The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-11 00:00:00

_ • - THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING , MAY 11, 185 3. • . . , - • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. BRIGHT arguments perfectly conclusive ' r e# . f, A-. ' IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT THE COMMITTEE ON DOCKYARD PRO- SHARE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. against the vote which he afterwards gave—we ttrb -40- MOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. (THIS DAY.) • BRITISH RAILWAYS. Leasing Shr. raid. RAIL AU CO P Cly.o. THIS EVENING, MAY 11, A.m. would instance the case of the barrister who has ki tt 10 11 HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY. Supported by Messrs. Barry, i , -- . of • van, W: Farren, Howe, Rogers, Tilbury. H. Corti. Braia , ant' vin- toThe SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. EXAMINATION OF MR. DISRAELI. Closing Prices Business done . London & apply a considerable portion his earnings NEWMARKET RACES Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. 50 all Bedford anu cent; Bass Helen Faucit, and Miss V C__. • Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Bays- Yesterday. ibis day. N. West. ... ... Afterhich, MR. BUCKSTONin expenditure incidental to his profession, as, water, praying for the enfranchisement of the London The members of the committee re-assembled this Bletcbley.... NABSUS.6 E'S ASCENT OF MOUNT FAA. for instance, in going circuit and to sessions, (THIS DAY.) - 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. University. t I Gt.Westn ... ... To conclude with OI7R MARY ANNE. ...—....------------- of the medical practitioner, who is compeed to Mr. Disraeli, M.P., who has been frequently referred St. 100 Aberdeen ..... ........ 29i 30 Similar petitions were presented from Warwick, by m to o i r n nin th g e . course of these proceedings was then called, 20 8A Mag. Nottng. Bost. guarau ee.... ~,_ 301 all Do. withoutgr" ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. keep a horse and vehicle in order to visit his pa- BY BLEOT.RIC TELEGRAPH, Mr. Green, and from Canterbury, by Mr. Pellatt. and stated as follows :—I never had any conversation & Eastn. June....... 6 64 30/ all Birm . Wolv. &I ensterdrrlay.c..". this d es Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean• tients—of the clergyman and others, to whose Mr. BIGGS presented a petition from the Isle of • with Mr. Stafford, or any one else in reference to the 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. & THIS EVENING, May 11, SUFFOLK STAKES. Wight inifavour of electoral reforms. the ballot and other patronage of the Government of Lord Derby. Mr. Staf- Stour Va11ey........, 10 10 1 Do ••• —•• a cha . grievances, of a similar — description, we have re-301 all Do.vrtht guar. , .„„ „„ ••• • - Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal Chief Baron Nicholson and Nutshell—a dead heat. Mr. PENNANT presented a petition from Caer -50 all Cl p y u d dl es e d Y al g :J r ci St. 100 Buckghamsh. . 1 ,• ';', •" • 107 109 St. 100 E. Lincoln 25 all Glstr Will be pertbrmed the peatedly directed public attention. There is marthen in favour of the County Rates and Expenditure ford never consulted me upon it,and I because it did not come within my department. I will 27i all Do. Chesh. & Birk., Teeters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. O F s re P n A cil D A or . scarcely, We believe, a contributor under Schedule Desdemona SWEEPSTAKES. 10 Sovs. New T.YC. 31 28 Birkenhd. Lamal. & To conclude with the new Drama, adapted ed fro ja m Aß th c e Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palgrave Simpson, call D, who could not, from his own personal ex po- 1 Bill. state the real cause of the difficulties that have ensued £5O & £25 Cons.... 21 22 Principal characters by Messrs. Sr. Lacy, Capt. SCOBELL presented a petition praying for the 6 per cent. upon this subject. When the late Government came into 22 184 Do £2O 3 i —4 ,d and Everett ; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. J. Vining, Ryder, Graham, rience, show the great difference between the Polly improvement of the management of lunacy. Mr. 0. GORE presented a petition from places in office, the Duke of Northumberland with a high sense St. 100 Bristol & Exeter-. ... 102 104 100 all Hrtipl. Dk. Sc Yk' New. gr.lD G ‘..al° t. e N u l o •t n h . n .. . : 54 0 : 65 2 152 Eight ran. 68 69 69 84 i .& Dn. Fr G k t• ROYAL LYCEUM THEA.TRE. gross receipts on which he is assessed and the net of honour and duty to the profession of which he is a St. 100 Caledonian. Railway DECIDING HEAT. Salop against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. member was most anxious that a Board of Ad • It mira, y 50- 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &Nl ° U 2 114 t Under the Management of Madame Vestris. profits applicable to his own uses ; but none can ELECTIONS BILL, Bandon. 221 23 50 all Cork and •• • 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 56 57 Divided.—Nutshell walked over.should be formed free from politics or party influence. THIS EVENING, MAY ii, be relieved until the principle be adopted of ren- Mr. •G. M. BUTT moved the second reading of this There was consequently no obstacle raised to his grace s . 20 all Cork, Black. & Pas& •• • ---- •• • 121 all Do. j Shares. D° 271 281 274 w ma'am. daring justice to all, and not going HANDICAP PLATE . 50 Sovs. New T.Y.C. bill, the object of which he explained was to lessen the wishes, and a Board of Admiralty was formed, of which 95 all 50 45 i Dublin&BelfastJunc. 41 -51 p all Chester & Holyhead 23 24 131 all Lon.&Greenw S• Eastern 14 141 Seri.W es t n 3 3 — 34 . . . Will be perfbrmed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, ter, and Rosiere ; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Y EXPRESS, gon a system - 20 all Do. Preference D° 26 27 " After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH z Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Bak er , of compensations, by making one piece of in j usti ce Guy Mannering expense of elections, by shortening the time which, ac- his grace was a distinguished member, as a naval officer cording to the present law, must elapse, both with re- —his object in the formation of it being an efficient gard to counties and boroughs, between the receipt of establishment for that great branch of the service. The 5a S 9 20 100 Lowestoft gr. Norfolk... _ _ _ th® excuse for another. 4 per cent. To be followed by TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr.. 25 all DE d ao e s e t n A J n u g n l i e a t n i Junction 25 L. 20 100 Do. 6 per ct. - -- c Mathews. The vexata questio of the existence of gold in the writ or precept and the nomination. There was consequence of this was, that there was a want of that also a provision limiting the time of polling at the Uni- good understanding between the Board of Admiralty &E.& L. & D.)..... 6 61; 6.f 51 all Mauch. Bxtn. L.& N. W. C. which will be added a DIVERTISSEMENT, in whic: Miss m 46 and Matlock & Midi& 3 34 31 - Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with THE CRITIC. Characters by Ms. Miss st: INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) MONEY MA_RRRT AND COMMERCIAL versities to five days. was then read a second time without further mer Governments before Lord Derbcame into and the House of Commons which prevailed in for- 20 all Eastern Counties.. .•. 13* 1:q 13;f 50 all Middlesbro' & Stcktou & thews, F. Matthews, R. Booby, Cooper, Bland, act. • En g land , and that obtainable not merely at , re- George, Mrs. Horn, acc. munerative but even highly profitable rates, has • y 25 all Eastern Union, Class Do., (Xl.B E. & H.).. 41 A. late E. U. 5h.... 10d —ll Redcar Darlingt. ... 10ii 7 ------_ at length been set at rest. To the Poltimore The sales of cotton at fig,o 7 ol7est'Crtfyc r e . re office when the Board of Admiralty was represented in F 'COURT (SCOTLAND, No. 2) BILL. the ' , louse of Commons by the First Lord and the First 25 81 Do., d 0..... ..... . 50 all Northern and THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. dis T sc r sEs b ßio ill ;, 25 all Do B. & C 7i a Easternsp.c. E. Count. 