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tion. However upon them would rest the responsibility ! of having passed the measure, and upon them would hereafter devolve their duty of confessing that they had made a mistake, for if they remained in office until this time next year, they would certainly have to ask their lordships to repeal the present bill. (Hear.) Earl GRANVILLE admitted the ability with which the noble lord near him (Lord Monteagle) has stated his opposition to the bill ; but still it was not necessary for him to detain their lordships with a lengthened reply. It was enough for him to state that he had recently been over to Ireland, where he had the pleasure of mix ing freely with the commercial classes, and he bad heard no opposition to the financial measures of the Go vernment, so far as they applied to them. (Hear.) The bill was then read a third time and passed. COPYHOLD BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. ----------- TAXING OFFICER, COMMON LAW BUSINESS (IRELAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read. ing of this bill. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time. SOAP DUTIES BILL.—MALICIOUS INJURIES (IRELAND) BILL. The above bills severally passed through committee, and were reported, after which the house adjourned at 9 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(ESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to : The Eastern Counties Railway (Woodford and Lough ton), East Grinstead Railway, Haslingden and Rawten stall Waterworks, Manchest er Improvement, Monkland Railways. The following bills were read a third time and passed : —Roston and Midland Counties Railway and Docks ; Harwich Docks and Pier ; North and South-Western (Hampstead and City Junction) Railway ; St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, Vestries ; South Staffordshire Railway ; Stamford and Essendine Railway ; Chorley Improvement ; Monmouthshire Railway and Canal. The reports for the following bills were considered and agreed to, and the bills ordered to be read a third time : —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Nottingham, &c.) ; Castlemaine Estuary Reclamation and Maine and Laune Navigation ; Chard Railway ; East Alian Railways (No. 2) Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway Rochdale Improvement (No. 2) ; Saint George's Harbour ; Severn Valley Railway ; South Wales Railway (Power to Pur chase, &c.) ; Wellington and Severn Junction Railway. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. ITAYTER a new writ was ordered to be issued for the western division of Cornwall, in the room of Mr. Pendarves. PETITIONS. Mr. E. BALL presented a petition from Manchester, complaining of the infringement of the Factory Act, and praying for a new act. Mr. MOODY presented several petitions from Bristol against the Crystal Palace being opened on Sunday. Mr. MIALL presented petitions from Liverpool, Birkenhead, Salford, and other places against the Go vernment scheme of education. Mr. WICKHAM presented a petition from Bradford in favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill. Several petitions were presented to the same effect. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from York shire is favour of what is called " the People's Charter." Mr. B. DENISON presented a petition from the West Riding of Yorkshire against the opening of beer houses on Sunday. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from Ply mouth against the inspection of Nunneries Bill. PILOTAGE BILL. Mr. TOLLEMACHE said the Pilotage Bill stood first on the paper for to-morrow ; and as certain ship owners at Liverpool entertained considerable objection to some part of it, he wished to know if it could not be postponed for a few days, in order that the hon. member for the borough might be present! At this moment Liverpool was without any representative, but a writ had been issued, and in the course of a few days the new members would be elected. Mr. CARDWELL objected to postpone the bill on the ground that the house had already decided by a majority of three in favour of that part of it to which the hon. member alluded. Mr. TOLLEMACHE then gave notice that he would move the postponement of the bill, when the order of the day was read to-morrow for going into committee upon it. INDIA. Mr. J. PHILLIMORE moved for copies of all pa pers relating to the case of Viccagee Meyee and Peston gee Meyee, British subjects and Parsee inhabitants of Bombay and Hyderabad, that have been transmitted to the India House or the Board of Control, or have ema nated from the Court of Directors or the Board of Con trol, relating to the said case.—Agreed to. MEDICAL REFORM. _ Colonel DUNNE asked the Secretary for the Home Department what was the determination of the Govern ment as to a proposed bill for regulating the medical profession ; also, as to the confirmation of certain bye laws adopted by the Pharmaceutical Society. Lord PALMERSTON said he hoped to be able to bring in a bill on the first of the matters, probably not with the view of passing it this session, but to see whe ther there would be any objection to the arrangements contained in it. At the same time, he did not preclude himself front proposing to carry it this session, if he found time for that purpose. With regard to the bye laws of the Pharmaceutical Society, they were sent to him for approval, and he had sanctioned them, subject to any legal decision which might be come to. On one of the articles to which objection had been made on the ground of its being inconsistent with law, that was a matter which could only be decided by a judicial tribunal. SAVINGS BANKS BILL. In reply to Mr. SANDAES, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not intend to proceed with the Savings Banks Bill this evening. All he proposed doing was to move that it go into committee, pro forma, in order that it might be reprinted. The committee on the bill would pro bably not come on till the week after next. SLAVE TRADE AT HAVANNAH. In reply to Mr. BAILLIE, Lord PALMERSTON said the Consul-General at Havannah, made reports periodically to the Foreign office of all facts connected with the slave trade, and of course he had reported any importations f slaves which had been made into the island at the date of the last dispatch. He might state that his right hon. friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs had made a communication to the Spanish Government on that subject. ANNUITY TAX (EDINBURGH) BILL. Mr. HUME wished to know who was to have the charge of the Annuity Tax (Edinburgh) Bill, in the ab sence of the Lord-Advocate who was now in Scotland. Lord PALMERSTON said, any bill which required the presence of the Lord-Advocate would, of course, be postponed until hia return. (A. laugh.) SUCCESSION DUTY BILL. The committee on this bill was then resumed. Clause 29, 30, and 31 were agreed to. On clause 32, Mr. WALPOLE proposed to insert words to make the bill prospective instead of retrospective, so far as this clause was concerned. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could not accede to the proposal. Mr. WALPOLE said he could not allow the injustice of this clause to pass, and if he stood alone he would divide. After a few words from Mr. MuLLINGS and Mr. HENLEY, Dr. PHILLIMORE appealed to the Solicitor-Gene ral to take the clause into his serious consideration, with a view to its amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUR said that if his right hon. friend intended to meet the case of the mort gagee only, he ought to frame his amendment with that view, but as it stood at present the amendment would affect other species of incumbrance made prior to the time appointed for the passing of the act. The principle of the clause as it stood was in accordance with the analogy and precedent of former legislation. His right hon. friend said that the clause affected the security of the creditor, but so did the income tax, which they had just passed. He de nied that there was any peculiar injustice in the clause. Mr. MALINS said he knew a caso in which a party who would have succeeded to 5,0001. a-year on the death of his father, had spent it all by anticipation, and under the clause he would have to pay th e succession tax on the whole amount. Viscount MONCK said the meaning of anticipating was obtaining the value—(hear, hear)—and if a party had im providently obtained the value in anticipation, he ought not to be exempted. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HENLEY thought the more the case was argued the harder it seemed. Mr. HEADLAM said the amendment interfered with the whole principle of the bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON considered the amendment founded in the strictest justice. Mr. MALINS protested against the clause, as unjust to many successors. