The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-04 00:00:00

CIitSTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) lIELTER SKELTER HANDICAP. teguracolt ............................................. Xitty Cockle filly Eight ran. SECOND TRIENNIAL STAKES. k0ca55i n................................................ Ozonia ......... - rbirb Million CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER CIIP. Goldfinder .......... TIE FRENCH EMPIRE. iesterru ° , 3' th e SenatorsCo Correlet and Marchant, and the to W a t li crs Dubessy and Villemain, who are about iii ent - s -e a t. tour of inspection in the various depart ofo ranee. His Majesty gave them instruc of w , , or thei Wi l l important mission, part of the result 4 oth !, l ieh be that the Emperor will receive u tie information Wish: . of the condition and the chic of the country, and of the improvements : + 111 .„ aY be m a d e f or th e pu bli c goo d. lit 4l , e 1 7th of April the French squadron was totuP lts moorings in the Bay of Salamis, and A le that date no movement whatever had taken flag Admiral Remain Desfosses was to hoist his h a d i r b oard the Montebello. A mock battery Su esp , ce ll construct e d. by the order of Admiral La th e , i _ a nd the ve sse l s were t o h ave gu n practice at e o f from five to six shots per gun. To a_l U lan ,ce the s qua d ron was no t p r eparing to re- T he LoTo u l on. 'axe Emperor has received from the Dukes of i - "etter s 7 cl uingen and Saxe Coburg Gotha two e'er ",, a • reply to those which accredited M. Mer- Pete iC -44 reY Extraordinary and Minister Pleni - W ll , -ar Y of . his Majesty to their Highnesses. gav e - read in the Moniteur :.--" The Emperor d 134 are , a :u audience on Sunday to MM. Carrelet a a n n Nbeusant, Senators, and MM. Villemain d about a 4 Y , Councillors of State, who are shortly Jest s " 0 Proceed into the departments. His Ma ruisaiPve them his instructions for this important to h,, - ; 11, One of the happy effects of which will be of C ll g under the eyes of the Emperor the wishes fer the o untry and the ameliorations to be realised gli al „ Public interest. The nature of this mission au ei , -lit ees to those who are about to fulfil it the ey ° l:o cc -operation of the functionaries, and the 4athies of the people." ki lo ; ) re ad in the Memorial Bordelais :—" It is t o baked that our Chamber of Commerce is about ' a re the memorable speech delivered by the sh ili gra Pe rcr at the time of his visit to Bordeaux illt e , v ed on tablets of marble and placed in tho Thi c r of the B ourse, oppos it e th e gran d s t a i rc ase. to t O ) ecch, it may be remembered, was addressed e Merabers of the Chamber who had tho hon our to receive the illustrious visitor in the larg th e j o ri '. the Bourse. We cannot too much applaud be r. '" e a, of the honourable members of the Cham- Kt• _ i dle speech of Bordeaux has had an immense of hearing ; it has been the whole programme In e L n ew Empire. Europe like France, might, 114,7,'ecu , have fe are d th a t this new Empire might r glo " inspired with the souvenirs of military glory left by the fir3t. The speech of Bordeaux t o , destroyed these apprehensions, by teaching Z t e h What the second Empire would be." kie n „ Bour s e yesterday there has bee . n . a good . - , lll for all descriptions of public securities, with (lav t-a " .3 " maintenance throughout the day of Mon th V i riees, and closing with an advance of 40c. in .11r ee per Cents., and of 30c. in the Four ter th e per per Cents., for cash ;in the quotations th e 1 ,1 end of the month, a rise occurred of 35c. in per Cent s ., an d o f 25c. in the Four-and ha,,ealf Per Cent s . I n Bank o f F rance s h are s we again to record a decline of sf. Closing prices : 44.(!rretash—Three per Cents., 81f. 10c. ; Four "-Tlai;e all P er C ents., 103 f. 50c. For the account C e e ts Per , o C „ e uts., 81f. 40c. ; Four-and-a-Half 11_11:.resnof.' the 'l.. 8 Societysc' ; of ßank Stock, 2,700 f. In the ' ll,zl fall v of 2f. yesterday, Credit Mobilier there was they having declined to 938 f.; i.,,arriation has occurred from Monday's quotation %s cl ":'- . e s d o i n t Foncier, shares, which are . still quoted . at tre t a;• the market for railway securities iY a consid era b le amount of b us i ness h as Which vau% act ed at a general advance in prices, coxi e l sown no tendency to recede when busi mtd. Th e It SPAIN. 4 ,c,colth; g actrid Gazette of the 28th ult. contains an ~() th, -- , o j the reception by the Queen at Aranjue n z, gal "larquis de Turgot to present creciftke glis,„,,-s the new Minister of France in Spain. Cif e n' Was attended by the President . of t a re . Coun- C r „, by some of the great dignitaries of the tj a "n) and the ambassador was introduced with tai Usual ceremony. In presenting his creden -1 ' 8 he spoke as follows : Alad ame ,—l have the honour to present to your Oesty the letters of his Majesty the Emperor of the ; 'cinch my august sovereign, which accredit me to you j 4, quality of ambassador. His Majesty . the Emperor a -1111 , the most ardent wishes for the happiness of Spain, Pi. for the glory and prosperity of the reign of your Nesty, and charges me to express them in the warmest I;: r4 s. Sincere friendship between France and Spain b o th nations. Madame, in all times, happy results for th " .. 14 Your Majesty may be persuaded that o c o sincere desires of my sovereign and my constant rts will always tend to increase their good relations, s ed e draw closer the ties which unite them. I shall omyself very happy, Madame, if the zeal which, th e lu part, I shall display in the accomplishment of give mission which has been confided to me can The 'lle any claim to the royal favour of your Majesty." -. ` e Queen replied : acl receiv e w i t h a great d ea l o f p l easur e, Monsieur le arquis, the lett er o f th e E m peror of the French, which c redits you as ambassador to me. The wish which ti`,3llelarlifest o n th e par t o f hi s M a j e sty for the felicity of Spanishth e nation and the splendour of my reign, are 11 31 ,' 1° re agreeable to me, as I already possess nume -46 proof s of his sincerity. On my part, I form the ai te p rao wishes for the prosperity of the Emperor and of c aus: _ , and I will not let any opportunity escape for . leorl ' a rtg the friendly relations established between this th e r chY and the French empire to serve in promoting eh oi c e crernon welfar e of th e two states. The enlightened ree t: l l : n ade of you for cultivatiE beteese relations causes eennt ;epe that my desires will alised. You may fk vour ' . ,?rn this moment that you possess my esteem and Madrid,be s e t t r t e e s :7 s o a m ys,, h o g f e t n h e e ra 3l°t im h p u r lt e . ss , i r o e n ce t iv h e a d t eresent Ministry is only transitory appears to of r ~I'firmed. M . B ermudez de C astro, Mi n i s t er bu t th ence, has thi s d a y g i ven i n hi s resignation, e ve ;" Queen has not accepted it. It is, how ti, q u ite certain th a t th e Ministerial crisis con .. thp t e -o,ies are t o meet i n July. On the 28th ree per Cent s. were at 44. GERMANY. The 1 , na ls ranefort Journal states that a negative his 1 :" will be rece i ve d by M. de Bourqueney to f or request, a dd ressed to the A us trian Government, it ttais sion to rem ove the remains of the Duke kii..ehstadt into F rance . inquiry has been instituted by the Austrian tranesrnment, respecting the alarming n ews recently aIT nlitted by telegr a ph f r om Trieste respecting e dS 10 th e East, which information has been since o Prey to be incorrect. Measures will be taken to similar occurrence in future. bast e Ilang of th e B e l g i ans and t h e D u k e of Bra -40 i, left - Brussels y es t er d ay f or B er li n , where they a, ~il s "Pected t o arrive on Thursday next. After Vies n.a °it s tay at B er li n , th ey i n t en d proceeding to Peet m g Leopold an d hi s t h ree c hild ren are ex jug ill England on the occasion of the christen the i nfant Prince, at which ceremony the Pres e Z a nd Princes s R oya l o f P russ i a w ill a l so be p he Gey er 038 Gazett e announces t h at th e A us t r i an hawkinulent has determined to put an end to rn eari ng of books in Hungary, by the adoption of p..l.ll'e4allee si milar to th ose w hi c h are now i n vigour Th e T 4 PERSIA. t , Th fr -'amburg Correspondent has the following 4 ° l / 1 St. Petersbilrg, dated the 21st ult. : The qri,,e"etnraent of Persia entertains the thislng a new expedition against Herat. if for project o , the Etritish arabassador, has declared thattif iorroject be carried into execution he will apply als its ITALY. h