65 67 67 proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. Copper and Gold Mining Com belongs the estimatedat 5 000 bales—of which 1,000 Ameni - Mr. CRAUFUR 0 presented petitions in favour of Naval Lord. There was in the House of Commons, pany ,St. 100 •' 74 East Lancashire THIS EVENING, MAT 11, honour (and the profit) of the solution a this can were taken for export and on speculation• this bill. under the present Government, the First Lord and First 50 all East & West Ind. Dk. 50 all Do. Fixeds pc De ...... Will be presented THE ROUSED LION. By Messrs. B. Web- highly ' The market was firm , but closed tamely, at previ- Mr. E. E ELLICE, jun., presented a petition from the Naval Lord, and consequently there was a good under- & Birmincr. June.... 50 55 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W. stet, ?allele, A. Wigan, Hastings, &c. ; Mrs. Keeley, Bliss F. Mas • interesting problem. The Committee of of Royal Burghs of Scotland &Lu&Yk ... ... The sales comprised 4,000 American, Convention against the bill. standing. On Mr. Stafford devolved the representation St. 100 E dinburgh ° & Glasgow 72 - - 74 Kell, Mra. L. Murray, &e. Management after satisf ' themselves ymg by numer- our rates. Mr. CRAUFURD then moved the second reading of of the feelings of the late Board of Admiralty in the 10 1i Edinb. and Peebles... ... •• • 121 11/ Do. 1 Shares. Do ... ... alter which, A DESPERATE GAME.7O Perham and Maranham, at 6 d. to 7d. ; 20 To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. sus experiments, conducted under the auspices of Bah i a d 40 E g yptian, t 5 d t 9d•and at 6i .; 0 a .o ~ the bill. The hon, member then proceeded to enter into Bouse of Commons, and he was the only civilian there • St 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 32 31 St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 151 153 St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western ... •• • St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do ...... To conclude with THE DANCING SCOTCH/ILAN.a history of the courts up to the present tim Th connected with it. He took the place of the board there e. e well-known and highly skilful assayers, deter- 400 Surat, at aid. to 4id. per lb. ' way Shares the St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. 89 —9O 89 901 25 18a Shef.Roth.an d Lancash& she ' riff courts occupi ed place of the county courts in in the absence of the superior officers. Mr. Stafford ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. mined to subject the gossan to a test which, if sue- were flat, except Caledonian and Leeds stock. ...,.. England, and the the of this bill was to graft on the entered the :House of Commons inexperienced in his ___ St. 100 Do. , A. Stock Lessee and Manager Mr. Farren. cessful, would convince the most sceptical, and The steamer Arctic has arrived and bring s 51 810 11 ) Scotch courts a advantages which had been con- duties, and under circumstances of extreme difficulties. St. 100 Do , B Stock - 133 St. 100 Gt .. WI B. 114 . &West.are.) 113 12 91 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean i --- 1 d 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & THIS EVENING, MAT 11, thenceforward remove every doubt and difficulty dollars in specie. ferred on the English courts by recent legislation, with- I may also add that the consequence of this was, thatthere St. 100 Great Western 914 914 914 6 per cent_ Darlingt. ... ... Will be performed THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER.. There was a special meeting this day of the Pro - out at all seeking to Anglicise the courts. The was not that sympathy between the late Board of Admi - 12 11 Inch South-Eastern. 8/ Si 25 all Do Do 33 34 Characters by Messrs. H. Farren. F. Robson, &alders, G. Cooke, and on the subject. A large qua ntit y of the gossan . . .- to f the Victoria Dock Company, M r . H e y_ ev i ls o f t h e ? resent Scotch system were these : The rally and the House of Commons that was necessary I - . Drie rs o e - 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle.. 92 - 94 St. 100 Wilts&Sorarst GtWestn. 1058 10 6 ,1,./ _ _ will be performed THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATErt. Characters by Messrs. H. Farren, F. Robson, &alders, G. Cooke, and Charles; Mesdames Anderton and E. Turner. After which. THE ADOPTED CHILD. Michael, Mr. Diddear. To be followed by MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth and Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs. Sarah Macbeth and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Bole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. In cAnpliance with a generally expressed wish, Mr. W. Cooke has the honoar of announcing that A GRAND JUVENILE MOENLNG PERFORMANCE WM take place on WHIT-TUESDAY, May 17, comrnenciag at Two o'clock. Ey Permission of the Commandant Col. Clark, R and by special Invitation from Mr. W. Cooke, the Boys of the Duke of York's School, with their Band, will attend. LAST FIVE NIGHTS of THE KAFIIt WARFARE, which must be withdrawn for the entirely new sporting Hippo Drama, illustrat ing LIFE ON THE TURF, to be produced tor the W HITSUN HOLIDAYS. THIS EVENING, MAT 11, And during the week, the entertainments will commence with the grand spectacle of AMAKOSA ; or, Scenes of Kafir Warfare. To be followed by a display of Equestrian Scenes in the ARENA, introducing Mr. Cooke's highly-trained steeds. The infant Victor Claade Cooke and hie pet Drawing-room Pony. The Entertain ments supported by the eminent Artistes of the Establishment. To conclude with Hugo Vamp, Eeq 's, new Comic Drama, entitled IN FOR A DIG; or, Life at the Diggings. Bo:-office open daily from ]Leven to 1,011.1% Stage Manager, Mr, W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAT —Mersing 40 min. after 3 1 Evening 55 min.aft. 3 To-Yeaainr.—Morning 12 min . after 4 I Evening 28 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Stus Onus, MAY 11. THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE. 56—highest sines noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND, N. W.—Fne breeze, and sunshiny weather. V-Atte*;4l/7. 1 W - nT *3/4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 18511. Mr. GLADSTONE is a skilful tactician. On Mon day he endeavoured to convince the House that the contest on Mr. PALMER'S motion was really one between the industrious classes and the owners of real property. He carefully kept his own protegees, the landholders, and with them the holders of all description of securities, mortga gees, annuitants, &c., out of sight, while he de claimed on the injustice ! to the contributors under schedule D. His obsequious and. compliant followers cheered his arguments, ani, by a decisive majority, affirmed the principle by 75—that a man was to be taxed on income which he did not receive, or which at least was not applicable to his private purpose, being essential to the mainte nance of the property from which he derived his income. The plain and simple method. of taxing net income only under all the schedules could not be adopted, because, forsooth, that act of common justice would occasion a considerable loss to the E xchequer, and thai , in the opinion of a Financiza Minis ter, constitutes a sufficient answer to every grievance that can be brought forward. To the uninitiated it might seem a natural expedient to increase the nominal amount of the tax, so as to afford com pensation for these losses ; but that would be too equitable a proposition to find favour in the sight of one whose views on fiscal matters are distorted by the corrupt medium through which they are regarded, for, in truth, the entire system is based cn injustice, the rule being to lay hands on any thing that can be obtained, without regard to equity or even expediency. The vexata questio of the existence of gold in England, and that obtainable not merely at 're munerative but even highly profitable rates, has at length been set at rest. To the Poltimore Copper and Gold Mining Company belongs the honour (and the profit) of the solution of this highly interesting problem. The Committee of Management after satisfying themselves by numer ous experiments, conducted under the auspices of well-known and highly skilful assayers, deter mined to subject the gossan to a test which, if sue,- cessful, would convince the most sceptical, and thenceforward remove every doubt and difficulty on the subject. A large quantity of the gossan was accordingly transmitted to the reduction works of Messrs. RA.WLINS and WATSON, at St. Helen's, near Liverpool, and the result has sur passed the most sanguine expectations that had previously been entertained. A cake of gold weighing 26i ounces was exhibited at the general half-yearly meeting of the shareholders last week, which was extracted from 20 tons of the red gossan, showing an average yield of one ounce seven pennyweights per ton CITY, TWO O'CLOOK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales—of which 1,000 Ameri can were taken for export and on speculation. The market was firm, but closed tamely, at previ ous rates. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 70 Pernam and Maranham, at 6 d. to 7d. ; 20 Bahia at 6d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 5 d. to 9d.; and 400 Surat, at aid. to 42d. per lb. way Shares were flat, except Caledonian and Leeds stock. The steamer Arctic has arrived and brings 51,876 dollars in specie. There was a special meeting this day of the pro prietors of the Victoria Dock Company, Mr. Hey wood in the chair ; the object of which was to ob tain their sanction to a bill for increasing the com pany's capital from 400,0001. to 900,0001., by the issue of new shares for the erection of additional works, and for extending the time for construction. The heads of this bill were read and approved of. The books for the voluntary conversion of con sols are opened at the Bank of England, but it does not appear that up to the present time, the amount offered for is large. The fact of the list being open, however, is not yet generally known to the public. The English Funds are rather heavy, and there is not much doing. Consols have been 1001 for transfer and account. The New Three-andia-Quar ter per Cents. have realised 103 to 1, and the Three per Cents. 99i to par. Bank Stock is firm at 229. The Exchequer Bills both of June and March are at par, and India Bonds at 255. prem. South Sea Stock is firm at 114/, and the Old South Sea An nuities are at 99/. Foreign Stocks are dull. Peruvian Deferred' have been 67*, and Mexican 271. Brazillian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have been quoted 100/ to 101. Spanish Three per Cents. bring 48/ to 49% ; andthe Committee's Certificate is at 6i to French Three per Cents. have been marked 82 25, with the exchange at 25 10. Dutch Four per Cents. are 961. Peruvian Deferred are not so good, having been done at 671. There is very little business doing in Railway Shares, and prices have gone back slightly in some instances. The account is considered to be rather bullish up to the present time. Caledonian shares keep firm, on account of the large traffic, and Great Northern have been done as high as 90k. Lancashire and Yorkshire are good. Midland not so high, nor South Western. York and North Midland are steady. French shares are lower as regards Strasbourgs, owing to the decline at Paris, but Northerns keep firm. Upper India have been done at premium. The Gold Mine Shares are very inactive at about the former prices. Nova Scotia are lower in con sequence of the advices received by the Company, quite confirming previous intelligence of the ab sence of available ore at Indian Point. Mr. Adam Murray, it is said, will publish a statement as to the causes of his giving such an erroneous opinion, and we believe it will be shown that he . has been systematically deceived. It is certainly due to the public that a very searching inquiry should be instituted, and the Directors owe it as well to their own character. United and Mexican Shares are worse, the account not being satis factory. • Oriental Bank Shares are at very full prices, and Australasia have advanced. The Peel River are in more demand, and Aus tralian Agricultural are nominally firm. When we consider that the yield of the St. John Del Ray Company, the shares of which command a premium of 151., never exceeded half an ounce per ton—that there is an apparently in exhaustible deposit of the auriferous gossan, and that Messrs. RAWLINS and WATSON offer to take 300 tons per week, at 41. 4s. per ton (which can be supplied at their premises at less than 11., thus showing a profit of nearly 1,0001. per week, on a capital of 50,0001., from this source alone; and also that there are ample funds at the bankers to develope the wonderful natural capabilities of the mine, we cannot help congratulating the committee of management and the shareholders on the judi cious enterprise and energy that has produced such magnificent results and promises to create a new California in one of the most beautiful and fertile counties of Great Britain. From the indications that are clearly perceptible on the spot—from the gigantic and elaborate character of the old workings, it is manifest that the auriferous quality of the soil is not a new dis covery, but that it is merely a revival of what was formerly a well-known and duly-appreciated working. We have it on unexceptionable authority,* that in the reigns of EDWARD I. and 111., there were considerable works at Combmartin, in De vonshire (the nearest port to the Poltimore Mine, which was probably the place referred to), and that "between 300 and 400 miners being sent for out of Derbyshire were employed in them ;" and that " the produce was so considerable as to assist the BLACK PRINCE in his wars against France." We have it on the same high authority, that " the Romans were incited to the conquest of Britain by the reported wealth of its inhabitants in gold and other metals"—an opinion confinned by a reference to Caesar's Commentaries (cited by Mr. RUNT), which shows that "one of his reasons for the invasion of the Britons was that they assisted the Gauls with their treasures." The " ring money," which has from time to time been dis covered, and various traditions existing in the country, afford additional confirmation to these statements. It is known, too, that during the Augustan Era the precious metals were obtained in far greater abundance than at any time since, at least until the Califor nian and Australian discoveries. The accurate and pains-taking JACOB estimates the quantity of gold and silver in the Roman Empire, in the time of our SAVIOUR, at no less a value than 358,000,0001., an amount nearly equal BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY ( From the Official List.) P.ustne3S done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 99i 100 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3i. per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 i India Bonds, £lOOO — Ditto, under £lOOO 23 South Sea Stock ...... ...... .... ..... ... 114 i South Sea Old Annuities 99i Consols for Account Exchequer Bills 11d. June. March. £lOOO.. .. par par £500 Small Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., presented a petition from the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland against the bill. Mr. CRAITFURD then moved the second reading of th• bill. The hon. member then proceeded to enter into a history of the courts up to the present time. The sheriff courts occupied the place of the county courts in England, and the object of this bill was to graft on the Scotch courts all the advantages which had been con ferred on the English courts by recent legislation, with out at all seeking to Anglicise the courts. The evils of the present Scotch system were these : The sheriff substitute performed, in Scotland, the dif ferent functions of county court judge, criminal judge, police magistrate, and had also testamentary and Admiralty jurisdiction, and to perform all these func tions, of course he was obliged to reside on the spot. The appeal from him being not only on points of law, but also of fact, to the sheriff principal, who was gene rally a practising barrister residing in Edinburgh, and all the proceedings before him were carried on in writing. They were generally very expensive. The great evil complained of was this appeal to a non-resident judge, and he proposed by this bill to do away with this appeal upon points of fact, and to give an appeal on points of law to a court of law, and not to the Sheriff. They would be far cheaper and more satisfactory. He also proposed to give parties the power of trying the case by a jury of five on the decision of the majority. The great mass of those classes of the people of Scotland were the suitors in this case, though he would allow that there was a great diversity of opinion on the subject among other classes. He wished to have this bill read a second time, in order that it might be referred to a select committee. Mr. COWAN said that when the subject first began to excite the attention of the people of Scotland, he had felt favourable to the principle contained in the bill, but