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said if the hon. and learned gentleman would undertake to provide an assembly of human legislators who would so frame human laws as in every case to adjust their operation to the moral excellence or demerits of the transactions to which they aPplied, he would be most happy to hear how he would 1= He contended that Parliame nt could do no such l it could only proceed on broad, simple, and intelli gible ;ek e . ear , hear.) The clause, as it stood, was not 13nl Y tore Conformable to precedent but justice, than it would , r , --"'„ if amended in the manner proposed. It was all vcie-jatewdeub,toottrbeai Piety, in which ineumbrances had been bulk of these ine-ue I T, but they all knew that the great dency of the higher lances were created by the great ten (hear)—and tberefo classes to live beyond their means — a special tenderness in forsooth, they were to legislate with cheers.) If the doctrine favour of those classes. e (Ironical should be made for inen were so correct that an allowanc e that an allowance should be rat ,d, for money eeg, why was it not provided personal security ? borrowed on Mr. MALINS--It cannot be got. The CHANCELLOR of th e p.x,„ was notorious that it was got , ai ntw 'rQUEß—But it just to provide for one case and not for thitna it w" un- Mr. MALINS said if the right h on , ge Zather. longed to the profession of the law, he wouirsn had be that it was very uncommon for heirs expe e t an i rZ u _known money on personal security, when there was lande d to offer ; it was not done in one case in ten thoue,,,d: —a ,p' e en construct a system of legislation which wo u ld ,a justice of every case was, he confessed, beyond. hi s pc, ;' - ' r e but that was no reason why the house should in thi s cas e commit an injustice by an er post facto clause. If, a s hi s boa. friend (Mr. Misillinge) proposed, the operation of the clause were limited to the future, parties would, at all events, have notice. After a few words from Mr. HENLEY and Mr. BAR ROW, The house divided— For the amendment ll6 Against it 124 Majority 8 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. WALPOLE protesting against the clause altogether, as retrospective in its operation, depriving the creditor of his security, and taking away from successors that to which they were justly entitled. The right hon. gentle man had said that only a few cases were put forward, but these were merely illustrations, the rule being against the clause. (Hear.) It was a clause that deprived the credi tor of all security, and taxed the successor for that which he would never see or enjoy. He felt so deeply impressed with the injustice of the clause that he challenged hon. gentlemen to get up and say, even after the vote they had given, that they would still adhere to a principle such as he had described, (Opposition cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER complained of the irregularity of re-opening discussion on a question which had already been decided by a vote of the commit tee. His right hon. friend opposite had been invited to frame an amendment to meet the particular case of which he complained, but, instead of that, he proposed one of so general and sweeping an operation that it would cover not only the class of cases referred to, but also a large number of an entirely different description. That amendment he (Mr. Gladstone) felt bound to resist, as unjust in itself and foreign to the principle of the bill. As to retro action, his right honourable friend should remember that almost every taxing act was retroactive in its cha racter. With respect to the observations that had fallen from the right hon. member for Droitwich, he was will ing to meet that gentleman's views by inserting after the word " encumbrance" the words " also in respect of any money which the.successor previous to succession may have laid out in substantial repairs or permanent improve ments of the real property comprised in the succession." The words having been added, the question was put, that the clause as amended stand part of the bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON opposed, and declared his inten tion of taking the sense of the committee upon the clause. For the clause lOB Against it 92 - 1.6 Majority Clause 39 was then agreed to Clauses to 38 were agreed to after slight discussion. The clause was agreed to, as was also clause 40, with some verbal amendments. On clause 41, which makes the duty a C rown d e bt, ' chargeable as a first charge on the estate. Mr. MITLLINGS moved an amendment, to insert the words " simpl e contract, " the effect of which would be to place the charge as against the successor or trustee in the position of a simple contract instead of a Crown debt. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL objected that the amend ment would deprive the Crown of its ordinary right of re covery. A conversation ensued, in the course of which Mr. Mul ling's, Sir W. Joliffe, and Mr. Henley, argued that the clause, as it at present stood, would prevent any successor or trustee conveying or making out a clear and unencum bered title, because it would be almost impossible to ascer tain whether the Crown might not have a charge on the estate for same previous succession ; while the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Solicitor-General denied that it would in any way interfere with titles, and that it was ne cessary for the protection of the revenue that the privilege of the Crown to recover should be maintained. At length The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he had a propo sition to make which he thought would meet all the objec tions which had been brought forward. The clause as it stood put the Crown in no better situation than any sub ject; for when a man obtained a judgment against any one it affected all the property of the debtor ; or by a like ana logy when the succession duty was unpaid the right of the Crown would be against all the property of the successor. He, however, would add the following words to the clause, which he thought would accomplish the object of hon. gen tlemen opposite. He proposed in the 16th line, after the words charges and interests created by him," to add these words, " but such duty not to charge or affect any other real property of the successor than the property com prised in such succession." (Hear, hear.) This amendment was agreed to, and that of Mr. MIIL LING s withdrawn. The clause as amended was then agreed to. Clause 42 was agreed to with some verbal amendments. On clause 43, Mr. WALPOLE said he feared the operation of the clause as it stood would be to destroy trusteeship in this country. The case was essentially different from that of executors and administrators of personal property, who were known, and were called on to pay the legacy duty at once, the property also being known. Here the parties liable to pay, as well as the amount of the property, would be unknown, and the duty would be payable by instal meats. Nothing was so much complained of at present at the Legacy Duty Office as these deferred payments. This was no question affecting real property only ; when this law came into operation settled personal property would pay more to the duty than real property. (Hear, hear.) They would neither know the persons to account for the property, the property itself, nor the parties who were to succeed to it. There might be three trustees for a pro perty, living in different parts of the country. Where a settled estate consisted of both real and personal property, with charges thereon, the trustee would be an accounting party for all his life probably, and the property would be perpetually the subject of account. The 48th clause re quired parties to account; but the Government would not put that clause in force till they knew who the parties were ; so that they would probably have to fall back on the 44th clause, which gave penalties against trustees fail ing to account. The responsibilities of trustees would be increased so much that persons would hardly be found to accept those offices, and the whole system of trusts would be destroyed. The only alternative would be to employ a solicitor to pay the duties when they became due, whereby a heavy lawyer's bill would be added to the duty. (Hear, hear.) Some hon. members thought this was especially a tax on the landed interest, but the parties who would suffer most were the small owners of land—" statesmen," as they were called in Cumberland and Westmoreland. It would also be severely felt by the small fundholders. It was calculated that half of that description of property was held in trust; and of 280,030 persons who re ceived dividends on funded property, '250,000 received less than 1501. a year. (Hear, hear.) This was so hard and objectionable a part of the bill, that he could not agree to it. He would suggest that in all cases they should tax the beneficial recipient of property, and leave the trustee exempt. He hoped the Government would fully consider the matter ; for the operation of the bill as it stood would, in the course of 10 years, render it the most unpopular measure that ever was passed. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said his great objection to the bill was, that it gave four years' credit for the succession duty on real property, while on personal property it must be paid in 21 days. (Hear, hear, and "A year.") They must account in 21 days, and payment must be made too. In all mercantile transactions a discount was allowed for im mediate payment, and this ought to be done in the present case. The successor to real property would only have to pay 51. on an estate worth 1,0001., and he would have four and a half years to pay it in. There was no great hard ship in that, not even to the poor "statesmen" of Cumber land. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if all the evils anticipated by Mr. Walpole were to attend the working of this bill they would bring their own cure, for they would infallibly lead to its repeal ; but ho did not think any good or valid ground had been shown for these apprehensions. The right hon. gentleman had certainly shown that difficulties attached to the working of that bill which did not attach to a legacy duty, imposed as it was upon property of which they became cognisant through the medium of wills and administrations. It was quite true that in this case they did not know the persons who were to account for the property, nor those who were to enjoy the property. The question whether the machinery of this bill was sufficient, and whether, if sufficient, it was harsh, might arise more properly under the subsequent clauses. There were two methods, either of which Parlia ment might adopt. They might go upon one or more of the parties connected with the property, and get at the nature and amount of the succession through the medium of those parties; or they might look to the property, and lay the tax upon it, leaving the persons to show themselves or not, as they pleased. They followed the first plan with respect to the legacy duty,—the second with respect to the income tax, speaking generally ; for in general they had no occasion to call upon persons for returns, but they looked to the property, in many instances taking no cognizance whatever of the owners. Under the present bill they would not adopt the latter course. As to certain descriptions of property, in the income tax, they were obliged to go to individuals and call on them for returns ; and that would have been the case in the succession duty, if they had adopted that principle. But it would not have been wise or equitable to adopt that principle in. regard to those