allt / lumber of E ng li sh, French and Italian works 'll7e been forbidden t o b e read' by Catholics, by to 'l3facio ill ° a aril Rome, includin g M acaulay ' s His ./ Engl. 1134 e d -Aus trian Emba ss y i s about to be re-estat . ti 6,. at Rome, i n p l ace of the Legation at present — i l ag, The Busman Minister, Omit Bouteuieff, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 4 1 1853. BRITISH RAILWAYS. had left Rome for Naples, where the fleet was arming and otherwise preparing for sea. On the evening of the Ist of May a street fight, which, however, had no connexion with politics, took place at Chambery. Tranquillity was imme diately restored. The Armonia of Turin of the 28th ult. mentions a rumour that Austria intends to grant a partial amnesty to several emigrants who have now be come Sardinian subjects, and whose property is under sequestration. A letter from Florence, of the 25th ult., gives an account of a small fracas that occurred a few days before at the Jockey Club of th at city, among whose members are the Prince of Lichtenstein and Major Piret of the Austrian service. The latter having left Florence Prince Lichtenstei n p ro p osed the young Prince Windischgraetz, who is a colonel in the Austrian army. But, to the no small mor tification of the proposer, the candidate was thrown out by ballot. Rumours became current that Prince Lichtenstein looked upon the matter in a very serious light, and that he would have the club suppressed, or prevent the races from coming off that week, by occupying the ground with his troops. Matters were, however, arranged in a more pacific manner. The members of the club were again convoked, and a proposition to the effect that the ballot should be abolished, and every member should vote openly, being agreed to, Prince Win dischgraetz was elected unanimously. A Marqui n s Constabili, who was a member of the Constituent ssembly at Rome in 1849, has been ordered to leave Tuscany. Letters from Rome of the 20th ult. announce that, in consequence of the conclusion of the loan of 26 millions with the house of Rothschild, a de cree will shortly be issued by the Pope, declaring that all paper money now in circulation is to be withdrawn and cancelled within the space of eight months. The Corriere Mercantile, of Genoa, states from Rome that Cardinal Franzoni is dangerously ill there, and that he received the viaticum on the 22d ult. TURKEY. //Dispatches from Constantinople state that the 19th ult. was the day fixed on for the definitive solution of the difficulties which had arisen with Prince Menschikoff. The armaments continued on both sides. The channel uniting the two seas was being fortified, as well as the town, and French officers were drilling the newly-raised rifle regi ments. The castles in the Bosphorus bad been supplied with 54 Paixhan ( - runs, from England. The conduct of Prince Menscl b iikoff was not entirely approved of by the Emperor of Russia. Letters from Constantinople have been received to the 21st April. They offer no point of interest. St: 20 14 50 50 40 25 25 WEST INDIA MAIL. 1 265 The Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain W. Chapman, arrived at Southampton, at 4 p.m. s , yesterday, bringing the usual British and foreign 15 West India and Gulf of Mexico mails, in charge of 50 Lieutenant Hay, R.N. Admiralty agent. St, 6 The Magdalena also brings mails from the West 16 Coast of South America, receive d at Panama by the g Pacific Steam Navigation Co m p an y 's shi p Quito, 8 which vessel also brought specie, value $145,221, 20 for conveyance to the Bank o f En g land. 20 The Magdalena left St. Thomas two days after I t o her appointed time, having been detained for the arrival of the branch steamers. She experienced st fine calm weather till the 29th ult., when the wea- Si ther changed to strong south-east gales, with heavy S squalls. The advices brought from Mexico, Havannah, &c., have been anticipated by arrivals of intelli gence by way of the United States. The principal items of news from Jamaica are contained in the following extract from De Cor dova's Intelligencer : " The Assembly, it is expected, will re-enact the existing Import Duty Bill, but in such a shape as will render it doubtful if the Council will accede to it. The existing Import Duty Bill will expire with this month ; and in the event of the Council objecting to any new act which may pass the Assembly prior to the 30th inst., a recurrence of that state of things which was produced some four years back by similar conduct on the part of ' the Legislature is likely to be the result. Under these circumstances all business operations are arrested, and dealers for the most part will only purchase for imme diate consumption. The majority of the sales were of a forced character, and were effected solely by the temptation of low prices. " Gold and silver doubloons continue very scarce, and command 4 per cent. American and British gold are - worth 1.1 per cent. premium ; silver do llars are q uoted at the same value. This rise in the value of coin is at- ___ tributable chiefly to the eager desire of a large number St. of coolies who are leaving the island to obtain any des- 5 St cription of gold or silver, which i s or ma y become cur- ot;, rent in India, in exchange for our looal notes. A rather St. large amount, too, will be taken away by the passengers 15 per Glentanner, which is appointed to sail hence for Melbourne to-morrow. 6 "The cargo of the schooner George Montague, from 6, New Orleans, was not entered at the Customs when we 3 made up our report. " Exchanges on London.--Colonial and Jamaica 5 Banks :-90 days, 1 per cent. premium ;60 days, 1.4 per 7 cent. premium ; 30 days, 2 per cent. premium. From British Guiana our accounts are to the 9th 6 ult. The Combined Court has been occupied with 10' discussions on ways and means to meet the extra- 20 ordinary votes upon the annual estimate. A. pro- '" position to raise the existing ad valorem 4 p er cent. 6 duties on certain descriptions of goods to 10 per s t . cent. had been adopted, and on certain specified articles of luxury, such as wines, spirits, &c., the St. duties had been largely increased. An attem p t to St. impose a land and tenement tax in the rural dis- 6; tricts, as a means of adding to the gener al revenue, had failed, as being utterly inexpedient in the pre- 50 sent circumstances of the colony. The civil list question was again a vexed one, and from the re- St. marks of the Governor to the Court it appeared 16 that he was disappointed at the oppos ition that was st: starting up, and viewed it as a breach of faith. The St. weather had continued dry, and it was feared the crop would be materially affected. The health of Georgetown was improving. At St. Lucia the weather was very fine and the st. island healthy. The crop was proceeding with 50 considerable activity. From Martinique the Antilles alludes to the 12 crop as proceeding with activity, and states that 32 the St. Pierre market is abundantly supplied with sugar, the local price being 19f. to 35f. per 50 kilo- 25 grammes. From Barbadoes we learn that the inhabitants 10 had prepared a memorial to the Lords Commis -12 sioners of the Admiralty, complaining of the incon- 12 venience and disappointment occasioned to that 12 island by the irregularities of the West India St. mail steamers. Several fires had occurred in St. the rural districts. The yellow fever was gra- 16 dually disappearing. 20 We regret to learn that Trinidad. was suffering 5 from malignant fever, which was increasing rather 2 than diminishing. Several cases of fever of a typhoid type, sometimes attended with black vomit, 20 existed in Port of Spain. St. Fever had also made its appearance at Grenada, but had disappeared from Tobago.' 15 At Greytown there had been some excitement 8 from a meditated attack of the inhabitants on the 10 station of the American Steam-boat Company, for the purpose of destroying the houses and works. It 10 appears that for many months past the steamers 25 have landed all passengers from New Orleans, for 16 California (by way of the lake), and vice versa, at a 10 place on Point Arenas, opposite the town, so that 20 the inhabitants had been deprived of the benefits 5 which would have accrued to them in the way of St. trade from the constant influx of 400 to 600 passen gers every month. Fortunately the United States 17 corvette Siam was cruising about there, and the 25 authorities belonging to the steam-boat company claimed the protection of their Government from the lawless intentions of the Nicaraguans, which was acorded by the Siam anchoring inside Point 11 Arenas, opposite the works. In the meanwhile, until further advices from the British and Ameri a l Thetheir s t p . a y s s i e n n c g e enrts papers a t G e p y u t o b l w i s n h . can Ministers, the c om p any h ave agreed to land 21 recently passed by the Legislature.th p Act . 