after consideration and inquiry, he had come to the conclusion that the abolition of the double system would be very prejudicial to the administration of justice. He did not deny that the Sheriff's Court greatly needed reform, but he was quite satisfied that the bill of the learned Lord Advocate would do all that was required, and he should therefore oppose this bill as unnecessary, and even prejudicial to the interests of the Scotch people ; and he should move that it be read a second time this day six months. Lord DRUMLANRIG brought up the answer of her Majesty to the address on the subject of Kilmainham Hospital, informing the house that her Majesty would cause immediate inquiry to be instituted on the subject. (LEFT BITTING.) duties, and under circumstances of extreme difficulties. I may also add that the consequence of this was, that there was not that sympathy between the late Board of Admi ralty and the House of Commons that was necessary I have no hesitation in saying that, in my opinion, the chief difficulty of Mr. Stafford in the House of Commons arose through having no other member of •the Board of Admiralty there to support him. The Board of Admi ralty only looked to the efficiency of the service, and not to questions of patronage. Their attention was directed to matters of quite another kind. If the board felt it Itheir duty to speak to the Secretary of the Admiralty, they would do so in the same manner that the pre- sent Leader of the House of Commons might speak to Admiral Parker. If the Secretary of the Admiralty did his duty, and attended according to the instructions given to him, he would be able to answer as leader in the House of Commons any questions, if listened to without jealousy ; but that harmony that should exist between that branch of the Government and the House of Commons could only exist when a large number of that branch are members of the House' of Commons. The Chairman— Then am I to understand that har mony did not exist between the late Government and the House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli—There did not, and I may refer to, one instance where the Secretary of the Admiralty felt it to be his duty, and represented to me that the expenses of this branch were exceeding the estimates, and, in conse quence, I felt it to be my duty to attend to it, and ordered a weekly account to be sent in. This account was accordingly sent in to me at the Treasury, and the result of it was to show that the expenses had been well regulated. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, and as the officer of the Crown responsible for the expenses of the country entirely, I had, therefore, the control over the expenditure. A feeling of jealousy appeared to exist as to the Board of Admiralty, as regarded the estimates to which Admiral Parker had referred. This was looked upon as an interference by the House of Commons. I told Mr. Stafford, in doing his duty, to conciliate as much as possible, and in a conversation I had with him in the House of Commons, I told him to conciliate as much as possible with all officers, and I found on the part of Mr. Stafford a ready desire to fol low the advice that I had given him. Sir H. Davie—Mr. Stafford has stated that he was so pressed by Lord Derby and the Chancellor of the Exche quer on the subject of dockyard appointments, as his friends were not satisfied that all the patronage should be left in the hands of their opponents. Was that so ? Mr. Disraeli—The late Government never used any, nor did it ever enter into their consideration to use patronage for election purposes. They experienced, in the first instance, great difficulties, and they had to con tend with a spirit of jealousy, which arose from the cause which I have expressed; but that appeared to me to wear off. The Chairman—Did Mr. Stafford tell you that his difficulties were increased in consequence of the preced ing Government having filled up all the appointnients, and given all the promotions to their political partisans? Mr. Disraeli—l -riever went into details about that, but I do remember on one occasion he mentioned to me that be was placed in great difficulty with respect to the Surveyor of the Navy, who is a permanent civil officer of the Crown. The advice I gave to him was, that he should treat all the permanent, civil officers of the Crown with the greatest respect, and I may say that when I went to the Treasury I found all the servants there of extreme liberal principles, •having been appointed by former Governments, and of course with opinions hostile to the then Government ; but'l treated them with confidence, and I am bound, and it is but justice to them to say, that they served me most faithfully. I advised Mr. Stafford to treat the Surveyor of the Navy in the same way, and I believe he acted on my advice. The only question brought before me as to the Surveyor-General of the Navy besides, was when he consulted me in the House of Commons on re ceiving a letter which Sir Baldwin Walker had written to the Duke of Northumberland, which he showed to me, though I cannot say whether it was the letter or a copy, which he brought to me as a proof that he had not succeeded in establishing a good under standing between himself and the Surveyor of the Navy. When I read the letter I felt much annoyed, and I said if this is the tone in 'which his overtures were to be received, that Sir Baldwin Walker had better resign. Mr. Stafford made some objection to this, stating that it was the wish of the Duke of Northumberland that the matter should be sot right. I told him that rather than remain on hostile terms, that he had better see him ; and I believed that he had acted on my advice. He called on me in May in Downing-street, when I asked him if there was a good understanding in his office, and he said that there Was a perfect good understanding between him and Sir Baldwin Walker. I had nothing to do with the in structions, and had never brought before me any ques tions of promotions or appointments in the dockyard, and never interfered in any way whatever. The examination wan proceeding when our report left. 100 East Lancashire ... all East & West Ind. Dk, & Birming. June 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 1i Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 De., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock .... 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.)l 100 Great Western..., 11 Irish South-Easters. all Lancaster & 11i Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths . ..... 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern all Liv. Crsby. &So utb pt. all London & Blackwall 3 Lend. Tilb. & Stheud. 89 90 55 57 131 - 133 113 114 914 —91 i 4 92 94 13A 14 p 79h -- 4 80 -- 4d 16 164 LOO Lond.Bright.& S.Cst.l LOO London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,161.5h.,M&8...C, .00 London & S. Western) Do., £50... ..... 34 Do., X4O •••••• 25 all Lmlndrry.&Coloraine 25 all LnducliTy. & Ennisk. St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 8h 48 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. St. 100 Midland ....... 100 Do. Binning;.&Derby 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17.1 Do. 2 Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle 1.00 Newmarket - 91 2i p 1041 101 1191 —119 i 21 3p 16 - 901 91. 