... . llamburgh ..... Aitona ................ Palermo ........ • ..... 125 Paris .................. 25 2% A essina .. ...... Ditto, three months .. 25 22% Lisbon .... ..... Marseilles.... ........ .. 25 25 Oporto .......... Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ............ Frankiort-on-Maine .... 119%! Buenos Ayres .......... Berlin . ......... ..... INew York, 60 days' sight Vlerna ................ 10 58 Philadelphia ...... •• • • Trieste ......... ..... .. 11 0 PRICES OP BULLION, PER OR. Petersburgh ••••••...... 38 ,Foreign Gold , n Bars £3 17 9 __ . Madrid .... • ........... Cadiz 50 _lPortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Seville 501,E1111exican Dollars .... 0 4 11% New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 28. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hebe, from Marseilles ; Willtelmina Douer, Aden ; Alfred, Caen ; Luigi, New York ; Alexaudrin a , Q ue b ec ; O cean Q ueen, New York ; Juncata, Matanzas ; Matilda, St. John's, N. 8.; Unity, Rouen ; Bank, Odessa ; Tubal Cain, Calcutta ; Fredericka Marie, Skive ; Karen Anne Sophia, Thisted ; Thetis, Galatz ; Felix, Odessa ; Carl and Richard, Havannah ; Otomoes, New Orleans ; Harvest, Baltimore ; Pastorita, Havannah ; Maria Christina, Cadiz ; Nile, Shanghai ; Montinello, Odessa; John St. Barba, Gejon ; Angeola, Constantinople. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Pandora, for Stockholm. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Spheroid, for St. Vincent ; Maria, Altona ; Alfred, Madeira ; Hope, Teneriffe, &c„ and Africa ' • Emelie, Stettin ; Is a b e l, Va lencia ; Isabella, Lubeck ; Pearl, Ceylon ; Padang, Port Philip ; Tantivy, Corfu; Epsom, Sydney ; Wellington, Hobart Town. £31,460,055 I £31,460,q5 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 28th day of July, 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,533,000 Rest ..... 3,243,541 Public deposits tin eluding B: ;tier, Commissioners of National i , ebt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accoants) 1,849,658 Other deposits ••• 13,179,838 Seven Day and o.hee Bills.. • • . • . • ...... 1,466,458 Government securities (in cludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .•• • • 13,537,333 Other securities .. • . 12,553,013 N tes •• • • Gold and silver coin„ 359,194 £34.292,535 434,292, M". MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.s3s Dated the 25th day of July. 1853. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from tlie returns ma. le in the week ending the 26th day of ?. , ,P;.. per huildrod woight, exclusiv, CuLi ' s '-'' or pityclio tlivroon on the Int. pudation thator into 6rt.tt BANKRUPTS. William Miller, auctioneer, lorking, Surrey, to surren der, Angst 12, at half-past one, and September 9, M one, LIVERPOOL, JULY 28. The James Wright, while attempting to dock last night, got ashore outside the Huskisson Basin ; she was got off at this morning's tide and docked. SPOKEN.—The Catherine, Liverpool to Melbourne, tat. 40 N., long. 14 W. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Henry Clay, Westward, July 14, lat. 47 N., long 35 W. The Richard Moore (ship, No. 7,815), bound Westward, July 15, lat. 47 N., long. 34 W. A man-of-war, steering Southward, July 23, lat. 40 N., long. 10 W. INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday, great number of the bakers in the metropolis raised the price 9f bread, much to the inconvenience of the poor families in the various localities, especially as there are at present so many workmen on strike. The price of bread for some time past averaged from 64d. per 41b. loaf for seconds, and 6d. for the best description, but during the past month the price has been about 6id. per 41b. loaf for seconds, and 7d. for best. Yesterday bills, posted in the various shop-windows, announced the prices to be V i d. for household bread, and as much as Bd. to 81d. for the best bread sold at the West-end and the other higher localities. NEW CAB COMPANIES.—In consequence of the "strike" amongst the cab proprietors and the drivers, there have been no less than five different cab companies spoken of as being in course of formation, but we be lieve that only two out of this number are at present seriously entertained. The object of the promoters is to supply a public vehicle to suit the present taste and wants of the London public, combining elegance of de sign, lightness of construction, and comfort in its use— somewhat after the model of the flys now in use at Hastings, and other watering-places. Care will also be taken in the selection of the drivers, who, it need scarcely be added, will be required to produce some evidence of their sobriety, civility, and respectability. Every inducement will be held out to the men to conduct themselves to the entire satisfaction of the public, so as to form such a striking contrast with those now in ab solute command of