221 2 ' the new n io w r the Tax poses of this act two per cent. is to be levied upon 2 the produce of each estate upon it s production of su gar and arrowroot, nominally val ue atma. 100 lb.; rum at 9 d. per gallon ; molass es 6d. pe per gallon. All incomes of 1501. and upwards are to pay two per cent.; and under 1501 ., and not ex - ceeding 701. ? one per cent. The health of the island had improved, and the yellow fever was rapidly subsiding. The Governor had presided at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Her Majesty's ship Imaum, Vestal, and Alban were at Jamaica, and the Geyser at Greytown. The Royal Mail steamer Avon was to leave St. Thomas for the Gulf of Mexico on the 19th ult. The Conway was under repairs at Jamaica, the Dee at Jamaica, the Derwent on the Northern Islands, the Eagle on the Sava nnah, and the Esk on the onduras route, the Medway on the Spanish Main, and the Trent at Barbadoes. 20; 20 50 20 THE LAND TAX QUESTION. —The question of the land tax, which comes on to-day in the Court of Queen's Bench, is exciting unusual attention. The court will doubtless he crowded by parties interested. The Land Tax Commissioners have retained no less than five counsel. Among them are Sir Alexander Cockburn, the present, and Sir Frederick Thesiger, the late, Attorney- General. The latter learned gentleman received the handsome sum of 200 guineas with his brief. ABEET S. Paid.' RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. 100 Aberdeen ........ . Anug. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junct a ll Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do. £2O ...' . 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian a ll Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Blackrock and 29 - 30 6 - 6} 10 - 1(41 7i 21 —22 d 3i 103 105 661 24 24 231 - 234 Passage 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber dem Junction all Do. New ...... all East Anglian (*x2s L and E. & L. & D.) all Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) a ll Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) *. i 5 N . P . ;11 1 8 - 9 - 6 4t - 4 131-- 101 - M 73 - 75 8t Do., ao ... .. ..... a ll Do., B. anel.6 100 East Lancashire . all East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June. 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 11 Edin. and Peebles__ 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk.. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds .... 100 La.neash.&Yorksliire 15 Do., Fifths . _ .... - . 114 Do., Wet. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby. &Soutt pt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. & Sth end. 100 Loud. Brigt. &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths. 1 Do. ~£lO Sh.M. &B. C 100 London &S. Western 42t Do. £5O 34 Do., £4O all Londerry. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 4i'Do., Man.& LiP Un. 100 'Midland ..... . . .. . . 100 Do. Birming..& Derby 47t Midland G. West.(lr.) 17i Do. t Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle Lop Newmarket 3} Do. Bury Extension 16 Newp. Aberg.&liftd 7] Newry & Enniskillen a ll Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 3 Northn.Counties 'Un. 100 North British . - ... . 13 North Devon, No. 1. 62 Do., No. 2.. . ..... - a ll Do. , A Deferred . . 5 Do., B Guaranteed 174 North Staffordshire.. all North Western........ 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn uaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do ..... all Do Do. Oswestay 6t Shropshire Union all South Devon. ,00 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S.Yorksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepi 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1/.ls Wimbledon&Croydn. 1 Woodford 100 York Newctl. &Berl". 20 Do. Extensions 11.4 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York & N. Midland 1 50 - 55 72 - 74 32 :: 34 64 88 3 / 4 -89 J 55 - 5 7 131 -133 1 67i 8 24 a 4 110 A --1113 92 - - 92 - 81 -- 92 -941 13 -- -- 14 3i y 840 i 8i -- 41 3 2t 16 -- 163 9R 2 — 2 l P 105 106 119 r 120 2 3 p 1 p 90 91 3 / 4 5 4 4 12 1 19 21 d 20t 3 3 / 4 76 764 1 142 - - 44 1 60 - 52 17d -2f - 3i 8i - 52 - 131 3i-2 d 35 36 894 1324 92i i di 44-4td Ei - - 84 24 52 - 98 - 62 - 64 - 53 100 63 66 80M 12 73 -- 76 11 - Odd - 17 -- 19 84 9i 13 -- 15 3i -- 34 d 21 -- 75 --764 37 -- 374 13 -- 144 4 -- 4i 19 -- 21 15 -15 Ah 9 - 10 324 -33 i 10A -- 11 a pox ... 0 7 ... 693 i 7 d 2 7 2id 62 63 'CE ... -- 761 5i 703 70 12i 63 21 05 -7- 107 107 - 109 20 —2l ad k d 6 -- 6ixd ' 4 3 2 - 2 1 1 - 2* p 15 - I.Ft - 18. 2 3i - 31 130 -- 1132. 12 - 114 81- 8i 6/ - 7i 106 - 108 P - IP 152 - 154 .. - ... 1571 n - 4p 10 3 / 4 - 11 ' 13i —l4ixd l 8 9 101 11 ipxd, 11.48_ - 159 AP 211 23!, - 21 111 - 113 25 - 26. - 2 p 101 - 17 -- 14 p 18a 15 -- 1 6 ,par 1 P 261 26 19 20 i spar 103 - 105 5i - Par — i PI i d_ id 131 1 1 4 i 3 4 p 1 —odd 5 —6 p 1 —ll p 2 2 p 2 2 21 - 1p n -1 _ 2 d- p 21 - 2i P 74 - 364 - 141 - 181 -- gi -- 35i -35 i 5§ - 6 - 9i 2 91 1§ - 22 - 6 6ip I i 44 P — 5 Ad - %pi IMPERI lIAMENT. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian a i ..... i p 1 1 10 2 Australasian.. —l. p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera a 1 all Australian Freehold. d ar 1 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden(Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold i _ p 20 13.5 British Iron 8 1 35 241 Brazilian Imp.(issued at X 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiaba 4-1 . - 51 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 301 1 1_ Carson's Creek / $ P 40 a ll Cobra Copper 5 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo B. —94 981 91 Si. all CopperMinersof Eng. 70 80 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Sm eltg. Co. 11 1 d 34 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vciu 2/ —2B p 3 all Great Polgooth par— 4 p 1 all Lake Bathurst g 4 d 1 all Liberty 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co I _ i 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 81 1 all New Granada — P 1 all Nouveau Mo ndo l—lt p 5 1 Port Philip 4 p lk 1 all Quartz Rock i p li 50 all Rhymnoy Ir on 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 IA Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian Ad p 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican 6 61 6 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada ...., - p 1 all West Mariposa — Pll / 1 all Yuba I il 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. --_ 40 all Australasia B6/ -- 874 50 all British N. American ... _ .. 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 _ 1 p 100 25 Colonial -• 100 20 Commercial of Lon don --. ... ... 10 English Scottish and Australian l4 lip 111 20 121 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l —38 p 60 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ••• 100 20 Lond. &Westminster ... ... 361 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland ... ••• 23 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5O —5l an 50 x now 25 5 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — ... 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co ld— par 25 25 South Australia 25 all Union of Australia 77k 784 ... 2A Do. New 8; 9 50 10 Union of London ... •• • 40 all Union of Madrid — ... MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 182 84 84 ~ 20 8 Austrlasn•Pcific•Mail ... ... I 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail, .. . ••• 38A Brit. Americo. Land' 75 80 785 100 321 Canada 65 70 •• 5 5 Crystal Palace ll 18 64 .. 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 14 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ... •• • 15 14 Geu. Steam Navigat ... ... 100 50 Goneral Screw Steam ... • - 20 2A Irish Beetroot Sugar , ... ---, ... 1 all - Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel! ... ... , 10 2 Netherlands Land ... ... , 20 24 N r th.of Europe Steam ... ... it 50 all Peninsular & Oriental' ... .•. 50 25 Do. Do. ... ••• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam... ... •• • a 25 25 South Austral. Land' 47 49 11 1 1 Submar. Telegraph... ' ... ... 5 2 Universal Emigration HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Fisher's Divorce Bill passed through committee. The report on Cutbill's Divorce Bill was received and agreed to. The Earl of EGLINTON presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the grant to Maynooth. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY presented peti tions from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and from Melbourne, against the continuance of the transportation system. BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord PANMURE moved the second reading of this bill, which he said was to remedy certain defects in the mode of election to Town Councils in Scotland. Accord ing to the present law, an error in the election of any member of a Scotch Town Council could only be reme died by warrant under the royal sign manual, and the object of this bill was to enable the necessary proceed ings to be taken on application to the Court of Session. The bill was then read a second time. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this bill, the object of which, he explained, would reform the jurisdiction and management of charitable trusts. Within the course of the present century, seve ral commissions had been issued to inquire into the sub ject, and no less than 32 reports had been presented, extending over 38 closely printed folios. Several bills had been introduced into this house on the subject, by Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Truro, but none had passed into law. It now became the duty of the present Government to take up the subject again ; and in doing so, they claimed very little merit for originality, but it had been necessary to make some changes. The judicial machinery proposed by the for mer bill consisted as to charities under 801. a year of the County Courts—from 301. to 1001. of Masters in Chan cery—and above 1001. the Court of Chancery. The Masters in Chancery was a tribunal which had been abolished. The superintending board had consisted of two or throe paid, and two or three unpaid members ; but it becoming necessary to make a change in the con stitution of the judicial tribunal, the goverment had taken into its consideration whether an important and useful change might not be made also in the constitution of the board. The duties of the board would be to pre serve a general superintendence over all the charities in the kingdom without any expense. It would be made imperative on the trustees of all charities to keep regular accounts of all receipts and expenditures, great or small, and annually to deposit a copy with the clerk of the County Court, and transmit another copy to the board in London, where it would always be accessible to all parties. He believed that would have a most material effect towards correcting a great deal of abuse. Nine tenths of the abuses were the result of ignorance, and not intended fraud, and when accounts were regularly called for, and the attention of competent parties di rected to them, who could point out errors, the present abuses would soon be corrected. (Hear, hear.) But the board would also be called on to perform another function, which would be very useful; and was, be be lieved, recommended by the commission. It often hap pened that trustees who were perfectly honest did not know what course they ought to take ; and it was proposed that they should be at liberty—the secre tary communicating with the board—to ask their ad vice. The board might direct them what to do, and should indemnify them until they were corrected by a judicial tribunal. He did not say that course would be free from difficulty, but it would be an approximation to a better system. There was, then another function which the board would have to ex ercise' and one of the greatest importa nce. It was pro posed that they should have the power of taking legal proceedings to be instituted, and, what was perhaps of not less importance, of forbidding them from being insti tuted. Gross abuses had arisen from the instituting of proceedings, and it would not be a new thing that such proceedings should be under the control of a Govern ment board. At present there was no machinery for ascertaining whether the object of proceedings was of a legitimate character, or whether they were instituted at the instance of some low professional man, with a view to obtain large costs. (Hear, hear.) It was proposed, therefore, that the board should have the control over all legal proceedings, and that none should be instituted without their sanction. In ordinary cases charitable trustees had the power of dealing with trusts as indivi duals. It might be found extremely important to a cha rity to build or take down a house, to cut timber, to ex change, or sometimes, perhaps, even to sell land ; but there was no power in the trustees to do these things. The result was that, if the case was that of a large charity, they applied to Parliament at a large expense, never, he believed, under 600!., for a bill to enable them to do that which would benefit everybody. It was pro posed, therefore, that in all these cases power should be given to the board to authorise the trustees to do what in ordinary cases they could not do ; and as most of these powers hai been proposed in the bill of 1851, he did not anticipate there would be any real differ ence of opinion amongst their lordships. (Hear, hear.; Her Majesty's government, then, looking at the ques tion merely in an economical point of view, and at the probable beneficial results to the community, had thought that the expense, which could not be more than 5,0001. to 10,0001. should be borne by the country. (Hear, hear.) Objections had been urged against sending bar. risters into the country to exercise arbitrary and inquisi torial functions. No doubt that was a difficulty, but wo living in a world surrounded by difficulties ; and the good that would probably accrue would far overbalance any objections of that kind, especially as the inquiries were such as it was absolutely necessary should be made. Besides, in the bill of Lord Lyndhurst there was a pre cisely similar proposition, except that the barristers were called inspectors instead of commissioners. He came now to the judicial tribunal to be employed in these cases. He proposed that in cases under 301. they should be referred to the judges of the county courts. He was not without apprehension that they would not at first discharge the duty in all cases quite satisfactorily. In the former bill it was proposed that all cases between 30/. and 100/. should be referred to the Masters in Chancery. He proposed, however, that the schemes arranged by the judges of the county courts, and the appointment of trustees by them, should always be publicly advertised ; and that no scheme should come into operation until it had received the sanction of the board. With these safeguards they need not apprehend that his plan would give rise to any material inconve nience. He also proposed that funds might be trans ferred, where necessary, to official trustees, and that all the accounts should be transmitted to the board. These were the principal features of the bill, which he should be happy to submit to a select committee, if thought desirable, and he trusted, therefore, that their lordships would have no objection to the second reading. (Hear, hear.) The Duke of CLEVELAND considered the bill an improvement on last year. The Earl of CHICHESTER thanked the noble and learned lord for bringing in the measure, and he thought that to confer the extensive powers proposed to be given to the commissioners would be an act of prudence. Lord BROUGHAM applauded the bill, and observed that it was impossible to traverse the country in any direction without meeting with monuments to the labours of the commissions and Parliamentary committees which had sat upon this question. Those labours had not only acted directly on the 400 and odd charities to which they referred, but indirectly upon a vast number of other cases, where the very apprehension of inquiry had produced reform. He believed that in a majority of in stances the trustees had not been guilty of wilful abuse or malversation of the funds, but the evils complained of had arisen from negligence, from ignorance, and from carelessness. Lord ST. LEONARDS did not oppose the second reading ; but there were various points in the bill to which he should hesitate long before he gave his con sent. Lord BROUGHAM (who in the interim had been holding a conversation with a gentleman at the bar of the house) said that nothing could equal the powers of imagination possessed by the noble and learned lord. (Laughter.) He (Lord Brougham) had consulted a member of the commission, who had reminded him of an arrangement that he (Lord Brougham) and Lord St. Leonards should attend in turns, and his (the commis