5 4 -31 d 12 13 19 21 30 301 31 2t(i 751 42 44 We fully and cordially concur in the opinion so distinctly and unequivocally assorted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that " the Income Tax bears more hardly on trades and professions, on industry and skill, than it bears upon pro perty." We recognise and freely acknowledge the magnitude of the grievance. But it is not by a side 'wind, or in an underhand manner, that we would supply a remedy. We would not at tempt to mitigate one species of injustice by perpetrating another. If the law inju riously affect the industrious classes, why not modify it by recognising the distinction between the hardly-acquired and precarious earnings of industry and the invariable proceeds of realised property ? Surely the " certainty "is an element that may be taken into account in the estimate of value, and the " permanency" of an income is an incident not to be altogether despised. But these matters should be regulated by a judicious dis crimination between the different classes of income, and not by charging an Income Tax on that which is not " income." But there is another view of the case, which proves that "trades and professions, industry and skill," are not benefited by the tax being levied on the gross receipts in place of the net profits ; that the cases of contributors under schedule D is even more deserving of commiseration than those of the owners of landed or household property. Mr. BRIGHT instanced the case of manufacturers, to whom no allowance was made for the depreciation of machinery, or the wear and tear of articles required in their business, and which must be periodically replaced out of the earnings. This is unquestionably a very great hardship, and so is the refusal to make any allowances for the insurance of the premises where the business was carried on. But still, is that a sufficient reason why others should be also injured, without any effort being made for their relief ? Is it because Mr. BRIGHT'S friend, who imported a cargo of cotton from New Orleans to Liverpool, was re fused permission to make any deduction for the insurance which he effected, and was thus charged for profits which he did not gain—a matter which it is difficult to understand, and which, but for our confidence in the veracity of the Hon. Gentle man, we could scarcely credit that the house owner is to be, charged on the_amount which he has applied to' necessary repairs, or in prudent insurances? It is something like the Irish coach man, who, when his master complained that the pole of the next carriage had been driven through his own panels, comforted him with the assurance that he had perf ormed a similar operation on the preceding vehicle h a lf an hour previously ; or the policeman who quitted a sufferer who had just been plundered of his w a t c h, by pointing to another whose snuff-box and handkerchief had just been appropriated by the same skilful 11.1anipulator. Tt may suit the fundholder very well to set the landowners and the merchants, ma nufacturers, and tradesmen by the ears , to stand aloof while the different classes of victims are mutually b e l a b our _ ing each other. The dodge will not, however, b e perm itted to remain u nnoticed or unex posed ; and though the evil may for a time remain without to the determined partisanship o f remedy, owing the Financial Minister, and the servile subservi ence of those who were once considered indepen dent and consistent politicians, we believe that truth and justice will ultimately prevail, and that the Property Tax will be established on a sound and equitable foundation. ti llt fOrWArCi Inaddition to the ArgUM o4 P _ to the entire supply of the world at this time— but which gradually diminished until in the be ginning of the ninth century it was reduced to less than the tenth part thereof. The extravagant expenditure, and unparalleled luxury of the earlier period, the legacies bequeathed to AUGUSTUS him self, amounting to more than 32,000,0001. of our money, induce us to lend an easy credence to these statements, which are by no means exaggerated, and to believe that even before the days of CARA OTACUS and BOADICEA gold was ob tained, and that in by no means inconsider able quantities, in the localities which modern enterprise has once more investigated and brought into practical operation under the most propitious auguries. But it is not on gold that the hopes of the Shareholders exclusively depend. There is one of the richest copper sets in England at their disposal, the machinery for working which is on the ground—the wheel nearly finished —so that in less than a fortnight the full power will be in motion to clear the shafts and levels of water, and to carry on the operations with energy and efficiency. It is much to the credit of the Committee that they have given the benefit of the unappropriated shares to the general body. The remaindei will only be issued at 2/. premium, at which price a priority will be given to those who have already invested their capital in the undertaking. There is every reason then to anticipate, and without arrogating to ourselves a power of vaticination we may ven ture to predict, that gold will again be found in large quantities in Great Britain, and that few, if any, foreign mining undertakings will prove more remunerative than that at Northmolton, which may be visited within a few hours by any person desirous of judging for himself, respecting the capabilities of our English Gold Mine. * Robert Hunt, Esq., Keeper of Mining. Lecture delivered at the Museum of Practical Geology. DEATH OF THB VISCOUNTESS FIELDDTG.—It is with much regret that we announce the premature demise of this noble lady, who died on the Ist instant, at Naples, from a rapid consumption. Her ladyship was daughter and heiress of the late David Pennant, Esq., and of the late Lady Emma Pennant, on whose demise her ladyship succeeded to the extensive domains of her father in Wales. By her marriage with Rudolph Basil, eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh, her ladyship has left .a youth ful family. THREE PER CENT. STOCKS.- —ln consequence of the bill for the conversion of the Three per Cent. Stocks having received the Royal assent, books were opened yesterday at the Bank of England for the applications of those proprietors who may be desirous of converting their stock into any of the three descriptions of new se curities offered by the Government. Thus far the prin cipal applications have been for the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, but no great eagerness was manifested by the public to make the conversion, the fact of the Bank being ready to receive notices not having generally transpired. With regard to the proposed Exchequer Bonds it was wholly impossible to form any choice, the particulars, which are to be published in the Gazette, not having yet been issued as to their precise terms. Meanwhile, it may be useful to remind the public that, except as regards the holders of the various petty Three per Ceut. Stocks, amounting altogether to 9,500,0001., the proposed conversion is in no degree compulsory, and is limited to 30,000,0001. of stock, either Consols or Reduced. Those who are satisfied to hold these de scriptions of Three per Cents., with the certainty that a year's notice must be given, and that a considerable rise in the general price of the-funds must take place before any forced reduction of interest can be attempted, have on the present occasion only to remain quiet. - UNIVERSITY REFORM.—Some time since the Heads of Houses appointed a committee of their own body to re port on the recommendations of the Royal Commis sioners, so far as they concern the University as b e published distin guished f rom t h e Colleges. It is understoo d t h at t hi s committee report to the longotheboar v d a ,: ati nd on. that the report w APPAIR OP HONOUR. —W are informed, upon good authority, that on Wednesday, member for Middlesex, the o place between Sir Robert Pe e l the 27th ult., a duel took Peel and Mr. Bernal Osborne, the speech which the hon. barir.tnellie) t o fdtehl delivered meeting er e d u upon obne itheng Jew Bill. The ball from Mr. 1 through his antagonist's coat sleeve, ea and passed happily torminatlci without bloodshed. g the affair -- - -- ---- !!.., 180 ; 0 acraid. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ilrazlia,n Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent lOl 1001 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds 3 per Cent 484 9A 81 Spanish 3 per Cont., Now Deferred 24 4. A Sp a nish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 p Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent B2f 25c Ex 25f 10c Dutch Exchange, 2A per Cont. 12 Guil. Ditto 4 por Cont. Certificates-. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols.. Ditto May Account 100: The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par (accord ing to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.05, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 427 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.6 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.6, it follows that. gold is the same price at Hamburgh as in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per coat. in favour of England •, but, after making allowance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. COLONIAL GOLD COMPANY.