the cab business of the metropolis as to secure the preference of the public in the selection of the companies' vehicles. Calculations have been made, showing that the proprietary will be able to afford to the drivers a comfortable living without their having re course to extortion. The system now in operation, of letting out the cabs and horses, will be that adopted. It is, however, understood that some modification of the present Hackney Carriage Bill will be respectfully re presented to Government as necessary, but one of the chief objects of the promoters will be to give effect to the intentions of the Legislature in passing that measure. The present is a most favoura b!e opportunity for the in troduction of such an undertaking to public notice , and there can be no doubt that it would meet with the ap probation of Government, and obtain its sanction and encouragement. The price of the shares of one com pany is to be 117., and of the other 51. each DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOMEN'S Hoein.—Yesterday a special meeting of the committee of this institution was held at the Home, 15, Carburton-street, Fitzroy-square, which was numerously attended. The Lady Lister Kaye having taken the chair, the secretary reported the result of the concert, which, c onsidering the shortness of the notice and the lateness of the season, was very satis factory, the room being nearly filled with a highly-re spectable company, including several members of the aristocracy, who are the patronesses of the institution after after which it was unanim ousl y resolved--‘, That best thanks of this institution are due, and are hereby given, to Miss Ransford, Miss L. Baxter, the Mi sses Cole, Miss Clara Frazer , Madame Weis s , Miss Messent, Miss Dolby, Mdlle. St. Marc, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. W. G. Ransford, Mr. Alfred Pierre, Mr. Ransford, Mr. R. Blagrove, Mr. F. Chatterton. and Mr. C. Blagrove, for their kindness in taking part in the concert on Satur day last ; and that the secretary be requested to com municate the same to them." After a little other busi ness the meeting adjourned. 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[AnvenTiseemeereHolloway's Oint men t and Pills are superior reme d i es for the cure of erys i pe l as.—Mr. William Parsons, of St. George s, Pill, near Bristol, was afflicted for upwards of two years with 'erysipelas in his legs, so bad at times as to lay him up fo r a mont h toge ther ; the medical aid he received, besides a weekly at tendance at the Bristol Infirmary, had no good Affect wha t e ver in the disease, consequently he determined on giving Holloway's Ointment and Pills a trial, and they have been the means of effecting a radical cure of his legs in an almost unprecedented short time.--Sold by all druggists, an d a t P rofessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Londe's. LADVERTISEIVEKNT.I , —THE CAMP AT C H OBHAM.— 39, Albemarle-street, iecadill.—Observe, opposite the York Hot e l. The Royal Exhibition. A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some 3, 1 , inches, w ith an extra eye-piece, will show di s ti nc tl y " n i m ter's oons, Saturn's ring, a n d th e double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket, and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing p owers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons opticians, have in vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct; the most aged, defective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the Ekin, it is not perceptible; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street., Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotels COUNTRY MARKET& DERBY SMITHFIELD—JULY 26. There were few fat beasts in our market to-day, which were readily disposed of. The number of sheep was again small, fully maintaining last week's prices. Fat and store lambs were again scarce and dear. Some fat lambs made more than 30s per head. Fat and store calves were about the average, without any alteration in price. The supply of fat pigs was large. Prices as follows :—Beef, 6d to (4d ; mutton, 60 to 7d ; lamb, 8d to 9d ; veal, 5d t o 6d per lb. ; pigs, 9s to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 5s Od per 141 b.; hides, 2d to lid per lb ; calf-skins, 33d to 4d per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN— JULY 27. Wheat on the top is down, and the average same as last week. Barley on the top 6d, and the average 3d, up. Oats on the top is down, and the average same as last week. Beans on the top ls, and the average 2d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Top of Wheat 64A lb 61s - 8ar1ey.......... .............. . ..... 5711 b 35s Oats Beans 66 lb 44s Total Supply and Sales. 929 qrs.. 88 qrs.. 658 qrs.. 49 qrs.. Od 6d . 8d Od Wheat Barley. Oats... Beans, sold 831 qrs • sold 46 qrs • sold 556 qrs sold 48 qrs Average of wheat £2 17 2 1-12ths Ditto of Barley .. 