great matters of property which it was in their power to get at, especially all real and visible property, the funds and public securities and shares in public companies. Had they adopted that course of proceeding and gone upon the property the assessment must, in the first instance, have been made upon the gross value, irrespective of incumbrances and irrespective of divisions of interests. An assessment upon the gross value was liable to this great and fatal objection • it would have been necessary to have a syst em o f m i n ute investigation and of return of duty, fenced about with all the jealous hindrances that were required to secure the revenue in cases where a return of duty was sought. In the case of a person dying possessed of estates in different counties, be sides personalty, debts, &c., it might be said that, as the estates were known t o be his property, the tax might be levied from the occupiers, giving them power to deduct, as under the income tax. But, had they taken that course, they would have obliged the person succeeding to that property, even if it were an undivided succession, to come to London to exhibit the state of his affairs, to state the deductions he claimed, and the incumbrances affecting the property, and then to get his retu rns as h e cou ld. It was perfectly plain that that process would have been a most vexatious one, and would have ended, as it did in the in come tax, in levying a larger per tentage than the tax no minally and professedly imposed. But if they were not to go directly upon the property, to whom were they to go ? Mr. Walpole had almost answered his own suggestion of going to the successor, for he said they did not know the successor ; and though in many cases they might know the principal successor, still they might not know the subordi nate successors, or those taking subordinate interests, or even independent interests. Generally speaking, there was but one person who would be cognizant of all the suc cessionst:.voweesseeesth settlement oe t/kndmightoel a ll the parties—the trustee or trustees ; they eo Par m Li l e eo s tew w n h keo o tew c w ou ted ld g be e o l f oo t k h e e d s t u o cc a e s sso be rs ing wh t fybenefiethl interests. The successor under a not ordinarily lowed the analogy of the Legacy h i his possessi th o g of that document ; it was n or i rmmand.They fol under settlement would occupy tie r u ra t e y pe A s c a t i , o a n n as d trustees trustees much with respect to uthnedeqruteessttaionmeonftawrYlietaiherP°Bthietiy"shoulod go upon the property or on the persons connected with it in somlyihor other. Then, with respect to the other o bj ec ti on, trustees would be one of much an x i e t y, respo nsibility, e eanoCl. liability, that no one would be found to undertake the duty, he did not think that the burden thrown upon tru s t ees by this bill would be greater than it was under laws already imposed. Indeed, trustees under this clause would have less responsibility than they had under existing l aws . With regard to the small holders in the funds, they were secured already ; and it was only the large ones who might devise the means of escaping the tax. With regard to trustees to landed settlements, they would be placed in a more favourable position than were trustees now under uses, th at was t o under landed settlement were trusts for the Legacy Duty Act. The great bulk of trusts create d say, trusts with regard to which the trustees to settled estates had no power to raise money or receive re nts, and if they h a d no p ower t o rec eive rents, their liability under the c l ause wou ld b e ver y li g ht indeed. If so, the I da ngers suggested were quite imaginary. The claus e ass imilated the case of the trustees to settled property to that of trustees under the Legacy Duty Act. And where they differed, the difference was in favour of trustees to settled property. Mr. BARROW said that he knew the difference of being a trustee to property left by will and settled property, and being a trustee to settled property, he strongly objected to be made responsible by an ex posy facto law for more than he assumed when he undertook the trust. (Hear.) Mr. MALINS said that if they were to levy a succession tax at all, it would be impossible to go to the extent pro posed—that of exempting all existing trustees. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proposed some slight alterations in the clause with a view of meeting some of the objections urged by Mr. Walpole, which were accepted, and the clause as amended was then agreed to. On clause 44. Mr. DRILLINGS suggested that the latter part of the clause should be struck out. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would not be possible to accede to the proposition, because they had no other control over unprincipled persons making fraudulent returns. Sir S. PAKINGTON said this was one of the clauses at the proposal of which he had felt the greatest alarm. He wanted to know how small properties of the value of from 1501. to 2001. a year were to be dealt with. (Hear, hear.) There was no greater delusion than to suppose that this was a question which affected only the larger properties ; he believed it essentially concerned the smaller ones, which in addition to the tax would be saddled with heavy law expenses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the right hon. baronet forgot that all leaseholdyrs were liable to a succession tax and probate duty—(hear, hear)—a tax infinitely more severe than this, because parties were ob liged to pay on the gross amount of their inheritance, being left to get it back how they could—and the woes of such persons remained at present unsung by the right hon. baronet, (Hear, hear.) The law would work in a com paratively easy manner for freeholders; the net annual value and the age of the party would settle the whole affair. The object was to call upon parties for an account of the value of the estate. If the Government were not satisfied with the account, they would cause to be made another valuation, and in the event of a party not appeal ling against that valuation he would have to pay part of the costs. Mr. HENLEY observed that it might happen that the Government valuation differed only in a slight degree from the previous ones. Sir T. D. ACLAND suggested that there should be a per centage charge for the excess of the second valuation over the first. _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not wish to make any party responsible for casual errors which prudence could not avoid. The mild and moderate work ing of the act depended not so much on what was done there as on the whole tone of public feeling and the power of appealing to Parliament in case of abuse. Those who had watched the working of the Legacy Duty and the In come Tax Acts must have come to that conclusion. All he desired was that parties should be subjected to the expense of a second valuation when there had been a want either of bona fides or of common prudence. (Hear, hear.) It would never do to have a per tentage criterion ; under such an arrangement there would be a systematic deviation from the truth. (Hear, hear.) Sir F. KELLY was glad to hear the right hon. gentle man's declaration of his wish. There was nothing more subject to contradiction than the value of property. What he would suggest was, that either the successor or the trustees, one or both of them, should render an account of the property to the best of their knowledge, information, or belief ; and if they did that, he thought they ought not to be exposed to any of the perilous consequences threat ened by this clause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not think the parties were in any such danger as had been pointed out by the hon. and learned gentleman; for it was not to be supposed that there would be such a wasteful, profligate, and absurd expenditure of the public money, as to surcharge over and over again persons who had made a bona ficle return, in spite of the correction of a judgment of the Court of Appeal. (Hear, hear.) The committee at length divided— For the amendment Against it Majority 25 The amendment was thus lost, and the clause was then agreed to. On clause 45, ' " Penalty on not giving notices of suc cession." Mr. MULLINGS objected that no period was fixed in a case where the penalties were cumulative. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the clause sufficiently distinct and specific. Sir F. KELLY considered the requirements of the clause too general and oppressive to leave hope of com pliance. Sir W. JOLLIFFE took a similar view, and urged that the exemptions could not be established in the time spe cified. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that the 45th clause applied not to payment of duty, but to the giving of notice and attached a penalty of 10 per cent. when such notice was not given within twelve months. He did not consider that that could be called a harsh provision. After some further discussion, The clause was agreed to, the word " wilful " being in serted before " neglect :" and one or two other amend ments having been introduced with a view of rendering parties not liable to the penalty until after notice and wilful neglect. Mr. HENLEY then moved that the chairman report progress. Te CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the right hon. gentleman would permit them to go on. They were now in the month of July, and it was requisite that they should get through with the business. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was understood they were to commence with the committee on the India Bill on Thursday, and the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) had an nounced his intention of proceeding with it de die in diem. He thought great inconvenience would arise, after having arrived at a certain stage of this bill, they should then put it off to an indefinite period. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be his duty to propose that this bill be taken again at 12 o'clock this day. He was anxious that it should have gone on while their minds were fresh on the subject. Mr. HENLEY observed that the Pilotage Bill was al ready fixed for the morning sitting this day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he in tended to take this bill first. Mr. DISRAELI thought there was every reason why they should not proceed with this bill in a morning. In a'l probability the bill could not be criticised in detail in another place, and therefore it would be well that they h'%ve the assistance of the gentlemen in the long robe in discussing the bill in this house, and they could not attend in a morning. The CHANCELLOR oft he EXCHEQUER quite agreed in that. At the same time there were circumstances that were stronger than they were. They had had great assis tance from the gentlemen of the long robe, and he hoped that they would be able to be with them to-day. It would be his duty if the bill was not finished in committee that night to propose that it be taken at the morning sitting this day. Sir W. JOLLIFFE was ready to go on with the bill, but he had strong objections to going on with it this day, for other bills of importance were already fixed, and when the legal gentleman could not be present. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the general convenience of the house might be met by going on with the rest of the clauses now, postponing till the re port that relating to timber, with respect to which the powers of discussion were not exhausted. Mr. DISRAELI suggested that; this bill should be taken on Thursday instead of the India Bill. After a few words from Mr. MALINS, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not alter the arrangements in regard to the business on Thurs day and Friday. Sir J. PAKINGTON considered it would be more con venient to the Government as well as members generally, to postpone the India Bill till Monday, when it might be taken de die in diem as the noble lord proposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having consulted Sir C. Wood said an arrangement might be' made to take the bill instead of the India Bill on Thurs day. (Hear, hear.) After some further conversation the motion for reporting progress was agreed to, upon the understanding that the committee should be resumed on Thursday, on which day it is to have precedence over the other orders. In answer to Mr. BRIGHT, Sir C. WOOD said the second read 4 ng of the India Bill would stand for Thursday, after the committee on the Suc cession Duties Bill, which he hoped would be concluded on that evening. The India Bill would most certainly be brought on on Monday, and be then proceeded with de die in diem. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1853 CUSTOMS ACTS. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the house resolved into committee, and passed a resolution for continuing the Irish stamp duties, and another for re ducing the terms on which laud tax might be redeemed or purchased . THE SAVINGS BANK BILL. This bill passed through committee pro forma, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimating that his ob ject was merely to insert amendments, and that the bill would remain in the hands of members a week or ten days before it was brought forward for discussion. STAMP DITTIES BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill being read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he felt some difficulty in respect to the course of proceeding in this measure. In the present position of public business it might be some time before it would be in the power of the Government to enter upon the discussion of any of those controverted matters involved in this bill, such as that they were discussing on Friday last, or that which had been brought forward by his noble friend the member for Middlesex in reference to attorneys' certificates. He pro. posed, under these circumstances, to put the bill in com mittee now, and drop from it all those matters that were of a character to excite dicerence of opinion : he meant the matters relating to the newspaper stamp duty and the attorneys' certificates. It was desirable that they should get forward as rapidly as possible with the other parts of the bill, in order to facilitate the introduction of the penny (receipt) stamp duty, as they could no t t a k e an y proceed ings towards preparing the dies and for the prevention of forgery until they could carry the bill into law. He pro posed, therefore, to proceed merely with the unconte s t e d parts of the measure, reserving the votes as to those mat ters which were in controversy for future discussion. Lord R. GROSVENOR hoped that notice would be given of the day when the attorneys' certificate duty was h be brought on. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER argr, en t e a . Mr. BOUVERIE suggested that it would be temm i v to move an instruction to divide the bill into two tseparate measures. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated that he would move a resolution to that effect. Mr. GROGAN .asked whether the practical effect of omitting the attorneys' certificates from this bill would not be that they would have this year to pay the present amount. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What he had intended to say was that he would make an arrange ment for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the house upon that and the newspaper question, whether they would adopt the proposal of the government or any other. Tho house wentques into committ ee pro f orma. In answer to a The CHANCELLORon of the EXCHEQUER said the duty on supplements, as proposed by the government ori ginally, was included in the bill as it stood ; but that was one of the matters he intended to reserve for future dis cussion. Mr. T. M. GIBSON—The right hon. gentleman gave notice of a resolution as to the size of the newspapers. He did not know whether that was in this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes. Mr. T. M. GIBSON—But the house had passed no reso, lution as to that point. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It was not necessary. The conversation then dropped ; and the clauses (omit ing the contested ones) were gone through pro forma. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES BILL. Second reading postponed till Thursday. ASSISTANT JUDGE (MIDDLESEX SESSIONS) BILL. Mr. R. LO WE (in the absence of Mr. Fitzroy) stated the object of this bill, which was introduced by the Government. Having reeited the history of the corn c affected, and having shown the great increase of business at the Middlesex Ses sions as compared with the Central Criminal Court, which had been relieved of business, he proceeded to submit a calculation to show that a " case" cost less to conduct (11. Bs. to 4/. 9s. 10d.) at the Middlesex Sessions than at the Central Criminal Court—the judge at the former transact ing in fact one-tenth of the whole criminal business of the country. The proposal was, that in consideration of these circumstances the salary of the assistant-judge should be raised from 1,200/. to 1,5001. per annum. Lord D. STUART said that this was a proposal which out of doors excited a good deal of surprise. The judge in question was one whose name was frequently be fore the public, and unusually under the censure of the press. He exhibited, it was known, great vacillation in the discharge of his duties—changing light to severe sen tences, and severe to light sentences ; as, on a recent occa sion, in regard to the woman who called the accusing po liceman " a pig." Was this a judge to have his salary in creased? (Hear, hear.) The private character of this learned person was distinguished by this peculiarity—that he managed to succeed in what he had a fancy to. A Judge had recently said of him, I hope he won't fancy my place, for if he did he would get it." (Cheers.) Ap parently he wanted an increase of salary, and he was getting it from the House of Commons. But 1,2001. was ample. Mr. BOWYER objected to the proposition contained in the bill, and urged that the test of the number of indict ments, as applied to the duties of the assistant-judge, was fallacious, as the trial of many of them only occupied a few minutes ; and he believed the judge in question did not take much trouble with them, but they wore tried in a very off-hand way. He thought the salary of the county court judges was a fair test by which to try that of the assistant-judge. Every ono knew that there were greater difficulties in deciding civil as compared with criminal cases, in the former points of law often arose, while in the latter only questions of fact were to be tried. The county court judges had 1,200/. a year, and they sat nearly every day ; they were obliged to sit every month in each place in their districts, they had no allowance for travelling expenses, and perform very onerous duties besides their ordinary duties, such as acting as masters in chancery, &c. He thought that comparing their position with his, to increase the salary of the assistant-judge to 1,5601. a year, was a mon strous waste of public money. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the house would agree with him in one point, and that was that they ought to discuss this question with reference to its general prin ciple—(hear, hear)—and not with reference to a particular person—(hear, hear)—his noble friend (Lord D. Stuart) — had entered into the question of the personal peculiarities of the assistant-judge, and had endeavoured to amuse, or, he should rather say, to detain the house—(hear, hear, and cheers)—with some idle gossip about the personal pecu liarities of Mr. Serjeant Adams. It was rather hard on an absent man that his noble friend should repeat over and over again his old grievance about the "policeman and the pig." (Laughter.) If he had any charge to make against the learned judge, he ought to bring it specifically before the house. The question now was, whether as now additional duties had been cast on the assistant judge since he agreed to accept his office at its present salary it ought not to be increased. (Hear, hear.) There had been a great accession to his duties no less than 829 indictments had been recently transferred from the Central Criminal Court to the Middlesex Ses sions, on public grounds and at a great saving of public money; and that court had sat 184 days as compared with 81 days sittings of the Central Criminal Court. The learned judge had accepted his office at a certain salary, since which there had been a great increase of his duties, and on that ground it was that his salary was to be raised. Lord D. STUART, in explanation, said his learned friend hail charged him with repeating idle gossip about the assistant judge ; but the reason why he had re-stated the story about the pig—(laughter) —was, because after the case had been stated in that house an explanation had been given by a Minister of the Crown, which gave no denial to the case about the pig. (Laughter.) Sir J. DUCKWORTH—A new question had been raised when an increase of salary was asked for the judge, not only on account of the additional duty cast upon him, but on account of the. saving to the country by the trans fer of cases from the Central Criminal Court to the Mid dlesex Sessions. If there was such a difference between the expense of a trial in these two courts, one being 41. 