— It is stated that negotia tions have been entered into between the Peel River Company and the Colonial Gold Company, for the latter company to set up crushing mill and other apparatus on the Peel River lands, for extracting gold from such ore as may be brought to them for the purpose ; and, also, that arrangements have been entered into by the Lake Bathurst Company, with the view of leasing a section of the Peel River lands. At the same time, the Austra lian Agricultural Company'are said to be sending out a large body of miners and two superior officers, for the purpose of increasing their production of coal at Newcastle. NOVA SCOTIA MINING COMPANY.—Advices were re ceived yesterday by the Nova Scotia Mining Company, from their agent, Mr. Sewell, dated Halifax, the 26th April, forwarding a, full report from Messrs. Petherick and Hitchins, confirming their previous announcement, that the lands provisionally leased by the company at Indian Point are utterly valueless as regards any mineral deposits, or even the indications of them. It is added, also, that Mr. Adam Murray had admitted to them, in the most unqualified manner, that his statements had been altogether erroneous. Before returning to Eng land Messrs. Petherick and Hitchins intended to com plete their survey by examining the iron mines at a locality called Londonderry, which were also proposed to be made over to the company, and were asserted to be practically inexhaustible and unsurpassed in quality. Meanwhile Mr. Adam Murray has reached England, and is preparing a statement to lay before the company, in which it is understood he will intimate that he was influenced in his report by a deception deliberately planned for the purpose bf misleading him. Under all the circumstances of the case of it is evident that a rigid inquiry should be instituted. HARWICH ELECTION.—A meeting of the electors in the Liberal interest was held at the Three Cups Hotel on Monday evening, Mr. Churchwarden George in the chair when it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. William B. Nalborough, and seconded by Mr. Collins, that in consequence of the recent decision of a com mittee of the House of Commons, declaring the election of Mr. Peacock for this borough to be void, it was the duty of staunch Reformers to unite in supporting a can didate to represent the independent electors in Parlia ment ; and it was further resolved, on the motion of Mr. H. Darken, and seconded by Mr. J. Vaux, that Mr. Bagshaw be requested to stand again for the representa tion, and to canvass the electors. A vote of thanks to the chairman was passed, and the resolutions ordered to be sent to Mr. Bagshaw in London. MAIDSTONE ELECTION.—The writ for the election of a new member was received by the Mayor yesterday, and proclamation was duly made in the afternoon that the nomination will take place on Friday morning at eleven o'clock. The poll will, therefore, be taken on Saturday. Mr. Lee and Mr. Wykeham Martin are the candidates. Mr. Lee is certain unless a considerable number of votes are absolutely purchased by the sup porters of Mr. Martin, or are perverted by corrupt con• sideration, or rendered quiescent by the gross intimida tion which preyniLs. Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., Now 31 N IOON o o i r t h h n ß . C r j o t u i s n h t ies Un 13 North Devon, No.l 6i Do., No. 2. all Dc., A Deferred 5 Do., B Guaranteed 171 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. Guaranteed Stock... 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. all Shrewsby. (Nor. all Do. Halves, d 0....... all Do. Oswestry 6,i Shropshire Unio._ all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do.. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway... 17 Vale of Neath......... all Watered. & Kilkenny all Watcrford&LimOrick 13 West C0rnwa11........ 21s. Wrublet lon &Croydon 1 Woodford... ..... 100 York Nowctl. & Berw 20 Do. Extensions....... 116. Do. G.N.E. Purchase, 100 York &N. Midland.. it,. 100 5 all 3t. 100 ?A./ 5 3t. 100 15 all 64 34 64 all 32, I all 5 all 7if 2 st all 6 all .0 all !CO all ;t. 100 5 all >t. 1100 it. 1100 it. 1100 Gil all i 0 I 6 it. 100 L 6 6 it. 100 3t. 100 ft. 100 0 I all ;t. 1100 i 0 I 5 10 2il all all 0 I all 6 I 3 .2i all .2t, all .2, 1 8,, A. 100 A. 100 50 21 - 8i - 53 - - 35 4 -36 A .6i - 5 9 all 5 all 2 all it. 100 all st. 100 .5 9 8 all .0 all 10 10 25 all 10 14 .0.6 all !O all 5 3 it. 100 ;5 7 1 0 ••• '''''' • 20 20 20 20 Pm 79i 80,} 44 4i 81 Bd. A -•- ... PI 53 - 64 98 - 100 62 - 63 66 - 68 9i 11 105 1191 73 76 1i Oidis 18 20 9 10 13 15 31 34di 20/1 214 75_ -75 i, 36 37 134 -- 14 19 - 21 75 I 20 5 20 20i 15 2i 15 3i I 4 341 10 loi pare 70 71 ; 7A 7 c( 21 61 62 FOR: A utwerp&Rotterdam liolgianßastu. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish...... East Indian 3i 75i .IGN. To 13 12i 9 61 i 2 11 24 - PM pm Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula, Gd. Junet. of France) GLlVosternof Canada] Shares , ................ Lucca & Pistoja sp.c I • f pie ...... ........... 6r. - .1.(3171 15 10 2 3 Do. (Rail wa y) Do. 14 It POI 50 Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons & Moditerran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) Nor wegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen l Al3i 14 4 3.$ ik }d 24 7i 1105 4i 14) 19 46 38 1, ,d 1p i di 6 p lip 2g2 Paris and Strasbourg ParisCaen k Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Mouse Do. 56 p. ct. prof Sth-Eastrn. of France Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 56 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland 2 5 1 i 91 103 1 pi -r) 2,3 14 94 19; 45, 38, 8 1 10 20 10 6 41 : 3 (ii. 11 ii pl 5 46A 37g 8 i pat par r 411) SECONDARIES COURT-(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) JOB V. RICHARDS. The plaintiff in this action is a wholesale stationer, in Bread-street, and sought to recover the sum of 121. 9s. 6d. for goods, sold and delivered. Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant, who pleaded that he was not indebted. _ • The facts were of rather a peculiar nature. It ap peared by the evidence that the plaintiff carried on busi ness under the style of "Job and C 0.," although he had no partners, and he had done some printing, and sup plied goods to defendant. who was alleged to have given the orders for the supply. Plaintiff swore that he was ap plied to both by.def-mdant and his brother, and was con sulted as to the best mode of carrying out the business, and he plaintiff, recommended that it should be carried on under the style of " Richards and C 0.," and a shop was opened at Hailshead, Essex. The establishment, how ever, soon came to a stand-still, and George Richards went to Australia, and the present action was brought against " James," who it was alleged concurred in the orders given, and in fact selected most of the articles supplied, and acted as a partner. Mr. Wordsworth contended that there was no part nership, and that the credit had been given solely to George Richards, and that the "and Co. was the sub gestion of the plaintiff himself, who therefore knew the George was the only party liable. The defendant was sworn and stated that he never had been a partner with his brother—that he was only a servant, but having had more experience in shop keeping, he accompanied his brother to select. The learned Secondary said, that whether defendant was a partner or not was not very material to the pre sent question—it bad been distinctly sworn that ho had given the orders. If the jury believed the evidence for the plaintiff, they had no other course to pursue but to give a verdict for the amount claimed. The jury gave a verdict for the 121. 