112 3 3-12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans 2 2 8 3-12ths BOST3N—JIILY 27. The supply of wh At to-day was abundant, but a small amount of business was transacted, owing to the farmers holding out for extravagant prices. In the few sales effected we note a decline of fully is per qr. advance. Oats were a slow sale, and 6d per qr. cheaper. For beans less money obtained. Wheat, red, 45s to 555, white, 55s to 58s, extra, 00s ; oats, 17s to 22s ; beans, 40s to 42s ; barley, OOs to 00s ; peas, OOs to OOs per qr. NEWARK—JULY 27. At our Corn-exchange to-day we had a full attendance of farmers, and a large show of wheat, which sold at late prices. The quotations to-day were as follows ;—Wheat, white, 60s to 635,. red 56s to 60s ' • barley, grindi ng , 30 s to 325, malting OOs t o 00 s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, 448 to 48s ; peas, 42s to 44s ; malt, 56s to 60s ; tares, OOs to OOs per qr. DUBLIN-JULY 26. White wheat, 26s to 31s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to 29s 6d ; barley, 13s Od to 16s 6d ; oats, 13s Od to 13s Od; rapeseed, 00s Od to 00s per brl ; oatmeal, lls Od to 13s .0d ; bakers' flour, 14s Od to 20s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 28s Od to 32s Oct per 480 lbs. CORK-JULY 27. Brig. Currency. White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od-20 stone. Redwheat OOs Od to Oos Od Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od 00s Od--20 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od Barley OOs 9d to 00s Od Ditto OGs od. to 00s Od 100 s Od-16 do. Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od Bere Oos Od. to 00s Od Os Od. 66 Oats Ditto OOs Od. to 00s Od. Oos Od do. Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od Pigs COs Od to 00s Od OOs Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 00 bete ; 5 oats; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : Wheat, 26. Barley, 32. Bere, 00. Oats, 516. Pigs, 0. Return of cattle sold for week ending July 23 : Pigs, 197. Sheep, 441. Cows, 62. Cora. —Flour—First, 15s Od to 16s 6d ; extra, 18s Od seconds, 13s Od to 15s Od ; h o u se h o ld s , 10 s t o 12s Od. ; thirds, 7s to 9s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s Od to 7s 6d ; oatmeal, lls 6d to 12s ; wheatmeal, lOs Od to lls Od per cwt• Indian corn, 61 17s 64 to 71 7s 6d per ton. Bran, 41 7s 6d to 4110 s NI per ton. Hay—Farmers, 20s Od to 32s 0d; average, 00s; dealers, 48s Od to 00s Od ; average, Os per ton. Straw -- Farmers, 32s Od to 00s Od; average, 00s ; dealers, 00s Od to 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 64d to Od ; household ditto, sid to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 10d to lld per lb. Eggs, 3s 10d to 4s 0.1 per hundred. Meat -beef, 4Ad to 8d ; mutton, 6d to 6)d ; vea l, 54 t o 8d ; por k , 5d to 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.— Fish, Newfound.. land, 001. Os to 001 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, Oos to 000; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 8d to 10d; Pinks, 00d to 00d.—Coals, Newport, 20s ; Lydney, 20s ; Culm, 16s Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., Cs 10d per imperial gallon.-- Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per cwt. Calf skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per ton.-- Fleece wool, 18s to 20s per stone.—Hemp, 351. to 401. per ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 31. 15s ; yellow do., 3/. ss. per ton; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.--Bark, led, Si. to 101.10 x. per ton.—Tallow, 54s to 54s 6d per cwt.—Hope, 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl. Guano, Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been gene rally firm all day, though not so good as yesterday. Cale donian, 343 ; Chester, and Holyhead, 22i ; Eastern Conn" ties, 13 1-16; Lancashire and Yorkshire, "iBA ; ditto, Fifth Shares, 4 5-16 dis ; London and North Western, 1161 c. ; Midland, 721. MANCHESTER, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been very little busine s done, and vices were as yesterday. The sales were East Lancashire, 18 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, mi London and North-Western (New Eighths), # Pre": Midland Railway Consols, 721 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 26 ; South Eastern, 21 13-16. BIRMINGHA AT, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.— There were sales of Coventry and Nuneaton Stock, at 130 ; Birmingham and Stour Valleys closed at W. 68. 3d. to 101. Bs. 9d. ; and South Stafford shire 1i dis. BR, JULY 28. ST OCK EXCHANGE. I T ST he OL market to-day was flat. Great Westerns were done at 914, a s li g ht a d vance on y es t er day's prices. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-4 ett by the night—and ➢t by the morning -dispatch.] Day when made up From what When COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port tine in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(byFlrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool Each 210 11 . America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Aug. 9 .......... Liverpool ... Aug. 2 America (by U States packet) .........N Aug. 3.. • • Southampton July 27 Australia (via South ampton) .. M Sept. 4.. •SouthamptonlA ug. 4 Ditto (via it arseilles) N Sept. 8 Ditto (via Cape of good Hope) ............N August 4 ........ London ... !Uncertain. Africa ( West Coast) ..N July 30 .......... Plymouth —l. July 28 A1exandr1a.......... N 8 - , 1,, 24, & 30 of m Dover !July 29 Alexandria.......... hi 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptonlAug. 4 Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month SouthamptonrAug. 1 Belgium • • N Dover Daily Brazil • • •......... ..M 9th of the month.. Southampton Aug. 16 Buenos Ayres ....M 9th of the month.. Southampton ;Aug. 16 Cape of Good Hone ..N l4th of the month Plymouth „Aug. 26 Cape of Good Hope N Plymouth .. Cape do Verds ....N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. Aug. 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon •••• • • • .......N 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 26 Channel Isles _ _N Mon ~Wed.,&Flid. Southampton Tu.Th. Sai Chili. • • • • • • • • =d 8617th of month Southampton Aug. 1 China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,21,&27 ofm. D0ver...... J uly 30 Constantinople 4th 8t; 20th anion. Southampton Aug. 4 wont. of Europe M & N Twice daily D over TwiceJaily Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice daily...—. Dover TwicedallY Gibraltar 4,7, 11, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Aug. 3 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Aug. 1 Hamburgh ..... • • ...N Tuesday & Friday London Tues. Sat • Havannall ....M 2nd of the month Southampton Aug. 1 Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat. London Mon.Thar Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton Aug. 16 India (viaSouthampta 4th & 20th of mon. Dover Southon Aug. 4 India (via blarseilles)3l Bth&24th of month July 31 lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead Twicedaill 151 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Aug. 3 Madeira .......... 31 9th of the month Southampton Aug. 16 Madeira .... N July 30.......... Plymouth July 28 Malta (see India) • Malta _ „N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover July 29 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 26 Mexico „Im hid of. the month.. Southampton Aug. 1 Naples_ _ sth Ihth2sthofmon. Dover Avg. 2 New Granada 34 2d& 17th of month Southampton Aug. 1 New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports Uncertai n Papal states N ithlbth2sthofmon. Dover Aug. 2 Peninsula ....• till 7th2Btholmon. Southamp ton A u g. 3 ,•_ Peru & 27th of mon South ampton Aug . 1 Port Natal . • 14th of the month Plymouth Aug. 26 Eu e il y ..............N sthl s th2 s thohnon, Dover Aug. 2 Tuscany N ith 15th25thofinon. Uover Aug. 2 Venezuela ..........M 2d& 17th of month Southampton Aug. 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) • • 1 West Indies 2d& 17th of m on th S ou th amp t on Aug. * When any of these dispatche i on the follow, Southampton), and the day preceding. dates fall on a Sunday, the mails wW be ing day, with the exception of the India Bois Malta, both of which will be dispatched 1" BIRTBS. OF A SON. On the 17th inst., at Minehead, Somerset, the wif e of Charles T. S. Revern, Esq., surgeon. On the 23d inst., at Cranley Rectory, Surrey, the So n • Mrs. Sapte. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 25th inst., at Hampton Court, the wife of C. E• Holdsworth, Esq. On the 25th inst., at Huntingfield Rectory, Suffolk, th ° wife of the Rev. Francis Holland Addams, DMA• MARRIED. On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Hanover square, „the, Right Hon. Lord Amelius Wentworth Boanclerk, •f' to Frances Maria, only daughter of Charles Harrison, of Cambridge-square, Hyde-park. DIED. On the 26th inst., at York, Lieut.-General Sir William Warre, C. 8., aged 69. On the 26th inst.:at his residence, 20, Hamilton -terraeo, St. John's-wood, William Bigg, Esq , in his 67 th year., r. On the 26th inst., at h er r e sidence,. 7, Cheltenha m-te ol race, Chelsea, Lydia M a li ng , o nly surviving daughter . Christopher Thompson Maling, Esq., aged 76. Buck On the 26th in s t., a t Estcourt t Th o mas Grimston, : nail Estcourt, E sq ., lath M.P. for the University a Oxforn in the 78th year of his age. LONDON : Printed and Published by. ALURD el l-7-N , O %-• of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Me e, No. , Strand, in the Precinct of the, S avo y, in the c ounty Middlesex, Friday, July 29,1853. 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