19s. 6d., and the other 1/. Bs., he thought there ought to be some satisfactory explanation of the cause of such a difference. Mr. ALCOCK complained of such a salary being paid to the assistant judge of Middlesex, as well as the pro posed increase to it, when in the neighbouring county of Surrey the same duties were gratuitously performed by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions. Mr. WILSON said the Treasury were influenced in this proposition by the fact that a learned gentleman was taken from his profession to fill this office, to which he devoted his whole time, and he was made a judge, and one of that quality that he could transport; people for fourteen years. (Laughter.) Last year the salary of county court judges was fixed at 1,201. a-year, with a power to the Treasury to raise them to 1,5031. • and they had applications for that increase, on grounds Which they could not resist, such as the increase of business, and the same reason influenced them in raising the salary is the present case. After a few words from Mr. MuaßouGH and Mr. BUT LER, the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 47-14 The bill was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed. SAVINGS' BANKS ANNUITIES BILL. On the motion for the third read'ag of this bill, Mr. COWAN said it was his duty to resist the further progress of the measure. The bill, in point of fact, was intended to give the Government power to commence the business of life assurance, although its title would lead to a very different impression. Clause 10 gave power to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to contract with any such person or persons as those named in other parts of the bill for the payment of a sum of money at his or her death, and it would have been proper, or at all events more respectful to the house, before introducing such an important change in the law as this bill contemplated, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated plainly and frankly what the intentions of the Government really were, in order that such intentions might be fully discussed and sanctioned by the house, if it conceived the measure would be advantageous to the community. He had a great objection to the Government becoming a trading community, or doing anything which could be carried on by a private company ; but with regard to this especial mode of trading, he thought experience had proved that the manner of granting annuities by the Government was highly objectionable. The system of life assurance was at present carried so successfully, and withal so judiciously by the ordinary life assurance companies, that it would be most unwise to interfere with them ; but this bill proposes to make a charge on the Consolidated Fund, and since he objected to it on the ground of the interference to which he had just alluded, he should be glad to know from the Speaker if this bill ought not to have originated in a com mittee of the whole house. Be that, however, as it might he could not permit the bill to proceed any further until he had received some more satisfactory explanation about it than he had yet heard, and he should therefore move that it be read a third time this day six months. Mr. A. PELLATT believed the practice of granting an nuities by the Government had given general satisfaction, and all that was wanted to render the system perfect, was to increase the amount of the annuities beyond 301. and to grant the annuities themselves upon joint as well as single lives. Beyond that the Government ought not to go, and he must join with the hon. member for Glasgow in depre cating any proposal for converting the Government into an insurance company. Mr. WILSON found fault with the hon. member for Edinburgh for not having given notice of his amendment, but he apprehended the hon. gentleman's opposition to the bill originated in a mistake or a misconception of the object of the measure. The only object of the bill was to confer upon the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt power to convert deposits in savings banks into annuities. The commissioners certainly possessed this power under the existing law, but only to a limited ex tent, and the intention of this bill was net to enable them to enter upon the general business of life assurance, which would be entirely beyond its scope, but simply to give them power to convert savings' banks' deposits into annuities with more facility than the law at present allowed. Mr. COWAN said the explanation of the hon. gentle man had not removed his objection to the bill, and he should, therefore, be glad to have an answer to the quea tion he had put to the chair. The SPEAKER said—Undoubtedly, if the bill imposed a charge on the Consolidated Fund, it ought to have origi nated in a committee of the whole house. Mr. COWAN begged to call the attention of the Speaker to the 12th clause. The SPEAKER having looked at the clause, said he apprehended the bill did not impose any additional charge upon the Consolidated Fund than the law already sanc tioned. Mr. WILSON said the bill certainly could not impose any additional charge on the Consolidated Fund, for, under the existing law, both the deposits as well as the govern ment annuities were cha - :geable to that fund. (Hear.) An Hon. MEMBER having moved the adjournment of the debate, The house divided— For the adjournment Against it ~ 19 ~ 47 Majority 2B The bill was then read a third time and passed. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. Mr. ELLIOT proposed a clause preventing licenses being granted to toll gatherers. After a conversation the clause was agreed to. Mr. COWAN moved the omission of clause 10. The motion was withdrawn, and the clause was then agreed to on the understanding that if it was found to in jure the revenue the Government should have the oppor tunity of altering it. The other clauses were then agreed to and the :bill ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The other orders - of ili; day were then disposed of, and the house adjoiumed at five minutes to two o'clock. DISCOVERY OF GOLD.—On Monday last a discovery of a valuable character was made in a house in Wickham street, Portsea. Mr. Rooms, landlord of the Queen's Head, Hard, in that town, has recently purchased some property in that street, and, some repairs being neces sary, he set himself to work to pull down the wainscot ing, when a bag fell out. On examining it he found it to contain 55 old guineas. Two penurious indi viduals, who were supposed to have died rich, are known to have lived in this house ; one was old Granny Doo land, and the other a waterman named Grubb. It is tho ught that the money was secreted by one of these.— Bri'oltton Gazette. k ;LIG° ELECTION.—The contest in Sligo will be a des per. ate one ; and in such a neck-and-neck race as in all prol mbility it will prove to be, it is impossible to speak with. any certainty beforehand of the result. TEL ÜBE ELECTION.—It is still uncertain whether Mr. Lalor will persevere in his opposition to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, in Tralee. That Mr. T. Fitzgerald will do so is probable enough, but he will scarcely find more than t tis proposer and seconder to support him. On the wholes , Mr. O'Connell's return is regarded as certain, CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. THE GENTLEMEN OF KENT. If any instance were required to show the folly of the system of practise which has of moil recent years ob tained among the gentlemen who devote their leisure hours to the cultivation of cricket, it will be found in the ' details of the present match, where, on the on the side, there was hardly a bowler. The evil we allude to in the practice is, that the majority of gentleman think only of their batting, and manifest a disinclination-even those who have very conside:. a,ble promise as bowlers-to try to get up their bowling. Hence the lamentable result of this day. Mr. Mynn or Mr. anybody else cannot, by the laws of nature, last for ever ; and, therefore, it should have been the duty of some of our juvenile friends in Kent, or of those who look after the interests, in a cricket sense, of the county, to have taken care that some three or four of the rising generation who had dis played a taste for this bench of the game, should have carried on their practice until they had become more or less efficient, if not more or less formidable, with the ball. We remember, some year or two since, having complained that the gentlemen did not apply themselves more to bowl ing and less to the bat, adding that, if those who were bowlers in heart and by nature would take their practice half-and-half, or, in other words, if they would divide their practice equally between the bat and the ball, we should no longer have to regret the want of good amateur bowling. We well remember that some one of that body wrote, alleging, as the reason that there was so much deficiency of bowling among the gentlemen, that gentlemen after a time entered some profession, or became engaged in other pursuits, or went abroad, or died. Hence the cause of the defalcation in this depart ment. In reply to this shift of the subject, we deny that it is any answer to the complaint unless the writer intends to be understood that, according to his view, a gentleman is to devote four, or five, or more years of the early stage of his life at the bat