sioner's) impression was that he (Lord Brougham) had attended the oftener of the two. Earl TALBOT observed that he knew of a charity which had been put to an expense of near 2001. to ap point a new trustee. He hoped the noble and learned lord would make provision to prevent charities being put to such an expense. The bill was then read a second time. CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill. The Bishop of SALISBURY said he wished to state the grounds on which he gave his assent to the second reading of this bill. He looked upon it as the means of effecting wise and effectual reforms in our cathedral esta blishments. That was an object which he had long and earnestly desired to see brought to pass, and he should not therefore wish to offer any opposition to a measure having that object ; but in reference to cathedral esta blishments, he wished to guard himself by saying that the supposition that they were seats of corruption on the one hand, or, on the other hand, in possession of great wealth, was altogether unfounded. They ere the mere dying off remnants o f a bygone system, th evils of which were guarded against prospectively by enactments. Pluralities were absolutely abolished, and even residence connected with pluralities would neces sarily come to an end ; and so far from these establish ments being possessed of those large revenues which many supposed them to possess, the act which had been passed in relation to them, when it came fully into the ope ir - ra tion, would take from them s o lar g e a portion of revenue, that the remnant would hardly be sufficient for the efficient discharge of those duties, which he was sure they would wish to see c arried into effect more efficiently than they were. He fully agreed that these institutions stood in need of a great measure of reform. The motion for the second reading was then agreed to. SHERIFF AND COMMISSARY COURTS (BERWICKSHIRE) BILL. On the motion of Lord PANMURE, the bill was read a second time. LUNATICS' CARE AND TREATMENT BILL. Lord St. LEONARDS said this bill would make ex tensive alterations with regard to the administration of the estates of lunatics. The expenses were proposed to be raised almost wholly by a graduated scale, according to the amount of the property to be administered. In stead of separate commissions of lunacy, there would be a general commission, which would save great expense. I n so me cases p, jury would be required, but in others, and Colonisaion... l 28i Van Diemen's Land..l 194 - 204 LLOYD'S SHIPPMG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 4.—Wind this day at Noon, E.; light airs, and dull hazy weather. DEAL, May 3.—Arrived from the River—Rokeby, for Quebec ; Rubicon, Bombay. Arrived from - the River, and sailed—Tyne, for Melbourne. COWES, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Adepheid, Callao; Elbe, do. PORTSMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S. to S.S.W. Sailed — Moslem, Calcutta, and brought up in St. Helen's Bay ; Jeannetta, Ceylon, and brought up at the Netherlands. SOUTHAMPTON, May 3.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ma drid (s), Gibraltar, &c. FALMOUTH, May 3. Wind, variable, light airs. Arrived —America, Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Ma- tilla, Swansea, for Southampton, leaky, and with bowsprit sprung. Off Port—Menado, Batavia, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, May 3.—Wind, S., foggy. Arrived—Mes senger, Cardiff, for London ; Foylo Packet, Cardiff to Harbury—both to stop leaks. OFF PENZANCE, May 2.—Statesman, Port Philip. ST. IVES, May 3.—The Ariel, of Elsfleth, with coals, blew up, April 30 ; one man lost by the explosion. DUNBAR, May 3.—The Thomas, of and from Arbroath, ib on shore at Fast Castle Head ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, May 4.—The Jeans and Margaret , St. Valery to Newcastle, is on Flamborough Head, and likely to be a wreck. CROMER, May 4.—The Jean and Mary, of Sunderland, has been put on shore with sft. water in her hold, having been on a ledge of rocks ; it is feared she will become a wreck. LOWESTOFT?, May 4.---The Minerva, of Bartleur, struck on Hasborough Sand, and sank in deep water ; crow saved. SUNDERLAND, May 3.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Ex change, Quebec. HOLYHEAD, May 3.—The Owen, of Port Madoc, is on shore near Amlweh, and is likely to become a total wreck. BELFAST, May 2.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Elizabeth, Melbourne ; Gilbert, New York. BERBICE, April 6.—The Louisa, hence for London, was destroyed by fire, off the bar, March 28 ; crew saved. MADEIRA, April 26.—The Boadicea (British schooner), for Naples, was abandoned in a sinking state, lat. 46, long. 10 ; crew saved, and landed here by the Thames, London, for Australia. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was chiefly supplied with Monday's unsold samples, in very middling condition. For all kinds of English wheat the demand was in a very inactive state, at barely Monday's prices. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. The show of foreign wheat was good ; all descriptions commanded very little attention, and low parcels were offering on easier terms. Floating cargoes wer e very dull. Barley, the show of which was good, sold slowly, but no further decline took place in prices. We had a slow sale for malt on former terms. Oats and flour were very dull. Beans and peas com manded previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEIR. Whoat. I Barley. I Malt. 1,160 1,110 ( 2,210 flats. 130 750 3,260 Flov - . 820 English .. Irish .• • • Foreign .. 2,310 1 2,980 BOROUGH HOP. We have a very slow sale for all kinds of hops, at lasi week's prices. WHITECHAPEL. The demand for each kind of meat at this m arket to-day ruled steady. The following are the quotations : Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d t• 4s 6d; pork, 2810 d to s4d per Sibs by the carcase. TAUNTON ELECTION.—This election has resulted in the return of the Liberal candidate by a much more narrow majority than had been reasonably anticipated. At the close of the poll the numbers were-373 for Sir T. Ramsden (Liberal), and 366 for Mr. IL Padcock (Conservative). ROBBERY IN OXFORD-STREET. Yesterday mornin -- g information was forwarded from the various police sta f oiss of an extensive burglary which was effected on the premises of Mr. W. Burchett, two doors from Prince's street, Oxford-street, when property to the amount of several hundred pounds was carried off, between the hours of ten o'clock on Saturday night and seven o'clock on Monday morning last. The upper part of the ad joining house is to let, and through it the thieves are supposed to have effected an entrance. They then com menced packing up every valuable article, including 250 gold and silver watches, 200 gold guards, 700 rings, 60 gold bracelets, 200 gold brooches, besides studs, sleeve links, watch brooches, shirt pins, and other descriptions of property. Pop GOES THB WETHER.—Not a little excitement r win carpets, fightin. unusual entrance of a a fi ne e. was created in the neighbourhood of St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, this morning, by the precipitate and through the plate glass front of Messrs. Rogers and Dcaerapre,tsw,htearpeehster,ienso, doubt, found himself rather abroad midst the mimic flowers and plants represented in the wgrheicaht f u e li s ° u a w l l y o f ad a orn shee t p he dows of those fashionable upholsterers ; ewe believe the poor animal was impelle d to this strang refuge by the curs attack of one of those troublesome which seem to infest our streets more at this season than at any other. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.--Yesterclay six yachts of this club contended for two prizes of plate value re spectively 100 and 50 guineas. The distance was from Erith to the Nore Light and back. The following ves sels started at a quarter to twelve with an easterly wind. Of the first class Lordi Londesborough's Musquito, 50 tons ; Mr. Bartlett's War Hawk, 50 tons ; Mr. Crania's Volant e, 48 tons ; Mr. C. Brandreth's Pauline, 35 tons. Of the second class Mr. George Coope's Thought, 25 tons ' Mr. S. Lane's Phantom, 25 tons. The yachts arrived at the Nore Lig ht in the following Hours. Min. Sec. order and time :-- M o squito ..................... 3 26 12 3 V o lante ....................... 3 41 50 45 P han t o m ..................... 54 War Hawk ................... 4 4 40 Pauline: ........................ 4 9 8 The arrival at Erith was as follows : Hours. Min. Sec. Musquito (the wi nner) ..... 