9s. 6d. PORTRAIT OF KOSSUTH. Incomparably the best portrait yet produced of the illustrious patriot, Louis Kossuth, is one which has only just now been completed. The original painting — taken from sittings in London—is from the hand of an eminent artist of the French school, M. N. Illakowicz. It represents the ex• Dictator in the costume of a Mem ber of the Hungarian Parliament ; and would be inte resting—if for nothing else—from the circumstance of its being a work of art designed for the President of the United States. We rejoice to observe the likeness is now in a faiiway of becoming popularised in this country, even prior to the departure of the pic ture across the Atlantic. It has, with this ob ject in view, been admirably lithographed by the teacher of drawing at the University College, M. N. Ploszczynski. The engraving, we feel confident—for the sake of the glorious Magyar, of which it is in truth the verisimilitude—will be welcomed by thousands of our sympathising fellow-countrymen. A good portrait of Kossuth is a treasure worthy of preservation by Eng lishmen. DREADFUL MURDER AT BACTON, NEAR STOWMARKET, SUFFOLK. One of the most foul and horrid murders ever perpe trated occurred on Sunday last at the quiet and retired village of Bacton, near Stowmarket, in Suffolk. The, victim of this fearful crime, Maria Steggal, was the aged housekeeper of the still more aged rector of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Barker. It appears that the rev. gentleman, who is 83 or 84 years of age, left at the usual time, on his pony, to perform the morning service, his housekeeper being then quite well. On his return home, he found the front door ajar. He at once went into the kitchen, and there found his unfortu nate servant lying with her head in a pool of blood, her skull fractured, and her throat cut. She was still alive, but insensible. Messengers were immediately sent off for medical assistance, and Mr. Freeman, of Stowmarket, was speedily on the spot. Three others ollowed shortly after, but the poor woman was insensible and dying. She lifted up her arm and groaned painfully,] and died 20/minutes after Mr. Freeman arrived. It appears that when Mr. Barker was leaving the house he saw a can of beer, and asked who it was for. The poor woman answered it was for the servant who fetched the pony. When discovered, the can was lying on the floor near to the body, and a supposition arose that she must have had it in her hand when the murderous villain com menced his assault. The-blows on the head appear to have been effected by kicks with a heavy boot ; and a distinct bloody impression of the large-headed nails of a labourer's " high-low were left upon the floor. The wound in the neck, though extensive, was no, deep, and did not involve any important blood-vessels. The windpipe was untouched. There was a large wound, however, extending across the back of the cheek from the fracture in the skull downwards. The unfortunate woman was in her 70th year, had lived for '4O years with Mr. Barker, and was a most valued servant. The house did not present the appearance of much dis order, but the poor woman's room had evidently been care fully searched, but it is not know what money she had in her possession. Three pounds and some silver were taken from the housmaid's room. The house is situated at some distance from the church, in a somewhat lonely situation. The police authorities are making the most diligent in quiries after those who are suspected of the crime. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE CLUBS.— Electric telegraphs have been laid down from the House of Commons to various clubs at the West-end by the European and American Telegraph Company, and were put in operation for the first time on Monday evening. To-da m.y s t u hey will be extended to the office of the company in Cornhill, and subsequent l y to other clubs. Each in stitution is to pay sixpence p er message, and also a fixed annual CHINA.—It was strongly reported in the city yesterday afternoon that letters had been received from Shanghai five days later than those brought by the last overland mail, which reached to the 26 th February. The in question are to the 3d of March, and it is alleged that they contain an announcement that the British residents had provisioned their ships, and were prepared to embark in case of emergency ; that the Chinese authorities had applied to the British Consul for aid to enable them to protect Nankin, and to quell the rebellion ' • and that the Consul had referred the matter to. the Colonial Go vernment at Hong Kong. QUARTZ ROCK MARIPOSA GOLD MINING COMPANY. — This company have received advices from their agents at San Francisco, dated 31st March, that the purchase of the " Mary Harrison," " Mariquita," and " Virginia " gold mines, at Maxwell's Creek, on the Merced River, had been completed, aid that the engines an d other heavy machinery had been sent to the district for imme diate use. EXCHEQUER CHAMBERS.-(THIS DAY. CASE OF ALDERMAN SALOMONS.—DECISION. (Sittings in Error.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge, Cresswell, Wightman, and Williams.) It will be recollected that the plaintiff in error, in this case, Alderman Salomons, was sued for penalties, which it was alleged he had incurred by sitting and voting in the House of Commons, without taking the oath of ab juration, as prescribed by law. This morning Sir Fitzroy Kelly resumed his argu ments on behalf of Ald. Salomons, and at the conclu sion of his speech the learned judges retired, and after a brief absence returned into court, when Lord Campbell intimated that they did not think it necessary to call upon the counsel on the other side to reply. Lord Campbell then proceeded to give judgment. He said that after deliberately considering the very able arguments advanced by Sir F. Kelly, and after reading the opinions expressed by all the judges of the Court of Exchequer, as well as the arguments urged on both sides before that court, they considered that the case was entirely free of doubt. Two objections were made to the judgment of the Court of Exchequer. First, that the Act of Ab juration was no longer in existence ; and, of course, if that was established there would be an end of the whole case, because no one would be obliged to take the oath of abjuration on any occasion whatsoever. It had been urged that, on the death of George 11., or at all events on the death of George 111., the oath of abjuration ceased, and that men who had thought it was still in force were under an entire delusion. Now they were clearly of opinion with the judgment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Abjuration Act did subsist, though there was not now on the Throne a Sovereign of the name of George. They thought it was an act passed for all tine to come, whatever the name of the Sovereign, or at least until the law respecting the oath of abjuration was altered. It would be monstrous to suppose that, on the death of Geo. I. the statute ceased to operate, because there was no renewal of it on the accession of Geo. 11. or George 111., nor until the sixth year of the latter monarch's reign. The oath of abjuration was taken during the whole of those periods, notwithstanding no renewal took place at the death of the sovereign ; it was also taken in the reigns of George IV. and William IV., and it had since continued to be enforced in the reign of Queen Victoria. They, therefore, considered that this objection was wholly fallacious. The next question arose on the construction of the oath of abjuration, but it would not be necessary to enter into the various statutes quoted, and the arguments brought forward, for they adopted the reasoning of the judges of the Court of Exchequer upon this point. If the question was merely one as to the form in which the oath was to be administered, they might be induced to say that it might be taken by a Jew in the form most binding on his conscience ; but they must look to the intentions of the Legislature as expressed in the act of Parliament. Were the words objected to, "on the true faith of a Christian," a part of the oath, or merely the form in which it should be taken ? They considered that they must take them in conjunction with the preceding words in the oath, and not alone. They were an essential part of the oath, and no person could be allowed to take it who did not say all of it on " the true faith of a Christian." What ever the object of the act might have been, it clearly in the construction applied to Jews, and the court sat there to declare the law, not to express their individual feelings. He regretted very much that an act was ever passed excluding Jews from the House of Commons. His wish was to see the act of abjuration repealed, in order that Jews might be admitted, and ho had declared so b y hi s vote in both Houses of Parliament. But, as he had already said, he presided there to decide the law, and to put a just con struction, according to th e b est of h i s abilities, on the acts of the Legislature. He had, however, no doubt at all that, according to th e ex i st i ng law, Jews were ex cluded from a seat, in either House of Parliament. The other judges concurring in the opinion expressed by Lord Campbell, the judgment was ordered to be entered for the defendant in error. PREFERENCE SHARES Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. 0 - Bris. ex Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledonian £lO ..... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Bandonsl p.c Dundee Pertl i& Aber deen Junction EastA nglian (£3 10s) 6 per cent. Do: ( £5 ) 7 percent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 'Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth. dr Dundee ' 5 per cent..... Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great North's 5 P.C Do. sp. c., IL teem., at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. West). (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed p c Lan. dr York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c DO. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 .......... . Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Loudy. & Ennis Sh blanch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £lO ..... . Do., £6 ....... Marypt &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per cent Mid.Cousol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 44 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. tiA per ct.. Way. Yid. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester di' WoWork £1.5,6 c ' Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent !South Devon . Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksli.4p.c. C car. Waterfd.kliilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Borwick,4 p.c.Pref. IDo , _ York& N. Midland 11. & S. Purch 1106 - • 1081 107 -- 19A -20 i L. , --- ipm 0 - 4 - 4i i - lslb 2 - 21 pl 77 2A PI 15 - 1541 18 - 18L1 31 - tie --= 132 ,112 - 114 - - 106 108; - 152 - 154 xd. L 55 - 158 3i - 4 pj 10 - 11 13i -14. f 8 - 9 - i Xl l -- 114 1 1 l,, .. --. ... 148 —lsoxd: I *— PI 112 - 114 25i - 26 - 174 -- 184 -- 1 p 15 -- 16 par— p 26 -26 g 19. -- 204 id spar 103 - 105 5t MINES 1 all Agna Fria 10s. all Anglo Californian - p 1 10 2 Australasian par 1 p 20 5 Australian 44 p 1 all Australian Cordillera p 1 all Australian Freehold. d par 1 all Ave Maria d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 1 all British Austria. Gold * p 14 20 13.5 British Iron S 1 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 51 . • 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 44 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 1 Carsons's Creek P 40 all Cobre Copper 461 471 5 1 Colonial Gold li 21 3 14 Copiapo. Bl 9 84 Si. all Copper Min. of Eng. 70 —BO 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 8 9 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 11 1 d 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein 1 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake.Bathurst. 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Loud &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 1 all Mariquita d— par 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 8 81 1 all New Granada 4 - 1 P 1 all Nouveau Monde ll —14 p z 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock par— P 14 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 15 Do, New 7 8 30 mi Santiago de Cuba 6 7 1 all South Australian d— 1 p 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 281 all United Mexican 4 - 51 51 4 i 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada lpar— ip d— 8 p 1 all West Mariposa .. . 1 all Yuba P 11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B6l 871 874 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Loud — ... 10 English Scottish and Australian ll lip 20 121 Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia 24 151 50 20 London and County '5O 10 London Joint Stock — • 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India , I d par 50 221 National of Ireland — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ..2. —3 x — 2 ::• .n 521' 10 all Do. New — ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co id par 25 all South Australia 49— , 0 " 25 all Union of Australia 79 ... 2A Do. New 40 • all Union of Maclrid : . 50 10 Union of London .•• MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 82 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 50 381 Brit. American Laud 75 78 100 324 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace, - 1 6 ,1 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 14 31 a 20 1 Eastern Steam — a 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 21 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land — 20 71 Nrth.ofEuropoSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 86 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 47 49 1 all Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization 100 281 Van Diemen's Laud •19 20 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAL) CORN EXCHANGE. o°/ 1 a nd Notwithstanding that tho supply of English for sale in to-day's market was very limited, the demo kinds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline leilbsit quotations. Offers for homeward delivery were 10133 numerous. Oa t Foreign wheat, the show of which was extensive, dull inquiry ; but we have no change to notice in " 4 „ 0 " •et to Floating cargoes were exceedingly heavy, and e purchase. Scarcely any English barley was on offer, but t-,7 13 , 1 0.) .° of foreign was good. The trade was heavy at J• 11-. currencies. Malt was very dull, but not cheaper. *II 4 Oats were very dull. In prices no further dub" - .„. place. buyi. got Beans and peas supported previous quotations ; met a dull inquiry. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. rif; Wheat. ( Barley, I 'I alt. • Oat o. 1 , 920 530 2,870 / 37 2 ' t ot ° 1,50 0 1, 660 760 17,070 English .. Irish .. • . Foreign .. 6,550 WHITECHAPEL. t The demand for each ki n d o f mea t a t this mark °. 05 ski ruled steady. The f o ll ow i ng are the quotat' 60 I', Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; 1 °, 113 , 1 ppr to 6s 2d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d; pork, 350 d to 43 by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. t ics, The demand for all kinds of hops continues ill 3 v prices are supported. LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(THIS DAY") LONDON, May 11.—Wind this day at N oo ° l ` .. .,, 1 . 1 light breeze and fine. ~: a" OFF DOVER, May 10.—Shamrock, Sierra Le° ll " - i fp of the North, Grimsby, for China. 1 bot in jed DEAL, May 10.—The Elizabeth, of LiverPo°.,,,, 0 a London, was passed, April 21, 39 N. , 34 Liver - i re leaky state. SAIIESIO' FALMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, N.N. -vu • t..,. Need lana, Quebec. Off Port—Highland Mary,. _.,-04°;',ed PLYMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, S.W. -a-r" tot mento, Pernambuco. ritobt b, DARTMOUTH, May 10.—Arrived—Anna , f air, Havannah, leaky. Nei LIVERPOOL, May ll.—Arrived—Arctic (a), 13 811° left 30th April, on freight about 50,000 doltsl . _,L., out P SUNDERLAND, May 10.—Wind, E.N.B. 851 0 e ,00 1 ' , °' Quebec. The Resolution, on shore on the 13) 066 discharge. SHIELDS, May 10.—Wind, N. by E. S ai l ed : foo l Martinique ; London, Quebec ; Alexandria, 4 . 0 4 t he GRIMSBY, May 10.—The Adam Clark, .., ° ;a 4 WO 0 04 Harwich, was in contact, off Flamborough Ja° ope Blanche, when the former was abandoned, sud is 00 0, not' el went down ; crew saved by the latter. d ___Da ~t, . MILFORD, May 10.—Wind, N.B. AlTiv e co go o°;', o 0 Carmarthen, for Liverpool, leaky, and with ot on o ho DUNKIRK, May 10.—The Stag, which g r t. .rear the 23d of April, has come off, and is into P° • vo i- SCILLY, May 9.—Wind, N., strong. Arrl her e :1 11 lope, Mauritius, for Bristol. the M S A t L h A o G f A A April, leaky, mouth in a few days. 5 w e 3" °3 New York, with loss of topmasts, &c., al' r o h e n a, 1 9 ,10.1 0 BOSTON, April 27.—The John Trueroan_ , t of ° ~:1 ; o r 11.0.a—kyT,hewiAllIbreefito,scraincdh rp,,,...ntiteje.o,--,lef to' p p rie v ci i , si rp s r —o i 10, l s a e t v . e 4 n l t , y- l fi o v n e g. d 6s aY , Bl7 ; 7lsesellgules v. arrived at New York _ d ...,* --_-- ~,, LOW' 01 FATAL VISITATION IN THE NOUSE 0." er - TOO h 0 Yesterday information was forwarded to the l er , vi 1 the death of Mr. William Odell, a ina,ster Pl ilin , 4oo .lt t, : b „ ° g expired in Westminster Hospital at ,nix d", - ,tenel"/ morning. The deceased was engaged soPerlivieneZ some works in the new House of Lords V, woe 1, afternoon, when he suddenly fell down. hesPlA f s r ta ot n i t s ly conveyed in an insensible state to the e l l where, notwithstanding the exertions of the l ii officers, consciousness could not be restored. _4,0190) ptahteehGesovweernreorre-GceeinveerdaiatotfhecCoanadaloni,a!th-f::000/0,0, or °a New Brunswick, and the Governor of lioY a ff— a f