only. What we have ever held is, that he who plays at cricket should try to bowl in his younger days, and if he finds that his head and his arm run together, then that he should divide his practice in the attainment of excellence of each. By such a course, it would soon be discovered that there would be no lack of effective bowlers among the gentlemen. To this subject we shall return on a future day, quitting it now with this remark, that the want of bowling on the part of Kent, and the inability of the majority of her batsmen to overcome that of Sir F. Bathurst and the slow of Mr. Nash, caused a defeat to fall upon that county the like of which at the moment we do not call to mind. Nevertheless, we hope that the result of this day will put our young Kentish cricketers on the qui vive. ' The proceedings were honoured by the presence of a large assemblage, and among the number we noticed the Marquis of Drogheda, the Earl of Leicester, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Darnley, the Countess of Darn ley and party, Lord Guernsey, Lord Lascelles, Lord Marcus Hill, Lord Royston, the Hon. R. Grimston, the Hon. S. Ponsonby, the Hon. E. Bligh, the Hon. H. Bligh, the Hon. D. Astley, the Hon. R. C. Neville ' the Hon. J. Trevor, Sir John Bayley, Sir Hume Campbell, Sir Frederic Bathurst, &c. The Gentlemen of England went in first, being repre sented by Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Henry. The former ran up a score of 34, by a 4, two 3's, six 2's, and the re quisite amount of isingles ; and the latter was not re moved until he had obtained 17, by a 4, two 3's, a brace of 2's, and 3 singles. Then came Mr. Haygarth and Mr. Balfour. The latter was bowled by Mr. Norton, without having made any contribution ; but the former was not removed until he had placed a double number upon the paper, by means of four 3's, a brace of 2's and two couple of singles. Mr. Hankey and Mr. H. Aitken followel, and singular enough tied each other in the number of runs they obtained, twenty-five being the respective totals. Mr. Hankey's number con sisted of a 4, four 3's, two 2's, and six singles ; whilst Mr. Aitken's number comprised a 4, three 3's, a 2, and ten singles. Mr. Ward, after gaining a 4, succumbed to a ball de livered by Mr. E. Bligh ; but Mr. Wynch, who suc ceeded that gentleman, carried out his bat, leaving a score of 34 behind him. Mr. Nash was bowled by Mr. Norton for 6, and Mr. Marillier and Sir F. Bathurst contributed 5 between them. The total of this innings was 184. The Gentlemen of Kent then went to the wicket, and a reference to the score will show that the gross number they obtained was 69 only. Of these Mr. Fenn pre sented 14, by a 3, three 2's, and five singles ; Mr An drews the like number, by a 5, a 3, a 2, and four l's ; and the Hon. H. Bligh 12, by a 4, two 3's, and the like number of singles. The Gentlemen of Kent, at the close of their first irmino.s, were required to follow their hands, being 100 runs behind their opponents, according to law, 46. This they did, but in their second essay they failed by 4 to make as many as in their first effort. The double numbers in this innings were those of Mr. Nor man, who contributed 16, by a 4, three B's, and three singles ; and the Hon. E. Bligh, who gave 23, by a 5, a 4, three 2's, and the rest in singles. The result of the day's play was that the Gentlemen of England won in one innings by 50 runs. The final score stood as follows :- BNGLAND. First Innings. 34 W. Nicholson, e Fenn, b Norton C. Henry, b Ba.shleigh A. Haygarth,. 1 b w, b Mynn C. Balfour, b ;Norton _ Hankey, b Bligh H. Aitken, c Fredericks, b Rash Ugh 25 A. B. Ward, b E. Bligh ...... 4 C. G. Wyuch, :not out J. Nash, b Nort;on 6 W. B. Marrillie r, st Andrews, b Fredericks 1 Sir F. Bathurst . , b Fredericks 4 Byes, Sce.. l4 Total KENT. ~.184 First Innings. Second Innings W. Bashleigh, b Bathurst 0 c Ward, b Na5h...... 3 W. M. Fenn, 0 Balforrr, b Nash 14 b Nash 8 W. S. Norton, b Bathurst, 3 c Nash, b Bathurst... 4 A. Mynn, c Wynch, b Nash .... C. Norman, st Nicholson, b Bathurst . Hon. E. Bligh, b Nash 7 c Haygarth, b Bat urst H. Andrews, b Nash F. Fredericks, a Ait7te n, b Nash 0 b Nash ... 0 H. Murray, b Bathua*.t. S. Smith, b Nash... Hon. H. Bligh, not out l2 b Bathurst 0 Bye --- Total SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 3. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Diana, from Amsterdam ; Vesta, Harlingen ; Trinity Yacht, Eleutheria ; Denmark, Rotterdam ; Wilheln aine, Dour Odder ; Alicia, Marstrand ; Carl Johann, Bor re gaand ; Bellona, Drontheitu ; Lady Berridale, Antwer p ; Prosperitas, Frederickstadt ; War rior, Windau ; Tis nt ti, Norkoping ; Claudiana, Nykiobing ; Pomona, Stettin ; .01 'ebo, do. ; Clementina, Zante ; Memel ; Archimet lei I, Charente ; Fleur de Lis, Madras and Demerara ; Al pl la, St. John's, Newfoundland ; Dio linda, Oporto ; Eleanor, Mauritius ; Forsaget, Dram ; Farmers, Teneriffe ; Hoppet, Gothenburg ; Shepherdess, St. John's, N.B. ; Mutual, Stettin ; Alfred, Leghorn ; Julia, Shanghai ; :EI armonie, Marstrand ; Richard, Wol gast ; Hirondelle, I►L alaga and Gibraltar ; Adolar, Bahia ; Kate Kearney, Ba tl curet ; Lena, Aoyer ; Hope, Chincha Island ; Fairy, Danttzic ; Johanna Frederika; Nykiobing ; Star, Rotterdam ; , Concepcion, Torreveja ; Eliza Hart, Algoa Bay ; Thomas Arbuthnot, Quebec ; Havering, Cal cutta ; Samerang, IL mg Kong ; Maria Agnes, Barbaxloes ; Cecilia, Kjoge ; Me►jor Wolff, Mayaguez ; William Ash, Cape of Good Hope; Schembre, Patras and Dragomestre ; Active, Oporto. ENTERED OUTW.O MS FOR LOADING.—The Cadet, for Launceston ; Joha at to Hendrika, Geelong ; Mary and Eliza, Antwerp ; Me demblik, Barcelona ; Olivia, Ade laide ; Concord, Kest ch, &c. ; Atrevida, Bombay. CLEARED OUTW.A.RDS WITH CARGO.—The Nautilus, for Mauritius ; Eleanc a, do. ; Monarch, Calcutta ; Comet, Genoa ; Sanata, B:avannah ; Vallisneria, Cape of Good Hope ; Shepherdes, 3, Algoa Bay ; Robin, Lisbon ; Prince of Wales, Sydney; Kew Orleans, Odessa. LtVERPOOL, JULY 4. The William Priuti m, arrived here from Newfoundland, was run into by a sci•eve steam-ship on the 23d ult., in lat. 51, long. 51, which es .vried away bowsprit heal, cutwator, headstays, sails, an d rigging, and opened the hooden ends to the coppers. A Ltrge quantity of oil was started, and hove overboard wit h the hawser, &c., out of the forehold. The steamer neithar stopped nor made the least attempt to assist the William Printon. The Sovereign of ! the Seas, Captain M`Kay, which ar rived here late on Stuturday night from New York, made the passage in the shortest time ever made by a sailing ship. She sailed ors :the 18th ult., and her passage in con sequence only occui?ied 13 days. VEST OLS SPOKEN WITH. The Messenger, f • Moulmein, June 16, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Emily, from lliradras, June 22, lat. 26 S., long. 8 E. The Calcutta, Southampton to. Calcutta, June 2, on the line, lat. 13 W. The Nuovo Pacqtie to, Lisbon to Bombay, June 7, lat. 10 N., long. 20 W. The China, London to Bombay, June 8, lat. 11 N., long. 21 W. The Theseus, statiding to southward, June 16, lat. 22 N., long. 28 W. The Dart, standii to south, 150 miles off the Lizard. The Olinda, stall( ling south, 80 miles off the Lizard. The Elgin, 'Callao to Queenstown, June 17, lat. 42 N., long. 31 W. The Sagittarius, Dartmouth to Melbourne, June 2, lat. 4 N., long. .19 W. The Agnes, Liver pool to Demerara, during a gale from W.S.W. 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Guardian st, per cent 100 0 0 Imperial Fire Imperial Life Indemnity Marine..... .11. sb. & as. 100 0 0 Law Fire 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 Law Life... .. 100 0 0 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 London Fire . London Ship. 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 Marine......... •• • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4 'Ail. per et. 50 0 0 Minerva Monarch - • 5 0 0 National Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 Palladium Lite Pelican - - Phoenix Professional Life-- .• 51. per cent. 6 5 0 p-eyident Life.. ••• • • • 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 Rock Life.... - • Royal Exchance ....• • 61. p.et. & be. Stock. Sun • • • • • • • • . 6/. 103 Ditto Life • • 11. Gs. United Kingdom .. 41. p. et. & bs. '2O 0 0 Universal Life .•• ..... 21.55. per 'h. 100 0 0 V Icioria Life • • .... • • 5/. per cent. - Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. , ..£ a. d. ---- ilbion .... • • ........ 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 %Mance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6U. bs. 100 0 0 1 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine ... ... . 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0' 25 0 0 50 latehor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 ' 1 0 0 - kilns 135.60. 50 00 li 515 0 ',2 Irgus Life ........... 41. nor cent. 100 0 0• i 5 0 0 2438 3rltish Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 30 00 i 5n 0 7 :;lericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & ha. 100 0 0 't. 10 0 0 20y, Tiounty ........ 14s. 50 0 0 ' b 0 0 174 Bag e . Equity aad Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 ; 5 0 0 5% European Life l5B. 20 0 0 All p4lO. 20% General.- .......... - 5 0 0 ,1 5% Globe • . 6Lper cent. Stock. 150; guardian . Imperial Fire 5 l. per cent 100 0 0 45 7. , 0 - 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 .50 0 0 335 Imperial Life Indemnity • Marine.... .1/.01. & as. 100 0 0 20 0 0 62 Law Fire ....... - 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 2 10 0 4% Law Life. .... • ... ... 100 0 0 10 0 0 54 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5 % London Fire London Ship.. Marine............... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0- 0 26 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 441. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 3 Minerva .......• •• •• sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 20 0 6 Monarch .. .. • • ..... _ . 5 0 0 1 0 0 21s. National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 14 Palladium Lite ... ..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 %z Pelican „ .. 