7 2 1 5 12 4 47 V01ante....................... 7 Ph a ntom (winner 2d cla ss) 7 46 12 where that could be safely done, the jury would be dis- the growth of chicory, to continue the duty of 4s. pe pensed with. After there had been a finding by the cwt., and 41. per ton,upto Oct., 1854. n 54.0 r Thertpeanrectseietnoe commission, power was given to dispense with a gr ant dut y was entirely pr ohib ito ry arti ;it had l but was fi xecl et n a from the crown, which had been always neces s ary for the the p resent value of the __ lunatic, and which led to great expense. That exp ense when the duty upon coffee ve ne, as9d. and ls. 3 - d. a pound. m would altogether in a great measure be put an end to. An- NOTICES OF MOTIONS. committee that o t n o theinci inquire e t i i n n t s o t . t b h o e other point was with regard to persons who were in fact not Mr. R lunatics, but who were detained in asylums u nder old sho u ld certificates. This bill would g ive M r . W . O. STANLEY gave the Lord Chancellor power in such cases to require the persons detaining suchCh urch of Ireland. notice that on Friday moveecclesiastical ll ° r forae°vile revenues n s e g e s l a e v oefet thei lotice alleged lunatics to furnish a general account of their con- next he should move an address to the Crown for a cone duct ; and this was a provision which, in more cases than mission to inquire into the corrupt practices at the their lordships would he willing to conceive possible, Barnstaple election. would at once show, if there was improper detention, Mr. HUTCHINSON gave notice that on the 31st what was the cause of it ; the cause being, he believed, inst, he should move the appointment of a committee to the conspiracy of other persons to obtain and enjoy those inquire into the cause of accidents in mines, with the alleged lunatics' property. This bill, which might be view of taking precautions for their prevention in future. regarded as another recommendation, would entirely do Mr. L. KING gave notice that, on the 31st instant, away with the exceptional position hitherto occupied by Bethlehem Hospital. (Hear, hear.) He was bound to li should move for a select committee to inquire into say that the governors of that hospital had not shown all cases where election petitions had been withdrawn. the slightest objection to this bill ; and the fair which it was but just to state, was that they win f erence,ereno bill for l • it g the expense of the election of members of Tar nottiocebrtihnagt,inonaMonday afraid of the light of day being thrown on that institu- ' n e e! I t o , i n .. h c. e l should BERK ELE Y mo v mov e fur the gavele lea v e liamcnt, by prohi b i ting tion, and that they were willing that it should visited, e mployment of bands or and examined, and controlled and improved just like other lunatic asylum in the country. This measu reany emblems whatever at elections. other music, and the use of flags, banners, and ,all other would, therefo re , as a w h o l e , l ie th oug ht, g i ve a new MINT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. tone to the administrati on o f l unac y, pro t ec t it f rom it s Mr. HUME wished to ask the Under Secretary for abuses, and give to lunatics ever y b ene fit an d ever y care ' the Colonies, whether the staff an d machiner y for the which justice and benevolence could suggest. (Hear, Branch Mint at Sydney had been sent there, or when hear.) they would be dispatched ? The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood to say Mr. F. PEEL said no part of the machinery had yet that he would not run the chance, by offering any corn- been sent out to Sydney, but still no time had been lost men ts, of being supposed to dissent from any of the in the appointment of an officer to superintend the work. views of the noble and learned lord ; and he would con- The selection of the Government had fallen upon Major tent himself by saying that he believed the bill would Wall, who had been directed to put himself in commu effect very desirable amendments in the law. nication with Sir J. Herschel , for the purpose of making The Earl of HARROWBY also pressed upon th e i r all the arrangements n e cessary for the establishment of lo r dships' attention the urgency that there was o f a the mint. The expense was to be borne by the colony. change in the law affecting criminal lunatics, and he DISPUTED PROPERTY. hoped her Majesty's Government would take the subject Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Secretary of into their consideration. the Treasury, whether he has received a memorial front Lord ST. LEONARDS enforced what he had before Sarah Allen and Anna Maria Randall, which memorial observed, by stating that in his visits to lunatic asylums was sent to him snore than four months ago ; and if he he had often heard lunatics complain to him of their has received it, what is the reason why no notice what being thrown into the company of other lunatics con- ever has been taken of it ? victed of crimes ; and there could be no doubt of their Mr. WILSON said the memorial which related to a extreme aversion to such a system. It was a great mis- claim to some disputed property of a deceased person, take to suppose that because a man had so far lost his was now under the consideration of the queen's Proctor mind as to be in certain senses a lunatic, therefore he was and the Solicitor to the mint. not deeply impressed with anything affecting moral con- VENTILATION OF THE HOUSE. duct. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME complained of the bad ventilation of the The report was then received ;as also were the reports house during the debate last night, and called upon the on the Lunatic Asylums Bill and the report on the Lu- right hon. bart., the First Commissioner of Works, to nacy Regulation Bill. Third readings fixed for Monday. take care that hon. members were not annoyed in the LAND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. same way again. Lord CANNING, having proposed that the discus - Sir W. MOLESWORTH said the heat was not occa sion on this bill should be postponed until the stage of sioned by the lights, but by the crowded state of the the report, when he would bring up amendments, an ob- h o use. jection was taken to the delay, and general objections Mr. BOUVERIE said he occupied the chair in cons were offered to the bill, by Lord Beaumont j but after a mittee last night for more than five hours, and he might conversation between these no bl e l or d s , L or d Monteagle, therefore be pardoned for adding a word upon this sub- Lord Wicklow, Lord Cl anr i car d e , an d L or d Dufferin, ject. It was only this morning that he had occasion to the motion was agreed to ; and the bill h av i n g been put remark, that the temperatare of the house last night in committee pro forma, was re p or t e d, an d fixed for an was as natural as it was possible for the air of a room to early third reading. be. (Hear, and a laugh.) SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES CENSUS PAPERS. COMMUTATION BILL. Mr. HUTT wished to ask the Secretary of State for Earl GRANVILLE, in mov i n g the thi r d reading of the Home Department when the census papers of the the bill, said that he would not carry out his intention at year 1851 are likely to be laid before Parliament. that hour (8 o'clock), and in the then state of the house Lord PALMERSTON said he had reason to believe (not ten peers were present), of making a statement of that the papers, which were of a detailed and compli the objects and scope o f thi s bill ; but if a discussion cated character, would be ready immediately after the should be entered on he would reserve to himself the Whitsuntide recess. right of offering some comments in the way of a reply. INCOME TAX. Their lordships were aware they could not make any Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice tha t the Government alterations in a bill of this kind sent up from the Coin - would propose to take the next stage on the income tax mons, and therefore, he apprehended, a discussion was on Thursday next, and the motion of the lion. baronet not desired ; and it might be the less desired as what had the member for the Tower Hamlets relating to Church fallen on the previous evening from the noble and rates on Monday next. learned lord (Lord St. Leonards) had suggested that a LETTERS OF REFUGEES. supplementary measure with regard to the funds of suitors in Chancery might become necessary, and the Mr. PHINN wished to put a ques tion to the noble views of their lordships might then be expressed. lord at the head of the Home Department which he was The Earl of DERBY put it to the noble