45 Phoenix - - - - - - Prof essional Life- - - 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 % P" o y l deet Litte •••• • • • • 11. ss. &3g. 100 0 0 10 0 0 41 Rock Life.... - • Royal Exchange ....• • 61. a. et . & Is. Stock. all 239 Sun Fire ... ... • • • • • • • • • 61. 10s - Ditto Life • • 11. Gs. - Of 65 United Kingdom .... 41. p. et. & bs. '2O 0 0 , 4 1; 0 5 Universal Life .•• ..... 21.55. per 'h. 100 0 0 ' 10 0 0 453 8 V feroria Life - 412 6 5% ________ BRIDGES. Dividend Amount r -________ Name of Company. per - of Paid. P r i ce. Annum. Share. - -- X 8. d. '.E s. d. Htingerford .... • • • • • • - - - 12 Southwark ...... •• • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 705. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ..... .... •• • • - 100 0 0 - 4•' ; ( Litto Old Ann. of 81. 2/. gs. Od. - CO 0 0 - Ditto Nw ditto of 71 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - Vauxhall ........ Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 2:' 4i WATER-WORKS. Dividend . Amount Name of Company. - per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. .-- - --- X s. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 00 7'% Kent.. - 84% Lambeth ........ • • - 100 0 0 - - New River Company . 21.105. - - - Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 08 Hest Middlesex • • • 61.05. pr cnt. - - 11:1!',,, DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .. •• ••.. • • 41. pr cent. Stock. - - East and West India.. 6%1. pr cont. Stock. - 1411 East Coantry 2os. per oh. - - - London .•• • .•••• • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 128 Ditto Bonds .. - - - St. Katharine • • - - S.nithampton - Victoria ........... „ - 20 0 0 2 0 0 1 - CANALS. ~ 'Dividend Names of t Dividem" Names of 0 .. s-. r Companies. g Price. per Companies. 5, Annpeum. Price, ch Annum. ril £ Ashtn &Oldh 98 71. p. ct 140 Macclesfield . 100. 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.. • • 160 - - Nentk ...• • • 100 161. - llrknk& ibrg 150 51. 82% 0xf0rd...... 100 13 , . - Birmingham 40 4/. 1054 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100 251. - Regent's •• .• 33 17.. 18 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Reehdal.a...• 85 21. - Ell.mre&Chs 69 2% p. et 34% Semrset Coal 150 - - Gra.ndJunctu 100 4,. pr.et. 68% Do.LklrdSt 12 - - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6L pr. et. - Stflrd &Wore 1 40 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 2/. 103. - Shrewsbury.. 1 25 - Grand UlllOll 100 11. 10e. 12% Stourbridge.. 45 201. 290 Kenn t & Avn 39 63. 04. - Severn and 7 ' .r., 21 0 24 Lancaster . 100, - - Wyeßail.j .--• • s * Leeds& Livrp 100, 251. 550 Warwick & Leicester.... 100 1 51. 66 Birming. j 1 1 0 4L 40 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick & L nivr:borogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 1 0 31. 18 Moornoutbsh 100; - - Worcstr &I 75 31. - Mntgmerysh 100 - - Binning. MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od- 7 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANEES. Name of Company. 1 Dividend per Amount of Annum. Share. Paid. Price. £ s. d. £ s. d. British - • • ...... • • _ _ ..._ - _ Ditto Provincial- •• 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 Brighton ••••.• •• - ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London ....., 6:. 100 0 0 150 8 0 130 Continental (3d Cap.) 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67 3 ,4 Equitable-. •• - - 5Ol. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Great Central' -•.- • l 0 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 4 Imperial .. • • 3,1.&., bonus. 50 0 0 60 0 0 8G Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 Lordon- •• •• •• •• •• •• - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Pad. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 % Plxenix .••.. •• •• 3ll. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28% Ratcliff ••• • • .... •• • 51, 100 0 0 20 0 0 70 United General •• •• - l/. 50 0 0 :80 0 0 20 Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 50 0 0 50 0 0 39 Ditto, New 5l. per cent. 1 50 0 0 10 0 0 734 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. - - - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland .. • • 71. per cent. .00 0 u lAA 0 u 1931 0 British Linen Comp..* Si. per cent. 100 0 0 Id') 0 0 212110 Caledonian Bank City olGlasgow Bani* 5/. per cent, 10 0 0 10 0 0 11/ Is Clydeedalo Bank- -.• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 131 Cs Commercial Bank *•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 (4)0 0 0 +B2l 0 Eastern Bank ..•••• -6/. per cent. 25 U 0 10 0 0 111 es Wlinb &Glasgow .. • • 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. lis Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 51 5 0 7s. pd National Bank s.. -•• 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16110 s North of Scotland Bank bi.per cent. 20 0 0 ; 2 10 0 414508 Itoyalßank otScetl.* 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 3110 Union Bank of Scot.*" 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 931 Os Western Bank .... •• - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 761 Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 834 i.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21112 s British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Od 1 City of Glasgow LIU* 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 44. 108 Colonial Life . Si. per cant. 50 0 0 1 0 0 41. 15s Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 25110 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 31. 7s Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 51. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 13$ North British Insur 'Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 361 lis ScottishUnionlnsrac 7)41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 148 Atandard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 . 1 0 0 01. 5s * Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- £ s. d. £ s. d. Assam Tea • • - 50 0 0 20 0 0 1 2 kuctien Si art ••.• .. • - 40 Australian Agri culturi 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 73 Australian Trust - 35 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 6 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint II. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - British American Land 15/1. - 38 10 0 72 - Canada ... • • .... •• .• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 103 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. - - 116 1 4 Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds 61. per cent. - 9434 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - 25 0 0 20 0 0 21k Electric Telegraph (A) - - Ditto.. ••••• • • • (B) - 25 0 0 10 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 15000 0 0 10 12 0 10 0 0 0 1161¢ Ditto New Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p i . 0 p. c•Bc cbts: 21 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 05 0 1. Gea.SteamNavigation Stock. Hudson's Bay .....• • • - - 224 21, 0 100 0 10s. 100 0 0 47% Hungerford ...... • • • • - - London Institution - 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - London Reversionary - - 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.. •• 100 0 0 1 0 44 6 Royal Mail Steam - • • Price's PatentCand.Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 / 0 0 28 % Reversionary Int. Boc• Oi p L e P r re ar en e t . ' 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 25 0 0 36 Tr u f a 0 0 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 72 -2000 3 0 0 - S ° e u t h t r t p and A p u 1 t r er L C o al z i f a a n d eim :p: ah ETENOLGICAL SOCIETY OF L ONDON.—AZTECS. —T he council of Ethnological Society of London have resolved to to hold a supplementary meeting, in addition t. during number of the ordinary meetings of the so ciety 4 dq., - 2 the session which has but just now terminate d '___. additional evening meeting will be held t Cavendish next, the 6th instant, at 71, Mortimer-str i ee_Y e b taken by square, when it is expected the chair will .. t the society. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., resident o f the Et fists specific object of this extra ethnologists, on ednesda3r logical Society is to direct the attentioniitwo Aztec children, travellers, and scientific men, t o o n t on d from America, and who have recently arrived in o L eeasion. who will be present on t_ thasnould be Riven with caution, PROMISES.—A promise promise should be made meetitigof by the and kept with care. A I; the head. A promise is the heart, and remembered and n should be nurtured by re offspring of intention, and its performance should, like collection. A promise the scales of a true b a l a nce, always pres en t a mutual adjustment. Apromise delayed is justice d e f erre d . A. cte d is an untruth told. A prom i se at promise negie debt settled. t en d e d to is a A CLIPPER Snip.—The magnifi cen t A merican clipper s hip Sover eign of the Seas, Captain Mglay, arrived in the Mersey on Saturday evening from New York, having ma d e the fastest pa ssage ever accomplished by a sailing vessel between the two ports. She sailed from New York on the afternoon of the 18th, and arrived in the river as above stated. On the 26th she logged 307 miles ; on the 28th, 344; and on the 30th, 340 miles. She was only 135 hours running from the Grand Banks, in lat. 46.20, long. 50.10, to Cape Clear, a distance of 1,668 miles, being an average of 296 mikes per day, or 12.73 miles per hour, PRICES OF. SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUE'tDAY AND FRI LONDON, TUESDAY, Jll JOINT-STOCK BANKS AAY EVENING, :TB 28. Dividend Amount per _ of Nomo of Company. Annum. share. Paid. £ s. d. 40 0 0 IA 0 0 !,0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 45 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 '25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Pike. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—JU LY 1. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 40s Od to 48s Od, new 38s to Us ; red, old 37s to 495, new 32s to 47s ; barley, 25s to 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; gr!ncling, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 568 ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 32s to 37s ; white, 338 to 35s boiling 39s to 428 ; dim, new, 31s to 35s ; beans, tick, 34s to 36,s ; Hairow ticks, 32s to 38s ; Mazagan, 31s to 345. COLCHESTER —JULY 2. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 50s to 58s ; red, 41s to 50s ; barley, 28s to 338 ; oats, 18s to 24s ; beans, Mazagan, 33s to 34s ; middle and small, 37s to 40s ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 36s to 38s. Official Statement of the Qua] in the port of London, fror the 27th June to the 2d Jul Entities of Corn, &0. , in the following pc Lly, both jnclusive. , received .rts, from ct - ' 4• ; PI Colchester Harwich . Leigh .... Mahlon 574 461 COAL MARE Prices of Coal per tou at t' s. d. Burubope l4 0 Carr's Hartley l6 V Dean's Primrose l4 6 Hasting's Hartley 13 0 Holywell ..16 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 0 Lougridge's Wst Hartlull.; 6 North Percy Hartley l6 0 Ravensworth W. Hartleyl6 0 Taufield Moor l5 0 Taufield Moor Butes l5 t Walker Primrose l4 3 West Hartley l5 6 Wylam 15 C Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close Gosforth 15 6 Hatton l5 6 Heaton l5 6 Riddell l5 6 Ravensworth Pelaw 15 0 Stewart's Hartley 15 0 Framwellgate l5 9 Edon Main l6 3 Ships at market 1! ET—JULY 4. Lie close of the market : 8 (1. Lambton Primroseimrose 17 . 0 Bell l6 3 Belmont /6 3 lie: on 17 0 ilitswell l7 3 ambton l7 0 Lumloy l5 6 Pensher l5 6 Russell's Hetton l6 6 Richtr und 15 9 Stewart's 17 0 Russell's Hetton small 13 0 Cassop .16 3 Hough Hall 16 0 Kelloe 16 3 South Keno° 16 0 Backhouse 15 6 Tees Adelaide Tees l6 3 ; Backb °use 15 6 St. Helen's Tees 14 9 I Close l5 0 I Grey's West Hartley l6 0 Llangennech l5 0 1 53 I Sold 113 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been dull and declining all day, and closed heavily at a fall of 1 per cent. on all the leading stocks. Lancashire and Yorkshire 764 ; London and North-Western, 114, 14 ; Midland, 70/; South-Eastern and Dover, 208. MANCHESTER, JULY 4. The business to-day was good, but prices were lower and closed weakly. Tho sales were :—Leeds, 76 , , ; Dovers, 21, 20 15-16, ; Y or k an d N or th Midland, 2 ' 94 ; London Stock, 114 k, 4 ; Midland, 70a, ; Eastern Coun ties, 124, ; Sh e ffi e ld , 29g , g ; East Lancashire, 17g. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.— Business was at a low ebb to-day, as might naturally be expected under the continued sus pense respecting eastern affairs, but prices were not worse. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley closed at 101 to mg ; Shrewsbury Stock, buyers, at 60. BRISTOL, JULY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market throughout to-day was very flat, the only sales effected being iu Caledonians, which were done at 67i. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-offie by the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] Genon made up From what When COUNTRIES. ineral Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Li verpoo l ... Each Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) .... ••• • •N July 13 .• •• • • Liverpool July 5 America (by U. States N July 8 ........ Dover . . packet) N July 6 Southampton Arrived Australia (via • South amnon) M July 4 Southampton N August 4 ........ (via a a C M a ar pe se o ll f le u sL d Dittoo pe) Africa (West Coast) N 23n1 of the month. Plynaoutt . i . June 9 8 Alexandria N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover 1 Alexandria .. —34 4th & 20th of mo n . Sou diampto • 'July July 4 Bahamasn M 2nd of the month Southampton' Iv's , 1 Belgium .. l4 Dai1y...... • ..... Dover .... • • iDany Brazil 9th of the mouth.. Southampton J u l y 16 yrcs 9,11 of the month.. Southampton July 16 Hope ...N 14th of the month elymouth .• June 26 I ( l :a u p ei o to o s f A Hood Hop Cape of Good Hope N P.yinouth Cape de Verde N 14th of the month. Plymouth .• June 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon. . . N 14th of the month Plymouth .. June 26 Channel Isles N Mon.,lVed ,BrFrid. Southampton Tu.Th.Eat Chi1i........ •. • 3l 2d &17th of month Southampton Joy China (see India) Constantinople .. „. 7 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. Dover .• .. • • June 30 Constantinople .... • ... 4th 8, 20th of mon Southampton „Jvly 4 ;ont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover .. . • • • Twicedaily Egypt (see India) Lance ........ M& N Twice daily.... • Dover • • Twiced allY Gibraltar .. —3l 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o f m. :Southampton July 5 Greece (see India) G - eytown Bl 2nd & 17th of mon. AouthamptOn July 1 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday Lo n d on .....ITues. Sat Havannah N 2iid of the month Southampton. July 1 Holland 3l Wednadvy & Sat. London .....IMon.Thur. Honduras -- 31 17th of the month. S out hampton!July 16 India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamptoncTuly 4 Lidia (via Marseilles)3l Bth&24ti• of month Dover June 30 lonian Isles (sea India) Ire'and ........M & N Twice daily . . Holyhead .. Twicedaily Lisbon ..............3i 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton July 37:91eira ............51 9th of the month Southampton July 26 Madelm 23rd of the month Plymouth ..'June 28 Malca (see India) Mauritius (see India) Malta 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover .. IJane 30 71auritius —3l 14th of the month Plymouth ..,June 26 Mexico 2nd of the month.. Southampton'July 1 Naples.. ........N sthlth2sthofmon. Dover ...• • .IJ u l y 2 New Granada --Di 2d & 17th of month Southampton July 1 New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Vatious portsillncertain Papal States )thl frth2hthofmon. Dover ...... July 2 Peninsula , thl7th2Bthofmo n . S ou th amp t on ' July 5 Peru ...... 31 :d & •27tit of mon. Southampton July 1 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .. 'June 26 Sicily sthl s th2sthofmon. Dover • 'July 2 Tuscany s thlsth2sthofmon. Dove- ......!July 2 Venezuela ....111 2d & 17th of mo n th Southamptonij uly 1 Van Diemen'sLand (see Australia) . . West Indies .... 31 2d & 17th of month Southampton * When any of these dispatched on the follow] Southampton), and the l day preceding. dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will be lug day, with the exception of the India (via Ilaita, both of which will be dispatched the COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY OF THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. —The revenue of the Liverpool Dock estate for the year just ended is larger than tlat of any previous year, amounting as it does to 296,0811. 19s. 4d.—exhibiting an increase of 13,6731. 19s. 3d. in comparison with 1852 ; of 27,0611. 4s. 10d. over 1851 ; and of 53,0921. 4s. 7d. over 1850. If we refer back to the year 1843-10 years ago—we find the revenue to have increased since that period 108,7951. 17s. 3d. per annum. The decreake in tonnage is principally in coasters, which pay very trifling whilst there is an increase inl arge ships, which pay much more. The tonnage in Liverpool in 1852 was 3,912,502, in 21,473 ships ; in 1853, 3,899,981, in 20,490 ships ; showing a decrease of 983 in the number of vessels, and 12,525 in the amount of tonnage, during the past year. WEATHER RULES.—" The change of the moon," the expression in general use in predictio ns o f the weather, is idly and inconsidera telyused by ed ucated people, with out considering thatin every phase that planet is the same to us, as a material agent, except as regards the power of reflected light ; and no one supposes that moon light produces wet or dry. Why then should that point in the moon's course, which we all agree to call "the new" when it begins to emerge from the sun's rays, have any influence on our weather? Twice in each revolution, when in conjunction with the sun at new, and in opposition at the full, an atmospheric spring -tide may be supposed to exist. and to exert some sort of influence. But the existence of any atmospheric tide at all is denied b l y some what g n i a s tu co ra n l v is e t n s_, and is at mo s t very problematical ; and the absence of regular diu rna l fluctuations of the barometric pressure o f its cour se favours th e negative of this proPositi°n' But, grantin that it wer e so and that the moon , i thetion amlliyd middle ed at th t e he beginnin full, did produc e s o a f irguine o f rational vi w .o ea u t l h d er d , i s s u ea r rd surely thet the m id o e s a t another, except in relation to the season of the year ; or any other days of the week.—Notes end that a new moon on the Sabbathcial day, whether Jewish any 'special or Christian, bad quality not shared by the n Q e u w e '::. ofeo committee inttoene-porfotmhue ImgaatineenheosftearnToo7vlneremoaudne, MANCHESTER WITHOUT POLICE.—On Friday night, in Coun cil, consequence t t h h e e w w a o c l h e of the police division cf the town was left i m es oons of w ithout patrols, the men having left the force, as their n ation expired on th a t d ay , an d t h e com mittee resignation prepared f or th e i r w ithd rawa l i n conse quence of a mi sunderstanding. The heads of the pope° had nlinottit ee t e h es emselves to do duty as patrols on horseback dur ing the night. Matters were arranged for Saturday night by drafting men from the other divisions. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inst., at Handsworth, the wife of James T. Chance, Esq. On the 30th ult., at Gloucester-place, Hyde -park Gar dens, Mrs. Teevan. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 16th ult., at Vienna, the wife of Frederic Ha milton, Esq., First Attaché to her Majestys Legation at that Court. On the tat inst., at Eusemere-hill, llllswater, the wife of J. C. Bristow, Esq. MARRIED. - On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Lord E iward Thynne, to Cecilia Anne Mary, only daughter of the late Chas. A. Gore, Esq., of the Ist Life Guards. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Chiswick, Middlesex, J. Fletcher, Eq., late of the Royal Artillery, aged 75. On the Ist inst., at Marley, Jas. Beek, E4q., aged 75. On the Ist inst., a t Tunbridge -wells Miss E. Williams, of Dibden-hall, L oug ht on, Essex, late Of Mortlake, Surrey. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, jai the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, July 5,1853. I at sty pa th