earl if he was sure the noble lord would be glad to have an opportu taking a becoming course with this bill ? Not a word nity of answering. He wished to ask the noble lord had been said on it since it had come up to their lord- whether any directions or instructions had been given, ships' house, although many noble lords had been desir- or any warrant issued, by the Secretary of State for the ous of expressing an early opinion of it • and he now put Home Department, authorising the Postmaster - General it to the noble lord, whether, in the aen state of the to inspect or open letters addressed to foreign refugees. house, it would be decent that evening to read the bill a (Hear.) third time ? It might be that their lordships had no Lord PALMERSTON had no hesitation in say right to alter the bill, but really for it to be passed s u b ing that no such instructions or orders had been silcntio in this way would be to attach to their lordships' given as far as his knowledge extended. (Cheers.) No house a character which he might say, without using letter addressed to any foreigner, or to the individual disrespectful terms, the noble earl himself could not pos- which his hon. and learned friend must have had in his sibly desire, eye (Kossuth), had ever been meddled with, nor had any Earl GRANVILLE was only consulting public con- letters which were addressed to foreign refugees, as far as venience, and, as he thought, their lordships' wishes. he was aware of. (Hear, hear.) Certainly no such in. Great public inconvenience would be caused by delaying structions had been given since he had been in office, the passing of a bill of this kind ; and if it was wished, while he had no reason to believe that any were given he would go into a statement then, at once. by his predecessor. (Cheers.) The Marquis of SALISBURY suggested a delay un- COUNTY FRANCHISE. til to-morrow (this day.) Mr. L. KING moved for leave to bring in a bill to Lord REDESDALE.—Ah, but we don't sit on Wed- make the franchise in counties in England and Wales nesdays. (Hear, hear.) the same as in boroughs, by giving the right of voting The Earl of DERBY thought that if there was to be to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten a supplementary measure, they ought to discuss the pounds. lie rejoiced that he brought forward the bill matter, so as to see what should be the character of that under the auspices of a government of progress, who measure. At all events, the House of Lords ought to had, during their short administration, shown a wide know what was going to be done. spirit of conciliation and concession to all parties. He The Earl of WICKLOW thought the matter was hoped they would concede their support to the present clear. The house was thin, because every noble lord measure in the same spirit, and that they would not op knew that the house could not alter the bill ; and the pose it on the ground, either that this was not the pro noble Earl (Derby) share the responsibility for that thin per season to introduce it, or that the Government were attendance with the Government. If the noble earl already pledged to propose a scheme of electoral wanted a discussion it could be taken ; there the bill reform. If any great anomaly or injustice existed was, and the noble President of the Council had said in the country it was the bounden duty of the that he was ready to go on, if it was wished. house to remove it without delay, if that could be done After a few words from Lord MONTEAGLE, to the without injuring any class of the community. If the effect that though their lordships could not alter these bill were allowed to be brought in by the Government bills, they were, nevertheless, bound to discuss them, they would show that they were in earnest in regard to the discussions in their lordships' house on the property their promise of rJorni. Hitherto the bill had been met tax being instanced as debates of great importance, and not by reasonable objections, but by deeply seated pre of great influence on national finance. judice. All it proposed to do was to remove one of the Earl GRANVILLE agreed to give a formal state- greatest anomalies which existed in our representative ment of the bill, and proceeded accordingly to describe system. (Hear.) In a country of progress like this its more familiar features—only three or four peers being it was absolutely necessary that the area of representa present when lie began. tion should be enlarged, and that the franchise should Lord MONTEAGLE must repeat his conviction that be given to those communities who were capable and en it would be highly objectionable to allow this bill to titled to enjoy it. Looking at the corrupt practises pass a third reading without discussion. It pro- which had lately prevailed at elections, in some of which posed to issue Treasury or Exchequer Bonds of un- the Government had been mixed up, they should de all certain amount, the minimum being fixed at 1001. ; they could to purify our institutions, and not let it go but it did not in the least make any provision for forth to despotic Europe that tkere institutions were a the future conversion, nor was there to be any laughing stock. check placed upon the mode or manner of issue. It Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not mean to enter was the first time in the history of England that into any discussion upon the merits of the bill. It Parliament had been asked to confer such a power seemed to him that the question of introducing the pro upon the Financial Minister ; and since these bonds were posed franchise into counties was so intimately connected to be made transferable from hand to hand, and yet not with our whole social system of representation that it convertible at any given period, what was to prevent was not a matter which could be taken up lightly. the Minister, in times of trouble and difficulty, having (Hear.) Whether it was wise, unwise, good or bad to recourse to an over issue ? (Hear, hear.) That Was an make this change, there could be no doubt that it was a insuperable objection to the bill, which their lordships change of very great importance, and must affect the would do well to ponder over. representation of the house to a considerable extent. Earl GRANVILLE thanked the noble lord for some Such being the case—and he believed it would be ad useful corrections which his speech had supplied. The mitted to be so by the consent of all men—he then said noble lord had compared the Exchequer bonds to bank that on this important question it was impossible to in notes, and said the Government ought not to issue bank traduce a bill without having discussions on the wide notes when they had not a corresponding amount of bul- principle of our representation, and in order that an op lion in the bank ; but th a t was not th e case, as the only portunity might be obtained for that purpose, it was neces difference would be in the machinery. Instead of a per- saryto postpone all the questions now before the house. He son having a transfer on the books of the bank, he would could only say that the present Government were not have it in the shape of a bond. The bonds would be re- indisposed to consider the whole question when the pro deemable at the end of a year, and would have value in per time arrived. Perhaps the hon. gentleman who had. the eyes of a banker which no other security could have. introduced the bill would not give any credit to the de- The bill was then read a third time and passed, and claration, but he (Lord J. Russell) would say to the rest the house adjourned at nine o'clock. of the house that the Government were duly im pressed with the importance of the subject, and that they hoped, when they brought forward their bill, they would be able to do so at a time and in a manner which would secure for it the serious consideration of the house. If the hon. member went to a division, he should feel it his duty to vote against the motion. Sir D. LACY EVANS defended Mr. Locke King for again submitting the bill to the house, but trusted after the explanation of the noble lord, it was not his inten tion to go to a division. Mr. HUME thought Mr. L. King had done no mo re in moving for the introductio n of the bill than he had pledged himself to do last session. After the expressions which fell from Lord J. Russ ell last night respecting ntlic: d e mocracy, he (Mr. Hume) would refuse fall eo_nfi t t_le . in his promise of future reform, and h 42 should, h fore, advise his hon. friend t o withdraw his i?iotion. Mr. HADFIELD made a similar suggestion. Mr. L. KING said afte r what had fallen from his hon. friends, he would not go to a division. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. CHATHAM ELECTION. Sir J. SHELLEY read the report of the Ch n e+ o h n s ii' Toelflens tion committee to the house, and drew att e n ti on th of b a st cation in Attorney-General had, on the stre see n,, ute Stephen Mount for that report, been directed to o trimpsreir had stated that the house fact that, on the motion of the member fo E b wh a t e o c c . o t u ;I s l e e l aft e z perjury. At that time ho prosecute Sir F. Smith for should proceed further to and alloiv hon. members full time to bribery; but in order w th ou ei l r d. Surrey, the the house required of them, he duty to themselves ant opportunity det e rm i n e whle B s u in pd e po rnetryttotheirstre committees, n N g V t l h th en th th at e into evidence, which was in every hon. member a not go • consider th e e:i.dencep,lo:staistonpofidrtnstoe that they w f amiliar• hand, but, assuming ato hE n adast d : it a no s i k i l l ec : a n te o ul l ea l t e t h : c tt vit l ot : e " t l v e i s t , was a . nd to their su . evidence, would urge upon them to stand by the report, bands of their committees. He thought that the y ou gh t and he therefore begged to call the attention of the house to the following resolution :—" That if it any person bath been elected or returned member of this house, or endeavoured so to be by b • ribery or any other proceed corrupt practices, thi s h ouse will ro 1 ' p with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned. in such bribery , or • /11 also, to the following resolut ion of the Chatham election committee :—" That it was proved to the committee that Joseph Greath ea d, an by a situati on as el ec to r of Chatham, had been bribed a letter-carrier in the P t- ffi os o ce, ob tamed for his son Charles Greathea d, l Smith ;" and to move , that theAttorney- Ge neral Sir J . Frederick e . rooted to prosecute the said Sir John Mark Frederick Smith for bribery at the last election at Chatham. Sir F. TILESIGER said he had hoped that some mem ber of the Government would have expressed their opinion on this motion. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet who had brought it forward had disclaimed being actuated by any personal feeling in the matter. He (Sir F. Thesiger) felt satisfied that that was the fact, and he was sure the hon. baronet would be gratified, as many other members would be, to find that, upon considering the evidence in the case, the house would not be under the necessity of interfering in the way proposed. (Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet had stated that the committee had reported that Sir F. Smith was guilty of bribery. Now, that was not exactly the report of the committee. Their report, will ch it La: bverr eets I guardedly framed, was as follows : Th a t , a" tnint, an elec.or proved 'to the committee that Joseph ree , HOUSE OF COMMONS—{YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock PETITIONS. Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from the omnibus proprietors of the metropolis against the Hackney Car riage Bill, and praying that the bill might be referred to a select committee. Mr. CRAUFURD presented several petitions from various places in Scotland against the Maynooth grant. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from Southampton in favour of international arbitration. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the hackney carriage proprietors, stating that if the Hack ney Carriage Bill passed, it would be their ruin, and therefore they prayed that the bill might be referred to a select committee. Capt. SCOBELL presented a petition from the licensed victuallers of Bath against the proposed in crease in trading licences. Mr. CHEDALE presented a petition from Staley bridge, praying that the vacant seat of Sudbury might be allotted to that town. Mr. LOWE presented petitions from various places in Gloucestershire in favour of the bill for legalising mar riages with a deceased wife's sister. Lord HOTHAM presented two petitions from the East Riding of Yorkshire against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the Athenaeum of Manchester, praying for the total repeal of the adver tisement duty. The Earl of MARCH presented a petition from Sus sex, against the County Rates Bill. BOTTLING WINE IN BOND. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY wished to ask the hon. gen Bury - tleman the Under - Secr etar y for the Treasury a question on the subject of bottling wine in bond. What he w ished to ask was, whether t he Customs regulations would allow wine to be b ottled in bond for home consumption, in the same manner that wine was allowed to be bottled in bond for exportation ? Mr. WILSON said the subject of bottling wine in bond for home consumption was now under the consi deration whichT il t h h a e d y already dt m de a r d at e io an report o f the Customs to h the T ur out a number of practical difficulties which stood in the way of such an arrangement, but the matter was not yet d e cided. As the same time, however, it was only right that he should state that at present the practical difficulties in the wa y of such a re g ulation were so great that he could hold out no prospect of regulations being made to ena ble wines for home consumption to be bottled in bond. With regard to wine for exportation, the regulations would remain the same as they were. CHICORY. Sir J. TROLLOPE wished to know if the hon. gen tleman was prepared to state what were the intentions of the Government with regard to the subject of chicory! An answer to such a question had been promised this week. Mr. WILSON said he had to-day had a communica tion with hio right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject, and he had to state that his right hon. friend having carefully considered the whole matter, had come to the conclusion that it would be only fair, considering the forward state of the land -for 610 alts Business done lO this day. 20 ti PREFERE: 100 Aberdeen ........ ..... all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares , 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. 51 Cork &Bandon 5i p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction, , all E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. a ll Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7 17s), 7. pct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 ........ . . . all Do., New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cont 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.& Dund 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem. at 10 p. c. 1 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights_ 6 Gt. Westn. (Becks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4A per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 LOO Do. New Guar. 6p. c ll 5 London &S. Western, Cou. Thirds 10 Londonderry & Color 1 Shares all Londudry. & Ennisk. A Shares all Manch. ,Shef. ,& Lin , Shares, No. 1 all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., £6 all Marypt. & Carl. 4p. c all Do. 41 per cent 81 Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c .St 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent : 5 Do. Pref. 41 percent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 51 per ct. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........... ,100 North British ...... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W.(Min), 3 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) •f £1 Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd. Sp.*. 100 York,Neweastle,and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 Do 10 York &N. Midland, K. & S. Purchase... FOR: 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Juuct. all Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dij on and Besanon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junct. of France! 20 . Gt• Westn. of Canada Shares 2 Lncca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. prof 7 Lyons & Mcditerran, 10 20 10 20 :GN. 7A Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds (fmy . B. &Ams. Shs ] all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 51 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre.... all Sambre and Meuse... 4 Do. 5,, per cent. pref. 4 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip al West Flanders...... 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref... 6 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zea1and......... 70 1 i 25 100 10 i 1 xd 13i i d q 1 36i 14p1 28a of 0 t he f lt ' 4 0 1 , :re° ,ion: Lirt jell tbi wo rt wo , OA"' otife